I’m just going to repost my post from 14 June 2017, the day that the Republican congressional softball practice was shot up, as it pretty much covers my take on these things. I’ve done a technical post on mass shootings before. Specifically what simulations and simulated recreations can tell us in terms of potential outcomes. And …
Breaking News: Mass Shooter Apprehended After Shooting At Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School
About an hour ago Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Broward County, Florida went into lockdown. The reason was a reported shooter on site. The suspect, a white male, has now been apprehended. Shooter is now in custody. Scene is still active. #stonemanshooting — Broward Sheriff (@browardsheriff) February 14, 2018 UPDATE: Authorities have taken a …
The US Senate Select Committee On Intelligence Hearing On Worldwide Threats Live Stream
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence is holding its hearing on worldwide threats this morning. The witnesses are: Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats Director of Central Intelligence Mike Pompeo Director of the FBI Christopher Wray Director of the National Security Agency ADM Mike Rogers Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency LTG Robert Ashley Director …
The Devolution Of A Superpower & The End Of The American Century Part II: Levantine Edition
Earlier today MSNBC’s Ali Velshi interviewed Ronen Bergman, the Senior National Security Correspondent for Yedioth Ahronot. Bergman book on Israel’s assassination program has just been published, but the interview never actually got to the book. Rather, it was all about the Israeli Vs Syrian and Iranian fighting over the weekend. The discussion was illuminating, alarming, …
The Limits of Dissent: Here’s A Hint, This Crosses the Line
Whichever knucklehead decided this was a good way to demonstrate their displeasure with the President, his administration, his business, his family that runs his business, and/or all of the above: You’re NOT helping!!!!!! Trump Jr.'s wife exposed to non-hazardous white powder: police https://t.co/6H3rNr2c3F — Reuters Top News (@Reuters) February 12, 2018 NEW YORK (Reuters) – Vanessa …
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A Battle of Eight Armies: Syria Update
Events have begun to spin out of control in Syria. Last week the Israelis lost an IAF F-16I Fighting Falcon. Though both the pilots were able to safely eject and survived. They came down in Israeli controlled territory. The Israelis, of course, responded to the downing of their F-16 with a large scale reprisal. This included …
Breaking News: The President Will Not Authorize The Release of the HPSCI Democratic Minority Rebuttal Memo
So Trump/McGahn have suddenly gotten much for solicitous about DOJ/FBI concerns about releasing classified material ¯_(ツ)_/¯ https://t.co/e7JadfH1QA via @TPM pic.twitter.com/WiwwhycHPw — Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 10, 2018 This does not really surprise me. It was telegraphed earlier in the week by the Chief of Staff who stated that the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence …