8 Likes
oops, deleted…
5 Likes
2/ The occupied east of Ukraine is a naturally arid region, with no large rivers. This proved a challenge to the industrialists who built the region’s coal and iron mines in the 19th century. Industrial activity severely depleted the region’s groundwater.
3/ To allow for a big expansion in the region’s industry, the Soviet Union embarked on a project in 1955-58 to build a canal 133.4 km (89.9 miles) in length to bring water from the Siverskyi Donets river in the north of the region to Yasynuvata near Donetsk city.
4/ An extension called the South Donbass Water Supply runs further south from Donetsk to near Mariupol. Because Mariupol was still Ukrainian-held until 2022, the Ukrainians repaired it after 2014 and allowed the ‘Donetsk People’s Republic’ to use the water supply.
5/ The canal has a complex structure. Only about 107 km is a traditional trapezoidal channel, with the rest comprised of long sections of 2 m (6 ft) wide siphon pipes over rivers, railways and gullies.
6/ As well as the waterworks associated with the canal, the infrastructure includes 17 reservoirs and 18 filtration stations, plus 64 pumping stations. When it was working, the canal had a capacity of 64 million m³ of water, transporting it at 43 m³ of water per second.
7/ The canal is now in ruins thanks to the war. It was damaged in the first round of fighting in 2014 and was destroyed after 2022. The canal’s geography has meant that it has defined the front line for long stretches, particularly around Chasiv Yar.
8/ The structure of the canal has been wrecked along with the long pipe sections and many of the pumping stations. Apart from shell damage, sections have reportedly been demolished or filled in to allow for the passage of Russian vehicles.
9/ The source of the canal is a large basin and reservoir at Raihorodok, near Sloviansk in what is still Ukrainian-held territory. Russia has never held it, even during the initial stages of the 2022 invasion. The front line in the area has changed little since October 2022.
10/ As the Russian warblogger ‘MONTIAN’ comments, "the Seversky Donets – Donbass Canal is practically destroyed, littered with shells and mines, corpses and skeletons of burnt equipment, and the dams and filtration stations are smashed to pieces.
11/ "To restore the water supply to Donbass, the front line must at least move 40-50 kilometers, or even more, away from Sloviansk.
And many hundreds of billions of rubles that will need to be invested in establishing the entire water supply system."
12/ ‘Donetsk Infantry’ points out:
“The Seversky Donets-Donbass (SD-D) canal that previously fed the DPR has been destroyed, and the giant pumps and pipes used in the construction of the SD-D are no longer produced.”
13/ "We need to build a new SD-D from scratch. All Russian manufacturers will be able to produce the plastic pipes needed for this in 3 years …
Thus, even if we can start building a new SD-D in 2026, water will flow through it no earlier than 2029." /end
Sources:
uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0…infodon.org.ua/postal/358svoi.city/articles/87290…t.me/montian_offici…t.me/infantry_1/228…
• • •
9 Likes
Let the games begin.
It’s the “regular” component I’m worried about. European nations are not renowned for putting their hands in their pockets. Other nation’s pockets, yes, but into their own, nah, not so much.
Because it’s an Aussie company, I’ll give ya another piece on their new fandangled lazer weapon sale.
Mystery NATO customer buys Australian-made laser weapon
https://defence-blog.com/mystery-nato-customer-buys-australian-made-laser-weapon/
If the sanctions they’re looking to apply now had been applied 3-years ago, the war might have finished 2-years ago. Money hungry, useless Western capitalistic bastards.
Sanctions on Russias partners obvious next step US NATO envoy
“Comrade Modi can choose his own trade partners, as long as he chooses Russia. Nyet".”
An article touching on: Brinkmanship, profits, tarrifs, profits, political manoeuvring, profits, hegemony, profits, sabre rattling, profits, sovereignty and profits.
No surprise about the Kremlin’s response… “Victims”.
India making the news for all the wrong reasons.
5 Likes
1 x Zelensky >> 50 x Australian politicians.
11 Likes
Dated: August 1st, 2025.
Cards Actually Held by President Zelenskyy of Ukraine Part 2
Last month I covered new weapons and systems developed by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in their war with Vladimir Putin. This month I will respond to President Trump’s ignorant assertion that President Zelenskyy “doesn’t hold any cards” in the war, by describing the war casualties and the economic, financial and demographic woes facing the Russians.
