We both got Covid around in late July during a family trip to Denver. We saw the Red Hot Chile Peppers in Denver in the football stadium in cheap seats so high up in the air my fear of heights was strongly activated. And it rained on us for an hour. But it was worth it. Anyway, symptoms were mild, j...

Anyway who do you guys think blew up the Nord Stream? Russia. My reasoning is that Putin is banking on extreme economic stress in Europe and thereby indirectly on the US (if Europe is falling apart, it's a cause of concern to the US government) forcing Ukraine to negotiate. Without western support ...

I still haven't read that Kropotkin... Finished another Nick Lane book, Transformer, The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death. Maybe I mentioned this earlier, but I just finished it. Anyway, Nick Lane is a chemist who studies the chemistry inside cells. His books are technical, full of reactions, protei...

Major shift of momentum from Russia to the Ukrainian side from a 'surprise' offensive south of Kharkiv. Other than the Russian pull back from Kiev, this is the best news so far during this war. Generic talking head interview from Al Jazeera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEpUWLgo164 Detailed blow b...

You know that Russia is just selling those resources to India and China instead of Europe, right? Their energy profits are at record highs. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/energy/in-the-energymarkets-putin-is-winning-the-war/2022/08/10/6db68b0c-189c-11ed-b998-b2ab68f58468_story.html Oil is ...

tl;dw Getting off the Russian natural gas tit. Europe is aggressively seeking alternate supplies for natural gas. It's going to take time, but Russian gas imports are already cut in half, US exports of LNG have more than doubled. Russia is shooting itself in the foot economically, and this is going ...

Fragment At some sort of outdoor show in the English countryside. As part of this, took a ride in one of several experimental RVs. Afterwards, sat on a bench and a stray dog wandered up, a small French Poodle, maybe 10 pounds. It had a collar and with its name in Chinese with an English translation ...

Can anyone see a non retarded reason for Pelosi's Taiwan visit? It just seems like a very poorly thought out move with no potential benefit. Taiwan is the key manufacturer of advanced computer chips in the world. Until a reliable nation develops a similar capability, the US has to defend Taiwan. Th...

my qualifier is moving to Europe first — but realistically California is as far as we will get. I seem to recall Portugal being especially flexible. Are you both retired? https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/news/portugal-launches-new-work-visa-for-migrants/ We are retired. Portugal is basically my sho...

my qualifier is moving to Europe first — but realistically California is as far as we will get.