Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, Since the US carried out a drone strike in Kabul the prior Sunday (Aug.29) that witnesses say killed 10 civilians, the Pentagon and the White House have defended the bombing, claiming it targeted ISIS-K. But relatives of the victims strongly deny that any of them were affiliated with ISIS and want answers from… Continue reading Victims Of US Drone Strike In Kabul That Wiped Out Children Want Answers
Desperate Coup in Japan! (WWII Emergency! The Kyujo Incident 1945)
Podcast: Download MYS113: In August 1945, Americans welcomed the news that Japan had surrendered and World War II would soon be over. Yet Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli reveal that a desperate last-minute coup plot by the military in the face of humiliating surrender almost derailed peace and prolonged the war. Get all new episodes… Continue reading Desperate Coup in Japan! (WWII Emergency! The Kyujo Incident 1945)
Beginners Guide to Inverse ETFs
What Are Inverse ETFs? Inverse ETFs are a financial product that allow you to make bets against a specific asset like a sector, industry, index, commodity, etc without having to short anything. For example, if you invested in the ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ (SQQQ) inverse ETF, you would make money when the NASDAQ 100… Continue reading Beginners Guide to Inverse ETFs
Always Ready for a Party: On Authentic Hospitality
Authentic hospitality is one of the greatest human experiences. There is the literal hospitality of receiving and hosting a guest with a sense of delight and dignity and belonging. More importantly, there is the day-to-day openness to the experience of receiving and being received, the surprising delight that can arise in encounters that cause us… Continue reading Always Ready for a Party: On Authentic Hospitality
The COVID Lab-Leak Hypothesis: What Scientists Do and Do Not Know
Debate over the idea that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus emerged from a laboratory has escalated over the past few weeks, coinciding with the annual World Health Assembly, at which the World Health Organization (WHO) and officials from nearly 200 countries discussed the COVID-19 pandemic. After last year’s assembly, the WHO agreed to sponsor the first phase… Continue reading The COVID Lab-Leak Hypothesis: What Scientists Do and Do Not Know
The Enemy Is Always Faster
While I was on a consulting assignment, playing the J39 of a mythical Joint Task Force (JTF) being deployed to a notional country, our largest tactical unit was to be the 1st Bde Combat Team of the 82nd Airborne.
California Admits Grid At Risk Amid Push To Greenify Economy
In an upcoming bond offering, California listed several risks that could have adverse impacts on its economy. Besides COVID-19, wildfires, increasing debts, and cybersecurity threats, what we found fascinating was the risk to the state’s power system. The State of California Investor Relations page recently published the bond offering summary that describes Morgan Stanley and Wells… Continue reading California Admits Grid At Risk Amid Push To Greenify Economy
Ruby Ridge
Podcast: Download MYS114: On August 21, 1992, federal agents engaged in firefight on Ruby Ridge, Idaho, that started an 11-day siege of the Weaver family which left a mother and her son dead. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli ask how the situation started, who was at fault, and how did it all go so disastrously… Continue reading Ruby Ridge
New Math Book Rescues Landmark Topology Proof
One of the most important pieces of mathematical knowledge was on the verge of being lost, maybe forever. Now, a new book hopes to save it. The Disc Embedding Theorem rewrites a proof completed in 1981 by Michael Freedman — about an infinite network of discs — after years of solitary toil on the California… Continue reading New Math Book Rescues Landmark Topology Proof
Renters’ Last Chance for Pandemic Aid Before Evictions Resume
The pandemic has battered Los Angeles renters, and a new wave of pain is coming: The state’s moratorium on evictions is ending September 30. But this housing crisis doesn’t have to turn into a new homelessness crisis. Californians with incomes below 80% of their area’s median are eligible to receive funds from the COVID-19 Rent… Continue reading Renters’ Last Chance for Pandemic Aid Before Evictions Resume