If anyone has been closely following the latest gas wars in Europe, it wasn’t looking good for Team Keep Warm in Hungary until the Austrians came to the rescue earlier today. Hungary, like much of the region, gets about 2/3 of our gas supply from Gaszprom, the Russian state owned gas company. The Russians are fighting with the Ukranians (where all the Russian gas that goes to Europe is piped through) over how much money, if any, the Ukranians owe the Russians for the gas, and how much they should pay for the coming year. It’s messy. And as a result, Russia says screw you and turns off the gas, punishing the Ukraine and most of Europe. And it’s cold. Real cold. This is bad. And the babies in Bulgaria! They are suffering! Ok, not to make light, but really, this headline...in the Times? I can hear the audio version with the news anchor wailing pleeeeeeeease, what about the babies!
Relatedly, it's a good thing Hungarians still like their fur coats.
It’s true! I’ve never seen so much variety of pelt. It would give me the creeps except that I find it amusing that you will see both the overly done up 30 something ladies that look 45 to me and the nice old humble ladies all sporting their full length stripey (rabbit?) furs on the subway. The subway!
Ok, and some real news related to this ever-disturbing and yet unresolved issue...There are far better articles than this from Wired, but this one links to some good sources. Brrr!
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