This MIT.

March 25, 2022
By Jessica Hamzelou

Maxar satellite (click here) imagery closeup of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine on March 10, 2022, while Russia was occupying the area

The silver dome is the sarcophagus. 

Russian troops (click here) have been bringing death and destruction to Ukraine since they invaded on February 24. But there’s a risk they could cause a nuclear accident too, according to Vadim Chumak, head of the external exposure dosimetry lab at Ukraine’s National Research Center for Radiation Medicine in the country’s capital, Kyiv.

Russia has taken control of two nuclear power plants inside Ukraine. Some reactors inside those plants have been cut off from their power sources, and radiation-monitoring devices have been disconnected, leading to concerns of a potential nuclear disaster.

“The need to prevent a nuclear accident becomes more pressing with each day that passes,” said Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, in a March 23 video statement....

These are not words of bitternes, these are words of bravery.

I sincerely have concern for every person opposing Vladmir Putin. Every one. We have witnessed the poisoning in Europe. There is nothing to say anyone who opposes Putin is a worry.

I also believe these are true words and a very accurate assessment of Putin and Biden. As a former oligarch, he is also correct in stating no Russian oligarch is a sincere oligarch so much as an agent of Putin.

When President Biden stated Vladimir Putin must leave the presidency of Russia, it was an ethical assessment, not one of regime change. That is very accurate assessment.

Where do presidents ever get the idea that a war is going to bring citizens to the streets with flowers? A war is a war. Anything else is self delusion.

 

It was a great day for Delaware having the Bidens on board to commission the USS Delaware.

April 2, 2022
By Hannah Edelman

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden (click here) received a warm welcome Saturday morning when they arrived at the Port of Wilmington to commemorate the commissioning of the USS Delaware, a fast-attack submarine that was sponsored by the first lady to "uphold the First State’s motto of liberty and independence."

Military personnel, veterans and their friends and families were joined by members of the community for a long-awaited redo of the original ceremony in 2020, which was postponed due to the pandemic. A version of the commissioning took place underwater instead, making the USS Delaware the first boat to do so in the history of the Navy.

"Today's celebration, like so many things in the past few years, is just a bit out of the ordinary," Jill Biden said....

More acts of genocide.

31 March 2022
By David Hambling

Russia appears to be using anti-personnel mines in Ukraine (click here) that are equipped with artificial intelligence that is claimed to be able to distinguish between soldiers and civilians. While the mines supposedly comply with international law, experts doubt whether they are any less dangerous to civilians.

Human Rights Watch, a New York-based non-governmental organisation, reported the identification of POM-3 mines near Kharkiv, Ukraine, on 29 March. Separately, unverified video seems to show a Russian Zemledeliye truck launching mine-laying rockets.…

I do not believe for one minute artificial intelligence can determine whether a person striking the mine is a soldier or a civilian. That is something no civilian should have to trust. Laying landmines is a prevention of movement of people that have to leave Ukraine to survive the Russian killing spree. These landmine cannot detect the difference between a car with many people leaving Ukriane from a military vehicle. Don't believe a word of it.

15 June 2020

Landmine detection is often an inexact and inefficient process, (click here) and that’s a problem that the ICRC is trying to solve. Doing so involves some surprisingly affordable off-the-shelf technology, a Danish geologist, a Japanese university, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and a range of diverse field experience.

Landmines can be a deadly and costly obstacle to humanitarian access in conflict zones, a single explosive device containing the potential not just to maim or kill an individual but to block the delivery of food or medicine to an entire population. That’s why locating mines is “a very relevant competence, very much tied to operations,” explains Erik Tollefsen, a former bomb disposal officer and the head of the ICRC’s Weapon Contamination Unit (WEC).

Thermal imaging cameras that can detect different heat signatures between an object and its surroundings have been around for years, but only recently have they dropped in price and shrunk to the size of a palm-held GoPro. That miniaturization of price and product has opened up new possibilities...

I could be wrong to the origin…

 …of the technique, but, the best disarmament is the get naked protocol. I think it was the NYPD.

