Category Archives: Current Affairs

War Notes, Monday Threefer: Hackers Attacking Russia; Ukraine’s female minesweepers; and Sketches from Ukraine’s “International Legion”

Washington Post: Hacking Russia was off-limits. The Ukraine war made it a free-for-all. Experts anticipated a Moscow-led cyber-assault; instead, unprecedented attacks by hacktivists and criminals have wreaked havoc in Russia. By Joseph Menn — May 1, 2022 For more than a decade, U.S. cybersecurity experts have warned about Russian hacking that increasingly uses the labor … Continue reading War Notes, Monday Threefer: Hackers Attacking Russia; Ukraine’s female minesweepers; and Sketches from Ukraine’s “International Legion” →

Gwynne Dyer

Western powers step up assistance for a confident but battered Ukraine Gwynne Dyer13:07, Apr 28 2022 Two months ago, when Russian tanks first rolled into Ukraine, every message from Washington or Nato about the invasion included a prominent passage saying what the western alliance would not do. It would not send Nato troops to … Continue reading Gwynne Dyer →

Hair On Fire Report: Right Wing Ex-Judge Calls Out 2024 GOP Election Plot

By J. Michael Luttig — CNN-Wed April 27, 2022 [Emphasis added.] (CNN) Nearly a year and a half later, surprisingly few understand what January 6 was all about. Fewer still understand why former President Donald Trump and Republicans persist in their long-disproven claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. Much less why they are obsessed … Continue reading Hair On Fire Report: Right Wing Ex-Judge Calls Out 2024 GOP Election Plot →

A Statement on Musk & Twitter

After extensive research and deliberation, this blogger has reached a definite conclusion about the purchase of Twitter by Elon Musk, to wit: Furthermore: So now Elon Musk has bought Twitter. Let some scream & howl, I’m not bitter; He’ll tweet in his cars, Then fly them to Mars; I’ll stay right at home & just … Continue reading A Statement on Musk & Twitter →

A New Idea to End Putin’s War

From: How to End the War in Ukraine, by Alfred McCoy Alfred McCoy is Harrington professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of A Question of Torture, and In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of U.S. Global Power (Dispatch Books). His newest book, just published, … Continue reading A New Idea to End Putin’s War →