Last week’s posts on Moon of Alabama:
- Jan 5 – Trump Abducted Maduro But Did Gain Nothing
Related:
– Rodriguez or Trump: Who Is Really Running Venezuela? – Naked Capitalism
– Shale chiefs warn Trump that Venezuelan oil will hobble US drillers (archived) – Financial Times
– Venezuela’s New Leader Enlists U.S. Troops to Bring a Rogue Ship Back (archived) – NY Times
– Donald Trump’s Venezuela oil deal is already up and running (archived) – Economist
- Jan 6 – Why ‘Might Makes Right’ Is Dangerous For All of Us
- Jan 7 – Mafia Increases Activities
- Jan 8 – More Ideas On How To Counter The Mafia’s Increasing Activities
- Jan 9 – Trump Has Changed And TDS With Him
Related:
– Trump’s Backyard Imperialism Won’t Work – American Conservative
– The radical honesty of Donald Trump (archived) – Economist
– The Wrath of Stephen Miller (archived) – Atlantic
– Unexploded missiles, unclear targets in Trump’s strikes on Nigeria (archived) – Washington Post
- Jan 9 – Winter Strikes Kiev
Related:
– Ukraine scrambles to repair ruined Kyiv power grid after latest Russian attack – CBC.ca
– Inside Ukraine’s Quest to Build a Missile to Strike Deep in Russian Territory (archived) – WSJ
– Dutch former Military Officer Hendrik candid about horrors on the Ukrainian front: ‘every morning the nazi salute was brought’ (in Dutch) – De Telegraaf
– Ukraine Awards Major Lithium Project to Investors With Links to Trump (archived) – NY Times
- Jan 10 – Iran Shrugs Off Another Round Of U.S./Israel Sponsored Regime Change Riots
Related:
– WaPo (archived)The internet monitoring group NetBlocks said Saturday that the internet shutdown had reached 48 hours and counting, and Filterbaan, a digital rights group that focuses on Iran, said international phone calls were being blocked. Iranians in the diaspora reported being unable to reach loved ones inside the country.
Yet each of the 10 protesters interviewed by The New York Times by phone — all of whom requested to withhold surnames for their safety — said …
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Other issues:
Gaza:
- How Israel’s multi-ton truck bombs ripped through Gaza City – Reuters
- Israel planning Gaza City offensive in March, but will need Trump’s okay — officials – Times of Israel
- Netanyahu, allies using armies of bots to influence social media discourse – report – Times of Israel
Russia:
- Stephen Bryen: Russians much stronger than they were 4 years ago – Asia Times
- Russian Refined Fuel Flows Hit Four-Month High on Diesel Surge – Bloomberg
- Why sanctions on Russia helped start the war in Ukraine and will prolong it – The Peacemonger
- View from Moscow: Europe and Russia have reached a point of clarity, and it is bleak – Inter Affairs
- A rash of Baltic cable-cutting raises fears of sabotage – But Russian grey-zone attacks may not be the only reason for outages (archived) – Economist
Europe:
- Europe whistles past the Venezuelan graveyard – Responsible Statecraft
- Will Europe ever wake up? America loathes the continent’s elites – Unherd
- German president says US is destroying world order – Reuters
Use as open (not related to the wars in Ukraine and Palestine) thread …