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Thailand: Secret Battlefield of World War II
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* Allied intelligence efforts in Thailand influenced the course of World War II in the China-Burma-India Theater. *Here's What You Need to Know*: Japanese control became official on the day Pearl Harbor was attacked, December 7, 1941. Thailand was perhaps the least known, though surely more scenic and exotic, covert battleground of World War II. For one American, it would be the adventure of a lifetime already filled with adventure, for another mental anguish in the dark. A British agent was almost killed by his briefcase. A rebel would fi...
Tactical Thunder: The Ninth Air Force in World War II
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, * The deployment of the Ninth Air Force brought the concept of tactical air support into action for the Allies. *Here's What You Need to Know*: Ninth Air Force P-47s assumed a major role in Normandy after the Allied ground forces finally broke out of the hedgerows that kept them bottled up. As the landing craft carrying the invading Allied ground forces of Operation Overlord motored toward the Normandy beaches on June 6, 1944, they were protected and supported by the largest aerial armada the world has ever seen. In spite of medium-level cloud...
Bidens Arms Control Ambitions are Welcomebut Delivering Them will not be Easy
Global Issues News Headlines - 21 hours ago
STOCKHOLM, Jan 22 (IPS) - Ambassador Jan Eliasson is Chair of the Governing Board of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and Dan Smith is Director, SIPRIA deadly pandemic to control. An urgent nationwide vaccination programme to roll out. An economic crisis to navigate. Political divisions and distrust deep enough to spark mob violence and terrorism. Read the full story, “Bidens Arms Control Ambitions are Welcomebut Delivering Them will not be Easy”, on globalissues.org →
THE MESSENGER—PART 28: Francis, Consolmagno, Alien Saviors… and a Demonic Plot
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
THE MESSENGER—PART 28: Francis, Consolmagno, Alien Saviors… and a Demonic Plot by Tom Horn, https://www.skywatchtv.com/ If ET life is something Vatican officials have privately considered for some time, why speak of it so openly now, in what some perceive as a careful, doctrinal unveiling over the last few years? Even Pope Francis has weighed in …
Biden Inauguration Video Gets Only 320,000 Views on Official White House YouTube Channel – Comments Turned Off – But Biden Got 81 Million Votes
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
Biden Inauguration Video Gets Only 320,000 Views on Official White House YouTube Channel – Comments Turned Off – But Biden Got 81 Million Votes by Cristina Laila, https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/ Joe Biden’s inauguration video was so unpopular that it is now “unlisted” on the White House YouTube channel. The video got 322,000 views, and more than 14,000 …
Republican Congresswoman Files Articles of Impeachment Against President Joe Biden
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
Sky News Australia A Republican lawmaker is attempting to impeach new President Joe Biden already. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene filed two articles of impeachment against President Biden on Thursday alleging abuse of power when he served as vice president. She says Mr Biden withheld billions of dollars in US aid to Ukraine in order to …
Now the Washington Post Admits Trump Did Not Incite the Capitol Riot
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
Now the Washington Post Admits Trump Did Not Incite the Capitol Riot by MATT MARGOLIS, https://pjmedia.com/ With the second bogus impeachment in the books, the Washington Post has finally seen fit to admit that President Trump did not incite the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6 with his speech, acknowledging that it was, in …
Trump’s Parting Speech Beats Biden’s Inaugural in YouTube Views at Both ABC and CBS
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
Trump’s Parting Speech Beats Biden’s Inaugural in YouTube Views at Both ABC and CBS by Randy DeSoto, https://www.westernjournal.com/ … The number of people viewing Trump’s final speech as president far overshadowed Joe Biden’s inaugural address in online viewers among some of the establishment media outlets like ABC News and CBS News. – An apples-to-apples comparison …
Chaplains in World War II: Means of Grace, Hope of Glory
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, * In two world wars, British and American chaplains risked their lives to bring a fleeting sense of peace and glory to soldiers on the battlefield. *Here's What You Need to Know*: The courage and compassion that British and American chaplains demonstrated throughout the war left their mark in the hearts and minds of the men they ministered to—and even upon some of the enemy. They carried no weapons, only holy books and rudimentary vestments, a crucifix or a Star of David and sometimes a little Communion kit. But they were towering figures on t...
Cesar Chavez’s Son Happy Dad’s Bust Is in Biden Oval Office
AP News, Snopes.com - 22 hours ago
Paul Chavez had no idea where a sculpture of his father, Latino American civil rights and labor leader Cesar Chavez, would end up in the White House.