There are two types of suicide bombers, one that wants it and ends his life and the ones that are half-hearted and want to live. For the ones that want to die to collect on promised virgins there is no disarming them even if caught and cornered. If captured, while still plugged into the explosives, they will detonate at first opportunity when larger group of people have gathered. These guys will not disrobe and lay the explosives down for a robot to collect later.

With either of the two types there needs to be sufficient distance to allow for the explosive crater regardless of their cooperation. There is no way to know if the bomber was rigged with a fail safe system that will insure explosion no matter what he OR she does. Both must be shot if they come close to soldiers in a panic. I mean they can run, so they have to be dropped where they stand if they try to advance to close the safe distance. Whether they are alive or not after disabled to move requires a robot to then disarm and remove the explosive to be safely detonated. 

The bomber that wants to surrender must be held at a safe distance. He or she must completely disrobe and be free of any detonation potential. I don’t know of a suicide bomber that has an internal explosive. I would think most body processes with biochemistry would end that potential.

But, this life saving protocol is necessary. The only one willing to die in that moment is the bomber. 

This level of thinking requires training because it is counter intuitive of most soldiers disarming their enemy. It is why cities have bomb squads.

Trenches at Chernobyl.

Why were the Russians digging trenches at Chernobyl? That sounds like an activity that Deash would use. They would line people up after they dug trenches and kill them to fall into the trench. Mass graves. If the Russians are taking lessons from Daesh, that would explain the genocide. Syrian soldiers of fortune are supposed to have been recruited by Russia to kill Ukrainians. What is next Iranian boats and Quds Force? Then what, Hezbollah?

Russia is turning Ukraine into a killing field of all that threaten NATO.

The refugee migration needs to continue with vigor.

The recruits Putin is recruiting through his wealthy oligarchs have no moral content except Jihad. The Ukrainian military is looking at suicide bombers and the immoral killers of mass murder. Putin has lost his moral base. It would explain his shift in character. Mass murder and genocide is now his ideology. His character shift would appear to be in line with Assad.

Putin has ordered the conscription of 150,000 more Russians. Regardless of what he explains to the population of Russia, those conscripts will find the same fate of those already dead and disabled in Ukraine. Jihadists have little to no training when they carry out their tasks.

Israel’s methods of national defense and security is Ukraine’s best model. Israel has an Air Force that operates in areas 9 miles wide. To refuse Ukraine an Air Force will handicap them and provide for a greater genocide. Give Ukraine what it needs. This is not conventional warfare anymore.

As a cautionary reality to that the Russians have been shooting down their own jets.

The currency demands by Putin is an attempt to turn the ruble into the global currency and replace the USA dollar. He is banking on his petroleum being of highest demand to turn Russia’s fortune around. The same has been the case of the Chinese communists and their dual monetary system. The capitalists in the world are always tempted by the next best merchandise of wealth. Globalization is a national security issue. It’s the return of the Cold War. The tech industry assaults that paradigm.

The communists aren’t going to give up their ideology. This is a long term issue and quite frankly a permanent one. It would be beneficial if the communists saw the futility in their priorities. Russians fail completely without Trump in power. Their demonstration in Ukraine would dictate such Trumpian information is highly futile. The Chinese are mimics and without their spies they won’t succeed either. Maybe the communists would like democracy but are really lousy at it. New constitutions and all. Peaceful prosperity is not on the minds fostered by Lenin. 

Russia is destined to end via their own radiation poisoning. Somehow that makes Ukraine a valuable land asset, except, for the same stupid practices witnessed at Chernobyl. 

This is Putin’s Russia. He is handing out medals like candy these days.

The Chernobyl trenches aren’t supposed to be a mimic of Yucca Mountain, is it?

Genocide

All those backing Putin and Russia are consenting parties if they do not descent. Life or death, there is no gray area.

