Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Three Gram Flying "Dragonfly" Spy Device
Remote-controlled aircraft with camera and image recognition software. First it was ballon and airplane surveillance. Then satellite surveillance. Now tiny bug-like surveillance.
Saturday, July 19, 2008
World Class Item
Terrorism Funds May Let Brass Fly in Style
Air Force officials say the program dates from a 2006 decision by Air Force Gen. Duncan J. McNabb that existing seats on transport planes, including some that match those on commercial airliners, may be fine for airmen and troops but inadequate for the top brass.
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"I was asked by Gen. [Robert H.] McMahon what it would take to make the [capsule] . . . a 'world class' piece of equipment," an officer at the service's Air Mobility Command said in a March 2007 e-mail to a colleague, referring to the mobility command's top officer then. "He said he wanted an assurance . . . that we would be getting a world class item this week."
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In a letter of complaint sent yesterday to Gates, POGO asserted that the new capsules will provide no special communications or work capabilities beyond those already available for top officials on Air Force transport aircraft. It is "a gross misuse of millions of taxpayer dollars that could otherwise be used to train and equip soldiers," wrote Danielle Brian, the group's executive director.
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Air Force officials say the program dates from a 2006 decision by Air Force Gen. Duncan J. McNabb that existing seats on transport planes, including some that match those on commercial airliners, may be fine for airmen and troops but inadequate for the top brass.
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"I was asked by Gen. [Robert H.] McMahon what it would take to make the [capsule] . . . a 'world class' piece of equipment," an officer at the service's Air Mobility Command said in a March 2007 e-mail to a colleague, referring to the mobility command's top officer then. "He said he wanted an assurance . . . that we would be getting a world class item this week."
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In a letter of complaint sent yesterday to Gates, POGO asserted that the new capsules will provide no special communications or work capabilities beyond those already available for top officials on Air Force transport aircraft. It is "a gross misuse of millions of taxpayer dollars that could otherwise be used to train and equip soldiers," wrote Danielle Brian, the group's executive director.
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Monday, July 07, 2008
Voices Inside Your Head
Crowd-Controlling MEDUSA Ray Gun Puts Voices Inside Your Head
The Sierra Nevada Corporation claimed this week that it is ready to begin production on the MEDUSA, a damned scary ray gun that uses the "microwave audio effect" to implant sounds and perhaps even specific messages inside people's heads. Short for Mob Excess Deterrent Using Silent Audio, MEDUSA creates the audio effect with short microwave pulses. The pulses create a shockwave inside the skull that's detected by the ears, and basically makes you think you're going balls-to-the-wall batshit insane. The MEDUSA can also "produce recognizable sounds" and is aimed primarily at military uses, but New Scientist revealed there are other uses in the works, too.
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The Sierra Nevada Corporation claimed this week that it is ready to begin production on the MEDUSA, a damned scary ray gun that uses the "microwave audio effect" to implant sounds and perhaps even specific messages inside people's heads. Short for Mob Excess Deterrent Using Silent Audio, MEDUSA creates the audio effect with short microwave pulses. The pulses create a shockwave inside the skull that's detected by the ears, and basically makes you think you're going balls-to-the-wall batshit insane. The MEDUSA can also "produce recognizable sounds" and is aimed primarily at military uses, but New Scientist revealed there are other uses in the works, too.
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Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Strong Dollar?
The US dollar is weak, has been weak, probably will continue to be weak.
Treasury's Paulson says believes in strong dollar
Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:24am EDT
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Monday he believes in a strong U.S. dollar and that U.S officials were working to resolve the country's economic problems, including regulatory mistakes that led to excesses in the mortgage and banking sectors.
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Treasury's Paulson says believes in strong dollar
Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:24am EDT
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Monday he believes in a strong U.S. dollar and that U.S officials were working to resolve the country's economic problems, including regulatory mistakes that led to excesses in the mortgage and banking sectors.
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The Energy Non-Crisis
A different viewpoint on American oil, from Lindsey William. In this video, he predicts $5 gas, which has happened.
"Either be a slave in your own land, or tell the truth and home somebody will listen to you."
"The standard currency of the world is oil."
"The Federal Reserve note is nothing but a piece of paper."
"A democracy is we the sheeple. A republic is we the people."
"The price of gasoline at the gas pump is a form of taxation imposed by them. Who are they? ... The IMF and the World Bank, who forgave third world countries their loans."
He quotes from Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, by John Perkins.
Click for video link.
"Either be a slave in your own land, or tell the truth and home somebody will listen to you."
"The standard currency of the world is oil."
"The Federal Reserve note is nothing but a piece of paper."
"A democracy is we the sheeple. A republic is we the people."
"The price of gasoline at the gas pump is a form of taxation imposed by them. Who are they? ... The IMF and the World Bank, who forgave third world countries their loans."
He quotes from Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, by John Perkins.
Click for video link.
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