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FBI Hold Press Conference to Update on Nashville Bombing
Sundance, The Last Refuge - 6 hours ago
FBI and local authorities will be holding a press conference shortly to give details on an explosion in Nashville early Christmas morning. Earlier today police said the explosion came from an RV that was parked on Second Avenue, in the … Continue reading → The post FBI Hold Press Conference to Update on Nashville Bombing appeared first on The Last Refuge.
"Christmas Awokenings"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 6 hours ago
*"Christmas Awokenings"* by Jim Kunstler "And so, on Christmas morning, having suffered the night visitations of vexing spirits - or was that just the strange interaction of Zyprexa and Zolpidem - Joe Biden woke up (in a manner of speaking) to find himself transformed. He was no longer dogged by the prospect of being president of the US, but, rather, was convinced he had become the provincial plenipotentiary of a Chinese overseas possession known as Golden Wok West, where CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping can order up any asset for take-out. What a relief, Joe thought, as they broug...
The Daily "Near You?"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 7 hours ago
Schererville, Indiana, USA. Thanks for stopping by!
“Thucydides in the Underworld”
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 7 hours ago
“Master, what gnaws at them so hideously their lamentation stuns the very air?” “They have no hope of death,” he answered me…” - Dante Alighieri, “The Inferno” *“Thucydides in the Underworld”* by J. R. Nyquist “The shade of Thucydides, formerly an Athenian general and historian, languished in Hades for 24 centuries; and having intercourse with other spirits, was perturbed by an influx into the underworld of self-described historians professing to admire his History of the Peloponnesian War. They burdened him with their writings, priding themselves on the imitation of his method, ...
Judge Delays Execution of Only Woman on US Death Row
AP News, Snopes.com - 7 hours ago
A federal judge said the Justice Department unlawfully rescheduled the execution of the only woman on federal death row.
The Poet: William Stafford, “Starting With Little Things”
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 7 hours ago
*“Starting With Little Things” * “Love the earth like a mole, fur-near. Nearsighted, hold close the clods, their fine-print headlines. Pat them with soft hands - Like spades, but pink and loving; they break rock, nudge giants aside, affable plow. Fields are to touch; each day nuzzle your way. Tomorrow the world.” - William Stafford
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump 2020 Christmas Message
Sundance, The Last Refuge - 12 hours ago
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump release a Christmas message for 2020. [Video and White House Message Below] . [White House] The First Lady and I send our warmest wishes to all Americans as we celebrate Christmas. While … Continue reading → The post President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump 2020 Christmas Message appeared first on The Last Refuge.
"I Can't Convince Myself...
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 7 hours ago
“I can’t convince myself that it does much good to try to challenge the everyday political delusions and dementias of Americans at large. Their contained and confined mentalities by far prefer the petty and parochial prisons of the kind of sense they have been trained and rewarded for making out of their lives (and are punished for deviating from them). What it costs them ultimately to be such slaves and infants and ideological zombies is a thought too monstrous and rending and spiky for them even to want to glance at.” - Kenneth Smith “If you want to tell people the truth, make t...
What It Feels Like to Fly an A-10 Warthog
Jeff Schogol, The National Interest - 7 hours ago
*Jeff Schogol* *Security, Americas* The military still loves it. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *It kind of encompasses all the senses. There’s a massive noise you can hear through your double hearing protection, and through the canopy. There’s massive vibrations; you can feel it. You can see the gun gas; you can smell it. Every bit of your senses are just maxed out when you’re firing the gun. Ahh, the Warthog: A close air support death machine that looks like the energy drink and dip-fueled daydream of a grunt turned aeronautical engineer who decided to make a giant cannon ...
A Big Christmas Thank You from JP
NEWS WIRE, 21st Century Wire - 7 hours ago
*Wide Awake With JP* | Take a moment to be thankful for your New Normal!
