I hope that you all enjoy this article of frolic, fun and “news”. Let’s try to keep things light. Truly insane people are running the West right now, and it’s best that we try to keep positive and concentrate on ourselves instead.

Some “news”…

Pfizer & Moderna Investors Run for the Exits

How to Cook Beef Tapa Recipe | Tapsilog Recipe

Want to try something new and tasty?

Thailand’s NGO Law vs US Meddling

A very good video. It discusses how the USA has been trying to take over Thailand.

Video here, a must watch…

Russia Conquers Severodonetsk – Then Grabs 85km west to Slovyansk!

World Hal Turner 28 May 2022

The Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk has been won by the Russian Army. More stunning, they moved with astonishing speed toward Slovyansk, 85km farther west.

Fighting is now raging on the outskirts of Slovyansk in a smaller city called Raihorodok, shown on the map below:

Ukraine is losing the war, very badly.

I don’t know what type of munitions Russia is using, but OMG look at just this single blast crater:

 

 

 

Roxy Music Both Ends Burning live at The Apollo London 2001

Oh, how I love those go-go cheerleader dancers. Enjoy this live performance out of the dusty files… To quote another viewer “This is so good, I cried”. It really, REALLY is great.

They are having so, so much fun on stage! It’s so darn obvious.

And those go-go girls are all wearing “go-go boots”, and doing 1960’s dances like “the monkey”, and the “mashed potato”. Seriously, it’s worth the time to watch the go-go girls alone.

Banana-Blueberry Muffins

This one is for the Banana-Blueberry Muffin lovers. Ready in 30 minutes–these perfect-for-anytime muffins will not disappoint. When whipping up a batch of blueberry and banana muffins, don’t overstir or overthink these simple muffins. Overstirring can cause little “mountain peaks” to form on your delightfully delicious Banana-Blueberry Muffins. Add these to your next at-home brunch menu for a surefire hit. Nothing beats muffins from scratch.

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup milk
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup mashed very ripe banana (1 medium)
• 1 egg
• 2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 cup fresh or frozen (thawed and well drained) blueberries

Terrifying Video Shows ‘Bubble-like Clouds’ After Russia Fired Its Thermobaric Bomb On Ukraine – Watch

By Tanmay Kadam

–May 27, 2022

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Chilling videos have emerged showing detonations of what seem to be the rounds from the Russian TOS-1A multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) in the Donetsk region.

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The Russian MLRS platforms launching thermobaric weapons have been wreaking havoc in Ukraine, prompting Kyiv to urge the US to supply MLRS. However, the Biden administration has been resisting this request.

The explosions seen in the video are said to have taken place near Novomykhailivka and Lyman, both in the Donetsk region in Donbas. Massive shockwaves caused by thermobaric rounds can be seen, with several explosions occurring simultaneously during the attack.

In the clip several bubble-like clouds can be seen caused by these detonations which is a phenomenon observed with thermobaric weapons, called a condensation cloud or Wilson cloud, that is formed when a large explosion in highly humid surroundings like those that appear in the video result into a drop in density of the air around it.

 

Reduced density cools the air temporarily and causes some of its water vapor component to condense which creates these bubble-like clouds.

The FAEs were first used by the US during the Vietnam war, dropping them by air to clear helicopter landing zones and minefields and eventually even as offensive weapons.

Also, in 2002 while trying to hunt down Osama Bin Laden in the mountains of Tora Bora, US aircraft fired precision-guided missiles tipped with thermobaric warheads. These warheads would suck the oxygen out of the caves where Taliban fighters were hiding.

Russian TOS-1A MLRS 

Following the lead of the US, the Soviet Union too adopted thermobaric weapons, using them during a border skirmish with China in 1969 and employing both air-dropped and ground-launched FAEs on a large scale during the war in Chechnya.

In the 1980s, the Soviet Union developed TOS-1A MLRS capable of firing thermobaric warheads to attack fortified positions and destroy armored vehicles.

The system is made of three components. The first is the BM-1 combat vehicle, a modified T-71A tank chassis that is fitted with a rotating rocket launcher on the top of the tank. It can store 24 unguided thermobaric rockets, which can be fired in up to 12 seconds.

