Archive for the 'War' Category
White House Looks to Prevent Oversight of Ukraine Aid
July 13th, 2023Here’s an idea: The U.S. should buy some of the weapons it left behind in Afghanistan from the Taliban and send them to Ukraine! haha Babylon Bee, please pick up the nearest white courtesy phone. Via: Libertarian Institute: The Joe Biden administration has come out in opposition to Congress creating an inspector general’s office to […]
Biden Nominates Elliott Abrams, Death Squad Backer Convicted of Lying to Congress, to Gov’t Commission
July 8th, 2023Via: Democracy Now: President Biden has nominated Elliott Abrams to the bipartisan U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. Elliott Abrams was convicted in 1991 of lying to Congress about the Iran-Contra affair, and later pardoned by then-President George H.W. Bush. He defended death squads in Guatemala and El Salvador in the 1980s, when he served […]
DoD Invokes Defense Production Act To Boost Metals Mining After China Export Controls
July 7th, 2023Via: ZeroHedge: According to a Pentagon spokesperson cited by Reuters, the US Defense Department announced on Friday it is invoking the Defense Production Act to boost the domestic mining and processing capacity of two rare earth metals, gallium and germanium, critical for high-tech chip-making for the US defense industry. Reuters said the Pentagon has a […]
U.S. Considering Sending Cluster Munitions to Ukraine
July 7th, 2023
Update: U.S. to Send Ukraine Cluster Munitions, NATO Makes Membership Pledge: The United States announced on Friday that it would supply Ukraine with widely banned cluster munitions for its counteroffensive against occupying Russian forces, and NATO’s leader said the military alliance would unite at a summit next week on how to bring Ukraine closer to […]
China Making Neurostrike Weapons, “To Disrupt Brain Functions and Influence Government Leaders or Entire Populations”
July 7th, 2023Via: The Washington Times: China‘s People’s Liberation Army is developing high-technology weapons designed to disrupt brain functions and influence government leaders or entire populations, according to a report by three open-source intelligence analysts. The weapons can be used to directly attack or control brains using microwave or other directed energy weapons in handheld guns or […]
US Wants To Make More Stingers, But it Needs to Revive Production Technology Nearly from Scratch
July 1st, 2023Via: Technology.org: It is not easy to restart old production lines – after most of them have been disassembled and the technology itself was largely forgotten. Therefore, in order to make Stinger portable missile launchers (MANPADS) which became incredibly popular after their particularly effective use in Ukraine, the United States needs to find specialists who […]
World Health Organization: Aspartame Artificial Sweetener a Possible Carcinogen
June 29th, 2023Well, a few decades late, but who’s counting… Via: Reuters: One of the world’s most common artificial sweeteners is set to be declared a possible carcinogen next month by a leading global health body, according to two sources with knowledge of the process, pitting it against the food industry and regulators. Aspartame, used in products […]
Russia: Sergei “General Armageddon” Surovikin Arrested
June 28th, 2023Via: Al Jazeera: Russian authorities have reportedly detained General Sergei Surovikin, the deputy commander of Russia’s military operations in Ukraine, amid a reported purge of military officials following the short-lived rebellion by Wagner mercenary forces, according to sources cited by the Moscow Times newspaper and a Russian military blogger. Surovikin, nicknamed “General Armageddon” by the […]
Zelensky Says No Elections in Ukraine Until War Is Over
June 28th, 2023Ep. 7 Irony Alert: the war for democracy enables dictatorship. pic.twitter.com/tk7aOZ4H6n — Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) June 28, 2023 Via: Antiwar: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told BBC last week that there will be no Ukrainian presidential election in 2024 if martial law is still in effect, The New Voice of Ukraine reported. Zelensky’s five-year term is […]
Over 300 Canadian Soldiers Launch $500 Million Lawsuit Against Military For COVID Vaccine Mandates
June 27th, 2023Via: Epoch Times: Around 330 active or former members of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) who say they were harmed by COVID-19 vaccine mandates have filed a class-action lawsuit against high-ranking members of the Canadian military, asking for some $500 million in damages. “The CAF shirked its own purpose and rushed an untested product onto […]
