Big Missiles and Tiny Nukes

Start your day smarter with the most important world news, plus intriguing and offbeat stories. www.ozy.com [OZY]( [OZY]() Your World. Bold & Bright [Presidential Daily Brief]( Sponsored by [Cariuma]( Start your day smarter with a dossier on the most important world news, rounded off with a shot of intriguing and offbeat stories. Like the president, you deserve no less. Oct 04, 2022 Today North Korea fired a missile over Japan and into the Pacific Ocean. Donald Trump’s suing CNN — and he apparently misled his own lawyers over the Mar-a-Lago document stash. Experts believe that the risks of using small nukes might outweigh the benefits for Putin. And Herschel Walker, who supports a complete ban on abortion, has denied claims he paid for an abortion for his girlfriend in 2009. All this and more in today’s PDB. [Falling for Neutrals]( [Cariuma]( There’s a crisp breeze in the air, you have your PSL in hand and you’ve finally pulled out your favorite fall sweater. 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Please evacuate into buildings or underground.” In what seems to be a deliberate provocation, the projectile flew 2,800 miles — enough to reach the U.S. island of Guam — before plunging into the Pacific Ocean. Experts fear a nuclear test may be next. Adrienne Watson of the U.S. National Security Council described the move as a “dangerous and reckless decision” that was “destabilising” to the region. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kushida hinted at developing “counterattack capabilities.” (Source: [BBC]() The Trials of Trump Former President Sues CNN; More Mar-a-Lago Details Emerge Donald Trump is seeking $475 million in damages from the news channel for allegedly maligning him “with a barrage of negative associations and innuendos, broadcasting commentary that he is like a cult leader, a Russian lackey, a dog whistler to white supremacists, and a racist.” Defamation suits are notoriously tricky to win due to the protections enshrined in the First Amendment. In other news, the Washington Post reported that lawyer Alex Cannon refused to release a February statement in which Trump claimed to have returned “everything” to the National Archives. Cannon’s hunch that the statement was untrue has subsequently been proven correct. (Sources: [The Hill](, [WaPo]()    Risk vs. Reward Will Putin Use His Arsenal of Small Nuclear Weapons? When the going gets tough, Russian President Vladimir Putin threatens to employ nuclear force. While the Kremlin does possess massive “city busters” that could instantly obliterate New York or London, he’s more likely to use smaller “tactical weapons” to take out a few city blocks or an advancing column of troops. After months of frantic modeling, U.S. experts have concluded that the risks — becoming an international pariah, the possibility of radiation being blown back toward Russia — outweigh the possible benefits. Experts believe he’d only use the nukes as a last resort — a worrying thought given Putin’s current battlefield struggles. (Source: [NYT]() Awkward Herschel Walker Denies Claims He Paid for Girlfriend’s Abortion A [report published Monday]( alleges that the Georgia football legend, whose Senate run’s been endorsed by Donald Trump, paid for his girlfriend to get an abortion in 2009. The unidentified woman showed reporters an abortion clinic receipt along with a get-well card from Walker and photo of a $700 check signed by him. Walker — who advocates a complete ban on abortion with no exceptions for rape or incest — dismissed the story as a “flat-out lie” and vowed to sue. The Daily Beast’s politics editor, Matt Fuller, tweeted that “we stand behind every word and feel very solid about the story.” (Sources: [The Daily Beast](, [AP]() Briefly Here are some things you should know about today: Sacked. An Indonesian police chief and nine high-ranking officers were fired over their role in Saturday’s stadium stampede that left at least 125 people dead. A further 18 officers remain under investigation. (Source: [AP]() ‘A little turbulence.’ This is how Britain’s finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng described the impact of his tax plans on Britain’s economy. (Source: [The Guardian]() Cloud nine. While some are calling for an investigation into a Philippines lottery jackpot that was won by 433 people, the fact that all six of the winning numbers were divisible by nine goes a long way to explaining why so many people had bet on the same sequence. (Source: [BBC]() [BESTSELLING IS BACK…for a second]( [Cariuma]( To call [Cariuma’s]( OCA Low Canvas shoes a bestseller is an understatement. They’ve collected a 61,000+ person waitlist and are finally back in stock for readers like you. 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Now, [analysis of over 1,000 charcoal samples]( has revealed that the industry decimated the local tree population and resulted in miners looking further afield for fuel. “Three thousand years later, the local environment still hasn’t recovered from the crisis,” said study co-author Dafna Langgut. “Some species … are now very rare, and others have disappeared forever.” (Source: [Mining]() ‘Gift for Putin’ Czech Crowdfunders Buy ‘Tomas the Tank’ for Ukraine Vladimir Putin turns 70 on Friday — and the Czech government’s teamed up with the Ukrainian embassy in Prague to devise a novel way to commemorate the occasion. Their sarcastically named “gift for Putin” campaign has raised more than $1.3 million from 1,288 individual donors — enough to buy “a proper present” for Putin, said Czech defense minister Jana Černochová. The money’s already been used to buy a T-72 Avenger tank that’s been nicknamed Tomas — but organizers are continuing the campaign in the hopes of purchasing drones, thermal clothing, bulletproof vests and ammunition for Ukraine. (Source: [BBC]() The Price Is … Right? Chinese Vase Valued at $2,000 Sells for $7.86 Million If the tianqiuping-style porcelain vase had been 200 years older it would’ve been extremely valuable, decreed French auction house Osenat. But because the blue and white “heavenly sphere vase” was a 20th-century reproduction it was simply “ordinary.” Such minor disappointments are par for the course in the auction business — but this time dozens of would-be buyers didn’t get the memo. “From the moment the catalog was published we saw there was enormous interest with more and more Chinese people coming to see the vase,” said Cédric Laborde, a director at Osenat. “Our expert still thinks it’s not old.” (Source: [The Guardian]() Return to Sender Dutch Postcard Sent in 1980 Will Finally Be Delivered If you’d waited 42 years to receive a postcard, you’d probably want it to say more than “Greetings” — and a photo of a sign reading “toilets” might not be first choice. But Ludwina Verhoeven was thrilled: “I think it is very special to receive this card.” Last week, the card turned up at the campsite her sister had sent it from in 1980, bearing a sticker that read “Undeliverable due to incomplete/invalid address.” The campsite owners used social media to establish that the address was correct and they’ll be forwarding it to Verhoeven. The post office blamed the mix-up on human error. (Source: [Dutch News](; Image source: [Molecaten Park Bosbad Hoeven]() ‘Systemic’ Damning Report Catalogs Widespread Abuse in US Women’s Soccer Exactly a year after [scores of National Women’s Soccer League players refused to take the field](, a report that more than justifies their ire has been released. “Verbal and emotional abuse and sexual misconduct had become systemic,” [wrote lead investigator Sally Yates](. “Abuse in the NWSL is rooted in a deeper culture in women’s soccer, beginning in youth leagues, that normalizes verbally abusive coaching and blurs boundaries between coaches and players.” Calling the findings “devastating and infuriating,” Cindy Parlow Cone — president of U.S. Soccer and a former national player — said a number of the report’s recommendations would be implemented immediately. (Source: [NYT]() Catch the Newest Episodes of The Carlos Watson Show, Season 4! COMMUNITY What else are you curious about? 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