HAVING A VERY 2020 CHRISTMAS
Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog - 7 hours ago
Sorry not to be blogging, but I'm having some infrastructure issues. I should be back to normal tomorrow or Sunday. Hope you're having a lovely Christmas. See you soon.
COVID has Caused Tens of Thousands of Medical Doctors and Scientists to Wake Up to Corruption in the Medical Industry
AdminM, Medical Kidnap - 7 hours ago
The Sars2-Cov19 pandemic is not the first time unelected medical bureaucrats, who the average person assumes to possess an enduring expertise, have guided global policies against pandemics and serous infectious outbreaks. The most recent example was the 2009-2010 HIN1 Swine Flu pandemic that never truly happened according to plan. However, during the current pandemic scare, something unusual and remarkably radical has happened. Historically, voices of opposition within institutionalized medicine remain relatively silent. Most often it is only a handful of health professionals who c...
Tropical Storm "Chalane" to make landfall over Madagascar, head toward Mozambique
The Watchers » Latest articles - 7 hours ago
Tropical Storm "Chalane" formed east of Madagascar on December 24, 2020, as the 3rd named storm of the 2020/21 Southwest Indian Ocean Cyclone Season. Chalane is forecast to make landfall over Madagascar on December 27, exit into the Mozambique Channel late...... Read more »
Coast to Coast - More Occupant Reports
KRandle, A Different Perspective - 8 hours ago
I’ve talked with colleagues about the lack of good, robust reports for the last decade or so. Rob Swiatek of MUFON mentioned this same thing just the other day was we were discussing sightings that involved alien beings. He said that other than abduction cases, there rarely were descriptions of the entities. This wasn’t always true. In the United States, an occupant sighting was reported to the Air Force but had been routed through the CIA in 1952. It included the description of the alien creatures seen in connection with some sort of alien craft. According to Dr. J. Allen Hyne...
the lifeline of the will of God from Darjeeling
Bob Dinn, balance10 - 8 hours ago
Blessed ones, the rose of Sharon, the rose that blooms in the desert of matter whose perfumed essence is indeed a bit of heaven borne to earth, is symbolical of the hidden Christ nature ensconced within the heart of every man as the sacred threefold flame of blazing love, light and power, triune in aspect as Father, Son and Holy Ghost, this inner light reveals the power to do right as manifest in all of mankind’s constructive endeavors of the past. Although a thrust toward intellectual supremacy is apparent in mankind’s present attempt to educate all men according to the current...
The Origin and History of the Sun Helmet of the Imperial Age
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Security, Europe* The sun helmet was worn by the imperialist nations during the so-called “scramble for Africa” and European race for colonies across the world. This pattern was worn by men in red coats as they faced off against the Zulu in South Africa, the Italians in Ethiopia and the French in Indo-China. Dubbed the “pith helmet,” it was one of the most iconic forms of headdress of the Victorian Age. From its development in India to the Anglo-Boer War it was very much a symbol of the British Empire, but it also was copied and adopted by virtually all the major p...
Fact: Saddam Hussein Could Have Sunk a U.S. Navy Battleship
James Holmes, The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*James Holmes* *Politics, Middle East* Could Saddam Hussein’s armed forces have sunk a U.S. Navy battleship? The answer is a big yes. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *A ruler like Saddam, who appoints himself generalissimo of the armed services and regards ideas that contradict his own as a threat, squelches the lively debate that constitutes the lifeblood of strategic thought. Had Saddam encouraged freethinking among his commanders instead of crushing it mercilessly, it’s possible Iraqis would have fared far better in 1991—and that the defenders of occupied Kuwait may have ...
China Is Learning From the Old Soviet Navy How to Fight America
Lyle J. Goldstein, The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Lyle J. Goldstein* *Security, Asia* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2017%3Anewsml_UP1ED590VGHAC&share=true] Beijing wants to know how Moscow dealt with U.S. Freedom of Navigation operations. *Key point: *Yes, China is learning from the Soviet Navy's successes and failures. Could China improve and do something different when dealing with U.S. naval patrols? The “sail by” of *USS Lassen* within the 12 nautical mile claim line of the new Chinese facilities on Subi reef in the South China Sea occurred without major incident last week. Despite some ...
