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Friday, 8 April 2022
Institutional Patriarchy
Russian Wealth Inequalities
I make no apologies for leading this weeks posts with yet another story on Russia, because they are simply forcing me to pay attention to them .... but short of yet another horror being inflicted in the Ukraine, or a Ukrainian defeat/Russian withdrawal, then this will be the last Russian post for a while.
This post is the second about the state of Russia itself, and the Russian people, where immense wealth and income disparities between the rich, the poor, and the normal population exist ...
| Putin's Super Rich Cronies |
.... that means for instance that the top 1% of the Russian population, control 71% of the nation's wealth.
Friday, 1 April 2022
Snowflake Beer (Brewers Drooped)
Fake News Ain't New News
I recall staying up late to watch the first man on the moon .....
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| The First Moon Landings Were A Great Achievement .... |
..... So I have always had great difficulty with the conspiracists who have tried to claim it was faked, claims that are easily debunked.
Russia's Mercenary Troops
Such is the desperation of Russia's need for more troops to fight on the front line in the Ukraine ...
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| Russian Tanks Have Been Mauled By the Javelin and NLAW Anti-tank Weapons. |
... after the mauling its conscripted troops and armoured vehicles have taken, from the highly motivated Ukrainian army and volunteer fighters, that it has been actively recruiting mercenary fighters from abroad, as well as the shadowy Wagner Group (who already fight in Eastern Ukraine and Libya on Russia's behalf).
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