I follow a bunch of good lawyers on Twitter. One of the websites they are from is Just Security, which deals with the legal aspects of national security matters. Hence, the Flynn guilty plea and the Russian antics. They’ve got a post up with analysis of this morning’s events and documents. With the announcement, Mueller’s …
Good News Thread
Humdog requested this, and I’m always up for good news. Can we please get a thread where all can share good news. I don’t have any myself, but I know Helen in Eire has a job offer and efgoldman is home from hospital. Hearing people I “know” are still experiencing positive things would surely …
Rex Tillerson’s Speech at the Wilson Center
The famously reclusive Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, emerges to say something. (Let’s see if I can do this embed thing) Or you can find it here. Nothing much happening yet.
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Amateur Hour at James O’Keeffe’s Project Veritas
A woman approached a Washington Post reporter, Beth Reinhard, and said Roy Moore had impregnated her when she was a teenager. Except she was lying. But on Monday morning, Post reporters saw her walking into the New York offices of Project Veritas, an organization that targets the mainstream news media and left-leaning groups. The organization …
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No Politics Open Thread
It’s been a pleasant weekend for me, and now we have to get ready for the week. I thought we might end things up with a no-politics thread. The cats have had a good weekend too. Ric loves turkey, Zooey less so. Zooey tries to bully Ric about food, but I intercept him most of …
Steele Dossier Claims Updated
In February, I published a breakdown of the claims in the Steele dossier in table form, so that they might be more amenable to analysis. I have now updated that breakdown with material relevant to the claims. My objective is not to prove or disprove the material in the Steele dossier, but rather to provide …
Ruthenium-106 over Europe
In September, a cloud of ruthenium-106 spread over Europe. Ruthenium-106 is used in nuclear medicine, and it is extracted from used nuclear reactor fuel. The amounts were tiny – one of the things about radioactive materials is that they can be detected at very, very low concentrations. There are many atmospheric sampling stations around …