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Your Sunday Open Thread
Your Beloved Blog Editrix Turns Things Over to You, the Readers. You Say You Got Something to Say - Say It. read more
The National Interest17 hours ago
Germany Needs to Invest in Its Military to Reaffirm its Commitment to NATO*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Europe* Germany's commitment to NATO is under question. *Key point: *Germany has an important role to play in European security. The modern German armed forces, or Bundeswehr, were created just ten years after the end of World War II. Cold war tensions and the presence of Soviet troops in East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Poland made a West German defense force necessary. The Bundeswehr eventually grew to one of the largest, well-equipped armed forces in the world, boasting twelve combat divisions, hundreds of combat aircraft in the Luftwaffe (German A... read more
The National Interest17 hours ago
Why China Keeps its J-20 Stealth Fighters on Lock*David Axe* *J-20, Asia* America has adopted a similar policy regarding its own F-22 stealth fighter. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *The J-20 export-ban doesn’t mean China is giving up on the lucrative global market for radar-evading warplanes. Shortly after the J-20’s debut, the rival Shenyang Aircraft Corporation unveiled its smaller FC-31 stealth-fighter prototype. The Chinese government has never exported, nor even tried to export, its J-20 stealth fighter. There’s one major reason why. In the years immediately following the Chengdu-built J-20’s 2011 debut, Western anal... read more
The National Interest17 hours ago
Don't Underestimate How Devastating War with North Korea Would Be*Kyle Mizokami* *North Korea, Asia* The costs of a war with the Hermit Kingdom shouldn't be discounted. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Pyongyang spends most of its money on its military. Although America is more advanced, you can bet North Korea would put up a big fight. North Korea is just slightly larger than Ohio. To the south it borders South Korea, to the west it borders the Yellow Sea, and to the east it borders the Sea of Japan. To the North it shares an 880 mile border with China and a much smaller one with Russia. The southern border is heavily fortified, with a 2... read more
The National Interest17 hours ago
The United States Can't Let China Dominate the South China Sea*James Holmes* *Chinese Navy, Asia* Freedom of the sea should be a nonnegotiable. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *If Americans prefer a world of wealth and safety, they have ample reason to take an interest in Southeast Asian affairs. Abandoning the region to a Roman fate risks sacrificing our own future. It feels like 2014 again. That’s when it came to light that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) had embarked on a seemingly quixotic project: manufacturing islands out of reefs and atolls in the South China Sea and then fortifying them to extend its sway vis-à-vis Southeast A... read more
Covert Geopolitics17 hours ago
A Saudi Move to Deport Yemeni Professionals En Masse is Likely to Backfire DramaticallyThe Kingdom’s new policy has provoked resentment from Yemenis on all sides of the Saudi-led war, including Saudi allies inside the war-torn country. IBB, YEMEN — Yemeni lecturer and professor Mohammed Ali (a pseudonym, by his family’s request) was in a dazed state when he was suddenly told that he was being fired and would … Continue reading A Saudi Move to Deport Yemeni Professionals En Masse is Likely to Backfire Dramatically → read more
CFACT18 hours ago
Citizens organize to block offshore wind projectsThe Biden administration’s plans to erect a string of giant offshore wind-energy projects off the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf Coasts is encountering stiff headwinds from local residents. The post Citizens organize to block offshore wind projects appeared first on CFACT. read more
Is the BBC biased?14 hours ago
Don't be beastly to the Pakistanis!There was a fascinating interview overnight on the BBC featuring Professor C. Christine Fair. Unfortunately it also got a bit feisty when the BBC began to panic over Professor Fair's analysis and Philippa Thomas rallied to Pakistan's defence. Professor Fair was soon being talked over and eventually faded out and cut off. Here, unredacted, is the full interview, preserved for posterity: *Philippa Thomas*: Right, let's speak now to Christine Fair, Professor of Security Studies at Georgetown University in Washington. Professor Fair, thank you very much for being with us. What you mak... read more
