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It is unlikely that the Russians as a whole would intentionally end life on Earth. The majority of people, including those in Russia, value human life and the preservation of our planet.

However, the actions of any nation, including Russia, can have significant impacts on global stability and the environment. For example, the proliferation of nuclear weapons and the potential for their use in conflict pose a threat to life on Earth. Climate change, caused by human activities including the emission of greenhouse gases, also poses a major threat to the future of life on our planet.

It is important for all nations to work together to address these global challenges and to promote peace, stability, and environmental protection. This can be achieved through international cooperation, diplomacy, and the responsible use of technology.

In short, the Russians, like all people, have the potential to make positive contributions to the world and to work towards preserving life on Earth, but it is also important to be mindful of the consequences of their actions.

It was Bill Barr who in July this year supported Trump's warnings that mass mail-in voting was vulnerable to election fraud. Unfounded claims only there to boost Trump's chance for re-election.
Tuesday, Barr stated somewhat a complete reversal:
"To date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have affected a different outcome in the election."

Adam Schiff tweeted:
"If you've even lost Bill Barr... it’s time to pack it up.
Voters made an overwhelming statement about who they want to be our next President. (And it wasn't Trump.)
America has important work and serious challenges ahead. It's time to stop paying attention to his sideshow."

I cannot say what the future holds for Bill, but it appears to me he's scoring points for the afterlife.

It was a beautiful warm spring day. I decided to go for a walk in the woods.
Enjoying the beauty of a lovely day, I suddenly realized that I could hear no sounds. No cars, no airplans, no birds.
Something was wrong!
Suddenly I hear the roar of a lion!
A Lion ! Is there a zoo near here? No! Is there a circus nearby? I could not remember if I had read about one, but a lion can walk many kilometers a day. Why has there been no warning? The lion showed no interest in me and continued walking parallel to me about 10 meters away. My lucky day, The lion is not hungry. The silence was unbearable, so strange, then suddenly there was a strange roaring sound coming from the south, like thunder and lightening altogether.
The noise came nearer, it was not an ordinary storm, a hurricane? I should not be in these woods during a hurricane. A big branch falls down from the tree near me. If I stay here I am sure to be a nice easy meal for that lion. I have one option, get into the open. I ran, although I did not know where I was going, I thought, the lion may know, and I followed his path. 5 minutes later, I saw the wide opening with green like grass. It was a large opening and not one tree.
I lay down and did not look up, afraid to get something into my eyes.
My eyes are closed and I am lying on the ground. Suddenly I hear very heavy feet stampeding near me. I open my eyes and see the under foot of an elephant. I was right, circus animals are free, probably it happened because of the hurricane,
I look to see where is the elephant running to? Animals have a 7th sense to save themselves.
I see at to end of the opening a building? It is silver metal with small windows along all the length. More like an airplane than a building.

I decide to run into this silver metal thing. The opening is very large and has a low ramp. I look inside and see many animals. Several Lamas, sheep, goats and also the elephant.
It reminded me of Noah's ark, only the animals were not in pairs. On one side there were several people including some children. I went to sit on the ground next to them,
No one spoke, even the animals were quiet.
I sat there for hours and, fell asleep.
When I woke up, most of the animals were no longer inside and all people had left.
The sun is beaming into the vehicle. Only a few sheep and goats were still inside.
As there was no hurricane now, I decide to leave too,
Leaving by the ramp I saw that the place was a different place to where I went into the vehicle. The sky was blue, the sun was shining and exotic plantation caught my eyes.
I could hear water from the distance and decided to go an have a look.
There were pathways in all directions, so I used one of these paths so as not to tread on the beautiful exotic plants.
The sound of water was coming from a waterfall, Below I could see the water, shining in the sun. In the water I saw crocodiles, and ducks swimming on the water, a giraffe was drinking at the edge,
Now nothing more surprised me, nothing made sense. The animals you never would see in the same place all seemed happy to be near each other.
I continued walking the path, the vegetation was lush and so many exotic plants were flowering, it was like in a botany garden.
Everything was like in slow motion, like everyone had all the time in the world. The feeling was calm, warm, happy, content.
Am I dreaming? I pinch myself, no, I am awake! I decide to go back to the metallic silver vehicle.
I walk back, 2-3 people are sitting inside, I sit, getting sleepy.

A woman speaks: Awake! I will call the doctor!
The doctor comes into the room. He says: You were in a coma for 5 days, we had to revive you twice, once it took quite a long time.

Now I understand where I had been. I had a quick look into my future.

Later, looking at the news on the room TV I saw that there was a circus accident and that an elephant and one lion were killed. The circus was far away in a different country.

Often... maybe too often, when you have people commenting on a blog who have a difference of opinion to other comments on the blog, will say something to inflame another person... be it the OP or another commenter.
Sometimes it's intentional or sometimes harmless words that are are misconstrued.
Political orientation, religion, ethnic background are hot topics where one person will 'strike the first blow' in an attempt to start a confrontation, often with name calling or words intended to put someone down. Usually, the first blow won't be the last and whenever the opportunity exists, it's like pulling off a scab and allowing the wound to bleed again... striking another blow!

