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Cranky NY Times Lashes Out At Right, Claims Virus ‘Far More’ Trump’s Fault Than Xi – PA Pundits – International6 minutes ago

Cranky NY Times Lashes Out At Right, Claims Virus ‘Far More’ Trump’s Fault Than Xi

By Clay Waters ~ The front page of Friday’s New York Times featured the presumably rehabilitated Jonathan Weisman, who spent a long time in the paper’s doghouse for offending radical Democrats on his Twitter feed. His latest story is surely safe territory: “With Midterms in Sight, ‘Crisis’ Is Watchword for Republicans.” The text box: “A … Continue reading "Cranky NY Times Lashes Out At Right, Claims Virus ‘Far More’ Trump’s Fault Than Xi" read more

Cranky NY Times Lashes Out At Right, Claims Virus ‘Far More’ Trump’s Fault Than Xi – PA Pundits – International7 minutes ago

Blame Oil For The World Populating To 8 Billion

By Ronald Stein ~ Sir David Attenborough, the 95-year-old legendary wildlife filmmaker told Anderson Cooper on 60 Minutes: “A crime has been committed” and that urgent action is needed to save nature to save ourselves. The crime rests on oil for allowing the world to populate so proficiently the last few centuries and giving Sir … Continue reading "Blame Oil For The World Populating To 8 Billion" read more

The National Interest19 minutes ago

Underwater: Where Hitler's Great Naval Strategy Ended Up

*Sebastien Roblin* *History, * "Plan Z" sough to create a fleet that rivaled the British Empire's. *Key Point*: Even if the Germans couldn’t use their surface fleet, they could tie down British forces and constrict their strategy with the threat that they *might *use theirs if the British let down their guard. At first glance, the Battle of the Barents Sea seems insignificant, a minor World War II naval battle in which a couple of destroyers were sunk. Yet the New Year’s Eve skirmish in frozen Arctic waters convinced Hitler that he should scrap *all *of his capital ships and had ... read more

The National Interest19 minutes ago

Throughout Two World Wars, the Tommy Gun Tore Up Europe

*Warfare History Network* *History, * After producing 1,387,134 since 1938, manufacturing of the Thompson ceased in 1944. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *In 1942, the high cost of the Thompson gun—$108.00 per unit—caused the U.S. Army to introduce a replacement in the form of the M3 “Grease Gun”: its stamped, wielded and riveted construction was far cheaper to produce than the Thompson. In 1917, when America entered the First World War, the United States Army tasked Brigadier General John T. Thompson, Chief of the Small Arms Section of its Ordnance Department, with designing... read more

War News Updates35 minutes ago

UN General Assembly Calls For Arms Embargo Against Myanmar

*France 24:* *UN General Assembly calls for halt of weapons to Myanmar* The United Nations General Assembly on Friday called for a stop to the flow of arms to Myanmar and urged the military to respect November election results and release political detainees, including leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The General Assembly adopted a resolution with the support of 119 countries some four months after the military overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government in a coup. Belarus requested the text be put to a vote and was the only country to oppose it, while 36 abstained, including Ch... read more

War News Updates51 minutes ago

President Biden Will Meet Afghan President Ashraf Ghani And Chairman Of Afghanistan’s High Council Tor National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah At The White House This Friday

*CNBC/Reuters:* *Biden to meet with Afghan President Ghani as violence surges amid U.S. withdrawal* * President Joe Biden will meet at the White House with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and the chairman of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah on Friday. * In their first face-to-face meeting, Biden will seek to reassure Ghani and Abdullah of U.S. support for the Afghan people including diplomatic, economic and humanitarian assistance. * Biden will also repeat his pledge to ensure that the country never becomes a safe haven for terrorist... read more

