And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Cosmonauts Aleksei Gubarev and Vladimir Remek train for the Soyuz 28 mission, circa 1978.
[C W] "Looks like it made of cast iron" Better believe it. Unlike Germany's panzer manufacturers, in wintertime Russians really know that Nature wants us dead.
Why is it that brand new Russian gear always looks like it's 100 years old - and cobbled together?
ReplyDeleteMind you I'm not poking fun at them. They're our ride to our space station (thanks Barack).
DeleteTrue that. Looks like it made of cast iron.
Delete[C W] "Looks like it made of cast iron"
ReplyDeleteBetter believe it. Unlike Germany's panzer manufacturers, in wintertime Russians really know that Nature wants us dead.
Thanks for a great blog for timewasting.
Glad you like it.
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