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Touch-screen controls may have doomed USS McCain in tanker collision; now their makers will get paid to install upgrades

Posted on December 21, 2019December 21, 2019By Editor

A new report into the 2017 collision that killed 10 sailors and nearly sank a US warship argues the badly designed touch-screen control system was at fault. So its creators will now get paid to ‘fix’ it, obviously. … Read More >Touch-screen controls may have doomed USS McCain in tanker collision; now their makers will get paid to install upgrades

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Starliner blues: NASA blames ‘timing error’ for Boeing spaceship missing mark in orbit

Posted on December 21, 2019December 21, 2019By Editor

The test flight of Boeing’s Starliner to the International Space Station was supposed to be a major step in the triumphant US return to crewed orbital spaceflight. Then something went wrong. … Read More >Starliner blues: NASA blames ‘timing error’ for Boeing spaceship missing mark in orbit

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US State Department ‘firmly opposes’ ICC probe into Israeli war crimes allegations, insisting court lacks jurisdiction

Posted on December 21, 2019December 21, 2019By Editor

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has voiced “firm” opposition to a bid in the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate alleged war crimes committed by Israel in the occupied Palestinian territories. … Read More >US State Department ‘firmly opposes’ ICC probe into Israeli war crimes allegations, insisting court lacks jurisdiction

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The Afghanistan Fiasco and the Decline and Fall of the American Military

Posted on December 20, 2019December 20, 2019By Editor

A devastating investigative report was published in the Washington Post on December 9th. Dubbed the “Afghanistan Papers” in a nod to the Vietnam War’s famous “Pentagon Papers,” the report relied on thousands of documents to similarly expose how the US government at the presidential level … Read More >The Afghanistan Fiasco and the Decline and Fall of the American Military

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US Treasury’s Steve Mnuchin Virtue Signals Economic Terrorism

Posted on December 20, 2019December 20, 2019By Editor

US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin seems to think that nations under the hammer of American sanctions should be thanking Washington for not attacking them militarily instead. How generous, how virtuous of Uncle Sam! … Read More >US Treasury’s Steve Mnuchin Virtue Signals Economic Terrorism

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All I want for Christmas is $23tn in debt: Rand Paul lays waste to reckless US spending in annual Festivus Report

Posted on December 20, 2019By Editor

Offering some relief from the impeachment spectacle grinding on in Washington, Senator Rand Paul has released his yearly Festivus Report, chronicling the outrageous – but sometimes comical – spending habits of the US government. … Read More >All I want for Christmas is $23tn in debt: Rand Paul lays waste to reckless US spending in annual Festivus Report

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Hard truth to spit out: Yang tells Dems to stop obsessing over impeachment & deal with issues that helped Trump get elected

Posted on December 20, 2019December 20, 2019By Editor

Breaking away from his Democratic peers, Andrew Yang called on the party to get over impeachment and stop pretending like President Donald Trump or Russia – not their own policy failures – caused their 2016 election loss. … Read More >Hard truth to spit out: Yang tells Dems to stop obsessing over impeachment & deal with issues that helped Trump get elected

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What Everyone is Missing About the Afghanistan Papers

Posted on December 19, 2019December 19, 2019By Editor

If you need more proof that lawmakers in the US couldn’t care less about America’s woeful commitment to human rights abroad—or even care about the public who vote them into office—look no further than the recent Afghanistan papers and the reaction to the publications from Congress. … Read More >What Everyone is Missing About the Afghanistan Papers

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Snowden has to hand book profits over to US govt, judge rules

Posted on December 18, 2019December 18, 2019By Editor

Whatever profits Edward Snowden’s book “Permanent Record” has earned since its September release will need to be handed over to the US government, thanks to a new ruling from a federal judge. … Read More >Snowden has to hand book profits over to US govt, judge rules

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Last-ditch attempt to stop Nord Stream 2: US Senate passes Pentagon budget that includes Russian pipeline sanctions

Posted on December 17, 2019December 17, 2019By Editor

The 2020 National Defense Authorization Act just approved by the US Senate includes a bill sanctioning companies involved in building the almost-finished Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany. … Read More >Last-ditch attempt to stop Nord Stream 2: US Senate passes Pentagon budget that includes Russian pipeline sanctions

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