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Info, articles, etc. Very good news on solar energy! We’re getting more and more panels into place! Woo hoo! Federal minimum wage is still stuck at $7.25 an hour, but states have taken the initiative to raise their own wages. Vivek Ramaswamy has been posting the video clip where Trump tells the January 6th attackers to go home. Can’t imagine why anyone thinks that clip is exonerating as Trump was clearly on their side and was hoping they’d succeed. 2023 The Russian city of Belgorod was hit, but it appears that Russian
air defense dropped some debris on the city. Ukrainians have no
sympathy. It’s now official. Israel has been charged by South Africa of committing genocide against the Palestinian people. Our blogger assures us that South Africa knows exactly what it’s talking about. Why does Taylor Swift anger right-wingers so much? Probably because, for her first 10 years, she was “coded” (Wore the fashions of, spoke the language of) as a red-stater. Right-wingers feel betrayed. What you're missing by not watching Fox News! The token liberal from The Five tries to discuss the last election and has to deal with "Hunter Biden's penis pictures." Summing up the legislative year. The Republican-led House produced lots and lots of bills, but as they had no interest in crafting bills that could win the Democratic-run Senate's support, virtually no laws got a presidential signature as they mostly never got taken up by th Senate. 2022 Number of votes taken by House: 549 2023 Votes taken by House: 724 Largest Russian barrage of Ukrainian civilian targets ever! “The occupiers used a variety of types of ballistic missiles, air-launched cruise missiles, and Shahed UAVs to target civilian targets. A total of 158 missiles and UAVs were fired against Ukraine; 87 missiles and 27 Shaheds were shot down by Ukrainian air defense.” As Congress hasn’t resupplied Ukraine with air defenses yet, Russia is trying to make them use up their supplies. The UK is sending hundreds of air defence missiles to Ukraine to restock… Meanwhile,
Israel gets emergency supplies for their 155 mm shells. More on the Houthi support for Gaza and their attacks on Red Sea shipping. As there’s no way to distinguish shipping that’s headed for Israel from other shipping, Houthis are simply attacking everyone. Contributions
from Norway, Germany and the G7 might
have up to $300 billion in
confiscated Russian funds that could be used for Ukraine defense.
This is just a pie-in-the-sky plan at the moment. LOTS of work to be
done! Seems that Biden's Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is the ACA/Obamacare of the 2020s. The stakes are even bigger this time, because of human-caused climate change and because the IRA directly addresses that, possibly the survival of humans. Representative Boebert gives a lengthy talk about why she's switching districts, but yeah, it pretty clearly boils down to "I can't win in my current district." Representative Boebert is NOT favorably impressing her fellow Colorado Republicans with her planned switch of districts to represent. They’re calling it a “desperate stunt” on her part. Odesa
attacked with Shahed drones. Most shot down, but the debris caused
damage. The same fellow who wrote “On Tyranny,” a guide for surviving tyrants, writes about Ukraine and repeats the refrain “Would You Sell Them Out?” The war in Gaza, as seen from social media platforms such as TikTok. Young people are learning quite a bit about Islam as they go to online sources. Senator Ron Johnson takes two positions on immigration, the first one showing that the Republican Party wants to preserve immigration as an issue and has no intention of solving the problem until, at least, after the 2024 election has been decided. A committee of Democrats write to Supreme Court Justice Thomas and point out that the Code of Conduct he recently agreed to requires, for the credibility of the Court, to recuse himself from any case involving Trump. Updaye (4 Mar): When Justice Thomas was faced with a clear choice in the Trump immunity case, he essentially said "#$@% y'all!" and did not recuse himself. Governor DeSantis complains that Trump's many indictments made him more popular and then wishes the indictments hadn't occurred. But...isn't that a problem with the party? Doesn't that indicate something is seriously wrong with the GOP? “Ukrainian
bombers blew up landing ship Novocherkassk.” Russia
has now lost 23 ships and boats! Ukraine
essentially has no Navy. Very
interesting
piece on Ukraine’s Christmas celebration Their
celebration takes
a lot from the
pre-Christian
Era
(pagan
rites were
co-opted
by Christianity) rituals and even takes some recipes from
pre-Agricultural Revolution
Ukraine. Is Trump likely to win next year? Nah. The media has created a false narrative. Trump’ll lose. The US has moved a carrier strike group off the coast of Yemen. Attacks on civilian shipping directly affect insurance costs. Moving routes from the Red Sea to going around Africa also adds lots of expense to commerce. I don’t think the self-identified “prophet” Julie Green is in any way out of it or deluded. I think she’s a grifter who’s making lots and lots of money off of Michael Flynn and Eric Trump. She’s telling them what they want to hear. Video
of Ukraine’s First Lady Olena Zelenska at an awards ceremony for
diplomats. A scholar of Constitutional Law describes what the 14th Amendment covers. Conservative members of the Supreme Court like to cite original intent. The original intent in this case is quite clear. The also-ran Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson demonstrates that she doesn’t understand how to define an insurrection. Voter fraud is simply not a systemic problem, so investigations of such fraud inevitably end up targeting racial minorities that happen to vote Democratic. House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan wraps up a year of accomplishing pretty dang close to nothing. Ukrainians
don’t have the luxury of war fatigue. They’re too busy defending
their homeland.
