Space Defense Command
Eppour si mouve – Galileo
“If one Prophet deceive another, what certainty is there of knowing the will of God, by other way than that of Reason?”- Thomas Hobbes At about the age of five, climbing “my tree” had been what I saw as my life-long challenge, each time hoping to reach the top. Stretching as far as I could …
In memory of my late father. His love, courage, and sacrifice created and inspired the force in my life. Sensing my father in my shadow, I longed to be in his. If only for a day. And when day disappeared and night fell, be in his skin, feel his joy and pains, proudly wear his …
Baited by access to “intel?” In taking it you alerted the “big fish.” Gee, the Mastermind looks a lot like a “G-Man.” FBI, be reminded that time in your bureaucratic space differs from that of a Federal Cyberspace Probe (FCP). Knowledge is power, but only if you know when and can actually use it. Open …
“In politics you don’t tell someone to go to hell unless you can actually send him there.” – President Lyndon B. Johnson Activists, Journalists and Hostages remind us that Dictators will cross bloody red lines to bring hell to them. Russia, “Red Alert.” From Space, satellites gazing down at your body of land view your …
“The POWER of a Man, (to take it Universally,) is his present means, to obtain some future apparent Good. And is either Originall, or Instrumentall.” – Thomas Hobbes Penetration via Cyber establishing connection to APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) facilitate communication and remote access to linked systems. Identifying weaknesses of infrastructure or security, remote access is …
“I am convinced that sooner or later we’ll be confronted with decisions which we cannot even imagine right now…New problems will arise.” – Vladimir Putin [translation from a 2016 interview with US Film Director Oliver Stone In his prescient statement, was President Putin referring to the pandemic or a new nuclear power plant? “The Rusnano …
I imagine myself zooming through space into the future programing my ship to land in a civilized highly advanced planet. Never could I have foreseen the message of leaders to their people, “Wear a mask, wash your hands, and keep 2 yards away from each other.” Earth, your planet stands primitively still. Titan of Innovation …
“When the George W. Bush administration took office in January 2001, it seemed more likely to take a softer line on Iran than a harder one. American oil companies widely favored lifting the sanctions, and the background of many Bush administration officials in the oil industry (the President included) led many to speculate that they …
In the 1960 film, “Ocean’s Eleven,” Veterans of the 82nd Airborne Division devise an elaborate plot to simultaneously rob five casinos on New Year’s Eve. In one scene, one of the “Eleven” questioning the likelihood of pulling off the robbery, asks Danny Ocean, played by Frank Sinatra, “if it’s so easy why hasn’t anyone done …
Finding a pedal fallen from my orchid, I asked my Father why. Finding a bird fallen from its nest, I asked my Father why. His reply was, “Not all flowers are meant to fully bloom and not all birds are meant to fly.” Later, I asked him, how is that different from my selectively watering …