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Media Silent as Israel Attacks Iranian Military Base, Provoking War Just Like They Said They Would
[image: iranian]Days after Israeli officials claimed Iran had no presence in Syria, Israel attacked an Iranian military base near Damascus.
Cops & Gov’t Workers Arrested in Massive Sting, People Buying Kids as Young as 4 for Sex
[image: sting]A massive sting targeting society's worst, who prey on children, ensared scores of people including a police officer, postal worker, and a teacher.
President Trump On Flynn Plea: ‘Not Worried. No Collusion’
*Politico*: *Trump on Flynn plea: ‘No collusion’* President Donald Trump said there was "no collusion" between his campaign and the Kremlin when asked by reporters Saturday about Michael Flynn pleading guilty to making false statements to the FBI. “What has been shown is no collusion, no collusion," Trump told reporters before departing the White House for fundraisers in New York. "There’s been absolutely no collusion, so we’re very happy.” Trump also praised Senate passage of the GOP's tax code rewrite, saying, "Frankly last night was one of the big nights." *Read more* .... *W... more »
This Is How President Trump 'Sucks All The Oxygen' In A Daily News Cycle
*Zero Hedge:* *How Trump Mercilessly Trolls The Media In Five Simple Steps* Almost every morning Americans wake up to yet another Trump tweet storm that sends MSNBC's 'Morning Joe' hosts and guests into an absolute frenzy that begins with modest expressions of 'outrage' and ends with Joe Scarborough once again offering up his 'professional' medical opinion on Trump's mental health just before calling for his immediate impeachment. Of course, as Axios points out today, that daily 'Morning Joe' meltdown is all part of Trump's simple 5-step plan to manipulate the media into covering ... more »
This Day In Iraqi History - Dec 2
1920 US Consul in Baghdad said England hadn’t taken any serious steps to create an independent Iraqi govt 1928 UK High Comm for Iraq Dobbs wrote conscription in Iraq would cause revolt Was already problem in Basra 1928 Dobbs said authority of Iraqi govt depended upon British backing and military might 1932 King Faisal speech praised his rule in Syria Said if he was still king there Syria would be independent like Iraq 1948 Baghdad told oil companies they should not employ Jews after creation of Israel 1980 Saddam accused ... more »
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. - Toby Sanger discusses how the Trudeau Libs' obsession with privatized infrastructure only stands to put control over public services in the hands of corporate predators: Corporations are sitting on hundreds of billions of excess cash in Canada and trillions worldwide — money they aren’t putting into productive investments. So corporations and other investors (including pension funds) desperately want to achieve higher returns. But economic growth is slow (because wage increases are so low and profits so high), which leads to fewer privat... more »
No, The US Didn’t Abandon The Syrian Kurds
During the phone talk with Turkish president Erdogan Trump allegedly gave his word that he would stop giving arms to the Syrian Kurds. The post No, The US Didn’t Abandon The Syrian Kurds appeared first on OrientalReview.org.
Donald Trump offers first response to Mike Flynn guilty plea
The US President's response was brief and his Twitter has not yet touched on the issue. More The post Donald Trump offers first response to Mike Flynn guilty plea appeared first on The Duran.
The West is openly organizing former provinces of Moscow against Russia
Can’t You See War On The Horizon? More The post The West is openly organizing former provinces of Moscow against Russia appeared first on The Duran.
Pat Buchanan: Little rocket man’s risky game, which he plays remarkably well
North Korea now has the ability to hit the DC swamp. More The post Pat Buchanan: Little rocket man’s risky game, which he plays remarkably well appeared first on The Duran.
Where We Stand: LaRouchePAC Statement on the Flynn Plea
PDF: [image: PDF icon] 20171202-flynn.pdf As the media and their supporters have gone into their usual fevered frenzy, slobbering over the potential of taking down the President of the United States, it is important to situate, for our supporters, exactly what the Flynn plea means. It represents Mueller's counter-punch to growing momentum from the House Intelligence Committee and the Courts to fully reveal the British hand in this coup, centered in the phony Steele dossier and its adoption by Obama and his criminal co-conspirators as the instrument to destroy the Trump presidency.... more »
Slave Markets in ‘Liberated’ Libya and the Silence of the Humanitarian Hawks
[image: undefined] The reports that black Africans are being sold at slave markets in "liberated" Libya for as little as $400 is a terrible indictment of the so-called "humanitarian intervention" carried out by NATO to topple the government of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. In March 2011 virtue-signaling Western "liberal" hipsters teamed up with hardcore neocon warmongers to demand action to "save" the Libyan people from the "despotic" leader who had ruled the country since the late 1960s. “Something has to be done!” they cried in unison. Something was done. Libya was transformed by NATO... more »
Weekend reads: Problems in studies of gender; when scholarship is a crime; a journal about Mark Zuckerberg photos
The week at Retraction Watch featured a call to make peer reviews public, lots of news about Cornell food researcher Brian Wansink, and a request by the U.S. NIH that the researchers it funds don’t publish in bad journals. Here’s what was happening elsewhere: A new journal is devoted to “unpacking” photos of Facebook CEO Mark […] The post Weekend reads: Problems in studies of gender; when scholarship is a crime; a journal about Mark Zuckerberg photos appeared first on Retraction Watch.
Turkey Wants To Arrest A Former CIA Officer For Plotting Last Year's Coup Attempt
Former vice-chairman of the CIA, Graham Fuller [FuatKircaali/Twitter] *BBC: **Turkey seeks arrest of ex-CIA officer Fuller over coup plot* urkey's chief prosecutor has issued an arrest warrant for former CIA officer Graham Fuller. The prosecutor accuses Mr Fuller, former vice-chair of the US National Intelligence Council, of having links to Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen. Mr Gulen, who lives in the US, is blamed by Turkey for last year's failed coup attempt. He denies the claim. The warrant also accuses Mr Fuller of "attempting to overthrow" Turkey's government, the Hurriyet daily ... more »
Yemen Rebel Alliance Is Fracturing
*BBC:* *Yemen ex-President Saleh offers talks to Saudi-led coalition* The former president of Yemen has suggested that he is open to talking to the Saudi-led coalition that his forces have been fighting for years. Ali Abdullah Saleh said on TV that he would be ready to "turn the page" if the coalition lifted a blockade on northern Yemen and halted its attacks. The coalition praised his offer but Houthi rebels, his allies until this week, accused him of a "coup". Clashes between Mr Saleh's forces and Houthi fighters broke out on Wednesday. The Houthis are backed by Iran but have ... more »
Who Writes The Mail’s Green Crap?
