Army to Test Air Burst Weapon for Joes
Military.com|by Christian Lowe
It's a weapon that can take out a bad guy behind a wall, beyond a hill or below a trench, and do it more accurately and with less collateral damage than anything on the battlefield today, officials say. It's called the XM25 Individual Air Burst Weapon, and by next month the service will have three prototypes of the precision-guided 25mm rifle ready for testing.
http://tinyurl.com/3w9xys
DoD Names Generals Punished for Nuke Errors
Military.com|by Colin Clark
...The Air Force has reprimanded or admonished six generals, including the deputy chief of staff for logistics, installations and mission support and the former commander of the Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center.
http://tinyurl.com/4akpyd
Attack of the Super-Strength Cyborg Penguins
By David Hambling/WIRED
Military researchers are building mechanical suits that provide superstrength and inhuman endurance. Next up: an undersea exoskeleton that turns the wearer into a giant, cyborg penguin. http://tinyurl.com/4ddjjd
Super Sniper Scope: Next War's 'Secret Weapon'? (Updated)
By David Hambling/WIRED
SrvsIt's probably not the game-changing, "secret weapon" of the Iraq war. But it could help win the next one: a stealth sniper scope for invisible assassination.
http://tinyurl.com/5fvd2f
Saturday, September 27, 2008
DEPOPULATION & BRAIN "ENHANCEMENTS?
Top UN Official Applauds Plummeting Births, Calls for Protection of Sodomy
By Susan Yoshihara, Ph.D.
At United Nations headquarters last week, UN Population Fund (UNFPA) executive director Thoraya Obaid called for more funding for population programs, including reducing fertility, promoting "reproductive health services," and "de-stigmatizing" sodomy.
http://tinyurl.com/3uoq7f
Planned Parenthood's dirty little secrets
By: Colleen Kopp
Planned Parenthood, an organization that claims to promote women's health and well-being, has a deeply stained history of racism, hatred and lies. Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, summed up the purpose of her organization with this statement: "More children from the fit, less from the unfit."
http://tinyurl.com/44luc2
Schoolchildren could be given 'smart drugs' in a bid to boost brainpower
By Laura Clark/DAILY MAIL (UK)
Schools will soon have to ensure all pupils have access to brain-enhancing 'smart drugs', according to officially funded experts. They said teachers risk claims of bias against poorer children if they fail to give all pupils the same chance to take a new generation of pills which boost attention, concentration and memory. esearchers predict that within a generation, cognition enhancing drugs - or 'cogs' - will be so advanced that parents and teachers will be able to 'manipulate biology' to enhance pupils' brainpower.
http://tinyurl.com/4vs23d
Futurologist Richard Watson's 2050 vision: goodbye Belgium, hello brain transplants
TELEGRAPH (UK)
If you were surprised by the financial crisis, wait until you hear what's coming next. Futurologist Richard Watson journeys into tomorrow's world
http://tinyurl.com/4jckqw
Baroness Warnock: Dementia sufferers may have a 'duty to die'
Elderly people suffering from dementia should consider ending their lives because they are a burden on the NHS and their families, according to the influential medical ethics expert Baroness Warnock.
By Martin Beckford Social Affairs Correspondent/TELEGRAPH (UK)
http://tinyurl.com/42wquj
The Army's Totally Serious Mind-Control Project
By MARK THOMPSON
Soldiers barking orders at each other is so 20th Century. That's why the U.S. Army has just awarded a $4 million contract to begin developing "thought helmets" that would harness silent brain waves for secure communication among troops. Ultimately, the Army hopes the project will "lead to direct mental control of military systems by thought alone."
http://tinyurl.com/5b269g
Mind-Control Microbe
A parasitic infection can give you schizophrenia, make you have a car crash, or determine the sex of your child.
by Kathy A. Svitil
http://tinyurl.com/236x49
Could inner zombie be controlling your brain?
Evidence suggests self-aware part of our brains isn't always in charge
By Carl Zimmer/MSNBC
http://tinyurl.com/5ngzyz
India's use of brain scans in courts dismays critics
By Anand Giridharadas/International Herald Tribune
India has become the first country to convict someone of a crime relying on evidence from this controversial machine: a brain scanner that produces images of the human mind in action and is said to reveal signs that a suspect remembers details of the crime in question.
http://tinyurl.com/6cjktb
Brain test could be next polygraph
Seattle scientist making his pitch
By TOM PAULSON/P-I REPORTER
A Seattle scientist who has developed an electronic brain test that he says could improve our ability to force criminals to reveal themselves, identify potential terrorists and free those wrongly convicted may have finally broken through the bureaucratic barriers that he believes have served to stifle adoption of the pioneering technique.
http://tinyurl.com/4mkyyp
By Susan Yoshihara, Ph.D.