Small Dead Animals59 minutes ago

June 21, 2021: Reader Tips

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War News Updates1 hour ago

Departure Of U.S. Contractors Crippling The Afghan Military

An Afghan Air Force helicopter lands at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, May 11, 2021. (Jim Huylebroek/The New York Times) *New York Times:* *Departure of U.S. Contractors Poses Myriad Problems for Afghan Military* KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan Air Force UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, shelled while on the ground by the Taliban on Wednesday, sat helpless at a small outpost in the country’s southeast, its burning and damaged airframe displayed in a video on Twitter. Even if it could get to the chopper to try to service it, the Afghan military would face another escalating problem: It... read more

balance101 hour ago

carving your way through the literal chunks of coal and darkness

And thus at the conclusion of the dispensation of that great temple, which was even a physical temple of Lemuria we took our ascension. And you, my beloved, have taken another quarter of a million years to come to the place where life and all of the great configurations of heaven--the great ascended masters with their stellar bodies, their causal bodies—are once again in position to offer to you the path of initiation…. As you meditate upon the meaning of two hundred and fifty thousand years, remember the saying “One day with the Lord is as a thousand years, a thousand years ... read more

Medical Kidnap1 hour ago

Identifying the Luciferian Globalists Implementing the New World Order – Who are the “Jews”?

A year ago this month I published an article that exposed who was behind the Plandemic and the riots that were breaking out in major urban areas across the United States. In that article, I clearly showed how the Globalists who control the affairs of the world are Satanists, and that their plans to implement a "New World Order" were nothing new with the 2020 great COVID-19 Plandemic, but had been many years in the making. This is an update to that article. Nothing has changed as to who is directing this march towards a New World Order, as at the top is a person named "Satan," or ... read more

Socio-Economics History Blog1 hour ago

Powell Just Launched $2 Trillion In “Heat-Seeking Missiles”: Zoltan Explains How The Fed Started The Next Repo Crisis

Powell Just Launched $2 Trillion In “Heat-Seeking Missiles”: Zoltan Explains How The Fed Started The Next Repo Crisis by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ Last week, amid the fire and brimstone surrounding the market’s shocked response to the Fed’s unexpected hawkish pivot, we noted that there were two tangible, if less noted changes: the Fed adjusted the two … read more

Susan on the Soapbox1 hour ago

Kenney and the Autocrat’s Handbook

The Alberta Legislature ended the 2021 Spring Session on a particularly disturbing note. Members of the Opposition asked Jason Kenney to apologize for his role in pushing the niqab ban, a policy that contributed to growing Islamophobia, while he was … Continue reading → read more

Socio-Economics History Blog2 hours ago

Is A Mega Financial Collapse Coming Soon In 2021? – Lyn Alden

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Socio-Economics History Blog2 hours ago

Vaccinate or Terminate: Nurses Sue After Hospital Threatens Jobs

Ben Swann Vaccinate or Terminate: Nurses Sue After Hospital Threatens Jobs. 117 Houston Methodist employees have filed a lawsuit, claiming that the mandate is illegal. It specifically cites that the COVID-19 vaccines are authorized for emergency use by the FDA but have not been fully approved. end read more

Socio-Economics History Blog2 hours ago

Mysterious Flaming Stone ‘Falls from the Sky’, Crashes into Ground in Philippines

Skywatch Media News June 19, 2021: A flaming space rock fell from the sky this month creating an explosive blast. The rock impacted the ground of a high school campus, near Bacolod City, in the Philippines. end read more

Socio-Economics History Blog2 hours ago

Economic MAYHEM! Federal Reserve Is Preparing For SOMETHING BIG!

World Alternative Media Josh Sigurdson talks with Tim Picciott, The Liberty Advisor about recent news coming out of the Federal Reserve meeting where Jerome Powell claims the Fed will increase interest rates twice in 2023 while the Fed’s Bullard is saying that the Fed may increase interest rates in 2022 as well. – Last time … read more

Small Dead Animals2 hours ago

Who Will Conform?

