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Friday, June 26, 2026

By way of background, America's nuclear arsenal are strategic weapons in USAF and USN control falling under the "Nuclear Surety Program" and no atomic weapons are under US Army control. Senior US Army leadership historically felt left out of the nuclear club, so during the Cold War, the Pershing missile system gave them theater-level nukes in West Germany until 1991. Decades ago, US Army Special Forces soldiers were trained to deploy "nuclear backpacks" behind enemy lines. One SOF warrior would carry the ultra-heavy backpack while his comrade carried both their rucksacks. This program was eventually retired. There was one historic moment when the US Army got to detonate its very own nuclear weapon. On 25 May 1953 in Nevada, the US Army fired a nuclear artillery round with a 15 kt yield from the M65 cannon, "Atomic Annie," named after a German WWII weapon. The explosion yielded the same destructive level as "Little Boy" and the M65 never fired another nuke again.


Kentucky Republican US Senator Mitch McConnell (84), who proudly confirmed Markwayne Mullin to be S/DHS, has been hospitalized since 14 June ... read more


Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, the second-richest Asian in the world with an estimated net worth of $88.6bn was facing federal fraud and bribery charges in the US. read more


The US Department of Interior will no longer report any deaths occurring in federal parks. read more


By a vote of seven to one, a NYC housing board voted to freeze the rents for about one million regulated apartments for up to two years, fulfilling a central campaign promise of young Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D), chalking up yet another victory for the people of NYC just months into his first term.

Another reason why NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) was elected


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In 1953, President Dwight D. Eisenhower saw the M65 "Atomic Annie" artillery system at his inaugural parade, but he did not witness the above test explosion.

The US Army deployed approximately 20 M65 systems in Europe and South Korea which were constantly moved around to avoid enemy detection until this "prestige weapon" was retired in 1963.

Hi Alexandrite

Good catch. Norman Spinrad's episode. And James Doohan's missing finger remains cleverly unseen.

Here it is: www.youtube.com

I should have worded my comment: "A famous transporter scene from the 1960s Star Trek series (with the musical score)."

Thanks for the memories.

According to prisoners' rights groups, approximately 9,300 Palestinians are currently held and tortured in Israeli prisons, with nearly half detained without charge or trial. This was the reason for the 7 Oct 2023 surprise raid into Israel: seize Israelis for a prisoner swap. Two such prisoner exchanges were conducted in Nov 2023.

The American taxpayer-funded death toll in the West Bank is now 1,001 since 7 Oct 2023; in the charnel house known as Gaza, the number is now 73,097; 20,179 children; 12,500 women; 173,417 human beings wounded or maimed.

The diabolical Trumpf junta has not yet advocated adding "Gaza Obsession Syndrome" or "West Bank Derangement Syndrome" as an official illness into the American Psychiatric Association's (APA) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders like their current attempt with "Trumpf Derangement Syndrome" (TDS).

Since 1948 under both Democratic and Republican Party administrations, the peace-loving, hardworking American taxpayer has sent the Labor and Likud governments of Israel, a prosperous and nuclear-armed country, over $317.9bn, the most US economic aid given to any nation in the world.

In 2025 alone, the US sent Israel $12 billion which could have instead paid for 1,982,488 American families with one year's free groceries. That would have been a pragmatic use of American taxpayer dollars.

US midterm elections are scheduled for Tuesday 3 Nov 2026 and AIPAC-funded politicians from both parties deserve our scorn.

The ethnic-cleansing IDF: Serial Killers of the Middle East, like the "Killer Clown," John Wayne Gacy:


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