https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-german-lawmakers-overwhelmingly-approve-heavy-weapons-deliveries/a-61618357
In a historic move, lawmakers in Germany have given the official green light to send “heavy weapons and complex systems” to Ukraine. But many of them also criticized Chancellor Olaf Scholz for not being in Berlin.
Complex systems, hmmm.

Posted by: anon2020 | Apr 28 2022 12:27 utc | 3

… Just as useful to UAF as Gepard SpAAGs
Posted by: Ghost Ship | Apr 28 2022 12:32 utc | 4
I was thinking more about drones, which might be able to put RF forces at a disadvantage.
https://m.jpost.com/international/article-704907
https://www.swarm-troopers.com/
Is there anyone here with any expertise on the subject of military drones and how they might influence the SMO?

Posted by: anon2020 | Apr 28 2022 12:39 utc | 5

Posted by: anon2020 | Apr 28 2022 12:39 utc | 5
Just count the number of drones shot down every day by the Russians as reported in their briefings. They shot down five yesterday at the latest briefings, and they have been ranging from 5-15 or more per day.
The bigger the drone, the easier it is to shoot down. The smaller the drone, the less dangerous it is. The main advantage of drones is intelligence and artillery and missile targeting. The weapons they carry are not sufficient to alter the outcome of the war. If they were massed by the thousands, maybe, but they’re not.

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | Apr 28 2022 12:43 utc | 7

From Sputnik News Telegram channel… The ol’ “military exercises” excuse… Where have we heard that one before?
The Polish Defense Ministry announced “intensive movement of columns with equipment in the north and east of the country” from May 1 until the end of the month.
Military exercises are indicated as the official reason.

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | Apr 28 2022 12:57 utc | 9

A most interesting development.
Poland is deep in talk with it’s US ally on how to slice and dice Western Ukraine. Source “RT”.
Truth is stranger than fiction……………

Posted by: Bad Deal Motors On | Apr 28 2022 13:12 utc | 11

From Intel Slava Z Telegram channel… Two more morons out of the picture… Apparently they didn’t realize the Javelins are no good against artillery, which Russia uses to prepare the objective for an armor advance…

Two American mercenaries were seriously injured in Orekhovo
Manus McCaffrey and Paul Gray – former US Army soldiers – fought as part of the Javelin ATGM crew on the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
And today at about 14.35 in the Orekhovo area they were in position, waiting for Russian tanks that were approaching the city from Novotishkovsky.
It was at that moment that the allied forces began an artillery bombardment, and one of the shells landed near the position of the American mercenaries.
Both received shrapnel wounds to the face, head and body, and a concrete wall behind which he was hiding also fell on a mercenary with the surname Gray.
Currently, both Americans are in the hospital and apparently they will not be able to return to Orekhovo – the allied forces are already fighting inside the city.

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | Apr 28 2022 13:14 utc | 13

As I pointed out an hour or so ago in the previous thread, Poland expects to pull off this “humanitarian intervention/labd grab” 1) without a NATO mandate, but with “volunteer states” – of which they have none, and 2) without being challenged by Russian forces.
It is to laugh. 1) means Russia can hit them without causing an invocation of Article 5 even if they hit them in Poland probably, and 2) they don’t realize Russia can hit them with missiles from inside Russia and with power if they cross the border.
It’s going to be a slaughter.

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | Apr 28 2022 13:17 utc | 15

“… 90 US towed 155mm howitzers are not going to affect the outcome.”
No but they can kill a lot of people and for the sadistic racists promoting this war that’s worth every cent of additional US debt that it costs.
So far as the Polish desire to repossess Lwow is concerned it is back to the beginning for Ukrainian Nationalists. Historically Ukrainians have been the cheap labour, serfs in fact, of Polish landlords. Even after Poland’s dismemberment in the C18th when Lwow fell to the Hapsburgs’ share of the spoils and became Lemburg the landowners were Poles.
In those days the Russians were looked upon as potential liberators, speaking the same language, fellow slavs.
It is astonishing how many parties there are, wearing the NATO mask of concern for Ukrainian sovereignty and independence, while quietly salivating over the prospect of fastening on to a corner of Ukraine’s corpse and tearing away a hundred thousand square kilometres of land, with population included. There is Poland, then there is Rumania, Moldova, Hungary and the jackal in chief Turkey- all of them are interested. And they are equally interested in Russia being weakened and Ukraine defeated.