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Socio-Economics History Blog3 hours ago

Genetically Engineered ‘Magneto’ Protein Remotely Controls Brain And Behaviour — Mark of The Beast Mind Control Technology

Genetically Engineered ‘Magneto’ Protein Remotely Controls Brain And Behaviour by Mo Costandi, https://www.theguardian.com/,24 March2016 “Badass” new method uses a magnetised protein to activate brain cells rapidly, reversibly, and non-invasively – Researchers in the United States have developed a new method for controlling the brain circuits associated with complex animal behaviours, using genetic engineering to create … read more

Socio-Economics History Blog3 hours ago

Antony Loewenstein on Israel’s Secret Nuclear Weapons, Naftali Bennett, Occupation of Palestine

Going Underground on RT We speak to Antony Loewenstein, independent journalist and author. He discusses the arrival of new Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, how Bennett’s record is largely similar to Netanyahu’s if not even more right-wing, the analysis that 100 out of 120 members of the Israeli Knesset are pro-occupation, international pressure on Israel … read more

Socio-Economics History Blog3 hours ago

We Will Need More than Gold and Silver in the Coming Collapse.

maneco64 #gold #silver #money #economy #freedom #fiatcurrency #inflation #hyperinflation #government #community – Today we will look at the bigger picture and why the ongoing implosion of the economy, the currency, and societal order will be a foreign event for most people living in the Western world. Having gold, silver and even other items that could … read more

War News Updates1 hour ago

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Replaces 2 Top Security Ministers And Army Chief As Security Situation Worsens

General Bismillah Khan Mohammadi has been appointed the new defense minister *DW:* *Afghanistan: President Ashraf Ghani sacks ministers amid deteriorating security* *Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has sacked his defense and interior ministers. On Saturday, the Taliban seized at least six more districts across Afghanistan.* Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has opted to replace his defense and interior ministers Saturday amid a rapidly deteriorating security situation across Afghanistan. With foreign forces withdrawing and the Taliban's reach expanding,the deteriorating situati... read more

The National Interest1 hour ago

This Iranian Plane Started Its Life Waging War for America in Vietnam

*Caleb Larson* *Iranian Air Force, * These planes performed well and were used by several militaries. Here is its legendary story. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Though the F-4 was eventually replaced by more capable F-15s and F-16s, these frames drew on lessons learned from the F-4s service history. Phantoms held their own up until Operation Desert Storm, where specially modified “Wild Weasel” F-4s were used in suppressing Iraqi air defenses. Not bad for a jet designed in the 1950s. The F-4 Phantom was a beast of a jet. Despite early losses in Vietnam, the Phantom set sixt... read more

War News Updates1 hour ago

Afghanistan Is Facing Disaster As U.S. And NATO Forces Quickly Leave The Country

A makeshift sign reminds US Marines, who with other forces are in the process of pulling out of Afghanistan, that the Taliban could be anywhere. Photograph: Jim Hollander/Reuters *Simon Tisdall, The Guardian:* *Catastrophe stalks Afghanistan as the US and UK dash for the exit* *Little has been achieved in 20 years of war, and as the Taliban regroup, ordinary Afghans brace for an uncertain future * Military retreats from Afghanistan are problematic, as the British (1842) and the Red Army (1989) discovered to their cost. The cliffs of the Khyber Pass feature many memorials and pl... read more

War News Updates2 hours ago

U.S. Navy Is Preparing For A Sudden Surprise Attack

The aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, destroyer Russell and cruiser Bunker Hill conduct routine operations in the eastern Pacific Ocean. (MC2 Anthony Rivera/U.S. Navy) *National Interest:* *Why the U.S. Navy Is Preparing for a Sudden Surprise Attack* *China could seek to annex Taiwan more quickly than the United States could respond.* The Navy’s USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is steaming its way into the South China Sea area as part of a longstanding, visible U.S. Navy effort to demonstrate that the United States and its allies will continue to operate and sail f... read more

The National Interest2 hours ago

World War II: Three Strategic Takeaways of the Guadalcanal Campaign

*James Holmes* *World War II, Asia* Guadalcanal teaches that lesser priorities can upstage operations in ostensibly more pressing theaters of conflict. *Here's What You Need to Know*: War is a business of positions. This year marks the seventy-ninth anniversary of the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. The battle is one of seven naval engagements that—together with hard-ground fighting on the part of the U.S. Marines and Army—make up a six-month bloodletting known to history as Guadalcanal. It’s a struggle replete with insights into martial strategy and operations. There are thre... read more

