ITEM: Gen. Chris Donahue seems to have done it all. He led the Army’s Delta Force commandos in Iraq and Syria when it took the fight to Islamic State militants and was the last man out when the troops he commanded at the 82nd Airborne Division were called in to secure the 2021 evacuation of U.S. personnel and Afghan allies from Kabul. Rising to four stars in 2024, Donahue was made the top U.S. Army commander in Europe, where he helped overhaul NATO’s effort to defend against Russian aggression and support Ukraine. To many, he seemed to be on a fast track to become vice chief of staff of the Army and perhaps one day lead the service itself.

ITEM: “We have the capabilities, the plan, we know what needs to be done.” With these words, spoken at the “LandEuro” conference in Germany, U.S. Army Europe and Africa Commander General Christopher Donahue did more than just outline military readiness. He issued a deliberate and unmistakable message aimed far beyond the audience in the room. His pointed remarks about being able to “wipe out” Russia’s A2AD (Anti-Access/Area Denial) capabilities in Kaliningrad were not offhand bravado — they were a calculated signal, deeply rooted in strategy, deterrence, and alliance cohesion. By declaring that U.S. and allied forces could neutralize these assets quickly and effectively, Gen. Donahue sent a message that NATO not only understands the threat, but has prepared specifically to counter it — a direct challenge to the Kremlin’s confidence in Kaliningrad’s defensive umbrella.

ITEM: Gen. Donahue will relinquish his U.S. command at a ceremony in Germany on July 2, people familiar with the matter say, his European assignment cut short by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s push to put his imprint on the military’s leadership.

ITEM: David French complains in The New York Times: The Purging of General Donahue Is a Breaking Point. The Trump administration owes the military and the public an explanation for its treatment of Donahue — and an explanation for its treatment of other senior officers it has fired or forced out. As commander in chief, the president has the right to fire an officer, but as a servant of the people, the president has a duty to tell us why.

Translation: President Trump had Hegseth fire Donahue before he could start a war with Russia.

With the war in the Middle East necessarily winding down, convincing the European puppet-governments to sacrifice their citizens in the same way that the Kiev regime did is about the only card they’ve got left. But it’s not going to work; the Europeans are far more inclined to go to war with their own politicians and police than with the Russians.

Literally no one cares what the mainstream politicians say anymore, which is why they’re saying increasingly insane things every passing day in a desperate attempt to whip up a war frenzy in a very uninterested populace. .

From Vox Popoli

From Vox Popoli

An African team has never won the World Cup.

And Germany had never lost a penalty shootout in the World Cup until yesterday. But Africans are notoriously poor at taking penalties.

And now both Germany and Holland are out of the World Cup in the first knockout stage, defeated by football powerhouses Paraguay and Morocco.

It’s almost as if relying upon people who have never won the World Cup when playing for their own nations to win it for your own is a suboptimal strategy.

Roth Note: I’m no soccer fan, but … When half or more of the squad that represents your nation is not even from your nation? I guess nations are obsolete. It’s a New World Order.

A much better Supergirl than the one currently starring in the movie.

Judaism does not have a baptism ceremony in the sense of Christian baptism (a sacrament or rite typically involving water to symbolize cleansing from sin, spiritual rebirth, and initiation into the Christian faith, often performed on infants or believers).

Grok

To add more stupidity to this action:

Key Rules from 4 U.S. Code § 7Here are the relevant parts:

• General rule for other flags: “No other flag or pennant should be placed above or, if on the same level, to the right of the flag of the United States of America…” (with narrow exceptions, such as a church pennant during naval services at sea). law.cornell.edu

h/t WRSA

The Oera Linda Chronicle (also known as the Oera Linda Boek) is regarded as an ancient text, said to originate long before the establishment of the Vatican. Regardless of the contentious debate surrounding its actual date of origin, it contains passages expressing deep distrust of centralized religious power and the influence of the priesthood.

The following admonition is particularly striking:

“Heed this, dear heirs! For the sake of our beloved ancestors and for the sake of our freedom, I implore you a thousand times—oh, my dear ones—never let the eyes of a cleric feast upon these writings. They speak sweet words, yet they imperceptibly undermine everything that concerns us Frisians. To gain rich benefices, they side with foreign kings.”

These words reflect the concern that religious elites alter, co-opt, or suppress ancient knowledge. The warning is directed at priests accused of allying themselves with secular rulers and pursuing power, influence, and economic gain rather than the welfare of the people. The imagery of “sweet words” describes a process of insidious influence—exerted not merely through overt force, but through persuasion, reinterpretation, and control over history and tradition.

For many readers, this passage symbolizes the contrast between a free tradition rooted in ancestral heritage and a hierarchical, dogmatic religious order. They view it as a call to preserve their cultural heritage and to retain ownership of their own history.

To this day, the Oera Linda Chronicle is read and discussed as a spiritual, cultural, or ideological document. Regardless of when it was written, the quoted passage remains a powerful example of a warning against the concentration of power, the manipulation of historical interpretation, and the potential influence of religious institutions on a people’s cultural memory.

From Huter der Irminsul

Hypersonic missiles have made nuclear weapons outdated. They release no radiation, are easier to manufacture and more cost effective. So when does the world realize the war on Iran is not about nuclear bombs?