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Nano-technology: one world, one brain

From lexico.com: nanotechnology: "The branch of technology that deals with dimensions and tolerances of less than 100 nanometers, especially the manipulation of individual atoms and molecules."
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The recent arrest of Harvard pioneer in the field of nanotechnology, Charles Lieber — on charges of lying to federal authorities about his business connections to China — has exposed wide-ranging relationships among American and Chinese researchers.

These relationships include, above all, the open sharing of sensitive technologies that, once upon a time, would have been considered closely guarded state secrets. (See my recent piece, "Behind the explosive Charles Lieber scandal.")

Here are quotes from the journal Nano Today, from a 2019 paper titled: "Nanowire probes could drive high-resolution brain-machine interfaces". Its authors are Chinese and American:
  • ...advances can enable investigations of dynamics in the brain [through tiny sensor-implants] and drive the development of new brain-machine interfaces with unprecedented resolution and precision.
  • ...output electrical signals of brain activity or input electrical stimuli to modulate brain activity in concert with external machines, including computer processors and prosthetics, for human enhancement...
Aside from research into prosthetics and, perhaps, the reversal of certain paralyses, this avenue of investigation also suggests "modulation" of the brain, hooked to machines, for the purpose of control. Control of thoughts, sensations, emotions.

And along with the Internet of Things, why couldn't that control eventually be extended, in order to "harmonize" many, many brains with one another?

Airplane

MH17 truth - before the Dutch, Australians, Ukrainians screen their lie show

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New evidence leaked last week from the files of the Dutch-led Joint Investigation Team (JIT) proves that Dutch state prosecutors have concealed and suppressed evidence of a direct witness of the Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash in eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014.

That witness, a Ukrainian villager under MH17's flight path, reported to a Dutch police investigator in July 2015 that he had seen two Ukrainian Air Force fighter jets in the air at the time of the shootdown; a plume moving horizontally across the sky, indicating an air-to-air missile launch, not a missile fired from the ground; and the subsequent fall of the MH17 itself.

Another of the documents leaked shows that Dutch prosecutors have concealed an official report by Major-General Onno Eichelsheim, director of the Dutch military intelligence service (MIVD). Addressed to the National Prosecutor's Office for Counter-Terrorism, and dated September 21, 2016, Eichelsheim said that "flight MH17 was flying beyond the range of all identified and operational Ukrainian and Russian locations where 9K37M1 Buk M1 systems were deployed."

A third piece of evidence, hidden until now, is a report by the Australian Federal Police to the JIT dated July 2015. This concludes that images published internationally of a Russian BUK missile carrier alleged to have been the weapon used against MH17 had been "manipulated" and almost certainly had not been recorded at the time of the MH17 incident. The newly discovered evidence is inconclusive on what or who caused the downing of MH17. But the leaked documents show that the Dutch court trial, scheduled to start in The Hague on March 9 is a sham, its evidence inadmissible in a criminal proceeding in the UK or the US.

The new evidence has been presented by Bonanza Media, a partnership of Max van der Werff and Yana Yerlashova, and released with analysis by van der Werff. Read this in full here.

Comment: For more on the recent leaks, see:


War Whore

Russia isn't just mapping Ireland's internet cables - it's planning to INVADE, foams Cold-War-revivalist DC think tank

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© TeleGeographyA 'top secret' interactive map showing all undersea internet cables landing in Ireland
Russia is poised to invade Ireland and seize control of global communications, according to a crew of Cold War relics and professional Russophobes who've taken an already absurd James Bond-esque story and doubled down on it.

Ireland's status as "a vital telecommunications and logistics hub linking North America and Europe" has made it an irresistible prize to "the Putin regime," according to a bizarre paper published on Wednesday by the Center for Security Policy, a right-wing think tank. Russia isn't just lusting after Ireland's burgeoning crop of tech firms, or its forest of undersea communications cables, the group argues - it's actively plotting to invade the Emerald Isle.

Light Sabers

Another 'highly likely'-style accusation: Moscow brushes aside 'evidence-free' Georgia cyberattack

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The image of Mikhail Shaakashvili used to deface Georgian websites in October 2019.
The US and its allies have claimed Russia's military intelligence defaced Georgian websites with an image of the country's former president. Moscow says the accusation is not backed by any evidence and is clearly just a PR stunt.

In late October last year, Georgia suffered what was described as the largest cyberattack in its history. Over 15,000 web pages - including those of government agencies, newspapers and banks - were defaced and later became inaccessible. The original content was replaced with a photo of former Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili, currently a fugitive from justice, with the words "I'll be back" above his head.

Many in Georgia immediately blamed the attack on Russia, and lo and behold, more than three months later the accusation is official. The Georgian foreign ministry claimed the GRU, Russia's military intelligence agency, was behind it, citing its own investigation and information from "foreign partners." The partners soon piled on Russia, with the charges repeated by the US, the UK, Canada and some others.

Stormtrooper

Hafter's conditions for Libyan peace: Complete withdrawal of mercenaries and Turkish troops

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© AFP / LNA War Information DivisionLibyan National Army (LNA) fighters advancing towards Tripoli, Libya. May 2019.
Ankara and Libya's Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) have used the truce to deploy fresh troops and mercenaries from Syria, Libyan National Army Commander Khalifa Haftar said in an interview.

Haftar told Russia's RIA Novosti news agency that his forces will halt their advance towards Tripoli if Turkish troops and mercenaries leave Libya. The Libyan National Army has been closing in on the city, which is controlled by UN-backed GNA chief Fayez al-Sarraj.

