Monthly Archives: December 2014

Ignorance

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Putin Orders to Fully Upgrade Russia’s Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Arsenal by 2021

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday ordered to fully equip the land-based component of Russia’s nuclear triad with advanced intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) by 2021. ‘In mid-term perspective – by 2021 – we need to fully equip land-based strategic nuclear forces … Continue reading

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Federal Security Unit Warns Sony Malware Could Spread

The federal government issued a warning Friday about additional cyber attacks using the malicious software from the Sony Pictures cyber attack. The U.S. Computer Emergency Response Team (US-CERT) said the targeted destructive malware affecting Microsoft Windows systems could be used … Continue reading

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Chicago: Child remains in ‘stable’ condition, checked for Ebola virus

A child with a fever has been admitted to University of Chicago Medical Center to be checked for the Ebola virus after being screened at O’Hare International Airport. The patient remains in stable condition Friday evening, according to a statement … Continue reading

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Russian Nuclear Bombers Again Buzz Guam

Russian strategic bombers conducted a third circumnavigation of the U.S. Pacific island of Guam last week as other bombers flew close to Alaska and Europe, defense officials said. Two Tu-95 Bear H bombers made the flight around Guam, a key … Continue reading

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A Dictator’s Best Friend

“It’s a sad day for freedom,” Marco Rubio told Bret Baier after President Obama announced he would normalize relations with Cuba. Not a sad day, senator: a sad year. If there was a theme to 2014, it was Obama’s persistence … Continue reading

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WE’RE NUMBER TWO!

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Russian crisis kills big German gas deal

BASF said it had dropped plans to hand full control of its gas storage and trading business to Russia’s Gazprom in exchange for stakes in two Siberian gas fields. State-controlled Gazprom is the leading supplier of natural gas to western Europe … Continue reading

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The Topographic Map – UTM Grid System

An important aspect of using a topo map is the fact that you can pin-point a location on the earth, transpose that location onto the corresponding map with fair precision and then communicate that location to others. This allows you … Continue reading

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COMINT and A Note On Intelligence Exploitation

The drug cartels are using radios to report the movements of Mexican police and military.  It’s a very functional Early Warnings & Indicators (EWI) system they have set up, not unlike what Sparks31 and I have been talking about with … Continue reading

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Mental illness is the wrong scapegoat after mass shootings, experts say

In the shadow of the two year anniversary of one of the worst mass shootings in American history, at Sandy Hook Elementary School, an extensive new study by two Vanderbilt University researchers challenges common assumptions about gun violence and mental … Continue reading

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North Korea Planned Attacks on US Nuclear Plants

North Korea dispatched covert commando teams to the United States in the 1990s to attack nuclear power plants and major cities in a conflict, according to a declassified Defense Intelligence Agency report. The DIA report, dated Sept. 13, 2004, reveals … Continue reading

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Eric Holder: Race Relations ‘in a Better Place’ After My Tenure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KtqI1rHb7A

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Water Boarding Congress

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The Ending of “The Interview”

Update: the video showing Kim Jong-un being killed by a fire storm from a missile exploding into his helicopter has been deleted. I will not argue that the premise of The Interview was in bad taste. The right to free speech … Continue reading

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