Wednesday Roundup

Its been a while since I did one of these and it might attract an extra visitor so why not.

St. Lucia, a small nation in the Caribbean had diplomatic relations with China (PRC) and recognized there was another country called Taiwan next door to China and established relations with them. Now the PRC is denouncing St. Lucia for interfering in China's internal affairs. If this was the 19th century, China would send its armed forces to correct St. Lucia's attitude. St. Lucia can be grateful they live far away and only have to face China's diplomatic wrath.
Hat tip Lucianne.

Steel can melt? Did anybody get Rosie's approval? Hat tip Lucianne.

Another reason to avoid fads when dealing with the environment. The State of Florida gets to clean up 2 million tires that were dumped at sea to form an artificial reef back in the 1970s which didn't work. Hat tip Lucianne.

Is this 2007 or 1939? No, I'm not talking about WW2 but rather how Russia is dealing with countries that displease it. The Swedish Ambassador in Russia visited the Estonia embassy and was assaulted by a "nationalist" mob. Mobs don't form in Russia, or even in the US, without some planning. Someone has to know the event is taking place to get the people there in time. Since Russia is annoyed with Estonia and the Swedish Ambassador visited the Estonia Embassy in Moscow, Sweden has incurred the wrath of Russia. Russia, please don't go there.
Hat tip Lucianne.