US Military Maritime Strategy For The 21st Century: Congress Not Impressed

In October 2007 the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard released their combined proposal for maritime strategy: A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower. As would be expected, given the group preparing the report, the strategic importance of the world’s oceans was stressed. The report lists six key tasks, or strategic imperatives:

Limit regional [...]

UCLA Football Gets New Head Coach: Rick Neuheisel

UCLA has hired a new head football coach. Rick Neuheisel comes to UCLA after gaining valuable experience as a volunteer assistant-quarterback coach at Rainier Beach High School in Seattle, WA in 2003. You can bet that Neuheisel will pool his talent. Get it, betting pool.
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Kyoto Protocol Problem: CO2 Emissions Are Not Reduced, Just Relocated

This story succinctly illustrates one of the myriad problems with the Kyoto Protocol. The Kyoto Protocol exempts some countries - notably China and India - from limits on greenhouse-gas emissions, which has the effect of leaving approximately 24% of annual CO2 emissions unregulated.
Germany has reduced its CO2 emissions by 17.2% between 1990 [...]

Marine Drill Instructor Sgt Jerrod Glass Update: No More Phone Calls

In November 2007, Sergeant Jerrod M. Glass, USMC, was convicted of eight counts of assault, maltreatment, violating a lawful order, and destruction of property. Sgt Glass was sentenced to six months in the brig, reduction to E-1, and a bad-conduct discharge.
While in the brig aboard Camp Pendleton, Sgt Glass gave [...]

DoD Plan For Unmanned Vehicles Over The Next 25 Years

DoD’s vision for drones, UCAVs, remote subs, etc., is contained in the Unmanned Systems Roadmap 2007-2032 was released on 18DEC07, after being 18 months in development.
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Congress Attempts To Ban Gang Members From The Military

In an attempt to stem the perceived influx of gang members into the US military, Congress, in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2008, inserted a provision prohibiting “membership in a criminal street gang” by members of the Armed Forces. (H.R. 1585 SEC. 579). Section 579 would require Sec Def to [...]

Man-Made Global Warming Disputed By Over 400 Prominent Scientists: Michael T. Eckhart Has A Massive Number Of Threats To Issue

Don’t mess with this guy, he will bring you down, bring you down to Chinatown.
New U.S. Senate Report, finds:
Over 400 prominent scientists from more than two dozen countries recently voiced significant objections to major aspects of the so-called “consensus” on man-made global warming.

Drone Aircraft Log 250,000 Hours In 2007

According to DangerRoom, U.S. military unmanned aircraft will log 250,000 hours in 2007. That is up from 30,000 hours in 2002. The trend is clear: aircraft will soon be all unmanned, or unwomanned.
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Jonathan Lee Riches© Update: Suits Aginst A Phone Number And NFL Network

Even for the JLR this is an daft lawsuit. He has now sued a phone number. In Jonathan Lee Riches© v. (202)456-1414, he has sued the White House main number. Here are some portions:

I want a pardon.
Defendant will not give me a pardon but will give Lewis Libby one.

Have phone numbers now [...]

Jonathan Lee Riches© v. Philip Woolston, Steve Jobs, Apple Computer, Inc

For the JLR, this is a rather strange pleading. In October 2007, the JLR filed a complaint against Philip Woolston, Steve Jobs, and Apple Computer, Inc. for “Sexual Harassment With Apple Gadgets.” Then, in November 2007, the JLR filed a “Motion to Withdraw Case.”
The following is from the motion:

Comes now the Plaintiff, [...]

Marine Corps: Demonstration of F-35B Joint Strike Fighter

On 18DEC07, Lockheed Martin gave a demonstration of the F-35B, Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), to the U.S. Marine Corps. The F-35B uses short-takeoff/vertical-landing (STOVL) to allow it to launch from either a short runway or to launch vertically. The F-35B will replace the AV-8B Harrier. Lockheed Martin is scheduled to make its [...]

No Link Between Violent Video Games And Aggressive Behavior

A recent study in Psychiatric Quarterly, by Christopher John Ferguson, reports on a meta-analytic review of studies, published since 1995, analyzing the effects of video game play. The Ferguson study concludes that the previous studies of video game violence provided no support for the hypothesis that violent video [...]