The Drama getting cranked up big as State's Attorney Fanni Willis gets ready to unleash the 4th Trump Indictment!!

The courthouse is barricaded with plastic uprights strong enough to hold off any false flag Jan6 attack !!

What phonies these jack ass Democrats are ROFLOLz

Get ready for mass protesting they say !!!!

MSM gearing up for huge coverage !!!

Quote:DEVELOPING: Atlanta Locks Down Courthouse Ahead of Looming Racketeering Charges


The Atlanta courthouse locked down ahead of Fani Willis’ decision to charge Trump over his efforts to challenge the 2020 election in Georgia.


“Law-enforcement officers surrounded the Fulton County courthouse on Monday in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, amid closed roads and traffic barriers put up to boost security ahead of a possible indictment of former U.S. President Donald Trump,” Reuters reported.

A judge last Monday denied Trump’s second bid to quash Fulton County DA Fani Willis’investigation into Trump’s efforts to challenge the 2020 election in Georgia.

Meanwhile, Fani Willis is reportedly ‘ready to go’ and gearing up to indict Trump possibly this week.

Is this the slow move to hinting that Bigfoot can exist in the Homo family tree?

Quote:Ancient Skull Found in China Is Unlike Any Human Seen Before

'An international team of scientists has described an ancient human fossil in China unlike any other hominin
found before. It resembles neither the lineage that split to form Neanderthals, nor Denisovans, nor us, suggesting
our current version of the human family tree needs another branch.

The jaw, skull, and leg bones belonging to this yet-to-be classified hominin, labeled HLD 6, were discovered in
Hualongdong, in East Asia, in 2019. In the years since, experts at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have
struggled to match the remains to a known lineage.

The hominin's face is similarly structured to that of the modern human lineage, which split from Homo erectus as
far back as 750,000 years ago. But the individual's lack of chin appears more like that of a Denisovan – an extinct
species of ancient hominin in Asia that split from Neanderthals more than 400,000 years ago.

Working alongside researchers from China's Xi'an Jiaotong University, the UK's University of York, and Spain's
National Research Center on Human Evolution, researchers at CAS think they have uncovered an entirely new
lineage – a hybrid between the branch that gave us modern humans and the branch that gave us other ancient
hominins in the region, like Denisovans.


(Top) Skull of the ancient hominin from China.
(Centre) The skull and jaws of HLD 6.
(Bottom) Family tree of early humans that may have lived in Eurasia more than 50,000 years ago.

Historically, many hominin fossils from the Pleistocene that have been found in China haven't fitted easily into any
one lineage. As a result, such remains are often explained away as intermediate variations on a straight path to
modern humanity; as an archaic example of a Homo sapien, for example, or an advanced form of Homo erectus.

But this rather linear, simplistic interpretation is controversial and not widely accepted. While Homo erectus did
persist in Indonesia until roughly 100,000 years ago, the remains that were recently found in East China hold a
greater resemblance to other, more modern lineages of hominin.

Previously, genome studies on Neanderthal remains in Europe and western Asia have found evidence of a fourth
lineage of hominin living in the Middle to Late Pleistocene. But this missing group has never been officially identified
in the fossil record.

Perhaps the recent hominin remains found in China are a missing piece of the puzzle. The fossilized jaw and skull
belong to a 12- or 13-year-old, and while its face has modern-human like features, the limbs, skull cap, and jaw
"seem to reflect more primitive traits," the authors of the analysis write.


Their results complicate the path to modern humans. The mosaic of physical features found in this ancient hominin
instead supports the coexistence of three lineages in Asia – the lineage of H. erectus, the lineage of Denisovan, and
this other lineage that is "phylogenetically close" to us.

Homo sapiens only appeared in China around 120,000 years ago, but it seems as though some of our 'modern'
features existed here long before that. It may be that the last common ancestor of H. sapiens and Neanderthals
arose in southwest Asia and later spread to all continents.
That theory will now need to be confirmed with more archaeological research.

The study was published in the Journal of Human Evolution...'

