romad1 Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 6 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said: Of course the problem isn't really the Nuke plant - it's the Russians occupying it. You don't need the whole Kakhovka reservoir to keep a reactor in cold shutdown safe, but you do need to do something in the several months available before the current water supply runs down - run a temporary water main or maybe sink a well or two etc. But given the malignancy that everything Russian currently is, any of that could turn into a problem it doesn't need to be. My Post-Soviet Studies prof used to tell the story that the Soviet Union offered some of the land occupied after WWII in the Karelian isthmus back to Finland as part of some trade they were proposing and the Finns shook their heads and said no thanks due to the degradation of the land and soil by the Soviets and their ham-fisted management. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 (edited) 15 minutes ago, romad1 said: My Post-Soviet Studies prof used to tell the story that the Soviet Union offered some of the land occupied after WWII in the Karelian isthmus back to Finland as part of some trade they were proposing and the Finns shook their heads and said no thanks due to the degradation of the land and soil by the Soviets and their ham-fisted management. I'd link it if I remembered where I saw it but apparently Putin is in the process of removing the last vestiges of autononous local management out in the counrty side, moving to make all rmaining local governing offices Moscow appointments. I'm sure that will improve the nation's long term outlook. I wonder if with the LSR the Ukrainians are on to something no-one in the West has had the imagination to conceive might succeed, which is to actually foment indigenous armed rebellion in Russia. Edited June 12, 2023 by gehringer_2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romad1 Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 12 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said: I'd link it if I remembered where I saw it but apparently Putin is in the process of removing the last vestiges of autononous local management out in the counrty side, moving to make all rmaining local governing offices Moscow appointments. I'm sure that will improve the nation's long term outlook. I wonder if with the LSR the Ukrainians are on to something no-one in the West has had the imagination to conceive might succeed, which is to actually foment indigenous armed rebellion in Russia. Well, we would be crossing a pretty thick red line to actually make that happen in Russia proper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 (edited) 2 minutes ago, romad1 said: Well, we would be crossing a pretty thick red line to actually make that happen in Russia proper. For us true, for the Ukrainians, who don't actually exist anyway, not so much. Amirite? and of course there was a time we might have said the same things about red lines and Russia trying to manipulate US elections. Edited June 12, 2023 by gehringer_2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romad1 Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 (edited) 7 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said: For us true, for the Ukrainians, who don't actually exist anyway, not so much. Amirite? and of course there was a time we might have said the same things about red lines and Russia trying to manipulate US elections. Edited June 12, 2023 by romad1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romad1 Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 4 hours ago, Crazy Cat Gentleman said: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Cat Gentleman Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 I see they figured it out at some point. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romad1 Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 24 minutes ago, romad1 said: Damn that series is amazing. Jared Harris, Stellen Skarsgard and Emily Watson all chewing scenery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMRivdogs Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 2 hours ago, romad1 said: WOW!, 36 year old Angela Lansbury. I really need to seek this out again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romad1 Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 7 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said: WOW!, 36 year old Angela Lansbury. I really need to seek this out again Go look at her in 1944's Gaslight 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMRivdogs Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 I had the pleasure of seeing her on stage in Blythe Spirit several years ago in London. Classic play, marvelous actor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smr-nj Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 I saw her in Sweeney Todd on Broadway (a few decades ago) She was amazing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 18 hours ago, romad1 said: Go look at her in 1944's Gaslight She was pretty darned cute in WWII-era long hair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblong Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 On Murder She Wrote she would cast a lot of her old acting friends so that they could obtain better SAG benefits as they got older. Genius. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romad1 Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 You've no doubt heard the story about her being a year older than Lawrence Harvey and playing his (implied incestuous --the book is much clearer that that is the case) mother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblong Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 in hollywood women age faster! Right? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1984Echoes Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 11 hours ago, chasfh said: She was pretty darned cute in WWII-era long hair. Stunning Eyes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMRivdogs Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 An aside, I found this fascinating in 2023, the camera in courtroom fight has been going on for at least 40 years now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RatkoVarda Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 equaling Bill O'Reilly's $30M payout is the lowest she should accept Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Cat Gentleman Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 FFS "scoop". GTFOH with that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pfife Posted July 24, 2023 Author Share Posted July 24, 2023 I've seen others Xing this too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gehringer_2 Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 So much for the the Musk X https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/31/elon-musks-x-corp-seen-removing-giant-glowing-sign-in-san-francisco-.html 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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