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In the quiet Missouri town of Knob Noster — population just under 3,000 — sits one of America’s most vital military installations: Whiteman Air Force Base, home of the B-2 Spirit stealth bombers, the backbone of our nuclear deterrent. Right across its chain-link fence lies a 25-acre trailer park. And…
The Gathering Storm Series: Part 9 – The Dragon’s Coin: Breaking the Dollar, Buying the World Follow the Coin Empires do not rise with gunfire. They rise on coin. On trade. On control of what the world needs—and who gets it. That was the essence of mercantilism centuries ago. And…
The Gathering Storm Series: Part 7 – The Dragon’s Fire: China’s Militarization and the New Pacific Front The Fire Ignites China no longer hides its ambitions behind trade deals or borrowed rhetoric. The dragon now breathes fire—across sea lanes, through satellites, and into sovereign airspace. What was once influence now…
The Gathering Storm Series: Part 6 – The Dragon’s Reach: China’s Global Coercion Tactics Word Count: 800 | Reading Time: ~5 minutes Extending the Dragon’s Reach China’s grip no longer ends at its borders. It threads through embassies, satellite offices, academic exchanges, apps, and influence operations. Its ambition is global—not…
The Gathering Storm Series: Part 5 – The Dragon’s Mask Word Count: 625| Reading Time: 4 minutes The Smile That Deceives China’s greatest export is not steel, nor silicon, nor clothing. Not even cheap items that many do not want or need, for that matter. Not to mention, the country…
The Gathering Storm Series: Part 3 – The Red Dragon’s Detour (Word Count: 445| Reading Time: 3 minutes) Beijing blinked. Tariffs are biting, and China is looking for a workaround. Not a trade deal. A disguise. As reported by The Wright Report, Chinese exporters are now offering licensing deals to…
At least 40 are dead and more than 1,000 injured after a catastrophic explosion at the port in Bandar Abbas, Iran—a violent flash in the night that too few will bother to connect to the larger threat building quietly across the globe. Reuters and The New York Times report that…
This country boy sees the Trump Tariffs as plain and straightforward – righting wrongs. If not now, when and at what price? Prices go up, and some call it a hidden tax. However, the only goods affected are those we buy from nations facing tariffs. Buy American, and there’s no…
The Yellow Brick Road may lead you to the Wonderful Wizard of Oz. But the Red Belt and Road and Intellectual Property Theft only lead to ruin and subjugation of liberty and freedom. The following three news items were copied from my morning John Ellis News Items. I am short…
In the dynamic field of bioengineering, which straddles the fine line between groundbreaking innovation and ethical responsibility, recent discourse has been stirred by a bold assertion from China’s Ministry of State Security. Through an announcement on their official WeChat account, the agency claimed that unnamed nations have purportedly developed weapons…
