Studies like this tell me things that I already believe. You’re Not The Man Your Father Was

The befits of professional soldiers and that ordinary people don’t have to fight and professionals tend to suffer less casualties for a given task. But the big downside is they rarely have the same values as the culture they come from. German elite forces facing Neo-Nazi scandal as commander suspended

Mad Max. Mexico gunfight near Texas border leaves over a dozen dead

Nowadays every country in the world has special forces of some type or other with the stated goal of being a “counter terrorist” force. But at one time, very few countries had such a force. Twenty some hours in Germany would go a long way towards changing that.

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The main thing of interest in this story is the use of AI in running a campaign of this type: The China Cables: Leaked Classified Chinese Documents Confirm China Running Massive Concentration Camps to “Re-educate” Uighurs

This is an opinion piece in a respectable journal so you have to expect that it will be filled with lies but that does not change underlying point. The Next Syrian Refugee Crisis Will Break Europe’s Back

One of the big reasons for the failure of US torpedo bomber failures at the Battle of Midway (since we were discussing this on Sunday). Mark 13 torpedo

I will believe it when I see it. Half-Life: Alyx: What we know about Valve’s upcoming full-length VR game

Not in the news. Abandoning Malmö to Its Criminals

I am wondering if this will cause more problems then it will solve. This new magical coating saves water by making toilets so slippery that poop basically flushes itself

For those who missed it in the dead tree edition. Blockbuster WSJ Investigation: How Google Interferes With Its Search Algorithms and Changes Your Results

You already know this. Why you’re not hearing more about that mass shooting in Fresno