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Book Review: Wars of National Liberation by Daniel Morgan
Commander Zero loaned me this book with the conditions that it is eventually returned and I share my thoughts on it. Figured a book review is as good of a way as any to share my thoughts. So here we go. Good: Comprehensive- This book talks about a whole lot of different conflicts. China, Algeria, French in Indochina, Jews vs the Arab world I, II, III, IV, Vietnam and touched on themes of African and South American conflicts. Well Researched- The guy definitely knew what he was talking about. The sheer amount of research put into this book is impressive. Brought home key themes- Successful insurgencies have safe havens behind…
Annihilation Earth (2009) TV movie
Beware the supercollider network, for it will destroy the world or at least a good chunk of it. Annihilation Earth, a 2009 TV movie filmed in Bulgaria for the Syfy network, stars Marina Sirtis (you may remember her as Deanna Troi from Star Trek: The Next Generation TV series and movies) and Luke Goss. The basic plot is that the terrorist attack on a global network of supercolliders creates a black hole inside the Earth. Of course there’s no known science that can stop a black hole from consuming all mass and energy around it, so you can probably guess how this ends.