Sunday, February 6, 2022

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NYT > U.S. > Politics48 minutes ago
U.S. Warns of Grim Toll if Putin Pursues Full Invasion of Ukraine
Biden administration officials told lawmakers that a large-scale Russian invasion could kill as many as 50,000 civilians and prompt a refugee crisis in Europe. read more
 
More saber ratteling?
It must be a question to work.
 
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Arizona Republicans Sought to Overturn Votes. Rusty Said No.
The speaker of the Republican-controlled Arizona House — who supported Donald J. Trump in 2020 — just torpedoed a bill that would have let lawmakers reject the results of an election. read more
 
Arizona is one of the better places to spend time in February.

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In Scrutinizing Trump and His Allies, Jan. 6 Panel Adopts Prosecution Tactics
The House committee investigating the assault on the Capitol and what led to it is employing techniques more common in criminal cases than in congressional inquiries. read more
 
Donald Trump belongs in prison.
 
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Man Charged in Kidnapping of Bloomberg’s Housekeeper From Colorado Ranch
The man was accused of kidnapping an employee of Mr. Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor, and asking for the whereabouts of his daughters. read more
 

All Options Are Not on the Table as Biden Moves Troops Closer to Ukraine
The president’s opposition to sending U.S. troops into Ukraine reflects the mood of a war-wary Washington, as well as concerns about Russia’s nuclear arsenal. read more
 
Saber rattling.
 
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Esper Memoir of Trump Tenure to Move Ahead After Legal Battle Ends
The former defense secretary dropped a lawsuit against the Defense Department after it reversed decisions on what parts of his memoir were to be redacted, his lawyer said. read more
 
Voters need to know the facts.
 
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Where Fox News and Donald Trump Took Us
Roger Ailes understood the appeal Mr. Trump had for Fox viewers. He didn’t foresee how together they would redefine the limits of political discourse. read more
 
Roger Ailes has much to answer for.
 
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Panel Backs Transfer of Guantánamo Detainee Suspected of 9/11 Role
The Biden administration is expected to send the detainee, whom the military tortured and so could not be put on trial, to Saudi Arabia as early as March. read more
 
Send them all toward their former homes.
 
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Ian Welsh15 hours ago
Open Thread
[image: Open Thread] Use to discuss topics unrelated to recent posts. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp LinkedIn read more
 
Things must be negotiated first.
Sooner is better.    As soon as you can is best.
 
Meatloaf's Paradise by the Dashboard Light has come to my recent attention.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a136H5K3OKw 

Sooner is better.    As soon as you can is best.
 
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Ukraine Gave Up Nuclear Weapons 30 Years Ago. Today There Are Regrets.
When the Soviet Union collapsed, Ukraine turned over thousands of atomic weapons in exchange for security guarantees from Russia, the United States and other countries. read more
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapon
A nuclear weapon destroys the target and the opposing force on the battle field.
They are strategic as opposed to tactical weapons.
Ukraine is a tactical problem.
 
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G.O.P. Declares Jan. 6 Attack ‘Legitimate Political Discourse’
The Republican National Committee voted to censure Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for participating in the inquiry into the deadly riot at the Capitol. read more
 
The actions of  Trump and the GOP on and about 1/6/21 appear to be treason.

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‘Trump Is Wrong,’ Pence Says of False Claim About Overturning Election
Former Vice President Mike Pence said in a speech on Friday that he had no right to overturn the 2020 election, as the former president has falsely claimed. read more
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subornation_of_perjury
Trump adds another charge to his future indictment. 

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Biden Notes Economic Success as Employment and Wages Rise
President Biden is celebrating a historic year of job gains and trying to shift the narrative amid high inflation and a lingering virus that have many consumers glum. read more
 
Biden announces apparent good news.
 
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Why ‘Trust Us’ Is Often Reason Enough Not to Trust the Government
In the most sensitive government operations, the public can be beholden to the official narrative — which sometimes turns out to be wrong. Yet officials can be defensive about skepticism from the news media. read more
 
A demand for trust is a failure of transparency.
 
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Delta C.E.O. Asks U.S. to Put Unruly Passengers on the No-Fly List
The request came in a letter to the attorney general after an increase in complaints about violent and disruptive passengers during the pandemic. read more
 
Delta Airlines is a regulated common carrier,
As such refusals of service come from the regulating authority.
 
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Jan. 6 Defendant Seeks to Subpoena Trump as Witness at Trial
The request to have the former president testify faces an uphill fight, but it illustrates efforts by defendants to place him at the center of their cases. read more
 
Donald Trump can add nothing to this defense. 

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President Biden extends solar tariffs, with major caveats.
The Biden administration extended tariffs on imported solar products but made changes to exempt many more products from the levies, a decision that angered some domestic producers. read more
 
This is a trade deal Biden can make.
 
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Lone ISIS Bomber Carried Out Kabul Airport Attack, U.S. Says
The suicide bombing killed as many as 170 civilians and 13 U.S. troops in the final days of U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan. read more
 
Click bait.
It is interesting the military released the report.
 
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Yale Kamisar, Known as the ‘Father’ of the Miranda Rule, Dies at 92
His legal scholarship, cited in more than 30 Supreme Court cases, shaped modern criminal procedure, including protections for the rights of the accused. read more
 
Good scholars grow old and die like other people.
 
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Ian Welsh1 day ago
The Ukraine Crisis Is Pushing Towards The Cold War
[image: The Ukraine Crisis Is Pushing Towards The Cold War] So, Biden has warned that other countries should not help Russia evade Ukraine based sanctions. Meanwhile, China’s Xi has backed Russia on its “no NATO expansion” demand, and received support in return: In the joint statement released by the Kremlin, Putin and Xi called on Nato to rule out expansion in eastern Europe, denounced the formation of security blocs in the Asia-Pacific region, and criticised the Aukus trilateral security pact between the United States, United Kingdom and Australia. I don’t expect Russia to inva... read more
 
Ian Welsh seems not to realize that the industrial core of NATO is the knowledge base of  the "west".
In about six years industry can restart if it is not blocked by monopolists.
The industries will be different.  They will not be carbon based.
There is a great deal to do in a short time.
The "west" must start now.



 
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