[nw_arizona_granny]

Ping, Calpernia has put together a thread that will make you wake up and ask where you were while it happened all around you.

The posts in comments will pull much of it into a complete package.

Excellent thread to read.

[Founding Father]

Thanks Granny for the ping and thanks Calpernia for putting this together. As a coincidence, I'm reading a book about the Russian mafia now. Happy New Year to both of you.