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Never mind the HUMVEES! Maryland National Guard reassures residents there’s no martial law threat amid virus panic

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Concern over the presence of military vehicles in residential areas of Maryland has apparently prompted the state’s national guard to tweet out a reminder that it is there to help fight Covid-19 – not to impose martial law. … Read More >Never mind the HUMVEES! Maryland National Guard reassures residents there’s no martial law threat amid virus panic

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US WWII Veteran Expects ‘Wonderful Experience’ at Moscow Victory Day Celebrations

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US World War II veteran Harold Angle, now 96 years old, dodged Nazi German bullets and grenades during his military service, and ahead of the 75th anniversary of Victory Day on 9 May, he shared the terror he felt in 1945 while waiting for a German grenade that landed metres away from him to explode. … Read More >US WWII Veteran Expects ‘Wonderful Experience’ at Moscow Victory Day Celebrations

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Trump says oil price war ‘devastating’ for Russia – but it’s Saudis & US shale that stand to suffer most

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Plummeting oil prices have sparked another round of predictions about the economic collapse of Russia – this time from US President Donald Trump, who sounded a lot like his predecessor Barack Obama on the subject. … Read More >Trump says oil price war ‘devastating’ for Russia – but it’s Saudis & US shale that stand to suffer most

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Washington Post breaks ranks with other US & UK media, ADMITS polls show Crimeans prefer to be part of Russia

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One of the curious things about Western media coverage of Crimea since 2014 has been the consistent narrative that Russia’s reabsorption of the peninsula was carried out against the will of locals. … Read More >Washington Post breaks ranks with other US & UK media, ADMITS polls show Crimeans prefer to be part of Russia

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Detect, Deter and Annihilate: How the Police State Will Deal with a Coronavirus Outbreak

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“Fear is a primitive impulse, brainless as hunger, and because the aim of horror fiction is the production of the deepest kinds of fears, the genre tends to reinforce some remarkably uncivilized ideas about self-protection. In the current crop of zombie stories, the prevailing value for the beleaguered survivors is a sort of siege mentality, a vigilance so constant and unremitting that it’s indistinguishable from the purest paranoia. … Read More >Detect, Deter and Annihilate: How the Police State Will Deal with a Coronavirus Outbreak