I think there is no mystery.
It's spring, they are checking each other out.

Eternal memory.

All of this is exceptionally bad news for Ukraine.

until I see some actual evidence that's more than a destroyed building with a lot of adult men aimlessly wandering around - no medical personnel, no one running, no one trying to move pieces of rubble.

over bodies being pulled from the rubble and rows of stretchers with bodies .
I'm not saying they don't exist, but I have not seen them and can't find them on YT. In the videos I have seen there is not a single ambulance, stretcher or body to be seen.
I am holding off belief and condemnation

This story is suspicious. Almost the second Iran is attacked and the perpetual enemy Israel attacks a girls school. We have historical evidence of Israel's intelligence capabilities being quite good.
I have seen people claim there are videos on social media showing parents wailing

It's not a war, it's a special military operation. He's not called Krasnov for nothing.

That would be Putin.

My Grandfather worked in the Jameson's distillery during WW2.

The US, Iran, Russia, Belarus, China, Israel, North Korea, Georgia, Hungary and Slovakia, all need a regime change.

Think I'll put one in the attic above the kids room.

They even more rarely can be extinguished when they do.

I'm in two minds as to whether he should run against Orban...

There is no Orcish word for hypocrisy.

"Madyar" is cool too.

Yes, but as an ex pat living in the northern hemisphere, I can tell you it's the wrong way up.

All made with vast amounts of coal fired power and Uighur slave labour.

That is really insulting to some adolescent teenage boys. I was one once, and I wasn't that obnoxious or thick.

My father used to paint from photos - slides.
I took a portrait photo of my daughter and she painted an amazing self portrait, referencing the photo.

unfortunate enough to find the vaccine unsafe for them are considered an acceptable sacrifice.
There was no 'checking' for susceptibility to the negative effects of vaccines, they were mass population programs. Negative susceptibility was found by outcome, not prediction.

I am pro science. Disregarding negative data that is inconvenient to what you want to believe isn't science, it's politics.
The remaining 'safe' vaccine was less problematic than it's rivals, but it wasn't 'safe' for everyone, the politics required that the greater good be served and the few

There were multiple vaccines and there proved to be serious problems with all but about one, so governments world wide stopped using them. Some less well off countries even refused some vaccines they were offered for free, because of the data that they were problematic.

The 86% Moon this evening. This is the first time I have been able to see it this month due to endless cloud, rain, drizzle and fog.
The star just under the Moon is is Kappa Geminorum.

#Moon #Kappa-Geminorum #Ireland #photography #astrophotography #Olympus #Zuiko #150-400mm #F4.5

you completely miss the point of my reply.

It would be great if the US 'gave' Ukraine anything, other than grief.

All they get these days are demands they surrender to Orc demands.

Don't worry so much, the US army just shot down a $16m MQ-9 Reaper drone belonging to the CBP.

The US Army has got your back.

Only Six Mirage 2000–5 Fighters for Ukraine? What We Know About Deliveries, Real Operating Costs | Defense Express How realistic are the reported figures regarding the number of Mirage 2000-5 aircraft for the Ukrainian Air Force, and what nuances surround the operating cost estimates for these fighters?

Nope, France has delivered 3, with a further 2 yet to arrive.

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Ukraine to Receive Two Mirage 2000 Fighter Jets from France Ukraine will receive two Mirage 2000 fighter jets from France by the end of the first quarter of 2026 as part of military aid.Journalist Romain Mielcarek reported on this.According to […]

Evidence for 5, please?

In 2024 France said it would deliver 6 Mirages. In 2025 it delivered 3. One crashed.I In Oct 2025 France said it would be sending more.

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their efforts on building subs for the French navy, they wouldn't have lost the contract.

from French into English, an absolutely insane and impossible requirement given the level of security necessary.

France contributed greatly to sinking the sub contract, which they had in the bag, if they had made any progress or shown any willingness to do more than pocket the money and priorotise