Stalingrad

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is blamed for yet another delay in the corruption and racketeering case against former president Jacob Zuma and Thales. Delays in starting the fraud and corruption trial of former president Jacob Zuma have almost entirely been blamed on his use of the "Stalingrad strategy".…

Vasily Emelianenko led a flight of Soviet Ilyushin IL-2 Shturmoviks, or “Storm Birds,” in late June 1942 against a German-held airfield near Artemovsk in eastern Ukraine, flying low up a deep ravine to avoid detection. The Il-2 planes banked slightly to rise above the hill to their front, and the…

Skip to comments. Petition Calls for Columbus, Ohio, to Be Renamed ‘Flavortown’ in Honor of Guy Fieri Breitbart.com ^ | 6/19/2020 | Breitbart news Posted on 06/20/2020 11:27:20 AM PDT by rktman The controversy over depictions of Christopher Columbus in Columbus, Ohio, has led to an online petition calling for…

Skip to comments. NCAA bans all championship events in Mississippi over state flag with Confederate emblem Sun Herald ^ | 6/19/20 | PATRICK MAGEE Posted on 06/19/2020 11:40:39 AM PDT by Meatspace After the Southeastern Conference took a stand against the state flag in Mississippi on Thursday, the NCAA Board…

“A Thousand Cuts,” a film that chronicles how Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte uses social media to spread disinformation, was Friday named the best international feature at New Zealand’s Doc Edge International Documentary Film Festival. The festival is being held online only due to the effects of the coronavirus outbreak. In…

China has formally charged two Canadians with spying, officials said on Friday, more than 18 months after they were arrested in a spat between Beijing and Ottawa.The pair were detained shortly after Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Canada on a US warrant, in what is widely believed to…

The former head of MI6 has warned that it will take the West 'two or three decades' before they can build up rival companies to Huawei.Sir John Sawers, who was in charge of MI6 from 2009 up until 2014, said creating a rival company to the Chinese telecoms firm would…

Shortly before dawn on May 20, 1941, a flight of 500 transport planes took off from seven airstrips on mainland Greece. As they climbed upward, the tri-motor aircraft emerged from reddish-orange clouds of dust into blue sky. The dust clouds were generated by the propeller wash from hundreds of engines…

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Skip to comments. Seattle Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone Out of Food After Inviting Homeless In Instapundit ^ | June 10, 2020 | Glenn Reynolds Posted on 06/10/2020 9:57:19 AM PDT by C19fan ALERTA#2: the homeless people we invited took away all the food at the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone. (Excerpt)…