The National Interest2 hours ago

Bad News: Stimulus Check Stealing Could Land You in Jail

*Stephen Silver* *Stimulus, * While it’s not always accompanied by more than a decade of accompanying Social Security fraud, fraud related to stimulus checks has occasionally popped up since the start of the pandemic and the government’s stimulus efforts. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *There was also a report last week by *Axios* that as much as half of the unemployment money paid out by the government during the pandemic may have been stolen, with much of the money ended up in the hands of foreign crime syndicates. An Ohio woman was sentenced to six months in prison this w... read more

War News Updates3 hours ago

U.S. Navy Conducts Explosive Full-Ship Shock Trials Near The Aircraft Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford

*Daily Mail: **PICTURED: Navy fires thousands of pounds of explosives near USS Gerald R. Ford, creating a blast equivalent to a 3.9 magnitude earthquake to test the carrier's ability to 'take a hit' in battle* * USS Gerald R. Ford, the first of a new class of carrier, was struck by the blast about 100 miles off the coast of Florida around 4pm Friday * It was the first full-ship shock trial to prove the carrier's ability in battle at sea * The US Geological Survey registered a blast of a 3.9 magnitude earthquake * The Navy said it had been a success, tweeting that it pr... read more

CENSORED NEWS3 hours ago

Mohawk Nation News 'Only Indigenous Languages are Official on Turtle Island'

Read the article and listen to the audio at Mohawk Nation Newshttps://mohawknationnews.com/blog/2021/06/18/only-indigenous-languages-are-official-on-turtle-island-audio/ read more

Socio-Economics History Blog3 hours ago

Keith Neumeyer: Gold Price Easily Going to $3,000: Currency Collapse is Coming – Buy Gold & Silver

I LOVE PROSPERITY Keith Neumeyer: Gold Price Going to $3,000+: Financial Collapse is Coming – Buy Gold & Silver – 1.) First Mining Gold Website: https://firstmininggold.com 2.) Calculator https://firstmininggold.com/investors… TSX: FF I OTC: FFMGF – In this video, we talk to keith neumeyer. keith Neumeyer has worked in the investment community since 1984. He began … read more

Socio-Economics History Blog3 hours ago

China Plan To Dominate Trade With Silver, Gold and The Belt & Road Initiative

Wall Street Silver Andy Schectman joins us to discuss what China is working on with their Belt & Road Initiative, along with their aggressive purchasing of Gold and many other commodities. This will reshape the global economy. end read more

Socio-Economics History Blog3 hours ago

Basel III: Causing Gold’s Volatility?

Palisades Gold Radio To subscribe to our newsletter and get notified of new shows, please visit http://palisadesradio.ca Tom welcomes a seasoned group of experts on the gold markets to discuss the upcoming Basel III changes to banking regulations and their potential impact. We are joined by Bob Coleman, Vincent Lanci, Adrian Day, and Keith Weiner. … read more

Socio-Economics History Blog3 hours ago

Rick Rule: The Silver Squeeze Is Working (Part 2)

Wall Street Silver Rick Rule, former CEO of Sprott US Holdings, tells us that the Silver Squeeze is working and explains why. Rick’s website – https://sprottusa.com/rankings end read more

Socio-Economics History Blog3 hours ago

NATO Funding Process Explained & Bank of England Takes on Bitcoin

Boom Bust Just days after NATO’s announcement that it would be ramping up its efforts to combat China, Russia has claimed that Ukraine’s membership in the bloc would be a “red line”. Boom Bust’s Ben Swann joins the program to discuss the potential fallout from such a move and how the bloc is funded among … read more

Socio-Economics History Blog3 hours ago

Inflation is Rising, The Economy is Freefalling: What’s next for Gold & Silver Prices?- Lobo Tiggre

I LOVE PROSPERITY Inflation is rising, Gold and Silver have yet to move. So in this video, Lobo explains what’s happening in the macroeconomic environment, inflation, and his beliefs about gold, silver, and commodities moving forward. Lobo’s Website https://independentspeculator.com end read more

Socio-Economics History Blog3 hours ago

Will Basel3 Finally Smash the Manipulation of the Gold and Silver Markets?

