Spies for Peace

What’s wrong with the 1619 Project is that it is factually preposterous. The essence of the story is that Americans fought the American Revolution because Lord Dunmore said that slaves fighting on the British side would be emancipated. Well, he said that in November 1775 – after Lexington and Concord, after the Boston Tea Party, after the Boston Massacre, after the Stamp Act. The war was up and running, and this is after George Washington had been put in charge of the troops.
So it is factually illiterate to say this. And that is why, to use your term, it’s not a good-faith kind of argument. It’s tendentious, meretricious, and propagandistic.--will

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Federal prosecutors in November charged eight people with running an international operation to poach wild monkeys. Among those charged were two Cambodian wildlife officials, one of whom was arrested in the U.S.—while traveling to an endangered species conference. About 60% of the 30,000 biomedical research monkeys imported annually to the U.S. used to come from China, but Beijing banned those exports during the pandemic, forcing American companies to pivot to Cambodia

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National Public Radio (NPR) claimed that “there is limited scientific research” supporting the idea that biological males have a “physical advantage” over biological females in competitive sports.

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Spies for Peace

The Greenbrier Resort, located in the Blue Ridge Mountains, is one of America's most famous luxury hotels. Underneath the sprawling property was a bunker about the size of a Walmart, that would be able to house every member of the House and the Senate in the case of a nuclear attack. The bunker used special technology to keep radiation out, had space for over 1,100 people to store belongings, a special room to allow Congress to be held while underground, and a six-month food supply.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower decided that there needed to be a place for Congress to go as the threat of nuclear warfare became imminent. In 1958, government workers began building the bunker, in an operation known as "Project Greek Island."

So, in case of a national disaster, at least all the giant brains in the country will be protected. Britain had a similar plan years ago, saving the government. Knowing your priorities is very important.