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THEY CALL IT NEGATIVE PARTISANSHIP FOR A REASON
I want to be reassured by this study, which FiveThirtyEight told us about yesterday, but I don't think it offers much comfort. *Trump May Be Even More Unpopular Than His Approval Rating Shows* ... does the standard presidential approval question actually capture what voters think of Trump’s job performance? There are several reasons it might not tell the full story. ... we ... have worked to develop a hopefully more nuanced approach to measuring presidential approval, where we ask respondents how favorably they feel toward Trump *relative* to other notable Republicans. ... responde... more »
"How It Really Is"
"The fact that these foolish people are often stubborn must not blind us to the fact that they are not independent. In conversation with them, one virtually feels that one is dealing not at all with them as a person, but with slogans, catchwords, and the like that have taken possession of them. They are under a spell, blinded, misused, and abused in their very being. Having thus become a mindless tool, the foolish person will also be capable of any evil and at the same time incapable of seeing that it is evil. This is where the danger of diabolical misuse lurks, for it is this that ... more »
The First Test for Chief Justice Roberts? McConnell's Organizing Resolution for Impeachment
Sen. Chuck Grassley administers the oath of office to Chief Justice John Roberts in the opening of the impeachment trial of Donald Trump. (U.S. Senate) Hed: The First Test for Chief Justice Roberts? McConnell's Organizing Resolution for Impeachment Byline: Margaret Taylor Summary: How the chief justice deals with the question of whether the Senate will hear new evidence and testimony could illuminate how aggressive a role he intends to play throughout the trial. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has passed the articles of impeachment to the Senate, the senators have sworn ... more »
Weekend reads: An ugly fight in nutrition research; embezzling scientists; eyebrow-raising papers in China
Before we present this week’s Weekend Reads, a question: Do you enjoy our weekly roundup? If so, we could really use your help. Would you consider a tax-deductible donation to support Weekend Reads, and our daily work? Thanks in advance. The week at Retraction Watch featured: A new member of the 100-retraction club; A reviewer caught … Continue reading Weekend reads: An ugly fight in nutrition research; embezzling scientists; eyebrow-raising papers in China
INTERVIEW: Mohammad Marandi on America’s Miscalculation with Iran
*21WIRE* | Will Washington's gambit work, or has it finally cashed-in its last imperialist chips?
Why Russia Doesn't Like (Or Have) Many Aircraft Carriers
*Robert Farley* *Security, Europe* [image: https://pictures.reuters.com/archive/US-YEMEN-SECURITY-USA-NAVY-TM3EB4L0QOJ01.html] Not enough money? *Key point:* Moscow does not have the means or the industrial capacity to build them. It is possible, that if Russia wants carriers if may need to purchase them from another country- maybe China? Historically a land power, the Soviet Union grappled with the idea of a large naval aviation arm for most of its history, eventually settling on a series of hybrid aircraft carriers. Big plans for additional ships died with the Soviet collapse... more »
This Imperial Japanese Soldier Kept Fighting World War II Until 1974
*Warfare History Network* *History, * And he wasn't the last to surrender. *Key point:* His first words upon landing in his homeland were, “I am greatly embarrassed to return.” The Japanese empire was a fine place for young Hiro Onoda. In 1939, at age 17, he hired on with a lacquerware company that posted him to Hankow (Wuhan) in Japanese-occupied China. There, he visited suppliers by day and danced the night away with obliging Chinese women. His idyllic world, along with that of countless others, came to an abrupt end in December 1941. Japan opened up a new front in her war ag... more »
Why Did This California Farmer End Up in Court For Growing Wheat?
