Who Has the Higher Body Count?

Spanish Inquisition in 300 years: 2000 deaths. Barack Obama in 6 years: 2464 by drones.

"Obama Strikes"

He's really good at killing people:

Whether uttered in jest or in resignation, the Obama quote will only add to the concerns of those wondering whether the president has embraced the Godlike, life-and-death power of the Oval Office. After campaigning against the intense interrogation procedures pursued under President George W. Bush, Obama has vastly expanded the drone program. Despite its intense unpopularity overseas, in part because of civilian casualties and in part because of its unclear, secretive mandates, the Pakistan drone program continues as it has since 2004.

According to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, the CIA has conducted 378 strikes in the program’s 10-year history. Of those, 326 are classified as “Obama strikes.” The total number of people killed by drones is estimated at 2,528 to 3,648. Civilian casualties are estimated at 416 to 948, with 168 to 200 of those being children. As many as another 1,545 are estimated to have been injured in those strikes.

Even Wedding Photographers Are Using Drones These Days

Oops.

Found here.

Drone Medal Dumped!

Will be replaced with a "device" that can be affixed to other decorations already in existence.

Good call.

Well, There Ya Have It, Boys.

Yes, you can be subject to drone strike as a US citizen on US soil.

Thanks to Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) for forcing an answer from the Obama administration.

In Defense of the Drone War

Charles Krauthammer, no defender of President Obama usually, brings cogent argument.

And I'll point out that drones are a lot more efficient in the type of war we're currently involved in than all of the men currently stationed in Afghanistan.

I'm In Ur Base...

...Poachin Ur Drones!*

Pic from Drudge:

*Reference to famous gaming phrase.

The Upside of Drone Technology

The Burrito Bomber.

Here's the self-description provided by the folks at Darwin Aerospace:

It works like this:

You connect to the Burrito Bomber web-app and order a burrito. Your smartphone sends your current location to our server, which generates a waypoint file compatible with the drone's autopilot.

We upload the waypoint file to the drone and load your burrito in to our custom made Burrito Delivery Tube.

The drone flies to your location and releases the Burrito Delivery Tube. The burrito parachutes down to you, the drone flies itself home, and you enjoy your carne asada.

Here's a video that summarizes the concept:

Krauthammer Gets His Wookie Suit On

Charles Krauthammer discusses the use of unmanned drones to spy on US citizens.

"A drone is a high-tech version of an old army and a musket. It ought to be used in Somalia to hunt bad guys but not in America. I don't want to see it hovering over anybody's home. Yes, you can say we have satellites, we've got Google Street View and London has a camera on every street corner but that's not an excuse to cave in on everything else and accept a society where you're always under -- being watched by the government. This is not what we want," Krauthammer said on the panel portion of FOX News' "Special Report."

"I would say that you ban it under all circumstances and I would predict, I'm not encouraging, but I an predicting that the first guy who uses a Second Amendment weapon to bring a drone down that's been hovering over his house is going to be a folk hero in this country," Krauthammer said tonight.

Click the link to read the rest, or see it on video.

h/t Sipsey Street Irregulars.