- April 30 – Venezuela – Random Guyaidó's New Coup Attempt Turns Out to Be A Dangerous Joke
- May 1 – Venezuela – Guaidó Got Snookered – White House Starts Beating War Drums
- May 2 – Venezuela – Coup Failure Necessitates A New Policy – Bolton The Stache Is Pushing For War
- May 3 – Venezuela – Forensics Of A Clownish Coup – (Updated)
In today's WaPo: Guaidó says opposition overestimated military support for uprising No kidding!
Caitlin Johnstone – Venezuela: Establishment Talking Points Translation Key
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Other stuff:
Tim Shorrock on the North Korean embassy raid:
Did the CIA Orchestrate an Attack on the North Korean Embassy in Spain? – The Nation
A mostly good roundup on the 737 MAX by The Verge: Redline – The many human errors that brought down the Boeing 737 MAX. But is this really a 'human error'?
The episode underscores what The Seattle Times found after a review of documents and interviews with more than a dozen current and former Boeing engineers who have been involved in airplane certification in recent years, including on the 737 MAX: Many engineers, employed by Boeing while officially designated to be the FAA’s eyes and ears, faced heavy pressure from Boeing managers to limit safety analysis and testing so the company could meet its schedule and keep down costs.
That pressure increased when the FAA stopped dealing directly with those designated employees — called “Authorized Representatives” or ARs — and let Boeing managers determine what was presented to the regulatory agency.
Who could have known? Capt. Sullenberger: "in this ultra-cost-competitive global aviation industry, when it comes to costs, nothing is more costly than an accident. Nothing."
Bloomberg has a rage against Chinese made computer equipment. A 2018 story, The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies, was denied by everyone involved, including Apple and Amazon who use the Chinese made computers. Recently Bloomberg made claims about a "backdoor" in Huawei equipment: The West Finally Has Its Huawei Smoking Gun. The "backdoor" turned out to be a diagnostics Telnet port on the non-public (LAN) side of some 3G access equipment. A non-issue that was found and fixed in 2011/2012. The always snarky Register responds: Sinister secret backdoor found in networking gear perfect for government espionage: The Chinese are – oh no, wait, it's Cisco again – Better ban this gear from non-US core networks, right?
NASA did not renew its contract for rides on the Russian Soyuz missiles to the International Space Station: Russia to End U.S. Space Station Rides in April, Pressuring NASA. It was not concerned as SpaceX and Boeing were under contract to build new vehicles to transport U.S. astronauts. But now both projects are late and SpaceX just destroyed its crew capsule during a ground test. That will cause more delays. Will the 50% U.S. made space stations no longer have U.S. astronauts?
Bonus:
Excellent campaign slogan Joe. Excellent:
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