By Paul Homewood http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5133897/Climate-skeptics-fire-new-paper.html I posted about the above article yesterday. As somebody pointed out, the headline used the American spelling of skeptic. It turns that the author Cheyenne Macdonald is herself an American. As a “Science & Technology Reporter” for MailOnline, she frequently writes alarmist articles about global warming, like these just […]
An unexpected threat to Chinese warships
I was intrigued by a report in Australia about an unexpected maritime hazard in the South China Sea. A tip o' the hat to reader Snoggeramus for sending me the link. BEIJING has discovered a major threat to its new aircraft carrier: swarms of deadly jellyfish. Now it’s racing to develop weapons of mass destruction to beat them. *Image courtesy of Wikipedia* Masses of the creatures can be sucked through the warship’s water intakes necessary for cooling the vessel’s engines. Once in the cooling vents, they get mashed into a thick, sticky soup. This blocks the cooling system, causi... more »
THE DEPLORABLES WILL NEVER BE DISILLUSIONED
I don't have to tell you that the tax bill passed by the Senate in the middle of the night is awful: The bill is expected to add more than $1.4 trillion to the federal deficit over the next decade, a debt that will be paid by the poor and middle class in future tax increases and spending cuts to Medicare, Social Security and other government programs. Its modest tax cuts for the middle class disappear after eight years. And up to 13 million people stand to lose their health insurance because the bill makes a big change to the Affordable Care Act. Yet Republicans somehow found a way... more »
The Trump Administration is considering the idea of outsourcing intelligence gathering and the capture of terrorists to a private company. So many red flags here.
Courtesy of Buzzfeed: *The White House and CIA have been considering a package of secret proposals to allow former US intelligence officers to run privatized covert actions, intelligence gathering, and propaganda missions, according to three sources who’ve been briefed on or have direct knowledge of the proposals. * *One of the proposals would involve hiring a private company, Amyntor Group, for millions of dollars to set up a large intelligence network and run counterterrorist propaganda efforts, according to the sources. Amyntor’s officials and employees include veterans of a ... more »
Cops Steal Innocent Musician’s Entire Life Savings, Claiming He Gave It To Them
[image: wyoming]A Wyoming musician had his entire life savings stolen from him in a civil asset forfeiture scheme involving the state and the Wyoming Highway Patrol.
DEA Claims Synthetic THC Made by a Group of Criminals is Safer Than Actual Weed. Seriously.
[image: synthetic]A company whose founder, CEO, and 6 executives have all been arrested for bribing doctors to prescribe opioids, was approved by DEA to sell synthetic THC.
Teen Explorer Scout Kills Herself—Cop Caught Immediately Deleting Evidence from Her Phone
[image: explorer]The police officer who was investigating the suicide of a teenage girl, deleted evidence from her phone that showed he contacted her hours before she died.
Israeli Missiles Target Syrian Base Outside Of Damascus
FILE PHOTO © Amir Cohen / Reuters *BBC*: *Israel targets Syrian military base - Syrian state TV* Israel launched surface-to-surface missiles at a military installation outside the Syrian capital Damascus overnight, Syrian state TV reports. The attack caused damage but two missiles were intercepted, it added. The Israeli military has not confirmed it carried out the strike. UK-based monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights earlier reported explosions near Damascus, which it said were caused by a suspected Israeli missile attack. The extent of the damage is not yet ... more »
U.S. Military Sales Abroad Are Booming
*Defense News*: *America sold nearly $42B in weapons to foreign countries in 2017* WASHINGTON ― U.S. defense companies sold $41.93 billion worth of weapons to foreign partners and allies in fiscal 2017, an almost 20 percent increase over 2016 figures. Of that total, $32.02 billion came through Foreign Military Sales, $6.04 billion was through Foreign Military Financing and $3.87 billion in cases funded through other Defense Department authorities, according to a Wednesday announcement from the State Department. Regionally, sales made through FMS and FMF totaled roughly $22 billio... more »
BREAKING: Tragic end to heroic resistance!
*SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2017Exciting trade-off revealed:* In our view, it isn't the world's greatest trade-off. *They* move toward passing their stupid tax plan. *We* get to have big fun watching Jimmy Kimmel prank Roy Moore. Yay yay yay yay yay! Oh God, that was sooo great! Just a guess. The fact that *Hollywood* pranked Roy Moore may bring Ol' Roy more votes. Still, we get to have our fun. Yay yay yay yay yay! (In a similar vein, see this.) There is no end to our liberal world's inability to see the way this works. They pass their tax bill, We talk about Flynn! Yay yay yay yay ... more »
Talal Silo Spills the Beans " SDF created as cover to arm PKK"
*via Sputnik* *The vindication just keeps a comin’ and a comin’- Love it! And please do not insult my intelligence by coming here and suggesting Mr Silo is only saying this because he fled to Turkey. Or that Turkey is coercing him. What he is stating has been obvious to me for years now. And I’ve written repeatedly about the arms shuffle as obfuscation to PKK/YPG. And there has been abundant proof of the connection between YPG/PKK. Lots of it is posted right here at this blog* *November 2014- More then three years have passed since this post , Kurd/ISIS Symbiosis and the Impending ... more »
Is doner a goner? Kebabs could be banned under EU plans to combat heart disease
Is doner a goner? Kebabs could be banned under EU plans to combat heart disease http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/01/doner-goner-kebabs-could-banned-eu-plans-combat-heart-disease/?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook Advertisements
Meat eaters are destroying the planet, says report
Meat eaters are destroying the planet, says report http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/meat-eating-destroying-planet-report-warning-a7985071.html
Robots Will Steal 800 Million Jobs In Next 13 Years.
