Very recommendable! But it is not a new video!
Sunday, May 31, 2020
The People of Pompeii Often Resorted to Vigilante Justice
Recommendable! What was criminal justice like in the ancient world?
Ridiculous Google Cloud Platform Billing Practices
Recently, I received a billing notification in my email from Google Cloud Platform! Well, I thought I was only using Google free stuff except for Google Drive, which I pay once every year and this billing appears to have nothing to do with Google Drive.
Here is the pertinent content of the email:
Great! There is:
- No link to view an invoice to review the services you used during the last billing period
- When you go online to find such an invoice, you can't find it
- There is no easy way to contact Google about billing issues
- The "Contact Us" is anything but straightforward. At best you can find a chat and try that
- In the 21st century, Google offers you 1-888 phone number. So I called this number. What followed was so ridiculous that I had to insist to speak to a supervisor
New devices produce and detect twisted light
If confirmed, this could be a major breakthrough in communications technology!
"Their technique relies on controlling the orbital angular momentum (OAM) of light using a chip-based microlaser. In a separate paper, they also demonstrate, for the first time, that they can detect the OAM of this “twisted” light electronically. The two papers together mark a significant step towards OAM multiplexing in fibre-optic communications and could also have implications for quantum communication."
New devices produce and detect twisted light – Physics World
Tunable topological charge vortex microlaser The orbital angular momentum (OAM) intrinsically carried by vortex light beams holds a promise for multidimensional high-capacity data multiplexing, meeting the ever-increasing demands for information. Development of a dynamically tunable OAM light source is a critical step in the realization of OAM modulation and multiplexing. By harnessing the properties of total momentum conservation, spin-orbit interaction, and optical non-Hermitian symmetry breaking, we demonstrate an OAM-tunable vortex microlaser, providing chiral light states of variable topological charges at a single telecommunication wavelength.
Photocurrent detection of the orbital angular momentum of light However, direct photocurrent detection of different OAM modes has not yet been demonstrated. ... In this study, we designed a photodetector based on tungsten ditelluride (WTe2) with carefully fabricated electrode geometries to facilitate direct characterization of the topological charge of OAM of light. This orbital photogalvanic effect, driven by the helical phase gradient, is distinguished by a current winding around the optical beam axis with a magnitude proportional to its quantized OAM mode number. Our study provides a route to develop on-chip detection of optical OAM modes, which can enable the development of next-generation photonic circuits.
"Their technique relies on controlling the orbital angular momentum (OAM) of light using a chip-based microlaser. In a separate paper, they also demonstrate, for the first time, that they can detect the OAM of this “twisted” light electronically. The two papers together mark a significant step towards OAM multiplexing in fibre-optic communications and could also have implications for quantum communication."
New devices produce and detect twisted light – Physics World
Tunable topological charge vortex microlaser The orbital angular momentum (OAM) intrinsically carried by vortex light beams holds a promise for multidimensional high-capacity data multiplexing, meeting the ever-increasing demands for information. Development of a dynamically tunable OAM light source is a critical step in the realization of OAM modulation and multiplexing. By harnessing the properties of total momentum conservation, spin-orbit interaction, and optical non-Hermitian symmetry breaking, we demonstrate an OAM-tunable vortex microlaser, providing chiral light states of variable topological charges at a single telecommunication wavelength.
Photocurrent detection of the orbital angular momentum of light However, direct photocurrent detection of different OAM modes has not yet been demonstrated. ... In this study, we designed a photodetector based on tungsten ditelluride (WTe2) with carefully fabricated electrode geometries to facilitate direct characterization of the topological charge of OAM of light. This orbital photogalvanic effect, driven by the helical phase gradient, is distinguished by a current winding around the optical beam axis with a magnitude proportional to its quantized OAM mode number. Our study provides a route to develop on-chip detection of optical OAM modes, which can enable the development of next-generation photonic circuits.
Plasma Jets May One Day Propel Aircraft
Are we about to see a revolution in aircraft technology more than 120 years after the Wright brothers?
"Now researchers have created a prototype thruster capable of generating plasma jets with propulsive forces comparable to those from conventional jet engines, using only air and electricity.
An air compressor forces high-pressure air at a rate of 30 liters per minute into an ionization chamber in the device, which uses microwaves to convert this air stream into a plasma jet blasted out of a quartz tube. Plasma temperatures could exceed 1,000 °C. ... The scientists estimated the jet pressure from their device reached 2,400 newtons per square meter, comparable to that from a commercial airplane jet engine. ... All in all, “I think that within five years, one could use a scaled-up plasma engine to power small pilotless airplanes or heavy-duty drones to carry cargo for shipping,” ..."
One of the interviewed scientists working on this is: "Jau Tang, a physicist at Wuhan University [this university is located in Wuhan city] in China and senior author of a new study describing the work". What a coincidence!
Plasma Jets May One Day Propel Aircraft - IEEE Spectrum Plasma thrusters could help jet planes fly without fossil fuels
"Now researchers have created a prototype thruster capable of generating plasma jets with propulsive forces comparable to those from conventional jet engines, using only air and electricity.
An air compressor forces high-pressure air at a rate of 30 liters per minute into an ionization chamber in the device, which uses microwaves to convert this air stream into a plasma jet blasted out of a quartz tube. Plasma temperatures could exceed 1,000 °C. ... The scientists estimated the jet pressure from their device reached 2,400 newtons per square meter, comparable to that from a commercial airplane jet engine. ... All in all, “I think that within five years, one could use a scaled-up plasma engine to power small pilotless airplanes or heavy-duty drones to carry cargo for shipping,” ..."
One of the interviewed scientists working on this is: "Jau Tang, a physicist at Wuhan University [this university is located in Wuhan city] in China and senior author of a new study describing the work". What a coincidence!
Plasma Jets May One Day Propel Aircraft - IEEE Spectrum Plasma thrusters could help jet planes fly without fossil fuels
Here is the underlying research paper: Jet propulsion by microwave air plasma in the atmosphere
The Democratic Party Presidential Election Campaign Strategy 2020
Posted: 5/31/2020
With sleepy, worn out, and scandal ridden Joseph Biden as their presumptive candidate, the Democratic Party does not stand a chance to win against the incumbent president.
So what is their presidential election campaign strategy anyway?
- The Democratic Party is obviously exploiting the Covid-19 pandemic to keep businesses shut for as long as possible and citizens quarantined at home needlessly
- The tragic death of a black American in the 46th largest city of the U.S. Minneapolis, run by a Democratic Party affiliated mayor, is being exploited to fuel nationwide social unrest
Dramatic drops in ER visits likely led to uncounted deaths
The unreasonable overreaction by governments all over the world to a fairly harmless virus (SARS Cov-2) has resulted in untold numbers of death and suffering of many people not infected by this virus.
Dramatic drops in ER visits likely led to uncounted deaths – Harvard Gazette Study suggests decline may have resulted from urgings to defer nonemergency care, with potential damaging or deadly results
Dramatic drops in ER visits likely led to uncounted deaths – Harvard Gazette Study suggests decline may have resulted from urgings to defer nonemergency care, with potential damaging or deadly results
Scientists Solve Mystery of Spontaneous Smog Formation
Hopefully, this will result in better urban area air soon! The causes of smog are certainly a good reason to move away from combustion engine transportation! E.g. more working from home is one option!
Scientists Solve Mystery of Spontaneous Smog Formation | www.caltech.edu One of the peculiarities of air pollution in the world's urban areas is that it is not always predictable. It is not uncommon for a major city, such as Beijing, to have clear skies one day, and be shrouded with thick smog the very next.
Scientists Solve Mystery of Spontaneous Smog Formation | www.caltech.edu One of the peculiarities of air pollution in the world's urban areas is that it is not always predictable. It is not uncommon for a major city, such as Beijing, to have clear skies one day, and be shrouded with thick smog the very next.
Saturday, May 30, 2020
PAC-MAN Recreated with AI by NVIDIA Researchers
The PAC Man at 40 years of age is still an intensive research object!
" ... “We were blown away when we saw the results, in disbelief that AI could recreate the iconic PAC-MAN experience without a game engine ...” ... No matter the game, the GAN can learn its rules simply by ingesting screen recordings and agent keystrokes from past game play. Game developers could use such a tool to automatically design new level layouts for existing games, using screenplay from the original levels as training data."
PAC-MAN Recreated with AI by NVIDIA Researchers | NVIDIA Blog GameGAN, a generative adversarial network trained on 50,000 PAC-MAN episodes, produces a fully functional version of the dot-munching classic without an underlying game engine.
Here is the preprint research paper behind this:
Learning to Simulate Dynamic Environments with GameGAN
" ... “We were blown away when we saw the results, in disbelief that AI could recreate the iconic PAC-MAN experience without a game engine ...” ... No matter the game, the GAN can learn its rules simply by ingesting screen recordings and agent keystrokes from past game play. Game developers could use such a tool to automatically design new level layouts for existing games, using screenplay from the original levels as training data."
