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Het was een drastisch experiment. Een nieuwe natie beginnen met een tot in de puntjes uitgevoerde trias politica, 250 jaar geleden de meest moderne theorie van de Franse politieke filosofie. De Amerikanen durfden het aan, ze begonnen een republiek met een gekozen volksvertegenwoordiging, een gekozen staatshoofd van beperkte termijn en met onafhankelijke rechtspraak en een Hooggerechtshof. Vader des vaderlands George Washington werd dat staatshoofd, boven de partijen en gespeend van persoonlijke ambitie. Die volksvertegenwoordiging werd meteen gekozen, tussen november 1788 en maart 1789. Het experiment werd zonder omhalen concreet gemaakt en uitgeprobeerd. Lukte dat? Hoe dan? Merk je daar nu nog wat van? Is die volksvertegenwoordiging van toen nog herkenbaar in het huidige Huis van Afgevaardigden? Hoe werkt dat parlement in de dagelijkse praktijk? Jaap Jansen en PG Kroeger duiken daar in met Pirmin Olde Weghuis, die in 2015 als jong medewerker op Capitol Hill rondliep en zo een blik kon werpen in die machinekamer van een wereldmacht, in dat hart van de historie van die 250 jaar oude democratie. *** Deze aflevering is mede mogelijk gemaakt met donaties van luisteraars die we hiervoor hartelijk danken. Word ook vriend van de show! Heb je belangstelling om in onze podcast te adverteren of ons te sponsoren? Zend ons een mailtje en wij zoeken contact. *** Pirmins cheffin was een levende legende. Grace Napolitano was al in de 80 en vertegenwoordigde haar San Gabriel Valley in California al decennia. Noordwest van Los Angeles was haar district gevuld met suburbs met in meerderheid Latino-kiezers. Elke twee jaar kon zij als Democraat op hen rekenen bij weer een volgende herverkiezing. Als stagiair uit Nederland kon Pirmin overal rondkijken, assisteren bij contacten met dat district en Napolitano’s kiezers en zo de sfeer en dagelijkse werkzaamheden van het Huis meebeleven. En hij ontmoette ook andere legendes, zoals de rechterhand van Martin Luther King, ooit een rebelse studentenleider: John Lewis, de man van “Make trouble, good trouble.” Het Huis – samen met de Senaat het Congres - is een volwaardig deel van de trias en heeft een eigen kiezersmandaat. Al vanaf dag één was het een door en door politieke arena, ook al beriep men zich steeds op 'bipartisanship' en 'nationaal belang'. In het Huis wordt geknokt met machtsmiddelen. Bovendien is het Huis - anders dan in Europa gebruikelijk - de maker van de federale begroting. De speaker bezit hier de macht over de schatkist, niet de president! En de zittingstermijn van twee jaar dwingt de leden van het Huis permanent hun district en de achterban daar alle aandacht te geven. Pirmin Olde Weghuis zag ook dat in de praktijk. In de 250 jaar historie is veel veranderd, niet in het minst de locaties en faciliteiten van het Huis. Maar het opvallendst is toch hoe wéinig er veranderd is. Veel van de zeden, begrippen en machtsfactoren zijn nog altijd achttiende-eeuws en grijpen terug naar het bewind van legendarische voorzitters en Huis-leden die een groot stempel drukten op de geschiedenis van de democratie. De eerste speaker, Frederick Muhlenberg, zette al direct de toon bij het door en door machtspolitieke invullen van deze functie. Hij was politiek leider van de meerderheid van de nieuwgekozen leden én de voorzitter die de orde en agenda van het Huis bewaakte. Dat is sindsdien nooit meer veranderd. De meest legendarische parlementariër was niet een van de speakers, maar een voormalig president. Alleen John Quincy Adams werd na zijn termijn als president (1824-1828) lid van het Huis en excelleerde in wetgeving en strijd tegen de slavernij en voor de burgerrechten. 'Old man eloquent' stierf in zijn bankje tijdens een vergadering in 1848. Andere speakers waren minstens zo effectief en machtig. Henry Clay was bijvoorbeeld ook nog Senator, Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken en de grote inspirator van Abraham Lincoln. En een groot gokker, overigens. Nicholas Longworth was fameus om de elegante, moeiteloze manier waarmee hij de macht van de speaker over het Huis onaantastbaar wist te maken. "Een Tsaar, maar je had dat niet door." Fameuzer was nog dat hij trouwde met ‘de prinses van Washington DC', presidentsdochter Alice Roosevelt. Zij werd bijna honderd, ontmoette meer presidenten dan wie ook, was berucht om haar scherpe tong, machtige netwerk en als de ontdekker van Richard Nixon. Niemand was vaker en langer speaker dan 'Mister Sam'. Sam Rayburn was van 1913 tot 1961 lid van het Huis, invloedrijk wetgever voor de modernste infrastructuur en 17 jaar lang de speaker. Franklin Delano Roosevelt had ontzag voor hem, wist ook hoe loyaal hij was, wist van zijn onkreukbare integriteit en hoe hij de grootste staatsgeheimen - zoals de bouw van de atoombom - kon wegmoffelen in de begroting. Rayburn was een van de zeer weinigen die precies wist wat hier geprobeerd werd te ontdekken en te realiseren. Zijn protegé - net als hij uit Texas - was Lyndon Johnson, wiens carrière hij tot zijn dood met alle middelen bevorderde. Ale speakers na 'Mister Sam' zijn diens discipelen gebleken. Tip O'Neill in zijn openlijke machtsstrijd met zowel partijgenoot Jimmy Carter als met opponent Ronald Reagan. Nancy Pelosi als eerste vrouw die bijna zo lang als Rayburn diende en wier greep op het Huis en de president bijna zo legendarisch werd. De MAGA-speakers van nu kunnen niet in hun schaduw staan. Dat eigen mandaat binnen de trias politica hebben zij bijna geheel verspeeld. 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Donald Beshada, former litigator turned legal tech entrepreneur and CEO of Covalynt shares his journey from big-law to the forefront of using data science in litigation. Specifically, to address systemic fraud in class action settlements. The conversation explores the evolution of claims administration—from the traditional "People Magazine" notice era to the current digital landscape dominated by targeted advertising and sophisticated fraud bots. Donald explains how his company uses data science and identity resolution to bring "scientific rigor" to ensure class action settlements reach legitimate claimants while filtering out fraudulent activity. Key Takeaways: The Shift in Fraud: How class action fraud evolved from "couponing" websites to sophisticated, non-US-based bot attacks. Defensible Clarity: Why "gut feelings" about fraud don't hold up in court, and the necessity of providing an evidentiary framework for disqualifying claims. Data Science vs. Traditional Settlement Administration: A look at how the Apple Antitrust case served as an inflection point, proving that old-school matching methods are no longer sufficient for class certification or ascertainability. The Future of Notice: Moving toward a world where data science can connect retail purchases directly to individuals, potentially eliminating the need for expensive, broad-market advertising.  

In this unscripted Sunday edition of Right On Radio, host Jeff offers a wide-ranging, faith-informed briefing on the escalating Iran situation. Speaking without notes, Jeff weaves history, current events, and spiritual perspective to unpack rumors of a pending U.S. military operation, alleged secret portals/stargates in the region, and implications for geopolitics and believers. Topics covered include the latest reports on U.S. naval deployments (including the USS Gerald Ford), conflicting media accounts, intelligence and counterintelligence considerations, and the possibility that powerful financial interests (“banksters”) are driving major conflicts. Jeff recounts Iran's modern history with foreign oil interests, the 1970s nationalization under the Shah, and how those legacies shape today's dynamics. The episode references key public figures and sources—President Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu, Colonel McGregor, commentators like John (referenced in discussion), and Iranian reactions on the ground—and explains how those actors and narratives may be influencing policy, strategy, and public understanding. Jeff explains why, despite being generally anti-war, he is tentatively trusting the president's stated aim for a quick, targeted campaign while remaining vigilant about hidden motives. Jeff also explores more speculative but recurring themes in the show: rumors of ancient-sites and stargate-like portals, claims about advanced weapons (including UFO/anti-gravity tech and cyber/EMP threats), and the timing of events around religious observances such as Purim. He discusses how these elements, whether real or symbolic, feed public perceptions and strategic choices. Key takeaways include a focus on potential regime change in Iran, the prospect of internal Iranian opposition and street-level celebrations, concerns about blowback and homeland security, and broader economic implications—especially the role of BRICS, gold-backed currencies, and U.S. efforts to preserve dollar dominance (including references to crypto/stablecoin strategies). Jeff closes with reflections on what this moment may reveal about political and media allegiances (including expected shifts in support for Israel), the possibility of rapid developments in Ukraine and Israel as consequences of the Iran campaign, and personal counsel to listeners: stay vigilant, love God and neighbor, and pray for wisdom as events unfold. Want to Understand and Explain Everything Biblically?  Click Here: Decoding the Power of Three: Understand and Explain Everything or go to www.rightonu.com and click learn more.  Thank you for Listening to Right on Radio. Prayerfully consider supporting Right on Radio. Click Here for all links, Right on Community ROC, Podcast web links, Freebies, Products (healing mushrooms, EMP Protection) Social media, courses and more... https://linktr.ee/RightonRadio Live Right in the Real World! We talk God and Politics, Faith Based Broadcast News, views, Opinions and Attitudes We are Your News Now. Keep the Faith

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The NFL Combine just blew the draft board wide open. Sonny Styles posted a 43.5-inch vertical — 100th percentile — and a 134-inch broad jump that had NFL Network comparing his workout to Calvin Johnson's. He went from a mid-first-round projection to a consensus top-five lock overnight, and the Micah Parsons comparisons are flying. Meanwhile, the rest of the class reminded everyone why this draft is historically weak at the top. Sonny Styles and Arvell Reese have essentially become mirror-image prospects — same school, same position, same 40 time — and both could go top five as versatile pass-rush weapons Caller Drew highlights Kentucky DT David Gusta, who ran a 4.88 at 308 pounds and posted a 9.75 RAS, turning himself into a legitimate day-three riser with starter upside Lee Hunter's disastrous 5.18 forty and 21.5-inch vert earned a 3.72 RAS, likely killing his second-round hype for Packers fans Malachi Lawrence from UCF may have been the biggest winner of the entire day, going from fringe top-100 to potential top-50 with a 9.9 RAS at edge rusher Lindsay Rhodes' insider observations paint a sobering picture: the top of this class is underwhelming, the pivot-and-adapt era is here, and power slot receivers may be the next league-wide obsession Caller Garrett raises a fascinating question about leveraging projected 2027 compensatory picks to trade up in this year's draft Hit subscribe so you never miss a Draft Room breakdown, and call in — this is your show as much as it is ours. #NFLDraft #NFLCombine #GreenBayPackers #DraftRoom #SonnyStyles #PackersDraft This episode is brought to you by PrizePicks! Use code PACKDADDY to get started with America's #1 fantasy sports app. https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/PACKDADDY To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast Help keep the show growing and check out everything I'm building across the Packers and NFL world: Support: Patreon: www.patreon.com/pack_daddy Venmo: @Packernetpodcast CashApp: $packpod Website: https://nfldraftgrades.com/ My Board: https://nfldraftgrades.com/board/83a18c42-7a0b-4590-8d1b-453e49840d02

