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  • The Future of War, and How It Affects YOU (Multi-Domain Operations) - Smarter Every Day 211

    04/09/2019 4:29:50 PM PDT · by amorphous · 14 replies
    SmarterEveryDay YouTube Channel ^ | 3 March 2019 | Destin
    It's a strange feeling to share this aspect of my life. I'm taking a break to go back to school, but here's a peek into the part of my life I've kept hidden from the internet for many years. I was asked if I wanted to film my last mission and use it as an opportunity to explain "Multi-Domain Operations" to the public. After much consideration, I decided that this topic (especially the cyber-domain issue) was important and chose to help inform the public. My mission was to participate in a missile and torpedo engagement exercise at Pacific Missile Range...
  • Albert Einstein explains relativity in 35 words

    03/14/2019 10:34:40 AM PDT · by amorphous · 41 replies
    World Net Daily ^ | 13 March 2019 | Bill Federer
    Albert Einstein was born in Germany on March 14, 1879. He began teaching himself calculus at age 14. With a doctorate from the University of Zurich, Einstein wrote papers on electromagnetic energy, relativity, and statistical mechanics. Einstein predicted a ray of light from a distant star would appear to bend as it passed near the sun. When an eclipse confirmed this, the London Times ran the headline, Nov. 7, 1919, “Revolution in science – New theory of the Universe – Newtonian ideas overthrown.” In 1921, Albert Einstein won the Nobel Prize in physics. Describing the theory of relativity, Albert Einstein...
  • Mum, 31, pens heartbreaking note on what marriage is like after having kids

    02/28/2019 7:39:15 AM PST · by yandexja · 99 replies
    FP NEWS ^ | FEBRUARY 27, 2019 | James Lawson
    It is no secret having children can have a big impact on a couple’s relationship. And one Australian mum, Mel Watts, has touched hearts with an extremely “raw and honest” Facebook post about how her ten year relationship is no longer what it once was. “Husband. Wife. Roommates? If someone told me years ago that my relationship would one day change, I would have laughed and said no way,” she began in a Facebook post
  • (YouTube Video) Israel News Update: 22 February 2019

    02/22/2019 7:05:20 PM PST · by ActsChapter16 · 4 replies
    Rabbi Rothchild: ^ | Rabbi Rothchild
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NjgiuU-Jf-U&feature=youtu.be YouTube VIDEO: Weekly Israel Update Published on Feb 22, 2019 Rabbi Moshe Rothchild of the Global Israel Alliance summarizes the news from Israel for the week ending February 22, 2019
  • Springfield [VA] Man Charged with Second Rape; Detectives Continue Search for Additional Victims

    02/15/2019 10:46:03 AM PST · by COBOL2Java · 10 replies
    Fairfax County [VA] Police Department News ^ | 15 February 2019 | FCPD Media Relations Bureau
    West Springfield Police District – Detectives from our Major Crimes Bureau have charged Bernard Betts-King with an additional charge of raping a woman through the use of her mental incapacity. An investigation uncovered the victim was raped in early 2017. Detectives believe there may be additional victims and are asking for anyone with information to contact them at 703-246-7800. Tips can also be submitted anonymously through Crime Solvers by visiting http://www.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org, or text-a-tip by texting “TIP187” plus your message to CRIMES (274637). Betts-King is currently being held without bond at the Adult Detention Center.
  • GUN RIGHTS ALERT from the NEVADA FIREARMS COALITION SB143 NV Senate

    02/11/2019 7:30:35 PM PST · by rktman · 4 replies
    2/11/2019 | Me
    Senate Bill 143 (Universal Background Checks) The Nevada Firearms Coalition is STRONGLY OPPOSED to SB143. This bill is ineffective in reducing homicides or keeping firearms out of the hands of criminals: The University of California at Davis examined the first ten years after California developed universal background checks. Their study found no net difference between firearm-related homicide rates before and during the 10 years after law implementation. Universal background checks are really a gateway to UNIVERSAL GUN REGISTRATION. This is not a gun crime issue; it is a gun control issue!
  • Threat Matrix 2019

