That sliver was added to Russia proper after WWII. Then they ethnic cleansed it with almost nothing but Russians. When the USSR fell apart there was no one with the bright (and right) idea to break away.
Because everyone was being bribed. Now that the money's been doled out, and most of the people on the take got away with it, the Qataris are left to fend for themselves. To hell with all of them.
At least Gallagher made it long enough to see the liberation of the land of Watermelons.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/11/entertainment/gallagher-comic-dead/index.html
I think there may be some miscommunication here. AFAIK when the Ukrainians talk about the right side of the river they describe it as one looks downstream along the river. For the N-S flowing Dnieper that means right = west. I suspect someone at some point saw "right" looked on a map and assumed this meant the eastern shore since that's to the right of the western shore.
The orcs on the east side are not trapped. Yet.
Nothing disturbing to see here. Just armed sheriff's deputies stationed by ballot drop boxes asking whether people are dropping off their ballots. You know, for safety.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/03/politics/elections-law-enforcement-conspiracy-theories-invs/index.html
The Berks County Sheriff is apparently among that group of legal scholars known as "Constitutional Sheriffs".
They look friendly enough, right?
Win win for DeSantis I suspect. A small number of people locked up. A larger number of people, who are not 100% sure the police won't come knocking on their door, just refrain from registering altogether. Everything is going according to plan.
One of the great things about the booklet with candidates and propositions here in CA is that we completely tune out any and all political ads. Prop 27, 29, 30? How will I vote? No idea yet. We'll pore over the details later at our leisure and decide then. Then we just mail in our ballots and wait for the email confirmations.
TV ads are such a piss poor way to get properly informed about any issue that they should be banned. But of course that will never happen.