MASSIVE CASUALTIES
Zelenskyy and the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have inflicted astounding casualties on the Russians. Incredibly, in early June of this year, the number of Russians killed in action (KIA) and wounded in action (WIA), as estimated by Ukrainian intelligence, passed the 1,000,000 mark! The figure is now (early August 2025) over 1,050,000. This compares to about 69,000 Russian KIA and WIA in the entire ten years of the Russian/Afghan war, which contributed to the downfall of the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact. Zelenskyy stated in early 2025 that Ukrainian KIA was about 46,000 with 380,000 WIA, for a total of 426,000, less than half the Russian losses.
Writing 2500 years ago, the brilliant Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu wrote in The Art of War that a great army leader should “carefully study the well-being of your men, and do not overtax them.” Putin, supposedly a master analyst, has apparently not read this basic, foundational text.
Putin (and many Republicans) think Russia is winning the war, since they are advancing on the ground at a rate of about 50 to 135 meters per day, according to the well-regarded Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). But CSIS says that figure is less than World War I trench warfare battle figures such as Belleau Wood (410 m/day). Russia is “meat-grinding” its soldiers at a rate of 900 to 1500 per day, an unsustainable and terrifying figure.
At the present rate of advance of about 25 miles per year, the Russians will reach the Polish border in – wait for it – more than 30 years! Putin and Trump and their apologists will be dead. RIP.
HORRIFIC INFLATION
The Russian economy is suffering from horrific inflation that is angering the public. While official inflation figures produced by the government agency Rosstat hover around 10 percent, independent analysts such as the Swedish Institute of Transition Economics state that “Russian economic indicators have become part of Russian propaganda.” In four directives since 2022, Rosstat has substantially revised its methodology, manipulating the inflation data to understate their findings, violating the International Labour Organization recommendation that revisions only take place once every five years at most. Rosstat also “adjusted” its figures retroactively, to make the manipulated data more believable.
A more credible inflation figure source was the Russian company ROMIR, which reported in September 2024 that everyday goods increased in price at 22.1% in the previous 12 months, compared to the 10% Rosstat figure. ROMIR had 40,000 Russians who scanned QR codes of what they bought in their 240 towns and cities across the country, amounting to 600,000 reliable data points — per week! By contrast, Rosstat stopped collecting similar granular data shortly after the invasion. In December 2024 ROMIR was ordered to stop publishing its detailed inflation data.
The key food staple in Russia is potatoes, and these have increased from 30 rubles per kilogram in May 2024 to 85 rubles in May 2025 (almost triple), with some regions suffering prices of 200 rubles per kg –- a seven-fold increase!
One cause of inflation is the massive spending on payments for Russian military volunteers. Putin is so desperate for volunteers that signing bonuses are up to $4,600 USD, minimum monthly pay for an army private is $4,651, and some contract soldiers from Moscow are paid $60,000 per year. Death benefits if killed range up to $117,000 (depending on the soldier’s region of residence).
In terms of purchasing power when compared to the US, each of these figures should be multiplied by at least two – in other words, that death benefit of $117,000 is really worth about $250,000 to a Russian family. This is a massive sum, since a typical Russian worker in a rural area might earn only about $540 per month. It is clear that many Russian men aged 50 to 60, near the end of their short, often alcoholic lives, volunteer for the war even though they know the chances of getting killed are about 90 percent. They are providing for their wives and children, by dying. Ironically, many are cheated, by officers declaring that the soldier is “missing in action” rather than killed, and thus does not qualify for the benefit.
MORE FINANCIAL WOES
Russia’s GDP (gross domestic product) for 2025 is forecast to be about $7.7 trillion in US dollars (USD), compared to $29 trillion for the US and $20 trillion for the European Union. Russia’s GDP increased at 3.6% in 2023 and 4.6% in 2024, fueled by massive military spending at 6 to 7% of GDP and 30-32% of the government’s budget. (In the US, military outlays are about 13% of the Federal budget and almost half of discretionary spending.) But military spending does not create long-term growth; only investment in infrastructure, factories, mines, education, health care, R&D and the like does that. And US and European sanctions are finally having an effect. So many observers forecast Russian GDP growth at only 1-2% in 2025, and even worse in 2026.
Indeed, many senior Russian officials are warning of an impending recession, and even Putin himself has recently stated that “we need a more balanced budget” and “we are planning to reduce military spending over the next three years.” While this may well be a lie, it is clear that his experts such as the Economy Minister, head of the largest bank, and internal rating agencies are all warning of recession in late 2025 or throughout 2026, and the need to reduce military outlays. Since war is a test of wills, and wills are expressed in spending, this bodes ill for Russia’s ability to pay for the war.
