True to form, it is the fault of the EU and AGW. Clearly some great minds at work here. I’m disappointed that the BBC weren’t mentioned as well…..
Sadly for peace this is not an easy issue to solve. It has been brewing for many decades.
A democratic government in Ukraine, albeit an unpopular one, is overthrown by mob rule and we are supporting that new regime.(?) The Russians move in to protect their interests in the face of uncertainty and they are the bad ones? I agree that a military operation was uncalled for but I understand why they did it. It would appear to be a reasonably popular move among the population of the Crimea.
Those demanding a stronger reaction by the West; I would ask one question, would you support military action in support of Ukraine knowing where that is likely to lead?
A few more days of a run on the rouble and the Russians will realize that financially this is going to hurt – a lot. Sadly it will be ordinary people that will suffer, not those that deserve it.
At the moment the West should sit back, calm down and reflect on those treaties it signed to protect Ukraine in return for it giving up its nuclear weapons. It should then offer to mediate between Russia and Ukraine and get it sorted without any more bloodshed.
Ah music.
The first music I remember liking were things like Slade and Sweet and Status Quo in the early 1970s, I moved on to the Ramones, Blondie, Sex Pistols, the Damned, the Skids in the late 1980s then for some reason moved back to metal; AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Girlschool in the early 1980s. After that , anything. The Jesus and Mary Chain, the Pixies, Nirvana My Bloody Valentine, Ride, the Wedding Present, the Raveonettes Green Day, Foo Fighters etc. the list is long and excellent, the most recent albums are by the Cheatahs, Joanna Gruesome, the Dum Dum Girls, Palma Violets
Nowadays I’ll listen and enjoy lots of different music, and last night driving home listening to my favourites, I had tracks from Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Bomb the Bass, Spiritualized, Harry Belafonte, A Place to Bury Strangers, Beastie Boys and the Manhattan Love Suicides .
Not many concerts last year, only the Arctic Monkeys in October and the awesome Black Rebel Motorcycle Club in March. This year we have Status Quo on their Frantic Four tour next week (the last time I saw them was 1984) and the Pixies in July (the last time I saw the Pixies was 1992).
There is no music I particularly “hate” but there is much I would not choose to listen to, opera, most classical, country and western, American 1980s “heavy” rock and modern metal among others. Liking or not liking a particular kind of music or disrespecting others who have different musical tastes to you does not make you a better person.
Having said that, one of my favourite bands have a song about Slipknot though…. called Vatican Broadside…..Warning – contains swearing – and rightly so. 🙂 Fell free to click and then be offended despite having been warned.
Most things in life you become better at the more you do them. Taxi drivers seem to be the obvious exception to this. How anyone can be a professional driver and become awful at it is beyond me.
I fully agree with your point about van drivers. I would limit them (taxis and vans) to 56mph.
Captain America: the Winter Soldier – courtesy of Cineworld Didsbury in 3D
The latest and very nearly the best in The Marvel series. Not as good as the awesome Avengers Assemble but not far away.
Thor: the Dark World
Saw this in the cinema when it came out but watched it again last week on Blu-ray and it looks fantastic on a 42″ LED TV. Still a great film and surprisingly funny in places.
World War Z
A decent enough apocalypse/zombie sort of affair but didn’t really live up to the hype.
We periodically get Saharan sand/dust and we frequently get increased levels of pollution for a day or a few days, so why all the excitement this time, I have no idea. Slow newsdays, perhaps……:rolleyes::rolleyes:
Not important …..unless you have a lung condition.
I don’t care whether you want other comments or not. You’re going to get them anyway (what was that about rules?)
You obviously want B to be the answer as that is the way you’ve loaded the question. Someone who threw away the rule book (whatever that might be, combat guidance?, aircraft limitations? RoEs?) is unlikely to have years of combat experience though.
The Amazing Spiderman 2 (2014)
Saw this in 3D on Wednesday past. Excellent film and the 142 minutes just flew past. Great action and use of 3D, a decent love story and some very nice touches. Funny too.
Man of Steel (2013)
Courtesy of Sky Movies HD. Henry Cavill is Clark Kent/Superman/Kal-El in a re-boot of a reboot. After a decent but poorly received Superman Returns (2006), this attempts to start the series off again and is a pretty decent effort. Henry Cavill certainly looks the part, the special effects are well done, if a little overdone in places. It merges plots from a few previous stories but is decent enough for all that.
Two similar stories The Pelican Brief (1993)
Julia Roberts is a law student who stumbles across a conspiracy in government and is helped by journalist Denzil Washington, Decent, exciting thriller based on a Grisham book.
All the President’s Men (1976)
Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman are journalists who come across a conspiracy in government. Fine drama made better by knowing it’s a true story.
Your photo looks like it has some sort of haze around the highlights – almost like chromatic aberration. If you have the light, sometimes it can help shooting at f/8 or f/11 to get the best from your lens. You could afford to go to ISO 200 with very little loss in quality – in the picture you’ve shown that would give you f/8 at the same shutter speed.
Remarkable skill and a testament to their training. I did read somewhere that the FBW system on their F-18s was modified so that there is always a small pull force on the stick – they also don’t use g-suits or oxygen masks.
About time the Blue Angels made another UK appearance – I last saw them in 1992 in dismal weather at Finningley.
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