*Kevin Mooney* *Politics, Americas* [image: A view shows ears of wheat in a field owned by the] The Army Corps of Engineers came after him. *Key Point:* What’s particularly alarming to LaPant and other farmers familiar with his case is that in their view the Corps saw fit to modify the Clean Water Act without congressional approval. No one told Jack LaPant that he could be in violation of the Clean Water Act for farming his own land. That’s mostly because the federal law includes a clear exemption for “normal” farming activities. But it’s also because the government officials L... more »
Behind America's Plan To Buy 21 Russian MiG-29 Jet Fighters
*Robert Beckhusen* *Security, * A great opportunity. *Key Point: *This is how U.S. pilots learn. The MiG-29 was a maneuverable, deadly aircraft for its time. When the Soviet Union collapsed in late 1991, the newly independent states within its former domain inherited enormous stockpiles of weapons the Red Army left behind. One of the most interesting cases involved the air force of the tiny former Soviet republic of Moldova. The new republic’s inventory consisted of 34 MiG-29 Fulcrums, eight Mi-8 Hip helicopters and a handful of transport aircraft — a sizeable force for such a ... more »
Inside Look: How America Makes Its F-35 Stealth Fighter
*Kris Osborn* *Security, * From inside the factory. *Key point:* Reducing the heat emissions, or thermal signature, is also known to be of vital importance to preserving stealth. (Ft. Worth, Texas) -- Filled with stacks of fuselage panels, engine components and a wide assortment of pipes, electronics and avionics, the spralling F-35 construction facility in Ft. Worth, Texas, resembles a small city filled with engineers, mechanics, electricians and airplanes at various stages of construction. While some stations include vertically-hanging airplane wings, rudders, pipes and intri... more »
There's Something Missing from Trump's China Deal: Opioids
*Roger Bate* *Politics, Americas* [image: A discarded syringe is seen under a bridge on Lester Avenue in Johnson City, New York, U.S., April 7, 2018. Picture taken April 7, 2018. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly] Let's hope they deal with it soon. The Phase One trade deal finalized earlier this week has resolved a few areas of dispute between the two largest economies in the world. But President Trump’s hawkish trade adviser, Peter Navarro, says much remains to be done. And that includes dealing with the illicit opioid trade, and especially the trade in the potentially lethal fentanyl and fe... more »
Need a Gun For Home Defense? Here's Our Picks
*Gun News Daily* *Security, * [image: A woman handles a gun inside of the Sig Sauer booth during the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S., April 28, 2019. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson] In 2020, protect yourself. *Key point:* While rifles are more accurate and shotguns more powerful, handguns are more than accurate enough for close to mid-range encounters and are able to be drawn *quickly *when your life depends on it. If you’re looking for an *effective home-defense weapon*, handguns are one of the most popular choices. *Why do so many people ... more »
Texas: A Problem And A Solution, A Solution To A Problem Democrats Have Almost Everywhere
Before running for Congress to replace Rep. McCaul in TX-10, Mike Siegel was best known in Texas as the lead lawyer for the City of Austin in the statewide legal battle over Texas Senate Bill 4, a "show me your papers" anti-immigrant law passed after Trump took office in 2017. Mike recently announced the endorsement of Jolt Action, a powerful statewide organization devoted to engaging Latino youth in electoral politics. Yesterday, Mike told me that in Texas, "Democrats often say 'this isn't a red state, it's a non-voting state.' That's why my campaign is focused on broadening the ... more »
Ike Was Right
“In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists, and will persist. Now this conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new […]
Presidential Candidates tell us which party is really diverse
At this point in the 2016 election Republicans had black, female, hispanic, orange, and white candidates. Today Democrats have only white candidates, several of whom are rich. Unless you count Elizabeth Warren who lied about being native American to steal jobs from real native Americans for decades. https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/01/the-week-in-pictures-habemus-impeachmus-edition.php As they say you no longer need a color TV to watch the Democrat presidential debates.
Lev Parnas is the Julie Swetnick of impeachment
Back when Democrats were doing what they do about Kavanaugh, that is lie endlessly to keep a good man from being appointed to the Supreme Court because he won't contort the Constitution to allow Democrats to impose their will on we the people, they produced Julie Swetnick. She claimed to have witnessed Kavanaugh participating in gang rapes. Well she actually said that she saw him at parties where girls were gang raped. While Democrats and the #FakeNews media treated her claims as credible huge problems appeared including: - If she saw gang rapes of young girls at multiple part... more »
Trump, Prayer and School
Donald Trump yesterday took the very Trumpian action of solving a problem that didn't actually exist until he made it up, in this case involving religion and education (two things in which he appears to have no actual interest). But hurray-- after today, students and teachers are free to pray in schools, which they were also free to do yesterday and last week and last year, etc etc etc. That's why accounts have said it "updates" or "reinforces" the rules-- because it doesn't actually change a thing. There is one new wrinkle in today's decree-- school's now have to provide a means of... more »
Impeachment trial senators swear an oath aimed at guarding 'against malice, falsehood, and evasion'
Susan P. Fino, Professor of Political Science, Wayne State University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 12 hours ago
As the Trump impeachment trial plays out in the Senate, the 100 lawmakers there are required by law to abide by a special oath.