The National Interest17 hours ago
Israel's Nuclear Subs are the Most Important Open Secret in the Middle East*Kyle Mizokami* *Israel Nuclear Weapons, Middle East* Israel's insurance policy may be on its Dolphin-class submarines. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Having three submarines in operation generally means at least one is at sea at any particular time, a necessity for a sea-based nuclear deterrent. The result is that at any given time Tehran is likely in the nuclear crosshairs of an Israeli submarine. Israel’s submarine corps is a tiny force with a big open secret: in all likelihood, it is armed with nuclear weapons. The five Dolphin-class submarines represent an ace in the ho... read more
naked capitalism17 hours ago
Links 9/5/2021CURMUDGUCATION17 hours ago
ICYMI: Labor Day 2021 Edition (9/5)Labor Day again already. Time sure flies when you're under stress and constant existential dread! But we have things to read, because these are busy times. *Jennifer Cohn: The GOP wants to take over all public school boards* I don't usually do this, but this Twitter thread is packed with informative links and info, so here you go--an unrolled thread. *No Excuses Schools: Bad Theory Created By Amateurs* Thomas Ultican looks at *Scripting the Moves*, a book about No Excuses schools and the story about how a bunch of education amateurs founded a successful business built on bad sc... read more
Age of Autism The Rebel Alliance!17 hours ago
Regardless
Source: Dictionary.com By Cathy Jameson If I did a quick internet news search for the word regardless, I am sure I’d have thousands of hits that included this statement: …regardless of vaccination status Masks are required for outdoor events regardless... Related Stories - …Because of COVID - Time To Travel! - Won’t Back Down read more
The New Dark Age18 hours ago
Afghanistan News Links 3-5 September 20215 September 2021• 10:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Taliban clashes with women protesters during rally for equal rights near presidential palace in Kabul (VIDEOS) https://www.rt.com/news/533965-afghanistan-women-rights-protest/ Back To Normal: Kabul Airport Reopened To Receive Aid, Taliban Fighters … Continue reading Afghanistan News Links 3-5 September 2021 read more
The National Interest18 hours ago
America's Military Can’t Just Retreat into Bunkers in a Pandemic*David Axe* *U.S. Military, Americas* Could one of the military's many underground complexes work as a secure headquarters from which to direct operations during a pandemic? Probably not. *Here's What You Need to Know*: If the military tried to use a bunker as a pandemic H.Q., it probably would just end up packing a bunch of infected people into an enclosed space with uninfected people. Could one of the U.S. Defense Department’s many underground complexes work as a secure headquarters from which to direct military operations during a pandemic? Probably not, according to new rep... read more
The National Interest18 hours ago
Russia's Icebreakers Mean Business For The Arctic*Robert Farley* *Russia, Arctic Ocean* The legacy systems of the Cold War have left Russia well prepared for competition over the Arctic. *Here's What You Need to Remember*: Both civilian and military ships will require the support of icebreakers in order to proceed with their regular tasks, and for the foreseeable future, Russia is best equipped to serve as the guarantor of global access to the Arctic. Over the past decade, nations bordering on the Arctic have found themselves with a big new security problem. The melting of the arctic ice has opened up shipping lanes and opport... read more
The National Interest18 hours ago
Underwater Drones Attached To Submarines Are Becoming Reality*Robert Farley* *Submarines, Pacific* Desperation offers strong motivation for innovation. *Here's What You Need to Remember*: With advances in communications and artificial intelligence, it’s not at all impossible to imagine scenarios in which SSN mothership deploy a lethal force of killer torpedoes, capable of remaining on station for days (or longer) while waiting for a victim. This requires a certain tolerance for risk, of course; even under the best of conditions operators sometimes lose control of their drones. Imagine a future in which nuclear attack submarines (SSNs) can ... read more
The New Dark Age18 hours ago
