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Airman at facility overseeing US ballistic missiles caught smoking pot on duty – report

Posted on October 24, 2019October 24, 2019By Editor

An airman at a US Air Force base overseeing nuclear-tipped missiles and bombers was reportedly caught red-handed smoking a joint in a missile alert facility, prompting an investigation. … Read More >Airman at facility overseeing US ballistic missiles caught smoking pot on duty – report

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Trump channels ‘America invades for oil’ meme as he says some troops will stay in Syria to ‘protect’ it

Posted on October 24, 2019October 24, 2019By Editor

US forces have secured Syria’s oil, and now most of them are on their way out, President Donald Trump has declared, patting himself on the back for “saving a lot of lives.” He then produced an oil-grabbing quote worthy of a meme. … Read More >Trump channels ‘America invades for oil’ meme as he says some troops will stay in Syria to ‘protect’ it

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Comedian Steven Crowder says YouTube suppressed Tulsi Gabbard search results during Hillary Clinton ‘foreign asset’ row

Posted on October 23, 2019October 23, 2019By Editor

Conservative internet personality Steven Crowder has accused YouTube of suppressing search results for 2020 Democratic hopeful Tulsi Gabbard during her recent spat with former secretary of state Hillary Clinton. … Read More >Comedian Steven Crowder says YouTube suppressed Tulsi Gabbard search results during Hillary Clinton ‘foreign asset’ row

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HUD Secretary Ben Carson warns ‘political correctness’ will ‘DESTROY’ the US (VIDEO)

Posted on October 23, 2019October 23, 2019By Editor

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson took aim at “political correctness” at a contentious committee hearing, warning that the impulse to control speech and expression would “destroy” the country. … Read More >HUD Secretary Ben Carson warns ‘political correctness’ will ‘DESTROY’ the US (VIDEO)

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Pentagon to create ‘AI assistant’ to help tank crews navigate & MAKE DECISIONS in battle

Posted on October 22, 2019October 22, 2019By Editor

The US Army is working on all-seeing artificial intelligence that would analyze combat data and calculate how to gain supremacy in tank warfare. The project was launched amid growing concerns about using AI in real war. … Read More >Pentagon to create ‘AI assistant’ to help tank crews navigate & MAKE DECISIONS in battle

Opioid crisis: Aberration, or logical outgrowth of for-profit US healthcare system?

Posted on October 21, 2019October 21, 2019By Editor

Four major drug companies have reached a partial settlement over their role in the opioid epidemic, dodging a federal trial. The drug plague is less of an accident than an inevitable consequence of a for-profit healthcare system. … Read More >Opioid crisis: Aberration, or logical outgrowth of for-profit US healthcare system?

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Ditch the Kurds, grab the oil? Trump says US ‘never committed’ to Syrian allies, but SecDef says Washington still committed to oil

Posted on October 21, 2019October 21, 2019By Editor

President Donald Trump has said that the US never committed to the security of Kurds in northern Syria, ahead of the end of the Turkish ceasefire. His defense secretary meanwhile says the US troops had a job to “secure the oil.” … Read More >Ditch the Kurds, grab the oil? Trump says US ‘never committed’ to Syrian allies, but SecDef says Washington still committed to oil

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Google Engineer Leaks Nearly 1,000 Pages of Internal Documents of Bias, Censorship

Posted on October 21, 2019October 21, 2019By Editor

A former Google engineer has released nearly 1,000 pages of documents that he says prove that the company, at least in some of its products, secretly boosts or demotes content based on what it deems to be true or false, while publicly claiming to be a neutral platform. … Read More >Google Engineer Leaks Nearly 1,000 Pages of Internal Documents of Bias, Censorship

New START Treaty Should be Extended Even if It Needs to be Revised – Russian Defence Minister

Posted on October 21, 2019October 21, 2019By Editor

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Monday that the New START Treaty between Russia and the US should be extended even if it needs to be revised. … Read More >New START Treaty Should be Extended Even if It Needs to be Revised – Russian Defence Minister

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Clinton in Hot Water After Mocking Trump’s Letter to Erdogan With Parody ‘Don’t Be a D*ck’ Note

Posted on October 21, 2019October 21, 2019By Editor

Last week, a letter Donald Trump sent to the Turkish president was released by reporters; it made the rounds on social media and prompted netizens to come up with a slew of jokes about the US president’s strongly-worded address … Read More >Clinton in Hot Water After Mocking Trump’s Letter to Erdogan With Parody ‘Don’t Be a D*ck’ Note