I find it very interesting amid all of our current discussions unattached to the events in New York City, that ‘facial recognition technology‘ appears to be the investigative emphasis to find the gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on December 4th.
From the latest information, the assassin arrived in New York City on November 24, traveling from Atlanta, Georgia, to New York City by bus. Ten days later the unknown gunman executed his mission. New York police have some evidence from the trail of the gunman as they track his travel into and then out of the area. {Developments Here}
The evidence includes CCTV security images of the gunman checking in to a hostel, using a fake New Jersey ID, paying cash. The police also located a water bottle purchased from a local Starbucks and a cell phone retrieved from the area where the gunman fled. If the assassin was a professional, the physical evidence could be purposeful, meaning dropped intentionally.
With this much time to distance himself from the area, it will be challenging for investigators to locate him, even if they are able to come up with a solid identification. And with that background, again we go into the world of ‘facial recognition software’ as a tool to identify a bad guy. Strange coincidence. Hmmm?
NEW YORK – The unidentified man suspected of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel remains at large after Wednesday’s attack, which was described by police as “brazen, targeted” and “premeditated.”
The killer entered New York City by bus on Nov. 24, when a surveillance camera at Port Authority Bus Terminal caught his arrival at 9 p.m., law enforcement sources told ABC News.
The inbound bus originated in Atlanta but it was not immediately clear where the suspected boarded. Sources told ABC News he was spotted on board in Washington, D.C.
Police are investigating whether the suspect left New York City by bus on Wednesday after the murder. The 10-day period he was in New York City before the shooting is the focus of investigative efforts.
Police have collected video of the suspect all over the city, including in the subway, in cabs and in a McDonald’s, sources told ABC News. In each place, he paid with cash and he made sure to keep his mask on, which indicates to detectives he knew he was coming to New York City to commit the murder, sources said.
Police were able to find a surveillance image of the suspect without his face mask on because he was flirting with the woman who checked him into a hostel on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, police sources said.
As he stood at the check-in desk, the sources said the woman asked to see his smile. The shooter obliged, pulling down his mask long enough for the surveillance camera to capture his face.
Police have determined the suspect checked into the hostel using a New Jersey license that wasn’t his own, police sources told ABC News.
The masked gunman shot Thompson at point-blank range at 6:44 a.m. Wednesday outside the New York Hilton Midtown, where Thompson was heading for his company’s investors conference.
“The shooter then walks toward the victim and continues to shoot,” NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said. “It appears that the gun malfunctions, as he clears the jam and begins to fire again.”
Written on the shell casings were the words “deny,” “defend” and “depose,” according to police sources.
[…] Investigators believe they were able to score DNA samples from several pieces of evidence discovered at or near the crime scene, law enforcement sources told ABC News. The samples are currently at the NYC Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to be run through databases for a possible match — a process that could take several days, the sources said.
Police were also able to extract a fingerprint off a water bottle the suspect bought at a Starbucks, but the print is smudged so it’s not clear how helpful it will be, sources said.
The suspect fled on foot and then fled north on a bike and rode into Central Park, police said.
A person appearing to be the suspect was seen just before 7 a.m. on the Upper West Side, riding a bicycle away from Central Park. He has not been spotted since. (more)
This is the type of AI that all leading experts have warned us about. German defense firm Helsing has announced it will provide Ukraine with 4,000 HX-2 “Karma” kamikaze drones this month. Germany’s Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said he had been “very pleased that the delivery of these drones equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) technology is already underway.”
With a top speed of 137 mph, these drones are capable of traveling up to 62 miles and can be loaded with various warheads for maximum destruction against armored vehicles, buildings, or platoons. The company states that these drones do not need a human operator, rather, they will be programmed to “search for, re-identify, and engage targets, even without a signal or a continuous data connection.” A human operator may “stay in the loop,” per the company’s messaging, but these weapons are designed to act autonomously.
“With HX-2, we have created a new smart effector that combines mass, autonomy and precision. Individual HX-2s can reliably engage armored targets in highly contested environments. When deployed along borders at scale, HX-2 can serve as a powerful counter invasion shield against enemy land forces,” Helsing’s co-founder Niklas Köhler stated. The other co-founder, Gundbert Scherf, said that NATO in particular has been eager for this technology. On one hand, the company says that these drones will retain human oversight, but on the other hand, the entire purpose of their design is to be autonomous.
