Last week's posts on Moon of Alabama:
- Nov 21 – Ukraine – No Way To Peace Without Further War
- Nov 23 – Ukraine – Lights Out, No Water And Soon No Heat
- Nov 24 – Ukraine – Running On Empty
Related:
– RESISTANCE FACTORS AND SPECIAL FORCES AREAS UKRAINE (1957) – CIA
– The Biden Zelensky Relationship: Who to Trust? – Antiwar
– U.S. and NATO Scramble to Arm Ukraine and Refill Their Own Arsenals – New York Times
> Last summer in the Donbas region, the Ukrainians were firing 6,000 to 7,000 artillery rounds each day, a senior NATO official said. The Russians were firing 40,000 to 50,000 rounds per day.
By comparison, the United States produces only 15,000 rounds each month.
…
The shortage in 155-mm artillery shells “is probably the big one that has the planners most concerned,” Mr. Cancian said.“If you want to increase production capability of 155 shells,” he said, “it’s going to be probably four to five years before you start seeing them come out the other end.” <
- Nov 26 – Syria – Another Turkish Invasion Is Imminent
Related:
– Revisiting the fall of Mosul: Who was to blame? – The Cradle
– The role of UK intelligence services in the abduction, murder of James Foley – the Cradle
– Don’t close your eyes to the US proxy war being waged against Iran – Electronic Intifada
– Syrian Kurdish commander says Kobani likely target of threatened Turkish ground offensive – AL-Monitor
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Other issues:
Energy as a weapon:
- Market Players Dismiss Proposed EU Gas Price Cap – Energy Intel
- U.S. Authorizes Firms To Provide Services To Russian Oil Trade – Oilprice
- G7 and Allies Fail to Agree on Price Cap for Russian Oil – New York Times
- Gas Price Cap Could Cause Irreversible Harm To Energy Markets – Oil Price
- Russia is using energy as a weapon – How deadly will it be? – Economist
Late:
- Europe accuses US of profiting from war – Politico
- EU plans subsidy war chest as industry faces ‘existential’ threat from US – Politico
- America’s Real Adversaries are Its European and Other Allies (Feb 11, 2022) – Michael Hudson / Counterpunch
Russia:
- Putin invokes Castro’s legacy – Indian Punchline
- TraumaPorn from Adam Curtis – Yasha Levine
- America and Russia in the 1990s: This is what real meddling looks like – Yasha Levine, Mark Ames
- Freedom of expression and genuine intellectual debate on Russian television today – Gilbert Doctorow
- John Bolton Coauthored Strategy on Creating Bioweapons to Ensure US 'Global Leadership': Russian MOD – Sputnik
Spies:
- Intelligence operative confirms British gov’t is targeting The Grayzone – Grayzone
- The secretive US embassy-backed group cultivating the British left – Declassified UK
Renewables:
- In Sharm El-Sheikh – LRB
- The renewable energy transition is failing – Asia Times
- Europe’s Wind Energy Industry Has Hit A Rough Patch – Naked Capitalism
According to the CEO of Siemens Energy, the issue is supply chains. “Never forget, renewables like wind roughly, roughly, need 10 times the material [compared to] … what conventional technologies need,” said Christian Bruch
China:
- Taiwan President Casts Local Election as Referendum on Her Leadership – US News
- Taiwan's 9-in-1 Elections: KMT wins 13 out of 21 city and county executive posts – Taiwan News
Saturday's elections leave ruling DPP in control of only five out of 21 local governments - Taiwan elections: DPP’s Tsai resigns as party chief after KMT wins big – SCMP
Woke:
- French man wins right to not be ‘fun’ at work – Washington Post
The man, referred to in court documents as Mr. T, was fired from Cubik Partners in 2015 after refusing to take part in seminars and weekend social events that his lawyers argued, according to court documents, included “excessive alcoholism” and “promiscuity.”
Use as open (not Ukraine) thread …