Friday afternoon the simple term "WWIII" took on a whole new
understanding/context for me.
Before that it was some variation on a nuclear exchange between any 2-3
of the major nuclear powers (US/USSR/China) which was held at bay mostly
by variations on MAD. Not only did the possibility of re
1. NATO creates a no-fly zone over Ukraine, and destroys any Russian asset
in Ukraine
2. The Ukranians continue to develop their drone programs for targeted
attacks in Russia
3. Europe gives them long-range weapons, Storm Shadow and Taurus for
larger targets
Biden should have
A Case For and Against Trump in the Context of Ukraine
The Case Against Trump
Russia invaded Ukraine, and Ukraine has been fighting back heroically for
three years. It is crucial to take decisive action against countries that
invade others unprovoked. A good example is the First Gulf War, when Ira
Anyway, this news is Good News to me:
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/28/nx-s1-5312819/washington-post-bezos-subscriptions-cancellations
And this news is also good:
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/03/a-new-nonprofit-wants-to-be-a-soft-and-sustainable-landing-spot-for-local-news-outlets-in-tran
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/03/1112604/deepseek-fortune-teller-china/
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I stopped clicking on Twitter links a long time ago. Facebook is more difficult
because so many people use it as a website/blog. But I don't think I've clicked
on a Facebook link in 6 months or so. WaPo is even harder. I clicked on a link
Marcus sent to the list just recently ... and immediatel
So as usual: Follow the Money.
If Trump gets a deal with Ukraine on those rare earth minerals, upon
leaving Ukraine, where does that ore go and to whom? My bet is to some
company(ies) that Trump et al. have interests in.
TJ
On Mon, Mar 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM Santafe wrote:
> It’s such an encapsula
Eric writes:
< There are people like Fareed Zakaria who think that trump can be somehow
managed by a canny player. That doesn’t ring correct to me, unless the player
has a lot of power and money, and it is the power and money that are managing
trump. >
I’m not a fan of FZ. He reminds me a b
It’s such an encapsulation of that part of the society (including t and v) to
think that they could “humiliate” Zelenskyy. By insisting, in a conversation
with toxic scum, on the relevance of reality, he was about the only clean thing
in the room that could be heard.
There are people like Fare
Was fine with that kind of work, until the last thing I saw walking into the
vault was that portrait of DJT. And colleagues that I thought were sort of
normal were laughing about what they heard on Fox News. Then I realized there
was no point in it, and it was time for a better paying job.
Fr
I'm so torn. At the moment, I'm surrounded by those who think political
violence is unjust[ified]. But it feels like typical [neo]liberal posturing.
The reason they think such things is because they're (relatively) safe, eating
popcorn, watching the world burn. Every Friday, we have a group of
It's way too generous to say "Trump has a case". Trump and Vance's
"case" consists of "You should be grateful to us because we give you
money". I.e. suck up to me and I'll deign to give you more money.
I don't think Trump or Vance have backed any significant support for
Ukraine. The US peopl
I do suppose they serve popcorn at cage-fights.
Dog and Cock fighting has been banned in most of the US for many
decades, but I think NM turned a blind eye until the 90s?
If popcorn had been discovered/invented by the time of the Roman
Coliseum Gladitorial spectacles, it was only available in
Fantastic. So I continue pressing my colleagues to use some parallax in their
modeling. E.g. one group recently used LCA on our data. And they intend to use
the same Python package, in the very same way, on some other data. That's
great. But what would be better would be to switch it up a bit.
What is the Libertarian view on sponsorship of mercenaries? When presented
with the option of tax-deductible donations, or not, I've been opting to
support the litigating arm of relevant organizations.
Generalizing, it occurs to me that in some countries one can buy citizenship
with real estat
It's way too generous to say "Trump has a case". Trump and Vance's "case" consists of
"You should be grateful to us because we give you money". I.e. suck up to me and I'll deign to give
you more money.
Maybe someone makes the case you say is Trump's. But it's not Trump making that
case. If he
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