U.S. Senator Says Ukraine Is “Sitting on $10 to $12 Trillion of Critical Minerals… The Best Business Partner We Ever Dreamed Of”
June 27th, 2024Via: Geopolitical Economy:
A prominent US lawmaker has referred to Ukraine as a “gold mine”, insisting the West must maintain access to the trillions of dollars worth of critical minerals located in the country.
“They’re sitting on $10 to $12 trillion of critical minerals in Ukraine”, said Senator Lindsey Graham.
“They could be the richest country in all of Europe. I don’t want to give that money and those assets to Putin to share with China”, he added.
NASA Awards SpaceX Contract to Destroy International Space Station in 2030
June 27th, 2024Via: NASA:
NASA announced SpaceX has been selected to develop and deliver the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle that will provide the capability to deorbit the space station and ensure avoidance of risk to populated areas.
“Selecting a U.S. Deorbit Vehicle for the International Space Station will help NASA and its international partners ensure a safe and responsible transition in low Earth orbit at the end of station operations. This decision also supports NASA’s plans for future commercial destinations and allows for the continued use of space near Earth,” said Ken Bowersox, associate administrator for Space Operations Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “The orbital laboratory remains a blueprint for science, exploration, and partnerships in space for the benefit of all.”
While the company will develop the deorbit spacecraft, NASA will take ownership after development and operate it throughout its mission. Along with the space station, it is expected to destructively breakup as part of the re-entry process.
Meet the Australian Media
June 26th, 2024Meet the Australian media. pic.twitter.com/IyiEqihPkb
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) June 26, 2024
Supreme Court Tosses Case Over Biden Coercion Of Social Media
June 26th, 2024
Via: ZeroHedge:
The Supreme Court on Wednesday tossed a case claiming that the Biden administration unlawfully coerced social media companies into removing content and banning users based on political views.
In a 6-3 decision, the Court found that the plaintiffs did not have standing to sue – as opposed to tossing the case on merit – just like the vast majority of election fraud cases which didn’t make it past lower courts.
Clearly it was easier to punt this one than focus on the mountain of evidence that the Biden administration and US intelligence agencies were directly pressuring social media platforms to censor free speech disfavorable to the regime.
WikiLeaks DNC Email Archive Appears to Have Been Removed, But Not Recently
June 26th, 2024The WikiLeaks DNC email archive appears to have been removed, but not recently. I checked Internet Archive and I had to go back to 2022 to get a working snapshot.
The WikiLeaks search index still contains pointers to the files, but the files themselves are resulting in “Internal Server Error” as of now. If you check Internet Archive, you’ll see that the DNC email archive was removed at some point in 2022.
Other files, such as the Hillary Clinton emails, are loading fine.
U.S. Diplomat Found Dead in Kyiv Hotel
June 26th, 2024Via: Newsweek:
A U.S. Embassy staffer has been found dead in Ukraine’s capital, according to local media.
The body of the unnamed embassy attaché was found Tuesday at Kyiv’s Hilton Hotel, online newspaper Strana UA reported Wednesday, citing law enforcement sources.
Batteries as a Military Enabler
June 25th, 2024Via: War on the Rocks:
The larger and more sophisticated the Chinese battery complex becomes, the more likely it is to secure technological advances in next-generation solid-state batteries that could revolutionize energy or transform military affairs. It could also leverage its existing industrial capabilities in lithium-ion batteries to scale deployments of unmanned and manned aerial and maritime systems.
Taylor Swift: Post Concert Amnesia [???]
June 25th, 2024Do you think this is real?
Via: MinutesOfHorror:
Finland to Start Offering Bird Flu Vaccinations to Some Workers
June 25th, 2024Via: Reuters:
Finland plans to offer preemptive bird flu vaccination as soon as next week to some workers with exposure to animals, health authorities said on Tuesday, making it the first country in the world to do so.
The Nordic country has bought vaccines for 10,000 people, each consisting of two injections, as part of a joint EU procurement of up to 40 million doses for 15 nations from manufacturer CSL Seqirus.
The Australian company in a statement to Reuters said Finland would be the first country to roll out the vaccine.
“The vaccine will be offered to those aged 18 or over who are at increased risk of contracting avian influenza due to their work or other circumstances,” the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) said in a statement.
Northrop Grumman’s Manta Ray Submersible Drone Spotted in Google Satellite Image
June 24th, 2024It’s fascinating how the autonomous death robots can harvest energy from the environment, giving them “near unlimited” range. They can also “hibernate” on the seafloor:
In order to achieve this, Northrop’s demonstration vehicle features “energy-saving technologies,” the exact nature of which remain murky, allowing it to anchor on the seafloor and hibernate in a low-power state, Northrop claims.
However, along with Seatrec, a renewable-energy company, Northrop has also designed energy-harvesting technology ostensibly capable of powering Manta Ray over near-unlimited distances and durations.
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DARPA/Northrop Grumman Manta Ray https://t.co/xv2j4cJVhb pic.twitter.com/DWBOLwcRKo
— cryptogon (@cryptogon) June 25, 2024
Via: The Warzone:
We are finally getting a clear idea of just how big Northrop Grumman’s Manta Ray submersible drone is, with satellite images showing it in port looking like something that just landed on Tatooine. Manta Ray is being developed under a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) program that is focused on demonstrating a new category of very-long-endurance uncrewed naval platform that could be configured to perform a host of different missions. You can read more about what is known about the design, which had already been shown to be much larger than was originally understood, in our past reporting here.
Satellite images taken in November 2023 and April of this year that are now available through Google Earth show the Manta Ray docked at the Port Hueneme naval base in California. Port Hueneme, which is part of the U.S. Navy’s larger Naval Base Ventura County, is home to the Naval Surface Warfare Center-Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) and is a major research and development and test and evaluation hub.
