911 Lines Down Across U.S.
September 28th, 2020Via: Sun:
POLICE departments across the country Monday night reported their 911 systems nonoperational – and it’s reportedly due to a Microsoft Office 360 outage.
“As of 5 p.m., City phones and emails are experiencing intermittent outages related to a larger Microsoft 365 outage,” the City of Redmond, Washington tweeted. “We are hoping the issue is resolved shortly. Sorry for any inconvenience.”
The San Diego Sphere
September 28th, 2020Via: It’s [redacted]:
On September 10th, 2014, Rick Ybarra pulled into his driveway near San Diego, CA around 6:45pm when he noticed a sphere in the sky. A retired Department of Defense therapist who worked at Naval Base San Diego and Submarine Base Point Loma, we recently spoke to him about the sighting.
Silicon Valley Raging Psychopaths
September 28th, 2020Via: New York Post:
The patron saint of Big Tech douches, the one who inspired an entire generation of start-up entrepreneurs to put their worst face forward, was late Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs. He disliked wearing shoes (or showering), preferred parking in handicapped parking spots and once motivated employees by calling them “f–king d–kless assholes.”
“His legacy has cultivated an indelible association between being a jerk and a genius,” writes Gavet. “Which has ballooned to the point where many people believe that a founder-CEO, in particular, actually has to be a jerk to be a genius.”
Trump Frequently Paid No Federal Income Taxes in Years Leading Up to Presidency
September 28th, 2020Via: Reuters:
President Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes in both 2016 and 2017, after years of reporting heavy losses from his business enterprises to offset hundreds of millions of dollars in income, the New York Times reported on Sunday, citing tax-return data.
Ilhan Omar Connected Ballot Harvester in Cash-for-Ballots Scheme
September 28th, 2020This looks like a mission playthrough out of a Grand Theft Auto game.
Via: Project Veritas:
Dream-Shaping Tech from MIT Channels Suggestions Into Your Dreams
September 26th, 2020Via: LiveScience:
MIT scientists have figured out how to manipulate your dreams by combining an app with a sleep-tracking device called Dormio. In their new study, the researchers were able to insert certain topics into a person’s dreams, with some pretty bizarre outcomes.
The Rise of Skyborg: Air Force Betting on New Robotic Wingman
September 26th, 2020Via: National Defense Magazine:
The “Skyborg” program is one of the service’s top science-and-technology priorities under the “Vanguard” initiative to deliver game-changing capabilities to its warfighters.
The aim is to acquire relatively inexpensive, attritable unmanned aircraft that can leverage artificial intelligence and accompany manned fighter jets into battle.
“I expect that we will do sorties where a set number are expected to fly with the manned systems, and we’ll have crazy new [concepts of operation] for how they’ll be used,” Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Will Roper said during an online event hosted by the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies.
The platforms might even be called upon to conduct kamikaze missions.
“I expect that the [human] pilots … will decide, does the Skyborg return and land with them and go to fight another day, or is it the end of its life and it’s going to go on a one-way mission?” Roper said.
A suicide mission might be appropriate if there’s an opportunity to hit a “lucrative target” that would justify the cost of losing the drone, he explained. “That’s what I love about them — their versatility and the fact that we can take risks with them” that the military wouldn’t be willing to take with human pilots.
Ghost Town Living
September 25th, 2020I was researching doomsteads for someone when I came across this channel: Ghost Town Living.
Definitely off topic, but maybe you’ll find this as interesting as I did.
Trump Declines to Commit to Peaceful Transfer of Power
September 23rd, 2020If you’re planning to leave the U.S. before the election, you should already be out. If you’re planning to stay, you should be activating your bugout/doomstead plan, which should include being far away from cities.
Do not assume that you will be able to travel AFTER it becomes clear to everyone that the shit has hit the fan.
I have no idea what’s going to happen, but it looks like there is a strong possibility of widespread social unrest related to the upcoming election, regardless of the result/non-result. Additionally, the replacement of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the period just before the election is sure to add more fuel to the fire. Finally, Americans are hoarding trillions of dollars in cash in anticipation of post election chaos.
All in all, I’d strongly consider executing your emergency plans at this time, even if it turns out to be a dry run.
Via: USA Today:
President Donald Trump declined to commit Wednesday to providing a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the election, prompting a backlash on social media from critics who said it raised questions about his willingness to relinquish power.
“Well, we’re going to have to see what happens,” Trump said when asked directly whether he would commit to a peaceful transition, assuming he lost the election.
“You know that I’ve been complaining very strongly about the ballots and the ballots are a disaster,” Trump told reporters, referring to state where ballots are mailed automatically to registered voters. “Get rid of the ballots and you’ll have a very a peaceful – there won’t be a transfer, frankly, there’ll be a continuation.”
JPMorgan to Move $230 Billion Assets to Germany Under Brexit
September 23rd, 2020Via: Bloomberg:
JPMorgan Chase & Co. is moving about 200 billion euros ($230 billion) from the U.K. to Frankfurt as a result of Britain’s exit from the European Union, a shift that will make it one of the largest banks in Germany.
The U.S. bank plans to finish the migration of the assets to its Frankfurt-based subsidiary by the end of the year, people familiar with the matter said. The change could boost its balance sheet enough to become the country’s sixth-largest bank, based on the assets of the biggest commercial lenders last year.
