Before the internet there was the fax machine.
There is a Russian - Ukrainian word " Magnetophone " and " Magnetostat " for recordings you shared. ( these are borrow words, might be German )
Where there were not fax machines people made audio tapes and made copies to share with others everything from forbidden music to news and political satire.
Today we have many other ways to spread information beyond the interweb that is easy and within the reach of everyday people.
The question is will they want to listen to it and will it be drowned out by Putin’s noise.
History suggests people will want to hear it.
Hmm…
Armchair military analyst now…
I am thinking back to my youth and my high school English teacher.
He was German and we talked a lot, played chess and I learned a lot about life from him RIP…
He told what it was like to drive a tank through Ukraine in the early 40s.
You run low on food so you find a village and pick over whats left and burn the rest to the ground.
Move ahead when you get more fuel fight some more and repeat…
I recall him showing me a scar on his hand he got trying to take a leak in the shadow of his tank ( Ya I rather have the hand wound too ).
Watching the video feeds I see hungry Russian solders looting and I wonder how many are going to get that same hand wound Rolf had…
Acording to latest News, there should be temporary ceasfire by now along humanitarian corridors. One should concerns also Cernihiv, where Katya Kolyvan is still captured. Unfortunately, their corridor lead to Belarus.
Kris:
What are the Serbs saying and doing?
You hear more than we do?
The western Slavs have turned hard against Moscow ( Hungarians too really not a surprise at all).
Im realy not sure. Not much word comes up here, so my guess wuld be that the Serbs are rather reserved about this.
There is some shit in Bosnia currently too, but l admit l hadnt put much atention to what thats about.
I got something interesting for you guys thugh. Yesterday, a Russian made but probably Ukrainian owned drone crashed to the ground. IN CROATIA! look at the map… Something weird is going on.
Edit so much for NATO and its missile detection sistem…
Walk into government offices and you’ll occasionally see official photos on the wall. Sometimes of the President. Or the governor.
Sometimes even a local politician.
Clearly the photo is meant to inspire. To encourage.
To serve as a reminder of authority and leadership.
But if Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has his way, his portrait will never appear on the wall of any office.
His reasoning is simple. Make decisions with the people you care about in mind, and those decisions are likely to be good ones.
You’ll act in ways that will make them proud. You’ll react in ways they would approve.
You’re much more likely to be — in words and deeds — the person you wish to be.
Because then your decisions will transcend lesser considerations like selfishness or expediency.
Like when the U.S. government offered to evacuate Zelensky from Kyiv.
“The fight is here,” Zelensky responded. “I need ammo, not a ride.”
Like when the Kremlin offered justifications on the eve of their invasion.
Instead of speaking like a politician, Zelensky responded like a person.
“You’ve been told I’m going to bomb (the region of) Donbass,” he said.
“Bomb what? The stadium where me and the local guys cheered for our team at Euro 2012?
The bar where we drank when they lost? Luhansk, where my best friend’s mom lives?”
Granted, you’re unlikely to have a politician’s photo on your wall.
Or a photo of entrepreneurial icons like Cuban, Buffett, Branson, or Bezos. But you may have photos or images intended to inspire.
The vacation you someday hope to take. The car you someday hope to buy. Images of outcomes intended to motivate and inspire.
Which, if that works for you, is great.
But consider putting — or moving — a photo of a person or persons you love in a place you can’t miss.
On your desk. Beside your monitor. On the wall directly in front of you.
Use that photo to inform your decisions. Ask yourself if that person or persons would be proud of what you say.
If they would be proud of what you do. If they would be proud of the type of person your actions reveal you to be.
Use that photo to remind you not of what you wish to have, but of the person you wish to be.
Do that, and you’ll almost always make the right decision.
Because you’ll be making it for the right reasons.
Article by: Tom Parmenter
Edited by myself.
And thanks Kristijan. Zagreb?!!! And bad bad news about Bosnia. We dont follow that, we live in the lowlands. Did some searching. Bad for my bloodpressure. I will not give my opinion about this.
Lots of bad feelings carried over during the Balkan wars over here and I thought some of that harsh feeling would be stirred up again knowing Serbia’s history of close ties to Russia.
But I saw few suportive signs by the Serb Church here.
I should have turned back and got a photo.
Further down the road at the Polish Legion I saw this.
This is a very quite club of old gentlemen and families who are not political, that has changed.
I read about the Strange cold war drone that crashed Croatia.
Seems it was a Cold war spy drone the Soviets used but not one had in service since the late 80s.
I think it might have been Ukrainian and might have malfunctioned and gone off course.
The fact it was not detected was probably some very intentional programming to keep it so low radar would not track it.
But how did it get to Croatia?
Maybe it was Russian ploy to scare people so they put a bomb on it and would blame the Ukrainians.
We may never know…
For 20 days in a row, Russian invaders have been killing the civilian population of Ukraine. Yesterday, as a result of their actions, a journalist from the Fox News channel was injured, and another American journalist was killed. You can stop the death of innocent people. Please call on the authorities to help close the skies over Ukraine or provide air defense so we can defend ourselves!
as i Brazilian i know whats being treated like second class citzen by more strong politically and millitary countries and even by own people from here(by the intelectual left-wing aka communists wich is elitist) like the ukrainians is seen by russians, and as a great-grandson of ukrainians i fell sorry for ukraine i wish i could do something like joining the foreign legion if had military experience but is not possible for me, my prays and best wishes for ukraine, and my cousin Danilo Pincheski is doing better than me for ukraine he is doing humanitary service alongside the ukrainian church
Thanks, Mr Steve. I will take a look at it later. No time work work work, 7 days a week, drives me crazy. Can anyone send me Joni’s daughters mailadress?
Tough call I have to make here guys… I don’t want to shut down this thread because Joni has a real need to be able to get the word out when he can. The rest of us have nothing constructive to add, we are all appalled to see what is happening and none of us personally can do much about it.
@nvvizm You are not welcome to come here and argue that it’s OK for Russia to invade Ukraine. Please refrain from further comment on this topic or you will be suspended.
In fact I’d request for all participants that this topic be returned to it’s originator. @Joni, please continue to let us know the situation there as you can. If you need assistance that we can provide, we are happy to help in our limited way.
All others, let’s keep this focused on Joni and the situation on the ground and communication with his daughter. Politics are out of bounds here as always, but I’m trying to be flexible given the situation. Thanks!
