Upcoming virtual talk by Fukuyama on liberalism and the world order, April 6, through Stanford alumni. I think you need a Stanford account of some kind to watch.
With the current rat problem, it is time for the government of Paris to address a long-ignored social problem, and throw serious resources behind its cat population. Subsidized food and litter, free state-operated veterinarians, and perhaps mandate the support of community cats for each block, with additional cats and perhaps a ferret obligatory in areas with high concentrations of restaurants.
“The United States military was forced to essentially crash its MQ-9 Reaper surveillance drone because of the damage caused when it was struck by a Russian jet, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.”
Asia Times on the takedown of the American drone. See,
I wouldn’t be surprised if the movie “Four Lions” was pretty accurate for most wannabe jihadis. Change the locale from the UK to the Midwest, and you pretty much have a film about the Whitmer kidnapping plot.
Peter Zeihan is right. We can complain about drugs being trafficked into the US all day, but they are being trafficked because there is a huge demand for narcotics.
There was an interesting story on Malaysia in Reuters a few days ago- owing to Malaysia reneging on a colonial-era land deal with a sultan, the sultan’s heirs are suing the Malaysian government for something like $15 billion- and won in a French court. They recently tried to take over a couple of that government’s buildings in Paris (the embassy is exempt). I’m not entirely sure why France has standing to arbitrate that, or why they think it’s a good idea to bring royalty’s land claims from the 1800s back into play, but that is a serious amount of money even for a relatively prosperous nation like Malaysia. For reference, their government budget in 2021 was about $75 billion.
Never seen a Russian t-shirt, but I have seen plenty of Ukrainian flags flying on porches that would never fly an American flag. I think the latter is more a cultural talisman of the left than pro-Russian t-shirts are of the right.
Upcoming virtual talk by Fukuyama on liberalism and the world order, April 6, through Stanford alumni. I think you need a Stanford account of some kind to watch.
https://groups.stanford.edu/events/37942?mkt_tok=ODg0LUZTQi0zMDcAAAGKipfYQaEVv3UeKly94_eHr5RdqRpSxoyFeX42RGRh693_KCogOMsPlmRIcNSLbLfuD38Jq5bUOYyGs5GWiMWghQ3BmmXo7gZjPaKfS1ALwSU
With the current rat problem, it is time for the government of Paris to address a long-ignored social problem, and throw serious resources behind its cat population. Subsidized food and litter, free state-operated veterinarians, and perhaps mandate the support of community cats for each block, with additional cats and perhaps a ferret obligatory in areas with high concentrations of restaurants.
“The United States military was forced to essentially crash its MQ-9 Reaper surveillance drone because of the damage caused when it was struck by a Russian jet, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.”
Asia Times on the takedown of the American drone. See,
https://asiatimes.com/2023/03/reaper-drone-takedown-augurs-ill-for-crimea-offensive/
I wouldn’t be surprised if the movie “Four Lions” was pretty accurate for most wannabe jihadis. Change the locale from the UK to the Midwest, and you pretty much have a film about the Whitmer kidnapping plot.
If only the end of a mono-polar world meant the Chinese would hand out olive branches to belligerents and soothe disputes...
Peter Zeihan is right. We can complain about drugs being trafficked into the US all day, but they are being trafficked because there is a huge demand for narcotics.
It's certainly a sign of cultural sickness.
There was an interesting story on Malaysia in Reuters a few days ago- owing to Malaysia reneging on a colonial-era land deal with a sultan, the sultan’s heirs are suing the Malaysian government for something like $15 billion- and won in a French court. They recently tried to take over a couple of that government’s buildings in Paris (the embassy is exempt). I’m not entirely sure why France has standing to arbitrate that, or why they think it’s a good idea to bring royalty’s land claims from the 1800s back into play, but that is a serious amount of money even for a relatively prosperous nation like Malaysia. For reference, their government budget in 2021 was about $75 billion.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/malaysia-summon-sultans-heirs-dispute-over-paris-properties-2023-03-08/
Never seen a Russian t-shirt, but I have seen plenty of Ukrainian flags flying on porches that would never fly an American flag. I think the latter is more a cultural talisman of the left than pro-Russian t-shirts are of the right.
Thanks Claire - interesting roundup! For footnote 8, should the year be 2021 rather than 2001?