This series of short takes on particular topics was designed to capture what I consider are important developments on a short term or daily basis. It was a couple of months ago that Macron announced that France would send military personnel to the Ukraine, This was done to a small Read more…
Yesterday, Russia reported two terrorist attacks on its territory. The first, an attack on Orthodox and Jewish places of worship in the Republic of Dagestan, was committed by an unidentified terrorist organization: Death Toll In Dagestan Terror Attack Rises To 20 Killed, Russians Fear More To Come. The second was Read more…
When one side in the war (Ukraine or Russia) does something new of their own devising, I do not consider it an escalation in an already hot war but simply a change in tactics. The following I consider a new event but not an escalation: Ukraine Claims First-Ever Fighter Jet Read more…
I use to follow this report regularly. More recently I have tried several times to find it in the old form of a CSV file that I would open in Excel. I did a more thorough search today and discovered that they only publish an HTML format now. This is Read more…
Recently the Russians have reminded that they have nuclear weapons and take existential threats seriously. The west in typical knee-jerk fashion have reacted strongly: Putin Calls ‘Bulls**t’ On ‘Plans’ To Attack NATO, Says He’s Not Brandishing Nuclear Arms. Here’s a recent response in a newsforum: and We also have this Read more…
It didn’t take long for the Ukraine is to use its new permission to use NATO weapons against targets on Russian soil … NY Times Confirms ‘First’ Ukraine Strike On Russia With US Long-Range Missiles. You may wonder how they knew where the Russian air defence systems. NATO satellites and Read more…
These two news items appeared in my inbox today, NATO Country Sends Air Force Instructor To Ukraine Ahead Of F-16 Arrivals and Netherlands Joins Denmark In Saying Ukraine Can Use F-16s To Strike Inside Russia. The F-16 is a nuclear capable aircraft. The Russians can never know what its payload Read more…
Martin Armstrong argues that the deteriorating economic situation of most Western economies will force them to instigate WWIII to distract the public from the economic collapse. He has been uncannily right with predictions from his computer AI engine. Here’s his short article: World War III by 1st Week of September Read more…
This is a new series of short, single topic notes on things that really matter. Michelle Rempel Garner, a Canadian Conservative MP, has just published an examination of Mark Carney as the likely replacement for Trudeau. I have long argued that he is the logical choice, partly because Freeland is Read more…