Archive for the 'War' Category
Troops Are Sleeping in the Capitol for the First Time Since the Civil War
January 14th, 2021Via: Roll Call: Members of the military waking up on the cold marble floors of the Capitol complex Wednesday were likely some of the first to do so in more than 150 years. “The last time there were troops sleeping in the Capitol itself was during the Civil War,” said Jane L. Campbell, president and […]
National Guard Gearing Up With Rifles, Riot Shields At The Capitol
January 13th, 2021Via: ZeroHedge: Moments ago, Acting Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee said the National Guard is boosting the numbers of guardsmen around the Capitol complex to more than 20,000. This is a substantial increase from over the weekend when 6,000 were deployed. The number was increased to a total of 15,000 on Monday. Now, more than […]
“The Storming of the Capitol”: America’s Reichstag Fire?
January 9th, 2021Via: Off-Guardian: The media are already spinning a narrative around the events in Washington DC. One that bears no resemblance to reality, does not hold up to any kind of scrutiny and will have massive, far-reaching consequences for all of us. They’re calling it “one of the darkest days in our nations history”, a day […]
Amazon Boots Parler Off AWS
January 9th, 2021Via: ZeroHedge: And so the hammer has come down late on Saturday, when Amazon officially kicked Parler off its cloud Web hosting service, AWS according to Buzzfeed. The suspension means that once the ban takes effect on Sunday, the website – which as of this moment is still up – will be offline until it […]
The Opening Act Of The New “War On Domestic Terror”
January 9th, 2021Via: The Last American Vagabond: Backup:
Navy’s Priciest Carrier Ever Struggles to Get Jets On, Off Deck
January 9th, 2021Via: Bloomberg: Aircraft takeoff and landing systems on the USS Gerald R. Ford remain unreliable and break down too often more than three years after the $13.2 billion carrier was delivered, according to the Pentagon’s top tester. The latest assessment of the costliest warship ever built “remains consistent” with previous years, director of testing Robert […]
Twitter Permanently Suspends President Trump’s Account
January 8th, 2021Update: Google Suspends Parler Social Networking App from Play Store; Apple Gives 24-Hour Warning Via: Reuters: Alphabet Inc’s Google on Friday suspended the Parler social networking service from its app store, citing posts inciting violence and demanding “robust” content moderation from the app favored by many supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump. — Update: Twitter […]
TRUMP SUPPORTERS STORM U.S. CAPITOL BUILDING, NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYED
January 6th, 2021Update: “Corporate Group Urges Officials Consider Trump’s Removal ‘To Preserve Democracy’” Wow. Behold, the champions of democracy. Via: Reuters: The head of a major U.S. business group that represents 14,000 companies including Exxon Mobil Corp, Pfizer Inc and Toyota Motor Corp urged senior U.S. officials to consider removing President Donald Trump from office after supporters […]
U.K. Judge Rejects U.S. Request to Extradite WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange on Spy Charges
January 4th, 2021Via: CBS: A British judge rejected on Monday the United States’ request to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to face espionage charges, saying it would be “oppressive” because of his mental health. District Judge Vanessa Baraitser said Assange was likely to commit suicide if sent to the U.S. The U.S. government said it would appeal […]
The Kafkaesque Imprisonment of Julian Assange Exposes U.S. Myths About Freedom and Tyranny
January 1st, 2021Via: Glenn Greenwald: Persecution is not typically doled out to those who recite mainstream pieties, or refrain from posing meaningful threats to those who wield institutional power, or obediently stay within the lines of permissible speech and activism imposed by the ruling class. Those who render themselves acquiescent and harmless that way will — in […]