Robots Will Steal 800 Million Jobs In Next 13 Years: Report https://fossbytes.com/robots-will-steal-800-million-jobs-in-next-13-years-report/
Magnetic Pulses are Directed at People’s Brains, Changing Their Taste in Music
Magnetic Pulses are Directed at People’s Brains, Changing Their Taste in Music http://themindunleashed.com/2017/12/magnetic-pulses-directed-peoples-brains-changing-taste-music.html
If the Bali volcano’s eruption is big enough, it could change the world’s temperature.
If the Bali volcano’s eruption is big enough, it could change the world’s temperature – National | Globalnews.ca https://globalnews.ca/news/3891851/bali-mount-agung-volcano-cool-temperatures/?utm_source=GlobalNews&utm_medium=Facebook
NASA has literally reinvented the wheel to improve future Mars missions
NASA has literally reinvented the wheel to improve future Mars missions https://www.sciencealert.com/mars-rover-new-wheels-nasa-memory-metal-alloy-mesh
Elon Musk Shows Us The Perfect Way To Get Back To Work After A Breakup
Elon Musk Shows Us The Perfect Way To Get Back To Work After A Breakup https://m.mensxp.com/work-life/balance-work-and-life/41030-elon-musk-shows-us-the-perfect-way-to-get-back-to-work-after-a-bad-breakup.html?utm_source=FB&utm_medium=Paid
This Is How Complaining And Negative Thoughts Affect Your Brain
This Is How Complaining And Negative Thoughts Affect Your Brain https://curiousmindmagazine.com/complaining-negative-thoughts-affect-brain/
CGRP — The Next Frontier for Migraine.
CGRP — The Next Frontier for Migraine — NEJM http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe1712559
How Eating a High Fat Diet Can Starve Cancer
How Eating a High Fat Diet Can Starve Cancer https://livingtraditionally.com/eating-high-fat-diet-can-starve-cancer-1/
U.S. Military Forces In Africa Are Stretched Thin
*Les Neuhaus, Observer*: *US Military Stretched Thin in 50 African Nations* The recent attacks by militants who killed four American commandos in Niger and detonated a truck bomb that left more than 350 civilians dead in Somalia—events that happened more than 3,000 miles from each other—remind us that terrorism is a real and constant threat that reaches the farthest corners of our planet. Because of that, and certainly in the post-9/11 global context, the American military presence has increased exponentially abroad. The Pentagon now has troops in countries many average Americans ... more »
THIS IS JUST TO SAY
I'll post some thoughts soon about what happened last night, but I don't think I'll be able to top this. This is just to say I have given your future to the top 10th of the 1%. I know you were probably planning on school When I say you should work harder I meant To enrich me. You should have been born like me so rich and so cold — Elizabeth Bear (@matociquala) December 2, 2017
Defense Companies Are Now Marketing Military-Grade Killer Drones That Can Be Operated By One Or Two Operators
SR Photo *Popular Mechanics*: *Military-Grade Killer Drones Are Starting to Hit the Market* *The battlefield drone can be operated by one man, drop its own precision-guided munitions.* The recent explosion of the consumer drone market has had far-reaching effects, the deadliest being their adaptation to weapons of war. Now, military-grade killer drones operable by a crew of one or two and capable of carrying precision-guided microbombs are starting to make their way into the global defense market. One of the first is Velvet Wasp, the drone that can carry anything from bombs to fi... more »
China's Military Purges Are Continuing
Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, meets with deputies from grassroots units to the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) after a panel discussion in Beijing, capital of China, March 12, 2017. Xi joined a panel discussion with deputies to the 12th NPC from the People's Liberation Army (PLA) at the annual session of the NPC in Beijing on Sunday. (Xinhua/Li Gang) *Adam Ni, The Diplomat:* *The Death of Zhang Yang and China's Military Purge* *General Zhang’s suicide co... more »
Intense clashes breakout between Houthi, Saleh loyalists in Sanaa
The Saudi-led coalition has been fighting the Houthi movement backed by former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh since March 2015. The long-time former Yemeni leader, Ali Abdullah Saleh, has addressed the Saudi-led coalition forces during his TV speech, urging them to turn a “new page” in relations after almost three years of the civil war […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
IS terrorist caught while attempting suicide attack in Deir Ezzor – video
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:35 P.M.) – An Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist managed to infiltrate the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) front-lines at the town of Al-Asharah, yesterday, in order to carry out a suicide bombing. The terrorist was attempting to reach a Syrian Army camp when he was caught by a group of soldiers inside Al-Asharah. Unable […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Saudi FM accuses Iran of aiding Al-Qaeda at MED summit – video
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:15 P.M.) – Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir discussed a wide array of issues including Syria, Iran, Yemen and Lebanon during the second day of the third Mediterranean Dialogues (MED) summit in Rome on Friday. Speaking about the Syrian peace talks between the Syrian government and opposition delegations, al-Jubeir stated that Saudi […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Trump And Ryan Scam America
*“It’s not aimed at growth. It is not aimed at the middle class. It is at every turn carefully engineered to deliver a kiss to the donor class.”* -Edward Kleinbard, formerly of the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation Ted Lieu's chief of staff, Marc Cevasco, wrote, as the Republicans were passing Trump's Tax Scam, "Well at least teachers can now write off private jets!" The Tax Scam is a gigantic and blatant ripoff of the working and middle class, an exercise of use the power gained through a fraudulent election to give billionaires money ripped out of the pockets of the work...more »
U.S. Army Special Forces Trainer Claims Standards Have Been Lowered To Integrate Women Into The Elite Force
US Army *Washington Free Beacon:* *Green Beret Trainer Faults ‘Careerism’ Among Senior Officers for Weakening Special Ops* *Standards lowered to produce first female Green Beret.* An Army Green Beret officer has issued a public but anonymous rebuke of senior leaders for weakening America's special forces by lowering training standards due to careerism and push to integrate women into the elite force. "Our regiment has a cancer, and it is destroying the [Special Forces] legacy, its capability, and its credibility," the officer wrote anonymously in an email widely circulated within ... more »
BBC impartiality
James Cook Sue has just written, "All I can say is impartiality has been abandoned and value judgments reinstated, in new improved BBC-land". I was just thinking exactly the same thing after reading BBC North America correspondent James Cook's website piece, *Embracing the far right, Trump stains a history of democratic ideals*. (See also Alan at *B-BBC* and earlier comments here at *ITBB*). If Trump wins "a modern apocalypse will be upon us", American writer Adam Gopnik said on Radio 4's *A Point of View *last year, prior to the US presidential election. The programme's titl... more »
WATCH: North Koreans celebrate the successful launch of their new Hwasong-15 missile
When North Korea successfully test launched its new Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile, it marked the first time that most states and experts throughout the world acknowledged that North Korea can deliver a nuclear warhead to any potential target in the United States. While this event has caused further diplomatic strains, it also represents North Korea achieving […] More The post WATCH: North Koreans celebrate the successful launch of their new Hwasong-15 missile appeared first on The Duran.
