Germany recession 'NOW LIKELY' – Berlin hit with SHOCK economic forecast
A RECESSION in Germany “now seems likely” as the economic powerhouse of Europe continues to be hit with a raft of disappointing financial data.
https://www.express.co.uk/finance/city/1070176/Germany-news-recession-finance-Europe-German-economy-forecast-Angela-Merkel-eurozone
EU ON THE BRINK: Italy plotting to use 'Yellow Vests' to DESTROY Brussels as we know it
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1070007/EU-news-Italy-France-European-Parliament-elections-Yellow-Vest-Emmanuel-Macron-Five-Star
'EU the real eurosceptics!' Salvini WARNS Brussels of upcoming REVOLT – 'Italy the engine'
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1069944/EU-news-Italy-Matteo-Salvini-Malta-migrant-crisis-Sea-Watch-3
How to Deal with Cops Who Believe Wild Conspiracy Theories Like QAnon
Mike Pence appeared in a photo with a cop wearing a "QAnon" patch, and he got demoted. But how many more like him are out there?
https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/gy7azb/how-to-deal-with-cops-who-believe-wild-conspiracy-theories-like-qanon
Did anyone realize that Eric Schmidt, former google CEO, was appointed as chairman of DOD Innovation advisory board back in 2016?
Eric Schmidt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Schmidt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_Innovation_Advisory_Board
"The Defense Innovation Board is an organization set up in 2016 to bring the technological innovation and best practice of Silicon Valley to the U.S. Military"
Well shit if you really wanted the best practices why did you pick this guy huh?
The same fucking guy had hands in starting a company called "The Groundwork" who's goal is:
The Groundwork is responsible for the "critical functions of modern campaigning" **by using technological resources to consume digital data about voters, and then developing the technological means to assist the presidential campaign, target these voters for fundraising, advertising, outreach. It is a customer relationship management system for future voters."
and who said this:
At the Techonomy conference on August 4, 2010, Schmidt expressed that technology is good. And he said that the only way to manage the challenges is "much greater transparency and no anonymity." Schmidt also stated that in an era of asymmetric threats,"true anonymity is too dangerous."
and said this:
"I want to be clear what we mean by Net neutrality: What we mean is if you have one data type like video, you don't discriminate against one person's video in favor of another. But it's okay to discriminate across different types. So you could prioritize voice over video. And there is general agreement with Verizon and Google on that issue."
When the hell are we going to stand up to highly powerful people being put in other highly powerful places that you and me have absolutely no say on?
Our missile defense systems are no match for hypersonic weapons
A Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies paper makes a complete and compelling case for why the United States should aggressively pursue hypersonic weapons, systems that travel faster than five or six times the speed of sound.
Hypersonics, the authors conclude, would afford the U.S. with unprecedented rapid reach, global target access, a “fourth dimension effect” by effectively shrinking a foe’s decision-making window and a complete rendering of existing air defenses to be obsolete.
What may not be obvious to U.S. policymakers is the corollary: Hypersonic weapons can provide these very same advantages to our adversaries. In fact, given the state of hypersonic weapons development in Russia and China, they already do.
Russian and Chinese research, test and development of hypersonic weapons have far outpaced that of the United States. A Russian hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV), known as the Avangard, completed a successful flight test in December in which the weapon purportedly reached 27 times the speed of sound. The Russians also claim this system is now in production and ready to be fielded.
The Chinese have been even more aggressive in their pursuit of hypersonic weapons. According to Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Dr. Mike Griffin, China has conducted "more tests in the past year than the United States has conducted over the past decade,” and it has achieved an initial operating capability with these weapons.
The United States, on the other hand, currently has no such capability. The stark reality is that our current missile defense systems, as well as our operational mindset, are simply incapable versus this threat.
What many in Congress may not understand is that HGVs are specifically designed to exploit gaps and seams within our current missile defense structure.
The Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) array of satellite sensors, sea-borne and terrestrial radars, and ground-based interceptors are designed against a singular threat — an incoming ballistic missile launched from North Korea or perhaps Iran.
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/424581-our-missile-defense-systems-are-no-match-for-hypersonic-weapons
China has conducted "more tests in the past year than the United States has conducted over the past decade,”
Who the fuck is responsible for this???
Breaking: US begins troop, hardware withdrawal from Syria
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:30 A.M.) – The U.S. began withdrawing some of their military personnel and hardware in northern Syria this morning, the AFP News Agency reported.
“I can confirm the movement of equipment from Syria. For security reasons, I am not going to provide further details at this time”, an unnamed U.S. official was quoted as saying by AFP news agency this morning.
The remarks came after CNN cited a Trump administration official familiar with the situation as saying that “some [US] cargo has already moved” from Syria.
This is the second time in the last two weeks that the U.S. military has withdrawn troops and hardware from one of their bases in Syria.
Previously, the U.S. Coalition withdrew their forces from an unnamed base in the Al-Hasakah Governorate.
The U.S. Coalition troops then made their way through the Al-Hasakah Governorate to nearby Nineveh after reaching the Al-Malkiyah Crossing.
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/breaking-us-begins-troop-hardware-withdrawal-from-syria/