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OK, it seems to have gone quiet here.
So I'll go off-topic ...
Arrested Development - Mr. Wendal (1992)
www.youtube.com
imo, Pres Putin is assaulting NATO. Slowly and in a diminished manner initially.
But I also suspect he will slowly ramp up the level of attacks, like a frog in boiling water.
The Boiling Frog Theory and Human Behavior (2025)
behaviorfacts.com
... The boiling frog theory is often told as a cautionary tale.
If you drop a frog into boiling water, the story goes, it will jump out immediately. But if you place the frog in cool water and slowly heat it, it will stay until the water boils.
While this is not biologically accurate -- real frogs do attempt to escape -- the metaphor has endured because it mirrors a deeply human tendency: failing to notice when change happens little by little. ...
So, will NATO behave like a "real frog" or the "metaphorical frog?"
Meanwhile ...
Germany plans to blame Russia for Leipzig attack as tensions with Putin escalate
www.politico.eu
... German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is preparing to blame Russia for the attempted drone attack in Leipzig and announce "extensive" sanctions, in what would mark a further hardening of Berlin's posture toward Moscow.
The German government's plan is set to involve direct measures against Russian entities, while the EU moves forward with punishing new sanctions that are being prepared in parallel in Brussels, three officials familiar with the matter, who were granted anonymity to discuss the sensitive issue, told POLITICO and WELT AM SONNTAG.
The announcement is scheduled for early next week, coinciding with an EU foreign ministers' meeting in Ireland on Tuesday -- but could also be made earlier depending on Merz, said two of the officials. ...
@#8 ... And that is true. The horns is all the bull has. It has a brain the size of a walnut. ...
Methinks you underestimate the size of the brain involved.
:)