RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, FEBRUARY 18, 2024
Denmark to send its ‘entire artillery’ to Ukraine, the country’s prime minister says
On Iranian commander’s request, Iraqi terrorists dial down attacks on US
Mobs Of Violent African Migrants Riot, Attack Police In Holland
Reports on “X” are making it sound like this is the worst attack yet with the crew having to abandon ship. UK-Registered Cargo Ship Reported Under Attack In Bab al-Mandab Strait
RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, FEBRUARY 17, 2024
Russian Military Objectives and Capacity in Ukraine Through 2024
Yemen’s Houthis Claim Missile Attack On Oil Tanker In Red Sea
How Prepared Is the German Defense Industry?
The US is an energy exporter, the other countries that are in recession are energy importers. Why is that reason not mentioned? Recession has struck some of the world’s top economies. The US keeps defying expectations
Talk is cheap. Truckers Warn Loads To NYC Will Be Rejected Starting Monday
Florida Cop Empties His Gun, Runs For Cover After Acorn Falls On Car Video overview here.
From what I understand from various sources, the primary causes of the fall were lack of artillery shells on the Ukrainian side, a heavy fog that rolled in for a few days that kept the drone from being effective, and lots and lots of very large glide bombs lobed from long range by Russian aircraft. Even with all of those things the losses were absolutely horrendous on the Russian side as you can see recounted from a Russian source here (you have to keep clicking through on the side to get to get all of it). A list of all the different Russian formations that played a roll can be found here.
The below video gives you the news and overview
This gives you background on the reasons for giving up….
RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, FEBRUARY 16, 2024
Report: Alexei Navalny, a Vocal Putin Critic, Dies in Prison
Israel reportedly behind rare pair of recent strikes on Iran civilian infrastructure
India-Bound Tanker Hit by Missile in Red Sea Attack
DOJ quietly removed Russian malware from routers in US homes and businesses
A liberal perspective. Biden has a huge decision to make — one of the most important of his presidency
A while back Trump was praising himself for the increased spending by NATO countries that has happened during and after his time in office. Just to make sure he got a lot of air time, he threw in a gratuitous comment about how he would not defend and in fact encourage Russia to attack NATO countries that did not pay their fair sure. Predictably, this worked like a charm and all the shrieking Karens went around talking about what a bad man he was and how horribly irresponsible he was.
All they accomplished by all this caterwauling was to further convince the poorer economic classes that Trump was their man. All your working class people heard in all that screeching was a defense of NATO free riding on the poor working class taxpayer. And why should they pay for the defense of those effete snobs when the border is wide open and food prices are sky high?
Those attacking Trump fell right into a trap. Even the supporters of NATO acknowledge that many NATO members have been free loading off of the US. The dwindling military abilities of most NATO members has been a serious concern for serious military thinkers in the West for a long time now. And what has American’s feckless leadership class done about the issue all this time?
Contrary to Trump, I think the improvement on this front (slight as it has been) has more to do with Putin then Trump. But this quibbling about small details is not a productive way to counter Trump. Especially when any fair-minded review of recent history will show that while serving as president Trump brought more attention and pressure to bear on this issue than any other President in the post cold-war era. I think he did this mostly because his strategy is the find the weak points in the ruling classes that shun him and hammer them for all they are worth then him having an particular strategic concerns. Nonetheless, the fact remains that he did more on the issue then his contemporaries.
The below video gives a pretty fair overview of the situation including quoting Trump in all his glory….
Regardless of what you think about the above facts, those running around outraged by what Trump has said are doing nothing to improve the national discourse. But those running around being outraged by the ruling class are not doing any better either. All too often their arguments boil down to simply repeating that the ruling class is stupid and corrupt and trying to imply that all the problems with the world would be so much better as long as their messiah was made president. What is missing is people trying to explain the issues and facts involved. What is missing is people arguing about an issue instead of personalities. And that is where Republican Representative Mike Turner has taken steps to improve the situation. Continue reading
I recently had a problem with a dryer that was tumbling and not heating. Being lazy I immediately assumed it was the ignitor. When I went to school they taught me to do all the troubleshooting steps all the time and not make any assumptions. But the real world rewards cheaters nine times out of ten and so mostly I don’t do that. But if you play that game, you have to be willing to pay the price when the 10th times rolls around. In this case, it was not ignitor but I was not too upset about that.
