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    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Thu Nov 2 10:27:23 2023
    Putin withdraws Russia's ratification of global nuclear test ban
    treaty

    Summary

    Putin revokes Russian nuclear treaty ratification
    Moscow says move brings it into line with the U.S.
    Treaty organisation calls move 'deeply regrettable'
    Russia says it will still abide by treaty
    Western experts fear Moscow is inching towards a test

    https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-revokes-russias-ratification-nuclear-test-ban-treaty-2023-11-02/

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to JAB on Sun Nov 5 11:12:02 2023
    On Thu, 02 Nov 2023 10:27:23 -0500, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

    Putin withdraws Russia's ratification of global nuclear test ban
    treaty

    Russia Test Fires Nuclear-Capable Ballistic Missile

    Russia said Sunday it had successfully test-launched an
    intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear
    warheads from one of its submarines.

    The launch of the "Bulava" missile, the first in just over a year,
    comes as Russia ramps up nuclear rhetoric since revoking its
    ratification of a key nuclear test ban treaty.

    "The new nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine cruiser Emperor
    Alexander the Third has successfully launched the Bulava sea-based intercontinental ballistic missile," the Defense Ministry said.

    It said it fired the under-sea missile from an undisclosed location in
    the White Sea on its northwest coast, to a target thousands of
    kilometers away on the far eastern Kamchatka peninsula.

    https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/11/05/russia-test-fires-nuclear-capable-ballistic-missile-a83004

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to JAB on Sun Nov 5 23:18:35 2023
    On 2023-11-05, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:
    On Thu, 02 Nov 2023 10:27:23 -0500, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

    Putin withdraws Russia's ratification of global nuclear test ban
    treaty

    Russia Test Fires Nuclear-Capable Ballistic Missile

    Just checking: last I heard, Russia invaded Ukraine to remove Nazis and anti-semites. How's that going?

    The story about Russian soldiers shooting their own fleeing troops makes
    me think Russia is running out of "recruits" and the war is not going in
    their favor; all the West has to do is outlast Putin until the whole
    thing collapses.

    But given flagging support in the USA and the EU, I wonder if the West
    will indeed outlast Putin.

    Ask yourself, 'What would Ronald Reagan do?" Then look at the load of
    losers we have in Congress now. Weep.

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  • From Visiblink@21:1/5 to Retrograde on Sun Nov 5 18:08:55 2023
    On Sun, 5 Nov 2023 23:18:35 -0000 (UTC)
    Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

    Ask yourself, 'What would Ronald Reagan do?"

    Fire a bunch of strikers? Attempt to take down another country's
    government with money gained from selling arms to Islamic
    fundamentalists? Give tax breaks to the wealthy?

    I don't know. I'm just getting started...

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Sun Nov 5 20:36:11 2023
    On Sun, 5 Nov 2023 18:08:55 -0800, Visiblink <visiblink@mail.invalid>
    wrote:

    'What would Ronald Reagan do?"

    ....I'm just getting started...

    I suspect his staffers were suggesting/scripting his show.

    Ronnie did do this:

    The Beach Boys vs. James Watt: How 'America's Band' was banned from
    the National Mall on July 4
    ...
    ...
    After both President Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan announced they
    were fans of the Beach Boys, the president awarded Watts a plaster
    foot with a hole in it, as Watt had metaphorically shot himself in the
    foot, according to the U.S. House of Representatives History, Art and
    Archives.

    https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/entertainment/music/how-rock-music-was-banned-then-brought-back-to-the-national-mall-the-beach-boys-james-watt-ronald-reagan/77-439ad6a5-1266-4529-8915-e15f6910ee7a

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