This Just In: CIA Unveils 50-year-old Spy Plane
Well, the CIA technically unveiled it last week, but since the project began in 1957, I figure covering the story 4 days after it happens sure beats waiting 50 years to talk about it.
Anyway, last week at CIA headquarters, down in Langley, VA, the A-12 spy plane, codenamed Oxcart was unveiled to the public and [...]
Military appeals to base materialism
One of the latest army rah rah commercials has some young polished pilot talking about how the most sophisticated piece of machinery he’d ever driven at home was a tractor and now, in the army, he’s piloting a multi-million-dollar plane.
These commercials imply that by entrusting these soldiers with expensive equipment, the army holds them in [...]
One more we missed yesterday-
From Super Soldier we move to Super Spy:
Yesterday was the birthday of one of America’s top female spies, she would have been 95. Monday marked the three year anniversary of her passing.
In 1941, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Julia McWilliams attempted to join the Navy, but was turned down because of her height (at [...]
Super Soldiers – Day II
Even with all the Super Soldier postings listed yesterday there were still a few I didn’t get a chance to cover, so we are following up with a couple of more Super Soldier postings today, not to worry, thee will be other content as well.
We start the day with a tidbit from Aviation Week: We [...]
Mind Control
Apparently the pentagon is planning a new program to implant microchips into soldiers. They claim it is so that they can monitor their biological activities like brain waves, stress-levels, heart-rate, etc., but we all know it is so that they can take over their minds and turn them into brainless killing machines.
Fortunately for us, before [...]
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