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www.stidmatt.com Productivity isn't everything, but in the long run, it is everything. #NAFO Any country or group that attacks civilians is no ally. It’s international law. Slava Ukraine
Former Russian colonies joining the European Union have seen some of the highest growth rates in the world over the last 30 years. But this is not due to transfers from wealthy, longtime NATO members; in fact, the entire EU budget is less than 1% of their $23 trillion GDP.
More sanctions were imposed on Russia in Occupied Crimea and Moscow by Ukraine today. #SlavaUkraine
But seriously... look at that elevation profile! It's basically flat all the way! Just build a bridge, and you're almost done!
Brexit was voted on to “secure the borders”, “bring back our independence”, “rule of law” and all of that. Now that the European Union is securing its borders and asserting its independence by enforcing their laws is somehow unfair according to Euroskeptic rags like the Telegraph.
liveuamap.com shows exactly what locations in Moscow are being hit. 100% military targets. #SlavaUkraine
Is it ever a good time to visit Moscow? An old family friend visited over 100 countries across every continent, including Antarctica, and Moscow was her least favorite city.
Putin isn't hard to predict; you just need to learn game theory. #SlavaUkraine
Now if only there were an election system that would allow the majority to have their voice heard...
There is 0 evidence that progressives are responsible for Trump winning the popular vote in 2024. With 91% of self-identified liberals voting for Harris, we saw an increase on the left wing of the party, but a 6% drop among moderate Biden voters, which, based on exit polls, led to Trump's victory.
The full-scale Russian Invasion of Ukraine is now four days longer than World War I. #SlavaUkraine
Except... I just ran the numbers... THAT'S NOT TRUE. IT'S COMPLETE FICTION!!! The North had a Debt of $10 billion, while the South had a debt of $11.2 billion! Not only that, but the North's population was slightly larger than the South's in the 1790 census!
Russia flew drones over Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania today. Russia is unable to defeat Ukraine, which spent $84.1 billiion in 2025. If they go far enough to trigger the European Defense Pact, they would face $317 billion of military from just the top 5 EU countries in military expenditure.
Interestingly, adding the three next-largest parties, none of which have enough votes to win a seat, does change the allocation of seats among the major parties, but not substantially.
Here is a comparison of how the Welsh Senedd election yesterday would look if it used a simple party-list system with the D'Hondt method and no minimum seats, for the 6 largest parties.
Keir Starmer has made Labour unelectable. Over half of Labour's councilors lost their seats yesterday. Britain needs to move back to the center-left. Anyone but the Labour-Reform-Conservative Eurosceptic Russophilic alliance.
Ukraine launched attacks on military installations in Moscow Oblast, Perm Krai, and Dagestan today. liveuamap.com #SlavaUkraine
A military base and an oil refinery in Russia, plus two more major attacks in temporarily occupied Luhansk, were all struck today by Ukraine. #SlavaUkraine
There were three drone strikes deep into Russia today. #SlavaUkraine liveuamap.org
Only a handful of democracies with gay marriage (so the cream of the crop) have retained the death penalty. The death penalty needs to be abolished. 34 countries have gay marriage and a voice and accountability score above 0.
New Jersey gets a bad rap in the media, and since I’ve lived here for over three years now I’ve gotten to know the state pretty well. What comes to mind for me is excellent pizza and high speed rail. Here is what my speedometer showed on AMTRAK this evening. Your move New York!
It takes 20 hours to take the train from Chicago to New York, a distance of 1100 km. For comparison, it takes 24 hours to take the train from Algeciras, Spain, to Munich, Germany, covering 1,900 km and passing through 5 countries. We have work to do in America.
If FEMA programs go to the state level... Republican led states are going to have a proportional amount of FO in response to their FA.