The NFL Combine just blew the draft board wide open. Sonny Styles posted a 43.5-inch vertical — 100th percentile — and a 134-inch broad jump that had NFL Network comparing his workout to Calvin Johnson's. He went from a mid-first-round projection to a consensus top-five lock overnight, and the Micah Parsons comparisons are flying. Meanwhile, the rest of the class reminded everyone why this draft is historically weak at the top. Sonny Styles and Arvell Reese have essentially become mirror-image prospects — same school, same position, same 40 time — and both could go top five as versatile pass-rush weapons Caller Drew highlights Kentucky DT David Gusta, who ran a 4.88 at 308 pounds and posted a 9.75 RAS, turning himself into a legitimate day-three riser with starter upside Lee Hunter's disastrous 5.18 forty and 21.5-inch vert earned a 3.72 RAS, likely killing his second-round hype for Packers fans Malachi Lawrence from UCF may have been the biggest winner of the entire day, going from fringe top-100 to potential top-50 with a 9.9 RAS at edge rusher Lindsay Rhodes' insider observations paint a sobering picture: the top of this class is underwhelming, the pivot-and-adapt era is here, and power slot receivers may be the next league-wide obsession Caller Garrett raises a fascinating question about leveraging projected 2027 compensatory picks to trade up in this year's draft Hit subscribe so you never miss a Draft Room breakdown, and call in — this is your show as much as it is ours. #NFLDraft #NFLCombine #GreenBayPackers #DraftRoom #SonnyStyles #PackersDraft This episode is brought to you by PrizePicks! Use code PACKDADDY to get started with America's #1 fantasy sports app. https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/PACKDADDY To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast Help keep the show growing and check out everything I'm building across the Packers and NFL world: Support: Patreon: www.patreon.com/pack_daddy Venmo: @Packernetpodcast CashApp: $packpod Website: https://nfldraftgrades.com/ My Board: https://nfldraftgrades.com/board/83a18c42-7a0b-4590-8d1b-453e49840d02

Football season is over, so it’s time to catch-up on this year’s basketball action. I have followed basketball ever since I could read the box scores.  That said, I must admit that my interest in the National Basketball Association has been waning over the past few decades. Perhaps it is a lingering 23-year bout of “LeBron James Syndrome.” The King (of flopping) is still playing hoops for the Los Angeles Lakers at the age of 41.  Incredibly, LeBron James is scoring 21 points per game during his 23rd NBA season.  Will this guy EVER retire? The defending NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder is still leading the Western Conference. A vastly-improved San Antonio Spurs team is in hot pursuit and only two games back. The NBA Eastern Conference finds the (gasp!) Detroit Pistons leading the Boston Celtics by 5 ½ games. However, a growing number of losing teams are now trying to out-lose each other in order to finish with the coveted last place title. Welcome to tanking – the NBA regular season soap opera’s not-so-new problem A general definition of the term “tanking” is to intentionally field a noncompetitive team in order to take advantage of league rules which benefit the team losing the most games. In the NBA, the biggest loser generally has the most likely chance to select #1 in the annual player draft.  The current system utilizes a weighted average format with the worst of the 14 non-playoff teams having the best chance to receive the top pick. Unlike football or baseball, basketball has just five starting players.  Adding the top college basketball player might be enough to help your team become an immediate playoff contender. The NBA’s defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder “tanked” for three years (2021-2023).  By making some solid draft picks and a few nifty player trades, OKC is positioned to be a top team for several years to come. Once Oklahoma City transitioned from nearly worst to first, others are following the playbook. Case #1 – this year’s Detroit Pistons Detroit finished at or near the bottom of the NBA’s Eastern Conference for five consecutive years from 2020 through 2024.  The team’s lousy record earned the Pistons a number one choice (Cade Cunningham in 2021) plus the #5 pick three times and the #7 overall selection once. This year’s Detroit Pistons are now in first place in the NBA East with a 43-14 record.  Cade Cunningham averages 25 points per game and is an NBA All-Star.  Three of the team’s other four high draft selections are averaging about ten points per game for Detroit. Was it worth finishing near the bottom for several years to, perhaps, move to the top of the standings down the road? Case #2 – The San Antonio Spurs The five-time NBA champion San Antonio Spurs also went “all in” on tanking from 2022 through 2024.  They finished at the bottom of the NBA’s Western Conference in 2023 and earned the #1 overall selection. San Antonio’s talented 7’4” center Victor Wembanyama is now in his third season and averages 24 points and 12 rebounds per game.  He was the top pick in 2023 and has helped transform a woeful Spurs team into a contender in just two years. San Antonio also struck gold with 2024’s #4 overall selection, Stephon Castle.  The talented guard is averaging 17 points per game in his second NBA season. The rest of the NBA is copying Detroit and San Antonio with excessive tanking Nearly one third of the NBA’s teams are trying to lose games at a record pace this season. Winning even one basketball game can reduce your team’s chances to finish with a bad enough record to “win” a top NBA pick in June. There’s even a website called “Tankathon.com” dedicated to providing the daily odds of each NBA team trying losing its way to receive the #1 overall draft pick. Today’s stats showed that the leader (worst team in the NBA) is Sacramento (13-46).  The Kings have dropped nine of their last ten games.  Woo hoo – nice job, Sacto! In hot pursuit of the Kings are the Indiana Pacers (15-44) and Brooklyn Nets (15-42).  Both of those NBA teams have lost eight of their last ten games.  That’s just not good enough to be #1, guys! The woeful Washington Wizards sit in fourth place today at 16-41 with the New Orleans Pelicans perched right behind at 17-42.  The Pelicans’ coach may be in big trouble, though.  His team has actually won two games in a row! The Utah Jazz are trying to get into the mix for the #1 pick by fading fast, too.  They have an 18-40 record today but are on a three-game losing streak.  Lose, Jazz, lose!   Be careful what you wish for That group of NBA teams is hoping their fans will fantasize about having the top pick in the annual player draft in June. Historically speaking, the majority of these overall #1 choices will have a fairly productive NBA career. A few even blossom into NBA All-Stars. Unfortunately, most #1 overall selections do not lead their teams into the NBA Finals. Let’s remember a few failed #1 NBA picks from the past decade LSU’s “one and done” forward Ben Simmons was selected first in 2016 by the Philadelphia 76ers. His skills regressed with every season as a professional basketball player.  Already traded twice, Ben Simmons’ basketball play became so embarrassingly poor that none of the 30 NBA teams have this 29-year old player on their roster this season. Another #1 NBA flop has been shooting guard Markelle Fultz. Like Simmons, Fultz was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers with the top pick in the 2017 draft.  Another prolific “one-and-done” freshman scorer in college, Markelle Fultz has been a major disappointment in the NBA.  He has averaged a meager 10 points per game over his first eight pro seasons and has been traded twice already. It’s still a bit early to say whether the Atlanta Hawks’ 2024 #1 overall pick is a draft bust.  However, 6’8” French forward Zaccarie Risacher is scoring just 10 points and 3.5 rebounds per game as he comes off the bench during his second NBA season. Other recent #1 overall picks have included: 2018 – Deandre Ayton (drafted by Phoenix, traded to Portland, and traded in 2025 to the Los Angeles Lakers) 2019 – Zion Williamson (New Orleans Pelicans – unlikely to make the playoffs) 2020 – Anthony Edwards (Minnesota Timberwolves) 2021 – Cade Cunningham (Detroit Pistons) 2022 – Paolo Banchero (Orlando Magic) 2023 – Victor Wembanyama (San Antonio Spurs) 2025 – Cooper Flagg (Dallas Mavericks – unlikely to make the playoffs) None of the past ten #1 overall picks has led their team to the NBA Finals. Watch out, tankers!  The NBA Commissioner is actually cracking down Adam Silver knows that nearly half of his NBA franchises are intentionally trying to lose games right now.  He understands that it is bad for business over the long run.  The NBA is morphing into two different leagues – the competitors and a growing legion of purposeful losers. Earlier this month, Commissioner Silver fined the Utah Jazz $500,000 and Indiana Pacers $100,000 for purposefully keeping healthy starters on the bench during the fourth quarter of games to insure that their teams would lose. “Overt behavior like this that prioritizes draft position over winning undermines the foundation of NBA competition,” said Silver. No kidding, Commish! Hall-of-Famer Charles Barkley has a few ideas to help end tanking.  He recently said that he wants every NBA team failing to make the playoffs to receive only ONE ping-pong ball in the NBA’s lottery when selecting the top 14 picks.  Each of the 14 losing teams would then have the same 7% (1/14) chance of receiving the #1 pick. That’s a good place to start, Chuck! He also asked the Commissioner to ban any NBA team finishing with less than a .500 record from raising ticket prices the following season. The NBA owners would give that particular idea of Barkley an overwhelming thumbs down! One “anti-tanking” proposal is receiving a lot of positive feedback Incentives work.  That is why so many NBA teams are trying to lose as many games as possible down the home stretch to receive the top draft pick this summer. Here’s an excellent idea receiving a lot of support. Each of the NBA’s 14 non-playoff teams would still be assured of receiving a pick from #1-14.  However, the draft order for those first 14 selections would be based on the number of WINS which each team collects over the second half of the NBA season. That would incentivize every NBA team to try to win every game during the second half of the season.  The upper tier of teams will be positioning for a better playoff seed.  All of the bottom tier of teams would be battling to enhance their own draft position. The biggest complainers about this proposal are teams which may have lost star players to injuries and cannot compete as effectively through season’s end. To that, I say, “Tough luck!” Do it, Commissioner Silver! Have you heard…the current #1 college basketball player may be tanking, too! The #14-ranked Kansas Jayhawks put months of effort and doled out millions in NIL loot into the recruitment of talented 6’6” freshman guard Darryn Peterson. Kansas coach Bill Self’s top recruit has been exceptional – at times.  He has also been mysteriously invisible for several games this season, too. Darryn Peterson has missed several games with a lingering hamstring injury early in the season.  Since then, he has claimed to suffer from cramps after playing a certain number of minutes in KU basketball games.  More recently, the highly touted Peterson sat out a few more games with a mysterious illness. Teammates, fans, and the media have wondered if the freshman was, effectively, self-tanking to avoid injury ahead of the NBA draft. NBA scouts have been whispering to Darryn Peterson’s family that the freshman player is likely to become this year’s top selection. Peterson’s not-so-humble father, Darryl, provided this quote Monday, “We embrace what comes with this journey.  The good and the bad.  It has taught us so many life lessons to prepare Darryn and our family for what he’s about to go through being the #1 pick and future face of someone’s franchise and the league.” The young basketball player transferred away from his primary high school in Canton, Ohio to play his junior year at Huntington Prep School in West Virginia.  For his senior year, Darryn Peterson transferred to play high school basketball in California for Pacific Prep. How many high school kids would be willing to do that – just to market himself better for college and pro basketball? Thankfully, not very many (yet). Darryn Peterson has not helped to dispel the growing concerns of his teammates and loyal Kansas basketball fans. They are questioning the freshman’s commitment to the program’s success and whether the team is better off without him. Kansas (now 21-7) has gone 9-2 in the games where Peterson was absent.  The Jayhawks are 12-5 in the games Peterson has played. An increasing number of Jayhawks supporters would prefer for the freshman prima donna to hit the road right now and wait by the telephone for his name to be called by the NBA. Tanking (whether as a team or by an individual) should never be a winning strategy. The post Tanks for Nothing appeared first on SwampSwamiSports.com.

