Commentary The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) calls the BeiDou satellite navigation system (BeiDou or BDS) a pillar of great power, a global espionage tool. It is suitable for use in various fields such as the military, transportation, communications, and urban surveillance. According to its website, “the BDS provides all-time, all-weather and high-accuracy positioning, navigation and…
Minnesota Police Union Chief: Daunte Wright Would Be Alive Today If He Had Complied With Orders
The head of Minnesota’s largest police union says Daunte Wright, who was killed by an officer over the weekend, would be alive if he had complied with police orders. “This is going to be an unpopular statement,” Brian Peters, executive director of the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association, said during a WCCO interview on…
Minnesota Police Union Chief: Daunte Wright Would Be Alive Today If He Complied With Orders
The head of Minnesota’s largest police union said Daunte Wright, who was killed by an officer over the weekend, would be alive if he had complied with police orders. “This is going to be an unpopular statement,” Brian Peters, executive director of the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association, said during a WCCO interview Wednesday….
How to Resolve Threat of the CCP’s One Belt One Road Initiative
April 15, 2021
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Analysis Seven years have gone by since China started its One Belt One Road Initiative (BRI) in 2014. In 2013 Chinese leader Xi Jinping first introduced this transnational economic belt initiative, then known as the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road. The BRI starts in mainland China, moves along the…
Pentagon Confirms ‘Pyramid-Shaped’ UFO Video to Be Authentic
Multiple photos and a video of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) were leaked to the public earlier this week by reporter George Knapp and filmmaker Jeremy Corbell. The Pentagon now confirmed that the photographs were in fact taken by U.S. Navy personnel. The short night-vision video shows a “pyramid-shaped” flying object moving at a constant speed,…
US Jobless Claims Plunge to 576,000, Lowest Since Pandemic
WASHINGTON—The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits tumbled last week to 576,000, a post-COVID low and a hopeful sign that layoffs are easing as the economy recovers from the pandemic recession. The Labor Department said Thursday that applications plummeted by 193,000 from a revised 769,000 a week earlier. Jobless claims are now down sharply…
The Crisis of American Civilization
Commentary We are now in a crisis of American civilization fully as dangerous and real as the crisis of the U.S. Civil War or World War II. During both those crises, if America had lost, it would have ceased to be America—and the cause of freedom around the world would have been dramatically weakened. Today,…
Ukraine Seeks Stronger Western Backing Amid Russian Buildup
KYIV, Ukraine—Ukraine’s top diplomat asked Thursday for stronger Western backing, saying “words of support aren’t enough” amid escalating tensions in the country’s east and a Russian troop buildup across the border. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, speaking after talks with his counterparts from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, asked the Baltic nations to reach out to…
In the States, COVID Spending Heads Off to the (Robo-Dog) Races
One robot dog armed with a thermometer: $150,000. Forty all-terrain vehicles, five utility terrain vehicles, and 18 utility trailers: $626,000. Using public funds earmarked for coronavirus relief to buy these items: priceless. That’s just a fraction of supposedly COVID-related spending by a single police department, in Honolulu, Hawaii. But it hints at what authorities will…
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