BYE-BYE NATIONAL WEALTH
Putin and his Governor of the Central Bank of Russia, Elvira Nabiullina, prepared for the full-scale invasion of Ukraine for a decade. Nabiullina, one of the smartest and most dangerous people in the country, built up the National Wealth Fund to a massive $128 billion USD, anticipating international sanctions. However, when the “3-day Special Military Operation” became a 3-year war, the NWF was drawn down by two-thirds to refurbish tanks that are quickly blown up and other wasteful military expenditures. The Fund now sits at $36 billion or less and is going down every day.
Putin and Nabiullina could have spent the Fund’s billions on improving the lot of rural Russians, but they chose not to. Russia once had 150,000 viable rural villages, but the collapse of rural agriculture, jobs, roads and infrastructure has led to 20,000 of these now being totally deserted, and another 30,000 now have fewer than 10 inhabitants. Only one-third of households in the nation’s inhabited rural villages have indoor bathrooms – this society is literally going down the outhouse toilet.
A DEMOGRAPHIC MESS
A “demographic pyramid” can be constructed for each country on Earth. The demographic pyramid (see the image below) for Russia is a hot mess. Such a pyramid shows the numbers of men and women in each age bracket. A good pyramid has a healthy number of men and women in the key earning years of 20 to 60, so they can earn money, have babies, support their non-earning children and retired parents, and pay taxes to pay for common goods.
Russia’s pyramid has been damaged by huge numbers of men killed in WW II by enemy forces and disease (with knock-on effects into the present and future); casualties in the Ukraine war and other conflicts; millions murdered or displaced by Stalin; hundreds of thousands of young men fleeing Putin’s military conscription in the last three years; young women refusing to bring babies into the woeful Russian economy, with a couples’ replacement rate of 1.41 compared to the needed rate of 2.1; very high abortion rates; high mortality rates among working age men from alcohol poisoning, stress, and accidents; high cardiovascular disease in both sexes; high infant mortality; high suicide rates, crime and violence; and by poor and corrupt health care systems. Putin is very aware of these issues and often speaks about demographics, but regularly makes policy choices that exacerbate the problem.
The UN and the prestigious Atlantic Council estimate that Russia’s current population of 146 million will fall to 74 to 112 million by the year 2100, which the Council calls “disastrous.” In contrast, some of Russia’s 140 ethnic groups, such as the Chechens, have rapidly growing populations, leading some analysts to predict a possible future of “Russia without Russians”!
All of these trends mean that Russia is weak and getting weaker in its ability to pay for the Ukraine war and to find replacements for soldiers slaughtered every day in battle.
IN DEATH GROUND
Finally, Sun Tzu cautioned that a good general never forces his enemy to fight “in death ground,” where it is clear to the enemy troops that total annihilation is imminent, and they must fight ferociously and to the death if necessary. This is exactly what Putin is forcing on the Ukrainians – total annihilation and genocide. Each Ukrainian soldier and (if necessary) civilian guerrilla will fight 10 times harder and smarter than each unmotivated, old, weary, badly led Russian solder – an obvious fact that Putin, Trump, Hegseth and most Western pundits and analysts apparently cannot comprehend.
This is Zelenskyy’s strongest card.
11 Likes
I suppose you’re all wondering about Part 1.
Dated: July 2, 2025
Cards Actually Held by President Zelenskyy of Ukraine, Part 1
I recently walked the famous Camino de Santiago in northern Spain, and then met with my American buddy and best man at my wedding, who now lives in Kiev, Ukraine. He and his Ukrainian wife were taking a break from the war by visiting San Sebastian, Spain. So soon I will write about hiking the Camino, but first I need to honor the bravery of my friend, who is sticking it out in Ukraine, by this month describing new weapons and systems the Ukrainians are launching, and next month covering the Russian military casualties (which just passed the 1 million mark!) and the economic situation in Russia.
On February 28, 2025, President Trump famously berated President Zelenskyy of Ukraine, saying, “You’re not in a good position. You don’t have the cards [to win] right now.” Zelenskyy replied: “I’m not playing cards. I’m very serious, Mr. President.”
So what “cards” does Zelenskyy really have now, in the summer of 2025? Let’s find out.