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Call me dumb but I think most of the stuff that goes on with regards to Earth weather is cyclic due to Earth's orbit and axial tilt; I am speaking globally and not some local anomaly. . I am pleased to say I am not the only one who thinks this way.

Does this "Observatory" story sound kinda familiar?

Quote:The National Science Foundation's (NSF) National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory (NOIRLab), which is the US center for ground-based optical-infrared astronomy, detected an attempted cyberattack on its computer systems. The incident required the lab to suspend its observations at Gemini North, which is located in Hawaii.

The NOIRLab cybersecurity team acted quickly and said they were thus able to prevent damage to the observatory, according to a notice the lab released. In order to conduct an investigation and "out of an abundance of caution," the computer systems and website have been shut down at Gemini North, and the proposal tools were taken offline, though the main NOIRLab website still remains online.

As the NOIRLab IT team creates a recovery plan alongside its cyber experts, the Gemini North telescope has been stowed away in "its zenith-pointing position."

Gemini North is one of only two telescopes at the Gemini Observatory and is part of an international science partnership between various countries, including the US, Canada, and Chile; the other telescope — Gemini South — is located in Cerro Pachón, Chile. Both telescopes have been shut down to allow the IT team to be able to investigate what occurred in the incident, which is unclear at this time.

"There is currently no impact on other NOIRLab infrastructure. Our highest priorities are to safely and securely resume observations, as well as to understand and learn from this incident," the NOIRLab stated in its announcement.

This is not the first time that space exploration equipment has been targeted by cyberattackers. Last November, the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) radio telescope in Chile became an unlikely target for a cyberattack when unknown assailants knocked its systems offline.

Hawaii's Gemini North Observatory Suspended After Cyberattack

About time. Now go after the student loan, Medicare, and the police association spam calls. I don't know about you but I am on the "Do Not Call List" and still get an average of 5-10 of these a damned day. You can't block them because they will just call you over and over and over and over again from multiple originating numbers.

Get Them All !!!!!!  Fine them a Billion a month if they continue their operation! 300 million is not enough if they can make more than that.

Auto warranty robocaller hit with nearly $300M fine from FCC

https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/auto...m-fine-fcc

Quote:The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) just gave an operation engaging in illegal robocalling a massive penalty, setting a new record with the size of the fine.


The agency said Thursday it hit the enterprise, which did business under a slew of names, with the "record-breaking fine" for auto warranty scam robocalls made over three months in 2021. The fine amounted to $299,997,000, according to the FCC. 
Its issuance came over seven months after the FCC first proposed it against the "largest illegal robocall operation the agency has ever investigated."
[b]STATES SUE TELECOM COMPANY ACCUSED OF MAKING BILLIONS OF ROBOCALLS TO PEOPLE ON DO NOT CALL REGISTRY[/b]
The FCC accused the enterprise of committing violations such as "making pre-recorded voice calls to mobile phones without prior express consent, placing telemarketing calls without written consent, dialing numbers included on the National Do Not Call Registry, failing to identify the caller at the start of the message, and failing to provide a call-back number that allowed consumers to opt out of future calls," according to the agency. 


On the Federal Trade Commission’s website, it said over 221 million phone numbers are listed the National Do Not Call Registry. 

The robocaller has been hit with allegations of "using misleading caller ID to disguise the enterprise’s role and prompt consumers to answer" as well, the FCC alleged.


The enterprise’s alleged scheme involved conducting over 5 billion robocalls with over 1 million caller ID numbers, according to the FCC. The agency said over 500 million unsuspecting phone numbers received those scam calls. 

Be careful what you like on social media and hope you don't accidently click on the wrong button (or have your cat walk over your keyboard). It is just crazy that a "like" button click can cause such disruption. 

https://www.theblaze.com/news/nascar-noa...floyd-meme

Popular NASCAR driver, 25, suspended indefinitely for liking a meme about George Floyd on social media

Quote:A popular and rising NASCAR driver was suspended indefinitely for liking a meme about George Floyd on social media.

Noah Gragson was suspended indefinitely by his team – the Legacy Motor Club on Saturday.