Earlier prototypes have been used against Russian troops earlier this year. I believe there was a “Black Mirror” episode about this scenario. What happens when we have mass killing machines from both sides acting independently or without the need for human operators? Will nations take responsibility when these drones attack innocent civilians? Ironically, the company states that their vision is to “ethically protect common democratic values.”
The nursing home for retired neocons, also known as NATO, continually disregards any offers for peace. Russia has been adamant that NATO must not back it into a corner or the situation could go nuclear. Yet, NATO has revealed plans to build another factory close to Russia’s border.
German-based Rheinmetall has partnered with NATO to build an artillery ammunition plant in Baisogala, Lithuania. The facility will be able to produce “tens of thousands of 155mm” artillery shells annually, according to Rheinmetall. The 180 million euro facility will open by the middle of 2026. These shells weigh around 100 pounds each and are two feet in length and NATO members have already provided Ukraine with hundreds of thousands of rounds. The United States alone has plans to generate 100,000 shells monthly and over 1 million annually, but only produced a few thousand annually prior to the war. This new facility will allow NATO to replenish stockpiles as the war wages on for years to come.
NATO claims that the strategic location would deter Russia from invading the Baltic States or attempting to cut them off from Poland through the Suwa ki Gap, a 60-mile stretch of land on the Poland-Lithuania border, located amid Belarus and Russia’s Kaliningrad. Kaliningrad has been completely encircled by NATO since Sweden and Finland joined the bloc.
“The establishment of the German defense industry company Rheinmetall’s ammunition factory in Lithuania is not only significant in the context of the defense industry’s development but will also address the needs of our armed forces,” said Lithuanian Minister of Defense Laurynas Kas i nas.
Belarus and Russia held joint exercises near the Suwalki Gap in 2022. Russia has been increasing its military presence in Kaliningrad over the years and believes it is on the defensive against NATO. The necons do not want peace with Russia. They are actively building facilities to instigate tensions and relay the message that their war will not end until they seize Russia – a goal that will fail.
QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, thank you for the WEC. Many people feel this was your best. Your solution to save our country was spectacular, and you deserved the standing ovation. My question is that you said that Trump and RFK would not listen to you despite everything you have done. You did not explain why. May I ask why?
FP
ANSWER: As I said, Trump’s plan to eliminate and replace the income tax with tariffs will fail. I understand those who proposed the idea, citing that the nation was funded by tariffs before the income tax, and a return to that funding system may look good in bullet points, but the economy is far more complex, and the socialistic goals will not be able to simply be cut without resistance. I had also warned Maggie Thatcher about imposing a poll tax. She thought the people would take the supervisory role as a check on the government if they had skin in the game. But I knew from history it would not unfold as she had hoped.
The entire issue is NOT that companies moved offshore for cheaper labor. That is the Marxist excuse. They moved because of the taxation. When I restructured major multinational companies around the world, we had to consider (1) country risk, (2) stability in taxation, and (3) taxation on the workforce.
I testified before the House Ways & Means Committee. Trump can call up my testimony, but those around him will not allow that to take place. They have their solution in play and will never allow competition, no matter how wrong they are. Welcome to politics. I was then asked why no American company had gotten a contract in China to build the Yellow River Dam. I explained that Americans are taxed on worldwide income, but Germany is not. Thus, an American corporation is already 30-35% more expensive than a German company bidding on the same project.
Trump is married to the idea that tariffs will bring back American jobs—companies left BECAUSE of the taxes. Eliminate the Income Tax, end the borrowing, and do what I said with Social Security, and the companies will return, bringing foreign companies with them. You will create the most significant economic boom in history while the rest of the world completes the economic decline outlined by the Economic Confidence Model into 2028.
Trump is sold on the Tariff idea. He will NOT listen to me. So, unfortunately, the expected economic boom people will have with Trump will be tempered and not a reality. Unless we look at the entire world collectively, we can never fight the global trend. Tariffs will increase inflation and contribute to the economic decline the world will experience into 2028.
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