Notes and Essays -- John Brown

From Quora  ( JB,   which I stumbled upon, while surfing on the Intenet ) Dearest SP (pls entre nous) - I can't make up my mind whether he above is a  "serious News revelation" or not re Trump ... What do you think? Baci, J Melvin Foote  ·  Follow Aug 26 Trausti Thor Johannsson I understand politics Aug 26 Do you think Trump will live long enough to face justice? I am not a doctor. I have been around old people. It is hard to believe he will. His bruised hands, and thick ankles. His bruise is because he is getting an IV directly, either steroids or some other medication. His swollen body, hands and probably everything else is an indication of a failing body, a body that is failing rather fast. It is fluid retention which is most often related to heart condition, where his heart isn’t strong enough and he needs medication for. Could be diabetes or as many have claimed that he has some form of syphilis. You simply have to wonder how bad his face actually loo...

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By Pavel Polityuk, Reuters   August 31, 2025 10:29 AM EDT - Updated 14 minutes ago Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stands by a table ahead of his meeting with German Vice-Chancellor Lars Klingbeil, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine August 25, 2025. REUTERS / Thomas Peter / File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights /   Summary   --Both sides stepping up attacks on energy, power infrastructure  --Nearly 60,000 without power in Odesa in south, Chernihiv in north  --Zelenskiy says new 'deep strikes' being prepared against Russia   KYIV, Aug 31 (Reuters) - R ussian drone attacks on power facilities in northern and southern Ukraine overnight left nearly 60,000 customers without electricity, with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowing to retaliate by ordering more strikes deep inside Russia.   Three and a half years into the war, Russia and Ukraine have both intensified airstrikes in recent weeks. Russia has targeted Ukraine's energy an...

Hitting an American-run factory and European diplomatic offices, the Kremlin appeared to signal that it would resist Western efforts to make peace and protect Ukraine, analysts and officials said. By  Kim Barker  and  Oleksandra Mykolyshyn Reporting from Mukachevo, Ukraine  The New York Times , Aug. 31, 2025 The missiles were a shock in this western Ukrainian city spared from much of the war, a place so far from the front lines it does not even have a curfew. When the mayor heard the first strike, he thought it was thunder. But the target and timing of the cruise missiles were even more surprising. They hit a factory run by an American multinational, best known for making coffee machines, six days after  President Trump met President Vladimir V. Putin  of Russia in Alaska to discuss ending the war in Ukraine. “Two hits in one location?” asked Andriy Baloha, the mayor of Mukachevo. “No, they didn’t mess up. They knew exactly where they were hitting.” A week...