RSS- 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
- Britain? Kaput! By Walrus.
- Declaration “Dignitas Infinita” on Human Dignity
- The situation and some possible courses of action … A Pat Lang post reposted from 26 February 2022
Monthly Archives: October 2018
HARPER: RESTORING AMERICAN MANUFACTURING
On October 5, the White House released a 139-page report, "Assessing and Strengthening the Manufacturing and Defense Industrial Base and Supply Chain Resiliency of the United States." The report had been originally due to be completed in April, but the … Continue reading
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The jihadis reject any chance of peace in Syrua.
"On October 14, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra; HTS) released an official statement, in which it vowed to continue its “Jihad” [the Islamic term for holy war] against the Damascus government and refused to give up its arms … Continue reading
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Did you sell yourself to murderers, daddy?
"“Why do you work for a murderer?” Increasingly, it seems that is a question many Americans should be preparing themselves to answer. Each year, Saudi Arabia employs, through consultants or otherwise, a host of retired American generals, diplomats, intelligence … Continue reading
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“Enemy of the People” – TTG
Jamal Khashoggi went missing on 2 October after entering the Saudi Embassy in Ankara. His fiancee was left waiting outside the embassy entrance. That much is fact… and only that much. Turkish authorities, including Turkish Intelligence, believe Khashoggi was interrogated, … Continue reading
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“An entertainment”
"Our Man in Havana is a 1959 British spy comedy film shot in CinemaScope, directed and produced by Carol Reed and starring Alec Guinness, Burl Ives, Maureen O'Hara, Ralph Richardson, Noël Coward and Ernie Kovacs.[2][3][4] The film is adapted … Continue reading
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION SITREP 11 OCTOBER 2018 by Patrick Armstrong
WAR. I didn't notice this at the time, but it's effectively a declaration of war against Russia. I will be writing more but, in essence, the US State Department official responsible for Russia has given the game away. "It … Continue reading
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A Modest Proposal for the Future of Puerto Rico (humor)
Puerto Ricans are US citizens, free to move to the continental US (or Hawaii) any time they like. Once there they no longer have status as Puerto Ricans (except in their minds). In particular they are no longer exempt from … Continue reading
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Habakkuk on the roots of the Trans Atlantic cabals
On Herman, there is a useful interview he gave to the intelligence historian Michael Phythian in 2016. It can be read in a few minutes, and should I think give food for thought not simply to Brits but to Americans. … Continue reading
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HARPER: NIKKI FINDS THE DOOR
Good riddance to Nikki Haley, the soon-departed UN Ambassador. Ignore most of the speculation about her grand future plans to run for President or take Lindsey Graham's Senate seat if Trump dumps Jeff Sessions and replaces him with the South … Continue reading
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“Before Brett M. Kavanaugh, there was Stanley Matthews …” Kristine Phillips at WP
"Before Brett M. Kavanaugh, there was Stanley Matthews, whose confirmation was so fraught and divisive that it took a second nomination to cement his place on the Supreme Court. President Rutherford B. Hayes, Matthews’s old friend from his home state … Continue reading
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