Posted by: bevin | Apr 28 2022 13:20 utc | 17

From Donbass Insider Telegram channel forwarded from Eurasia and Multipolarity…

For the first time in his address, Putin separated military operations in Donbas and Ukraine. Obviously, this is due to the integration into the pro-Russian space of the territories of the Kherson, Zaporozhye and Kharkiv regions
Putin again noted that “all the tasks of the special military operation conducted by the Russian Federation in the Donbass and Ukraine will be unconditionally fulfilled.” For the first time, the President of Russia moved away from the topic of only protecting the former eastern regions of Ukraine and made it clear that the RF Armed Forces will go to the end, and Moscow plans to establish Russian sovereignty not only in the LPR and DPR, but also over the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions of Ukraine.
“Russia cannot allow the creation of anti-Russian territories around the country,” the president stressed.
Thus, it becomes clear that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will continue to advance in the Azov region to the west in order to establish full control over the Nikolaev and Odessa regions of Ukraine. The same will happen in the Kharkiv region.
@readovkanews (“>https://t.me/readovkanews/32176)

They don’t carry it to its logical conclusion – Putin very likely means all of Ukraine. But as I’ve noted before, Putin is very, very careful with what he says.

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | Apr 28 2022 13:31 utc | 19

https://youtu.be/twsKfVjz5sk
In depth interview lays it all out.

Posted by: Jog99 | Apr 28 2022 13:34 utc | 21

https://thecradle.co/Article/news/9646

Lebanese government ignores Russian wheat, oil offer despite crisis: Report
The Lebanese government has reportedly ignored a Russian offer to send wheat, grains, and vegetable oils to Lebanon, despite a worsening food crisis, according to a 27 April report from Al-Akhbar. The offer was made through official channels.
…
Lebanon’s foreign policy is centered on neutrality when it comes to foreign conflicts, with the exception of the Israeli occupation. However, the Lebanese state issued a statement condemning the Russian special military operation in Ukraine.
It was revealed that the draft of this statement was written by the US embassy in Lebanon and handed to Prime Minister Najib Mikati, indicating foreign interference behind the Lebanese decision.
…
Russia has, however, also offered to sell oil for Lebanon’s power plants at an affordable rate in Lebanese liras.
…
The Iranian government has similarly made offers to assist Lebanon with food and fuel. Tehran’s offer has also been ignored by the Lebanese state.

Posted by: Sundial | Apr 28 2022 13:37 utc | 23

In regard to UAVs (which everyone calls drones): Years ago I recall the development of loitering munitions and thought they could be a game changer. Fast forward to the Armenian Azeri conflict and thanks in part to Turkey, they were. As RSH mentioned above, there is a relationship between size, effectiveness and countermeasures. It seems as though the RF air defense has been taking down quite a few of them, but all it takes is one to make a hit on a sensitive target. EWF jamming could also be a factor. One thing that struck me is how the Houthis managed to cobble together “po-boy” versions of loitering munitions/cruise missiles to decent effect. As always, it’s a game of countermeasures and we seem to have entered a new era where the little guy can get access to potential damaging hardware thus making it a bit more challenging for an occupier.

Posted by: Chevrus | Apr 28 2022 13:46 utc | 25

Interesting read by Engdahl. Russia is going to be blamed for severe food shortages as a result of the “Putin Price Hike” but as Engdahl lays out the shortages will be a result taken decisions made by Western leaders prior to the SMO

It’s beginning to look like some bad actors are deliberately taking steps to guarantee a coming global food crisis. Every measure that the Biden Administration strategists have been making to “control energy inflation” is damaging the supply or inflating the price of natural gas, oil and coal to the global economy. This is having a huge impact on fertilizer prices and food production. That began well before Ukraine. Now reports are circulating that Biden’s people have intervened to block the freight rail shipping of fertilizer at the most critical time for spring planting. By this autumn the effects will be explosive.
With the crucial time for USA spring planting at its critical phase, CF Industries of Deerfield, Illinois, the largest US supplier of nitrogen fertilizers as well as a vital diesel engine additive, issued a press release stating that, “On Friday, April 8, 2022, Union Pacific informed CF Industries without advance notice that it was mandating certain shippers to reduce the volume of private cars on its railroad effective immediately.” Union Pacific is one of only four major rail companies that together carry some 80% of all US agriculture rail freight.
The CF company CEO, Tony Will stated, “The timing of this action by Union Pacific could not come at a worse time for farmers. Not only will fertilizer be delayed by these shipping restrictions, but additional fertilizer needed to complete spring applications may be unable to reach farmers at all. By placing this arbitrary restriction on just a handful of shippers, Union Pacific is jeopardizing farmers’ harvests and increasing the cost of food for consumers.” CF has made urgent appeals to the Biden Administration for remedy, so far with no positive action.

