Australia’s ABC News has reported that the US is preparing to deploy up to six nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to Australia in a provocative move aimed at China.
We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology. - Carl Sagan, BrainyQuote How has science and technology advanced when "we the people" never "voted" for such a thing to...
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said his country would pivot its economic relationships away from the West and towards China, suggesting Moscow could even rebuff an offer to reopen trade with the US and its allies. Speaking with reporters in Moscow on Monday,...
https://youtu.be/DPEP1TGyqqQ The cumulative acceleration of knowledge by specialists that allows us each to consume more and more different things by each producing fewer and fewer, is I submit, the central story of humanity. - Matt Ridley, The Rational Optimist, p....
Immigration and Customs Enforcement spent $2.8 billion to surveil Americans from 2008 to 2021. The report titled “American Dragnet: Data-Driven Deportation in the 21st Century” from the Georgetown Law Center for Privacy and Technology details how ICE used warrantless,...
When the last American soldier left Kabul in August, the US left behind $7 billion in military equipment it had given to the Afghan Army, more than one-third of all the gear donated over 16 years.
Scott is joined by Barbara Grant to discuss her new documentary which gives an experts perspective on the infrared footage capture on the final day of the Waco siege. Grant was busy working on a satellite when it happened in 1993, but she later became interested in...
Myth 1. It's "precision bombing" Myth 2. Drone warfare is ethical Myth 3. If the war is legal so is the weapon Myth 4. Drones are a triumph of technology Myth 5. Drones are effective Aerial bombardment has not created peaceful states, nor defeated IS, nor stopped the...
The Royal Navy continues to become irrelevant with a bone in its teeth. The 2025 Strategic Defence Review (SDR) for the Royal Navy has been published and it is just as bad as you think it will be. Another buzzword salad buffet with zero calories and promises that will...
In the past those of us distant from war could only see it in the print media and television. It was curated with the intent to gain sympathy, or conceal the brutality of those who we were supposed to be sympathetic for. As censored as it was at times graphic, though...
In this special episode my wife joins me to discuss South African farm attacks and my son jumps on to discuss life as a young man trying to find his way. ALP
The F35 continues to shine as a boondoggle and taxpayer nightmare fuel. Taiclet’s boasts to investors about the program were quickly tempered by real world events the same day when video circulated of an out of control Air Force F-35 tumbling to a fiery crash in...
Jon Hoffman, Ph.D., and Kyle Anzalone discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine, providing insightful analysis on recent developments. They touch on the potential for peace talks and the latest Russia-Ukraine war update. Stay informed with their expert opinions on the...