Operation Spiderweb 2.0 and Beyond
Most informed Americans have likely heard of Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb on June 1, 2025, in which four Russian air bases as far away as Siberia were attacked by swarms of Ukrainian drones launched from hidden compartments atop large trucks parked nearby. In just an hour these drones destroyed about 30% of Russia’s strategic bomber fleet, costing up to $7 billion USD. Most news outlets failed to describe how Ukrainian intelligence officers organized this amazing feat by starting a legitimate trucking firm in Russia, building it up over a year, then sending the drone-laden trucks with patsy local drivers to the target locations, while evacuating all the Ukrainian officers safely back home.
Few Americans have heard about the follow up “Operation Spiderweb 2.0,” in which a Russian armored train running near Melitopol in southern Ukraine, carrying 13 tanks and over 100 military vehicles, was destroyed on June 7 by swarms of drones that emerged from the tops of grain rail carriages in the target train. These drones first blew up and stopped the train engine, then systematically destroyed the vehicles and railcars. This achievement raises the prospect that similar drone attacks will decimate other airfields, factories and naval bases (and might be used by Russian or Iranian sleeper agents here in the US).
Underwater Drones
According to Defense Express, the Ukrainians have developed and are deploying a family of “Toloka” (“cooperative work effort”) underwater drones with three variants: TLK-150, with a 2.5 meter (8 foot) hull, range up to 100 kilometers (km; 62 miles), and payload of up to 50 kilograms (kg; 110 pounds) of explosives; TLK-400, 6 meter hull, range of 1200 km, payload of 500 kg; and the massive TLK-1000, up to 12 meter hull, range of 2000 km, and payload of up to 5000 kg. It may well have been a TLK-1000 which attacked the Kerch Bridge to Crimea on June 3.
These drones have an underwater torpedo-like body and only have a small camera and sensors above the surface, making them very hard to detect. Their design provides for a quiet standby mode of up to three months, 3D sonar scanner, hydrophone, video and thermal cameras, GPS, mapping software, mine detection, counter-jamming, inertial navigation, and an AI neural network.
These drones could easily attack the 15-odd Russian naval and supply vessels in the eastern Black Sea, Mediterranean, and the 53 vessels in the Russian Pacific Fleet based in Vladivostok, Siberia. Importantly, these 53 include 10 ballistic and guided missile submarines, a key part of the Russian nuclear triad.
Western media and specialist analysts have just now noticed the vulnerabilities of these “sitting duck” targets. I pointed this out and advocated such attacks in this column on April 25, 2022, over three years ago, using Q-ships (merchant vessels) armed with S-400 missiles hidden in shipping containers – but I like the TLK-1000s even better!
Drone Motherships and Counter-Drone Lasers
Ukrainian startup Strategy Force Solutions recently carried out its first autonomous attack with a “mothership” attack drone carrying two “baby” FPV (first person view) drones, according to Forbes magazine. The GOGOL-M mothership can fly for up to 10 hours and has an astounding range of 300 km, thus far beyond the usual 20-50+ km range of normal FPV drones. The two FPV baby drones are armed with enough explosives to successfully attack vehicles, tanks, supply depots and command bunkers, and can even set down and wait in ambush for landing Russian airplanes. This operational mothership is well ahead of the US DoD Defense Innovation Unit’s similar drone, which is not yet flying.
Ukraine has recently deployed the “Tryzub” (“Trident”) laser weapon system which can destroy strike drones, guided bombs, cruise and ballistic missiles at ranges up to 3 km, and blind optical systems on drones, missiles, helicopters and manned aircraft up to 10 km.
Japanese Intelligence
The Ukrainian intelligence service is getting access to a classified Japanese satellite system which provides Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) microwave data. The microwave radar pulses, shot from 600 kilometers overhead in low Earth orbit, can penetrate snow, fog and clouds in daytime or at night, identify heat sources such as tank engines, spot camouflaged vehicles and troop movements, and have a resolution of 46 centimeters. These Japanese data have never before been shared with a foreign country. This system will supplement the similar Finnish ICEYE, German SAR-Lupe and Italian COSMO systems, which are already assisting Ukrainian intelligence.
Swedish Airborne Warning and Viper Shield
Sweden recently donated two Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft to the Ukrainian Air Force (UAF). Each Saab-manufactured plane can track up to 1000 aerial and 500 maritime targets up to 400 km away, including aircraft, cruise missiles, drones and surface ships. Importantly, the planes can serve as airborne command and control (C&C) centers for all Ukrainian air assets. This is a major improvement over the USAF AWACS planes which stay inside NATO borders, and currently only supply target intelligence but not C&C to the UAF. The Russians only have 2 or 3 similar AWACS left to protect their huge border.
