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I would love to hear the Our Democracy responses to that claim!

The ship is still operational and allows people into the engine room on excursions. It can get to 110 degrees or so and even the handrails to go down three flights of ladders could get VERY hot.

I am sometimes amazed at how much of it is open.

I volunteered for a number of years – this is in the engine room.

from 1943 in San Francisco. Huge bakelite panels, and steam powered generator.

So electrician?

It’s kind of one-way communications . . .

Logistics? Got to get stuff from here to there . . .

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and how many weasel-words are used. From the AP at https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-afghanistan-taliban-d2c54073ce67f3b162c77b4f9f2f0ddd :

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Biden will deliver remarks on Wednesday “on the way forward in Afghanistan, including his plans and timeline for withdrawing U.S. troops.” She didn’t provi…[Read more]

Restaurants etc. at half capacity are still enjoyable – but I am looking forward to concerts and plays again too!

U.S. lawmakers also have pressed for more aid to Kiev. Antony Blinken, President Obama’s deputy national security adviser, told Congress on Wednesday that “the question of defensive lethal assistance has never been off the table. It remains on the table. It’s something that we’re looking at and, indeed, the vice president will be in Ukraine…[Read more]

I’m also one of those who will take reasonable precautions, but I’m also one that believes in having a life too!!

heading to the internal border to Donbass.

Noted in the story and you can also see it at

Western media (@CNN) is depicting Russian aggression towards #Ukraine using a video of Ukrainian tanks rolling through a Ukrainian train station in Ukraine on their way east – towards #Russia. My story:#Donbass #Donetsk https://t.co/1ADtnENmvU

— Louis Marinelli (@RussiaHour) April 13, 2021

. The train is blue and yellow, and you can see the Tryzub, the coat of arms of Ukraine on the side.

And, unfortunately, Blinken ratcheted it back up today with the Foreign Minister of Ukraine in Brussels.

but when I look at “Daily Deaths” at https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6 I see nearly 15,000 on April 7, and over 9,000 on April 9. It’s in the lower right corner and the right arrow. It’s not as high as January, of course, but it does look like November and April looks like a big…[Read more]

from about 2014, which is a lot more recent than 1972!