russia’s actions have causes which necessitated those actions......
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the chinese challenge....
The Pentagon plans to spend nearly $40 billion from the US budget to strengthen the US military presence in the Asia-Pacific region by expanding its military and technical base.
How to Lose Geopolitical Influence in Asia and Sell It as a US National Security Strategy
Rebecca Chan
delivered with 6,640 defects and deficiencies.....
As the Navy embarks on the ambitious AUKUS program, the Auditor-General has handed Defence a ‘C minus’ on the Canberra Class ship-building program. Rex Patrick reports.
angels weep and devils grin to see the pickle we are in.....
Ethics is basically a learned habit of behavior. — Aristotle.
Virtue is its own reward. — Plato.
Plato: Welcome, Aristotle! It’s been a while since I have seen you at the Academy.
Aristotle: And it is good to see you as well my teacher. And how have things been?
busy bugs: bombing bastards and birthing a big beautiful bill....
Senate Republicans are racing to pass a budget bill that is pivotal to President Donald Trump's second-term agenda ahead of a self-imposed 4 July deadline.
water, an undervalued common good......
A new “water economics” needed to safeguard supplies of domestic water and make it a common good. Australia’s fossil fuels make it a rich “Climate Wrecker”. Carbon capture technologies fail to deliver.
rich big tech mavens seeking military leadership roles.....
Four senior executives at Palantir, Meta, and OpenAI have been formally appointed lieutenant colonels in the US Army following the creation of a “special” unit created for rich Big Tech mavens seeking military leadership roles.
an oscar for donald trump — for impersonating tom cruise....
On June 22, a large portion of the France 2, 8 p.m. newscast, hosted by Laurent Delahousse, was devoted to the US attack on Iran.
of courage and delusions....
The forms of 19th-century European fictions, including the Russian, have a powerful relation to older Christian stories, from the Bible to Bunyan. The novels meet the old tales with part parody, part dialogue, part rejection and reconstruction.