Palantir Wants to Bring Back the Draft – Mother Jones

The book frames Silicon Valley’s move into military technology as the righteous repayment of a “moral debt” owed to the country that built the tech billionaire class. “The engineering elite of Silicon Valley has an affirmative obligation to participate in the defense of the nation.” 

If you read past the post and dig into the book itself, you’ll find that this sentence continues: “the engineering elite must also, Karp said, participate in “the articulation of a national project—what is this country, what are our values, and for what do we stand.” That is to say: Men like Karp should decide what this country is…

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/palantir-wants-to-bring-back-the-draft/

 

Putin's Supporters Complain Old Russians Are Being Sent to War

Not all of Putin's conscripts have been viewed as particularly helpful to his mission either. One 63-year-old man who has diabetes and a severe brain injury was among those called to fight after doctors told him he was fit for service...

https://www.newsweek.com/putins-supporters-complain-old-russians-are-being-sent-war-1746381

Putin’s Top Cheerleaders Panic Over Russian Army ‘Mutiny’

Solovyov pointed out: "All of them have phones and they won't stay silent. If they're being handed rotten things, if they have no helmets, no body armor, no one is going to hide it... I will tell you very politely: don't play games with people… This isn't some liberal riff-raff, these are our people and I refuse to be silent about it." Continuing with the same theme, Simonyan cautioned: "Comrades Commanders, this is not the time for this... don't anger the people!" The head of RT urged those involved in the process of mobilization to remember the story of the mutiny that occurred on the battleship Potemkin, sparked by the crew being fed maggot-infested meat. Simonyan exclaimed: "Let me remind you that in 1905, small things like these led to the first mutiny of an entire military unit in the history of our country. Is that what you want?" She starkly warned: "You're toying with armed people."…

https://www.thedailybeast.com/putins-top-cheerleaders-panic-over-mobilization-mutiny

Week 15: A Hard Rain Falls on Trump Tower -- POLITICO

The scandal's floodwaters rise with news of an aborted Moscow project during the campaign. ...
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/09/02/trump-tower-moscow-scandal-swamp-diary-215571?cid=apn

Sweden Brings Back The Draft, Alarmed By Russian Activities

Amid escalating anxieties over recent Russian activities, Sweden has approved a plan to reinstitute military conscription beginning next year. The draft, which will pull from both young men and women, will be Sweden's first since 2010, when the country discontinued compulsory service.

The country expects to call up at least 4,000 young people per year for military training, in a bid to erase its deficits in recruitment since the draft ended. The government says it has been recruiting about 2,500 people for military service annually, about 1,500 fewer than it says it needs....
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/02/518116191/sweden-brings-back-the-draft-alarmed-by-russian-activities?ft=nprml&f=1001