Rap Superstar Akon Creates World’s First ‘Crypto City’ in Africa to Fight Controlled Economy
[image: akon]Grammy-winning rapper Akon is going head to head with corruption and war in Africa by starting his own city that will function outside the corruption.
WATCH: Cops Mistake Medical Emergency for Drug Use, Viciously Beat Man with Batons
[image: medical]A Florida man was beaten and hospitalized in critical condition for not following police orders while reportedly having a medical emergency.
EU bails on JCPOA. UN sanctions set to snapback on Iran (Video)
The Duran Quick Take: Episode 436. More The post EU bails on JCPOA. UN sanctions set to snapback on Iran (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
Russian-Indian Produced BrahMos Missiles to Give the Philippines More Independence
BrahMos Missiles Can Help Turn India into a Weapons Exporter More The post Russian-Indian Produced BrahMos Missiles to Give the Philippines More Independence appeared first on The Duran.
Putin Updates Russian Constitution as Western Media Tries to Catch Up
As Putin prepares the country for when he leaves office, the western media can’t accept there is no hidden strategy... More The post Putin Updates Russian Constitution as Western Media Tries to Catch Up appeared first on The Duran.
Why does Planned Parenthood need taxpayer dollars when it's spending $45 million to elect Democrats
We know now why Democrats are so hell bent on sending around a half a billion dollars of your money each year to abortion giant Planned Parenthood; PP is going to spend around $45 million in 2020 to help elect Democrats. Like much of Federal funding since money is fungible the massive government funding of the countries leading abortion giant allows PP to use voluntary donations to keep Democrats in office and ensure that abortion is legal for any reason at any time including shortly after birth. That's right. Democrats in the Senate voted against a bill that said that a born alive... more »
US lawmakers call for more marijuana research, some Cresco Lab employees in IL unionize, Trulieve addresses short sellers & more
U.S. lawmakers and experts tell a congressional panel that the federal government needs more cannabis research, some marijuana employees in Illinois vote to unionize, Trulieve refutes a short-seller report – and more of the week’s top MJ business news. What’s the role of expanded marijuana research in federal reform? With strong bipartisan support, lawmakers […] US lawmakers call for more marijuana research, some Cresco Lab employees in IL unionize, Trulieve addresses short sellers & more is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabi... more »
Little Women the movies
My friend Bev and I took a break from our busy lives and took in a movie yesterday, *Little Women* (2019). We both enjoyed it, but wondered about the actor cast as Laurie, Timothée Hal Chalamet. He's 24 and looks 12. Saoirse Una Ronan who plays Jo is 25 and looks a little older. Both are not household names, I suppose because no one can pronounce them. I had a problem seeing what's-his-name as a dissolute, worldly man and global traveler. Using Jo's messy hair to show her wokeness as a contrast to her more authentically correct sisters also struck me as tiresome, but overall it w... more »
All That Is Gold Does Not Glitter
On Wednesday, January 15, Speaker Nutsy Nancy Pelosi gleefully put her chicken scratch on the House’s articles of impeachment. She signed her name with special order pens bearing her signature in gold and delivered on a silver tray….. (was the delay in signing hinged on their arrival ?) She then, with much ceremony, gave the pens to the seven Democrats serving as “impeachment managers” during the Senate trial. As Nutsy had previously described, it was a “Sad and somber time for America.”” The articles were then promptly marched to the Senate floor……. That same day, President Trump s... more »
French Popular Uprising: Revolution or Frozen Conflict?
This conflict is essentially over policies that put the avaricious demands of financial markets ahead of the needs of the people, writes Diana Johnstone.
