Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Will Russia Expand Its Ground Campaign Into Sumy, Dniepropetrovsk, and/or Kharkov Regions?

Where might Russia take the Ukraine conflict next?

Links 3/19/2025

A Strange “Peace” in the South Caucasus and the Encirclement of Iran

What to make of the proposed deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan as preparations for war continue and the West looks to destabilize Iran. 

More on Trump Defiance of Court in Venezuela Deportation Case

Yves here. This post contains informative details on the ongoing row between Judge James Boasberg and the Department of Justice, which defied his order in a deportation of Venezuelans for the planes containing the detainees en route to El Salvador return to the US. The lawlessness of this Administration is stunning. First, as Judge Napolitano, […]

More IDF Depravity: Use of Palestinians as Human Shields

More systematic war crimes by the IDF, covered up as supposedly just a few outlier cases.

Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – The Last Dreadnoughts

Our warfare focused Coffee Break: The rise and likely fall of the aircraft carrier as the dominant capital ship in naval warfare.

New York’s Economy Teeters on a Precipice

New York as an example of the effects of economic undertow created by the Trump Administration.

Links 3/18/2025

Caribbean Countries Blast US Plans to Sanction Cuban Medical Missions Around the World

While Cuba exports doctors to the world, the US exports sanctions.

IM Doc: Report from Flyover on the Democratic Party’s Self Destruction

The Democratic Party’s slow-motion suicide continues.

Income, Wealth, and Environmental Inequality in the US

A study based on US air pollution data finds blacks at all income levels suffer worse exposures.

Coffee Break: Across the Pond – Europe on the Brink

Europe prepares for war as the democratic deficit grows wider

The Far-Right and the Crypto Scam

How Trump and his allies use crypto to rig the rules of the game in their favor and fleece rubes.

Links 3/17/2025

Why the EU Is Failing

The Democratic Deficit is one reason why the EU is perceived to be failing; but there are others such as too much power being concentrated in one unelected institution and a lack of transparency