This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The Economic Collapse Blog under the title: The Battle For The Strait Of Hormuz Will Show Whether The World Can Survive Without Oil From The Persian Gulf Or Not Now, we are going to see what really happens to the global economy when the Strait of Hormuz is completely closed for an extended period of time. Before the war, approximately 45 percent of all Asian oil imports traveled through the Strait of Hormuz. The Chinese normally get more oil from the Middle East than anyone else, and the amount of crude…

Two defense technology companies filed lawsuits in federal court Tuesday after being excluded from the U.S. Navy’s newest unmanned surface vessel acquisition program.Blue Water Autonomy and Saildrone allege they were kicked out of contention for the Navy’s Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel Family of Systems program after the Navy failed to comply with its own requirements, among other errors.Blue Water Autonomy said the decision was based on “overly restrictive evaluation criteria, a misreading of Blue Water’s proposal, and irrational conclusions that are inconsistent with the [Request for Prototype Proposals] and statutory requirements,” according to a complaint filed in the U.S. Court…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news from Outdoor Life. Evacuations are underway in Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness as more than a dozen wildfires spread quickly through the most-visited wilderness in the country during peak season. The U.S. Forest Service announced emergency public-access closures to the BWCA that began just after midnight on Tuesday due to intensifying conditions from more than a dozen recent wildfires in the Superior National Forest and across the border in Canada. Eight Forest Service rangers have been paddling across the BWCA to issue evacuation orders, and have also…

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian recruits arriving on the front lines in Ukraine survive an estimated 20 to 30 minutes before they are killed or wounded, Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe said Wednesday, marking the first time a senior American intelligence official has confirmed how deadly the war has become for Moscow.The assessment comes as Ukraine’s battlefield technology has stalled Russia’s advance along the front and drawn foreign partners ready to spend billions of dollars in deals with its defense industry. European and Ukrainian officials have said for months that Russian casualty rates have climbed to record levels, with Ukraine’s…

I never thought much about crowd safety until one day, I attended a summer event, and things started to feel wrong. People were so tightly packed that I couldn’t move much on my own. I felt very closed in and close to panic. I eventually moved toward the edge of the crowd and got out. This can happen to anyone. It can be a concert that suddenly gets too packed. Or a show exit that slows to a standstill. Everyone might start moving at once, and no one feels in control at all. The problem is that when things shift…

The U.S. Navy announced that it will be conducting a safety review after videos began circulating online of the Navy’s flight demonstration squadron flying dangerously close to civilians on a Florida beach.The service acknowledged that an aircraft from the Navy’s Blue Angels flew “lower than standard profiles” over Pensacola Beach on Wednesday, creating a disturbance that affected civilian chairs and umbrellas.“The safety of our hometown community, spectators, and our pilots is our highest priority,” the Navy said. “Team leadership is reviewing the circumstances surrounding the maneuver and conducting a thorough safety review to ensure all operations adhere to strict Navy…

Sign up for the On The Gun Newsletter The latest for gun hunters and competitive shooters. THE .22/250 CARTRIDGE is right now just about the hottest thing in the field of varmint cartridges. Since Remington took the gamble and introduced it as a factory cartridge in 1965 and at the same time chambered the Model 700 and the 40XB match rifle for it, the cartridge has really taken off. Remington was first under the wire with factory ammunition, but Browning, a firm known for keeping its ear to the ground and doing its best to interpret the vague snorts, gurgles,…

Morale in the United States was lower during the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence from Great Britain. Unfortunately, many Americans were not feeling very festive or positive about the US. Two weeks before the US’s anniversary, The Associated Press published a poll that captured the depth of American anxiety about the ruling class and life in general in the country. The numbers were grim. More than two-thirds (70%) of Americans no longer consider their country the greatest nation on Earth, while 64% believe American democracy is in danger. And 38% don’t believe the United States will survive another…

Scam artists have been targeting the $100,000 now available to eligible New Mexico victims of radiation exposure dating back to the world’s first atomic bomb explosion code-named “Trinity” in New Mexico’s Jornada del Muerto desert on July 16, 1945, according to New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez.“New Mexicans who have been affected by these exposures deserve compensation and they deserve to get that compensation free from bad actors attempting to take advantage of them,” Lopez said in a release shortly after a major expansion and extension of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) was signed into law on July 4,…

