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87 members were mainly Jewish refugees from Germany, Austria. Secret WWII Jewish British military commandos finally come out of the shadows Declassifying records, author Leah Garrett uncovers amazing story of X Troop, a unit of German-speaking refugee volunteers determined to outwit and outfight the Nazis at all costs.

Ten years ago, only premium cars contained 100 microprocessor-based electronic control units (ECUs) networked throughout the body of a car, executing 100 million lines of code or more. Today, high-end cars like the BMW 7-series with advanced technology like advanced driver-assist systems (ADAS) may contain 150 ECUs or more, while pick-up trucks like Ford’s F-150 top 150 million lines of code. Even low-end vehicles are quickly approaching 100 ECUs and 100 million of lines of code as more features that were once considered luxury options, such as adaptive cruise control and automatic emergency braking, are becoming standard. Additional safety features...

Fifty years ago today, the onetime Hungarian Prime Minister and three others associated with the country’s shattered 1956 revolution were hanged in Budapest for treason by the Soviet-backed Hungarian government. A moderate Communist, Imre Nagy assumed leadership of Hungary from 1953 to 1955, a period of ideological thawing after the death of Joseph Stalin. Nagy charted a “new course” towards Austrian-style neutrality or Yugoslavian-style “national Communism” not yoked to Moscow, opposed domestically by his predecessor and rival Matyas Rakosi, who eventually ousted the reform-minded minister. But Nagy’s anti-Soviet credentials saw him elevated back to the office by popular acclamation during...

Political ponerology is an interdisciplinary study of social issues primarily associated with Polish psychiatrist Andrzej Łobaczewski.[1] As a discipline it makes use of data from psychology, sociology, philosophy, and history to account for such phenomena as aggressive war, ethnic cleansing, genocide, and despotism. Another way to put it is when unprincipled people essentially apply evil precepts to politics and this then requires a type of govt where such people creep in, are appointed, they appoint others and eventually, like a cancer, it takes over the whole body. Pathocracy:

Australia's unemployment rate is plummeting, falling 0.4 percentage points to 5.1 per cent in May 2021. New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows that approximately 115,000 Australians found work between April and May, radically lowering the unemployment rate. Australia's unemployment rate is now the same as it was in February 2020, just prior to the economic damage wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic. Bjorn Jarvis, head of labour statistics at the ABS, said May was the seventh consecutive monthly fall in the unemployment rate. "The unemployment rate fell to 5.1 per cent, which was below March 2020 (5.3...

Child star of the '80s Ricky Schroder was part of a group of anti-vaccine protesters who accused the Foo Fighters of "segregation and discrimination" for playing a show that required attendees to show proof of vaccination. Former sitcom actor Schroder and several dozen others gathered outside the band's intimate show at the Canyon Club in California on June 15 (local time), holding signs that read "Foo Fighters to bring segregation back" and "COVID-19 vaccine makers are exempt from liability". According to Variety, Schroder shared his anger at the concert's vaccine requirements on social media two days earlier, dubbing Foo Fighters...

We previewed last week to readers that port congestion wasn’t just observed across US West Coast ports, such as Los Angeles/Long Beach, but also severe congestion was developing in southern China. At the time, we called it a “perfect storm” ahead of the peak shipping season. Now the world’s largest container line, Maersk, calls the port congestion at Yantian International Container Terminal, a deepwater port in Shenzhen, Guangdong, in southern China, a much more significant disruption to its operations than the shutdown of the Suez Canal in March. Ditlev Blicher, Maersk Asia Pacific Managing Director, was quoted by Seatrade Maritime,...

Ravenna, Ohio – A woman went berserk and became violent Monday morning after a McDonald’s manager told her she could not mix slushie flavors. According to the witness who took video of the fight, 44-year-old Cherysse Cleveland became enraged after McDonald’s employees told her they wouldn’t mix her slushie flavors. I heard her ask for a slushie with all three flavors mixed into one,” the witness, Brian Allen told WOIO-TV. “Whereupon the manager informed her that they could not do that, and she became increasingly irritated and combative and decided that she would go behind the counter and fix her...

Megan Rapinoe – a “woke” professional soccer player who’s made headlines for her far-left activism and anti-Donald Trump stunts – appeared to mock Asians in old posts on Twitter, writing “u look asian with those closed eyes.” Rapinoe shared the following tweet on May 19th, 2011, prefacing her post by tagging the user “tasha_kai00.” While the account has since been deleted, archives reveal the account belonged to professional soccer player Natasha Kai, who is of Hawaiian, Chinese, Filipino and Caucasian heritage. The unearthed post follows years of ardent left-wing and anti-Donald Trump activism from the soccer player, who notoriously feuded...

Tennessee's US Representative Tim Burchette says Russia is not responsible for the UFO's radar and visual sightings being reported by U.S. Navy pilots.

