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QAnon’s Fave Website Lost Its Host—but Found a New Russian One
Did I miss something? Of course it's from a totally reliable source…
QAnon—an unhinged conspiracy theory falsely accusing President Donald Trump’s foes of Satanic pedophilia and cannibalism—has become so enmeshed in the GOP that at least one Q-loving Republican is expected to win a congressional seat this year.
But in more level-headed industries, the theory is so toxic that few U.S. companies want anything to do with it. That includes an Oregon-based web services company that severed ties with the main QAnon-associated website on Sunday night, temporarily taking the site offline.
8kun, a seedy forum previously known as 8chan, is the current ground zero for QAnon. The site is home to Q, a person or group of people who claim to be a high-level government insider dropping hints about an impending pro-Trump revolution. (The site is also home to white supremacists, including some who have used it to publicize mass-shootings.) The site’s reputation made it anathema to web services companies, with internet activists campaigning to keep 8kun offline.
8kun’s Sunday night outage was a win for those anti-Q forces—until the site took up business with a Russian company that brought it back online.
Fighting 8kun is a game of whack-a-mole for its opponents. Some, like 8chan’s founder-turned-critic Fredrick Brennan, have dutifully tweeted about the site’s moves for years, tracking it as it bounces from web host to web host. (Brennan founded 8chan, the forum’s original incarnation, in 2016, but has since come into bitter conflict with the site’s new owner, Jim Watkins.)
Last week, Brennan revealed on Twitter that 8kun had struck up business with CNServers, an Oregon-based company that helps sites fight off attacks. On Sunday night, a cybersecurity researcher got in touch with the company, which claimed it had no idea it was providing services to 8kun, according to security researcher Brian Krebs.
CNServers immediately severed ties with 8kun, forcing the forum to take its business to a company in St. Petersburg, Russia. The scramble took 8kun offline for several hours—not a good look for a forum that is supposedly the mouthpiece of a high-level military intelligence official.
The outage came the same weekend as 8kun’s owner Jim Watkins attended a QAnon conference in Arizona. Watkins, who was a featured speaker at the event, has become a prominent figure in the Q world, with Brennan and other observers speculating that Watkins might be involved in the posts. (Watkins has never commented on the allegations.)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/8kun-qanons-favorite-website-lost-its-host-but-found-a-new-russian-one
Analyst: North Korea making strides in solid propellant ballistic missiles
Oct. 20 (UPI) – North Korea is closer to narrowing the technological gap with Seoul on weapons, a South Korean analyst says.
Nam Sae-kyu, head of South Korea's Agency for Defense Development, said the North's development of solid propellant ballistic missiles have halved the gap in 20 years, Yonhap news agency reported Tuesday.
Nam, who was testifying before Seoul's parliamentary National Defense Committee, said the South is "quite ahead" of the North in the area of missile technology and guided weapons.
But the weapons North Korea displayed at its 75th party anniversary parade on Oct. 10 show the regime is quickly catching up, Nam said.
"I came away thinking North Korea is developing [weapons] extremely pragmatically compared to five years ago," Nam said.
The predawn military parade showcased a new intercontinental ballistic missile on a transporter with 11 axles, the KN-23, a North Korean short-range ballistic missile and three kinds of super-large multiple-rocket launchers.
The South Korean analyst said the pace of North Korean weapons development is similar to the South's experience with developing the Korean Tactical Surface-to-Surface Missile. Seoul was able to test-launch the weapon within a year, Nam said.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2020/10/20/Analyst-North-Korea-making-strides-in-solid-propellant-ballistic-missiles/6901603198717/
they're actually a pretty good source….most news sites are fake news have to pick and choose which to believe