Aug 06
Via:
Miami Herald: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has ordered a state criminal
probe into the actions of the Palm Beach sheriff and the former Palm
Beach state attorney for their handling of the Jeffrey Epstein underage
sex trafficking case. DeSantis’ move comes as Sheriff Ric Bradshaw has
come under increasing scrutiny for his decision in […]
Aug 05
Via:
IEEE: For about a year, Swiss Post and Matternet have been
collaborating on a drone delivery service in three different cities in
Switzerland, with drones ferrying lab samples between hospitals far
faster and more efficiently than is possible with conventional ground
transportation. The service had made about 3,000 successful flights as
of last January, […]
Via:
Reuters: China let the yuan breach the key 7-per-dollar level on Monday
for the first time in more than a decade, in a sign Beijing might be
willing to tolerate more currency weakness that could further inflame a
trade conflict with the United States. The sharp 1.4% drop in the yuan
comes days after […]
Aug 04
Via:
AFP: Power was mostly restored in Jakarta and Indonesia’s heavily
populated Java island after a widespread electricity outage Sunday that
the state utility PLN blamed on disruptions at several power plants.
Tens of millions of people were affected by the blackout which plunged
buildings in the sprawling capital — home to about 30 million […]
Via:
The Atlantic: In the eyes of the law, there’s no difference between a
photo taken by a smartphone through an airplane window and one taken by
an ultrapowerful camera in a helicopter hovering over your backyard. …
Capitalizing on this gap, as some might call it, in standing privacy
law, wide-area-camera manufacturers and users […]
Aug 03
Via:
Al Jazeera: Three journalists have been killed in Mexico in less than a
week, including two on Friday, bringing to ten the total number of
journalists killed in the Central American country this year.
Also,
Hong Kong simmering: Hong Kong police said on Sunday they arrested more
than 20 people after violent clashes with anti-government protesters
overnight, as the Chinese-controlled territory braced for more protests
and a general strike aimed to bring the city to a halt. On Saturday
police fired multiple tear gas rounds in confrontations with black-clad
[…]
Update:
9 Killed in Ohio in Second U.S. Mass Shooting Within 24 Hours Via: AP: A
gunman wearing body armor and carrying extra magazines opened fire in a
popular nightlife area of Dayton, Ohio, killing nine and injuring
dozens, authorities say, in the second U.S. mass shooting in less than
24 hours. Dayton police patrolling […]
Aug 02
Via:
Guardian: The US military is conducting wide-area surveillance tests
across six midwest states using experimental high-altitude balloons,
documents filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reveal.
Up to 25 unmanned solar-powered balloons are being launched from rural
South Dakota and drifting 250 miles through an area spanning portions of
Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Missouri,
Via:
Planetary Society: Years of computer simulations. Countless ground
tests. They’ve all led up to now. The Planetary Society’s crowdfunded
LightSail 2 spacecraft is successfully raising its orbit solely on the
power of sunlight. Since unfurling the spacecraft’s silver solar sail
last week, mission managers have been optimizing the way the spacecraft
orients itself during […]
In
Blade Runner 2049, the California Central Valley looks like this: (In
case you’re wondering, the solar concentrators in the opening scene of
the film were inspired by the idiotic Ivanpah Solar Power Facility,
which is based on concentrated solar thermal energy.) Nestled in among
the heliostat fields are protein farms: They grow some variety […]
Via:
Yahoo News: The FBI for the first time has identified fringe conspiracy
theories as a domestic terrorist threat, according to a previously
unpublicized document obtained by Yahoo News. (Read the document below.)
The FBI intelligence bulletin from the bureau’s Phoenix field office,
dated May 30, 2019, describes “conspiracy theory-driven domestic
extremists,” as a growing […]
Aug 01
Via:
Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth: They started off by saying
the Pledge of Allegiance. Ten minutes later, they were reading the text
of a resolution claiming the existence of “overwhelming evidence” that
“pre-planted explosives . . . caused the destruction of the three World
Trade Center buildings.” And so it was, on July […]
Via:
El Pais: Researchers led by Spanish scientist Juan Carlos Izpisúa have
created for the first time a human-monkey hybrid in a laboratory in
China – an important step towards using animals for human organ
transplants, project collaborator Estrella Núñez confirmed to EL PAÍS.