“Purity balls are creepy and gross but not uncommon among far-right evangelicals.” And sure enough, Speaker Johnson and his daughter attended one. A look back at the year and the role that burning fossil fuels played in our climate. A hilarious look at how conspiracy theorists explain human-caused climate change. Russian
propaganda claims that Ukrainian President Zelenskyy just purchased
two yachts with
US aid money.
Amazingly,
some US Representatives took this claim seriously and
are using the claim as a reason to deny Ukraine further aid. The US
has no effective way to counter Russia’s propaganda warfare. Rare interview with the commander of a Bradley IFV belonging to the Ukrainian 47th Mechanised Brigade. Biden
tries to keep it really
simple. Of course the former
president tried to carry out a coup! In most situations, comparing a political opponent to Adolf Hitler might seem like an extraordinary step. For Joe Biden’s campaign, it has become part of the routine of running against Donald Trump. Hoo boy, what a mess! The Houthis want to cut off ships going to Israel, but with many ships flying "flags of convenience," it's difficult to tell, which means even more ships will be attacked. Petroleum products are affected, which makes even more of an incentive to switch to renewable energy! Rachel Maddow covered this on her Monday show. Why does Trump sound a whole lot like der Fuhrer of the 1930s? Because that kind of rhetoric strikes a chord and causes some people to enthusiastically support Trump. Woo
hoo! Colorado has
declared Donald Trump to be ineligible to run for
president due
to his taking part in a rebellion against the United States!
Colorado is printing ballots very soon, so the Supreme Court has to
rule on this question very quickly. ...now
Lys wants to return to his unit and fight alongside his
brothers-in-arms.
More
military aid for Ukraine will simply have to wait until the next
legislative year begins. A deep dive into whether Trump read Mein Kampf. Maybe not, but Trump did have a book of der Fuhrer's speeches and he seems to have read them all very carefully. Even the Israeli public is asking for a ceasefire! Israeli armed forces losing credibility. US
Marine veteran perishes in combat with Russians. As Joe Biden once said “This is a big %$#@ing deal!” The Best Pope Ever is permitting priests to bless same-sex unions! The
Houthi of Yemen have
now closed off
the Red Sea to Israeli and America shipping. Major
shipping lines are avoiding the Red Sea. How much shipping is
effected? “Some 10 percent of world trade goes through the Suez
Canal on 17,000 ships a year.” Ukraine is dominating the airspace above Avdivka, but they had to concentrate their resources, which left other areas vulnerable. I like this interviewer! MSNBC's Symone Sanders-Townsend understands the issue well enough to be able to call out lies as soon as they’re uttered. She’s also willing to toss the schedule aside in order to answer a liar. In contrast, back in July, CNN’s Jake Tapper interviews Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis about abortion. DeSantis said some nonsense about “post-birth abortion” which translates to plain old murder. Instead of challenging DeSantis right away, Tapper had a very weak and delayed response. Ukraine
is running short of manpower and needs to mobilize. “Review of M109, an American self-propelled howitzer.” Just because I’ve been seeing posts about “OMG! Fraudulent election ballots in Georgia! This is the biggest, most awful scandal evar!!!!” Nah, some errors were uncovered, no fraud and nowhere near enough to affect the results. More on the 10-inch thick binder that contained information on the Russian attack on our democracy in 2016. Illia
Ponomarenko spells
out Putin’s conditions for Ukraine to surrender. "Godzilla
Minus One" The
M777 is a howitzer that can fire shells that are accurate to
within 10 meters or 33 feet after being shot from 24 kilometers or 15
miles away. Way too much “BothSides” from former Ohio Governor John Kasich. No, Caspar Weinberger didn’t suffer from too much partisanship, he was investigated because he was part of the “October Surprise” plot of 1980. The reason Weinberger didn’t serve jail time is because the elder George Bush pardoned him. But the fight between Rs and Ds got nasty because people like Newt Gingich and Rush Limbaugh made it that way! Peaceful
demonstration in Kyiv over the budget. Woo hoo! Great news for Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss. awful news for Rudy Giulani! He owes them some big bucks! Yeah. This. The more Republicans abuse their power and pursue a baseless and evidence-free impeachment crusade, the more they jolt the Democratic base and create a fresh target for the president to run against. Blogger also brings up a West Wing episode that's quite relevant today. "A
Binder Full of Top Secret Info on Russian Interference in 2016 Election
Went Missing Under Trump" The deaths of Palestinian citizens in Gaza is unacceptable. Netanyahu must end the attack on Gaza! Overseeing the financial disclosure statements of the Judicial Branch must be done with a staff that has no connection to any active judges. Yes, that means the Chief Justice must be relieved of his duty of overseeing the financial disclosures that judges make. Notice that Maria Bartiromo of Fox News isn't trying to catch Representative Nancy Mace in a "Gotcha!" kind of question! But Mace's answer on the proposed impeachment of Biden reveals that there's no serious substance behind the Republican charges. A look at protest marches as viewed by the media. But
journalism isn’t stenography and journalists tip their hands all
the time. They make choices about what’s news and how to frame it;
what to include, emphasize, or omit; who gets quoted and who’s
considered a reliable source or expert.
