Month: October 2020

Escobar: A Dem Presidency Means The Return Of The Blob Tyler Durden Sat, 10/31/2020 – 23:30 Authored by Pepe Escobar via The Asia Times, A Biden-Harris White House would restore many known and some new ghouls to the corridors of foreign policy-making power… What happens on November 3rd ? It’s like a larger than life replay of the famous Hollywood adage: “No one knows anything.” The Dem strategy is crystal clear, spawned by the gaming of election scenarios embedded in the Transition Integrity Project and made even more [Read More]

Baltimore Halts Spy Plane Flights As Program Fails To Reduce Homicides  Tyler Durden Sat, 10/31/2020 – 23:00 All flight operations for Baltimore’s spy plane program will be canceled today, Saturday (Oct. 31), a Baltimore City Police (BPD) spokeswoman told WBALTV 11. Grounding of the spy plane comes as surveillance flights failed to deter violent crime in the metro area. Called the Aerial Investigation Research program (AIR), readers may recall we’ve highlighted this dystopic surveillance program several times (see: here & here), of civilian planes, outfitted with high-tech, possibly military optical sensors, [Read More]

Is China An Existential Threat To America? Tyler Durden Sat, 10/31/2020 – 22:30 Authored by Gordon G. Chang via The Gatestone Institute, This is a crucial time in the history of our republic. UN Secretary‑General Antonio Guterres, speaking to the General Assembly on September 22, said the world must do everything to prevent a new Cold War. “We are headed in a very dangerous direction,” he said. We can agree with that dangerous-direction assessment, but we might not agree with his recommendation. Guterres recommended that [Read More]

Savage Corp To Shield High-Value Targets With AI-Drone Killing Missiles  Tyler Durden Sat, 10/31/2020 – 22:00 Weaponized drone swarms could easily take out oil refiners, nuclear power plants, airports, government buildings, electrical grids, or even cause unfathomable loss of life at sports stadiums.  A recent paper titled “Are Drone Swarms Weapons of Mass Destructions?,” argues such attacks like those mentioned above could be viewed as “weapons of mass destruction.” For example, a massive swarm of drones blew up oil production facilities in Saudi Arabia in 2019. As we recently noted, [Read More]

Quantifying The Left Wing Bias Of Wikipedia Tyler Durden Sat, 10/31/2020 – 21:30 Authored by Shuichi Tezuka and Linda A. Ashtear via TheCritic.co.uk, Wikipedia is the most widely used source of information in the world, and a great deal has been written about its impact on public perception of certain topics. Wikipedia shapes both scientific research and real-world economic outcomes, and is the top source of medical information for both doctors and patients. The widespread reliance on Wikipedia would not be a problem if it were a neutral and authoritative [Read More]

Nearly 50% Of BLM Protesters Arrested In Seattle Were White, From Other Cities Tyler Durden Sat, 10/31/2020 – 21:00 An analysis of 95 arrest records from Seattle riots from May reveals that nearly half of all suspects are white are white men from other cities who traveled to Seattle to commit crimes, according to King5. Of 95 cases obtained from public records requests and through court filings, KING 5 found: 48% of suspects are white 18% of suspects are black 28% of cases race was [Read More]

What’s Happened To Bitcoin Since Its Whitepaper Appeared 12 Years Ago? Tyler Durden Sat, 10/31/2020 – 20:30 Authored by Robert Stevens via Decrypt.io, In brief On October 31, 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto published the Bitcoin whitepaper. Since then, Bitcoin’s journey has taken in highs and lows, from the Mt. Gox hack to an all-time high price of $20,000. In 2020, it’s seen renewed growth in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, as institutional investors take a growing interest in the cryptocurrency. Today marks the 12th birthday [Read More]