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  1. The Queensland local government elections on the weekend saw a record number of female mayors elected. Approximately one third of all council mayors will be women for the next term of local government.
  2. The Ukrainians now have a couple of operational Blackhawks.
  3. This graphic shows locations and some distances of refineries that have been damaged. Currently 14 out of Russia's 30 largest refineries have suffered drone attacks.
  4. He did even better in the Donetsk People's Republic polling 95%. I wonder if the election officials door knocking with two accompanying armed soldiers could have influenced the vote there.
  5. Gee, what a surprise. putler must be really, really popular. Every election he has polled higher and higher figures. He's saving the 90's percentage points for the next one.
  6. The encouraging thing about the latest rounds of drone attacks on Russian refineries is that the Ukrainians seem to be getting a high degree of accuracy and are hitting high value targets within the refinery complexes. In a lot of the recorded video of the strikes, it looks like the distillation and cracking towers are burning. Video of one refinery being hit a couple of days ago showed the drones on descent, then turning in a U turn dive to hit specific targets. It's the tall things they need to hit:
  7. There's 4 cats there. It took me a few minutes to see the fourth one.
  8. The putin propaganda billboard in the foreground of this photo has the slogan 'Stability!' written on it. The backdrop is another one of Russia's oil refineries burning after Ukrainian drone attacks.
  9. Every day for the last two weeks, long range Ukrainian drones have been striking Russian oil refineries. Some estimates put the figure at 20% to 25% of Russia's oil refining capacity currently off-line until repaired. The challenge is to identify and be able to knock out critical parts of the refining infrastructure to cause longer term loss of production. A lot of strikes in the past have hit storage tanks which is not such a big deal. Damaged storage can easily be isolated and worked around. The latest strikes seem to indicate that the Ukrainians are getting more accurate and going for the higher priority components in the refineries. It also highlights another problem for Russia. They know these attacks are occurring almost daily and yet they can do nothing to stop them. I've read some opinions that the Russians have had to move a lot of air defence systems to Ukraine to replace losses there which consequently leaves Russia relatively undefended. It looks like the attrition of Russian air defence systems at the front is starting to bite.
  10. With the two by-election seats, Labor looks like losing Ipswich West after copping a 15% swing against them. They've retained Annastacia Palaszczuk's old seat but suffered a large swing there as well. The new Labor candidate's primary vote was 30.9% lower than the former premier's vote at the last election. In Ipswich West the LNP is likely to win on One Nation preferences. ON polled around 10%, which should be enough to push the LNP over the line. The Legalise Cannabis candidate received 14.4%, most of which would flow to Labor, but Labor's primary vote was behind that of the LNP.
  11. Some things you just can't unsee.
  12. Jerry, you're thinking of David Schwimmer.
  13. Hellenic Air Force F-16M over the Aegean Sea. It's easy to see why pilots love the F-16; it's like the fighter plane version of a sports car. It would have the best visibility of any fighter plane in my opinion. It also seems to be the most popular choice worldwide for home built cockpit simulators. The low profile and simple cockpit build would probably be a factor there.
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