Sunday, December 26, 2021

26 December - Blogs I'm Following -2 of 4

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The Last Refuge6 hours ago
Transportation Secretary, Who Previously Supported Broken Borders and Human Trafficking, Now Wants to End Human Trafficking But Keep Borders Broken
In order for the hardline leftists to continue advancing their ideological agenda they must always, always, pretend not to know things. Cue Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg… Pete Buttigieg has promoted open borders and mass illegal immigration as a “basic human right“, those are his words. However, now he proclaims the process of trafficking people across […] The post Transportation Secretary, Who Previously Supported Broken Borders and Human Trafficking, Now Wants to End Human Trafficking But Keep Borders Broken appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
Nazi Germany's Stunning Victory Against the Soviet Union in World War II
*Daniel L. Davis* *Security, Europe* In the chaos of this titanic struggle, two German generals helped turn what could have been the destruction of the German ability to resist in the east into a stunning victory. *Key Point*: Field Marshal Erich von Manstein was possibly the greatest strategist and field commander in the German Wehrmacht. In January 1943, the once-invincible German Wehrmacht was reeling, being pushed back across a 175-mile portion of the Russian front by the Red Army. Stalingrad had just fallen, along with its 600,000 men, to a brutal months-long battle. A two-... read more
American Shipyards Can't Build New Submarines Fast Enough for the Navy
*Kris Osborn* *Virginia-class Submarines, United States* The Navy now plans to build as many as three Virginia-class submarines per year and maintain a pace of at least two per year when production of the new Columbia-class submarines revs up. *Key Point:* Growing Russian and Chinese submarine fleets, the pace of Chinese warship construction, and the success of the new Virginia class have all led the Navy to invest more heavily in submarines in recent years. The U.S. Navy simply can’t build submarines fast enough as it seeks to offset, minimize or even preclude an anticipated att... read more
How Air Force Special Forces Would Fight a Conflict with Russia or China
*Kris Osborn* *Special Forces, United States* Special Operators would need to conduct pararescue missions behind enemy lines, engage in high-risk forward reconnaissance operations, perform tactical air controller targeting and even conduct direct attack air assault ambushes when needed. *Here’s What You Need To Remember: *Air Force Special Tactics Squadron warriors painted Taliban targets for air attack assets in Afghanistan, and similar yet slightly more protected or hidden operations would likely be in great demand should there be massive, large-scale warfare. U.S. Air Force ... read more
The Last Refuge6 hours ago
British Government Sending Door-to-Door Compliance Teams to Homes of Unvaccinated or Unboosted
They know if you’ve been sleeping… They know if you’re awake… They know if you’ve been vaxxed or not, So get vaxxed or meet the state. Yes, the British people are about to discover how non-private their medical history actually is. U.K. authorities discussing ways to send vaccination and booster compliance squads to the homes […] The post British Government Sending Door-to-Door Compliance Teams to Homes of Unvaccinated or Unboosted appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
"We Are About To See Something Big Happen; Your Job Will Be Gone; America Is Going Out Of Business"
Jeremiah Babe, 12/26/21: *"We Are About To See Something Big Happen; * *Your Job Will Be Gone; America Is Going Out Of Business"* read more
Fauci: Vaccine Requirement for Domestic Air Travel ‘Would Be Welcome’
Breitbart – by Pam Key National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday on ABC’s This Week that he would be pleased... The post Fauci: Vaccine Requirement for Domestic Air Travel ‘Would Be Welcome’ appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
U.S. airlines scrap nearly 1,000 Christmas Day flights due to Omicron
Yahoo News WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. airlines scrapped nearly 1,000 flights on Saturday, the second straight day of massive cancellations as surging COVID-19 infections have sidelined... The post U.S. airlines scrap nearly 1,000 Christmas Day flights due to Omicron appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
6 Million Face Evictions And Foreclosures As Rental Prices Rising To The Highest Level In Decades
Investment Watch A devastating eviction crisis is rapidly worsening all around the country, and it is threatening to push millions of families out of their... The post 6 Million Face Evictions And Foreclosures As Rental Prices Rising To The Highest Level In Decades appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
