Author: Michael

Welcome to Mid-Afternoon Map, our exclusive members-only newsletter that provides a cartographic perspective on current events, geopolitics, and history from the Caucasus to the Carolinas. Subscribers can look forward to interesting takes on good maps and bad maps, beautiful maps and ugly ones — and bizarre maps whenever possible. *** Anti-Western ideology and geopolitical necessity may be the main factors uniting the Russian and Iranian regimes. But there’s also an unexpected preference for backgammon.

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Leaving the military is full of emotions. When we talk about emotions most often people focus on the military member. Heck, they are the ones leaving the military. Their life is the one changing. But their life isn’t the only life shaped and affected by military service. Military spouses also have experienced life connected to the military and some of those challenges and circumstances have changed them as a person as well. Because of this shared military life experience, there are bound to be emotions for the military spouse who is also leaving the military community.

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The Moore County Sheriff’s Office in North Carolina says that when a Special Forces officer assigned to Fort Liberty shot and killed a man who was taking pictures on his property in May, the soldier acted legally under state law.
“The homeowner’s actions were deemed justifiable under the North Carolina Castle Doctrine, which allows for the use of defensive force in situations where there is a perceived imminent threat to personal and family safety within one’s home or property,” the sheriff’s office posted on its Facebook page.

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The COVID-19 pandemic opened our eyes to many of the dangers of the global biopharmaceutical complex. We saw first-hand the dangers of the unrestrained and corrupting power of big pharma. We watched as they worked hand-in-glove with big tech and government bureaucrats to silence dissenting medical voices. We watched as they used their vast resources to corrupt and destroy the doctor-patient relationship.

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Image by Carlos Pacheco 

By Stand Up America US Foundation Staff

The Stand Up America US Foundation intelligence team has been deep-diving into “who is really running the US government.” The team in charge operates behind closed doors at the White House. The team is responsible for creating Biden and Harris’ daily schedule, daily talking points, and policy statements. Also, it is closely tied to the communist Democrat Party (The Talking Points of the Day) and confidential talking points to the media and Wall Street supporters.

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