The Way Big Tech Wields Political Power is a Threat to American Democracy
Jerry Davis, The National Interest - 22 hours ago
*Jerry Davis* *Politics, The Americas* After the Capitol riot, Big Tech companies suspended their political contributions just as traditional businesses did, but their bans and actions against Parler went much further, and the impact was more potent and profound. Big Business and Big Tech both reacted swiftly to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, punishing and condemning those they deemed responsible for the riot or for creating the conditions that led to it. But there was a big difference in how each group acted. Dozens of U.S. companies as diverse as Walmart, General Motors...
Ambush at Sannah’s Post: A Devastating British Defeat in the Boer War
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 22 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Africa* Boer Commandant-General Christiaan de Wet laid a clever trap for an unsuspecting British garrison in the Orange Free State. *Here's What You Need to Know*: Despite his unprepossessing appearance, De Wet had a keen mind for strategy and a quick eye for tactics. During the infamous Black Week of December 1899, the proud British Army suffered three consecutive bloody defeats in southern Africa. In each of the clashes, Boer citizen-soldiers, called burghers, held fast to their defensive positions and repelled poorly executed attacks by the ...
How Stalin Took Japan by Surprise in 1945
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 22 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* Reeling from two atomic bombs, the Japanese were physically and psychologically un-prepared for a massive invasion from communist Russia. *Here's What You Need to Know*: Stalin had his own agenda, and Soviet participation in the Far East was at the top of his list. At 11:02 am on August 9, 1945, an American warplane dropped an atomic device nicknamed “Fat Man” onto the city of Nagasaki, Japan. The bomb, generating the explosive power of 22,000 tons of TNT, killed at least 30,000 people instantly. It was the second of two atomic bombs drop...
Coronavirus Guidelines Now the Rule at White House
AP News, Snopes.com - 22 hours ago
The clearest sign that there's a new boss at the White House is the deference being paid to coronavirus public health guidelines.
Edison Research (reporting US election data) and an Iran host linked in, apparently
Bob Dinn, balance10 - 22 hours ago
With our research partners in Iran, Edison has full-time research staff and supervisors in Tehran and the ability to conduct market and survey research throughout the country. We provide market and survey research services in many of the world’s most difficult-to-research nations, including Iran. https://www.edisonresearch.com/iran-market-research/ ……………………………………………............................................................................ …… ….................................................. Retired U.S. Army Colonel Phil Waldron, a cybersecurity expert who s...
"A gaggle of blubbing, gushing, babbling groupies"
Craig, Is the BBC biased? - 22 hours ago
This is well-put by Gerard Baker in *The Times *re the inauguration of Joe Biden and the media: Those solemnly self-important purveyors of facts in a post-truth world were a gaggle of blubbing, gushing, babbling groupies. The BBC’s journalists, whose presence in Washington must have rivalled that of the National Guard, seem to have been given yet another holiday from their supposed obligation to impartiality as they waxed at length about the “historic” scene and its “healing” power.