Biden Cynically Uses Ukraine to Cover Food Sabotage

Posted by: Down South | Apr 28 2022 13:59 utc | 27

@annon2020
But many of them also criticized Chancellor Olaf Scholz for not being in Berlin.
Well, no! I wouldn’t hang around in Berlin for too long either.
It didn’t turn out well the last time.

Posted by: El Sid | Apr 28 2022 14:18 utc | 29

Well Union Pacific has quite a Vanguard/Black Rock holding on the Share Register……..just as at CF Industries…….funny that !

Posted by: Paul Greenwood | Apr 28 2022 14:23 utc | 31

By: Express News Service | New Delhi |
Updated: April 28, 2022 1:53:36 am
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said India should engage the world on the basis of its confidence in its identity rather than trying to please the global community.
Speaking at the Raisina dialogue, Jaishankar said the country needs to put behind the idea that it needs the approval of other countries. “We have to be confident about who we are. I think, it is better to engage the world on the basis of who we are rather than try and please the world as a pale imitation of what they are. This idea that others define us, somehow we need to get the approval of other quarters, I think, that is an era we need to put behind us,” he said.

Posted by: SailorsWife | Apr 28 2022 14:27 utc | 33

The Gray Lady is very much in the camp that a wider war is coming, is inevitable, and is a good thing. Today we learn Biden will address the nation on Ukraine, and then there are stories about fears of a wider war. Not a word about anti-war activities or views, or any push back. I saw an article claiming that 75 percent of Americans support the Ukrainian side and are against the Russians. Either our leaders have gone crazy or they are convinced that Russia will never use the nuclear option.
This all is starting to feel much like before Iraq – an evil empire, another Hitler, a rush to war, a feeling that the entire eastern Europe needs to be remade in western democratic style as we were sure would happen in the middle east….all the threads are there as well as, of course, the necessary restrictions on liberty and freedom to accomplish the task.
Early on in this thing Biden seemed the lone voice pushing back against full scale war, no fly zones, explaining that such would start WW3, and perhaps just perhaps he will say the same again this time, but it feels as if the entire landscape has shifted. Every hour this thing changes from a local fight to the fight to the end between Russia and NATO. I cannot imagine the pressure on Biden to amp this up.

Posted by: Boomheist | Apr 28 2022 14:41 utc | 35

#—Nice chap that Boris. Hope the passports come with a lifetimes free supply of Coke….and not the one in a svelte shaped bottle. In case Bojo is listening.
Posted by: DaVinci | Apr 28 2022 13:17 utc | 16
Maybe that’s where Boris draws the line? Remember George Osborne?

Posted by: Anne Brit | Apr 28 2022 14:51 utc | 37

I think WW3 is about to go Global.
Biden to seek $33bn for Ukraine, a massive jump in funding
Biden will ask Congress on Thursday for $33bn to support Ukraine – a dramatic escalation of US funding for its war against Russia – as well as new legal tools to tighten sanctions and siphon assets from Russian oligarchs, US officials have said.
The vast funding request includes over $20bn for weapons, ammunition and other military assistance, as well as $8.5bn in direct economic assistance to the government and $3bn in humanitarian and food security aid.

Posted by: Kim | Apr 28 2022 14:53 utc | 39

“Russia cannot allow the creation of anti-Russian territories around the country,” the president stressed.
Thank you RSH.
This is even more than the announcement to take Odessa and Nikolaiew. It is the announcement to take the whole Ukraine. And it is a statement to Finnland.
NATO has no answers, and the RF is more and more aware of this. First. Second: Russia has nothing more to loose, every day less. It is her time now.
Does not smell like many compromises.
Europe loosing all its fake clothes.

