tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post2408386666824615156..comments2024-03-28T09:37:34.133+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: TASSYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-91748586599909220932022-02-28T20:23:49.923+00:002022-02-28T20:23:49.923+00:00Which shows it's always the people who come of...Which shows it's always the people who come off worst. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-53082423108489670532022-02-28T18:49:22.065+00:002022-02-28T18:49:22.065+00:00I agree. If you are a Russian be careful about spe...I agree. If you are a Russian be careful about speaking the truth. Truth is illegal.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-5954153910282987512022-02-28T18:47:37.283+00:002022-02-28T18:47:37.283+00:00Trump know nothing about warfare as he successfull...Trump know nothing about warfare as he successfully dodged The Vietnam War for very spurious reasons. He could have just come clean and said, "I don't wish to fight in Vietnam because I am a coward."Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-2637098770400570312022-02-28T18:45:29.753+00:002022-02-28T18:45:29.753+00:00I have no suspicions myself.I have no suspicions myself.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-59554946690488832052022-02-28T18:44:47.747+00:002022-02-28T18:44:47.747+00:00Preferably by one of his own tanks.Preferably by one of his own tanks.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-4599196694882708632022-02-28T18:44:13.790+00:002022-02-28T18:44:13.790+00:00Why should they? They are describing what they see...Why should they? They are describing what they see and what they hear.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-79780919749112920052022-02-28T18:05:35.237+00:002022-02-28T18:05:35.237+00:00I hope to god that Putin is squashed.I hope to god that Putin is squashed.Pixiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01313413260127376288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-20210988178907306202022-02-28T17:27:46.895+00:002022-02-28T17:27:46.895+00:00There are plenty of other news channels covering t...There are plenty of other news channels covering the incursion but it would seem that the story is pretty much the same everywhere in the West.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-26743597360596662582022-02-28T16:50:21.420+00:002022-02-28T16:50:21.420+00:00Tom Friedman in the NYT wrote about that too -- ho...Tom Friedman in the NYT wrote about that too -- how this war is going to be different from all the other wars we've experienced, taking place as it is in a modern, westernized country where smart phones are ubiquitous.<br /><br />What astonishes me is how some right-wingers (in the USA, anyway) are siding with Putin and Russia in all this. I suppose his authoritarianism appeals to them, and they'll say anything to denigrate Biden and the American response. They also insist none of this would have happened under Trump, which I very much disbelieve.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-484781991983611612022-02-28T16:39:49.606+00:002022-02-28T16:39:49.606+00:00They aren't primarily reporting British, EU, U...They aren't primarily reporting British, EU, US, Ukranian or Russian government statements. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-68111071645490848642022-02-28T16:36:59.851+00:002022-02-28T16:36:59.851+00:00I need to remember your last two sentences for fut...I need to remember your last two sentences for future reference. What an apt analogy.<br /><br />I can't help but wonder if the protesting Russians who have been interviewed by foreign news media will suffer any repercussions for speaking out against the government/military. Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00859017153454691633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-61831892967449647142022-02-28T14:58:38.405+00:002022-02-28T14:58:38.405+00:00What is happening now helps us to better understan...What is happening now helps us to better understand what happened in the past.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-78021927753898915832022-02-28T14:56:40.523+00:002022-02-28T14:56:40.523+00:00Let us hope that the wave of protest becomes too b...Let us hope that the wave of protest becomes too big for Putin to squash.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-541386246737038642022-02-28T14:55:43.505+00:002022-02-28T14:55:43.505+00:00You are a good judge of character Ms Moon.You are a good judge of character Ms Moon.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-24483777641800088552022-02-28T14:46:29.715+00:002022-02-28T14:46:29.715+00:00Our parent's generation experienced that at fi...Our parent's generation experienced that at first hand in 1939.Coppa's girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459503600694841117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-84055467771064111202022-02-28T14:33:43.704+00:002022-02-28T14:33:43.704+00:00I find it quite satisfying to see Russians on the ...I find it quite satisfying to see Russians on the streets protesting Putin and this war.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-58159040325724542782022-02-28T14:10:03.649+00:002022-02-28T14:10:03.649+00:00And, sadly, not for the first time (and probably n...And, sadly, not for the first time (and probably not for the last, either).Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-15919754906077455092022-02-28T13:53:40.423+00:002022-02-28T13:53:40.423+00:00I am here, as you said the other day on my post. I...I am here, as you said the other day on my post. I am reading. I just do not know what to say except that Putin is evil. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-2470267702603893252022-02-28T12:24:23.076+00:002022-02-28T12:24:23.076+00:00Of course all governments manipulate the truth but...Of course all governments manipulate the truth but in this instance I tend to believe most of what we are being told. How can we doubt Clive Myrie and Lise Doucet?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-5804293202345764472022-02-28T12:11:14.086+00:002022-02-28T12:11:14.086+00:00I don't believe all we're being told, eith...I don't believe all we're being told, either. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-68856763407840294912022-02-28T11:23:47.142+00:002022-02-28T11:23:47.142+00:00I suspect the demonstrators are mainly educated li...I suspect the demonstrators are mainly educated liberals who have learnt to doubt. I further suspect that the vast rump of the Russian people are blind to Putin's wrongdoing.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-87298942921754314652022-02-28T11:21:18.353+00:002022-02-28T11:21:18.353+00:00Does he care? He is old and mad.Does he care? He is old and mad.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-72987892024292240562022-02-28T11:20:27.168+00:002022-02-28T11:20:27.168+00:00He had not done his homework but his army is huge ...He had not done his homework but his army is huge and has the ability to crush Ukraine's forces. But what use is it commandeering a country that bitterly resents your presence?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-70987833737543429612022-02-28T11:18:14.343+00:002022-02-28T11:18:14.343+00:00It appears that one madman can change the world.It appears that one madman can change the world.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-485260002896664002022-02-28T11:16:59.048+00:002022-02-28T11:16:59.048+00:00There are official attempts to block but they can&...There are official attempts to block but they can't keep everything out. However, most Russians only know Russian.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.com