France News Links 11-18 January 2020
18 January 2020 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Patrick Armstrong on the Russian Reshuffle https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2020/01/18/patrick-armstrong-on-the-russian-reshuffle/ Are France’s unions even trying to win the General Strike? http://thesaker.is/are-frances-unions-even-trying-to-win-the-general-strike/ Iran – The EU-three Trigger Dispute Mechanism in Iran Nuclear Deal … Continue reading France News Links 11-18 January 2020
Impeachment is a badge of honor for Trump
According to the Constitution a President is only to be impeached if he commits a crime: *The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.* Yet the Democrat articles of impeachment against Trump mention no crimes. Rather what Democrats are doing is ignoring the Constitution and trying to remake America into a more European parliamentary form of government where whichever party controls the Congress gets a veto on who the people can e... more »
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From Jenna Orkin U.S. warship transits Taiwan Strait less than week after election After more than 48 hours of silence, Pompeo says State will investigate possible surveillance of ex-US ambassador Emails Reveal U.S. Justice Dept. Working Closely with Oil Industry to Oppose Climate Lawsuits Fed Fuels Rise in Assets Via ‘Derivative’ of QE, Kaplan SaysIran rocket attack on Iraqi military base injured 11 US service members, official reveals Huge Debt Got Us Hooked on Petrodollars — and on Saudi Arabia The Wood Wide Web Amazon Juggernaut Forces Retail Giants To Flee Times Square The 20 co... more »
The Left Wants to Use Lev Parnas Against Trump. Can He Be Trusted?
*Fred Lucas* *Politics, Americas* [image: Ukrainian-American businessman Lev Parnas, an associate of President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, arrives for a bail hearing at the Manhattan Federal Court in New York, U.S., December 17, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/] He has an interesting past... An associate of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, one of the president’s personal lawyers, is the left’s new hero going into the Senate impeachment trial. He is a native of Ukraine named Lev Parnas, and he and his business partner were arrested in October as they appeared... more »
NATO Was Going To Sink Soviet Submarines With...Magnet Bombs?
*Steve Weintz* *Security, * [image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Soviet_and_Russian_submarine_classes#/media/File:India_class.jpg] Could this plan have worked? *Key Point:* This plan was not workable on a large scale. At the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union had so many hundreds of deadly submarines at sea that Western war planners willing to try almost any possible countermeasure, however goofy sounding. Some seemingly crazy ideas proved actually worthwhile, such as the underwater Sound Surveillance System—a vast chain of seafloor microphones that patiently lis... more »
Oregon Fined Them $135k For Quoting A Bible Verse. They're Fighting Back.
*Keisha Russell* *Politics, Americas* [image: A wedding cake is decorated with messages from guests at a ceremony to celebrate the wedding of Paul Katami and Jeff Zarrillo at Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California June 28, 2014.] Wedding cakes are a fight, again. Did Oregon officials violate their duty to remain neutral on matters of religion when they ordered Christian bakers Aaron and Melissa Klein to pay $135,000 for declining to create a custom same-sex wedding cake, a move that crushed the small, family-owned business? That’s the question that the Oregon Court of... more »
Serious Design Flaw: You Can See Russia's Aircraft Carrier from Miles Away
*Charlie Gao* *Security, Eurasia* [image: A photo taken from a Norwegian surveillance aircraft shows Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov in international waters off the coast of Northern Norway on October 17, 2016. 333 Squadron, Norwegian Royal Airforce/NTB Scanpix/Handout via Reuters] It's not a subtle ship... *Key point: *These thick, heavy fuels were, by and large, the standard for both military and commercial vessels up until the 1960s and 1970s. For most sailors who served on the *Admiral Kuznetzov*, Mazut is the stuff of legends. The ultra thick, tarry black substanc... more »
Israel's F-35i 'Adir' Stealth Fighter Is a Beast (And Now A Second Squadron Is Ready)
*Seth J. Frantzman* *Security, * Iran, you might want to read this. Israel unveiled its second F-35i squadron to coincide with the new year at its Nevatim Airbase where its F-35s are based. This is a milestone for Israel which received its first F-35s in 2016 and declared its first squadron operation in December 2017. Israel’s F-35i is a modified version with unique features. Israel is expected to acquire at least 50 of the Lockheed Martin jets amid rising tension with Iran. It fulfills Israel’s desire to have a qualitative military edge over adversaries throughout the Middle E... more »
RIP, Aircraft Carriers: Russia is Planning Anti-Ship Missile Ambushes
*Michael Peck* *Security, Europe* And what does the U.S. Navy have to say about this? Russia plans to combine surface ships and land-based anti-ship missiles to create maritime ambushes for unwary ships. In this duo, the firepower is provided by P-800 Onyx shore-based anti-ship missiles. Cueing in the missiles will be Bykov-class corvettes that will detect enemy ships and then forward the coordinates to mobile BRK Bastion coastal defense installations armed with supersonic Onyx missiles. The idea is that the Onyx batteries, with their radars turned off, can move undetected into ... more »
What Would Pierre Do?
