Link roundup

1. The makers of Deus Ex: Human Revolution get it. The easy difficulty mode is officially described as:

Tell Me A Story
You play games for their story and experience, not for their challenge or competitiveness. Enjoy the Deus Ex experience!

2. Great photo essay on Hell Week for Navy Seal hopefuls:

One particularly difficult stretch involves a length of time staying afloat in San Diego bay at night, and then laying down, shirtless on a steel pier. From what I was led to believe, while embracing the pier, certain classes have chanted, “The cold steel is sucking the life from my body. The cold steel is sucking the life from my body.”

3. I fear we're not even close to the end of the financial crisis. Unemployment in Spain is apparently over 20%.

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1. From an overview of Tyler Cowen's life:

In 2002 he published "Creative Destruction," which argues that globalization created much of the art and music we might consider "native." Reggae in Jamaica, for example, borrowed from commercial rhythm and blues broadcasts that drifted over the water from New Orleans and Miami. The fur trade and the metal knife helped create the totem poles of the Northwestern American Indians.

2. You've seen the flying military drones, now check out the ocean-going versions.

3. Charles Barkley says Nike asked him to stop being critical of LeBron James. Via.

Link roundup

1. The US Army design guide is available for download (top, right). Via.

2. "On Feb. 5, 1958, a B-47 bomber dropped a 7,000-pound nuclear bomb into the waters off Tybee Island, [Georgia], after it collided with another Air Force jet. Fifty years later, the bomb — which has unknown quantities of radioactive material — has never been found." Via these sites.

3. Custom Portal gun.

Illustration roundup

Lots of great (and silly) Thor by Kirby pages in this gallery. You can buy Kirby's Thor collection at Amazon.




This is a dating don't.




Editorial illustration by Tomer Hanuka for the NY Times.





Spider-Man and Daredevil by Moebius (from a gallery of Moebius art). (It's interesting that Moebius is so famous, yet doesn't have a single comic in print at Amazon.) Via.




Pen Ward looking for a drinking buddy the other night.

Link roundup

1. Cory Doctorow has a great short story here about the challenges of building an internet connection between the mundane world and the world of fairy. (Just skip over the technical details if they're as foreign to you as they are to me.)

2. io9 is giving away a tauntaun sleeping bag.

3. No, special forces dogs don't get their teeth replaced with titanium fangs.

Army recruit found hanged just a mile from barracks at centre of 'suicide' shootings

Followup story to this post. The old "suicided" always helpful... [which includes pushing them to do it themselves through psychological pressure/mind control techniques] I don't think it's even possible to fully comprehend the vast numbers of people who have been suicided by the ruling elite throughout history. Here's the link.

An army recruit was today found hanging at an army camp just a mile away from Deepcut Barracks, police said.

The 29-year-old man, who has not been named, died despite attempts by paramedics to resuscitate him just before 8am.

He was found at Alexander Barracks at the Pirbright army camp in Surrey, close to Deepcut where four young recruits died as a result of bullet wounds in separate incidents between 1995 and 2002.

A spokeswoman for Surrey Police said: 'The Ministry of Defence is fully co-operating with the inquiries being made by police.'

Recruit: The soldier was found at the Pirbright Army Camp, in Surrey

Recruits Sean Benton, 20, of Hastings, East Sussex; James Collinson, 17, of Perth; Geoff Gray, 17, of Seaham, Co Durham, and Cheryl James, 18, of Llangollen, Denbighshire, all died at the Deepcut training camp.

An investigation into their deaths by Nicolas Blake QC found no evidence for families' claims that they had been 'bullied to death'.

Alexander Barracks at Pirbright opened earlier this year and was designed to offer modern, comfortable accommodation for new recruits.

As part of the army's efforts to improve conditions for new recruits the 12 man dormitory-style rooms are partitioned into four areas to provide a degree of privacy.

A 'duty of care' office and a member of training staff is located on each floor Specific policies to identify and prevent bullying and improve the mental health of the recruits have been in place for some time at the barracks. [Seems to be working!!! (obviously it was never intended to work or help the recruits, that's not what the army is about at all)]

Surrey Police said a post mortem is expected to take place later today. [Daily Mail will probably edit this short piece, will edit mine when they do]

Army recruit found hanged just a mile from barracks at centre of 'suicide' shootings

Followup story to this post. The old "suicided" always helpful... [which includes pushing them to do it themselves through psychological pressure/mind control techniques] I don't think it's even possible to fully comprehend the vast numbers of people who have been suicided by the ruling elite throughout history. Here's the link.

An army recruit was today found hanging at an army camp just a mile away from Deepcut Barracks, police said.

The 29-year-old man, who has not been named, died despite attempts by paramedics to resuscitate him just before 8am.

