Alan U. Kennington 🇦🇺

Far Side

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The last few years have exposed a dangerous reality:

European munition stocks are far from sufficient for a high-intensity conflict.

Deterrence is hollow without deep inventories of cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, guided bombs, and interceptors.

Time to finally step up!

Hard to argue

Ukrainian Special Forces Operations drones destroyed a Russian 9C19 Ginger radar station and an S-300V air defense system near Mariupol overnight, using domestically produced FP-2 drones with 100kg warheads. #Ukraine

Wichtige Neuigkeiten zum Iran: Der Krieg wird Wochen dauern, nicht nur Tage.

Der Krieg erfasst den gesamten Nahen Osten mit Angriffen in mehreren Ländern.

Ein hochrangiger Senator sagt, Trump habe die Geheimdienstinformationen falsch interpretiert. 1/

Although Trump's actions follow the "constant crisis" approach of past dictators, my guess is that he is not conscious of history.
His mind is focused on ensuring that every day the news headlines are swamped by his actions, and emotional reactions to them.
This is the mind of an entertainer!

Of all the quotes I have read today, I think this one shook me the most as it rings so true to what we are seeing. The never ending emergencies. The constant crisis but yet him speaking of the “New Golden Age” and the “amazing economy”

We live in the stupidest time since we ALL KNOW BETTER.

Paint me cynical.

Taiwanese and Chinese intelligence have a very high degree of penetration of each other. This is not an environment of strategic surprises.

A mad king's illegal war on Iran is a cry for regime change...in Washington | Will Bunch Democracy really did die in darkness as Donald Trump's unconstitutional war on Iran stamps America as a dictatorship.

No wonder Trump went to war with Iran in the dead of night, with the Capitol empty, most Americans soundly asleep

This war is illegal. Full stop. The worst abuse of presidential power in American history aims to cement a dictatorship on U.S. soil

My instant column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...

Just in the last year... Trump attacked Iran, Venezuela, Nigeria, Somalia, Yemen, Syria, and Iraq. And then murdered people in the Caribbean and the Pacific in boat strikes.

Add on top of that, destroying USAID, pulling out of WHO, etc... and this administration has/is killing millions of people.

Ukraine's Flamingo manufacturer unveils new FP-7 ballistic missile in launch test video The FP-7 tactical ballistic missile has a range of up to 200 kilometers (124 miles) and carries a combat load of 150 kilograms (about 330 pounds), according to the Ukrainian defense firm Fire Point.

⚡️Ukraine's Flamingo manufacturer unveils new FP-7 ballistic missile in launch test video.

The FP-7 tactical ballistic missile has a range of up to 200 kilometers (124 miles) and carries a combat load of 150 kilograms (about 330 pounds), according to the Ukrainian defense firm Fire Point.

Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.

Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.

Four giants control 80% of meat processing.

The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.

It means more power for them and less freedom for you.

Zack Polanski’s populist pitch pays off in Gorton and Denton The eco-populist promised to take on both Keir Starmer and Nigel Farage — but the Greens have faced claims of stoking division.

The leader of Britain’s Greens rose to the top of his party with a promise to take on Keir Starmer and Nigel Farage — and win.

This morning, in one corner of north-west England at least, Zack Polanski has done just that.

Exactly why AI data centers need to be fought against. We do not need AI but we do need water.

Graph: Gorton & Denton by-election results. Labour vote share plummets as Green share rises. Similarly Reform rises and Conservative falls. End result: chunky Green win, Reform slightly higher than Lab, Cons dismal.

Eager to see what lessons Labour draws from this.

This is what the ruzzians are doing to Ukraine, and it's not AI.

Democrats in four states seek to bar ICE employees from future civil service jobs Bills aim to make ICE employees ineligible for jobs in law enforcement, public education and state civil service

"..four Democratic-led states would impose long-term consequences on new ICE employees by rendering them ineligible for jobs in law enforcement, public education, and, in their most expansive form, the entire state civil service."

Seems resonable to me.
#SheShed #ICEOUT
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Poland’s FM Radosław Sikorski: Moscow “sacrificed its future on the altar of war.” He says the stakes go beyond Ukraine’s independence and Europe’s security—and the outcome will shape whether Russia or the EU becomes a global power pillar alongside the US and China.

British and French Paratroopers Prepare for Possible Ukraine Peacekeeping Mission UK and French paratroopers run Exercise Orion in Brittany, testing rapid NATO deployment as London and Paris weigh peacekeeping in Ukraine.

⚡️ British and French paratroopers are training for a potential 10,000-troop mission in Ukraine.

Isso.

Gorton & Denton By-Election Result:

🌍 GRN: 40.6% (+27.4)
➡️ RFM: 28.7% (+14.6)
🌹 LAB: 25.4% (-25.4)
🌳 CON: 1.9% (-6.0)
🔶 LDM: 1.8% (-2.0)
🎩 MRP: 0.4%
☑️ ADV: 0.4%
🇪🇺 REU: 0.3%
🗽 LBT: 0.1%
🔴 SDP: 0.1%
⚒️ CLG: 0.1%

Green GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ GE2024.

Leave big tech behind! How to replace Amazon, Google, X, Meta, Apple – and more A handful of companies monopolise the web, with unprecedented access to our data. But there are many more ethical – and often distinctively European – alternatives

This is a good article on avoiding having your life monitored and controlled by a small number of huge evil US American companies.
Worth bookmarking!
My personal recipe is to use mobile phones (UK and French) which have no internet, and put linux on all computers.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Vegetarians have ‘substantially lower risk’ of five types of cancer Study shows lower risk for multiple myeloma as well as pancreatic, prostate, breast and kidney cancers

The headline of this article seems to be good news for vegetarians.
But when you read the article, it's not clear if the study does really suggest lower cancer for vegetarians.
I've seen numerous studies of effects of diet, but none seem very convincing to me.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Historic first: French Aircraft Carrier 'Shows the Flag' in Sweden - Naval News In a high profile naval diplomacy push by France, the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle arrived in Malmö, Sweden on February 24.

In a high profile naval diplomacy push by France, the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle arrived in Malmö, Sweden on February 25 🇫🇷 🇸🇪
Story by @corporalfrisk.com
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...