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I don't know much about Meloni's politics but if Ukraine had refused help from every country that has controversial policies on immigration, Islam and LGBT rights then Putin would likely have been in Kyiv drinking tea (preferably laced with Polonium-210) long ago.
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Great speech by Italian PM Giorgia Meloni in response to criticism of Italy's support for Ukraine.
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Ukrainians have celebrated the PutinBot's recent visit with a free fireworks display in Dzhankoi, Crimea. The source of the fireworks was a cruise missile dump.
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The ludicrously small entourage, the difficulty of travelling safely to and from Sevastopol/Mariupol, plus the greatly increased risk of a coup occurring in his absence mean it almost certainly isn't him.
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More on Vuhledar and the current state of the Russian army:
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Video from Vuhledar. An illustrated definition of madness.
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You are forgetting Russian inefficiency. It costs OPEC nations $20-25 per barrel to extract oil. It costs Russia ~$45 because of antiquated technology and corruption.
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Brilliant interview with Professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld on the real state of Russia's economy. The IMF has predicted that Russia's economy will grow slightly this year. Why? Because Putin says so. Like everything else in Russia the numbers are fake. There is no reliable financial data coming out of Russia whatsoever. The real financial situation is dire. Russia is even losing money on oil exports.
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Another high-ranking Russian government official has been defenestrated - sorry, committed suicide by jumping out of a window which happens every day throughout the world:
https://nypost.com/2023/02/16/top-putin-war-official-marine-yankina-plunges-to-her-death/
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Sounds like revenge for the damming of the North Crimean Canal after the annexation. Surely Russia wouldn't stoop so low? Oh wait...
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'I Want to Break Free' (Queen) performed in North Korea:
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French is such a romantic language.
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The guy's got more balls than the whole of Russia.
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While the views of Trump supporting conspiracy theorists should generally be taken with a pinch of salt, Tucker Carlson offers some plausible evidence of the possible involvement of the Biden administration in the sabotage. Russia State TV has been having a field day with it.
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This must be the first time this century that Russia has told the truth. However damaging gas price rises / shortages may be to Europe this winter the long term economic damage to Russia will be catastrophic after voluntarily killing its own cash cow. And all because one man decided to go on a murderous shopping spree.
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Whichever faction was responsible it's yet another embarrassing balls-up by the Russians. Hence the immediate pinning of blame onto Ukrainian Special Forces.
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As above, 30m or 25m at a push.
How often I use it will depend on the weather. Last year I hardly used it at all. This year - a lot! Not sure I can accommodate a wall mounted reel. The tap is in a very narrow carport built for 70s-sized cars and I often collide with the boiler flue when squeezing past. Also if I left a hose outside permanently someone would probably knick it sooner or later. I'm sure I will miss the expandable hose but they are notoriously fragile and mine did well to last 4 years.
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Can anyone recommend a decent garden hose (~30m)?
I'm in Edinburgh which is not (yet) subject to a hosepipe ban. If you heard a voice scream "Oh no!" at around 7:30pm last night that was me the moment my expandy hose exploded. The sound carried for several miles.
I won't buy another expandable hose though it did have its advantages: it was lightweight, it never kinked, and it came with a spray gun and connectors, both of which I needed at the time. I'm hoping to reuse them with the new hose. The downsides are a) you can't use an expandable hose with a sprinkler, and b) it has a very slight tendency to explode. I had it for 4 years which isn't too bad going I suppose.
There so many different hoses on the market. Even if I went with the obvious choice of Hozelock they have several different ones on the market. What exactly is a 'starter hose' anyway? Is it for beginners who've never watered a plant before?
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'Controlled' perhaps isn't the right word given that Twitter, Instagram, Facebook etc are all blocked. Any Twitter activity by Russbots is purely for the benefit (or detriment) of western users.
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