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The Ukraine continues to resit Soviet incurrsion - Voice of America

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  Voices of America News 02/28/2022 Voices of America Daily Newsletter VOA Express February 28, 2022 Ukraine: developments Negotiations between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations began in Belarus near Gomel on Monday. They are organized without preconditions, the fighting continues. Special broadcast of the program "Distance" . Putin's nuclear threats, Belarus-mediated talks, European Parliament actions and global support for Ukraine. At least 102 civilians in Ukraine have been killed in an invasion by Russian troops. Another 304 people were injured. There are fears that the real figure is "much higher", UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michel Bachelet said on Monday. According to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), almost 400,000 Ukrainian refugees, mostly women and children, fled their homes after the Russian invasion and fled to neighboring countries. The UN General Assembly is holding an eme

Не більше війна

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 No more war   News in-depth. ‘No one needs this except Putin’: Russians take to streets to oppose war

Defence of Ukraine

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  Defence of Ukraine@DefenceU❗️увага   ❗️uvaha Na Oboloni vorozha DRH. Prosymo hromadyan povidomlyaty pro peresuvannya tekhniky! Vyhotovlyaty kokteyli «Molotova», zneshkodzhuvaty okupanta! Myrnym meshkantsyam - buty oberezhnymy! Ne pokydaty oseli! На Оболоні ворожа ДРГ. Просимо громадян повідомляти про пересування техніки! Виготовляти коктейлі «Молотова», знешкоджувати окупанта! Мирним мешканцям - бути обережними! Не покидати оселі! Translation from Voice of America Attention In Obolon, the enemy DRG. We ask citizens to inform about the movement of equipment! Make Molotov cocktails, neutralize the occupier! Peaceful residents - be careful! Do not leave the house! Source  The Bible  VOA   

WAR TALK WAR TALK

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Biden Putin Summit   Commentary source   nbcnews.com  

Retire from home

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The paperwork never ends when you retire and the empty nest doesn't stay empty  Not to worry its almost over 

You didn't throw out the garbage

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In case you gals are wondering this is what garbage day looks like Garbage deployed, mama is hidden once again like so many thousands of Russian troops on a Ukrainian border    Upper picture from newest Jurassic park trailer  Lower picture is mine - as are most of the photos on this blog

Playful

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    Play this if you want to hear something different.  Sorry, I think it isn't easy.  I wrote the music using Muse Score and the program plays it better than I could.   I will email the MP3 for the above if requested.  chuck.mistretta@gmail.com   Muse Score Program download     https://musescore.org/en/download  

Pond dive imminent

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Waiting patiently for command from the supreme high cormorant leader of all who live in the great pond, the armored division is ready.     Symbol for the Russian Army  

russia.ru

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Working visit to China Not much detail in the translation   News appears to be a Russian Federation  formality

Who fights in a war

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 -Children and those who would become adults   This AP picture shows a Nazi crowd attending a speech by Adolf Hitler.   Will war by a country with a weak economy benefit from carnage other than to earn disgust from Europe and the West  Uncertainty is not this issue  Putin is showing his insecure hand, a last stand at expansion for Russia to guarantee it's territorial position by suppressing NATO and creating alignment with a dictatorial country who could abandon him should he fail  

Today's Chuckle

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 Not to everyone's taste?  So I asked Boris , "What do you think?"  He said, "Come on over and bring your own bottle." Photo credit unknown, which is OK, I'm a pretty good swimmer.

Who am I to blow into the wind - nonpartisan

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 I climb the ladder of regret not knowing what to expect. What's done is done I live with that there's some who’ll never take it back. For those, I say god bless you all and wait for heaven's judgment call.   Source - photo unknown, poem blogger    

Et tu Whooopi

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  "Who speaks with presumed authority and moral superiority but next to no knowledge   In our culture, that would be everyone with a Twitter account, an iPone, a classroom full of students and an election coming up, or a TV show   Our culture is marinated in people mindlessly mouthing off simply because the have an audience   Everyone is Whoopi Goldberg in his own way" "Yiddish proverb:  The wise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when he speaks." Source   Rebecca Sugar  writer and philanthropic consultant in New York for wsj.com  Blogs are no exception because they are able to reach readers that would otherwise not be accessible  While blogging may be in part conjecture it gives someone the experience of expressing an opinion far from the popular view point - or at least that's a goal  

You too Vlad

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Putin Says He Deserves Ukraine as Consolation for Losing White House He also denied an invitation to March on Jan 6 due to world health issues     Source  reblog of Andy Borowitz February 2, 2022