weapons

Evil old ladies, broken chessboards and technical shutdowns + this day in history w/the Munich massacre and our song of the day by Hamilton Leithauser and Rostam on your Morning Monarchy for September 6, 2016.

Radical journals, impeachment trials and states of emergency + this day in history w/Shays' Rebellion and our song of the day by Marshall Terry on your Morning Monarchy for August 29, 2016.

(COMMONDREAMS) The U.S. government has shipped over 1.4 million guns to Iraq and Afghanistan since 9/11, according a new analysis by the U.K.-based watchdog Action on Armed Violence (AOAV), but the Pentagon is only able to account for fewer than half of them.

Nazi rock, robot block and war mock + this day in history w/'The Scream' stolen and our song of the day by Weyes Blood on your Morning Monarchy for August 22, 2016.

(ANTIWAR) The US State Department has announced their intention to transfer over 6,000 guns to the Afghan National Army, worth roughly $60 million, as proof of their “commitment to Afghanistan’s security,” and based on an “urgent need” for the Afghans to launch new offensives against insurgents.

(ANTIMEDIA) On Thursday, the U.S. State Department approved the sale of more military equipment, valued at around $1.15 billion USD, to the oil-rich kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Hot war, dirty war and the new war order + this day in history w/the "Wow! signal" and our song of the day by Weaves on your Morning Monarchy for August 15, 2016.

Saudis scan fingerprints for SIMs; the BBC's imaginary detector vans are now pretending to sniff your wi-fi; and rural Minnesota towns take high-speed internet into their own hands.

Saudis scan fingerprints for SIMs; the BBC's imaginary detector vans are now pretending to sniff your wi-fi; and rural Minnesota towns take high-speed internet into their own hands.

(ZHE) Over the weekend, militants linked to Islamic State released photos that purport to show weapons and equipment that belonged to American soldiers and were captured by the group in eastern Afghanistan.