Archive for October, 2020
The Fact Checkers
October 23rd, 2020Via: Awaken with JP:
Wisconsin’s Foxconn Boondoggle Looks Worse Than Ever
October 22nd, 2020Cryptogon 2017: My guess is that … the thousands of workers thing is being thrown out there for political fodder to secure corporate welfare from the state. Via: Reason: In June 2018, President Donald Trump and then–Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin broke ground on the outskirts of Milwaukee for what was supposed to be a […]
South Korea: At Least 25 Dead Following Flu Vaccinations
October 22nd, 2020Via: Reuters: South Korean officials refused on Thursday to suspend a seasonal influenza inoculation effort, despite growing calls for a halt, including an appeal from a key group of doctors, after the deaths of at least 25 of those vaccinated. Health authorities said they found no direct links between the deaths and the vaccines. At […]
Patriot Missile Battery Suddenly Appears At Small Regional Airport In Texas
October 22nd, 2020Via: The Warzone: The public affairs officer for the 1st Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment (1-44th ADA), part of the 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade at Fort Hood, told The War Zone that the unit was executing a relatively rare deployment where they set up shop in an unfamiliar location, just as they would […]
2022 GMC Hummer EV: Insane Specifications and Price
October 21st, 2020Update: Customers Reserve First Year’s Worth of Production in an Hour — Via: Car and Driver: The 2022 GMC Hummer EV … is a departure, in pretty much every way possible, from anything GM builds. Its debut offering is a four-door pickup with 1000 horsepower, at least 1000 lb-ft of torque, and a claimed zero-to-60-mph […]
Microsoft Partners with SpaceX to Connect Azure Cloud to Musk’s Starlink Satellite Internet
October 20th, 2020SpaceX is a major DoD contractor. Microsoft is a major DoD contractor. Better broadband for people in rural areas? This is definitely one for your, Yes, but wait, there’s more… file folder. Via: CNBC: Microsoft is partnering with SpaceX to connect the tech giant’s Azure cloud computing network to the growing Starlink satellite internet service […]
Justice Department and 11 States Accuse Google of Antitrust Violations
October 20th, 2020Via: Yahoo News: The Department of Justice, joined by 11 states with Republican attorneys general, filed an antitrust lawsuit Tuesday against the tech giant Google, setting off a titanic legal battle likely to last for years. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., accuses Google of using its enormous size to illegally monopolize […]
Google Terminates Dollar Vigilante and Last American Vagabond YouTube Channels
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Ghislaine Maxwell Loses Fight to Keep Her Jeffrey Epstein Testimony Sealed
October 19th, 2020Via: Miami Herald: A federal appeals court dealt Ghislaine Maxwell, the alleged madam to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, twin blows late Monday by declining to consolidate her appeals in numerous overlapping cases and striking down her effort to thwart release of a controversial deposition she gave in a now-settled civil lawsuit. The three-judge Court of […]
Dr. Jeff Dahn: EV Batteries Going 2 Million Miles
October 19th, 2020Via: Electrek: A Tesla battery researcher showed updated test results pointing to batteries lasting over 15,000 cycles or the equivalent of over 2 million miles (3.5 million km) in an electric car.
