As U.S. Shifts Arctic Strategy to Counter Russia, Allies Offer Valuable Info

The Arctic has received relatively little military attention since the Cold War, but U.S. strategy is shifting toward a renewed focus on the region, reflecting increasing Russian military activity there. Recent Arctic strategies by the Army, Air Force, and Navy emphasize ways of improving operational capabilities and capacity in the region. In addition to its… Continue reading As U.S. Shifts Arctic Strategy to Counter Russia, Allies Offer Valuable Info

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When Is The Social Security Asset Fund Running Out?

A social safety net is synonymous with a failsafe for many, but, as Statista’s Katharina Buchholz notes, in the case of the U.S. Social Security system, additional action is needed to ensure it stays that way. The annual OASDI trustees report by the Social Security Administration, covering old-age, survivors and disability insurance, shows that under… Continue reading When Is The Social Security Asset Fund Running Out?

Mysterious Feedback Special

Podcast: Download MYS116: We’ve had so much great feedback lately and so much to say about the mysteries we’ve been discussing lately that we didn’t want to shortchange listener feedback. That’s why Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli have created this special BONUS episode dedicated to your Mysterious Feedback. Get all new episodes automatically and for… Continue reading Mysterious Feedback Special

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Why Misinformation Is About Who You Trust, Not What You Think – Issue 100: Outsiders

I can’t see them. Therefore they’re not real.” From which century was this quote drawn? Not a medieval one. The utterance emerged in February 2019 from Fox & Friends presenter Pete Hegseth, who was referring to … germs. The former Princeton University undergraduate and Afghanistan counterinsurgency instructor said, to the mirth of his co-hosts, that… Continue reading Why Misinformation Is About Who You Trust, Not What You Think – Issue 100: Outsiders

Native Art Can Be The Best PSYOP

The February 4, 2020 NY Times ran an article “In Iraq Where Beauty Was long Suppressed, Art Flowers Amid Protests” (https://nyti.ms/2ScUsVk  which is also the photo source). While the political climate in Iraq is volatile and arguments about US troops are staying and over who was responsible for the most recent rocket attack. Protest art… Continue reading Native Art Can Be The Best PSYOP

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“This Is Big”: 14-Mile Long Oil Spill In Gulf Of Mexico Investigated By Coast Guard

The US Coast Guard is responding to a 14-mile long oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico discovered in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, officials said Saturday according to Bloomberg. The spill, which consists of a 4-mile black sheen and a 10-mile rainbow sheen, is located in federal waters off Port Fourchon, Louisiana, said Sam… Continue reading “This Is Big”: 14-Mile Long Oil Spill In Gulf Of Mexico Investigated By Coast Guard

Remote Viewing Aliens on the Moon (Ingo Swann’s Penetration)

Podcast: Download MYS117: Government psychic Ingo Swann claimed in a 1998 book called “Penetration” that he was asked by a secret agency to do remote reviewing experiments suggesting an alien presence on the Moon. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli ask what we should make of his claims of aliens on the Moon and even on… Continue reading Remote Viewing Aliens on the Moon (Ingo Swann’s Penetration)

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The Journey to Define Dimension

These and other surprising examples made it clear that mathematicians needed to prove that dimension is a real notion and that, for instance, n- and m-dimension Euclidean spaces are different in some fundamental way when n ≠ m. This objective became known as the “invariance of dimension” problem. Finally, in 1912, almost half a century after Cantor’s… Continue reading The Journey to Define Dimension

India’s Brittle Confidence in America

Democracies are supposed to get along, but that has not always been the case for the United States and India. Indeed, the relationship, though perhaps at an historical high point today, still suffers from New Delhi’s lingering distrust of Washington derived from raw Cold War geopolitics and India’s longstanding foreign policy of nonalignment. The most… Continue reading India’s Brittle Confidence in America

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