Ankara and allied GNA have been deploying reinforcements to Tripoli during the ceasefire brokered by Russia and Turkey, Haftar said.

Comment: Haftar has the backing of the majority of Libyan citizens, who just want to be left alone to rebuild their country after being ravaged by NATO's illegal bombing campaign almost a decade ago. His demand is neither unreasonable nor impossible, but it would require Erdogan to give up his dream of a restored Ottoman Empire. Erdogan is being forced out of Syria, so has cast his eyes further west for a cheap, secure oil supply.


Alarm Clock

Germany says security threat from far-right extremism, anti-Semitism 'very high' after Hanau attack

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© Michael Sohn / POOL / AFPGerman Interior Minister Horst Seehofer in Berlin on February 14, 2020.
German interior minister Horst Seehofer said Friday that police presence would be increased across the country to counter the "very high" security threat from the far-right, after a gunman killed nine people in a racist attack late Wednesday.

"The security threat from right-wing extremism, anti-Semitism and racism is very high," Seehofer said at a press conference in Berlin.

He also announced an "increased police presence" and "increased surveillance" at mosques, train stations, airports and borders.

Right-wing extremism, Seehofer said, was the "biggest security threat facing Germany," and one which had left "a trail of blood" behind it in recent months.

Germany has already taken several measures to combat right-wing extremism after a string of violent incidents over the last year.

Last June, pro-migrant politician Walter Luebcke was murdered, while October brought an attack on a synagogue in the eastern city of Halle.

Suspects in both cases have ties to the far-right scene.

Seehofer said he was not calling for more police officers or further laws, but rather "a greater use of the options already available to us."

Comment: See also:


War Whore

Iraq regime needs to be changed again, argues ex-aide for Cheney and Bolton... referring to something he helped to install

An anti-government protest in Baghdad
© REUTERS / Thaier al-SudaniAn anti-government protest in Baghdad
Baghdad's ruling class is beyond saving, so it's time to scrap it in its entirety, believes a neocon pundit who served in the Bush administration. What was the saying about doing the same thing and hoping for different results?

Things are really bad in Iraq these days. There are mass protests, where young people demand democracy, an end to corruption and that Iranians go back to their country. But Iranians have been "imperially usurping the authority of Iraq's elected leaders," and now "the rot of Iranian penetration" has rendered the entire Iraqi ruling class beyond saving. They need to go, and the US has things to do.

That's the premise of an op-ed published by Foreign Policy magazine under the title 'Iraq Needs Regime Change Again'. The author is John Hannah, a neoconservative pundit with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. During the George W Bush era, Hannah worked as an aide to mustached arch-hawk John Bolton before moving to the team of Vice President Dick Cheney. A few years ago, he was part of Donald Trump's transition team.

Handcuffs

Roger Stone sentenced to 40 months, Trump doesn't signal pardon will come soon

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© Chip Somodevilla / Getty ImagesRoger Stone leaves court in Washington after being sentenced Thursday.
A federal judge on Thursday sentenced President Donald Trump's long-time adviser Roger Stone to three years and four months in prison and said his lies to lawmakers investigating Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election posed a threat to American democracy.


Comment: We suppose all the anti-Trump liars' lies didn't pose a threat to American democracy, which is why none of them went to prison. Trump actually has a point here:



After U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson sentenced the veteran Republican operative in Washington, Trump indicated he has no immediate plans to pardon Stone and would let the legal process play out, while adding that "at some point I'll make a determination."

"I personally think he was treated very unfairly," Trump said in Las Vegas.

In a stern lecture during a 2-1/2-hour sentencing hearing, Jackson delivered an implicit rebuke to Trump, who has attacked her along with the jury and prosecutors in the high-profile case.

"There was nothing unfair, phony or disgraceful about the investigation or the prosecution," Jackson said, citing words that the Republican president has used.

Stone's lawyer had asked that he get no prison time. The 67-year-old Stone, who has been a friend and adviser to Trump for decades, was convicted on Nov. 15 on all seven counts of lying to Congress, obstruction of justice and witness tampering.

Comment: See also:


Pumpkin 2

The return of Russiagate: MSM & #Resistance ecstatically embrace evidence-free NYT claim Moscow 'helping Trump in 2020'

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The same media that flogged the insane 'Russiagate' conspiracy theory for years are resurrecting that particular dead horse, in what appears to be an effort to stop the White House from cleaning up the US intelligence community.

"Russia is aiding President Trump in the 2020 election, intelligence officials told lawmakers," the New York Times blared on Thursday, adding that President Donald Trump berated the acting Director of National Intelligence after last week's briefing to that effect, about how "Democrats might exploit the news."

Георгиевская ленточка

Russia and Ukraine together would be a powerhouse, competitors will do anything to tear us apart - Putin

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© Sputnik/Aleksey Nikolskyi ; Reuters/Charles PlatiauVladimir Putin (L) Volodymyr Zelensky (R)
Efforts by some foreign actors to drive a wedge between Russia and Ukraine make sense, since the synergies coming from both countries working together would be of great mutual benefit, Vladimir Putin has said.

Russia and Ukraine have common historic roots and great potential for benefiting each other from joint efforts, so it's no surprise that hostile players put so much energy into preventing any rapprochement, the Russian president said in an interview.

"Since any integration of Russia and Ukraine, along with their capacities and competitive advantages would spell the emergence of a rival, a global rival for both Europe and the world, no one wants this. That's why they'll do anything to tear us apart," he told the news agency TASS.


Comment: Putin is speaking the truth however the crazed ultra-nationalists may hate it. His analysis lines up with reality. How much better ordinary Ukrainians would be if they embraced it.