TheOldGuy @TheOldGuy@qoto.org
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian fascist invaders.
I am a 73 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2993. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
Ukraine begins mass production of their version of the Lancet drone
https://mil.in.ua/en/news/ukraine-launches-mass-production-of-lancet-drone-analog/
Article on the new Unmanned Systems Force
https://mil.in.ua/en/news/ukraine-to-create-unmanned-systems-forces/
Gonna post my father's Obit here. The short version
George Clyde Shaw was born in a tent on April 16, 1927 in the lamp-oil boomtown of Borger, Texas . Wanting to do his part in World War II, he dropped out of his freshman year at Live Oak High School to join the US Merchant Marine, sailing on both American and Norwegian Merchant vessels. After the war, he came home to finish high school, get married, start a family, and then began taking classes at Yuba College and Chico State University. In the early 60's, he became a History, Foreign Affairs, and Political Science Professor at Yuba College, where he taught for 25 years, became the Dean of Language Arts, and retired in 1990 as the Director of Human Resources. In the meantime, he had become an official in the California Teachers Association, and had run for the California State Assembly. While waiting ten years for his wife to retire, he was hired as a “Rent a Dean” to step in temporarily at colleges while a retired Dean, Personnel Director, or Contract Negotiator was being replaced. After moving to Clearlake in 1990, he joined the Clearlake Elks Lodge, became the Secretary, Exalted Ruler, California State Vice President, and District Deputy Exalted Ruler for his region of the state. After moving to Vancouver Island in British Columbia, he joined the Parksville Qualicum Elks Lodge as well as the Royal Canadian Legion. In 2022, he received a Gold Medal in Washington, DC for his service in WWII, and Norway's Ambassador to Canada came to the Qualicum Legion (and Elks Lodge) to give George the Norwegian Medal of Freedom in person. He passed away at Nanaimo General Hospital on January 22, 2024.
Ukraine will buy weapons and munition direct from Norwegian companies
Russia opens a new engine production facility
https://mil.in.ua/en/news/russia-expands-tank-engine-production-with-new-facility
M-113 The workhorse of APCs
https://mil.in.ua/en/articles/m113-nato-s-workhorse-in-defense-forces-of-ukraine/
Get Wall Street out of the housing market
https://open.substack.com/pub/robertreich/p/getting-wall-street-out-of-our-houses?r=70k1h&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
Matt Gaetz should maybe take a long trip to a country with no extradition.
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/it-might-finally-be-time-for-matt-gaetz-to-panic/54463/
Trump just committed textbook treason. We are members of NATO. An attack on them is an attack on us.
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/senile-unhinged-donald-trump-asks-russia-to-attack-nato/54466/
During the European Convention at Harvard University, Péter Szijártó, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary, was presented with a gift—a fragment of a destroyed Russian tank from the battle for Kyiv in Ukraine. Oleksiy Prokopenko, head of the humanitarian fund HUCUS at Harvard, presented the war artifact to the official.
Prokopenko emphasized the significance of the gift, stating, "It was made in Russia, burned and processed in Ukraine. Wear this keyring on your house keys to remember what Russian terror is like, if you have forgotten the murders of Hungarians and Soviet tanks on the streets of Budapest in 1956."
He continued by cautioning against fostering close ties with Russia, warning, "Being friends with Russia is like betraying your children. Because today they are smiling at you, and tomorrow they will shoot your families."
TOP NEWS TODAY 🔝
🇫🇷 "France will produce and transfer to Ukraine dozens of Caesar artillery systems, as well as shells for them", - Zelensky
🇺🇸 "Biden and I agree that the US Congress should release financial aid to Ukraine", - Scholz
🇳🇱 "There should be no restrictions in military aid to Ukraine, in particular in the supply of weapons to Kyiv", — MoD of the Netherlands, Ollongren.
👀 "NATO wants to coordinate arms aid to Ukraine", - Handelsblatt
❗️ Republican congressman Turner said that the US will fully approve funding for Ukraine.
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian fascist invaders.
I am a 73 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2993. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
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