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New Chasing Ghosts Podcast episode is live Monday 30 April 2026. Ep 080 “The Cargo Cult of Martial Belief, Wishcasting and Bloodshed” Well, when I combine the 20 episodes of WarNotes with the CG podcasts but a chance to pop the bubbly anyway. Today we discuss the critical lack of critical thinking that has led the US into the unenviable position of being an extraordinarily 20th century fighting force nor fit for purpose for 21st century peer combat. I’ll offer some more recommendations and a path forward. Buppert’s Law of Military Topography: “Mountainous terrain held by riflemen who know what…
Last week, President Trump threatened Iran’s 93 million people with annihilation. This week, we’ve largely moved on, if only to keep up with the whipsawing events of the Iran War – now paused, or maybe not, hit refresh on Trump’s social media page to find out. But I’m still stuck in last week. Maybe because I’m a glass half-empty kind of guy, I’m struggling to see how the US and Israel’s war on Iran ends without Trump’s threat of nuclear annihilation being realized. I arrived at that horrifying conclusion by being unable to square the following circle: Donald J. Trump…
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In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we’re doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible donation. Joshua Scheer At a moment when global instability is already rippling through supply chains, economies, and political systems, a quiet but potentially devastating shift is unfolding inside the backbone of the U.S. economy: its rail system. What may appear on the surface as a routine corporate merger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern is, in reality, a flashpoint—one that…
At this point if you’re in the US military you have a moral obligation to start refusing orders. Desert. Become a conscientious objector. Ideally, get everyone together and launch a full-scale military coup. Reading by Tim Foley: ❖ The president of the United States has a bat shit crazy post on Truth Social once again threatening to blow up civilian infrastructure in Iran, saying, “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell — JUST WATCH! Praise be…
Americans spent about 50 days working and paying taxes last year just to feed the war machine — with 23 days going to pay Pentagon contractors and their millionaire CEOs, Lindsay Koshgarian and Hanna Homestead report. Sailors staging ordnance on USS Abraham Lincoln for the U.S.-Israel war on Iran, Feb. 28. (US Navy) By Lindsay Koshgarian and Hanna HomesteadCommon Dreams Well it’s April 15 — tax day in the U.S. Do you know where your tax dollars actually go? As federal budgeting experts, we get asked about this a lot — often, it’s something people simply have no idea about.…
Since the US and Israeli surprise attack on Iran, Tehran has continued to export oil that is selling at significantly higher prices. According to an analysis by The Economist, nearly all of the oil tankers currently exiting the Persian Gulf are linked to Iran. After the surprise attack on February 28, Tehran closed the Strait of Hormuz to US and Israeli-linked shipping. The restrictions include preventing Washington’s Gulf Arab allies from exporting oil. While most Gulf countries’ oil exports have dropped to zero, The Economist spoke with a source familiar with the Iranian account who explained that Tehran’s oil exports…
Photo by Kanchanara With the war on Iran partially paused, this might be a good time to turn to the war on crypto. Everyone knows crypto, that giant cesspool masquerading as an alternative currency or a great investment opportunity. As many of us have pointed out, the idea that Bitcoin would ever be an alternative currency was close to crazy. Given its wild fluctuations, we would constantly be seeing massive inflation or deflation if it were the standard currency rather than the dollar. For example, Bitcoin has fallen by more than 40% against its peak last fall, which implies we…
In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we’re doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible donation. Stephen Prager for Common Dreams Iran’s foreign ministry is accusing YouTube of trying to “suppress the truth” by banning the account responsible for a series of viral Lego-style animations mocking the US-Israeli war. The small team known as Explosive Media has racked up tens of millions of views across several platforms, with slickly produced music videos mercilessly lampooning the Trump administration and glorifying…
The Russian government caused a major disruption to the country’s online financial services while attempting to tighten internet censorship. In an effort to stop citizens from using VPNs to access blocked platforms like Telegram, the government’s filtering systems accidentally interfered with encrypted data used by financial institutions, leading to widespread glitches in banking apps and online payment services. According to Telegram founder Pavel Durov and other industry sources, these technical failures were so severe that cash became the only reliable way to pay for goods in many areas, including the Moscow Metro. Source link