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Today, on Karl and Crew, we continued our weekly theme of “The Power of Prayer” with a discussion with Abdu Murray about how cultural forces are not just social trends, but spiritual challenges that threaten how we understand truth, identity, and what it means to be made in God’s image. Abdu is a speaker, author, and attorney who specializes in addressing issues where religious faith and emerging cultural trends intersect and collide. He is also the President of Embrace the Truth. He has also authored several books, including his latest, “Fake ID: How AI and Identity Ideology Are Collapsing Reality and What to Do About It”. Then we had Pastor Leonard Tanks join us to share his freedom story and about disciple-making. Pastor Tanks is a pastor, apologist, and emerging theologian based in Cleveland, Ohio, where he serves as the pastor and church planter of Reach City Church. He is committed to discipleship, and in January, Reach City Church launched its first Disciple-Making Bootcamp for Cleveland residents. Pastor Tanks will also be a guest speaker at the Walk Worthy Men’s Conference in Akron, Ohio, at The Chapel on Saturday, February 28th. You can hear the highlights of today's program on the Karl and Crew Showcast. If you're looking to hear a particular segment from the show, look at the following time stamps: Abdu Murray Interview [06:44 ] Pastor Leonard Tanks Interview [25:22] Karl and Crew airs live weekday mornings from 5-9 a.m. Central Time. Click this link for ways to listen in your area! https://www.moodyradio.org/ways-to-listen/Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/morningshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, on Karl and Crew, we continued our weekly theme of “The Power of Prayer” with a discussion with Abdu Murray about how cultural forces are not just social trends, but spiritual challenges that threaten how we understand truth, identity, and what it means to be made in God’s image. Abdu is a speaker, author, and attorney who specializes in addressing issues where religious faith and emerging cultural trends intersect and collide. He is also the President of Embrace the Truth. He has also authored several books, including his latest, “Fake ID: How AI and Identity Ideology Are Collapsing Reality and What to Do About It”. Then we had Pastor Leonard Tanks join us to share his freedom story and about disciple-making. Pastor Tanks is a pastor, apologist, and emerging theologian based in Cleveland, Ohio, where he serves as the pastor and church planter of Reach City Church. He is committed to discipleship, and in January, Reach City Church launched its first Disciple-Making Bootcamp for Cleveland residents. Pastor Tanks will also be a guest speaker at the Walk Worthy Men’s Conference in Akron, Ohio, at The Chapel on Saturday, February 28th. You can hear the highlights of today's program on the Karl and Crew Showcast. If you're looking to hear a particular segment from the show, look at the following time stamps: Abdu Murray Interview [06:44 ] Pastor Leonard Tanks Interview [25:22] Karl and Crew airs live weekday mornings from 5-9 a.m. Central Time. Click this link for ways to listen in your area! https://www.moodyradio.org/ways-to-listen/Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/morningshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, on Karl and Crew, we continued our weekly theme of “The Power of Prayer” with a discussion with Abdu Murray about how cultural forces are not just social trends, but spiritual challenges that threaten how we understand truth, identity, and what it means to be made in God’s image. Abdu is a speaker, author, and attorney who specializes in addressing issues where religious faith and emerging cultural trends intersect and collide. He is also the President of Embrace the Truth. He has also authored several books, including his latest, “Fake ID: How AI and Identity Ideology Are Collapsing Reality and What to Do About It”. Then we had Pastor Leonard Tanks join us to share his freedom story and about disciple-making. Pastor Tanks is a pastor, apologist, and emerging theologian based in Cleveland, Ohio, where he serves as the pastor and church planter of Reach City Church. He is committed to discipleship, and in January, Reach City Church launched its first Disciple-Making Bootcamp for Cleveland residents. Pastor Tanks will also be a guest speaker at the Walk Worthy Men’s Conference in Akron, Ohio, at The Chapel on Saturday, February 28th. You can hear the highlights of today's program on the Karl and Crew Showcast. If you're looking to hear a particular segment from the show, look at the following time stamps: Abdu Murray Interview [06:44 ] Pastor Leonard Tanks Interview [25:22] Karl and Crew airs live weekday mornings from 5-9 a.m. Central Time. Click this link for ways to listen in your area! https://www.moodyradio.org/ways-to-listen/Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/morningshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, on Karl and Crew, we continued our weekly theme of “The Power of Prayer” with a discussion with Abdu Murray about how cultural forces are not just social trends, but spiritual challenges that threaten how we understand truth, identity, and what it means to be made in God’s image. Abdu is a speaker, author, and attorney who specializes in addressing issues where religious faith and emerging cultural trends intersect and collide. He is also the President of Embrace the Truth. He has also authored several books, including his latest, “Fake ID: How AI and Identity Ideology Are Collapsing Reality and What to Do About It”. Then we had Pastor Leonard Tanks join us to share his freedom story and about disciple-making. Pastor Tanks is a pastor, apologist, and emerging theologian based in Cleveland, Ohio, where he serves as the pastor and church planter of Reach City Church. He is committed to discipleship, and in January, Reach City Church launched its first Disciple-Making Bootcamp for Cleveland residents. Pastor Tanks will also be a guest speaker at the Walk Worthy Men’s Conference in Akron, Ohio, at The Chapel on Saturday, February 28th. You can hear the highlights of today's program on the Karl and Crew Showcast. If you're looking to hear a particular segment from the show, look at the following time stamps: Abdu Murray Interview [06:44 ] Pastor Leonard Tanks Interview [25:22] Karl and Crew airs live weekday mornings from 5-9 a.m. Central Time. Click this link for ways to listen in your area! https://www.moodyradio.org/ways-to-listen/Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/morningshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, on Karl and Crew, we continued our weekly theme of “The Power of Prayer” with a discussion with Abdu Murray about how cultural forces are not just social trends, but spiritual challenges that threaten how we understand truth, identity, and what it means to be made in God’s image. Abdu is a speaker, author, and attorney who specializes in addressing issues where religious faith and emerging cultural trends intersect and collide. He is also the President of Embrace the Truth. He has also authored several books, including his latest, “Fake ID: How AI and Identity Ideology Are Collapsing Reality and What to Do About It”. Then we had Pastor Leonard Tanks join us to share his freedom story and about disciple-making. Pastor Tanks is a pastor, apologist, and emerging theologian based in Cleveland, Ohio, where he serves as the pastor and church planter of Reach City Church. He is committed to discipleship, and in January, Reach City Church launched its first Disciple-Making Bootcamp for Cleveland residents. Pastor Tanks will also be a guest speaker at the Walk Worthy Men’s Conference in Akron, Ohio, at The Chapel on Saturday, February 28th. You can hear the highlights of today's program on the Karl and Crew Showcast. If you're looking to hear a particular segment from the show, look at the following time stamps: Abdu Murray Interview [06:44 ] Pastor Leonard Tanks Interview [25:22] Karl and Crew airs live weekday mornings from 5-9 a.m. Central Time. Click this link for ways to listen in your area! https://www.moodyradio.org/ways-to-listen/Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/morningshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, on Karl and Crew, we continued our weekly theme of “The Power of Prayer” with a discussion with Abdu Murray about how cultural forces are not just social trends, but spiritual challenges that threaten how we understand truth, identity, and what it means to be made in God’s image. Abdu is a speaker, author, and attorney who specializes in addressing issues where religious faith and emerging cultural trends intersect and collide. He is also the President of Embrace the Truth. He has also authored several books, including his latest, “Fake ID: How AI and Identity Ideology Are Collapsing Reality and What to Do About It”. Then we had Pastor Leonard Tanks join us to share his freedom story and about disciple-making. Pastor Tanks is a pastor, apologist, and emerging theologian based in Cleveland, Ohio, where he serves as the pastor and church planter of Reach City Church. He is committed to discipleship, and in January, Reach City Church launched its first Disciple-Making Bootcamp for Cleveland residents. Pastor Tanks will also be a guest speaker at the Walk Worthy Men’s Conference in Akron, Ohio, at The Chapel on Saturday, February 28th. You can hear the highlights of today's program on the Karl and Crew Showcast. If you're looking to hear a particular segment from the show, look at the following time stamps: Abdu Murray Interview [06:44 ] Pastor Leonard Tanks Interview [25:22] Karl and Crew airs live weekday mornings from 5-9 a.m. Central Time. Click this link for ways to listen in your area! https://www.moodyradio.org/ways-to-listen/Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/morningshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, on Karl and Crew, we continued our weekly theme of “The Power of Prayer” with a discussion with Abdu Murray about how cultural forces are not just social trends, but spiritual challenges that threaten how we understand truth, identity, and what it means to be made in God’s image. Abdu is a speaker, author, and attorney who specializes in addressing issues where religious faith and emerging cultural trends intersect and collide. He is also the President of Embrace the Truth. He has also authored several books, including his latest, “Fake ID: How AI and Identity Ideology Are Collapsing Reality and What to Do About It”. Then we had Pastor Leonard Tanks join us to share his freedom story and about disciple-making. Pastor Tanks is a pastor, apologist, and emerging theologian based in Cleveland, Ohio, where he serves as the pastor and church planter of Reach City Church. He is committed to discipleship, and in January, Reach City Church launched its first Disciple-Making Bootcamp for Cleveland residents. Pastor Tanks will also be a guest speaker at the Walk Worthy Men’s Conference in Akron, Ohio, at The Chapel on Saturday, February 28th. You can hear the highlights of today's program on the Karl and Crew Showcast. If you're looking to hear a particular segment from the show, look at the following time stamps: Abdu Murray Interview [06:44 ] Pastor Leonard Tanks Interview [25:22] Karl and Crew airs live weekday mornings from 5-9 a.m. Central Time. Click this link for ways to listen in your area! https://www.moodyradio.org/ways-to-listen/Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/morningshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Last time we spoke about General Zhukov's arrival to the Nomohan incident. The Kwantung Army's inexperienced 23rd Division, under General Komatsubara, suffered heavy losses in failed offensives, including Colonel Yamagata's assault and the annihilation of Lieutenant Colonel Azuma's detachment, resulting in around 500 Japanese casualties. Tensions within the Japanese command intensified as Kwantung defied Tokyo's restraint, issuing aggressive orders like 1488 and launching a June 27 air raid on Soviet bases, destroying dozens of aircraft and securing temporary air superiority. This provoked Moscow's fury and rebukes from Emperor Hirohito. On June 1, Georgy Zhukov, a rising Red Army tactician and tank expert, was summoned from Minsk. Arriving June 5, he assessed the 57th Corps as inadequate, relieved Commander Feklenko, and took charge of the redesignated 1st Army Group. Reinforcements included mechanized brigades, tanks, and aircraft. Japanese intelligence misread Soviet supply convoys as retreats, underestimating Zhukov's 12,500 troops against their 15,000. By July, both sides poised for a massive clash, fueled by miscalculations and gekokujo defiance.   #190 Zhukov Unleashes Tanks at Nomohan Welcome to the Fall and Rise of China Podcast, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about the history of Asia? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on history of asia and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel where I cover the history of China and Japan from the 19th century until the end of the Pacific War. At 4:00 a.m. on July 1, 15,000 heavily laden Japanese troops began marching to their final assembly and jump-off points. The sun rose at 4:00 a.m. and set at 9:00 p.m. that day, but the Japanese advance went undetected by Soviet/MPR commanders, partly because the June 27 air raid had temporarily cleared Soviet reconnaissance from the skies. On the night of July 1, Komatsubara launched the first phase. The 23rd Division, with the Yasuoka Detachment, converged on Fui Heights, east of the Halha River, about eleven miles north of its confluence with the Holsten. The term "heights" is misleading here; a Japanese infantry colonel described Fui as a "raised pancake" roughly one to one-and-a-half miles across, about thirty to forty feet higher than the surrounding terrain. For reasons not fully explained, the small Soviet force stationed on the heights was withdrawn during the day on July 1, and that night Fui Heights was occupied by Komatsubara's forces almost unopposed. This caused little stir at Zhukov's headquarters. Komatsubara bided his time on July 2.   On the night of July 2–3, the Japanese achieved a brilliant tactical success. A battalion of the 71st Infantry Regiment silently crossed the Halha River on a moonless night and landed unopposed on the west bank opposite Fui Heights. Recent rains had swollen the river to 100–150 yards wide and six feet deep, making crossing difficult for men, horses, or vehicles. Combat engineers swiftly laid a pontoon bridge, completing it by 6:30 a.m. on July 3. The main body of Komatsubara's 71st and 72nd Infantry Regiments (23rd Division) and the 26th Regiment (7th Division) began a slow, arduous crossing. The pontoon bridge, less than eight feet wide, was a bottleneck, allowing only one truck at a time. The attackers could not cross with armored vehicles, but they did bring across their regimental artillery, 18 x 37-mm antitank guns, 12 x 75-mm mountain guns, 8 x 75-mm field guns, and 4 x 120-mm howitzers, disassembled, packed on pack animals, and reassembled on the west bank. The crossing took the entire day, and the Japanese were fortunate to go without interception. The Halha crossing was commanded personally by General Komatsubara and was supported by a small Kwantung Army contingent, including General Yano (deputy chief of staff), Colonel Hattori, and Major Tsuji from the Operations Section. Despite the big air raid having alerted Zhukov, the initial Japanese moves from July 1–3 achieved complete tactical surprise, aided by Tsuji's bold plan. The first indication of the major offensive came when General Yasuoka's tanks attacked predawn on July 3. Yasuoka suspected Soviet troops south of him attempting to retreat across the Halha to the west bank, and he ordered his tanks to attack immediately, with infantry not yet in position. The night's low clouds, no moon, and low visibility—along with a passing thunderstorm lighting the sky—made the scene dramatic. Seventy Japanese tanks roared forward, supported by infantry and artillery, and the Soviet 149th Infantry Regiment found itself overwhelmed. Zhukov, hearing of Yasuoka's assault but unaware that Komatsubara had crossed the Halha, ordered his armor to move northeast to Bain Tsagan to confront the initiative. There, Soviet armor clashed with Japanese forces in a chaotic, largely uncoordinated engagement. The Soviet counterattacks, supported by heavy artillery, halted much of the Japanese momentum, and by late afternoon Japanese infantry had to dig in west of the Halha. The crossing had been accomplished without Soviet reconnaissance detecting it in time, but Zhukov's counterattacks, the limits of Japanese armored mobility across the pontoon, and the heat and exhaustion of the troops constrained the Japanese effort. By the afternoon of July 3, Zhukov's forces were pressing hard, and the Japanese momentum began to stall. Yasuoka's tanks, supported by a lack of infantry and the fatigue and losses suffered by the infantry, could not close the gap to link with Komatsubara's forces. The Type 89 tanks, designed for infantry support, were ill-suited to penetrating Soviet armor, especially when faced with BT-5/BT-7 tanks and strong anti-tank guns. The Type 95 light tanks were faster but lightly armored, and suffered heavily from Soviet fire and air attacks. Infantry on the western bank struggled to catch up with tanks, shot through by Soviet artillery and armor, while the 64th Regiment could not keep pace with the tanks due to the infantry's lack of motorized transport. By late afternoon, Yasuoka's advance stalled far short of the river junction and the Soviet bridge. The infantry dug in to withstand Soviet bombardment, and the Japanese tank regiments withdrew to their jump-off points by nightfall. The Japanese suffered heavy losses in tanks, though some were recovered and repaired; by July 9, KwAHQ decided to withdraw its two tank regiments from the theater. Armor would play no further role in the Nomonhan conflict. The Soviets, by contrast, sustained heavier tank losses but began to replenish with new models. The July offensive, for Kwantung Army, proved a failure. Part of the failure stemmed from a difficult blend of terrain and logistics. Unusually heavy rains in late June had transformed the dirt roads between Hailar and Nomonhan into a mud-filled quagmire. Japanese truck transport, already limited, was so hampered by these conditions that combat effectiveness suffered significantly. Colonel Yamagata's 64th Infantry Regiment, proceeding on foot, could not keep pace with or support General Yasuoka's tanks on July 3–4. Komatsubara's infantry on the west bank of the Halha ran short of ammunition, food, and water. As in the May 28 battle, the main cause of the Kwantung Army's July offensive failure was wholly inadequate military intelligence. Once again, the enemy's strength had been seriously underestimated. Moreover, a troubling realization was dawning at KwAHQ and in the field: the intelligence error was not merely quantitative but qualitative. The Soviets were not only more numerous but also far more potent than anticipated. The attacking Japanese forces initially held a slight numerical edge and enjoyed tactical surprise, but the Red Army fought tenaciously, and the weight of Soviet firepower proved decisive. Japan, hampered by a relative lack of raw materials and industrial capacity, could not match the great powers in the quantitative production of military materiel. Consequently, Japanese military leaders traditionally emphasized the spiritual superiority of Japan's armed forces in doctrine and training, often underestimating the importance of material factors, including firepower. This was especially true of the army that had carried the tactic of the massed bayonet charge into World War II. This "spiritual" combat doctrine arose from necessity; admitting material superiority would have implied defeat. Japan's earlier victories in the Sino-Japanese War, Russo-Japanese War, the Manchurian incident, and the China War, along with legendary medieval victories over the Mongol hordes, seemed to confirm the transcendent importance of fighting spirit. Only within such a doctrine could the Imperial Japanese Army muster inner strength and confidence to face formidable enemies. This was especially evident against Soviet Russia, whose vast geography, population, and resources loomed large. Yet what of its spirit? The Japanese military dismissed Bolshevism as a base, materialist philosophy utterly lacking spiritual power. Consequently, the Red Army was presumed to have low morale and weak fighting effectiveness. Stalin's purges only reinforced this belief. Kwantung Army's recent experiences at Nomonhan undermined this outlook. Among ordinary soldiers and officers alike, from the 23rd Division Staff to KwAHQ—grim questions formed: Had Soviet materiel and firepower proven superior to Japanese fighting spirit? If not, did the enemy possess a fighting spirit comparable to their own? To some in Kwantung Army, these questions were grotesque and almost unthinkable. To others, the implications were too painful to face. Perhaps May and July's combat results were an aberration caused by the 23rd Division's inexperience. Nevertheless, a belief took hold at KwAHQ that this situation required radical rectification. Zhukov's 1st Army Headquarters, evaluating recent events, was not immune to self-criticism and concern for the future. The enemy's success in transporting nearly 10,000 men across the Halha without detection—despite heightened Soviet alert after the June 27 air raid—revealed a level of carelessness and lack of foresight at Zhukov's level. Zhukov, however, did not fully capitalize on Komatsubara's precarious position on July 4–5. Conversely, Zhukov and his troops reacted calmly in the crisis's early hours. Although surprised and outnumbered, Zhukov immediately recognized that "our trump cards were the armored detachments, and we decided to use them immediately." He acted decisively, and the rapid deployment of armor proved pivotal. Some criticized the uncoordinated and clumsy Soviet assault on Komatsubara's infantry on July 3, but the Japanese were only a few hours' march from the river junction and the Soviet bridge. By hurling tanks at Komatsubara's advance with insufficient infantry support, Mikhail Yakovlev (11th Tank Brigade) and A. L. Lesovoi (7th Mechanized Brigade) incurred heavy losses. Nonetheless, they halted the Japanese southward advance, forcing Komatsubara onto the defensive, from which he never regained momentum. Zhukov did not flinch from heavy casualties to achieve his objectives. He later told General Dwight D. Eisenhower that if the enemy faced a minefield, their infantry attacked as if it did not exist, treating personnel mine losses as equal to those that would have occurred if the Germans defended the area with strong troops rather than minefields. Zhukov admitted losing 120 tanks and armored cars that day—a high price, but necessary to avert defeat. Years later, Zhukov defended his Nomonhan tactics, arguing he knew his armor would suffer heavy losses, but that was the only way to prevent the Japanese from seizing the bridge at the river confluence. Had Komatsubara's forces advanced unchecked for another two or three hours, they might have fought through to the Soviet bridge and linked with the Yasuoka detachment, endangering Zhukov's forces. Zhukov credited Yakovlev, Lesovoi, and their men with stabilizing the crisis through timely and self-sacrificing counterattacks. The armored car battalion of the 8th MPR Cavalry Division also distinguished itself in this action. Zhukov and his tankmen learned valuable lessons in those two days of brutal combat. A key takeaway was the successful use of large tank formations as an independent primary attack force, contrary to then-orthodox doctrine, which saw armor mainly as infantry support and favored integrating armor into every infantry regiment rather than maintaining large, autonomous armored units. The German blitzkrieg demonstrations in Poland and Western Europe soon followed, but, until then, few major armies had absorbed the tank-warfare theories championed by Basil Liddell-Hart and Charles de Gaulle. The Soviet high command's leading proponent of large-scale tank warfare had been Marshal Mikhail Tukhachevsky. His execution in 1937 erased those ideas, and the Red Army subsequently disbanded armored divisions and dispersed tanks among infantry, misapplying battlefield lessons from the Spanish Civil War. Yet Zhukov was learning a different lesson on a different battlefield. The open terrain of eastern Mongolia favored tanks, and Zhukov was a rapid learner. The Russians also learned mundane, but crucial, lessons: Japanese infantry bravely clambering onto their vehicles taught Soviet tank crews to lock hatch lids from the inside. The BT-5 and BT-7 tanks were easily set aflame by primitive hand-thrown firebombs, and rear deck ventilation grills and exhaust manifolds were vulnerable and required shielding. Broadly, the battle suggested to future Red Army commander Zhukov that tank and motorized troops, coordinated with air power and mobile artillery, could decisively conduct rapid operations. Zhukov was not the first to envision combining mobile firepower with air and artillery, but he had rare opportunities to apply this formula in crucial tests. The July offensive confirmed to the Soviets that the Nomonhan incident was far from a border skirmish; it signaled intent for further aggression. Moscow's leadership, informed by Richard Sorge's Tokyo network, perceived Japan's renewed effort to draw Germany into an anti-Soviet alliance as a dangerous possibility. Stalin and Vyacheslav Molotov began indicating to Joachim von Ribbentrop and Adolf Hitler that Berlin's stance on the Soviet–Japanese conflict would influence Soviet-German rapprochement considerations. Meanwhile, Moscow decided to reinforce Zhukov. Tens of thousands of troops and machines were ordered to Mongolia, with imports from European Russia. Foreign diplomats traveling the Trans-Siberian Railway reported eastbound trains jammed with personnel and matériel. The buildup faced a major bottleneck at Borzya, the easternmost railhead in the MPR, about 400 miles from the Halha. To prevent a logistics choke, a massive truck transport operation was needed. Thousands of trucks, half-tracks, gun-towing tractors, and other vehicles were organized into a continuous eight-hundred-mile, five-day shuttle run. The Trans-Baikal Military District, under General Shtern, supervised the effort. East of the Halha, many Japanese officers still refused to accept a failure verdict for the July offensive. General Komatsubara did not return to Hailar, instead establishing a temporary divisional HQ at Kanchuerhmiao, where his staff grappled with overcoming Soviet firepower. They concluded that night combat—long a staple of Japanese infantry tactics—could offset Soviet advantages. On July 7 at 9:30 p.m., a thirty-minute Japanese artillery barrage preceded a nighttime assault by elements of the 64th and 72nd Regiments. The Soviet 149th Infantry Regiment and supporting Mongolian cavalry were surprised and forced to fall back toward the Halha before counterattacking. Reinforcements arrived on both sides, and in brutal close-quarters combat the Japanese gained a partial local advantage, but were eventually pushed back; Major I. M. Remizov of the 149th Regiment was killed and later posthumously named a Hero of the Soviet Union. Since late May, Soviet engineers had built at least seven bridges across the Halha and Holsten Rivers to support operations. By July 7–8, Japanese demolition teams destroyed two Soviet bridges. Komatsubara believed that destroying bridges could disrupt Soviet operations east of the Halha and help secure the border. Night attacks continued from July 8 to July 12 against the Soviet perimeter, with Japanese assaults constricting Zhukov's bridgehead while Soviet artillery and counterattacks relentlessly pressed. Casualties mounted on both sides. The Japanese suffered heavy losses but gained some positions; Soviet artillery, supported by motorized infantry and armor, gradually pushed back the attackers. The biggest problem for Japan remained Soviet artillery superiority and the lack of a commensurate counter-battery capability. Japanese infantry had to withdraw to higher ground at night to avoid daytime exposure to artillery and tanks. On the nights of July 11–12, Yamagata's 64th Regiment and elements of Colonel Sakai Mikio's 72nd Regiment attempted a major assault on the Soviet bridgehead. Despite taking heavy casualties, the Japanese managed to push defenders back to the river on occasion, but Soviet counterattacks, supported by tiresome artillery and armor, prevented a decisive breakthrough. Brigade Commander Yakovlev of the 11th Armored, who led several counterattacks, was killed and later honored as a Hero of the Soviet Union; his gun stands today as a monument at the battlefield. The July 11–12 action marked the high-water mark of the Kwantung Army's attempt to expel Soviet/MPR forces east of the Halha. Komatsubara eventually suspended the costly night attacks; by that night, the 64th Regiment had suffered roughly 80–90 killed and about three times that number wounded. The decision proved controversial, with some arguing that he had not realized how close his forces had come to seizing the bridge. Others argued that broader strategic considerations justified the pause. Throughout the Nomonhan fighting, Soviet artillery superiority, both quantitative and qualitative, became painfully evident. The Soviet guns exacted heavy tolls and repeatedly forced Japanese infantry to withdraw from exposed positions. The Japanese artillery, in contrast, could not match the Red Army's scale. By July 25, Kwantung Army ended its artillery attack, a humiliating setback. Tokyo and Hsinking recognized the futility of achieving a decisive military victory at Nomonhan and shifted toward seeking a diplomatic settlement, even if concessions to the Soviet Union and the MPR were necessary. Kwantung Army, however, opposed negotiations, fearing it would echo the "Changkufeng debacle" and be read by enemies as weakness. Tsuji lamented that Kwantung Army's insistence on framing the second phase as a tie—despite heavy Soviet losses, revealed a reluctance to concede any territory. Differences in outlook and policy between AGS and Kwantung Army—and the central army's inability to impose its will on Manchukuo's field forces—became clear. The military establishment buzzed with stories of gekokujo (the superiority of the superior) within Kwantung Army and its relations with the General Staff. To enforce compliance, AGS ordered General Isogai to Tokyo for briefings, and KwAHQ's leadership occasionally distanced itself from AGS. On July 20, Isogai arrived at General Staff Headquarters and was presented with "Essentials for Settlement of the Nomonhan Incident," a formal document outlining a step-by-step plan for Kwantung Army to maintain its defensive position east of the Halha while diplomatic negotiations proceeded. If negotiations failed, Kwantung Army would withdraw to the boundary claimed by the Soviet Union by winter. Isogai, the most restrained member of the Kwantung Army circle, argued against accepting the Essentials, insisting on preserving Kwantung Army's honor and rejecting a unilateral east-bank withdrawal. A tense exchange followed, but General Nakajima ended the dispute by noting that international boundaries cannot be determined by the army alone. Isogai pledged to report the General Staff's views to his commander and take the Essentials back to KwAHQ for study. Technically, the General Staff's Essentials were not orders; in practice, however, they were treated as such. Kwantung Army tended to view them as suggestions and retained discretion in implementation. AGS hoped the Essentials would mollify Kwantung Army's wounded pride. The August 4 decision to create a 6 Army within Kwantung Army, led by General Ogisu Rippei, further complicated the command structure. Komatsubara's 23rd Division and nearby units were attached to the 6 Army, which also took responsibility for defending west-central Manchukuo, including the Nomonhan area. The 6 Army existed largely on paper, essentially a small headquarters to insulate KwAHQ from battlefield realities. AGS sought a more accountable layer of command between KwAHQ and the combat zone, but General Ueda and KwAHQ resented the move and offered little cooperation. In the final weeks before the last battles, General Ogisu and his small staff had limited influence on Nomonhan. Meanwhile, the European crisis over German demands on Poland intensified, moving into a configuration highly favorable to the Soviet Union. By the first week of August, it became evident in the Kremlin that both Anglo-French powers and the Germans were vying to secure an alliance with Moscow. Stalin knew now that he would likely have a free hand in the coming war in the West. At the same time, Richard Sorge, the Soviet master spy in Tokyo, correctly reported that Japan's top political and military leaders sought to prevent the escalation of the Nomonhan incident into an all-out war. These developments gave the cautious Soviet dictator the confidence to commit the Red Army to large-scale combat operations in eastern Mongolia. In early August, Stalin ordered preparations for a major offensive to clear the Nomonhan area of the "Japanese samurai who had violated the territory of the friendly Outer Mongolian people." The buildup of Zhukov's 1st Army Group accelerated still further. Its July strength was augmented by the 57th and 82nd Infantry Divisions, the 6th Tank Brigade, the 212th Airborne Brigade, numerous smaller infantry, armor, and artillery units, and two Mongolian cavalry divisions. Soviet air power in the area was also greatly strengthened. When this buildup was completed by mid-August, Zhukov commanded an infantry force equivalent to four divisions, supported by two cavalry divisions, 216 artillery pieces, 498 armored vehicles, and 581 aircraft. To bring in the supplies necessary for this force to launch an offensive, General Shtern's Trans-Baikal Military District Headquarters amassed a fleet of more than 4,200 vehicles, which trucked in about 55,000 tons of materiel from the distant railway depot at Borzya. The Japanese intelligence network in Outer Mongolia was weak, a problem that went unremedied throughout the Nomonhan incident. This deficiency, coupled with the curtailment of Kwantung Army's transborder air operations, helps explain why the Japanese remained ignorant of the scope of Zhukov's buildup. They were aware that some reinforcements were flowing eastward across the Trans-Siberian Railway toward the MPR but had no idea of the volume. Then, at the end of July, Kwantung Army Intelligence intercepted part of a Soviet telegraph transmission indicating that preparations were under way for some offensive operation in the middle of August. This caused a stir at KwAHQ. Generals Ueda and Yano suspected that the enemy planned to strike across the Halha River. Ueda's initial reaction was to reinforce the 23rd Division at Nomonhan with the rest of the highly regarded 7th Division. However, the 7th Division was Kwantung Army's sole strategic reserve, and the Operations Section was reluctant to commit it to extreme western Manchukuo, fearing mobilization of Soviet forces in the Maritime Province and a possible attack in the east near Changkufeng. The Kwantung Army commander again ignored his own better judgment and accepted the Operations Section's recommendation. The main strength of the 7th Division remained at its base near Tsitsihar, but another infantry regiment, the 28th, was dispatched to the Nomonhan area, as was an infantry battalion from the Mukden Garrison. Earlier, in mid-July, Kwantung Army had sent Komatsubara 1,160 individual replacements to make up for casualties from earlier fighting. All these reinforcements combined, however, did little more than replace losses: as of July 25, 1,400 killed (including 200 officers) and 3,000 wounded. Kwantung Army directed Komatsubara to dig in, construct fortifications, and adopt a defensive posture. Colonel Numazaki, who commanded the 23rd Division's Engineer Regiment, was unhappy with the defensive line he was ordered to fortify and urged a slight pullback to more easily defensible terrain. Komatsubara, however, refused to retreat from ground his men had bled to take. He and his line officers still nourished hope of a revenge offensive. As a result, the Japanese defensive positions proved to be as weak as Numazaki feared. As Zhukov's 1st Army Group prepared to strike, the effective Japanese strength at Nomonhan was less than 1.5 divisions. Major Tsuji and his colleagues in the Operations Section had little confidence in Kwantung Army's own Intelligence Section, which is part of the reason why Tsuji frequently conducted his own reconnaissance missions. Up to this time it was gospel in the Japanese army that the maximum range for large-scale infantry operations was 125–175 miles from a railway; anything beyond 200 miles from a railway was considered logistically impossible. Since Kwantung Army had only 800 trucks available in all of Manchukuo in 1939, the massive Soviet logistical effort involving more than 4,200 trucks was almost unimaginable to the Japanese. Consequently, the Operations Staff believed it had made the correct defensive deployments if a Soviet attack were to occur, which it doubted. If the enemy did strike at Nomonhan, it was believed that it could not marshal enough strength in that remote region to threaten the reinforced 23rd Division. Furthermore, the 7th Division, based at Tsitsihar on a major rail line, could be transported to any trouble spot on the eastern or western frontier in a few days. KwAHQ advised Komatsubara to maintain a defensive posture and prepare to meet a possible enemy attack around August 14 or 15. At this time, Kwantung Army also maintained a secret organization codenamed Unit 731, officially the Epidemic Prevention and Water Purification Department of the Kwantung Army. Unit 731 specialized in biological and chemical warfare, with main facilities and laboratories in Harbin, including a notorious prison-laboratory complex. During the early August lull at Nomonhan, a detachment from Unit 731 infected the Halha River with bacteria of an acute cholera-like strain. There are no reports in Soviet or Japanese accounts that this attempted biological warfare had any effect. In the war's final days, Unit 731 was disbanded, Harbin facilities demolished, and most personnel fled to Japan—but not before they gassed the surviving 150 human subjects and burned their corpses. The unit's commander, Lieutenant General Ishii Shiro, kept his men secret and threatened retaliation against informers. Ishii and his senior colleagues escaped prosecution at the Tokyo War Crimes Trials by trading the results of their experiments to U.S. authorities in exchange for immunity. The Japanese 6th Army exerted some half-hearted effort to construct defensive fortifications, but scarcity of building materials, wood had to be trucked in from far away—helped explain the lack of enthusiasm. More importantly, Japanese doctrine despised static defense and favored offense, so Kwantung Army waited to see how events would unfold. West of the Halha, Zhukov accelerated preparations. Due to tight perimeter security, few Japanese deserters, and a near-absence of civilian presence, Soviet intelligence found it hard to glean depth on Japanese defensive positions. Combat intelligence could only reveal the frontline disposition and closest mortar and artillery emplacements. Aerial reconnaissance showed photographs, but Japanese camouflage and mock-ups limited their usefulness. The new commander of the 149th Mechanized Infantry Regiment personally directed infiltration and intelligence gathering, penetrating Japanese lines on several nights and returning crucial data: Komatsubara's northern and southern flanks were held by Manchukuoan cavalry, and mobile reserves were lacking. With this information, Zhukov crafted a plan of attack. The main Japanese strength was concentrated a few miles east of the Halha, on both banks of the Holsten River. Their infantry lacked mobility and armor, and their flanks were weak. Zhukov decided to split the 1st Army Group into three strike forces: the central force would deliver a frontal assault to pin the main Japanese strength, while the northern and southern forces, carrying the bulk of the armor, would turn the Japanese flanks and drive the enemy into a pocket to be destroyed by the three-pronged effort. The plan depended on tactical surprise and overwhelming force at the points of attack. The offensive was to begin in the latter part of August, pending final approval from Moscow. To ensure tactical surprise, Zhukov and his staff devised an elaborate program of concealment and deception, disinformation. Units and materiel arriving at Tamsag Bulak toward the Halha were moved only at night with lights out. Noting that the Japanese were tapping telephone lines and intercepting radio messages, 1st Army Headquarters sent a series of false messages in an easily decipherable code about defensive preparations and autumn-winter campaigning. Thousands of leaflets titled "What the Infantryman Should Know about Defense" were distributed among troops. About two weeks before the attack, the Soviets brought in sound equipment to simulate tank and aircraft engines and heavy construction noises, staging long, loud performances nightly. At first, the Japanese mistook the sounds for large-scale enemy activity and fired toward the sounds. After a few nights, they realized it was only sound effects, and tried to ignore the "serenade." On the eve of the attack, the actual concentration and staging sounds went largely unnoticed by the Japanese. On August 7–8, Zhukov conducted minor attacks to expand the Halha bridgehead to a depth of two to three miles. These attacks, contained relatively easily by Komatsubara's troops, reinforced Kwantung Army's false sense of confidence. The Japanese military attaché in Moscow misread Soviet press coverage. In early August, the attaché advised that unlike the Changkufeng incident a year earlier, Soviet press was largely ignoring the conflict, implying low morale and a favorable prognosis for the Red Army. Kwantung Army leaders seized on this as confirmation to refrain from any display of restraint or doubt, misplaced confidence. There were, however, portents of danger. Three weeks before the Soviet attack, Colonel Isomura Takesuki, head of Kwantung Army's Intelligence Section, warned of the vulnerability of the 23rd Division's flanks. Tsuji and colleagues dismissed this, and General Kasahara Yukio of AGS also went unheeded. The "desk jockey" General Staff officers commanded little respect at KwAHQ. Around August 10, General Hata Yuzaburo, Komatsubara's successor as chief of the Special Services Agency at Harbin, warned that enemy strength in the Mongolian salient was very great and seriously underestimated at KwAHQ. Yet no decisive action followed before Zhukov's attack. Kwantung Army's inaction and unpreparedness prior to the Soviet offensive appear to reflect faulty intelligence compounded by hubris. But a more nuanced explanation suggests a fatalistic wishful thinking rooted in the Japanese military culture—the belief that their spiritual strength would prevail, leading them to assume enemy strength was not as great as reported, or that victory was inevitable regardless of resources. Meanwhile, in the rational West, the Nazi war machine faced the Polish frontier as Adolf Hitler pressed Stalin for a nonaggression pact. The German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact would neutralize the threat of a two-front war for Germany and clear the way for Hitler's invasion of Poland. If the pact was a green light, it signaled in both directions: it would also neutralize the German threat to Russia and clear the way for Zhukov's offensive at Nomonhan. On August 18–19, Hitler pressed Stalin to receive Ribbentrop in Moscow to seal the pact. Thus, reassured in the West, Stalin dared to act boldly against Japan. Zhukov supervised final preparations for his attack. Zhukov held back forward deployments until the last minute. By August 18, he had only four infantry regiments, a machine gun brigade, and Mongolian cavalry east of the Halha. Operational security was extremely tight: a week before the attack, Soviet radio traffic in the area virtually ceased. Only Zhukov and a few key officers worked on the plan, aided by a single typist. Line officers and service chiefs received information on a need-to-know basis. The date for the attack was shared with unit commanders one to four days in advance, depending on seniority. Noncommissioned officers and ordinary soldiers learned of the offensive one day in advance and received specific orders three hours before the attack.   Heavy rain grounded Japanese aerial reconnaissance from August 17 to midday on the 19th, but on August 19 Captain Oizumi Seisho in a Japanese scout plane observed the massing of Soviet forces near the west bank of the Halha. Enemy armor and troops were advancing toward the river in dispersed formations, with no new bridges but pontoon stocks spotted near the river. Oizumi sent a warning to a frontline unit and rushed back to report. The air group dispatched additional recon planes and discovered that the Japanese garrison on Fui Heights, near the northern end of Komatsubara's line, was being encircled by Soviet armor and mechanized infantry—observed by alarmed Japanese officers on and near the heights. These late discoveries on August 19 were not reported to KwAHQ and had no effect on the 6th Army and the 23rd Division's alertness on the eve of the storm. As is common in militaries, a fatal gap persisted between those gathering intelligence and those in a position to act on it. On the night of August 19–20, under cover of darkness, the bulk of the Soviet 1st Army Group crossed the Halha into the expanded Soviet enclave on the east bank.  I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. By August, European diplomacy left Moscow confident in a foothold against Germany and Britain, while Sorge's intelligence indicated Japan aimed to avoid a full-blown war. Stalin ordered a major offensive to clear Nomonhan, fueling Zhukov's buildup in eastern Mongolia. Kwantung Army, hampered by limited logistics, weak intelligence, and defensive posture, faced mounting pressure. 