The Forgotten Story of How the F-22 and F-35 Were Born
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Americas* We did not get such advanced jets overnight. On August 27, 1939, a stubby-winged airplane made of unpainted steel alloy took off over Germany and soared into history. Instead of a pointy propeller hub in the nose, the Heinkel 178 had an open-mouthed turbojet intake, making it the first operational jet-powered aircraft. The He 178 could only attain 380 miles per hour—only 10 percent faster than the Messerschmitt 109E piston-engine fighters then in service. Nearly eighty years after the Heinkel jet’s first flight, fourth- and fifth-generatio... more »
One of World War II's Bloodiest Battles Could Be Japan's Strategy to Defeat China in War
*Michael Peck* *Security, Asia* Think Iwo Jima. Iwo Jima was one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific War. The assault by U.S. Marines in February 1945 on the small island—just eight square miles of volcanic rock—cost the United States more than 25,000 casualties. The Japanese garrison, more than 20,000 strong, fought and died virtually to the last man. Is this a guide for how Japan can stop China? There are lessons to be learned from the Pacific War, says Yoshiaki Nakagawa, a retired lieutenant general the Japanese Self Defense Force. To be clear, Nakagawa is not calling f... more »
Ground War: What If Russia's and America's Armies Went to War?
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Europe* Who would win? The United States and Russia field two of the most powerful armies in the world. Heavily mechanized and salted with combat veterans, the U.S. Army and Russian Ground Forces have spent the better part of the last fifteen years not only chasing guerrillas from Afghanistan to Syria, but also fighting conventional-style wars in Iraq and Georgia. Now, as tensions between the NATO and Russia place U.S. and Russian ground pounders in the same country (Syria) or just across the border from one another (the Baltics), the question is: in ... more »
The U.S. Army's Powerful New 7.62mm Service Rifle Is Officially Dead
*Task and Purpose, Jared Keller* *Security, Americas* Dead before it even started. The Army has officially canceled its search for an off-the-shelf 7.62mm Interim Combat Service Rifle (ICSR) meant to replace the standard-issue M4 carbine — a major setback in the branch’s search for a new infantry rifle to augment soldier lethality. Army Contracting Command announced the cancellation of the ICSR program on Nov. 28, citing a “reprioritization” of funding for the commercially made service rifle to the Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) as a replacement for both the M4 and M249 Squ... more »
Millions Could Die If North Korea Attacked Seoul with a Nuclear Weapon
*Daniel R. DePetris* *Security, Asia* It would be the crisis of our time. The Democratic People’s Republic Korea should be a nothingburger in the twenty-first century. It’s at the bottom tier of pretty much every human development, economic, corruption and freedom index in circulation. Transparency International ranks North Korea 174 out of 176 on its corruption perceptions index, outdone by only South Sudan and Somalia. It’s freedom ranking is abysmal and would make Josef Stalin blush: out of a scale of 0 (least free) to 100, Pyongyang comes in at a 3. Kim Jong-un’s national e... more »
The GOP doesn't care if you like its tax plan. Here's why
David C. Barker, Professor of Government and Director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, American University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 17 hours ago
If Republicans don’t cut taxes on the wealthy when they have control of both houses of Congress and the presidency, what do they live for?
Oh look... after decades of killing Taiwanese, suddenly the air pollution is a political issue
*The huge new train stations in Taichung, completely lacking in human feel and individuality. They couldn't even use different color paints?* Yup. It's election time, and the DPP has announced its candidates... incumbents, for now. The nine incumbents are: Keelung Mayor Lin Yu-chang (林右昌), Taoyuan Mayor Cheng Wen-tsan (鄭文燦), Hsinchu Mayor Lin Chih-chien (林智堅), Taichung Mayor Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍), Changhua County Commissioner Wei Ming-ku (魏明谷), Yunlin County Commissioner Lee Chin-yung (李進勇), Chiayi Mayor Twu Shiing-jer (涂醒哲), Pingtung County Commissioner Pan Men-an (潘孟安) and Penghu C... more »
Nazi sympathizer upset that he lost his job after the Washington Post revealed that he was a Nazi sympathizer.
Courtesy of WaPo: *Tony Hovater, the white nationalist and Nazi sympathizer featured in a controversial New York Times article this weekend, said he lost his job and would soon lose his home following a swift backlash over the article. * *Hovater, a 29-year-old Ohio resident, told The Washington Post on Wednesday that he has been fired from his job and that he and his wife, Maria, are in the process of moving out of their home in New Carlisle, Ohio, for financial and safety reasons. They could no longer afford to pay the rent, he said, and somebody had published their home address... more »
Further to the previous post....
And yes, Sangita Myska *did* re-tweet a piece of fake news: It *is* a photoshopped image:
Why did Israel betray its Russian ally using team Trump?
While Israel has meddled in US policy making and the US tried to meddle in Russian policy making, Russia hasn't meddle in anyone's policy making. More The post Why did Israel betray its Russian ally using team Trump? appeared first on The Duran.
