In the name of fighting inflation, Tyson & Trump want to shutdown U.S. ranchers in favor of foreign cattle. Ranchers do not set market prices for beef, the corporate commodity ‘free’ market place does that, yet what Tyson & Trump are doing directly attacks U.S. ranchers.
Even though it was donated by oil rich Qatar, supposedly at least $400-million was spent on U.S. military upgrades for the venerable Boeing 747-8i. Despite the upgrades the presidential plane is considered a temporary vehicle, which is why it has been officially named Bridge. The latest controversy involves the Secret Service telling the President of the U.S. (PotUS) to stop using it because it lacks ‘security protections’ (defensive countermeasures).
First flight with PotUS onboard, 01JUL2026. Destination Medora, North Dakota, to attend the dedication of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library.
It has been reported that President Donald John Trump chose the red, white, gold and blue livery, however the initial blue and white livery renderings were issued with a statement saying that the “President of the United States selected the livery design.”
Was the livery for VC-25B supposed to be similar to the older VC-25? USAF rendering of the VC-25B, dated 10MAR2026.
Here is the timeline of decision making; this airliner was donated during Trump’s first term in office and it was then that the red, white, gold and blue livery was chosen. Then, Joseph Robinette Biden Junior became President and changed the livery to the old blue and white scheme. Trump is now President again, so naturally…
Upgrades and flight testing complete, the naked VC-25B takes-off to get a new red, white, gold and blue livery.
The ‘Bridge’ arrives in Waco, Texas, for its new paint job.
With the addition of the new VC-25-Bridge, to the growing fleet of ‘Air Force One’ aircraft (Presidential Airlift Group aka PAG aka 89th Airlift Wing), the old VC-25’s nomenclature was changed to VC-25A. ‘Air Force One’ is actually an air traffic control call-sign used to identify any aircraft carrying the PotUS.
Freshly painted Bridge on its new home of Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.
Check out those hyper expensive Secret Service limos, video via Technical Sergeant Isaac March, location Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, 01JUL2026:
Can you tell the difference between the VC-25B & VC-25A? The USAF’s VC-25B and VC-25A, assigned to the 89th Airlift Wing, take-off from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, during the Freedom 250 celebration 04JUL2026. Compilation of videos via First Lieutenant Alexis Kula, Technical Sergeant Sean Evans and TechSgt Isaac March:
Even Mount Rushmore couldn’t escape the Freedom 250 flyover!
Sometime after the Freedom 250 flyover the Secret Service determined that the VC-25B lacked ‘defensive countermeasures’ and insisted that the PotUS not use it for international flights. This resulted in a delay in retirement of the VC-25A, which Trump used on his NATO visit to Turkey.
VC-25B arrives on RAF (Royal Air Force) Mildenhall, but not with the President?
Recently the United States Army released videos which reveals the problem of a high rate of ‘burn-out’ among the Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) 92G (Culinary Specialist), and also revealed that the high cost of food is a problem for the Army.
I edited a video report via Sergeant First Class Rodney Roldan, which shows efforts to fire-up burnt out 92Gs:
For February 2026, the U.S. Army unveiled a new cafeteria facility in an attempt to save money on the higher costs of food. Basically the U.S. Army is hoping that shifting to contracted food service (with the foreign United Kingdom based Compass Group, through their U.S. subsidiary Compass Group USA) will save tax dollars. The ‘Campus Style’ eateries will be open from 06:30 hours to 20:00 hours, seven days per week, and will have seven stations of food prepared using more than 3-thousand recipes.
Fort Hood, Texas, 10FEB2026.
I edited together video via Specialist Steven Day, recorded on 11FEB2026, unveiling a new 42 Bistro dining facility on Fort Hood, Texas:
The Army also claimed, in a round-a-bout way, that their in-house food service had become so bad that Soldiers were spending their own money eating at civilian operated food venues. For those of you who don’t know, part of the incentive to get people to enlist in the U.S. military is that their meals are paid for by the taxpayers. The Army is also considering allowing Compass Group to sell beer/wine to Soldiers: “We tell our soldiers, ‘hey, look, go carry a rifle, but on Friday night, you can’t have a beer in a restaurant’. I think that we have to take a step back and trust our soldiers.”-Lieutenant General Chris Mohan, Army Materiel Command Commanding General, leading push to shift to contracted ‘Campus Style’ food service
During wargame Ivy Sting-4 on Fort Carson, Colorado, 4th Infantry Division Soldiers employed the new General Motors (GM) ‘Infantry Squad Vehicle–Heavy’. Video via Specialist Jonathan Reyes, 30JAN2026:
According to GMDefense, the ISV-Heavy is based on the Chevy Silverado platform, making it larger than the ISV-Utility yet using the same 2.8 liter Duramax Diesel electric hybrid power train.
GM-Defense photo of the prototype ISV-Heavy.
