Trump Told Xi Chinese Support for Iran Is ‘Totally Unacceptable’

9/11, Anwar Al-Awlaki, And Our Unanswered Questions Authored by Patrick Pillow via The Libertarian Institute, In 1990, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) provided "full funding" for one Anwar Nasser Abdulla al-Awlaki for studies in civil engineering at Colorado State University. There was only one problem: the USAID document listed his birthplace as Sana'a, Yemen. Awlaki was actually born in Las Cruces, New Mexico, an inaccuracy which federal security agent Ray Fournier and The New York Times describe as being done in an attempt to qualify for scholarship money. Awlaki returned to...

Rabobank: "The World As We Knew It No Longer Exists" Via Rabobank, As we move towards the end of another trading week, most action was again dominated by the now ubiquitous market bugbear of geopolitics. Central banks are trying to reassert themselves, but under that shadow, and as everything they understand starts to fall apart around them. Putin suggested he’s open to peace vs. Ukraine. That would be wonderful. It would also be remarkable given everything we have seen to date and the rumours we hear of imminent escalation – unless the peace...

The AI Arms Race Goes To Orbit, And The Night Sky Is Collateral Damage If built as filed with the FCC (by SpaceX, Blue Origin and Cowboy Space), the number of orbital data centers could, if left unmitigated, put roughly 100 times more visible satellites than stars in the night sky at some hours, according to a preprint by astronomers Aaron Boley, Samantha Lawler and Hanno Rein.The paper, "Rings in the Sky," models three designs taken from company filings which suggest Blue Origin's Sunrise would be up to 51,600 satellites,...