Archive for the 'War' Category
ISIS Leader Reportedly Killed by U.S. Special Forces
October 26th, 2019Update: Russian Defense Ministry: We Are Unaware of Alleged Assistance in Baghdadi Operation Via: Reuters: Russian Ministry of Defense said on Sunday it was not aware of any assistance that Russia had allegedly provided to the U.S. air forces in the operation that targeted Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, state-run RIA news agency reported. […]
Microsoft Wins $10 Billion Pentagon Cloud Contract, Beating Amazon
October 26th, 2019Via: Bloomberg: Microsoft Corp. has won the sought-after JEDI cloud computing contract with the Pentagon valued at as much as $10 billion over a decade, dealing a blow to the market leader, Amazon.com Inc., which had been the front-runner. The decision, which was announced by the Defense Department late Friday, may be challenged by Amazon, […]
Military Algorithm Can Predict Illness 48 Hours Before Symptoms Show
October 25th, 2019Via: Nextgov: U.S. service members are strong but they’re still people, and people get sick sometimes. But when one gets sick at the last minute, that can have serious repercussions on their unit’s ability to execute critical missions. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency, or DTRA, is trying to get ahead of this problem by developing […]
Pence Tells Hong Kong Protesters in China Speech: “We Stand with You”
October 24th, 2019Via: Reuters: Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday accused China of curtailing “rights and liberties” in Hong Kong in a wide-ranging critique of Beijing’s behavior but also insisted that the United States does not seek confrontation or to “de-couple” from its main economic rival.
Life in the Most Drone-Bombed Country in the World
October 24th, 2019Via: MIT Technology Review: America’s longest war has turned Afghanistan into an unwilling testing ground for warfare technology. … Nearly 20 years in, and with the conflict once more intensifying, there are no signs of an ending.
SpaceX Plans to Start Offering Starlink Broadband Services in 2020
October 24th, 2019Global Lightning. Hmm. Via: Space News: Shotwell said many of the Starlink features are being tested by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory under a program called Global Lightning. SpaceX in December 2018 received a $28 million contract to test over the next three years different ways in which the military might use Starlink broadband […]
Tulsi Gabbard: “Toe The Line Or Be Destroyed”
October 23rd, 2019Gabbard thinks Al Queda did 9/11 and she’s polling near the bottom for the Democratic Presidential Nomination. But… Calling out Hillary as, “The queen of warmongers, embodiment of corruption, and personification of the rot that has sickened the Democratic Party for so long,” was pretty good! Via: ZeroHedge: Tulsi Gabbard unleashed her latest counterattack to […]
“We the People” Have Become “We the Police State”
October 23rd, 2019Via: The Rutherford Institute: We are fast becoming slaves in thrall to a faceless, nameless, bureaucratic totalitarian government machine that relentlessly erodes our freedoms through countless laws, statutes, and prohibitions. Book: Battlefield America: The War On The American People by John W. Whitehead
The Army Wants To Verify To The Stars Academy’s Fantastic UFO Mystery Material Claims
October 21st, 2019My commentary remains the same as in: Limited Hangout: ‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects: The missing trillions never comes up in conjunction with the mainstream media’s fascination with this Pentagon/CIA driven UFO narrative. However, the two are almost certainly related. Via: The Drive: Just yesterday, the U.S. Army confirmed that […]
Trump: “It’s Time to Bring Our Soldiers Back Home” – U.S. Troops Leaving Syria Going to Western Iraq
October 21st, 2019Via: USA Today: Defense Secretary Mark Esper says that under current plans all U.S. troops leaving Syria will go to western Iraq and the military will continue to conduct operations against the Islamic State group to prevent its resurgence. Speaking to reporters traveling with him to the Middle East, Esper did not rule out the […]
