WNU Editor's Random Thoughts And Observations

The big story tomorrow will be the US midterm elections. Everyone is predicting a Republican tsunami, but no one knows how bad the results will be for the Democrats. I personally think it will be bad, but I wonder if it will make any difference in the end. The Republican party has a long history of letting its supporters down, and my gut tells me that they are going to do it again.

The energy crisis continues to worsen. Government policies have made this into a disaster, and I do not see the people who put us into this disaster approving policies that will go against their green agenda. The only hope that we have is to vote these people out, but I doubt that is going to happen anytime soon. U.S. voters hate Congress, but they love their representative.

The battle for Pavlivka has resulted in heavy casualties for both sides. 300+ Russian Marines killed. Many more wounded. And the Ukraine numbers are just as bad .... maybe even worse. I am reading Russian social media reports that the Generals who ordered this attack were going to be dismissed, so as a last hurrah they decided to launch this attack. Four days of hell for hundreds of soldiers was the result. The attack has been called off, but I believe this is only temporary. Pavlivka is a strategic stronghold that Russia must gain if it has any hope of seizing the southern part of Donbas. Expect another offensive in December.

The Russian mood on Ukraine is also changing. I hear it in my cousin's voice when I talk to them. They are angry, not at Putin, but at the West, and more specifically at the US for interfering in this conflict. Many are also resigned that this is going to be a long war, a sentiment that I am also in agreement with.

Catherine the Great's statue is going to be removed from Catherine the Great's Square in Odessa. It was she who founded Odessa, but through a Facebook poll we are now being told that 8,000 (out of a population of one million) want the statue remove. I have walked by that statue more times than I can count over the years. It is sad that her days are now numbered.

Thank You!

WNU Editor: I set up a PayPal account a few years ago for donations to WNU .... and then completely forgot about it. 

Just received a notification from Paypal that I had received a sizeable donation yesterday?!?!?!? 

I checked out the account and I was completely surprised. 

Some of you have been donating funds over the past few years, and I never knew about it. 

What is worse is that I only know who donated funds recently. Not in the past. 

Paypal deletes this information after a short period of time. 

To say that I feel terrible that I have thanked no one over the years is an understatement. 

So for those who have donated in the past. A super thank you! And please accept my apologies for not saying so in the past. 

And for those who I do know 

Thank you .... 

Joseph S. 

Kathleen H. 

Tanya I. 

Marco L. 

Sanja S. 

Lawry M. 

Allan C.

Ronald S.

Tony Z.

Beatrice M.

Konny M.

Henry L.

and Christopher M.

I want everyone to know that all funds go to support a free online library that I cofounded 20 years ago. The link is here .... Bookyards

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