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Author: Andy Corbley

‘Abjectly terrifying’ Report Finds 50+ Members of Congress Hold Military Stocks Worth in Excess of $10 Mil.
Foreign Policy

‘Abjectly terrifying’ Report Finds 50+ Members of Congress Hold Military Stocks Worth in Excess of $10 Mil.

September 17, 2024September 17, 2024

Is it a conflict of interest for lawmakers required to determine and approve funding for the largest military in…

SpaceX Polaris Dawn Success Heralds New Age in Spacesuit Innovation
Space

SpaceX Polaris Dawn Success Heralds New Age in Spacesuit Innovation

September 16, 2024

Early Thursday morning at 7:58 a.m. ET, members of the SpaceX Polaris Dawn crew successfully completed the world’s first…

Your Next Vacation May Be a Lifesaver, Researchers Studying Travel and Human Health Suggest
Travel

Your Next Vacation May Be a Lifesaver, Researchers Studying Travel and Human Health Suggest

September 13, 2024September 13, 2024

Story at a glance… Researchers looked at the relationship between travel and tourism and health. Using the thermodynamic concept…

Jake Sullivan Just Might Be the President
Foreign Policy

Jake Sullivan Just Might Be the President

September 12, 2024January 20, 2025

When a focus group that included former President Obama pushed Biden to accept relinquishing his bid for re-election in…

Meet the Citizens of the Empire—Marshall Islands, Palau, and Federated States of Micronesia
Foreign Policy

Meet the Citizens of the Empire—Marshall Islands, Palau, and Federated States of Micronesia

September 11, 2024September 11, 2024

US taxpayers have once again been put on the hook for billions in bribe money to three Pacific island…

War

Russian Advance Continues in Spite of Kursk Incursion, Now Just 7 Km from Key City

September 10, 2024

In the days and weeks following Ukraine’s highly publicized incursion into Russia’s Kursk Oblast, analysts and Ukrainian spokesmen said…

Living During the Dawn of Biohybrids—Robots Made from Designed to Work in Nature
Technology

Living During the Dawn of Biohybrids—Robots Made from Designed to Work in Nature

September 5, 2024

Recently, a series of innovations in robotics has seen motherboards replaced with fungal mycelium, metal chassis replaced with oat…

In Venezuela, One Should Take the Opposition at Their Word: Their Goal is Conquest
Foreign Policy

In Venezuela, One Should Take the Opposition at Their Word: Their Goal is Conquest

September 3, 2024

Over a month has passed since the Venezuelan presidential elections saw the Bolivarian socialist president Nicolas Maduro retain his…

Researchers Rush to Criticize Paper for Claiming Association Between Meat and Type-2 Diabetes
Nutrition

Researchers Rush to Criticize Paper for Claiming Association Between Meat and Type-2 Diabetes

September 2, 2024

One might say the ideological battle over the optimal human diet has devolved into something like a cafeteria food…

Gold’s Remarkable Rise to $1 Million a Bar Offers Rare Media Flashpoint of a Quiet Bull Market
US Economy

Gold’s Remarkable Rise to $1 Million a Bar Offers Rare Media Flashpoint of a Quiet Bull Market

August 28, 2024

News broke last week that upon reaching a new all-time record high of over $2,500 per troy ounce, the…

Zelenskyy to Present ‘Victory Plan’ to US Biden, Trump. Kursk Offensive to Be Part of That Plan
Coffee Break Reads

Zelenskyy to Present ‘Victory Plan’ to US Biden, Trump. Kursk Offensive to Be Part of That Plan

August 27, 2024

Today, President Zelenskyy informed the nation at the Ukraine 2024 Independence forum in Kyiv that his government was preparing…

Beijing Responds to Secret Biden Nuclear War Policy that Focuses on China
Coffee Break Reads

Beijing Responds to Secret Biden Nuclear War Policy that Focuses on China

August 23, 2024

Despite being designated officially as a near-peer competitor under the Biden Administration rather than an “adversary” as Moscow is,…

Azerbaijan, Malaysia Launch Formal Bids to Join BRICS
Global Economy

Azerbaijan, Malaysia Launch Formal Bids to Join BRICS

August 21, 2024

To mark the occasion of the visit of President Vladimir Putin to Baku, Azerbaijani officials announced they had launched…

Kursk is Where Soviet Russia Stopped the German Blitzkrieg, Will They Do the Same to the Ukrainians?
War

Kursk is Where Soviet Russia Stopped the German Blitzkrieg, Will They Do the Same to the Ukrainians?

August 19, 2024August 19, 2024

History demands of Russia the complete and total withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from their recent offensive in Kursk Oblast.…

Two Reports on Israeli War Causalities Claim Minimum of 10,000 Soldiers Killed or Wounded in Gaza Genocide
War

Two Reports on Israeli War Causalities Claim Minimum of 10,000 Soldiers Killed or Wounded in Gaza Genocide

August 14, 2024

Across the global news media, the number of Gazans killed or injured ticks up every day at horrific speeds.…

Russia’s Parliamentary Left Calls for Assassination of Zelenskyy and His Cabinet
Coffee Break Reads

Russia’s Parliamentary Left Calls for Assassination of Zelenskyy and His Cabinet

August 13, 2024

In a statement from Sergey Mironov, the leader of the Just Russia – For Truth Party, representing the socialist…

8/12 End of the Empire: The Death Throes of the Rules-Based International Order
End of the Empire

8/12 End of the Empire: The Death Throes of the Rules-Based International Order

August 12, 2024September 23, 2024

End of the Empire is a once-monthly feature on all news relating to the transition from the unipolar world…

These Days Women Prioritize Travel Twice as Much as Men
Travel

These Days Women Prioritize Travel Twice as Much as Men

August 8, 2024

The world’s leading travel risk management and crisis response firm Global Rescue recently conducted an interview of 1,100 of…

Taiwanese Soldiers Still Not Taking Defense of Their Island Seriously
Foreign Policy

Taiwanese Soldiers Still Not Taking Defense of Their Island Seriously

August 7, 2024

A featured story in the Washington Post presents evidence of a case made here on WaL back in 2021: that the uniformed soldiers…

Minimize Sugar, Maximize Nutrients to Lower Biological Age, New Study Shows
Nutrition

Minimize Sugar, Maximize Nutrients to Lower Biological Age, New Study Shows

August 5, 2024

A new study showed that biological markers of age known as epigenetics can testify to a younger or older…

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Israel’s Destruction of Palestinian Olive Trees: Security Meets Environmental Warfare

Suzanne Latre August 28, 2025

At dawn on Monday, Israeli military bulldozers entered the Nablus area. They began uprooting thousands of olive trees, which…

Coffee Break Reads

US Has Bombed Somalia Over 50 Times This Year

Andy Corbley August 21, 2025

US Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab southwest of the city of Bariire in central Somalia last…

Coffee Break Reads

American Children Getting as Much as Two-Thirds of Daily Calories from Ultra-Processed Foods

Andy Corbley August 7, 2025

Between August 2021 and August 2023, a new report from the CDC found that ultra-processed foods make up over…

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