In der nächsten BierTalk-Folge nehmen wir euch mit auf eine ziemlich besondere Reise – quer durch Franken und mit einem Abstecher über die (ehemalige) Grenze nach Südostthüringen. Am Mikro ist ein alter Weggefährte und echter Handwerksprofi: Stefan Mützel, Braumeister seit 18 Jahren, mit Stationen in Unterfranken, Mittelfranken und jetzt in Saalfeld. Wir starten mit einer herrlich bodenständigen „Wie kommt man eigentlich zum Bier?“-Geschichte (Spoiler: Kartenspiel, Dorfkneipe und ein legendärer „Biersepp“ spielen eine Rolle) und landen schnell bei Stefans heutiger Heimat: dem Bürgerlichen Brauhaus Saalfeld – berühmt für Bügelflaschen, eine starke regionale Verwurzelung und Biere mit klarer Handschrift. Gemeinsam probieren wir uns durch mehrere Klassiker: ein überraschend charakterstarkes Helles mit feiner, „sektiger“ Kohlensäure, ein Pils, das mit ordentlich Hopfen und langer Bittere richtig Haltung zeigt, und das Jubiläums-Festbier „Freiheit 1525“ mit wunderbar runder Malz-Hopfen-Balance. Dazu gibt's tiefe Einblicke in Brautechnik (liegende vs. stehende Tanks!), Wasser als Schlüssel für die Bierqualität – und Stefans Erfahrungen aus Wettbewerben wie dem European Beer Star. Highlight zum Schluss: das „Exklusiv“, ein einmal jährlich gebrautes Grünhopfen-Böhmisches Pils aus dem eigenen Hopfengarten – inklusive Hopfenzupferfest, Zupfwettbewerb und dem schönsten Luxusproblem überhaupt: nach wenigen Wochen ausverkauft. Eine Folge über Bierkultur, Heimat, Handwerk – und darüber, wie man junge Leute fürs Brauen begeistert. Prost!

