If President Trump can pull of the flat tax, his legacy would be secured for the ages!
Tuesday, December 03, 2024
Trump lawyer Alina Habba: Biden 'will pardon himself'. She said it twice if not three times
Given what a crook this 46th President is he might do it and he will also pardon his brother!
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Biden Pardon: 'Got Nothing for You on That'
He kept repeating this line like is more senile and demented than the 46h President.
Actually, the 74 year old Schumer has also become more senile over the years! High time he retires and plays with his grandchildren while he still can!
"Outgoing Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., refused to address the sweeping pardon that President Joe Biden handed his son, Hunter Biden, telling reporters Tuesday that "I've got nothing for you on that." ..."
Trump Asks Canada to Become "51st US State" with Palki Sharma
Trump really did that? The next four years with President Trump are going to be roller coaster and lot's of fun! Tighten your seatbelt!
The shaking and moving has already begun!
Musk’s Multibillion-Dollar Tesla Payout Gutted By US Judge with Palki Sharma
If you thought that Delaware was a business friendly state, then you might want to reconsider!
XRP Becomes Third-Largest Crypto in Stunning $100 Billion Rally with Palki Sharma
I guess I missed this boat! 😊
South Korea's parliament votes to block martial law
What a wild ride! Seems to be highly unusual for South Korea!
The last time martial law was declared in South Korea was in 1979.
Assad und Putin bombardieren 5 Krankenhäuser in Idlib, Syrien mit Julian Röpke
Wahnsinn! Kriegsverbrecher!
India takes out giant nationwide subscription to 13,000 journals through a single portal
Good news! Great idea! This could be a game changer!
"India was the third largest producer of research papers globally last year—yet thousands of Indian students and researchers cannot read many of them because their institutions can’t afford subscriptions to the journals in which many appear. But that is about to change: Last week, the Indian government announced a giant deal with multiple publishers that will allow an estimated 18 million students, faculty, and researchers free access to nearly 13,000 journals, including some top-tier ones, through a single portal.
Under the One Nation One Subscription scheme, which kicks in on 1 January 2025, India will pay a total of about $715 million over 3 years to 30 global publishers, including some of the largest, such as Elsevier, Springer Nature, and Wiley. (AAAS, the publisher of Science, is also part of the deal.) The average annual amount exceeds what government-funded institutions have been paying for separate subscriptions—about $200 million in all during 2018, by one estimate. But because it covers more journals and readers, “India got a good deal,” says Devika Madalli, director of the Information and Library Network Centre, the coordinating agency for the initiative. ..."
India takes out giant nationwide subscription to 13,000 journals "Deal allows scholars to read paywalled articles for free and will cover open-access fees"
Mexican drug gangs hire chemistry students to produce Fentanyl precursors to reduce dependence on China
Very clever!
Is this an unintended side effect of Trump's China and Mexico tariff threats? 😊
"... Cartels are trying to synthesize chemical compounds known as “precursors” that are key to making fentanyl, which would free them from being dependent on China for production. ..."
Image of the day (2)
More propaganda and demagoguery about climate change! Human fads and follies galore!
New feed additives to prevent methane containing burps and farts produced by cows.
Release the hostages before 1/20, or there will be 'HELL TO PAY': Trump warns Hamas
Finally, someone cares for the American hostages held by the cowardly mass killers of Hamas!
Good for him that Israel has already done much of the hard work and eliminated most of the leadership of Hamas (with the help of the US, I suppose).
"Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social, "Everybody is talking about the hostages who are being held so violently, inhumanely, and against the will of the entire World, in the Middle East - But it's all talk, and no action!"
"Please let this TRUTH serve to represent that if the hostages are not released prior to January 20, 2025, the date that I proudly assume Office as President of the United States, there will be ALL HELL TO PAY in the Middle East, and for those in charge who perpetrated these atrocities against Humanity," Trump declared.
"Those responsible will be hit harder than anybody has been hit in the long and storied History of the United States of America. RELEASE THE HOSTAGES NOW!" he demanded. ..."
The Prosecution Of Daniel Penny Is A Soviet-Style Attack On The Right Of Self-Defense by the infamous Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg
This is a very serious case about the right to self-defense!
It is also a stark reminder again that known violent mentally ill individuals should no be out in public!!!
"Closing arguments were heard in the New York City trial of military veteran Daniel Penny, who is charged with murder for subduing a dangerous mentally ill homeless man on a subway train.