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*Statistical Bigotry in minority education * The Democratic Party and the liberal left’s obsession with disparate impact race politics crept into K-12 public education. Their latest social engineering experimentation uses black and Hispanic kids in poor urban classrooms as pawns for political power. Education is secondary. Liberals believe they can artificially wipe away serious behavior problems that are cultural in nature. They do this by labeling reasonable standards of classroom discipline as racist or discriminatory. When urban schools with predominantly black and Hispani... more »
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*Surprise, surprise! Climate skeptics don't think polar bears are doomed!* *That is the conclusion below in a new paper by the usual suspects. They write as if that identifies skeptics as fools or crooks. But to support that allegation, they would have to show that skeptics are wrong. So what are their grounds for believing that skeptics are wrong about the bears? It is just the usual feeble reliance on "consensus". I quote from the body of their paper:"Science-based blogs overwhelmingly used the frame of established scientific certainties and supported a... more »
Raffle winners!
Thank you very much to everybody who donated in support of Andi's medical treatment for a stroke. We set a target of $25,000, and by yesterday (the deadline for contributions to qualify for our gun raffle) we'd raised over $18,500 - about 74% of our goal. The fundraiser will continue, but without prizes, so if you're feeling generous, we'd still like to reach $25K for Andi (shown below with her husband and sons). For every $10 donated, donors were given one 'ticket' in a drawing for the prizes. $50 got 6 tickets, $100 got 12, and so on. Yesterday, winners were drawn using a ...more »
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From Jenna Orkin Is There a More Dangerous Member of Congress than Tom Cotton? CNN: White House claims Obama admin approved Flynn calls with Russian ambassador The Scary New Evidence on BPA-Free Plastics Iceland gets first Green prime minister The Trump Administration Is Mulling A Pitch For A Private “Rendition” And Spy Network Moody's To State & Local Governments - Prepare For Climate Change Or Lose Access To Cheap Credit Surveillance State: Stanford Researchers Use AI To Determine Neighborhood's Bias By Its Cars *"If the number of sedans in a neighborhood is greater than the... more »
SECRET SOCIETIES AND CULTS - PART 3
(SECRET SOCIETIES AND CULTS - PART 1 / SECRET SOCIETIES AND CULTS - PART 2) *15.* *THE ILLUMINATI* The Bavarian Illuminati was an Enlightenment-era secret society 'founded by Adam Weishaupt in 1776'. Weishaupt was a descendant of Jewish 'converts to Christianity'. "Weishaupt’s secret order grew considerably in size and diversity, possibly numbering 600 members by 1782. "They included important people in Bavarian public life, such as Baron Adolph von Knigge and the banker Mayer Amschel Rothschild, who provided funding." Meet the Man Who Started the Illuminati - National Geogr... more »
It's Time to Believe Autism Mothers Too
By Kim Rossi Like everyone in America, I've been watching the sexual harassment scandal grow ever wider from politicians to actors and directors and now to include media stalwarts Matt Lauer of NBC and Charlie Rose, darling of PBS. Matt...
New York man who shot and killed woman he mistook for a deer charged with manslaughter.
Rosemary Billaquist and her murderer. Courtesy of the New York Daily News: *A hunter in western New York who mistook a 43-year-old woman for a deer was charged with manslaughter on Thursday. * *Rosemary Billquist was walking her dogs the day before Thanksgiving in the town of Sherman when she was shot once by Thomas Jadlowski. * *Jadlowski called 911 and stayed with Billquist until help arrived, but she was later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital in Pennsylvania. * *The 43-year-old Billquist was shot at about 5:30 p.m. It is illegal to hunt big game after sunset or before dawn i... more »
Please Mr. President, do it again!
Did you hear Sangita Myska’s report about Britain First on the Today Programme? All I can say is impartiality has been abandoned and value judgments reinstated, in new improved BBC-land. Sangita couldn’t conceal the venom in her voice when uttering the words “Far right” “Jayda Fransen" and anything related to “Britain First”. Now, we all know that Britain First’s raison d’être is actively fighting the rise of Islam in Britain. This is *racist* because Islamophobia is deemed a form of racism. (Racism is bad, and *good *people always boast that they haven’t got a racist bone in t... more »
Covington and Burling: The secret conspiracy undermining Michael Flynn
The well runs deep - the other side of the Michael Flynn scandal. More The post Covington and Burling: The secret conspiracy undermining Michael Flynn appeared first on The Duran.
The Duterte Revolution: The President of Philippines considers further reforms
Rodrigo Duterte has already proved himself the most hard working President in the history of modern Philippines. But he's only just begun. More The post The Duterte Revolution: The President of Philippines considers further reforms appeared first on The Duran.
US Congressman Cummings On Flynn Guilty Plea; Why Trump Tried To Get FBI To Drop Investigation Of Flynn And Fired FBI Director Must Be Answered (And More)
See related: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2017/06/21/is-cummins-vp-pences-motive-for-ignoring-cummings-warning-re-flynn-cummins-literally-moves-russia-including-military-partners-with-kamaz-owned-by-russian-gov-owned-sanctioned-entities-rostec-a/ US Congressman “Cummings Issues Statement on Michael Flynn Guilty Plea Dec 1, 2017 Press Release Washington, … Continue reading →
Flynn Pleaded Guilty to Lying to FBI About Conversations With The Russian Ambassador At The Behest Of Senior Trump Transition Official(s)
C-Span “Staking Out Flynn”: https://www.c-span.org/video/?438009-1/michael-flynn-pleads-guilty-making-false-statement-fbi From VOA News: “Flynn Pleads Guilty to Lying to FBI, December 01, 2017, Last Updated: … Continue reading →
John Podesta Melts Down Over Simple Questions
Podesta is reaching for the water before the questions are finished and gesticulating wildly as if climbing himself out of a large hole and distancing himself from any accusation. He is... Although no trees were harmed during the creation of this post, a large number of electrons were greatly inconvenienced
A Few Thoughts
It's a slow news day for me. I'm saving up for the Sunday Sermonette tomorrow with a special on North Korea and China. While I'm off in and out of the USA, trying to make the world safe for democracy, the work goes on at the White Wolf Mine. I'll offer a few opinions before I give you an update on the mine. *In the matter of the Kate Steinle murder*, The prosecutors in San Francisco could have explained to the jury about *IMPLIED MALICE* to the ignorant people who managed to get driver's licenses (the jury pool) and weren't clever enough to get out of jury duty and had plenty of t... more »
The Next People-To-People Phase Of The Russian-Pakistani Rapprochement
The proposed approach is mostly applicable to the third-party role that Russia could play in Pakistan, whereby the cordial competition with China would give Islamabad more options than it has at present. The post The Next People-To-People Phase Of The Russian-Pakistani Rapprochement appeared first on OrientalReview.org.
