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3 years after the Fitzgerald and McCain collisions, the Navy’s surface warfare community shows few signs of change

WordPress founder claims Apple cut off updates to his completely free app because it wants 30 percent

The Renewed Dependency on Mercenary Fighters

He’s likely on his way to becoming the newest state representative from Kansas City, Kansas. But 19-year-old Aaron Coleman recently admitted to “bullying, revenge porn, and blackmail” of multiple girls while in middle school.

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The reporting has found that it was not Russian national Grechushkin who owned the Rhosus, but rather the Cypriot businessman Charalambos Manoli, who maintained a relationship with the bank used by Hezbollah in Lebanon. And a considerable amount of the ammonium nitrate stored in the port of Beirut appears to have gone missing before the explosion in August.

Saudi Arabia Refuses To Learn From Its Two Failed Oil Price Wars

Less then it seems from the headline. Still, they are working on it. AI wins flawless victory against human F-16 fighter pilot in DARPA dogfight

Reported Loss Of Two U.S. MQ-9 Reapers In Syria Raises Troubling Questions

How Ukraine’s audacious secret service successfully scammed Putin and his mercenaries

Inside story of US black ops in post-war Japan

How a Fake CIA Spy Fooled Everyone and Swindled Millions

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Walkies could become the law for German dog owners

Ignorance About Covid-19 Risk Is ‘Nothing Short of Stunning,’ Research Report Says; Huge Age Variance – Wirepoints

Chicks shipped by mail are arriving dead, costing Maine farmers thousands of dollars

Rutherford County Schools Tell Parents Not to Monitor Their Child’s Virtual Classrooms

A statistical study of more than 8,000 compositions shows how the flow of time distinguishes music from noise

The Rest Of Story

For those like myself who thought very highly of this video on the battle of Midway, we now have the follow up. Of necessity, the next two videos depend on the a good knowledge of the previous video for their context.

I personally would re-watch the first video if it was not still clear in my mind and then immediately watch the video on the American perspective below as I think the contrast is most interesting. The author is calling it video number 3 but I really think it should be the second one.

The last video I would watch is the one that covers the rest of battle below. It is interesting in its own right but most of the significant stuff takes place in the previous two videos.

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How bad is covid really? (A Swedish doctor’s perspective)

Scenes From The Destruction of New York City

Students at Binghamton University are calling on the school to reinstate its Safe Ride program during late night to early morning hours. The calls come just two months after the university announced plans to defund the police.

BLM mob beats white man unconscious after making him crash truck:

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NYC promised to ban teacher ‘rubber rooms’ — they went underground instead

When Authority Vanishes

U.S. Woefully Unprepared for a Blackout Like India’s: Analysis

USDOT Sued For Failure to Enforce Federal Law and Prevent Highway Protests

Hurricane-force storm in Iowa flattens 10 million acres of crops

‘Extreme dysfunction’: New York City dropped $52M on a coronavirus hospital that served fewer than 80 patients and Chicago Spent $66 Million On A Coronavirus Facility That Treated 38 Patients—Total

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Joe Biden’s Mask Mandate Is Only The Beginning

Syracuse University Warns Students That They May Be Punished For Not Acting To Confront “Bias Motivated” Speech or Conduct

Insane Model Means Colorado’s COVID-19 Policies Are Essentially Based On Tarot Cards

Insect apocalypse? Not so fast, at least in North America

Local Residents Push Back Against Violence, Looting In Neighborhoods Across The Country

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Xi calls on Chinese not to waste food as crop shortage fears grow

Foxconn says trade war means China can no longer be ‘the world’s factory’

Who Owned the Chemicals that Blew Up Beirut? No One Will Say

More companies are adopting paid menstrual leave policies

Its not cultural appropriation when they do it. Snark aside, I wish they had focused more on the guy recreating American work wear from the 50s How Japan Copied American Culture and Made it Better