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Russia is upgrading and expanding its nuclear naval fleet. The Russian media has referred to this as a new bid for their country’s “naval dominance.” Moscow’s aims are to establish the nuclear superiority of its naval fleet with sea-based nuclear attack capabilities. This is a direct reaction to the Pentagon’s global missile shield and the encirclement of Russia and its allies.
Over fifty new warships and more than twenty new submarines will be added to the Russian fleet by 2020. About 40% of the new Russian submarines will have lethal nuclear strike capabilities. This process started after the Bush Jr. White House began taking steps to establish the US missile shield in Europe.
In the last few years, Russia’s counter-measures to the US missile shield have begun to manifest themselves. Trials of Russia’s Borey class submarine in the White Sea, where the port of Archangel (Arkhangelsk) is situated, began in 2011. In the same year the development of the submarine-launched Liner ballistic nuclear missile was announced, which was said to be able to pierce through the US missile shield. A Russian submarine would secretly test the Liner from the Barents Sea in 2011.
Future Cuba Missile Crisis in the Making?
If an agreement is reached with Havana, there is always the possibility that Russia may deploy missiles to Cuba like the Soviets did. Speaking in the realm of the hypothetical, these Russian missiles would most probably have nuclear warheads. Simplistically, this can be portrayed as a replay of the scenario that led to the Cuban Missile Crisis between the US, Soviet Union, and Cuba in 1962. There is much more, however, to the background of this Cold War story and its causes and effects.
The chief perpetrator of the Cuban Missile Crisis was the US government. The deployment of Soviet nuclear missiles to Cuba was a strategically asymmetric move to counter-balance the secret deployment of US nuclear missiles to Turkey, which targeted Soviet cities and citizens. The US government did not let its citizens know about its own nuclear missiles in Turkey that were targeting the Soviet population, because it would have led to many questions by the US public about whom the real aggressors were and what side was really at fault for the sparking of the crisis in 1962. The future deployment of Russian nukes to Cuba would likewise be a reaction to the nuclear weapons that the Pentagon is surrounding Russia and her allies with. Like in 1962, the US government would be at fault once again if nuclear missiles are deployed to Cuba and a crisis emerges.
Hereto, there are only talks underway about a renewed Russian presence in Cuba. Nothing has been agreed upon in concrete terms between the governments in Havana and Moscow, and there has been no mention of deploying Russian missiles to Cuba. Any comments about Russian moves in Cuba are speculation.
The nuclear upgrades that Russia is making to its navy are much more significant than any future Russian base in Cuba or elsewhere. Russia’s new nuclear naval posture actually allows it to cleverly station multiple mobile nukes around the US. In other words, Russia has “multiple Cubas” in the form of its floating mobile nuclear naval vessels that can deploy anywhere in the world. This is also why Russia is developing is naval infrastructure abroad. Russia will have the option of surrounding or flanking the United States with its own sea-based nuclear strike forces.
Russia’s naval strategy cleverly is meant to counter the Pentagon’s global missile shield. Included in this process is the adoption of a pre-emptive nuclear strike policy by the Kremlin as a reaction to the aggressive pre-emptive post-Cold War nuclear strike doctrine of the Pentagon and NATO. In the same year as the test of the Liner by the Russians, the commander of the Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Karakayev, said that Russia’s inter-continental ballistic missiles would become “invisible” in the near future.
The world is increasingly becoming militarized. US moves and actions are now forcing other international actors to redefine and reassess their military doctrines and strategies. Russia is merely just one of them.
To read more about the US global missile shield project and the militarization of the Oceans, see Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya’s recently released book The Globalization of NATO (Clarity Press).
It can be ordered directly from Global Research’s Online Store, It is also available on Amazon and major bookstores.
WILMINGTON — Officials say a former Ohio police chief used donations that were meant for a police K-9 on himself.
The Ohio Auditor's Office announced Thursday Clinton Brown has been indicted by a grand jury on felony theft of office.
