Warner Losh wrote in
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 |On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 2:46 PM Richard B Langley <l...@unb.ca> wrote:
 |> "I'd also note that if GLASNOS can't be fixed by 2035 ..."
 |>
 |> Interesting slip of the tongue.
 |>
 |> Glasnos[t] was taken to mean increased openness and transparency in
 |> government institutions and activities in the Soviet Union (USSR). \
 |> Glasnost
 |> reflected a commitment of the Gorbachev administration to allowing Soviet
 |> citizens to discuss publicly the problems of their system and potential
 |> solutions.
 |>
 |> Of course, GLONASS was meant. But we are reminded that in today's Russia,
 |> openness and transparency, not to mention freedom of speech, is a \
 |> thing of
 |> the past.
 |>
 |
 |ah, yes. I lisned to too many Gorby speeches back in the day, eh?
 |
 |Thanks for the amusing correction...

Yes, they were fooled and plundered.

--steffen
|
|Der Kragenbaer,                The moon bear,
|der holt sich munter           he cheerfully and one by one
|einen nach dem anderen runter  wa.ks himself off
|(By Robert Gernhardt)
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