We live in a chaotic world -- not unlike the beginning of the 1980's. Pierre Elliott Trudeau was prime minister then. And Tony Burman wonders what Trudeau the Elder would do in the present circumstances: Last October marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of Pierre Trudeau. To mark this milestone, Massey College at the University of Toronto last Friday organized a conference exploring Trudeau’s approach to foreign policy while he was prime minister. It examined what enduring relevance Trudeau’s world view has for today’s chaotic world. This is a question that comes at a critica... more »
Smear pieces won't help the NWO Globalists when they have to face the mountain of facts convicting them in court, including a paper in The Lancet they are trying to hide
*A hit piece on people highlighting information about vaccine risks has been shared by Helen Branswell on her twitter feed. But let s see how far smear tactics get them as the evidence to convict them reaches the courts. * *https://twitter.com/helenbranswell?lang=de* *https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/marketplace-anti-vaccination-hidden-camera-washington-1.5429805?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar* *That Ebola scam appears to rely on unhappening a paper published in the Lancet on July 2015 stating that the Merck vaccine causes Ebola.* *https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6... more »
The Kantian Bridge Between the Enlightenment and Romanticism
Immanuel Kant is a transitional figure between the Enlightenment and German Romanticism. With his philosophy, he completed the Enlightenment, but he also served as an inspiration for the German Romantics, who undermined the Enlightenment by rejecting the rationalism and scientism of the Enlightenment philosophers. In his *Critique of Pure Reason*, Kant is aiming to investigate why reason, which is a success in science and mathematics, has brought skepticism and disagreements on the questions of metaphysics, religion, and ethics. He notes that reason is successful in science and math... more »
Chapter 32 England’s Asian Grooming Gang Epidemic: The Perfect Cover Hiding the VIP Pedo-Network
By sheer number of victims alone, for the last forty-five years, criminal grooming gangs across Britain have allegedly been committing what is now being called the nation’s worst child sex abuse scandal ever in UK history, [1] claiming near 19,000 child victims in 2019 alone.[2] In all, perhaps as many as a million victims, predominantly British white girls, are estimated to have been sexually abused in recent decades.[3] Despite these gangs operating with virtual impunity since the mid-1970s, it wasn’t until 2011 that Britons even heard of Asian grooming gangs comprised of British ... more »
Editor's Note
Taking some R&R today. Blogging will return this evening.
Saturday Snippet: "The Night Life of the Gods"
Thorne Smith was an American satirical author who flourished in the first half of last century. Two of his books were made into successful Hollywood films, and his acerbic humor and biting wit made him a best-seller. Many of his books are still in print. One of my favorites among his novels is "The Night Life of the Gods". Very briefly, Smith's protagonist, Hunter Hawk, and his light o' love, Megaera, bring to life a number of statues of the Greek and Roman gods in a New York museum. They then set about introducing the now-living gods to modern city life. The results are hys... more »
By Concentrating More On......A Quotation by M.N. Hopkins
*By concentrating more on that which is best within oneself, one concentrates on what is best within the human community. By doing so, one brings balance to oneself and balance to others.* *© **M.N. Hopkins* *To read more of my poems & quotations, please click on the link below:* *Poems & Quotations by M.N. Hopkins* *or visit:* *Pinterest*
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. - Dion Rabouin offers a reminder that corporate tax giveaways don't do anything to help the economy beyond the interests of wealthy shareholders. And Nicole Aschoff discusses the importance of building a model for progressive globalism to counter the reach of international capital. - Meanwhile, PressProgress notes that the Libs' Infrastructure Bank is siding squarely with the latter by looking to turn municipal water supplies into fodder for corporate operators. - Nicholas Kristoff and Sheryn WuDunn write about the deaths of despair whic... more »
William and Kate should pick up the phone and get my case in Greece sorted out today, world sick and tired of their Ebola antics
*Prince William and Kate should take their own advice and stop pretending they do not have huge problems connected with the decompartmentalization of people all around the world due to information on the internet, information implicating also them in plot to depopulate the world using a risky Ebola jab, and pick up the phone to Theoktisti in Greece and tell her to settle out of court today.* *The fact that I have to keep stating the obvious is not a hopeful sign, dear readers. The fact they still refuse to stop trying to murder me is proof that the NWO Globalists really do intend t... more »
Bumper sticker solutions
Bumper sticker solutions may get people elected, but they rarely solve problems. Most problems are complex and multi-faceted. And, some bumper sticker solutions don’t address the greater causes. The most obvious example is “Build that wall.” Building a wall was … Continue reading →
$76 million funding package aimed at tackling Australian tourism's 'biggest challenge in living memory'
Just In - 15 hours ago
The Federal Government announces a tourism recovery package to provide an "urgent injection" of funds for Australia's tourism industry in the wake of this summer's bushfire crisis.