PAC-MAN Recreated with AI by NVIDIA Researchers | NVIDIA Blog GameGAN, a generative adversarial network trained on 50,000 PAC-MAN episodes, produces a fully functional version of the dot-munching classic without an underlying game engine.
Here is the preprint research paper behind this:
Learning to Simulate Dynamic Environments with GameGAN
On the Letter regarding Minneapolis, our nation and our community by the MIT President
Incredible, what a joker this president of MIT is! This idiot also helps to fuel the riots breaking out all over the country!
We do not yet even know all the details of this singular, tragic event in Minneapolis, but this president felt compelled to address the event. In particular what happened actually before the police officers moved to subdue the person.
Has this deeply biased president ever written a letter about the weekly high numbers of homicides of Americans committed by black Americans?
"... The death of George Floyd and the events unfolding in Minneapolis are deeply disturbing in themselves. And of course, they come on the heels of highly charged incidents, from Georgia to New York, that highlight yet again the tragic persistence of racism and systemic injustice in the United States. ... I know that the pain of these events is especially intense for certain members of our community, beginning with those who are African American and of African descent, though certainly not ending there. ... others in our community are also suffering distinctive forms of harassment and discrimination.
I imagine that you may share my urgent desire to help, while feeling an awful powerlessness to do so. ..."
This letter by the President of this elite and one of the top global universities is truly and deeply disturbing! This MIT president is ideologically obsessed! If I was a MIT student I would ask for my money back!
Letter regarding Minneapolis, our nation and our community | MIT News written by MIT President L. Rafael Reif
We do not yet even know all the details of this singular, tragic event in Minneapolis, but this president felt compelled to address the event. In particular what happened actually before the police officers moved to subdue the person.
Has this deeply biased president ever written a letter about the weekly high numbers of homicides of Americans committed by black Americans?
"... The death of George Floyd and the events unfolding in Minneapolis are deeply disturbing in themselves. And of course, they come on the heels of highly charged incidents, from Georgia to New York, that highlight yet again the tragic persistence of racism and systemic injustice in the United States. ... I know that the pain of these events is especially intense for certain members of our community, beginning with those who are African American and of African descent, though certainly not ending there. ... others in our community are also suffering distinctive forms of harassment and discrimination.
I imagine that you may share my urgent desire to help, while feeling an awful powerlessness to do so. ..."
This letter by the President of this elite and one of the top global universities is truly and deeply disturbing! This MIT president is ideologically obsessed! If I was a MIT student I would ask for my money back!
Letter regarding Minneapolis, our nation and our community | MIT News written by MIT President L. Rafael Reif
Friday, May 29, 2020
Jörg Meuthen liest Ursula von der Leyen die Leviten
Sehr empfehlenswert! Kurz, knapp und bündig! Meuthen liegt mal wieder genau richtig mit seiner Kritik! Von der Leyen ist eine Witzfigur!
Facebook AI Research applies Transformer architecture to streamline object detection models
This appears to be some interesting new research regarding computer vision coming out of Facebook. I have not yet reviewed it fully, but it sounds very promising.
"DETR matches the performance of state-of-the-art methods, such as the well-established and highly optimized Faster R-CNN baseline on the challenging COCO object detection data set, while also greatly simplifying and streamlining the architecture. DETR offers a simpler, more flexible pipeline architecture that requires fewer heuristics. Inference can be boiled down to 50 lines of simple Python code using elementary architectural blocks. Moreover, because Transformers have proven to be a powerful tool for dramatically improving performance of models in other domains, we believe additional performance gains and improved training efficiency will be possible with additional tuning."
Facebook AI Research applies Transformer architecture to streamline object detection models | VentureBeat Six members of Facebook AI Research (FAIR) tapped the popular Transformer neural network architecture to create end-to-end object detection AI, an approach they claim streamlines the creation of object detection models and reduces the need for handcrafted components. Named Detection Transformer (DETR), the model can recognize objects in an image in a single pass all at once.
Here is the corresponding blog post by Facebook:
End-to-end object detection with Transformers To help bridge this gap, we are releasing Detection Transformers (DETR), an important new approach to object detection and panoptic segmentation. DETR completely changes the architecture compared with previous object detection systems. It is the first object detection framework to successfully integrate Transformers as a central building block in the detection pipeline.
Here is the corresponding preprint paper:
End-to-End Object Detection with Transformers
"DETR matches the performance of state-of-the-art methods, such as the well-established and highly optimized Faster R-CNN baseline on the challenging COCO object detection data set, while also greatly simplifying and streamlining the architecture. DETR offers a simpler, more flexible pipeline architecture that requires fewer heuristics. Inference can be boiled down to 50 lines of simple Python code using elementary architectural blocks. Moreover, because Transformers have proven to be a powerful tool for dramatically improving performance of models in other domains, we believe additional performance gains and improved training efficiency will be possible with additional tuning."
Facebook AI Research applies Transformer architecture to streamline object detection models | VentureBeat Six members of Facebook AI Research (FAIR) tapped the popular Transformer neural network architecture to create end-to-end object detection AI, an approach they claim streamlines the creation of object detection models and reduces the need for handcrafted components. Named Detection Transformer (DETR), the model can recognize objects in an image in a single pass all at once.
Here is the corresponding blog post by Facebook:
End-to-end object detection with Transformers To help bridge this gap, we are releasing Detection Transformers (DETR), an important new approach to object detection and panoptic segmentation. DETR completely changes the architecture compared with previous object detection systems. It is the first object detection framework to successfully integrate Transformers as a central building block in the detection pipeline.
Here is the corresponding preprint paper:
End-to-End Object Detection with Transformers
How a robotic dog is herding sheep in New Zealand
Soon coming to pasture near you from Boston Dynamics! :-)
How a robotic dog is herding sheep in New Zealand – video | Technology | The Guardian The New Zealand software company Rocos is training a Boston Dynamics-designed robot called Spot to work on farms to help 'relieve the strain of worker shortages, and create precision in farming’. Another Boston Dynamics robot is being tested in Singapore, reminding members of the public to maintain physical distancing in a public park
How a robotic dog is herding sheep in New Zealand – video | Technology | The Guardian The New Zealand software company Rocos is training a Boston Dynamics-designed robot called Spot to work on farms to help 'relieve the strain of worker shortages, and create precision in farming’. Another Boston Dynamics robot is being tested in Singapore, reminding members of the public to maintain physical distancing in a public park
Saving the Post-Coronavirus Recovery From Lawsuits and the Trial Lawyers
Seems to be sound advice coming from the Manhattan Institute! President Trump and a unified as well as bipartisan U.S. Congress will hopefully heed it!
Saving the Post-Coronavirus Recovery From Lawsuits and wthe Trial Lawyers
Saving the Post-Coronavirus Recovery From Lawsuits and wthe Trial Lawyers
Deutschland erhöht Hilfe für Venezuela auf über 50 Millionen Euro
Der maßlose Spinner Außenminister Maas ist wieder mal am Werk! Warum wendet Deutschland Euro 50 Millionen für diese linke Diktatur auf? Während z.B. Iran Benzin gegen Geld an OPEC Mitglied Venezuela verkauft. Lass doch die Russen oder Chinesen einspringen!
Deutschland erhöht Hilfe für Venezuela auf über 50 Millionen Euro - Auswärtiges Amt Die größte Flüchtlingskrise in der Geschichte Südamerikas wird durch die Covid-19-Pandemie noch verschärft. Bei einer virtuellen Geberkonferenz fordert Außenminister Maas Solidarität mit den Aufnahmeländern und kündigt zusätzliche Hilfen von über 20 Millionen Euro an.
Deutschland erhöht Hilfe für Venezuela auf über 50 Millionen Euro - Auswärtiges Amt Die größte Flüchtlingskrise in der Geschichte Südamerikas wird durch die Covid-19-Pandemie noch verschärft. Bei einer virtuellen Geberkonferenz fordert Außenminister Maas Solidarität mit den Aufnahmeländern und kündigt zusätzliche Hilfen von über 20 Millionen Euro an.
US cuts World Health Organization ties over coronavirus response
Bravo President Trump! Other so called world organizations should be seriously reviewed as well, e.g. IMF, UN! Western countries should far more cautiously join collaborative pan-national organizations than in the past! Blind and naive idealism is not enough to deal with existing and determined authoritarian regimes!
When the status quo and muddling through is not good enough anymore! President Trump thankfully challenges these convenient and worn out precepts of the global elite!
US cuts World Health Organization ties over coronavirus response
When the status quo and muddling through is not good enough anymore! President Trump thankfully challenges these convenient and worn out precepts of the global elite!
US cuts World Health Organization ties over coronavirus response
UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals: A Recipe For Big Government
Why did the U.N. choose as many as 17 such goals? To achieve even 3 or 6 of them is already a daunting task. It certainly gives Big Government lots of leeway to intervene and dictate! Many of these goals are dystopian and disturbing!
"The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries"
"The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries"
Did all Western countries vote for this stuff without reservations?