FBI Declassifies Files on the CIA’s Involvement in Satanic Ritual Abuse and Child Sex Trafficking
Russ Winter of Winter Watch published an article earlier this month (December, 2021) about the FBI declassifying files on a CIA group called "The Finders" and the McMartin pre-school Satanic child trafficking case in Los Angeles in the 1980s. We have referenced this case and the secret CIA group The Finders in the past here at Health Impact News, as former FBI Chief Ted Gunderson was actively involved in this case, which we referenced in our June, 2020 article, Unmasking Who is Behind the Plandemic and Rioting to Usher in the New World Order. After retiring from the FBI, Gunderso... read more
balance107 hours ago
Putin-Schwab photos
12-22-21 comments Sasha Smirnoff 4 days ago Reply to Sam It’s a good question and one that I have also pondered. Herman Gref of Sberbank is all aboard the Great Reset train, as well as the woman who is in charge of the Health portfolio. Her name eludes me. I am beginning to wonder if Putin is simply a plant, a fake populist, much like Trump, but much more intelligent and pragmatic. Every national government with very few exceptions has been infiltrated and subsumed by the WEF, and I have no reason to believe that Russia should be an exception. The useful chara... read more
The Soldiers Who Fought the World War II Battle of Anzio Want to Forget It
*Daniel L. Davis* *History, Europe* The survivors of the 36th Infantry Division, however, were not willing to fade quietly into history. In the minds of the troops that made the knowingly ill-fated attack at the Rapido, they deserved to have their story heard and justice for their loss. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *The determination of the leaders and men under these conditions was astonishing. Despite the impossible odds, regardless of how many of their comrades has already fallen, the men of the 36th continued fighting. *Editor's Note: You can read Part I here. * With ... read more
China's L-15A Falcon: Supersonic Trainer and Attack Aircraft
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Hongdu L-15 Falcon, Asia* The Falcon's design is light, maneuverable, and fast. It's not nearly as durable as a full-fledged jet fighter, but for countries on a budget, it can certainly perform the same missions as one. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *Of course, the diminutive L-15B doesn’t boast the speed, defenses, sensors and heavy payload of a full-fledged fourth-generation multi-role fighter like the F-16 or Su-35. But for developing countries that don't expect to fight a major military power, jets like the Falcon could perform basic air def... read more
Booster Bollocks?
el gato malo – if boosters stop the spread of covid, why don’t we see it in the data? I think we can say with fairly high confidence that there is nothing in this data that supports the idea that widespread booster usage is stopping spread or contagion of covid. The issue of whether they… Continue reading → read more
Safe And Effective ®
Somewhere at a CVS pHARMacy. Blank Insert! His body language 🤣 pic.twitter.com/B2NK1YCv4q — A K (@crosshairsonyou) December 24, 2021 For those not familiar with the woman’s reference to the Nuremberg Trials, this is well worth a watch. Karl Brandt Siegfried Handloser Oskar Schröder Karl Genzken Karl Gebhardt read more
The Last Refuge8 hours ago
Sunday Talks, Apparently Huma Abedin Has Written a Book About Weinergate – No Questions About Abedin’s Laptop That Anthony Tried to Leverage During Plea Deal
Apparently, Huma Abedin, Hillary Clinton’s closest aide, has written a book describing her life experience during a time when her husband Anthony Weiner was sending pictures of his penis to various underage girls around the country. [One of Andrew Breitbart’s Funniest Moments] Back in 2011, Andrew triggered a series of events that long outlasted his […] The post Sunday Talks, Apparently Huma Abedin Has Written a Book About Weinergate – No Questions About Abedin’s Laptop That Anthony Tried to Leverage During Plea Deal appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
The Newest Flight III Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyers are Arriving Soon
*Kris Osborn* *Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, United States* The Navy has now formally “launched” the first of its ultra-modernized, more capable “Flight III” DDG 51 variants, the soon-to-be USS Jack H. Lucas. *Here's What You Need to Know:* The most defining element of the Flight IIIs is its new AN/SPY-6 radar, a new application that enables ship commanders to locate and discriminate multiple approaching threats at one time. While the world takes notice of China’s visible and massive Naval expansion, the U.S. Navy has quietly been powering up its own fleet of new warships by su... read more
Why Is America Pushing Russia and China Together?