    01/21/2019 2:34:05 PM PST · by KC_Lion · 440 replies
    Free Repubilc | 21 January 2019 | TM CREW
    What will 2019 bring? The U.K. is leaving the E.U. while it builds an Army. While the Democrats may have retaken the House, President Trump prefers to find ways to undermine THEM. Socialists have now successfully completely taken over the Progressive moment and have hit the gas.Will America be "Out of Many One"?Or "The earth belongs only to men"?
  • Nazi Thanksgiving, 1943

    11/19/2018 10:45:42 AM PST · by Olympiad Fisherman · 22 replies
    The American Thinker ^ | 11-19-2018 | Mark Musser
    75 years ago this month, on November 3, 1943, some 43,000 Jews were gathered, shot and killed from various death and concentration camps the Nazis had set up in Poland. The SS called the action “Operation Erntefest,” which means “Harvest Festival.” Such a designation given by the Nazis themselves ....
  • Obama admits to drug, booze and even cocaine use

    10/03/2018 12:43:31 PM PDT · by KeyLargo · 27 replies
    AnandTech ^ | Nov 21, 2007
    As a young man Obama was a smart guy who didn?t put much effort into his school. He liked to goof off, chase girls and play basketball. And then he started drinking and smoking pot and even used coke when he could afford it. And then something happened during college that made he smartened up and realize that he was wasting his life. He turned his life around and become the success that he is today. As a young man Bush was a smart guy who didn?t put much effort into school either. Some time after school he started drinking...
  • Once again those in the weak-kneed majority think Democrats run Congress and the country.

    09/23/2018 6:35:43 AM PDT · by KeyLargo · 14 replies
    Spectator ^ | 9/22/2018
    Once again those in the weak-kneed majority think Democrats run Congress and the country.
  • Don’t be fooled – Karl Marx was a hate-filled totalitarian whose ideas killed millions

    09/05/2018 7:08:00 PM PDT · by Coleus · 8 replies
    Life Site News ^ | 07.09.18 | Matthew Cullinan Hoffman
    The thought of Karl Marx, a German political agitator whose theory of “scientific socialism” wreaked havoc on the world for most of the 20th century, would seem to have been consigned to the ash heap of history following the fall of the Eastern Bloc communist regimes from 1989 to 1991. After decades of mass murder claiming tens of millions of victims, as well as the totalitarian oppression of hundreds of millions more, the reputation of Marxism had been destroyed almost completely, seemingly assuring its final demise.However, a resurgence of interest in Marx’s thought has been ongoing since 2008, when the...
  • This is Why You Carry With A Round in the Chamber

    08/26/2018 5:44:03 PM PDT · by farming pharmer · 77 replies
    Youtube ^ | 06/22/2016 | Active Self Protection
    An evidence based argument with real life situational videos for carrying a concealed pistol with a round in the chamber.
  • Johnny Cash-The_Man_Comes Around

    08/24/2018 5:57:42 PM PDT · by ATOMIC_PUNK · 37 replies
    And I heard as it were the noise of thunder One of the four beasts saying come and see and I saw And behold a white horse There's a man going around taking names And he decides who to free and who to blame Everybody won't be treated all the same There'll be a golden ladder reaching down When the Man comes around The hairs on your arm will stand up At the terror in each sip and in each sup Will you partake of that last offered cup? Or disappear into the potter's ground When the Man comes around...
  • Occupations and Their Ideologies

    08/21/2018 7:58:16 PM PDT · by ameribbean expat · 12 replies
    Occupations are strongly sorted by ideology. Political scientist Adam Bonica has produced reliable and consistent estimates of ideological placement for a huge number of individuals, politicians, and organizations. As he writes here, he was especially struck by how extreme are the mean ideology scores for various occupations: Although the ideological orientation of these industries is not much of a surprise, the extent to which these industries favor the extreme, rather than moderate, wings of each party far surpassed my expectations.
  • 'Frontline' Series With Thomas Erdbrink: 'Our Man In Tehran'