Posted by: njet | Apr 28 2022 14:58 utc | 41

#–
Posted by: Mad Dog | Apr 28 2022 13:37 utc | 22
I am an expert in military drones since 1997. I have been a lurker for a couple of months now. Drones can be very useful for small unit recon. What is available a higher altitudes is quickly dispatched by air defense (esp. Russian), I am also an expert on foreign air defense since 1979. Hung up my slide rule the first working day of 2013.

Posted by: Anne Brit | Apr 28 2022 14:59 utc | 43

Nice chap that Boris. Hope the passports come with a lifetimes free supply of Coke….and not the one in a svelte shaped bottle. In case Bojo is listening.
Posted by: DaVinci | Apr 28 2022 13:17 utc | 16

It’s probably just a coincidence that Elon Musk is tweeting about buying the Coca-Cola Corporation and putting cocaine back into its signature product.

Posted by: malenkov | Apr 28 2022 15:02 utc | 45

#22 Mad Dog
Could a slide – rule be of value now in today’s high – tech world of precision smart – bombs etc? If so ,Is it just a question of taking into account the many places to the right of the decimal point, that are now needed?

Posted by: Brother Ma | Apr 28 2022 15:04 utc | 47

@ Kim 39
Biden will ask Congress on Thursday for $33bn to support Ukraine
But asking isn’t getting.
…from The Hill
President Biden is asking Congress to authorize more than $30 billion in security, economic and humanitarian assistance for Ukraine to help the country fend off the prolonged Russian attack over the next five months, administration officials said Thursday. [to the congressional election]
The White House says it needs Congress to approve just over $20 billion in security assistance for Ukraine, including $5 billion for weapons and other military aid, $6 billion for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative and $4 billion for the State Department’s foreign military financing program, an administration official told reporters on a call previewing the request. [State — military financing!]
There is expected to be bipartisan support in Congress for sending more assistance to Ukraine, but the path toward approving the assistance could prove complicated as the Biden administration also tries to convince lawmakers to approve additional funding for the COVID-19 pandemic response.
PLUS: “Dismal polls have Dems split over how hard to push Biden agenda”

Posted by: Don Bacon | Apr 28 2022 15:17 utc | 49

This is perhaps the Polish dream?
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FRbRbvtX0AEqG-p?format=jpg

Posted by: Norwegian | Apr 28 2022 15:19 utc | 51

@ Don Bacon | Apr 28 2022 15:17 utc | 49
Congress will give Biden the $39 billion for 404, and maybe even more than that; Congress regularly appropriates more for warfare than presidents asks for.
The likelihood that Congress will approve any new COVID-related funding is remote, especially now that the pandemic has been removed from the national consciousness.
I have no doubt that Biden will sign an appropriation of at least $39 billion for 404 and $0 for anti-COVID measures.

Posted by: malenkov | Apr 28 2022 15:23 utc | 53

We keep speeding towards direct confrontation between the empire (U$A), and Russia. The U$A through its mouthpiece L. Austin, has made it perfectly clear, the goal is to weaken Russia. So, if Russia relents in Ukraine, they’re toast. Not exactly a recipe for a fair settlement.
Which, IMO, is exactly what the morons who make the decisions here in the U$A, want….

Posted by: vetinLA | Apr 28 2022 15:37 utc | 55

New extremes of escalation as reportedly Ukrainian troops mass at the border of Transnistria and there appears to be lots of Romanian troops on the border of Moldova (which was just strong-armed into joining sanctions on Russia).
It would be best to check for a Bulgarian source, but there are reports that the Bulgarian MoFA issued a statement asking its citizens to leave Moldova.
Russian strategic bombers are in the air.

Posted by: ChasingGlowies | Apr 28 2022 15:43 utc | 57

RT has a long background article on Transnistria up for those who might not have seen it.