Auditor Dave Yost says donors gave more than $14,000 to the New Vienna Police Department K9 Fund in 2017, an account set up in Brown's name so he could purchase a police dog.
New Vienna Mayor Kathi Stone later requested state officials to investigate how the money was spent.
Yost's office says Brown acknowledged spending some of the money on clothing, food and gas.
He resigned as village police chief in December 2017.
Yost's office says the village discovered outstanding bills of more than $3,000 after Brown resigned.
May 24, 2014 (La Mesa)--San Diego Planning Commissioner Anthony Wagner will headline the June 4th meeting of the La Mesa Foothills Democratic Club at the La Mesa Community Center, 4975 Memorial Drive in La Mesa. Wagner, an area native, also heads up the Allied Gardens Town Council and was recently Chair of Navajo Community Planners. He’ll discuss the results of the June 3rd primary election, as well as the importance of the updated Grantville Community Plan. As a board member of the San Diego River Park Foundation, Anthony will discuss the balance planners must reach in protecting our open spaces and valuable natural resources with the plans proposed for high-density development of the Grantville area.
March 23, 2012 (San Diego)--It is ironic that freshman Assemblyman Brian Jones has chosen this Saturday, March 24 to emcee one of the world’s most egregious actors on the climate denial stage – after a winter of broken heat records. Regardless of your opinions on climate change, sponsoring an inflammatory charlatan such as self-titled Lord Christopher Monckton is offensive to many in San Diego County.
RICHMOND, Va. - Seraph Brass is known for their dynamic performances as they travel the world with a diverse catalogue of music. Founding member, Mary Elizabeth Bowden, brought along with her four other talented musicians who make up the all-female brass quintet to perform two songs for us.
You can see Seraph Brass for yourself Saturday, January 19th at the VCU Singleton Center for the Performing Arts. That show starts at 8pm. For all the information on that show, you can go to www.seraphbrass.com.
I can’t imagine doing this with somebody else because then you have different personalities and beliefs. Mom and I share the same brain. We seriously finish each other’s sentences and then laugh about it.
The studio name is a play on “art deco” while also reflecting Robin and Cory’s love of the colorful lizards known as geckos.
They have matching gecko tattoos, which Robin designed 22 years ago, on their feet. They collect gecko decorative items and wear rhinestone gecko pins on their art smocks.
Mom and daughter opened the studio April 4, so they’re still trying to increase awareness. Wyatt McClain, 6, of O’Fallon, was the sole student in a recent Art Curriculum class.
Cory helped Wyatt make a decahedron, a box with 10 sides, using colored markers to decorate each with a different design. Every few minutes, he would step back in his bright-orange smock and survey his work.
Wyatt’s mother, Leigh Ann McClain, is a home-schooler who also has a 1-year-old son, John. She signed up Wyatt for the class to supplement his academic studies.
“We’re really into a classical education, so we look at all of history, and art fits so beautifully into it,” she said.
Last week, they studied Andy Warhol. He’s a modern artist, and we looked up his biography, and we found out that he was from Pittsburgh, Pa. We’re just expanding (Wyatt’s) knowledge so he can see where how these people fit into the time line.
Leigh Ann also likes the fact that Art Gecko is a locally owned, mother-daughter business in downtown O’Fallon.
Robin’s husband, Steven Springer, is a retired Air Force pilot. He was stationed in Alabama, Japan, Texas, Arizona and North Carolina before the family moved to O’Fallon.
Robin was a stay-at-home mom with Cory and son Noble, but she always was doing something creative, whether making play costumes or designing party invitations.
After the kids grew up, Robin returned to school and earned an art education degree at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in 1994. Then she taught 15 years at Edwardsville High School.
Meanwhile, Cory was working as a restaurant server, bank teller and animal hospital technician and taking her time earning an art history degree, which she finished in 2005 at SIUE.
Cory then worked as a mental-health caseworker while rearing her two children, Seth, 13, and Olivia, 3, with husband Ben. She jumped at the chance to go into business with her mother.
Robin and Cory opened Art Gecko with help from the Illinois Metro East Small Business Development Center at SIUE. The studio is at 125 E. Main St. in O’Fallon.
