Tuesday, June 03, 2025
Sunday, June 01, 2025
Ok. I'm becoming a bit alarmed. Have you heard of Palantir and what it does/how Trump plans to use it?
Don't know how many of you are into stocks. A buddy of mine gave me a stock tip while we were grinding at the gym. I looked into it and at first I saw the returns and thought wow! It has jumped like the Hulk in the past few days. Then I dug into what it is they do cause I never heard of them.
Now I'm a bit alarmed. Check this out via New York Times
In March, President Trump signed an executive order calling for the federal government to share data across agencies, raising questions over whether he might compile a master list of personal information on Americans that could give him untold surveillance power.
Mr. Trump has not publicly talked about the effort since. But behind the scenes, officials have quietly put technological building blocks into place to enable his plan. In particular, they have turned to one company: Palantir, the data analysis and technology firm.
Then this from the Daily Beast.
Most Americans have never heard of Palantir. That’s by design. It doesn’t make phones or social platforms. It doesn’t beg for your data with bright buttons or discount codes. Rather, it just takes it. Quietly. Legally. Systematically. Palantir is a back-end beast, the silent spine of modern surveillance infrastructure.
Palantir’s influence isn’t hypothetical. It’s operational. From the battlefields of Ukraine to the precincts of Los Angeles, its software guides drone strikes, predicts crime, allocates police resources, and even helps governments decide which children might someday become “threats.” These aren’t sci-fi hypotheticals. They are pilot programs, already integrated, already scaling.
This software—Gotham, Foundry, and now its Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP)—is designed to swallow everything: hospital records, welfare files, license plate scans, school roll calls, immigration logs and even your tweets. It stitches these fragments into something eerily complete—a unified view of you. With each data point, the image sharpens.
I know you're gonna ask why I'm alarmed. This simply seems as a move to link govt databases in an effort to limit corruption.
Yes I agree that could be the case. The problem is that we've been bombarded since 9/11 with efforts that are suppose to increase safety, efficiency and now corruption by BOTH political parties.
The unintended consequences always bite the little guy in the ass. The fact that this isn't widespread news should alarm everyone.
Maybe I'm paranoid but it really seems like the business of govt is control, not serving the public but controlling it.
Want the best example? Remember covid restrictions? That wasn't about the safety of the public. It was about control. Remember the Patriot Act? It wasn't about fighting terrorism. Tools were already in place for that. It was about control.
Remember this too. Some of us bitched and whined but that's all. Those measures are still in effect. The damage done has never been corrected. Only investigated.
In the modern era the differences between political systems seem thin ... at best. At worst they mirror each other.
Hegseth warns Chinese invasion of Taiwan ‘could be imminent’
Why is everyone convinced that the Ukraine/Russia war is an example of the future?
The above statement is one held by many people.I'll bet that western armies will push so hard in the next weeks for ultra low altitude surveillance radars, jamming systems, laser weapons for the protection of high sensitive areas.
— Ciro Nappi (@CiroNappi6) June 1, 2025
Ukrainians are teaching us the next generation warfare.
Saturday, May 31, 2025
The US Army’s New 30mm Grenade Rifle (video)
Open Comment Post. 31 May 25
What is the latest "low profile" war SOCOM is involved in? I believe they're operating in Haiti...
What news story appeared for a brief time in the news but has since faded away.#Haiti 🇭🇹: Haitian Security Forces carried out Drone strikes against Criminal Gang Members in the city of "Port-au-Prince" (#Pòtoprens).
— war_noir (@war_noir) May 31, 2025
Seemingly Haitian Forces used what appears to be FPV Kamikaze Drones (!) carrying Explosive Devices (IEDs). pic.twitter.com/Wfil0AHWN4
Friday, May 30, 2025
That's the hand signal for "pass me a grenade"? Never knew...
What’s that hand sign mean 😭 pic.twitter.com/6h3bcgmmhj
— Retro Anime (@retro_twt) May 28, 2025
US Army's Logistic Support Vessel Graphic...
Chinese PL-15 suffered from performance anxiety against the Indian Air Force?
After suffering the humiliation in the Op Sindoort, I am sure that the Chinese PL-15 air to air missile developers must have been by now shifted to making cheap toys by the Communist Party. You can’t make such tall claims n fail so miserably😊😊 great stories coming out pic.twitter.com/JMh5VsX7DL
— Ajit Kumar Dubey (@ajitkdubey) May 29, 2025
Ukraine could collapse. What will that look like?
via Brussel's Signal
A scenario European leaders would do well to consider, as Kyiv enters the Washington-sponsored peace process with profound frustration: with the White House determined to put an end to the war in Ukraine, the Europeans are telling Zelensky that no peace is necessary. The war can continue indefinitely, they say; and, if the Americans want out, Europe can still step in to fill the void.
But Zelensky is foolish to believe that the Europeans will save him from the forces of reality. Europe, the last bulwark of the once-insurmountable pro-war consensus, is a continent of hawks without beaks. Ukraine cannot defeat Russia with just European support. Ukraine will collapse.
Look at what will happen then. Ukraine’s predicament seems increasingly reminiscent of that of the Second Spanish Republic after its defeat at the battle of the Ebro in late 1938 destroyed any remaining hope of turning the tide.
Story here and well worth a read.
FINALLY! They're stating what I've been yelling for years now. Even better is the realization that since the 2022 negotiations things have been going south for Ukraine at the behest of Euro Hawks that still depend on US funding and equipment to see their vision thru.
I implore you. READ THE ARTICLE BEFORE YOU COMMENT OFF THE SNIPPET ABOVE!