Archive for the 'War' Category
George W. Obama
January 17th, 2010Via: Village Voice: Before President Obama, it was grimly accurate to write, as I often did in the Voice, that George W. Bush came into the presidency with no discernible background in constitutional civil liberties or any acquaintance with the Constitution itself. Accordingly, he turned the “war on terror” over to Dick Cheney and Donald […]
Pantex Nuclear Weapons Plant on Lockdown
January 15th, 2010UPDATE: Hunters Via: Connect Amarillo: Two Pantex employees seen hunting near the plant Friday morning caused the nuclear weapons facility to be placed on lockdown. Carson County Sheriff Tam Terry told Pronews 7 that someone called just after 7:30am Friday morning to report seeing two individuals with guns close to the plant. Pantex activated its […]
Chinese Operation Against Google Involved Accessing the Firm’s Internal Intercept Systems
January 14th, 2010Via: Computer World: Drummond said that the hackers never got into Gmail accounts via the Google hack, but they did manage to get some “account information (such as the date the account was created) and subject line.” That’s because they apparently were able to access a system used to help Google comply with search warrants […]
Obama Regime Wants Record $708 for Defense Department, Plus $33 Billion More for War Escalation
January 14th, 2010Via: AP: President Barack Obama will ask Congress for an additional $33 billion to fight unpopular wars in Afghanistan and Iraq on top of a record $708 billion for the Defense Department next year, The Associated Press has learned – a request that could be an especially hard sell to some of the administration’s Democratic […]
Google Considers Pulling Out of China and Will Provide Uncensored Search Results in Wake of Chinese Information Warfare Operations
January 13th, 2010Via: GoogleBlog: These attacks and the surveillance they have uncovered–combined with the attempts over the past year to further limit free speech on the web–have led us to conclude that we should review the feasibility of our business operations in China. We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on […]
Israeli Military Robots
January 12th, 2010Via: Wall Street Journal: Israel is developing an army of robotic fighting machines that offers a window onto the potential future of warfare. Sixty years of near-constant war, a low tolerance for enduring casualties in conflict, and its high-tech industry have long made Israel one of the world’s leading innovators of military robotics. “We’re trying […]
‘Fonz’ Thanked for Bringing Clinton to NZ
January 11th, 2010Anyone who thinks that U.S. billionaires are good for New Zealand should travel to the U.S. to inspect the aftermath of their handy work. In other news: We just roll over, put our legs in the air, and say ‘do what you like to us’. NZ, US Set to Resume Joint Military Drills Lockheed May […]
Two Former Blackwater Guards Charged with Murder
January 8th, 2010Via: BBC: Two US men have been charged over the murder of two Afghans after a traffic accident in Kabul last May. Justin Cannon, 27, and Chris Drotleff, 29, worked for a subsidiary of security firm Xe, formerly known as Blackwater. The men were sacked after the incident for failing to comply with the terms […]
And Now… DARPA’s Flying Car Program
January 5th, 2010*chortle* Via: Network World: Military scientists are looking to ramp up research and development of a flying military vehicle that will hold up to 4 people and have the ability to launch vertically and soar when necessary. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will this month hold its first Proposers’ Day Workshop in support […]
“The Crotch Bomber” Is Another Dupe
January 4th, 2010Via: Veterans Today: When nothing adds up, its time we starting looking at what we know. Our recent terrorist, now dubbed “the crotch bomber” is another dupe. He could have been working for anyone, drugged, brainwashed or simply influenced, maybe by crazy Arabs, maybe by the Mossad, maybe by the CIA. We only know the […]