At United Nations headquarters last week, UN Population Fund (UNFPA) executive director Thoraya Obaid called for more funding for population programs, including reducing fertility, promoting "reproductive health services," and "de-stigmatizing" sodomy.
http://tinyurl.com/3uoq7f
Planned Parenthood's dirty little secrets
By: Colleen Kopp
Planned Parenthood, an organization that claims to promote women's health and well-being, has a deeply stained history of racism, hatred and lies. Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, summed up the purpose of her organization with this statement: "More children from the fit, less from the unfit."
http://tinyurl.com/44luc2
Schoolchildren could be given 'smart drugs' in a bid to boost brainpower
By Laura Clark/DAILY MAIL (UK)
Schools will soon have to ensure all pupils have access to brain-enhancing 'smart drugs', according to officially funded experts. They said teachers risk claims of bias against poorer children if they fail to give all pupils the same chance to take a new generation of pills which boost attention, concentration and memory. esearchers predict that within a generation, cognition enhancing drugs - or 'cogs' - will be so advanced that parents and teachers will be able to 'manipulate biology' to enhance pupils' brainpower.
http://tinyurl.com/4vs23d
Futurologist Richard Watson's 2050 vision: goodbye Belgium, hello brain transplants
TELEGRAPH (UK)
If you were surprised by the financial crisis, wait until you hear what's coming next. Futurologist Richard Watson journeys into tomorrow's world
http://tinyurl.com/4jckqw
Baroness Warnock: Dementia sufferers may have a 'duty to die'
Elderly people suffering from dementia should consider ending their lives because they are a burden on the NHS and their families, according to the influential medical ethics expert Baroness Warnock.
By Martin Beckford Social Affairs Correspondent/TELEGRAPH (UK)
http://tinyurl.com/42wquj
The Army's Totally Serious Mind-Control Project
By MARK THOMPSON
Soldiers barking orders at each other is so 20th Century. That's why the U.S. Army has just awarded a $4 million contract to begin developing "thought helmets" that would harness silent brain waves for secure communication among troops. Ultimately, the Army hopes the project will "lead to direct mental control of military systems by thought alone."
http://tinyurl.com/5b269g
Mind-Control Microbe
A parasitic infection can give you schizophrenia, make you have a car crash, or determine the sex of your child.
by Kathy A. Svitil
http://tinyurl.com/236x49
Could inner zombie be controlling your brain?
Evidence suggests self-aware part of our brains isn't always in charge
By Carl Zimmer/MSNBC
http://tinyurl.com/5ngzyz
India's use of brain scans in courts dismays critics
By Anand Giridharadas/International Herald Tribune
India has become the first country to convict someone of a crime relying on evidence from this controversial machine: a brain scanner that produces images of the human mind in action and is said to reveal signs that a suspect remembers details of the crime in question.
http://tinyurl.com/6cjktb
Brain test could be next polygraph
Seattle scientist making his pitch
By TOM PAULSON/P-I REPORTER
A Seattle scientist who has developed an electronic brain test that he says could improve our ability to force criminals to reveal themselves, identify potential terrorists and free those wrongly convicted may have finally broken through the bureaucratic barriers that he believes have served to stifle adoption of the pioneering technique.
http://tinyurl.com/4mkyyp
Thursday, September 25, 2008
News 09/25/08
The bailout debate
CNN's Wolf Blitzer talks with Congressman Ron Paul about whether or not the federal government should be intervening.
http://tinyurl.com/3rytjq
The Party’s Over
By Patrick J. Buchanan
The Crash of 2008, which is now wiping out trillions of dollars of our people’s wealth, is, like the Crash of 1929, likely to mark the end of one era and the onset of another.
http://tinyurl.com/3vc4l2
CNN's Wolf Blitzer talks with Congressman Ron Paul about whether or not the federal government should be intervening.
http://tinyurl.com/3rytjq
The Party’s Over
By Patrick J. Buchanan
The Crash of 2008, which is now wiping out trillions of dollars of our people’s wealth, is, like the Crash of 1929, likely to mark the end of one era and the onset of another.
http://tinyurl.com/3vc4l2
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