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This has been a mild summer here in upstate New York. The temps have been around 25 to 30, with no real scorchers and the humidity levels were never muggy. We didn’t even turn on the air conditioner! There’s been plenty of rain, so the plants are lush n’ green. They’re having a big-time plant party! It’s great times if you’re a flower or a tree. You wonder if the backyard gardeners are going to have a bumper crop of zukes, cukes, and tomaters. The bees are havin’ a great time, too… with all those flowers in splendour and happiness, you know that the hives will be FULL of ass-kickin’ honey. The Farmer’s Almanac predicts a mild winter, too… they were right about the weather last year, so, God willing, one hopes that they’re right again. It’s been a GOOD year, weather-wise, so far…
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Voices from Russia 
20 July 2015. A Picture IS Worth a Thousand Words… Aleksandr Vladimirovich and Graham Phillips… Partyin’ Hearty in the DNR
Tags: Aleksandr Zakharchenko, dachas, DNR, Donetsk People's Republic, everyday life, political commentary, politics, Russia, Russian, summer, vacation, weekend
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Not everything is serious during wartime… in fact, one NEEDS R&R… it looks like Chairman Zakharchenko is having a typical “dacha weekend!” He’s blowin’ off some steam with Graham Phillips, the well-known war correspondent from England. Where are the shashliki and the cucumber salad? Where’s the jug with the special kick-your-ass samogon moonshine (betcha that those bodyguards are stayin’ sober, though)? Perspirin’ minds wanna know…
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