The widow of Alexei Navalny, Yulia Navalnaya, has had her X account suspended. Meanwhile, his brother has been put on Moscow wanted list's. Listen to a Daily podcast special on Russian opposition in the wake of Navalny's death as you scroll.
If intent is an element of a crime and there isn’t reliable evidence of intent, then the elements of the crime are not met.
(Compare with, say, Trump who was hiding his documents, asking his lawyers and staff to lie, and demonstrating left and right he intended to break the law.)
If there’s one thing NATO needs to immediately address with its own supply chain, much less support for Ukraine, it’s that artillery production has been woefully underprioritized.
That Russia alone is outproducing the combined efforts of NATO should have heads rolling in every procurement office in the West.
One estimate put Russian production at 7x that of NATO.
It’s fine and dandy to point out that that discrepancy is partly going into air and naval munitions but that’s just not an excuse for there not to be parity, much less a reverse in the production gap.
After the fuel shortages in the 70s, America said Never Again. Never Again will another country be able to bring America to its knees.
Then 2022 happened and Russia rug pulled Germany and Eastern Europe, told them they would freeze over winter if they they didn’t let Russia get their way and conquer their neighbors. Germany and Eastern Europe said no; they said no and they bought their products from where they could, and the primary choices for bulk sourcing were the Middle East and America. One of those choices is not good if you are worried about rug pulls, so here we are.
After almost a decade on the court, Thomas had grown frustrated with his financial situation, according to friends. He had recently started raising his young grandnephew, and Thomas’ wife was soliciting advice on how to handle the new expenses. The month before, the justice had borrowed $267,000 from a friend to buy a high-end...
According to JPMorgan strategists, the inflation-adjusted value of liquid assets (a fancy way of saying cash, stocks, or anything that can be easily converted to cash) is expected to decline compared to March 2020 for all but the top 1% of income earners.
I don’t know that this is a full picture of purchasing power, they’re leaving out income, which has been going up faster than inflation for a year and a half now.
And less importantly they’re leaving out house values which are up like 50% in that time. Sure it isn’t liquid but 2/3rds of US households are homeowners who have massively increased the biggest part of their net worth, that’s a pretty big part of the picture to leave out.
Why this renewed assault? “Obamacare Sucks!!!” declared the former and possibly future president. For those offended by the language, these are Trump’s own words, and I think I owe it to my readers to report what he actually said, not sanitize it. Trump also promised to provide “MUCH BETTER HEALTHCARE” without offering...
Problem is here than Romney did NOT draw up “Romneycare” and even vetoed eight sections of the bill, even though all of those vetoes were eventually overridden by the Legislature.
The plaintiffs’ arguments in Moore v. United States have little basis in law — unless you think that a list of long-ago-discarded laissez-faire decisions from the early 20th century remain good law. And a decision favoring these plaintiffs could blow a huge hole in the federal budget. While no Warren-style wealth tax is on...
The Economist says the pandemic has “broken” people’s perceptions about the economy.
“Although Americans report being worried about their finances, they are behaving as flush as ever—and in economic forecasting, actions speak louder than words. When used to project future spending rather than consumer sentiment, the same battery of economic variables has fully maintained its forecasting power since 2020. In contrast, since Covid began, the correlation between sentiment and both current and future spending has vanished.”
Jonathan Last: “I hear every person who says that times are tough for them and I honor and respect that. But in the aggregate, people’s views are not just a little bit off. They are wildly out of sync with reality
another smaller horror of this is: there will 1000% be ads. zero percent chance there will not be ads. even worse, people will be understandably reticent about ads at first, and services will be advertised without ads. then they’ll become subscriptions with ads. just like everything else.
Why aren’t we talking more about Trump’s business with the Saudis? (www.washingtonpost.com)
Trump says Republicans always wanted to leave abortion law to states. That's false. (www.nbcnews.com)
Somebody managed to coax the Gab AI chatbot to reveal its prompt (infosec.exchange)
Why I Lost Faith in Kagi (d-shoot.net)
via www.osnews.com/story/139270/do-not-use-kagi/
The whole internet loves Kagi, a lovely paid search engine that can find things! *5 seconds later* We regret to inform you the CEO is an unhinged narcissist who will harangue you in email (hackers.town)
U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney clears charges against white supremacists, says there's a bias against the far right (www.latimes.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/judge-again-dismisses-charges-a…
Russia-Ukraine latest: X suspends Navalny wife's account - as Moscow puts brother on wanted list (news.sky.com)
The widow of Alexei Navalny, Yulia Navalnaya, has had her X account suspended. Meanwhile, his brother has been put on Moscow wanted list's. Listen to a Daily podcast special on Russian opposition in the wake of Navalny's death as you scroll.
Johnson Lies That Report Found Biden "Broke The Law" (www.joemygod.com)
Ukraine says it can't fire more than 2,000 shells a day as Western allies fail to meet pledges: report (www.businessinsider.com)
Ukraine is able to fire just 2,000 shells a day, its defense minister said....
Biden Reportedly Plans To Use Trump Attacks, Abortion—And Hopefully Taylor Swift—To Win 2024 Election (www.google.com)
WWE Founder Vince McMahon Accused of Sexual Abuse and Trafficking in Lawsuit by Former Employee (variety.com)
CONTENT WARNING: This article describes graphic accusations of SA.
The United States is producing more oil than any country in history | CNN Business (edition.cnn.com)
Clarence Thomas’ Private Complaints About Money Sparked Fears He Would Resign (www.propublica.org)
After almost a decade on the court, Thomas had grown frustrated with his financial situation, according to friends. He had recently started raising his young grandnephew, and Thomas’ wife was soliciting advice on how to handle the new expenses. The month before, the justice had borrowed $267,000 from a friend to buy a high-end...
JPMorgan: 99% of Americans will be less wealthy and have less purchasing power than before Covid (creditnews.com)
Donald Trump sells cut-up pieces of suit he wore in mugshot - for $5,000 (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Tesla again threatens to sue Cybertruck buyers who try to resell the cars (arstechnica.com)
Donald Trump Still Wants to Kill Obamacare. Why? (www.nytimes.com)
Why this renewed assault? “Obamacare Sucks!!!” declared the former and possibly future president. For those offended by the language, these are Trump’s own words, and I think I owe it to my readers to report what he actually said, not sanitize it. Trump also promised to provide “MUCH BETTER HEALTHCARE” without offering...
The Supreme Court case seeking to shut down wealth taxes before they even exist (www.vox.com)
The plaintiffs’ arguments in Moore v. United States have little basis in law — unless you think that a list of long-ago-discarded laissez-faire decisions from the early 20th century remain good law. And a decision favoring these plaintiffs could blow a huge hole in the federal budget. While no Warren-style wealth tax is on...
Landlord torches New York home after tenants stop paying rent, become squatters (www.foxbusiness.com)
Brooklyn landlord Rafiqul Islam faces arson and attempted murder charges
With the world on fire, a cowardly, timid news media is a threat to U.S. democracy (www.inquirer.com)
News organizations are using cowardly words to describe killing abroad, fascism at home — downplaying the danger to democracy....
An unofficial PC port of Nintendo 64's Perfect Dark is available for download, featuring mouselook, widescreen, FOV & 60fps support (www.dsogaming.com)
U.S. economy grows at blockbuster pace in third quarter (www.washingtonpost.com)
Moms for Liberty’s Extreme Agenda Gets Pushback From Pennsylvania Community (www.advocate.com)
Elon Musk wants to merge humans with AI. How many brains will be damaged along the way? (www.vox.com)