RSS- 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
- Britain? Kaput! By Walrus.
Monthly Archives: November 2022
“This is how Vladimir Putin’s dismal rule ends”
“Back in the 1990s, when Europe experienced another eruption of barbarous violence in the form of the Yugoslav conflict, there was a similar mood of pessimism that those responsible for committing genocidal horrors, such as the Srebrenica massacre, would ever … Continue reading
Posted in Russia, Ukraine Crisis
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Thanksgiving in the Field – 1863 from “Death Piled Hard” reposted 2022
One of my pre-occupations is the cycle of novels that I wrote concerned with what I think I learned in life. It is set in the American Civil War and called “Strike the Tent.” Why? If I knew why perhaps I could … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Prose
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Unsolved mysteries: The assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963
By Robert Willmann For the record. On 22 November 1963, President John F. Kennedy was murdered on a public street in broad open daylight in Dallas, Texas by a sophisticated operation. An equally sophisticated coverup and whitewashing of the crime … Continue reading
“Bison’s relocation to Native lands revives a spiritual bond”
“Collectively those tribes manage over 20,000 buffalo on tribal lands,” said Troy Heinert, a Rosebud Sioux Tribe member who serves as executive director of the InterTribal Buffalo Council, based in Rapid City, South Dakota. “Our goal and mission is to … Continue reading
Posted in Gastronomie, Religion
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AAA is back.
“Using big, expensive long-range surface-to-air missiles, known as SAMs, to stop a low-tech drone such as a quadcopter is like using an elephant gun to stop a flea. The increasing reliance on relatively slow, low-flying missiles and aircraft has made flak … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Russia, Ukraine Crisis, weapons
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Iranian drones are made with NATO parts
“The Iranian drones that Russia has used to attack military targets and civilians in Ukraine are built with parts almost exclusively made by companies with headquarters in the United States, Europe and Asia, according to a report issued Tuesday by a weapons … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Iraq, Russia, The Military Art, Ukraine Crisis, weapons
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“La Grande Fete de Merci Donnant” Buchwald – reposted 2022
“They landed at a place called Plymouth (once a famous voiture Americaine ) in a wooden sailing ship called the Mayflower (or Fleur de Mai ) in 1620. But while the Pelerins were killing the dindes, the Peaux-Rouges were killing … Continue reading
Posted in History, Humor, Whatever
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“Russia’s Pointless Attacks In Bakhmut Are Running Into A Wall Of Ukrainian Artillery”
“There were weird exceptions. For reasons that defy military logic, Russian troops in a few eastern sectors not only stayed in place—they attacked. These isolated Russian assaults—call them “countercounterattacks”—so far have not resulted in meaningful territorial gains for the Russians. They … Continue reading
Posted in Russia, The Military Art, Ukraine Crisis, weapons
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Eutelsat 10B
https://spacelaunchnow.me/launch/falcon-9-block-5-eutelsat-10b
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SpX-26 launch
https://spacelaunchnow.me/launch/falcon-9-block-5-dragon-crs-2-spx-26
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