Archive for the 'War' Category
By the Numbers, Coronavirus Does Not Register as a Dire Global Crisis
March 25th, 2020Via: Globe and Mail: Is COVID-19 a global crisis? Certainly for people who can’t add.
The U.S. Space Force’s New Mission? Protecting 5G
March 23rd, 2020Via: Popular Mechanics: Space-based internet traffic will fall under the nation’s newest armed service. Related: Tonight’s Successful Starlink Mission Makes SpaceX the World’s Largest Satellite Operator, Was First U.S. Space Force Launch FCC Approves SpaceX to Deploy up to 1 Million Small Antennas for Starlink Internet Network
Dark Journalist: America Under COG: Northcom X Continuity of Government Revealed
March 23rd, 2020Via: Dark Journalist:
Will the U.S. Government Nationalize Boeing?
March 22nd, 2020Via: AFP: About 12 years after the US government bailed out General Motors and Chrysler, Washington policymakers are debating how to throw Boeing a lifeline as it reels from dual crises over the coronavirus and 737 MAX. The aerospace giant, which manufactures the US presidential jet Air Force One in addition to defense and commercial […]
Inside The Military’s Top Secret Plans If Coronavirus Cripples the Government
March 21st, 2020Via: Newsweek: Even as President Trump says he tested negative for coronavirus, the COVID-19 pandemic raises the fear that huge swaths of the executive branch or even Congress and the Supreme Court could also be disabled, forcing the implementation of “continuity of government” plans that include evacuating Washington and “devolving” leadership to second-tier officials in […]
Witnesses Say Australian SAS Soldiers Killed Unarmed Afghan Civilians in Potential War Crimes
March 19th, 2020Via: Four Corners: A Four Corners investigation has uncovered new allegations that unarmed civilians were unlawfully killed by Australian special forces in Afghanistan. The revelations, to be detailed on tonight’s Four Corners program, involve multiple incidents in which Afghans were killed after surrendering or while they were detained by the Special Air Service Regiment (SAS). […]
GM’s CEO Offers to Make Ventilators in WWII-Style Mobilization
March 18th, 2020Mmm hmm. GM’s other WWII mobilization: Hitler’s Carmaker: The Inside Story of How General Motors Helped Mobilize the Third Reich Via: Bloomberg: General Motors Co.’s Mary Barra offered to manufacture hospital ventilators in auto factories shuttered by the coronavirus outbreak, an effort that would echo Detroit’s contribution to Allied powers during World War II.
Trump Invokes Wartime Authority of Defense Production Act
March 18th, 2020Via: USA Today: President Trump on Tuesday invoked the Defense Production Act, a wartime authority that allows him to direct industry to produce critical equipment, to confront the spiraling crisis over coronavirus pandemic. The act was established in 1950 during the Korean War following war powers legislation used during World War II to direct private […]
U.S. Navy Robot Submarine Would Be Able to Kill Without Human Control
March 9th, 2020Via: New Scientist: The US Navy is quietly developing armed robot submarines controlled by onboard artificial intelligence. The vessels could potentially kill without explicit human control. The Office of Naval Research is carrying out the project, known as CLAWS, which it describes in budget documents as an autonomous undersea weapon system for clandestine use. CLAWS […]
OIL DOWN 31%, S&P 500 LIMIT DOWN 5%
March 8th, 2020Holy shit. Via: Yahoo Finance: The world’s faltering effort to contain the coronavirus outbreak hammered stocks and crude oil on Sunday, as new cases surfacing across the U.S. amplified fears of a global downturn. Brent crude (BZ=F) prices collapsed, falling by as much as 31% on Sunday evening in what was the largest single-day drop […]
