Category Archives: Technology

VA Tech Shooter Description From Victim

Posted on April 16, 2007 by Thanos

A victim describes the Virgina Tech massacre shooter in this video as Asian, in his 20’s, dressed in a black leather jacket. Listen as he vividly describes the shooting and where he was hit. More At Lawhawk’s place More at LGF … Continue reading →

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Capitalism Conquers Death

Posted on April 15, 2007 by Thanos

In March at TED (Thinking, Entertainment, Design), Hans Rosling gave a presentation that clearly demonstrates the great strides the world has made by adopting Capitalism over the past forty years. Please watch this in its entirety, there are things that will … Continue reading →

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China Destroys Satellite With a Missile

Posted on April 14, 2007 by Thanos

China has become the first nation to successfully shoot down a low-earth orbit satellite with a ballistic missile. Russia, opposed to space weaponry, criticizes the US for the Chinese shoot-down (typical,) and this is certain to heat up the Asian … Continue reading →

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Missile Defense news

Posted on April 10, 2007 by Thanos

Japan has deployed their own Patriot PAC-3 Missle defense batteries Friday at Iruma airbase in Saitama Prefecture. This is a full year ahead of the announced date, and will certainly give North Korea something to think on. From Spacewars: Kyodo also … Continue reading →

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Launching Aircraft With a Railgun

Posted on April 9, 2007 by Thanos

The newest Aircraft Carrier in the US arsenal, USS Gerald Ford CVN 78,  is under construction now and the cats are definitely going future tech. The new system launches aircraft with a rail gun (Linear Induction Motor, or LIM) and looks like it will be a great … Continue reading →

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Adak, Alaska Chosen as Base for GMD Radar

Posted on March 22, 2007 by Thanos

A new state-of-the-art Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) radar will be based at Adak Alaska. Continue reading →

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Renewable vs Nonrenewable Energy

Posted on November 19, 2006 by Thanos

The real point is that Energy Independence for the US is just not enough — we must instead have energy abundance for the entire world. We do not want to be the lone island of energy wealth in a sea of misery, and it’s a simple formula for strife unending if we take that path.
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New National Space Policy

Posted on November 18, 2006 by Thanos

For a lucid, detailed, and factual review of changes to our national space policy please see this article by Dwayne Day at Space Review. I will keep an eye out for his future articles, he definitely grabbed me with this first para: … Continue reading →

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Environmental Imperialism

Posted on November 17, 2006 by Thanos

It’s just wrong to export our environmental claptrap to limit population growth, development, and freedom in the third world. It’s pure Environmental Imperialism.
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New Leadership

Posted on November 11, 2006 by Thanos

At some point we have to break the nihilistic scare and crisis cycle; whether we tell folks they are doomed by terrorism, or doomed by global warming, or doomed by marxism, or fundamentalist christians, or second-hand smoke, it makes little difference. Leading with fear always fails over time. Continue reading →

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