Recently, a few commentators on the blogosphere are airing the idea that the drones are part of some sort of false flag operation on the part of the government, which is intended to create the conditions for the general public to not only accept, but actively demand a crackdown of some sort. Perhaps specifically on the ability of ordinary people to ( Read more... )

There's a video going around of an interview with the CEO of a corporation that makes drones for military and civil government operations. He's claiming that the mystery drones are most likely our own, a specific type of reconfigurable drone that can go from quadcopter to fixed-wing aircraft mode, and they're searching for something that the ( Read more... )

Today is the 83rd anniversary of the Japanese attack on the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, which marked the entry of the US into World War II (and ultimately sealed the fate of the Axis, since they simply were no match for US industrial might ( Read more... )

I'm astonished by the early-voting turnouts here in Marion County. Back in 2020, we went to vote on the first Saturday that the satellite sites opened (before that, the City-County Building downtown is the only option for early voting), and the line wrapped around the township building, stretched out to the street, then doubled back. We were able ( Read more... )

The more information comes out about what happened on Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania, the worse the Secret Service looks. Among other things, it appears that the Secret Service was viewing the rally as a "loose" event, and as such provided a much more relaxed vigilance than would be the norm when guarding a former President's public appearance, ( Read more... )

I'm hearing that the New York grand jury was told not to report in today for what was expected to be the indictment of Donald Trump. Could it be that someone had second thoughts about the wisdom of prosecuting a former President on what was effectively political grounds, particularly after two impeachment trials failed to secure a conviction ( Read more... )

It starts with a seemingly innocuous trip -- a year teaching English in South Korea, a way to pay off some of the ever-growing credit card and student loan debt that was crushing Young Chun, the American-born son of Korean immigrants. After all, South Korea was a modern, democratic country, no more dangerous for an American than traveling in most ( Read more... )

This Windycon panel discussion topic caught my eye because one of my first college papers was for a class in the literature of science fiction, in which I discussed decentralization as a characteristic of supraplanetary polities. In my essay, which is now posted in the writing section of my personal website, I argued that interplanetary and ( Read more... )

It seems the Baltimore city government lost vital information for an audit because it was kept on staff workstations rather than a central server, and there were no backups. It looks like somebody, and probably several somebodies, are going to be looking for a new job ( Read more... )