November 2018 archive

Why The U.S. Military Is Woefully Unprepared For A Major Conventional Conflict Via Southfront.org, Written and produced by SF Team: Brian Kalman, Daniel Deiss, Edwin Watson Introduction In the Department of Defense authored summary of the National Defense Strategy of the United States for 2018, Secretary James Mattis quite succinctly sets out the challenges and …

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These Are The States With The Most Hate Groups Funerals for those killed during the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburg were held last week. Eleven people were killed, and several others were injured during Saturday morning service when a gunman opened fire on congregants. While horrific, it was by no means a one-off, …

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UK Government Bans The "Fake News" Label To Facilitate Further Censorship Authored by Andrew Korybko via Oriental Review, The UK is banning the term “fake news” in official documents. The motivation behind this move is that the government thinks that the word is too broad and is urging people to employ more specific phrases such …

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Iran's 'Ghost Ships' Evade Oil Sanctions By Turning Off Trackers In anticipation of the US sanctions against Iranian oil exports, which were reimposed by the Trump Administration on Monday (along with additional sanctions on everything from Iranian shipping to banking and insurance), oil tankers bearing the Iranian flag have embraced a stealthy approach to keeping …

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China Set To Unveil New Aircraft, Drones, Missiles, & Lasers At Zhuhai Airshow  China’s largest air show will be held in the coastal city of Zhuhai from Tuesday to Sunday, is a traditional event for Beijing to demonstrate its expanding aviation sector in front of aerospace executives, world leaders and defense buyers from over 40 …

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Russian Bomber Makes Provocative Flyover Of U.S. Command Ship During NATO War Games Russia is flexing its muscle or is at least engaged in some serious trolling just as Trident Juncture 18 is underway in Norway — NATO’s largest drills in decades with some 50,000 troops, 10,000 combat vehicles, 65 ships, and 250 aircraft. On Friday a Russian Tupolev Tu-142 bomber unexpectedly flew …

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If The Disunited States Of America Is To Survive… Authored by Ilana Mercer via The Unz Review, “We are one American nation. We must unite. We have to unify. We have to come together.” Every faction in our irreparably fractious and fragmented country calls for unity, following events that demonstrate just how disunited the United …

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The Danger In Media Telling Only Half The Story On Political Violence Authored by Sean Malone via The Foundation for Economic Education, When mass media displays such a clear bias, then the people who are on the losing end of that bias are not going to be happy… In the last few months, we’ve seen …

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Thousands Of Europe-Bound Migrants Have Simply Vanished: AP Tens of thousands of migrants undertaking dangerous journeys in search of greener pastures throughout the world are dead or missing, according to an AP tally – nearly doubling estimates from the N’s International Organization for Migration (IOM).  At least 56,800 migrants worldwide have simply vanished since 2014 by AP‘s count …

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Mapping The Most Culturally Chauvinistic Europeans Around Europe, some nationalities have a reputation for patriotism and chauvinism more than others. Whether it’s someone from England reflecting on past colonial glories or a Belgian boasting about his country producing the best beer on the continent, Statista’s Niall McCarthy notes that a sense of national pride is …

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