The original idea for an American airborne came from Gen. Billy Mitchell in 1918. His commander, Gen. Pershing agreed, but once the WWI Armistice was signed, the plan was terminated. In the late 1920’s, Germany began training parachute units and… Read More ›
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Smitty: Everett A. Smith
The next posts will be a re-play of Smitty’s bio and letters home to his mother on Broad Channel, NY. We have quite a number of new readers who are unfamiliar with Smitty. I hope none of my long-time readers… Read More ›
Libertarians Learned Nothing From Milei… | Zer0 H0urs
I wrote a piece called Are American Libertarians Growing Balls? – Zer0 H0urs (wordpress.com) in January because I was beginning to the think Milei’s cavalier attitude was rubbing off on him. The verdict is not yet out on Milei—he won and there’s lessons to… Read More ›
A Reading of Christian Parenti’s “Trump Derangement Inflation”
Christian Parenti should be familiar to anyone with a serious interest in Hamiltonianism within the last several years. Early on in this Blog’s existence, I happened to have read his book, Radical Hamilton, where Parenti outlined how aspects of Hamiltonianism… Read More ›
Israel Faces Unprecedented Challenges: Authorized And Diplomatic Strain | Archynetys
Israel’s authorized group, with Yaron Wax, Malcolm Shaw and Avigail Frisch Ben Avraham, are ready for the judges to enter the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, this Friday. (Credit score: Peter Dejong/AP) This week, Israeli Prime Minister… Read More ›
Dollar Diplomacy: 1919-1932 – Herbert Feis | Strategic Studies Book Club
[“Dollar Diplomacy” referred to the economic means by which the Jeffersonians imposed the Empire of Liberty prior to the Second World War. Before the IMF and the World Bank, the Jeffersonians relied on New York-based banking institutions to lend Kapital… Read More ›
‘No Analogue in History’ to TikTok Bill | Politico
The TikTok bill that passed the House over the weekend isn’t just a high-profile shot at an ultra-popular app — it’s a move so historically unusual that it could run into problems if it’s signed into law. […] By naming… Read More ›
AI’s Answers to Politics
Aldous Huxley: “The propagandist’s purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.” This quote shows the power words have to divide societies and breed prejudice. Think politics, religion, racism, sexism, war…… Read More ›
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