This old New Yorker piece about Curtis LeMay has some details about the Missile Crisis that I did not know and want to save here for someday. So we all already knew that 1: the USSR did already have operational short and medium range missiles in Cuba, but Khrushchev...
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What Happens When a Town’s Entire Police Force Quits?
by Matt Agorist | Jul 25, 2022 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
This month, without warning, the taxpayers of Kenly, N.C. found out that the police department they have been paying for “protection,” no longer wished to serve them. The entire department, including the police chief and every single officer on the force, turned in...
Cop Involved With Breonna Taylor’s Murder Has Record Expunged Clean
by Matt Agorist | Jul 21, 2022 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
On September 23, 2020, knowing that there would be backlash for their decision, streets in downtown Louisville were blocked off officials, police put on high alert, and government buildings were boarded up as officials announced the charges against former officer...
A Veteran Explains Why People Aren’t Joining the Military
by John Vaughn | Jul 20, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
A new report from NBC news has generated a lot of discussion about the relationship between the military and American society. Especially from right-leaning commentators, much of the blame is placed on the current administration and the apparent increase of “woke”...
News Roundup 7/20/2022
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 20, 2022 | News Roundup
US News Army officials said the service will fall about 10,000 soldiers short of its planned end strength for this fiscal year, and prospects for next year are grimmer. AP The U.S. Department of Defense is nearing an agreement with Lockheed Martin Corp for around 375...
Top Senators Back DoJ Plan to Use RICO Laws to Target Russian Assets
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 19, 2022 | News Roundup
The Department of Justice consulted with the Senate Judiciary Committee on a proposal to use laws designed to target the mafia to seize Russian assets. The DoJ legal scheme won immediate support from the committee's top members. The Department's plan calls for the...
The Antiwar Comic: News of Two Worlds
by Tony DiGerolamo | Jul 15, 2022 | Blog
Which reality will we end up in? More comics at the Webcomic Factory.
Turkey Says Ukraine and Russia Reach Agreement on Ukrainian Grain Exports
by Dave DeCamp | Jul 14, 2022 | News Roundup
Turkey on Wednesday said it will sign a deal next week with Russia, Ukraine, and the UN to facilitate the export of grain from Ukraine.
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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
The Health-Care Nirvana Fallacy
Someone explain how coercive centralized bureaucratic control of medical decision-making and the purse can beat the decentralized free market with its undistorted price system. The government has many things besides medical care it wants to spend tax money on, and...
DEI Kills: Boeing Bumbling on Parade Part CXXVII
Editor's Note: Just returned from business travel so my blogging frequency should bump up again. Boeing continues o provide legions of future business historians the fodder for hundreds of books and cautionary tales on how engineering can fall of a cliff once...
What’s Behind HTS Rebranding and the Rise of Geopolitical Tensions? New Episode of the Kyle Anzalone Show
Al-Qaeda's Takeover in Syria: Truth Behind the Headlines! Al-Qaeda's recent control over Syria marks a significant shift in the region, and we need to unpack its implications. While mainstream media may portray this as a victory for freedom and justice, the reality is...
Time to Separate Medicine and State
The "progressive" coverage of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson's murder has an unspoken premise: namely, that we could have had a system in which medical care was instantly superabundant and free for everyone. There is no such system. We live in a world of...
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