maneco64 #gold #silver #comex #LBMA #Basel3 #futures #unallocated #volatility #LondonGoldPool #BrettonWoods #money #fiatcurrency – With the sharp drop in the futures and spot price of silver and gold in the last ten days, we will look at why and how the Powers That Be of finance manipulate the gold and silver price. – The London … read more

Socio-Economics History Blog3 hours ago

Alasdair Macleod: Basel III – Gold Up $100s Overnight! The Stuff Of Nightmares When You Can’t Get It

As Good As Gold Australia In this absorbing interview, Brian and Darryl Panes from As Good As Gold Australia discuss the aftermath of Basel 3 with Alasdair Macleod, Head of Research at GoldMoney and recently appointed, Advisor to AGAGA. How will the COMEX be impacted when the BIS makes the proposed changes to the banking … read more

Socio-Economics History Blog3 hours ago

Canadian MP Reveals Hospitals Are Filled With Already Vaccinated Patients

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Socio-Economics History Blog3 hours ago

Informed Consent And Reproductive Toxicity of Vaccines (Robert Malone, Steve Kirsch, Bret Weinstein) — Pfizer Data REVEAL – Where Do The Lipid Nanoparticles Collect?

DarkHorse Podcast Clips Informed content, FDA, thalidomide and reproductive toxicity of vaccines. Clip from DarkHorse podcast. Full livestream here: https://youtu.be/-_NNTVJzqtY – Odysee for backup: https://odysee.com/@BretWeinstein:f/h… – Dr. Robert Malone is the inventor of mRNA Vaccine technology. Mr. Steve Kirsch is a serial entrepreneur who has been researching adverse reactions to COVID vaccines. Bret talks to … read more

Health Impact News4 hours ago

Identifying the Luciferian Globalists Implementing the New World Order – Who are the “Jews”?

A year ago this month I published an article that exposed who was behind the Plandemic and the riots that were breaking out in major urban areas across the United States. In that article, I clearly showed how the Globalists who control the affairs of the world are Satanists, and that their plans to implement a "New World Order" was nothing new with the 2020 great COVID-19 Plandemic, but had been many years in the making. This is an update to that article. Nothing has changed as to who is directing this march towards a New World Order, as at the top is a person named "Satan," or "... read more

musingsofanoldfart5 hours ago

Shore up the ACA – letter to the editor

My local newspaper ran my following letter to the editor Sunday. I have been preaching the message of improving the Affordable Care Act for seven years offering suggestions. I will link to one of those posts below. What I have … Continue reading → read more

War News Updates2 hours ago

Iran's Has A 'Ghost Armada' Of 123 Sanction-Busting Tankers Selling Black Market Oil To China

A ‘ghost armada’ of sanctions-busting tankers carrying black-market oil to China is bankrolling Iran’s secret nuclear programme *Daily Mail:* *Revealed: Iran's 'ghost armada' of 123 sanction-busting tankers is selling black market oil to China to bankroll its secret nuclear programme* * Iran has almost doubled its fleet sailing under other countries' flags to 123 * Let China smuggle up to million barrels of oil per day, two-thirds UK's daily rise * Intelligence experts warn growing fleet shows Iran is boosting nuclear capability A ‘ghost armada’ of sanctions-busting tanke... read more

( Wow. The fact free allegations must be scary to anyone naive enough to take them seriously )

The National Interest3 hours ago

The .45 Caliber Handgun Is Far From Dead: Here are the Best

*Kyle Mizokami* *Guns, * Today, advances in bullet technology means a 9mm round can deliver as much energy as the .45 ACP. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *In reality, the Glock 21 is actually one of the best, and most affordable, .45 ACP pistols on the market. The Glock 21 carries thirteen rounds in a double stack magazine that is wider than the 1911—but is not uncomfortable to hold. The .45 Automatic Colt Pistol round, or .45 ACP as it is commonly known, is fairly controversial. Invented in 1905 by prolific firearms designer John Moses Browning, the .45 ACP was the standard... read more