Millions Dead: The Five Deadliest Weapons of World War I
Michael Peck, The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *History, Europe* Europe sleepwalked into war dreaming of cavalry charges and massed infantry charges with fixed bayonets. Reality was far different. *Editor’s Note*: *Please also take a look at recent World War I TNI articles including: **How Germany Could Have Won World War I**, **World War I: Five Ways Germany Could Have Won the First Battle of the Atlantic**, and **World War I’s Empire of the “Living Dead”: Austria-Hungary**.* Today we take granted that warfare is mechanized, electronicized, a form of human activity where humans are the least important compone...
NATO Never Wanted to Go Head-to-Head with Russia’s Akula-class Submarine
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, arctic* Today the Russian Navy maintains ten to eleven Akulas. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Despite the Akula’s poor readiness rate, they continue to make up the larger part of Russia’s nuclear attack submarine force, and will remain in service into the next decade until production of the succeeding Yasen class truly kicks into gear. Until then, the Akula’s strong acoustic stealth characteristics will continue to make it a formidable challenge for antisubmarine warfare specialists. The Soviet Union produced hot-rod submarines that could swim f...
COVID has Caused Tens of Thousands of Medical Doctors and Scientists to Wake Up to Corruption in the Medical Industry
AdminM, Health Impact News - 8 hours ago
The Sars2-Cov19 pandemic is not the first time unelected medical bureaucrats, who the average person assumes to possess an enduring expertise, have guided global policies against pandemics and serous infectious outbreaks. The most recent example was the 2009-2010 HIN1 Swine Flu pandemic that never truly happened according to plan. However, during the current pandemic scare, something unusual and remarkably radical has happened. Historically, voices of opposition within institutionalized medicine remain relatively silent. Most often it is only a handful of health professionals who c...
Experts Say Experience Convinced Midwest of Virus Dangers
AP News, Snopes.com - 8 hours ago
States in the northern stretches of the Midwest and Great Plains saw the nation's worst rates of coronavirus infections in the weeks before Thanksgiving.
"End The Great American Myth - Secession, Not Revolution"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 8 hours ago
*"End The Great American Myth - Secession, Not Revolution"* by Tom Luongo "I remember the 1970s driving around New York City with my family during the holidays like they were yesterday. Back then the talk in the front seat of the car between my parents was New York City's bankruptcy. My dad, NYPD at the time, was as much a part of this as anyone since the Police pension fund helped bail out the city government back then. The West Side Highway fell down and because of that I grew up with a fear of heights and, especially bridges. I really hated taking the back way (New Jersey) into ...
Away from these stories we tell and the waltz we take.
noreply@blogger.com (deBeauxOs), DAMMIT JANET! - 9 hours ago
_Take This Waltz_ is a current offering on MUBI, a film-streaming service. Also, _Away From Her_. I own a dvd copy of the latter which has an Academy Award nominated screenplay, adapted from an Alice Munro short story. Sarah Polley writes, casts and directs her film stories for women and for those who love us. Some tedious men who reviewed _Take This Waltz_ were rather loathsome about it. Their hatefulness is self-revealing; it exposes their toxic masculine insecurities and egregious, narcissistic beliefs about people who don't look like them or behave as they do. Men who will twi...
