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[Astronuc]

Somebody in Russia gets it, and now so do some television viewers.

The programme was 60 Minutes, the flagship twice-daily talk show on Russian state TV: studio discussion that promotes the Kremlin line on absolutely everything, including on President Putin's so-called "special military operation" in Ukraine.

The Kremlin still maintains that the Russian offensive is going according to plan.
But on Monday night, studio guest Mikhail Khodarenok, a military analyst and retired colonel, painted a very different picture.

He warned that "the situation [for Russia] will clearly get worse" as Ukraine receives additional military assistance from the West and that "the Ukrainian army can arm a million people".

Referring to Ukrainian soldiers, he noted: "The desire to defend their motherland very much exists. Ultimate victory on the battlefield is determined by the high morale of troops who are spilling blood for the ideas they are ready to fight for.

"The biggest problem with [Russia's] military and political situation," he continued, "is that we are in total political isolation and the whole world is against us, even if we don't want to admit it. We need to resolve this situation.
"The situation cannot be considered normal when against us, there is a coalition of 42 countries and when our resources, military-political and military-technical, are limited."

Retired colonel speaks out on Russian TV​

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61484222

The other guests in the studio were silent. Even the host, Olga Skabeyeva, normally fierce and vocal in her defence of the Kremlin, appeared oddly subdued.

In many ways, it's a case of "I told you so" from Mr Khodarenok. Writing in Russia's Independent Military Review back in February, before Moscow attacked Ukraine, the defence analyst had criticised "enthusiastic hawks and hasty cuckoos" for claiming that Russia would easily win a war against Ukraine.

His conclusion back then: "An armed conflict with Ukraine is not in Russia's national interests."

Bravo, Colonel Khodarenok!

 

[Tom.G]

I wonder if we will hear about Mr. Khodarenok's upcoming relocation to either the Siberian tundra or the local Grave Yard.

 

[fresh_42]

I saw Ed O'Neill today at the grocery store. Of course, not. Chances would have been around $10^{-50}.$ But the similarity was astonishing, body language included!

 

[WWGD]

Were Bud or Christina nearby? Peggy? Did you ask to buy shoes from him for your wife/girl?

 

[WWGD]

Seems some are making money of Bitcoin owners who have lost their password.

 

[fresh_42]

Were Bud or Christina nearby? Peggy? Did you ask to buy shoes from him for your wife/girl?

I don't know. I was busy looking for Sofia.

 

[WWGD]

I don't know. I was busy looking for Sofia.

Wow, seems you're more of a fan than I am. Who was that?

 

[fresh_42]

Wow, seems you're more of a fan than I am. Who was that?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1442437/reference/

 

[WWGD]

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1442437/reference/

Never watched that one. Only Married...But, yes, she's very attractive.

 

[fresh_42]

Never watched that one. Only Married...But, yes, she's very attractive.

It's on Comedy Central here and the channel is next to a documentary channel I often watch. So it happens that I look at it from time to time.

 

[WWGD]

It's on Comedy Central here and the channel is next to a documentary channel I often watch. So it happens that I look at it from time to time.

Haven't had a TV in a while. Maybe I'll try one of those Streaming Services.

 

[WWGD]

I've been curious about this but didn't know how to categorize it. If I knew someone, say 10 years ago I last saw them. Would I say s/he _was_ a good person, which msy imply they no longer are, or s,/he _is_ a good person/overweight/wealthy?

 

[WWGD]

It's on Comedy Central here and the channel is next to a documentary channel I often watch. So it happens that I look at it from time to time.

Documentary channel? Discovery? Hope not the History channel, since it jumped the shark a while back.

 

[fresh_42]

Documentary channel? Discovery? Hope not the History channel, since it jumped the shark a while back.

A German one.

 

[LCSphysicist]

I miss believing in God. So much

 

[WWGD]

 

[Rive]

Flying cars like this:

I'm pretty sure that at the concept phase this started like this...

