Archive for the 'War' Category
The Navy SEAL and His Doctor: An Experimental Brain Treatment Blows Up Two Lives
February 13th, 2020Via: iNewsource: Surmont’s psychotic episode continued after his release from the VA, and it took the 45-year-old former Navy SEAL on a weeks-long breaking, entering and vandalizing tour from San Diego to Los Angeles. During that trip, he went far off the grid: ditching his phone, forgetting his own name and believing he was part […]
For Decades, U.S. and Germany Owned Swiss Crypto Company Used by 120 Countries
February 11th, 2020I am Jack’s complete lack of surprise. Via: Ars Technica: Crypto AG, a Swiss cryptographic communications gear company that got its big break building code-making gear for the US Army in World War II, has been a provider of encryption systems for more than 120 countries. And according to a report by The Washington Post […]
Glycyrrhizin, an Active Component of Liquorice Roots, and Replication of SARS-Associated Coronavirus
February 11th, 2020Via: The Lancet: The outbreak of SARS warrants the search for antiviral compounds to treat the disease. At present, no specific treatment has been identified for SARS-associated coronavirus infection. We assessed the antiviral potential of ribavirin, 6-azauridine, pyrazofurin, mycophenolic acid, and glycyrrhizin against two clinical isolates of coronavirus (FFM-1 and FFM-2) from patients with SARS […]
109 U.S. Troops Diagnosed with Brain Injuries from Iran Attack
February 10th, 2020Via: Reuters: The U.S. military on Monday disclosed a more than 50% jump in cases of traumatic brain injury stemming from Iran’s missile attack on a base in Iraq last month, with the number of service members diagnosed climbing to over 100.
CORONAVIRUS IS AIRBORNE
February 9th, 2020Via: China Daily: Confirmed transmission routes of the novel coronavirus include direct transmission, contact transmission and aerosol transmission, a Shanghai official said on Saturday. “Aerosol transmission refers to the mixing of the virus with droplets in the air to form aerosols, which causes infection after inhalation, according to medical experts,” said Zeng Qun, deputy head […]
Swipetarded: Online Preschool
February 9th, 2020Via: Concord Monitor: We read with concern David Brooks’s Jan. 28 article about the New Hampshire Department of Education’s goal of enrolling 200 families in a pilot program for online preschool called Upstart. … A strong body of research, accumulated over decades, demonstrates how young children learn best – through exploration, play and interactions with […]
The New Way Forward Act
February 7th, 2020Via: Fox: The bill would entirely remake our immigration system, with the explicit purpose of ensuring that criminals are able to move here, and settle here permanently, with impunity. You may think we’re exaggerating for effect. We’re not – not even a little. The New Way Forward act is the most radical single piece of […]
The Army Wants Technology that Can See Through Walls—and Identify People on the Other Side
February 6th, 2020Via: Nextgov: People can’t see through walls but the Army wants to pioneer next-level technology that will help soldiers do exactly that—with the added bonus of instantaneously offering advanced, penetrating insights that go far beyond what meets the eye. According to a recent request for information, the Army is accepting white papers to identify commercially […]
Francis Boyle: Wuhan Coronavirus is an Offensive Biological Warfare Weapon
February 4th, 2020Via: Guadalajara Geopolitics Institute: Dr. Francis Boyle discusses the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China and the Biosafety Level 4 laboratory (BSL-4) from which he believes the infectious disease escaped. He believes the virus is potentially lethal and an offensive biological warfare weapon or dual-use biowarfare weapons agent genetically modified with gain of function properties, which […]
pShuttle Gene and Wuhan Coronavirus: Request for Expert Help with Sanity Check
February 3rd, 2020If you are one of the many university professors in the life sciences reading Cryptogon, I would appreciate your opinion on these articles: James Lyons Weiler: On the Origins of the 2019-nCoV Virus, Wuhan, China: A database search by the first team to study and publish the whole genome sequence for the origins of the […]