The TPPF take: The prosecution of Daniel Penny is an attack on the right of self-defense.
“If capable, well-intentioned individuals like Penny refrain from intervening, who will ensure public safety in moments of crisis?” asks TPPF’s Chuck DeVore. “New Yorkers, already accustomed to high-profile subway crimes, may feel abandoned. It is no coincidence that under DA Alvin Bragg, a prosecutor known for prioritizing controversial cases like those against President-elect Trump over addressing violent crime, public trust in the justice system has justifiably eroded.”"
"American justice has become politicized — a weapon against enemies with hall passes for favored groups. Attorney General Merrick Garland, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, and dozens of big city, George Soros-funded leftist district attorneys routinely prosecute innocent citizens while letting criminals walk free.
The actions of these powerful officers of the law fit a pattern that the great Soviet-era Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn not only would have recognized, but he also detailed. ...
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s prosecutions of both Donald Trump and Daniel Penny — closing arguments for Penny’s trial are scheduled for after Thanksgiving — combined with his leniency for deadly criminals are a case in point. ...
Penny, a former Marine, intervened when Jordan Neely became aggressive and threatening on a subway train. Neely, who tragically died, either during the confrontation or shortly after ... had a long history of violence and assault. By stepping in, Penny averted harm to fellow passengers. Yet instead of being hailed as a protector, Penny was prosecuted. It appears Bragg is a fan of the Soviet Union’s Article 139. ..."
Baerbock reist nach China: Außenministerin ohne Gesprächspartner
Schlagzeile des Tages! Mehr Beweise auch Annalena Baerbock ist ein Schwachkopf!
Die USA unter dem senilen, dementen und korrupten 46igsten Präsidenten hatten den Schwachkopf Blinken als Aussenminister. Annalena war also in guter Gesellschaft! 😊
Es muss den Chinesischen Kommunisten wohl ordentlich spaß machen ambitionierte deutsche Politiker auflaufen zu lassen wenn die Zeit reif ist! 😊
"... Aber dieser Außenminister ist eben nicht ihr wirklicher Amtskollege. Denn in Peking ticken die Uhren anders. Dort hat eigentlich nur der Leiter der Internationalen Abteilung der KP Chinas etwas zu sagen, und der heißt Liu Jianchao. Der offizielle Außenminister Wang Yi ist nicht viel mehr als dessen Aushängeschild, fast nur ein Grüß-August für ausländische Politiker, die sich wichtig fühlen wollen, es aber nicht sind. ..."
Boston parade shooting suspect on the run, police ask for help
If the police happens to kill this suspect, will it become another phony cause celebre like professional petty criminal and drug addict George Floyd? You never know!
What a stress for the police officers! How much will they have to risk their lives to prevent a new phony, cause celebre?
Caution: satire!
"One of the men charged with the broad daylight shooting during a Boston Caribbean Festival parade in 2023 is on the run.
The Boston Police Department on Tuesday issued a wanted alert for Gerald Vick, 31, of Dorchester. He is one of the four men indicted last winter of shooting at rivals without regard to bystanders during the annual J’Ouvert parade on Aug. 26, 2023, around the first block of Talbot Avenue in Dorchester. ..."
The next George Floyd?
Death sentence upheld for female property tycoon in Vietnam — unless she pays $9 billion before execution
How fair is that? According to news reports, 85 accomplices were also indicted.
"A Vietnamese court upheld the death penalty Tuesday for a property tycoon in a multibillion-dollar fraud case — but said her life could still be spared if she paid back three quarters of the assets she embezzled.
Property developer Truong My Lan, 68, was convicted this year of swindling money from Saigon Commercial Bank (SCB) — which prosecutors said she controlled — and sentenced to death for fraud totaling $27 billion. ..."
The second woman from the left in the first row is Truong My Lan dressed in a blue shirt
After pardoning Jared Kushner's father in his first term, Trump picks him as ambassador to France for his second
Unfortunately, President Trump too pardoned a family member! Although, the case of the senile, demented and corrupt 46th President is much more severe!
I think, there should be an amendment to the US constitution that US Presidents can not pardon any family members!
Like term limits needed to be added to the US Constitution after FDR overstayed his welcome and became medically unfit for office.
"President-elect Donald Trump says he is nominating Charles Kushner [age 70], his son-in-law’s father, to be ambassador to France, marking a reversal of Kushner’s public standing after he served time in prison nearly two decades ago.
