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February 12th, 2022 - 9:54 pm § in Russia
Putin’s yacht
As of 2018, Putin’s government salary was about $300,000 a year (details here), so either he has other sources of income (e.g., corruption), or he paid for this 270-foot, $100 million, luxuriously appointed (e.g. pool, marble bathrooms) motor yacht (details here) with a no-payments loan. Retur[...]
February 12th, 2022 - 12:27 pm § in Politics
Election officials under siege by snipe hunters
You know what a “snipe hunt” is, right? If not, Wikipedia is there to help (here): “A snipe hunt is a type of practical joke or fool’s errand … in which an unsuspecting newcomer is duped into trying to catch a nonexistent animal called a snipe ... a snipe hunt is[...]
February 12th, 2022 - 12:22 am § in Misc.
Railfans (video)
For several American generations, steam trains were a common, everyday experience. I’m barely old enough to remember them; the transition to diesels occurred during my early childhood, and they were gone before I left grade school. A few “legacy” steamers still run as excursion tra[...]