France said the number of cyber attacks against the defence ministry have doubled each year. 24,000 attacks had been thwarted in 2016. Security services have warded off attacks aimed at “tarnishing the image of the ministry as well as strategic attacks – harassment, surveillance, espionage – and even attempts to disrupt our drone systems,” Defence […]
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France Ups Cybersecurity
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Peace
I’m for peace. I’ve yet to see a man wake up in the morning and say “I’ve just had a good war.” — Mae West
Bombing Of Tokyo
On March 10, 1945, the United States sent 334 B-29 bombers to raid Japan with 279 of the planes dropping 1,665 tons of bombs on Tokyo. Approximately 15.8 square miles of the city was destroyed and some 100,000 people are estimated to have died. Operation Meetinghouse — “The bombs were mostly the 500-pound E-46 cluster […]
Copyrights And Patents
by Daniel Brouse Though copyrights and patents are generally thought to protect the creator from the public, sometimes they may be thought to protect the public from the creator. A copyright offers protection to literary and musical works. In the United States a copyright’s duration is usually for the life of the author plus 70 […]
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Torture = Enhanced Interrogation Techniques
The United States’ Senate Intelligence Committee released a 6,000 page report detailing how the CIA tortured prisoners at Bagram, Guantanamo Bay, and Abu Ghraib. A 480 page summary gives a troubling overview. The BBC reports: Were the interrogation methods – torture if you like – more extensive and more brutal than previously admitted? It looks […]
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King Richard III
The BBC reports on King Richard III: Richard was born in 1452 at Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire His coronation took place in Westminster Abbey in 1483 Richard had one of the shortest reigns in British history – 26 months He was the last English king to die in battle, killed at Bosworth in 1485 King […]
War Declared
Washington DC — On September 10, 2014 between 9PM and 9:15PM, President Obama declared war on the Islamic State (ISIS). “Our objective is clear: We will degrade, and ultimately destroy, ISIL through a comprehensive and sustained counter-terrorism strategy.” Critics raised debate on the irony of Obama going into Iraq after his position on getting out […]
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Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated on June 28, 1914. Franz Ferdinand was the heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne. His assassination started the chain of events that led to World War I. His assassination in Sarajevo precipitated Austria-Hungary’s declaration of war against Serbia. This caused the Central Powers (including Germany and Austria-Hungary) and […]
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Russia, Ukraine, Crimea and the USA
A couple of interesting facts: 1) On March 29, 1867, Stoeckl informed Secretary of State William Henry Seward that the Czar had agreed to sell Russian interests in Alaska to the United States. 2) In 1954, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev gave Ukraine a gift: Crimea.
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The *White Army* Militia Marches
SOUTH SUDAN, AFRICA — A group of armed militants is marching to fight in the growing crisis in South Sudan. The White Army is named from the white ash used to cover their bodies. They are a group of disgruntled young and under-employed men. The Washington Post reports, “Twenty-five thousand young men who make up […]
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