Kushner, whose son Jared is married to Ivanka Trump, went to jail in 2005 for fraud, tax evasion and witness tampering. His crime generated national headlines long before his Trump connection because it included paying a prostitute to seduce his brother-in-law. It also induced distress in his New Jersey Orthodox Jewish community, where he was a generous donor.
Trump pardoned Kushner four years ago, citing his record of service since his time in prison. Now, Trump has chosen him to represent the United States in one of the United States’ most prominent allies. ..."
Josh Kushner, Charles Kushner and Jared Kushner attend The New York Observer's New Look Hosted by Jared Kushner and Joseph Meyer at Casa Lever in New York on April 1, 2014.
Chart of the day
Another chart to show how Austria and Germany have become leisure societies. The chart below shows annual average work hours per employee.
Car tires shed a quarter of all microplastics in the environment. Urgent action is needed. Really!
The daily alarmism and hysteria about plastics, microplastics, and nanoplastics goes on unabated!
More propaganda and demagoguery! The ulterior motive by this scientist is to obtain more funding for largely frivolous research!
Plus, the main component of car tires is not plastic, but rubber!
The first rubber tires were made in 1839 by Charles Goodyear!
If the abrasion particles of tires was so dangerous as claimed, then we would be already all dead by now!
Alert: Plastophobia is a serious disorder. Please seek immediate medical help! (Caution: satire)
"Every year, billions of vehicles worldwide shed an estimated 6 million tons of tire fragments. These tiny flakes of plastic, generated by the wear and tear of normal driving, eventually accumulate in the soil, in rivers and lakes, and even in our food. Researchers in South China recently found tire-derived chemicals in most human urine samples. ...
We urgently need to classify tire particles as a unique pollution category. In our recent international study, colleagues and I found that this approach would drive more focused research that could inform policies specifically designed to mitigate tire pollution. And it could help ordinary people better understand the scale of the problem and what they can do about it. ..."
We urgently need to classify tire particles as a unique pollution category. In our recent international study, colleagues and I found that this approach would drive more focused research that could inform policies specifically designed to mitigate tire pollution. And it could help ordinary people better understand the scale of the problem and what they can do about it. ..."
From the abstract:
"Concerns over the ecological impacts of urban road runoff have increased, partly due to recent research into the harmful impacts of tire particles and their chemical leachates. This study aimed to help the community of researchers, regulators and policy advisers in scoping out the priority areas for further study. To improve our understanding of these issues an interdisciplinary, international network consisting of experts (United Kingdom, Norway, United States, Australia, South Korea, Finland, Austria, China and Canada) was formed. We synthesised the current state of the knowledge and highlighted priority research areas for tire particles (in their different forms) and their leachates. Ten priority research questions with high importance were identified under four themes (environmental presence and detection; chemicals of concern; biotic impacts; mitigation and regulation). The priority research questions include the importance of increasing the understanding of the fate and transport of these contaminants; better alignment of toxicity studies; obtaining the holistic understanding of the impacts; and risks they pose across different ecosystem services. These issues have to be addressed globally for a sustainable solution. We highlight how the establishment of the intergovernmental science-policy panel on chemicals, waste, and pollution prevention could further address these issues on a global level through coordinated knowledge transfer of car tire research and regulation. We hope that the outputs from this research paper will reduce scientific uncertainty in assessing and managing environmental risks from TP and their leachates and aid any potential future policy and regulatory development."
Priorities to inform research on tire particles and their chemical leachates: A collective perspective
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Charles Goodyear (December 29, 1800 – July 1, 1860) Poor Mr. Goodyear, he is scratching his head in his grave.
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World Labs' AI can generate interactive 3D scenes from a single photo
Good news!
"World Labs, the startup founded by AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li, has unveiled its first project: an AI system that can generate video game-like, 3D scenes from a single image.
Lots of AI systems can turn a photo into 3D models and environments. But World Labs’ scenes are unique in that they’re interactive — and modifiable. ..."
Fei-Fei Li
Dec. 6, 1921 Britain and Sinn Féin signed an agreement to establish the “Irish Free State.”
A day in history!
