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Air Force chief software officer Nicolas Chaillan wrote a scathing letter on LinkedIn saying that the reason he resigned was due to the fact that China had already won the tech war while the US was faced with bureaucracy.USAF The Pentagon’s former software chief said he quit because China has already won the tech war guaranteeing global dominance — with some US government systems mere “kindergarten level” in comparison. Nicolas Chaillan, 37, told the Financial Times on Sunday that there is “good reason to be angry” at the US failing to rise to China’s cyber threat, even fearing that it...

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LONDON—Oil prices rose 2 percent on Monday, extending multiweek gains as an energy crisis gripping major economies shows no sign of easing amid a pick up in economic activity and restrained supplies from major producers. Brent crude was up $1.62 cents, or 2 percent, at $84.01 a barrel by 0914 GMT, The highest level since October 2018. U.S. oil rose $1.95, or 2.5 percent, at $81.30 a barrel, the highest since late 2014. Prices have risen as more vaccinated populations are brought out of coronavirus lockdowns, supporting a revival of economic activity, with Brent advancing for five weeks and U.S....

Statement comes two weeks after Joint Chiefs Chairman Milley said Taliban is still a terrorist organizationThe State Department said Sunday that meetings it held with the Taliban over the weekend were "candid and professional," as the United States continues to deal with the consequences of its chaotic and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan.State Department Spokesman Ned Price issued a readout on the meetings in Doha, Qatar, with "senior Taliban representatives." The statement said that the "U.S. delegation focused on security and terrorism concerns and safe passage for U.S. citizens, other foreign nationals and our Afghan partners, as well as on human...

Hillary Clinton said Monday she "will never be out of the game of politics," saying that while she doesn’t have plans to run for "anything," she will be "involved." During an interview with ABC News’ "Good Morning America" Monday, the former 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, former secretary of state, former Democratic senator from New York and former first lady, said she will remain in the political world, even without mounting a bid for public office.

Hundreds of thousands of United States servicemembers remain unvaccinated or are only partially vaccinated against the coronavirus, as the deadline to have the shot draws closer. The vaccination rates vary between military branches, according to data obtained by the Washington Post, with 98 percent of the active duty Navy fully vaccinated.There are almost 340,000 such personnel, with the two per cent who haven't been jabbed representing close to 7,000 people. Meanwhile, just 72 percent of the 181,000 active Marine Corps personnel have been vaccinated - meaning close to 51,000 have yet to have the jab. Both branches have to be...

Incidents of academics being targeted for their views are on the rise, according to a new report by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). FIRE notes that the number of targeting cases has sharply increased from 24 incidents in 2015 to 113 in 2020. Unfortunately, that trend doesn’t appear to be slowing down in 2021. But one professor at North Carolina State University has decided to push back. Stephen Porter is a professor in the College of Education, where he teaches graduate courses in statistics, causal inference, and workflow of data analysis. A conservative, Porter claims that university...

On this date in 1843, the Cherokee nation in Oklahoma hanged Jacob West for an election-related murder. The affair was part of the bloody factional conflict among Cherokee following the Trail of Tears expulsion from ancestral homelands in the American southeast. We’ve touched previously on this conflict in our post on Archilla Smith, the first man executed in the new Cherokee lands. Indeed, West’s victim was the man who prosecuted Archilla Smith, a fellow by the name of Isaac Bushyhead.* Both that previous hanged man Smith and this date’s principal, Jacob West, were affiliated to the Ridge–Watie faction — Cherokee...

VIDEOWatch the load of hot air emanating from Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and it is obvious that he is no further along with solving the supply chain crisis than Border Czar Kamala Harris is to solving the border crisis. His solutions are the typical bureaucratic conglomeration of roundtables, meetings with other governmental officials, and envoys sent to task forces to address the situation. Over all of this is Buttigieg's ultimate "solution" for solving this crisis---MORE government spending. Oh, and also more charging stations for electric cars.

Just a quick one. A work friend of mine here in Australia has been offered a job in the US (when the borders open here in Oz) with a base salary of a bit over $100,000 US. From what I can gather between the lines, it's something to do with the new AUKUS agreement (knowing this bloke's skill sets and experiences). He's got a pretty wide choice of locations where he can work from, his preference sounds like pretty much everything west of the Mississippi but avoiding the west coast (he's a strong Christian and very conservative, makes Trump look...

