Common Sense
In honor of Thomas Paine and other Founders & Immigrants. In memory of my daddy Horst Bingel
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Michael Moore Pushes Biden to Cancel All Student Loan Debt, Abolish Death Penalty in Final Months as President. Really!
Bundesregierung verursacht gewaltige Personalinflation. Was für eine Verschwendung!
Smart on Crime plagiarism by Mistress Kamala exposed by a prominent Austrian plagiarism hunter
As an aside, I think I prefer the broken windows theory!
Has an Austrian just dared to commit foreign election interference less than 30 days before elections? Just kidding! 😊
This book was published in 2009. Did nobody ever before claim that it contained plagiarism?
Note Mistress Kamala did not write this book herself! How much did Kamala write and how much the ghost writer contribute? This should be a fair question for the presidential candidate.
To hire ghost writers is common, but in her case it has perhaps more meaning and supports the allegation that she is incompetent and has achieved not much in her professional life.
Plagiarism is not uncommon among politicians! 😊
"... The so-called "plagiarism hunter," Austrian professor [???] Stefan Weber, found 27 times that Harris, the 2024 Democrat nominee for president, and her co-author allegedly committed some form of plagiarism. ..."
"Like Germany’s current minister for foreign affairs Annalena Baerbock, also Kamala Harris did plagiarize in a book, namely in „Smart on Crime“ (2009). ..."
Footnote: It appears Mr. Stefan Weber is not a professor. He might be a docent. See e.g. the Wikipedia entry on him.
Kamala Harris accused of plagiarizing in 2009 book about being 'smart on crime' "Harris' book features 27 instances of plagiarism, according to 'plagiarism hunter'"
Plagiarism allegation against Kamala Harris (the original source of the plagiarism claims by Stefan Weber)
Credits: Plagiats-Gutachten aus Salzburg belastet Kamala Harris
Caveat: I did not read the book.
Does she not look eerily similar on this book cover to her very recent vogue cover?
UK sanctions Russian troops for deploying chemical weapons in Ukraine
How Russia Became a Gerontocracy Once Again
Did Canada refuse to extradite terrorists and/or criminals to India?
This might be at the core of the current, intensifying foreign relations dispute between Canada and India.
Were the reasons for Canada to deny the extradition well founded or flimsy? It has the appearance that the reasons for the denial were not convincing!
Caveat: I am not familiar with the details of this dispute
Second image of the day
Als die sozialistische Welt in Deutschland (genauer DDR) noch in Ordnung war! Vorsicht: Ironie
Zwei dandys in 1972! (Sozialistische Diktatoren Erich Honecker & Walter Ulbricht) Quelle
Image of the day
Do you recognize this guy?
He should have stayed home and play with his three grandchildren or have lunch with his wife!
His campaign for Mistress Kamala was a disaster! He appeared more senile and demented than the 46th President! Perhaps, his romantic affairs with interns caused him to contract a sexually transmitted diseases.
To bring him out to campaign is one heck of sign of verry palpable desperation by the Dimocratic Party!
Hint: William Jefferson Clinton (age 78), 42nd U.S. President
Monday, October 14, 2024
PLA launches blockade drills around Taiwan
New book ‘Threat Multiplier’ details the fight for the Pentagon to adapt to climate change
Prager University: Government: Too Big to Fix?
Gewalt gegen Polizisten in Deutschland: Zahl so hoch wie nie zuvor. Jeden Tag werden im Schnitt 290 Polizisten Opfer von Gewalt.
Tiny protein offers new path for gene editing
“By engineering the small but powerful protein TnpB, we were able to design a variant that shows a 4.4-fold increase in efficiency of modifying DNA – making it more effective as a gene editing tool,” ..."
TnpB proteins are found in a variety of bacteria and archaea. The TnpB studied by the researchers comes from the bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans. This microbe survives cold, dehydration, vacuum and acid, and is one of the most radiation-resistant organisms known to humans. The compact TnpB protein has previously been shown to work for genome editing in human cells, albeit with low efficiency and limited targeting ability due to its recognition requirements when binding DNA. ...
English for trippers: When a flake is a fluke
The senile, demented and corrupt 46th President appointed the fool Jeff Flake (former U.S. Senator from Arizona and a RINO) to be ambassador to Turkey!
What a fluke!
Meet the Chinese communist hackers preparing for war against the US
Seeing double: Designing drugs that target “twin” cancer proteins
In double breakthrough, mathematician helps solve two long-standing problems with paper and pencil
In the second advance, Tiep solved a difficult problem in what is known as the Deligne-Lusztig theory, part of the foundational machinery of representation theory. The breakthrough touches on traces, an important feature of a rectangular array known as a matrix. The trace of a matrix is the sum of its diagonal elements. The work is detailed in two papers ...
