Author: nick
NATO partisans in both Europe and the United States are perpetual optimists about Ukraine’s prospective fortunes in its war against Russia. Lately, there has been yet another inundation of such accounts in Western news media outlets. Many of them emphasize that Moscow’s latest military offensive against Ukrainian ground forces has come to a halt with inconclusive results. The lack of a decisive breakthrough, members of Ukraine’s fan club contend, means that Russian president Vladimir Putin has again failed in his quest to conquer Eastern Europe’s resilient “democratic” frontline state. That version of recent developments contains just enough truth to gain…
How does the president feel about the teetering diplomatic efforts with Iran, which appear to be collapsing? His answer varies by the day – and the hour. Source link
A photo of the flag being displayed, from the application for a temporary restraining order. From yesterday’s decision (which strikes me as correct) in Accountability Now USA v. Griess, by Judge Randolph Moss (D.D.C.): Plaintiff, an unincorporated association that maintains a 24/7 demonstration calling for the impeachment and removal of President Donald Trump on National Park Service (“NPS”) land, moves for an emergency order temporarily restraining the Superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks Kevin Griess and the Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum or their delegees “from taking enforcement action against them because of their display of a…
Springsteen's Morale-Boosting Call to Arms Source link
Autism-Therapy Is Booming, and So Is the Billing Abuse Source link
Reprinted with permission from Trita Parsi’s Substack. “You’re fucking crazy. You’d be in prison if it weren’t for me. I’m saving your ass. Everybody hates you now. Everybody hates Israel because of this.” According to Axios, this is what Donald Trump said to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in “an expletive-laden call” earlier today. Trump also accused Netanyahu of ingratitude since Trump had helped keep Netanyahu out of jail. At the heart of the matter was Trump’s frustration with Netanyahu not caving to his demands to cease bombing Lebanon, as Israel’s aggression risked jeopardizing Trump’s diplomacy with Iran. The story…
Could scientists be overlooking life in space? Source link
Kyiv’s growing long-range strike capacity showcases its growing military might and determination to end dependence on Western allies. Source link
Racial hierarchy is embedded in the logic of Black Lives Matter. What it looks like in practice is the murder of Henry Nowak. Source link
An interesting remedy that I’ve seen a few cases; here is the most recent one, Hussain v. Quraishi, decided May 20 by Judge Matthew T. Wax-Krell (Conn. Super. Ct. Tolland Jud. Dist.) (plaintiffs Hussain and Garcia are the owner and practice manager of plaintiff VCare Family Practice LLC, which owns the medical office Shifa Clinic): … Quraishi worked as an independent contractor at the Clinic doing IT work. In 2017, the plaintiffs began having issues with Quraishi, which ultimately led to Hussain applying for a civil protection order against Quraishi, which the Court granted on October 12, 2018. After that,…