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France’s Surrender To Nazi Germany: Did It Really Need to Happen?
Robert Farley, The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, Americas* France surrendered to the Nazis in 1940 for complex reasons. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The eventual course of World War II put an especially bad light on the decision of the French military and political hierarchy to cease resistance against Germany. Even without foreknowledge of the German disaster in Russia, however, the French had meaningful means to resist Germany, and to continue to put pressure on the Nazi regime. France surrendered to the Nazis in 1940 for complex reasons. The proximate cause, of course, was the success of th...
What the Western Media Gets Wrong About Islam
Stuart Chambers, The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Stuart Chambers* *Religion, The Americas* The main assertion that Muslims largely support extremist violence is groundless. Although anti-Muslim sentiments certainly existed long before 2001, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the response to them intensified anti-Muslim tropes, namely the presumption that Islam is inherently violent or that Muslims have a propensity for terrorism. Since 9/11, specific individuals have turned Islamophobia into an industry, scapegoating Muslims to further their own agendas. Like other forms of intolerance, however, Islamophobia can be objectivel...
Why Did Biden Use a Giant Bible?
Samuel L. Boyd, The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Samuel L. Boyd* *Religion, The Americas* Religious symbols, used both in the service of the presidential transfer of power and also violent protests, demonstrate how deeply religion can motivate people in society and influence their actions politically. The Bible featured prominently in the inauguration. In fact, three were used in the swearing-in ceremonies – Kamala Harris used both Thurgood Marshall’s and one belonging to a friend; Joseph Biden used a 128-year-old family Bible. About two weeks earlier, on Jan. 6, rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol also held Bibles as a nod ...
Two Aircraft Carriers Are Central To The Royal Navy’s New Maritime Strategy
David Axe, The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, Europe* HMS Queen Elizabeth, the first of the two new carriers, is scheduled to deploy for the first time in 2021. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *If the reorganization succeeds, the Royal Navy will evolve from a thinly but widely spread force to one that deploys to fewer places at a time, but does so in greater concentration. The Royal Navy would become what Tony Radakin, the new first sea lord, called “a proper, carrier task group navy.” *More From The National Interest: * *Yes, America Has a ‘Ninja’ Missile * *How China Could Sink a U.S. Navy Aircr...
Why America Fears the Creation of Chinese Military Bases in Cambodia
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Security, Asia* Phnom Penh has maintained what has been described as a “cozy relationship" with Beijing for many years, but it was only last year that the controversy over the Ream Naval Base on the Gulf of Thailand intensified when reports circulated that China was seeking a thirty-year lease of the base. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The presence of a base in Cambodia on the Gulf of Thailand would provide the PLAN with a new southern flank in the South China Sea but also improve its ability to respond to any conflict near the highly strategic Strait of Mala...
Your Sunday Open Thread
Diogenes Sarcastica™, Diogenes' Middle Finger - 16 hours ago
Your Beloved Blog Editrix turns things over to you, the readers. Post your links. Say your piece.
Carried Away
Age of Autism, AGE OF AUTISM - 17 hours ago
By Cathy Jameson This memory is from an unfortunate event that happened back in 2015. Meltdowns aren’t ancient history for us yet, which is why we continue to work hard to give Ronan the language he needs. Communication is key....
Untitled
jonjayray, EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 17 hours ago
* Missouri diversity session tells teachers 'colorblindness,' 'all lives matter' are forms of white supremacy* 'Claiming reverse-racism' and 'calling the police on Black people' also qualify Newly released materials shed light on a training session in which Missouri middle school teachers were pressured to endorse certain ideas about race and told that "covert" white supremacy included things like "colorblindness." Handouts leaked to Discovery Institute researcher Chris Rufo showed an "oppression matrix" with an effective hierarchy of social groups, along with a handout delineati...
Environment Agency Blames Storm Christoph On Climate Change!
