On this day in 2001 (the day before the 9/11 attacks), Donald Rumsfeld said this: At the 14:15 mark, Rumsfeld says, “Our financial systems are decades old. According to some estimates, we cannot track 2.3 trillion dollars in transactions. We cannot share information...
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US Surface Navy is No Longer a Global Force
The US Navy may credibly dominate the Atlantic but the Pacific Ocean is no longer an exclusive US naval domination calculus. The Arctic is still dominated by the Russians and will remain so. The US Navy's ability to build functioning surface ships is compromised...
The Frigate Follies Get Worse and Worse
Déjà vu, it's happening again. The surface navy failures manifested in the Littoral Combat Ship, the Zumwalt and the USS Ford will soon have another ship to add to that gallery of maritime incompetence that showcases the modern US Navy. I say again, construction...
Biden Signs Bill Banning Russian Uranium, Gives Billions for American Production
President Joe Biden signed a bill into law that bans Russian uranium imports and provides nearly $3 billion in handouts to boost domestic production. The bill provides an exemption to allow US companies to import Russian uranium if they have no other options. On...
News Roundup 7/20/2023
US News On Wednesday, the Czech parliament ratified a treaty that paves the way for a US troop presence on Czech soil as the US is looking to further beef up its military posture in Europe. AWC The Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted down an amendment to the 2024...
Rep. Gaetz Wants to Give Biden Military Authorization to Take Out ‘Chinese Assets’ in Cuba
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) on Thursday told the House Armed Services Committee that he wants to give President Biden the authority to intervene militarily in Cuba to “take out” Chinese assets that are allegedly on the island.
COI #361: Zelensky Turns Up Heat on Russian Orthodox Church
On COI #361, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman cover the Senate’s impending vote on a War Powers Resolution to end US support for the Saudis’ war in Yemen, Kiev’s sanctions and arrests against Ukraine’s Russian-tied Eastern Orthodox Church, the Ukrainian government's...
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Domestic Imperialism: Nine Reasons I Left Progressivism
Imagine the Catholic Church (or any person or group of people) doing what the government does every day: Everyone who doesn’t give the Catholic Church 25% of his annual income every year will be put in jail. If he resists the Jesuit officer, the officer has the right...
Diary of a Psychosis: How Public Health Disgraced Itself During COVID Mania
FOREWORD BY JAY BHATTACHARYA, MD, PHD Diary of a Psychosis is different from all other books on Covid: it traces the development of the government response as it happened, bit by bit, and subjects it to relentless scrutiny: did any of it do any good? It thereby...