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International, U.S.

White Horse & World War 3: U.S. Troop build up in Kuwait, 15,000 at least. Why for? Army officials admit its to prepare for coming wars. New York National Guard suddenly diverted from Afghanistan to Kuwait

I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest.

“What we had in the past, we had forces to provide security as we rotated units in and out of theater….Now it’s a platform, a final destination, so to speak, for contingency forces that can be used in the [Central Command] theater.”-unnamed U.S. military official quoted in the ArmyTimes

The ArmyTimes reporting that 15,000 U.S. troops are being added to those already based in Kuwait. The combat troops are coming from active Army units as well as the Minnesota and Maryland National Guards, with more to come from New York National Guard.

“The initial purpose for them was to provide security as we were pulling back units in Iraq.  Now….They do provide a capable force that could be used elsewhere if necessary.”-unnamed U.S. military official quoted in the ArmyTimes

The ArmyTimes is calling the deployment of troops to Kuwait a “response force”.

Also reported in the ArmyTimes is the fact that the New York National Guard has suddenly been diverted from its mission in Afghanistan to Kuwait.  The New York National Guard unit includes about 1,800 soldiers from New York and 300 from South Carolina.  They are scheduled to arrive in Kuwait in late February.

 

 

U.S.

U.S. Christian pastor accused of raping three women

A pastor in Dorchester County, South Carolina, has been charged with kidnapping and raping three women at gunpoint, two of them behind his Baptist church.  He’s also charged with kidnapping a fourth woman.

The judge considered him so dangerous that he denied bond.  The county sheriff said serial rape cases are rare in their county.  It’s alleged that the pastor would drive around late at night, picking up women, then raping them at gun point.

 

 

Technology

Your next hamburger may come from a petri dish

In small labs in South Carolina, and North Dakota, biologists are trying to grow meat in petri dishes.

Researchers working in South Carolina, had been working on a NASA grant, because of the potential for use in long space voyages.  Remember the Star Trek food synthesizers?  They’ve just gotten a new grant from PETA (yes, no more harming animals in the name of our survival).

So far they can take embryonic muscle cells called myoblasts, which turn into muscle, from turkey, bath them in a bovine serum and then grow animal muscle tissue.

In North Dakota a researcher has grown myoblast cells from chicken, turkey, lamb, pig and cow.

The race to grow meat in laboratories is a world wide effort.  U.S. researchers are now competing against Europeans for more funding, which has become harder to find.