The TOS1-A is supported by TZM-5 re-supply vehicles. Each of the re-supply vehicles can carry up to 24 rockets and 400 liters of fuel.

The TOS-1A can fire two kinds of rockets – the MO.1.01.04 and the MO.1.01.04M. The first rocket measures 3300 mm in length and 173 kg in weight, while the second one is 3700mm long and weighs 217kg. Missiles can be fired at a distance of up to 12km.

A TOS-1 blast is said to generate a pressure of 30.02 kg per square centimeter, which is double the amount of pressure generated by conventional bomb blasts, and regular air pressure is 0.98 kg per square centimeter.

The Deadly Impact Of Thermobaric Weapons 

Thermobaric weapons, also known as fuel-air explosives (FAEs), spread gaseous chemical clouds in the air that seep into buildings and caves and effortlessly into trenches. This cloud is then ignited by a secondary explosion causing a massive and long-lasting explosion.

The heat generated by FAEs sucks up oxygen from the surrounding area and creates massive blast waves that can rip through bunkers and rupture internal organs.

Ukrainian Forces Want MLRS Systems

The Ukrainian forces have dug hundreds of miles of trenches in east Ukraine for protection from the Russian artillery making the use of thermobaric weapons a suitable option.

Therefore, in recent weeks, Ukraine has been asking the US and NATO for modern MLRS systems to counter Russia’s Donbas offensive.

While Ukrainian forces are already using the western artillery systems, such as American M777 howitzers, they want MLRS systems mounted on vehicles that offer more mobility than howitzers, allowing the troops to escape Russian counter-battery fire.

However, the Biden administration is reportedly concerned that providing highly advanced, destructive, and long-range American MLRS to Ukraine will be interpreted as an escalation by Moscow. Both, the US and NATO have constantly stressed that the transatlantic alliance cannot be drawn into a confrontation with Moscow.

The US has two MLRS variants, the M270, first produced in 1983, and the M142 HIMARS, developed in the late 1990s. The M270 can fire rockets up to a range of around 30-60 km and more advanced rockets can also travel more than 160 km.

While the M142 HIMARS can fire standard rockets about 300 km away and the specialized precision munitions about 500 km away. Whereas the maximum range of M777 howitzers is only about 40 km.

“The very fact that our diplomats raise this issue indicates that there are strong chances to get MLRS,” Oleksandr Merezhko, chair of the Ukrainian parliament’s foreign affairs committee, told Newsweek.

“I suppose it might happen…The US often takes the lead in providing us with military aid, and to other states, it serves as a good example to follow.”

Mysterious Tjipetir Blocks Are Appearing on European Beaches

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A woman was walking along the beach in Cornwall, England in 2012, when she by chance spotted a dark tablet in the sand. On closer inspection she noticed it was inscribed with a strange word, but shrugged off her discovery as a curiosity. Nevertheless, a few weeks later she discovered another tablet on a different beach. Without knowing it at the time, she’d stumbled upon a phenomenon that others have been experiencing across Europe for decades known as the mystery of the Tjipetir blocks.

The Backstory of the Tjipetir Blocks

Not knowing how the rubber-like slabs might have come to be on various beaches, and confounded by the word punched into them – TJIPETIR – beachcomber Tracey Williams began some research into the origins of the dark, rubbery blocks. On further investigation, Williams found that Tjipetir (pronounced cheep-a-teer) is a village in West Java, Indonesia.

Now named Cepetir, it was once the site of a Gutta-percha plantation during the late 19th and early 20th century. Gutta-percha “plates” were made from the gum of the Palaquium tree. The dark colored, rubbery latex substance was used widely in the manufacturing of items such as toys, golf balls, false teeth, surgical devices, jewelry, furniture, and was key in the development of underwater telegraph cables. In Malaysia, the indigenous people would use the wood and gum of the tree for making knife handles and walking sticks long before it was adapted by the Western world.

Are the Curious Tjipetir Blocks Coming from a Shipwreck?