Join the email list to get a FREE private finger training clinic with Dr. Tyler Nelson (normally $10) www.thestruggleclimbingshow.com/strong   Support the Show on Patreon Get access to all Pro Clinics, bonus episodes, and more. https://www.patreon.com/thestruggleclimbingshow   Coach Nate Drolet is back for another thoughtful conversation, including: Reflecting on his recent Hueco Tanks trip Climbing while injured  Collecting rejections like Stephen King Are gym boulders too tall? The problem with "easy" classics Advice to his younger self Falling 101 Is Coca-Cola Coffee aid? - BIG THANKS TO THE AMAZING SPONSORS OF THE STRUGGLE WHO LOVE ROCK CLIMBING AS MUCH AS YOU DO: SCARPA: The best climbing shoes, trail runners, and hikers in the game! Score yourself a free SCARPA x STRUGGLE hat when you use code STRUGGLE at checkout at SCARPA.com. SCARPA, No Place Too Far. Kilter: Award winning, adjustable, light-up board. It's what I'm training on at home, and if you're psyched to join me then use code STRUGGLE at checkout when you build your board, and you'll score up to $1000 off plus a free gift pack let's goooo!   And check out ALL the show's awesome sponsors and exclusive deals at thestruggleclimbingshow.com/deals - Here are some AI generated show notes (hopefully the robots got it right) 00:00 Weekend Warrior Life: Busy Schedules & Climbing Ambitions 03:07 Coach Nate Returns: Fresh Off Waco Tanks (and a 16-hour Drive) 05:16 Why Waco Matters: History, Style, and Coming Back After 7 Years 08:02 The Mystery Hand Injury: Rehab, PT Visits, and Still Sending 10:29 Low Dryer Send Story: Deconditioned, Tactical, and ‘Sport Climb' a Boulder 14:05 Mindset Lesson: ‘Collecting Rejections' Between Try Day and Send Day 20:06 Bouldering Trip Strategy: Limited ‘Great Goes,' Rest, and Managing Stoke 25:58 Sponsor Break: Scarpa Veloce L + Kilter Board Training Setup 29:06 Ryan's Vegas Injury & The Big Question: Am I Too Old for Outdoor Bouldering? 33:05 Gyms Are Too Tall: Risk, Training Value, and Smarter Bouldering as We Age 37:04 Indoor vs Outdoor Bouldering: Skills, Safety, and Choosing Lowballs 43:02 Injuries Happen: Low Back Pain, Randomness, and Playing Devil's Advocate 43:59 Rope Climber's Dilemma: Are Outdoor Bouldering Falls Worth It at 46? 45:19 Movement vs Highballs: “British vs French” Boulders & Why Classics Get Tall 47:58 Finding Low-Risk Outdoor Classics: Traverses, Short Gems, and Star Ratings 50:46 Bulldog/Puppy Dog Strategy: Pads, Topouts, and Managing the Mental Crux 54:04 Topout Skills Bootcamp: Mantles, Slabs, and Safe Practice in Chattanooga 56:20 How to Fall Better: Rolling, Tumbling Drills, and Building Confidence تدريجيًا 01:07:55 Keeping Sport Fitness During a Boulder Phase: ARC, 4x4s, and Seasonal Planning 01:16:56 Wrap-Up & Plugs: Coaching, “Affordable Atrocities,” and Supporting the Channel   - Shoutout to Aiden Schlatter for supporting at the Hero level on Patreon. A hero indeed! - Follow along on Instagram and YouTube: @thestruggleclimbingshow  - This show is produced and hosted by Ryan Devlin, and edited by Glen Walker. The Struggle is carbon-neutral in partnership with The Honnold Foundation and is a proud member of the Plug Tone Audio Collective, a diverse group of the best, most impactful podcasts in the outdoor industry.     And now here are some buzzwords to help the almighty algorithm get this show in front of people who love to climb: rock climbing, rock climber, climbing, climber, bouldering, sport climbing, gym climbing, how to rock climb, donuts are amazing. Okay, whew, that's done. But hey, if you're a human that's actually reading this, and if you love this show (and love to climb) would you think about sharing this episode with a climber friend of yours? And shout it out on your socials? I'll send you a sticker for doing it. Just shoot me a message on IG – thanks so much! 

