On COI #472, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman cover the latest on the war in Ukraine, the Middle East, and Julian Assange. Kyle breaks down a report showing Russia’s ammunition production has doubled despite the US-led sanctions blitz, Kiev’s attack on Russian ships...
Australia
News Roundup 9/14/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 14, 2023 | News Roundup
Assange A group of 63 members of Australia’s parliament have urged the US to drop the charges against WikiLeaks founder and Australian citizen Julian Assange, who faces up to 175 years in prison if extradited to the US and convicted for exposing US war crimes. AWC...
China, Philippine Vessels in Stand-Off in South China Sea
by Connor Freeman | Sep 11, 2023 | News
China and the Philippines have engaged in another stand-off near the Second Thomas Shoal, a reef in the South China Sea’s disputed Spratly Islands. This comes as Washington is building up its military presence in the Philippines and elsewhere in the region, eyeing a...
The COVID Times
by Kym Robinson | Sep 11, 2023 | Featured Articles
“I never wanted it, I didn’t need it. I just gave in, it’s my biggest regret." The words of an Australian man in his mid-thirties who spent most of the "COVID years” active on social media challenging the narrative. Referring to the vaccination as the “clot shot," he...
Pentagon Developing AI Drone Swarms to ‘Deter’ China
by Will Porter | Sep 8, 2023 | News
The US military is devising a new system designed to field thousands of drones controlled by artificial intelligence, deputy Pentagon chief Kathleen Hicks said on Wednesday, voicing hopes the tech would help to overcome Beijing’s “advantage in mass.” Speaking at the...
News Roundup 8/28/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 28, 2023 | News Roundup
US News Florida Governor Ron Desantis said on Wednesday night that he would send the military into Mexico to fight drug cartels on “day one” of his presidency if he wins the 2024 presidential election. AWC Russia The Pentagon will begin training Ukrainian pilots on...
News Roundup 8/23/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 23, 2023 | News Roundup
Russia On Sunday, Denmark and the Netherlands became the first countries to pledge they will provide Ukraine with US-made F-16 fighter jets following formal US approval of the transfer. AWC A Ukrainian military official suggested to The Washington Post that Ukrainian...
Kim Jong Un Oversees Cruise Missile Test, as Washington and Seoul Launch Joint War Games
by Connor Freeman | Aug 21, 2023 | News
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a cruise missile test while aboard a naval ship on Monday. Concurrently, the US and South Korea began yet another series of military exercises which Pyongyang views as rehearsals for war and regime change. According to the...
Blog
Israel’s Amazing Feat
Israel has accomplished quite a feat: its crimes against the people of Gaza are of such a large scale that they make Hamas's Oct. 7 crimes look small.
Pentagon Follies: Accounting for DEI Expenditures
Inclusion, Equity and Diversity (IED) is communism in blackface. This viral contagion has raced to the top of government bureaucracies and, of course, facilitates a race to the bottom in quality and competence. The wizards at the Pentagon who have yet to account for...
A Soho Forum discussion of COVID with Tom Woods
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKzl5CngE5Q Check out Tom's great book, Diary of a Psychosis.
US Abrams Tanks Withdrawn from Fighting in Ukraine
Five four million dollar tanks up in smoke. They'll make every excuse they wish but the days of manned tanks are over. Ukraine has lost five Abrams tanks in recent months, The New York Times reported this month, citing an unnamed senior US official. At least three...
The Aircraft Carrier is the Crossbow and Chariot of the Modern Age
The US Navy, of course, is desperately trying to get authorization to build more Ford-class carriers. Ironic that they name the carrier after a violence broker famous for being rather clumsy and unable to navigate around. The first of class doesn't work properly: it...
Here’s an Idea
If you can't tell the difference between 2024 America and 1930s Germany, let's not have a conversation, okay?