The DOJ report authored by Robert Hur is mind-blowingly‚ jaw-droppingly damning of Joe Biden and‚ exonerates Donald Trump. The report indicates that Joe Biden “willfully retained” classified information. That goes to criminality. There was a motive. He wanted to put classified information in his memoir. Mr. Hur said that Biden couldn’t even remember the year […] The post The Damning DOJ Report of Old Uncle Joe Should Help Trump appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

The View’s white-basher Sunny Hostin allowed a geneologist to explore her ancestry. Instead of being just Puerto Rican as she thought‚ she found that she is of Spanish ancestry‚ and they were slaveholders. She needs to stop ranting about white supremacy. She is of white supremacy ancestry and must pay reparations. Officer Tatum says black […] The post Officer Tatum Finds Sunny Hostin Is a White Supremacist appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties‚ subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The Australian government is planning a nationwide digital ID launch‚ which is tentatively set for this year. While it could be delayed for logistical reasons‚ it’s clear that the government is fully intent on pushing a new digital ID agenda in the country. Having first entered Parliament last year‚ the Digital ID Bill in Australia finished its final stage at the end of January‚ garnering input from business and finance groups. The country’s authorities are currently communicating with the individual states. An announcement from the Department of Finance revealed that the novel system would empower users to select their preferred digital ID provider for the accessibility of both government and private services. Private entities can apply for accreditation to provide digital ID services under the Trusted Digital Identity Framework (TDIF)‚ which is the government’s recognition framework. As stated by an official spokesperson‚ the legislative step will set in motion the enlargement of the Australian Government Digital ID System to encompass state‚ territory and private sector organizations opting to participate. The national digital ID will essentially serve as a comprehensive version of MyGovID that Australians currently utilize for the Australian Taxation Office‚ Centrelink and Medicare access. The strategy to retain other digital IDs issued by other state governments. An individual user will have the capability to create a multipoint image on a device‚ to be validated against their passport photo or eventually‚ their driver’s license. Officials state that users need only establish their credentials once. Digital IDs often involve the collection and storage of personal data‚ including biometric information such as fingerprints or facial recognition data. This concentration of sensitive data can be a tempting target for hackers and cybercriminals. A successful breach could lead to identity theft‚ fraud‚ or even blackmail. Moreover‚ there is the risk of unauthorized surveillance and tracking. Governments or other entities could potentially misuse digital ID systems to monitor individuals without their consent‚ infringing on personal freedoms and privacy. The post Australia Plots Digital ID Launch For This Year appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

The Boeing B-17—or its computer-generated likeness—appears front and center in the AppleTV+ series Masters of the Air. The story of the 100th Bombardment Group of the Eighth Air Force in World War II‚ MOTA is based on the book by Donald L. Miller. The 100th flew the B-17 Flying Fortress and some of its missions over Europe provide harrowing sequences in the series. Here are a few classic films that feature the B-17 and are worth searching out. Air Force (1943). Directed by Howard Hawks. Starring John Ridgely‚ Gig Young‚ Arthur Kennedy‚ Charles Drake‚ Harry Carey‚ George Tobias and John Garfield.While B-17s are known primarily for their role in the European Theater‚ they flew in the Pacific as well. Howard Hawks’ Air Force tells the story of one such Fort‚ Mary Ann. After flying into the attack on Pearl Harbor‚ the airplane and its crew proceed to Wake Island and then on to the Philippines to take action against the Japanese. The production used real B-17B‚ C and D models‚ supplemented by model work when necessary. The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress (1944). Directed by William Wyler.Director William Wyler left Hollywood to document the war for the U.S. and received permission to film an account of a B-17 crew on a mission over Germany. He ended up flying five missions with pilot Robert Morgan of the 91st Bombardment Group‚ two of them in Morgan’s regular plane‚ Memphis Belle. Wyler used his footage to create a composite twenty-fifth mission for Morgan and the crew of Memphis Belle. (While not the first bomber to complete 25 missions‚ Memphis Belle was the first to return to America after having done so and earned much public attention as a result.) Released on April 15‚ 1944‚ the New York Times called the film “a perfect example of what can be properly done by competent film reporters to visualize the war for people back home.” (The real Memphis Belle is on display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton‚ Ohio.) Memphis Belle (1990). Directed by Michael Caton-Jones. Starring Matthew Modine‚ Eric Stoltz‚Tate Donovan‚ D.B. Sweeney‚ Billy Zane‚ Sean Astin‚ Harry Connick Jr.‚ John Lithgow and David Strathairn.The fictionalized film based on Wyler’s (and co-produced by his daughter) also tells the story of the titular B-17’s 25th mission but suffers from a willingness to embrace cliché as the crew faces a familiar litany of threats (bandits‚ flak‚ cloud cover‚ engine loss). Command Decision (1948).Directed by Sam Wood. Starring Clark Gable‚ Walter Pidgeon‚ Van Johnson‚ Brian Donlevy‚ Charles Bickford‚ John Hodiak and Edward Arnold.Where MOTA focuses on what the B-17 crews endured during the war‚ Command Decision focuses on the commanders who sent them on their missions in what Brigadier General “Casey” Dennis (Gable‚ who actually flew some missions over Europe) calls “the weirdest kind of war on earth.” Watching B-17s and their crews head out on a mission‚ he says‚ “In a few hours from now they’ll be fighting on oxygen five miles above Germany. Tonight some of them will be dancing at the Savoy. Some of them will still be in Germany.” The film can’t escape its roots as a Broadway play (adapted from a novel) and remains mostly set-bound. A scene where Dennis has to talk down a B-17 bombardier flying for his wounded pilot suffers from some obvious model work that stands out in comparison to the actual combat footage used elsewhere. Twelve O’Clock High (1949). Directed by Henry King. Starring Gregory Peck‚ Hugh Marlowe‚ Gary Merrill and Dean Jagger.Twelve O’Clock High covers some of the same ground as Command Decision but does it much better. The focal point is General Frank Savage (Peck) who takes command of the snakebitten 918th Bombardment Group after its previous commander got too close to his men and efficiency suffered. Savage plans to whip the unit into shape even if it means the crews will hate him. The 918th does improve‚ but the stresses of command eventually take their toll on Savage. B-17 fans will especially enjoy a legendary stunt sequence when stunt pilot Paul Mantz performs a belly landing in a real Fortress. The film later inspired a television series. The War Lover (1962). Directed by Philip Leacock. Starring Steve McQueen‚ Robert Wagner‚ Shirley Ann Field‚ Gary Cockrell and Michael Crawford.This adaptation of John Hersey’s novel tells the story of a pilot (McQueen) and co-pilot (Wagner) of a Flying Fortress and the woman one of them loves (Field). The pilot‚ “Buzz” Rickson‚ is the war lover of the tile‚ a man who treads the “fine line between the hero and the psychopath” in the words of the squadron doctor. Filmed with three actual B-17s (and footage‚ including Mantz’s belly landing‚ borrowed from Twelve O’Clock High)‚ the film boasts a strong performance by McQueen but is weakened by the romance in which Field’s character is used to explain the movie’s themes. “You are on the side of life‚” she tells Wagner’s character; to Buzz she explains‚ “You can’t make love.… You can only make hate.” Target for Today (1944) is also of interest. This wartime documentary provides a detailed nuts-and-bolts look at what it took to plan and fly B-17 missions over Europe. Cast with real military personnel and filmed largely on location‚ it will provide viewers with some key background for the events of MOTA.

