fwiw, this story is also covered here, imho a more credible source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/1/palestinians-demand-international-inquiry-after-mass-grave-found-in-gaza

gotta admit, that is a lot safer approach than trying some shit on the real thing

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/36/37/42/36374294e5183a96de3e3e6696f4d3ad.jpg

In that case, Krasnodar and Rostov to Ukraine as buffer zones - maybe Belgorod and Kursk too?

I think there was a time when he could have apologized for a dumb mistake and everyone would have moved on. It is world news now because HE chose another and unfortunate path - which probably has no route back to the sunlit lands.

no points, but this reminds me of being in Curacao in late 2006 at Spanish Water on a sailboat. There was a popular bar and I would take my chess set in and look for a game. This one fellow offered to play and crushed me in about ten moves. We played again - same. That weekend we played some more and he handily won every game - I said he should play in tournaments and he laughed and said he did! A Master. As long as I’d buy beers, he was pleased to sit there and beat me all day long!

I declare the weeds to be wildflowers and then I just have to deal with them if they actually over-run something else. Then my tool is a machete.