Thursday Miscellany!

[maxomai]

Things to think about as we roll into a holiday weekend (because let's be honest, most of us are already kinda there):

• The White House has admitted that their drone strike program killed four Americans - one target, three "collateral damage." As violations of civil rights and civil liberties go, it doesn't get any worse.


• Is the United States running black ops in Syria? Probably. And given how brutal the rebels have become, that's not a good thing.


• The oil choke collar yanks again. The more dependent we are on oil, foreign or otherwise, for our transportation energy needs, the worse our economy will be.


• You can tell when someone died by checking their brain clock - unless that someone was depressed. Corollary: depressed people essentially live in a different time zone from non-depressed people.


• Remember the teenage girl from Florida who was arrested after her science experiment went awry? Well, the good news is that all charges have been dropped. The better news is that she's going to space camp.


• Want to get involved in open source development? Not sure where to start? Start with OpenHatch, a boot camp for would-be open source novices. It won't teach you to program, but it will teach you how to get involved if you already have some skill.

Comments

[arkham4269.livejournal.com]

America running black ops in a Middle Eastern nation? Never! (/sarcasm)

As for the drones, given how USAF pilots with Grade-A human eyeballs can't seem to tell the difference between a credible target or a wedding or Canadian military vehicle, no one should be surprised that the joy-stick jockies are similarly aces at killing the wrong target.

In fact in honor of "...but like a poor marksman, you keep missing the target!" they should have the Khan Noonian Singh Medal of Whoops!