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Posts Tagged ‘war’

55th Anniversary of Fat Man at Nagasaki

Monday, August 9th, 2010

[via LIFE] The efficacy of war is manifest in many ways: technological advances, societal refinement, economic benefits, and, most importantly, global unity. Undeniably, war is responsible for the marvels of today’s society, and, inversely, the absence of war is the cause of American society’s current state of stagnation. – The Necessity of War The Enola [...]

God Wants You Dead: Strength through Unity

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

Collectives often present themselves as being necessary to protect us from ourselves. However, more human death and suffering have been caused throughout history by large scale conflicts between competing Collectives than could ever have been caused by conflicts between individuals. People sometimes kill and steal from each other because of self interest but it is [...]

God Wants You Dead: Holy War

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Collective idea-organisms turn men into tools to be used for the survival and growth of the Collective. This explains why people, who would not normally hurt a fly in their own homes, can be made to travel half way around the world, to risk death, and to kill people they have never met, in defense [...]

Operator’s Manual: Justifying Aggression

Monday, January 4th, 2010

via Steve Dekorte Racism within the military has long been an important tool to justify the destruction and occupation of another country. It has long been used to justify the killing, subjugation, and torture of another people. Racism is a vital weapon employed by this government. It is a more important weapon than a rifle, [...]

I Have Met the Terrorist and He is Us

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

“New York is already a target for terrorists – we announce that every day and talk about it every day. To add something unnecessary to that makes no sense, and the president has made, I believe, an irresponsible decision.” – Giuliani: 9/11 Trials in NYC Will Lead to More TerrorismNewsMax.com2009-11-13 … and warning people daily [...]

Bloodless War and the Expurgation of Reality

Friday, September 4th, 2009

Because, whether you know it or not, you can’t handle the truth. The death of Lance Corporal Joshua M. Bernard was one of 4,257 (and counting) US casualties in Iraq. The difference between his and the 4,256 before it: a picture taken by an Associated Press photographer moments after he sustained the mortal wound. The [...]

Feed The Machine

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

People throw all sorts of personal information up on Facebook that can be very useful if you’re trying to get in touch with them, or hunt them down. Phone numbers, email addresses, web pages, messages that mention your whereabouts, all of this is potentially useful to a professional skiptracer. The trick is that some people [...]

Before the Clock Strikes Twelve

Sunday, January 11th, 2009

I was discussing the would-have-been proto-disaster “Y2K” was made out to be with a friend when the subject of the “Dead Hand” system came up – interestingly enough, there is less and less information to suggest that the Soviet retaliatory system was a hoax. There are even some compelling arguments that the Cold War specter [...]

Killer Microdrones

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

“Individual MAVs may perform direct-attack missions.” Originally spotted at Video: Air Force’s Killer Bugbots Attack at Wired.com.

FM3-05.130

Saturday, December 6th, 2008

Army Special Operations ForcesUnconventional Warfare September 2008 DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: Distribution authorized to U.S. Government agencies and their contractors only to protect technical or operational information from automatic dissemination under the International Exchange Program or by other means. This determination was made on 28 August 2008. Other requests for this document must be referred to Commander, [...]