new world order
With our new president comes a New World Order. A guided tour through dramatic shifts in political thought and power struggles that inform our future.
The Top 5 Reasons Why Chinese Warships have Surrounded Taiwan
As war continues to rage in Ukraine, the Pacific island of Taiwan has seen the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy to occupy the waters around their country.
Skyler SaundersPublished 3 days ago in The SwampIs Free Speech Under Attack Or Is Fear Being Stoked
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”
Jason Ray MortonPublished 10 days ago in The Swamp
A Wake Up Call from Inflation To Economic Recession
The occurrence of an economic recession is something that no one appears to be pleased to hear about. Every time the word “recession” is spoken in a casual discussion, it appears that everyone involved shudders in horror, expecting the worse.
EstalontechPublished 2 months ago in The Swamp
A Safe Haven Against Oil Price Movement
As a result of the Russian/Ukrainian war, gold, oil, nickel, and wheat prices have all reached 14-year highs, and some analysts predict that oil will continue to soar above $200 per barrel in the coming months.
EstalontechPublished 2 months ago in The Swamp
A dear friend's callously given terminal diagnosis
11FEB2022; 0804, FRI I read every single comment and didn't notice anyone else mentioning this. So, I will endeavor to do such; immediately prior to jetting off to work with a bit of my customary tardiness:
Nefarious DarriusPublished 3 months ago in The Swamp
Vaxxing vagaries
18FEB2022; 0601, FRI Peace and good tidings to all reading this right now; except for the corrupt pols who mandate their arbitrary, odious, and often hypocritical will upon the peeps that they supposedly represent. I'm looking at all of you unmasked and "photogenic" lawmakers forcing the children and "the help" in the pics with y'all to be properly masked while your smiles shine approx. as bright as the blood diamonds mysteriously afforded by an almost arguably modest "public servant's" salary.
Nefarious DarriusPublished 3 months ago in The SwampThe Fears We Face
I’m afraid of knives. I’m afraid of drowning. I’m afraid of being outnumbered. I’m afraid of being wrongly accused. I’m afraid of what people can do to a child.
Malky McEwanPublished 4 months ago in The Swamp
Bay of Pigs
When John F. Kennedy became President of the United States on January 20, 1961, he inherited every policy decision that Eisenhower had yet to carry out. (1) One of these was the planned invasion of Cuba to depose Fidel Castro and the 26th of July Movement. The Central Intelligence Agency had recruited and trained Cuban exiles to conduct the invasion. The operation became known as the Bay of Pigs Invasion after the point that the Cuban exiles made their landing. The planning of the invasion began with the 1959 defeat of Fulgencio Batista, the former president of Cuba. The CIA believed that the use of Cuban exiles would work because of their perceived success in the 1954 coup against President Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala. In the 1954 coup against Arbenz, the CIA had used disgruntled Guatemalan military officers and Agency provided air support to aid in the coup. In the Bay of Pigs, there would be no such saving graces. The air and artillery support the US promised was either canceled or so delayed that Castro's forces easily repelled the invading forces. Additionally, the CIA had no understanding of the environment in which they were operating. In Guatemala, there had been differing factions to exploit within Arbenz's government. In 1961 Cuba there were no such factions left on the island. This was due to any that had opposed the 26th of July Movement fleeing the island in the wake of losing their benefactor. This meant that the invaders had no support to meet them once they arrived. This led to the spectacular failure that is now associated with the Bay of Pigs. By 1961, the CIA had grown confident enough in its abilities to conduct such an operation. However, they operated with undeserved confidence, as they had not learned how to conduct such operations in hostile nations. It is by looking at the CIA's overconfidence in their ability to pull off the Bay of Pigs Invasion that we see how Fidel Castro and the Cuban government were able to assert their sovereignty, and become a regional power despite the lopsided odds stacked against them.
Atomic HistorianPublished 8 months ago in The Swamp
The political implications of the D-K effect
The political implications of the D-K effect Why do politicians treat others as they do? The Dunning-Kruger effect is a hypothesis in social psychology which seeks to explain why some people have false perceptions of their own ability; when compared to others.
Peter RosePublished 9 months ago in The Swamp
Learning About Afghanistan in 5 Documentaries
When two planes hit the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11th, 2001, it was inevitable that the US would be out for blood. When it was revealed that the man responsible for the terrorist attack was Osama Bin Laden, the leader of Al Qaeda, it was clear that he wasn't going to get away with this. Where was he at that time? He was holed up in Afghanistan where he had been allowed to grow his terrorist network thanks to the Taliban.
Chris HearnPublished 9 months ago in The Swamp
A Letter to the President-Elect and Vice President-Elect
It’s undeniable that the last four years have been some of the most stressful and frightening for many people in the United States. Even groups that were already routinely targeted and vulnerable to higher rates of violence saw more violence done to them under the Trump administration. For others (almost exclusively white conservatives) it has been a freeing experience in which they felt emboldened to shed the facade of progressive ideology and anti-bigotry.
Timmy SnowPublished about a year ago in The Swamp
The Year 2020 A Year Of Extremes
What started out in January of 2020 half a world away is where we should have known the dangers that lay ahead. But, we were either ill informed or were denied the opportunity to acquire and safely implement the safety protocols that would have minimized the disasters we are facing today. The levels of incompetence of the Trump Administration in response to this Global Pandemic has led the United States into the worst catastrophe since the Great Depression. The medical community is at the breaking point due to lack of leadership to unify a national response to curb the steady growth of this very deadly virus.
Dr. WilliamsPublished about a year ago in The Swamp