For decades, people had been finding the inscribed plates washed up on beaches across the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, Netherlands and Sweden. But the question remained: how had the plates made their way from Indonesia to the beaches of Europe? The answer is still not certain, but it is speculated that the blocks may have spilled into the ocean in 1912, as the infamous sunken ship, the  Titanic, had Gutta-percha tablets and bales of rubber listed on the ocean liner’s cargo manifest.

Alternatively, the tablets might have come from another sunken ship, a Japanese passenger ship named  Miyazaki Maru . The  Miyazaki Maru  was said to have been carrying the rubber plates from Yokohama to London, but was sunk by a German submarine torpedo in May 1917. In reality, the plates could be still coming from any number of wrecks, floating to the surface as the sunken cargo ship breaks up below.

“A Fabulous Gift from the Ocean”

As it takes some 25 years for floating debris to go around the world via currents, it may prove impossible to confirm the truth of the origins of the Tjipetir blocks, which by now have been at sea for over a century. As they are a natural product, over time the blocks will degrade and eventually return to nature.

Not considered mere flotsam by those who are lucky enough to stumble across them, the Gutta-percha plates from the Tjipetir factory are held in special regard by their new owners. These unlikely pieces of history are described by Marina de Jesus on the Tjipetir Mystery Community Facebook page as “a fabulous gift from the ocean.”

Undoubtedly the slabs will continue to be retrieved from beaches by the curious, and will serve to unite people in history. Yet many Tjipetir blocks will remain undiscovered, traveling the seas and drifting ashore once in a while, only to return to the waters by the pull of tides.

 

Phil Manzanera – Out of the Blue (en vivo en CCK)

I hope that you enjoy this video.

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In a dramatic video circulating on social media, an airliner narrowly avoided being hit by a missile, reportedly launched from a Chinese submarine in the disputed South China Sea.

The plane was flying over the South China Sea when Air Traffic Control (ATC) issued a frantic call, “Turn left 90 degrees immediately!!.”

The gravity of the situation can be grasped by listening to unknown persons in the video discussing whether or not the missile is heading their way.

The projectile can be seen emerging from the sea’s surface and soaring to a high altitude at the front of the aircraft. The footage was shared online by Twitter user @jchovernut, a pilot for Allegiant Air and a veteran of the US Navy’s submarine community.

The clip was purportedly recorded from a Cathay Pacific Boeing 777, according to a subsequent post of the video on Facebook. Cathay Pacific, however, stated that no such incident had taken place.

Meanwhile, the actual date and location of the video’s shooting remain unknown. There are no noticeable Notices to Airmen (NOTAM) or other pictures linked to missile or rocket launches in the region.

The regional tensions are already high because of the intense maneuvering of the Chinese military and North Korean military. Between May 19 and May 23, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) announced that it would undertake drills in the South China Sea.

These overlapped with US President Joe Biden’s visit to South Korea and Japan. However, no live-fire missile tests were mentioned in Beijing’s announcement.

Pyongyang did conduct a submarine-launched ballistic missile test on May 7, but the site was kilometers away from the South China Sea.

In 2017, a North Korean missile launch was seen by the crew of a Cathay Pacific plane heading north of Japan. However, it’s unclear if this video depicts the past event. Yet, if it is an unannounced missile launch, such an incident might spark a major confrontation in the region and jeopardize the passenger plane’s safety.

A few odd paintings that might make your home “pop out”…

Michael Sowa (b.1945) is a German artist known for his whimsical, surreal and stunning paintings often featuring animals. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin for seven years, spent a brief time as an art teacher and then became a painter.

His art might make great conversation pieces to hang in your living rooms…

Hindi ITO Beefsteak

Ok. I cannot understand a word he is saying, but the directions are clear, and it looks like a LOT of fun to make. A must try, you all!

Oligarchy vs. Colony for Dummies:

From ReadingJunkie…

I keep hearing that Russia is [just another] oligarchy. The main argument is that there are [VERY] rich people in Russia. True, though compared to Elon Musk or Bill Gates they are beggars. But are they oligarchs in the proper sense of the word? I don’t think so. Maybe they were proxy rulers with limited authority. I’ll try to explain.