The National Interest4 hours ago

Jutland Was the Battleship Battle of All Battleship Battles

*Warfare History Network* *History, * "If done properly, Scheer’s audacious plan could break the British North Sea blockade that slowly but surely was strangling Germany." *Key point: *The giant ships spent the first tense moments deploying into battle lines. In the spring of 1916, as the result of intense international pressure, Vice Admiral Reinhard Scheer called in all his submarines after Germany announced an end to unrestricted underwater attacks on transatlantic merchant ships. With his subs idle, Scheer, the newly appointed commander of Kaiser Wilhelm II’s High Seas Fle... read more

The Rio Times4 hours ago

Brazil records highest moving average of new Covid cases since April 1 (June 20)

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The country has 501,918 deaths and 17,926,393 cases, says the media consortium with data from state health secretariats. On average, there were more than 73,000 new diagnoses per day. Having passed the sad mark of 500,000 victims of Covid, the country's situation is said to remain worrying before the numbers […] The post Brazil records highest moving average of new Covid cases since April 1 (June 20) appeared first on The Rio Times. read more

The National Interest4 hours ago

The One Submarine China, Russia, North Korea and Iran Fear

*Sebastien Roblin* *Submarines, * What purpose do these cruise-missile-launching behemoths serve? *Here's What You Need to Remember: *The Ohio SSGNs’ awesome firepower, however, will only remain in the U.S. Navy for around another decade or so, at which time the entire fleet of Ohio-class submarines will be gradually replaced with the new Columbia-class ballistic-missile submarines. The Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine (SSBN) was built to destroy cities and military installations in the event of a nuclear war—or more precisely, to deter adversaries from ever starting one. H... read more

The National Interest4 hours ago

This Strange Thing Just Might Be the Future of Aviation

*Caleb Larson* *Aviation, Americas* Time will tell if the revolution that Otto Aviation is claiming to bring comes to fruition. *Here’​s What You Need To Remember: *Not only is the Celera 500L more efficient, but it also boasts much greater internal volume as well. When compared to small but cramped jets like Beechcraft King Air 350 or the Citation CJ3+, the Celera 500L’s fuselage is much more spacious, with enough space to accommodate someone 6’ 2’’ or about nearly 1.88 meters tall. In June of this year, the bullet-shaped Celera 500L was seen conducting taxiing tests at the Sou... read more

The National Interest4 hours ago

Is It Time for Europe to Reopen Its Embassies in Syria?

*Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom* *Syria, Middle East* Reopening embassies should not be a goal in and of themselves but merely a first step to assisting in the development of a postwar Syria that is vital not just to the millions of Syrians directly affected but to the Middle East and Europe as well. After more than a decade of trying to remove President Bashar al-Assad from power, European governments have continued to ignore the reality on the ground: the Syrian government is here to stay for the foreseeable future. As more and more embassies reopen in Damascus, European ones are co... read more

The National Interest4 hours ago

A Battle Joined: North Korean Totalitarianism Versus South Korean K-Pop

*Doug Bandow* *North Korea, Asia* Defectors report that most North Koreans, including children of government officials, have seen South Korean movies, TV programs, and K-pop. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has survived war and famine. Its economy has surmounted foreign economic sanctions and self-imposed isolation. The DPRK features the world’s only communist monarchy amid vast technological, social, economic, and political change. The twenty-seven-year-old Kim Jong-un faced doubts about his likely survival after he succeeded his father in 2011. However, Kim’s willingn... read more

The National Interest4 hours ago

The New Age of Nuclear Diplomacy

*Peter Huessy* *Nuclear Strategy, Americas* What arms control ideas might be useful to explore? There are a number of other ideas not suggested by any of the disarmament advocates that could be quite useful in improving strategic stability. President Joe Biden and President Vladimir Putin have met in Geneva and now over the next weeks and months, we will find out what progress the two made in improving the relationship between the two nations. Going into the meeting, the conventional wisdom was that the one area of potential progress was on nuclear “arms control,” with attention ... read more