THE SULTAN AND HIS SHARKS – ERDOGAN THREATENS TO KILL TURKEY’S LEADING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST, ABDULLAH BOZKURT
Editor, Dances With Bears - 22 hours ago
by John Helmer, Moscow @bears_with Abdullah Bozkurt, the leading investigative journalist reporting on Turkey, has been threatened with assassination in Stockholm, Sweden, where he has been living since the July 2016 coup attempt in Istanbul. Bozkurt directs the Nordic Research and Monitoring Network, and publishes the Nordic Monitor. The threat to kill was issued on […]
Liberal Media Completely Silent As ANTIFA And Black Lives Matter Celebrate ‘Day One’ Of Biden-Harris Administration With Domestic Terror
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
Liberal Media Completely Silent As ANTIFA And Black Lives Matter Celebrate ‘Day One’ Of Biden-Harris Administration With Domestic Terror by Geoffrey Grider, https://www.nowtheendbegins.com/ Liberals are not against domestic terrorism on American streets, in fact, they are very much for it, just as long as it is their people the ones who are doing the damage and …
Immediate Challenges For President Joe Biden
Zamir AWAN, OrientalReview.org - 23 hours ago
Joe Biden has been oathed in as the 46th US president, terminating one of the most dramatic political transitions in American modern history. Donald Trump – who has not formally accepted the presidency to Mr. Biden – snubbed the inaugural ceremony, in a departure from longstanding precedent. Mr. Trump was […]
Eric Garner’s Mother Says We Must Push for Justice That Her Son Didn’t Receive
Marjorie Cohn, Marjorie Cohn - 23 hours ago
The mother of Eric Garner, who was brutally murdered by New York City police officers applying a chokehold as he pleaded “I can’t breathe,” testified this week before the International Commission of Inquiry on Systemic Racist Police Violence Against People of African Descent in the United States. “They killed him. It is no justice for him.... Read more »
Perdue exits the building after getting USDA jurisdiction over gene-edited livestock
Dan Flynn, Food Safety News - 1 day ago
In one of his final acts before leaving the USDA, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue signed an agreement ending a turf war between his department and the Department of Health and Human Services. It shifts oversight of gene-edited livestock to USDA. A short time earlier, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn said he would... Continue Reading
Parallels
Darin Detwiler, Food Safety News - 1 day ago
contriuted Opinion On Wednesday, Jan. 20, I sat through a few meetings, delivered a presentation on food safety labeling, and was interviewed for a podcast on food safety. All of this work took place at my home as we are in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, I joined much of the nation as... Continue Reading
FSA issues warning about safety of meat sold on Facebook
News Desk, Food Safety News - 1 day ago
The Food Standards Agency has warned about potentially unsafe meat sold via Facebook. Implicated meat products were supplied before Jan. 15 by an unregistered and unapproved Wiltshire-based vendor. It is understood that distribution has occurred nationally across England, according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA). Brand names include Ushqime Organike, Bio UK; Ushqime BIO UK;... Continue Reading
January 22, 2021 – Reader Tips
Robert, Small Dead Animals - 1 day ago
Here’s a subtle but humorous examination of the 1964/65 World’s Fair in New York City. If you’ve got some great tips, we have some great interest!
Listeria contamination traced to meat supplier
Joe Whitworth, Food Safety News - 1 day ago
An investigation by officials in New Zealand has traced the source of several Listeria infections to a meat supplier. The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI)’s New Zealand Food Safety and Nelson Marlborough Public Health Service investigated six listeriosis patients spread over four years. The incident led to recalls of ham products from a number of... Continue Reading
Polish Censorship
vonMesser, 'Nox & Friends - 1 day ago
And now, we in the USA are dealing with Democrats, Facebook, and Twitter.
Untitled
JR, GREENIE WATCH - 1 day ago
* Making America Energy Dependent Again* Joe Biden's plan is to reverse all the economic and energy gains made in the last four years. During his presidency, one of the best things Donald Trump did was make America energy independent. Joe Biden plans to undue that agenda, ASAP. Among the 17 executive orders or actions the newly inaugurated president signed Wednesday afternoon was one revoking the permit for the Keystone XL oil pipeline. We knew it was coming. The phrase “Rescind Keystone XL pipeline permit” was part of the list of executive actions contained in a briefing note c...
Ancient Assyrian Castle, Home of Prophets, on Way to UNESCO List
Assyrian International News Agency - 23 hours ago
The Assyrian castle and a tent leading to the underground tunnels in the Eğil district of Diyarbakır province, southeastern Turkey, Jan. 18, 2021. ( AA)In the southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbakır, the Municipality of Eğil and the district governor's office have been working extensively to preserve and promote the ancient Assyrian Eğil Castle
In One Year, Ukraine’s Air Force Suffered Bigger Losses Than Syria or Iraq
David Axe, The National Interest - 1 day ago
*David Axe* *Security, Europe* Russia and its proxies are to blame. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *In early 2014, *Flight *counted 80 MiG-29s, 36 Su-27, 36 Su-25s and 24 Su-24s in Ukrainian service—although, to be fair, many of these planes were in disrepair. In any event, in 2015 just 19 MiG-29s, 16 Su-27s, 15 Su-25s and 11 Su-24s remained active, according to *Flight*. A year of fighting starting in 2014 cost Ukraine a full half of its fighter jets, cargo planes and military helicopters. It was one of the most precipitous war-time declines for any air force in recent deca...
January 22nd – 2021 Presidential Politics – Resistance Day #3
Sundance, The Last Refuge - 1 day ago
In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the JoeBama Administration and Presidency. … Continue reading → The post January 22nd – 2021 Presidential Politics – Resistance Day #3 appeared first on The Last Refuge.