*Joergen Oerstroem Moeller* *Great Power Competition, Eurasia* In Ukraine, U.S. policy has pushed Russia and China together on an issue where the two countries do not see eye to eye. Since 1972, it has been a cornerstone of U.S. foreign and security policy to divide China and Russia. Any attempt to form an understanding or even worse an alliance—tacit, written, or embryonic—directed against the United States should be derailed. President Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger visited China in 1972 precisely to break up what was thought to be a Chinese-Soviet alliance. Today, this pol... read more
To Avoid Conflagration in Europe, U.S. Must Boost Ukraine
*Wes Martin* *Ukraine, Europe* The future of NATO and U.S. security policy in Eastern Europe; and the independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of Ukraine and of other U.S. allies in the region are at stake. Russia is using tensions with Ukraine as a threat while rolling out the “Putin’s Ultimatum“—a roster of demands that include demilitarization of Eastern Europe beyond NATO’s 1997 borders and guarantees that Ukraine and Georgia will never be members of NATO. These demands appear to protect Moscow, but if accepted, may lead to the abandonment of the former Soviet sta... read more
By Unifying the North, Syria Can Be Secured
*Muhammad Bakr Ghbeis, Ahmad Tarakji* *Syria, Middle East* The benefits of establishing a unified strategy for Syria’s north would be numerous and more important than ever. When U.S. president Joe Biden and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a bilateral summit on October 31, 2021, Syria was certainly among the discussed topics. Although the two leaders are far from agreement on Syria and the Middle East more broadly, the United States and Turkey stand to gain by collaborating with like-minded states to prioritize a people-focused policy in Syria. This collaboration co... read more
How Biden Can Foster Real Peace in the South Caucasus
*David L. Phillips* *Nagorno-Karabakh, South Caucasus* A multilateral approach to the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict presents an opportunity for the United States and Russia to work together on a regional challenge where their interests overlap. Nagorno Karabakh (known as “Artsakh” to Armenians) was attacked by Azerbaijan on September 27, 2020. After forty-four days of war, in which Turkish drones and jihadist mercenaries shaped the battlefield in Azerbaijan’s favor, more than 4,000 Armenians were killed. Sidelining the West, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin brokered ceasefire term... read more
Don’t Believe What the Defenders of Myanmar’s Junta Say
*Ye Myo Hein* *Myanmar Junta, Southeast Asia* The Burmese military has its share of defenders both at home and, increasingly, abroad. But they are merely sharing “a skyful of lies.” As the Burmese junta has faced growing pressure from the international community, pro-military voices have sought to polish the irretrievably tarnished image of the Burmese military. Recently, they have become more active in disseminating narratives favorable to the military, called the Sit-tat by the Burmese people, to international audiences. Some shared these narratives in the media. Some brought t... read more
Should the U.S. Fear Iran's Military Power?
*Daniel L. Davis* *Security, Middle East* Any threat to our security that may materialize from Iran could be neutralized with our ability to project power anywhere in the globe. *Here's What You Need to Know: *American security is not in the least threatened by Iran. Our conventional military alone is profoundly stronger than Iran. President Donald Trump recently tweeted a direct warning to Iranian gunboats operating in the Persian Gulf, threatening to destroy them if they “harass” U.S. warships again. Less widely reported was an ominous threat issued by Secretary of State Mike ... read more
Operation Desert Storm Demonstrated a New Kind of Warfare
*Kris Osborn* *Gulf War, Iraq* Unlike Vietnam War carpet bombing or World War II bombardments of entire cities, Effects Based Warfare, as manifest in the Gulf War, segments and specifies certain desired target areas intended to render an enemy inoperable. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The successful application of these kinds of tactics in the Gulf War, which first established air superiority before using precision-guided air dropped bombs to attack targets, provided the strategic foundation for the Operation Iraqi Freedom “shock and awe” campaign in Iraq in 2003. In the ... read more
What If Japan Were to Build a Nuclear Bomb?
*Kyle Mizokami* *Japan, East Asia* At the end of the day, Tokyo has to look out for itself. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *Nuclear phobias and the lack of a pressing need aside, there’s certainly no reason why Japan,the third largest economy in the world, couldn’t build nukes. It is perhaps China’s and even North Korea's greatest nightmare: a nuclear-armed Japan. Permanently anchored off the Asian mainland, bristling with nuclear weapons, a nuclear Japan would make China’s security situation much more complex than it is now, and force China to revise both its nuclear doctri... read more
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya on 19 Months of COVID with Hoover Institution
What we (Fauci and friends) did wrong: Dr. Jay Bhattacharya on 19 Months of COVID with Hoover Institution's Peter Robinson. Public Health agencies said we can't lock down only the vulnerable because that would be too difficult, and instead locked down the entire country, causing unimaginable damage to the young and to the economy, especially the low income. Wealthy people were hardly affected at all. https://youtu.be/zG7XZ2JXZqY Recorded on October 13, 2021: From the very beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya has been on the front lines of analyzing, studying, and ... read more
PrairiePundit8 hours ago
Democrats response to mass theft?
