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11.04.26 - 06:18
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The US Separation From Europe And NATO Is Long Overdue (ZeroHedge)
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The US Separation From Europe And NATO Is Long Overdue
Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us
As much as many centrists and libertarians are opposed to Donald Trump's ongoing strikes against Iran, I have to say, the downstream result might end up becoming one of the most libertarian results I have ever seen. For decades, small government activists like those in the Ron Paul movement have been calling for a comprehensive US divorce from NATO and the shutdown of America's military bases overseas. Trump has, either deliberately or inadvertently, set this very process in motion.
The refusal of most of Europe (and Australia) to provide support in the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz might seem like geopolitical orbiting – In other words, getting involved could hurt them more than it would help them. Of course, these nations are far more exposed to the Hormuz closure and the slowdown in energy exports than the US. You would think their interests would demand a securing of the strait.
Europ...
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11.04.26 - 05:01
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US Draft Registration Becomes ′Automatic′ By Year-End: A Detailed Breakdown (ZeroHedge)
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US Draft Registration Becomes 'Automatic' By Year-End: A Detailed Breakdown
Authored by Edward Hasbrouck via AntiWar.com,
On March 30th, the Selective Service System (SSS) sent the White House its proposed regulations for "automatic" [sic] draft registration for review and approval before they are made public. This is the first visible step in the transition from trying to get young men to sign themselves up for a military draft, to trying to sign them up “automatically” by aggregating data requisitioned from other Federal agencies.
This year-long process began with the enactment of the SSS proposal for “automatic” registration in December 2025. The new scheme is supposed to go into operation in December 2026.
The SSS has been keeping a low profile to avoid calling attention to its attempt to lay new groundwork for a draft in the middle of a major military escalation. The SSS hasn't issued a press release in the four months since the enactment of the “automatic?...
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11.04.26 - 05:01
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US Nuclear Fusion Startup To Build Radioactive Batteries For Use In Space (ZeroHedge)
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US Nuclear Fusion Startup To Build Radioactive Batteries For Use In Space
Authored by Ameya Paleja via Interesting Engineering,
Avalanche Energy, a fusion energy startup, has won a $5.2 million contract to build radioactive batteries that can power a laptop-class system for months. The contract is part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Rads to Watts Program, which aims to build next-generation, compact, resilient nuclear batteries with higher densities.
An early prototype of Avalanche Energy's radiovoltaic converter for the DARPA Rads to Watts program is exposed to high-energy ion-beam irradiation.Avalanche Fusion
Radioactive batteries aren't an entirely new concept. They have been around for years and have made their way even to Mars on NASA's Perseverance and Curiosity rovers. Another type of radioactive battery is used in medical implant devices and sensors, but all these devices face the same issue: low energy density.
Lithium-ion batteries, which are used everywhe...
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11.04.26 - 02:42
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US-Vatican Relations Extremely Strained As Pentagon Denies It Berated Pope′s Diplomat (ZeroHedge)
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US-Vatican Relations Extremely Strained As Pentagon Denies It Berated Pope's Diplomat
Washington's attack on Iran alongside Israel has come under repeat condemnation from the Vatican, leaving US relations very strained. What hasn't helped things are widespread allegations that US officials berated the Vatican's top diplomat in Washington.
Pentagon and Vatican officials are denying reports that US authorities gave the Holy See's ambassador a "bitter lecture" demanding the Church align with the Trump administration following criticism of the Iran war by Pope Leo XIV.
via The Associated Press
"Today, as we all know, there has also been this threat against the entire people of Iran. And this is truly unacceptable," the pope had told reporters Tuesday evening in Italy, in reaction to Trump threatening to wipe out a whole "civilization".
"There are certainly issues of international law here, but even more, it is a moral question concerning the good of the peop...
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