President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. military to attack three nuclear sites in Iran on June 22, 2025. The sites included the following: Fordow: hit by 12 GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator bunker-buster bombs dropped by B-2 Spirit stealth bombers. Natanz: struck by 2 bunker-busters and additional Tomahawk cruise missiles. Isfahan: also hit by Tomahawk missiles and …
Former U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) civilian contractor and leaker of secrets, Edward Snowden is now a Russian citizen. Congratulations? From Military.com: Russian President Vladimir Putin has granted Russian citizenship to former U.S. security contractor Edward Snowden, according to a decree signed Monday by the Russian leader. Snowden is one of 75 foreign citizens listed …
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his military into Ukraine. From the Washington Post: Earlier in the day, Russia launched a broad attack on along three main fronts, bombarding cities, towns and villages and advancing toward the capital, Kyiv. A senior U.S. defense official said the moves were “clearly designed to take key population centers†and …
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the producer price index has gone up 9.7% from what it was a year ago. The producer price index measures wholesale prices. For the consumer, prices have increased more than the wholesale price. Sometimes, a lot more. I was at Walmart and purchased two large bags of …
Companies that want to achieve a more diverse workforce may want to come up with a better method than just firing all the white guys and replacing them with women and racial minorities. From NBC News: David Duvall of Michigan sued Novant Health, Inc. in 2019 after he was fired as senior vice president of …
I watched (listened) to some of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial this past week. What should be a straightforward question, whether Rittenhouse was justified in using lethal force against people attacking him, has turned into a smorgasbord of stupidity. With the amount of video evidence made available in one of the three shootings, I find it …
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam ordered the giant statue honoring American traitor General Robert E. Lee be removed. It currently sits on public display in the state’s capital city of Richmond. It sure took Northam long enough to remove this blight from public view. I’m no fan of the treasonous confederates and Robert E. Lee was …
President Biden kept his promise to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan. The Taliban reacted by sweeping in and capturing most of the country. The Afghan military the U.S. has been training for the past 20 years laid their weapons down and refused to defend their country against the Taliban. The imagery coming out of Afghanistan …
A jury convicted Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin yesterday. They convicted him on three charges: second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter. The top conviction, second-degree unintentional murder, carries a possible 40 years in prison. I listened to some of the trial. It took me back to the 90s when OJ Simpson was on …
Workers at an Alabama Amazon distribution center voted against unionization. The vote wasn’t even close. From NPR: The vast majority of votes cast by Amazon’s workers in Bessemer, Ala., were against joining the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union in a stinging defeat of the union drive. The final tally showed 1,798 votes against unionizing …