Dr Robert Malone, one of the developers of the technology behind mRNA vaccines, says he was branded a “terrorist” by the media in Italy and warns that physicians who speak out are being “hunted via medical boards and the press.”“I am going to speak bluntly,” tweeted Malone. “Physicians who speak out are being actively hunted via medical boards and the press. They are trying to deligitimize and pick us off one by one. This is not a conspiracy theory – this is a fact. Please wake up. This is happening globally.”“I was labeled as a ‘terrorist’ in the Italian press...

The divisive national debate about abortion is in the news as much as ever. Texas’ new ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy was blocked by a judge on Wednesday but allowed to continue on Friday, Democrats’ huge spending bill is in part being held up by an amendment allowing federal funding of abortion, and, in what will be the most-watched case in decades, the Supreme Court may overturn its 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling later this year.The Roe ruling highlighted the greatest logical flaw in support for abortion: for abortion to be illegal at some point before birth...

This is the single bravest thing I have seen in years. God bless these Pilots. The heroes we need right now https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1447533987770023941

It’s been a year since local officials across the U.S. voted to defund police departments in the wake of widespread protests over George Floyd’s death, but now, many are having a change of heart.From coast to coast, police departments that were victim to the defund movement are now getting money back, The New York Times reports. In New York, for example, local officials have voted to give $200 million to the NYPD, while the LAPD got a 3 percent budget increase.The abrupt reversals have come in response to rising levels of crime in major cities last year, the exodus of...

The Biden administration's apparent unwillingness to conduct a serious official investigation of the origin of SARS-CoV-2 that holds China accountable for its actions and lack of cooperation could result in a pandemic much more lethal that the current one, warns a leading researcher. Dr. Steven Quay, whose research became part of a State Department probe of the origin of COVID-19 under President Trump, told Fox News' Martha MacCallum on Friday that "all of the evidence points toward the lab theory." "There's no evidence that supports a natural origin at this point," he said. "So I think we're done, at this...

Leesburg, VIRGINIA — A concerned father of a child whose mother is trying to convince her autistic son that he's a girl is warning about the dangers of "radical gender ideology," proclaiming that "we must do everything we can to save them from the jaws of this beast." On the final day of the Family Research Council's Pray Vote Stand Summit, a panel of elected officials, journalists and activists addressed a crowd of social conservatives gathered at Cornerstone Chapel. They discussed the extent to which gender ideology has permeated American society. Moderated by Joseph Backholm, the senior fellow for biblical...

For a decade after the financial crisis the world economy’s problem was a lack of spending. Worried households paid down their debts, governments imposed austerity and wary firms held back investment, especially in physical capacity, while hiring from a seemingly infinite pool of workers. Now spending has come roaring back, as governments have stimulated the economy and consumers let rip. The surge in demand is so powerful that supply is struggling to keep up. Lorry drivers are getting signing bonuses, an armada of container ships is anchored off California waiting for ports to clear and energy prices are spiralling upwards....

Last Sunday on CBS, Anthony Fauci infamously declared Christmas gatherings an uncertainty; now the doctor is encouraging everyone to celebrate Halloween.In a Sunday interview with CNN, Fauci said that COVID-19 cases are headed in the “right direction” and that Americans should enjoy events like trick-or-treating later this month.Dr. Anthony Fauci said in an interview on Sunday that outdoor trick-or-treating is perfectly safe. While he still endorsed vaccinations for all who are eligible, he said Halloween was "a very important part of the year for children." https://t.co/vQTVv7r8hq— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 10, 2021“I think that, particularly if you’re vaccinated,...

Looks like the “Let’s go Brandon” mocking of the media has made it’s way to Texas for the Oklahoma vs Texas college football game. ESPN couldn’t hide it, and there was a sign in the crowd reading “Let’s go Brandon” mocking the left wing media hacks for trying to cover up the FJB chants at Nascar last weekend.

Two stories in today’s news—one about my state’s new Episcopalian bishop and the other about Pope Francis—impressed me because neither article had anything to do with bringing people closer to God. Instead, both were entirely concerned with issues near and dear to the leftist agenda: Racism and climate change. Perhaps both these faith leaders believe that their obligation to bring God to their parishioners goes without saying, but I thought His failure to be central to their thinking was telling.The first story was about South Carolina’s new Episcopalian bishop, a woman named Ruth Woodliff-Stanley. She is notable for being South...