Month October 2007

New armed robot ready for combat in Iraq

MAARS (Modular Advanced Armed Robotic System) features new software controls, which allow the robot’s driver to select fire and no-fire zones. The idea is keep the robots from accidentally shooting a flesh-and-blood American. Oh gosh, this should work perfectly in…

Armenian genocide vote Wednesday

A Congressional committee votes tomorrow on whether to recognize the Armenian genocide. Adam Schiff (D-CA) from the heavily Armenian area of Glendale / Pasadena is a primary sponsor of the bill. Meanwhile Jane Harman (DINO-CA) has done another of her…

War on terror a ‘disaster’: British think tank

The Oxford Research Group said that US/British strategy since 9/11 had backfired badly, making the threat of Islamist extremism more, rather than less, probable. Further, they warned that military action against Iran would simply make things worse, something which is…