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    Russia & Ukraine

    Let's catch up with today's U.K. Ministry of Defense update on Ukraine. Transcript: * Between 5-6 May 2024 at least 11 Russian soldiers had been shot as a result of 'friendly fire' incidents. In one incident on 06 May 2024 Russian military police were actively searching for a Russian...
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    Bitcoin Price Thread

    Bitcoin Developers Are Touting ‘Programmability’ as the Catalyst for the Next Rally https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bitcoin-developers-touting-programmability-catalyst-150000221.html (Bloomberg) -- After the long-anticipated launch of US Bitcoin exchange-traded funds in January, and the...
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    Abbott for the win - Bringing death and misery to Texas

    Abbott promised to fix all the electrical grid and absurd pricing problems in Texas. Let's see how it is going. Texas power prices briefly soar 1,600% as a spring heat wave is expected to drive record demand for energy...
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    Former USA Swimming official says trans swimmer is 'destroying' sport

    It's long overdue to put an end to this nonsense. It totally undermines Title IX and all the advancements women have made in sports over the years. Transgender high school runner in Oregon hears boos from crowd after winning girls' 200-meter state title...
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    Iran shuts off its internet as protests worsen

    So how soon until Iran starts blaming the U.S. and Israel for this?
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    Russia & Ukraine

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    Anti-Zionism Is The Same As Anti-Semitism

    You realize that there is no John Hopkins study showing this. This claim was simply posted by pro-Hamas supporter Mogul Mohamed Hadid on Instagram. This is just the most recent of a long trend of false anti-semitic claims that Jews in Israel have no connection to Israel. Admittedly the...
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    Russia & Ukraine

    Let's see what well-respect professor of strategic studies, Phillips O'Brien, has to say about the situation in Ukraine in his latest update. Weekend Update 81: Much of the portrayed Russian success is based on prediction What we have seen to now is still a long-way from the success that is...
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    Russia & Ukraine

    Musk stated he was giving Ukraine Starlink for free. Then he tried to stick both Ukraine and the U.S. with a bill that was over 10X the proper amount. Effectively Musk tried to screw everyone including the U.S. taxpayer. His business behavior is no different than Trump's.
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    Russia & Ukraine

    Additionally Musk shut off Starlink in Ukraine if the U.S. taxpayer did not pay the bills. However the money Musk was demanding was over 10X the cost charged for the service -- and 20X the cost charged for terminals to other customers. Ukraine dealt blow as 1,300 Musk's SpaceX satellites sent...
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    Russia & Ukraine

    Even from the Starlink spokesperson says there were "outages". For instance - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64579267 "She said the company had taken steps to "limit" the abilities of the Ukrainian armed forces to use Starlink in an offensive way - without giving further details. The...
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    Russia & Ukraine

    Easy and obvious to find with a simple Google search. Have at it. For instance - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64579267 "She said the company had taken steps to "limit" the abilities of the Ukrainian armed forces to use Starlink in an offensive way - without giving further details...
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    Iran shuts off its internet as protests worsen

    Helicopter carrying Iran's president suffers a 'hard landing,' state TV says, and rescue is underway A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi suffered a “hard landing” on Sunday, Iranian state media reported, without elaborating. Some began urging the public to pray for Raisi and...
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    Iran shuts off its internet as protests worsen

    The pro-Hamas protestors need to remember that this type of oppression is what they are supporting. Iran Nobel laureate says she faces new trial https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4nnzln0ge1o Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi says she is facing a new trial after she...
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    Russia & Ukraine

    This is just one of the instances of Musk denying use of Starlink to Ukraine.
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    Russia & Ukraine

    Because of Elon's previous support for the Russians in the conflict when he shut down Starlink for use by Ukraine.
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    Meme of the Day!

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    Russia & Ukraine

    GPS jamming has already been easily implemented and scaled for many years -- even by third world nations. Simply switching the jamming frequency band to the Starlink frequency band and turning it on is not very difficult. Even the Russians could figure this out.
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    Russia & Ukraine

    Jamming GPS or Starlink is rather rudimentary. Something a first year college class could do. The only issue is a matter of scale over a locality -- not the technology of jamming itself.
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