Friday January 22nd – Open Thread
Sundance, The Last Refuge - 1 day ago
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those … Continue reading → The post Friday January 22nd – Open Thread appeared first on The Last Refuge .
Australian Daily Wind Power Generation Data – Thursday 21st January 2021
TonyfromOz, PA Pundits – International - 1 day ago
By Anton Lang ~ This Post details the daily wind power generation data for the AEMO coverage area in Australia. For the background information, refer to the Introductory Post at this link. Each image is shown here at a smaller size to fit on the page alongside the data for that day. If you click […]
POLL: Fewer That Half Of Americans Trust ‘Traditional Media’
PA Pundits - International, PA Pundits – International - 1 day ago
By Tim Graham ~ Felix Salmon at Axios reported Thursday that for the first time ever, fewer than half of all Americans have trust in traditional media, “according to data from Edelman’s annual trust barometer shared exclusively with Axios.” It’s only 46 percent. 56% of Americans agree with the statement that “Journalists and reporters are purposely trying to […]
A Rash Decision To Rejoin The World Health Organization Before Securing Reforms
PA Pundits - International, PA Pundits – International - 1 day ago
By Brett Schaefer ~ Last year, President Donald Trump decided to halt United States funding to the World Health Organization and withdraw from the organization based on its inept response to COVID-19 and its obsequious failure to confront China over its lack of transparency and cooperation during the outbreak. President Joe Biden, in one of […]
Google Threatens to Pull Search Engine in Australia
AP News, Snopes.com - 1 day ago
Google has threatened to make its search engine unavailable in Australia if the government goes ahead with plans to make tech giants pay for news content.
We Are at War
Geopolitics101, Covert Geopolitics - 1 day ago
We are at war. Yes. And I don’t mean the West against the East, against Russia and China, nor the entire world against an invisible corona virus. No. We, the common people, are at war against an ever more authoritarian and tyrannical elitist Globalist system, reigned by a small group of multi-billionaires, that planned already … Continue reading We Are at War →
Biden's Inauguration Featured The Mother Of All Motorcades
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 1 day ago
*Warzone/The Drive: **Biden's Inauguration Featured The Mother Of All Motorcades With Seven 'Beast' Limos * With four presidents and an armada of armored cars in tow, it was the biggest procession we have ever seen the Secret Service put on. An absolutely massive motorcade took President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, along with former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton, among others, around the greater Washington, D.C. area after the inauguration today. At one point, at least seven heavily armored and otherwise custom-built presidential limou...
Will Highly Infectious 'Super-Covid' Variants Result In The Pandemic Being With Us For Years (Even With Vaccines)?
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 1 day ago
Even vaccinating 100 percent of the population with Pfizer's 95% effective shot (green) would leave the transmission rate of the 'super-covid' variant from the UK above zero, while less effective shots like Oxford's (red and blue) would fail to drive the R number below 1, at which point the pandemic would be considered 'stable' *Daily Mail: **Can Biden's vaccine drive EVER end the covid crisis? Highly infectious 'super-covid' variants could drive transmission so high that even vaccinating every American would fail to eradicate the virus because they're not 100% effective * * Hig...
American Trust In The Mainstream Media Hits An All-Time Low
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 1 day ago
Trust in traditional media hit an all-time low this year, with just 46% of Americans saying they trust traditional media *Daily Mail: **American trust in the mainstream media hits an all-time low with just 18% of Republicans saying they believe journalists after the 2020 election * * New data from Edelman shows that American trust in media is at all-time low * 56% believe that journalists and reporters are purposely trying to mislead * 58% think news organizations are more interested in ideology than facts * Only 18% of Republicans trust the media versus 57% of Democrats * ...
Top General Confirms That The 26K Guard Troops In DC Did Not Face A Single Inauguration Security Threat
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 1 day ago
National Guard soldiers walk down the street in riot gear near the U.S. Capitol Building Jan 20, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (U.S. Air National Guard/Staff Sgt. Anthony Agosti) *Military.com:* *The 26K Guard Troops in DC Did Not Face a Single Inauguration Security Threat: Top General * The 26,000 National Guard troops stationed in Washington, D.C., were ready for anything, but Inauguration Day passed without them facing a single security problem. "There were no security incidents reported involving the National Guard," according to a National Guard Bureau news release. The scene ...