This Japanese kawari-kabuto‚ or individualized helmet‚ dating from the 17th century sports the shape of a crouching rabbit forged from a single piece of iron. The helmet’s ear guards are shaped like ocean waves. Rabbits are commonly depicted with waves in Japanese art‚ particularly during the early Edo period in the 1600s. It is said that ocean whitecaps resembled white rabbits darting over the waters in the moonlight. A Noh play called Chikubushima which centers around a mystical island has a famous verse referring to a “moon rabbit” darting over the waters. But why would a warrior want to go into battle wearing the image of a rabbit? Was it just about literature or culture? Perhaps the symbol on this helmet is more directly related to battle. In another famous legend called “The Hare of Inaba‚” a white rabbit outsmarts a group of predatory sea creatures by deceiving them and darting across them over the ocean‚ showing not only wisdom but strength and agility. The warrior who chose this helmet may have wanted to express not only a sense of mystical power‚ but also cleverness and speed facing enemies.  this article first appeared in military history quarterly See more stories subscribe now!  

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Mounting piles of human poop are kicking up a stink on Mountain Everest‚ much to the annoyance of local authorities who are now instructing climbers they must bring their dirty business back to base camp. The Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee estimates that literally tons of human excrement have been dumped between Camp One and Camp Four of Mount Everest. Due to the extreme conditions of the high-altitude mountain‚ much of this waste doesn’t fully degrade and can persist for years. To combat the problem‚ Pasang Lhamu rural municipality – the local authority that looks after much of the Everest region – is ordering climbers to buy special poo bags at base camp‚ which will be "checked upon their return"‚ according to BBC News.The bags will contain chemicals that help to solidify the human excrement and reduce its odor. "Our mountains have begun to stink‚" Mingma Sherpa‚ chairman of Pasang Lhamu rural municipality‚ told the BBC."We are getting complaints that human stools are visible on rocks and some climbers are falling sick. This is not acceptable and erodes our image‚" said Mingma.The number of people scaling Everest has significantly increased in the past two decades.Image credit: Statista (CC BY-ND 3.0)Everest's poop problem has been raised before. In 2022‚ Nepal announced it needed to relocate the Everest base camp because climate change and human activity were making it unsafe.Along with warming temperatures destabilizing the icy area‚ local groups were becoming concerned by the amount of trash‚ urine‚ and human excrement that was being littered at the camp. That’s not evening mentioning the long-lost human corpses that are emerging out of the melting ice.The camp's relocation was eventually scrapped‚ but the impact of human activity has continued to grow.All of these issues are being fuelled by the sheer amount of people who are attempting to scale Everest’s summit nowadays. Expeditions have become increasingly accessible and popular over the past two decades‚ causing the mountain to become dangerously overcrowded with traffic jams of climbers.Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers to conquer Mount Everest in 1953. Just seven decades on‚ over 6‚664 different people have scaled its summit – and this once-pristine environment is starting to feel the strain.