Offerings include classes on drawing, painting, printmaking and multimedia for children and adults. Robin and Cory hope to see it become a creative hub for the community. Summer art camps will begin in June.
BC Sports History: Chi Chi comes to B.C.
Battle Creek has a rich history in the world of sports and it’s fun to look back and see what has happened in the past and also see how much has changed.
Each week, we are going to look back at that history and point out a few highlights from this week in the calendar at five spots in our past — 10 years ago, 20 years ago, 30 years ago, 40 years ago and 50 years ago.
Maybe a few names from the past will bring about some memories of your own. Also, the deeper we go back, I think it will be fun to see how much the sports world has evolved — like the terminology and what was a priority on the sports pages.
In this space, I will break down some of the more interesting events of this week in sports history. But the real fun will be online where I will add old photos, old Enquirer front pages and old stories, courtesy of the Enquirer archives, from the era.
•The Wilson family had a big weekend at the Battle Creek City Tennis Tournament. The mother and son combo of Jane and Steve Wilson won the mixed doubles competition. Jane Wilson also was part of the winning women’s doubles team with Carol Sandum. And Steve Wilson and brother David Wilson finished second in the men’s B doubles.
•Former Lakeview grad Matt Thompson won the stroke play portion of the Michigan Junior Amateur Championship. He advanced to the semifinals of match play before getting knocked out of the tournament.
•The Enquirer All-Area Softball Team was announced with Gull Lake shortstop Noel Dolan named as the captain after hitting .450 on the season.
•Former Battle Creek Central basketball standout Leon McGee signed a professional contract to play for Leicester of the English Basketball Association in Europe.
•Battle Creek hosted the first Unlimited Pro-Am golf tournament at the Battle Creek Country Club. Sam Snead and Chi Chi Rodriguez headlined the 16 PGA and Senior PGA pros participating in the biggest one-day golf event in the history of the city. The team of Loren Roberts (PGA), Buddy Whitten (Michigan PGA pro) and three amateurs won the event. A surprise guest at the event was former Washington Redskins head coach George Allen, who made an unannounced appearance at the dinner program, coming through town to visit one of the players.
•Jerry McKim and Nicole DeSantis won the men’s and women’s Battle Creek Singles Tennis Tournament titles. McKim defeated Doug Wenger and DeSantis beat Jana Pearson.
•The first-ever Kellogg Community College baseball team named Wally Williams as the program’s first coach. Williams was a graduate of Walled Lake Central High School and played at Central Michigan University.
•Bob Friedlund of Battle Creek was named as the new head coach of the Olivet College football team. Friedlund played at Michigan State University, but hadn’t coached in more than 20 years.
•Rosaltha Smyth set a record in the 14-under girls division for the third leg of the Leroy Sparks Marathon swim event, breaking a mark held by Lisa Larsen.
•Charley Ryan broke a 14-under boys division record for the third straight week in the third leg of the 39th annual Marathon Swim - an event that would later be called the Leroy Sparks Marathon.
Silsbee football coach Bobby McGallion couldn't watch.
As Newton tried a two-point conversion for the win, McGallion put his head down, waiting for the reaction from the crowd to tell him whether they got it or not.
McGallion heard the roar of the Silsbee home crowd as Newton fumbled the quarterback-center exchange and Silsbee recovered to preserve a 21-20 victory on Friday night at Tiger Stadium.
"I'm proud of these guys for stepping up and making the plays when they had to," McGallion said.
Silsbee ran out the clock to improve to 4-0 on the season - the team's best start since 2004.
Newton (2-1), ranked ninth in the state in Class 2A, scored on a 41-yard touchdown pass from D.J. Dean to Romando Stewart with 1:29 to play in the fourth quarter to get within one. Newton had already had one extra point blocked in the game and converted a two-point conversion to make up for it, so the Eagles tried to go for two again, except this time, Dean couldn't get a hold of the snap.
