TRUMP REPORTEDLY RILED-UP OVER MUNITIONS SHORTAGES
The Washington Post published a story last night claiming that a frustrated President Trump accused self-styled “Secretary of War” Pete Hegseth of not being truthful about the status of munitions stockpiles, during a cabinet meeting at Camp David on July 31. According to the Post’s sources, Hegseth turned around and blamed Stephen Feinberg, Hegseth’s deputy, […]
THE PHYSICAL ECONOMY OF SOLON, NOT LYCURGUS
On yesterday’s 81st anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki, its mayor, Shiro Suzuki, said: “The theory of nuclear deterrence is extremely dangerous and fragile. Nuclear weapons are not a ‘necessary evil’ but an ‘absolute evil,’ and can never coexist with humanity…To all leaders of the nuclear states and nations relying on […]
SPECIAL “WOMEN’S DAY” MESSAGE BY PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA
“Today is no ordinary commemoration. It is one of the most important days on our national calendar. Women’s Day is a day on which we honour the women of South Africa. But it is also a day of profound significance for our entire country. This is because the Women’s March of 1956 was not a […]
CHINA RETALIATES IMMEDIATELY AGAINST U.S. SANCTIONS
China’s Commerce Ministry quickly announced new controls on drone exports to the United States (it is America’s largest supplier of drones) and banned six American entities following an FCC move to ban imports of foreign-made robots and power inverters. That move coincided with President Trump’s announcement of his new tariff scheme, by which more than […]