Monthly Archives: January 2020

Starlink 1 and the future of communications – TTG’s take

Posted on January 11, 2020 by Andrei Martyanov

In 1989, while assigned to an Army SMU, I used a small satellite radio, the size of a mobile phone of that era, with a small dish antenna pointed at the assigned satellite in geosynchronous orbit. Some satellites were good … Continue reading →

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Starlink 1 – the future of communications

Posted on January 11, 2020 by Pat Lang

"In 2020, SpaceX plans to launch 60 Starlink satellites every two weeks, ostensibly to create a functional global internet service by the end of the year. Customers would connect to Starlink using what Musk described on Tuesday as a device … Continue reading →

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The Facts About Iran and Terrorism by Larry C Johnson

Posted on January 10, 2020 by Larry Johnson

When emotion rules the day facts do not matter. Sadly, that is the reality we confront when it comes to talking about Iran and terrorism. The U.S. Government and almost all of the media continue to declare that Iran is … Continue reading →

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The Strike – TTG

Posted on January 9, 2020 by Andrei Martyanov

It’s been a good 48 hours since Iran’s missile strike at Ayn al-Assad and Erbil. Both Washington and Tehran stared into the abyss and did not like what they saw. We averted a full fledged shooting war through a little … Continue reading →

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Macgregor got it part right on Carlson’s show last night

Posted on January 9, 2020 by Pat Lang

Colonel (ret.) Douglas Macgregor was on Tucker Carlson's show last night.  He is a smart man.  Tucker is a smart man. Carlson's show is an outpost of sanity in a neocon run US foreign policy establishment (the Borg).  Carlson deserves … Continue reading →

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“The Middle East is a complicated place” – SWMBO

Posted on January 8, 2020 by Pat Lang

This is the Iranian government erected memorial to Jewish Iranian soldiers who were killed  fighting in the Iranian Army in the Iran-Iraq War.  According to the latest data there are still about 8,500 Iranian Jews resident in the country and … Continue reading →

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“Voices of Syria – Rev. Ibrahim Nseir of the Arab Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Aleppo”

Posted on January 8, 2020 by Pat Lang

https://youtu.be/bwA2Sfo3HIc Tulsi Gabbard at the Presbyterian Church in Aleppo, Syria, 26 January, 2017 pl

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Soleimani and Al-Muhandis are being mourned in Aleppo churches

Posted on January 7, 2020 by Pat Lang

(Tehran Armenian Cathedral) Mike Pompeo was on the TeeVee today scoffing at those who do not agree with him and the Ziocon inspired "maximum pressure" campaign against Iran.  It must be a terrible thing for intelligence analysts of integrity and … Continue reading →

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Trump moves to unite the Middle East! (irony)

Posted on January 6, 2020 by Pat Lang

Teevee coverage of the recent events in the ME has been predictable.  Those who hated Trump continue to hate him, etc.  A few observations: 1. I had hoped that Trump's decision to kill an Iranian general engaged in a diplomatic … Continue reading →

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There Will Be Blood by Larry C Johnson

Posted on January 5, 2020 by Larry Johnson

America’s naive belief in the miracle of the assassination fantasy, especially when applied in the Middle East, reminds me of an Alzheimer’s patient who believes in magic beans but fails to remember that the beans never sprout. We keep on … Continue reading →

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