The team, made up of members of the Salk Institute in […]
Via:
Daily Mail: Jeffrey Epstein managed to shut down a federal probe into
his illicit and illegal activities with underage girls and secure his
sweetheart plea deal by providing information’ to the government, FBI
reports confirm. A federal investigation into the pedophile led by the
FBI was closed out on September 18, 2008 when Epstein […]
Jul 30
Put
a few F-35s on it. She’ll be right. Via: Bloomberg: Only two of 11
elevators needed to lift munitions to the deck of the U.S. Navy’s new
$13 billion aircraft carrier have been installed, according to a Navy
veteran who serves on a key House committee. “I don’t see an end in
sight right […]
Jul 29
Via:
New Scientist: The source of a gigantic, mysterious leak of radioactive
material that swept across Europe in 2017 has been traced to a Russian
nuclear facility, which appears to have been preparing materials for
experiments in Italy. The leak released up to 100 times the amount of
radiation into the atmosphere that the Fukushima […]
You’ve
got unshakable, bipartisan control of a ship of fools. Enjoy the 2020
election circus! Via: Bloomberg: The Treasury Department is expected to
hold its quarterly note and bond sales at record levels for the third
straight time as Washington’s latest budget deal shows that the U.S.’s
debt binge will continue. President Donald Trump once […]
Rats.
Rats. Rats. In other news: Trump and Clinton Associate, Jeffrey
Epstein, Purchased Child Sex Slave, Bragged About It Back to our
regularly scheduled programming… Rats. Rats. Rats. Or was it, Storm Area
51? Jeffrey who? Via: Paul Watson:
Big
guns. Via: Tesla: Less than two years ago, Tesla built and installed
the world’s largest lithium-ion battery in Hornsdale, South Australia,
using Tesla Powerpack batteries. Since then, the facility saved nearly
$40 million in its first year alone and helped to stabilize and balance
the region’s unreliable grid. Battery storage is transforming the global
[…]
Via:
CBS: Capital One said a hacker got access to the personal information
of over 100 million individuals applying for credit. The McLean,
Virginia-based bank said Monday it found out about the vulnerability in
its system July 19 and immediately sought help from law enforcement to
catch the perpetrator. The FBI has arrested the person, […]
Mmm
hmm. Via: Venture Beat: As 5G networks continue to expand in cities and
countries across the globe, key researchers have already started to lay
the foundation for 6G deployments roughly a decade from now. This time,
they say, the key selling point won’t be faster phones or wireless home
internet service, but rather a […]
Via:
Guardian: Apple contractors regularly hear confidential medical
information, drug deals, and recordings of couples having sex, as part
of their job providing quality control, or “grading”, the company’s Siri
voice assistant, the Guardian has learned. Although Apple does not
explicitly disclose it in its consumer-facing privacy documentation, a
small proportion of Siri recordings are […]
Jul 28
Via:
AFP: Russian police arrested nearly 1,400 people as they gathered in
Moscow at the weekend to demand free and fair elections, a monitor said
Sunday, the biggest such crackdown in years. About 3,500 people took
part in the unauthorised protest on Saturday according to official
figures, after authorities blocked prominent opposition candidates from
taking […]
Jul 26
Via:
Japan Times: Eagle-eyed viewers have spotted a curious discrepancy in
the first trailer for “Top Gun: Maverick,” the sequel to the beloved
’80s classic “Top Gun,” which Paramount debuted Thursday — the patches
on the iconic leather jacket worn by star Tom Cruise no longer bear the
Taiwanese and Japanese flags. One possible reason […]
LET ME SHOW YOU ITS FEATURES! Via: JoergSprave: Related: FairTube
Via:
Miami Herald: Florida Sen. Lauren Book has reached out to Capitol
police after receiving an anonymous warning connected to her demand for a
state inquiry into Palm Beach Sheriff Ric Bradshaw’s handling of
accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s lenient work release program,
the Miami Herald has learned. Book, a vocal advocate for child sexual
[…]
Jul 25
You couldn’t make it up. Via: Truthstream Media – YouTube:
Someone
using the alias Rusty Shackleford is flying a camera drone over
Epstein’s private island, Little Saint James Island. Here are all of the
videos (expect these to be deleted at any moment because they are on
YouTube). You’ve probably seen the widely circulated video of the
strange temple structure: I went looking through the […]
Via:
DailyBeast: Days after Jeffrey Epstein’s arrest on sex-trafficking
charges in New York, Bill Clinton distanced himself from the high-flying
financier and convicted sex offender. The former president owned up to
just six encounters with Epstein, starting in 2002: four flights on the
billionaire’s private jet, a single trip to his Harlem office, and one
[…]
Jul 24
It’s
hard to know how much of the Iran situation is simply noise. The
problem is that we can go from noise to a genuine crisis in the blink of
an eye due to the tight geography of the Strait of Hormuz. How many
warships can be packed in there before confusion or a false […]
I’m
astonished that he’s still alive. Maybe he has something on a dead
man’s switch that his CIA/Mossad handlers are worried about??? For me,
the biggest mystery of the Epstein situation at this point is: Why is he
still alive? Via: New York Post: Convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein
was found in his cell on Tuesday […]
Ouch.
