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CNN Faces Defamation Lawsuit Over Afghan Evac
CNN To Face Defamation Case In Florida Over Alleged False Narrative About Afghanistan Evacuations A Florida appeals court Wednesday said a security consultant could pursue a punitive damages claim against CNN in a defamation and trade-libel lawsuit stemming from the evacuation of Afghan citizens as the United States withdrew from Afghanistan. A three-judge panel of […]
R & D Considerations of TAH-VG
At the risk of appearing to be clickbait, I’ll say upfront that this post may not be what you think. Even though it may imply Research and Development, I choose “R and D” because “D & R” may conjure up another image. Let me scorpion dance a little more… and have a little fun with […]
A CNN Analyst takes ‘bloodbath’ comment out of context, insinuates anti-terror plan against Trump supporters
In a series of posts on X (formerly Twitter), Juliette Kayyem, CNN National Security Analyst, took Donald Trump’s statement about economic bloodbath out of context. Donald Trump talked about an economic bloodbath if China builds vehicles in Mexico while taking advantage of the free trade agreement to escape tariffs. However, Kayyem and others removed “economic” […]
Friday short takes – Solar irony, Bama v. AF, Disinformazia
First up, in uber-green Great Britain, they are shutting down those nasty coal plants and moving to wind and solar power as quickly as they can. However, this week they followed Germany’s lead. You may remember that Germany, unable to generate enough green power, is reactivating nuclear reactor generating plants. The UK started turning […]
Base Drag Show Ban
Stars and Stripes news for U.S. military personnel has been promulgated periodically since first appearing during the American Civil War. The news source is under the jurisdiction of the Defense Media Activity, a part of the office of the U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs. Today’s edition included this. Drag show ban complicates […]
Wednesday updates
In case you missed my mea culpa, the Nashville shooter was not a male who identified as female, but a female who identified as male. Early reports had it wrong. ********************** One of our least favorite people, former Major Nidal Hassan, the Ft. Hood (soon to be Ft. Cavazos) shooter who killed 13 servicemen in […]
Manipulated, part II
Well, I knew the CDC article wasn’t terribly surprising. But it just gets better and better. The NY Post has the story on how both of the last two administrations pressured Twitter to censor data they found inconvenient. The Biden White House pressured Twitter to both “elevate” and “suppress” users based on their stances on […]
S B-F Jailed, Charges Pending
Sam Bankman-Fried Cryptocurrency is a digital payment system that doesn’t rely on banks to verify transactions. It exists virtually and uses cryptography to secure transactions. An encrypted, distributed public ledger called blockchain records the transactions. There is nothing tangible and no central issuing or regulating authority. Whatever could go wrong? Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX founder, charged […]
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