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Picked up our dog from the groomers. Slava Ukraine

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https://www.businessinsider.com/russian-oil-sales-up-despite-massive-sanctions-2022-4

I was reading these tweets before he locked his account because he didnt jump in 100% that it was a chemical attack and was getting harassed. part of his bio: career-long specialist in defence against chemical, biological, and radiological threats. My career started out in the US Army, where I served as an officer in the Chemical Corps. I stayed on in the Army for years as a reservist while I progressed through civilian jobs at the Pentagon and White House. I served for six years in the White House Military office and six years in the US Secret Service

found this guys comments interesting Alex Pigin 8 hours ago (edited) When I watch these videos, I feel like Roman is speaking for me, that's how much I can relate. We're just about the same age and share a similar industrial regional city/working class family background. All the hopes and wishes for the future, the way he talks about it rings home so much it hurts. I also moved to Saint Petersburg not long before Roman did and even randomly ran into him at a supermarket haha. The whole situation breaks my heart. A friend of mine from Kyiv, who I have known since 2013 and talked about music with is now posting pictures of himself in military uniform, defending his homeland and his 5 month old son's future from an invasion being waged by a country that happens to be my home. My best friend is American, my girlfriend has family in Estonia. The music I make speaks of the universal human experience. I'm an English teacher. I want to connect and empathise with people, help them, build relationships. Unfortunately, I now feel stuck, facing the reality of living in an increasingly repressive regime or fighting an uphill battle of trying to make my way out of it. Alex Pigin 5 hours ago (edited) @Jan K. I can’t possibly confirm or deny this with any statistical certainty, I can only tell you that among all my friends or acquaintances, but more importantly, among my 15 or so students (all of various ages, occupations and geographic location) none are pro-war. At the very least 5 of them have already left the country, more, like me, are considering their options abroad. The only people I know to be sort of pro-war or on the fence are my grandparents and my deadbeat uncle who has no job and lives with them. My dad is just lazy, doesn’t go much on the internet and is conflicted about the situation. It’s clear it doesn’t feel right with him but the only (or just about) information he gets/seeks comes from state TV. There is a million more nuances in determining and studying someone’s attitude and a assessment of the war beyond the fact that someone is Russian, such as age, occupation, media preferences etc. You’d do well to find someone who’s more against this war than those Russians who are actively leaving the county or are trying their best to do so, though. I personally believe it is the ultimate protest.

Was the Mariupol surrender ever officially confirmed?

Yes, I need to balance seeing as much as I can with enjoying where I go lol.

Wife really wants to do some wineries in/around Venice, any recommendations? . We have 10 days planned in France and added a week in Italy while we were "in the area". I have a bad habit of trying to squeeze too much in. Original plan was to take high speed train from Rome to Venice but any thoughts on renting a car one way and stopping in the Tuscany area for a vineyard?

ok, bad idea. Should I mention my thought of doing a daytrip to the dolomites on one of the 4 days we'll be in Venice?

If you had 2 1/2 days in Rome and had never been would you spend one of them on a day trip to the Amalfi Coast?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/26/russian-soldiers-release-ukraine-towns-mayor-and-agree-to-leave-after-protests

...for Volodymir and Iryna, who never backed down

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/1-russia-uses-hypersonic-missiles-122753468.html LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) - Russia said on Saturday it had used hypersonic Kinzhal (Dagger) missiles to destroy a large weapons depot in Ukraine's western Ivano-Frankivsk region. Russia's Interfax news agency said it was the first time Russia had deployed the hypersonic Kinzhal system since it sent its troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24. Defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov told a briefing that the underground depot hit by the Kinzhal system on Friday housed Ukrainian missiles and aircraft ammunition, according to a recording of the briefing shared by Russian news agencies.

Looks like Putin left his bunker. LONDON, March 18 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin justified the invasion of Ukraine before a packed soccer stadium on Friday but coverage of his speech on state television was unexpectedly interrupted by what the Kremlin said was a technical problem with a server. https://www.reuters.com/world/putin-hails-russias-special-operation-ukraine-thousands-packed-stadium-2022-03-18/

Starting St Patrick's day early huh

Panama

seems to be a lot of random ships being targeted. PANAMA CITY (Reuters) -Three Panamanian-flagged ships have been hit by Russian missiles in the Black Sea since Russia's invasion of Ukraine last month, Panama's Maritime Authority said on Wednesday. One ship sank, the maritime authority said in a statement, but there were no casualties reported. The two others remain afloat with damages. https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-03-16/panama-says-three-ships-hit-in-black-sea-since-start-of-ukraine-war

Saban could actually pay his mercen...err players

I needed a comfort blanket watching that Jeffrey Toobin apology when his CNN colleague went all in on him