Links 8/27/2024

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1. The Rev Kev August 27, 2025 at 7:16 am

   “Prosecutors Fail 3 Times to Charge Woman With Felony Assault of F.B.I. Agent in D.C.”

   There are laws against double jeopardy as a legal principal. Nobody said anything about triple jeopardy.

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   1. Jackiebass August 27, 2025 at 8:08 am

      Only applies if a person is actually tried and found innocent.

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      1. The Rev Kev August 27, 2025 at 8:16 am

         Still, three goes at her over the same incident? That is how the State sends people broke that oppose their actions. Have them run up huge legal bills defending themselves over the same thing.

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2. Expat2uruguay August 27, 2025 at 7:36 am

   Details on Burkina Faso’s recent purchase of advanced weaponry from China. https://youtu.be/8_9vjzdSj2M

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   1. Expat2uruguay August 27, 2025 at 8:02 am

      Includes delivery of VN22B PLL05 and SR5 and @10:56 this quote describing WHY buying from China: “…the reasons are clear. China offers what the West will not. It’s weapons are cost-effective. It’s delivery is prompt. It’s financing terms are flexible, accommodating cash strapped governments. But above all, trying to bring something that the West refuses engagement with no political strings attached… “

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3. Bugs August 27, 2025 at 7:38 am

   Re Trump tarifs, I got an email this morning from La Poste, the French postal service, informing me that all shipments to the United States are suspended until further notice, except for documents and gifts worth less than $100, based on their interpretation of an executive order and the lack of guidance and coordination from the American postal authorities. I’ll forward it on to the site owners here.

   Insane stuff.

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   1. The Rev Kev August 27, 2025 at 7:54 am

      Australia Post is also halting parcel deliveries to the US-

      ‘Australia Post won’t send anything to the US for now, except for letters, documents and gifts worth less than $150. It’s the same deal for items going to Puerto Rico, which uses the same postal network as the United States.’

      https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-27/why-does-auspost-halts-parcel-postage-to-us-explainer/105699712

      The article mentions that the same is happening for Norway, Sweden, Denmark & Belgium and there are others.

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   2. DJG, Reality Czar August 27, 2025 at 8:33 am

      Bugs and Rev Kev: Same in Italy. It appears from the article that it is all packages, because the Poste Italiane don’t want to have to deal with packages returned for nonpayment or refusal to pay customs duties. So from Italy and the Italian post office, it is only letters and documents (flats) that will go through.

      https://www.economymagazine.it/dal-29-agosto-poste-italiane-dice-stop-ai-pacchi-per-gli-stati-uniti-ecco-cosa-cambia/

      The article mentions that DHL also has put a stop. UPS has a presence in Italy. I’m wondering what UPS plans to do / can do. In the past, to send gifts to the niblings, I used DHL, because they get the customs paperwork Germanically correct.

      PS: For some time, it has taken weeks, typically three, sometimes four, for a letter to go from the Chocolate City to addresses in the U S of A. I have come increasingly to suspect that the mess is in the States.

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4. AG August 27, 2025 at 7:41 am

   re: European Left 1970s

   JACOBIN

   The Defeat of European Socialism Was Far From Inevitable

   An interview with Matt Myers

   Contrary to popular belief, the 1970s was a period in which the European left was at its strongest. Unions were powerful, and socialists felt confident that the changing economy could benefit them. So why was the Left defeated a decade later?

   https://jacobin.com/2025/08/european-socialism-left-1970s-defeat
   
   Matt Myers teaches history at the University of Oxford.

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5. The Rev Kev August 27, 2025 at 8:19 am

   “Not only the EU and the USA continue to buy oil from India, but also Ukraine”

   It’s actually more complicated than that. Right now, the top buyers for Russian oil are – drum roll – Saudi Arabia and India. I have heard no threats against Saudi Arabia by Trump for doing this but there is plenty against India. Foolishly they reduced the amount of oil they buy from Russia, probably under the assumption that Trump may back off against them. Yeah, I wouldn’t bet your economy over it-

   https://thecradle.co/articles/india-to-reduce-acquisition-of-russian-oil-as-modest-concession-to-trump-report

   You already have Trump’s trade advisor Peter Navarro calling India a “laundry” for the Kremlin and also saying ‘India doesn’t appear to want to recognize its role in the bloodshed. It simply doesn’t. It’s cozying up to [Chinese President] Xi Jinping.’ Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar got jack of the whole thing and said ‘If you have a problem buying oil or refined products from India, don’t buy it. Nobody forces you to buy it. Europe buys, America buys, so you don’t like it, don’t buy it.’ He’s got a point and even Oz buys “Indian” oil.

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6. hazelbee August 27, 2025 at 8:24 am

   mmmm. an article on beer.

   but then…. on reading it is terrible. the authors of the ars technica article don’t know about beer fermentation. some howling mistakes in there.

   They talk about single, double and triple fermentation. which is a nonsense.

   the beers in question in the linked research are Belgian ales – things like Westmalle Triple, Westmalle Dubbel, Triple Karmaliet. All great beers, but all single fermentation then possibly bottle fermented for release ( I dont’ remember which are bottle and which are carbonated pre bottling).

   so they confuse the naming around strength with the number of fermentations.

   Any publican or homebrewer would do a better write up.

   Secrets to good foam / head retention? Properly clean glasses, no residual cleaning agents that kill head retention, and decent beer to start with a variety of longer chain residual sugars and proteins. Its why they see the good foam in the stronger beers.

   and the original paper has missed out some of the strongest foam producing beers out there… Where is the wheat beer in the mix! a Hefeweizen will give you a large thick head by design that lasts to the end of the glass.

   this is me speaking as someone that has spent 5-7 years trying to get the perfect home brewed beers – pales, stouts, belgian, farmhouse tried them all. a hefeweizen is the easiest to get authentic . the secret is in the yeast for that style

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7. Mikel August 27, 2025 at 8:25 am

   Trump Pentagon weighing equity stakes in defense contractors like Lockheed, says Lutnick – CNBC

   Hmmm…still a good distance away from supplying a military like it could be with an economy like this:

   https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/story/Article/2128446/during-wwii-industries-transitioned-from-peacetime-to-wartime-production/

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   1. The Rev Kev August 27, 2025 at 8:37 am

      So if the US government wants to boost revenue down the track, they could do so by goosing a brand new war and reap the winnings from the equity stakes in those defense contractors as their value increased. I could see Trump thinking this way.

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      So if the US government wants to boost revenue down the track, they could do so by goosing a brand new war and reap the winnings from the equity stakes in those defense contractors as their value increased. I could see Trump thinking this way.

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8. Mikel August 27, 2025 at 8:31 am

   Mark Zuckerberg gifted noise-canceling headphones to his Palo Alto neighbors because of the nonstop construction around his 11 homes – Yahoo

   Cult compound?

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