Zelenskyy
goes to a much better reception in Norway than he got in the
US. Yep, the Heritage Foundation was once a bastion of hawkish GOP interventionism. No longer, as the Republicans Glorious Leader has now turned against Ukraine. Huh!
Elizabeth I was the first to bake gingerbread men! Kate Cox, the woman who had to leave Texas to get reproductive care, is a constituent of Senators Cornyn and Cruz. Neither senator feels as though he can support either the Texas Attorney General/Texas Supreme Court or Ms. Cox! They've both maintained a cowardly silence. Lech
Walesa’s still around. Polish hero in the last years of the Soviet
Union. Ukraine’s greatest wish is to near this war’s victorious end. No one but Putin wants a prolonged war. We dream of a Christmas in peacetime. There
was apparently a lot of hate and discontent in the top ranks of
Ukraine. That appears to be all settled and cheers all around. Special Counsel Jack Smith asks an extremely good question that cuts to the heart of the various Trump prosecutions. Is the president immune to prosecution for crimes that were committed while he was president? Trump is claiming he’s immune. I agree with the blogger that if Trump’s claim is upheld, then we’re no longer a democracy. Interesting. Just four years ago, [now-Speaker] Johnson blasted Democrats for opening an impeachment inquiry into Trump largely along party lines less than a year before the next presidential election… Hmm. Sounds rather similar to what Republicans are doing right now, doesn’t it? Gotta say, for an alleged Christian, the lies come off of Johnson’s tongue as smooth as butter! Trump says that a NY Times reporters is claiming that "I want to be a Dictator, but doesn't mention it was said in a joking manner." Bit of a problem with this is that Trump doesn't have any sense of humor. He doesn't joke about anything. Woo
hoo! All
26 cruise and ballistic missiles were shot down! Not one
exploded on Ukrainian soil! Eight of the missiles were aimed at a
large sewage treatment plant. This is why it’s critical that there be a cease-fire in Gaza. Surely, it’s not Israel’s intention that the Palestinians there should die of disease and/or starvation! Many abortion-banning bills contain an exception for the life and/or health of the woman involved. In Texas, a woman tried to use that exception. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is trying very hard to see to it that the exception is used as little as possible. [Paxton] went on to argue that Cox’s numerous health risks aren’t life-threatening enough to qualify her for the procedure. Update: Texas Supreme Court, agreeing with Paxton, says Kate Cox’s condition was not immediately life-threatening, therefore she had to wait until her pregnancy actually threatened her life before she was able to have an abortion. Rudy Giuliani reaches that “cranky old man” stage where “I’m absolutely right about everything! (bangs fist on table) And everybody else is wrong!” (hits table again) 2023 will end up being the warmest on record for the last 125k years! Antarctic sea ice loss is accelerating at frightening rates Both
President Zelenskyy and Hungary’s elected dictator Victor Orban
visited Argentina to meet the new president. Tch, tch, tch! Howard Kurtz of Fox News is very annoyed that people keep talking about Donald Trump wanting be a dictator! The fact that he has shown precisely such tendencies is just on of those nagging little details. An exploration of comments like “From the river to the sea…” and their meaning and the disastrous responses of university presidents. Does
being anti-Zionist equal being antisemitic? How
do we oppose racist language while preserving free speech? We therefore call on
all members of the US House of Representatives to refrain from making
policy on the basis of the conflation of anti-Zionism and
antisemitism.
Senator Tuberville asks a reasonably good question. Why is recruiting down? Recruiting is down 37% since 1987. I served from 1991 to 2001, my commands were generally 1/3rd women. As recruitment has fluctuated since 2001, this is hardly some recent cultural problem. In a survey of why people won’t join, no one mentions any cultural issues. Basically, potential recruits don’t like the idea of getting hurt or killed and long separations from family and friends. History of Americans and the military tells us that if there is a real threat, then they’ll overcome those things and join up anyway. Russia’s
economy
is already geared up to be a war economy while the US can’t
even get bills to help Ukraine passed. It would really help Kyiv to
begin negotiations for EU acceptance. Russia has created a global
food crisis that encourages NATO to reach an accommodation with it. Archive - sidebar items
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