"Following two years of conflict between the two sides, the settlement granted Ireland the same status as other Commonwealth nations such as Canada and Australia. The agreement also allowed the six Irish counties in the area known as Ulster to choose whether to be part of the Irish Free State; those counties ultimately became Northern Ireland. On Friday, Ireland voted in a general election that will likely keep power in the hands of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael—the two parties that have dominated the country’s politics since 1922."
Deutschland stolpert in Richtung Stromnetz-Kollaps
Typisch Bananenrepublik D! Der Klimawahn und die Energiewende!
Das Land braucht dringend bessere Politiker und deutlich weniger Schwachköpfe wie Merz (ein Überbleibsel der schrecklichen SED Kanzlerin Merkel), Habeck (Klimawahnminister), Lindeiner (ein Fähnchen im Wind, ein Dünnbrettbohrer), Baerbock (wer ein Böckchen zum Gärtner macht) u.a.!
On Mixture-of-Transformers: A Sparse and Scalable Architecture for Multi-Modal Foundation Models
Very recommendable this work by Luke Zettlemoyer et. al, from Meta and Stanford University.
The study was done with AWS cloud computing.
The researchers also tried to add mixture of experts (MOEs), which they did not mention in the abstract.
From the abstract:
"The development of large language models (LLMs) has expanded to multi-modal systems capable of processing text, images, and speech within a unified framework. Training these models demands significantly larger datasets and computational resources compared to text-only LLMs. To address the scaling challenges, we introduce Mixture-of-Transformers (MoT), a sparse multi-modal transformer architecture that significantly reduces pretraining computational costs. MoT decouples non-embedding parameters of the model by modality -- including feed-forward networks, attention matrices, and layer normalization -- enabling modality-specific processing with global self-attention over the full input sequence. We evaluate MoT across multiple settings and model scales. In the Chameleon 7B setting (autoregressive text-and-image generation), MoT matches the dense baseline's performance using only 55.8% of the FLOPs. When extended to include speech, MoT reaches speech performance comparable to the dense baseline with only 37.2% of the FLOPs. In the Transfusion setting, where text and image are trained with different objectives, a 7B MoT model matches the image modality performance of the dense baseline with one third of the FLOPs, and a 760M MoT model outperforms a 1.4B dense baseline across key image generation metrics. System profiling further highlights MoT's practical benefits, achieving dense baseline image quality in 47.2% of the wall-clock time and text quality in 75.6% of the wall-clock time (measured on AWS p4de.24xlarge instances with NVIDIA A100 GPUs)."
Nice example of AI hype in one picture
Google AI can not even answer such a simple, straight foward question properly! This is a total failure!
What is Hayat Tahrir al-Sham? And how did the Islamist group evolve into a key player in Syria’s civil war?
Very recommendable!
More indications that the rebels in Syria are maybe more than just a bunch of brutal Islamist terrorists!
"... Hayat Tahrir al-Sham has its roots in the early stages of the Syrian civil war, which began in 2011 as a popular uprising against the autocratic government of Assad. ...
The group originated as an offshoot of the Nusra Front, the official al-Qaida affiliate in Syria. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham was initially recognized for its combat effectiveness and its commitment to global jihadist ideology, or the establishment of strict Islamic rule across the Muslim world.
In a pivotal shift in 2016 under the leadership of Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani, the Nusra Front publicly cut ties with al-Qaida and adopted the new name Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, which means “Front for the Conquest of the Levant.”
The following year, it merged with several other factions in the Syrian war to become Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or the “Organization for the Liberation of the Levant.”
This rebranding aimed to move away from al-Qaida’s global jihadist agenda, which had limited the group’s appeal within Syria. It allowed Hayat Tahrir al-Sham to focus on issues specific to Syrians, such as local governance, economic issues and humanitarian aid.
Despite these changes, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s core ideology continues to be rooted in jihadism, with the primary objective of overthrowing the Assad government and establishing Islamic rule in Syria.
This strategic shift was partly born of pragmatism. To keep power over the territories it controlled, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham leaders concluded the group needed to minimize international opposition and effectively integrate into the broader Syrian revolutionary movement. ...
Since 2017, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham has been the prevailing force in Idlib, the final significant rebel stronghold in Syria. ...
Over the years, the group has solidified its control in the region by functioning as a quasi-governmental entity, providing civil services and overseeing local affairs, despite reports of human rights abuses.
In recent years, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s propaganda has emphasized protecting Syrian territory and its people from the Assad government.
This has helped the group enhance its position among local communities and other rebel groups.