In The Age Of Covid This $30 Gadget Could Save Your Life
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 1 day ago
*BBC:* *Covid: How a £20 gadget could save lives * One of the mysteries of Covid-19 is why oxygen levels in the blood can drop to dangerously low levels without the patient noticing. It is known as "silent hypoxia". As a result, patients have been arriving in hospital in far worse health than they realised and, in some cases, too late to treat effectively. But a potentially life-saving solution, in the form of a pulse oximeter, allows patients to monitor their oxygen levels at home, and costs about £20. They are being rolled out for high-risk Covid patients in the UK, and the ...
You Counter Trumpism By Ending The Conditions Which Created It, Not With Authoritarian Policies
Caitlin Johnstone, Caitlin Johnstone - 1 day ago
The US political/media class have been pushing hard for more authoritarian policies to stave off the threat of “domestic terrorism” in the wake of the Capitol riot. President Biden, who was already working on rolling out new domestic terror policies well before January sixth, confirmed after […]
President Biden Promises 'Wartime Effort' To Beat Covid But His Target Plan Is Only 10 Per Cent More Than What President Trump Had Already Achieved
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 1 day ago
Daily Mail:* Joe Biden promises a 'wartime effort' to beat COVID as he unveils plan for a million vaccinations a day but U.S. is on target to administer 97 million doses a MONTH before that if it keeps up this week's pace * * President Joe Biden is signed 10 executive orders Thursday on tackling COVID * He already signed an order mandating that masks are worn in federal buildings and one for interstate travel including planes will follow * 'I’m asking every American to mask up for the next 100 days' * Administration plans to open 100 vaccination centers, plus push vaccines in...
Dear National Guard
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 11 hours ago
Bumped: OAN reports that Trump has offered NG troops free lodging at his DC hotel. ****************** The insurrection theater has come to an end. One does wonder if the decision to piss off both their armies was well advised.
The Five Dumbest Wars America Got Itself Into
Robert Farley, The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, * George Washington warned in his Farewell Address that the United States should take great care to stay out of unnecessary wars, and aloof from foreign entanglements. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *More often than not, America's "wars of choice" rather than "wars of necessity" tend to be costly and poorly thought out. In the debate that preceded the 2003 Iraq War, we became enamored of the distinction between “wars of choice” and “wars of necessity.” Opponents of the Iraq War decried it as a “choice,” while supporters insisted on its “necessity....
Does 'Deplatforming' Work to Curb Hate Speech and Calls for Violence?
Jeremy Blackburn, Robert W. Gehl, Ugochukwu Etudo, The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Jeremy Blackburn, Robert W. Gehl, Ugochukwu Etudo* *Technology, The Americas* While Reddit or Twitter might improve with the loss of problematic users, deplatforming can have unintended consequences that can accelerate the problematic behavior that led to deplatforming in the first place. In the wake of the assault on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, Twitter permanently suspended Donald Trump’s personal account, and Google, Apple and Amazon shunned Parler, which at least temporarily shut down the social media platform favored by the far right. Dubbed “deplatforming,” these actions re...
The Military Industrial Complex Is Back
tonyheller, Real Climate Science - 1 day ago
As I predicted yesterday, the Middle East wars are starting up again under Joe Biden. Large US military convoy enters northeast Syria after Damascus demands immediate withdrawal
The Clown Show Begins
tonyheller, Real Climate Science - 1 day ago
Most states have seen a sharp reduction in COVID-19 cases over the past ten weeks, but Joe Biden and the Democrats need to take credit for what has already happened. The clown show has begun.
Honey, I Finished The Internet
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 1 day ago
What Ancient Egyptian Sounded Like – and how we know
Latest From The Criminals At NPR
tonyheller, Real Climate Science - 1 day ago
Compare their reporting the day before and day after the inauguration
The Beauty of Silence
Unknown, The Conservative Socrates - 1 day ago
To gain higher knowledge and wisdom, we need to turn away from the world which is full of noise. The ancient Hindu texts insist that “mauna,” which means silence or abstinence from speech, is necessary for study, contemplation, and meditation. In Western philosophy, Kierkegaard has written some really good lines on the beauty of silence. Here’s a passage from his book *For Self-Examination/Judge for Yourselve*s: “The present state of the world and the whole of life is diseased. If I were a doctor and were asked for my advice, I should reply: ‘Create silence’. Bring men to silence....
