Archive for the 'War' Category
Cyberspies Penetrate U.S. Electrical Grid, Leave Software That Could Disrupt System
April 8th, 2009Via: Wall Street Journal: Cyberspies have penetrated the U.S. electrical grid and left behind software programs that could be used to disrupt the system, according to current and former national-security officials. The spies came from China, Russia and other countries, these officials said, and were believed to be on a mission to navigate the U.S. […]
Somali Pirates Hijack U.S.-Flagged Container Ship; At Least 20 Americans On Board
April 8th, 2009Via: Reuters: Somali pirates seized a U.S.-flagged, Danish-owned container ship on Wednesday with at least 20 American crew on board in the latest of a sharp rise in attacks off the Horn of Africa nation, officials said. Andrew Mwangura, coordinator of the Mombasa-based East African Seafarers’ Assistance Programme, said the 17,000 tonne Maersk Alabama was […]
U.S. Fighter Jets Scrambled to Intercept Stolen Plane
April 7th, 2009Uh… Um. Hmm. I don’t have any idea what category to even use for this. I’ll just use War for now because it involves U.S. fighter planes. Via: Reuters: A pilot stole a small airplane in Canada on Monday and headed south, forcing U.S. military officials to scramble F-16 fighter jets to trail him, before […]
Thousands Flee Bomb Attacks by U.S. Drones
April 6th, 2009Via: Times: AMERICAN drone attacks on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan are causing a massive humanitarian emergency, Pakistani officials claimed after a new attack yesterday killed 13 people. The dead and injured included foreign militants, but women and children were also killed when two missiles hit a house in the village of Data Khel, […]
Active Thermitic Material Discovered in Dust from the 9/11 World Trade Center Catastrophe
April 5th, 2009Via: Global Research: We have discovered distinctive red/gray chips in all the samples we have studied of the dust produced by the destruction of the World Trade Center. Examination of four of these samples, collected from separate sites, is reported in this paper. These red/gray chips show marked similarities in all four samples. One sample […]
Gunman Kills Three Police Officers in Pittsburgh
April 5th, 2009Richard Poplawski had a dishonorable discharge from the U.S. Marines. This would prevent him from legally owning firearms. It might be interesting to learn how he obtained the weapons. Via: New York Times: In a scene that neighbors described as a four-hour-long war zone, three police officers were fatally shot and two others wounded Saturday […]
Aircraft Could be Brought Down by DIY ‘E-Bombs’
April 2nd, 2009What they could do to airplanes is child’s play compared to what they could do to a datacenter. Via: New Scientist: ELECTROMAGNETIC pulse weapons capable of frying the electronics in civil airliners can be built using information and components available on the net, warn counterterrorism analysts. All it would take to bring a plane down […]
Max Keiser on Bankers Bonuses… And Heroin
April 1st, 2009You guys will love this. Via: Solari: Max Keiser: ….they (Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan et al) are systematically undermining the entire system. They are creating a mechanism to carve out equity and capital for themselves at the expense of society at large. So in the United States, unemployment is skyrocketing. The uninsured is skyrocketing. The […]
North Korea Has Two Nuclear Warheads for Missile, Kyodo Reports
March 31st, 2009Forget the grain of salt. Take it with a 5 KG salt lick, like I give my cows. Anything is possible, but because of the timing, this sounds like preaction PSYOP to me. Just guessing. Via: Bloomberg: North Korea has two nuclear warheads it can load on its mid-range Rodong missile, Japan’s Kyodo News reported, […]
Economist Intelligence Unit: Manning the Barricades
March 28th, 2009Here are EIU’s probabilities on how the economic crisis will unfold: Scenario 1: Stimulus stabilizes system — 60% chance Scenario 2: Stimulus fails, leading to depression — 30% chance Scenario 3: Dollar collapse, social unrest, violent protest — 10% chance If I was forced to guess, these would be my numbers: Scenario 1: Stimulus stabilizes […]