In an effort to further burnish its image, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham has ramped up its public relations efforts, both at home and abroad. For example, it has engaged with international media and humanitarian organizations to negotiate – and film – aid deliveries to the areas it governs.
These initiatives showcase a commitment to civilian welfare and distance the group from the violence typically associated with jihadist movements. ..."
The intimate, odd couple
For her book tour in the US, Merkel is joined by Obama!
How much did Obama flirt with the seven years older Merkel? 😊
A peace plan for the Ukraine
Instant full NATO membership of the Ukraine.
Russia to give up all Ukrainian territories including the Krim peninsula!
The Krim peninsula will be declared a neutral state of some sort jointly governed by the Ukraine and Russia under international monitoring.
A Nuremberg like trial for Putin the Terrible will be initiated.
Just a quick reminder:
- After the demise of the Soviet Union, the Ukraine gave up all its nuclear weapons for a Russian guarantee of peace and territorial integrity.
- In 2014, Russia invaded and occupied the Krim peninsula and the West did not do much about it.
Thanks to the senile, demented, and corrupt 46th US President the world is on fire
Probably countries like Russia, China, and Iran know too much about the full extent of corruption of the Biden family clan making the 46th President a puppet on a string!
My hunch is that the 46th President pardoned his criminal, drug addict son, because he knows too much too. He did not want his son to write some revealing memoirs in jail!
In my view, the 46th President is among the five worst ever US Presidents.
Hope and pray that President Trump can fix some the mess left behind by the 46th President!
Russia Sends Interpreters and Mercenaries From Africa to Support Troops in Syria
More bad news indicating that World War III is unfolding!
There also an estimated 900 US soldiers stationed in Syria!
"Arab Russian interpreters are urgently being sent to the Syrian city of Hama, where the Islamist group "Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham" is fighting against Bashar al-Assad.
They are intended to support Russian officers attempting to restore order among Syrian government troops, Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) reported at a news briefing on Tuesday, Dec. 3.
Moscow has also decided to send reinforcements in the form of mercenaries from private military companies, part of Moscow’s so-called “African Corps,” who are expected to arrive imminently, the HUR report said, adding “Planned rotations of Russian troops in Syria have been suspended.” ...
On Sunday, Dec. 1, Kyiv Post reported that Russian forces were facing significant losses during battles in Syria, prompting Moscow to replace the commander of its troops in the country, the HUR reported. The Kremlin dismissed Kiselyov, who had been leading the group in Syria. ..."
South Korean president declares emergency martial law, accusing opposition of anti-state activities
What is going on?
Just yesterday, I blogged here that the world was now the worst powder keg since WWII.
Will the incoming President Trump have another fire going on to put out or contain?
"South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol declared an “emergency martial law,” on Tuesday, accusing the country’s opposition of controlling the parliament amid wrangling over a budget bill, sympathising with North Korea and paralysing the government with anti-state activities.
“I declare martial law to protect the free Republic of Korea from the threat of North Korean communist forces, to eradicate the despicable pro-North Korean anti-state forces that are plundering the freedom and happiness of our people, and to protect the free constitutional order,” Yoon said. ..."
Monday, December 02, 2024
New Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum reverses course after Trump threat and stops caravans of immigrants crossing the country
Good news! And Trump is not even in office yet!
US Representative James Comer explains the Biden criminal clan
Very recommendable! "This is the most corrupt political family ever in the history of the American presidency" Well said!
Vietnamese People Rent Partners to Hoodwink their Parents with Palki Sharma
Recommendable! Boyfriend for rent! Different strokes for different folks! 😊
Incoming President Trump threatened any BRICS country with a 100% tariff that try to replace the dollar as the main currency for settling global trade transactions. Really!
I think, Trump is dangerously overdoing it using tariffs as a weapon whenever it suits him! Most likely, he is also overestimating the effectiveness of this instrument!
The world has gained a lot of prosperity after World War II by instituting as much free trade as possible among as many countries as possible. Trump has just upset the NAFTA.
Trade wars can get very nasty quickly and many people will lose!
"The president-elect said in a post on X over the weekend he would impose 100% tariffs on countries that try to replace the dollar as the main currency for settling global trade transactions. Meanwhile, some U.S. steelmakers are pushing Trump for even more tariffs, and a freight railroad merger that connects Canada, the U.S. and Mexico now finds itself on the wrong side of Trump’s tariffs."
