Slogans are for people who need to be told what to think.
A month ago, I knew almost nothing about Volodymyr Zelensky. I knew about the region and ongoing conflict, but nothing about the current Ukrainian president.
Then the war escalated - that's right, escalated as Donbas conflict has never really finished - and the groomed man stepped in front of the camera in the military clothing resembling every day soldier going about his or her every day business. The man gave a speech, and I couldn't shake the impression that I was watching a bad theatre.
That is my first impression of Zelensky - bad theatrics. Everything else that followed was "more of the same", either theatrics or anecdotal evidence, tragic individual stories designed to appeal to human emotion. Nothing really about the underlying causes and potential solutions to the conflict - or even Zelensky's role in its escalation.
Well, unless you count rallying the West to join the fight as "the solution".
Finally, I find a piece of journalism trying to take upon Zelensky more ...
This was a very late recording contrasting two news articles about Omicron - so called "Covid super-strain".
I know I haven't been around lately...work...life...However, the 12-years-old clip popped into my feed and I wanted to share it. The reason? This clip provides the great basic understanding into what are the issues with so-called "evidence" related to anthropogenic (human-induced) climate change and the lack of logic when it comes to the interpretation of such evidence. The sad reality is that even after 12 years from this clip, we are still forced to endure nonsensical conclusions that hurricanes hitting Florida are caused by big bad climate change.
The mainstream media is doubling down on the alarmism, and it is not hard to guess why. However, to be fair, consider my little observation an educated guess, an opinion, rather than the fact. Time will show whether I am right.
(1) 'Climate change affects everyone': Europe battles wildfires in intense heat by Reuters (https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/spain-portugal-battle-wildfires-heatwaves-scorch-southern-europe-2022-07-17/)
If you spent time in Southern Europe, Mediterranean, during summer season - July and August in particular - you probably know that heat-induced wildfires are nothing new. In fact, they are quite common and remarkably devastating for the affected communities, and I have witnessed several in person. Most of the time, the wildfires occur due to heat igniting grasses, especially in the areas where there are broken glass or broken bottles. The glass serves as an amplifier for the sun rays, especially, in the vicinity of dry grasses, or even dry pine needles, and as ...
