US Sends Two Warships Through Taiwan Strait In 1st Since Pelosi Visit

The US Navy has sent two warships through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, in a significant first sail through since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s provocative visit to Taiwan early this month. The guided-missile cruisers USS Antietam and USS Chancellorsville traversed “through waters where high seas freedoms of navigation and overflight apply in accordance with international… Continue reading US Sends Two Warships Through Taiwan Strait In 1st Since Pelosi Visit

‘Post-Quantum’ Cryptography Scheme Is Cracked on a Laptop

Say two parties, Alice and Bob, want to exchange a message in secret, even under the watchful gaze of a potential attacker. They begin with a collection of points connected by edges called a graph. Each point represents a different elliptic curve. If you can transform one curve into another in a particular way (via… Continue reading ‘Post-Quantum’ Cryptography Scheme Is Cracked on a Laptop

DeSantis’ Campaigning Could Influence Midterms And Beyond

Authored by Todd Carney via RealClear Florida, Florida governor Ron DeSantis made headlines for agreeing to campaign for Republican candidates, including some controversial ones whom the Republican establishment has abandoned – Pennsylvania gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano, Arizona senatorial nominee Blake Masters, and Arizona gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake. Perhaps DeSantis is campaigning for these candidates to… Continue reading DeSantis’ Campaigning Could Influence Midterms And Beyond

Cloudy With a Chance of Fraud: Federal Weatherization’s Back

The U.S. Weatherization Assistance Program (website shown) is on track to triple its budget to $1 billion despite a documented Obama-era record of failing to insulate taxpayers from local fleecing. By Eric Felten, RealClearInvestigationsAugust 30, 2022 Alarm bells are sounding at the Department of Energy as the Biden administration has moved to triple the budget… Continue reading Cloudy With a Chance of Fraud: Federal Weatherization’s Back

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Russian Diamonds Flow Back On Global Market As Western Sanctions Fail

The U.S. and its Western allies have unleashed a barrage of economic sanctions to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. A critical element in that strategy is to limit Russian exports of commodities, such as crude oil to diamonds, to cause maximum economic pain in Moscow. Though the strategy has backfired as Russia’s oil revenues… Continue reading Russian Diamonds Flow Back On Global Market As Western Sanctions Fail

Why and How Do We Dream?

Dreams are so personal, subjective and fleeting, they might seem impossible to study directly and with scientific objectivity. But in recent decades, laboratories around the world have developed sophisticated techniques for getting into the minds of people while they are dreaming. In the process, they are learning more about why we need these strange nightly… Continue reading Why and How Do We Dream?

Federal Judge Indicates Intent To Appoint Special Master For Mar-a-Lago Document Review

Authored by Jonathan Turley via jonathanturley.org, Since the start of the controversy over the Mar-a-Lago raid, I have called for the release of a redacted affidavit and the appointment of a special master to sort through the seized material, including alleged attorney-client privileged material. Indeed, I felt that this was one of the four failures… Continue reading Federal Judge Indicates Intent To Appoint Special Master For Mar-a-Lago Document Review