"We have made the decision to suspend Noah Gragson effective immediately regarding his actions that do not represent the values of our team," Legacy Motor Club said in a statement. "Josh Berry will drive the No. 42 entry for this weekend’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan."

NASCAR not only agreed with the decision to suspend Gragson, but also suspended him indefinitely.

"NASCAR fully supports Legacy Motor Club’s decision to suspend Noah Gragson," the racing association stated. "Following his actions on social media, NASCAR has determined that Gragson has violated the Member Conduct section of the 2023 NASCAR Rule Book and has placed him under indefinite suspension."
Gragson issued an apology online following his suspension.

"I am disappointed in myself for my lack of attention and actions on social media," Gragson said on Twitter. "I understand the severity of this situation. I love and appreciate everyone. I try to treat everyone equally no matter who they are. I messed up plain and simple."

Gragson allegedly liked an insensitive meme about George Floyd on Instagram. TMZ reported, "The image shows the live-action version of Sebastian the crab from 'The Little Mermaid,' with Floyd's face superimposed. A caption reads, 'Under Da Knee, Under Da Knee.'"

For those who have the time to listen to an audio book. I will post the first book of the series and you can find the others at youtube if interested.

Quote:Isaac Race thought he'd found a new family and home. A new Life. He had, but it's all about to be snatched away. When an ambitious enemy launches a sneak viral attack on the USA, his peaceful life is shattered and Isaac, by his very nature a loner, must band together with a ragtag group of survivors to make their way to a sanctuary, three states away in the depths of a vicious east coast winter. It won’t be easy, the invaders aren't the only dangers unleashed in a world suddenly turned upside down, and if they're going to survive, they'll need to be resourceful and ruthless and rely on others in a world where trust has been shattered.

Some surprice in Germany, suddenly there is snow/ice like in winter uh..The place is 30 km down from Stuttgart .

Age restricted.. I find that quite funny considering.

Quote:AFRL artificial intelligence agents successfully pilot XQ-58A Valkyrie uncrewed jet aircraft

Published Aug. 2, 2023
By Air Force Research Laboratory Public Affairs

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – To reduce risk to aircrews by integrating their activities with uncrewed aerial vehicles with artificial intelligence capabilities, the Air Force Research Laboratory led a successful three-hour sortie, July 25, 2023, demonstrating the first-ever flight of artificial intelligence agents (algorithms) controlling an uncrewed jet aircraft – the XQ-58A Valkyrie.
 
Test units executed the flight in the Eglin Test and Training Complex. The flight was the culmination of the previous two years of partnership that began with the SkyBorg Vanguard program.
 
“The mission proved out a multi-layer safety framework on an AI/ML-flown uncrewed aircraft and demonstrated an AI/ML agent solving a tactically relevant “challenge problem” during airborne operations,” said Col. Tucker Hamilton, chief, AI Test and Operations, for the Department of the Air Force. “This sortie officially enables the ability to develop AI/ML agents that will execute modern air-to-air and air-to-surface skills that are immediately transferrable to the CCA program.”
 
The algorithms were developed by AFRL’s Autonomous Air Combat Operations team. The algorithms matured millions of hours in high fidelity simulation events, sorties on the X-62 VISTA, Hardware-in-the-Loop events with the XQ-58A, and ground test operations, as depicted in this video.

“AACO has taken a multi-pronged approach to unmanned flight testing of machine learning Artificial Intelligence and has met operational experimentation objectives by using a combination of High-performance computing, modeling and simulation, and hardware in the loop testing to train an AI agent to safely fly the XQ-58 unmanned aircraft,” said AACO Program Manager, Dr. Terry Wilson.

DOD is committed to the responsible employment of AI. To achieve responsible use of AI requires teaming of developers and users of AI enabled autonomy working in collaboration with acquisition specialists.

“AI will be a critical element to future warfighting and the speed at which we’re going to have to understand the operational picture and make decisions,” said Brig. Gen. Scott Cain, AFRL commander. “AI, Autonomous Operations, and Human-Machine Teaming continue to evolve at an unprecedented pace and we need the coordinated efforts of our government, academia, and industry partners to keep pace.”