India has ramped up its coronavirus vaccine production amid a deadly second wave of infections that is now abating. It is preparing to use a local version of Novavax vaccine, which will be produced by the Serum Institute of India (SII). The vaccine was more than 90% effective in a late-stage US-based clinical trial, according to the company. The government has also ordered 300 million doses of another vaccine from Indian firm Biological E. India has so far given more than 260 million doses of three approved vaccines - Covishield, Covaxin and Sputnik V. With the total case tally of...

Mrs. Anna Morgan LLoyd is a forty nine year old grandmother who drove to Washington, D.C. on January 5, 2021 at the invitation of her hair- dresser and friend Dona Bissey, to hear the President speak. According to F.B.I. reports, Mrs. Lloyd's statements to law enforcement and to the filed Criminal Information, she was present during protests in the Capitol Building. She has plead guilty to Count IV of the Information. Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building, in violation of Title 40, United States Code, Section 5104(e)(2)(G) The parties agree that a sentence of Probation, with 40 hours...

In this Oct. 24, 2020 file photo a Washington State Department of Agriculture worker displays an Asian giant hornet taken from a nest, in Blaine, Wash. Scientists have found a dead Asian giant hornet north of Seattle, the first so-called murder hornet found in the state this year, federal and state investigators said Wednesday, June 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson,File) In this Oct. 24, 2020 file photo a Washington State Department of Agriculture worker displays an Asian giant hornet taken from a nest, in Blaine, Wash. Scientists have found a dead Asian giant hornet north of Seattle, the first so-called...

A newly released Swiss-sponsored study reveals that China has not eradicated poverty, a “miracle” that Chinese leader Xi Jinping claims to have achieved.On Feb. 25, the Chinese regime organized an awards ceremony, in which Xi announced China had eradicated poverty, based on China’s poverty standards.“[China] created another miracle in the annals of history,” Xi commented on the eradication of poverty. “[It’s a] major historic achievement.”On April 6, the Chinese regime released a white paper titled “China’s Practice in Human Poverty Reduction.” With this paper, the Beijing authorities want to set China as a role model to the world.“China has not...

Victoria’s Secret has signed soccer World Cup winner Megan Rapinoe and actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas in a desperate bid to rebuild its brand and appeal to a broader market, Page Six has exclusively learned. The beleaguered lingerie giant is relaunching and moving away from its traditionally rail-thin models by introducing The VS Collective with diverse “leading icons” and “changemakers” — including Jonas and Rapinoe — to “shape the future of the brand,” an industry insider told Page Six. But don’t expect to see “White Tiger” star Chopra and Rapinoe — who has been a preeminent voice in the fight for...

New findings from Cleveland Clinic researchers show for the first time that the gut microbiome impacts stroke severity and functional impairment following stroke. The results, published in Cell Host & Microbe, lay the groundwork for potential new interventions to help treat or prevent stroke. The research was led by Weifei Zhu, Ph.D., and Stanley Hazen, M.D., Ph.D., of Cleveland Clinic's Lerner Research Institute. The study builds on more than a decade of research spearheaded by Dr. Hazen and his team related to the gut microbiome's role in cardiovascular health and disease, including the adverse effects of TMAO (trimethylamine N-oxide)—a byproduct...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced key components of the Lone Star state’s plan to build its own barrier along its 1,200-mile border with Mexico at a press conference in Austin on Wednesday, including authorizing $250 million as a down payment to kickstart the process.The Republican governor said that the funds are being drawn from the state budget, which allocates $1.1 billion towards border security—a record for Texas. The down payment will be used to hire a project manager and contractors for the border wall.A letter (pdf) authorizing the transfer of the funds was signed at the press conference by Abbott,...

A couple is suing the East Penn School District for refusing to allow them to exempt their children from lessons seemingly designed to teach the precepts of wokeism in the classroom.Lehigh Valley Live noted that: “Macungie residents Maureen and Christopher Brophy say in their lawsuit that topics discussed in their children’s classrooms such as ‘systematic racism,’ ‘white fragility,’ ‘religion,’ ‘white privilege,’ ‘Black Lives Matter’ and ‘police brutality,’ are unacceptable and will not be tolerated.”The lawsuit, which was filed in federal court on Monday, alleges that the topics being taught are discriminatory against Christianity.East Penn School District Solicitor Marc S. Fisher...

NEWARK, New Jersey (WABC) -- The city of Newark is paying tribute to George Floyd with a new statue in front of City Hall.Mayor Ras Baraka, actor and filmmaker Leon Pickney and artist Stanley Watts unveiled the 700-pound bronze statue on Wednesday afternoon.

Yesterday, the House Armed Services Committee hearing featuring Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Michael Gilday involved some fireworks. The subject was Critical Race Theory, and Gilday’s insertion of a blatantly anti-intellectual and racist book, “How to Be an Anti-Racist” by sometime activist and full-time grifter Ibram X. Kendi, onto his official “reading list” for the US Navy.The basic thesis in Kendi’s book is that you can’t be “not racist;” you are either racist or “anti-racist.” To be “anti-racist,” you have to follow Kendi’s sacraments; otherwise, you are a racist. Why the head of any of the military services would endorse...