Last week’s posts on Moon of Alabama:
- Sep 29 – Meta – MoA Cleanup After Moving
- Sep 29 – Moldova’s Pro-EU Party Wins Vote Due To Manipulation And EU Interference
Related:
– Moldova: another EU-managed election – Thomas Fazi
– Disaster for EU as ‘Trumpist’ politician wins election in major European country – Daily Express
– Georgia’s police use water cannons to push back protesters trying to storm presidential palace – AP via Yahoo
- Sep 30 – A Bizarre Plan For Gaza
Related:
– What remains of Gaza? (archived) – Financial Times
– Trump and Blair’s Gaza Plan: A Blueprint for Occupation, Not Peace – Hala Jaber
– Gaza civil defence says at least 57 killed in Israeli strikes since dawn as Trump urges Israel to halt attacks – MSN
– Abu Dhabi’s regional ambitions and deepening strategic ties with Israel – Middle East Eyes
- Oct 2 – Musing About Trump’s Recent Moves
Related:
– Donald Trump’s Dangerous Tilt Towards War at Home and Abroad – Sonar 21
– Venezuela as America’s next foreign policy disaster – Asia Times
– Trump’s Imminent War(s) and Economic Damage as His Legitimacy Crumbles – Naked Capitalism
– With Venezuela and Iran, Is the U.S. Trying to Revive the Petrodollar? – Naked Capitalism
- Oct 3 – Is The AI Bubble Ready To Pop?
Related:
– Debt Is Fueling the Next Wave of the AI Boom (archived – WSJ
– The AI bubble is 17 times the size of the dot-com frenzy — and four times the subprime bubble, analyst says – Marketwatch
– How long can Nvidia stay ahead of Chinese competition? (archived) – Financial Times
– OpenAI Is Just Another Boring, Desperate AI Startup – Where Is Your Ed At
- Oct 4 – Ukraine – Russian Hit On Freight Train, Passengers Hurt
Related:
– The Russia-Ukraine War and its Origins – From the Maidan to the Ukraine War – Ivan Katchanovski <–Free book to download!– Formation of the assault forces: Syrsky’s loyalist guard. – Events in Ukraine
– Ukraine war at crossroads as Trump pulls out – Indian Punchline
– Trump Has Been Bamboozled About Ukraine’s War Prospects – Sonar21– Russian missile upgrade outpaces Ukraine’s Patriot defences (archived) – Financial Times
– Ukraine and Russia exchange strikes in escalating attacks on energy sites – TRT
– Russian air attack across Ukraine damages energy networks, kills five (archived) – Washington Post
Ukraine has lost the drone war against energy facilities. Zelenski is throwing the towel:
> “We need stronger defenses, faster execution of all defense agreements, especially regarding air defense, to render this aerial terror meaningless,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on Telegram. “A unilateral ceasefire in the skies is possible, and it may open the way to genuine diplomacy. America and Europe must act to force Putin to stop.” <
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Other issues:
Europe:
- Europe – Starting From Zero. – Finlandisation 2,0? – Aurelian
- Why the EU failed to make headway on its €140bn loan to Ukraine (archived – Financial Times
- Germany declares open war on Brussels? Merz takes on Ursula Von Der Leyen over €2 trillion drama – Hindustan Times
Russia:
- Believe it or not, Russia is great (archived) – Spectator
- Russia’s military production goes into surplus – Intellinews
- Moscow Indicates Retaliation if Europe Uses Russian Assets for Ukraine (archived) – NY Times
- Finnish Court Dismisses Case Against Crew Accused of Cutting Undersea Cables (archived) – NY Times
China:
- Rule of the Five Percent – How China selects its governing elite. – Aporia
- As America fumbles, China races ahead (archived) – Washington Post
- Huawei to boost AI chip output despite additional US curbs – Asia Times
Others:
Use as open (not related to the wars in Ukraine and Palestine) thread …