К черту Путина. К черту вторжение. К черту войну. Да здравствует Украина на свободе. Поздравляем отважных россиян, осмеливающихся протестовать.
Apparently Google doesn't do "fuck" in its translations, but "to hell with Putin" will do nicely … and the grammar might be a little clunky, but hopefully this works in Ukrainian ...
Хай живе вільна Україна
And so to reptile business on an unhappy Monday … with the sociopath waving about nukes in the carefree way that sociopaths have...
At least the bromancer scored, with tanks not doing that well ...
Meanwhile, did anyone notice this curiosity in the Graudian?
Foxtel forced to ban RT, which has been cheerfully recycling the quisling Cucker Tarlson!!
Foxtel bans News Corp!! For delivering biased, unreliable content!! Faux Noise. Cucker Tarlson with subtitles ...
There's an irony in there too rich for the pond's breakfast cereal …
Now come on down Major and take our minds off the ironies of life, by warning the world of the dangers of free markets and big capitalists and all that jazz ...
Ahh, of course, Lloydie of the Amazon, an impeccable source to remind the planet of the dangers of the free market and rampant capitalism, especially if it involves a beard and a baseball cap.
Now do carry on Major ... and perhaps the reptiles will include a snap of steam, to show that you're all steamed up and talk of a free market in action is truly frightening to a reptile ...
Ah yes, good old climate denialist Major in full cry ... and no doubt the reptiles will seize the opportunity to insert a terrifying click bait video about a bearded capitalist shocking the terrified reptiles ...
And so to a final gobbet of fear, and inevitably the reptiles finished with a click bait video warning of the dangers of capitalists and big carefree investors, and it's sad that the pond's screen cap methodology neuters such dire warnings about the perils of western capitalism ...
Speaking of ironies, the pond is aware that some cruel punters wanted to do a flashback in time, to the glorious days of the Caterist, say on 9th March 2015, under the header Flood inquiry ignored wave's witnesses ... (no link, that's just to help punters able to break the paywall do a google) ...
Here's a sample of the Caterist in his prime, his glory days ...
Oh it was brave, intrepid stuff, if a tad expensive and astonishingly stupid, but thankfully, the Caterist has a hide as thick as a rhino and the size of a pea-brained T Rex, and so he keeps on banging on ...
Even worse, imagine what quarries inducing floods added to Covid added to wartime injuries might do to hospitals!
Hmmm, that's a tad too black humour even for the pond ... best keep on with the best merchant of Caterist comedy ... the Caterist himself ...
Ah brave Caterist, he's for going nuke for nuke with Xi and Vlad the sociopath to teach them a lesson ... after all, in the Caterist world, this isn't a black comedy, it's an inspiring dramatic narrative about warcraft ...
Meanwhile, a final serve of climate science denialism, because there are many excellent ways to fuck the planet, and indulging in a full-on nuke exchange is just one of them ...
Um, perhaps it might be possible to wean off fossil fuels and hasten Russia's decline?
Oh come on, you can't expect lateral thinking from a floodwaters in quarries climate science denialist man. Why do you think the federal government gives the MRC cash in the paw each year?
And so to the final reptile outing for the day.
The pond did think of holding over the reformed, recovering feminist for a late arvo posting, but what the heck ...who in this mob would have acted as her consort?
No, the pond has had the pick of them, and so the reformed, recovering feminist must tag along behind the men, as is only fitting and appropriate in reptile la la land ...
Say what? The perfidious fundamentalist Hindus decided to take a powder? But what of the Quad, AUKUS and all that? Aren't we on side with barking mad Hindu fundamentalists? Hasn't the Quad sorted all that out?
It's too much for the pond to fathom, but the pond can at least note that the reptiles are still taking Clive's cash in the reptile claw ...
Good old Clive, it turns out he had something of a Covid makeover himself ...
Sorry, sorry, the pond's endless quest for more irony in its breakfast cereal isn't intended to disrespect the reformed, recovering feminist or her tremendous insights ... but what do you know, suddenly all that reptile blather about the wonders and joys of Xianity are up for a tasty Oreo pounding ...
Speaking of Xianity, is it wrong for the pond to return to that old meme given a pounding in the NY Post?
