Iran launches missile attack against Israel and the prospect of a nuclear response by Israel!

Make no mistake! We are coming very close to the use of a nuclear weapon by Israel if Iran does not cease its direct or indirect attacks on Israel.

The gerontocracy and theocracy in Iran is fanatic and determined! They want to become martyrs in the name of Allah! So be it!

Will the Iranian people finally stand up and get rid of their theocracy like they got rid of the shah in 1979!

Should the inept Mistress Kamala become the first black American woman to be the next president of the US, the risks for this to happen are even greater!

The leader of the free world, i.e. the 46th US President, is senile and demented! Meanwhile, the world is on fire!

Iran launches missile attack against Israel

Antony Blinken: America’s Strategy of Renewal. Really!

What a joke this is! The essay seems to be lot's of blather!

Oh, this utter and arrogant fool in the administration of the senile, demented and corrupt 46th President now publishes an essay! Here is my blog on the legacy of the 46th President.

A great Secretary of State would have long resigned his job given that the 46th President refused to resign for unfitness and obvious, severe cognitive decline!

What has he accomplished during his term? I bet nothing! Worse, under his watch, the world has become a much more dangerous place!

Here are some excerpts:

1. "... The United States’ strategic fitness rests in large measure on its economic competitiveness. That is why President Biden and Vice President Harris led Democrats and Republicans in Congress in passing legislation to make historic investments to upgrade infrastructure ..."
   Is this why the 46th President shut down the Keystone Pipeline on the first day in office?
2. "These domestic investments constituted the first pillar of the Biden administration’s strategy, and they have helped American workers and businesses power the strongest U.S. economy since the 1990s."
   Really! High inflation! Precariously high government debt ...
3. "As secretary of state, I don’t do politics; I do policy."
   He sounds an awful lot like Mistress Kamala!

Caveat: I did not read the entire essay (I thought it would be a waste of time).

Antony Blinken: America’s Strategy of Renewal "Rebuilding Leadership for a New World"

Two terrible euphemisms associated with gender ideology

Gender dysphoria: Does a phoria like euphoria justify the often irreversible medical treatment (more accurately termed medical malpractice)? This is a laughable term when it comes to an individual making possibly life altering decisions about her/his sex/gender.

Gender affirming treatment: Meaning often basically irreversible genital mutilation (e.g. double mastectomy or castration). Even the hormone therapy/blocker is not harmless! Doctors performing so called gender affirming care are more like  dangerous quacks and should be sued or loose their license!

Just these two euphemisms alone should make anyone aware of what kind of dangerous quackery and fad this gender ideology is!

Maybe in a very small minority of cases justify a gender change of a human being. In many other cases it is more like a temporary mania or frenzy.

Slap fighting: The next big thing, or unsporting stupidity?

I think, I never heard of this new sport slap fighting before. 

A modern form of a duel of the 17th and 18th centuries?

Humans never run out of fads and follies! A form of trial and error?

Slap fighting: The next big thing, or unsporting stupidity? | AP News

Credits: Smackdown: UFC's Dana White bets big on Power Slap

Bundeswehr: Erziehung zur Wehrtüchtigkeit an Schulen

Zu einer wehrhaften Demokratie basierend auf dem Grundgesetz gehört es selbstverständlich auch, dass Schulkinder/-jugendliche mit der Bundeswehr vertraut werden. 

Warum das nicht schon zu meiner Schulzeit in den 1970igern geschehen ist war zu verstehen, da die Schrecken des Zweite Weltkriegs immer noch vielen frisch in Erinnerung war. Das Verlangen nach bleibenden Frieden war daher gross ohne die junge Republik wieder zu militarisieren.

Werden künftig auch Kenianer in der Bundeswehr dienen? Bekommt die Bundeswehr eine Fremdenlegion a la Frankreich?

"... Die Bundeswehr hat ein drastisches Nachwuchsproblem. Gut 180.000 Mann (und Frau) zählt die Truppe, bis Anfang der 2030er sollen es über 200.000 werden. Doch zuletzt ist die Zahl der Zeit- und Berufssoldaten sogar leicht gesunken. Es gibt zu wenig freiwillig Interessierte. Verteidigungsminister Boris Pistorius ..."

Militär: Erziehung zur Kriegstüchtigkeit — der Freitag "Die Bundeswehr klagt über zu wenig Personal. Sie drängt an die Schulen, um dort Nachwuchs zu rekrutieren. Die Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft hält dagegen"

Image of the day

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu at the latest UN General Assembly meeting in September 2024.

Will the Arab countries (The Blessing) finally bury their hatchet and come to the aide of Israel? Make the world a better and more peaceful place!

