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Some decades ago, I was a commissioned officer in the US Navy nuclear propulsion program. Pulled a couple of WestPac-Indian Ocean deployments as a nuclear engineering officer — I’ve long been familiar with APAC military ops and remain so to this day. Back then, we patrolled the perimeter — from the Gulf all the wayContinue reading “Imperial Mindset – A Military Solution to Trade and Economic Problems”

It’s standard practice in nuclear ballistic missile submarine fleets throughout the world to periodically demonstrate you can actually launch a warbird successfully. “Success” is defined as the warhead lands within the down-range target area. Another measure of success is you don’t destroy your boat trying to light one off. The Royal Navy dodged “yet-another” bulletContinue reading “Rocket Mortgage”

Mark Wauck: https://open.substack.com/pub/meaninginhistory/p/ukraine-update-7b7?r=9ozk&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Today looks like it’s time for a small update on the fighting in Ukraine. Avdeevka is perhaps the most fortified Ukrainian stronghold. It’s the fortress city from which the Ukrainians have used artillery to inflict civilian casualties on Donetsk City. This is a big victory for Russia and could signal further breakthroughs.Continue reading “Avdeevka on the Brink”

ZeroHedge: https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/us-budget-deficit-soars-50-crushing-estimates-fiscal-collapse-under-biden-accelerates Remember when we showed that the “stealth” secret sauce behind Bidenomics was nothing more than a massive, multi-trillion debt-fueled spending spree, which led to the biggest peactime, non-crisis budget deficit in US history, with the total deficit for fiscal 2023 ending just over $2 trillion, or double the prior year, something which BofA’s Michael Hartnett called theContinue reading “US Budget Deficit Soars By 50% In December As Fiscal Collapse Under Biden Accelerates”

Simplicius: https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/under-the-radar-major-cia-revelations?publication_id=1351274&post_id=140375775&isFreemail=true&r=9ozk One of the more interesting bloggers regarding the NATO-Russia Proxy War. He leverages Simplicius of Cilicia, a Greek Neoplatonic philosopher and polymath who wrote commentaries on Aristotle and Plato. He provides in depth geopolitical and conflict analysis, with a dash of the sardonic. You can support himby pledging here or tipping at: http://www.buymeacoffee.com/Simplicius. ************Continue reading “Simplicius: Under the Radar: Major CIA Revelations Expose Secret Agreements and Boundaries in Ukraine”

Luongo: https://tomluongo.me/2024/01/05/the-dreaded-goat-predictions-for-2024-part-i-where-do-we-go-from-here/ As a long-time fan of Tom’s, “Gold, Goats ‘N Guns” is always entertaining. And who can resist the image of a tactical nuke surface burst a 5000 yards out from your backyard.  In fact, I find myself starting to back-calculate the yield of the device pictured. Old skills die hard. Anyway, here’s Tom forContinue reading “Tom Luongo Says “Happy New Year” or Something”

Mark Wauck: https://meaninginhistory.substack.com/p/a-dangerous-new-point-in-the-war It’s been apparent for a long time that there has never been any real prospect of Russia being defeated on America’s chosen battlefield—Ukraine. The talk we’ve been hearing of the vaunted Ukraine counteroffensive being designed to make serious gains on the ground that would force Russia into a favorable settlement—favorable to theContinue reading “A Dangerous New Point In The War On Russia”

http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/73035 President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Comrade officers, Mr Shoigu, A year ago, we met at the concluding meeting of the Defence Ministry Board and discussed priority tasks linked with the conduct of the special military operation, and we talked about additional measures to strengthen the army and navy. Today, we will evaluate the achievements of the past 12 months and single out the spheres where we still have to fundamentally improve and step up our work. The year 2023Continue reading “Vladimir Putin at the Expanded meeting of Defence Ministry Board”

Wall Street on Parade: https://wallstreetonparade.com/2023/11/the-u-s-treasurys-financial-crisis-warning-bell-didnt-ring-before-the-repo-crisis-of-2019-or-this-years-bank-runs/ The U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crisis Warning Bell Didn’t Ring Before the Repo Crisis of 2019 or This Year’s Bank Runs By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: November 30, 2023 ~ The Office of Financial Research (OFR) is a unit of the U.S. Treasury Department. OFR was created as part of theContinue reading “Repo Man”