Why this blog post at this time? Well, two prominent organisations just featured these 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Let's briefly go over these way too many goals:
Sustainable Development Goals .:. Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform by United Nations
Why this blog post at this time? Well, two prominent organisations just featured these 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals:
- The UN says a new computer simulation tool could boost global development | MIT Technology Review "The news: The United Nations is endorsing a computer simulation tool that it believes will help governments tackle the world’s biggest problems, from gender inequality to climate change."
- Supercharging sustainable development | The Alan Turing Institute A bold new approach to development economics, championed by the Turing and the United Nations Development Programme, could boost government-backed sustainable development all over the world.
Let's briefly go over these way too many goals:
- No poverty! Description: "End poverty in all its forms everywhere"
There is no such thing as no poverty! Another disturbing and dystopian goal! Poverty is in the eye of the beholder! - Zero hunger! Description: "End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture"
Zero, really? False promises! Who gets to decide what is food improvement? - Good health and well being! Description: "Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages"
Well being is in the purview of the individual. What does "ensure" mean? More discretion for governments to intervene? - Quality education! Description: "Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all"
Sounds OK, but very general and broad! Inclusive and equitable are mutually exclusive terms and a contradiction in terms (oxymoron)! - Gender equality! Description: "Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls"
Socialist dystopia and demagoguery! What about boys and men! This is manifest unequal treatment plain and simple! E.g. defies and contradicts the U.S. Declaration of Independence! - Clean water and sanitation! Description: "Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all"
Sounds OK! Noticed this is the only fairly politically neutral goal so far! - Affordable and clean energy Description: "Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all"
The terms "clean" and "sustainable" should be stricken as it is a propaganda term! What does "modern" mean here? Because coal and crude oil is not modern, we need to ban them? - Decent work and economic growth Description: "Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all"
Who is to decide what is "decent" and what is not? This goal is full of controversial propaganda terms! - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure Description: "Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation"
This goal is very broad and unspecific except for its propaganda terms! "inclusive" and "sustainable" clearly code words taken from the leftist playbook! "Industrialization" is a very old fashioned term to describe economic development. Do we really want to stick with this? - Reduced Inequalities Description: "Reduce inequality within and among countries"
This is the perfect prescription for all kinds of Big Government intervention into our daily lives! It is so broad as to mean anything! - Sustained cities and communities Description: "Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable"
Loaded with propaganda terms! What e.g. is a resilient human settlement? - Responsible consumption and production Description: "Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns"
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BREAKING: Trump Signs Executive Order To Fight Back Against Social Media...
Bravo Trump! Go all the way!
Thursday, May 28, 2020
Emily Lau: Hong Kong Dealt ‘Fatal Blow’ by Communist China’s National Se...
Very recommendable! Very courageous lady! She does not mince words!
Stand with the citizens of Hong Kong! David (Hong Kong) versus Goliath (Communist Party of China)!
Stand with the citizens of Hong Kong! David (Hong Kong) versus Goliath (Communist Party of China)!
TWITTER STOCK PLUMMETS as TRUMP Signs EXECUTIVE ORDER on BIG TECH CENSOR...
Very recommendable! Probably a good idea to take away the immunity privileges of big tech companies especially if they resort to censorship!
Mike Pompeo slams Obama, Biden's 'weak' record on China
Bravo Trump & Pompeo for taking a tough stand on the Communist Party of China and for standing with the citizens of Hong Kong!
The Real Reason Behind China’s Desperate New Hong Kong Law
Very recommendable! Stand with the citizens of Hong Kong! David (Hong Kong) against Goliath (Communist Party of China)! HK stands e.g. to loose its free port status and global financial center status if China takes over.
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Iran greift Venezuelas krisengeplagter Führung unter die Arme
Da haben sich wohl zwei Petrodiktaturen gefunden! Das muss man sich auf der Zunge zergehen lassen! Ein OPEC Mitgliedsland liefert Benzin an ein anderes OPEC Mitgliedsland. Das sagt viel aus über den desolaten Zustand Venezuelas nach über 20 Jahren sozialistischer Diktatur und Misswirtschaft!
Iran greift Venezuelas krisengeplagter Führung unter die Arme Teheran hat fünf Tanker mit Benzin nach Venezuela geschickt, das mit akuten Versorgungsengpässen kämpft. Iranische Techniker sollen zudem helfen, die maroden Raffinerien zu reparieren. Caracas bezahlt dafür mit Gold.
Iran greift Venezuelas krisengeplagter Führung unter die Arme Teheran hat fünf Tanker mit Benzin nach Venezuela geschickt, das mit akuten Versorgungsengpässen kämpft. Iranische Techniker sollen zudem helfen, die maroden Raffinerien zu reparieren. Caracas bezahlt dafür mit Gold.
KSK-Kommandeur Brigadegeneral Kreitmayr droht rechten Soldaten: „Werden Sie finden und entfernen“
Der Kommandeur, Brigadegeneral Markus Kreitmayr, dieser Eliteeinheit sollte wohl entlassen werden! Sein vorgehen ist dem Zweck der Spezialkräfte überhaupt nicht dienlich! Ein Kommandeur der anscheinend auf dem einen politischen Auge blind (also kein Moshe Dayan) ist ist ungeeignet!!
"Damit rufe ich all diejenigen, die sich möglicherweise noch in unseren Reihen befinden und genau wissen, dass sie diesen verbindlichen Ansprüchen und Anforderungen nicht gerecht werden oder gar mit dem rechten Spektrum sympathisieren, klar, unmissverständlich und entschlossen zu:
Sie verdienen unsere Kameradschaft nicht!
Sie gehören nicht zu uns!
Sie sollten aus eigenem Antrieb unseren Verband und die Bundeswehr verlassen!
Tun Sie es nicht, werden Sie feststellen, dass wir Sie finden und entfernen werden!"
KSK-Kommandeur droht rechten Soldaten: „Werden Sie finden und entfernen“ - JUNGE FREIHEIT
"Damit rufe ich all diejenigen, die sich möglicherweise noch in unseren Reihen befinden und genau wissen, dass sie diesen verbindlichen Ansprüchen und Anforderungen nicht gerecht werden oder gar mit dem rechten Spektrum sympathisieren, klar, unmissverständlich und entschlossen zu:
Sie verdienen unsere Kameradschaft nicht!
Sie gehören nicht zu uns!
Sie sollten aus eigenem Antrieb unseren Verband und die Bundeswehr verlassen!
Tun Sie es nicht, werden Sie feststellen, dass wir Sie finden und entfernen werden!"
KSK-Kommandeur droht rechten Soldaten: „Werden Sie finden und entfernen“ - JUNGE FREIHEIT
Did you ever wonder what Kafkaesque means?
Take a look at the last name of of the gravestones on the right below!
"The four lawmakers sent the bipartisan request to Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie in a letter Sunday. Tbey include the top Democrat and the top Republican on the powerful House Appropriations Committee.
Two tombstones among 140 for World War II POWs at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas, are marked with a swastika inside a German cross and inscribed, “He died far from his home for the Führer, people, and fatherland.” Another gravestone in the military cemetery in Salt Lake City is marked with a swastika."
Lawmakers urge VA chief to remove swastika from German POW gravestones at military cemetery - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
"The four lawmakers sent the bipartisan request to Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie in a letter Sunday. Tbey include the top Democrat and the top Republican on the powerful House Appropriations Committee.
Two tombstones among 140 for World War II POWs at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas, are marked with a swastika inside a German cross and inscribed, “He died far from his home for the Führer, people, and fatherland.” Another gravestone in the military cemetery in Salt Lake City is marked with a swastika."
Lawmakers urge VA chief to remove swastika from German POW gravestones at military cemetery - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Darum geht es im Streit um das Konjunkturpaket
Warum nicht schlicht allgemeine und dauerhafte Steuersenkungen. Z.B Senkung des konfiskatorischen Mehrwertsteuersatzes von 19 %auf wieder 12%? Sofortige und vollkommene Abschaffung des Solidaritätszuschlags usw. usw. Das wäre ja zu einfach für lebenslangen und oft inkompetente Berufspolitiker!
Darum geht es im Streit um das Konjunkturpaket Kaufanreize für Autos, Hilfe für Familien, Geld für Gemeinden: Vieles am geplanten Konjunkturpaket von 50 bis 100 Milliarden Euro ist umstritten. Die CDU-Vorsitzende will nun den Mindestlohn nicht antasten.
Darum geht es im Streit um das Konjunkturpaket Kaufanreize für Autos, Hilfe für Familien, Geld für Gemeinden: Vieles am geplanten Konjunkturpaket von 50 bis 100 Milliarden Euro ist umstritten. Die CDU-Vorsitzende will nun den Mindestlohn nicht antasten.
Cannabis Increases Propensity for False Memories
This should be cause for serious concern! Perhaps consuming cannabis is not so harmless after all!
Cannabis Increases Propensity for False Memories | The Scientist Magazine®
Cannabis Increases Propensity for False Memories | The Scientist Magazine®
Corona-Lockerungen: Alle Länder auf eigene Faust
Bayerns Ministerpräsident Markus Söder trägt eine übergroße Maske mit bayerischen Wappen. Ob er damit uns etwas mitteilen will! Ist das sein Ego? Ist er bloß ein Aufschneider? Will er nicht übersehen werden? Treibt er es nicht ein bisschen auf die Spitze dieser Spitzenpolitiker?
