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Trump Announces Golden Dome Missile Shield
May 21st, 2025[???] Via: The War Zone: The Golden Dome missile defense system will cost about $175 billion and be operational “in less than three years” with “a success rate close to 100%,” President Donald Trump declared Tuesday afternoon as he shared new details about his ambitious, very expensive, and controversial missile defense shield for the U.S. […]
Australia’s Unrealized Gains Tax Will Be A Lesson In Economic Suicide
May 20th, 2025Via: QTR Fringe Finance: Australia’s new move to tax unrealized capital gains is one of the most reckless policy decisions I’ve ever seen — and keep in mind, I had front row seats to an “Inflation Reduction Act” that added more than $1 trillion in spending. Taxing unrealized gains is equal parts outright fucking mathematically […]
OpenAI’s Stargate AI Facility in Texas Will Consume 1 Gigawatt of Power
May 20th, 2025The scale is very wild… Via: Bloomberg: In other news, Musk wrote, “Colossus 2 will be the first Gigawatt AI training supercluster.” Colossus 2 will be the first Gigawatt AI training supercluster https://t.co/HPjEeqg3be — Kekius Maximus (@elonmusk) May 20, 2025 Related: AI’s Energy Footprint
Scott Adams Dying of Cancer
May 19th, 2025I’m starting to hear about friends and family members who had health concerns, went to see their doctors and learned that they were facing end stage cancers with weeks to live. All vaxxed and boosted. Coincidences, of course. Adams doesn’t mention how long he has been dealing with this, or whether it has anything to […]
James Comey Taken Into Custody by Secret Service, Investigated for Making ‘Threat’ Against Donald Trump
May 18th, 2025Via: Daily Mail: Former FBI Director James Comey was escorted from his home to be interviewed by the Secret Service about a social media post that Republicans insisted was a call for violence against President Donald Trump. CNN showed video of Comey, 64, leaving his house in his suburban Virginia and heading to the Secret […]
“Two People Familiar with the Matter” Claim Undocumented Cellular Radios Found in Chinese Solar Inverters, Batteries
May 15th, 2025While this wouldn’t surprise me in the least, the article is very thin on details. It doesn’t include any evidence at all to support the claims. Hopefully, this will get security researchers looking into the matter and publicly outing the manufacturers and models of the offending products. Via: Reuters: U.S. energy officials are reassessing the […]
Interferometer Device Sees Text from a Mile Away
May 14th, 2025Via: Physics Magazine: One of astronomers’ tricks for observing distant objects is intensity interferometry, which involves comparing the intensity fluctuations recorded at two separate telescopes. Researchers have now applied this technique to the imaging of remote objects on Earth. They developed a system that uses multiple laser beams to illuminate a distant target and uses […]
Turning Qatar’s Gifted 747 Into Air Force One Will Be Anything But Free
May 13th, 2025Via: The War Zone: Trump rightly said only “a stupid person” would turn down the free Qatari jet, but transforming it into Air Force One for a few years of service doesn’t appear realistic.
Qatar Offers Trump Administration ‘Palace in the Sky’
May 11th, 2025Via: ABC: In what may be the most valuable gift ever extended to the United States from a foreign government, the Trump administration is preparing to accept a super luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from the royal family of Qatar — a gift that is to be available for use by President Donald Trump as […]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Plans to Photograph Everyone Exiting the U.S. by Car
May 10th, 2025“They are locking this place down, and it’s going to be for everyone.” Via: Wired: United States Customs and Border Protection plans to log every person leaving the country by vehicle by taking photos at border crossings of every passenger and matching their faces to their passports, visas, or travel documents, WIRED has learned. The […]