Musical Interlude: Moody Blues, "The Story In Your Eyes"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 10 hours ago
*Moody Blues, "The Story In Your Eyes"*
FYI: Pfizer’s fact sheet for their new CV vaccine (note: “There is no FDA approved vaccine to prevent COVID-19”)
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 9 hours ago
Learn the risks and make an informed decision about health interventions. Note: Vaccine manufacturers have been granted complete exemption from any liability should the vaccine cause damage to your body … EWR
Every New Zealander will be able to be vaccinated says PM as Govt secures another two Covid-19 vaccines (video)
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 9 hours ago
Do ask to see the full inserts to check possible side effects if you intend to take up this offer. Since it’s been sparsely tested, you really should be privy to any possible adverse effects, given they are not generally offered to the recipients. RELATED: https://envirowatchrangitikei.wordpress.com/2020/12/26/fyi-pfizers-fact-sheet-for-their-new-cv-vaccine-note-there-is-no-fda-approved-vaccine-to-prevent-covid-19/ EWR____________________________________________________________________________ The government has secured another two vaccines, enough … Continue reading Every New Zealan...
Monsanto’s Aluminum Resistant Gene & how it relates to chemtrails
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 9 hours ago
An older post from 2007, but a good glance back at the underlying indeed generally unknown agendas of weather modification. An excellent & enlightening article that certainly dispels the ‘cloud’ myth about those trails we see daily. (Note: scroll to the article titled: “Chemtrails and Monsanto’s New Aluminum Resistance Gene – Coincidence?” EWR_______________________________________________________________________ by Dr. … Continue reading Monsanto’s Aluminum Resistant Gene & how it relates to chemtrails →
URGENT – the numbers of Anaphylaxis cases after Covid-19 Vaccine not being told (Dr V Coleman)
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 9 hours ago
VIDEO + READ AT THE LINK https://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/12/super-urgent-anaphylaxis-after-covid-19.html?fbclid=IwAR1SKsr6iE4j9rwBXA-I5dLo88ZgBzgmkdXpw-p7seYZ9z-16BY0-VP5mi8 Image by Parentingupstream from Pixabay
Brave Vandana Shiva speaks out against the Great Reset
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 9 hours ago
The reset is simply the new world order call it what you will, with fresh lipstick on a very old pig .. EWR sott.net Organic radical inspiration Vandana Shiva has been couragously speaking out against the insidious ‘Great Reset’ being sprung on us by Klaus Schwab, Bill Gates and the rest of the global capitalist … Continue reading Brave Vandana Shiva speaks out against the Great Reset →
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- December 25, 2020
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 9 hours ago
#ChristmasCoreper: EU Chief negotiator @MichelBarnier has started briefing EU Ambassadors on the #BrexitDeal. EU member states will now start reviewing the 1.246 pages of the 🇪🇺🇬🇧-agreement and continue with this daunting exercise during the next few days. pic.twitter.com/9PAKxwj3dc — Sebastian Fischer (@SFischer_EU) December 25, 2020 *DW News:* *EU-UK post-Brexit trade deal: What happens next?* After months of fraught negotiations, Britain and the EU have pulled off a historic trade deal. But it still faces several hurdles in the UK and EU parliaments. Britain and the Europe...
CV vaccine trial participants revealed a frightening list of side effects
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 9 hours ago
(Natural News) Get ready for the depopulation kill shots that cause severe neurological damage and lobotomize anyone stupid enough to take them. Even mainstream media outlet CNBC.com is now reporting that vaccine trials conducted by Moderna and Pfizer are producing extreme side effects in trial subjects. “High fever, body aches, headaches and exhaustion are some … Continue reading CV vaccine trial participants revealed a frightening list of side effects →
‘Vax not mandatory’ yet As predicted countries are denying services for the unvaccinated & in France a massive backlash has Forced postponement of ‘Health Dictatorship’ Legislation
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 9 hours ago
As has been long said, whilst they promise the vaccine for the CV won’t be mandatory … Plan B has always been as evidenced right from the start, ‘no jab no job, no school, no travel’ and so on. As we now see in Germany also … no emergency health services. They’ve gone straight for … Continue reading ‘Vax not mandatory’ yet As predicted countries are denying services for the unvaccinated & in France a massive backlash has Forced postponement of ‘Health Dictatorship’ Legislation →
Storm Bella to bring severe winds and flooding to parts of UK on Boxing Day
The Watchers » Latest articles - 9 hours ago
Storm Bella is set to slam parts of the UK with severe gales and flooding rain on Boxing Day through Sunday morning, December 26 to 27. The Met Office has issued several yellow warnings for much of the country, while amber warnings are in place for parts of England...... Read more »
A Pandemic Christmas: Churches Shut, Borders Complicated
AP News, Snopes.com - 9 hours ago
Citing a cause for optimism amid the pandemic’s bleakness, Pope Francis said the invention of COVID-19 vaccines shines “lights of hope” on the world.