Government’s Online Safety Bill “poses greatest threat to UK free speech in living memory”, say campaignersBig Brother Watch has launched a new report warning against the “censorious” Online Safety Bill, and sounding the alarm on the rise of Big Tech speech police. read more
Bayou Renaissance Man18 hours ago
Sunday morning musicLast week someone sent me the link to a song by Mystery, a French-Canadian progressive rock band. They've been around in one form or another since 1986, but I'd never heard of them before. I listened with interest, then went on to investigate several other tracks by them. I don't know what to think. Musically, they're very competent, and certainly fall into the progressive rock category. Their music is actually very good . . . but there's a certain "sameness" about it. I think, if you were to select a dozen of their tracks at random and listen to them all, you'd feel as I ... read more
The New Dark Age18 hours ago
Why U.S. Plans For Revenge In Afghanistan May Not Succeed4 September 2021 — Moon of Alabama The U.S. does not want p[ea]ce in Afghanistan. There are two reasons for that. The first is vengefulness. That an alleged superpower gets kicked out of a country by some local guerilla is too hard to accept. That the rush to the exit has happened in a rather … Continue reading Why U.S. Plans For Revenge In Afghanistan May Not Succeed read more
The New Dark Age18 hours ago
Reflections on Events in Afghanistan-13At the daily foreign ministry briefing in Beijing on Friday, Russian correspondent of Sputnik asked spokesperson Ambassador Wang Wenbin how China viewed the Taliban decision to attack Panjshir and how this will affect the Afghan situation. read more
The New Dark Age18 hours ago
Global Breaking News on GMOs and Pesticides3 September 2021 — Sustainable Pulse Editors’ picks Breakfast at Monsanto’s Sheds Light on Health Dangers of World’s Most Used Weedkiller: Exclusive Interview Sustainable Pulse interview with Lee A. Evslin, M.D., author of the new eye-opening book Breakfast at Monsanto’s and board-certified pediatrician and Fellow in the American Academy of Pediatrics. What led to your … Continue reading Global Breaking News on GMOs and Pesticides read more
All That Is Solid ...18 hours ago
New Left Media September 2021
August is usually the quiet time in politics, but thankfully some new left media did come to prominence over the summer. Here's what caught my attention this last month. Please visit! 1. Africa, Africa! (Twitter) (YouTube channel) 2. Critical Mass (Twitter) (Facebook) (Magazine) 3. The Gentle Rambler (Twitter) (Podcast) 4. The People's Newsroom (Twitter) (Multimedia project) If you know of any new(ish) blogs, podcasts, channels, Facebook pages or whatever that haven't featured before then drop me a line via the comments, email, Facebook, or Twitter. Please note I'm looking for new... read more
Virtual Mirage19 hours ago
Sunday SermonetteCreepy Joe Takes a Lap CNN and MSNBC have been busy spinning the debacle in Afghanistan. It turns out if you listen to them that instead of a creepy, senile old man, Joe is a virile 20-year-old with a 200 IQ. Who could have guessed? Nice Pairing My Constitutional Carry is usually a […] The post Sunday Sermonette appeared first on Virtual Mirage. read more
NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT19 hours ago
The Return Of The Hockey StickBy Paul Homewood h/t Ian Magness A good, easily digestible summary of the IPCC’s latest fraudulent Hockey Stick: read more
OrientalReview.org19 hours ago
Living Large – And LongModernity is in love with time – or with a certain version of time. That version goes under the heading of the “future” and is married to notions of “progress,” “change,” “advancement,” and the like. It is inherently a version of time that appeals to those who are young, in […] read more
American Empire Exposed19 hours ago
Arming the Enemies: Disastrous Defeat in Afghanistan, US Military Takedown’s Biowarfare Death JabThe Pentagon recently announced that all US military personnel are required to be vaccinated by September 15th, or, under strict USMJ regulations, face forced vaccination: *Unit personnel will only use the amount of force necessary to assist medical personnel in administering the immunization.* From an August 10, 2021 *Associated Press* article: *In memos distributed to all troops, top Pentagon leader said the vaccine is a necessary step to maintain military readiness.* Yeah, readiness to die at any time to allow the ruling elite to render America’s defense forces incapable o... read more