Dean, a junior quarterback and defensive back, had a big game for Newton. He had an interception on defense and threw for 100 yards on offense with two touchdowns and ran for 102 and a touchdown.
Kevin Shorter had 115 yards on 15 carries for the Eagles, who racked up 286 yards as a team on 52 rushes.
The Silsbee defense made plays when it had to though, stopping Newton on two key fourth down plays in the fourth quarter.
Silsbee sophomore Floyd Spearman ran for a 22-yard touchdown and caught a 22-yard pass off of play action for Silsbee.
Kelton Gaines' 22-yard touchdown run off of an end-around gave Silsbee a 14-0 lead with 6:02 to play in the second quarter and the Tigers went into the half with it.
Newton got on the board in the third with a 13-yard touchdown run from Dean and then a 35-yard screen pass from Dean to Tim Simmons.
Latest Green Lantern Rumor: Bradley Cooper As Hal Jordan?
Wow, will the Green Lantern casting rumors ever end? Seems like the DC movie characters are subject to just as much speculation as the Marvel movies (we’re seeing similar rampant speculation with Thor).
To sum up some of the actors rumored to play the emerald knight so far - in October of last year we heard Ryan Gosling may play the part but it didn’t come to be. Then, earlier this year, we heard the thankfully-debunked Anton Yelchin rumor in February, followed by the Chris Pine rumor in March, and then Brian Austin Green in April. To follow the monthly rumor trend, for May our latest Green Lantern actor rumor is for... Bradley Cooper.
I became a big fan of Cooper based on his role in the J.J. Abrams show, Alias, where I thought he was a standout. Unfortunately he wasn’t in the show as long as I would’ve hoped but since then he’s been getting more and larger roles in some big movies. Recently, he had a big part in He’s Just Not That Into You and in Yes Man, and this summer you’ll be seeing him as a lead in The Hangover, which may be one of the funniest movies of the year. You can expect to see a lot of him in the near future with large parts in several movies coming up that all feature major Hollywood talent.
This casting rumor comes from Drew McWeeny over at HitFix who made a bunch of phone calls to track down this Bradley Cooper/Green Lantern rumor. Drew reports that Cooper is one of the most likely candidates for the role and that they’ve done much more than just having meetings about him playing the part.
Unlike the Thor casting rumors where there’s one preferred choice for me, I have a difficult time picking a favorite for this role. I liked the Chris Pine idea, and then I fell for the Brian Austin Green possibility, now I’m really into the Bradley Cooper candidacy.
Similar to Thor having casting announcements next month, expect more announcements soon for Green Lantern as it is scheduled to start filming later this summer with its hefty $150 million budget.
Who do you think should play Hal Jordan?
Green Lantern hits theaters December 17, 2010.
Mikayel Mikayelyan of Armenia has won a gold medal at the cross-country skiing tournament being held in Saariselkä, Finland.
Mikayelyan, 19, placed first in the Men’s U20 10km Freestyle.
A total of 45 cross-country skiers from eight countries competed in this event.
Morne Morkel, who returned to top-flight action in the Test series in New Zealand last month, was on Wednesday named in South Africa’s 15-man squad for the three-match One-Day International tour of England and the ICC Champions Trophy 2017.
A back injury had kept Morkel out of action since November 2016, but he was picked for the three Tests in New Zealand and returned 11 wickets as South Africa won 1-0. That gave the selectors enough reason to pick him alongside Kagiso Rabada, Andile Phehlukwayo, Wayne Parnell and Dwaine Pretorius, as well as Chris Morris, the allrounder, in a strong pace attack. The last of Morkel’s 108 ODIs was in June 2016, against West Indies in Bridgetown.
Dale Steyn, the frontman of the South African pace attack for the past many years, wasn’t considered as he continued his recovery from a shoulder injury. He was, instead, named in a 16-man South Africa A squad that will tour England in June. Interestingly, that squad also includes Pretorius.
