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mtierney said:

Personally I think they should face stiff fines or jail time considering the disruption their climb caused.

You think?

I honor today's holiday.

HatsOff said:

I heard a joke today, though told in the context that it may no longer apply.

Q: How do you get ten Canadian guys out of a swimming pool?
A: Say, "hey guys, mind getting out of the pool?"

(In case it matters, I am Canadian 🇨🇦)

Q: How do you get ten Canadian guys to stay in a swimming pool forever?

A: Say "hey guys, Donald Trump wants you out of the pool".

Maybe we're not really supposed to know the status of Schrodinger's Mitch.

dave said:

Caught the last 15 mins. Well, done.

Got some echo on your voice... intentional? Not a lot. I could still make out the words, so I'm thinking just an effect. 

Thanks, Dave.  Song selection is part of the fun. I spent weeks selecting and arranging those songs. Tune in next week. It will be a very diff show. 

Looks like it was a busy weekend. I would ask for the tl;dr version of the weekend's list of reasons why Putin is always right and all Ukrainians are Nazis, but I have a suspicion that it's basically the same as in the other 200+ previous weekends.

I would be remiss if I didn’t point out today’s anniversary. Eighty years ago a new swimming costume designed by Louis Réard was introduced. One could say the world would never be the same. 

Happy National Bikini day folks!  

joanne said:

Given the fact that you live in Australia, this conjures very interesting mental imagery. 

So, a happy Independence Day to you all!  May it be harmonious, joyful and may you find somewhere cool to celebrate 🍾🍾🍾🍺🍺🍧🍧

I found Pope Leo’s  congratulatory letter (and address) quite inspiring. 
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yz83n7q5no

Mtierney, I wonder if you’ve read it yet, or heard reports of His Holiness’ visit to Lampedusa? 

Iuliia Mendel from four years ago in this thread. "Russia is fully isolated information. Russian media tells only the Kremlin message and propaganda and lies and manipulates. It even doesn't have any logic in the messages." Nothing has changed.

nohero said:

nohero said:

I just listened to this on WNYC -

Zelenskyy's former spokesperson writes about working with the Ukrainian president : NPR

I know that there are some smug Americans who'll call her a liar, a Nazi, etc., but we don't care about those opinions.

Now with transcript (so you can read it instead of just having to listen).

A sample -

MENDEL: Russia is fully isolated information. Russian media tells only the Kremlin message and propaganda and lies and manipulates. It even doesn't have any logic in the messages. Ukraine fully collaborates with international media and with American media, and we are very grateful for this because American media did an amazing job to help us spread the word and to stand for Ukraine to unite the world around this battle for democracy.

But if you ask me about Zelenskyy and Putin, they are really from different age, and they have different worldview. Putin is from old age. And what I mean when I say this, I don't mean age. I mean they have - they are outdated. He and his team, they have very outdated worldview.

KELLY: And you've met him, we should mention.

MENDEL: Yeah, we met. We met during the Normandy meeting in December 2019. And, you know, he surprised me for the reason that everybody considers that he's such a strong man because he developed this narrative. But in fact, when I saw him negotiating the peace, he was not strong at all. He was really a very weak negotiator for the reason that for the last 23 years, he has never negotiated anything. He just orders something and waits that people deliver the result.

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MENDEL: Russia is fully isolated information. Russian media tells only the Kremlin message and propaganda and lies and manipulates. It even doesn't have any logic in the messages. Ukraine fully collaborates with international media and with American media, and we are very grateful for this because American media did an amazing job to help us spread the word and to stand for Ukraine to unite the world around this battle for democracy.

But if you ask me about Zelenskyy and Putin, they are really from different age, and they have different worldview. Putin is from old age. And what I mean when I say this, I don't mean age. I mean they have - they are outdated. He and his team, they have very outdated worldview.

KELLY: And you've met him, we should mention.

MENDEL: Yeah, we met. We met during the Normandy meeting in December 2019. And, you know, he surprised me for the reason that everybody considers that he's such a strong man because he developed this narrative. But in fact, when I saw him negotiating the peace, he was not strong at all. He was really a very weak negotiator for the reason that for the last 23 years, he has never negotiated anything. He just orders something and waits that people deliver the result.