The US State Department…

 …has secured the release of a dearly wonderful man by the name of Safi Rauf, CNN is reporting. He was taken by the Taliban. He was doing nothing but humanitarian work. Humanitarian work that was saving the lives of people and even improving the image of the Taliban with the people through his work. He had one problem. He was an American that served with the Navy Reserves. He had no weapons and yet was removed from his humanitarian mission for no reason because he was seen as either a threat or an opportunity. 

The lack of appreciation for his work by the Taliban has at least won him his freedom. Thank you to the US State Department for never giving up.

Communists

Their only, and I mean only, governance in international relations is to strengthen their power and make weak all others. That governance includes the use of Wall Street and the temptation of money. If Wall Street wants the USA and NATO to begin some kind, any kind of dialogue that will cement the presence of Wall Street profits in a communist governed country that is a huge weakness that will be exploited by communists until it no longer works.

Wall Streets venture into communist countries has been profitable since Nixon. Times up, as those populations of people are not long term customers. Wall Street made plenty on their ventures. Times up. Just that simple.

It doesn’t matter…

…what Putin knows or does not know, he ordered his generals to attack a neutral country and be unrelenting in the deaths of Ukrainians. Putin is the master of the dogs of war.

Why does that idea even come up? Hope to change the outcome and end this horrid episode on Earth? That is probably the most naive thing I have ever heard in my entire life.

Vladimir Putin is a killer. There is nothing else to understand.

If the world finds it easier and more convenient to live in denial, this will happen again and again. There is no agreement, treaty or convention that will stop him, so why allow it at all? 

Putin does not have to perfect governance so long as the standard that allows him to exist in his power permits him to kill at will any challenge to his ideology. Has the world not learned it’s lesson yet?

Putin is a killer and will kill all that does not please him, either with his military or agents of his power. 

Chernobyl

The Russians have left because of radiation poisoning. Those soldiers will probably die. The UN IAEA will have to provide guidance to the Ukrainians to protect their lives while attempting to close down radiation leaks. The USA and EU must send experts to correct this impending disaster.

If USA soldiers and NATO troops have to accompany the experts then it has to be.

This is Russia. This is an international incident occurring because of Russia’s sustained ignorance of nuclear power and the hate of Ukrainians. Any Ukrainian that has become ill and/or died adds to the ongoing genocidal war.

This is Russia. It is unable to handle basic standards to avoid cataclysmic events. 

There has been a day full of high winds with power outages. The repair crews have not been able to get out to return power because the gusts were so high the wires would sway and cause a severe danger to them. 

The wind is setting down and power will probably be restored overnight.

What does “Moscow Mitch” say about Justice Thomas?

 It is all political. 

Is it political or did Justice Thomas rule to deny the January 6th Commission access to White House records to protect his spouse?

Justice Thomas acted unethically in voting against transparency.

Saudi Arabia and the UAE are miffed?

Really?

The problem with Middle East security is not the United States, it is the lack of recognition of Israel. If there is any country on Earth capable of taking care of itself it is Israel. Yet. The Arab countries in that neighborhood turn away from one of the most technologically advanced civilization in the world on ideological reasons. 

Saudi Arabia, the UAE and whom ever else cares to get real in the Middle East needs to formally recognize Israel’s right to exist and establish good relations with them. Then talk about the Houthis. 

Assassins are outlawed internationally.

There are international laws and treaties that do not allow for the assassination of any government official. What was Putin's assassin doing in Ukraine?

Irina Starikova, (click here) 41, is codenamed Bagheera, after Rudyard Kipling's black panther in The Jungle Book

This is simply not allowed. President Zelenskyy is the legitimately elected president. Putin's assassins should be nowhere near him. He does not care about international laws, treaties or agreements. This is Putin. He will use whatever is available to him to reach his goal even if his goal will never work.

I told you so.

30 March 2022
By Laurence Dollimore

Two Russian planes (click here) that violated Swedish airspace earlier this month were equipped with nuclear weapons, it has emerged.

The flyover near the island of Gotland on March 2 was a deliberate act designed to intimidate Sweden, according to Swedish news channel TV4 Nyheterna.