Corona-Lockerungen: Alle Länder auf eigene Faust
Corona-Lockerungen: Alle Länder auf eigene Faust
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Top GOP Lawmaker Nunes Says There Will Be ‘Criminal Referrals’ Against Mueller Team
I have been waiting for months for indictments to be brought forward in what is much bigger and much more sophisticated than Watergate!
Grüne legen nach: Wahlalter soll auf 16 Jahre herabgesetzt werden
Wer wählt den schon Grüne in Deutschland? Meist naive, emotionale, und unerfahrene Wähler! Kinder kommen da sehr gelegen!
Warum Dezentralisierung für die Freiheit so wichtig ist
Sehr empfehlenswert! Ein verdienter Lob auf den Flickenteppich (auch Föderalismus genannt)!
'All Business is Esential' Founder, Erik Kiilunen, on the Covid19 Fallout
When you are ruled by a fool (governor of Michigan) you got to ignore the fool!
Subutai: Genghis Khan’s Demon Dog of War
Very recommendable! Greater than Alexander the Great and Napoleon!
Chinas Milliardärinnen
Amazing stuff!
"Auf der «Forbes»-Liste der 100 reichsten Persönlichkeiten der Welt finden sich gerade einmal 12 Frauen. Die meisten von ihnen kamen dabei weniger durch unternehmerischen Fleiss als vielmehr durch Erbschaft oder Scheidung an ihr Vermögen. ... Schaut man indes auf die Frauen, die sich ihr milliardenschweres Vermögen selbst erarbeitet haben, fällt auf: China dominiert. Das Forschungsinstitut Hurun aus Schanghai zeigt in einem Bericht vom März, dass von den weltweit 10 reichsten Selfmade-Milliardärinnen 9 aus China kommen. 61% aller Unternehmerinnen mit einem Vermögen von mehr als 1 Mrd. $ stammen zudem aus China. In den USA und Grossbritannien sind es bescheidene 19 beziehungsweise 6%."
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"Auf der «Forbes»-Liste der 100 reichsten Persönlichkeiten der Welt finden sich gerade einmal 12 Frauen. Die meisten von ihnen kamen dabei weniger durch unternehmerischen Fleiss als vielmehr durch Erbschaft oder Scheidung an ihr Vermögen. ... Schaut man indes auf die Frauen, die sich ihr milliardenschweres Vermögen selbst erarbeitet haben, fällt auf: China dominiert. Das Forschungsinstitut Hurun aus Schanghai zeigt in einem Bericht vom März, dass von den weltweit 10 reichsten Selfmade-Milliardärinnen 9 aus China kommen. 61% aller Unternehmerinnen mit einem Vermögen von mehr als 1 Mrd. $ stammen zudem aus China. In den USA und Grossbritannien sind es bescheidene 19 beziehungsweise 6%."
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Deutschland's Schulen sind nicht vorbereitet auf das digitale Zeitalter
Eine der führenden Industrienationen ist eher vergleichbar mit einer Bananenrepublik! Energiewende, Abschaltung von Atomkraftwerken u.a. unsinnige Projekte gehen anscheinend vor Bildung!
Deutschland, ein armes Land!
Schulen sind nicht vorbereitet | Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Das Statistische Bundesamt hat neue Zahlen veröffentlicht, die alte Probleme aufzeigen: Noch immer ist digitales Lernen an den Schulen in Deutschland die Ausnahme. Weitere Studien machen deutlich: Es fehlt an Kompetenzen der Lehrkräfte, oft gibt es nicht einmal WLAN für Schüler und Lehrer. Das Bildungssystem muss bei der Digitalisierung endlich seine Hausaufgaben machen.
Deutschland, ein armes Land!
Schulen sind nicht vorbereitet | Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Das Statistische Bundesamt hat neue Zahlen veröffentlicht, die alte Probleme aufzeigen: Noch immer ist digitales Lernen an den Schulen in Deutschland die Ausnahme. Weitere Studien machen deutlich: Es fehlt an Kompetenzen der Lehrkräfte, oft gibt es nicht einmal WLAN für Schüler und Lehrer. Das Bildungssystem muss bei der Digitalisierung endlich seine Hausaufgaben machen.
When Septimus Severus Invaded Scotland
Very recommendable! I had no idea that Rome even had African emperors (very few, though I suspect). Amazing how brave and determined the ancient Scottish people resisted these massive attempts by the Romans to conquer them. Should be a lesson learnt!
The many short Horror movie scenes inserted into this otherwise great documentary are very annoying!
The many short Horror movie scenes inserted into this otherwise great documentary are very annoying!
Monday, May 25, 2020
Kay Gottschalk zum "Corona-Steuerhilfegesetz"
Sehr empfehlenswert! Die AfD ist die einzige Partei, die konsequent die deutliche Senkung der konfiskatorischen MwSt wiederholt fordert!
What Does Separation of Church and State Mean?
Very recommendable! Where does the universe come from, just one of many questions?
How Big Tech is Aiding Blacklisted Chinese Surveillance Firms
If confirmed that is serious stuff! So Google, Amazon, Microsoft and other U.S. tech companies are directly or indirectly aiding in the massive persecution of the Uyghurs Muslim minority in China.
Obamagate: Exposing America’s ‘Scandal Free’ Administration With Kathleen T McFarland
I have now watched a few interviews with Kathleen T. McFarland in recent times. She is very impressive and well informed! She is a fairly straight talker who does not mince words!
Michelle Malkin: NY Times spreading hate, divisiveness
Michelle Malkin mentioned during this interview that it was women from former Confederate states who decorated the graves of fallen confederate and federal soldiers. That got my attention as I do not remember ever having heard such a thing as one of the reasons for Memorial Day.
Lo and behold, I found this archived article (presumably published in 2019) from the U.S. Library of Congress where it says:
"When a women’s memorial association in Columbus, Mississippi, decorated the graves of both Confederate and Union soldiers on April 25, 1866, this act of generosity and reconciliation prompted an editorial piece, published by Horace Greeley’s New York Tribune, and a poem by Francis Miles Finch, “The Blue and the Grey,” published in the Atlantic Monthly. The practice of strewing flowers on soldiers’ graves soon became popular throughout the reunited nation."
Lo and behold, I found this archived article (presumably published in 2019) from the U.S. Library of Congress where it says:
"When a women’s memorial association in Columbus, Mississippi, decorated the graves of both Confederate and Union soldiers on April 25, 1866, this act of generosity and reconciliation prompted an editorial piece, published by Horace Greeley’s New York Tribune, and a poem by Francis Miles Finch, “The Blue and the Grey,” published in the Atlantic Monthly. The practice of strewing flowers on soldiers’ graves soon became popular throughout the reunited nation."
Pollen-deprived bumblebees bite leaves and may speed up plant blooms
What a serendipitous discovery! Amazing stuff! Your humble bumblebee!
"At least three species of bumblebees [Bombus terrestris] use their mouthparts to snip little confetti bits out of plant foliage, researchers report in the May 22 Science. This foliage biting gets more common when there’s a pollen shortage ... Yet in lab tests, tomato plants punctured five to 10 times by pollen-deprived bees bloomed 30 days earlier on average than undamaged plants. ... The bees ... cut several holes in the leaves of each plant using their mandibles and proboscises. ... But the speed-up time varied by plant species. For instance, bee-nipped black mustard (Brassica nigra) bloomed only about 16 days early. ... but the ones punctured by the bees flowered weeks earlier than those cut by the scientists, suggesting that chemicals in the insects’ saliva may be involved as well. "
Pollen-deprived bumblebees bite leaves and may speed up plant blooms | Science News In a pollen shortage, bees can make tomatoes bloom early by nipping foliage
Bumblebees Bite Plants to Force Them to Flower (Seriously) - Scientific American The behavior could be an evolutionary adaptation that lets bees forage more easily
"At least three species of bumblebees [Bombus terrestris] use their mouthparts to snip little confetti bits out of plant foliage, researchers report in the May 22 Science. This foliage biting gets more common when there’s a pollen shortage ... Yet in lab tests, tomato plants punctured five to 10 times by pollen-deprived bees bloomed 30 days earlier on average than undamaged plants. ... The bees ... cut several holes in the leaves of each plant using their mandibles and proboscises. ... But the speed-up time varied by plant species. For instance, bee-nipped black mustard (Brassica nigra) bloomed only about 16 days early. ... but the ones punctured by the bees flowered weeks earlier than those cut by the scientists, suggesting that chemicals in the insects’ saliva may be involved as well. "
Pollen-deprived bumblebees bite leaves and may speed up plant blooms | Science News In a pollen shortage, bees can make tomatoes bloom early by nipping foliage
Bumblebees Bite Plants to Force Them to Flower (Seriously) - Scientific American The behavior could be an evolutionary adaptation that lets bees forage more easily
Indien: Mann tötet Ehefrau bei zweitem Versuch mit Giftschlange
What a story! Andere Länder, andere Sitten! (Vorsicht: Ironie)
Indien: Mann tötet Ehefrau bei zweitem Versuch mit Giftschlange Die Polizei geht von Habgier als Motiv aus: In Indien tötet ein Mann seine Ehefrau, indem er ihr eine Kobra ins Bett legt. Sie hatte sich erst von einem Angriff mit einer Viper erholt.
Indien: Mann tötet Ehefrau bei zweitem Versuch mit Giftschlange Die Polizei geht von Habgier als Motiv aus: In Indien tötet ein Mann seine Ehefrau, indem er ihr eine Kobra ins Bett legt. Sie hatte sich erst von einem Angriff mit einer Viper erholt.
Johnson-Berater Cummings weist jegliche Kritik zurück
Sein Fall scheint ein typischer politisch inszenierter tempest in a teapot zu sein. Cummings scheint in der Tat vernünftig gehandelt zu haben laut seiner Darstellung. Daher sollte er wohl dem aufgebauschten Druck nicht klein bei geben. Mal sehn ob Boris Johnson den Mut behält den Mann weiter als engen Berater um sich zu haben.
Johnson-Berater Cummings weist jegliche Kritik zurück Der wichtigste Berater des britischen Premierministers soll gegen die Corona-Auflagen verstoßen haben. Die heftige Kritik an seinem Verhalten weist er nun zurück. Er habe mit einer Reise zu seinen Eltern „legal und vernünftig“ gehandelt.
Johnson-Berater Cummings weist jegliche Kritik zurück Der wichtigste Berater des britischen Premierministers soll gegen die Corona-Auflagen verstoßen haben. Die heftige Kritik an seinem Verhalten weist er nun zurück. Er habe mit einer Reise zu seinen Eltern „legal und vernünftig“ gehandelt.
China built bugged Government Offices in African Nations
If confirmed, I am not surprised! Hope, the citizens in the affected countries will quickly learn this lesson. Why don't the affected countries have China pay for the search and removal of any covert spying devices planted by China?
Guess what the former USSR did or Russia under former KGB officer Putin the Terrible is still doing when they get a chance?
"... Chinese companies have constructed or renovated (or both) at least 186 sensitive African government buildings; Chinese telecommunications firms have built at least 14 intra-governmental, “secure” telecommunications networks; and the Chinese government has gifted computers to at least 35 African governments. ... In January 2018, the French newspaper Le Monde reported that servers installed by the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei in the African Union (AU) headquarters were daily uploading their content to servers based in Shanghai, China. ... In fact, at least 40 of Africa’s 54 countries have a government building constructed by a Chinese company [since 1966]. ..."
China Building, Bugging Government Offices in African Nations, Report Says China has been building key government offices and facilities in African countries for decades and fitting them with gear that likely allows the Chinese government to spy on everyone, from presidents and prime ministers to judges and generals and beyond, according to a recent Heritage Foundation
Here is the Heritage Foundation report:
Government Buildings in Africa Are a Likely Vector for Chinese Spying
Guess what the former USSR did or Russia under former KGB officer Putin the Terrible is still doing when they get a chance?
"... Chinese companies have constructed or renovated (or both) at least 186 sensitive African government buildings; Chinese telecommunications firms have built at least 14 intra-governmental, “secure” telecommunications networks; and the Chinese government has gifted computers to at least 35 African governments. ... In January 2018, the French newspaper Le Monde reported that servers installed by the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei in the African Union (AU) headquarters were daily uploading their content to servers based in Shanghai, China. ... In fact, at least 40 of Africa’s 54 countries have a government building constructed by a Chinese company [since 1966]. ..."
China Building, Bugging Government Offices in African Nations, Report Says China has been building key government offices and facilities in African countries for decades and fitting them with gear that likely allows the Chinese government to spy on everyone, from presidents and prime ministers to judges and generals and beyond, according to a recent Heritage Foundation
Here is the Heritage Foundation report:
Government Buildings in Africa Are a Likely Vector for Chinese Spying
BGH-Urteil gegen VW - Kommt jetzt das Dieselgate 2.0 für die Autobauer?
Wie ich schon vorher auf meinem blog dargelegt habe, hier ist eine andere Interpretation:
VW hat dem Konsumenten eigentlich einen guten Dienst erwiesen. Indem VW die weit überzogenen und eher unrealistischen deutschen Umweltvorschriften mit technologisch und preislich Machbaren umgangen hat ohne dabei die Umwelt wirklich zu gefährden!
Bravo VW (ein teilweise staatseigener Betrieb)!
BGH-Urteil gegen VW - Kommt jetzt das Dieselgate 2.0 für die Autobauer? | Cicero Online
VW hat dem Konsumenten eigentlich einen guten Dienst erwiesen. Indem VW die weit überzogenen und eher unrealistischen deutschen Umweltvorschriften mit technologisch und preislich Machbaren umgangen hat ohne dabei die Umwelt wirklich zu gefährden!
Bravo VW (ein teilweise staatseigener Betrieb)!
BGH-Urteil gegen VW - Kommt jetzt das Dieselgate 2.0 für die Autobauer? | Cicero Online
Wahlen USA 2020: Auch die Facebook-Hacker haben dazugelernt
Sehr empfehlenswert! Wann ist endlich die Ära des KGB Offiziers Putin the Terrible vorbei! Ist der manchmal naiv erscheinende Mark Zuckerberg endlich aufgewacht!
Wahlen USA 2020: Auch die Facebook-Hacker haben dazugelernt INTERVIEW
Wie Facebook Beeinflussungsversuche von russischen und anderen Akteuren auf die US-Präsidentenwahlen verhindern will
Bei der Präsidentenwahl 2016 haben russische Kriminelle versucht, über Facebook das Ergebnis zu beeinflussen. Vier Jahre später hat das soziale Netzwerk massiv aufgerüstet – auch dank Mitarbeitern aus den Nachrichtendiensten. Ein Gespräch mit dem Chef der Global Threat Disruption, David Agranovich.
Wahlen USA 2020: Auch die Facebook-Hacker haben dazugelernt INTERVIEW
Wie Facebook Beeinflussungsversuche von russischen und anderen Akteuren auf die US-Präsidentenwahlen verhindern will
Bei der Präsidentenwahl 2016 haben russische Kriminelle versucht, über Facebook das Ergebnis zu beeinflussen. Vier Jahre später hat das soziale Netzwerk massiv aufgerüstet – auch dank Mitarbeitern aus den Nachrichtendiensten. Ein Gespräch mit dem Chef der Global Threat Disruption, David Agranovich.
Milton Friedman - Crony Capitalism and the Free Market
Very recommendable! Where is the Milton Friedman of our time? Please stand up!
The Two Viruses That We’ve Had For Millions of Years
Very recommendable! This about the Herpes virus!
Golda Meir and the Foundations of Israel By Henry Abramson
Recommendable (Unfortunately, the audio quality is not too great)! Golda Meir was an amazing lady! I am afraid, Henry Abramson talked too much about other things than her!
Golda Meir was very wise!
Sunday, May 24, 2020
The Real Private Ryan
Recommendable! The Real Private Ryan has actually a Happy Ending of sorts!
Great movie Private Ryan! One of the best movies with Tom Hanks like Forrest Gump!
Great movie Private Ryan! One of the best movies with Tom Hanks like Forrest Gump!
Police deploy tear gas and water cannons against protesters in Hong Kong
Stand with the and support the citizens of Hong Kong! David (Hong Kong citizens) against Goliath (Communist Party of China)!
Should Trump Pardon Obama?
What a premature crazy idea! However, should former President Obama be indicted for Obamagate, this could become a consideration! Nixon was pardoned by President Ford (Nixon's Vice President).
Margaret Thatcher - Capitalism and a Free Society
Probably, Margaret Thatcher was the greatest British prime minister after Winston Churchill!
Eat Bugs: EU Promotes Less Meat, More 'Alternative Proteins'
The EU morphs increasingly into a full blown nanny central state! Good luck with that! Hopefully, the citizens of Europe will resist this government paternalism coming out of Brussels!
As so often Big Government Deals are bad deals for its citizens (remember e.g. FDR and the New Deal or the British version Beveridge Report).
"The Farm to Fork Strategy is at the heart of the European Green Deal aiming to make food systems fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly.
Food systems cannot be resilient to crises such as the Covid-19 pandemic if they are not sustainable. We need to redesign our food systems which today account for nearly one-third of global GHG emissions, consume large amounts of natural resources, result in biodiversity loss and negative health impacts (due to both under- and over-nutrition) and do not allow fair economic returns and livelihoods for all actors, in particular for primary producers."
Incredible socialist central planning coming from the EU!
Eat Bugs: EU Promotes Less Meat, More 'Alternative Proteins' Europeans must move to a “more plant-based diet”, according to new EU food policy, which also revealed the bloc will promote “insect-based proteins and meat substitutes”.
Here is the official announcement of the EU:
Farm to Fork Strategy – for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system
As so often Big Government Deals are bad deals for its citizens (remember e.g. FDR and the New Deal or the British version Beveridge Report).
"The Farm to Fork Strategy is at the heart of the European Green Deal aiming to make food systems fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly.
Food systems cannot be resilient to crises such as the Covid-19 pandemic if they are not sustainable. We need to redesign our food systems which today account for nearly one-third of global GHG emissions, consume large amounts of natural resources, result in biodiversity loss and negative health impacts (due to both under- and over-nutrition) and do not allow fair economic returns and livelihoods for all actors, in particular for primary producers."
Incredible socialist central planning coming from the EU!
Eat Bugs: EU Promotes Less Meat, More 'Alternative Proteins' Europeans must move to a “more plant-based diet”, according to new EU food policy, which also revealed the bloc will promote “insect-based proteins and meat substitutes”.
Here is the official announcement of the EU:
Farm to Fork Strategy – for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system
Pretty socialist Propaganda:
Konjunkturpaket: „Wirtschaftsweisen“-Chef lehnt Schuldenobergrenze ab
Zaghafte, zögerliche Wirtschaftsweise!
Extrem Hochsteuerland Deutschland braucht dringend deutliche Steuersenkungen (z.B. endlich runter mit der konfiskatorischen Mehrwertsteuer), Reduzierung der überbordenden staatlichen Vorschriftendschungels, und weit weniger staatliche Zentralplanwirtschaft (z.B. Energiewende).
Weg mit der SED Kanzlerin Merkel! Mehr freie, weniger soziale Marktwirtschaft a la Ludwig Erhard bitte!
""... Es sei besser, das Geld dort einzusetzen, wo es wirklich etwas bringe - zum Beispiel für eine Ausweitung des Verlustrücktrags in der Unternehmensbesteuerung, sagte Feld. „Das erhöht die Liquidität der Unternehmen und ermöglicht Investitionen.""
Herr Lars P. Feld, das reicht bei weitem nicht! Das greift viel zu kurz!
Konjunkturpaket: „Wirtschaftsweisen“-Chef lehnt Schuldenobergrenze ab Das geplante Corona-Konjunkturprogramm sorgt für hitzige Debatten: Nun mahnt der Vorsitzende der „Wirtschaftsweisen“ Lars P. Feld, bei der Geldvergabe klare Prioritäten zu setzen.
Extrem Hochsteuerland Deutschland braucht dringend deutliche Steuersenkungen (z.B. endlich runter mit der konfiskatorischen Mehrwertsteuer), Reduzierung der überbordenden staatlichen Vorschriftendschungels, und weit weniger staatliche Zentralplanwirtschaft (z.B. Energiewende).
Weg mit der SED Kanzlerin Merkel! Mehr freie, weniger soziale Marktwirtschaft a la Ludwig Erhard bitte!
""... Es sei besser, das Geld dort einzusetzen, wo es wirklich etwas bringe - zum Beispiel für eine Ausweitung des Verlustrücktrags in der Unternehmensbesteuerung, sagte Feld. „Das erhöht die Liquidität der Unternehmen und ermöglicht Investitionen.""
Herr Lars P. Feld, das reicht bei weitem nicht! Das greift viel zu kurz!
Konjunkturpaket: „Wirtschaftsweisen“-Chef lehnt Schuldenobergrenze ab Das geplante Corona-Konjunkturprogramm sorgt für hitzige Debatten: Nun mahnt der Vorsitzende der „Wirtschaftsweisen“ Lars P. Feld, bei der Geldvergabe klare Prioritäten zu setzen.
The short life of Qiu Jin
A woman most people are probably not familiar with! She was a revolutionary martyr, a poet, and an early Chinese feminist. She joined forces with Sun Yat-sen. I am not sure whether she was more republican or communist. Maybe we will never know, because she was executed at age 31 by imperial forces.
Qiu Jin - Wikipedia (1875-1907)
Qiu Jin - Wikipedia (1875-1907)
Here is a recent New York Times article about her (I did not read the whole article):
SARS-CoV-2 Protein Hampers Innate Immune Reaction In Vitro
Recommendable! Well written and detailed! This seems to be some promising research to understand how SARS Cov-2 operates and how to defeat it!
"SARS-CoV-2 ORF3b is a potent interferon antagonist whose activity is further increased by a naturally occurring elongation variant. ... One of the features distinguishing SARS-CoV-2 from its more pathogenic counterpart SARS-CoV is the presence of premature stop codons in its ORF3b gene. Here, we show that SARS-CoV-2 ORF3b is a potent interferon antagonist, suppressing the induction of type I interferon more efficiently than its SARS-CoV ortholog. Phylogenetic analyses and functional assays revealed that SARS-CoV-2-related viruses from bats and pangolins also encode truncated ORF3b gene products with strong anti-interferon activity. ..." so the title and abstract of the BioArXiv paper.
SARS-CoV-2 Protein Hampers Innate Immune Reaction In Vitro | The Scientist Magazine® The viral protein known as ORF3b limits the induction of the type I interferon response, which typically alerts other immune system components to the presence of a virus, in cultured cells.
"SARS-CoV-2 ORF3b is a potent interferon antagonist whose activity is further increased by a naturally occurring elongation variant. ... One of the features distinguishing SARS-CoV-2 from its more pathogenic counterpart SARS-CoV is the presence of premature stop codons in its ORF3b gene. Here, we show that SARS-CoV-2 ORF3b is a potent interferon antagonist, suppressing the induction of type I interferon more efficiently than its SARS-CoV ortholog. Phylogenetic analyses and functional assays revealed that SARS-CoV-2-related viruses from bats and pangolins also encode truncated ORF3b gene products with strong anti-interferon activity. ..." so the title and abstract of the BioArXiv paper.
SARS-CoV-2 Protein Hampers Innate Immune Reaction In Vitro | The Scientist Magazine® The viral protein known as ORF3b limits the induction of the type I interferon response, which typically alerts other immune system components to the presence of a virus, in cultured cells.
New York Stock Exchange to Reopen Trading Floor on 5/26/20
This will be interesting! This is one of the longest closures of the trading floor ever. The closure started on March 23 (source). However, electronic trading only started on the same day.
"A limited number of traders will return to the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, two months after the coronavirus forced its closure. They must wear masks and abide by social-distancing rules, and they won't be allowed to commute by public transit."
I believe services like Lyft and Uber are not yet available in NYC! Will they use micromobility or will they form commuter groups or will they have dedicated drivers or ...?
New York Stock Exchange to Reopen Trading Floor - WSJ
"A limited number of traders will return to the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, two months after the coronavirus forced its closure. They must wear masks and abide by social-distancing rules, and they won't be allowed to commute by public transit."
I believe services like Lyft and Uber are not yet available in NYC! Will they use micromobility or will they form commuter groups or will they have dedicated drivers or ...?
New York Stock Exchange to Reopen Trading Floor - WSJ
John Milton on liberty, license, and virtuous self-government
Very recommendable!
"The notion that genuine liberty is predicated upon [wise and] virtuous self-government was an accepted ideal among many of the United States' founders. During the Founding era, this ideal was perhaps best expressed in a 1791 letter by the Irish-born British parliamentarian Edmund Burke, who wrote: "Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites . . . It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters." Burke's convictions and concerns were anticipated by the English poet and Interregnum statesman John Milton (1608-74). ..."
Following is a great description of men's license and its symbiotic relation to tyranny:
"Milton's discussion of liberty, license, and virtuous self-regulation is perhaps most explicit in his regicide tract, Tenure of Kings and Magistrates, written just before the January 30, 1649 execution of King Charles I. In this tract's opening paragraph, Milton asserts: "For indeed none can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license; which never hath more scope or more indulgence than under Tyrants." According to Milton, "bad men" are "all naturally servile," they desire "to have the public State conformably governed to the inward vicious rule, by which they govern themselves," and they "color over their base compliances" with "the falsified names of Loyalty, and Obedience." In sum, Milton argues that tyrants and bad men get along quite well because bad men, loving license, governed by vice, and incapable of self-regulation, do not threaten tyrants but contentedly submit to them as long as they do not disturb their self-indulgence. ..."
I believe, Friedrich von Hayek made similar arguments in his writings. The Road to Serfdom contains some of it if I am not mistaken.
John Milton on liberty, license, and virtuous self-government | Acton Institute
"The notion that genuine liberty is predicated upon [wise and] virtuous self-government was an accepted ideal among many of the United States' founders. During the Founding era, this ideal was perhaps best expressed in a 1791 letter by the Irish-born British parliamentarian Edmund Burke, who wrote: "Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites . . . It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters." Burke's convictions and concerns were anticipated by the English poet and Interregnum statesman John Milton (1608-74). ..."