The language by Trump is totally inappropriate! Is he out of his mind?
Belgium Offers Pensions & Maternity Leave to Sex Workers with Palki Sharma
Recommendable! However, Belgium may have gone too far. Why are sex workers e.g. not self employed?
Rebellen-Armee erobert Zwei-Millionen-Stadt Aleppo mit Julian Röpke
Sehr empfehlenswert! Julian erwähnt auch das diese Rebellen möglicherweise eine Koalition ist, die für alle Syrer kämpft, nicht nicht nur Islamisten
Google identifies Google Scholar as an email spammer in Gmail
What a great joke! Was AI hallucinating again? 😊
Today, this message was in my Gmail spam folder. I get about a dozen or more of similar messages per day from Google Scholar, because I follow certain scholars like Kyunghyun Cho. By the way, Kyunghyun Cho is a top ML & AI researcher with over 160,000 lifetime citations.
I don't remember ever having seen this happening before that a Google Scholar alert email about new research papers by a scholar that I follow ends up in the Gmail spam folder.
Africa CDC launches continental blueprint to combat endemic, neglected tropical diseases
Good news! African countries are taking matters in their own hands!
"African countries, under the leadership of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), have endorsed a new continental strategic plan as a blueprint to tackle endemic and neglected tropical diseases across Africa.
The new strategic plan was endorsed by Africa Union (AU) members during a high-level gathering convened by the Africa CDC from Nov. 27 to 29 in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital. Delegates from all AU members came together to review and approve the continental blueprint for 2024-2027 aimed at combating endemic and neglected tropical diseases, according to a statement issued by the Africa CDC late Thursday. ..."
Negotiators fail to reach global agreement on plastic pollution treaty. Cheers! Two thumbs up!
Excellent news!
As I have e.g. described here this plastic alarmism and hysteria would be used like climate change as another pretext for Big Government to step in!
As Hayek reminded us decades ago in the Road to Serfdom (published 1944), there are always plenty of little, obsessed tyrants trying to take control over our lives pretending to do this in our best interest!
Or another case when the cure is much worse than the disease!
Alert: Plastophobia is a serious disorder. Please seek immediate medical help! (Caution: satire)
AI trained Death Clock app predicts the date of your death more accurately than ever before for $40 per year
It's Christmas time! This deal seems to be a steal! Caution: irony!
Halloween every day and you for the haunted ghost inside of you! Just kidding!
Well, if you have already a health monitor watch or app, why not add a death clock app! Go with the flow! 😊
How much privacy do you have to give up in order to make his work? Or who will be able to spy on your life?
"A new app called Death Clock predicts the date of its users’ deaths and offers tips on how to push that date back.
TechCrunch wrote about an iPod Death Clock app way back in 2006 — but developer Brett Franson told Bloomberg that with an AI trained on more than 1,200 life expectancy studies, his app offers a “pretty significant” improvement on standard life tables. ...
For an annual subscription fee of $40, Death Clock will both suggest ways to improve my habits and show a clock counting down to my estimated death. ..."
Disclaimer: This is not meant to be an endorsement or advertisement for this product.
Meta plans to build a $10B, 40,000 kilometer subsea cable spanning the world to be exclusively owned by Meta
Good news! This is huge! Amazing! Bravo!
When tech giants like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg compete!
Dictators like Putin the Terrible and Xi Jinping may not like this subsea cable. Will they sabotage it like other subsea cables before? Will China and Russia even be connected by it?
"Meta, the parent of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, is the second-biggest driver of internet usage globally. Its properties — and their billions of users — account for 10% of all fixed and 22% of all mobile traffic. Meta’s investments into artificial intelligence stand to boost that usage even further. ...
TechCrunch has confirmed with sources close to the company that Meta plans to build a new, major, fibre-optic subsea cable extending around the world — a 40,000+ kilometer project that could total more than $10 billion of investment. Critically, Meta will be the sole owner and user of this subsea cable — a first for the company and thus representing a milestone for its infrastructure efforts. ..."
Intel Announces Retirement of CEO Pat Gelsinger (age 63) with a puny severance package of only $10m
Good news! He did not last very long, only started in February 2021!
This is a great opportunity for Intel. Maybe now with a new CEO it will better compete with e.g. Nvidia!
