KATC News – by MELISSA CANONE

Today, there was a demonstration in Morgan City of the Anaconda, a boat designed for military use, by Swiftships Shipbuilders LLC and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany, who represents Louisiana’s 3rd congressional district, was also present at the demonstration.

UL researchers (faculty and students) working with Swiftships are adding autonomous navigation to the Anaconda. Autonomous naviagtion integrades sensors and technology that will enable the boat to to be self-driven. Swiftships enlisted the University’s help to enhance the Anaconda because of its expertise in control systems, sensors and robotics.   Continue reading “UL, Swiftships demonstrate unmanned boat”

GEAB N°82 is available! 2014, resumption of the of the global systemic crisis’ « normal » pathGEAB N 82

The avalanche of liquidity from the Fed’s quantitative easing in 2013, allowed the world before’s tenets to wake up: indebtedness, bubbles, globalization, financialization… But all it took was a slight slowing down in the astronomical amounts injected by the US central bank every month for the rampant crisis, buried under these piles of liquidity, to reassert itself. As anticipated, the method of “resolving” the crisis by accentuating the excesses that caused it is ineffective, causing a crisis squared instead. All the same one can find an actual benefit: time is gained which everyone uses to their best advantage.    Continue reading “2014, resumption of the of the global systemic crisis’ « normal » path”

AOL – by LAURA MILLS

MOSCOW (AP) – A trade ban on lacy lingerie has Russian consumers and their neighbors with their knickers in a twist.

The ban will outlaw any underwear containing less than 6 percent cotton from being imported, made, or sold in Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. And it has struck a chord in societies where La Perla and Victoria’s Secret are panty paradises compared to Soviet-era cotton underwear, which was often about as flattering and shapely as drapery.   Continue reading “Trade ban will outlaw certain lacy underwear in Russia”

AOL – by MARIA DANILOVA

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Thousands of police armed with stun grenades and water cannons charged into the large opposition camp in Ukraine’s capital that has been the epicenter of nearly three months of anti-government protests after at least nine people were killed in street clashes Thursday.

The police dismantled some of the barricades on the perimeter of Independence Square, and many of the demonstrators’ tents were set on fire. But the 20,000 protesters fought back, armed with rocks, bats and fire bombs, and singing the Ukrainian national anthem.   Continue reading “Riot police move in against Kiev protest camp, at least 9 dead”

The U.S. military has begun testing troops to see if using low level shocks of electricity keep them alert during combat. Early experiments are underway using 'noninvasive' treatments, such as transcranial magnetic stimulation, stock image pictured, on volunteers who reported increased performance as a resultThe Boston Globe – by Bryan Bender

WASHINGTON — For some modern soldiers, caffeine is just not enough to stay vigilant, especially for the growing ranks of digital warriors who must spend hours monitoring spy drone footage and other streams of surveillance data.

So the Pentagon is exploring a novel way to extend troops’ attention spans and sharpen their reaction times: stimulate the brain with low levels of electricity.   Continue reading “Pentagon considers using electricity to stimulate troops’ brains”

Lew Rockwell – by Walter E. Williams

Evil acts are given an aura of moral legitimacy by noble-sounding socialistic expressions, such as spreading the wealth, income redistribution, caring for the less fortunate, and the will of the majority. Let’s have a thought experiment to consider just how much Americans sanction evil.

Imagine there are several elderly widows in your neighborhood. They have neither the strength to mow their lawns, clean their windows and perform other household tasks nor the financial means to hire someone to help them. Here’s a question that I’m almost afraid to ask: Would you support a government mandate that forces you or one of your neighbors to mow these elderly widows’ lawns, clean their windows and perform other household tasks? Moreover, if the person so ordered failed to obey the government mandate, would you approve of some sort of sanction, such as fines, property confiscation or imprisonment? I’m hoping, and I believe, that most of my fellow Americans would condemn such a mandate. They’d agree that it would be a form of slavery — namely, the forcible use of one person to serve the purposes of another.   Continue reading “Concealing Evil”

devo bob casale reuters.jpgFox News

Bob Casale, one of the original members of the new wave group Devo, died suddenly from heart failure, according to a post on the band’s official Twitter account. He was 61.

