Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
Japan Believes North Korea Capable of Building Nuclear Weapons Small Enough to Fit on Missiles
August 21st, 2019Via: Guardian: Japan’s government will reportedly state that North Korea is capable of miniaturising nuclear warheads in a forthcoming defence report, it has emerged. Tokyo will upgrade its estimate of the regime’s nuclear capability, having said last year only that the technical feat was a possibility, the conservative Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper said on Wednesday, without […]
China: Researchers to Grow Replacement Organs for Humans in Genetically Modified Animals
August 18th, 2019Via: Bloomberg: Recently, a Chinese startup named Qihan Biotech raised $20 million to develop replacement organs for humans. The smallish deal would hardly have rated a headline, except for the fact that the Hangzhou-based gene-editing company is aiming to grow those organs in pigs and other animals. If successful, such transplants could well transform medicine. […]
China: Women Who Were Held in “Re-Education” Camps Claim They Were Sterilized
August 14th, 2019What is the Chinese government injecting into these women? As far as I know, there aren’t any injectable compounds that cause reliable and permanent sterilization of women, but that’s not from a lack of trying. What’s the true state of the art when it comes to immunocontraception? Many will recall the Kenyan tetanus/hCG imbroglio from […]
Riot Police Clash with Protesters at Hong Kong Airport as Chinese Forces Mass at Border
August 13th, 2019Via: CBS: Riot police clashed with pro-democracy protesters at Hong Kong’s airport late Tuesday night, moving into the terminal where the demonstrators had shut down operations at one of the world’s busiest transport hubs for two straight days. Officers armed with pepper spray and swinging batons confronted the protesters who used luggage carts to barricade […]
Hong Kong: Flights Cancelled After Demonstrators Take Over Airport
August 12th, 2019Update: Clashes at Hong Kong Airport Via: Reuters: Protesters clashed with police at Hong Kong’s international airport on Tuesday evening after flights were disrupted for a second day, plunging the former British colony deeper into turmoil. The scuffles broke out in the evening between police and protesters, after an injured person was taken out of […]
JEFFREY EPSTEIN DEAD
August 10th, 2019Update: Epstein Was First “Suicide” in Metropolitan Correctional Center in 21 Years Via: NY Post: Jeffrey Epstein’s shocking death occurred at an ultra-secure federal lock-up where suicide is supposedly next to impossible. Yet Epstein, 66, apparently managed to hang himself in his cell in the Special Housing Unit on the 9th floor of the federal […]
DARPA: OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) Program
August 9th, 2019Coming to a favela near you! Via: The Verge: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is experimenting with using a swarm of autonomous drones and ground robots to assist with military missions. In a video of a recent test, DARPA showed how its robots analyzed two city blocks to find, surround, and secure a […]
Severodvinsk, Russia: “Drink Iodine, 44 Drops Per Glass of Water”
August 8th, 2019Update: Is Putin Covering Up a Nuclear Disaster? Via: Daily Mail: Suspicions are growing today that Russia has suffered another nuclear accident after ambulances covered in protective film were seen transporting six people with serious radiation poisoning in a mystery explosion at a military base. Alarming footage also shows men in protective clothing loading casualties […]
China Allows Devaluation of Yuan as Trade War Worsens
August 5th, 2019Via: Reuters: China let the yuan breach the key 7-per-dollar level on Monday for the first time in more than a decade, in a sign Beijing might be willing to tolerate more currency weakness that could further inflame a trade conflict with the United States. The sharp 1.4% drop in the yuan comes days after […]
Russian Police Detain Over 800 in Opposition Crackdown in Moscow
August 3rd, 2019Also, Hong Kong simmering: Hong Kong police said on Sunday they arrested more than 20 people after violent clashes with anti-government protesters overnight, as the Chinese-controlled territory braced for more protests and a general strike aimed to bring the city to a halt. On Saturday police fired multiple tear gas rounds in confrontations with black-clad […]
