Last week’s posts on Moon of Alabama:
- Oct 27 – Sitting In A Damaged Glasshouse Throwing More Stones
Related:
– Ukraine curbs power supplies after attack on energy facilities, Kyiv says – Reuters
– G7 ministers to discuss support for Ukraine amid energy crisis – UkrInform
– Entire Donetsk Oblast left without power – Ukrainske Pravda
- Oct 28 – How Can Japan Handle Its $550 Billion Trump Problem?
Related:
– Trump aims to open Japan to U.S. autos with tariffs. It’s a tough sell – Detroit News
– Japan’s Central Bank Holds Fire as Tariffs, Politics Cloud Policy Target – WSJ via </>MSN
– Japan’s Takaichi and China’s Xi agree to pursue stable ties – Reuters
- Oct 29 – English Outsider On Solving Ukraine
Related:
– A Few Thoughts About the Russian End Game in Ukraine and the Risk of Losing the Peace – Naked Capitalism
– Living Dangerously – Russo-Ukrainian War: Autumn 2025 – Big Serge <- Recommended
– I hate to say it, but Kyiv won’t last till spring (archived) – The Times
– The dark side of Zelenskyy’s rule – Politico
– Almost 100,000 young men flee Ukraine in two months – Telegraph
– Did Ukraine Just Quietly Attack Two European Countries? – American Conservative
– What will it cost to make Vladimir Putin stop? (archived) – Economist
> We calculate that Ukraine will need approximately $389bn in cash and arms over the four years from 2026 to 2029 (for consistency we are using dollars and constant prices throughout), mainly from Europe. That is almost double the roughly $206bn that Europe has supplied since just before the war started in February 2022. <
- Oct 30 – A Nuclear Delivery Vehicle Is Not A Nuclear War Head
Related:
– Opinion: Why Trump’s talk about nuclear testing is dangerous – Salt Lake Tribune
– The experts respond to Trump’s proposal to “start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis” – The Bulletin
– Trump push to restart nuclear tests could take years, cost millions, experts say (archived) – Washington Post
- Oct 31 – U.S. Ready To Bomb Venezuela Under Absurdly False Pretext
Related:
– Pentagon Tells Congress It Doesn’t Know Who It’s Killing in Latin American Boat Strikes – Scheerpost
– Trump administration tells Congress war law doesn’t apply to cartel strikes (archived) – Washington Post
– Russia Ready to Assist Venezuela in Response to Intervention Threats Orinoco Tribune
– How Miami hawks hijacked Trump’s foreign policy They’ve long dreamed of toppling Maduro – Unherd
– The Regime Change Temptation in Venezuela – To Overthrow Maduro Would Not End Well – Foreign Affairs
– ‘This is no drill’ – State One Alert Level – Trinidad Express
- Nov 1 – Ukraine – Hail Mary Operation To Unblock Pokrovsk Has Failed
Related:
– Who will save Ukrainian troops in Pokrovsk? (archived) – Spectator
– Pokrovsk, Syrsky, and black hawks down – Events in Ukraine
– No encirclement of Pokrovsk: Armed Forces, Security Service and Defence Intelligence of Ukraine operating in city, Ukraine’s commander-in-chief says – Ukrainske Pravda
– Ukrainian troops have improved tactical position in several areas of Pokrovsk, Air Assault Forces say – video – Ukrainske Pravda
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Other issues:
Gaza:
- Israel blocks majority of Gaza aid despite ceasefire deal – MEE
- Classified U.S. report finds backlog of ‘hundreds’ of possible Israeli human rights violations (archived) – Washington Post
- ‘No restrictions’ and a secret ‘wink’: Inside Israel’s deal with Google, Amazon – 972mag
AI-Financing:
- Here’s How the AI Crash Happens – Atlantic
- A closer look at the record-smashing ‘Hyperion’ corporate bond sale (archived) – Financial Times
- How Bad Could the Private-Credit Crisis Get? Just Look at 1929. – Barrons
Tariffs:
- How We Lost the Trade War – Paul Krugman
- America’s Suez – When the Tariff Titan Blinked – Warwick Powell
- GT Voice: Industrial damage of Dutch actions to Nexperia can’t be underestimated – Global Times
- Netherlands faces pressure to surrender control of Nexperia after Xi-Trump summit – SCMP
- Nexperia allowed to resume exports from China following Trump-Xi talks – Tom’s Hardware
- China and ASEAN, hit by US tariffs, sign upgraded free trade pact – Yahoo
- Trump’s unusual tariff strategy puts America’s allies in a near-impossible situation – CNN
The Fall of NASA:
- NASA’s Orion Space Capsule Is Flaming Garbage (looong) – Casey Handmer
Use as open (not related to the wars in Ukraine and Palestine) thread …