Monatsarchive: Juni 2019

Wikipedia: On 17 May 1987, an Iraqi Dassault Mirage F1 fighter jet launched two Exocet missiles at the USS Stark, a Perry class frigate. The first struck the port side of the ship and failed to explode, though it left burning propellant in its wake; the … Weiterlesen →

Sunday, June 23 is victory day (Võidupüha) in Estonia, marking the anniversary of the 1919 Battle of Võnnu (near Cēsis, Latvia) over German forces, part of the Estonian War of Independence.#Estoniahttps://t.co/0LVN41yrtr — Estonian News (@errnews) June 23, 2019

New York Times: But a senior Trump administration official said there was concern inside the United States government about whether the drone, or another American surveillance aircraft, or even the P-8A manned aircraft flown by a military aircrew, actually did … Weiterlesen →

1970 Strike Memorial

Guardian: A 25-year-old woman has been arrested after two RAF jets were scrambled to escort a plane back to Stansted Airport. Jet2 said there had been an “extremely disruptive passenger” on board its flight from Stansted to Dalaman in Turkey … Weiterlesen →

Matt Kennard’s expose of the Guardian’s collusion with Britain’s deep state is real journalism. See the analysis below. A veneer of often facile gender promotion is not nearly enough to suppress the truth of a determined assault on democracy from … Weiterlesen →

Jerry Lembcke: The power of the war in Vietnam to shape American discourse a half-century later holds endless fascination for students of political culture and collective memory, but its power to rewrite its own antecedents is no less remarkable. A … Weiterlesen →

Noam Chomsky: Gallup polls regularly measure stress, worry and anger. The U.S. ranks high by these measures, reaching new highs in 2018, by now even higher than during the great recession. In reported stress levels, the U.S. has “one of … Weiterlesen →

https://t.co/y6E9p5Omvx — Judy Woodruff (@JudyWoodruff) June 21, 2019 Recently I discussed with a friend the paucity of English words which can be used to describe the sensation of seeing American media interview Bush Administration officials on Iran. Surreal, unreal, as … Weiterlesen →