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Reprinted with permission from Greg Mitchell’s newsletter Oppenheimer: From Hiroshima to Hollywood.

You may be surprised – perhaps appalled or disgusted – that the object pictured above was sold at auction this week like any rare comic book, baseball card or painting by a past master. It is a burned, partly melted wristwatch, its hands permanently frozen in time. That time is just after 8:15, that precise moment in the morning when the first atomic bomb exploded over Hiroshima, dooming 150,000 (about eighty percent of them civilians) to death.

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On COI #545, Kyle Anzalone discusses the latest news from Gaza and Ukraine.

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Tucker Carlson interviews Mike Benz about the impact of the national security state on censorship and election interference in the United States. He explains the pervasive influence of the military on our political system. The national security state is the main driver of censorship and election interference in the United States. “What I’m describing is military rule,” says Mike Benz. “It’s the inversion of democracy.

The Biden administration, supported by its sycophantic corporate media, became hyperbolic upon hearing of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny’s death in a Russian prison last week. President Biden declared “Make no mistake, Putin is responsible for Navalny’s death. Putin is responsible.”

The “tell” Biden used by every governmental prevaricator is “Make no mistake,” which translates to “Don’t dare disbelieve me.” Dick Cheney made that tell the foundation for his lying America into attacking Iraq in 2003. Regarding Navalny, Cheney would be proud of Biden.

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The world mourns the passing of Professor Johan Vincent Galtung, an exceptional peace visionary and a true champion for peace, who inspired and coached generations.

Galtung sadly passed away on Saturday, February 17th, 2024, at the age of 93. He was born in Oslo in 1930 to a family of physicians. He seemed destined to follow in their footsteps, for Galtung was also to become a doctor, a “peace doctor”, promoting Peace Building and addressing the root causes of conflict.

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Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission.

Russia launched its “special military operation” against Ukraine on February 24th, 2022. Russia and Ukraine had been feuding since 2014, with U.S. meddling in Ukraine exacerbating the tensions. NATO expansion to Russia and Ukraine’s borders, along with calls to incorporate Ukraine into NATO at some future date, also led to increased tensions with Russia. The result has been a costly and enduring war in which Ukraine has lost roughly 20% of its territory in the east; both sides have suffered high casualties in horrendous conditions that recall the trench warfare of World War I.

At the moment, Russia appears to have the edge. Ukraine recently lost the city of Avdiivka. Manpower in Ukraine is stretched thin. The average age of troops at the front for Ukraine is 43 even as I’ve seen stories touting the recruitment of young women for the front as well as 17-year-old teenagers. Artillery ammunition is in short supply; $60 billion in weapons, munitions, and other military aid from the United States is frozen in Congress. A path to military victory for Ukraine is unclear.

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