USA asking Ukraine for help defending against iranisn drones. This is going to be fun.

Quote:NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are falling sharply after getting a whiff of a worst-case scenario for financial markets: a weakening economy combined with high inflation. The S&P 500 lost 1.4% early Friday after a report showed U.S. employers cut more jobs last month than they created and after oil prices jumped to their highest level in nearly two years because of the Iran war. It’s a combination that investors hate because no one in the world has a good tool to fix both a weak economy and high inflation at the same time. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 800 points, and the Nasdaq composite fell 1.4%.

https://apnews.com/article/stocks-market...5564bf80f8

(March 6, 2026 at 6:37 am)Deesse23 Wrote: USA asking Ukraine for help defending against iranisn drones. This is going to be fun.

It actually makes a weird sort of sense. Sure, the optics are bad, but Ukraine has extensive experience against Iranian-made drones.

Boru

(March 6, 2026 at 10:48 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:

Quote:NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are falling sharply after getting a whiff of a worst-case scenario for financial markets: a weakening economy combined with high inflation. The S&P 500 lost 1.4% early Friday after a report showed U.S. employers cut more jobs last month than they created and after oil prices jumped to their highest level in nearly two years because of the Iran war. It’s a combination that investors hate because no one in the world has a good tool to fix both a weak economy and high inflation at the same time. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 800 points, and the Nasdaq composite fell 1.4%.

https://apnews.com/article/stocks-market...5564bf80f8

The damage wouldn’t be quite so bad if Trump was clearer about the goal(s) in Iran. Markets hate uncertainty.

Boru

David Gilmour’s Iconic ‘Black Strat’ Smashes All-Time Record For Most Expensive Guitar Ever Sold

Quote:Pink Floyd singer/guitarist David Gilmour’s iconic “Black Strat” electric guitar set an all-time record on Thursday (March 12) during a Christie’s auction in New York when it became the most expensive guitar ever sold. According to The New York Times, the guitar that was a key part of such classic Floyd albums as 1973’s The Dark Side of the Moon, 1975’s Wish You Were Here and 1979’s The Wall sold for $14.55 million to an online bidder in a 21-minute bidding war, more than doubling the previous record-holder, late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain’s Martin D-18E acoustic guitar which he played on MTV Unplugged just months before his April 1994 death, which sold for $6.01 million in 2020.

https://www.billboard.com/music/music-ne...wtab-en-us

What the article doesn't point out is that this is The Black Strat's second time breaking the world record for most expensive guitar ever sold.

This is the guitar used on most of Pink Floyd's best work: basically, every regular electric guitar part from Dark Side of the Moon to The Final Cut, with a few exceptions

(March 13, 2026 at 5:13 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: David Gilmour’s Iconic ‘Black Strat’ Smashes All-Time Record For Most Expensive Guitar Ever Sold

Quote:Pink Floyd singer/guitarist David Gilmour’s iconic “Black Strat” electric guitar set an all-time record on Thursday (March 12) during a Christie’s auction in New York when it became the most expensive guitar ever sold. According to The New York Times, the guitar that was a key part of such classic Floyd albums as 1973’s The Dark Side of the Moon, 1975’s Wish You Were Here and 1979’s The Wall sold for $14.55 million to an online bidder in a 21-minute bidding war, more than doubling the previous record-holder, late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain’s Martin D-18E acoustic guitar which he played on MTV Unplugged just months before his April 1994 death, which sold for $6.01 million in 2020.

https://www.billboard.com/music/music-ne...wtab-en-us

What the article doesn't point out is that this is The Black Strat's second time breaking the world record for most expensive guitar ever sold.

This is the guitar used on most of Pink Floyd's best work: basically, every regular electric guitar part from Dark Side of the Moon to The Final Cut, with a few exceptions

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According to Gilmourish, the exceptions are a few parts on "Money" and "Brain Damage/Eclipse" where he needed access to 24 frets and not the 21 the Black Strat has, "Dogs" and "Sheep" from Animals, parts of "Another Brick int he Wall (specifically the solo of 2 and all of 3)", "Young Lust", and "Run Like Hell", and "Two suns in the Sunset" from The Final Cut.)

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I was listening to "Dogs" last week. It's hands-down my favorite Gilmour solo, because it's so out of character for him.

To tilt Hungarian election, Russians proposed staging assassination attempt

In the run-up to Hungary’s pivotal election in April, a unit of Russia’s foreign intelligence service last month began sounding the alarm over plummeting public support for Prime Minister Viktor Orban, whose friendly ties to Moscow have long given the Kremlin a strategic foothold inside NATO and the European Union.