Four new pneumonia cases sparks concern ahead of busy Chinese New Year travel period
Just In - 15 hours ago
China reports four more cases of pneumonia believed to be caused by a new coronavirus strain, causing rising concern globally that a disease health officials do not yet fully understand could spread during the busy Chinese New Year.
Is There Anything That Ruger's SR22 Handgun Can't Do?
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * Let's test that. *Key point: *The SR22 is a well balanced rimfire pistol that can do a little bit of everything, from target shooting at the range to light hunting and even home defense. The field of rimfire pistols is a crowded one, with a large variety of pistols to choose from. The Ruger SR22 pistol manages to stand out by combining a modern look with versatility to match the user, from the ability to customize the pistol’s ergonomics to the installation of threaded barrels. The result is a pistol at home with target shooters or home defense enth... more »
Real-Life Iron Man? China is Developing Military Exoskeletons.
*Michael Peck* *Security, Asia* With America and Russia developing exoskeletons—essentially the powered armor suits depicted in science fiction and superhero films like Starship Troopers and Iron Man—it was inevitable that China would follow suit. China has joined the Great Exoskeleton Arms Race. With America and Russia developing exoskeletons—essentially the powered armor suits depicted in science fiction and superhero films like *Starship Troopers *and* Iron Man*—it was inevitable that China would follow suit. In October 2019, the People’s Liberation Army’s Army Equipment Depa... more »
Here's How The F-35 Can Help Marines Sink Enemy Navies
*David Axe* *Security, * New missiles meet new stealth jets. *Key point: *In wartime, a Marine rocket battery could quickly deploy to one island aboard Marine or Air Force transports and lob a few rockets at Chinese ships while the transports idled nearby. The U.S. Marine Corps wants new missiles so its forces can help the U.S. Navy to sink enemy ships. And it wants them soon, *according to* Megan Eckstein, reporting for USNI News. "There’s a ground component to the maritime fight," Gen. Robert Neller, the Marine Corps commandant, said at a February 2019 conference in San Diego... more »
Is 2020 Really 1940 for the U.S. Navy?
*James Holmes* *Security, * To a degree, anyway. Back then naval grandees, administration officials, and lawmakers discerned grave dangers gathering along the Western European and East Asian rimlands and resolved to rebuild American military might to manage them. Today naval grandees, administration officials, and lawmakers discern grave dangers gathering along the East Asian rimland and are saying the right things about rebuilding American maritime might to manage them. It’s beginning to feel like 1940 for the U.S. Navy. To a degree, anyway. Back then naval grandees, administrat... more »
Will Cheap Laser-Guided Rockets Give F-16 Fighters An Affordable Weapon to Kill Drone Swarms and Cruise Missiles?
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * You can't kill the 'falcon'. On December 19, 2019 an F-16 Fighting Falcon single-engine jet fighter from the 85th Test & Evaluation Squadron used a single laser-guided rocket (see video here) to down a BQM-167 Skeeter drone over the Gulf of Mexico. The Skeeter conveniently emulates the profile and performance of a subsonic land-attack cruise missile.A companion article looks at how F-16s are being upgraded with new AN/APG-83 radars that will greatly enhance their effectiveness against small, low-flying targets like cruise missiles and drones. Th... more »
Many Aircraft Don't Survive Long, But Russia's MiG-21 Might Last A Century
*Robert Farley* *Security, * Really. *Key point:* The MiG-21 will easily reach sixty, however, and probably seventy without breaking a sweat. It remains one of the iconic fighters of the supersonic age. Military aircraft can have notoriously short lifespans, especially during periods of technological ferment. The most elite aircraft of World War I could become obsolete in a matter of months. Things weren’t much different in World War II. And at the dawn of the jet age, entire fleets of aircraft became passé as technologies matured. The advanced fighters that fought in the skies... more »
How It Is Possible That the Marines' CH-53K King Stallion Helicopter Costs More Than the F-35?
