Wednesday Mind Bender 10/2/24
Submitted by QMS on Wed, 10/02/2024 - 5:00am
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These are repurposed railcars stripped and dropped off the coast of Georgia to
become part of an artificial reef. Gives the fish something different to habituate.
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https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/09/marta-railcars/
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Open thread to share whatever you have. What's on your mind?
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Hey, good morning
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the active resistance in west Asia
was quite busy Monday
here I am going to try the
hyperlink feature for the first time ...
"The major operations carried out by the Palestinian and regional resistance groups on Monday, September 30, are as follows:
Al-Qassam Brigades’ operations on Sept. 30:
Detonated a minefield prepared in advance against an Israeli military engineering force in the Al-Fakhari area, east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
Targeted and destroyed two Israeli military personnel carriers, a Merkava tank, and two D9 military bulldozers with explosive devices and Al-Yassin 105 shells in the Al-Fakhari area east of Khan Younis city in the southern Gaza Strip.
Al-Quds Brigades’ operations on Sept. 30:
Targeted a concentration of Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of the Palace of Justice building on the "Netzarim" axis with 107mm rockets.
Targeted the positions of Israeli military commanders in the "Abu Oriban” site and the vicinity of the Turkish Hospital in the "Netzarim" axis with 107mm rockets and heavy-caliber mortar shells.
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades’ operations on Sept. 30:
Shelled a position of Israeli soldiers on the supply line in the "Netzarim" axis with a short-range barrage of 107mm rockets.
Hezbollah's operations on Sept. 30:
Targeted an Israeli infantry force at the "Al-Sadah" site with artillery shells.
Targeted the "Naoura" base with a salvo of Fadi 2 rockets.
Targeted the occupied city of "Safad" with a rocket barrage.
Targeted the settlement of "Gesher Haziv" with a rocket barrage.
Targeted the "Sa’ar* settlement with a rocket barrage.
Targeted the settlement of "Kabri" with a rocket salvo.
Targeted the "Kfar Giladi" settlement with a Noor missile.
Targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers in "Beit Sida" with rockets.
Targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers in the "Yiftah" settlement with rockets.
Targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers in the "Al-Zaourah" military base with a rocket salvo.
Targeted northeast of occupied Haifa with a salvo of Fadi 1 rockets.
Targeted the movements of Israeli soldiers in the orchards opposite the towns of Adaisseh and Kfar Kila with appropriate weapons.
Yemeni military’s operations on Sept. 30:
Shot down An American MQ09 drone in Saada governorate with air defenses, 11th such drone downed since the start of pro-Gaza operations by Lebanon.
Islamic Resistance in Iraq’s operations on Sept. 30:
Launched an Al-Arqab missile and drones at vital Israeli military targets in occupied Palestinian territories.
Targeted a vital Israeli military target in occupied Haifa with a barrage of drones.
Targeted a vital Israeli military target in the port of occupied Haifa with a barrage of drones.
Targeted a vital Israeli military target in the heart of occupied territories with drones."
... oops, didn't quite work. Trying to make that text linkable in just a word or phrase.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
question everything
It would be interesting to know --
how many of the targets got through, and how many were stopped.
Of course, most of the news these days is censorship and lies, so perhaps we'll never know.
The ruling classes need an extra party to make the rest of us feel as if we participate in democracy. That's what the Democrats are for. They make the US more durable than the Soviet Union was.
Woke up not dead
again this morning.
Coulda knocked me over with a feather. Dunno how much longer this run of luck will hold out.
Twice bitten, permanently shy.
any day not dead
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is a day worth celebrating
in spite of the nightmares
question everything
We should look at our existence
as a constant cause for wonderment, given how incredibly high the odds were, are, and will be against our even being here...
The ruling classes need an extra party to make the rest of us feel as if we participate in democracy. That's what the Democrats are for. They make the US more durable than the Soviet Union was.
I've been thinking
about 1972 a great deal, largely because I'm rereading "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail" again, and your comment kicked off an irresistable need to repost this jewel:
Twice bitten, permanently shy.
Good mornng, Qms!
I have been busy having fun, haven't followed up much on news, so I thought you might bring me and the rest of us up to date with the Stein campaign. I read that she had made a very hawkish statement about Iran, iirc. I read that her staff had to walk it back, and that she made some clarifying statement.
I have slept since then, wonder if you can elaborate on the details.
Thanks for the OT, and any info you have on Steins alleged faux pas.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
having fun is the right idea
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I get the daily Stein press releases
in my inbox, usually just scan & delete
know nothing about her alleged statement
will say, her platform is much less hawkish
than the other two by a wide margin
enjoy your vakay
question everything
Maybe this was it.
Putin is a war criminal. Nothing about Iran.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/jill-stein-clarifies-her-views-on-r...
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Jill Stein is a protest vote.
The political party which would defeat the Two-Party System, the MORENA the US needs, has yet to be formed.
As for Trump versus Harris, my verdict of "who cares?" was reinforced upon watching this interview with former finance bigwig Tony Norfield:
The ruling classes need an extra party to make the rest of us feel as if we participate in democracy. That's what the Democrats are for. They make the US more durable than the Soviet Union was.
Hola QMS. I often copy links and post them with simple
cut/paste. Actually, usually I copy the site address and not a pre-existing link. Don't recall ever using link tool. So, I;ll grab a site address and give it a shot:
RT-text
not what you was looking for I'm sure. It says, below,
so dunno how the tool is ss'posed to werk. something about alt-l??
Linkydoo not that i can see
cool with the railcar reef, are those who do that work "reefers"?
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Hokay, happens when you post.
Copy URL and post to top line, contrive a name for it and put on second line, dunno whuffo, but contrive title and put in 3rd line, click ok box or hit carriage return, when you save it should turn into a link, but not while you are posting it.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
thanks EL
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reefers indeed
yeah, I notice posters here frequently will have a hyperlink embedded in the
body of an essay, which on my screen shows up as a blue word.
Thought it would be good to figure out how to do it.
Followed JtC's explanation in the FAQ's
but doesn't seem to work on this machine. BTW, second button, not third.
No biggie. Can always cut and paste. But if the text you want to share
is embedded in a long list of comments .. cumbersome at best. Oh well.
Never claimed to be a programmer.
cheers
question everything
My linking technique
Just above the comment text box a line of graphics to format by mouse clicks shows in my Firefox browser on the computer.
2nd box in is the Insert Text Link command. (Shift-Alt-L pressed at the same time is a manual method)
I use the top line box (Link URL) to copy the address from the target website, The second (Link text) will become the blue text.
End of my limited knowledge. Not sure how the third line (Link title) would function.
Still yourself, deep water can absorb many disturbances with minimal reaction.
--When the opening appears release yourself.
Ahh, thank you SOE
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that would explain why it did not work for me ..
clarity comes slowly on such matters at times
will try it again - disregarding the third box.
question everything
reefers
Hi EL,
In the world of saltwater or marine aquarium keeping... the people that keep corals (versus fish-only tanks) are called reefers. There have been coral businesses called you guessed it, Reefer Madness.
Big fan myself...
A railcar is a perfect structure for the purpose...
happy trails!
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein