I did not know or forgot who Sardar Patel is. Nor did I know that the tallest statue (Statute of Unity) in the world (about 180 meters tall) is dedicated to this man.
Thursday, October 31, 2019
Is It Time to Rethink Parkinson's Pathology?
Very recommendable survey article about Parkinson's! Good news! I would guess, Parkinson's will be defeated within the next 10 years or so!
It appears researchers are now more focusing on brain cells' waste management to find the cause. The article discusses e.g. lysosomal dysfunction, mitochondrial dysfunction and how mitochondria and lysosomes interact.
Is It Time to Rethink Parkinson's Pathology? | The Scientist Magazine®: New evidence points to a waste-clearing problem in patients' cells, rather than the accumulation of protein tangles, as the root cause of the neurodegenerative disease.
It appears researchers are now more focusing on brain cells' waste management to find the cause. The article discusses e.g. lysosomal dysfunction, mitochondrial dysfunction and how mitochondria and lysosomes interact.
Is It Time to Rethink Parkinson's Pathology? | The Scientist Magazine®: New evidence points to a waste-clearing problem in patients' cells, rather than the accumulation of protein tangles, as the root cause of the neurodegenerative disease.
The Tulagi turning point
Very recommendable! So China is leasing strategic islands in the Pacific!
The Tulagi turning point | The Strategist: The New York Times reported on 16 October that the People’s Republic of China had leased the island of Tulagi from Solomon Islands. A secret deal was apparently struck in September, no doubt around the ...
The Tulagi turning point | The Strategist: The New York Times reported on 16 October that the People’s Republic of China had leased the island of Tulagi from Solomon Islands. A secret deal was apparently struck in September, no doubt around the ...
Kommentar: Ermittler brauchen Rückendeckung der Politik
The German government plans to introduce extreme Miranda warning rights for crime suspects. Thus tying the hands of police offers behind their back! Police officers would not be allowed to interview any suspects without their attorneys being present!
Germany is already extremely lenient when it comes to crime sentencing and prosecution (Kuscheljustiz, Kuschelstrafe, Kuschelstrafverfolgung). Dangerous perpetrators are usually released from custody by police on the same day. Criminal sentences for serious crimes are so lenient in Germany that a slap on the wrist would have been a more serious punishment!
Concerns for the victims of crimes are basically non-existent in Germany!
Kommentar: Ermittler brauchen Rückendeckung der Politik: Polizisten sollen Verdächtige künftig erst vernehmen dürfen, wenn ein Anwalt anwesend ist. Doch die geplante Neuregelung ist fatal – und...
Germany is already extremely lenient when it comes to crime sentencing and prosecution (Kuscheljustiz, Kuschelstrafe, Kuschelstrafverfolgung). Dangerous perpetrators are usually released from custody by police on the same day. Criminal sentences for serious crimes are so lenient in Germany that a slap on the wrist would have been a more serious punishment!
Concerns for the victims of crimes are basically non-existent in Germany!
Kommentar: Ermittler brauchen Rückendeckung der Politik: Polizisten sollen Verdächtige künftig erst vernehmen dürfen, wenn ein Anwalt anwesend ist. Doch die geplante Neuregelung ist fatal – und...
Emotet: Wie ein Trojaner das höchste Gericht Berlins lahmlegte
The highest court of the capital Berlin has no Internet access for almost one month now! The cour'ts computers were disconnected from external computers to prevent the spread of this malware. Judges and employees have no email access. Court computers are being used like typewriters!
Sounds like this is happening in a developing country! Incredible!
Emotet: Wie ein Trojaner das höchste Gericht Berlins lahmlegte: Seit drei Wochen hat das Berliner Kammergericht keinen Internetzugriff mehr. Grund ist ein Angriff mit Schadsoftware. Auf den ersten...
Here is the relevant excerpt from the German BSI Buerger CERT Newsletter SICHER • INFORMIERT vom 31.10.2019:
"2. Emotet legt Berliner Kammergericht lahm
Über Emotet haben wir an dieser Stelle bereits mehrfach berichtet. Der Virus, der Rechner verschlüsselt, um seine Besitzer zu erpressen oder Schadsoftware aufspielt, um Daten abzugreifen, ist weiterhin aktiv. Zum Beispiel in der IT-Anlage des Berliner Kammergerichts: Seit Wochen hat das Gericht keinen Internetzugang mehr und kann seine Rechner nur noch als Schreibmaschine nutzen. Per E-Mail ist das Gericht momentan und auf absehbare Zeit nicht zu erreichen."
Sounds like this is happening in a developing country! Incredible!
Emotet: Wie ein Trojaner das höchste Gericht Berlins lahmlegte: Seit drei Wochen hat das Berliner Kammergericht keinen Internetzugriff mehr. Grund ist ein Angriff mit Schadsoftware. Auf den ersten...
Here is the relevant excerpt from the German BSI Buerger CERT Newsletter SICHER • INFORMIERT vom 31.10.2019:
"2. Emotet legt Berliner Kammergericht lahm
Über Emotet haben wir an dieser Stelle bereits mehrfach berichtet. Der Virus, der Rechner verschlüsselt, um seine Besitzer zu erpressen oder Schadsoftware aufspielt, um Daten abzugreifen, ist weiterhin aktiv. Zum Beispiel in der IT-Anlage des Berliner Kammergerichts: Seit Wochen hat das Gericht keinen Internetzugang mehr und kann seine Rechner nur noch als Schreibmaschine nutzen. Per E-Mail ist das Gericht momentan und auf absehbare Zeit nicht zu erreichen."
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Antibody eradicates leukemia stem cells | UCLA
Good news! More advances to make Cancer is History!
"When the researchers used an anti-pleiotrophin antibody to block pleiotrophin in isolated human cancer cells, the CML stem cells began to die."
Antibody eradicates leukemia stem cells | UCLA: In most people with chronic myelogenous leukemia, cancerous stem cells remain in the body for years after remission, and the cancer can recur.
"When the researchers used an anti-pleiotrophin antibody to block pleiotrophin in isolated human cancer cells, the CML stem cells began to die."
Antibody eradicates leukemia stem cells | UCLA: In most people with chronic myelogenous leukemia, cancerous stem cells remain in the body for years after remission, and the cancer can recur.
Mindestlohn für Azubis beschlossen or socialism in Germany
The vicious spiral of government intervention as evidenced in Germany. Germany, since World War II, did not have a government mandated minimum wage until 2015 thanks to socialist Chancellor Merkel. Now, Germany passed a law that would even apply minimum wages to the famous apprentices of the German economy.
Mindestlohn für Azubis beschlossen: Auszubildende sollen künftig im ersten Lehrjahr in Deutschland mindestens 515 Euro im Monat erhalten.
Here is recommendable critique of this socialist nonsense!
AZUBI-MINDESTLOHN: Die neue Irrlehre
Mindestlohn für Azubis beschlossen: Auszubildende sollen künftig im ersten Lehrjahr in Deutschland mindestens 515 Euro im Monat erhalten.
Here is recommendable critique of this socialist nonsense!
AZUBI-MINDESTLOHN: Die neue Irrlehre
MIT engineers develop a new way to remove carbon dioxide from air
Human ingenuity trumps climate religion and hysteria! For over 100 years, humans have been treating water for human consumption. If CO2 is indeed such a threat, it is high time for air treatment!
What is critical here based on this latest engineering feat is that carbon dioxide can also be removed at the minute concentration (around 400 parts per million) from the air we breathe! This was until now a major challenge!
MIT engineers develop a new way to remove carbon dioxide from air | MIT News: A system developed at MIT can efficiently capture the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide even from ambient air, and release it in pure, concentrated form. The carbon capture work was led by Sahag Voskian and T. Alan Hatton.
What is critical here based on this latest engineering feat is that carbon dioxide can also be removed at the minute concentration (around 400 parts per million) from the air we breathe! This was until now a major challenge!
MIT engineers develop a new way to remove carbon dioxide from air | MIT News: A system developed at MIT can efficiently capture the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide even from ambient air, and release it in pure, concentrated form. The carbon capture work was led by Sahag Voskian and T. Alan Hatton.
How Micro-School Networks Expand Learning Options - Foundation for Economic Education
Centralized, industrial scale schooling of children in government run schools is so outdated in the digital and Internet age!
How Micro-School Networks Expand Learning Options - Foundation for Economic Education: Micro-schools are typically a fraction of the cost of a private school and educate no more than 10 to 15 students at a time. They are part of an educational shift occurring over the past decade in which entrepreneurs and parents create intimate, mixed-age learning spaces, often in homes or local organizations.
How Micro-School Networks Expand Learning Options - Foundation for Economic Education: Micro-schools are typically a fraction of the cost of a private school and educate no more than 10 to 15 students at a time. They are part of an educational shift occurring over the past decade in which entrepreneurs and parents create intimate, mixed-age learning spaces, often in homes or local organizations.
Q&A with Julia Ott
The Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ is drifting towards socialism.
Prof. Julia Ott said among other things that "... Myths about venture capital stand in the way of democratic deliberation about how our society might direct the socially generated surplus of today's economy towards building a better economy for the future ..."
This pure and very naive socialism coming from this professor!
When asked "What question within your field do you most want to answer and why?" Prof Ott answered: "...
1) Why do so many Americans believe that "venture capital" is essential for economic growth and technological innovation—and that inequality is the price we must pay? 2) How did the discourse of meritocracy displace a more overt language of white supremacy in American political culture (at least for a time) ..."
Amazing that such a biased ideologue becomes a professor in the U.S. and is then interviewed by the prestigious IAS!
Q&A with Julia Ott | Institute for Advanced Study: In 2019–20, Julia Ott, Member in the School of Social Science and Associate Professor at the New School for Social Research, is examining the origins of venture capital as an idea, as a form of investment, and as an organized industry.
Prof. Julia Ott said among other things that "... Myths about venture capital stand in the way of democratic deliberation about how our society might direct the socially generated surplus of today's economy towards building a better economy for the future ..."
This pure and very naive socialism coming from this professor!
When asked "What question within your field do you most want to answer and why?" Prof Ott answered: "...
1) Why do so many Americans believe that "venture capital" is essential for economic growth and technological innovation—and that inequality is the price we must pay? 2) How did the discourse of meritocracy displace a more overt language of white supremacy in American political culture (at least for a time) ..."
Amazing that such a biased ideologue becomes a professor in the U.S. and is then interviewed by the prestigious IAS!
Q&A with Julia Ott | Institute for Advanced Study: In 2019–20, Julia Ott, Member in the School of Social Science and Associate Professor at the New School for Social Research, is examining the origins of venture capital as an idea, as a form of investment, and as an organized industry.
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Why a $15,000,000,000 inheritance can bankrupt you in SOUTH KOREA?
The 65% inheritance tax of South Korea is keeping the owner of Samsung alive as long as is possible!
A wealth tax or an inheritance tax are pretty much the same except for the timing of when the taxes are due! A wealth tax is government sanctioned plunder, a crime, if an income tax has existed! It is double taxation! At 65% in South Korea it is even expropriation!
A wealth tax or an inheritance tax are pretty much the same except for the timing of when the taxes are due! A wealth tax is government sanctioned plunder, a crime, if an income tax has existed! It is double taxation! At 65% in South Korea it is even expropriation!
Obama-era DHS ignored on illegal aliens and DNA samples
More evidence that President Obama was the most inept, lawless, business averse and most socialist president at least since President Johnson!
Protesters Form Human Chain Across Lebanon
What is going on in Lebanon? Will Lebanon finally become a normal, functioning democracy in the Levant next to Israel? Iran, Hezbollah, and possibly other regional powers will probably try everything to prevent that!
"Protesters formed a human chain across Lebanon, Sunday, October 27, the eleventh day of unprecedented rallies against politicians accused of corruption and steering the country towards an economic collapse unseen since the 1975-90 civil war.
Protesters joined hands along Lebanon's coastal roads attempting to span 171 kilometers from south to north. The country has been paralyzed by road blocks set up by protesters drawn from across Lebanon's sectarian spectrum.
👉 Protesters trickled back on to the streets across Lebanon, Saturday, Ocotber 26, despite army efforts to unblock roads, with no end in sight to a crisis that has crippled the country.
A military statement said army and security commanders met to plan ways to re-open main arteries to get traffic flowing again while "safeguarding the safety of protesters." People have closed routes with barriers and sit-ins as part of a wave of unprecedented protests demanding the government resigns.
Banks, schools, and many businesses have shut their doors. (Reuters)"
"Protesters formed a human chain across Lebanon, Sunday, October 27, the eleventh day of unprecedented rallies against politicians accused of corruption and steering the country towards an economic collapse unseen since the 1975-90 civil war.
Protesters joined hands along Lebanon's coastal roads attempting to span 171 kilometers from south to north. The country has been paralyzed by road blocks set up by protesters drawn from across Lebanon's sectarian spectrum.
👉 Protesters trickled back on to the streets across Lebanon, Saturday, Ocotber 26, despite army efforts to unblock roads, with no end in sight to a crisis that has crippled the country.
A military statement said army and security commanders met to plan ways to re-open main arteries to get traffic flowing again while "safeguarding the safety of protesters." People have closed routes with barriers and sit-ins as part of a wave of unprecedented protests demanding the government resigns.
Banks, schools, and many businesses have shut their doors. (Reuters)"
Devin Nunes: Spygate is Greatest Political Scandal in Modern US History
Very recommendable! Much bigger and much more sophisticated than Watergate ever was! When will we finally see indictments, lot's of them!
Twitter is allowing Dimocratic Party affiliated bots to spread libel on and defame members of the U.S. Congress and their families! Nunes is suing Twitter!
Can you believe it! Nunes (R-U.S. Representative) is a dairy farmer (with a masters degree in Agriculture) from California!
Twitter is allowing Dimocratic Party affiliated bots to spread libel on and defame members of the U.S. Congress and their families! Nunes is suing Twitter!
Can you believe it! Nunes (R-U.S. Representative) is a dairy farmer (with a masters degree in Agriculture) from California!
King Haakon VII: All for Norway
Very recommendable! Fascinating Norway! Norwegians, descendants of the Vikings, definitely are no pushovers!
China’s leaders have embraced blockchains
Today's (10/29/2019) Daily Download of the MIT Technology Review reported:
"On Thursday, China’s president, Xi Jinping, called on the nation to “seize the opportunity” and take a “leading position” in the development of blockchain technology. On Saturday, the government passed a law to address regulatory and legal issues related to cryptography, an essential aspect of blockchain systems. Then, on Monday ... the People’s Bank of China’s technology department, urged commercial banks to step up their application of blockchains to finance"
One can resist the invasion of armies, but an idea (digital money), whose time has come, cannot be resisted (Victor Hugo paraphrased)! A Clarion call to Western countries to adopt quickly! China is already more advanced and the Chinese people more accepting of and using digital payments via e.g. smartphone or WeChat app!
The often parochial and anachronistic resistance of many citizens in Western countries to giving up cash money is largely irrational and unwarranted! Urgent reforms of monetary policy and regulation regarding digital money in Western democracies are needed!
Russian hackers are targeting the 2020 Olympics
"On Thursday, China’s president, Xi Jinping, called on the nation to “seize the opportunity” and take a “leading position” in the development of blockchain technology. On Saturday, the government passed a law to address regulatory and legal issues related to cryptography, an essential aspect of blockchain systems. Then, on Monday ... the People’s Bank of China’s technology department, urged commercial banks to step up their application of blockchains to finance"
One can resist the invasion of armies, but an idea (digital money), whose time has come, cannot be resisted (Victor Hugo paraphrased)! A Clarion call to Western countries to adopt quickly! China is already more advanced and the Chinese people more accepting of and using digital payments via e.g. smartphone or WeChat app!
The often parochial and anachronistic resistance of many citizens in Western countries to giving up cash money is largely irrational and unwarranted! Urgent reforms of monetary policy and regulation regarding digital money in Western democracies are needed!
Russian hackers are targeting the 2020 Olympics
A hero in dog's clothing
It took a dog to catch the coward pig dog Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi! Oder besser in Deutsch: Ein Hund hat den feigen Schweinehund Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi zur Strecke gebracht! Poetic justice!
Thank God this "austere religious scholar" (according to Washington Post obituary) is no more! Let this be an austere warning to all future monsters! That this monster of a human even killed several of his own children when he detonated the suicide west is beyond words!
A hero in dog's clothing: The combat dog who was wounded after he helped track down the world's most wanted terrorist is being hailed as an American hero, but a handler said the dog was just doing what he was trained to do.
Thank God this "austere religious scholar" (according to Washington Post obituary) is no more! Let this be an austere warning to all future monsters! That this monster of a human even killed several of his own children when he detonated the suicide west is beyond words!
A hero in dog's clothing: The combat dog who was wounded after he helped track down the world's most wanted terrorist is being hailed as an American hero, but a handler said the dog was just doing what he was trained to do.
Aufbau von 5G: BND warnt vor chinesischer Firma Huawei
Manchmal wacht auch der Deutsche Michel auf! Kaum zu glauben!
Aufbau von 5G: BND warnt vor chinesischer Firma Huawei: Anders als die Vereinigten Staaten hat sich die Bundesregierung dagegen entschieden, Huawei beim Aufbau der 5G-Infrastruktur explizit...
Aufbau von 5G: BND warnt vor chinesischer Firma Huawei: Anders als die Vereinigten Staaten hat sich die Bundesregierung dagegen entschieden, Huawei beim Aufbau der 5G-Infrastruktur explizit...
Mobile YuMi robot demos future of healthcare robotics
ABB estimates that by as early as 2025, up to 60,000 non-surgical robots will be employed by hospitals around the world!
The total number of hospitals globally appears to be hard to come by. I tried Google and Bing search engines. According to the World Bank, there were on average 2.7 hospital beds per 1,000 population worldwide. Based on that there would be very roughly one such robot per every 315 hospital beds in 2025 on average globally (if I did not screw up calculations)! What a fantastic outlook!
Mobile YuMi robot demos future of healthcare robotics: ABB opened its first global healthcare research hub on the Texas Medical Center campus, showcasing a number of concepts, including a mobile YuMi robot.
The total number of hospitals globally appears to be hard to come by. I tried Google and Bing search engines. According to the World Bank, there were on average 2.7 hospital beds per 1,000 population worldwide. Based on that there would be very roughly one such robot per every 315 hospital beds in 2025 on average globally (if I did not screw up calculations)! What a fantastic outlook!
Mobile YuMi robot demos future of healthcare robotics: ABB opened its first global healthcare research hub on the Texas Medical Center campus, showcasing a number of concepts, including a mobile YuMi robot.
Elbit wins $300m Swiss army tactical software radio deal
Very impressive! Swiss army buys Israeli defense electronics!
Elbit wins $300m Swiss army tactical software radio deal - Globes: The solution that will be supplied by Elbit Systems to the Swiss Armed Forces is based on the open architecture E-LynX SDR family.
Elbit wins $300m Swiss army tactical software radio deal - Globes: The solution that will be supplied by Elbit Systems to the Swiss Armed Forces is based on the open architecture E-LynX SDR family.
Inside Macron’s Russia initiative
The foolish Sun King of France (President Macron) pursues a Russia strategy with Putin the Terrible!
“Rather than wooing China in order to contain the Soviets, Macron wants to ‘ease and clarify [Europe’s] relations with Russia’ in order to prevent Russia from cozying up to China” As if overconfident Macron can prevent that!
Inside Macron’s Russia initiative | The Strategist: French President Emmanuel Macron is one of those leaders who wants to bend the arc of history. Having upended French politics, he has secured positions for his preferred candidates at the head of the European ...
Why Europe Refuses to Take Back Captured ISIS Fighters
The European Union is a paper tiger! Why does the EU not finally establish a Guantanamo Bay like facility (perhaps on one of the many Greek islands)?
Why Europe Refuses to Take Back Captured ISIS Fighters
Why Europe Refuses to Take Back Captured ISIS Fighters
Nato-Austritt der USA: Kann Europa sich selbst verteidigen?
Sehr empfehlenswert! Ja, die Europäische Union is militärisch ein Papiertiger! Jahrzehntelang haben die Mitgliedstaaten mit ihren Verteidigungsausgaben gegeizt! Kampferfahrung haben die wenigsten! Ihren weltpolitischen Verpflichtungen sind die Mitgliedstaaten auch nur unzureichend nachgekommen u.v.m.
Nato-Austritt der USA: Kann Europa sich selbst verteidigen?: Europas Sicherheit befindet sich in der Krise. Was würde passieren, wenn sich die Vereinigten Staaten aus der Nato verabschieden? Ein...
Nato-Austritt der USA: Kann Europa sich selbst verteidigen?: Europas Sicherheit befindet sich in der Krise. Was würde passieren, wenn sich die Vereinigten Staaten aus der Nato verabschieden? Ein...
The Rise of Edinburgh, Financial Empire
Recommendable! Indeed, the Scots often punch above their weight in history.
The Rise of Edinburgh, Financial Empire – AIER: The city of money no longer includes the best, the largest, or the most innovative banks, but finance still runs deep in Edinburgh’s blood.
The Rise of Edinburgh, Financial Empire – AIER: The city of money no longer includes the best, the largest, or the most innovative banks, but finance still runs deep in Edinburgh’s blood.
Prager University: Public Pensions: An Economic Time Bomb
Very recommendable! It's a huge scandal! How politicians buy votes! About the excessive influence of public sector unions!
Public Pensions: An Economic Time Bomb | PragerU: Who cares about public pension liability? Well, you should – after all, it’s the reason entire cities and even states are facing bankruptcy. Joshua Rauh, professor of finance at Stanford and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, paints a startling picture of just how broken the public pension system really is, and what will happen if we continue to ignore it.
Public Pensions: An Economic Time Bomb | PragerU: Who cares about public pension liability? Well, you should – after all, it’s the reason entire cities and even states are facing bankruptcy. Joshua Rauh, professor of finance at Stanford and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, paints a startling picture of just how broken the public pension system really is, and what will happen if we continue to ignore it.
Monday, October 28, 2019
FULL EPISODE: Ultimate Guide to the Presidents - Executive Retreat 1865-1901
Horrible! Script straight copied from Zinn's A People's History of America! Spreading leftist propaganda talking points like popular vote versus electoral college etc.
FULL EPISODE: Ultimate Guide to the Presidents - Executive Retreat 1865-1901 | History
FULL EPISODE: Ultimate Guide to the Presidents - Executive Retreat 1865-1901 | History
Cyber Criminals Continue To Attack Municipalities Around The World
MIT Technology Review's latest daily Download newsletter reports that the city of Johannesburg in South Africa was being repeatedly attacked by infiltrating city's networks and with ransomware. "In July, a separate ransomware incident hit the city’s power utility company, leaving some residents without power for days."
"In the United States, at least 80 state and local governments have been hit" so far!
Microsoft has beaten Amazon to the Pentagon’s $10 billion cloud computing contract
Solar Activity Strongly Affects Earth Climate
Posted: 10/28/2019
Unfortunately, I do not have the time to research in more depth the manifold
influence of solar activity on climate of planet Earth. However, it is very
certain that we humans still rather know little about its impact. We do know
though, that there are a multitude of ways how solar activity affects climate
on Earth and that there are a number of solar activity cycles of varying
length and intensity. The sources listed below will give the reader an
impression of the variety of solar activity related phenomenons.
E.g. the so called Little Ice Age, which occurred after the Medieval Warm Period, lasted from about 1275 to
about 1850 or later. The hugely compromised and biased IPCC and its
fanatic acolytes pathetically deny that the Little Ice Age was a global
phenomenon. That is hilarious and an insult to the many humans that
were affected by it around the world (including Napoleon and his
disastrously failed attempt to conquer Russia in 1812 or how about
the famous London River Thames Frost Fairs)Massive volcanic eruptions or increases in volcanic activity were proposed as causes,
but they were likely only contributing factors.
Sources (S):
Microsoft shows off prototype VR controller with force-feedback for grasping
Amazing stuff! Another milestone in robotics reached?
Microsoft shows off prototype VR controller with force-feedback for grasping | VentureBeat: Microsoft Research showed off a prototype VR controller which provides force-feedback for grasping small objects with the thumb and index finger.
Microsoft shows off prototype VR controller with force-feedback for grasping | VentureBeat: Microsoft Research showed off a prototype VR controller which provides force-feedback for grasping small objects with the thumb and index finger.
German Chancellor Merkel's Resignation Is Several Years Overdue
This weekend, German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party suffered another major election debacle, this time in the German state of Thuringia. Her CDU party lost almost 12 percentage points compared to the election four years ago!
The Chancellor (with affiliations to the former socialist party of the German Democratic Republic (SED, DDR)) has blundered so many times and so severely that her resignation is several years overdue! Why her party does not have the guts to tell this lady that she overstayed her welcome is very perplexing!
2019 Thuringian state election - Wikipedia
The Chancellor (with affiliations to the former socialist party of the German Democratic Republic (SED, DDR)) has blundered so many times and so severely that her resignation is several years overdue! Why her party does not have the guts to tell this lady that she overstayed her welcome is very perplexing!
2019 Thuringian state election - Wikipedia
How Baghdadi's Death Reveals Trump's Clever Syria Strategy
Very recommendable article! I agree with the article's assessment that, thanks to Trump’s withdrawal from Syria, Russia faces a huge challenge with the responsibility to deal with war-torn Syria (dictator Assad; enormous rebuilding costs), Islamic theocracy Iran, Erdogan’s Turkey, and Israel. Putin the Terrible has his hands full now to keep his navy base in Tartus, Syria (established in 1971)!
How Baghdadi's Death Reveals Trump's Clever Syria Strategy | Frontpage Mag
How Baghdadi's Death Reveals Trump's Clever Syria Strategy | Frontpage Mag
Sunday, October 27, 2019
MONTERVERDI: L'incoronazione di Poppea "Pur ti miro, Pur ti godo" (Jarou...
Montiverdi's last opera! Only lovebirds can sing sweeter! Feminists claim women had no power! Nonsense! "One of the first operas to use historical events and people, it describes how Poppaea, mistress of the Roman emperor Nero, is able to achieve her ambition and be crowned empress." (Source: Wikipedia)
Pur ti miro, pur ti godo
(I gaze at you, I possess you) said mistress Poppaea
Pur ti miro, pur ti godo
(I gaze at you, I possess you) said mistress Poppaea
Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You (Official Music Video)
This song is so unbelievable! One of Whitney Houston's best songs! So sad and so full of joy! Great music video!
Whitney Houston - Greatest Love Of All
This seems to be quite an autobiographic song and video of her. The greatest love or the greatest loneliness? This video is a bit disturbing given the circumstances of her early, untimely death
Whitney Houston - How Will I Know (Official Music Video)
I miss Whitney Houston! This is a very nice music video with her! How shy was Whitney really?
Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night) (Official Music Video)
Very nicely done music video! Lot's of great moves! Like a short Broadway musical! Everyone is dancing their troubles away! Jamming in the streets!
Saturday, October 26, 2019
Kool & The Gang - Celebration (Official Video)
Celebrate good times! What is your pleasure! It's alright! This song was inducted into the U.S. Library of Congress National Registry of Recordings in 2020! Something to celebrate!
Earth, Wind & Fire - After The Love Has Gone (Live)
Down memory lane! Maurice White (R.I.P.) and Philip Bailey!
Earth, Wind & Fire, one of the best soul & funk groups of the 1980s
Earth, Wind & Fire, one of the best soul & funk groups of the 1980s
China's state-sanctioned organ harvesting victims speak out
If true, absolutely shocking. 10,000 to 100,000 organs per year for huge cash amounts?
After the Nazis and Japanese, the Chinese dictators? Did not the Japanese perform criminal medical experiments on Chinese prisoners?
After the Nazis and Japanese, the Chinese dictators? Did not the Japanese perform criminal medical experiments on Chinese prisoners?
PM Narendra Modi to celebrate Diwali with jawans
Different strokes for different folks! Prime Minister Modi of India personally hand feeds soldiers in forward areas during Diwali festival. For Westerners a rather unusual gesture
Scientists struggle to access Africa's historical climate data
More evidence that Global Warming is a hoax! Climate change is a religion and a hysteria! So climate scientists do not have much historical climate data for the African continent? So Africa is once more terra incognita?
What are the infamous, manipulated climate models running on?
Scientists struggle to access Africa's historical climate data: Better climate predictions require Africa’s weather agencies to open their archives. But commercial concerns and a lack of trust are holding them back.
What are the infamous, manipulated climate models running on?
Scientists struggle to access Africa's historical climate data: Better climate predictions require Africa’s weather agencies to open their archives. But commercial concerns and a lack of trust are holding them back.
Antarctic ice cliffs may not contribute to sea-level rise as much as predicted
More evidence that Global Warming is a hoax! Climate change is a religion and a hysteria!
Antarctic ice cliffs may not contribute to sea-level rise as much as predicted | MIT News: Antarctic ice cliffs may not contribute to sea-level rise as much as once thought: An MIT study finds even the tallest ice cliffs are unlikely to collapse catastrophically and trigger a runaway ice sheet retreat.
Antarctic ice cliffs may not contribute to sea-level rise as much as predicted | MIT News: Antarctic ice cliffs may not contribute to sea-level rise as much as once thought: An MIT study finds even the tallest ice cliffs are unlikely to collapse catastrophically and trigger a runaway ice sheet retreat.
Stray Thoughts: Nobel Laureate Robert Solow’s Predictions for the Next Century | The MIT Press Reader
Robert Solow (economics Nobel laureate of 1987), another of the many all too dismal economist. His essay is so banal and trivial! If I had to grade it, it would be an F (failed). Solow, incomprehensibly, omitted so many important aspects that will drive the next hundred years (e.g. enormous medical progress (e.g. cancer is history, gene editing etc.), fast economic development of Africa, shrinking world population, almost unprecedented technological progress and much faster adoption of new technologies etc.). Solow’s discussion is mired in the economic jargon of the 1960 as if senility as clouded his mind! Indeed, not much more than stray thoughts!
Friday, October 25, 2019
Michelle Malkin Follows the Money Behind the Push for Open Borders
Recommendable! Malkin is a great journalist!
Frustrated users back agency move to allow dishwashers that clean and dry in an hour
It is one of these incredible nationwide scandals in the U.S. that federal regulations have turned dishwashers into almost useless appliances to save water and electricity. And this has gone on for at least one decade if not much longer! My fairly new dishwasher (Maytag) takes 2-3 hours for one cycle no matter which program you choose. Too many dishes come out dirty afterwards. It is very frustrating!
Frustrated users back agency move to allow dishwashers that clean and dry in an hour: Consumers outraged about slow dishwashers are staunchly backing an Energy Department move, over industry objections, to create a new category of products that feature a one-hour washing cycle.
Frustrated users back agency move to allow dishwashers that clean and dry in an hour: Consumers outraged about slow dishwashers are staunchly backing an Energy Department move, over industry objections, to create a new category of products that feature a one-hour washing cycle.
Wie ein Wunderschuh Zwei-Stunden-Mann Kipchoge beschleunigt
Schmu mit Schuh? Technologie oder meschliche Leistung? Die Grenzen verschwimmen immer mehr. Von Doping ganz zu schweigen.
Wie ein Wunderschuh Zwei-Stunden-Mann Kipchoge beschleunigt: Der 1:59:40-Marathon von Eliud Kipchoge hat in der internationalen Laufszene heiße Debatten ausgelöst. Dabei geht es auch um die Frage:...
Wie ein Wunderschuh Zwei-Stunden-Mann Kipchoge beschleunigt: Der 1:59:40-Marathon von Eliud Kipchoge hat in der internationalen Laufszene heiße Debatten ausgelöst. Dabei geht es auch um die Frage:...
Thursday, October 24, 2019
Frank Dikötter | China Since the Communist Revolution
Very recommendable! Frank Dikoetter does not mince words about the communist party of China and Mao! Mao killed more people than Hitler!
Frank Dikötter | China Since the Communist Revolution - YouTube:
Frank Dikötter | China Since the Communist Revolution - YouTube:
Bayesian Machine Learning in Metamaterial Design
How to make e.g. an umbrella so small that it fits in your pocket?
Credit to Andrew Ng
Bayesian Machine Learning in Metamaterial Design: Fragile Becomes Supercompressible - Bessa - - Advanced Materials - Wiley Online Library: Bayesian machine learning can predict material behavior and quantify the uncertainty of those predictions, even in the presence of manufacturing imperfections. This means that computational data‐driv...
Credit to Andrew Ng
Bayesian Machine Learning in Metamaterial Design: Fragile Becomes Supercompressible - Bessa - - Advanced Materials - Wiley Online Library: Bayesian machine learning can predict material behavior and quantify the uncertainty of those predictions, even in the presence of manufacturing imperfections. This means that computational data‐driv...
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
The Most Dangerous Job in the World || Bomb Hunters
Very recommendable! Caution: Not for the faint of heart!
The Most Dangerous Job in the World || Bomb Hunters || Full Documentary || Episode 02 - YouTube:
The Most Dangerous Job in the World || Bomb Hunters || Full Documentary || Episode 02 - YouTube:
Hong Kong Protest is First Confrontation in “New Cold War”
Recommendable! Stand with the peaceful demonstrating citizens of Hong Kong (David) against the Goliath called Communist Party of China!
Hong Kong Protest is First Confrontation in “New Cold War”—Marion Smith | American Thought Leaders - YouTube:
Hong Kong Protest is First Confrontation in “New Cold War”—Marion Smith | American Thought Leaders - YouTube:
Prager University: Evolution: Bacteria to Beethoven
Very recommendable! 10 to the power of 77 is the chance to produce DNA that encodes a short, functioning protein?
Evolution: Bacteria to Beethoven | PragerU: For a century Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution has been as unquestioned as Newton’s theory of gravity. But science never stops asking questions. Or at least it’s not supposed to. Stephen Meyer, Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute, takes up the challenge in this video. Are there questions about the origins of life that Darwinism can’t answer?
Evolution: Bacteria to Beethoven | PragerU: For a century Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution has been as unquestioned as Newton’s theory of gravity. But science never stops asking questions. Or at least it’s not supposed to. Stephen Meyer, Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute, takes up the challenge in this video. Are there questions about the origins of life that Darwinism can’t answer?
Israel’s Future Meat plans pilot production of cultured meat
More progress regarding synthetic/cultured meat! The end of slaughterhouses is coming!
Israel’s Future Meat plans pilot production of clean meat - ISRAEL21c: Israeli startup raises $14 million toward commercializing cultured chicken and beef through a distributive, GMO-free production platform.
Israel’s Future Meat plans pilot production of clean meat - ISRAEL21c: Israeli startup raises $14 million toward commercializing cultured chicken and beef through a distributive, GMO-free production platform.
New invention to make hospital bedding germ-resistant
Very impressive if this is not marketing hype! Same technology will probably be used to make better clothing!
New invention to make hospital bedding germ-resistant - ISRAEL21c: Sonovia’s technique, developed at Bar-Ilan University, could also make fabrics fire resistant, water repellant and even body odor-proof.
New invention to make hospital bedding germ-resistant - ISRAEL21c: Sonovia’s technique, developed at Bar-Ilan University, could also make fabrics fire resistant, water repellant and even body odor-proof.
Elbit wearable tech digitalizes the battlefield
The digitally armed soldier is coming! Before the autonomous robot soldier takes over.
Elbit wearable tech digitalizes the battlefield - Globes: The Israeli company is showcasing its DOMINATOR warrior combat suite at London's Defense and Security Exhibition, reports "Reuters."
Elbit wearable tech digitalizes the battlefield - Globes: The Israeli company is showcasing its DOMINATOR warrior combat suite at London's Defense and Security Exhibition, reports "Reuters."
Litauens Ex-Staatschef Landsbergis: „Deutschland gleitet ein drittes Mal in den Sozialismus ab“
Empfehlenswert! Landsbergis war der erste Praesident Litauens nach dem Untergang der UdSSR! Er sieht auch das Abgleiten Deutschlands in den Dritten Sozialismus (Nazis, DDR, SED Kanzlerin Merkel) und die gefaehrliche Annaeherung Deutschlands and Putins Russland!
Litauens Ex-Staatschef Landsbergis: „Deutschland gleitet ein drittes Mal in den Sozialismus ab“: Die politische Korrektheit führe die Welt in den Abgrund, mahnt der litauische Ex-Staatschef Vytautas Landsbergis: Sie sei nichts anderes als die Lüge. Den Deutschen wirft er vor, sie mieden Tabuthemen. Ihre Sympathien für den Kommunismus kann er nicht nachvollziehen.
Litauens Ex-Staatschef Landsbergis: „Deutschland gleitet ein drittes Mal in den Sozialismus ab“: Die politische Korrektheit führe die Welt in den Abgrund, mahnt der litauische Ex-Staatschef Vytautas Landsbergis: Sie sei nichts anderes als die Lüge. Den Deutschen wirft er vor, sie mieden Tabuthemen. Ihre Sympathien für den Kommunismus kann er nicht nachvollziehen.
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
LOW-COST SCHOOLS, revolutionizing education in AFRICA - YouTube
Recommendable! Privatize public education in Western countries as well!
LOW-COST SCHOOLS, revolutionising education in AFRICA? - VisualPolitik EN - YouTube:
LOW-COST SCHOOLS, revolutionising education in AFRICA? - VisualPolitik EN - YouTube:
New Genome Editor Crisper Than CRISPR
Excellent news! The genome editing revolution continues! When will we finally eliminate the human sneeze gene!
New ‘prime’ genome editor could surpass CRISPR | Science | AAAS: A more precise, flexible variation of the revolutionary DNA modifier makes its debut
New ‘prime’ genome editor could surpass CRISPR | Science | AAAS: A more precise, flexible variation of the revolutionary DNA modifier makes its debut
Asteroids And Comets Not CO2 Are A Real Threat To Climate!
It is probably only a matter of time when Earth will be hit again by another comet or asteroid! Why is there no hysteria about that? Why are so many humans ignorant of this threat?
New evidence that an extraterrestrial collision 12,800 years ago triggered an abrupt climate change for Earth: Why did Earth's climate rapidly cool 12,800 years ago? Evidence is mounting that a comet or asteroid collision is to blame, with new support coming from the bottom of a South Carolina lake.
New evidence that an extraterrestrial collision 12,800 years ago triggered an abrupt climate change for Earth: Why did Earth's climate rapidly cool 12,800 years ago? Evidence is mounting that a comet or asteroid collision is to blame, with new support coming from the bottom of a South Carolina lake.
The Supreme Court Is Poised to Strike Down The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Very good news! Yes, it is high time slay this monstrosity (i.e. CFBP) of the Obama administration!
Next should be the repeal of the terrible Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act!
The Supreme Court Is Poised to Strike Down a Major Obama-Era Agency | Cato Institute: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau concentrates power in the hands of a single, unelected, unaccountable official.
Next should be the repeal of the terrible Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act!
The Supreme Court Is Poised to Strike Down a Major Obama-Era Agency | Cato Institute: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau concentrates power in the hands of a single, unelected, unaccountable official.
Sunday, October 20, 2019
Dead Cow Argentina
Very recommendable! What a bonanza for Argentina! Peak Oil? Forget about it!