GM claims the ISV-H can be configured to act as a two seat pickup, a six seat transporter or as a driverless cargo carrying robot. The truck can also be used as a electricity generator for external applications.
Just before sunset on 05JAN2026 (Iran time) the giant Kalleh Dairy operation blew up! Some sources report several explosions were heard. As I write this most of the factory is still on fire and evacuations for everybody within a one kilometer radius are taking place.
This Kalleh Dairy is located in Amol City, Amol County, Mazandaran province. Video via Fars News:
Speculators (which include some Iranian government officials) have suggested a construction/welding accident caused a fire which caused an explosion, or it was sabotage by protestors or even a military strike (it is part of the U.S./Israeli military policy to target such places as they are considered ‘dual use’ facilities).
When the Spanish explorers set foot in a place now called Venezuela they noticed that the natives were using a tarry substance, it seemed to be everywhere. Today, it’s known as heavy crude oil.
By 1928, U.S. oil companies had surpassed the operations of European oil companies in Venezuela. Despite a lot of naysayers claiming that nobody wants to control Venezuela’s expensive to refine heavy crude oil, the oil refineries in the United States were developed specifically to handle that type of oil. The Second World War, followed by the sales boom of personal automobiles in the U.S., drove the U.S. even deeper into developing the world’s largest heavy crude oil reserves, in Venezuela.
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) oil map of Venezuela, dated May 1947 (note that this is several months before the official creation of the CIA).
C-SPAN has a promotional film about Creole Petroleum Corporation, showing the history of its development in Venezuela and what it argues are the many benefits to the oil-rich country, such as health care, education, and infrastructure: Click here to view People and Petroleum, the Story of Creole in Venezuela.
Oil & gas operations in Venezuela, as of 1954.
In 1950, Venezuela was the fourth most prosperous country in the world, with an average income of about $7-thousand-5-hundred with only Switzerland, New Zealand, and the U.S. doing better. Owned by Standard Oil Company (New Jersey) at the time, Creole dissolved when Venezuela nationalized its oil industry in the 1970s.
The United Kingdom’s Sky News explainer, posted on 11DEC2025, showing that the U.S. is after Venezuela’s heavy crude oil, then at the very end of report hints that Russia is next:
NATO-Germany just passed a law that says if their military fails to recruit 80-thousand men per year then ‘needs-based conscription’ (the draft) will be implemented. It is known as a ‘dual track system’, meaning if you don’t voluntarily join you will be forced into the military. Apparently this new law is because NATO-Germany is having problems achieving the number of personnel required by its NATO membership. Interesting that in this western-woke country they did not include women in their new law.
U.S. World War Two era M101 105-millimeter (105mm) ‘howitzer’ (short gun tube [barrel] artillery) still in use by Philippines.
I edited together several videos via U.S. Marine Corps, recorded during the October 2019 KAMANDAG wargame. KAMANDAG is an acronym for the Filipino phrase Kaagapay Ng Mga Mandirigma Ng Dagat, which translates to Cooperation of Warriors of the Sea:
The United States’ military still uses the M101 for ceremonies.
New Jersey Army National Guard’s M101 howitzer during Memorial Day celebrations.
U.S. Marine Corps M101 during change of command ceremony on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Both the U.S. M101 and Soviet ZiS-3 were used by various countries during the Cold War (approximately 1947 to 1991).
The ZiS-3 (76-мм дивизионная пушка обр. 1942 г. [ЗиС-3]) is considered to be a ‘divisional/regimental’ or ‘field’ gun for use by front line troops, due to its relatively small projectile and short range (compared to larger artillery).
Some ‘official’ sources say the ZiS-3 was in combat use by militaries around the world until 1990 (end of the Cold War). However, the above photo shows a Serb ZiS-3, supposedly used during the war in the former Yugoslavia, being inspected by U.S. Soldiers in Zvornik, Serbia, in 1996.
The ZiS-3 (aka M1942) was so good that the invading Germans captured them for their own use against the Soviets!
The WW2 (Great Patriotic War) era Soviet 76.2mm artillery gun is still being used by Serbia for ceremonial purposes. I edited this from several Serbian Armed Forces videos, recorded from the 14FEB2025 Serbian Statehood Day, and the 11NOV2024 Armistice Day (Veterans Day in the United States), ceremonies:
The word howitzer refers to a short tubed artillery piece, the M109 obviously does not qualify as a ‘howitzer’!
Definitely not a short ‘tubed’ gun.
Gunners of the 2nd Battalion-222nd Field Artillery Regiment, Utah Army National Guard, and with 214 (Worcestershire) Battery-104th Regiment Royal Artillery from United Kingdom, joined forces during wargame Northern Strike in Grayling, Michigan, during the month of August 2025.
I edited together videos via Sergeant Brayden Stephan and Staff Sergeant Daniel Garas:
Approximately 7-thousand-5-hundred military personnel participated in the multinational wargame.