    08/14/2018 8:31:43 AM PDT · by yoe · 3 replies
    NPR ^ | August 13, 2018 | Heard on Morning Edition
    DAVID GREENE, HOST: When the U.S. reimposed sanctions on Iran earlier this month after pulling out of the nuclear deal, it was just the latest in a long saga of tensions between the two countries. And often, when those tensions flare up, we call on Dutch journalist Thomas Erdbrink to get the view from Iran. He's the Tehran bureau chief for The New York Times, and he's one of the few Western journalists living in Iran. I often leave our brief interviews with Thomas wanting to know more about him and his life there, and now we will get the...
  • Tamar Braxton Responds to Delta Airlines’ Statement Rebuking Her ‘Unusual Behavior’

    08/13/2018 8:42:33 AM PDT · by KeyLargo · 16 replies
    Sandrarose ^ | August 1, 2018
    Tamar Braxton Responds to Delta Airlines’ Statement Rebuking Her ‘Unusual Behavior’ Wednesday, August 1, 2018 Tamar Braxton has responded to a Delta Airlines statement blaming her “unusual behavior” and her refusal to follow a flight attendant’s instructions during a recent flight. Tamar’s sister Towanda accused a Delta pilot of ridiculing Tamar after the pilot left the safety of the reinforced cockpit to deal with the part-time singer’s unruly behavior. “@tamarbraxton got ridiculed by a pilot for flying while black on Delta,” Towanda wrote in an Instagram post dated July 28. “Wow! I guess being a diamond and double million miler...
  • From Palos de la Frontera, Westward Bound

    08/03/2018 7:23:10 PM PDT · by jfd1776 · 7 replies
    Illinois Review ^ | August 3, 2018 A.D. | John F. Di Leo
    On August 3, 1492, Cristoforo Colombo (yes, you non-Italians spell it Christopher Columbus) set sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain, with three ships – the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria – headed for Asia. And he might have made it, too, eventually… if the Western Hemisphere hadn’t been in the way. As it was, he gets the credit for discovering the Americas (even if a clever cartographer named Amerigo Vespucci grabbed up the naming rights first). Would some other European eventually have had the same idea, twenty, fifty or a hundred years later? Certainly. Eventually, the Europeans...
  • Am I mistaken?

    07/31/2018 5:55:34 AM PDT · by spacewarp · 19 replies
    Self | 07/31/2018 | Paul Rivers
    Just a strange question that's been rumbling around in my mind and I wanted to get some intelligent folks to discuss it, so I came to FreeRepublic, as always. A few weeks ago, President Trump (and no, even as a third party guy, I don't get tired of saying that) enacted tarrifs on China. In an act of sheer desperation, China reportedly devalued their currency by 45%. Currently, we owe China $5.6 trillion. Does this mean that we now owe them $3.36 trillion? Does it mean that we would be able to borrow from the Fed and private sources $3.36...
  • Six Reasons Why Barack Obama Is the Worst President in History

    07/31/2018 5:43:28 AM PDT · by RPMack · 19 replies
    PJ Media ^ | 7/26/2018 | Mat Margolis
    By now you’ve probably heard of polls that say Americans believe that “Donald Trump is the worst president in history” or that presidential scholars have ranked Trump “dead last.” I can tell you right now to ignore the polls and the so-called experts. While it may be too early to properly gauge presidential rankings for recent presidents, I am confident that history will ultimately judge Barack Obama as the worst president our nation has ever seen.
  • Five Clues Don Jr.’s Trump Tower Meeting Was Set Up as Dem Dirty Trick

    07/29/2018 8:00:29 AM PDT · by KeyLargo · 6 replies
    Breitbart ^ | July 27, 2018 | Aaron Klein
    Five Clues Don Jr.’s Trump Tower Meeting Was Set Up as Dem Dirty Trick NEW YORK — Amid renewed news media attention focusing on the infamous brief meeting at Trump Tower on June 9, 2016 between individuals tied to Russia, Donald Trump Jr. and other campaign officials, it is instructive to review the largely unreported details surrounding the get-together that point to the increasing likelihood of the confab being set up as a dirty trick against Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. Below, in no particular order, are five key details drawn from Breitbart News investigative reporting that raise immediate questions about...