Keshav Maharaj, the left-arm spinner who also had a very good Test series in New Zealand with two five-wicket hauls, was drafted in to the ODI squad, while Dane Paterson, the right-arm pacer, and Tabraiz Shamsi, the left-arm wrist-spinner, were left out of the party that did duty in the five-match ODI series in New Zealand prior to the Tests, which also South Africa won 3-2. Imran Tahir, the No. 1 bowler in the International Cricket Council rankings for ODIs – as well as Twenty20 Internationals – is the main spinner in the mix.
The rest of the squad, especially the batting department, looked in the familar and dependable hands of AB de Villiers, Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock, Faf du Plessis, JP Duminy, David Miller and Farhaan Behardien.
“We have been working with this group of players for the last two seasons where our key emphasis has been consistency in selection,” said Linda Zondi, the Cricket South Africa convener of selectors, while announcing the squad. “That has shown in how this group has performed over the last while, which has resulted in winning three consecutive ODI series.
South Africa’s first game, in Group B, is against Sri Lanka at The Oval on June 3. Also in their group are India and Pakistan.
South Africa has had a mixed time at the ICC Champions Trophy over the years. While it won the inaugural edition of the tournament, then called the ICC KnockOut Trophy, in Bangladesh in 1998, it has only managed to get as far as the semi-finals since, in 2002, 2006 and 2013.
The squad will leave for England on May 16 and begin preprations with two 50-over tour matches against Sussex and Northamptonshire.
Squad: AB de Villiers (capt), Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock (wk), Faf du Plessis, JP Duminy, David Miller, Chris Morris, Wayne Parnell, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Imran Tahir, Keshav Maharaj, Dwaine Pretorius, Farhaan Behardien, Morne Morkel.
After a year-and-a-half wait, Austin's first vegan gastropub is cooking. The Beer Plant is open in Tarrytown as of Tuesday, September 27, representatives confirmed with CultureMap.
Located at 3110 Windsor Rd., the spot marries craft beer, wine, and cocktails with a 100 percent plant-based menu. While the menu clearly caters to vegans and veggie-lovers, it has been designed to appeal to all of Austin. Highlights include beer-battered hearts of palm, buffalo cauliflower bites, grilled vegetable sandwich, and nachos with cashew queso.
"I feel like anyone can eat at this place," partner Sarach McMackin told CultureMap in an interview. "We like the universal appeal. The doors are open to everyone — it's not just for vegans."
"[The Beer Plant will be] a laid-back, sophisticated place to eat and drink on the west side, which is kind of lacking in options at this time," said partner Ray McMackin, Sarah's husband. "But at the same time, we want to be a destination for craft beer aficionados."
The gastropub features 40 taps, with options from local breweries and a well-rounded lineup of sours, farmhouse ales, and prairie ales. There is also a botanical cocktail list and a curated selection of wine.
The kitchen will offer a special limited menu through Thursday; the full menu will be available as of Friday. The Beer Plant is open daily for dinner from 5 pm until midnight.
Amy Millen, PhD, will study the association between diet and lifestyle factors and age-related macular degeneration.
Abstract: This study examines whether high risk age-related macular degeneration (AMD) genetic profiles modify the associations between prevalent AMD and 1) healthy diets, 2) vitamin D status and 3) other lifestyle factors. Additionally, this study also investigates the role of candidate genes in predicting carotenoid and vitamin D status, which evidence suggests may be related to AMD.
Daniella Anne Liben, a daughter of Sindy Liben and Barry Liben of Livingston, N.J., was married on Thursday evening to Adam Saul Pally, the son of Caryn Pally and Dr. Steven Pally, also of Livingston. Rabbi Stanley Asekoff officiated at Pier 60 at Chelsea Piers in New York.
The bride, 27, will continue to use her name professionally. She is an owner of Ruby, a boutique for women in Montclair, N.J. She graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York.
The bridegroom, 26, is an actor in television commercials and also at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York, where he also coaches other actors. He graduated from the New School.
The bride’s mother, a registered nurse, works with the bridegroom’s parents in Dr. Pally’s medical office in Florham Park, N.J. Dr. Pally is an osteopathic internist; the bridegroom’s mother manages the practice.