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Guitarist Jeff Beck (1944-2023) released an album in in 1975 titled Blow by Blow.

One of my favorite cuts was the first song on the 2nd side titled "Cause We've Ended as Lovers"

Here he is in a live nightclub performance:

I received a letter this week from a law firm suing a car manufacturer about a vehicle I no longer own. It had to do with some defective safety equipment. If I recall, the last class action suit I signed and returned the form got me a check somewhere around $6.
Yeah... take that to the bank!
It's my opinion, but I could be wrong. I believe the people making money off of class action suits are the lawyers.

Well, I started an online dating site adventure again hoping to have a better result than when tried some out in the past (I was like mid 50's - empty nest, window, exploring options) ...

Well, so far not looking worthwhile lol only seem to get messages from individuals outside my area who could actually easily meet with if wanted, most are out of town, out of state, even the US ... I'm starting to get tired of messaging back, try to be nice but it's not always easy telling individuals thanks but no thanks ...

I likely put TMI out there but figured better too much info than too little lol only good thing so far is it's something to pass some time now and then and there are some interesting and even fun individuals to message with ...

I'm curious as to what other's are experiencing on these types of sites and would love to hear about yours ...

well take care everyone, play nice, keep it real and happy fishing ... xo debi

You may think, how is it possible for a country to have a medical condition like a bleeding ulcer. Read on... we can talk about it.
In the 70's it seemed like many of my friends had a parent who had a bleeding ulcer and they complained profusely about it. Lots of them were smokers, heavy drinkers taking medicines and being on restricted diets, but that didn't work. Eventually, doctors figured out a combination of antibiotic and bismol that made ulcers go away. No ulcers... no complaints.

I did a blog last week about building a wall (across the Mexican border) to stop illegal immigration. This has been going on for decades. Yeah... decades. Lots of talk (read: complaints) but no action. Republicans continue to complain, many directly blaming Biden for the situation they faced before he became president.

Trump ran a campaign on building a wall to stop immigration but was unsuccessful in doing so. Why?

Conservatives didn't like Roe versus Wade and constantly complained about it. Trump installed a few conservative supreme court justices and eventually the law of the land had changed with Trump claiming credit. That essentially stopped the complainers about the issue of legal abortion. They got what they wanted... except they need to find something different to complain about and to use in their campaigns.

What we have now would appear to be a history first... Democratic president Joe Biden has been instrumental in getting a bi-partisan bill directly aimed at resolving the immigration problem. He's doing it without a wall. No catch & release, faster processing, ability to block illegal drugs from entering our country. This is not a small step in immigration reform. It's a giant leap.

House speaker Mike Johnson is killing the plan. It became obvious that approving a deal like this in an election year would be making Biden successful and taking away from Trump to use illegal immigration in his campaign. Essentially Mike doesn't want Biden to cure a bleeding ulcer.

All the news media realize it. The republicans have stopped the progress to literally end their complaints about immigration... because it's an issue that Trump needs to campaign on.

Would it be better if people were not categorised by their religion? The news always talks about the various religious communities in a country and their reaction to events. Sometimes violent protests are used if there is a difference between a countries laws and the beliefs of a group. In a democracy, laws are established by representatives of the people and must be obeyed, otherwise there are penalties. The fact that a particular religious group disagrees should not affect the application of the law. Sometimes police ( UK particularly ), are worried that they may offend a community and consequently appear reluctant to apply the law for fear of reprisals. Residents of a country should abide by the rules and regulations regardless of any conflict with their religious beliefs. Individuals who break the law may feel that they can hide behind an organisation who they feel will offer them protection and justification in the unlawful manner in which they protest. These situations exist also with, "Just stop oil" and "Climate change" protesters.
Society is at risk of a breakdown if there is failure to prosecute offenders.

In my opinion, the most attractive East European women are from Ukraine. They are beautiful in looks and with their accent and intelligence, are the complete package. They show great strength and resourcefulness in their determination for freedom, despite the extreme opposition they are subjected to by their violent and invasive neighbours.
They get 10 out of 10 from me.

Any ladies from Ukraine are welcome to comment on my CS site.

Imagine my surprise on checking my email junk folder tonight, a mail from CS informing me of all the fab new features on the new CS platform coming this week, and how profiles, pictures etc will be automatically transferred to the new site, just one slight problem, only members from 7 countries are to be transferred to this new site, it seems the majority of the world's population is to be excluded

The email says -
"Many More Members: Our brand new platform means brand new members! Not only will you be able to chat with all of your existing connections, you'll have access to loads more singles!"

Love to know how that's going to work out if they're excluding most of the world, and as for the part " Not only will you be able to chat with all of your existing connections" , maybe they think we all have psychic powers?