Posted by: the pessimist | Apr 28 2022 15:45 utc | 59

Rewriting and re-fighting World War 2
The Russian side sees the conflict over the Ukraine as identical with the Great Patriotic War. They share the same purpose and enemy. A war not for Russia but against Fascism. Symbols and monuments have taken on a dual meaning, equally standing for the war of 1941-45 and the war of 2014-22.
Fascist Ukrainian nationalism wants to rewrite World War 2 as a fight between a united West and a barbaric East. The original was a failure, so it must be redone. Euromaidan was a the new Barbarossa 2.0. NATO is the new Third Reich. Donbass is the new Eastern Front.
Real World War 2 history is now history of the enemy, so it must be undone. Victory Day is now victory of the enemy, so it must not be celebrated. Anti-Fascist symbols must be banned. World War II monuments must be destroyed and graves desecrated.
Given a clear choice, the West has now sided with Hitler. The yellow-blue flag has become the new Swastika.
***
I posted this on Facebook with a link to the music video «ДОНБАСС ЗА НАМИ» (Donbass is for us). The YouTube channel supports the original artists, so just endure the annoying ads.

Posted by: Petri Krohn | Apr 28 2022 15:56 utc | 61

“On the matter of Russia/404, the SNP is not one whit better.”
Malenkov (44).
You are correct the First Minister of Scotland actually called for a no-fly zone over Ukraine, she has betrayed Scots for her and her parties agenda, I’m afraid she’s the Scottish Hillary Clinton.

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Apr 28 2022 16:00 utc | 63

#50 Sundial
Funny how all these despicable types, usually cashed up politicians from Russia or the Ukraine , find a comfy home in the UK.
In a different vein,Too many to respond to, but has the EU ,UK and the US thought that with all this taxpayer money being donated to the Ukraine and wasted , they will go the way of Russia and Communism “falling” ? Isn’t that what anti – Communist Hawks of the UK and US have been saying all these years? That Russia bankrupted itself. How much sooner will all those nations turn into cannibalistic beggars of the Stone Age with the observed loss of living standards and loss of food , materials and services?
Do the ruling classes of both the Euro and Anglosphere think they will enter New Age Arks ,and take off for shores unknown and safe , to get away from the wrath of the Great Unwashed ?Or do they plan to magically exterminate most of us before the pitchforks come out for the top thirty -percent?

Posted by: Brother Ma | Apr 28 2022 16:01 utc | 65

If Poland (and Hungary, Slovakia, and Romania) does enter western Ukraine, it will be the result of a secret agreement with Russia. Poland gets Galicia, and Russia gets a secure border.

Posted by: bob sykes | Apr 28 2022 16:02 utc | 67

Another terrorist attack of the Ukrainian regime.
The Nazis attacked (video) a market in Donetsk with a Grad rocket launcher. Five civilians were killed, 23 wounded.
Also, the Ukrainian Nazis fired Tochka-U missiles at the center of Kherson.

Posted by: alaff | Apr 28 2022 16:03 utc | 69

Russia will use $390,000 worth of weapons to destroy Americastani weapons supposedly worth $39 billion dollars.

Posted by: William Haught | Apr 28 2022 16:05 utc | 71

@ Harry T 68
during war, a howitzer crew has a survival time of maximum 10 minutes
That’s been shortened — see my 38 above.

Posted by: Don Bacon | Apr 28 2022 16:11 utc | 73

@ bevin | Apr 28 2022 13:20 utc | 17
thanks for your post.. the last paragraph is especially relevant… thanks..
@ richard steven hack and @ alaff – thanks for your posts…
my take…. – we are in ww3 here…this is what the beginning of a world war looks like… this is not going to end any time soon… there is too much at stake… we are hopefully going from unipolar to multipolar world with the folks in the unipolar world movement, kicking and screaming over the potential change here… all the propaganda they have will be thrown at this… all the weapons and money and etc. etc. they have will also be thrown at this… ww3 – this is it..

Posted by: james | Apr 28 2022 16:21 utc | 75

One thought just struck me: Maybe we should regard the lays and innaccuracies served up about Russian army atrocities in The Ukraine is just a continued version of the campaign against China concerning “The Tiananmen Massacres” and the falsely reported story about “The Tank Man?

Posted by: Tollef Ås/秋涛乐/טלפ וש | Apr 28 2022 16:24 utc | 77

@ jimmy… thanks for your posts and insights on the previous thread..

Posted by: james | Apr 28 2022 16:25 utc | 79

Posted by: Petri Krohn | Apr 28 2022 15:56 utc | 61
I would be more selective with slogans and give them a lot of thought, God with us has been used before, by the other side.
The same goes for Glory to… substituting Ukraine for Donbass or Russia just won’t cut it. I think the Chechen slogan has been better thought out even though the personality cult is obvious, but claiming “Ahmad force Allah is the greatest” sets apart the earthly from the divine, something the glory to Ukraine or Ukraine above all do not. Words do matter, more than those howitzers everybody is talking about.
* I assume you understand what those nice looking ladies are singing, the refrain is Russia is with us and so is God.