I did a little checking with my meter, found that the thermostat was bad and moved on to order the new parts. The problem is that even though the part is called a thermostat, it is not a thermostat. At least in my education, a thermostat refers to a complete temperature control unit. Historically, this is a switch connected to some kind of temperature control. As the temp rises (or lowers depending on the type) the switch opens and visa versa as it closes. You can have other things that meet the definition of a thermostat but regardless you should not call something a thermostat unless it has all the control elements contained in it.
What the new Whirlpool dryers have is a thermistor. A thermistor is a resistor that changes voltages based on temperature. This voltage is in turn interpreted by a computer that is usually located some distance away although a lot of modern residential HVAC electronic thermostats have everything in one wall mounted package (and hence why they are called thermostats). However, in a dryer, the board that interprets the signal is separate from what they are calling the thermostat and so I don’t think they should be calling it a thermostat. It is a thermistor and should be trouble shot like one.
I am just throwing this out there because I did not recognize this just by looking at the part (in retrospect I should have but I have been running a desk for a long time) and I got confused by what my meter was telling me. It was a lot harder then a lazy person like me wants to work to figure out what was going on. All my normal google and youtube searches kept giving me instructions that took for granted that I had a thermostat even though that is not what I had. In the end, I figured it out it was no big deal. But in the off chance that google will work for somebody, I thought I would throw this post out there to help anyone who might be puzzled by what their meter is showing them when they go to check what they think is a thermostat.
The below is how you check a thermostat.
The below is how you check a thermistor.
RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, FEBRUARY 15, 2024
Ukraine Situation Report: NATO Wants To Give Kyiv A Million Drones In 2024
Russia’s “Highly Concerning” Anti-Satellite Super Weapon: What Are The Possibilities?
Drone strike on oil depot in Russia’s Kursk region starts fire
Recession in Japan makes Germany third largest economy
A lot of people like to make the argument that America pays the most for health care and gets the least benefit. And while there is lot to be critical of in the US system, the worst outcomes are almost entirely due to the lifestyles of Americans. The flip side is that our supper expensive and maddening system is still often more responsive then what you will find elsewhere. That said, I think we are following the rest of the world on the downhill slope. US Military Personnel ‘Routinely Denied Access’ to Emergency Care in Japan
Border Patrol Agents Have Encountered Over 20,000 Chinese Nationals in Fiscal Year 2024
RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Ukrainian Drone Boats Sink Another Russian Navy Landing Ship
The Baltic border loophole in EU’s Russia sanctions
Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb Makes Combat Debut In Ukraine
US fears Russia preparing to put nuclear weapons in space
Alarm Raised Over Destabilizing New Russian Threat In Space
Iran Fires Ballistic Missile From A Shipping Container At Sea
China’s Poaching of US, NATO Soldiers Prompts 23-Nation Meeting
YoY Measures of Inflation: Services, Goods and Shelter
Windows 11 24H2 goes from “unsupported” to “unbootable” on some older PCs
Republicans Lose House Seat in New York Special Election
I am sure that some people are abusing this system but headlines like this usually mean the most trouble for honest people. Personal-care aides are milking New Yorkers — and taking the state for billions
RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, FEBRUARY 13, 2024
Russia declares Estonian PM Kaja Kallas a ‘wanted’ person
Qatar Is The Trojan Horse In Washington, D.C.
Young Evangelical support for Israel plummets
A strange focus on Christians given the subject matter. Unable to survive in Egypt, refugees return to war-torn Sudan
Prices rose more than expected in January as inflation won’t go away
I would normally say things like “keep in mind it is not adjusted for inflation” but even allowing for that fact that chart still looks pretty bad. About the best I can say is that we not given much historical context but a more then doubling in price in one year’s time still looks pretty bad. Cocoa prices surge to all-time highs as bad weather hurts West Africa crop yield