Archive for the 'War' Category
Exploding H-Bombs In Space
July 3rd, 2010Via: NPR: Back in the summer of 1962, the U.S. blew up a hydrogen bomb in outer space, some 250 miles above the Pacific Ocean. It was a weapons test, but one that created a man-made light show that has never been equaled — and hopefully never will.
21 Dead in Mexican Gang Gun Battle Near U.S. Border
July 2nd, 2010Via: AP: A massive gun battle between rival drug and migrant-trafficking gangs near the U.S. border left 21 people dead on Thursday, prosecutors said. The clash occurred in a sparsely populated area about 12 miles (20 kilometers) from the Arizona border — a prime corridor for immigrant and drug smuggling. Sonora’s Attorney General’s Office said […]
Blair to Receive U.S. Peace Medal
July 1st, 2010Tell me another one. Via: BBC: Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair is to receive a prestigious US medal and $100,000 (£67,000) prize for his work in conflict resolution. The National Constitution Centre is awarding him its Liberty Medal for “steadfast” efforts to broker peace in Northern Ireland and the Middle East. Previous winners include […]
To Reach Afghans, Pentagon Drafts Mimes, Storytellers, Wizard of Oz
June 27th, 2010In summary, the U.S. military is aware that “American Culture” is a strategic weapon that is capable of defeating an enemy, or entire populations, without necessarily having to kill them. The U.S. military, however, must and will kill in order to allow “American Culture” into a society in order to repurpose it. Military failures will […]
The Secret X-37B Space Plane: Now Tracked in Real Time
June 27th, 2010Thanks to the good and dear freaks at n2yo.com.
DARPA Push: Solar Cells Tough Enough to Handle a War
June 26th, 2010Via: Wired: For years, the military has made on-again, off-again attempts to find eco-friendly ways to get power war-zones, bases and drones. And lately, they’ve seemed willing to try almost anything to do it. In the last year alone, the military’s funded projects that’d turn ocean water into liquid fuel and use dye inspired by […]
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June 26th, 20109 on Amazon Via: Wikipedia: The Scientist created the B.R.A.I.N. (or the Fabrication Machine) for peaceful purposes. However, the “Leader of Mankind” took control of the machine and used it to wage war on other humans. Lacking a soul, the machine was corrupted and turned on mankind, wiping them out. The Scientist constructed nine rag […]
“Kill TV” in the “Death Star”
June 26th, 2010Via: New Zealand Herald: They called it the “Death Star” because according to one source who worked inside it, “you could just reach out with a finger and eliminate” somebody. On the walls were television screens, known by the special forces boys as “Kill TV”, where footage from image-intensifier cameras of the enemy being blown […]
The Runaway General
June 26th, 2010This is a decent article, but I’m not sure what to take away from it. I was reading the article mainly to see what all the fuss was about; the dramatic summoning of McChrystal to the White House, the resignation, the media obsessed with talk of insubordination, etc. The comments that were critical of the […]
McChrystal Called Back to Washington Over Comments Made to Rolling Stone
June 22nd, 2010Via: Washington Post: The top U.S. general in Afghanistan was headed to Washington early Tuesday for an impromptu White House meeting, after apologizing for an upcoming magazine article that portrays him and his staff as flippant and dismissive of top Obama administration officials involved in Afghanistan policy. The profile in Rolling Stone magazine, titled the […]