Honoring the History of the Democrat Party, Biden Hangs Portraits of Slave Traders in Oval Office.
Diogenes Sarcastica™, Diogenes' Middle Finger - 5 hours ago
On Wednesday, *AP* photographers got a look at President 46's personal changes to the Oval Office shortly before he arrived at the White House to begin work. Right away they noticed that the portrait of populist President Andrew Jackson was gone, replaced by a portrait of notorious womanizer, Benjamin Franklin. It was also noticed hanging above the Oval Office fireplace portraits of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, along with two participants in the Slave Trade, Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. As of time of this posting, no word of outrage from Alyssa Milano, Black ...
Russia Wants Israel to Beef Up Its Military Technology
Robert Farley, The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, World* Moscow and Jerusalem have substantially stepped up their military cooperation in recent years. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *The Russian military industry requires consistent infusions of technology in order to complete the transition from the post-Cold War doldrums. Notwithstanding the longstanding strains between the two countries (Iran, the future of the Assad regime) the Moscow-Jerusalem relationship may prove fruitful for both countries in the next decades. In many ways, Israel and Russia have taken opposite approaches to providing f...
Why Did British Sailors Try To Seize a French Submarine in 1940?
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* A fatal gun battle erupted when British sailors tried to take control of a French submarine after its homeland surrendered in 1940. *Here's What You Need to Know*: The crew of Surcouf was sent to a camp set up on a racetrack in Liverpool. When built, the French *Surcouf* was the largest submarine in the world. She was named for Robert Surcouf, the famed French privateer who waged successful economic warfare against England during the Napoleonic era. This Goliath was intended as a modern-day corsair able to do her namesake proud. Instea...
Designed to Defeat the Soviets, America’s AirLand Battle Strategy Destroyed Iraq
Robert Farley, The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Robert Farley* *History, Middle East* Two wars made clear the need to rethink U.S. land warfare strategy. *Key point: *The legacy of AirLand Battle remains largely positive. It restored offensive maneuver to the U.S. toolkit, and gave the post-Vietnam U.S. Army a way of thinking about decisively defeating the Red Army on the conventional battlefield. It also proved intellectual fertile, opening space for new thinking on the integration of technology and doctrine The United States may well be at the cusp of a decades-long struggle for military advantage with China, a struggle tha...
A Slow Vaccine Rollout Frustrates Germany
Ethen Kim Lieser, The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Health, Americas* Germany, which has been under lockdown since early November, reported on Thursday more than twenty thousand infections and a thousand related deaths. The nearly yearlong coronavirus pandemic’s end was indeed in sight when Germany launched its promising vaccination drive in late December. Roughly a month later, however, the anemic progress in vaccinating the country has only frustrated German citizens, health officials, and medical professionals. Health Minister Jens Spahn had initially targeted three hundred thousand vaccinations per day, ...
Survival at Leningrad: How Russians Survived the 900-Day Nazi Siege
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* Survivors of the siege on the city tell their miraculous stories. *Here's What You Need to Know*: The great siege and the sacrifice of the people who suffered and died will always be remembered—even as the number of survivors continues to dwindle. Georgina’s mother sat next to me at her dining room table. She and her husband were veterans of the Great Patriotic War, and back in 1996 we all sat about the table on Victory Day and talked about the siege. The old woman grasped my arm and talked in Russian while her husband listened. They b...
How Codebreakers Helped Defeat Nazi Germany
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* Allied intelligence personnel, including Americans, at secret locations in Britain helped win the war against Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. *Here's What You Need to Know*: Alan Turing led Bletchley Park’s attack on the German code machine, the Enigma. Great Britain’s military intelligence leaders learned from their experience in World War I that the kinds of minds capable of breaking codes are a rare commodity and are often not likely to blossom in a military atmosphere. As World War II approached, the Government Code and Cipher Scho...
From Sand to Glass: Israel’s Nuclear Weapons Could Destroy the Middle East
Robert Farley, The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, * Israel’s nuclear arsenal is the worst-kept secret in international relations. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *It is unlikely, but hardly impossible, that Israel could decide to use nuclear weapons first in a future conflict. The best way to prevent this from happening is to limit the reasons why Israel might want to use these weapons, which is to say preventing the further proliferation of nukes. Israel’s nuclear arsenal is the worst-kept secret in international relations. Since the 1970s, Israel has maintained a nuclear deterrent in order to ma...
