Archive for October, 2019
Secretive Military Spaceplane Lands in Florida After Record-Long Orbital Flight
October 27th, 2019I’m thinking: Kinetic bombardment. Ground attack capability from orbit; projectiles, accelerated mostly by gravity, maybe launched with a bit of cold gas. What’s your guess? Via: Reuters: The Pentagon’s secretive X-37B spaceplane landed in Florida on Sunday after a record-long orbital flight lasting more than two years, the U.S. Air Force said, capping the latest […]
New Zealand Herald’s Mass Lobotomy Media Operation
October 27th, 2019Presenting the most important news in New Zealand, according to this useless rag. Not Photoshopped. Not satire. The top story, complete with breaking news alert crawler, which interrupted the endless deluge of sportsball top stories: “Outrage after woman seen driving in Auckland with toddler on lap.”
Primitive Technology: A Survivalist’s Guide to Building Tools, Shelters, and More in the Wild
October 27th, 2019My children and I have been watching John’s Primitive Technology channel for years. Highly recommended. Here’s his new book: Primitive Technology: A Survivalist’s Guide to Building Tools, Shelters, and More in the Wild Hardcover by John Plant.
Putting Federal Debt In Perspective Against Those Responsible In The Future
October 27th, 2019Via: Economica: Since 2007, US federal debt has risen 150% while annual US births (legal and otherwise) have fallen almost 14%. Said otherwise, over the dozen years since 2007, federal debt has increased by $13.8 trillion while 5.2 million fewer births have occurred over the same period than the Census projected. This is probably worth […]
Skylon’s SABRE Engine Precooler Passes a Big Test
October 27th, 2019Via: Universe Today: Recently, Reaction Engines passed a major milestone with the development of their SABRE engine. As the company announced earlier this week (on Tues. Oct. 22nd), their engineers conducted a successful test of a vital component – the engine’s heat exchange element (aka. precooler). What’s more, the test involved airflow temperatures equivalent to […]
Tesla Summon: “A Tragedy Waiting to Happen”
October 27th, 2019The “Summon” feature is cringe inducing. Fully autonomous robotaxis in a year or two? No way. Via: ZeroHedge: Seemingly undeterred by disturbing video on social media and a regulator inquiry into the company, Tesla continues to forge forward blindly and recklessly into the realm of autonomy. Most recently, Tesla said on its conference call Wednesday […]
As Secret Pentagon Spending Rises, Defense Firms Cash in
October 27th, 2019Via: Defense One: The share of Pentagon spending hidden from public view is rising, as are defense contractors’ revenues from it. The U.S. Defense Department’s overall budget request increased nearly 5 percent from 2019 to 2020, but classified spending rose 6 percent, according to the consulting firm Avascent. It accounts for about $76 billion, or […]
Californians Brace For 10 Years Of Blackouts
October 27th, 2019Via: ZeroHedge: With the state of California set to experience the “biggest blackout ever” as a violent windstorm forces local utilities PG&E, Edison and Sempra to shut off power to millions of residents over fears a broken transmission line could trigger another massive fire, resulting in billions in legal costs, a dismal reality is starting […]
ISIS Leader Reportedly Killed by U.S. Special Forces
October 26th, 2019Update: Russian Defense Ministry: We Are Unaware of Alleged Assistance in Baghdadi Operation Via: Reuters: Russian Ministry of Defense said on Sunday it was not aware of any assistance that Russia had allegedly provided to the U.S. air forces in the operation that targeted Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, state-run RIA news agency reported. […]
Microsoft Wins $10 Billion Pentagon Cloud Contract, Beating Amazon
October 26th, 2019Via: Bloomberg: Microsoft Corp. has won the sought-after JEDI cloud computing contract with the Pentagon valued at as much as $10 billion over a decade, dealing a blow to the market leader, Amazon.com Inc., which had been the front-runner. The decision, which was announced by the Defense Department late Friday, may be challenged by Amazon, […]
