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Russia and China should be held responsible for profiting off others' suffering. There is a reason these communist countries ignore calls for peace, climate, and international peace. It is called PROFITS.

May 9, 2021
By Lee Brown

Wild images show thousands of assault weapons, (click here) machine guns and sniper rifles the US Navy says it found on a sailing ship believed to be bringing them from Iran to support the war in Yemen.

The guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey discovered the weapons hidden aboard a dhow, a traditional Mideast sailing ship spotted in the northern reaches of the Arabian Sea off Oman and Pakistan, the Navy said Sunday alongside images and video of the arsenal laid out.

The huge cache was found below deck, most wrapped in green plastic, officials said of the two-day operation that started Thursday.

It included nearly 3,000 Chinese Type 56 assault rifles, a variant of the Kalashnikov, as well as hundreds of other heavy machine guns and sniper rifles, the Navy said.

There were also dozens of advanced, Russian-made anti-tank guided missiles, and several hundred rocket-propelled grenade launchers and optical sights for weapons, according to the Navy....

These are not minor weapons. Russia and China got away with it under the previous administration. It is time for the global community to act as one and end the export of weapons by Russia and China. Global embargoes on all raw materials imported by Russia and China that produce these weapons should be sanctioned. The soldiers on the USS Monterey saved lives, why didn't Russia and China care more for the thousand upon thousands that would have died?

Thousands of illicit weapons are displayed onboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey.

"Good Night, Moon"

The new

28.0 days old

2.5 percent lit

22 April 2021
By Jacinta Bowler

Update (22 April 2021): (click here) Since we first wrote about the Moon Trees, interest in these wonderful living relics of the Apollo era has renewed. Now, the Royal Astronomical Society and the UK Space Agency have begun a quest to search for these trees across Britain.

According to a recent BBC Radio 4 program, around 15 of these trees were planted in the UK. However, any records of how the seeds may have arrived in the country are nowhere to be found.

"Space has a wonderful way of inspiring people. We saw that excitement when space saplings grown from the seeds from Newton's apple tree were planted on our soil," says space exploration expert Libby Jackson from the UK Space Agency.

"I'll be interested in discovering if any of the Moon seeds came to the UK and what has become of them."

To learn more about the Moon Trees, you can read our original article below.

Original (12 July 2019): On 31 January 1971, the Apollo 14 mission launched from Earth and spent nine days in space. Along with the necessary space gear, scientific equipment, and two golf balls, the Kitty Hawk command module was also housing 500 seeds....