20 years ago today Anna Politkovskaya, one of Russia’s most prominent investigative journalists, was murdered. I found no mention of the anniversary in today's Russian newspapers. #ReadingRussia

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From today’s Russian papers: ▪️“In Russia one in three companies is losing money” ▪️“severe shortage of workers” ▪️Plus, schoolchildren now being shown “films about the heroes of the special military operation” #ReadingRussia

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Rand Paul and The Rs on Homeland Sec committee, which just voted on straight party lines to refer Fauci for contempt, are an absolute kangaroo court. The Hollywood 10 were convicted of contempt during McCarthy days; and this will go down in history as a similar moment of opprobrium and insanity.

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For example, when you are backing out of the driveway, as soon as the back end of the car is starting to enter the street you get a good view up and down the street, and can see approaching traffic much sooner than through the rear view mirror.

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To be clear, rear view video cameras are fundamentally different from rear view mirrors, because they are seeing the world from a viewpoint that is actually at the rear of the car, and in many ways is superior in safety to the views you get from the traditional rear-view mirror and side mirrors.

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