Well, first off, the "boots on the ground" thing, the one Macron is pushing for in Ukraine, is just another example of neoliberals "threatening" us with something that's already happened.

(As a side note, the ongoing example of this is the standard Democratic Party mythology of the horrors of a second Trump term. Everyone remembers the first Trump term. Trump was and is super-lazy, hiding his incompetence behind bravado; given the shadow government's hatred of Trump, a second Trump term would likely give us more attempts to destroy Trump. Oh and the Supreme Court is likely to continue on its path of denying us rights.)

As I was saying, if we are being "threatened" with boots on the ground, that means there are already boots on the ground. Will this reality lead to a new one? Simplicius thinks not:

NATO has threatened almost every single one of these actions for years—like the infamous “300k rapid deployment force on Russia’s border!”—without any of it coming to fruition because the actual initiatives turn to vapor under the scrutiny of how much it would all cost, and what titanic effort it would actually take. In reality, NATO can be said to be getting weaker by the year, with constant cuts to forces all across the board. So will the latest threats of buildups pan out? Probably not, as NATO stands slightly better chance to collapse than reinvent itself as a superpower, in my estimations.

...but noooo. Instead prevent Palestinians access to their mosque, as the genocide continues. What a sad state of affairs.

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Hi all, Hey EL

Hope its good all over out there!

1952 - Douglas Adams, GALACTIC hitchhiker

to get your tool jones on... click a 'family group', then scroll down the page and see all the hammers and mallets, or whatever, etc. https://periodictableoftools.com/index.html

best evah Chest Fever (3 dog) live with Jimmy Greenspoon 2 min. organ intro

Oops, sorry you'll have to click the link to youtub

There is a similar good version on the Live at the Forum album, also about 1970 or so. When Three Dog went psychedelic. One of the first dozen albums I owned, via Colombia Record Club. It came as an alternate choice as they were OUT of (or didn't want to send) American Beauty!

On another subject, admittedly not an intelligent one, about this AI crapola. My Berkeley buddy sends me these 'biospoilers', to share the brain hernias, which leave us alternately shaking our heads, pounding fists, and yelking at screen or sky...

I missed the U.S. Nat. Pk. with these though... Which US Nat. Pk. is this, all jungly with Tigers?

Apparently I have been doing winter bird attracting all wrong, as I've never got a Penguin to come in. though do suppose if I lived on an Antarctic ice shelf with a ready supply of smelt my odds would be higher?

Here we will learn all about flowers for hummers in Mississippi, by showing an artificial feeder, and a western hummingbird species not found in MS escept as an extraordinary accidental.

There is nothing to worry about. We're going to be so much smarter with AI! /s

Thanks for the OT! Hope yer dryin' out! Love watching that snow stack up in the Sierras. The morning after everyone was stuck on Donner Pass, ms dys asked if I saw what happened, I said they were eating each other already.

be well all!

Bernie Sanders reaffirms support for “Genocide Joe” after Biden declares “no red lines” in Israeli assault on Gaza

after I saw it in an RBN session.

...The Express version of the story is to try to link this nuclear weapons development to NATO v. Russia developments.

NATO fighter jets get green light to carry nukes as tension with Russia soars

This appears to be the original source in Breaking Defense linked below. Yippee, new nuclear weapons!

AIR WARFARE, GLOBAL EXCLUSIVE: F-35A officially certified to carry nuclear bomb

The B-61-12 weapon is different from other gravity nukes because is a deep earth/bunker penetrating weapon. The implication is that the F-35A can fly stealthily and at supersonic speeds enroute to deliver a nuke.

F-35A weapon bays with 2 B61 nuclear bombs and 2 AIM-120 AMRAAM

The effective use of this weapon one time, could provoke a response resulting in the end of life on earth as we know it. What possible advantage could one hope to achieve with this new "innovation?" I originally entertained the notion that this was a decapitation weapon designed for North Korea with a "limited" capacity to retaliate. But they would retaliate. There exists the possibility such a retaliation by a relatively "weak" nuclear power like North Korea, might not result in world destruction, only destruction of the region. Use of "tactical" nuclear weapons against Russia in the Ukraine region or elsewhere, is extremely unlikely to be contained. So called "extended deterrence" is a psychological prop or tool, to reassure allies that we would use nuclear weapons to defend them. It is regarded as more important in this aspect, because of US allies perceiving a weakening US conventional deterrence.

Nuclear power policy to be major focus in parliament after Ishikawa quake

The controversial restart of nuclear power reactors is set to return to the spotlight in parliament, with opposition parties likely to step up their criticisms of the current evacuation plans in the event of a nuclear disaster.

"Not only roads but also houses, schools and other facilities were damaged by the (Noto Peninsula) earthquake. The evacuation plans force residents to do what is impossible," Yamazoe said.

In the quake, active faults moved jointly in an area spanning some 150 kilometers, wider than estimated by Hokuriku Electric, Yamazoe noted. "This shows the limits of nuclear plant safety inspections. Plans to restart idled nuclear reactors should be scrapped," he said.

After the earthquake, data from at least 18 monitoring posts to measure radiation levels around the Shika nuclear plant became unavailable.

The whole article is better than this excerpt above. Same for this Mari Yamuguchi article below.

13 years after meltdown, the head of Japan’s nuclear cleanup is probing mysteries inside reactors

Last month, the plant made its first drone flight into the worst-hit reactor, No. 1 reactor, to investigate the melted debris, but had to cancel a second day of exploration after a secondary robot that helped with data transmission failed.

“We are new to these things and sometimes encounter unanticipated mishaps on the ground. But they are all valuable lessons learned for our next steps,” Ono said.

Critics say the 30- to 40-year cleanup target set by the government and TEPCO is overly optimistic.

The lack of data, technology and plans on what to do with the fatally radioactive melted fuel and other nuclear waste at the end makes it difficult to have a clear view of how the plant complex and its surroundings may end up when the cleanup ends.

Thought this was revealing. This twitter "expert" who spreads a lot of bs about China, can't distinguish Chinese from Hangul (Korean). He has over a million followers:

The picture is of Snoop Dogg in Korea https://t.co/KwrX6w8Q8e

— Austin Bashore (오스틴 배쇼어) (@BashoreForOhio) March 10, 2024

For a while, I tried to keep up with Fukushima, radiation issues, and the like but I don't know enough. It doesn't get enough attention.

Thanks for the OT enhydra lutris.

p.s.

Nice of the military industrial cyclops to use the Oscars to sell the world on British-American imperialism and nuclear submarines for Australia. pic.twitter.com/z5ECIFISVR

— Tim Shorrock (@TimothyS) March 11, 2024

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between cheerios and imported fish
think would go with none of the above
bacon and eggs with a side of muffins
dripping with butter and home made
strawberry jam
thanks