Ayn Rand’s Open Letter in Reply to Immanuel Kant
*I recently posted an article, “Immanuel Kant’s Open Letter to Ayn Rand.” Roger Bissell has taken on the mantle of writing Ayn Rand’s enlightening reply to Kant’s letter. Here’s Bissell’s letter on behalf of Rand:* Dear Immanuel Kant, Your kind letter reached me here in Valhalla, where my late husband Frank and my own late self have been residing for nearly 4 decades now. (Or so I gather, from the date of your missive. There are no clocks or calendars here, and time just seems to stretch out…eternally, it seems.) It is a serene existence, though populated with many fewer heroes tha... more »
Ayn Rand’s Open Letter in Reply to Immanuel Kant
*I recently posted an article, “Immanuel Kant’s Open Letter to Ayn Rand.” Roger Bissell has taken on the mantle of writing Ayn Rand’s enlightening reply to Kant’s letter. Here’s Bissell’s letter on behalf of Rand: * Dear Immanuel Kant, Your kind letter reached me here in Valhalla, where my late husband Frank and my own late self have been residing for nearly 4 decades now. (Or so I gather, from the date of your missive. There are no clocks or calendars here, and time just seems to stretch out…eternally, it seems.) It is a serene existence, though populated with many fewer heroes th... more »
Pure \(AdS_3\) gravity from monster group spin networks
A fifth of my research topics that make me most excited have something to do with the three-dimensional pure Anti de Sitter space gravity. In 2007, Witten pointed out that there is a perfect candidate for the dual boundary CFT, one that has the monster group as the global symmetry. The monster group is the largest among the 26 or 27 "sporadic groups" in the classification of all the simple finite groups. The CFT – which was the player that proved the "monstrous moonshine" – may be constructed from bosonic strings propagating on the (24-dimensional space divided by) the Leech lattice... more »
How the CIA Launched the Financial Pearl Harbor» Attacks on Russia and Venezuela
This is something that the CIA could actually have facilitated. Thus our major suppliers have lost the ability to lower production volumes at all. Hardly good husbandry. Yet the ability of the USA to frack its way out of any supply shortfall makes this particularly attractive at this time in history. As I have extensively posted, two strategies now available allow us to entirely dump oil. One is superior battery technology. That alone likely triples our available supply from built infrastructure. The second is the tapping of Dark Matter energy which is no trick at all as we ... more »
Protecting its interests: FDA attacks CBD supplements to protect Big Pharma’s opioid profits
What type of mindset do you have to have in order to obstruct the marketing of a completely safe food product that also improves health in competition with a failing drug protocol? Right up there with been a guard at Auschwitz. Everyone knows better. My take is that this is a rear guard activity against a movement completely overwhelming the industry. It is now legal in every State to actually use medical cannabis.. *Protecting its interests: FDA attacks CBD supplements to protect Big Pharma’s opioid profits Sunday, November 19, 2017 by: Ethan Huff Tags: Big Pharm...more »
Plants synthesize miraculous medicines at the molecular level
This makes excellent sense, once you understand that all such chemistry is directed by the underlying cellular processor apparatus formed out of Dark Matter or the second tier of matter. Better yet, it informs us that it may be possible for our consciousness to form an intention able to produce such benefits for ourselves thus directing decision making at the cellular level. How to actually go about any such thing remains elusive. Welcome to spaceship man. *Health Ranger: Plants synthesize miraculous medicines at the molecular level* *Sunday, November 19, 2017 by: David Armst... more »
Engineers are developing robot farmers that may make widespread pesticide spraying obsolete
This is the real future of agriculture and it is arriving fast. Every plant can be optimized for productivity. Initially the tech will be applied to the mass applications, but just as quickly to even the smallest need. This will completely end massive pesticide applications in particular. After all a mini drone can literally hunt down specific pests and either hit them with a pesticide micro dose or even capture a grub. Harvesting will become as specific as well. And wastage will steadily decline. We can imagine a swarm of drones grabbing specific tools and then buzzi... more »
TAX BILL PASSES!!!!
*Christmas comes early!* *Sweeping tax reform PASSES the Senate: GOP scores major victory in 11th-hour vote for $1.5 TRILLION bill after Democrats said they had no time to read the 500-page, 'scribbled' small print.* *Read my lips Dems:* No more individual mandate and more *MAGA!* More: Senate passes major tax reform legislation in significant win for Trump administration
Mike Flynn told one lie – the US government has told millions
The Flynn scandal has exposed so many bigger scandals in US politics, but unfortunately, none of them are being discussed. More The post Mike Flynn told one lie – the US government has told millions appeared first on The Duran.
US Senator Warren On One Hour To Read The 500 Page Republican Tax Bill With Illegible Changes In Margins
“U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren This chicken scratch is actually in the GOP tax bill. No, I haven’t had time to … Continue reading →
Aluminum In Vaccines May Cause Autism According To Experts in New Study
By Aaron Kesel A new controversial study confirms aluminum in vaccines may cause Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and those children who suffer from it to... more »
Midnight Meme Of The Day!
*-by Noah* *If I did one tenth of what she did, I would be in jail today.* -General Michael Flynn, Señor Trumpanzee's former National Security Advisor So said Trump's campaign advisor and short-lived National Security Advisor at the 2016 Kleveland Kook Konvention as the Republican Party was about to fully, publicly, and proudly embrace white supremacy, higher taxes for the middle and working classes, the end of their own Medicare and Social Security, increased job creation in China, and, of course, Vladimir Putin by nominating an obviously, severely mentally ill fascist as their g... more »
State of the Disunion: The Truth About The Planned Implosion Of The American Empire
State of the Disunion: The Truth About The Planned Implosion Of The American Empire by Jeff Berwick, https://dollarvigilante.com/ At the Nexus conference in Aspen, Colorado, recently, I gave a speech about the deterioration and the coming collapse of the United State… or United States as some people call it. I mentioned just how bankrupt the US federal […]
The Plan For North Korea Is In Motion, It’s Not What You Think?
