When I’ve finished occupying the Soviet Union,” quipped a relaxed Adolf Hitler at dinner one night in 1941, “I’ll put that man Stalin back in charge. He’s the only person who knows how to deal with Russians.” Stalin was the biggest murderer of modern history – and maybe in of all mankind’s past. His number…
Dose of Truth: The U.S. Governments Counter-Terrorism Policy Summed Up 7 Words
“He’s Not Supposed to Be Doing That” “Well, Senator, he’s not supposed to be doing that. And there are consequences for that, and there will be.” Really? What are they, and how will they be administered? Will Ibrahim al Qosi be recaptured? Will there be a military expedition to Yemen to do so? Will the…
Surprise! Last Years IRS Hack was Way Worse Than They Let On
WHEN THE IRS first reported a hack that exposed taxpayer accounts’ vulnerable information, it pegged the number of affected people at a little over 100,000. Today, in its second upward revision, the number of affected people now stands at over 700,000. The Hack As WIRED originally reported last spring, the hack gave attackers access to…
Crusader Corner: Gay Rape, Masked Men and Sheep (Sounds like the name of a Muslim After School Special)
One month of Islam and “Multiculturalism” in Sweden So far, nine out of ten people seeking asylum in Sweden have not had identification. You can then adapt your background story to increase your chances of being granted asylum. Stockholm’s Chief Press Officer had written that the police might be perceived as racist, and therefore should…
Modern Global Crime: The New Piracy Hot Spot In Africa
(Hint it is one of Africa’s Most Corrupt Countries and is Home to Boko Haram) It’s Tuesday morning, and Phillip Belcher pauses anxiously before opening an email. The subject line reads: “Vessel under attack at this moment.” He clicks through to the bleak description that notes a ship is under attack by a skiff, or…
Kansas Gunman Was a Felon Barred from Gun Ownership
Inspirational: 7 Extreme Survival Stories
From being stranded in the heart of Antartica to three men forced to go further in outer space than any human being has ever gone before, our picks for the most amazing stories of people who pushed the far edges of endurance. The Robertson Family For 38 days, the Robertson family was lost at…
1914: Yet Another Cautionary Tale
For several years now many states and organizations in the Middle East and elsewhere have become involved in the situation in Syria. Though there are many players and overlapping interests, there is little evidence that they have established a common goal or common objectives, nor that common practical plans have been made to achieve them….
Espionage Files: European Companies Sold Spy Tech to a Secret Egyptian Intelligence Unit Amid Brutal Repression
When pro-democracy Egyptian protestors succeeded in ending the authoritarian rule of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, they would soon reap an unexpected double-coup. The following month reports claimed that the much-feared Egypt’s State Security Investigations Service (SSI) had been shuttered. A powerful symbol of state repression was no longer. Or so it seemed. Amid the flux…
Cyber-Security: Googles New “Neural Network” can Locate the Location of any Photo on the Web
For those of you that are “seasoned” Science Fiction fans like myself, perhaps you remember the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey and the HAL Computer? Yeah this “neural network” called PLaNET kinda reminds me of that…unsettling in a way, no? -SF Here’s a tricky task. Pick a photograph from the Web at random. Now…