The US firm L3Harris has just tested and by late 2025 will deliver “Viper Shield” to the F-16 fleets of six US allies. This technology is a Harry Potter-style smart invisibility cloak that exactly identifies incoming threats and reacts with appropriate countermeasures, including stealth, missiles, spoofing, flares, jamming and other techniques. One of these allies may well be able to slip this technology to Ukraine if Trump refuses to give it officially. And the modular system may be adaptable to old Soviet airframes. This system would make Ukraine’s air force much safer and likely allow for aggressive attacks into Russian airspace. The Russians have nothing close to this system.
Harm Missiles Doing Good Harm
The HARM (High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile) is one of the most formidable weapons in the USAF arsenal. The USAF AGM-88 (Air to Ground Missile) HARM was designed for use by F-16s, and can autonomously detect and destroy enemy radar and other ground-based anti-aircraft systems, with a range of 110 km and a speed of Mach 2.9. It was thought to be impossible to mount a US-made HARM on an old Soviet fighter plane. But brilliant Ukrainian engineers figured out the many technical problems, and in June for the first time in aviation history, a Soviet-made, twin-engine supersonic Sukhoi Su-27, carrying a US AGM-88 and flown by a pilot of the Ukrainian 39th Aviation Tactical Brigade, destroyed a major Russian surface-to-air (SAM) missile system. Delicious irony.
Delta and Palantir Battlefield Management
The Ukrainian Delta battlefield management system was officially adopted by the AFU in August 2024 and is already superior to its US Army equivalent, TITAN (Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node), which is “continuing to struggle with implementation and effectiveness” according to expert analyst Benjamin Cook. Cook states that the Delta system is “battle-tested” and “integrates satellite data, drone reconnaissance, frontline reports, radar data and electronic warfare feeds into a single, accessible interface that operates securely across all military branches.” The Delta system was partially developed by the US firm Palantir, which is working on upgrading TITAN, but inter-service bureaucracy has slowed US advances. Any further cutoff of US assistance to Ukraine will likely mean that the US will fall further behind, since the Ukraine war is (sadly) the best battlefield laboratory in the world.
In summary, the Ukrainians under President Zelenskyy are racing ahead of Russia (and sometimes the US!) in their development of advanced weapons and systems. They actually have many important “cards to play,” and their hand is getting stronger every day.
Photos courtesy Lew Toulmin
1. Operation Spiderweb 1.0 resulted in about 30% of the Russian strategic bomber fleet being destroyed or damaged by drones launched from trucks. Here a Ukrainian FPV (first person view) kamikaze drone (not seen) has already attacked a Russian “Bear” Tupolev Tu-95 bomber, which is on fire. Note the bomber’s distinctive counter-rotating propellers. The tires on the wings are supposed to protect the bomber – oops! The picture was taken by a second FPV drone which is on its way to hit another plane. Spiderweb 2.0 used similar hidden drones to attack a train.
2. The Ukrainian TLK family of three underwater drones; the largest has an astounding maximum range of 2000 kilometers (km; 1200 miles) and can carry 5000 kilograms (11000 pounds) of explosives! This is equivalent to some of the largest conventional bombs dropped in World War II, and if detonated underwater close to a Russian warship would almost certainly sink it.
3. The attack on the Kerch Bridge on June 2, 2025 was carried out by the SBU (the security service of Ukraine), and they stated that the bridge support columns were “severely damaged” by “1100 kilograms” of explosives that were places as “mines” under the bridge. It seems quite possible that in fact this attack was carried out by a TLK-1000 underwater drone. Expert after-action analysis of open source material showed that the bridge was massively over-engineered and over-built, likely meaning that the damage was not really severe. And the bridge did re-open within hours.
4. A GOGOL-M (“wild duck”) drone mothership, with an impressive range of 300 km, carrying two kamikaze FPV drones (the “babies” or “ducklings”). The mothership can drop the FPVs, then undertake surveillance and reconaissance, and return to base after 10 hours in the air. Costing altogether about $10,000 USD, its two drones can destroy millions of dollars worth of Russian equipment.
5. The Tryzub (“Trident”) laser counter-drone system in action against a Russian drone in Ukraine. The system can blind optical systems on Russian vehicles and drones up to 10 km away.
6. Conceptual image of Japanese QPS-SAR (synthetic aperture radar) microwave satellites in low Earth orbit over Korea and Japan. The compact, light weight (only 100 kg) satellites can spot camouflaged enemy vehicles and troops through fog, snow and rain, night and day, with a resolution of 46 centimeters. Classified intelligence from these satellites is now being shared with the Ukrainians, the first time Japan has done this with any country, including the US.
