Tracy Isabel Borres’ Statement on Facebook Scandal

Filipina college student Tracy Isabel Borres recently interacted with the indigenous Filipino Aeta tribe on an Ateneo de Manila University field trip. She posted nasty things about the tribe on her Facebook page, for only her friends to see. She thought the posts were funny.

One of Tracy’s Facebook friends did not find the posts funny. She found them so unfunny that she took screenshots and circulated them via email. The screenshots are now making the rounds on Filipino mailing lists.

I find Tracy’s posts horribly racist. In fact, I find them so offensive that I will not republish them here. Maybe they were meant to amuse her friends, but they certainly did not amuse me. Nevertheless, I do not condone her friend’s treachery.

I decided to hear Tracy’s side of the story. Here’s her statement. Click here to continue reading “Tracy Isabel Borres’ Statement on Facebook Scandal”…

Lockheed Martin Tests Multiple Kill Vehicle

Someone at Lockheed Martin must be a Gundam fan. Their latest missile defense system, the MKV-L Multiple Kill Vehicle, intercepts multiple warheads using the same autonomous weapon concept as Gundam 00 GN Fangs. All you’d have to do is put lasers on the kill weapons, and they’d be right out of the anime.

The prototype MKV-L recently completed a 30-second hover test at Edwards Air Force Base, tracking a target at 23 feet. If it looks menacing just hovering in midair, imagine how it will look with its kill weapons deployed.

(Via Jesus Diaz.)