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WTF Is Happening in Charlottesville?
August 12th, 2017Scroll down, check out the photo gallery!? Via: Daily Mail: At least one person is dead after a driver intentionally plowed into a group of anti-fascist protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, following violent clashes that erupted between white nationalists and activists on Saturday. James Alex Fields Jr, of Maumee, Ohio, is being held at the Albemarle-Charlottesville […]
Trump Threatens Venezuela with Unspecified ‘Military Option’
August 11th, 2017Via: Reuters: U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday threatened military intervention in Venezuela, a surprise escalation in Washington’s response to Venezuela’s political crisis. Venezuela has appeared to slide toward a more volatile stage of unrest in recent days, with anti-government forces looting weapons from a military base after a new legislative body usurped the authority […]
The Strange Case of Wyndham Lathem, Andrew Warren and Trenton James Cornell-Duranleau
August 8th, 2017Update: Latham Was Denied Security Clearance to Work in France I wonder if French intelligence suspected or knew that he was contracting for U.S. DoD or intel agencies… This article suggest that, “It may have been due to internal politics at the institution.” Although, if it was some sort of hissy fit at the institution […]
New Zealand: Solar Battery Packs May Have to Be Stored Outside in Fireproof Enclosure Under Proposed New Rules
August 7th, 2017Disclosure: I sell solar power systems in New Zealand. — Behold, the batshit insane machinations of an out of control retail electricity cartel in its death throes. Via: Stuff: A new proposed battery safety standard would stop the installation of solar power systems’ battery packs, which have been described as the “future of energy”. Consultation […]
Blackwater Founder Wants to Provide a “Turn Key” Mercenary Air Force for Afghanistan
August 6th, 2017Via: The Drive: Though a debate remains over the exact reasons why, it’s increasingly widely accepted that the United States and its allies are not winning the fight against insurgents in Afghanistan at the moment. One suggestion for how to turn things around – unsurprisingly proffered up by the infamous Erik Prince and Stephen A. […]
This Mysterious Military Spy Plane Has Been Flying Circles Over Seattle For Days
August 5th, 2017Via: The Drive: A very unique USAF surveillance aircraft has been flying highly defined circles over Seattle and its various suburbs for nine days now. Nobody at the DoD seems to know who the aircraft belongs to or what exactly it is doing flying so many missions over the Seattle area. But based on its […]
‘Apple’s Silence in China Sets a Dangerous Precedent’
July 31st, 2017Dangerous precedent? I think it’s more of a dangerous precedent du jour. Apple blocks apps for the Chinese regime. Yes, that’s bad. But Cisco built China’s god damned Great Firewall in the first place! In mentioning Apple’s, “Dangerous Precedent,” this New York Times article doesn’t mention Cisco at all. I’m definitely not defending Apple—their manufacturing […]
Wall Street Journal Editorial Writer Found Dead
July 21st, 2017Via: Wall Street Journal: Joseph Rago, a Pulitzer Prize winning editorial writer at The Wall Street Journal who was known for his richly reported pieces and influence on policy makers, was found dead Thursday evening at his home in Manhattan. He was 34 years old. The New York Police Department found Mr. Rago dead in […]
Elon Musk Claims U.S. Approval for World’s Longest Tunnel
July 21st, 2017My guess is that there are so many secret underground facilities in and around Washington DC that this will simply not happen. But if this does somehow get approved, an additional guess is that you’ll be able to slap a Mr. Fusion on your Tesla before the DC hyperloop is running. In any event, Musk […]
Former Haiti Government Official Shoots Himself in the Head in Miami-Area Hotel
July 17th, 2017Via: Miami Herald: Klaus Eberwein, a former Haitian government official, was found dead Tuesday in a South Dade motel room in what the Miami-Dade medical examiner’s office is ruling a suicide. “He shot himself in the head,” said Veronica Lamar, Miami-Dade medical examiner records supervisor. She listed his time of death at 12:19 p.m. The […]
