Archive for the 'War' Category
‘Syria Has Largely Disappeared from the Internet’
May 8th, 2013Via: Washington Post: Both Google and a Web security company called Umbrella Security Labs are indicating that the entire country of Syria may have been severed from the Internet. The outage appears to have begun at 2:45 p.m. Eastern time, or 9:45 p.m. in Syria. According to a blog post by Umbrella’s chief technology officer […]
Air Force’s Sexual Assault Prevention Chief Arrested for Sexual Assault
May 7th, 2013Via: CBS: An Air Force officer was arrested for sexual assault. The remarkable thing is the accused man was the chief of the Air Force sexual assault prevention unit. The mug shot of Lt. Col. Jeff Krusinski shows signs of struggle on his face. The police report alleges that a drunken Krusinski “approached a female […]
Alex Rovt, The Fertilizer Baron Of Manhattan
May 6th, 2013This is from 2012, but it’s a keeper. Would someone out there please email this story to Joel and Ethan Coen? This could make Miller’s Crossing look like Sunday School. Via: Bloomberg: Everyone looking to unload overleveraged or overpriced property, another broker who dealt with Rovt told me, is now chasing a stereotype: the Ukrainian […]
This Is The World’s First Entirely 3D-Printed Gun (Needs a Nail for the Firing Pin)
May 5th, 2013Via: Forbes: Eight months ago, Cody Wilson set out to create the world’s first entirely 3D-printable handgun. Now he has. Early next week, Wilson, a 25-year-old University of Texas law student and founder of the non-profit group Defense Distributed, plans to release the 3D-printable CAD files for a gun he calls “the Liberator,” pictured in […]
Former Bush Regime Official: Chemical Weapons Use in Syria May Be Israeli False Flag Operation
May 5th, 2013Update: UN Has Testimony that Syrian Rebels Used Sarin Gas Via: Reuters: U.N. human rights investigators have gathered testimony from casualties of Syria’s civil war and medical staff indicating that rebel forces have used the nerve agent sarin, one of the lead investigators said on Sunday. The United Nations independent commission of inquiry on Syria […]
Israel Attacks Syria Again
May 5th, 2013Via: CNN: A Syrian official called an attack Sunday on the nation’s military research facility a “declaration of war” by Israel. In an interview with CNN, Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal al Mekdad said the attack represented an alliance between Islamic terrorists and Israel. He added that Syria would retaliate against Israel in its own time […]
Israeli Aircraft Bomb Target in Syria
May 4th, 2013Via: New York Times: Israel aircraft bombed a target in Syria overnight Thursday, an Obama administration official said Friday night, as United States officials said they were considering military options, including carrying out their own airstrikes. American officials did not provide details on the target of the Israeli strike. But in late January, Israel carried […]
RoboBee
May 3rd, 2013It requires a tether for power and control, but who knows how long that constraint will last… Via: Christian Science Monitor: The successful controlled flight of the tiny RoboBee – designed by a team at Harvard – represents a key step in the development of insect-size drones with a range of potential uses. A robotic […]
Digital Camera System Based on Insect Eyes
May 3rd, 2013Via: The Verge: Samsung may claim its smartphones are inspired by nature, but researchers at the University of Illinois are taking that concept much farther — they’ve designed a new digital camera system that draws from the eyes of insects. The system, which relies on a large range of miniscule focusing lenses and detectors arranged […]
Obama Regime to Ship Arms Directly to Syrian Rebels
May 1st, 2013The U.S. has been supplying weapons to the Syrian rebels for months through third countries. Let’s just get over this nonsense about pretending that it hasn’t been happening all along. Via: Washington Post: President Obama is preparing to send lethal weaponry to the Syrian opposition and has taken steps to assert more aggressive U.S. leadership […]
