Random Shots for Saturday, 5 November 2022

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

1. Posted to Facebook —

   Last time I checked, the Ukraine isn’t a NATO member, so members of NATO aren’t obligated to provide any assistance to the Ukraine. Several NATO member nations apparently did choose to provide military assistance (munitions, weapons, etc.) to the Ukraine, but that’s on those specific nations, and in no way obligates any other NATO members.

   Remember that Putinist Russia has bent over backwards to avoid attacking NATO members, with the intent of avoiding the invocation of Article 5.

   Also remember that Putinist Russia has been complaining for years now about NATO continuing to move closer to Russia’s borders.

   Russia has a history of suffering foreign invasions — the Vikings, the Mongols, the Poles and Lithuanians in the 1600s, the Swedes, Napoleon’s forces, and the Third Reich.

2. Posted to Facebook —

   Please welcome Tim Hatch to the group!

3. Posted to Facebook —

   I as a small-l libertarian am ambivalent to the argument of “let’s legalize marijuana so we can tax it and use the cash to pay for . . . .”

   https://ncc-1776.org/tle2018/tle956-20180114-03.html

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

1. WASP Nation — W.A.S.P. Blind In Texas Official Video [YouTube]
2. V for Vendetta (2005 movie)
3. Interesting Engineering [IE] — Innovation: New Magnet-Free Electric Motor Needs No Maintenance by Chris Young
4. Memorable Entertainment Television (MeTV) — Star Trek
5. Rabfak – “Kalashnikov” (РАБФБК – Калашников. Народная версия) [YouTube] from “Kircha 7777”

NOTES FROM LIFE, ETC.

1. It seems that at long last, after two years’ worth of exposure, I have indeed contracted the Koof AKA the Beer Bug AKA the Rona —

   

   Thanks to one of the other “Old Drunken Old Irrvelivents” [Facebook, Spreely] for hookjing me up with ivermectin!