When the news is about babies, you know it's a quiet war. Alt-wrong.
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When I went downstairs at 6:00 to fix my coffee, the kitchen was spick-and-span, as I had left it last night. Coming back at 7:00 I found a blender jar full of baby food and evidence that the baby had been fed. I prepared a pot of oatmeal for myself and the big kids.
When Oksana showed up, I kidded her about taking measures to make sure that Daddy didn't poison the children. Eddie snickered, as did I. When she told us it was no laughing matter, I told her that laughing was all we had. More laughter ensued.
When Grandma showed up with the baby, Marianna climbed up on my lap and pointed enthusiastically at my oatmeal. With Grandma hovering at my shoulder, I explained to Marianna, who of course didn't understand, that the oatmeal was poisonous, damaging and she was not allowed to have it. Grandma understood exactly what I said and took Marianna away, howling.
My guess is that they won't feel like getting up that early every morning and Marianna will get her oatmeal every now and again.
The first of my alt right publishers turned down the article I composed about the nature of the Russian people. He is well aware that there are many Russophiles among his subscribers, people who would like to believe that the future of Western civilization hangs on Vladimir Putin. I am satisfied that he at least read my opinion and may be moved to change the editorial direction of his publication a little bit. My opinion, as you all know, is that the Russia's conduct of this war has been hopelessly inept. Gary in London sent this link from a Russian soldier's helmet WebCam. The English narrative describes exactly how they did everything wrong. I'll post my article on this blog if the second guy also turns it down.
Subscriber Mark, whose email I don't recognize, sent this link to an article from the Institute for the study of war. It helpfully fleshes out the story that Bob Homans has been telling for the last couple of weeks. Russia can't win this war. In my opinion, not shared even in my own household, Ukraine should make whatever concessions are necessary to end this thing before Putin does something rash. He has demonstrated the ability to do stupid things before. He may be a trapped rat, but trapped rats are dangerous. Especially if they have atomic bombs.
Global Research provided a link to this article entitled Ukraine adopts the World Economic Forum's "Great Reset". They provided no substance to back it up. I hope it is false, but Zelensky has been photographed with Schwab at Davos, and the people who put him in power are quite likely to be a part of the New World Order. If any of you readers have information on this, please post a link. This to me is more dangerous than the Russians.
Eddie is down at our new dacha making sure everything is in order for the arrival of the bees. Vadim says that we have to move them from his house to the dacha before the temperature gets up to 50° and they become active. He will return from Western Ukraine sometime this week to get it done. Yesterday we picked up a package of bee supplies Vadim ordered from the Ukrainian version of UPS, Nova Poshta. I should have taken a picture of Eddie looking like a spaceman in his bee suit.
That is the (scant) news from Lake WeBeGone, where the strong men will be foraging again today for carrots and bananas, the good-looking women are plotting to ensure that no deadly sodium chloride enters the baby's diet, and the above average children are much more concerned with their sucrose than salt consumption. We haven't been able to buy Coca-Cola for the last week. A catastrophe.
12:00 noon. Sounds of war. A few distant explosions, then one fairly close. Probably from the Podil or Obolon neighborhood on the other side of the Dnieper.
Two hours ago, out for a walk with the kids, we heard what sounded like small arms fire coming from the south. A few isolated spurts – not an ongoing firefight. A lady on the street said it was from Livoberezhna, but I don't know how she would have known. The sound of small arms doesn't usually carry for 3 miles.
Working in the garden 20 minutes ago, we heard small arms again. Fewer shots, this time to our east.
The Russians would have not had the ability to enter in any force in armored vehicles. Besides which, if they had, it would've been a lot noisier. It would be more plausible that a few soldiers snuck in in civilian vehicles. Given that the streets are crawling with militia, I expect they would be wiped out quickly. There is a greater than zero possibility this was simply a matter of some tightly wound militia getting excited over nothing.
Whatever the story, it is quiet now. I am sure that Oksana will hear the buzz on social media and tell me what happened.
1. Don’t tell Russian soldiers what they are doing wrong - cheer them on.
2. Considering the nature of the Russian people you studied, any promised rewards for concessions would not be worth the paper they would be written on.
3. If you know who Igor Kolomoisky is and his former closeness to Zelensky, you would be glad to learn that Kolomoisky has a house in Switzerland in the same neighbourhood as Klaus Schwab, not by accident, I would presume.
4. In terms of Ukraine’s survival in this war, I consider these connections to be the lesser evil. This can be dealt with later as long as the patient still has a pulse.
Thanks for your insights.