World News Briefs -- December 25, 2020
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 9 hours ago
*Daily Mail:** Moment downtown Nashville is hit by huge explosion outside bars after 'suspicious' RV began playing a countdown 'warning' it would explode in 15 minutes - sparking police to evacuate residents * * The blast happened on 2nd Avenue between Church St and Commerce St at around 6.40am on Friday * Three people were taken to the hospital with non-serious injuries and there is significant damage * A cop who was nearby was knocked over by it and has lost his hearing * Police had been called to a suspicious vehicle in the street in the morning and had called a bomb sq...
Brazil´s Auto Production Recovery Stalls in November
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 10 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilian automobile production plateaued in November, rising just 0.7% from October to 238,200 units after several months of higher growth in a sign the coronavirus recovery may be slowing. Auto sales grew by 4.6% to 225,010 units compared to the prior month, according to monthly data released by Anfavea, the […] The post Brazil´s Auto Production Recovery Stalls in November appeared first on The Rio Times.
Assyrian in Turkey Mark Christmas Day
Assyrian International News Agency - 10 hours ago
Assyrian Christians in southeastern Turkey on Friday held Christmas Day observances at a local church. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, a limited number of people attended the ceremony at Mor Behnam (Kirklar) Church in the Mardin province.
"The Cruelest Joke Of All..."
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 10 hours ago
“The smallest decisions made had such profound repercussions. One ten-minute wait could save a life… or end it. One wrong turn down the right street or one seemingly unimportant conversation, and everything was changed. It wasn’t right that each lifetime was defined, ruined, ended, and made by such seemingly innocuous details. A major life-threatening event should come with a flashing warning sign that either said ABANDON ALL HOPE or SAFETY AHEAD. It was the cruelest joke of all that no one could see the most vicious curves until they were over the edge, falling into the abyss belo...
Inside Australia’s Secret Rich List
Luke Stacey, Michael West - 10 hours ago
Have Australia's wealthiest old families bought off the political process? Despite myriad attempts over the years to repeal the cosy "grandfathering" exemption, the billionaires are still permitted - like no other Australians - to keep their companies "dark". Today Michael West Media unveils the first in a series of investigations by Luke Stacy and Stephanie Tran involving more than 5,000 corporate searches to find the people and the labyrinthine structures behind the Secret Rich List. Luke Stacey and Michael West report.
"A Time Of Great Tragedies..."
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 10 hours ago
“We live in radical times surrounded by tasks that seem impossible. It has become our collective fate to be alive in a time of great tragedies, to live in a period of overwhelming disasters and to stand at the edge of sweeping changes. The river of life is flooding before us, and a tide of poisons affect the air we breathe and the waters we drink and even tarnish the dreams of those who are young and as yet innocent. The snake-bitten condition has already spread throughout the collective body. However, it is in troubled times that it becomes most important to remember that the wond...
Shell Buys 50% Stake In Natural Gas Blocks from Colombia’s Ecopetrol
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 10 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Royal Dutch Shell has acquired a 50% operating stake in the Fuerte Sur, Purple Angel and COL-5 blocks, located in deep water off the Colombian Caribbean coast, from Colombia's state-owned oil company, Ecopetrol. Shell’s involvement is seen as a great opportunity for Colombia to develop its energy potential in a […] The post Shell Buys 50% Stake In Natural Gas Blocks from Colombia’s Ecopetrol appeared first on The Rio Times.
