RSS- The battle for Ocheretyne
- Supreme Court oral arguments to be heard on April 25 about presidential immunity for official acts
- Nasa’s Voyager-1 sends usable data from deep space
- The Wondrous Oak
- Three Seas Summit: Vilnius 2024
- Tit for tat until it all goes boom
- Deadly H5N1 avian influenza strain detected on mainland Antarctica
- “BYD is launching its next-gen Blade EV battery soon with more range and even lower cost”
- Iran launches air attacks on Israel
- ISW on the developing Ukrainian defense industrial base and Russias strikes on the Ukrainian energy infrastructure
Monthly Archives: June 2022
“Jan. 6 committee announces surprise hearing for Tuesday on new evidence”
“Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., has said that the committee’s final two public hearings will focus on how Trump illegally directed his supporters toward the Capitol, then failed to take quick action to quell the attack once it began. The … Continue reading
Posted in government, Politics
26 Comments
“…How the Abortion Ruling Will Affect Each State.”
“Friday’s landmark ruling effectively returns all abortion-related matters to the states. Some states will likely enact legislation to ban or severely abortion immediately, or in relatively short time. Conversely, other states might challenge the basis of the Supreme Court’s formal … Continue reading
Posted in government
42 Comments
“Telespazio to play key role in satellite servicing market”
“Telespazio intends to play a key role in the future in-orbit servicing market, providing customers seeking satellite relocation, refueling, repair or removal with the necessary space and ground-based capabilities. “There is an industrial role that Telespazio can definitely play on … Continue reading
Posted in Science, Space
4 Comments
The return of the 10th Amendment
“The Tenth Amendment (Amendment X) to the United States Constitution, a part of the Bill of Rights, was ratified on December 15, 1791.[1] It expresses the principle of federalism, also known as states’ rights, by stating that the federal government has only those powers delegated to it by the … Continue reading
Posted in Ukraine Crisis
28 Comments
“Russian Troops in Ukraine Face ‘Extraordinary’ Casualty Rates: U.K. Intelligence”
“Among the most central questions facing the government in Ukraine and its Western backers is the extent to which Russia can continue fighting and the pressure that forces loyal to Kyiv can exert on invading forces to accelerate those shortcomings … Continue reading
Posted in Russia, The Military Art, Ukraine Crisis
105 Comments
ISW Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 23-24 (excerpts) – TTG
Russian forces have made substantial gains in the Severodonetsk-Lysychansk area over the last several days and Ukrainian troops continue to suffer high casualties, but Ukrainian forces have fundamentally accomplished their objective in the battle by slowing down and degrading Russian … Continue reading
Posted in TTG, Ukraine Crisis
58 Comments
SCOTUS returns Abortion law to the states.
The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday, holding that there is no longer a federal constitutional right to an abortion. The opinion is the most consequential Supreme Court decision in decades and will transform the landscape of women’s reproductive health … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care
37 Comments
By deception, the U.S. Senate hides and slides a bad gun law through to double-cross the public
By Robert Willmann After a highly publicized shooting at a school with multiple homicides in Uvalde, Texas on 24 May 2022, the usual bandwagon of politicians saying they had to “do something” began hurtling down the road, when an investigation … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, government, Gun Control, Justice, Policy, Politics
Tagged John Cornyn, Mitch McConnell, Red Flag laws, U.S. Senate, Uvalde school shooting
11 Comments
“Granholm: President could use Defense Production Act to handle gas supply crisis”
“Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm indicated that President Joe Biden has considered using the Defense Production Act to help mitigate the record-high gas prices, but stressed that it is just “one” of the tools at the president’s disposal. “President Biden, like all … Continue reading
Posted in As The Borg Turns, government, Policy, Politics, Russia, The economy, Ukraine Crisis
50 Comments
AG Merrick Garland goes to Ukraine but does not enforce Title 18 U.S. Code section 1507 for crimes against Supreme Court judges
By Robert Willmann On Tuesday, 21 June 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Attorney General Merrick Garland was in Ukraine to help identify, apprehend, and prosecute persons for alleged war crimes in Ukraine, even though I have not … Continue reading