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2024-06-05 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Putin says that more than 1% of the crop was lost due to frost in Russia.

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Posted by badanov 2024-06-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11141 views ] Top

#1 Good thing they still have the Ukraine.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-06-05 14:42|| 2024-06-05 14:42|| Front Page Top

#2 That means hunger in Africa.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-06-05 15:15|| 2024-06-05 15:15|| Front Page Top

#3 Wait. I thought that due to global warming, there will be FEWER frosts.
Ah. I see. Global warming has been replaced by climate change. That explains it, I guess.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2024-06-05 15:51|| 2024-06-05 15:51|| Front Page Top

#4 How long before it is revealed how bad the crop damage really was -- more than 2% and less than 5%? Bad news in dictatorships tends to be ...Orwellian.

Posted by magpie 2024-06-05 16:54|| 2024-06-05 16:54|| Front Page Top

#5 Oh noes, 1.2% of the harvest lost!
Thank goodness they managed to save the remaining 98.8%. Or in non-metric terms, most of it.

Posted by SteveS 2024-06-05 16:57|| 2024-06-05 16:57|| Front Page Top

#6 Why does that +98% number remind me of a Cuban or Nicaraguan election?

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-06-05 16:59|| 2024-06-05 16:59|| Front Page Top

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