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The Jab, Star Wars, and the Bubble Net of Digital Gulags In the new world, it is not the big fish which eats the small fish, its the fast fish which eats the slow fish. -- Klaus Schwab by Paul Haeder / May 22nd, 2021 See, hear, speak no evil! And, we are the slow fish, the 80 percent: The world’s 85 richest individuals possess as much wealth as the 3.5 billion souls who compose the poorer half of the world’s population, or so it was announced in a report by Oxfam International. The assertio...

Allentown man quickly arrested after stabbing another man, police say Updated 11:04 AM; A 23-year-old Allentown man is facing two counts of aggravated assault after stabbing a 26-year-old man during a dispute just after noon Thursday in the 200 block of South Ott Street, city police report. Patrol officers from the First Platoon administered first aid to the victim, including a tourniquet to his bleeding arm, and he survived serious wounds to that arm, his back and chest, police said. He was l...

My Desert Storm Print this article Last month marked the 30-year anniversary of what is often described as the last great tank battle of the 20th century. For those of us who fought in the Battle of 73 Easting, our experience confirmed timeless lessons that apply to combat as well as building confident, high-performing teams capable of taking the initiative and winning. In February 1991, I had the privilege of commanding the soldiers of Eagle Troop, Second Armored Cavalry Regiment. They won a...

Woodward Featured in New Book on Warfare John D. Woodward Jr., Professor of the Practice of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston university, is featured in the newly released book First Platoon is described as “an urgent investigation into warfare, good, and evil in the age of biometrics, the technology that would allow the government to identify anyone, anywhere, at any time.” In the book, author Annie Jacobsen documents the implementation...

Kumbukumbu ya Mauaji Mabaya Yaliyowahi Kutokea Duniani Kumbukumbu ya Mauaji Mabaya Yaliyowahi Kutokea Duniani Kumbukumbu ya miaka 50 tangu yatokee mauaji makubwa ya yanayofahamika kama My Lai yaliyotokea eneo la Son My nchini Vietnam. Mnamo March 16, 1968 wanajeshi wa Marekani waliwaua watu 504 ambao walikuwa raia wa Vietnam na tukio hili lilitokea na kutambulika kama tukio la kutisha zaidi ambalo lilitokea wakati wa Vita ya Wavietnam. Waliuawa wanawake, wanaume na watoto, huku idadi kubwa ya w...

Annie Jacobsen tells the tale of a platoon, war crimes and biometric data.

Bay Area political events: Insurrection analyses, inauguration watch party Chronicle staff report FacebookTwitterEmail Upcoming political events in the Bay Area. Events take place online unless otherwise noted: TUESDAY Insurrection: Former Barack Obama communications director Dan Pfeifer on the pro-Trump insurrection and how it’s changed the country. Hosted by Manny’s. Noon. More information is here. Climate change: The future of climate change action and politics under the Joe Biden admini...

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to investigative reporter Annie Jacobsen, author of the new book,First Platoon, about how the U.S. has employed the use of biometric data during warfare.

Dutton toggle caption Dutton First Platoon: A Story of Modern War in the Age of Identity Dominance, by Annie Jacobsen Dutton Its common knowledge that the FBI has a database of peoples fingerprints. Many local police have their databases, too. And so, it turns out, does the United States military. American forces have been gathering biometric data on the people they encounter in war zones for years. Its a way to tell the good guys from the bad – thou...

Listen • 6:17 em First Platoon: A Story of Modern War in the Age of Identity Dominance, /em by Annie Jacobsen Its common knowledge that the FBI has a database of peoples fingerprints. Many local police have their databases, too. And so, it turns out, does the United States military. American forces have been gathering biometric data on the people they encounter in war zones for years. Its a way to tell the good guys from the bad – though investigative reporter Annie Ja...