He was found at Alexander Barracks at the Pirbright army camp in Surrey, close to Deepcut where four young recruits died as a result of bullet wounds in separate incidents between 1995 and 2002.

A spokeswoman for Surrey Police said: 'The Ministry of Defence is fully co-operating with the inquiries being made by police.'

Recruit: The soldier was found at the Pirbright Army Camp, in Surrey

Recruits Sean Benton, 20, of Hastings, East Sussex; James Collinson, 17, of Perth; Geoff Gray, 17, of Seaham, Co Durham, and Cheryl James, 18, of Llangollen, Denbighshire, all died at the Deepcut training camp.

An investigation into their deaths by Nicolas Blake QC found no evidence for families' claims that they had been 'bullied to death'.

Alexander Barracks at Pirbright opened earlier this year and was designed to offer modern, comfortable accommodation for new recruits.

As part of the army's efforts to improve conditions for new recruits the 12 man dormitory-style rooms are partitioned into four areas to provide a degree of privacy.

A 'duty of care' office and a member of training staff is located on each floor Specific policies to identify and prevent bullying and improve the mental health of the recruits have been in place for some time at the barracks. [Seems to be working!!! (obviously it was never intended to work or help the recruits, that's not what the army is about at all)]

Surrey Police said a post mortem is expected to take place later today. [Daily Mail will probably edit this short piece, will edit mine when they do]

Three Army trainers are suspended after secret filming exposes 'abuse of recruits'

I often talk of military programming, build you up to break you down, some stuff is coming out recently to do with this in Britain. Here's another link on it, the main one is here. Bear in mind the "top brass" are never upset that this is happening, they are only upset that this is coming out, and what the BBC reveals is undoubtedly not even half of what's really going on. Speaking of military mind control, check this out. [again anything released to the public is about 40 years behind what they actually have or just distractions away from other covert tech]

Three Army training instructors have been suspended and are likely to face a court martial over claims of violence and abuse against young recruits.

It follows an investigation by the BBC in which an undercover reporter posed as a trainee infantryman at Catterick, North Yorkshire.

He secretly filmed recruits on the gruelling 26-week course that prepares them for frontline combat.

The findings are a blow for the Army, which has announced high-profile efforts to stamp out bullying following a string of scandals.

Insiders said the head of the Army, General Sir Richard Dannatt, has ordered the Adjutant General, who is in charge of all personnel issues, to oversee an investigation into the latest claims.

Private Gavin Williams who died after a 'beasting' session in extreme heat

The BBC claims to have gathered evidence of a series of shocking abuses, including:

- An instructor choking a recruit by grabbing his neck while swearing at him [this exact thing happens in Full Metal Jacket to Private Pyle who eventually shoots himself], and punching other recruits in the ribs leaving them winded.

- Staff selling pornographic DVDs to recruits, and offering to sell electronic goods 'off the back of a lorry'. [mix of sex/violence is always used]

- An instructor urinating on a recruit's boots during a shooting range session. [degradation, another standard part of it]

Other allegations include racist remarks and incidents of kicking, punching and violent shaking of recruits - some of whom are said to have described receiving such treatment 'on an almost daily basis'. [repetition of these traumas is also necessary]

One is alleged to have received a bloody nose after being punched.

The documentary is expected to be broadcast this month, but the BBC set out its allegations in a letter to the Ministry of Defence last week. [MUCH worse things are occurring in wings of the military that we havn't even heard of]

The MoD told the Daily Mail that three Army instructors were already under investigation by the Royal Military Police - as a result of complaints received from recruits some months ago - and were suspended from their duties at Catterick earlier this year.

More...

• One of Britain's most decorated bomb disposal experts killed in Afghanistan - nine weeks after birth of fourth child

The Mail is withholding the names of the instructors involved to avoid prejudicing any future court martial.

One senior Army source said: 'It's hugely dispiriting for the vast majority of instructors who are very, very good and committed to turning out high-quality soldiers.

'If these accusations are proved then there will be no sympathy for the men involved. What they're accused of doing is completely unacceptable.

'The Army has tried to put its house in order, and now we're going to be hauled over the coals again.' [Sure.]

MoD officials said all the allegations are being taken extremely seriously.

But military insiders voiced concerns about the way the BBC will present its material.

One said: 'Training at Catterick is necessarily tough, because war is tough. Instructors may shout at people and jab them in the chest. That's an acceptable part of teaching discipline. [ALL Wars are creations of the elite to further their hidden agendas (which includes blood sacrifice, new world order plan etc)]

'But if you secretly film a training instructor screaming at a recruit and your mum watches it on television without appreciating the context, it may look terrible to her.'

Army chiefs are also frustrated that the BBC reporter remained silent about all the allegations during training and at his exit interview - ignoring a range of systems in place to encourage whistleblowers.

The BBC investigation was launched after the death of Private Gavin Williams, a 22-year-old soldier in the Royal Welsh Regiment.

