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Disinformation warfare fodder for Norwich writers/ Marksmen gather/ Vaxxed movie airs Sept. 18

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The 30th annual Military Writers’ Symposium at Norwich University will gather October 7-8 with the theme of “Perception Wars: The Battle to Control Reality.” The event is free and open to the public.  

This year’s upcoming agenda includes Mariana Budjeryn, the Colby Award  winning author and Senior Research Associate at the Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center; Nina Jankowicz, an expert on disinformation and democratization; Bilyana Lilly, cybersecurity and foreign policy leader; Zizi Papachariss, the  Distinguished Professor of Communication and Political Science at the University of Illinois, and Lt. Gen. Laura Potter, who serves as the 58th Director of the  US Army Staff. 

In 1996, the Symposium was conceived by co-founders W.E.E. Giffin and Carlo D’Este, with  the support of former Norwich president MG Russell Todd, USA (Ret.) to bring influential  writers to Norwich University. In the past, themes have focused on special operations, cyber  warfare, PTSD, the role of the media in war, war’s effect on families, the impact of WWI, Iraq,  environmental security, and the power struggle in the Arctic.

Civilian Marksmanship Games to be held in Jericho – The New England CMP Games, CMP Pistol & CMP Cup Matches, sponsored by the Civilian Marksmanship Program and hosted by Camp Ethan Allen Training Site and the Vermont State Rifle & Pistol Association, will be held September 23-29 at Camp Ethan Allen in Jericho.

The CMP as it currently exists was created by Congress in 1996, but it traces its direct lineage to the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice (NBPRP) created by Congress and President Theodore Roosevelt in 1903 and even earlier, late 19th century, efforts by the federal government to improve marksmanship, according to marksmanship aficionado and Town Meeting blogger George Putnam of Cambridge. 

The CMP Cup Matches include, a CMP Mid-Range 3X600, a 2-Man Team Match, three CMP 800 Aggregate Matches followed by an EIC Service Rifle Match. The CMP Games Matches include a Rifle Marksmanship 101/M16 Match, Carbine Match, Garand/Springfield/Vintage/Modern Military Matches, Rimfire Sporter Match and Vintage Sniper Team Match. 

There are also several pistol matches for competitors to fire in including a Pistol Marksmanship 101/M9 Match, CMP As-Issued 1911 Pistol Match, Military & Police Service Pistol Match, 40 Shot Pistol Match, EIC Service Pistol Match, EIC Service Revolver Match CMP .22 Rimfire Pistol EIC Match and Pistol 2-Man Team Match.

All competitors firing on the High Power range will be firing on Kongsberg Electronic Targets (KTS). The KTS system registers each shot and relays the location and score value to a monitor beside each shooter on the firing line.

For more information see the CMP website. 

Vaxxed Movie to air in Burlington September 18 – Children’s Health Defense, a vaccine freedom organization founded by RFK Jr., will air its documentary. Vaxxed: Authorized to Kill Wednesday, September 18 at 7 PM on South Winooski Ave. at the Roxy Theater in Burlington. 

The film focuses on interviews with Americans conducted during a CHD bus tour: “The Children’s Health Defense bus embarked on a nine-month journey across America, gathering powerful testimonies from the people. Our interviews ranged from mothers and fathers to teenagers, families, medical professionals, whistleblowers, lawyers, and people from all walks of life.What we discovered was nothing short of staggering. We listened to harrowing accounts of COVID hospital protocols that shook us to our very core.”Tickets are available here.

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  1. “Perception Wars: The Battle to Control Reality.”

    I listened to NPR this morning (first mistake – except for keeping one’s friends close and enemies closer – and according to Steve Innskeep (propogandist extraordinaire) the debate is over. Harris has already won. Hands down.

    NPR uses the classic argumentative essay form of presentation in a conversational format between presenters (Steve Inskeep, the ‘host’ of Morning Edition, and ‘reporters’, all of whom are ‘voice-over’ actors posing as journalists). They follow the carefully composed conversational script – actually role-playing the debate – and voila… Harris finally has the opportunity to ‘introduce herself’ (as though she hasn’t been VP for the last 3 ½ years) and demonstrate her presidential acumen, former prosecutor that she is, as she holds Trump accountable for his rude, misogynistic, racist, behavior, all the while exposing his ill temper and constant lying to ‘the American people’.

    MSNBC, CNN, and the other three major media stations don’t hold a candle to National Public Radio when it comes to ‘psy-op’ propaganda. If Trump wins the debate, and then the election (a big ‘if’ given the silky-smooth rhetoric of his NPR detractors), his ‘day-one’ executive action should be removing federal funding from NPR.

    Oh, ‘censorship’, they will cry out.

    No. NPR has every right to broadcast whatever it wants. But they don’t have a right to federal subsidies. Especially given that NPR is anything but ‘educational’ (its mission according to the original charter) or pretending to be ‘commercial-free’, falsely characterizing its extensive commercial revenue as ‘underwriting’.

    NPR is the consummate wolf-in-sheep’s-clothing. Yes, it has soft-spoken orators, cuddly human-interest stories, and classical music interspersed in its repertoire.

    But NPR’s honey is pure poison.

    • That’s all about the circle of corruption….non-profits, helping out non-profits, most all of whom just happen to have a marxist agenda……it is really good propaganda, have to give them credit for that.

      See in Vermont, “nobody” will watch the debate, they will get their news from trusted sources, NPR, VPR, VTDigger, 7 Days, Front Porch Forum and consider themselves informed, but they won’t know anything about the actual discussion.

      Vermont is really good about covering up corruption, theft and lies.

      Remember how suddenly there were more Ukranian flags across our state vs. American flags? Every backwoods corner? And 2 days prior nobody could find Ukraine on the globe, aside from it having one of the most corrupt governments on the planet…..

      yeah Ukraine…..

      We are pawns.