Article HERE

This is a follow-up of my earlier post I Finally Understand Why We Hate Russia. Now I argue that under the European model of post-modern European supremacy, I mean liberalism, the enemy within is worse than the enemy outside. I am referring not to geography or borders, but to ethnicity.

Article HERE

Appreciate What You Have And Stop Comparing Yourself To Others

We live in a society in which, in one way or another, everyone compares themselves to others. This in turn gives rise to a devastating feeling — jealousy. The following comic strip really helps you think about how this feeling is actually meaningless, and how important it is to appreciate what we have.

We love the simplicity of the ideas expressed here by the author, Igor Kalashnikov, and we just had to share them with you. Take a look.

The Truth About Michael Pompeo and China

It’s a very good video.

“Cops & Corgis”: New Russian Social Media Bot Puts Riot Police Where You Least Expect Them

FreeOmon is a bot account based in the social network Telegram. Its sole function is to add Russian riot police to preexisting images. Any user who sends the bot an image file immediately receives a new-and-improved, highly secured version in return.

Thanks to Twitter users, the police proceeded to round up the Avengers, a group of kindhearted corgis, an extremely sad Moscow cat who has recently taken Russian social media networks by storm, and many, many other threats to public safety.

US Biolabs created MonkeyPox

Russia: US labs in Nigeria responsible for monkey outbreak, Saturday, 28 May 2022 10:03 AM [Last Update: Saturday, 28 May 2022 10:23AM)

Article HERE, 28 May 2022 10:03 AM [ Last Update: Saturday, 28 May 2022 10:23 AM ]

The world’s monkeypox outbreak apparently originated from US military bioweapons labs in Nigeria. This is not tinfoil-hat stuff. This is from the Russian MoD, summarized by Saker:

According to a WHO report, the West African strain of monkeypox originated in Nigeria, another state in which the US has deployed its biological infrastructure...

Against the backdrop of multiple US biosafety violations and the negligent storage of pathogenic biomaterials, we call on the World Health Organisation leadership to investigate the US-funded Nigerian laboratories in Abuja, Zaria, Lagos and inform the global community of the results.

The Saker article HERE

The most disturbing aspect of this report concerns a planned smallpox outbreak:

"The Pentagon’s interest in this infection is far from accidental: the return of the smallpox pathogen would be a global catastrophe for all mankind."

Beautiful Photo Session In Traditional Costume From The Region Of Łowicz In Central Poland

When we come upon some interesting photo-shoots we are usually eager to share them with you. This was one such “nostalgia” driven photo spectacle by Polish blogger Wiktoria Nowak. She was a folk dancer for 11 years in her younger age, because of that dance has been a large part of her personality and life. You know there is a thing about these folk gatherings, or what we mean they will leave you filled with good memories such as events, dances, trips, camps and culture preserving.

New York bearing signs of ‘societal decay’

This is what the United States is today. Painful to watch.

This is kind of big news.

First look at AZOV Battalion in Russian lockdown center. They are all facing 15 to life and in some cases the death penalty

Video can be found HERE

85-Year-Old Farmer Given Makeover By Grandson And Is Transformed Into Fashion Icon

The young creative, who goes by the name XiaoYeJieXi (@小野杰西) on Weibo, dressed the octogenarian in fashionable pieces like colorful three-piece suits, felted hats, and tailored denim. XiaoYeJieXi then photographed his grandfather among a vibrant cityscape, resulting in series that looks like it’s on the pages of a glossy magazine.

Despite the polished look of these images, XiaoYeJieXi’s intention wasn’t for commercial fame. He simply wanted to give his grandfather a makeover and take him for a tour around the city. It’s in contrast to the elderly man’s regular life in the rural Fujian Province, where he gardens and farms vegetables.

Kaoma – Lambada (Official Video) 1989 HD

Oh my. Enjoy this great trip to Brazil…

Custard Pie

Bring back memories of Grandma’s kitchen with this traditional custard pie in a homemade pastry crust.

