Monthly Archives: September 2024

SpaceX will start launching Starships to Mars in 2026, Elon Musk says

Posted on September 10, 2024 by TTG

SpaceX’s Starship megarocket will start flying Mars missions just two years from now, if all goes according to plan. “These will be uncrewed to test the reliability of landing intact on Mars. If those landings go well, then the first … Continue reading →

Posted in Mars, Space, TTG | 1 Comment

The other side of Russia’s application of reflexive control

Posted on September 9, 2024 by TTG

The Kremlin signaled its commitment to establish full control over the Russian information space in the future and will likely reattempt to deanonymize Russian social media and Telegram channels even though Roskomnadzor withdrew its recently proposed regulations for now. Kremlin … Continue reading →

Posted in Russia, TTG | 5 Comments

Russians taking reflexive control to a new level

Posted on September 7, 2024 by TTG

Federal officials have accused Russia of using unwitting right-wing American influencers in its quest to spread Kremlin propaganda ahead of the 2024 presidential election. On Wednesday, the Justice Department charged two employees of RT, the Russian state media broadcaster, in … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Affairs, Intelligence, Russia, TTG | 99 Comments

A New Beginning By Walrus

Posted on September 6, 2024 by walrus

I apologise that my previous post was incomplete in that I had made no suggestions of how we get out of this mess that is Ukraine and Israel and a post without a suggested action is nothing but a pointless … Continue reading →

Posted in As The Borg Turns, Israel, Russia, Ukraine Crisis, Walrus | 20 Comments

It’s Over; Pogo Was Right – By Walrus

Posted on September 4, 2024 by walrus

It’s over, Ukraine is finished. The Israel project is finished. Both disasters are a direct result of decades of our own Suicidal Statecraft as Barbara Tuchman termed it. There can be no doubt as to our culpability. As Pogo observed … Continue reading →

Posted in As The Borg Turns, Israel, Ukraine Crisis, Walrus | 107 Comments

“What are Israel’s protests and general strike about — and how big are they?”

Posted on September 4, 2024 by TTG

The largest since the start of war, the protests and strike are the latest outpouring of anger against PM Netanyahu for failing to reach a ceasefire. Protests have erupted across Israel, accompanied by a general strike, after the recovery of … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel, Palestine, TTG | 7 Comments

“As a former IDF soldier and historian of genocide, I was deeply disturbed by my recent visit to Israel”

Posted on September 2, 2024 by TTG

This summer, one of my lectures was protested by far-right students. Their rhetoric brought to mind some of the darkest moments of 20th-century history – and overlapped with mainstream Israeli views to a shocking degree. In 19 June 2024, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel, Palestine, TTG | 47 Comments

Tom67 on Mongolia

Posted on September 1, 2024 by TTG

This a comment of Tom67 in reply to elkern  in a recent post “Putin’s alternative pipeline flops quietly.” I find Tom67’s comment worth a separate post.  I am married to a Mongolian, speak Mongolian run an outdoors company in Mongolia … Continue reading →

Posted in Central Asia, China, Russia, TTG | 37 Comments