Smart Gun On Wheels, Robotic Mule Closer To Battle-Ready By C.J. Lin

DeM Banter: "...and so it goes, and so it goes, and so it goes...where it's all heading nobody knows..." -Nick Lowe Stars and Stripes October 14, 2012 Pg. 1 QUANTICO, Va. -- Continuing its quest to deploy robots on the battlefield, the Marine Corps is testing two new machines that could eventually work alongside troops …

Questions on Drones, Unanswered Still… By Margaret Sullivan

DeM Banter:  Been watching this one for a long while...and yes, there is good here... on many levels, but believe the bad weight in about the same.   “The U.S. is creating a precedent by carrying out strikes in secrecy without accountability to anyone,” Ms. Knuckey said. “What if all countries did what the U.S. is …

The New, New, New, New, New, New, New Strategy For The Middle East By Thanassis Cambanis

DeM Banter: Not sure I would agree there is a conscience effort to uphold the "Carter Doctrine," but... interesting nonetheless.. Boston Globe October 14, 2012 Pg. K1 The next president has an unprecedented chance to overhaul a creaky, 30-year-old vision of America's role in the region. Cops say they figure out a suspect's intentions by …

Pentagon’s Plan X and three other cyber worries

DeM Banter: TONS OF CYBER today and throughout the week...usually (but not always) means its time to pay attention...somebody is worried...as always...thinking what this looks like in 2022....combine that with an increasing dependence on drones....things that make you go...hhhhuuummmm... Interesting that the first author mentions cadets so often... There are three stories here from today's papers …

Not All That It Can Be: The myth of American military superiority By Winslow Wheeler

DeM Banter: wow, lots of stuff here...agree and disagree all at the same time...so I'm going with the F. Scott Fitzgerald quote "The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function." ( I use "function" loosely) …

8 Qualities of Fearless Entrepreneurs by Jeff Haden

inc.com / view original / Jeff Haden DeM Banter: More from Jeff Haden... always good, always powerful...love this stuff...even more when we are talking about badasses...we really don't want too many, but believe I am safe in saying... we DO INDEED NEED MORE... You know the type: They do things other business owners only dream of doing--and usually …