'DEAD COW', Argentina’s last HOPE? - VisualPolitik EN - YouTube:
'DEAD COW', Argentina’s last HOPE? - VisualPolitik EN - YouTube:
Ukraine whistleblower has ties to Rep. Schiff’s staffers
If only half is true what is reported, then Schiff needs to resign and be disciplined as a rogue U.S. representative!
Saturday, October 19, 2019
Neue Ersatzreligionen: Klima und Gender (Birgit Kelle auf der #FBM2019) - YouTube
Sehr empfehlenswert! Birgit Kelle hat den Durchblick!
Stimme mit vielem ueberein was Frau Kelle vorgetragen hat.
Neue Ersatzreligionen: Klima und Gender (Birgit Kelle auf der #FBM2019) - YouTube
Stimme mit vielem ueberein was Frau Kelle vorgetragen hat.
Neue Ersatzreligionen: Klima und Gender (Birgit Kelle auf der #FBM2019) - YouTube
Kimberley Strassel: How Trump Haters Are Breaking America
Very recommendable! Kimberley Strassel! She is a journalist with the potential to become the next Bob Woodward or Carl Berstein! What she and a few other have uncovered so far is much bigger and sophisticated than Watergate ever was!
How About 3D Printing Entire Space Rockets In 60 Days?
Very interesting! Very impressive!
“To make a rocket 3D-printable, Ellis’s team had to totally rethink the way rockets are designed. As a result, Terran-1 will have 100 times fewer parts than a comparable rocket. Its Aeon engine, for instance, consists of just 100 parts, whereas a typical liquid-fueled rocket would have thousands. ”
“By consolidating parts and optimizing them for 3D printing, Ellis says Relativity will be able to go from raw materials to the launch pad in just 60 days”
This is breathtaking, mind boggling!
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Advanced Chip Reverse Engineering
Very recommendable!
“... could be used by integrated circuit designers to verify that manufactured chips match their designs, or by government agencies concerned about “kill switches” or hardware trojans that could have secretly been added to ICs they depend on …
“It’s the only approach to non-destructive reverse engineering of electronic chips—[and] not just reverse engineering but assurance that chips are manufactured according to design,””
“It’s the only approach to non-destructive reverse engineering of electronic chips—[and] not just reverse engineering but assurance that chips are manufactured according to design,””
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Reef Building Corals Are Not Dying
Another Global Warming Hoax exposed! Like the polar bear, coral reefs became another hyped story spread environmentalist fanatics!
“Reef-building corals can make unexpected recoveries from climate change-induced destruction. It turns out that some corals only look dead when exposed to unusually warm water. Instead, the coral’s polyps shrink and retreat into their hard skeleton, making the reef appear dead, before recolonising the skeleton when conditions are better.”
Article:
Some corals ‘killed’ by climate change are now returning to life Some corals ‘killed’ by climate change are now returning to life (10/9/2019)
Nuclear Fusion Generates Medical Isotopes Not Energy
Very recommendable! So nuclear fusion can be used to produce medical isotopes! When will we finally develop nuclear fusion to produce energy?
“Nuclear technology companies Phoenix and SHINE Medical Technologies have achieved a new world record for a nuclear fusion reaction in a steady-state system, the strongest of its kind ever produced on Earth.”
“The companies have also performed a 132-hr test run on the neutron generator, which demonstrated more than 99% uptime. These successful tests validate the performance and reliability of the Phoenix neutron generator technology and confirm its status as a “steady-state system” than can operate at high output for long stretches of time. This sets it apart from other high output fusion systems, which have only operated in a pulsed mode over short durations.”
You only wish this could be done for energy generation through nuclear fusion!
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Friday, October 18, 2019
A Worldwide REBELLION Against Environmental Activists is Beginning!!!
Very recommendable! Hope Steve Turley is right on this one!
A Worldwide REBELLION Against Environmental Activists is Beginning!!! - YouTube
A Worldwide REBELLION Against Environmental Activists is Beginning!!! - YouTube
Rafael delivers US army tank protection systems
Good news!
Rafael delivers US army tank protection systems - Globes: The Israeli company's first consignment of Trophy anti-missile protection systems is part of a $500 million deal with the US Army.
Rafael delivers US army tank protection systems - Globes: The Israeli company's first consignment of Trophy anti-missile protection systems is part of a $500 million deal with the US Army.
How To Address Arizona’s Physician Shortage
Remedies:
- We need more competition, e.g. by reducing the preferential treatment of the medical profession and their associations
- Open up telemedicine nationwide and international
- Distrust the forecasts about physician shortages. They are wrong!
- Given the exponential progress of AI and Robotics a lot fewer doctors will be needed in the future. The elder will be healthier. Cancer is history. Robots will assist us. Our smartphone will become our primary physician and so on and so on
Following is an article by left-wing NPR. You sure will not read about any of the above options
How To Address Arizona’s Physician Shortage | KJZZ: The Association of American Medical Colleges predicts by 2030, the country will face a shortage up to 104,900 physicians. In Arizona, experts project we’ll be short 2,000. There are two key areas of focus.
Commonalities Between Conspiracy And Apocalyptic Theories
Posted: 10/18/2019
The commonalities are:
- Both are typical human follies and obsessions
- Both are produced again and again in abundance by humans
- Both are usually unsubstantiated conjectures that are never verified once in circulation in the public opinion. Even successfully and credibly refuted theories live on, because plenty of humans prefer ignorance
- Both have extremely long lifespans (possibly several decades) before they fade away or become obscure
- Both reflect primitive, ancient and medieval thinking
- Both were supposed to become close to extinct with the spread of Enlightenment and Rationalism. Here we are in the 19th year of the 21st century and both types of theories are still alive and kicking. Both are now spread much more easily through the Internet ...
Definition of insanity: To do the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome/result.
This definition also fully applies to conspiracy and apocalypse theories!
Why are humans so obsessed with obsessions?
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