Archive for January, 2020
Opera Singer Danced on SUV, Then Crashed Through Mar-a-Lago Barricades, Cops Opened Fire
January 31st, 2020Florida. Via: Miami Herald: A Connecticut woman chastised for dancing on her car at a Palm Beach hotel late Friday morning ended up driving away and crashing her vehicle through two security barricades outside Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump’s private club and home, drawing gunfire from law enforcement officers, before leading a police helicopter on a […]
Airbus: Bribery and Corruption
January 31st, 2020Via: Guardian: Airbus has agreed a settlement with French, British and US authorities over investigations into allegations of bribery and corruption that could result in the aerospace group paying fines worth billions of pounds. The investigations concern allegations of fraud, bribery and corruption in the group’s civil aviation arm, particularly relating to irregularities concerning middlemen, […]
A Russian “Inspector” Spacecraft Now Appears To Be Shadowing An American Spy Satellite
January 31st, 2020Via: The Drive: Publicly available data suggests that a Russian inspector satellite has shifted its position in orbit to bring it relatively close to a U.S. KH-11 spy satellite. Russia has a number of what it calls “space apparatus inspectors” in orbit, which the U.S. government and others warn the Kremlin could use to gather […]
Farm Bankruptcies Rose 20% in 2019
January 30th, 2020Via: Farm Bureau: While well below historical highs, Chapter 12 family farm bankruptcies in 2019 increased by nearly 20% from the previous year, according to recently released data from the U.S. Courts. Compared with figures from over the last decade, the 20% increase trails only 2010, the year following the Great Recession, when Chapter 12 […]
Corona Beer Virus
January 30th, 2020I laugh at people who are worried about some nebulous, near-future collapse situation. Whatever the truth is with regard to the severity of the coronavirus outbreak, it’s a mere sniffle compared to the tsunami of imbeciles that have washed over the planet. Let’s join them for a geography quiz: And now, some pandemic research… Welcome […]
F-35’s Gun That Can’t Shoot Straight Adds to Its Roster of Flaws
January 30th, 2020Via: Bloomberg: Add a gun that can’t shoot straight to the problems that dog Lockheed Martin Corp.’s $428 billion F-35 program, including more than 800 software flaws. The 25mm gun on Air Force models of the Joint Strike Fighter has “unacceptable” accuracy in hitting ground targets and is mounted in housing that’s cracking, the Pentagon’s […]
And Now, Colorado Mystery Drones a Case of Mass Hysteria
January 30th, 2020Swamp gas, Venus, etc. Via: Vice: On January 13, the Colorado Department of Public Safety (CDPS) issued a statement about their investigation into the mysterious drone sightings in question. CDPS “confirmed no incidents involving criminal activity, nor have investigations substantiated reports of suspicious or illegal drone activity.” In other words, they found nothing. Of the […]
Coronavirus: World Health Organization Declares Global Emergency
January 30th, 2020Via: Reuters: Health authorities in Hubei, the Chinese province at the centre of the coronavirus epidemic, said on Friday that deaths from the disease had risen to 204, a sharp increase that underscores concerns about the virus from global health officials. The World Health Organization (WHO) said late Thursday that it was declaring the outbreak […]
New York Requires People to Purchase Stargazing Permits to View Night Sky in State Parks
January 30th, 2020Via: Free Thought Project: In their efforts to squeeze every dime they can from the tax farm, bureaucrats in New York have devised a scheme to extort citizens who wish to use public parks to gaze upon the night sky. This extortion comes in the form of a $35.00 “Stargazing Permit.” If you are from […]
Some Americans Flee Collapsing Cities for Rural Areas
January 30th, 2020Via: Reuters: Cheap housing, deep unease and intense resilience – all forces that are driving a clutch of Americans to swap city life for a fresh start off grid and far from civilisation. Some are survivalists, among them high fliers who fear a looming, urban catastrophe and the mayhem that might follow. Others want a […]
