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Virtually every college campus that I've ever been on has some sort of 'biological research lab',

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In Rural Russia, Locals Blame the West for Conflict in Ukraine, Back Putin

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Originally posted by sigfreund:

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
In Rural Russia, Locals Blame the West for Conflict in Ukraine, Back Putin

“No one who has not lived for years in a totalitarian land can possibly conceive how difficult it is to escape the dread consequences of a regime’s calculated and incessant propaganda. Often in a German home or office or sometimes in a casual conversation with a stranger in a restaurant, a beer hall, a café, I would meet with the most outlandish assertions from seemingly educated and intelligent persons. It was obvious that they were parroting some piece of nonsense they had heard on the radio or read in the newspapers.”
— William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (n.p., 1961; electronic edition New York: RosettaBooks, 2011), 324.

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Originally posted by sigfreund:

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
In Rural Russia, Locals Blame the West for Conflict in Ukraine, Back Putin

“No one who has not lived for years in a totalitarian land can possibly conceive how difficult it is to escape the dread consequences of a regime’s calculated and incessant propaganda. Often in a German home or office or sometimes in a casual conversation with a stranger in a restaurant, a beer hall, a café, I would meet with the most outlandish assertions from seemingly educated and intelligent persons. It was obvious that they were parroting some piece of nonsense they had heard on the radio or read in the newspapers.”
— William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (n.p., 1961; electronic edition New York: RosettaBooks, 2011), 324.

Added: And unfortunately as is demonstrated even here these days, the same problem occurs when someone voluntarily limits his source(s) of information to the ones that present a highly selective narrative and suppress or at least ignore anything that does not fit. And no, that’s not limited to people on the Left. Those on the Right can be just as head-in-the-sand oblivious to anything that doesn’t fit what they want to believe, but it’s a little harder for them because the major propaganda purveyors are predominantly leftist.

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Originally posted by Fed161:
Not a biolab related post. I am starting to think that Ukraine can actually come out of this war with a win (of sorts). Ukraine isn't going to invade Russia and defeat them. But I am thinking that they might be able to end this war on reasonably favorable terms. like taking a pledge of neutrality, with no territorial concessions, and nothing more. That would be a win for Ukraine and a defeat for Putin. I hope it happens. And I hope they are provided with the weapons they need to make it happen. The Ukranians have been spectacular.

Saw a clip that had an interview with a territorial defense group. They had a museum in their area that had working weapons from WW2.
One guy had a Thompson. He said it works and he has 9 clips of ammo for it. Plenty to kill lots of Russians he said. One guy had a Russian PPSH-41 submachine gun from WW2. Hope they can do some damage with their weapons.

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also -- saw a thing the other day explaining the Russian white painted-on symbology. related to respective axis of advance.

V -- invasion force from the north -- west of the Dnieper river
O -- from the North -- East of the Dnieper
Z in a square -- from the east
Z (not in a square) from the South

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Added: And unfortunately as is demonstrated even here these days, the same problem occurs when someone voluntarily limits his source(s) of information to the ones that present a highly selective narrative and suppress or at least ignore anything that does not fit. And no, that’s not limited to people on the Left. Those on the Right can be just as head-in-the-sand oblivious to anything that doesn’t fit what they want to believe, but it’s a little harder for them because the major propaganda purveyors are predominantly leftist.

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Russian cosmonauts wear Ukraine colors

Three Russian cosmonauts emerged at the International Space Station last night with inflight suits in the yellow and blue of the Ukrainian flag.

Normally cosmonauts wear standard-issue blue uniforms.

Some have interpreted this to mean that the three cosmonauts — Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov — were be making a daring statement against the war. The Kremlin has launched a brutal crackdown on anti-war messages.



When asked about the suits, cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev said "we had accumulated a lot of yellow material so we needed to use it."

The three blasted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-month stay aboard the orbiting laboratory yesterday.

They are joining the crew in place at the International Space Station of two Russians, four Americans and one German.

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"we had accumulated a lot of yellow material so we needed to use it."

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There is no longer a railway connection between Ukraine and Belarus - head of Ukrzaliznytsia
SATURDAY, 19 MARCH 2022, 19:16

SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 2022, 18:58 - DANA GORDIICHUK

There is no longer a railway connection between Ukraine and Belarus, so the Russian occupiers will not be able to deliver Russian equipment by rail from Belarus.

Source: Oleksandr Kamyshin, head of Ukrzaliznytsia [Ukrainian Railways], on Nastoyaschee Vremya (TV channel created by Radio Svoboda and Voice of America).

"I appealed to Belarusian Railways not to carry out criminal orders and not to lead Russian military convoys to Ukraine. I can now say that there is no connection between Belarus and Ukraine," he said.

Kamyshin refused to say at what point the rail connection between the two countries was severed, in order not to put workers of the Belarusian railway at risk.

"I can't clarify the details, but I am grateful to Belarusian Railways for what they are doing… I believe that these people will be able to prevent Belarusian Railways from transporting military convoys to Ukraine," Kamyshin added.

"Currently, the railways are out of order", Kamyshin confirmed, "so Russian equipment from Belarus will not be able to be delivered."

Reminder: In the afternoon of 26 February, Ukrainian troops blew up the railway junctions connecting the Ukrainian and Russian railways.

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Rail war in Belarus: Partisans prevent military trains from going to Ukraine
EURORADIO | 03/03/2022 - 18:16 | POLITICS

While it was a protest then, now it's a war. Belarusian railroads suffer burned equipment and disabled traffic lights. As a result, trains with Russian military and equipment stopped running on the Belarusian railroads at night.