Paul Homewood, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 17 hours ago
By Paul Homewood It did not take long for the Environment Agency to blame Storm Christoph on climate change! . The flooding caused by Storm Christoph is a harbinger of worsening “climate shocks” in the UK, the chair of the Environment Agency has warned. England and Wales faced a deluge this week […]
A Few Questions for Biden Supporters
Robert, Small Dead Animals - 18 hours ago
This revelation seems very strange: President Biden has revoked a Trump-era executive order that sought to keep foreign countries and companies out of America’s bulk power systems – principally entities associated with the Chinese Communist Party – as part of his “Executive Order on Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle… Continue reading →
Common Law courts to adjudicate replacing Labor and Liberal star chambers
Editor, cairnsnews, Cairns News - 18 hours ago
by staff writers Political parties have usurped Constitutional government in Australia over at least the past four decades replacing it with corporate governance by removing the Crown and replacing it with the Queen of Australia. There is no such lawful entity. Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam in 1972 started the rot and successive Prime Ministers […]
Russian naval fleet stalks US warship in the Black Sea
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 19 hours ago
[image: Russian naval fleet stalks US warship in the Black Sea] Russia’s Black Sea Fleet has begun tracking the movements of the US Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG-75) that entered the Black Sea, Russia’s National Defense Control Center said on Saturday. “The Black Sea Fleet’s radars have begun tracking the movements of the US Navy’s guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook that entered the Black Sea on January 23, 2021,” the center said. USS Donald Cook entered the Black Sea on November 23, 2020, when it was also escorted by the Black Sea F...
Middle East Council of Churches calls on new US President to lift sanctions on Syria
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 19 hours ago
[image: Middle East Council of Churches calls on new US President to lift sanctions on Syria] BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:45 A.M.) – The Council of Eastern Churches and the heads of churches and religious authorities called on US President Joe Biden to “abolish the unilateral coercive measures imposed on the Syrian people, which increases their suffering.” In a message to Biden on the occasion of his assumption to the presidency, the council and religious leaders said: “Once again, in defense of human rights and human dignity, the Middle East Council of Churches renews its call for the abo...
If poor countries go unvaccinated, a study says, rich ones will pay
zedie, SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 20 hours ago
If poor countries go unvaccinated, a study says, rich ones will pay https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/if-poor-countries-go-unvaccinated-a-study-says-rich-ones-will-pay/articleshow/80431540.cms Download Economic Times App to stay updated with Business News – https://etapp.onelink.me/tOvY/135dde21
Compulsory vaccination and associated penalties for refusal are unlawful
Editor, cairnsnews, Cairns News - 21 hours ago
Kick out the fascists of the Liberal and Labor Parties for promulgating a false Covid pandemic by TrueBlue Observer| https://cirnow.com.au/1946-referendum-denied-government-power-to-medically-test/ The Commonwealth Constitution of Australia states categorically that Political Party ‘Governments’ cannot force compulsory vaccination upon the public. This section cannot be altered and any penalties such as banning kids from school or a loss […]
Amazon said that a mail election raised the risk of fraud and the coercion of workers.
Bob Dinn, balance10 - 21 hours ago
The world’s largest online retailer said that a mail election raised the risk of fraud and the coercion of workers. It also said the process would depress turnout, arguing that as many as 29% of its more than 5,800 employees eligible to vote wouldn’t do so or would return incorrectly completed ballots. Amazon had proposed holding the election in a heated tent set up in the facility’s parking lot and offered use of software designed to enforce social distancing. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-22/am...
Königgrätz: This Decisive Prussian Victory Set the Stage for the Rise of Germany
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 18 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* Helmuth von Moltke’s complex strategy to defeat the Austrian Army required to Prussian princes to adhere to its principles to ensure its success. *Here's What You Need to Know*: The creation of the German empire substantially altered the balance of power on the European continent and set the stage for two catastrophic world wars in the coming century. The Prussian soldiers had been awake long before sunup on the morning of July 3, 1866, and were marching downhill to the Bystrice River in the rolling countryside of Bohemia, 65 miles east...