Following is a great description of men's license and its symbiotic relation to tyranny:
"Milton's discussion of liberty, license, and virtuous self-regulation is perhaps most explicit in his regicide tract, Tenure of Kings and Magistrates, written just before the January 30, 1649 execution of King Charles I. In this tract's opening paragraph, Milton asserts: "For indeed none can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license; which never hath more scope or more indulgence than under Tyrants." According to Milton, "bad men" are "all naturally servile," they desire "to have the public State conformably governed to the inward vicious rule, by which they govern themselves," and they "color over their base compliances" with "the falsified names of Loyalty, and Obedience." In sum, Milton argues that tyrants and bad men get along quite well because bad men, loving license, governed by vice, and incapable of self-regulation, do not threaten tyrants but contentedly submit to them as long as they do not disturb their self-indulgence. ..."
I believe, Friedrich von Hayek made similar arguments in his writings. The Road to Serfdom contains some of it if I am not mistaken.
John Milton on liberty, license, and virtuous self-government | Acton Institute
Deutsche Banken versagen bei der Digitalisierung
Inwieweit ist übertriebene staatliche Bankenaufsicht und Eigentümerschaft dafür verantwortlich? Leider geht der Artikel nicht darauf ein.
Mann nehme z.B. die Tan Generatoren Geräte, die in Deutschland üblich sind. In den USA wird das meist über text message an das Handy des Kunden abgehandelt.
Deutsche Banken versagen bei der Digitalisierung
Mann nehme z.B. die Tan Generatoren Geräte, die in Deutschland üblich sind. In den USA wird das meist über text message an das Handy des Kunden abgehandelt.
Deutsche Banken versagen bei der Digitalisierung
Armando Iannucci in Milton's Heaven and Hell
Recommendable! Why the narrator Armando Iannucci spent a great deal of time about Paradise Lost while he did not mention Paradise Regained is a mystery!
I believe I was introduced to John Milton by writings of Friedrich von Hayek.
I believe I was introduced to John Milton by writings of Friedrich von Hayek.
He was perhaps the first modern British secretary of state or foreign minister in the interregnum government of Oliver Cromwell. In Florence, he met and was influenced by then blind and old Galileo Galilei.
As a wordsmith, he has been compared to Shakespeare. He shattered the then predominant narrow and restricted conventions of poetry.
Saturday, May 23, 2020
Popping the hood on Vroom’s IPO filing
Good news! Companies like Vroom, CarMax, or Carvana selling used cars over the Internet are making the car market more competitive across state borders!
It is high time that new cars were sold the same way over the Internet across state borders! However, car dealerships in every state are represented by very entrenched, powerful vested interest groups protected and they habe been protected by exclusive state monopoly laws for many decades!
Popping the hood on Vroom’s IPO filing | TechCrunch
It is high time that new cars were sold the same way over the Internet across state borders! However, car dealerships in every state are represented by very entrenched, powerful vested interest groups protected and they habe been protected by exclusive state monopoly laws for many decades!
Popping the hood on Vroom’s IPO filing | TechCrunch
You ain't black! Joseph Biden approved this message!
You ain't saying! Rarely have presidential hopefuls like former U.S. Senator/Vice President Joseph Biden blundered so much!
Higher than expected CO2 fertilization inferred from leaf to global observations
More evidence that Global Warming (aka climate change) is a hoax!
This is not the first scientific research confirming that the higher CO2 concentration in the air leads to more greening and more photosynthesis absorbing CO2. I bet you this is poorly reflected in climate models!
"Several lines of evidence point to an increase in the activity of the terrestrial biosphere over recent decades, impacting the global net land carbon sink (NLS) and its control on the growth of atmospheric carbon dioxide (ca ). Global terrestrial gross primary production (GPP)—the rate of carbon fixation by photosynthesis—is estimated to have risen by (31 ± 5)% since 1900, but the relative contributions of different putative drivers to this increase are not well known. Here we identify the rising atmospheric CO2 concentration as the dominant driver. ... These findings suggest a larger beneficial role of the land carbon sink in modulating future excess anthropogenic CO2 ... Four independent lines of evidence indicate intensifying terrestrial biosphere activity ... "
Higher than expected CO2 fertilization inferred from leaf to global observations - Haverd - 2020 - Global Change Biology - Wiley Online Library
This is not the first scientific research confirming that the higher CO2 concentration in the air leads to more greening and more photosynthesis absorbing CO2. I bet you this is poorly reflected in climate models!
"Several lines of evidence point to an increase in the activity of the terrestrial biosphere over recent decades, impacting the global net land carbon sink (NLS) and its control on the growth of atmospheric carbon dioxide (ca ). Global terrestrial gross primary production (GPP)—the rate of carbon fixation by photosynthesis—is estimated to have risen by (31 ± 5)% since 1900, but the relative contributions of different putative drivers to this increase are not well known. Here we identify the rising atmospheric CO2 concentration as the dominant driver. ... These findings suggest a larger beneficial role of the land carbon sink in modulating future excess anthropogenic CO2 ... Four independent lines of evidence indicate intensifying terrestrial biosphere activity ... "
Higher than expected CO2 fertilization inferred from leaf to global observations - Haverd - 2020 - Global Change Biology - Wiley Online Library
The Three Blows to the New World Order
Recommendable!
As far as radical/fundamentalist Islam is concerned Bruce Thornton appears to have a blind spot or is not able to distinguish various movements within Islam.
"Over the last three decades, however, three disruptions have challenged the assumptions of a Kantian “perpetual peace” based a “rules-based international order” that reflects a new “harmony of interests” among the world’s peoples. Each crisis has exposed the flawed assumptions behind the naïve optimism and arrogant over-confidence of those in the West who have promoted, built, and managed this paradigm. ... The election of Donald Trump for now has led to a retreat from policies that reflect this unwarranted and arrogant belief in transforming Muslim nations into Western liberal democracies. But the foreign policy establishment, evidenced in its hostility to Trump, still defends this bankrupt paradigm. ... In Europe, the sovereign debt crisis and bank failures revealed fault lines in the EU project. Its economic regulations and the single currency, managed by Brussels and its elite transnational technocrats, were exposed as incoherent: A single currency with various economic policies determined by distinct sovereign nations was always a recipe for disaster. Particularly in the Mediterranean South, interventions by the EU, the European Central Bank, and the International Monetary Fund were accompanied by demands for fiscal austerity that the Southern tier felt to be high-handed and arrogant.
Suddenly the “one Europe” version of the New World Order, in which national differences were subordinated to a transnational governing elite, was fissuring. National differences in cultures and mores were still important and acted as centrifugal forces, straining the bonds of the Union."
The Three Blows to the New World Order | Frontpagemag
As far as radical/fundamentalist Islam is concerned Bruce Thornton appears to have a blind spot or is not able to distinguish various movements within Islam.
"Over the last three decades, however, three disruptions have challenged the assumptions of a Kantian “perpetual peace” based a “rules-based international order” that reflects a new “harmony of interests” among the world’s peoples. Each crisis has exposed the flawed assumptions behind the naïve optimism and arrogant over-confidence of those in the West who have promoted, built, and managed this paradigm. ... The election of Donald Trump for now has led to a retreat from policies that reflect this unwarranted and arrogant belief in transforming Muslim nations into Western liberal democracies. But the foreign policy establishment, evidenced in its hostility to Trump, still defends this bankrupt paradigm. ... In Europe, the sovereign debt crisis and bank failures revealed fault lines in the EU project. Its economic regulations and the single currency, managed by Brussels and its elite transnational technocrats, were exposed as incoherent: A single currency with various economic policies determined by distinct sovereign nations was always a recipe for disaster. Particularly in the Mediterranean South, interventions by the EU, the European Central Bank, and the International Monetary Fund were accompanied by demands for fiscal austerity that the Southern tier felt to be high-handed and arrogant.
Suddenly the “one Europe” version of the New World Order, in which national differences were subordinated to a transnational governing elite, was fissuring. National differences in cultures and mores were still important and acted as centrifugal forces, straining the bonds of the Union."
The Three Blows to the New World Order | Frontpagemag
Tax Freedom Day: 5/19/2020 for Canada
Something to celebrate! Do you know your country's Tax Freedom Day?
It appears the calculation of tax freedom day by country is slow during the coronavirus pandemic. E.g. the Tax Foundation has not yet published the Tax Freedom Day 2020 for the U.S. (see here)
Tax Freedom Day: 2020 Report | Fraser Institute
It appears the calculation of tax freedom day by country is slow during the coronavirus pandemic. E.g. the Tax Foundation has not yet published the Tax Freedom Day 2020 for the U.S. (see here)
Tax Freedom Day: 2020 Report | Fraser Institute
The Golden Stool - History Of Africa with Zeinab Badawi
Very recommendable! About the west coast of Africa, Asanti, Ghana ...
Friday, May 22, 2020
Joe Biden vows to cancel Keystone XL if he wins presidency
Don't you love it when fools like this presidential candidate are so forthcoming about their follies and incompetence!
"Joe Biden’s campaign says the former vice-president will rip up President Donald Trump’s approvals for the Keystone XL pipeline if he takes over the White House next year.
Campaign officials made Biden’s first policy pronouncements on the controversial cross-border pipeline expansion, designed to ferry Alberta oil sands bitumen to refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast, in a statement today to Politico."