He died of heatstroke in 2006 during a 'beasting' session in which he was subjected to intense exercise on one of the hottest days of the year as a punishment for drunken behaviour at his barracks at Tidworth, Wiltshire.

The Army has struggled to move on from accusations of bullying ever since the Deepcut scandal, in which four young trainees died from gunshot wounds at the Army training camp in Surrey.

Police found no evidence of foul play, but did uncover a widespread culture of physical and sexual bullying by training staff. [no shit... wait isn't that foul play?]

More than a dozen recruits have died in training at Catterick in recent years.

Check out BBC report and video here.

Three Army trainers are suspended after secret filming exposes 'abuse of recruits'

I often talk of military programming, build you up to break you down, some stuff is coming out recently to do with this in Britain. Here's another link on it, the main one is here. Bear in mind the "top brass" are never upset that this is happening, they are only upset that this is coming out, and what the BBC reveals is undoubtedly not even half of what's really going on. Speaking of military mind control, check this out. [again anything released to the public is about 40 years behind what they actually have or just distractions away from other covert tech]

Three Army training instructors have been suspended and are likely to face a court martial over claims of violence and abuse against young recruits.

It follows an investigation by the BBC in which an undercover reporter posed as a trainee infantryman at Catterick, North Yorkshire.

He secretly filmed recruits on the gruelling 26-week course that prepares them for frontline combat.

The findings are a blow for the Army, which has announced high-profile efforts to stamp out bullying following a string of scandals.

Insiders said the head of the Army, General Sir Richard Dannatt, has ordered the Adjutant General, who is in charge of all personnel issues, to oversee an investigation into the latest claims.

Private Gavin Williams who died after a 'beasting' session in extreme heat

The BBC claims to have gathered evidence of a series of shocking abuses, including:

- An instructor choking a recruit by grabbing his neck while swearing at him [this exact thing happens in Full Metal Jacket to Private Pyle who eventually shoots himself], and punching other recruits in the ribs leaving them winded.

- Staff selling pornographic DVDs to recruits, and offering to sell electronic goods 'off the back of a lorry'. [mix of sex/violence is always used]

- An instructor urinating on a recruit's boots during a shooting range session. [degradation, another standard part of it]

Other allegations include racist remarks and incidents of kicking, punching and violent shaking of recruits - some of whom are said to have described receiving such treatment 'on an almost daily basis'. [repetition of these traumas is also necessary]

One is alleged to have received a bloody nose after being punched.

The documentary is expected to be broadcast this month, but the BBC set out its allegations in a letter to the Ministry of Defence last week. [MUCH worse things are occurring in wings of the military that we havn't even heard of]

The MoD told the Daily Mail that three Army instructors were already under investigation by the Royal Military Police - as a result of complaints received from recruits some months ago - and were suspended from their duties at Catterick earlier this year.

More...

• One of Britain's most decorated bomb disposal experts killed in Afghanistan - nine weeks after birth of fourth child

The Mail is withholding the names of the instructors involved to avoid prejudicing any future court martial.

One senior Army source said: 'It's hugely dispiriting for the vast majority of instructors who are very, very good and committed to turning out high-quality soldiers.

'If these accusations are proved then there will be no sympathy for the men involved. What they're accused of doing is completely unacceptable.

'The Army has tried to put its house in order, and now we're going to be hauled over the coals again.' [Sure.]

MoD officials said all the allegations are being taken extremely seriously.

But military insiders voiced concerns about the way the BBC will present its material.

One said: 'Training at Catterick is necessarily tough, because war is tough. Instructors may shout at people and jab them in the chest. That's an acceptable part of teaching discipline. [ALL Wars are creations of the elite to further their hidden agendas (which includes blood sacrifice, new world order plan etc)]

'But if you secretly film a training instructor screaming at a recruit and your mum watches it on television without appreciating the context, it may look terrible to her.'

Army chiefs are also frustrated that the BBC reporter remained silent about all the allegations during training and at his exit interview - ignoring a range of systems in place to encourage whistleblowers.

The BBC investigation was launched after the death of Private Gavin Williams, a 22-year-old soldier in the Royal Welsh Regiment.

He died of heatstroke in 2006 during a 'beasting' session in which he was subjected to intense exercise on one of the hottest days of the year as a punishment for drunken behaviour at his barracks at Tidworth, Wiltshire.

The Army has struggled to move on from accusations of bullying ever since the Deepcut scandal, in which four young trainees died from gunshot wounds at the Army training camp in Surrey.

Police found no evidence of foul play, but did uncover a widespread culture of physical and sexual bullying by training staff. [no shit... wait isn't that foul play?]

More than a dozen recruits have died in training at Catterick in recent years.

Check out BBC report and video here.

