The Visual Capitalist has an excellent graphic showing who-gets-what. Note their is approximately $17 billion "required for national security". That is believed to be for Boeing. Of course money is fungible and this visual only shows broad categories....
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Fool’s Errand Now 1/2 Price!
by Scott Horton | Mar 29, 2020 | Blog
So you're stuck at home and want to learn about the war in Afghanistan? Well, I've cut the price of my book Fool's Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan by half for ya. The Kindle version too. Daniel Ellsberg, Douglas Macgregor, Matthew Hoh, Daniel L. Davis,...
FDA: We Kill More People Than Even The Pentagon
by Scott Horton | Mar 29, 2020 | Blog
And proud of it too! Millions of Hospital-Grade KN95 Masks Are Available For Import. The US Still Won’t Allow Them In.
Help For Small Business Owners
by Steven Woskow | Mar 27, 2020 | Blog
For any small business owner that needs to apply for a loan their is some good news. Secretary Mnuchin announced that the emergency small business funding mechanism will be administered through the Treasury FDIC system rather than the SBA. The contact point for the...
Free Ross!
by Scott Horton | Mar 27, 2020 | Blog
Trump administration to federal prisons: Increase home confinement for inmates to slow coronavirus spread
The Evil Benny Gantz Backs Down Before the Much More Evil Benjamin Netanyahu
by Scott Horton | Mar 27, 2020 | Blog
After all, it's an emergency and everything.
COVID-19 Has Taken an Aircraft Carrier Out of Commission
by Scott Horton | Mar 27, 2020 | Blog
Task and Purpose: The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt will be pulling into Guam so that each of its nearly 5,000 sailors can be tested for COVID-19, the Navy announced on Thursday. The announcement comes days after Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly said three...
So You Got Some Time to Kill?
by Scott Horton | Mar 26, 2020 | Blog
Well I've got 5,200-something interviews about the wars for you to listen to here.
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Winter is Coming to an American City Near You
It is much worse than Shawn Ryan thinks per his reactions during the interview. Sarah Adams discusses a forecast of an attack on the US from 1:12:00 to 1:25:00. There will be far more than 1k fighters (think train the trainer) because the aQ et al planners will...
Ruminations on War in the 21st Century
Agreed, Armchair Warlord nails the paper tiger posing as the US military. My additions: There is no Auftragstaktik in the modern western militaries despite their "embrace" of Mission Command. Carriers are the crossbow and chariot of the 21st century. A tremendous...
USS Liberty Incident Rises from the Ash Heap of Inconvenient History
Medal of Honor citation for Commander William L. McGonagle, USN, Commanding Officer, USS Liberty (AGTR-5) Thanks to Candace Owens for lifting this incident from the dead. One receives the Medal of Honor for engaging in a fight in enemy action. "For conspicuous...
Natural Economic Law Can’t Be Repealed
If the government restricts supply and subsidizes demand, out-of-control prices, resource shortages, and unpleasant ad hoc coping restrictions will follow. That is the natural (economic) law. The government cannot repeal it. But it can stop its attempt to plan.
Dumpsters Afloat: The Zumwalt Chronicles Continues
The weapons system removed from the Zumwalt They were going to build 30 and ended up building three of these dysfunctional monstrosities. Commissioned in 2016, it has only taken them eight years to retrofit the weapons system. The Navy's priorities have changed since...
Lawrence Premieres in London
On this day, 62 years ago, David Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962) premiered in London, UK. My favorite movie of all time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULsFcSpaVO0
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