Rheinmetall's Boxer is One of Europe's Toughest Fighting Vehicles
Caleb Larson, The National Interest - 18 hours ago
*Caleb Larson* *Security, Europe* German manufacturing is lauded as among the best in the world—and it is clear why that is. *Here's What You Need To Remember:* Rheinmetall’s Boxer is fast, and packs a heavy punch, and is enjoying increasing popularity thanks to the wide variety of variants that are available. The Boxer armored fighting vehicle, manufactured by Germany’s defense industry heavyweight Rheinmetall, has several unique features that allow the Boxer to respond to a wide variety of challenges. The eight-wheeled all-wheel drive vehicle consists of a single drive platf...
Rights Advocates Alarmed by US Spy Agency’s Purchase of Warrantless Phone Location Data
Jerri-Lynn Scofield, naked capitalism - 18 hours ago
Defense Intelligence Agency skirts constitutional warrant requirements by buying location data from data brokers.
Biden should let us mine the rare earths his energy plans depend on
Duggan Flanakin, CFACT - 18 hours ago
Green energy plans require major increases in U.S. mining and processing – unless they want to make America even more dependent on China and Russia. The post Biden should let us mine the rare earths his energy plans depend on appeared first on CFACT.
Hugs
Craig, Is the BBC biased? - 19 hours ago
As StewGreen notes, at her first press conference Fox News's Peter Doocy asked Jen Psaki tougher questions than Jon Sopel: *Peter Doocy*: Why wasn’t President Biden and all members of the Biden family masked at all times last night if he signed an executive order that mandates masks on federal lands at all times? *Jen Psaki*: I think, Steve, he was celebrating an evening — a historic day in our country. And certainly he signed the mask mandate because it’s a way to send a message to the American public about the importance of wearing masks, how it can save tens of thousands o...
Thy Will Be Done - An Insight by M.N. Hopkins
Stranger in a Strange Land, Stranger in a Strange Land - 19 hours ago
*Thy will be done.* *I was restless in a dream and I heard the words, Thy will be done and a peace came over me. I came to understand that I was trying to impose my will upon the world and there would be no peace until I align my will with the will of God. This all happened in a flash and in my minds eye the energy shifted instantly from a choatic, nervious, restlessness to a deep, unshakeable calm and in my minds eyes I could see a straight horizontal line of intense Light.* *I woke up feeling a calmness I have not felt for some time and it has followed me through my day. * ...
Biden Can Bolster Horn of Africa Security without Huge Deployments
Michael Rubin, The National Interest - 19 hours ago
*Michael Rubin* *Security, Africa* Joe Biden should recognize that a policy of either deploying to Somalia or neglecting it is a false choice. On January 18, 2020, the Pentagon announced the completion of its evacuation of nearly 700 troops from Somalia. As the last troops left Puntland, one of the Federal Government of Somalia’s six states, U.S. Africa Command launched an airstrike against Al-Shabaab, an Al Qaeda-linked group that operates in Somalia. President Donald Trump’s move will now force the Biden administration to consider its posture in the Horn of Africa early. Sec...
US Could Face a Simmering, Chronic Domestic Terror Problem
Luis De la Calle, The National Interest - 19 hours ago
*Luis De la Calle* *Politics, The Americas* Chronic domestic terror is not the same as civil war. After President Joe Biden took office on Jan. 20, 2021 without any violent incidents, many in the United States and worldwide breathed a sigh of relief. The respite may be brief. The ingredients that led an incensed pro-Trump mob to break into the Capitol and plant pipe bombs at other federal buildings on Jan. 6 remain. Several U.S. security experts say they now consider domestic extremism a greater threat to the country than international terror. According to my research on politi...
The Real Problem With PPP Loans Isn’t Who Receives Them
Walter Olson, The National Interest - 19 hours ago
*Walter Olson* *Economics, Americas* This attempt to stir outrage is misguided. “The Trump administration bailed out prominent anti‐vaccine groups during a pandemic,” blares a headline in the Washington Post. “Five prominent anti‐vaccine organizations that have been known to spread misleading information about the coronavirus received more than $850,000 in loans from the federal Paycheck Protection Program, raising questions about why the government is giving money to groups actively opposing its agenda and seeking to undermine public health during a critical period,” the story...
Kim Clement Codebreakers - Prophecy of Two Presidents.