Glimpses of Christmas Day
Robert, Small Dead Animals - 10 hours ago
We hope this finds you at peace with your loved ones, taking a day off from the whirlwinds of insanity all around us. To enhance your mood, here are some live webcams in Deutschland: Bredstedt Market Square Biberach Market Square Einbeck Market Square Bad Wildungen Town Hall Berghotel Ifenblick
BlackRock Forecasts Positive Economic Outlook for Peru in 2021
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 10 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Peru has once again proven its macroeconomic strength built in recent decades with fiscal responsibility and discipline, which allows it to face one of the strongest global shocks of the current century and —in turn— is the basis for a faster recovery in 2021, global investment manager BlackRock has affirmed. […] The post BlackRock Forecasts Positive Economic Outlook for Peru in 2021 appeared first on The Rio Times.
US to Require Negative COVID-19 Test from UK Travelers
AP News, Snopes.com - 10 hours ago
The U.S. is the latest country to announce new travel restrictions because of a new variant of the coronavirus that is spreading in Britain and elsewhere.
Christmas and New Year Celebration in Iran
Assyrian International News Agency - 10 hours ago
According to an ancient tradition, Christians around the world consider the beginning of the year to be January 1 in winter, just as we Iranians consider the beginning of the year to be the first day of Farvardin (March 21) in spring, and the Arabs consider the beginning of the year to be Muharram.
This Russian Nuclear Submarine Has One Goal: Kill U.S. Aircraft Carriers
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Europe* The Cold War Oscar-class submarines were the original “carrier-killers.” Russia’s enormous Oscar-class nuclear attack submarines, known as the Project 949A, were designed during the Cold War with a specific mission in mind: to go hunting for American aircraft carriers, the pride of American naval power. Because each U.S. flattop is protected by its own little fleet of escorting warships—many of them specialized in antisubmarine warfare—the Oscar’s primary game plane *isn’t *to creep up close for a torpedo attack. Instead, it’s designed to lo...
Why Russia Decided On Having Only 1 Aircraft Carrier
Kyle Mizokami, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Americas* Moscow once planned to have a fleet. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *As a land power, the Soviet Union could never allocate enough of the country’s resources to build a real fleet of aircraft carriers. There was always some other perfectly reasonable—and eminently practical—way to spend the country’s rubles, whether it was on the Army, or the Air Force, and later on nuclear weapons. Even today, the Russian Navy’s nonstrategic forces face stiff competition from land and air forces, and the future of Russian naval aviation is again cloudy at...
Cobra Kai and More: Best Of What’s Coming to Netflix in January 2021
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *Entertainment, * Beginning in January, the streaming service is looking to keep the momentum going. Here are some highlights of what’s to come from Netflix in the first month of the new year. Netflix had a huge year in 2020, cranking out talked-about hits from *Tiger King* to *The Queen’s Gambit*, as the coronavirus pandemic kept people home more than ever before. The company also added lots of subscribers, even as competition from new streaming services increased. Beginning in January, the streaming service is looking to keep the momentum going. Here are some ...
These 5 Rifles are the Choice of Elite Snipers
Charlie Gao, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *Security, Americas* The designated marksman rifle is becoming increasingly popular in recent years. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *The L129A1 proved wildly popular with British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, being one of the highest rated weapons used by troops. It’s one of the only Urgent Operational Request (UOR) weapons from Iraq and Afghanistan that has outlived its temporary nature and has gone onto be an integral part of the British rifle squad. The designated marksman rifle is becoming increasingly popular in recent years. The United States is purc...
Both America and Iran Share a Love for the F-14 Tomcat
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * One impressive plane. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *With the passing of the Cold War, massive aerial battles no longer seemed to be on the table, and a pure air-superiority airplane was suddenly short on stuff to do. Tomcats *did *patrol the no-fly zone over Iraq and Yugoslavia and escorted bombers during Operation Desert Fox. However, the Navy began modifying Tomcats to serve in the ground-attack role by mounting LANTIRN pods equipped with a targeting laser. Let’s just get this out of the way: Maverick. Iceman. Charlie. Are you done swooni...
