Category Archives: To Save Democracy

Elon Musk? Ukraine Freedom Fighter?? (Well, Virtually . . .)

Elon Musk’s Starlink is keeping Ukrainians online when traditional Internet fails Musk sent terminals for the satellite Internet service after a Ukrainian official tweeted at him Excerpted from the Washington Post: By Rachel Lerman and Cat Zakrzewski — March 19 2023 Elon Musk recently challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin to a one-handed fistfight for the future … Continue reading Elon Musk? Ukraine Freedom Fighter?? (Well, Virtually . . .) →

We Might as Well Know: What are Switchblade Drones?

These drones are produced by AeroVironment Inc., an unmanned weapons maker based in Arlington VA. A PR release at their website added some details: “Switchblade drones are single-use weapons. U.S. army officials have described them as akin to flying shotguns, meant to explode when hitting their targets and not recoverable once launched. “Kamikaze drone is … Continue reading We Might as Well Know: What are Switchblade Drones? →

The Pope Scrambles; The War Exacerbates Orthodox Church Troubles

But First, the New Moby Dick Hunt has snagged another big [Russian] white whale: NYTimes-March 16 2022-MADRID — Spain, which has pledged to seize the suspected superyachts of Russian oligarchs targeted for sanctions imposed following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, on Wednesday impounded the third such vessel, one of the world’s biggest superyachts, in Spanish territorial … Continue reading The Pope Scrambles; The War Exacerbates Orthodox Church Troubles →

A Quaker Reconsiders His Peace Testimony

My fate was heavily shaped by a small card that came in the mail in late September 1965. That card, and fate, are back on my mind now, 57 years later. I was in Selma, Alabama when the card arrived, still working with the civil rights movement. A few weeks earlier the endurance, courage and … Continue reading A Quaker Reconsiders His Peace Testimony →

Flash: Russian News Protester Released: BBC

BBC: Marina Ovsyannikova: Russian journalist tells of 14-hour interrogation 15 March 2022 A Russian journalist has been fined and released after she protested against the war in Ukraine on a live TV news programme and made an anti-war video. Marina Ovsyannikova, an editor at state-controlled Channel 1, was detained after she ran on to the … Continue reading Flash: Russian News Protester Released: BBC →