A Michael Broad Blog
A discussion about the drift towards autocracies and what it signifies. Can it be corrected? Can we change course? The growing trend of rejecting democracy in favor of autocracy signifies several important shifts in global politics, society, and governance. Here are some key factors and implications: 1. Disillusionment with Democratic Institutions Many people feel …
Thought of the day! We all know that President Trump, God bless him, loves a deal. He has reduced politics to deal making. Everything is transactional. Forget the ethics and morality. Just make a fast buck. So much better from Trump’s perspective. He keeps disseminating mistruths about the amount of aid that the US …
Note: Rare earth minerals are deposits of ore that contain rare earth elements, which are used in many high-tech applications. Trump’s insistence on linking past U.S. aid to Ukraine to future mineral access is not legally enforceable. Zelensky is perfectly entitled to reject Trump’s demand for ‘consideration’ for the gift of billions of dollars in …
I see a commonality between Netanyahu and Putin in their desire to annex adjacent sovereign lands. They are both destroying the infrastructure of adjacent sovereign states with the intention of annexing them; taking control over them. There is a very noticeable similarity here. Netanyahu says that IDF have to destroy large swathes of Gaza …
This is a nice – better than nice – video of a pair of handsome Ukrainian warriors; one a cat and the other a human. This has been set up for the camera and it works nicely. I am impressed by the sophisticated kit: the gear and the uniform. It shows us that the …
Currently, the only means of escape for Ukrainians trapped in the Russian-controlled east and south of Ukraine is through a northern crossing on the Ukraine-Russian border called the Kolotilovka Pokrovka checkpoint. It’s near the town of Sumy. This means that they have to travel huge distances from the south of Ukraine in Russian-controlled territory …
It is common knowledge that dogs have been used quite extensively in warfare while most people probably wouldn’t imagine the domestic cat being used in this way but they would be wrong. The first item in this list refers to the Ukraine war and therefore it shows us that the domestic cat can be …
NEWS AND COMMENT: This is an effective but distressing video of Ukrainian animal rescuers rescuing cats and dogs in the almost totally destroyed Ukrainian town of Avdiivka from which Ukrainian troops withdrew as it had been surrounded by Russian troops and artillery for a long time. Ukrainian military commanders decided it was wiser to …