Stranger in a Strange Land, Stranger in a Strange Land - 19 hours ago
*Donnè Clement Petruska explains prophecy from her father Kim Clement with this special CodeBreakers. Get Connected With Us! Subscribe now to the Kim Clement channel to receive new weekly messages and prophecy's by Kim Clement Hit the 🛎 Notification Bell so that you never miss new uploads. Facebook: @prophetkimclement Twitter: @prophetkim Instagram: @officialkimclement Visit Our Website www.kimclement.com*
Sunday Sermonette
Larry-Lambert, Virtual Mirage - 20 hours ago
The problem we have in the US is not that people are uneducated. The problem is that they’re educated just enough to believe what they’ve been taught. And not educated enough to question what they’ve been taught. Last Sunday… It was mathematics and God. Today it’s Schrödinger’s cat: a cat, a flask […] The post Sunday Sermonette appeared first on Virtual Mirage.
Silly Sunday
Terry, 'Nox & Friends - 20 hours ago
We can all use a few extra laughs this week, so I’m having a clearance today. I’ve been cleaning out some stuff in preparation for my move to Mar-A-Lago. Just a few dusty old things and a few current yuks. Enjoy! Let’s All Play….. Where’s Bernie?? A 5-year old girl went to visit her grandmother one day. She played with her dolls as grandma dusted the furniture. At one point, she looked up and asked: “Grandma, how come you don’t have a boyfriend?” Grandma replied: “Honey, my TV is my boyfriend. I can sit in my bedroom and watch it all … Continue reading →
Large number of Russian forces deploy to central Syria for operation against ISIS
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
[image: Large number of Russian forces deploy to central Syria for operation against ISIS] BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:20 A.M.) – Over the past few days, several Russian military convoys have suddenly moved towards the Syrian desert, as they join the fight on the ground against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) terrorist organization. According to Sputnik Arabic, the Russian military convoys consisted of armored vehicles, troop carriers and trucks carrying logistical equipment to the forces in the Syrian desert. Special sources revealed to Sputnik Arabic that the Russian forces, in c...
Lebanon accuses Israel of kidnaping shepherd from border area
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
[image: Lebanon accuses Israel of kidnaping shepherd from border area] BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:10 A.M.) – The National News Agency (NNA) of Lebanon reported that an Israeli force attempted to kidnap the Lebanese shepherd, Ismail Qassem Zahra, from Mazraat Bastara in the Shebaa Farms area, before he managed to escape. No further details were released. Lebanon previously accused the Israeli army of kidnapping the shepherd, Hassan Qassem Zahra, Ismail’s brother, on January 12th, while he was tending a herd of cattle in the locality of Bastara and released him after 4 days. Continue readi...
Pirates attack Turkish ship off the coast of Nigeria
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 21 hours ago
[image: Pirates attack Turkish ship off the coast of Nigeria] BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:45 A.M.) – On Saturday, a group of armed pirates launched an attack on a Turkish cargo ship off the coast of Nigeria with 19 people on board, killing one of them and kidnapping 15 others. The Turkish authorities confirmed that the MOZART vessel, which sails under the flag of Liberia and belongs to the Boden company based in Istanbul, was on its way from the city of Lagos in Nigeria to Cape Town in South Africa when it was attacked Saturday morning by pirates in the Strait of Guinea, 100 km away. Contin...
For The Lady Lurkers ( I know you are out there…)
E.M.Smith, Musings from the Chiefio - 21 hours ago
I really like this song. Why? Because it has honesty in it. Who is Lily Allen? How can she have had following on 3 continents? Well, let’s just say she had a moment in time. A Brit, near as I … Continue reading →
Greece to purchase 18 Rafale warplanes from France amid rising tension with Turkey
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 21 hours ago
[image: Greece to purchase 18 Rafale warplanes from France amid rising tension with Turkey] BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:30 A.M.) – The French Minister of Armed Forces, Florence Parly, will travel to Athens on Monday to sign a contract to sell 18 Rafale fighter jets to Greece, which is facing increased tension with neighboring Turkey. The Greek Defense Ministry said in a statement that Parly will meet her Greek counterpart, Nikos Panayotopoulos, and “after that, an agreement to purchase Rafale combat aircraft will be signed.” The contract, worth 2.5 billion euros, includes 12 used aircraft a...