Luciferian Volcano and Mind Control

This nice Luciferian image heads up today's (May 7th 2008, issue No. 69371) The Times. Apparently it was caused by the ash from a volcano in Chile rising up against an electrical storm which just happened to be passing through. In my opinion, the strange weather going on at the moment is a direct result of the HAARP technology messing with the ionosphere and such.

Also in the news today (some of the details are fuzzy, differ on different websites), a strange gunfight occurred (happened yesterday, other synch bloggers will probably cover it) between a barrister and police. This info comes from a The Times article. He was 32 years old, his name was Mark Saunders. It occurred in affluent Chelsea, he had been married to Elizabeth for 8 months. He randomly started shooting out his window (he didn't bother to open them, mind control) at neighbours houses and police at 5 pm. The house he lived in was on Markham Square, just off the King's Road. He was shot and killed by police at 9pm. He was a graduate of Christ Church, Oxford, and was "called to the Bar" in March 1999. He was in the army for three years but left in 2002 before the start of the Iraq War.

His wife was called Elizabeth, he met her at family law chambers Queen Elizabeth Building chambers in the Temple. To me, this might suggest that she was his mind control handler because of the Royalty/mind control connection. Last September they bought their home for £2.28 million. And to completely 100% confirm this is mind control, THE big hallmark, I'll quote from The Times article:

That luxury house became the scene of a gun-battle yesterday. Leslie Hummel, a neighbour, said there was an emotionless expression on the gunman's face as he prepared to fire at her out of his window.

"He looked very calm. I thought maybe he was on drugs or something."

Edit: Few more synched up details: 30 armed police officers surrounded the building, 9 of those officers returned fire. He threw a message out to his mind control handler wife on a shoebox, instructed to do this at 7pm. The note read "I love my wife dearly, xxx" and was thrown across into Ms Winkworth's garden. More gun shots were fired at 9.10 pm then again at 9.30 pm when he was fatally wounded. The wife has been tipped as being a future judge. Murdoch's The Times always seems very specific in its numerology and symbolic names in my opinion. Weird amount of three's in there too ("three loud pops" "three stories high" etc.).

Edit: This images below from the Times' website shows the house number 3 in it and also a picture of Mark who lived on Freemasonry and his own name resonating Markham Square. And his wife Elizabeth Clarke. Check out this Sky News story on it (another Murdoch one), complete with 32 pictures. So he was a Rosemary's Baby too. (R.I.P by the way, I mean no offence)

Luciferian Volcano and Mind Control

This nice Luciferian image heads up today's (May 7th 2008, issue No. 69371) The Times. Apparently it was caused by the ash from a volcano in Chile rising up against an electrical storm which just happened to be passing through. In my opinion, the strange weather going on at the moment is a direct result of the HAARP technology messing with the ionosphere and such.

Also in the news today (some of the details are fuzzy, differ on different websites), a strange gunfight occurred (happened yesterday, other synch bloggers will probably cover it) between a barrister and police. This info comes from a The Times article. He was 32 years old, his name was Mark Saunders. It occurred in affluent Chelsea, he had been married to Elizabeth for 8 months. He randomly started shooting out his window (he didn't bother to open them, mind control) at neighbours houses and police at 5 pm. The house he lived in was on Markham Square, just off the King's Road. He was shot and killed by police at 9pm. He was a graduate of Christ Church, Oxford, and was "called to the Bar" in March 1999. He was in the army for three years but left in 2002 before the start of the Iraq War.

His wife was called Elizabeth, he met her at family law chambers Queen Elizabeth Building chambers in the Temple. To me, this might suggest that she was his mind control handler because of the Royalty/mind control connection. Last September they bought their home for £2.28 million. And to completely 100% confirm this is mind control, THE big hallmark, I'll quote from The Times article:

That luxury house became the scene of a gun-battle yesterday. Leslie Hummel, a neighbour, said there was an emotionless expression on the gunman's face as he prepared to fire at her out of his window.

"He looked very calm. I thought maybe he was on drugs or something."

Edit: Few more synched up details: 30 armed police officers surrounded the building, 9 of those officers returned fire. He threw a message out to his mind control handler wife on a shoebox, instructed to do this at 7pm. The note read "I love my wife dearly, xxx" and was thrown across into Ms Winkworth's garden. More gun shots were fired at 9.10 pm then again at 9.30 pm when he was fatally wounded. The wife has been tipped as being a future judge. Murdoch's The Times always seems very specific in its numerology and symbolic names in my opinion. Weird amount of three's in there too ("three loud pops" "three stories high" etc.).

Edit: This images below from the Times' website shows the house number 3 in it and also a picture of Mark who lived on Freemasonry and his own name resonating Markham Square. And his wife Elizabeth Clarke. Check out this Sky News story on it (another Murdoch one), complete with 32 pictures. So he was a Rosemary's Baby too. (R.I.P by the way, I mean no offence)