Mark Sheffield doesn't need much of an introduction—so we let the stories do the work. In Part 1 of this two-part GarageCast series, Mark shares how his path from the U.S. Army (and the First Gulf War in M1 Abrams tanks) shaped the mental toughness that later fueled his powersports career.He breaks down how becoming “the guy who can fix it” —including a Lightspeed server crash that made him the go-to problem-solver—opened doors, built influence, and helped him grow with the Woods family at Woods Fun Center. You'll also hear lessons on leadership, accountability, and why 20 Groups became his “paid MBA.”Part 2 drops next Tuesday.

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אי אפשר להתעלם מהעובדה שאנחנו כבר למעלה משנתיים במלחמה.סביבנו אנחנו שומעים כל הזמן על צוללות חשאיות, מערכות הגנה אווירית חדשות, רכישות של מטוסים ומסוקים, ספינות מתקדמות וגם על טנקים. טנקים…מפלצות המלחמה האלה בגרסה הישראלית שלהם מפותחות בישראל. ספציפית ביחידה שנקראת מנת"ק - מפקדת המרכבה והרק"ם במשרד הביטחון.אחרי המון תיאומים, הרבה יותר אישורים, דחיה אחת ממש ברגע האחרון ואחרי שכמעט לא הכניסו אותנו עם ציוד ההקלטה, הצלחנו להיפגש עם תת אלוף אורן גיבר. אורן הוא מפקד מנת"ק המכהן, ובשיחה איתו הוא חשף אותנו לחלק מהטכנולוגיה המפעילה את הלב הפועם של המכונה המדהימה הזו - הטנק.על מה דיברנו?- מאיזה חלקים מורכב הטנק?- מה עושים במנת"ק?- איזה מחקר ופיתוח יש בתהליך הייצור של הרק"מים שמייצרים במנת"ק?- איך מחליטים על ייצור טנק חדש?- איזה מערכות אלקטרוניות קיימות בטנק?- איך יוצרים יתירות במערכת של מערכות בצורת טנק?- האם הבינה המלאכותית כבר הגיעה לטנקים?אחרי שהאזנתם לפרק, ובהנחה שאתם לא בוטים, מוזמנים להצטרף לקבוצת המאזינים שלנו - שם אנחנו מספרים לכם שהצבא צועד על קיבתו, אבל לרוב הוא מתגלגל >>> https://chat.whatsapp.com/KwUu8pQsxx220qS7AXv04Tתודה ליוסי סירוטקין שחיבר אותנו לאורן והתניע את התהליך לפרק הזה.פרק 91 - TanksHard Reset - הפודקאסט של קהילת Hardware Engineering Israel.מוזמנים ליצור איתנו קשר במייל podcasthardreset@gmail.comהאזנה נעימה.

