Archive for April, 2018
Japan Activates First Marines Since WW2 to Bolster Defenses Against China
April 7th, 2018Via: Reuters: Japan on Saturday activated its first marine unit since World War Two trained to counter invaders occupying Japanese islands along the edge of the East China Sea that Tokyo fears are vulnerable to attack by China.
How China Can Win a Trade War in 1 Move
April 6th, 2018Via: The Week: China will not be easily cowed in a trade dispute. Chinese President Xi Jinping is now exchanging threats of tit-for-tat tariffs with President Trump, who announced Thursday he’s considering raising the stakes another $100 billion. China vowed to defend itself “at any cost.” Compared to the scale of the U.S. economy, the […]
Body of CDC Worker Who Mysteriously Disappeared in February Found in a River
April 5th, 2018Via: Business Insider: The mystery surrounding the February disappearance of a 35-year-old Centres for Disease Control and Prevention worker ended tragically this week, with the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department finding the CDC commander’s body in a river late Tuesday evening. The Atlanta Police Department confirmed to Business Insider that Timothy Cunningham’s body was recovered in […]
China, Holding Treasuries, Keeps ‘Nuclear Option’ in U.S. Trade War
April 4th, 2018Via: Reuters: It took China just 11 hours to retaliate against the United States for proposing tariffs on some 1,300 Chinese products, but Chinese officials are holding back on taking aim at their largest American import: government debt. In a tit-for-tat response to the Trump administration’s plan for 25 percent duties on $50 billion of […]
The Assassination Complex
April 4th, 2018Via: The Intercept: The Intercept has obtained a cache of secret slides that provides a window into the inner workings of the U.S. military’s kill/capture operations at a key time in the evolution of the drone wars — between 2011 and 2013. The documents, which also outline the internal views of special operations forces on […]
Baltimore Police Robbed Homeless People and Resold Confiscated Heroin and Ecstasy Back on the Street
April 4th, 2018Via: Daily Mail: It was a case that would rock Baltimore to its core. An elite police squad robbing its own citizens, stealing thousands of dollars and re-selling confiscated drugs. There were homeless men and construction workers who were robbed, prisoners who claimed they were framed, and a shed where ecstasy and heroin were stored. […]
Why Americans Are Avoiding the Doctor
April 4th, 2018Via: MarketWatch: Between a third and a half of people age 45 to 59 and a quarter of those 60+ went without needed health care in the past year due to its cost, according to a troubling new survey from the West Health Institute and NORC at the University of Chicago. “We were surprised by […]
Southern California: Man Rents Garden Sheds in His Backyard for $750/Month
April 4th, 2018Via: Craig’s List: I have three small PRIVATE resin cabins right behind my home for professional Adults Working males only. That work away from home and/or travels a great deal. Must be Honest, Quiet, Clean, Reliable, and must be employed with a secure Job and have no problem paying the Rent ON Time and in […]
Zipline’s Bigger, Faster Drones Will Deliver Blood in the United States This Year
April 4th, 2018Via: IEEE Spectrum: The delivery drone startup has been operating in Rwanda since October of 2016, using small autonomous fixed-wing aircraft to paradrop critical blood products to rural medical clinics. The system is able to get blood from a centralized distribution center to where it’s needed in minutes, independent of time of day, traffic, or […]
NASA Hires Lockheed Martin to Build Quiet Supersonic X-Plane
April 3rd, 2018Via: space.com: NASA has taken a huge leap forward in its quest to create an aircraft that can travel faster than the speed of sound without causing the ear-splitting sonic boom. The space agency announced today (April 2) that it has awarded the aerospace company Lockheed Martin a $247.5 million contract to design and build […]