X22Report Published on Dec 1, 2017 The indictment against Flynn is meaningless and a waste of time, it does not show collusion it shows he lied. North Korea says they want to be recognized as a nuclear country, if this comes to pass it is game over for the cabal in NK. Mattis says they are […]
CBS: Waffle House customer cooks his own meal while staffers sleep (VIDEO)
Alex Bowen, of West Columbia, said he couldn’t sleep so he walked to a local Waffle House a block away from his house on Thursday. To his surprise, the staff was asleep. Bowen told ABC News he waited at the register for 10 minutes for someone to take his order. He looked outside for employees, but didn’t
Los Angeles Alt-Weekly Staff Abruptly Gutted Immediately After Sale
No explanation has been offered as to why the LA Weekly's reporters and editors were laid off.
US Senate passes sweeping tax overhaul bill and the BBC News indulge in 'analysis', unbiased of course
This BBC report http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42205181 on the American tax reforms includes this: 'Republican legislative success at last Analysis: Anthony Zurcher, BBC News, Washington The US Senate, a seemingly insurmountable roadblock for the Republican agenda for much of this year, has at last given its assent to a major piece of legislation. Perhaps not surprisingly, sweeping tax cuts - always beloved by conservatives - is what finally brought the party together and gave President Donald Trump the opportunity to claim a landmark legislative achievement.' Did you ... more »
Tweets For Today
#BREAKING Honduras declares state of emergency over post-vote violence — AFP news agency (@AFP) December 2, 2017 Hawaii has reinstated the nuclear attack warning siren amid rising tensions with North Korea; the first test since the Cold War took place a few minutes ago pic.twitter.com/mKSKY9jn9W — BNO News (@BNONews) December 1, 2017 General Flynn, two years ago pic.twitter.com/1Hfe4xCtdM — English Russia (@EnglishRussia1) December 1, 2017 Dutch prosecutors say Bosnian Croat war crimes convict Slobodan Praljak used cyanide to kill himself in court after losing his appeal https:/... more »
The Fight Against AIDS is Filled with Heroes. Learn How You Can Be One Too.
The Fight Against AIDS is Filled with Heroes. Learn How You Can Be One Too. | Bill Gates https://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/The-Fight-Against-AIDS-is-Filled-with-Heroes?WT.mc_id=12_01_2017_06_AIDSHeroes_BG-TW_&WT.tsrc=BGTW&linkId=45387838 Advertisements
Black holes are simpler than forests and science has its limits.
Black holes are simpler than forests and science has its limits | Aeon Ideas https://aeon.co/ideas/black-holes-are-simpler-than-forests-and-science-has-its-limits
"An Old Mexican Proverb"
Indeed...
US Congressman Schiff Explains Importance Of Flynn’s Guilty Plea; Israeli Settlement Connection
“The Statement of the Offense included important new details, including that Flynn was directed by a senior transition official to … Continue reading →
ABC News Issues A Major Clarification On Their Original Bombshell Michael Flynn Report
*WNU Editor*: When I first read the ABC News report on Michael Flynn this afternoon I could not help but make* the following comment* .... *.... This ABC report is so bogus that I do not even know where to begin. President Trump was elected on a platform that included having better relations with Russia .... especially in the war against ISIS .... and it would therefore not surprise anyone that he would have directed someone like his future National Security adviser (i.e. Michael Flynn) to develop contacts with the Russian government. These type of discussions are not against the... more »
Picture Of The Day
* (Click on Image to Enlarge)* South Korea's Hyunmoo II missile is fired during an exercise at an unspecified location in the east coast of South Korea, November 29, 2017. © REUTERS/ The Defence Ministry/Yonhap *WNU Editor:* The above picture is from this photo-gallery .... This Week in Pictures (November 25 – December 1)(Sputnik).
"Happiness"
Steve Cutts, “Happiness” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9dZQelULDk ○ Hat tip to Stucky - https://www.theburningplatform.com/2017/12/01/happiness-what-it-aint/
Final Result In Honduras Election Delayed Once Again
A man walks away from tear gas as supporters of Salvador Nasralla, presidential candidate for the Opposition Alliance Against the Dictatorship, clash with police during a protest caused by the delayed vote count for the presidential election in San Pedro Sula, Honduras December 1, 2017. REUTERS/Moises Ayala *BBC: **Honduras election: Fresh delays after opposition demands recount* An expected announcement on the winner of disputed presidential elections in Honduras has been hit by fresh delays. Electoral officials shelved the announcement, due late on Friday, when main opposition c... more »
Ever Hear Of The Amyntor Group? It's Part Of Whitefish, Montana's Quest For World Dominance
That 4 and a half minute video about *VEEP* was kind of meta and theoretical. This 25 second one *from* the show gets right down to it; you kind of have to if you only have 25 seconds, right? But, by all means, watch them both; it's Friday night after all. So... you thought the corrupt Debbie Wasserman Schultz version of private prisons was bad? How about an Erik Prince version? They both President Selina Meyer look vaguely appealing-- or relatively appealing anyway. BuzzFeed reporter Adam Roston wrote yesterday about how the Trump Regime is working towards privatizing-- giving... more »
Turkish Anadol Agency interviews defected SDF spokesperson Talal Silo
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (5:25 AM) – The Turkish Anadol News Agency interviewed the former Syrian Democratic Forces’s (SDF) spokesperson Talal Silo on December 1st. Silo had defected mid-November to the rebels operating in Euphrates Shield territory before taking refuge in neighboring Turkey, an actor very hostile and wary of the ambitions and aspirations of the predominantly Kurdish, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Taliban attacks Pakistan, kills and injurs dozens
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (5:13 AM) – Nine people were killed and over 30 were injured when Taliban-affiliated terrorists reportedly attacked a student hostel inside the Agriculture School in Pakistan’s Peshawar province. Local security forces would later manage to kill the members of the terrorist group after a pursuit that lasted over an hour. Witnesses stated that the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Will rebels revive the formidable Jaish al-Fateh project? Muheisni answers
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (3:41 AM) – Famous Saudi preacher and sharia judge in the terrorist group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham made a recent publication tackling the question of whether a new jihadist coalition similar to Jaish al-Fateh is in the making as the Syrian government’s military campaign on Idlib gains steam. Muheisni began his statement with condemnation […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
China seeks to play constructive role in Afghan reconstruction, vows PM
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (3:41 A.M.) – Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said Friday that China is willing to play a constructive role in Afghanistan’s peaceful reconstruction. Li made the pledge when meeting with Afghan government Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah on the sidelines of the 16th meeting of the Council of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Heads of Government […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Israeli forces open fire upon unarmed Gazan farmers
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (3:26 A.M)- Israeli forces opened fire upon unarmed Gazan farmers today, unprovoked. The attacks took place in the northern coastal area of Beit Lahiya, as well as to the east of the refugee camp known as al-Maghazi, located in central Gaza. Attacks against Palestinians working in agriculture and the fishing industry have been […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Syrian Army, allied forces steadfastly advance in west Damascus in spite of Israeli attack
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (3:04 A.M.) – After foiling an Israeli-backed rebel assault on the recently capture Barda’iya Hills in the Golan Heights of west Damascus, the elite 42nd Brigade of the 4th Mechanized Division would resume their offensive operations on the rebel forces entrenched in the region. Backed by the Palestinian Liberation Army (PLA), the loyalist […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Libyan leader meets Trump as Libya’s migrant crisis reaches new lows
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (2:24 A.M.) – The Chairman of the UN-propped Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) Fayez Sarraj met US President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense James Mattis earlier today in an effort to secure further military support and discuss possible solutions for the bloody Libyan crisis that has been ongoing for six years. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Syrian Army storms jihadist bastion near the Golan Heights after Israeli attack
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:40 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) launched a powerful attack in the West Ghouta region of Damascus, tonight, targeting the Beit Jinn pocket that is controlled by the Al-Qaeda linked Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham terrorist group. Backed by the 7th Armored Division and Liwaa Suqour Al-Quneitra, the Syrian Army’s 42nd Brigade of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
"Meaningful Warnings..."
“There are meaningful warnings which history gives a threatened or perishing society. Such are, for instance, the decadence of art, or a lack of great statesmen. There are open and evident warnings, too. The center of your democracy and of your culture is left without electric power for a few hours only, and all of a sudden crowds of American citizens start looting and creating havoc. The smooth surface film must be very thin, then, the social system quite unstable and unhealthy. But the fight for our planet, physical and spiritual, a fight of cosmic proportions, is not a vague mat... more »
Will Pakistan's Support for Terrorists Destroy Its Relationship with America?
*Michael Kugelman* *Security, Asia* [image: School boys stand near fuel trucks which were set ablaze in the Bolan district of Pakistan's Baluchistan province December 12, 2011. Gunmen on motorcycles opened fire to nine fuel trucks in the Bolan area of southwestern Baluchistan province, setting them on fire and killing one of the drivers, police and witnesses said. REUTERS/ Amir Hussain] Pakistan’s core national interests have long necessitated that it retain links to militants. So American demands, no matter how threatening, may prove no match for Pakistan’s interests. As troubl... more »
The Story of How South Africa Voluntarily Gave Up Its Nuclear Weapons
*Robert Farley* *Security, Africa* A lesson for North Korea? The Republic of South Africa is the only country in the world to build a nuclear weapons program, then unbuild that program after domestic and international conditions changed. Why did South Africa decide to build nukes, how did it build them and why did it decide to give them up? The answers are largely idiosyncratic, although they may hold some lessons for the future of nuclear weapons development on the Korean Peninsula and elsewhere. *Origins of Program* South Africa sought nuclear weapons for familiar reasons. A... more »
Could Russia's R-77 Missile Crush the U.S. Air Force in a War?
*Charlie Gao* *Security, Europe* Or is it simply too little, too late? The R-77 air-to-air missile, which will be the primary air-to-air armament of the upcoming Su-57, has had a troubled development compared to its American counterpart, the AIM-120 AMRAAM. Starting life in the 1980s as a Soviet developmental program aside the AMRAAM, its testing and development dragged on due to the collapse of the Soviet Union. It was only adopted in 1994, two years after the AIM-120’s first operational kill during Operation Southern Watch. However recently it has seen a revival, arming some R... more »
RIP F-35: China Has a Plan to Make America's Stealth Aircraft Obsolete
*Zachary Keck* *Security, Asia* Eyes in the sky? China is seeking to build a new type of satellite that would render America’s stealth technology obsolete. This week, the Hong Kong–based *South China Morning Post* reported that Beijing is working on quantum ghost imaging satellites. According to the report, these satellites would have the capability to detect stealth aircraft even when they are operating in complete darkness. “Quantum ghost imaging can achieve unprecedented sensitivity by detecting not just the extremely small amount of light straying off a dim target, but als... more »
Would China Invade North Korea?
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Asia* And you thought the North Korea crisis was bad already. Amid all of the talk of military action on the Korean Peninsula, one major power is often left out of the discussion: China. The People’s Republic of China shares an 880 mile long border with its notoriously unpredictable neighbor, has a large army and values stable borders at any cost. In the event it deems military action necessary, what are Beijing’s options for dealing with North Korea and what kind of force could it bring to bear? North Korea is both a blessing and a curse for China. Th... more »
France's Maginot Line Was Not as Big a Failure as History Makes It out to Be
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* Although the Maginot Line did not prevent a German invasion, it forced Adolf Hitler’s generals to rethink their plans for conquest. Like a disjointed, moss-covered, concrete serpent, the Maginot Line snakes some 800 miles, from the Mediterranean border with Italy northward, until it disappears near the North Sea. The serpent’s blank, unseeing eyes—from which the barrels of cannon and machine guns once unblinkingly stared toward France’s traditional enemy—today gaze across a bucolic landscape that gives little hint of the historic events... more »
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