RSS- The battle for Ocheretyne
- Supreme Court oral arguments to be heard on April 25 about presidential immunity for official acts
- Nasa’s Voyager-1 sends usable data from deep space
- The Wondrous Oak
- Three Seas Summit: Vilnius 2024
- Tit for tat until it all goes boom
- Deadly H5N1 avian influenza strain detected on mainland Antarctica
- “BYD is launching its next-gen Blade EV battery soon with more range and even lower cost”
- Iran launches air attacks on Israel
- ISW on the developing Ukrainian defense industrial base and Russias strikes on the Ukrainian energy infrastructure
Monthly Archives: February 2017
Trump Presser – 16 February 2017
I thought it was a masterful performance. He dealt with people like Jim Acosta as though they were children. As he said, "so full of hatred…" I expect a variety of opinions, none of them full of hatred. pl http://heavy.com/news/2017/02/president-donald-trump-press-conference-live-stream-video-watch-youtube-labor-secretary-announcement-today/ … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, Politics
108 Comments
HARPER: A COUP D’ETAT UNDERWAY?
The forced resignation of President Donald Trump's National Security Adviser General Michael Flynn has grabbed headlines, continuing the mainstream media barrage of hyped claims that the November elections were hijacked by sophisticated Russian intelligence agents, working under the personal direction … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
121 Comments
Is Trump a believer in Stephen Anton’s and Michael Miller’s Trumpismo?
"To save America, Anton proposes a blitz of desperate actions. The point, he argues, is to take exceptional and potentially suicidal steps (the rushing-the-cockpit scenario) because the America that conservatives aspire to preserve faces total elimination. He reveals this … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
180 Comments
The election of 1824 – provided by Richard Sale
The most visible candidate was House Speaker Henry Clay. A leading War Hawk during the War of 1812, Clay had a power base in Kentucky, was a gifted public speaker, and had support for his so-called American System of protective … Continue reading
Posted in History, Politics
10 Comments
Confronting Iran ? President Trump entering uncharted waters in Yemen (2)
By Patrick Bahzad "Morality is the weakness of the brain. It can be dangerous when it is not alleviated by thought and reason"(from A Season in Hell, by Arthur Rimbaud) As explained in part (1) of this piece, President Trump … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Middle East, Yemen
29 Comments
Confronting Iran ? President Trump entering uncharted waters in Yemen (1)
By Patrick Bahzad "I need not tell you, Sir, that the Red Sea is as much closed as the Gulf" (from 20 000 Leagues Under The Sea, by Jules Verne) So this is where President Trump apparently decided to make his … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Middle East, Yemen
47 Comments
The Liberals’ conversion to the support of States Rights …
"In American political discourse, states' rights refers to political powers reserved for the state governments rather than the federal government according to the United States Constitution, reflecting especially the enumerated powers of Congress and the Tenth Amendment. The enumerated powers … Continue reading
Posted in government, Politics
42 Comments
Another look at Russia’s radio-electronic combat – TTG
In October 2015 I put up a post largely about the Richag-AV and Krasukha-4 jamming systems then appearing with the Russian forces moving into Syria. It sparked a good discussion that cut through a lot of the techno-hype. One thing … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Russia, Syria, TTG
64 Comments
Gorsuch will have to be lucky …
Well, pilgrims, the man from the ivory judicial tower has stepped on his crank. He allowed a member of the Connecticut congressional delegation to inveigle him into denouncing the president who nominated him to the Supreme Court. Then, to make the situation even more … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, Justice, Politics
72 Comments