Man könnte ja meinen, Drucker seien seit mindestens 20 Jahren ausentwickelt. Einerseits ist das nicht ganz falsch, denn grundlegende Techniken wie Bubblejet- und Laserdruck verändern sich kaum noch. Andererseits ist seitdem viel passiert, was die Vertriebs- und Verkaufsmodelle für Tinte angeht. Vor allem ist etwas zur Realität geworden, wovon viele in den Nullerjahren nur träumen konnten: Tintendrucker mit festinstallierten Tanks, für die es Originaltinte zum in Nachfüllfläschchen zu kaufen gibt – und das Ganze zu privatkundenverträglichen Preisen. Eine andere Variante des Tintenvertriebs ist das Abo, bei dem der Drucker automatisch Tinte nachbestellt, sobald der Füllstand zur Neige geht. Im c't uplink sprechen wir üebr diese Vertriebsmodelle, aktuelle Druckertechnik, Preise – und warum Drucken unter Linux, anders als damals, inzwischen komplett stressfrei ist. Unsere Drucker-Kaufberatung lesen Sie bei heise+ (€): https://www.heise.de/ratgeber/Tipps-fuer-den-richtigen-Drucker-fuer-Familie-und-Homeoffice-11153332.html sowie in c't 4/2026 (€): https://www.heise.de/select/ct/2026/4/2533216042576584655

Man könnte ja meinen, Drucker seien seit mindestens 20 Jahren ausentwickelt. Einerseits ist das nicht ganz falsch, denn grundlegende Techniken wie Bubblejet- und Laserdruck verändern sich kaum noch. Andererseits ist seitdem viel passiert, was die Vertriebs- und Verkaufsmodelle für Tinte angeht. Vor allem ist etwas zur Realität geworden, wovon viele in den Nullerjahren nur träumen konnten: Tintendrucker mit festinstallierten Tanks, für die es Originaltinte zum in Nachfüllfläschchen zu kaufen gibt – und das Ganze zu privatkundenverträglichen Preisen. Eine andere Variante des Tintenvertriebs ist das Abo, bei dem der Drucker automatisch Tinte nachbestellt, sobald der Füllstand zur Neige geht. Im c't uplink sprechen wir üebr diese Vertriebsmodelle, aktuelle Druckertechnik, Preise – und warum Drucken unter Linux, anders als damals, inzwischen komplett stressfrei ist. Zu Gast: Rudolf Opitz Host: Jan Schüßler Produktion: Tobias Reimer ► Unsere Drucker-Kaufberatung lesen Sie bei heise+ (€): https://www.heise.de/ratgeber/Tipps-fuer-den-richtigen-Drucker-fuer-Familie-und-Homeoffice-11153332.html ► sowie in c't 4/2026 (€): https://www.heise.de/select/ct/2026/4/2533216042576584655

Man könnte ja meinen, Drucker seien seit mindestens 20 Jahren ausentwickelt. Einerseits ist das nicht ganz falsch, denn grundlegende Techniken wie Bubblejet- und Laserdruck verändern sich kaum noch. Andererseits ist seitdem viel passiert, was die Vertriebs- und Verkaufsmodelle für Tinte angeht. Vor allem ist etwas zur Realität geworden, wovon viele in den Nullerjahren nur träumen konnten: Tintendrucker mit festinstallierten Tanks, für die es Originaltinte zum in Nachfüllfläschchen zu kaufen gibt – und das Ganze zu privatkundenverträglichen Preisen. Eine andere Variante des Tintenvertriebs ist das Abo, bei dem der Drucker automatisch Tinte nachbestellt, sobald der Füllstand zur Neige geht. Im c't uplink sprechen wir üebr diese Vertriebsmodelle, aktuelle Druckertechnik, Preise – und warum Drucken unter Linux, anders als damals, inzwischen komplett stressfrei ist. Zu Gast: Rudolf Opitz Host: Jan Schüßler Produktion: Tobias Reimer ► Unsere Drucker-Kaufberatung lesen Sie bei heise+ (€): https://www.heise.de/ratgeber/Tipps-fuer-den-richtigen-Drucker-fuer-Familie-und-Homeoffice-11153332.html ► sowie in c't 4/2026 (€): https://www.heise.de/select/ct/2026/4/2533216042576584655

Well the groundhog saw its shadow so we have 6 more weeks of winter. Even though that rodent betrayed us once again, the Beat of the Month crew are here to get you through it - with a topic of Groundhog Day games! What is a groundhog day game you ask? You ever see that movie from the 90s with Bill Murray when he repeats the same day over and over? Well these are games that we like to play over and over again. Or is it just a game where you do the same thing over and over?Whatever it means, we've got quite a variety of games to talk about! Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, World of Tanks, Final Fantasy Tactics, Parappa the Rapper, Fortnite - and many more! As always we've got some trivia with a 'Ground' 'Hog' theme, and we even sneak some movie discussion in there as well. So grab your headphones and your warmest sweater to ride out the rest of winter and join us for this look at Groundhog Day games!

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l Paso's flight restrictions after the U.S. disables Mexican cartel drones that 'breached US airspace'. Why was the full stop originally supposed to be for 10 days? A 13-year-old boy shouted "Allahu Akbar" during a stabbing rampage at a London school. A Democrat Rep asks Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons if he thinks he's going to Hell during a committee hearing. Florida Gubernatorial Candidate James Fishback posts a video on his porch holding an AR-15 and declaring he would shoot anyone threatening his staff following an attempted arson at his home. Dana breaks down how the “Woke Reich” like Carrie Prejean Boller and Candace Owens are hijacking the Conservative movement. A trans shooter carried out one of the worst school shootings in Canadian history and the police referred to him as a “gun-person” instead of a gunman. Congressman Randy Fine calls for an immediate investigation over the Bad Bunny Halftime Show. Disney loses $170 Million on ‘Snow White' as the studio reveals the movie blew its budget. Olympians Eileen Gu and Alysa Liu spark nationality debates at the Winter Olympics over tensions around athletes' heritage and national choices with the CCP. Actor James Van Der Beek has died at the age of 47.Thank you for supporting our sponsors that make The Dana Show possible…Noble Goldhttps://NobleGoldInvestments.com/DanaThis is the year to create a more stable financial future.  Open a qualified account with Noble Gold and receive a 3 oz Silver Virtue coin free. Relief Factorhttps://ReliefFactor.com OR CALL 1-800-4-RELIEFTry Relief Factor's 3-week Quickstart for just $19.95—tell them Dana sent you and see if you can be next to control your pain!Patriot Mobilehttps://PatriotMobile.com/DANA or call 972-PATRIOTSwitch to Patriot Mobile in minutes—keep your number and phone or upgrade, then take a stand today with promo code DANA for a free month of service!Humannhttps://HumanN.comGet simple, delicious wellness support when you pick up Humann's Turmeric Chews at Sam's Club next time you're there and see why they're such a fan favorite!Byrnahttps://Byrna.com/DanaMake 2026 the year you protect your family with solid options—Get the Byrna today.WebRoothttps://Webroot.com/DanaTake your cybersecurity seriously! Get 60% off Webroot Total Protection at WebrootSubscribe today and stay in the loop on all things news with The Dana Show. Follow us here for more daily clips, updates, and commentary:YoutubeFacebookInstagramXMore InfoWebsite

First off, the Late Crew plays the “Complete The Headline” game-test your knowledge of recent military news stories! (05:17) Then, out on California's coast, Vandenberg Space Force Base is revving its engines for a launch-heavy future. More rockets, more missions, more global eyes on the Western Range. But while Guardians see liftoff, some locals see traffic, noise, and a skyline full of contrails. It is a space race playing out at neighborhood level, where orbital ambition meets earthly pushback. (17:57) Meanwhile on the ground, the M1E3 Abrams is creeping into view like a steel panther. The U.S. Army is building a lighter, smarter, hybrid-drive version of its iconic tank. Less fuel guzzling, more stealthy glide. Crews may soon be rolling into position with a vehicle that sounds less like thunder and more like a bad decision sneaking up on you. (32:41) Up in the skies, aviators from the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps are getting next-generation helmets straight out of a sci-fi cockpit. Think enhanced displays, better tracking, and tech that helps pilots process chaos at supersonic speed. The helmet is no longer just protection, it is a flying sensor suite wrapped around a human brain. (42:40) And just when you think you have seen every military vehicle possible, the U.S. Coast Guard pulls up on a tactical jet ski. Fast, nimble, and built for tight maritime chases, these water rockets are turning surf zones and crowded waterways into high-speed chess boards. (45:57) We conclude the show talking about the exploits and adventures of Air Force Colonel John Stapp, “The Fastest Man Alive”. (54:51)  Spaceports expanding. Tanks going quiet. Helmets getting smarter. Jet skis going tactical. The future battlefield is not just evolving, it is upgrading its entire loadout. https://lateforchangeover.com/

Send a textIn this episode, we are going to examine the evolution of the Panzer series from the humble Panzer I up to the excellent Panzer IV before German armoured doctrine switched to newer, often heavier and more powerful tanks to help compensate for their increasing numerical inferiority in the face of the Allied armies.Support the show

HEADLINE: Hunting Particles Underground and in Space. GUEST: Govert Schilling. SUMMARY: Schilling discusses Cosmic Microwave Background evidence and direct detection efforts, including underground xenon tanks and antimatter searches on the International Space Station.1956

Nine days after Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her Tucson home, the gap between what investigators are saying and what they are doing has never been wider. Officially — no suspects, no persons of interest, no vehicles. On the ground — drone footage of deputies probing a septic tank on Nancy's property. Three hours of forensic work inside Annie Guthrie's home Saturday night with photography flashes through the windows and deputies leaving with evidence bags and latex gloves. Investigators pulling Circle K surveillance footage after an employee said they were looking for "a guy that got away." Topographic search grids photographed at a staging area and carried into headquarters. A crime scene released after one day, re-entered five times, with a rooftop camera missed for five days. The ransom notes that launched a thousand headlines contained no proof of life, no communication channel back to the sender, and produced zero follow-through when the first deadline passed. The family's "we will pay" video was FBI-directed, responding to a second note that asked for nothing. Sheriff Chris Nanos was photographed near the front row at a basketball game Saturday evening while his deputies were extracting evidence from a family member's home. His own union revealed he grounded the thermal-imaging Cessna by punishing its pilot and transferred the most experienced Search and Rescue deputy off the unit months before Nancy vanished. Nancy is 84. Her pacemaker went dark at 2:28 AM. She has been without life-sustaining medication for nine days. The investigation just went silent — no scheduled briefings. That is not a department with nothing. That is a department building toward something.#NancyGuthrie #SavannahGuthrie #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #FBI #ChrisNanos #PimaCounty #MissingPerson #ForensicSearch #CrimeSceneJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

In this episode, Dr. Ben Schneider returns to continue the story of military justice, and it's limitations, in the US Army during the Second World War. We mention the Biscari Massacre, which was discussed in an episode with MAJ Darren Johnson, and also the first episode on this topic, so links to both episodes are below.LinksThe Biscari Massacre(Apple) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-biscari-massacre/id1558636084?i=1000622558585(Spotify) https://open.spotify.com/episode/611cquMsnHWl4ohzK2IvNH?si=7vNYYS4wQ2OXxCE1pbpCQwThe Laws of War, Military Justice, and a Nearly ImpossibleTask (Part I)(Apple) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-laws-of-war-military-justice-and/id1558636084?i=1000642337839(Spotify) https://open.spotify.com/episode/4GYfXwZURuO9SPT5jpxB3q?si=IhRPo6SLSEOZuogliMuHaQMother of Tanks website(⁠http://www.motheroftanks.com/podcast/⁠)Bonus Content (⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/motheroftanks⁠)

This hour the ScubaRadio ScubaSquad discuss their Super Bowl of dive sites. Plus Vinnie 2-Tanks and Brittany-The Aqua Gypsy talk about their dive trip to Bonaire. Looking for HOUR1?

