Category: History

‘War On Terror’ Has Killed Over 801,000 People & Cost $6.4 Trillion
17. 11. 2019 No Responses

‘War On Terror’ Has Killed Over 801,000 People & Cost $6.4 Trillion

The so-called War on Terror launched by the United States government in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks has cost at least 801,000 lives and $6.4 trillion according to a pair of reports published Wednesday by the Costs of War Project at...
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Trump just issued multiple war crime pardons
16. 11. 2019 No Responses

Trump just issued multiple war crime pardons

Trump, as a number of other draft dodgers, loves the military. But he doesn’t seem to respect its justice system. American Officers are Taught they are Above the Laws of Man and God. In fulfillment of a controversial pledge he made earlier...
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Defense Secretary Mark Esper: administration is preparing to evacuate about 1,000 U.S. troops from northern Syria as safely and quickly as possible
13. 10. 2019 No Responses

Defense Secretary Mark Esper: administration is preparing to evacuate about 1,000 U.S. troops from northern Syria as safely and quickly as possible

Trump administration is “preparing to evacuate” about 1,000 U.S. troops from northern Syria “as safely and quickly as possible,” CBS reports. “In the last 24 hours, we learned that [the Turks] likely intend to extend their att...
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Defense Minister Shoigu: US Has Been Waging Hybrid War on Russia for 20 Years
10. 10. 2019 No Responses

Defense Minister Shoigu: US Has Been Waging Hybrid War on Russia for 20 Years

Russian Defence Minister General Sergei Shoigu in a September 22, 2019 Interview: We long failed to understand the essential nature of what was going on around us. If the West had continued to behave as it began behaving in Gorbachev’s...
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All Foreign Troops “With Illegal Presence” Should Leave Syria
7. 10. 2019 No Responses

All Foreign Troops “With Illegal Presence” Should Leave Syria

Russia’s response to the White House’s late Sunday shock announcement saying “Turkey will soon be moving forward with its long-planned operation into Northern Syria” has been relatively muted. Though Trump reportedly told Erdogan the US won&#...
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Ray Dalio: The Next Logical Steps In A Dangerous Journey To War
2. 10. 2019 No Responses

Ray Dalio: The Next Logical Steps In A Dangerous Journey To War

Raymond Dalio – an American billionaire investor, hedge fund manager, and philanthropist. Dalio is the founder, Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Investment Officer of investment firm Bridgewater Associates, one of the world’s largest hedge funds, posted a ...
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Scientists Reconstruct Face of Extinct Denisovan Human Relative
21. 9. 2019 No Responses

Scientists Reconstruct Face of Extinct Denisovan Human Relative

The mystery surrounding the era of the Denisovans, the human race that went extinct about 50,000 years ago leaving almost no clue as to what they looked like, has finally been solved, with the face of a teenager named Denise....
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100 Years Ago, This Was The World’s Most Disruptive Technology
8. 9. 2019 No Responses

100 Years Ago, This Was The World’s Most Disruptive Technology

The history of US consumerism starts with the Sears Roebuck mail order catalog. Yes, the very same Sears that is struggling to emerge from bankruptcy today. But 125 years ago the company was every bit the disruptive innovator. A brief summary...
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Elixxir: Privacy Preserving Technology vs. Legislation
5. 8. 2019 No Responses

Elixxir: Privacy Preserving Technology vs. Legislation

Dr. David Chaum – inventor of eCash and founder of DigiCash in 90’s and now CEO of project Elixxir, blogged about Privacy Preserving Technology vs. Legislation. After last spying Apple’s faux pas and spending decades focused on the intersect...
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Italian court jails 24 over South American Operation Condor
9. 7. 2019 No Responses

Italian court jails 24 over South American Operation Condor

An Italian court has handed life sentences to 24 ex-officials from South America over their role in Operation Condor. It’s estimated that thousands of people were murdered under the secret US-backed campaign. Judges in Rome’s Court of Appeal on Mon...
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Lee Iacocca, ‘father of Ford Mustang’ & savior of Chrysler, dies aged 94
3. 7. 2019 No Responses

Lee Iacocca, ‘father of Ford Mustang’ & savior of Chrysler, dies aged 94

Titan of the US automotive industry Lico ‘Lee’ Iacocca, who once led Ford and later Chrysler, died of natural causes Tuesday aged 94. He is survived by two daughters and eight grandchildren. Iacocca was widely credited with saving Chrysler from...
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Walkman Turns 40
1. 7. 2019 No Responses

Walkman Turns 40

The First Sony Walkman Was Released 40 Years Ago Today. On July 1 of 1979, Sony first began to sell the TPS-L2, first known as the Soundabout and soon rebranded as the Walkman. This original Walkman wasn’t the first portable...
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Red Square Victory Day Parade 2019
9. 5. 2019 No Responses

Red Square Victory Day Parade 2019

Victory Day parade on Moscow’s Red Square – Full length – Original Russian language Note: Vladimir Putin’s brother was killed 70 years ago in the siege of Leningrad at the age of two. Russia’s Victory Day Parade 2019: Best Moments...
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Remembrance of Concorde: 50 years since the maiden flight
4. 3. 2019 No Responses

Remembrance of Concorde: 50 years since the maiden flight

Sud Aviation (Aérospatiale)/British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) Concorde was a revolutionary British-French jet aircraft project with cruising speed of Mach 2. Concorde flew the Atlantic within 3 hours. The start of the project dates back to 1956 when the Sup...
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Today Is The 20 Year Anniversary Of The Bank Of Japan Cutting Rates To 0%
12. 2. 2019 No Responses

Today Is The 20 Year Anniversary Of The Bank Of Japan Cutting Rates To 0%

It is a bit of a memorable anniversary for financial markets – it’s the 20-year anniversary of the Bank of Japan cutting rates to 0% and the start of two decades of extreme monetary policy which Japan has not been able...
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