 

[BillTre]

 

[Astronuc]

On a more serious note, veteran Russian diplomat to the U.N. Office at Geneva, Boris Bondarev, has resigned in protest to Russia's aggression in Ukraine. He handed in his resignation before sending out a scathing letter to foreign colleagues inveighing against the “aggressive war unleashed” by Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine.

https://apnews.com/article/russia-u...and-politics-2019b1448217f57e68d2b18b6727bf99

“In 18 years, he (Lavrov) went from a professional and educated intellectual … to a person who constantly broadcasts conflicting statements and threatens the world with nuclear weapons!” he wrote. “Today, the (Russian) Ministry of Foreign Affairs is not about diplomacy. It is all about warmongering, lies and hatred.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...lomat-in-geneva-resigns-over-ukraine-invasion

Asked whether he had asked for asylum outside Russia, he said: “I think that if someone offers to help in this difficult situation, I think it would be very gratefully accepted.”

As to returning to Russia, he said that “would not be a very good idea right now”.

Yeah - now would not be a good time for him to return to Russia.

 

[WWGD]

I thought this chart was pretty cool:

 

[DrGreg]

I thought this chart was pretty cool:

View attachment 301854

If you can't read the image clearly, there's a Wikipedia article: In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World.

 

[fresh_42]

A tv ad gave me a good idea. They spoke about vegan chicken. I think I will join: vegan chicken and vegan cattle. But I don't think I will bother what the pigs ate.

 

[Ibix]

They spoke about vegan chicken.

I didn't think chickens ate meat, eggs or cheese anyway.

 

[fresh_42]

I didn't think chickens ate meat, eggs or cheese anyway.

It was probably a meat substitute product. But I found it funny, since chickens are vegan anyway.

 

[WWGD]

Me, I eat just the best: Gluten-free chicken.

 

[fresh_42]

Me, I eat just the best: Gluten-free chicken.

The whole epidemic started when they started to sell beer without alcohol. And I don't mean root beer.

 

[BillTre]

Chickens are omnivores. They will eat worms and bugs and whatever they can catch. Its a big bonus for them if they are free range.
Even cattle if they only ate grass could easily ingest some bugs in the grass by accident.
Digesting bugs would be easier than digesting grass.

 

[nsaspook]

“Americans will do anything not to use the metric system”

https://www.accuweather.com/en/space-news/potentially-hazardous-asteroid-7335-near-earth-may-27/1190523
Asteroid the size of 350 giraffes to fly past Earth this week

The UK should know better.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/science...size-giraffe-strikes-Earth-coast-Iceland.html
Asteroid half the size of a giraffe strikes Earth off the coast of Iceland – just two HOURS after it was discovered by astronomers

 

[Astronuc]

Simple Ways to Get Carpenter Bees to Stop Remodeling Your Home, None of the tips involve extermination
https://www.popsci.com/diy/get-rid-of-carpenter-bees/

It's some I have to deal with at home. We have a deck with wood framing, and carpenter bees have found a home. I'll end up sealing the wood.

 

[HomogenousCow]

Was experimenting with numerically inverting functions in mathematica and decided to use it to plot the heat capacity of a free bose gas:

Isn't it kind of odd how the heat capacity exceeds the classical value of 3/2 around the phase transition?

 

[WWGD]

What is it with these freaks hanging out by the bathroom, who are not waiting? I waited for 30 minutes the other day thinking they were in line.

 

[fresh_42]

What is it with these freaks hanging out by the bathroom, who are not waiting? I waited for 30 minutes the other day thinking they were in line.

That's one of my weaknesses, too, making false assumptions from what appears to be obvious. A day before, however, I asked and have been asked whether we queue for the same service or not.

 

[WWGD]

That's one of my weaknesses, too, making false assumptions from what appears to be obvious. A day before, however, I asked and have been asked whether we queue for the same service or not.

Yes, it's reasonable to just ask. I guess I was just being lazy.

 

[WWGD]

That's one of my weaknesses, too, making false assumptions from what appears to be obvious. A day before, however, I asked and have been asked whether we queue for the same service or not.

Just curious what you, others here think about coffee-shop reading or studying, vs libraries, quieter environments.

 

[fresh_42]

Just curious what you, others here think about coffee-shop reading or studying, vs libraries, quieter environments.

Guess we have to find an Austrian to answer this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viennese_coffee_house