Idaho, I love building anything, mostly wood. Interests: History, National security (former CIA), politics although too much can make you crazy.
Washington Post article, redacted information of course. I wonder if the information they are storing is Facebook/Social media data. Facebook is basically an intel officers dream profiling system, (I used to be one). You see all the likes and dislikes as well as their networks. And what question are these tech overlords NEVER asked when […]
I find this video fascinating on multiple levels. Here is Bernie Madoff, RIP, talking about how it is impossible to violate a rule and get away with it. And he goes further to suggest that it gets even better when we “take the human out of the equation” by using algorithms. It will further eliminate […]
This stuff is pretty fantastic. It is probably what dish detergent used to be. Now they call it Fryer Boil Out. A bit expensive but it definitely works. The miracle cleaning of phosphates.
Seriously, how many mugs does Steve Green have!
I am a big fan of science fiction. One of the goto story lines of many science fiction episodes is that of discovering an advanced technology from a long lost civilization and the race to acquire it. I have always enjoyed these narratives but thought them to be a bit ridiculous in their underlying assumptions, […]
I have been on a campaign to have family members get off of Facebook for a variety of great reasons. But one of my family members says, “But I love keeping in touch with long lost friends” Is there a solution to this? I get it, sometimes you have to cut something out just because […]
Book recommendation, Extreme Privacy. If you ever wanted to live your Enemy of the State fantasies and “disappear” this is the book for you. In reality this guy assists CEO’s celebrities, and folks needing to disappear. It contains great strategies to help prepare against backlash from the media and the mob. The author takes his […]
Anyone checked out these guys? https://americancontingency.locals.com/ There are some good guys that are doing it. The stated goal is to maintain communication and create separate security and preparedness connections. Just another community to maintain connection.
A little over a year ago I started evaluating all of the digital tools I use to run my life. The goal was to use the most secure, non big tech tools that I could find. I have a background in cyber security so that helped. Would like to catalog suggestions and make available so […]
Now that there is growing evidence of a synthetic virus, Epoch Times, Bill’s TCL, a few questions/random thoughts:
What does recompense look like?
Can the CCP pay enough for compensation?
How do we as a country deal with a country that caused something much worse than Chernobyl, potential on purpose? Obviously we start to decouple our economy but is that enough?
We need to get our economy booming fast.
The CCP is going to be extremely threatened.
We want to get rid of the CCP but don’t want to start WWIII.
A few of us were discussing how to figure out, hypothetically speaking, the virus escaped from a lab with very little evidence. Well, now with The Epoch Times doc and Bill’s TCL commenting on that story, we don’t need to try and figure it out with little evidence. Pretty amazing.
I had the opportunity a year and a half ago to spend the day with Herb Meyer, former special assistant to DCI (Director Central Intelligence) Bill Casey. He obviously served in the Reagan administration. Herb told me a fascinating story about an analytical effort they conducted to answer the question: Was the Soviet economy actually weak and not strong like everyone in official Washington thought?
To answer it they gathered a small group of misfits and renegade analysts and started with the hypothesis, “Assume the Soviet economy is actually weak, what would we see?” They brainstormed and created a list of all the various details that one would see in a huge country indicating that it was rocketing toward collapsing. Everything from trains not on schedule to food shortages to lines at a grocery store.
They took that list and sent it to our liaison partners, (intel allies) and told them to look for the items on the list and if found, use a special code to send them to the directors office. In short order they were flooded with anecdotes and examples from all over detailing many items on the list. In many cases, there were items on the list in files at CIA headquarters sitting in the corner. Herb asked folks, “Why didn’t anyone mention these before?”, he asked, “Because nobody asked” was the response.
The list did not include things like numbers of Soviet ICBM’s or locations of tank columns, or the new design for a Soviet submarine. Those were the things everyone else was paying attention to.
They confirmed their theory, the Soviet economy was weak, and passed on the proof up the chain of command.
Seems to me that is a process we could employ now with the virus, among other items. Start with a hypothesis, as some questions, use imagination to come up with details and go see if they are there. You need to be bold and perhaps ask uncomfortable questions, but you need to be able to prove the hypothesis.
What are some questions/hypotheses?
Mine: The CCP virus escaped from a lab and got here earlier than we expected. If so, what would we find?