The National Interest4 hours ago

The ‘Liberal International Order’ Is Neither Universal nor Exceptional

*Arta Moeini, Christopher Mott* *Liberal World Order, North Atlantic* What is exceptional about the last seventy-five years is not America or the liberal order it has forged to serve its interests, but the sheer power that the United States was able to amass owing to its favorable geographic position and relative distance from bloody and costly conflicts across the oceans that guard its borders. Imagine someone making the claim that ideological commitment to monarchism creates perpetual peace between states that share the values of king and country. History and culture be damned,... read more

The National Interest4 hours ago

Great Red Fleet: How Teddy Roosevelt Inspired China Big Navy Push

*James Holmes* *China, Asia* China is looking to the America's early naval experiences for inspiration. *Here's What You Need to Know*: Necessity makes strange bedfellows—bedfellows like a Bull Moose and a Great Helmsman. Theodore Roosevelt was an avowed Mahanian. He was also a closet Maoist! Or at least, his convictions about strategies for lesser competitors ran parallel to those made popular by Mao Zedong during the Chinese Civil War and Second Sino-Japanese War, as transposed to marine warfare by the Great Helmsman’s saltwater-minded successors. Nor, as it turns out, should ... read more

The National Interest4 hours ago

World War II: Why Were Italian Troops Freezing to Death Outside Stalingrad?

*Michael Peck* *World War II, Europe* Blame the megalomania of two dictators. *Here's What You Need to Know*: The Italian military was not well prepared for the Eastern Front. *Mamma mia! *Why in God's name were Italian peasants freezing to death outside Stalingrad? They should have been home eating pasta in Palermo, or veal in Venice, during that bitter winter of 1942–43. Instead, they were being trampled into the snow by waves of Soviet tanks that had materialized like demons from the freezing fogs of the vast Russian steppe. Some Italian soldiers fought, and others fled. Man... read more

The National Interest4 hours ago

The Real 'Stimulus Check' That Could Changed Your City

*Stephen Silver* *Stimulus Payments, * Most states had their budget proposals done prior to the passage of the Rescue Plan, which has led to better-than-expected revenue projections in many states. Earlier this week, The Volcker Alliance and Penn Institute for Urban Research held a special event looking at what the $350 billion in stimulus funds from the American Rescue Plan Act will mean to state and local governments that received the funds. Four people participated in the panel, per the Volcker Alliance website: National Association of State Budget Officers executive director... read more

Egyptian Chronicles5 hours ago

The Kurds Vs. Jewish Settlers : We Won’t Leave Sheikh Jarrah

Probably they have become the most famous twins in the Arab world now, Muna and Mohamed Al-Kurd of Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah are the stars of Arab Social media. The young siblings have become a new face for a new era and a new generation in the long Palestinian resistance without big slogans. Muna and Mohamed Al-Kurd along with their father Nabil and the rest of the Palestinian residents of Sheikh Jarrah are fighting for the fundamental right to stay in their own houses and not to be forcibly displaced. [image: Young Muna and Mohamed Al-Kurd, citizen journalists and bloggers si... read more

Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 25 hours ago

Musical Interlude: 2002, “A Year And A Day”

*Full screen recommended.* *2002, “A Year And A Day”* read more

Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 25 hours ago

"A Look to the Heavens"

"Distorted galaxy NGC 2442 can be found in the southern constellation of the flying fish, (Piscis) Volans. Located about 50 million light-years away, the galaxy's two spiral arms extending from a pronounced central bar give it a hook-shaped appearance. This deep color image also shows the arms' obscuring dust lanes, young blue star clusters and reddish star forming regions surrounding a core of yellowish light from an older population of stars. But the star forming regions seem more concentrated along the drawn-out (right side) spiral arm. The distorted structure is likely the result... read more

Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 25 hours ago

"Vulcan Guiding Principles"

*"Vulcan Guiding Principles"* By Moon "Ideally, do no harm. Harm speeds up the heat-death of the Universe, and indirectly, your own. More practically, do as little harm as possible. We are creations of a Universe in which entropy exists, and therefore see no way of escape, but we do not need to help it. Harm no one’s internal, invisible integrities. Leave others the privacies of their minds and lives. Intimacy remains precious only insofar as it is inviolate: invading it turns it to torment. Reach out to others courteously: accept their reaching in the same way, with careful hands.... read more