Devo singer and co-founder Mark Mothersbaugh released the following statement: “We are shocked and saddened by Bob Casale’s passing. He not only was integral in DEVO’s sound, he worked over twenty years at Mutato, collaborating with me on sixty or seventy films and television shows, not to mention countless commercials and many video games.  Bob was instrumental in creating the sound of projects as varied as “Rugrats” and Wes Anderson’s films. He was a great friend. I will miss him greatly.”    Continue reading “Devo guitarist Bob Casale dead of heart failure at age 61”

Canada Free Press – by Cliff Kincaid

The Sunday CBS “60 Minutes” program aired a dramatic story about murder and corruption in Russia and the criminals who run the regime in Moscow. But it did not mention the failure of the Obama administration to challenge the Putin regime over its blatant human rights abuses and official corruption.   Continue reading “What “60 Minutes” Didn’t Say About Russia”

The Daily Caller – by Caroline May

Food stamp redemption at military grocery stores, or commissaries, has nearly doubled since the beginning of the “Great Recession,” topping out at $103.6 million in fiscal 2013, from $31.1 million in 2008.

While the amount of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, or food stamps, have soared over the past five years, the rate of increase has slowed, according to data from the Defense Commissary Agency and published by CNN Money Monday.   Continue reading “Food stamp use among troops skyrockets during Obama admin”

I DIDN’T BELIEVE THESE LAWS AT FIRST, BUT HAVE FOUND THEM TO BE TRUE (Many Times) FROM ACTUAL EXPERIENCE.

1.Law of Mechanical Repair – After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you’ll have to pee.

2.Law of Gravity – Any tool, nut, bolt, screw, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.   Continue reading “Laws not found in the books”

Firefly Cover_11Business Insider – by LINETTE LOPEZ

First, a caveat: The Firefly vaporizer is not intended to be used for marijuana.

Definitely not.

Never mind that the herb is now legal for recreational use in two states, and can be obtained with a prescription in 20 more. Or that legislation now pending in 10 additional states would decriminalize the use of cannabis for medical purposes.   Continue reading “Why An Apple Developer Quit His Job To Invent The Tesla Of Toking Up”

The world's first bitcoin ATM in Vancouver.(AFP Photo / David Ryder)RT News

Seattle looks set to become the first US city to introduce cash machines that will cater solely for crytocurrency bitcoin. Canada was the first to install bitcoin ATMs and there are plans to introduce cash points in London and Singapore this year.

Las Vegas-based company, Robocoin, has announced the installation of the first automated teller machines (ATMs) in Seattle later this month. Following in the footsteps of Canada, which introduced the machines last year, the new ATMs will come equipped with scanners that recognize government-issued identity, such as passports and drivers’ licenses.   Continue reading “Seattle to become first US city to pioneer bitcoin ATMs”

Immigration Activists Protesting in Front of White House ArrestedLatino Daily News

More than a score of people were arrested Monday at a peaceful vigil staged in front of the White House to protest deportations and support immigration reform that would regularize the status of millions of illegal immigrants.

The protest was organized by the United Methodist Church and was supported by immigrants and activists, who turned out to sing hymns and pray for those who decided to stage the protest despite warnings from law enforcement on the north lawn of the White House.   Continue reading “Immigration Activists Protesting in Front of White House Arrested”

Air Force Academy Chapel paigeh / ccThe American Conservative – by PHILIP GIRALDI

The connection between America’s wars in the Middle East—and its wars more generally—with the more fundamentalist forms of Christianity in the United States is striking. Opinion polls suggest that the more religiously conservative one is, the more one will support overseas wars or even what many might describe as war crimes. Fully 60 percent of self-described evangelicals supported torturing suspected terrorists in 2009, for example. That is somewhat puzzling, as Christianity is, if anything, a religion of peace that only reluctantly embraced a “just war” concept that was deliberately and cautiously evolved to permit Christians—under very limited circumstances of imminent threat—to fight to defend themselves.   Continue reading “Old Testament Armed Forces”