Two Israeli Embassy Staffers Killed in Washington Shooting
May 21st, 2025In other Israel news…
Netanyahu Says Israel to ‘Control All of Gaza’
Netanyahu Says Trump’s Forced Displacement Plan Is Condition for Ending War on Gaza
IDF Fired Near Canadian Diplomatic Delegation
And now, roll the one about antisemitism on loop for the next several days.
Via: New York Post:
Two Israeli embassy staffers who were about to be engaged were gunned down outside an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, Wednesday night — by a suspect who shouted, “Free free Palestine” as he was taken into custody, officials said.
The deadly gunfire erupted outside the museum as the couple was leaving the event shortly after 9 p.m., authorities said during a press conference.
After the suspect, identified as 30-year-old Chicago resident Elias Rodriguez, squeezed the trigger, he entered the museum where he was apprehended, police said.
Tesla Optimus Robot AI Training Tasks from Video
May 21st, 2025I’m not just dancing all day, ok pic.twitter.com/rKs5WwKjvf
— Tesla Optimus (@Tesla_Optimus) May 21, 2025
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. homeland. It follows one of the president’s first official acts of his second term, ordering the U.S. military to move forward with plans for a massively enlarged architecture for defeating high-end missile threats.
“Once fully constructed, the Golden Dome will be capable of intercepting missiles even if they are launched from other sides of the world, and even if they are launched from space, and we will have the best system ever built,” Trump stated. His price tag stands in stark contrast to projections of more than half a trillion dollars and raises concerns about the weaponization of space and nuclear proliferation, which you can read more about later in this piece.
The system will be designed to “protect the homeland” from “cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, hypersonic missiles, drones, whether they’re conventional or nuclear,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth explained during the White House briefing.
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There were scant details during the briefing about how Golden Dome will actually work.
Freeze Drying Food at Home
May 21st, 2025Via: Gridlessness:
Vitamin D Could Cut Dementia Risk By 40%
May 20th, 2025Via: Rhonda Patrick PhD:
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 insane and cut-and-dry authoritarian. And while I’m appalled by the policy itself, there’s a perverse part of me that’s almost glad it’s happening in Australia first—because the disastrous results will be on full display for the world to see.
Starting in July 2025, the Albanese government is set to debut its latest economic masterstroke: taxing imaginary money. That’s right—if you’ve got more than $3 million sitting in your superannuation, not only will you get slapped with a 30% tax, but it doesn’t even matter if you actually made any money.
Didn’t sell anything? Didn’t cash out? Never saw a cent? Tough luck—Big Brother took a peek at your account, saw some numbers went up, and decided you owe them a slice of your hypothetical success.
European Commission Close to a ‘Solution’ That Could Force People to Use Their Government-Issued ID to Get Online
May 20th, 2025Via: EDRi:
Coming to a website near you this summer: the European Commission is close to a ‘solution’ that could force people to use their government-issued ID to get online. EDRi and EFF’s concerns about threats to everyone’s privacy and data protection, a chilling effect on access to information, and digital exclusion – harming the already most marginalised in society – remain unsolved.
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 do with him taking the Covid vaccine, or not.
Coffee With Scott Adams 5/19/25 https://t.co/miG4jySdsD
— Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) May 19, 2025
Via: The Wrap:
“Dilbert” creator Scott Adams said on Monday morning that he expects to die soon from prostate cancer, the same disease former President Joe Biden announced he is battling.
Adams made the jarring revelation during the latest episode of “Coffee With Scott Adams,” the Rumble show he hosts during weekday mornings.
“I have the same cancer that Joe Biden has. I also have prostate cancer that has also spread to my bones, but I’ve had it longer than he’s had it – well, longer than he’s admitted having it,” Adams said. “So my life expectancy is maybe this summer. I expect to be checking out from this domain sometime this summer.”
Anduril Fury, Unmanned Fighter Jet
May 19th, 2025Via: 60 Minutes:
