Editors note: (Ralph Turchiano) Requested Re-Post from 2012 White House confirmed the hack but downplayed it, saying no damage was done and it was unsuccessful Military Office targeted which controls the President’s travel, interoffice communications, and nuclear codes By Meghan… Read More ›
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For Nearly Two Decades the Nuclear Launch Code at all Minuteman Silos in the United States Was 00000000
*Editor’s Note ( Ralph Turchian0) – Requested Repost from 2013 Karl Smallwood November 29, 2013 Today I found out that during the height of the Cold War, the US military put such an emphasis on a rapid response to an… Read More ›
A REPORT FROM THE FUTURE ON THE COLLAPSE OF CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES -Director, USAF Institute for National Security Studies
Editor’s Note ( Ralph Turchiano) Requested Repost from Oct 96 MELANCHOLY REUNION: A REPORT FROM THE FUTURE ON THE COLLAPSE OF CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES Charles J. Dunlap, Jr. INSS Occasional Paper 11 October 1996 USAF Institute for… Read More ›
US State Department lacks any cyber-security whatsoever, including no passwords needed (Repost from Oct 2013)
Editors Note: (Ralph Turchiano)- Requested Repost from Oct 2103 Published time: October 28, 2013 02:01 Reuters / Jim Young Access classified data without authorization, use your account after you’ve been fired, or anonymously request a new account for an… Read More ›
Compromised Code Names, Operations and Equipment / Recent and in progress ( Updated 12:37PM PST / 27OCT2013 )
Editors Note: (Ralph Turchiano) Requested Repost from the archives (Oct 2013) EEV: Recently Compromised or exposed Code names, Operations, Software and facilities. The list is in no particular order and is being updated frequently. These are just the discoveries from… Read More ›
Benghazi – The full time line of events as they unfolded in the media from 12 SEP 2012 through 28 MAR 2015
Editors Note: ( Ralph Turchiano ) The following is the timeline of the Benghazi events as they unfolded. I attempted to keep the timeline in place, as to allow the reader to follow the chain of events and draw their… Read More ›
One of America’s most famous lawyers, Alan Dershowitz, is being accused of having sex with an underage girl
Except letters from the Business Insider…. We reached out to Dershowitz for comment and will update this post if we hear back. The entire statement from Cassell and Edwards is included below: Out of respect for the court’s desire to… Read More ›
US to open its doors to foreigners for Ebola treatment
India Today New Delhi, October 19, 2014 | UPDATED 15:01 IST President Barack Obama plans to allow foreign nationals suffering from deadly Ebola to receive treatment in the US, a report said. As part of Obama’s open door policy, non-US citizens from the Ebola… Read More ›
Giving physicians immunity from malpractice claims does not cut cost of medical care
Study finds such protections do not cut cost of medical care Changing laws to make it more difficult to sue physicians for medical malpractice may not reduce the amount of “defensive medicine” practiced by physicians, according to a new RAND… Read More ›
Corruption of the Health Care Delivery System
” consumer demand for healthcare is manufactured and manipulated, driving up cost, waste and harm ” Public Release: 14-Oct-2014 Higher Integrity Health Care for Evidence-Based Decision Making LEBANON, NH – The foundation of evidence-based research has eroded and the trend… Read More ›
The combined wealth of the world’s billionaires now exceeds the collective market capitalization of all the companies in the Dow Jones industrial average
Billionaire wealth tops $7 trillion By Judy Martel · Bankrate.com Monday, September 22, 2014 The combined wealth of the world’s billionaires now exceeds the collective market capitalization of all the companies in the Dow Jones industrial average, according to a… Read More ›
Scottish independence: Video ‘proves vote was rigged,’ say Yes voters
EEV: Requires secondary confirmation Excerpt added from “The Guardian” in regards to the package offered to some of the Scottish in exchange for a no vote… ” James Gray, another Tory MP and former shadow Scottish secretary, has also joined the… Read More ›
When Rulers Can’t Understand the Ruled
Johns Hopkins study finds significant gap in demographics, experience and partisanship between Washingtonians and the Americans they govern Johns Hopkins University political scientists wanted to know if America’s unelected officials have enough in common with the people they govern to… Read More ›
Public Trust Has Dwindled With Rise in Income Inequality
” The data showed, for example, that while 46% of adult Americans agreed that “most people can be trusted” in 1972-1974, only 33% agreed in 2010-2012. And this finding was mirrored by data from 12th graders – while 32% agreed that… Read More ›
Up to 1,000 NATO Servicemen to Take Part in Military Drills in Ukraine This Month
WASHINGTON, September 2 (RIA Novosti) – Despite the ongoing hostilities in southeastern Ukraine, the United States plans to go ahead with the Rapid Trident military exercise, scheduled to take place in western Ukraine later this month and expected to involve… Read More ›
‘In many cases Americans can do better on benefits than in an entry level job’: Data shows more than a THIRD of the U.S. is on welfare handouts
Around 110 million Americans are now on government welfare benefits This equates to more than one third of the country relying on handouts At least 51 million are using food stamps and 83 million are on Medicaid Analysts are… Read More ›
China can weigh reconnaissance on US
(Global Times) 08:16, August 28, 2014 China and the US started a two-day meeting at the Pentagon on Wednesday to negotiate a code of conduct on the high seas, in the wake of a Chinese fighter jet intercepting a US… Read More ›
US Salaries Down 23% Since 2008
U.S. jobs pay an average 23% less today than they did before the 2008 recession, according to a new report released on Monday by the United States Conference of Mayors. In total, the report found $93 billion in lost wages…. Read More ›
BREAKING – IS to Declare Beginning of ‘Jihad Against America’
By: Anthony Kimery, Editor-in-Chief 08/08/2014 ( 4:40pm) The Islamic State, formally the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, has yet to publish an official response to the US’s military strikes against it in Iraq, but sources close to the IS… Read More ›
FACTBOX: Russia’s Imports from Countries that Imposed Sanctions
MOSCOW, August 7 (RIA Novosti) – Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Wednesday, banning for a year imports of agricultural and food products from countries that imposed sanctions on Russia. The government is expected to announce the complete “black… Read More ›
Edward Snowden’s not a one-off: US.gov hunts new secret doc leaker
Poor old Julian Assange – whistleblower went straight to Glenn Greenwald It appears former NSA contractor Edward Snowden is not the only leaker of secret US documents around, as the US government searches for another whistleblower in the aftermath of… Read More ›
US Law Enforcement sees Sovereign Citizens as Top Terrorist Threat
Monday, 04 August 2014 The sovereign citizen movement is considered the top threat for domestic terrorism, according to a survey of state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies. Islamist extremists and militia/patriot groups round out the top three threats to… Read More ›
US Health Agency Holds Patent on Ebola Strain Virus
Sunday, 03 August 2014 The U.S. Centers for Disease Control owns a patent on a particular strain of Ebola known as “EboBun.” It’s patent No. CA2741523A1 and it was awarded in 2010. You can view it here. Patent applicants are… Read More ›
Obama failed to stop the Islamic State when he had the chance
By Marc A. Thiessen July 28 From Europe to the Middle East, we have seen how disaster follows U.S. retreat and disengagement from the world. But the one area where President Obama seemed to be leaning forward was drone strikes…. Read More ›
Which countries don’t like America and which do
Which countries don’t like America and which do | Pew Research Center// // // July 15, 2014 By Bruce Stokes . Sacré bleu! France makes the list of top 10 fans of the U.S. and Germany makes the list of… Read More ›
FBI: We found US MILITARY AIRCRAFT INTEL during raid on alleged Chinese hacker
Accused of targeting F-22, F-35 and C-17 planes By Darren Pauli Posted in Security, 14th July 2014 07:29 GMT FBI: We found US MILITARY AIRCRAFT INTEL during raid on alleged Chinese hacker F-35 translated document allegedly stolen and shipped to… Read More ›
Germany to CIA Chief: Get Out!
Thursday, 10 July 2014 Germany has asked the CIA station chief in the country to leave the country at once, an unusual move that is a very public expression of anger over repeated cases of U.S. spying in the country…. Read More ›
Mexico’s cartel-fighting vigilantes get closer to the Texas border
Ioan GrilloJuly 8, 2014 00:32 Armed residents are taking on the feared Zetas cartel in Tamaulipas state. One desperate town’s mayor applauds them. Armed residents are forming vigilante forces to fight cartels closer and closer to Mexico’s US border…. Read More ›
Another Guilty Plea in Navy Corruption Ring
SAN DIEGO (CN) – A retired Navy lieutenant commander pleaded guilty to federal charges of overcharging the Navy for port services for U.S. ships and using some of the money “to treat Navy officials to lavish dinners, cocktails and entertainment,”… Read More ›
Three Americans Hospitalized in Mexico After Becoming ‘Possessed’ by Ouija Board Demonic Spirits
EEV: ??? Katie Collom | Jun 25, 2014 01:06 AM EDT Three Americans Hospitalized in Mexico After Becoming ‘Possessed’ by Ouija Board Demonic Spirits : Society : ChinaTopix.com (Photo : en.actu.net) Three American friends were taken to a Mexican hospital… Read More ›
Intelligence expert Schmidt-Eenboom: ‘It’s a huge scandal’
According to German media, an employee of Germany’s foreign intelligence agency has been arrested on suspicion of spying for the United States. Intelligence expert Schmidt-Eenboom tells DW why this case is outrageous. Intelligence expert Schmidt-Eenboom: ‘It’s a huge scandal’… Read More ›
Mm-Mmm, Don’t! Campbell’s Soup Says
By KEVIN LESSMILLER DOTHAN, Ala. (CN) – Campbell’s Soup sued a food processor, a distributor and a grocer, claiming it hired the processor to destroy unusable food or feed it to farm animals, but the processor diverted it and sold… Read More ›
Russia sends fighter jets to help Iraq
Sunday, 29 June 2014 The first ten Russian Sukhoi fighter jets arrived in Iraq on Saturday, the country’s Defense Ministry said. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is hoping the jets will make a key difference in the fight against ISIS…. Read More ›
Eccentric philanthropist is taking 1,000 homeless New Yorkers out to lunch in the hope it will inspire Wall Street to open its pockets
EEV Note – If you have any love of country left, do not let this happen Article Quotes: – they must sing for their supper – the patriotic ditty Learn from the Good Model Citizen Lei Feng, named after the supposedly… Read More ›
Top Polish Diplomat: Our Alliance with US is worthless
Monday, 23 June 2014 A Polish magazine said Sunday it has obtained recordings of a private conversation in which the foreign minister says Poland’s strong alliance with the U.S. was worthless and “even harmful because it creates a false sense… Read More ›
NY Times: Large Scale Wars Needed for Economic Growth
Monday, 23 June 2014 It is no secret that as the US centrally-planned New Normal has unfolded, one after another central-planner and virtually all economists, have been caught wrong-footed with their constant predictions of an “imminent” economic surge, any minute… Read More ›
Poll: Only 18% of Americans trust their TV News
Thursday, 19 June 2014 MINA Breaking News – Poll: Only 18% of Americans trust their TV News Public confidence in television news is at an all-time low, according to a survey released today by Gallup. Only 18 percent of… Read More ›
Billionaire Chen Guangbiao invites 1,000 poor Americans to dinner in Central Park
Controversial entrepreneur sets out to change Americans’ perceptions about wealthy Chinese .PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 18 June, 2014, 1:16am Mimi Lau in Guangzhou mimi.lau@scmp.com . // Billionaire Chen Guangbiao invites 1,000 poor Americans to dinner in Central Park | South China… Read More ›
North Korea cruise missile fuels proliferation concerns
PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 17 June, 2014, 10:35am North Korea cruise missile fuels proliferation concerns | South China Morning Post Agence France-Presse in Seoul North Korea appears to have acquired a sea-based copy of a Russian cruise missile, the… Read More ›
Will the IMF headquarters move to Beijing?
(People’s Daily Online) 09:19, June 17, 2014 The International Monetary Fund’s headquarters may one day move from Washington to Beijing, aligning with China’s growing influence in the world economy, the fund’s managing director Christine Lagarde said early this month. Attaching… Read More ›
Russian nuclear-capable bombers intercepted off California coast
Published time: June 12, 2014 18:57 A spokesperson for the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) confirmed this week that a fleet of Russian bombers set off alarms in the United States after coming within 50 miles of California’s Pacific… Read More ›
DARPA crazytech crew want to create HUMAN-FREE cyber defence systems
No need to call an infosec specialist – the machines will sort it all out By Jasper Hamill American secret squirrel military research outfit DARPA has launched a competition to find the autonomous cyber-defence systems of the future. More than… Read More ›
NBC Censored Snowden responses during interview
Saturday, 31 May 2014 Only around a quarter of the recent NBC News interview with former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden made it to broadcast, but unaired excerpts now online show that the network “neglected” to air critical statements about… Read More ›
Bilderberg group meets to discuss ‘Does Privacy Exist’?
Thursday, 29 May 2014 Many may chuckle when they learn a debate entitled “Does Privacy Exist?” is to feature at this year’s Bilderberg conference, the notoriously secretive gathering of the world’s most powerful bankers, politicians and business people. … Read More ›
Experiments using virulent avian flu strains pose risk of accidental release
Experiments using virulent avian flu strains pose risk of accidental release // PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 20-May-2014 Research in mammals that aims to prevent future influenza pandemics raises ethical, public health concerns Boston, MA — Experiments creating dangerous flu strains that… Read More ›
China can feed itself
(People’s Daily Online) 13:25, May 23, 2014 Lester Russell Brown, president of the Earth Policy Institute, and the author of “Who Will Feed China”, recently raised the question “Can the world feed China?” once more. According to Brown, China’s food… Read More ›
The world’s worst countries for workers – U.S. is now a 4 on a scale of 1 to 5, ( 5 being the worst )
New ITUC Global Rights Index – The world’s worst countries for workers 19 May 2014 A global leaderboard in the race to protect workers’ rights was released today at the ITUC World Congress in Berlin. The ITUC Global Rights Index ranks… Read More ›
China tells U.S. to mind it’s own business
US must ‘get used to China’s rise’ (China Daily) 07:38, May 22, 2014 Washington’s engagement in territorial issues ‘complicates problems’ Chinese and Western observers seemed to reach a consensus on Wednesday over President Xi Jinping’s proposal to establish a new framework… Read More ›
NATO Appears Toothless in Ukraine Crisis
Unprotected in the East By SPIEGEL Staff If Russia were to engage in military aggression in the Baltics, NATO would be unable to defend the region using conventional means. An internal report highlights weaknesses in the alliance. They were big… Read More ›
Remarks by the First Lady at Topeka School District Senior Recognition Day ( From Whitehouse.Gov )
For Immediate Release May 17, 2014 Expo Center Topeka, Kansas 6:33 P.M. CDT MRS. OBAMA: Thank you, guys. Thank you so much. Wow! (Applause.) Look at you guys. (Applause.) All right, you all rest yourselves. You’ve got a big day… Read More ›