Happy Orthodox Christmas!
Last week's post on Moon of Alabama:
Ukraine:
- January 2 – Ukraine SitRep: Tit For Tat, Tat, Tat – Russia Intensifies Missile Strikes
- January 4 – Ukraine SitRep: Zelenski's Propaganda Outlet Is Leading His Decline
Related:
– Ukrainian Post-Mortems Starting to Appear – Sonar 21
– The propaganda that damned Ukraine – Amb. Chas Freeman / Unherd
– Ukrainian TV channels exploring possibility of changing format of single telethon – Interfax– CRISIS POLITICS IN UKRAINE: Regime Split, Pre-Coup, Pre-Revolutionary Conditions – Gordon Hahn
– I spent a year with Zelensky – and saw how his personality completely transformed – Simon Shuster / Telegraph
– Ukrainian trial demonstrates 2014 Maidan massacre was false flag – Grayzone
– EU Commissioner wants restrictions on Ukrainian exports – RT
Palestine:
- January 3 – Palestine SitRep – Hizbullah's Response To Assassinations By Israel In Lebanon
- January 5 – Palestine SitRep: Lebanese Resistance Causes Enemy Losses – Is Ready To Fight Off Attacks
Related:
– Genocide in Gaza – John Mearsheimer
– South Africa's APPLICATION INSTITUTING PROCEEDINGS – ICJ
– Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide – United Nations– US hasn’t formally assessed if Israel violating human rights – Politico
– Israeli's could be charged with war crimes (video) – Amb. Chas Freeman / SaltCubeAnalytics
– Inside Israel's plan to quash South Africa's Gaza genocide case – Axios– In Gaza genocide, US defends Israel’s ‘aura of power’ – Aaron Maté
– Binyamin Netanyahu is botching the war. Time to sack him – Economist
– Israel’s “Unity” Government In Chaos Over Calls to Investigate Israel’s Failure on October 7 – Sonar 21– The Epidemiological War on Gaza – Jewish Current
– Inside Israel’s torture camp for Gaza detainees – 972 Mag
– Safe zones: Israel’s technologies of genocide – Aljazeerah– For civilians or Hamas? 'Dual use' issue complicates Gaza aid efforts – Reuters / MSN
– Cumbersome process and ‘arbitrary’ Israeli inspections slow aid delivery into Gaza, US senators say – AP– Gaza war: Why Houthis pose a stubborn challenge to US in Red Sea – CS Monitor
– Israel’s talk of expanding war to Lebanon alarms U.S. – Washington Post
> According to U.S. intelligence reviewed by The Post, the IDF has hit the positions of the U.S.-funded and trained Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) more than 34 times since Oct. 7, officials familiar with the matter said. <
Biden:
- January 6 – When Satire Beats You By 18 Month …
Related:
– The man supposed to stop Donald Trump is an unpopular 81-year-old– Economist
– Pentagon didn’t inform Biden, White House for days about Austin’s hospitalization – Politico
– UK preparing secret dossier on Trump 2.0 amid security fears – MSN
Boeing:
- January 6 – Boeing's 737 MAX Is Still A Mess
Related:
– FAA grounds more than 170 Boeing 737 Max 9s after section of Alaska Airlines plane blows out – CNBC
– 737 Mid-Cabin Emergency Exit Doors (video) – 737 Tech Channel
– F.A.A. Orders Airlines to Ground Some Boeing 737 Max 9 Jets After Midair Emergency – New York Times
> Forrest Gossett, a spokesman for Spirit AeroSystems, said on Saturday that his company installed door plugs on the Max 9s, and that Spirit had installed the plug on the Alaska Air flight. <
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Other issues:
Ecology:
- Tesla Model Y range estimate reduced by 6%, becoming more realistic – Electrek
- Chartbook 259 Germany's CO2 emissions plunge. But all is not at it seems – Adam Tooze
- Unhappy New Year: How Austerity is Making a Comeback in Berlin and Brussels – Naked Capitalism
2024:
- 2024 Predictions – Turkey Recap
- Prof. Michael Hudson, World Predictions for 2024 (USA, UN, Palestine, Russia And BRICS) – Naked Capitalism
Russia:
- Legitimacy in the Era of Uncertainty – Global Affairs
- The Warsaw Pact – Propaganda And Reality – Helmholtz Smith / Sonar21
- Su-57 Production Surging to Over 20 Aircraft in 2024: Delivery Rate to Surpass All Other Russian Fighters – Military Watch Mag
- Russian Asset Seizure Scheming: EU and Euro as US War Proxies Would Take Most Risk; USD Assets Only $4.6 Billion – Naked Capitalism
Use as open (not related to Ukraine and Palestine) thread …