Syria slams Israeli attack on Hama to UN, announces ‘right to self-defense’
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 21 hours ago
[image: Syria slams Israeli attack on Hama to UN, announces ‘right to self-defense’] BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:10 A.M.) – Damascus denounced what it described as “silence” about the Israeli attacks on Friday, and appealed to the United Nations to condemn the attacks, affirming “Syria’s right to self-defense.” In a letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the President of the Security Council and the President of the Human Rights Council, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said that “the criminal Israeli aggression at dawn on Friday around the city of Hama comes as a continuation of ...
Rare clashes breakout between Syrian military and Kurdish forces in northeast Syria
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 21 hours ago
[image: Rare clashes breakout between Syrian military and Kurdish forces in northeast Syria] BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:45 A.M.) – A series of clashes broke out between the government-aligned National Defense Forces (NDF) and Kurdish-led Asayish police forces in the northeastern region of Syria on Saturday, resulting in several hours of tension between the both sides. According to local reports, the clashes broke out during a dispute between the NDF and Asayish along the front-lines of the two forces inside Qamishli (Al-Hasakah Governorate), one of the largest cities in Syria. Continue rea...
Iranian media posts photo of Trump golfing under shadow of strategic bomber
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 22 hours ago
[image: Iranian media posts photo of Trump golfing under shadow of strategic bomber] Iran’s Tasnim News Agency has tweeted a doctored image of Donald Trump playing golf in the shadow of an American B-2 strategic stealth bomber. The Tweet reads “Revenge is inevitable,” a quote apparently taken from a remark made by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in December, when he vowed avenge the life of top military commander General Qasem Soleimani. Soleimani was killed in a drone attack on his convoy at Baghdad International Airport on 3 January 2020, on the order of US President...
Can Drones Be Used to Smuggle Contraband into Federal Prisons?
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 19 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *Technology, * Drones open up an entirely new realm of possibilities for prisoners looking to smuggle items in and out of jail. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General issued a report in mid-September warning of “DOJ’s Efforts to Protect BOP Facilities Against Threats Posed by Unmanned Aircraft Systems.” Drones, that emerging technology, have many different established uses. They’re used by law enforcement entities for surveillance purposes, sometimes in ways that draw civil liberties complaints. They’re ...
After Three Decades, Navy SEALs are Replacing the P226 Pistol with Glocks
Kyle Mizokami, The National Interest - 19 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Americas* In late 2015, Naval Special Warfare Command made the decision to add the Glock 19, the compact nine-millimeter version of the Glock series of handguns, to the SEALs’ handgun arsenal. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The Mk. 25 can be operated as either a single- or double-action pistol, and has a decocker for safely releasing the hammer without firing a round. Unlike the Beretta there is no manual safety—all of the mechanical safeties are instead incorporated into the fire-control system to prevent accidental discharge. For three decades, ...
How Drones Could Help the Navy Reach its Fleet Size Goals
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 19 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Security, * The Navy may need to make some internal adjustments as it transitions to vessels that operate with fewer or in many cases no sailors on board those warships. And this could truly change the way the U.S. Navy operates. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The U.S. Navy has announced plans that call for a significant increase in spending on robotics platforms in the coming years. The service’s future defense programs could include about $12 billion for unmanned aircraft, surface vessels and underwater systems in fiscal years 2021 through 2025. The U.S. Na...
Analyzing Antichrist
Fr. Lawrence FARLEY, OrientalReview.org - 20 hours ago
Once upon a time I thought that the Pope was the Antichrist. Sharing this deep dark secret is a little like sharing the fact that one has six toes: it is embarrassing; most people with six toes would rather just keep their socks on and say nothing. But that was […]
Shallow M7.1 earthquake hits South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
The Watchers » Latest articles - 20 hours ago
An intense earthquake swarm continues in Bransfield Strait, Antarctica, with a very strong and shallow earthquake registered by CSN Chile and EMSC as M7.1 at 23:36 UTC on January 23, 2021. USGS is reporting it as M6.9 at a depth of 9.6 km (6 miles). The epicenter...... Read more »
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