"Influenza is one of the few infectious diseases that is able to disrupt military operations quickly."
Hodge and Shanks (2021) The ability of seasonal and pandemic influenza to disrupt military operations. Journal of Military and Veterans' Health, 19(4): jmvh.org/article/the-...
Reminder that analysts thought there was a deal to be struck with North Korea in 2017-2018, not to denuclearize (they won't), but to count/verify nukes, stabilize situation. Trump didn't order any diplomatic work for that and instead did a photo op with Kim.
His diplomacy and his deals are fake.
Some real chowerheads in Canada have been spreading the idea that Mexico is on the cusp of getting some mythical tariff-free side deal with Trump, insisting that Ottawa needs to go cap-in-hand to avoid getting left out.
Meanwhile:
The oil refinery in Tuapse is still burning after the night attack. What a beautiful sight.
Israel never talked me into the war with Iran, the results of Oct. 7th, added to my lifelong opinion that IRAN CAN NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON, did. I watch and read the FAKE NEWS Pundits and Polls in total disbelief. 90% of what they say are lies and made up stories, and the polls are rigged, much as the 2020 Presidential Election was rigged. Just like the results in Venezuela, which the media doesn’t like talking about, the results in Iran will be amazing - And if Iran’s new leaders (Regime Change!) are smart, Iran can have a great and prosperous future! President DJT
"No puppet. No puppet. You're the puppet!"
محمد باقر قاليباف ) Vibe-trading digital oil is like vibe-hedging in treasuries during Hormuz risk-off. Both share one house of cards that works on paper. Difference: oil at least has Dated Brent. Treasuries? Vibes all the way down. EUCRBRDT Index GP <GO> {7 8 23 ill
My god the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament knows how to troll finance. Including with Bloomberg terminal entries.
Importantly, Sapphire was done with knowledge and cooperation of the host government (Kazakhstan). It took a month. It was not done under fire in enemy territory
NYT INVESTIGATION: As the Trump administration & Congress last year moved to repeal sanctions on Syria, the Qatar-based family that most stood to benefit was privately negotiating a real-estate partnership with Jared Kushner and proposing a Trump golf course in Syria www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/u...
To put this in stark context, 3 years ago, this number was inverted. In 2023, 75% of Canadians viewed the US as a "friend or valued ally." It only took several months to undo what took over a century of friendship building to create. Repairing this isn't something that will be solved in a few years.
It's weird how often the European Green Parties' core policy committments happen to line up with policies that keep Europe reliant on Russian fossil fuel exports! Just a strange coincidence that keeps happening for some reason.
It’s all kayfabe and fake drama and fake disputes, all designed to get everyone to not know what is true
This is Putin humiliating Trump. Lukashenko is just Putin’s lapdog. It’s fascinating that Putin can do this on the day that Trump does Russia another favor by extending sanctions relief. And as Russia still helps Iran fight the USA.
The US is pathetic.
The @nytimes.com just revealed a massive power grab by the Supreme Court under Justice Roberts, which has mainly been used to support conservative policies and quash liberal ones, without sound legal justification or even explanation to the public.
Pete Hegseth Nailed It. No Really. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/pete-...
Did it not occur to any of them to lecture Rogan for not wearing a suit and tie?
The fake news Rod Dreher "fell for" was that Péter Magyar mast*rbated in front of his three young sons and that he put a puppy in the microwave. I wish I were joking.
Meanwhile, in Toronto this week, US ambassador Pete Hoekstra was telling a business crowd that Trump is all bluster and that a new USMCA deal is going to be no-problemo.
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Canada: "They suck."
After cutting off aid to Ukraine, Trump fired so many weapons in his illegal war of choice against Iran that there’s growing concern that European partners aren’t going to be able to buy needed weapons for Ukraine.
Years after he’s gone, Trump will have devastated the US defense industry.
China is buying our stuff
We need to be honest about what we are seeing here. The Iranian government is still the same theocratic dictatorship and the Iranian people are in desperate straits after the US promised them liberation. The Iranians still control the Strait of Hormuz, still maintain their right to collect tolls...
Russia is also upping its use of 'double tap' strikes to kill first responders. Two medics and a cop were injured yesterday in Kyiv.
Exactly one year ago today:
According to my colleagues who have waded heroically through Trump's social media, he has insulted Canada 720 times since resuming office
We really do live rent-free in his head
www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/ar...
Wapo “analysis” headline: “Trump tests loyalty of Christian supporters as erratic behavior escalates”
“Erratic behavior” is finally penetrating corporate media as a sayable given, not just “provocative” or “trolling”. Things are shifting.
The world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants isn't a particularly contentious statement
“Lebanese hilltop border towns and villages are now hard to recognise. Once characterised by their winding streets lined with stone buildings overlooking sweeping valleys, verified videos now show how they have turned grey from dust and debris of explosions.”
Al Jazeera Live Update | Wed, April 15 Israeli airstrikes kill four paramedics in ‘triple-tap’ strike in southern Lebanon Israeli air strikes killed four paramedics and injured six others in a “triple-tap” strike in southern Lebanon today, according to the Lebanese National News Agency. The paramedics were on an emergency mission trying to rescue wounded people from an airstrike in the town of Mayfadoun, close to Nabatieh.
The IDF is now conducting 'triple-tap' strikes on paramedics, according to the Lebanese National News Agency. Since the start of the war on March 2, Israel has killed 91 healthcare workers.
Nothing to suggest. Cuba is very much helping russia against Ukraine
I hope Magyar has a plan for governing... because even with a super majority, his room for manoeuevre will begin to shrink dramatically if he tackles the wrong things first.
Corrupt institutions and a wealthy oligarchy won't take long to corrode his support.
It's a game of chess to neuter them.
