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• A fat lip? Or a black eye for the DoD?

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  A third-phase U.S. Navy student in Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training fires his rifle down range during a night live-fire exercise on San Clemente Island, Calif., Dec. 3, 2009. The third phase of the training focuses on land warfare and includes training in pistol, rifle, demolitions and tactical movement. U.S. ...
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• Take a stand about rape?

  
  the Jaded Skeptic, Odd Jack — Authority: 139
  Sen. Franken of MN put forward an amendment to address the inadequacy of the legal protection of people that are sexually assaulted by military contractors. A handful of Reps came over to vote with him, most didnt. They have been feeling heat over that ever since. The response now from Reps in the Senate is ...
  3 days ago

• Exclusive: Bob Coleman shares what’s next for Six3 Systems

  
  ExecutiveBiz Blog — Authority: 129
  When Bob Coleman left ManTech earlier this year, many wondered about his next move. Then came news Coleman had launched Six3 Systems, a company focused on acquiring government services providers focused on national security. Six3 Systems has since acquired Harding Security Associates . Now comes its second ...
  3 days ago

• Obama Propaganda Comes to DODea School in South Korea

  
  Latest Posts — Authority: 536
  
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• Looking at a Democratic presidency...in the enemy camp

  
  the Jaded Skeptic, Odd Jack — Authority: 139
  A lot has been made of one comment made by Chris Matthews is getting lots of attention. And it deserves it. To him Obama was in the enemy camp , being at West Point. First, is the ever applied assumptions that a Dem has no place on an army base, or amongst the armed forces. This is just tiring. Yes, people ...
  3 days ago

• Before The Big Speech On Afghanistan

  
  NO QUARTER — Authority: 548
  * Bumped up from Tuesday * The contents of which we pretty much already know at this point (thus raising the question why we still have to listen to Obama), a whole bunch of people are protesting the expected surge. One group is Code Pink: Watch the latest business video at FOXBusiness.com Another person who ...
  4 days ago

• Obama’s Afghan Surge: Why He Told Us What We Already Know

  
  The New Ledger Features — Authority: 616
  L ast night, in an address to the nation from the US Military Academy at West Point, NY, the President of the United States finally disclosed his long-suffering decision on General Stanley McChrystal’s proposed troop surge for Afghanistan. The theatrics surrounding this decision have at times bordered on the ...
  4 days ago

• Google halts development of Gears, makes room for HTML 5

  
  F-Default — Authority: 469
    Well, we’ve known for a while that Google was throwing considerable weight behind HTML 5 , and that one of the purposes of the markup language is to do away with plug-ins for Internet apps, so it makes sense that eventually Gears would go the way of the Dodo. But so soon Read the original here: Google halts ...
  4 days ago

• Afghan speech

  
  the Jaded Skeptic, Odd Jack — Authority: 139
  The text of the speech is available from a number of sources. The video of the speech can be found on TPM . UPDATE : Reactions: AMERICAblog TPM has looked at Rep reaction on CNN. Apparently Obama is just another Bush...and apparently that is bad to Reps now. Firedoglake is not ...
  4 days ago

• Waiting for Obama

  
  the Jaded Skeptic, Odd Jack — Authority: 139
  Well many of us are waiting for the president to speak in an hour. We will hear about where he wants to take out activities in Afghanistan. I am curious to hear what the plan is. Last year I was quite partial to continue on in the fight there. For a while I have held to a sense that this was all a fight we ...
  4 days ago

• Before The Big Speech On Afghanistan

  
  NO QUARTER — Authority: 548
  The contents of which we pretty much already know at this point (thus raising the question why we still have to listen to Obama), a whole bunch of people are protesting the expected surge. One group is Code Pink: Watch the latest business video at FOXBusiness.com Another person who thinks we care what he has to ...
  4 days ago

• What to do with USAID? Lessons from Kabul

  
  Global Development: Views from the Center — Authority: 464
  Very interesting op-ed in Sunday’s WashPost on U.S. efforts to promote health care in Afghanistan that cuts to the heart of the debate over integrating development into U.S. foreign policy. The authors, two noted health experts, claim that American programs have done immediate good: up to 100,000 infants and ...
  5 days ago

• LiDAR Wind Profiler for NextGen Aeroportal

  
  LiDAR News — Authority: 124
  Masstech is proposing to develop a 3D wind profiler using a multi-beam LiDAR system. It is the velocity of the aerosol particles that will be measured. This is part of a multi-agency project to improve safety at the nation’s airports. I came across the summary page for a NASA Small Business Innovation ...
  5 days ago

• Let Snoop Dogg Guide You to the Weed on TomTom, Fo’ Shizzle [TomTom]

  
  F-Default — Authority: 469
    Snoop Dogg, when he’s not busy designing headphones and releasing tracks on Rock Band , fancies himself as a navigational hero, lending his “Snoop Speak” to TomTom. Joining other comical characters such as Homer Simpson and, err, Kim Cattrall , Snoop’s VoiceSkin is available to download now for anyone ...
  5 days ago

• Hands-on Preservation and Conservation: NCPTT Materials Research Program 2009 Annual Report

  
  NCPTT — Authority: 113
  The best preservation decisions are based on first-hand knowledge.  NCPTT is creating new technology-based information for people active in hands-on preservation and conservation.NCPTT contributed its first-hand knowledge to the Department of Defense in 2009.  Recently, the DOD wished to establish a series of ...
  6 days ago

• Supreme Court Throws Out Order to Disclose Abuse Photos

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 154
  The Supreme Court today threw out a ruling of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals that had ordered the government to disclose photographs of detainees being abused by U.S. officials. The ruling was widely expected, given that Congress had recently changed the Freedom of Information Act to exempt disclosure of these ...
  6 days ago

• Department Of Defense Orders 2,200 PS3 Gaming Consoles For Supercomputer

  
  The Inquisitr Entertainment — Authority: 723
  When the Department of Defense wanted to upgrade one of their supercomputers they didn’t call Intel, AMD or another specialty microprocessor maker, instead they simply ordered 2,200 PS3 gaming systems. According to BoingBoing the DoD ordered the PS3 consoles to add more power to their PS3 supercomputer, a ...
  6 days ago

• Charges of Abuse at Bagram Highlight Ongoing Problem With ‘Obama’s Gitmo’

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 154
  This weekend’s news that inmates at the part of the prison at the U.S. Air Base in Bagram, Afghanistan, run by Special Operations forces had suffered abuse sounded eerily reminiscent of the charges we’ve heard from previous prisoners victimized by interrogators at Guantanamo Bay. Joshua Partlow and Julie Tate at ...
  6 days ago

• DoD orders 2,200 PS3 consoles

  
  SlashGear — Authority: 772
  It used to be when it came time to upgrade a supercomputer we were talking about adding more nodes, processors, and other hardware. At least in one of the supercomputers used by the DoD when it comes time to upgrade it means buying more Sony PS3 game consoles. BoingBoing reports that a DoD document has surfaced ...
  6 days ago

• Monday Morning News Kick Off: McCain Questions Work by Retired Generals; and is the U.S. Losing its Dominance?

  
  got geoint? — Authority: 425
  Now that everyone has shaken off the tryptophan side-effects from eating too much Thanksgiving turkey, we are ready to get focused and back to work. What better way to dive into the challenging work world than to read up on the latest news and headlines — beyond the Tiger Woods car crash (although it does seem a ...
  6 days ago

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