*Jared Keller* *Technology, Americas* [image: https://pictures.reuters.com/archive/GERMANY-AIRSHOW--RC1F67B9EF90.html] Outrageous. *Key point: *At least the F-35 was a powerful stealth fighter, but the Marines' new helicopter costs more and has tons of problems. What happens if they can't fix all of its problems? The Pentagon believes that the Marine Corps' new CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter — which at, $144 million apiece, costs more than the notoriously expensive F-35A Lightning II joint strike fighter, is "the most powerful helicopter the United States has ever f... more »
This Movie Might Show the World What the Next Big War Could Look Like
*Charlie Gao* *Security, Americas* [image: https://external-preview.redd.it/3KBzHe6PDNIc7tPFiUNFEc09i1OqaJN3ymVv2m-v8Jk.jpg?auto=webp&s=4d3a41f009efc1519d119a98b9ce27031d0d42b1] It would be fast, it would be fierce and it would be deadly. The pedagogical value of short films for military recruits is well known to the Finnish Defence Forces (FDF). In some units, every class sees some short films that are meant to prepare them in some way for their jobs as soldiers. One of the most prolific of these films is Taistelukenttä, or Battlefield, which has achieved near legendary status ... more »
India’s Tejas Fighter Just Performed Its First Carrier Landing—Does a Twin-Engine Model Have a Future in the Indian Navy?
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Eurasia* [image: Reuters] Or not... At 10:02 A.M. over the Arabian Sea on January 11, 2020, Commodore Jaideep Maolankar extended the arrestor hook on his delta-wing Tejas single-engine jet fighter and powered towards INS *Vikramaditya, *a former Soviet aircraft carrier refitted at great expense and commissioned into Indian Navy service in 2013. The thirteen-ton jet’s reinforced landing gear absorbed the shock as it hit the flight deck, and its arrestor hook snagged the first of three wire cables. The cable stretched forward, arresting the Tejas’s ... more »
French protestors trap Macron in a theatre, Macron's candidate for the EC Ursula von der Leyen has allowed the risky Ebola vaccine to be licensed for the first time
*A new era, a new strategy for dealing with Globalist kingpins and controlled opposition inside organizations like union, involving social media and personal confrontation...* *Emmanual Macron has to take the blame for the Ebola jab. He and Victor Orban joined forces to hoist the unelected Ursula von der Leyen into power as the head of the EC. She was barely in office, then the EMA gave a license to a very dangerous Ebola jab. That didn t happen under Jean Claude Juncker for all his faults.* *From The Telegraph* *Emmanuel Macron’s Friday night theatre outing came to a disagreeabl... more »
British teenager appeals in Israeli gang rape case, pattern of judicial abuse same as my own. Jeff Epstein style Mossad agents behind both cases?
*The lawyers of the British teenager raped by a gang of Israeli teenagers have filed an expedited appeal at the Supreme Court in Cyprus. * *And we can be 99% certain she was raped just looking at the enormous effort made by police to stop a due process investigation. Innocent people have nothing to fear from due process. Only the guilty do.* *The gang clearly also have a lot of political clout in Israel which is being used to help them escape justice in Cyprus. The Independent has an interesting piece on Israel s new pipeline.* *https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/cyprus-gang-ra... more »
UK home secretary defends naming Extinction Rebellion as extremist
The inclusion of climate activists Extinction Rebellion (XR) by police in a guide to “ideological extremism” marks a serious escalation of the assault on democratic rights.
Why There Are Seven Days In A Week
Waiting for the weekend can often seem unbearable, a whole seven days between Saturdays. Having seven days in a week has been the case for a very long time, and so people don’t often stop to ask why. Most of our time reckoning is due to the movements of the planets, Moon and stars. Our day is equal to one full rotation of the Earth around its axis. Our year is a rotation of the Earth around the Sun, which takes 364 and ¼ days, which is why we add an extra day in February every four years, for a leap year. read more
Reasons To Be Cheerful, Reasons To Be Miserable... In The Age Of Trump
Christopher Ingraham wrote up a Gallup polling report for the *Washington Post* that shows "the Trump era has ushered in the largest happiness gap between white and nonwhite Americans in nearly two decades. More than 90 percent of white Americans," wrote Ingraham, "say they are 'very' or 'fairly' happy these days, a number that has held steady since the early 2000s. Seventy-seven percent of nonwhites can say the same, which is 11 percentage points lower than the last time Gallup posed the question, early in the Obama years." For most of the past two decades, whites and nonwhite... more »
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