Archive for the 'War' Category
Pentagon Explores Using SpaceX for Rocket-Deployed Quick Reaction Force
June 23rd, 2022Since 2019, I’ve been saying that Starlink is not what it seems. And now… Get it? “Starship.” Troopers. Via: The Intercept: The Pentagon envisions a future in which Elon Musk’s rockets might someday deploy a “quick reaction force” to thwart a future Benghazi-style attack, according to documents obtained by The Intercept via Freedom of Information […]
Russia: Ex-Colonel Who Carried Putin’s Nuclear Codes Found Shot
June 23rd, 2022The weapon mentioned in the story is a type of non-lethal weapon called a, “traumatic pistol.” Available in a variety of calibers and ammunition types, the purpose of these weapons is self-defense by civilians. They typically fire a rubber ball. Via: Daily Star: The Russian colonel who used to carry the nuclear briefcase of Russian […]
Sen. Johnson Demands DOD Contractor Turn Over Military’s Medical Database Records
June 22nd, 2022#datacorruption 😉 Via: The Defender: Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) is asking the company that manages the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DOD) Defense Medical Epidemiology Database (DMED) to turn over records after the company failed to fully comply with a previous request seeking information about its “awareness of potential data problems” with the military’s database. This […]
U.S. Navy Releases Bizarre Training Video Urging Recruits to Create Pronoun “Safe Space”
June 21st, 2022Via: Summit News: The US Navy has released a training video which looks like a children’s TV show encouraging sailors to announce their pronouns in order to create a “safe space” and avoid “misgendering” people. WATCH: The Navy is training its members to create a "safe space" by using proper gender pronouns. Here's their new […]
Transit Ban on Some Goods to Kaliningrad
June 20th, 2022Via: Guardian: Russia has condemned a ban imposed by Lithuania on the transit of some goods across its territory to its Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad, as Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson said Moscow would defend its interests. There was panic buying in Kaliningrad over the weekend after authorities in the Russian region claimed Lithuania was preparing […]
How Military Dogs Are Trained
June 19th, 2022Via: Business Insider:
European Natural Gas Prices Soar by Almost 40% After Fire at Key U.S. Export Terminal
June 9th, 2022Pretty interesting timing… Via: Business Insider: Natural gas prices surged across Europe on Thursday after a fire broke out at a key US export hub, putting further pressure on already tight global supply. The Freeport liquefied natural gas export facility in Quintana, Texas will remain closed for at least three weeks after Wednesday’s explosion, a […]
Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s New Investment Firm Deepens His Ties to the U.S. Military
June 9th, 2022Via: Recode: Perhaps most interesting is Schmidt’s connection to AFF CEO Gilman Louie. Louie was one of 15 commissioners on the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI), where Schmidt was chair. From 2018 to 2021, the commission developed policy recommendations on how AI could be used to promote US national security. Their work was […]
Sea Mines Could Prevent Ukraine Grain Shipments For Months
June 9th, 2022Via: The Warzone: Many hundreds of mines floating in the Black Sea threaten any deal – no matter how unlikely – to allow the shipment of tens of millions of tons of Ukrainian grain. With Ukraine unable to ship anything because of Russia’s naval blockade of its ports, Turkey and Russia are talking about a […]
The Biggest Reshuffle Of Oil Flows Since The 1970s
June 8th, 2022Via: Oilprice.com: The biggest reshuffle of oil trade flows since the Arab oil embargo of the 1970s is underway—and things may never return to normal. The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the sanctions on Russian oil exports are changing global oil trade routes. Over the past nearly five decades, oil flowed more or less freely […]
