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Canada: No Plans to Clamp Down at Border to Deter Illegal Immigrants Fleeing U.S.
March 6th, 2017I’m no rocket scientist, but if “hundreds” are willing to take the shoe leather express to Canada in February and March, what’s going to happen when the snow melts? Via: Reuters: Canada will not tighten its border to deter migrants crossing illegally from the United States in the wake of a U.S. immigration crackdown because […]
Aussie’s Weird Immigration Interview in the U.S.
March 5th, 2017Via: news.com.au: “Have you been here before?” “Yes.” “How long are you here?” “10 days.” “What will you be doing?” “Vacationing.” Thornton told news.com.au he got the sense he was about to be allowed in, so he picked up his bags as the officer asked one last question. “What do you do for a living?” […]
Electronic Energy Meters’ False Readings Almost Six Times Higher Than Actual Energy Consumption
March 4th, 2017Via: Science Bulletin: Some electronic energy meters can give false readings that are up to 582% higher than actual energy consumption. This emerged from a study carried out by the University of Twente (UT), in collaboration with the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS). Professor Frank Leferink of the UT estimates that potentially inaccurate meters […]
Trump Open to Legal Status for Some Undocumented Immigrants in Sharp Departure from Campaign Stance
February 28th, 2017Just after the election, I wrote, “What’s he going to do? Deploy the U.S. Marines to places like Santa Ana and wide swaths of Los Angeles County? Good luck with that.” Maybe someone finally convinced him that mass roundups would go very badly. Via: CNBC: President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is open to legal […]
U.S. WC-135 Nuclear Sniffer Plane Left UK, Heading Towards Norway and the Barents Sea
February 23rd, 2017Via: The Aviationist: The WC-135 Constant Phoenix has launched from RAF Mildenhall earlier today for a mission towards northern Europe and the Barents Sea. Interestingly, an RC-135W spyplane has launched from the same base on the same route. What’s their mission? … Whereas it was not the first time the Constant Phoenix visited the British […]
White House Denies Report it Might Call up National Guard for Immigration Roundup
February 17th, 2017This is what I wrote on election day: The thing about Trump that scares the crap out of me the most is his pledge to round up people who are in the U.S. illegally. I’m very much for securing the border. I’m not for mass arrests. Danger. Danger. Red flag. What’s he going to do? […]
AI-Powered Body Cams for Police
February 17th, 2017Via: Vocativ: The police body camera industry is the latest to jump on the artificial intelligence bandwagon, bringing new powers and privacy concerns to a controversial technology bolstered by the need to hold police accountable after numerous high-profile killings of unarmed black citizens. Now, that tech is about to get smarter. Last week, Taser, the […]
Elon Musk Is Really Boring
February 17th, 2017Via: Bloomberg: As Musk tells it, the L.A. traffic jam was a breaking point. Screw it, he thought, I’ll do tunnels myself. Within days of his tweetstorm, he acquired a domain name—BoringCompany.com—and appointed a leader for the project, Steve Davis, a senior SpaceX engineer who designed the guidance systems for the company’s first rocket. The […]
Flynn’s Takedown, “A Soft Coup”
February 14th, 2017In case anyone is keeping score, there was a faction allied with Trump that claimed that they were going to steal the election from Hillary, who was obviously well into the process of stealing the election for herself (see Bernie). Post election, Hillary’s faction obviously hasn’t just shrugged its shoulders and said, “Oh well.” Via: […]
Insane Video of Oroville Dam Main Spillway Damage
February 13th, 2017Via: SacBee:
