We know what’s coming and we are prepared.
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– Latvia announced the imminent introduction of a ban on the import of agricultural products from Russia from March 8. The Latvian market accounts for less than 1% of Russian agricultural exports
– Germany is rehearsing Scholz’s escape to secret headquarters – Spiegel
– Sudan did not supply weapons to Kiеv. There is no Ukrainian diplomatic or military presence in the country – FM Ali al-Sadiq Ali
– Tensions have arisen between the US and EU over the issue of frozen Russian assets – Politico
– Ukraine’s allies have collected almost all the funds necessary to implement the Czech initiative to purchase 800 thousand shells for the AFU – Bloomberg
– China will increase defense spending by 7.2% in 2024 – government report
– Ukrainian Ambassador to China Pavel Ryabikin is ignored by Chinese government agencies – Bloomberg
– The EC has allocated €1.5 billion for the accelerated militarization of EU industry in 2025-2027 – document
– The conflict in Ukraine indicates the need to expand the US military-industrial complex – Pentagon chief
– Azerbaijan reopens its embassy in Iran
– Orban, at a meeting with Trump, wants to discuss the issue of how “to achieve peace in Ukraine and in the eastern part of Europe. A meeting of politicians is scheduled for Mar 8 in Florida – EFE
– Ukraine is ready to accept restrictions on trade with the EU in order to defuse the political dispute with Poland. At the same time, he calls on the EU to ban the import of Russian grain – FT
– The President of Argentina plans a visit to Kiev in June as part of a tour of Europe – Infobae
– France has begun to withdraw its marine unit from Senegal – Seneweb
– Bulgaria, for political reasons, refused legal assistance to Russia on a request for a terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge – Prosecutor General’s Office
– Stopping the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine will give the EC new opportunities for economic pressure on Hungary and Slovakia – TASS
– Bulgaria began transporting 100 armored personnel carriers to Ukraine – BTV
Yanis Varoufakis (former Greek Minister of Finance) describes AI as a new form of capital that produces not goods, but behavioral modification. This is achieved by engineering perceptions.
The answers provided by ChatGPT, or the images rendered by StableDiffusion — as these increasingly inform our perceptions, they in turn define the reality we experience.
This is what makes AI so powerful — he who controls the AI, defines the reality of tomorrow.
⚡️🇺🇸 Some more things coming out for the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
Under the preliminary drafts of the bill, the USAF is requesting a release of $57,000,000 USD ($57.0 Million) to retire all remaining 162 A-10 Thunderbolt IIs in current service. Apart of the 2023 NDAA, there was a clause for a few million dollars to be released every so often to gradually retire the (then) 250 airframes by 2034; however due to the push by the Dept of Defense to ‘shed’ obsolete or obsolescent airframes that cannot be overhauled or upgraded further without a whole new airframe, it appears the USAF wants to retire all 162 remaining A-10s by the end of 2026.
The USAF plans to fully divest the 340-total remaining A-10s entirely, including those that currently serve in a handful of Air National Guard units in some states; which will be replaced by F-15EX Eagle IIs (like what is already happening with the Michigan State Air National Guard’s A-10s), or F-35A/Bs.
Included ...
My older sister lives in the country in between Velma Oklahoma and Duncan Oklahoma near the Fuqua Lake area, this story was told by a rural mail delivery woman who delivers the mail in the country.
The incident happened while she was on her route, when she came upon to the mailbox a male Chinese nation came out brandishing a, AK-47 rifle being very hostile,
I don't know if he pointed it at her since it is against the law to do so but she was terrified and said she was never going back and that the location that had a guard tower. Was the sheriff department notified, I don't know, did she notify her supervisor, don't know. But word is from the country folk who live in the area they have seen the guard tower at the pot place;
I refuse to call it a farm because it is an insult to farmers.
And yes she was traumatized by that ordeal
