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Poland Approves Framework for Massive HIMARS Purchase
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 11, 2023 | News
Warsaw took another step towards buying nearly 500 HIMARS launchers manufactured by Lockheed Martin. The sale is part of Poland's massive military buildup. On Monday, Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak announced the framework of the acquisition. "In line with...
Ep 024 “The Other Fight: Understanding the Conventional Conflict”
by Bill Buppert | Sep 4, 2023 | Chasing Ghosts Podcast
Episode Notes I take the time to discuss some of the conventional ramifications of modern warfare and book recommendations that have given me a deeper and more nuanced understanding of why wars begin and end as they do. References: Sun Tzu The Art of War Carl von...
Ep 023 “Afghanistan: The Soviet Debacle 1978-1989”
by Bill Buppert | Aug 21, 2023 | Chasing Ghosts Podcast
Episode Notes The defeat of the USSR in Afghanistan was part of a broad tapestry of disasters that eventually brought the Russian communist state crashing down. The shattering of Soviet forces by the indigenous rebels aided by foreign fighters and sophisticated...
What’s Your Start Date, and Why?
by Keith Knight | Aug 10, 2023 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/81VAaNqqXzs [T]he number of blacks in professional, technical, and other high-level occupations more than doubled in the decade preceding the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In other occupations, gains by blacks were greater during the 1940s—when there was...
Pentagon Plans to Deploy Hypersonic Missiles on Problematic Warship
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 9, 2023 | News
The Pentagon is planning an expensive upgrade to its problem-plagued Zumwalt-class destroyers. The Department of Defense is preparing to equip the USS Zumwalt with hypersonic missile launchers.
WATCH: Waco Cops Go to Wrong Home, Kill Innocent Couple’s Dog
by Matt Agorist | Jun 15, 2023 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
A horrific turn of events unfolded in Texas when Waco Police officers, responding to a 911 call, arrived at the wrong address and fatally shot an innocent couple's dog. Bodycam footage of this gross incompetence has been released by the Waco Police, which provides a...
Rediscovering Yourself and the Role of Tech w/Matt Erickson and Buck Johnson
by Tommy Salmons | Jun 10, 2023 | Year Zero
Matt Erickson and Buck Johnson join me to discuss the distractions of technology, and how to wade through the tumultuous waters of over stimulation. Kingpilled Counterflow The Marc Clair Show Discord Year Zero YouTube Libertarian Institute 19 Skills Pdf Autonomy...
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Analysis of the ICJ’s Ruling that Israel’s Occupation Is Illegal
Scott Horton and I discuss the significance of the International Court of Justice’s recent ruling that Israel’s occupation is illegal.
Doubling Down on Failure: Ford Fiasco Follies
A new updated CRS report dated 5 August 2024 is out on the USS Ford debacle. I read these reports so you don't have to. For plenty of reasons, the carrier is the crossbow and chariot of the 21st century. Yet the US insists on spending tens of billions of dollars on...
The Case for Not Voting
Bretigne Shaffer and I explain why, if you want to effect real change, the most sensible thing you can do is to not vote.
The Royal Navy Submarine Force Remains Surfaced
The Royal Navy is experiencing readiness and maintenance shortfalls in its submarine force that is similar to the throughput problems for the US nuclear submarine forces. The logistical tail for exquisite platforms like nuclear submarines is enormous and a first world...
The F35 Follies: Britannia Rules a Little
My recommendation to the British MoD: don't buy anymore of these flying failure factories. U.K. planned to buy138 F-35s, bought 48, delivered 35, aims at 75 by 2025. Judging from the delays and failures universally in the program, achieving a delivery of all...
Anti-War Blog – Not Enough Paper Cranes
When I was in primary school we were taught about a little Japanese girl named Sadako Sasaki and her paper cranes. She was one of the many victims of the Hiroshima atomic bomb blast, dying after the initial detonation from radiation sickness. One of many thousands who...