The Post-Partisan Emporium

  The Home-Grown Shahed Drone Threat to America Matt Bracken First, watch this very short video: “ Launching Shahed-type drones from a moving pickup truck. ” (So there is no need for rocket assisted launching) Folks, we are going to see this attack vector spread around the world, including in the United States. The Iranians invented and developed the small attack drone niche, the Russians copied it with their Gerans, and now even the USA is belatedly copying it with the Lucas. But the most important point is that ANYBODY can make these in a garage. The plans are so basic any competent hobbyist can produce them. Two fiberglass shells, top and bottom, other parts that are not difficult to fabricate, a small gasoline engine and a prop in the back. Steer it with a camera in the nose by Starlink plus GPS or other means. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? It means “the genie is out of the bottle,” and it will never be put back in. One example. America is now riding high in the global LNG market. We li...

It seems obvious enough... In the meantime in IRAN:   According to mutTrump " IRAN is finished ", and yet... “Iran warns that it may strike steel mills in Israel and five other Gulf countries in response to recent attacks on its steel mills.”  "Three container ships, having believed Trump's speeches, attempted to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, received a warning from the IRGC, and retreated back."  And now another one of those idiots also joins the Party! And what those BILLIONS/TRILLIONS of waste in USofT weapons give you...   Failures after Failures... But what matters is to keep those sales going... And in the meantime in Ukrainistan...  And a few American Terrorists found out... "STOP, I'm American" "Nothing unusual, it's just that in Lviv, TCC people beat up and mobilized an American while his friend was filming what was happening on video. Local media and journalists are now panicking, as if the West wouldn't find out about...

         

  Paranoia, Industrial Edition You will comply...or else Radio Far Side In our last episode , we examined the SAVE and the REAL ID Acts in the United States. Similar legislation is pending or in place in most countries, especially those that are voting members of the United Nations. Indonesia already has something functionally broader than REAL ID—and it is actively expanding toward a more integrated digital identity system, with 10 fingerprints, eye and face scans updated every five years.  All of this is integrated into a national identity system with each adult (17+) holding an e-KTP card. It does  not (yet) have a direct equivalent to the SAVE Act tied explicitly to voting eligibility, but you have to present your e-KTP to register to vote, so it’s functionally the same. You need an e-KTP to receive a passport, access public buildings or medical facilities, buy land, open bank accounts, on down the line. To institute a global tokenized identity system, you need to hav...