Posted by: Paco | Apr 28 2022 16:27 utc | 81

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | Apr 28 2022 12:43 utc | 7
Posted by: Mad Dog | Apr 28 2022 13:37 utc | 22
Posted by: Chevrus | Apr 28 2022 13:46 utc | 25
Posted by: Kim | Apr 28 2022 14:32 utc | 34
Posted by: Don Bacon | Apr 28 2022 14:52 utc | 38
Posted by: Richard L | Apr 28 2022 15:17 utc | 48
Posted by: Altai | Apr 28 2022 15:39 utc | 56
Thank you all for feedback on drones.

Posted by: anon2020 | Apr 28 2022 16:34 utc | 83

Posted by: Petri Krohn | Apr 28 2022 15:56 utc | 61
That was concerning the tune, the rest of your post is spot on, this is 1941 again and that’s the way Russians see it.

Posted by: Paco | Apr 28 2022 16:36 utc | 85

Unconfirmed rumor from a buddy of mine kinda tied into Eastern European diplomatic circles:
Russian has sent 20,000 tonnes of grains to Cuba to support Cuban society

Posted by: Exile | Apr 28 2022 16:47 utc | 87

Everyone hates the Poles, I’ve never heard anyone say something comparatively complementary about them compared to other Europeans.
Posted by: Altai | Apr 28 2022 16:25 utc | 78
Good Lord Almighty. Never heard of Chopin?
You don’t really want to keep saying such things. In the long run, you’ll prefer to be taken seriously. Even if you’re just a troll — Trolling, like humor, is more effective when it’s not blatantly nonsensical.

Posted by: Aleph_Null | Apr 28 2022 16:49 utc | 89

Posted by: Petri Krohn | Apr 28 2022 15:56 utc | 61
Let me suggest you something older and generic. Tsoy and Kino singing “War”
https://youtu.be/CUPH5il-Cf0
Between heaven and earth war.
No matter where you are
No matter what you do..

Posted by: Paco | Apr 28 2022 16:58 utc | 91

” a tenacious Vietcong of home-grown Neo-Nazi..” Lars Lansing@58
There is little need to worry about that. “Tenacious Viet-Cong” movements are not founded on the sort of shop soiled ideas that underlie Nazi gangs.
Nazis run away when they are defeated. Communists just go back to Square One and start all over again.
Fascists do not believe in anything except their own power and privilege. If what Communists believe does not turn out to be true humanity is doomed: there is no alternative, in the long run, to cooperation, equality and peace, except death.

Posted by: bevin | Apr 28 2022 17:06 utc | 93

Patrick Armstrong @ 92
How true.

Posted by: Digital Spartacus | Apr 28 2022 17:09 utc | 95

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | Apr 28 2022 12:43 utc | 7
How about aerosolized bio weapons? I was in military/FEMA training Exercise Determined Promise ’03 in Clarke County, Nevada, where a small plane was imagined to have sprayed a bioweapon above Las Vegas. Northern Command was getting an operational validation at the time. End result? The troops failed to contain the panicked population, and hundreds of thousands of infected citizens broke out of the city’s military and FEMA’s joint containment perimeter in all directions. I bring this idea up due to 30+ u.s.-run biolabs across Ukraine, doing who-knows-what…

Posted by: ERing46Z | Apr 28 2022 17:14 utc | 97

@ Cthulhu | Apr 28 2022 17:11 utc | 96
Quite a list. More exquisitely detailed than my own expectations, which are along the same lines. Does it turn out the name of the game, the straw that broke the camel’s back, is Transnistria? The West seems stretched to the limit, shooting the moon to keep up mass distraction from evils of mass destruction, some of which are buried with the Azovs in Azovstal. We all could be slipping, here.
I live exactly due east of the Golden Gate. We have a lovely view of San Francisco, across the bay from Point Isabel. I’ve been imagining the kinzhals streaming in from the north, as I visualize final moments of my life. But now I hear, what with long-path ultrasonic technology, they might just as likely come from the south.

Posted by: Aleph_Null | Apr 28 2022 17:29 utc | 99