A week in Settle — Down by the Dougie
March 18, 2022 12:14
To help transition to my life of (hopefully) increased leisure (i.e. working part time) we decided that it would be a good idea to get away for a break. We decided to take a week’s break in Settle on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales which, although is less than 1 1/2 hours drive from […]
A week in Settle — Down by the Dougie
Not Yet Post-Corona — Daily Observation
March 18, 2022 12:13
We all decided The pandemic is sort of over Yet, cases soar – no one can hide it Social distancing isn’t over @douryeh
Not Yet Post-Corona — Daily Observation
NATO is Not a Defensive Alliance – CounterPunch.org
March 17, 2022 19:43
Reading US reports on the deadly Russian rocket attack on the so-called International Peacekeeping and Security Center in western Ukraine, one could be excused for thinking that the Russians might have been destroying some UN peacekeeping base. In fact, the deceptively named target, as a few US news reports on the attack did note, is actually a joint NATO/Ukrainian military base near the border of NATO member Poland that has specifically long been where US and NATO military trainers have worked with Ukrainian troops, teaching them the finer points of handling the lethal equipment being supplied to them by the US and some NATO nations like France, Germany, Britain, and Turkey. (400 Florida National Guard troops were doing just that before being hustled back to Florida as Russia began threatening an invasion into Ukraine a few weeks ago.)
Fonte: NATO is Not a Defensive Alliance – CounterPunch.org
