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... He added, "Based on my respect for the above mentioned Leaders, I have instructed Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, The Chairman of The Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Daniel Caine, and The United States Military, that we will NOT be doing the scheduled attack of Iran tomorrow, but have further instructed them to be prepared to go forward with a full, large scale assault of Iran, on a moment's notice, in the event that an acceptable Deal is not reached." ...

@#3 ... Some sort of AA defense thing? ...

Not sure what you mean by "AA."

That aside, the vehicle certainly seems to be odd.

I'd like to know what are the materials used for that ~addition~ to the SUV, and how that material may affect or not affect radio frequencies.

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... XTEND CEO Aviv Shapira says the future of drones is not really about drones. It is about software.

In an interview with Military.com, Shapira described XTEND as a company operating "at the intersection between AI and robotics," building an operating system that allows humans to direct complex robotic missions remotely without manually flying drones or controlling robots.

The company's core product, XOS, is designed to let operators give mission-level commands while artificial intelligence handles much of the flying, navigation and coordination. XTEND describes XOS as a hardware-agnostic operating system that connects platforms, payloads, autonomy and human operators into one mission environment.

"For us, it's all about not flying the drone, but telling it what to do," Shapira said in the interview. "It's moving from piloting to commanding."

That distinction matters because modern drone warfare and public safety operations increasingly require operators to manage more machines in more complex environments. Shapira said most of the market still relies on manual control, while XTEND is trying to reduce the cognitive load by allowing operators to command drones through mission intent. ...

@#32

Huh?

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... An especially large motorcade ferried President Donald Trump around Beijing during his trip to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week. However, a pair of heavily-laden Chinese SUVs with huge custom roofs, a configuration that does not appear to have been previously seen, were of particular interest. The motorcade also featured several other vehicles with interesting, but far less substantial additions to their roofs.

The unusual SUVs were first spotted as Trump's motorcade moved through the Chinese capital on May 13, as can be seen in the video in the social media post immediately below. They continued to be a feature of the motorcade throughout the U.S. President's state visit, which wrapped up today.

@#13

Yeah, that is likely to happen, considering the billionaires that Pres Trump has chosen to suck up to him in his Cabinet, and the explicit grift that Pres Trump seems to have been doing...

@#29, 30

imo, one aspect your comments seem to be overlooking is that ...

As understand it, so long as PM Netanyahu keeps his war going, he cannot face the charges against him in a Court of Law. I may be wrong, though.

@#10 ... If Xi personally greets Vladimir Putin at the Beijing airport instead of sending a flunky, ...

You noticed that also?

@#7 ... The fact that some physicists spent their life working on a theory that's false ...

Yeah.

And the Sun was once thought to orbit the Earth.

@#7 ... String Theory requires super symmetry. ...

OK, I'm still listening ...

@#27 ... What gives you the impression I was absolving America of its responsibility for Israel's actions? ...

Good question.

Pres Trump's support of PM Netanyahu is looking like an absolute support of PM Netanyahu policies.

Given the, what I view as, the genocide of Palestinians by Israel, I have to ask Pres Trump ... WTF?

I saw this article a couple days ago ..

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... I wanted to believe Trump was the real deal for a long time -- even though I had doubts because I knew enough about his business history to think otherwise. But now I regret my support for him, and I should've known better.

He's making it plain as day. He's a con man, a liar, doesn't keep his promises. He's in office all for himself and he doesn't even try to hide his corruption anymore."

Thomas added, "He's the worst president we've ever had and he's the most corrupt president we've ever had. I know it's hard, it took me a while to be able to say that.

Very difficult when you commit yourself to believing in somebody.

Popielarz asked Thomas whether he'd voted for Trump in 2016, 2020 and 2024 -- and Thomas confirmed that he had. The host followed up by asking what was "the straw that broke the camel's back" for Thomas.

"I don't think it's one thing, it's been a cumulative process," Thomas said. "And it's gotten so blatant now ... He was gonna lower prices on day one, he was gonna do this on day one, only he could fix all this stuff.

And now I understand how somebody like Adolf Hitler was able to brainwash millions of people.

I never I thought I'd see that again in my lifetime. But it's happened, right? I thought we got past that, but we don't learn from history." ...

@#25

PM Netanyahu seems to have a ~control~ over Pres Trump.

The ramifications of that are quite significant, given the awesomeness of the US Military.

Perhaps that may be why PM Netanyahu has worked to established that apparent ~control~ over Pres Trump?

OK, this song just popped up on a playlist here.

Listening to it, I have to ask, does PM Netanyahu regard Pres Trump as little more than his pocket calculator?

Another view ...

@#101 ... I wasn't aware that warrants were always required by law. ...

To be precise, my comment was speaking of judicial warrants.

I stated ..

... OK, now do ICE home invasions without a judicial warrant. ...

I notice you seemed to ignore the "judicial warrant" aspect.

Why?

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... Watermelon Linked to Better Diet Quality

One study examined data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) to compare the diets of watermelon eaters and non-consumers across the United States. The analysis found that both children and adults who consumed watermelon generally had higher-quality diets overall. ...

Compounds in Watermelon May Support Heart Health

A separate clinical trial from Louisiana State University explored whether watermelon juice could help protect blood vessel function during periods of elevated blood sugar. The randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover study involved 18 healthy young adults who consumed watermelon juice daily for two weeks. ...

What did anyone expect from a second-rate news host (if he were first-rate, why was he on the weekends?).

What surprises me here is that something rational and though-out was expected from Sec of Defense Hegseth.

@#30 ... Maybe for lack of trying: ...

Yeah, that current trolling alias seems to show time and time again that it seems to lack even the merest of searching ability.

@#26 ... WE NO LONGER LIVE IN A REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY ...

As i have posted many times in the past ...

GOP politicians are now choosing voters, instead of voters choosing politicians.

@#21 ... This is the road to 1 party rule ...

Yup.

Especially with the Jim Crow gerrymandering that MAGA is doing.