A total of four planes had taken off from the Russian air base of Kaliningrad....

Putin violates international standards, treaties and laws all the time. PUTIN DOES NOT RESPECT DIPLOMACY. This is an intimidation tactic and aimed at Sweden, of all countries. Sweden needs to consider if it would be better to be a part of NATO.

This is not funny business. There is no waiting for the other shoe to drop or "let's see what happens." If civilization is going to wait to see if Putin is bluffing, it will be all over and too late to decide any sanctions or otherwise. The flight of nuclear bombs over Sweden is an act of war. Just that simple. NATO needs to prepare themselves that Putin's chronic brinkmanship is no longer brinkmanship with the unprovoked invasion into a peaceful sovereign country.

The rouge countries, of which Russia is now one, are prepared to strike with whatever it takes. That should be obvious from Syria.

When pregnant women, their newborn infants and mothers are targets of Russian missiles that is called genocide. And that is only ONE definition of which Putin is very guilty.

I fully expect NATO to get real and prepare for a war no one ever bargained to occur.

I might add, Russia has been sending squadrons of jets to pentrate USA borders. NORAD forces have been very busy. This is all serious violation and should not be tolerated. Russia has a long way to go to bring back any faith in it.

Squadron of four Russian jets is exactly the same STRATEGIC FORMATION seen at the borders of the USA. That is tactical flying with INTENT.

If those jets were not met with resistence in the USA, they would have violated our sovereign airspace and likely started retaliaiton and who knows where it would end?

Chloropicrin (PS): Lung Damaging Agent

I am grateful that Mr. Abramovich for taking any scandalous information out of the media. He is in a very serious situation with the invasion by Russia into Ukraine. It is considered genocide. 

It has been determined that he was exposed to choloropicrin (click here), a cheimcal agent also considered to be Novichok (click here). If he had any significant exposure he would be dead right now (click here). To the left is a chart that discusses the amount of cholorpicrin needed to kill. 

It has been determined by NIOSH that 0.1 ppm (0.7 mg/m3) or less of choloropicrin is the highest allowable limits in any exposure resulting in a non-disabling limit. Choloropicrin, due to it's highly reactive chlorine atoms is a cleaning agent as well as a fungicide TO KILL ANY FORM OF THE VIRUS. (there are protocols that are called "Terminal Cleaning") It is my suggestion that whoever cleaned the meeting room may have used it as a strong disinfectant and there was residue on fomite (surfaces). 

There are serious issues in that room and the discussion and conclusion of this Putin instigated invasion needs to stop and now. There is very little Russia should object to considering the number of Ukrianians targeted and killed in their own cities and towns. The migration of Ukrianians out of Ukraine is extremely worrisome and requiring the support of the entire world to maintain their well being. None of this is a minor issue and Russia should not be delaying complete withdrawal rather than using the violence of war to negotiate a peace agreement that a month ago was unnecessary. 

I strongly suggest far less propaganda should be at the peace tables and the withdrawal of Russian forces out of ALL of Ukraine so a sincere peaceful and PROSPEROUS state can return to the region.

Indict the petroleum industry over lagging change in response to the Climate Crisis.

This is "Scientific American" from October of 2002. Back then the Fuel-Cell was endorsed by Former President George W. Bush. That was nearly 20 years ago and the USA highways should be teeming with these vehicles among other electric cars. 

Over the past two decades, rather than putting money to good use in support of the people's efforts to control greenhouse gases, the petroleum industry has spent enormous amounts of money to OBSTRUCT progress. If the petroleum industy had invested in badly needed vehicles with alternative fuels to gas, those companies would be enjoying those profits instead. 

One might note there is also a discussion of skin color and terrorist germs. All these issues were on the minds of Americans 20 years ago. What progress have we made in ending the debate over where the future lies?

Twenty years is equivalent to a generation. How many more generations will have wasted time in securing the future?

Justice Thomas is REQUIRED to recuse himself in respect to the January 6th insurrection.