7. The modified Saab 340 radar plane, re-designated as the Ukrainian ASC 890. The one big bar radar covers 120 degrees to the right and left of the plane. The turboprop plane flies at up to 300 mph and has a ceiling of 25000 feet. It can track up to 1000 aerial and 500 maritime targets up to 400 km away, but has no defensive systems and will have to stay away from the “zero line” (the actual combat contact line). Still, it will be a massive improvement over the current reliance on US AWACS (airborne warning and control system) radar planes, stuck back behind the Polish and Romanian borders.
8. The AGM-88 HARM (High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile) cutaway, showing its internal workings. The missile has a range of 110 km and a speed of Mach 2.9 (about 2225 mph). After much technical work, it was recently successfully fired from a Ukrainian, Soviet-built Su-27, a feat previously thought to be impossible, resulting in the destruction of a Russian surface-to-air missile array. RIP.
9. A concept drawing from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) of the input data streams used by the highly advanced Ukrainian Delta battlefield management system. This system is fully operational, battle-tested, undergoing continuous upgrades, and is well ahead of its US equivalent, TITAN.
11 Likes
Still can’t beat them planting copies of ‘The Sims: 3’ rather than 3 x SIM cards.
6 Likes
An interesting read for many reasons. I believe, because l want to believe that the techno advances and advantages UA holds will triumph over the WW1 tactics of the RU ground forces.
4 Likes
People rarely use airbags…
In my experience they’re single use
Never change Russia
4 Likes
Witkoff and DisPutin. Ukraine’s future is in culpable hands… Capable. Capable hands, I meant capable.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08/05/trump-must-finally-expose-putin-weakness/
At least they’re talking. The Orange Nong is no longer sprouting off about Zelensky having no cards to play.
Ohh, if only our Bombers could become hypersonic.
Russia’s Su-57 Fighter Jet Just Got a Hypersonic Upgrade
Stealth is the new defensive challenge. But, they’re very innovative these Ukrainians. Watch this air space.
I’ve heard this before. I’ve heard this before. Deja vu. Deja vu.
In case you’ve been asleep.
“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers”….
No change of direction by DisPutin is being reported. Same old, same old.
The nuclear games that some people play.
Justifiable cause.
Just confirming what knowledgeable Blitzers (not me) have previously discussed.
The ego of the orange painted c0ckhead. He can’t even discern that people are pi$$ing in his pocket.
Trump: NATO leaders do whatever I want
https://www.sb.by/en/trump-nato-leaders-do-whatever-i-want.html
Blackmails, coerces, threatens, and bull$hits. How lucky we all are to have the Orange Nong as the leader of the free Western World.
Is the Doomsday Clock at midnight?
I hope Essendon can win a flag by 2030, the year the balloon goes up.
I’m happy with the endeavour, but not with the source.
3 Likes
Video
4 Likes
5 Likes
G’morning all.
Alms, no, arms for the poor… As it currently stands.
Well, profits, national interests, profits, cost of changing supply chains, and damn it, man, the sheer profit involved needs to be considered.
Humph. No one would be surprised if Resident Orang-utan answered every question with this reply.
Witkoff has nicked-off to meet dummkopfs, who’ll likely say “farkorff”.
Frontline update - 1 hour ago
Anyone else think that things are getting a bit heated?
Pokrovsk still holds.
In sprays for ‘The Grate Man’.
An air truce? Given Essendon’s kicking efficiency, they should ask for one of these.
Apparently DisPutin is interested… I wonder if the AFL are?
Many hands make fight work.
As Ukraine’s War With Russia Grinds On, the Nation’s Civilian Scientists Are Playing a Growing Role in Military R&D
What’s up Doc?
Drones and Pathogens: Ukraine’s Scientific Front Lines
https://pulitzercenter.org/projects/drones-and-pathogens-ukraines-scientific-front-lines
“Comrade Putin, we were tricked. The sneaky Ukrainian swine snuck around behind us, like it was their own country”.
Gamers are in the games of their lives.
It should be an absolutely enormous exhibition. Huge. Millions of displays.
…”For the next three months, the Czech capital will host an exhibition of unique artifacts documenting the crimes of the Russian Federation against the Ukrainian people.”…
I’m going early, and declaring “peace in our time”.
Personally, I think women fighting in bikinis should have involved jello.
Just outlaying the optics.
5 Likes