Watch full video on YouTube

The House rejected a move to send a controversial veterans benefits bill back to committee for reconsideration and postponed a vote on the legislation Thursday, with House Speaker Mike Johnson saying that the bill likely won’t be raised again “for weeks.”In a surprising morning that followed more than an hour of heated debate over the Take Care of America’s Veterans Act on the House floor, Rep. Chris DeLuzio, D-Pa., offered a motion to return the bill to the House Veterans Affairs Committee for review.The vote on DeLuzio’s proposal was to precede a final vote on the legislation, which has divided…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news from Outdoor Life. On Monday President Trump signed two presidential proclamations to once again reduce two popular Utah national monuments. He cut the size of Bears Ears National Monument by 91 percent and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument by more than 90 percent. That’s a total reduction of about 3 million acres in southern Utah. Utah politicians, including Senator Mike Lee, attended the signing to fully support these rollbacks. Related: Trump Cuts 2 Popular Utah National Monuments by 90 Percent — About 3 Million Acres This week’s news wasn’t…

As the world’s fastest Ebola outbreak spreads, more health care workers strike at facilities in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The current Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is still spreading, and new challenges are emerging even as work begins on a study of two badly needed treatments for a type of Ebola that currently has none. The Bundibugyo strain is having a major impact on the ability to slow the spread of the virus. The more common Zaire strain is better-known, making it easier to treat. Over 2,000 cases, including over 750 deaths, have been confirmed. Now cases are suspected…

Watch full video on YouTube

Senators questioned Wednesday whether the financial details of the military’s Tricare pharmacy program benefit the contractor, Express Scripts, more than military beneficiaries.Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., raised concerns about anti-competitive tactics, questioning the practice of allowing Express Scripts — the largest pharmacy benefit manager in the United States — to have the contract as exclusive administrator of the Tricare pharmacy program, while owning and operating two mail-order pharmacies, Express Scripts Pharmacy and Accredo Specialty Pharmacy. She questioned whether Express Scripts drives more business to itself, pushing local pharmacies out of the Tricare network and limiting beneficiaries’ access to more personalized local…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics I sat cross-legged in the backseat of the truck, my face pressed against the glass, eyes drifting over an endless sea of oil derricks dotted across the red dirt of Oklahoma. The long road home after a big bass tournament offers an angler a much-welcomed opportunity to unwind and bask in the high after a successful derby. Or, it can be a very cruel trip if you had a bad week. Your mind fills with all the defeats; all the anguish of mistakes made and opportunities…

Watch full video on YouTube

The Army is introducing a handheld blood-testing device that can help detect traumatic brain injuries in just 15 minutes, the service announced Tuesday, in a move it says could reduce unnecessary medical evacuation and give frontline providers a more objective way to assess injuries.The device, known as the i-STAT Alinity, is being fielded to forward units under the 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, or AAMDC. Air defense formations, the Army said, are often performing tasks that demand high mental acuity in environments far from modern medical equipment. “In Central Command, we’re seeing disproportionately high traumatic brain injury rates…

Watch full video on YouTube

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news from Outdoor Life. Cellular trail cameras are an effective hunting tool and they’ve become a hobby of their own. But their main downside is that they eat batteries. You could rig up an external battery, but those are heavy and bulky. You could run a solar panel, but those don’t work under a forest canopy.  That’s why the new Tactacam Reveal 4.0 and Pro 4.0 trail cams have a…

In a statement on Tuesday, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) accused Washington of acting like “pirates” by restricting energy flows in the region. The IRGC further warned that regional oil and gas exports could be blocked completely in response to the United States’ attempts to control the Strait of Hormuz. “Regional oil and gas exports are either for everyone or for no one,” the statement said. This warning came as the IRGC claimed a new strike on US military infrastructure in Bahrain, which hosts the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet and serves as one of Washington’s main naval hubs in…

Watch full video on YouTube

The Marine Corps is scheming up a way for troops to seamlessly land their first civilian jobs, up to a year before their end of active service date arrives.According to Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Carlos Ruiz, the service is in talks with the Office of the Secretary of War to create a portal or marketplace where separating troops can advertise their availability and get snapped up by certain kinds of employers without ever having to translate the acronyms in their resume.Speaking at a senior enlisted leaders’ forum hosted by Military Officers Association of America earlier this month, Ruiz…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news from Outdoor Life. OUR LUCK WAS good that morning. We picked up the track of a medium-size bear right after daylight. It was on a sandy trail along the Sturgeon River Gorge in the Ottawa National Forest in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan 15 or 20 miles southwest of Baraga. The bear had fed during the night in a stand of oaks nearby, and the track was smoking fresh. In fact, he’d been eating acorns there all through the fall and was too fat for a long run,…