Joe Biden vows to cancel Keystone XL if he wins presidency | National Post
"Joe Biden’s campaign says the former vice-president will rip up President Donald Trump’s approvals for the Keystone XL pipeline if he takes over the White House next year.
Campaign officials made Biden’s first policy pronouncements on the controversial cross-border pipeline expansion, designed to ferry Alberta oil sands bitumen to refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast, in a statement today to Politico."
Joe Biden vows to cancel Keystone XL if he wins presidency | National Post
Executive Order on Regulatory Relief to Support Economic Recovery | The White House
Bravo President Trump! This president is on his way to trump President Reagan as the best president of the last 50 years or so! Four more years! In a press conference, President Trump also hinted that this deregulation will be in effect for longer than just the economic recovery due to the pandemic!
Executive Order on Regulatory Relief to Support Economic Recovery | The White House
Executive Order on Regulatory Relief to Support Economic Recovery | The White House
Susan Rice’s Mysterious Email on inauguration day
Much bigger and much more sophisticated than Watergate!
"‘I know nothing about this.” That’s how Susan Rice, President Obama’s national security adviser, responded when asked on PBS’s NewsHour in March 2017 “whether Trump transition officials, including the President, may have been swept up in surveillance of foreigners at the end of the Obama administration?”"
After Susan Rice's Benghazi lies ...
“The larger truth here is now undeniable: The Obama Administration spied on the political competition, it continued that spying even after Mr. Trump was elected, and then it tried to cover up what it had done,”
Susan Rice’s Mysterious Email - WSJ (behind paywall) Team Obama spied on Trump officials and tried to conceal it.
"‘I know nothing about this.” That’s how Susan Rice, President Obama’s national security adviser, responded when asked on PBS’s NewsHour in March 2017 “whether Trump transition officials, including the President, may have been swept up in surveillance of foreigners at the end of the Obama administration?”"
After Susan Rice's Benghazi lies ...
“The larger truth here is now undeniable: The Obama Administration spied on the political competition, it continued that spying even after Mr. Trump was elected, and then it tried to cover up what it had done,”
Susan Rice’s Mysterious Email - WSJ (behind paywall) Team Obama spied on Trump officials and tried to conceal it.
A new artificial eye mimics and may outperform human eyes
Good news! Eventually, humans might prefer artificial/synthetic eyes over natural ones! Vision like an eagle anyone?
"... an innovative, concavely hemispherical retina consisting of an array of nanometre-scale light sensors (photosensors) that mimic the photoreceptor cells in human retinas. The authors use this retina in an electrochemical eye that has several capabilities comparable to those of the human eye, and that performs the basic function of acquiring image patterns."
A new artificial eye mimics and may outperform human eyes | Science News The high-tech device boasts a field of view and reaction time similar to that of real eyes
"... an innovative, concavely hemispherical retina consisting of an array of nanometre-scale light sensors (photosensors) that mimic the photoreceptor cells in human retinas. The authors use this retina in an electrochemical eye that has several capabilities comparable to those of the human eye, and that performs the basic function of acquiring image patterns."
A new artificial eye mimics and may outperform human eyes | Science News The high-tech device boasts a field of view and reaction time similar to that of real eyes
Artificial eye boosted by hemispherical retina (Nature News and Views) An artificial eye has been reported that incorporates densely packed, nanometre-scale light sensors into a hemispherical retina-like component. Some of its sensory capabilities are comparable to that of its biological counterpart.
Google Says It Will Not Build Custom A.I. for Oil and Gas Extraction
How foolish Google can be! Or is Google trying to tell us it thinks this industry is currently not profitable enough anymore owing to a glut on the global crude oil markets? Anyway, good for other AI providers to get into this business abandoned by Google!
Google Says It Will Not Build Custom A.I. for Oil and Gas Extraction A Greenpeace report details Silicon Valley’s ties to Big Oil — and spurs Google to take a step toward opting out
Google Says It Will Not Build Custom A.I. for Oil and Gas Extraction A Greenpeace report details Silicon Valley’s ties to Big Oil — and spurs Google to take a step toward opting out
Tabubruch des Bundesverfassungsgerichts
Sehr empfehlenswert! Eine scharfe und richtige Analyse! Mit Christine Lagarde haben wir nach Mario Draghi wieder einen sehr dubiosen Präsidenten der EZB. Den umfassenden Maßnahmen der EZB fehlt die Legitimation durch die Wähler!
"Damit übertraten die deutschen Richter eine rote Linie. Denn bisher haben die Organe demokratischer Gewaltenteilung, also Bundesregierung, Bundestag und das Verfassungsgericht wie auch die supranationalen EU-Institutionen eisern darauf hingearbeitet, jeden Zweifel an der Legitimität des EZB-Handelns zu zerstreuen. ...
Es war unausweichlich, weil die Geldpolitik seit der Finanzkrise 2008 und verstärkt durch die Eurokrise 2012 so enorm aufgeblasen wurde, dass sich die Grenzen zwischen Geld-, Wirtschafts- und Fiskalpolitik vollkommen aufgelöst haben und die EZB zur zentralen Entscheidungsgewalt geworden ist. Die EZB hat sich im komplexen Gefüge der EU als die handlungsfähige supranationale Institution erwiesen und in zunehmendem Maß politische Verantwortung übernommen. ... Wegen der nachhaltigen Untätigkeit der Politik sei die EZB zu einem „Ersatz-Wirtschaftsministerium“ mutiert, bekannte vor einigen Jahren der damalige Bundeswirtschaftsminister Sigmar Gabriel."
Tabubruch des Bundesverfassungsgerichts – Prometheus
"Damit übertraten die deutschen Richter eine rote Linie. Denn bisher haben die Organe demokratischer Gewaltenteilung, also Bundesregierung, Bundestag und das Verfassungsgericht wie auch die supranationalen EU-Institutionen eisern darauf hingearbeitet, jeden Zweifel an der Legitimität des EZB-Handelns zu zerstreuen. ...
Es war unausweichlich, weil die Geldpolitik seit der Finanzkrise 2008 und verstärkt durch die Eurokrise 2012 so enorm aufgeblasen wurde, dass sich die Grenzen zwischen Geld-, Wirtschafts- und Fiskalpolitik vollkommen aufgelöst haben und die EZB zur zentralen Entscheidungsgewalt geworden ist. Die EZB hat sich im komplexen Gefüge der EU als die handlungsfähige supranationale Institution erwiesen und in zunehmendem Maß politische Verantwortung übernommen. ... Wegen der nachhaltigen Untätigkeit der Politik sei die EZB zu einem „Ersatz-Wirtschaftsministerium“ mutiert, bekannte vor einigen Jahren der damalige Bundeswirtschaftsminister Sigmar Gabriel."
Tabubruch des Bundesverfassungsgerichts – Prometheus
Corona-Krise: Wann gelten die EU-Schuldenregeln wieder?
Der Stabilitätspakt ist wohl schon seit 2009 ausgesetzt! Mehr finanzieller Sprengstoff in der EU! Fortgesetzte EU Vertragsverletzungen die von SED Kanzlerin Merkel und leider auch dem deutschen Bundestag geduldet werden. Diese andauernde Aushöhlung und Unterwanderung des Stabilitätspakts ist umgehend zu beenden!
Corona-Krise: Wann gelten die EU-Schuldenregeln wieder? Frankreich will den Stabilitätspakt auch 2021 aussetzen. Vieles spricht dafür, dass sich diese Forderung erfüllen wird. In Brüssel wird schon über eine abermalige Änderung diskutiert.
Corona-Krise: Wann gelten die EU-Schuldenregeln wieder? Frankreich will den Stabilitätspakt auch 2021 aussetzen. Vieles spricht dafür, dass sich diese Forderung erfüllen wird. In Brüssel wird schon über eine abermalige Änderung diskutiert.
Verfassungsrichterin Borchardt - Der Skandal von Schwerin – und Merkels Beitrag | Cicero Online
Grüsse aus der Bananenrepublik unter SED Kanzlerin Merkel! Eine andere SED treue Politikerin wurde nun zur Landesverfassungsrichterin gewählt!
Verfassungsrichterin Borchardt - Der Skandal von Schwerin – und Merkels Beitrag | Cicero Online
Verfassungsrichterin Borchardt - Der Skandal von Schwerin – und Merkels Beitrag | Cicero Online
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Groko einig: Tabak-Werbeverbot soll kommen
Die jahrzehntelange Hexenjagd gegen Raucher geht weiter! Schrecklicher staatlicher Paternalismus und Bevormundung!
"Ins Visier kommen dabei auch Elektro-Zigaretten. Weitergehende Verbote sind für Kinowerbung und Marketingaktionen geplant. "
Groko einig: Tabak-Werbeverbot soll kommen
"Ins Visier kommen dabei auch Elektro-Zigaretten. Weitergehende Verbote sind für Kinowerbung und Marketingaktionen geplant. "
Groko einig: Tabak-Werbeverbot soll kommen
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Eindeutig belegt: Lockdown-Maßnahmen nutzlos
Empfehlenswert! Scheint ein übersetzter Beitrag von Ron Paul zu sein.
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