Migratory geese have arrived again in Phoenix, Arizona this weekend
Today, I found that out during my usual early morning walk when I was surprised to see a flock of about 30 geese on the shores of a pond.
These are some real snow birds spending the Winter in Arizona! 😊
When you see the silhouettes of these big birds flying in formation in the sky near you it is very impressive!
I do not take credit for this photo
Sunday, October 13, 2024
You Really Got Me - The Kinks (live)
46th President authorizes deployment of anti-missile defense system and about 100 military personnel to Israel
Cells Across the Tree of Life Exchange ‘Text Messages’ Using RNA
New surveys of the ski for near earth asteroids and comets
Injection of Boron powder into plasma could prevent tungsten from shearing off the walls of the ITER reactor
Newly discovered Milky-Way-like rotating disc galaxy is the most distant and oldest of its type found in the universe about 700 million years after Big Bang
Scientists create first map of DNA modification in the developing human brain
- A UCLA-led study has created a map of DNA modification in two regions of the brain critical to learning, memory and emotional regulation. The map offers a benchmark for ensuring stem cell-based models accurately replicate human brain development.
- ... researchers were able to simultaneously analyze two epigenetic mechanisms – DNA methylation and chromatin conformation – that control gene expression on a single-cell basis.
- Understanding how these regulatory elements act on genes that affect development will help elucidate where genetic variants connect with certain genes, helping to pinpoint the cell types and developmental periods most vulnerable to disorders and diseases.
It created the first map of DNA modification in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex — two regions of the brain critical to learning, memory and emotional regulation. These areas are also frequently involved in disorders like autism and schizophrenia. ...
The research team analyzed more than 53,000 brain cells from donors spanning mid-gestation to adulthood, revealing significant changes in gene regulation during critical developmental windows. In capturing such a broad spectrum of developmental phases, the researchers were able to assemble a remarkably comprehensive picture of the massive genetic rewiring that occurs during critical timepoints in human brain development. ..."
Several colleges forfeit women’s volleyball games against team with trans player
The 46th President urges Israel to stop hitting UN peacekeepers in Lebanon. Really!
Saturday, October 12, 2024
Russian Federation on the brink of collapse as Chechen leader incites blood feud | Diane Francis
China vows to significantly increase debt to revive economic growth
Polish PM says he won't respect EU right to asylum if it threatens his country's security
“A Woke Holy War” - Elon Musk on the Decline of Religion
When the 46th President, his weirdo Secretary Mayorkas and the FEMA fail, citizen volunteers step up using private Helicopters to Deliver 500,000 Pounds of Supplies to hurricane Helene Victims
Discovery of new type of progenitor cell with potential to boost tissue repair
discovered a completely new type of bipotent progenitor cell with the potential to boost healing. ..."
Chinese firms lead US firms in remote sensing satellite systems
Vereidigung in Wiesbaden: Hessens Heimatschützer
Ants changed the architecture of their nests when exposed to a pathogen
The team then used spatial network analysis and disease transmission simulations to see if the changes would have any noticeable impact on the way disease would spread in the nests. Taking the designs crafted by the exposed and unexposed colonies, the team simulated what would happen if a pathogen was introduced. Ant colonies in the disease-resistant redesigns would have a significantly lower fungal load — and fewer lethal doses — than those in nests built without any previous exposure to disease, the team found. ..."
Scientists decode key mutation in many cancers, pointing to expanded role of RNA in human gene expression
TET2 mutations also occur in a fraction of all adults older than 70 and contribute to an increased risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and other inflammatory conditions, a condition known as CHIP. ..."
Wilhelm Röpke is 125: his Lessons for Modern Free Marketers
Having more than one vote in elections thanks to mail in voting in the US
Update: I personally just learnt that an individual in Arizona voted already by absentee vote, but this individual still received a mail-in ballot in the mail after the individual voted.
This is a serious concern!
State voter rolls are notoriously outdated, inaccurate and unreliable! E.g. when voters move across state borders or even within a state, how likely would they receive more than one ballot?
Some state election results are often very tight when a several thousands or ten thousands of votes can make a difference.
How easy is it for someone to obtain two or more ballots when someone is determined to do so?
Will Republican voters be equally inclined to cheat this way as Democratic voters or are there disparities?
Will Republican voters who received two, or more ballots be as honest as Democratic voters and vice versa?
Can foreign, hostile powers exploit the mail in voting to vote for their candidate of choice?