Taxpayer Funded Incomprehensibility
http://www.dickdestiny.com/blog/2009/11/taxpayer-funded-incomprehensibility.html
A sends:
I was watching PBS with with my daughter yesterday and a cartoon came on
PBS Kids that I found a little bit disturbing. The name of the cartoon is
"Cyberchase."
Here is a description of it from the PBS Website: "In the world of CYBERCHASE,
the dastardly villain Hacker is on a mad mission to take over Cyberspace
with the help of his blundering henchbots, Buzz and Delete. But heroes, Inez,
Jackie, and Matt, are three curious kids determined to stop him with the
help of their cyberpal, Digit. Their weapon: brain power."
http://www.pbs.org/parents/tvprograms/program-cyberchase.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS168619+17-Apr-2009+GNW20090417
Kind of strange a cartoon targeting the pre-school thru early grade school
demographic about hackers using their minds as weapons in cyberspace. It
was even stranger when it aired again today and I had a chance to see the
lead corporate sponsor, Northrop Grumman. Yes, Northrop Grumman is sponsoring
a cartoon for kids on Public Television. It adds new meaning to Northrop's
Motto "Defining the Future" - defining the future, one young mind at a time,
through children's education.
In all honesty I just never thought PBS would have the 4th largest defense
contractor in the United States, the maker of B-2 Spirit strategic bomber
who helps the U.S. to maintain a safe, secure and reliable strategic nuclear
deterrent sponsoring kids' cartoons. Not cool.
A2 sends:
Someone should grab the CIA stuff before it's gone.
CIA Released Documents 1944-2007
http://www.faqs.org/cia/index.html
Law Enforcement Deployment Teams report
http://www.majorcitieschiefs.org/pdfpublic/LEDT_Report_FINAL.pdf
Report on LEDT produced by DHS and FEMA for Congress
http://www.ileas.org/_pdf/LEDT%20Version%20to%20Congress.pdf
Afpak Fun
Afpak Photo War Archive:
http://cryptome.org/info/afpak-archive/afpak-archive.htm
Staff Sgt. Amy C. Tirador, 29, of Albany, N.Y., died Nov. 4 in Kirkush, Iraq,
of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident. She was assigned
to the 209th Military Intelligence Company, 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment,
3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Spc. Julian L. Berisford, 25, of Benwood, W.V., died Nov. 4 in Paktika province,
Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small
arms and rocket-propelled grenade fires. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion,
509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th
Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska.
U.S. Army Soldiers, from Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment,
watch the surrounding hills for insurgents, while fellow U.S. Soldiers, of
Charlie Company, race to their position, dodging heavy sniper fire, during
a three-hour gun battle, with insurgent forces, at Waterpur Valley, in Kunar
province, Afghanistan, Nov. 3, 2009. The 4th Infantry Division Soldiers have
been battling insurgent forces in the Waterpur Valley since arriving in
Afghanistan last June. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matthew Moeller/Released)
Date Posted: 11/6/2009
U.S. soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade
Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division take an overwatch position on a mountain
top as the sun rises in the Pech Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar province Saturday,
Nov. 7, 2009. AP
A U.S. soldier from the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade
Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division takes an overwatch position on a mountain
top as the sun rises in the Pech Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar province Saturday,
Nov. 7, 2009. AP
SFC Korey Staley, right, a U.S. soldier from Atlantic, Iowa and the 2nd
Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry
Division takes an overwatch position on a mountain top as the sun rises in
the Pech Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar province Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. AP
A US Army Chinook helicopter lands on a hill in Kabul on November 7, 2009.
A search operation continued for two US paratroopers missing in remote northwest
Afghanistan as NATO said 25 soldiers were wounded during the hunt following
a clash with militants. Getty
A NATO French Foreign Legion soldier is surrounded by goats at a joined NATO
Afghan National Army and police checkpoint set up outside the Rocco combat
outpost in the Surobi disctrict, some 50 kms northeast of Kabul, Afghanistan,
Friday Nov. 6, 2009. AP
A young Afghan boy who was in a car stopped at a joined NATO Afghan National
Army and police checkpoint, listens to the Foreign Legion officer near the
Rocco combat outpost in the Surobi disctrict, some 50 kms North-East of Kabul,
Afghanistan, Friday Nov. 6, 2009. AP
Honor guard members carry the remains of Marine Capt. David S. Mitchell at
his burial service at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. , Friday,
Nov. 6, 2009. According to the Department of Defense, Mitchell, 30, of Loveland,
Ohio, died Oct. 26 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province,
Afghanistan. Mitchell was assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron
367, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary
Force, based out of Camp Pendleton, Calif. AP
U.S. Marines, from Embedded Training Team 1-12th, Afghan National army soldiers,
and U.S. Army Soldiers, walk down the mountains, over the Depak Valley, in
Wardak province, Afghanistan, Oct. 31, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Teddy
Wade/Released) Date Posted: 11/6/2009
U.S. Marine Capt. Patrick Francescon, originally assigned to Combined Joint
Task Force 82nd, and attached to Embedded Training Team 1-12th, takes a rest
after climbing up a mountain, to set up an overnight observation post, during
a 2-day mission in the Depak Valley, at Wardak province, Afghanistan, Oct.
30, 2009. Francescon decided to spent his 4-day leave with the Marines, in
Wardak province. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade/Released) Date Posted:
11/6/2009
Afghanistan commercial photos:
http://www.daylife.com/search?q=afghanistan
Afghanistan DoD photos:
http://www.defenseimagery.mil/index.htm |