Officers from the intelligence service, or SVR, suggested that drastic action might be necessary — a strategy they called “the Gamechanger.” In an internal report for the SVR obtained and authenticated by a European intelligence service and reviewed by The Washington Post, the operatives proposed a way to “fundamentally alter the entire paradigm of the election campaign” — “the staging of an assassination attempt on Viktor Orban.”

“Such an incident will shift the perception of the campaign out of the rational realm of socioeconomic questions into an emotional one, where the key themes will become state security and the stability and defense of the political system,” the operatives wrote in a report prepared for the SVR’s main unit for political influence operations, Directorate MS, or Active Measures Department.

There have been no physical attacks on Orban, whose popularity has eroded because of a worsening economy. But the mere suggestion of staging an attempt on Orban’s life underscores how high the stakes are for Moscow in the Hungarian race.

The July 2024 campaign-trail attack in which Donald Trump was grazed by a would-be assassin’s bullet resulted in iconic photos of him, praise for his resilience, and a quick bump in his poll numbers, especially among core supporters.

Russia is not the only outside power potentially looking to prop up Orban in one of the toughest campaigns of his career. Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited Budapest last month, telling Orban that “your success is our success,” and Orban has made no secret that he hopes Trump will do the same.

While the Trump administration has offered joint appearances and subtle endorsements, Russia’s intervention could be more direct. Some Western officials say the Kremlin is intent on preserving Orban, who has assisted Moscow in hampering key E.U. policies and acted as a bridge for the Kremlin to U.S. conservatives in hopes of forging a new post-liberal world order.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/202...sia-orban/

In a stunning display of hypocrisy, the US Embassy in Havana as asked the Cuban government to allow the importation of diesel fuel to run the embassy's generators.

Cuba understandably denied the request.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/...410e&ei=56

Boru

(March 21, 2026 at 7:54 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote: To tilt Hungarian election, Russians proposed staging assassination attempt

In the run-up to Hungary’s pivotal election in April, a unit of Russia’s foreign intelligence service last month began sounding the alarm over plummeting public support for Prime Minister Viktor Orban, whose friendly ties to Moscow have long given the Kremlin a strategic foothold inside NATO and the European Union.

Officers from the intelligence service, or SVR, suggested that drastic action might be necessary — a strategy they called “the Gamechanger.” In an internal report for the SVR obtained and authenticated by a European intelligence service and reviewed by The Washington Post, the operatives proposed a way to “fundamentally alter the entire paradigm of the election campaign” — “the staging of an assassination attempt on Viktor Orban.”

“Such an incident will shift the perception of the campaign out of the rational realm of socioeconomic questions into an emotional one, where the key themes will become state security and the stability and defense of the political system,” the operatives wrote in a report prepared for the SVR’s main unit for political influence operations, Directorate MS, or Active Measures Department.

There have been no physical attacks on Orban, whose popularity has eroded because of a worsening economy. But the mere suggestion of staging an attempt on Orban’s life underscores how high the stakes are for Moscow in the Hungarian race.

The July 2024 campaign-trail attack in which Donald Trump was grazed by a would-be assassin’s bullet resulted in iconic photos of him, praise for his resilience, and a quick bump in his poll numbers, especially among core supporters.

Russia is not the only outside power potentially looking to prop up Orban in one of the toughest campaigns of his career. Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited Budapest last month, telling Orban that “your success is our success,” and Orban has made no secret that he hopes Trump will do the same.

While the Trump administration has offered joint appearances and subtle endorsements, Russia’s intervention could be more direct. Some Western officials say the Kremlin is intent on preserving Orban, who has assisted Moscow in hampering key E.U. policies and acted as a bridge for the Kremlin to U.S. conservatives in hopes of forging a new post-liberal world order.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/202...sia-orban/

As a side note to this Poland far right so called president will visit orban.* It's quite interesting that allegedly anti russian politic will be meeting one of most pro russian cunts in Europe when there is absolutely no need for this.

*https://tvn24.pl/swiat/karol-nawrocki-uda-sie-na-wegry-i-spotka-z-viktorem-orbanem-donald-tusk-to-fatalny-blad-st8960410 (link in Polish)

I haven't seen an actual news reporting on this but an Air Canada CRJ collided with a fire truck on rollout after landing at LaGuardia International a short time ago. Early indication is that Ground ATC cleared the truck to cross the runway during a landing. At least two fatalities (I am presuming the cockpit crew).

https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/commen..._truck_at/