Archive for October, 2016
NYC Democratic Election Commissioner, “They Bus People Around to Vote”
October 13th, 2016Via: Project Veritas:
Pentagon Video Warns of “Unavoidable” Dystopian Future for World’s Biggest Cities
October 13th, 2016Via: The Intercept: The year is 2030. Forget about the flying cars, robot maids, and moving sidewalks we were promised. They’re not happening. But that doesn’t mean the future is a total unknown. According to a startling Pentagon video obtained by The Intercept, the future of global cities will be an amalgam of the settings […]
Tesla Dominates U.S. Luxury Car Market
October 12th, 2016Disruption: A disruptive innovation is an innovation that creates a new market and value network and eventually disrupts an existing market and value network, displacing established market leading firms, products and alliances. Via: Electrek: Tesla shocked the industry earlier this year when it confirmed having delivered 25,202 Model S sedans in the U.S. in 2015, […]
Shine Your Love – Tiki Taane – Greenpeace Stop the Solar Tax Petition Delivery
October 12th, 2016Disclosure: I sell solar power systems in NZ. — Here’s what the message to the electricity retailers and grid operators in NZ should be: You solar tax me, I disconnect from the grid. I signed the petition referenced in the video below, but the reality is that petitions typically don’t accomplish anything. How many petitions […]
Military Hydrogen-Powered Chevy Colorado ZH2
October 11th, 2016Nothing but WTF? on this one… Don’t look at me, I just work here. Via: Green Car Reports: Almost a year after it was first announced, General Motors and the U.S. Army will soon begin testing their jointly-developed hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle. Called the Chevrolet Colorado ZH2, it is based on a stretched version of the […]
Air Force’s X-37B Space Plane Mystery Mission Wings by 500 Days in Orbit
October 11th, 2016Via: Space: The latest secretive mission of the United States Air Force’s X-37B space plane has cruised beyond 500 days in Earth orbit since its launch last year. The U.S. military launched the robotic X-37B space plane on May 20, 2015, marking the fourth flight for the Air Force program. A United Launch Alliance Atlas […]
London Police Charge Man with Terrorism Over Use of Encryption
October 11th, 2016Via: ZDnet: A man has appeared in court in London on six counts of terrorism — one of which was related to researching and using encryption. Samata Ullah, 33, appeared in court last week charged under the Terrorism Act 2006. The Metropolitan Police said in a press release that Ullah was charged with one count […]
Nearly 7 in 10 Americans Have Less Than $1,000 in Savings
October 9th, 2016Via: USA Today: Last year, GoBankingRates surveyed more than 5,000 Americans only to uncover that 62% of them had less than $1,000 in savings. Last month GoBankingRates again posed the question to Americans of how much they had in their savings account, only this time it asked 7,052 people. The result? Nearly seven in 10 […]
Tesla Wants to Nearly Double the Size of Fremont Auto Plant
October 8th, 2016Via: Mercury News: Tesla Motors has proposed construction of 4.6 million square feet of new space next to its electric vehicle factory in Fremont, a move that could create 3,100 new jobs and would nearly double the size of its existing auto plant. “The proposed master plan contemplates construction of approximately 4.6 million square feet […]
Trump Bragged On Hot Mic About Being Able To Grope Women
October 7th, 2016Cryptogon, March 2016: I’m trying to understand this Trump situation and the hysterical freakout that’s ensuing in elite and media circles. Trump could have been vote-frauded into oblivion by now. Why hasn’t that happened? My best guess is that the primary purpose of the Donald Trump candidacy—whether he knows it or not—is to escort Hillary […]