The judge ruled that the MSNBC pundit was using hyperbole when he said Patel has “been visible at nightclubs” far more than at the FBI building.Kash Patel filed a $250 million lawsuit against The Atlantic, he has lost a different A day after FBI Director defamation claim, against news analyst and pundit Frank Figliuzzi.

U.S. District Judge George Hanks Jr. dismissed Patel’s lawsuit against Figliuzzi, former assistant director for counterintelligence at the FBI, who has been an analyst for NBC News and MSNBC.

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”Hanks wrote, “A person of reasonable intelligence and learning would not have taken his statement literally: that Dir. Patel has actually spent more hours physically in a nightclub than he has spent physically in his office building. By saying that Patel spent ‘far more’ time at nightclubs than his office, Figliuzzi delivered his answer ‘in an exaggerated, provocative and amusing way,’ employing rhetorical hyperbole.”The judge wrote that because he found that the statement was “rhetorical hyperbole,” it cannot be considered defamation.

According to Nilsson, the real inflation rate in Russia is closer to the key interest rate of 15% than to the Russian Central Bank’s official estimate of 5.86%."

The Russian economy can only go on one of two scenarios: long-term recession or shock," Nilsson said. “In either case, it will continue on a downward trajectory towards financial disaster.”

Long read here, but the story illustrates how the city attorney was scrambling less just to convict her than preempt a lawsuit she’s likely to file against the city. Doesn’t directly answer your question, but the context makes this clear that there were some desperation moves here.

Fase 1: Alertering (Alert)

• The DG KenE decides on scaling up, and the Departementaal Adviesteam Olie is established to closely monitor the situation.
• The NCC (National Crisis Centre) is involved.
• Deployment of strategic reserves is possible if called for by the EU or IEA.
• Sectoral measure groups are activated to prepare advice on possible interventions per escalation phase.
• Monitoring and public communication are scaled up.

https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/binaries/rijksoverheid/documenten/rapporten/2023/02/03/bijlage-landelijk-crisisplan-olie/landelijk-crisisplan-olie.pdf

Germany’s Merz recently said that his country has different needs in that matter than France, which needs the jet to be able to carry its nukes and land on an aircraft carrier. Germany’s air force, on the other hand, would like the fighter to focus more on range.

A possible solution could be to develop two separate planes and continue to develop the other elements of the project together with the third partner, Spain.