Oh of course, RT! A mocking RT commentator!
How could the pond forget that News Corp, Sky News, Faux Noise and RT are all on the same page?
And now, meaning no disrespect, a final gobbet from the Oreo ... and on the upside it's short ...
Apparently the Oreo isn't strong on recent events in Ukraine ... Putin didn't have a need to pick his targets. He had Viktor Yanukovych ...
During his second foreign visit to Moscow in March, Yanukovych vowed to end years of acrimony with Russia, saying that ties between Russia and Ukraine "should never be the way they were for the past five years". He indicated that he was open to compromise with Russia on the Black Sea Fleet's future (this led to the April 2010 Ukrainian–Russian Naval Base for Natural Gas treaty), and reiterated that Ukraine would remain a "European, non-aligned state", referring to NATO membership. Both Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (April 2010 and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (June 2010 soon stated they noticed a big improvement in relations with Ukraine since Yanukovych's presidency.
Of course we have our own quislings and lickspittle fellow travellers, and the reformed, recovering feminist fellow travels in the same pack ...
There's an irony in there somewhere, but the pond will settle for a Rowe, with more settling Rowe available here ...
Oh that's not settling Mr Rowe, that's not settling at all ...
Long live free Ukraine
ReplyDeleteYep, it worked.
And: К черту Путина (k chertoo Putina) = Forck Putin
The Google translate got that one, ok.
The Major's frothings this day should be read in conjunction with something like the chart about halfway through this piece under the heading "Who’s building the most renewable energy?"
ReplyDeletehttps://johnmenadue.com/environment-destroying-wetlands-increases-methane-emissions/
"Which state in the USA led the field with the construction of renewable energy projects in 2021? The fruits and nuts of California? New York’s go-getters? Green Vermont? Thoroughly-woke Massachusetts? No, none of those."
It's Texas, and by a big margin. Seems the market has come to a different conclusion to both the Major and Texas' equally mad politicians.
More detailed analysis here (if you have a sacrificial gmail account for these sort of situations)
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/2022-outlook-us-solar-and-wind-boom-continues-despite-supply-chain-woes-b/617483/
Our colourfully plumed friend seems to be in the odd position of listing a lot of technical and geopolitical problems that are either caused by, or at least made worse by, fossil fuel dependency and suggesting the answer is - - - - more fossil fuels. The market, which almost certainly doesn't give a shit for the planet, seems to be saying "more money to be made over here, see ya later".
'Course the thing about Texas, Bef, is that it's doing more because it has a lot more it has to do. And it only has that self-isolated 'Lone Grid' setup to do it with so it can't get any input from the rest of America.
DeleteNoting though that NY is the leader in offshore wind because it seems that "offshore" gives the best, most consistent wind 'capacity factor'.
When I read the Maj. Mitch. these days I'm never too sure about what the date is: Mitch's meanderings just seem to repeat and repeat and repeat. Maybe just a soupcon de découpe so that they aren't exactly identical, but with the same rantings every time. So Mitch says: "They did not link the bid and statements [Canon-Brookes et partners] about bringing forward the end of AGL's coal power generation to four months of European power shortages and soaring prices driven by a lack of wind power, nor to Brownouts in California and Texas or even to Russian gas price extortion."
ReplyDeleteNow clearly, we're going to get plastered with Mitch's raves about Europe's 'wind drought' and how the 'Lone Grid State' and California stuffed things up a bit until long after the cows have come home. Even though it isn't the same out here.
But consider European variation in wind capacity factors - which is defined as "The capacity factor of a wind turbine is its average power output divided by its maximum power capability. On land, capacity factors range from 0.26 to 0.52." And then have a look at this multi-year graph of CFW in Europe:
https://www.reuters.com/resizer/6VjAV-BAO858YFGNLqHVYynBxSQ=/960x0/filters:quality(80)/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/2R2LARFEDVJGXO2ZHWLV4ULB7A.png
Yeah, so the actual power output of wind generators varies over a year but is similar across the years. In short, it is exactly as you'd expect: something that depends on weather and climate is variable, but often quite consistently so.
Not every part of the world enjoys East Gippsland winds. But we do.