One of the things that popped out in the first one, was when Moran said a U.S. heavy armor division could go through the Russians in Ukraine in two to two and a half weeks. Now, he's biased, but he is a light bird with time in the sandbox.

I've known a few. It's a truly horrible disease.

That's his story and he's sticking to it.

Her tag and photo “Ruth Less” had me go look up her account. She’s an interesting contradiction…

@George-K Not a bad overview of the events for a 20 minute presentation. It does however fail to convey how Chechens and the breakaway Chechen republic were viewed by not only Russians but the West as well. In short, the Chechens were thought of as lawless Islamic fanatics bent on establishing an Islamic republic throughout the northern Caucasus. Think Taliban and ISIS. There was really little or no sympathy for their cause outside the Muslim world. It is disingenuous then for the amateur historian to say that the US cynically sent aid to Georgia and nothing to Chechnya. Of course it didn’t, Chechens were supporting the Islamic-Fascist cause led by Bin Laden. I recall a PBS Frontline doc from around 2005 that explored the Chechen War and how Russia had turned the place into a parking lot. It was even shocking for Chechen “haters” like me, to learn of what had occurred there. I wonder if it is still available in the archives? It is worth watching.

That’s a lot better than the original story, impressive as it was.

@brenda Amphibious!

It’s a lot safer calling out non-tyrannical regimes for their tyranny

@Mik said in Hay Cats! You're "Stack 'em up!" post of the day.: This is Brenda's house in five years. This is Brenda's house today! My frogs still love to stack. [image: 1670630816754-3bd31cdc-effd-4f52-98e6-188a8d12f85d-image.png] That's Minnie sitting on top of Poppy, who is about half the size of Minnie.

@Jolly said in Suing Hertz: Does that make them judgement -proof? I get this post is a year old, but it’s worth commenting on anyway. Had the judgement occurred before they filed, it would have been just another debt they had and the creditor would have become a partial owner of the “new”, reorganized Hertz. But they went bankrupt in May of 2020, and the judgement happened well after the reorganization was complete. So the new owners of Hertz (which were more or less the pre-bankruptcy creditors) now own the company and are in the hook for the judgement.

There's a surprise... Supposedly these were done with AI.

@89th I've been waiting for his next shenanigan, since the Files Caper has fizzed out.

That’s cool.