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In this episode, Dr. Philip Blood returns to talk about the Battle of Aachen which is the subject of his latest book, War Comes to Aachen: The Nazis, Churchill, and the 'Stalingrad of the West'. LinksWar Comes to Aachen (Amazon ⁠https://www.amazon.com/War-Comes-Aachen-Churchill-Stalingrad/dp/1911723693⁠)WW2TV Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHNorlGemTEWW2TV Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J_IRkeDAFs&list=PLDG3XyxGI5lA8jsUPclS-2jakJlDdp_Hk&index=3Mother of Tanks website (http://www.motheroftanks.com/podcast/)Bonus Content (https://www.patreon.com/c/motheroftanks)

What do snowstorms, canceled services, and accidental “rapture livestreams” have to do with spiritual rest? Quite a bit, actually.In this episode of Chasing the Rabbit, the pastors of First Baptist Church of the Islands reflect on an unexpected snowy weekend in Savannah and let the conversation drift (as it always does) into something deeper: the urgent need for rest, rhythms, and refueling—especially for those in ministry.As the team looks ahead to a local ministry conference, they talk candidly about burnout, busyness, Sabbath principles, and the difference between physical rest and soul rest. Along the way, they wrestle with questions many leaders feel but don't always voice:How do you know when your tank is running empty?Why does busyness feel like success in our culture?What does biblical rest actually look like under the New Covenant?And how do we create healthy rhythms that sustain us for the long haul?The conversation is grounded in Scripture and shaped by insights from several influential books, including:Leading On Empty by Wayne CordeiroThe Wisdom Pyramid by Brett McCrackenThe Common Rule by Justin Whitmel EarleyWhether you're a pastor, ministry leader, volunteer, or just someone feeling stretched thin, this episode is an encouraging reminder that rest is not weakness—it's wisdom. God doesn't just command rest; He invites us into it.So slow down, take a breath, and chase this rabbit with us.

ice apocalypse Ice Apocalypse After-Action Report | Episode 581 Opening It's been over a week of ice, snow, sleet, freezing rain, and roads that look like a skating rink. Tennessee doesn't have enough plows, most side roads don't get touched, and once the snow turned to ice it just sat there — two to three inches thick. I recorded this episode driving to work, watching the roads slowly improve, and thinking through what actually worked, what didn't, and what I'm changing after a real, boring, inconvenient winter event. No collapse. No drama. Just real-world stress testing. The Timeline: Snow → Ice → Stuck It started with snow on Saturday. I left work early around 9am — still snow, not a big deal. By Sunday morning the roads were bad enough that I called out. Snow play, sledding, normal stuff. Then came the sleet and freezing rain. By Monday everything locked into solid ice. One warm day teased us, then temperatures dropped again and stayed there. Roads became sheets of ice, especially back roads. Main roads were fine because they actually get plowed and salted. Side roads? Forget it. That's the pattern here every single time. Power Outages: Minor, But Telling A lot of people around us were without power for days. We got lucky. Our power went out twice in the same day. First outage lasted a couple hours during daylight — honestly not a big deal. We let our daughter play outside, broke out board games, and just rolled with it. Second outage hit that evening for about an hour. Same thing: board games, hanging out, no stress. That alone tells me our baseline preparedness is solid. But it also exposed gaps. What Worked Really Well Board games were clutch. I've said it before and I'll keep saying it — entertainment is a real prep. Especially with kids. Lighting worked well overall. Candles were easy. I dug out a headlamp from my camping bag. No scrambling, no panic. I tested the Mr. Buddy propane heater. It worked perfectly. We didn't really need it, but testing it in real conditions matters. I also gathered the butane for the camp stoves just in case. One standout win was a rechargeable lantern/light bar that also functions as a battery bank. As a lantern, it's fantastic — bright, efficient, great coverage. As a battery bank, it's just okay. It struggles to recharge phones, but for lighting it's solid. Electric heated clothing was another big win. My wife's electric jacket worked great and kept her warm without needing to heat the whole house. That got me thinking hard about electric blankets that run directly on DC power — no inverter. That would be a serious game changer. What Didn't Work (Or Needs Improvement) My blackout kit wasn't ready to grab. We have everything we need for a blackout, but it wasn't staged, charged, and consolidated. Battery packs were scattered. Some were charged, some weren't. People would use them and set them down instead of returning them to the charger. That's on me. Two flashlights failed because the rechargeable 18650 batteries were dead. Cheap knockoff batteries failed fast. I've had Olight batteries last for years under heavy use — these didn't even come close. Lesson learned. I also need some non-rechargeable lithium 18650s ready to drop in as backups. Rechargeables are great… until they aren't. The charging station itself needs a permanent, known location that everyone uses consistently. If gear gets moved around, it stops being reliable. Fuel and Heat Lessons Having two propane tanks worked well. One in rotation, one full. A third would have been even better. I'm adding a refill adapter so I can refill 1-lb propane bottles from a 20-lb tank. That makes the Mr. Buddy heater much more sustainable long-term and keeps everything flexible. A solar generator would have been nice — not essential, but useful. I talk a little trash about them, but the reality is having one simple, user-friendly unit that my wife can operate confidently matters. Long-term, I'll build a better system, but a decent off-the-shelf unit fills the gap. Snow Gear, Kids, and Reality We finally bought our daughter a snow suit this year — about $23 — and it was absolutely worth it. She played hard, stayed warm, and had a blast while the snow was still snow. Once it turned to ice, snowballs were impossible and sledding was limited, but that's just how it goes here. I guarantee after this storm there will be snow gear on Facebook Marketplace for pennies. That's when to buy. Panic Shopping Still Makes No Sense People shopped like lunatics. Produce that won't last without power — lettuce especially — flew off shelves. I still don't understand that. We didn't worry about meals at all. What we topped off were snacks and drinks. That's always what runs out when kids are stuck inside. We didn't run out of Coke Zero. That's a win. Prepping isn't about hoarding milk and bread at the last minute. It's about already having slack so storms are boring. Final Takeaways Overall, our preps worked — but they showed friction points that need fixing: Blackout kit needs to be staged and charged Better battery management and quality control Dedicated charging station everyone uses More redundancy in fuel Easier, spouse-friendly power options None of this is dramatic. All of it is realistic. Closing This wasn't a collapse. It was inconvenience, ice, and boredom — exactly the kind of thing preparedness is actually for. Fix friction. Remove stress. Make the next one easier. This is James from SurvivalPunk.com.DIY to survive. Amazon Item OF The Day Propane Refill Adapter for 1 LB. Tanks, Propane Adapter 20lb to 1lb Converter with Gauge Valve, Propane Refill Elbow Adapter for BBQ Grill Stove Camping Think this post was worth 20 cents? Consider joining The Survivalpunk Army and get access to exclusive content and discounts! Don't forget to join in on the road to 1k! 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Today's Headlines: U.S. immigration enforcement is under intense scrutiny after another person was shot and critically injured during a Border Patrol–involved incident in southern Arizona. Details remain limited, with officials declining to identify the victim or explain how the shooting unfolded. Meanwhile in Minnesota, Rep. Ilhan Omar was attacked during a town hall after a man lunged at her and appeared to spray an unknown, foul-smelling substance from a syringe before being arrested on assault charges. Five days after the fatal shooting of Minnesota nurse Alex Pretti during an ICE encounter, the public still doesn't know who pulled the trigger — even as DHS has acknowledged that two ICE agents fired their weapons. The department is facing growing backlash after DHS Secretary Kristi Noem falsely claimed Pretti intended to “massacre” agents, a statement the White House has since tried to walk back while shifting blame internally. Minnesota is now suing the federal government for failing to preserve evidence from the shooting, with federal lawyers arguing they aren't required to do so. Criticism of ICE has also intensified following the death of 30-year-old U.S. citizen Wael Tarabishi, who relied on his father as a primary caregiver before his father was detained by ICE. Tarabishi died after weeks in the hospital, and ICE has refused to temporarily release his father to attend the funeral. Politically, Noem is facing impeachment pressure from House Democrats, while a Minnesota judge has ordered ICE's acting director to appear in court over repeated failures to comply with court orders. Internationally, the Trump administration is reportedly planning to send ICE personnel to the Winter Olympics in Milan, a move sharply criticized by the city's mayor. Separately, families of two Trinidadian men killed during U.S. boat strikes in the Caribbean have filed a lawsuit accusing the administration of extrajudicial killings. On the economic front, health insurance stocks fell after the administration declined to increase Medicare Advantage subsidies, as consumer confidence dropped to a 12-year low. Ending on a brighter note, Yale University announced it will make tuition free for families earning up to $200,000 a year, expanding access amid rising college costs. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: NBC News: One person in critical condition after being shot in incident involving Border Patrol in Arizona The Daily Beast: Trump Sparks Fresh Outrage With Secret Bid to Send ICE to the Olympics ABC News: Experts say the divide between Minnesota and federal authorities is unprecedented WFAA: Disabled son of ICE detainee dies after 30 days of hospitalization Axios: Jeffries' threat to Trump: Fire Kristi Noem or we move to impeachment Axios: Acting ICE director faces contempt hearing WSJ: Families of Two Men Killed in Boat Strikes Sue U.S. WSJ: Stock Market Today: UnitedHealth Weighs on Dow as Health-Insurance Stocks Slide Axios: Consumer confidence plunges to 12-year low WSJ: Yale Will Go Tuition-Free for Families Making Up to $200,000 NBC News: Man lunges at Rep. Ilhan Omar during town hall and tries to spray her with unknown substance Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage and edited by Grace Hernandez-Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From the mud-churned battlefields of the First World War to the high-stakes clashes of the Cold War, the tank has shaped the course of conflict like no other machine. In this episode, Emily Briffett is joined by Mark Urban, as he reveals the dramatic evolution of armoured warfare through its iconic vehicles – and the engineers, commanders and crews who drove them into the history books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Who has the biggest teevee in college football? The answer may disturb you!What they are using that video board for will definitely disturb youWhy every reporter should try and play their own personal game of Whiplash in every postgame press conferenceWhich coach would Jim Harbaugh eat first in a desert island situation?This is, in fact, our college football playoff championship previewNow through March 31, 100% of proceeds from all PTKU merch sales will be donated to TransVisible Montana. Visit preownedairboats.com to purchase BRAND-NEW BLUE SHARKS GEAR #EXCLUSIVEThis episode was produced by Doug Reyes-CeronFullcast theme variant arranged and performed by Corey CunninghamDID YOU KNOW: Spencer and Holly write Channel 6, a year-round newsletter that is mostly about football, until it's notBefore the world ends (again), treat yourself to Jason's critically praised novel and other workTravel in your mind palace to Phantom Island, Ryan's new show with Steven Godfrey, which is not a college football show because another simply cannot existCheck out Surber's band Killer Antz and his new show Podcasterino

Why did precious metals lose their sheen? And how much did holiday snowstorms hit airline stocks? Plus, how is BYD shaking up the EV race? Host Francesca Fontana discusses the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them. Sign up for the WSJ's free Markets A.M. newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why did precious metals lose their sheen? And how much did holiday snowstorms hit airline stocks? Plus, how is BYD shaking up the EV race? Host Francesca Fontana discusses the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them. Sign up for the WSJ's free Markets A.M. newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices