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.
Monday, December 2, 2024
Say what you want, but Russian icebreakers are cool.
Russian engineering follows an entirely different set of design principles, but frequently works well. It's tough to get your mind around it though.
ReplyDeletePretty big superstructure, with a lot of windows. Wonder what goes on in there.
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DeleteOne can buy passage. Free passage over much of the ship, play on the ice, visit defunct Soviet mining towns, eat very well.
Slava Rossiya baby!
DeleteI don't believe I am the only one who read this using my Boris Badenov mental voice.
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