In 2012 I was in Afghanistan. All the routes were black due to heavy ice storms and we couldn’t run missions. For six weeks, I worked out in the biting cold, twice a day, and in order to keep my... Continue Reading →
After a several month hiatus, here is your news briefing for August, 2018. Taliban rejects ceasefire, kidnaps 200 bus passengers https://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-attack/taliban-kidnap-dozens-in-afghanistans-north-despite-ceasefire-idUSKCN1L50GZ Afghani President’s “Peace” speech interrupted by mortar barrage. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/world/asia/afghanistan-attack-ashraf-ghani-peace.html North and South Korea plan third peace... Continue Reading →
Here is your monthly news briefing for May 2018. Putin inaugurated for 4th term https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44024184 North Korea Announces plans to dismantle nuclear test sites https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/12/610674006/north-korea-announces-plans-to-dismantle-nuclear-test-site Trump pulls back from North Korea summit to insist on NK denuclearization... Continue Reading →
Here is the monthly news briefing for April 2018. France Rail Strike http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43617033 Cost of Rail Strike up to $123 million https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2018/04/09/Rail-chief-says-cost-of-French-strikes-so-far-nearly-123M/1131523290428/?utm_source=sec&utm_campaign=sl&utm_medium=12 US slaps additional sanctions on Russian nationals https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-sanctions-announcement/u-s-issues-fresh-russian-sanctions-treasury-department-idUSKCN1HD1O0 Russian Legislature proposes ban on US... Continue Reading →
Here is your monthly news briefing for March 2018. Turkish women march against inequality http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/women-across-turkey-to-march-on-march-8-against-gender-inequality-128371 Trump to meet Kim-Jong Un in South Korean peace talks https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/north-korean-leader-kim-jong-un-has-invited-president-trump-to-a-meeting/2018/03/08/021cb070-2322-11e8-badd-7c9f29a55815_story.html?utm_term=.e8b87036830b North Korea pledges to denuclearize https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-china/china-says-north-koreas-kim-pledged-commitment-to-denuclearization-idUSKBN1H305W Russian ex-spy targeted in... Continue Reading →
This is your monthly news briefing for February 2018. ISIS continues to threaten Iran from “Tora Bora” borderlands https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-iraq-islamic-state/islamic-state-threatens-iran-from-tora-bora-borderlands-idUSKBN1FP1FW US sanctions DRC general over protest crackdown http://www.africanews.com/2018/02/06/us-sanctions-drc-general-rebels-over-protest-crackdown-treasury/ Democratic Republic of Congo: 23 dead in fresh wave of... Continue Reading →
Every time there’s a mass shooting, I hear two voices. One screams, “Gun control!” The other screams, “Criminals don’t follow laws!” They go back and forth, debating endlessly and uselessly, and I have begun to doubt that either side is... Continue Reading →
Here is your monthly news briefing for January 2018. North and South Korea have diplomatic talks for the first time in two years https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-southkorea-talks/u-s-hails-korea-talks-despite-norths-rejection-of-denuclearization-idUSKBN1EX2CW South Korea’s President Moon acknowledges Pres. Trump’s role in bringing North Korea to the... Continue Reading →
I am tired of being lied to, and I am tired of being preached at. Unfortunately we are not an evidence based society. The media understands this. Control someone's emotions, and you can control their loyalties. They buried the truth... Continue Reading →
Here is your monthly news briefing for December 2017. Tillerson says US ready to talk to N. Korea; Japan wants pressure https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-tillerson/tillerson-says-u-s-ready-to-talk-to-north-korea-japan-wants-pressure-idUSKBN1E62UI China and South Korea pursue closer ties, but THAAD remains issue http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinese-and-south-korean-leaders-seek-to-improve-ties-but-thaad-remains-thorny-issue UN Security Council... Continue Reading →
