FROM http://topnews.us/content/216136-segway-robots-train-snipers-australia

Target practice for snipers has become more fun and a lot more helpful for the sinpers in Australia as they get to practice with Segway robots, by shooting at them actually. This venture was taken up with the help of the Marathon Robotics by setting up a course which is full of plastic, human - size dummies and also 3D robots from Segway.

The robots are all programmed to wander aimlessly around a village and the fact that they lean forward to go faster and backward to curtail the movement, makes it quite difficult to get a mark and actually hit it.

When any one of them is actually hit by a sniper, then a visual feedback is provided instantly and that causes the robots to scatter automatically. The remaining robots run for cover immediately and scatter as soon as one of them is taken off the scene. It was also reported that it could run for hours, regardless of the time of day or the weather.

A simple example would be a video game, making the whole exercise seem like a real - life video game which is quite clever.

From Dissident voice

US Girl Scouts Defend the Homeland! by LarryYu / October 14th, 2009

In a bold combination of good old American ingenuity and patriotism, the USA has launched a campaign that will both protect the Homeland and provide fodder for comedians around the world.

What is this ingenious program, you ask?

Enlisting the Girl Scouts to help fight terrorism!

Believe it or not, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is organizing Girl Scouts throughout the USA to “combat hurricanes, pandemics, terror attacks and other disasters.”

This campaign is part of a government effort to make Americans better able to cope with natural and man-made disasters.

As DHS head Janet Napolitano explained, “As a former Girl Scout, I know the ‘Be Prepared’ motto well, and I look forward to working with the Girl Scouts to spread the preparedness message to all of our nation’s citizens.”

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9/11 Mind Swell by Joel S. Hirschhorn / August 11th, 2009

As we approach the eighth anniversary of 9/11 consider this paradox. In the post 9-11 years the scientific evidence for disbelieving the official government story has mounted incredibly. And the number of highly respected and credentialed professionals challenging the official story has similarly expanded. Yet, to the considerable disappointment of the international 9/11 truth movement, the objective fact is that there are no widespread, loud demands for a new government-backed 9/11 investigation. The 9/11 truth movement is the epitome of a marginalized movement, one that never goes away despite not achieving truly meaningful results, which in this case means replacing official lies with official truth. What has gone wrong?

Akin to the definition of insanity, the hallmark of entrenched but marginalized movements is that they continue to pursue exactly the same strategy and tactics that have failed to produce solid results. They indulge themselves with self-delusion, defensive thinking and acting as if the world at large must surely and finally wake up, see the light and embrace the Truth. Years and, potentially, decades go by, but this quixotic status quo remains embedded, as if set in intellectual concrete. There is no brain tumor to blame. Nor any mass hypnosis of true believers to prove. There is just monumental disinterest among the dominant culture, political establishment and the broad public that is far more engaged with other issues, problems and movements.

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