China’s J-20 Stealth Fighter is No Pushover
David Axe, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, Asia* Although it isn’t quite on the F-35’s level. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *A low-observable warplane design requires precise shaping and hard-to-manufacture radar-absorbing materials. Mastering those qualities is expensive and time-consuming. Before the J-20 finally entered front-line service in September 2017, only the United States was capable of designing, building and operating stealth fighters. China's J-20 stealth fighter was a disappointment at the 2018 edition of the country's annual air show in Zhuhai in southern China. Three of the t...
Why are Russia’s Nuclear ICBM Launchers on Combat Alert?
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Security, Europe* Why would Putin do this? What is the rationale? Russia has stepped up the development of its intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). In the New Year, its Strategic Missile Force will receive thirteen launchers equipped with the latest Yars and Avangard ICBMs. The Russian Ministry of Defense also announced that additional funds have been allocated for the production of the systems. “In 2021, the Defense Ministry will deal with a number of priority rearmament tasks. It will have to put 13 launchers with Yars and Avangard intercontinental balli...
Warning Message Captured on Video Before the Nashville Bombing
Admin, From the Trenches World Report - 10 hours ago
Heavy A video has emerged that appears to capture a warning message that emanated from the RV that blew up in a mysterious downtown Nashville... The post Warning Message Captured on Video Before the Nashville Bombing appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
"The Gray Curtain Descends"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 10 hours ago
*"The Gray Curtain Descends"* by Robert Gore "Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of jackals by jackasses." - H.L. Mencken "It’s a close contest between which officially approved story is more implausible: Coronavirus as the Scourge of Humanity or America’s Free and Fair Election. The former enabled the latter, and they were propagated by the same people pursuant to an all-in power grab. Both are riddled with glaring inconsistencies and fraud, none of which are mentioned in polite society. "It was strange, she thought, to obtain news by means of nothing but den...
Merry Christmas from St Louis, Missouri. 18 degrees 10 a.m.
Mark Schumacher, From the Trenches World Report - 10 hours ago
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The Pentagon spends millions helping Hollywood movies that portray the US military favorably. But now it’s into Xmas ROM-COMS?
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 10 hours ago
RT Love boats, Oedipus complexes, and pants suits on a desert island – a pair of new schmaltzy films, courtesy of the US Department of... The post The Pentagon spends millions helping Hollywood movies that portray the US military favorably. But now it’s into Xmas ROM-COMS? appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
15,000 Illegal Migrants In New Mexico Receiving Coronavirus Relief Checks
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 10 hours ago
NewsNet Dec 24, 2020 The post 15,000 Illegal Migrants In New Mexico Receiving Coronavirus Relief Checks appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Donald Trump’s Martial-Law Talk Has Military on Red Alert
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 10 hours ago
Newsweek Pentagon and Washington-area military leaders are on red alert, wary of what President Donald Trump might do in his remaining days in office. Though... The post Donald Trump’s Martial-Law Talk Has Military on Red Alert appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Graham Fitness (WA) is being fined every day they remain open and so they put the US Constitution and Bill of Rights on their store front windows
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 10 hours ago
Investment Watch The post Graham Fitness (WA) is being fined every day they remain open and so they put the US Constitution and Bill of Rights on their store front windows appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Military And Intelligence News Brief -- December 25, 2020
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 10 hours ago
A 'supergun' being trialled by the US military, pictured, has successfully fired an artillery shell to hit a precise target at a distance of more than 43 miles (70 kilometres) away Breaking the record for the longest precision-guided cannon shot in history, the 'extended-range cannon artillery system' was tested at a firing range in Arizona *Daily Mail:* *US military 'supergun' fires an artillery shell 43 miles and scores a DIRECT HIT* * The 'extended-range cannon artillery system' was fired at a test range in Arizona * It had broken the record for the longest precision-guided...
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