Trump signs a new executive order reinstating the travel ban. This executive order does not include Iraq and does not include VISA holders. The new executive order lists several situations where people may be exempt from the travel ban. Trump is also stopping the...
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News Roundup 3/6/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 6, 2017 | Blog
The White House asks Congress to investigate Trump's allegation that Obama wiretapped his phone during the 2016 campaign. [Link] Tony Blair has a secret meeting with Donald Trump. Trump is said to be considering Blair for heading a Middle East Envoy. Blair may also...
News Roundup 3/5/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 5, 2017 | Blog
The Russia-gate conspiracy theory could push Trump to take a dangerous hard-line approach against Russia. [Link] Trump claims that President Obama was eavesdropping on phone calls. Trump has yet to provide proof this was happening. [Link] TSA patdowns will become more...
News Roundup 3/4/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 4, 2017 | Blog
Uber uses a program known as grayball to help its drivers to avoid picking up law enforcement agents who look to ticket the drivers for using Uber in cities where the app is illegal. The program is also helpful for Uber drivers to avoid picking up people who may wish...
News Roundup 3/3/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 3, 2017 | Blog
Jeff Sessions held his first press conference as Attorney General yesterday. At the press conference, Sessions recused himself from overseeing the FBI investigation into Russia’s alleged interference in the election. [Link] During a speech, Trump promised a 12...
News Roundup 3/1/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 1, 2017 | Blog
Trump plans to cut the State Department budget by 37%. [Link] The Trump Administration will drop its challenge to a Texas voter ID law. [Link] The US will spend $400 billion over the next ten years on its nuclear weapons arsenal. [Link] US veterans of the Iraq War...
News Roundup 2/28/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 28, 2017 | Blog
Trump's first budget will call for a $54 billion dollar increase in defense spending. This is roughly a 9% increase in the defense budget. [Link] A bar owner is facing $30,000 in fines and 18 months in prison for buying liquor from a retail store and not a wholesaler....
News Roundup 2/27/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 27, 2017 | Blog
Trump's pick to be Secretary of the Navy Philip Bilden withdraws his name from consideration for the post. Earlier this month, Trump's pick for Secretary of the Army also withdrew his name. [Link] The Trump Administration blocks the VISAs of the North Korean...
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The Shame of Veterans Day
A photograph taken on the morning of March 8, 1906, on the eastern crest of Bud Dajo. (John R. White Papers, Knight Library, University of Oregon) “Happy Veterans Day and thank you for your service” or “thanks for protecting our freedom.” The events at Bud Dajo in the...
Some Things Never Change
"The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt.” --John Philpot Curran, Irish statesman, 1790
Anti-War Blog – Remember
The 11th of November, specifically at 11AM is a sacred time that has taken on a religious observance among the victorious of World War One. A time to officially remember those who died in that war and the many others since, often with the observation of silence for a...
Rust-Bucket Life Extension for the Win
Ticonderoga Class Arleigh Burke Class It seems counterintuitive but keeping old ships commissioned is expensive. Expertise on the hulls ages out and retires, technology moves on and maintenance demands increase and don't decrease. These life extensions are random and...
Censorship Down Under
The Australian parliament pushes through a bill that will now control access to social media. Like most censorship and prohibition acts it is done under the guise of child protection, the fear mongering used has been constant. Children can be groomed, manipulated and...
Right Diagnosis, Wrong Prescription
The populist Sanders-left (which is actually broader because it includes Tucker Carlson and others called rightists) is partly correct and partly incorrect about what happened to the Democrats last Tuesday. They say correctly that the Democrats failed because they...
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