Monthly Archives: September 2024

A man is arrested regarding a rifle at the golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida where Trump was playing

Posted on September 15, 2024 by willmann

By Robert Willmann As has been widely reported by the press and television networks, a man with a rifle was around the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, where Trump was playing golf today, 15 September. Reports … Continue reading →

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‘Monumental’ solar project unveiled

Posted on September 14, 2024 by TTG

North Stafford High School’s rooftop array will save system $2.8M CATHY DYSON – The Free Lance–Star Stafford County officials and high school students joined with state senators and a White House economist Thursday to unveil Virginia’s largest school solar array. … Continue reading →

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Bear Baiting By Walrus.

Posted on September 13, 2024 by walrus

Bear-baiting was very popular from the 12th until the 19th century.[4] From the 16th century, many bears were maintained for baiting. In its best-known form, arenas for this purpose were called bear-gardens, consisting of a circular high fenced area, the … Continue reading →

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Open Thread – 11 September 2024

Posted on September 11, 2024 by TTG

You can talk about last night’s debate, Haitian immigrants eating pets or Taylor Swift’s druthers if you want. Or maybe you want to remember what happened 23 years ago today. On that day, my partner and I were on our … Continue reading →

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SpaceX will start launching Starships to Mars in 2026, Elon Musk says

Posted on September 10, 2024 by TTG

SpaceX’s Starship megarocket will start flying Mars missions just two years from now, if all goes according to plan. “These will be uncrewed to test the reliability of landing intact on Mars. If those landings go well, then the first … Continue reading →

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The other side of Russia’s application of reflexive control

Posted on September 9, 2024 by TTG

The Kremlin signaled its commitment to establish full control over the Russian information space in the future and will likely reattempt to deanonymize Russian social media and Telegram channels even though Roskomnadzor withdrew its recently proposed regulations for now. Kremlin … Continue reading →

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Russians taking reflexive control to a new level

Posted on September 7, 2024 by TTG

Federal officials have accused Russia of using unwitting right-wing American influencers in its quest to spread Kremlin propaganda ahead of the 2024 presidential election. On Wednesday, the Justice Department charged two employees of RT, the Russian state media broadcaster, in … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Affairs, Intelligence, Russia, TTG | 108 Comments

A New Beginning By Walrus

Posted on September 6, 2024 by walrus

I apologise that my previous post was incomplete in that I had made no suggestions of how we get out of this mess that is Ukraine and Israel and a post without a suggested action is nothing but a pointless … Continue reading →

Posted in As The Borg Turns, Israel, Russia, Ukraine Crisis, Walrus | 22 Comments

It’s Over; Pogo Was Right – By Walrus

Posted on September 4, 2024 by walrus

It’s over, Ukraine is finished. The Israel project is finished. Both disasters are a direct result of decades of our own Suicidal Statecraft as Barbara Tuchman termed it. There can be no doubt as to our culpability. As Pogo observed … Continue reading →

Posted in As The Borg Turns, Israel, Ukraine Crisis, Walrus | 109 Comments

“What are Israel’s protests and general strike about — and how big are they?”

Posted on September 4, 2024 by TTG

The largest since the start of war, the protests and strike are the latest outpouring of anger against PM Netanyahu for failing to reach a ceasefire. Protests have erupted across Israel, accompanied by a general strike, after the recovery of … Continue reading →

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