Rowan Scarborough: The Democrats’ list of adversaries has a new member. The list goes from former President Donald Trump to climate change to now — retailers. Criminals once made the list, but not today. Retailers are fairly important to America’s free enterprise, consumer-dictated economy. Retail sales ring up two-thirds of America’s $21 trillion Gross Domestic Product, also making them handy during Christmas. For months, they have been under assault by organized hooded mobs of “smash and grab” thieves. They tear stores apart with sledgehammers and stuff merchandise into SUVs. ... read more
Exceptional Drought In California
The US government says California is experiencing an exceptional drought. All lifts at Squaw Valley are closed today because of too much snow. Webcams | Palisades Tahoe California | U.S. Drought Monitor read more
PrairiePundit8 hours ago
Taliban erase any pretensions of democracy
*Washington Examiner:* *Taliban dissolve Afghanistan's election commissions* They are Islamic religious bigots who think god is on their side. read more
PrairiePundit9 hours ago
Chicom army plagued by corruption
Epoch Times: Corruption is a widespread phenomenon in China’s military where officers, including generals, have relied not on their duration of service or military prowess to rise in the ranks but rather bribery and connections. Experts commented that a lack of competent leaders now threaten to be severely detrimental to China’s warfighting capabilities. In the Chinese military, all positions and ranks were sold with quoted prices, state-run media Xinhua quoted three major generals from the Academy of Military Sciences saying on March 10, 2015. “A commander from a military distr... read more
Fossil Fuels, Cleaner than Ever
There I fixed the headline for you. Guardian- Wood burners cause nearly half of urban air pollution cancer risk – study read more
The New Dark Age9 hours ago
Leaked files expose Syria psyops veteran astroturfing BreadTube star to counter Covid restriction critics
By covertly recruiting popular YouTube influencer Abigail Thorn to counter growing opposition to UK gov’t Covid restrictions, psy-ops pros are bringing home the tactics they honed in the Syrian dirty war. read more
The Duran10 hours ago
Putin Restates Demands on NATO, Ukraine Ahead of Talks with US, Threatens Strong Action if Talks Fail
Putin Restates Demands on NATO, Ukraine Ahead of Talks with US, Threatens Strong Action if Talks Fail News Topic 372 Putin on ‘Red Lines’: West Has Pinned Russia Into a Position Where It Has Nowhere to Fall Back To Putin on ‘Red Lines’: West Has Pinned Russia Into a Position Where It Has Nowhere to […] read more
Komando.com12 hours ago
Review: Comparing iPhone 13 cases from Casetify, OtterBox and Speck
There are some important factors in deciding which phone case is right for you. read more
MUSINGS ON IRAQ10 hours ago
This Day In Iraqi History - Dec 26
1946 National Democratic Party minister resigned from PM Said govt over King Ghazi and PM interfering in elections by pushing their candidates 1961 Iraq announced it would reconsider diplomatic relations with any country that recognized Kuwait as independent country Withdrew diplomats from US Jordan Tunisia Lebanon and others as a result (Musings On Iraq review *Unholy Babylon, The Secret History of Saddam’s War*) 1980 Saddam said frontline in war would be new border with Iran and demanded Tehran give self- rule to Arabs in southwestern Iran (Musings On Iraq interview ... read more
2022 — Year Of Major Power Conflict Over Ukraine
Russia says Europe must think about the real prospect of turning their continent into a field of military confrontation like that which existed at the height of the Cold War, writes Scott Ritter. The United States, wrapped in its self-made cloak of so-called “American exceptionalism”, is loath to undertake any action that can be construed as weakening its geopolitical posture or strengthening that of an adversary, actual or potential. The post 2022 — Year Of Major Power Conflict Over Ukraine appeared first on PopularResistance.Org. read more
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. - Nick Dunne interviews Colin Furness about the impact the Omicron COVID variant figures to have in schools - and the need to hold off on reopening after a holiday which has included grossly insufficient precautions. Alyson Kruger asks whether people are learning lessons as to how to self-isolate when necessary. And Nick Cohen rightly draws an analogy between the UK Con MPs pushing to slash public health measures and their previous insistence on a hard Brexit as examples of wilful self-destruction in the name of revolution. - Dawn Bowdish a... read more
The Last Refuge10 hours ago
Sunday Talks, CBS Continues Trying to Rehab Kamala Harris, Fails Miserably