Shit. Not good. Via: Electrek: Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that JB
Straubel, Tesla co-founder and longtime Chief Technology Officer, is
leaving his executive role and moving to an advisory role. Musk made the
announcement during the conference call following Tesla’s release of
its Q2 2019 financial results. The CEO confirmed that Straubel is […]
Wow. That’s a good deal. Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 128 GB WiFi Tablet Black (2019)
Via:
AFP: China issued a stark reminder Wednesday that its army could be
deployed in Hong Kong if city authorities requested support in
maintaining “public order” after weeks of sometimes violent protests.
Hong Kong has been plunged into its worst crisis in recent history after
millions of demonstrators took to the streets — and sporadic […]
Via:
Los Angeles Times: In the late 1990s, I represented workers at Area 51
who were suffering from health issues and trying to find out what toxic
substances they had been exposed to on the base. The case ultimately led
to the government acknowledging the existence of the site, where highly
classified research into next-generation […]
Via:
Chicago Tribune: Chicago police have for years compiled profiles on
every citizen who spoke at public meetings of the city’s police
disciplinary panel, a process that included running criminal background
checks and internet searches on activists, a police union official and
even relatives of an innocent woman killed in a high-profile police
shooting, the […]
Via: Ron Paul:
Via:
Los Angeles Times: In 2016, California implemented one of the strictest
immunization laws in the country, requiring that all children be up to
date on their vaccinations to attend school unless a doctor says
otherwise. The law, however, does not apply to children who are
home-schooled, a loophole that parents seem to be increasingly […]
There
isn’t much information yet. It’s playing out on Twitter:
@officialmcafee: (3/4) If John misses his next check-in, events will be
set into motion that I cannot prevent once they have begun. John has
secreted data with individuals across the world. I know neither their
identities or locations. They will release their payloads if John […]
Via:
Reuters: U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday told the Pentagon to
find better ways to procure a rare earth magnet used in specialty
motors, warning that the nation’s defense would suffer without adequate
stockpiles. Attention is growing on rare earths, an obscure grouping of
17 minerals used to build weapons, consumer electronics and a […]
Jul 22
Via:
Bloomberg: The Pentagon has revealed a few details about a secret Army
mission that has Black Hawk helicopters flying missions over the
Washington, D.C., area backed by active-duty and reserve soldiers. The
mysterious classified operation was disclosed when the Army asked
Congress for approval to shift funds to provide an extra $1.55 million
for […]
Jul 21
Well,
the rats are running the city and the state, so… Via: KTLA: Los
Angeles’ rodent problem has gotten so far out of control that some
experts are asking the governor to declare an emergency. With an
increasing homeless population comes an influx of rats and mice,
particularly in downtown L.A. Rats are known to […]
Blowback:
America’s Recruitment of Nazis and Its Effects on the Cold War by
Christopher Simpson Secret Agenda: The United States Government, Nazi
Scientists, and Project Paperclip, 1945 to 1990 by Linda Hunt Operation
Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists
to America by Annie Jacobsen Via: Daily Mail: Amid the jubilation half a
[…]
Via:
Reuters: Hong Kong police fired rubber bullets and tear gas in running
clashes with protesters late on Sunday amid chaotic scenes as anger over
an extradition bill morphs into a fresh front against what many see as a
broader
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