Tit-For-Tat: Don’t Freak Out Over Russian Military Flights Near U.S. Airspace
David Axe, The National Interest - 1 day ago
*David Axe* *Politics, Eurasia* America does it too. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The next time a Russian bomber appears near the U.S. coast, remember that American bombers are just as likely to appear off the Russian coast. Mutual displays of aerial might by nuclear-capable warplanes is a routine, if chilling, fact of life for the United States and Russia. Six Russian Tu-95 heavy bombers and several Russian Su-35 fighters probed U.S. air-defenses on May 20 and May 21, 2019, prolonging a period of aerial tension between the Moscow and Washington. U.S. Air Force F-22 stea...
America's World War II Glider Program Was Plagued With Problems
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Americas* The American glider-building program more often resembled a comedy of errors than a serious wartime manufacturing effort. *Here's What You Need to Know*: A postwar report on the glider program spelled out the many problems: “Poor workmanship, improper methods of manufacture, and general inefficiency at the plants of contractors were all unfortunate aspects of the glider program.” To bring soldiers swiftly and silently onto a battlefield, the U.S. Army decided to follow the German and British examples and build tactical gliders. But t...
Who’s Attacking Our Democracy?
Jane Menton, Manhattan Contrarian - 1 day ago
* The breach of the Capitol on January 6 by pro-Trump demonstrators took Americans by surprise. There have been many reactions in the aftermath, but responses by the mainstream media completely miss -- or intentionally misrepresent -- the underlying issues. * The Capitol breach felt like a turning point, but not because Trump supporters are particularly dangerous or violent as the media would like us to believe. If their demonstration attacked our democracy, it’s because we are living in a democracy so divided we no longer share any goals in common. * As long as the party in power s...
Halfway Through this Winter of Covid, Overall Mortality is Around Normal for this Time of Year. Something Doesn’t Add Up
AdminM, Medical Kidnap - 1 day ago
Although the numbers of deaths attributed to the virus in the UK are higher than they’ve ever been, in total, not many more people are dying than in any other cold season. Is the mainstream media finally waking up to this?
meet Andy Huang, very crucial specialist at Dominion Voting Systems
Bob Dinn, balance10 - 1 day ago
11-25-20 China Telecom is wholly run by the Chinese government and has been identified by the U.S. Department of Defense as having collaborated with the country’s military for over two decades. Similarly the Department of Justice flagged the firm for “concerns that China Telecom is vulnerable to exploitation, influence, and control by the Chinese government” and how “the nature of China Telecom’s U.S. operations” provide “opportunities for Chinese state-actors to engage in malicious cyber activity enabling economic espionage and disruption and misrouting of U.S. communications....
Halfway Through this Winter of Covid, Overall Mortality is Around Normal for this Time of Year. Something Doesn’t Add Up
Brian-Admin, Health Impact News - 1 day ago
Although the numbers of deaths attributed to the virus in the UK are higher than they’ve ever been, in total, not many more people are dying than in any other cold season. Is the mainstream media finally waking up to this?
CIA Releases UFO ‘Black Vault’ Documents Early: How to See Them Online
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Watch the latest video at foxnews.com CIA Releases UFO ‘Black Vault’ Documents Early: How to See Them Online by http://www.nypost.com/, via https://www.foxnews.com/ Pentagon is slated to brief Congress on UFOs soon Federal intelligence on extraterrestrial technology — at your fingertips. By way of the Freedom of Information Act, thousands of the CIA documents on unidentified …
Thousands of Israelis Test POSITIVE for Covid-19 Despite Receiving Pfizer/BioNTech Jab
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Thousands of Israelis Test POSITIVE for Covid-19 Despite Receiving Pfizer/BioNTech Jab by https://www.rt.com/ More than 12,400 people in Israel have tested positive for coronavirus after being vaccinated with the Pfizer/BioNTech jab, including 69 who had received their second dose, the country’s Health Ministry said. – Some 189,000 people were tested for Covid-19 after being vaccinated, …
The Deep State’s Stealthy, Subversive, Silent Coup to Ensure Nothing Changes
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
The Deep State’s Stealthy, Subversive, Silent Coup to Ensure Nothing Changes by John W. Whitehead, https://www.rutherford.org/ … No doubt about it: the coup d’etat was successful. That January 6 attempt by so-called insurrectionists to overturn the election results was not the real coup, however. Those who answered President Trump’s call to march on the Capitol were merely …
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