The most unqualified person to be installed in the position of Vice-President is struggling badly. Several attempts to rehabilitate her public image have failed miserably. A new team was hired to try and rebrand her image, that too failed miserably. Kamala Harris is a profoundly unserious person with few intellectual skills, and she requires constant […] The post Sunday Talks, CBS Continues Trying to Rehab Kamala Harris, Fails Miserably appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
On Contact: Slow-Motion Execution Of Julian Assange
On the show, Chris Hedges discusses the torture of Julian Assange with his father, John Shipton. Julian Assange committed the empire’s greatest sin – he exposed it as a criminal enterprise. He documented its lies, callous disregard for human life, rampant corruption, and innumerable war crimes. Republican or Democrat, Conservative or Labour, Trump or Biden – it does not matter. The goons who oversee the empire sing from the same satanic songbook. Empires always kill those who inflict deep and serious wounds. The post On Contact: Slow-Motion Execution Of Julian Assange appeared fir... read more
How Awesome Is ‘Awesome’? America’s Underperforming Military
Of course, war is not a game. The stakes on the battlefield are infinitely higher than on the playing field. When wars go wrong, “We’ll show ’em next year — just you wait!” is seldom a satisfactory response. At least, it shouldn’t be. Yet somehow, the American people, our political establishment, and our military have all fallen into the habit of shrugging off or simply ignoring disappointing outcomes. A few years ago, a serving army officer of unusual courage published an essay — in Armed Forces Journal no less — in which he charged that “a private who loses a rifle suffers far g... read more
The U.S. Nearly Struck a Decisive Blow Against North Korea in the Korean War
*Daniel L. Davis* *History, Asia* Few, however, realize the decisive moment of the war came three months after Inchon, amidst the most brutal cold wave imaginable, at a place called the Chosin Reservoir. American arrogance and bigotry forfeited what could have been a spectacular strategic victory. Our current nuclear standoff with Kim Jong-un is, in large measure, the bitter fruit of that failure. *Here's What You Need to Know:* Had MacArthur and other U.S. leaders heeded the intelligence warnings of massing Chinese troops in early November 1950, they could have conducted a cons... read more
How Desert Storm Set Up the U.S. for Failure in Iraq
*Daniel L. Davis* *History, Middle East* President George W. Bush declared that the “specter of Vietnam” had been authoritatively vanquished with the stunning military victory in Kuwait. Twenty-five years later, however, the only thing that was vanquished appears to have been objective analysis.​*Here's What You Need to Know: *The unequivocal military success may have resulted in a dangerous strategic defeat for the United States. In the heady days following the spectacular U.S. victory over Saddam Hussein’s Republican Guard armored divisions in Operation Desert Storm, military... read more
Israeli State Violence Intensifying As 2021 Proves Deadliest For Palestinians Since 2014
The latest string of killings by Israeli forces follows the same predictable pattern of Israeli state violence against Palestinians, but with one significant distinction. Israel’s violence is intensifying, as 2021 is proving to be the deadliest for Palestinians since 2014. The post Israeli State Violence Intensifying As 2021 Proves Deadliest For Palestinians Since 2014 appeared first on PopularResistance.Org. read more
For Third Year, Committee To Protect Journalists Excludes Assange From Jailed Journalist Index
A record number of journalists are imprisoned throughout the world, according to the annual prison index released by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). But that number excludes WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. CPJ, which is based in New York, opposes the United States Justice Department’s prosecution against Assange. However, for the third year, the press freedom organization declined to classify him as a jailed journalist. In the organization’s press release on the 2021 index, it states, “No journalists were jailed in North America at the time of the census deadline.” ... read more
Philippe Sands Makes The Case For A New International Crime Called Ecocide
The British Lawyer And Author Has Held Nazis And Presidents Accountable For Crossing The Moral Red Line. Now, He Argues, The Time Has Come To Pursue Those Who Commit Crimes Against The Environment. His lectures are part of a global campaign, led by Stop Ecocide International, to make acts of mass environmental destruction a crime within the purview of the International Criminal Court, which has a mandate to investigate and prosecute individuals who otherwise would evade accountability after committing the most serious crimes of concern to humanity at large. The post Philippe Sands... read more

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