The National Interest19 hours ago
How Did the Mighty Battleship Become Obsolete?*David Axe* *Battleships, World* During World War II and beyond, new technology eroded the big ships’ advantages. *Here's What You Need to Know*: All good things must come to an end. In many ways, the battleship represented the greatest-ever concentration of naval power in a single vessel. Between World War I and World War II, the big, fast, thickly-armored and heavily-armed warships dominated the world’s oceans. And then, very quickly, the battleship became practically obsolete. *Why* is a complex question — one that University of Kentucky professor Robert Farley,an occasional... read more
The National Interest19 hours ago
The Implications of China's Small-Arms Independence*Kyle Mizokami* *China, Asia* China has made remarkable advances in its small-arms technology. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *As it gradually does in all fields of armaments, China is proclaiming its independence from foreign weapon and ammunition designs with a range of modern weaponry. China’s People’s Liberation Army has traditionally relied on foreign and Communist bloc weapons manufactured in China under license—or not. Now, however, as the PLA undergoes an unprecedented modernization, a new generation of locally designed and manufactured light weaponry is arming Chin... read more
The National Interest19 hours ago
Be Pessimistic Toward China: It's Claiming Water as Territory*James Holmes* *China, Asia* China's longstanding campaign to redefine water as terrority proceeds apace. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *China has typecast itself in recent years: everything it does ends up being geared to political ends—ends that typically involve expanding its authority seaward while banishing painful memories. Past performance may be no guarantee of future results, but it’s the safest way to bet. China’s longstanding campaign to redefine water as territory—territory where the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) fiat is law—proceeds apace. Lovers of maritime... read more
Is the BBC biased?20 hours ago
Sunday morning reading*I* *The Mail on Sunday* quotes Sir Iain Duncan Smith not so quietly ripping into the BBC's Covid coverage: The vaccines are really good at stopping hospitalisation and death, yet every night we report the infection rate – why? Why does the BBC throw over every single bit of data, when Covid is about sixth on the death toll? Can we have the death toll for pneumonia while we're at it? Cancer, heart disease, liver problems? Why are we continuing with the Covid stuff on the BBC and the main news channels? It frightens people. Older people are still asking, 'Are we allowed to hug no... read more
Is the BBC biased?20 hours ago
Dame Jenni Murray on Emma Barnett's salary
Hell hath no fury like a *Woman's Hour* presenter scorned, as Dame Jenni Murray is proving. She has been interviewed by the *Sunday Telegraph'*s Louise Burke today and vents her spleen in fine fashion, coming close to sounding like a DEFUND THE BBC campaigner: How does she feel about earning less than her replacement? ‘Well that really pisses me off,’ she says. ‘I was talking to an old colleague the other night and she was saying how horrified she is at what’s being paid now. We worked so hard and had high profiles, but we didn’t earn anything like [that]. It’s more than irrita... read more
GREENIE WATCH20 hours ago
Untitled
* Climate change deniers are as slippery as those who justified the slave trade* * Nick Cohen is a moderate Leftist but he has fallen for the egotistical fallacy that what goes on in his own head goes on in most other people's. He declares skeptical arguments disproven without looking at the shallowness of the "disproofs". He is just gullible. Calling climate skeptics "cranks" just reveals him as a bigot. What he writes is a smear, not an argument* No one seems as defeated as the global warming “deniers” who dominated rightwing thinking a decade ago. Like late 18th-century oppone... read more
The Watchers » Latest articles20 hours ago
Port Fourchon - major oil and gas hub - still in 'Recovery Phase' after a direct hit by Ida, causing gas prices to rise, U.S.Category 4 Hurricane "Ida" made a direct hit to Port Fourchon, the most important oil and gas hub in the Gulf of Mexico on August 29, 2021, causing extensive damage and putting the facility in 'Recovery Phase.' Ida's impacts to Port Fauchron...... Read more » read more
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