Ingredients

Pastry

• 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour*
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup cold shortening
• 3 to 5 tablespoons ice-cold water

Filling

• 3 eggs
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups hot whole milk or half-and-half

TWICE “LIKEY” M/V

I’ve mentioned this video before. This is the Korean K-pop group known as “Twice”. My daughter loves to dance to their songs. There are two great aspects of this video. First, that it is filmed in Boston… I LOVE Boston… secondly, the fantastic smiles on the pretty girls. Smiles make things happen…

…oh yeah. And the girls are all Han Chinese.

Why Taiwan is NOT the Next Ukraine

Chris made a nice video. It’s pretty good, but not the entire story. Watch it. He omits the Guangzhou corridor. And what it means to the equation.

Anti-Surveillance Fashion Designed To Trigger And Inject Junk Data In To Automated License Plate Readers

The fabric on this garment is designed to trigger Automated License Plate Readers, adding unhelpful data to the systems used to surveil our communities. Look fabulous in an all-over printed, body-hugging crop top.

For the pattern to have a maximum effect, it’s ideal for the fabric to hang straight so that the text is not excessively warped. For this reason, you may want to consider sizing up if you intend for it to read in to ALPRs effectively.

How It Works

The patterns on this shirt were generated by testing a series of modified license plate images with commercial ALPR APIs, working to generate aesthetic fabric patterns that read in to devices and services as if they were real plates.

The patterns are designed to trigger Automated License Plate Readers, injecting junk data in to the systems used by the State and its contractors to monitor and track civilians and their locations.

M777

This article gives a reasonable account of twists in the M777 debacle in Ukraine: Article.

Summary:

– ammunition (U.S. and Canadian) destroyed in Ukraine ammo dumps before making it to front
– only 20km range, 40km [ed: should be ’30km’] with rocket-assisted projectiles which Ukraine does not have
– 7-man crew that normally requires nine weeks of training for basic gun skills
– months of additional training for M777 units to gain proficiency
– 80% of guns arrived in Ukraine without targeting electronics (DFCS system)
– Canadian electronics used as hasty replacement
– Canadian units fail in field due to wall of Russian electronic warfare
– Operating M777s usually located in under 30 minutes by Russian drones or counter-battery due to unique acoustic signature
– Ukriane M777s might get off four or five rounds on a good day before being destroyed or crew killed

Amazing Vintage Photos Of 1937 Cadillac V16 Series 90 Hartmann Cabriolet

This custom Cadillac is probably the most extreme cabriolet ever built. The car was originally commissioned by wealthy playboy Philippe Barraud. He wanted a custom car constructed on a grand scale and in late 1936 ordered a 452 cu in Cadillac V16 chassis through the Edelweiss Garage in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Cadillac shipped a bare chassis, one of only two that year, around the world to Switzerland and there it was bodied in Lausanne by Willy Hartmann. Barraud wanted to body the chassis in his own home town so he could personally supervise the work.

After two year’s war broke out and the Cadillac was stored for ten years. It was then brought back to life and Phillipe had it repainted white over pale blue to use it over the next ten years. It was again repainted light over dark brown after a crash which destroyed the front end and its lights. New bullet lights were fitted to replace the small driving lights that did little for the grace of the design. Additionally a full width bumper was constructed.

Abandoned by its owner in the mid-sixties, the car was “discovered” 31 years later, in derelict condition, in a field near Geneva, Switzerland. That was in the summer of 1968. It was acquired in April the following year by the 2nd owner, Mr. Jean-Jacques Belet of Lausanne, for just CHF4000 (the equivalent at that time of approximately $925).

The car has changed hands 10 times since then. Restored four times (the last time in 2017–18) and probably owing in a large part to a “tampered” dash-mounted coachbuilder’s nameplate (added around 1985), the value of the Hartmann roadster has soared out of all normal proportions. The actual price paid by the current owner has not been disclosed but may be estimated to be around “a few million” dollars.

The Prisoner Series 1 Episode 4

Enjoy this latest installment.

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You can find more articles related to this in my latest index; A New Beginning. And in it are elements of the old, some elements regarding the transition, and some elements that look towards the future.

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