Guide to Judiciary Policy (click here)

IF Virginia Thomas testifies before Congress, I fully expect her to be far from humble or apologenic. I want to know if former president Trump insisted she be involved to the level she was, including being the go to person for all special requests from wealthy donors.

It seems to me that Virginia Thomas was a conduit to wealthy donors looking for quid pro quo with Trump in the White House.

I repeat, Virginia Thomas was not elected, assigned or hired to perform any duties for or to the president or his Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. I cannot believe Virginia Thomas was only acting for herself when she had a direct connection to the Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. Virginia Thomas was an activist. She had been for some time. Her activism was extreme to say the least. But, how many times did Virginia Thomas carry water for others to the White House. 

The former president Trump would not tolerate anything if he disapproved of it. There is no way Virginia Thomas was sneaking around. It seems rather obvious that Virginia Thomas was provided direct access to the White House because her spouse is an Associate Justice. How convenient that Virginia Thomas has access to high number donors and Donald Trump himself. When she called Meadows, he was either at this desk in the White House or in the Oval office itself. 

Meadows needs to turn over all the records asked of him, including those that he is hiding because Clarence Thomas names rolls off the tongue of his wife.

Meadows was compromised. He won an election in a district he never visited as a resident. A compromised assistant to the president is a lot to worry about.

I am more confident than not, realizing now that Meadows was compromised, that Trump has dirt on many Republicans. They cower to him for more reasons than just votes.

If Putin's generals are moving troops away from cities...

 ...there is a good reason to believe they are preparing to use illegal weapons or worse. There is absolutely no reason to believe Putin. He carried out an invasion in what seems an impulse of his own desires and fears.

NATO needs to prepare for the worst case scenario.

China and North Korea need to be evaluated for aggression as Russia carries out war with Ukraine. Both those countries as well as Iran have proven to be interested parties in Russia's war.

I think assessments of Venezuela would be prudent.

NATO isn't policing their own members. Orban is beginning propaganda stating Ukraine is interfering in it's elections. Why does NATO allow such propaganda? Either validate it or discipline it. Orban is a member of NATO, but, he is also in Putin's back pocket. There is no reason to trust the liars in the world and Orban is one of them.

29 March 2022
By Stephen Pogany

Hungary's Viktor Orban (click here) (right) will have to balance business interests with geopolitical tensions in his talks with Putin

Viktor Orban should be asking his business interests to leave Russia.

...Hungary’s long-serving ‘strongman’, (click here) Viktor Orbán, has dominated his country’s politics since 2010. According to Mary Kaldor, Orbán and Putin—as with Narendra Modi in India and Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil—expertly combine crony capitalism, ethnic nationalism and authoritarianism.

Orbán, who quickly established cordial relations with Putin after returning to office (he was previously prime minister between 1998 and 2002), has bestowed lavish patronage on relatives, friends and a clutch of compliant oligarchs. He has also expended considerable time and effort stoking the fires of ethnic nationalism, warning his countrymen of the supposed threat to Hungary and its ‘Christian culture’ from Muslim migrants, international financiers (ie Jews) and members of ‘deviant’ sexual minorities. The strategy proved effective in bolstering support for Fidesz, particularly in the provinces and among the less educated, as well as among members of ethnic Hungarian minorities in neighbouring states (many hold Hungarian citizenship and vote in Hungarian elections)....

Russia is an enemy of NATO. What has Orban done to contribute to sanctions? Is he working behind the scenes to assist Russia in disregarding the sanctions?

I don't listen to Trump. He is a traitor and I can say that legally as a judge has already made judgement about him. He is at least as much a liar as Putin. The mayor of Moscow's wife? Why the money, IF the money? Why? Just so Trump can say what is saying now. The facts are known about the right wings conflagration of Hunter Biden. There isn't anything else to know and it is harassment to revisit it. End of discussion.

Missing White House phone logs? Ask the plumber. The January 6th committee needs to go forward realizing records have been removed from the White House to Mar-a-lago. There is no finding those records. They have been destroyed. We know from information already available that records were regularly flushed down the toilets in the White House. 

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