While the West has greatly assisted Ukraine against Russia’s aggression, China has substantially supported Russia despite China’s professed strong attachment to the principle of national sovereignty. How can we understand the China/Russia axis? How solid is this partnership? What does the future hold?
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, Wikipedia, CC BY 4.0
Here is what we are paying attention to this evening and the next two days from this afternoon’s NWS Forecast:
...Showers and thunderstorms with excessive rainfall and severe weather possible through midweek from the Northern Rockies and High Plains to the Mid Atlantic and Southeast... ...Dangerous heat and humidity to continue from parts of the central and southern Plains to the Mid Atlantic and Southeast...
Here is what we are paying attention to this evening and the next two days from this afternoon’s NWS Forecast.:
...Excessive Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorms possible across northern tier... ...West cools down as Great Plains into Midwest warm up... ...Critical fire weather conditions to persist across the Great Basin this weekend...
With all the agitation for gun control to reduce violence in the US, a key point is missed. Over a quarter of US homicides occur by means other than firearms. Even if all gun-related murders are eliminated, the US still has a higher homicide rate than many other countries.
By “three new kingdoms”, I mean the U.S., China, and Russia. I call them the “three new kingdoms”, because of their striking resemblance to the “three kingdoms” in ancient China. The three new kingdoms have been fighting against one another since 1945 and will continue to do so in the coming decades.
