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archive.ph is the best. Just paste in the url of any article and you're all set.Thanks for that, much appreciated
Amazing footage of the explosion on the Kerch Bridge, for those who haven't seen it:
Beside the vast numbers of hardware (and men) losed by Rusia, I think that the inteligence harvest of captured equipment will be a major handicap for the rebuilding of the russian forces 8n the future.
"Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday accused Ukraine of orchestrating the powerful blast that damaged a key bridge linking Russia and Crimea the day before, describing the explosion as an "act of terrorism"."
Strange words from a man who sends rockets against civilian apartments
Vladimir Putin accuses Ukraine of 'terrorism' over Crimea-Russia bridge blast
The Russian president says the explosion was an "act of terrorism" and the head of Russia's Investigative Committee says other countries were involved.www.abc.net.au
Ok...I'm feeling a bit smug this morning.
A while back, I wrote to the BBC that their map keys for the Ukraine war didn't make sense. They had pink areas as Russian occupied, pink striped areas as "Russian advances" and purple areas as ground regained by Ukraine. The pink striped definition worked when Russia was advancing. However, as Ukrainian forces took back territory, the maps often showed "Russian advances" lining up against territory retaken by Ukraine.
You really can't have both sides advancing at the same time in the same area...at least not for long. So I suggested to the BBC that they change the definition of the striped area to be something like "control of this region is contested." Nothing changed for a while...but then I saw this map this morning. Looks like they listened to my recommendation!
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Ok, in reality, my one voice may not have made a blind bit of difference...but I'm going to claim it anyway!
Sadly, critical thinking is a dying art
Just a side thought as to how these dubious sources become popular. I'm also NOT saying this about Bill or anyone else here.
The problem is that people gravitate to sources that tell them what their preconceived notions, opinions, and beliefs tell them. They don't want to know the truth or fact (or care about truth or fact) Everything they don't want to hear is "fake news" regardless of its credibility or not. I don't like that. It goes against what I am told to believe. It's fake. Or, they said something bad about me (even if its true. Its fake news
Damn that buzzword gives me a migraine headache.
Additionally, there has been a hugely successful "indoctrination/propaganda campaign" that basically tells people there is a deep conspiracy going on, and the media is part of it. It's really scary how many people have joined this "cult" like movement, and how people are incapable of actually thinking for themselves (even though they claim to be the ones doing the thinking).
Anyhow, we are starting to dabble way past the politics section we should not be doing. So I will say no more.
So according to the Kremlin, the Kerch blast was an act of terrorism.
Let me guess, it's the Azov mother-daughter team again?