I downloaded the bill’s text (don’t forget, Thomas.gov is now Congress.gov – the old links don’t work). Some of the provisions are very interesting: 4 Members of the Commission “shall be survivors of online child sexual exploitation, or have current experience in providing services for victims of online child sexual exploitation in a nongovernmental capacity; …
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Feb 04 2022
Non-acoustical submarine detection.
Chilling stuff: “Rising importance of Non- Acoustic detection technologies of Stealthy.” By Rajesh Uppal, International Defense, Security and Technology, Inc. (CA, USA), 2/10/21.
Jan 31 2022
Just Woke Up a Short Time Ago
It’s really NOT like me to sleep in. I generally beat the birds out of bed. But, my sleep has been strewed with woke-in-the-night moments for the last several days (NO idea why), so, I didn’t get up until around 8:30. I checked the fridge (most of the things I planned to make were held …
Jan 30 2022
Oh, Canada.
The corporate media in Canada is largely homogenous, liberal and unabashedly globalist. To them, anything outside of Toronto or Ottawa is “flyover country”. Anything that happens there doesn’t matter unless it’s some issue that can wrapped within a narrative of victimhood to shame the populace into believing their country is a structurally racist, carbon spewing …
Jan 29 2022
Pearls of expression.
The constant expansion of NATO has led to what the scholar Richard Sakwa calls a “fateful geographical paradox”: NATO, Sakwa says, now “exists to manage the risks created by its existence.” “Maté: The Ukraine Crisis, Sponsored By US Hegemony And War Profiteers.” By Aaron Maté, ZeroHedge, 1/27/22.
Jan 28 2022
Some Random Links and Observations
I’ve been largely at home for the last few days. The winter storms have left me disinclined to venture out of the heated house without a REALLY good reason. I’m in OH, and, for many of us, NOT venturing out is more the norm. It’s for that reason that we stock up in our pantries …
Jan 28 2022
Thirty years of utterly wasted opportunity.
If the path forward is unpredictable, what got us here is easy to trace. The row over Ukraine is the outgrowth of an aggressive US posture toward Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union three decades ago, driven by hegemonic policymakers and war profiteers in Washington. Understanding that background is key to resolving the …
Jan 26 2022
Behold. Sudden clarity on the disposition, number, and composition of Russian forces.
This from the Ukrainian Center of Defense Strategies: According to our estimates, supported by many of the indicators below, a large-scale general military operation can’t take place for at least the next two or three weeks. As of Jan. 23, we do not observe the required formation of several hundred thousand troops, not only on …
Jan 25 2022
Why this relentless push for war?
If the current Drang nach Osten and demonization of Russia strike you as something pushed by genuinely unhinged people then this excerpt from a thoughtful article will alert you to the real agenda: Why, you ask, would a world war ever be needed? That’s simple: To deflect their own people’s attention away from what’s happening …
Jan 25 2022
Ok, more pearls of expression.
For some wily performers, it was almost a point of honour to get away with insulting their opponents in the House without the use of ‘unparliamentary language’. So, when Disraeli was instructed to withdraw his allegation that ‘half the Cabinet were knaves’, he consented and replied that ‘half the Cabinet were not knaves’. Do read …
Jan 22 2022
Pearls of expression.
It’s easy to vote for Socialism. The impossible part is paying for it. Comment by moonmac on “Is America Heading For A Systems Collapse?” By Victor Davis Hanson, ZeroHedge, 1/21/22. Many interesting comments.
Jan 22 2022
Back to the Spoils System?
I just read a news report that a federal judge overturned Biden’s mandate on Federal Employees. He based his ruling on the argument SCOTUS used to overturn his illegal measure for private businesses. However, the news sparked the tangential question shown in the title above. Biden’s secretaries have been firing or forcing resignations for military …
Jan 15 2022
Why I Can’t Get Too Worked Up About Hiroshima
Because the Japanese Army committed FAR greater atrocities than dropping a bomb – with MULTIPLE warnings.
Jan 15 2022
Yowza! We got us some disinformation here!
I grow weary over reading about asinine — but widespread — claims that this or that is DISINFORMATION. The essence of the charge is that certain statements are reprehensible, unacceptable, poisonous, vicious, deleterious, horrific, right-wing, and generally bad manners, so utterly irresistible and beguiling that any hearer must figuratively bind himself to the mast to …
Jan 14 2022
Bold action is called for.
On Tuesday last week (4 January), the markets got spooked by the released minutes of a Federal Reserve Open Market Committee’s meeting held three weeks prior. What was the fuss all about? Well the minutes indicated that the Fed seems to be inclined to envision starting to prepare to begin planning to initiate raising interest …
Jan 13 2022
Pearls of expression.
The figure [150,000 female deaths from anorexia] has been quoted by everyone from Ann Landers to college textbooks, because as Carol Iannone remarks about the general atmosphere of women as victims, “It is almost as if feminism had finally discovered a problem that can unite all women across all barriers: the existence of men.” “The …
Jan 12 2022
It’s PAST Time to End the Hold of the Entangled Elite
They may have the same college associations. Their parents may have been influential/powerful in a past administration. They may have married someone who was connected to a power broker. They may have, as a ‘media representative’, pushed the correct narrative for their allies. But, whoever they are – family, friend, college roommate, or simply toadying …
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