Source

Plastic Fantastic: Green, Strong and Edible

Good news! I bet, we are close to inventing a new form of plastic that degrades better!

Note: The research study, on which the article below is based on, is not exactly new, dating from October 2023.

"... Currently, biodegradable plastics make up less than one-fifth of the total amount of plastic produced, and the processes needed to break them down are relatively cumbersome. ...

Seeking to create a composite plastic that would meet the needs of industry while also being environmentally friendly, the ... researchers decided to focus on commonplace, inexpensive source materials whose properties could be improved. They found that molecules of tyrosine – a prevalent amino acid that forms exceptionally strong nanocrystals – could be used as an effective component in a biodegradable composite plastic. After examining how tyrosine combines with several types of polymers, they chose hydroxyethyl cellulose, a derivative of cellulose, which is employed extensively in the manufacture of medicines and cosmetics.

On its own, hydroxyethyl cellulose is a weak material that disintegrates readily. To combine it with tyrosine, the two materials were mixed together in boiling water. When they cooled and dried, an exceptionally strong composite plastic was formed, made of fiber-like tyrosine nanocrystals that grew into the hydroxyethyl cellulose and integrated with it. ..."

Plastic Fantastic: Green, Strong and Edible - Chemistry | Weizmann Wonder Wander - News, Features and Discoveries "Weizmann Institute researchers have created a biodegradable composite material that might help battle the global plastic-waste crisis"

The gradual development of tyrosine nanocrystals in a hydroxyethyl cellulose solution

A 0.04-millimeter-thick strip of the new biodegradable plastic withstood a weight of 6 kilograms

Governor Newsom signs formal apology for California's role in slavery. Really!

Is this why this fool is not running for president instead of Mistress Kamala?

What an empty and vain gesture! California never was a slave state!

To be honest, he would probably still be much better than Mistress Kamala could ever be as president!

Gov. Newsom signs formal apology for California's role in slavery

Portrait of an Islamist, murderous terrorist and monster

Unfortunately, it is Mahatma Gandhi at the spinning wheel. You wish these cowardly, monstrous killers were like Mahatma Gandhi! Caution: irony!

First IBM Quantum Data Center in Europe Opens; Will Include IBM's Most Performant Quantum Systems

Good news! IBM seems to be a leader in quantum computing!

"... IBM ... today unveiled the first IBM Quantum Data Center located outside of the United States. It is the company's second quantum data center in the world and marks a significant expansion of its fleet of advanced, utility-scale quantum systems available to global users via the cloud. ..."

First IBM Quantum Data Center in Europe Opens; Will Include IBM's Most Performant Quantum Systems - Oct 1, 2024 "Expansion of IBM's utility-scale fleet of quantum computers in Ehningen, Germany is marked with ribbon-cutting by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and industry leaders.

New IBM quantum data center in Europe will soon include IBM Quantum Heron-based system with reduced error rates, 16 times better performance and a 25-fold increase in speed over 2022 IBM Quantum systems."

Ribbon cutting with Chancellor Scholz

Spain to boycott Mexico president’s inauguration after President-elect Sheinbaum snubbed King Felipe VI

Looks like very bad moves by the new incoming President of Mexico!

Scoring some cheap points is not a good sign for things to come!

Others reported that dictators were invited to attend!

Spain to boycott Mexico president’s inauguration after she snubbed King Felipe VI – POLITICO "Mexico asked for an apology [???] from King Felipe VI over the Spanish conquest and says it didn’t receive a response."

Claudia Sheinbaum (age 62)

Where is the Lebanese military when you need it?

Apparently AWOL [absent without leave] to prevent the murderous terrorists to attack Israel from its territory!

Typical for a failed state!

Last but not least, why are the Western media not investigating this issue?

Alexei Navalny ‘poisoned’ before death in Russian prison

The megalomaniac and war criminal Putin the Terrible is a killer o dissidents too if the leaked documents are confirmed.

Would be nice to learn who leaked the documents? Is the Fall off Putin the Terrible to be expected soon?

"Alexei Navalny displayed symptoms consistent with poisoning shortly before he died in prison, leaked official Russian documents show.

Officials have told the family of the Russian opposition leader that he died of a sudden heart issue at a Siberian prison in February.

Several official documents published by the Insider, a Russian investigative news outlet, on Sunday show that the authorities appear to have tried to cover up the cause of his death. ..."

Alexei Navalny ‘poisoned’ before death in Russian prison "Leaked documents suggest a cover-up over official claims that the opposition politician died of a heart issue in February"

Navalny with wife