Was Gelsinger a chip of the old block? Let the chips fall where they may! 😊
"... At age 32, he was named the youngest vice president in Intel's history. Mentored by Intel CEO Andrew Grove, Gelsinger became the company's CTO in 2001, leading key technology developments, including Wi-Fi, USB, Intel Core and Intel Xeon processors, and 14 chip projects. He launched the Intel Developer Forum conference as a counterpart to Microsoft's WinHEC.
In September 2009, he left Intel to join EMC as president and chief operating officer.[17] In 2012, he became the CEO of VMware. ..." (Wikipedia)
Intel’s ex-CEO Pat Gelsinger set to net more than $10M in severance pay "For comparison, WeWork’s founder Adam Neumann somehow left the company with well over $400 million, and former Yahoo CEO Marissa Meyer left with a cool $54.9 million."
"Effective Dec. 1, 2024, Intel Corporation CEO Pat Gelsinger has retired from the company and stepped down from the board of directors."
German Chancellor Scholz Pledges $680 Million in Aid From Germany to Ukraine During surprise Visit to Ukraine
Good news! Bravo!
I am certainly not a big fan of Olaf Scholz, but when it comes to his unwavering and outstanding support for the defense of the Ukraine against the invasion by Putin the Terrible, he is perhaps one of the most convincing Western leaders!
Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany, left, and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine visited a makeshift memorial in Kyiv on Monday.
The world has become maybe the worst powder keg since WW II
We are living in very dangerous times!
The Russo-Ukrainian War has been World War III for some time by any other name. It may escalate more at any moment. Any small incident could suddenly trigger a cascade of military actions given the tensions!
Putin the Terrible conducts a hybrid warfare against Western countries using sabotage etc.
NATO supports the Ukraine in its defense against the invasion by Putin the Terrible!
Recently, thousands of North Korean soldiers/mercenaries fight in the Ukraine for Putin the Terrible!
The Middle East is becoming more and more unstable. War in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon, and now Syria. Global maritime trade and Israel are threatened by an Islamist terrorist group operating out of Yemen. Behind it all, the warmonger Iran. Russia and Turkey are getting more involved with military operations in the region.
China wants to dominate the South China Sea and beyond. It bullies several countries in the region.
Can President Trump make a difference? Better hope and pray!
Intense gang wars in Mexico's Sinaloa state
I did not realize how serious the situation was in the capital of and in the state Sinaloa. Sinaloa must be a war zone!
So the senile, demented and corrupt 46th US President kept the southern border wide open and the leftist Mexican President AMLO was soft on crime!
What a horrible coincidence in history!
What a horrible coincidence in history!
"The prosecutor's office of Mexico's Sinaloa state is investigating the killing of some 14 people, whose bodies were found around the city of Culiacan, it said in a statement on Thursday.
Mexico has suffered a recent wave of violence with hundreds killed in intra-cartel warfare in Sinaloa, as well as massacres in other states such as Queretaro where 10 people were killed in a bar over the weekend.
The prosecutor's office said seven bodies had been found on a highway linking Culiacan, the state capital, with the popular Pacific coast resort city of Mazatlan, while three people were found in and around cemeteries and another person near a bridge. ...
In late October, Sinaloa state authorities reported another 14 people killed in a single day of violence after a major drug trafficker and co-founder of the infamous Sinaloa Cartel was arrested in the United States.
The latest killings come despite efforts to shore up security with thousands of soldiers deploying into the state. Authorities have reported close to 400 killings since early September, many of these believed to be linked to the arrest of Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, who co-founded the Sinaloa Cartel alongside Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. ...
Earlier in the week, U.S. ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar criticized the former administration of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador for being too soft on crime. ..."
Indonesia cocoa crunch stuns chocolate makers in Asia
It stuns me too! More bad news for chocolate lovers like me!
"Indonesia, Asia's largest producer of cocoa beans, has seen harvests of the raw material for chocolate halved from 2015 to 2023. From its Malaysian factory in the state of Johor, Italian agro-food company Unigra makes ingredients from chocolate chips to cocoa powder used by confectioners for export across Asia to markets such as China, Taiwan and Thailand. ...
costs of obtaining cocoa raw materials have surged threefold this year."
Sunday, December 01, 2024
Drone swarms, space battles & hypersonic missiles | How Ukraine war changed the future of combat
Recommendable! He forgot to mention the Russian smart, retrofitted glide bombs hitting targets precisely.
BREAKING: IDF STRIKES HEZBOLLAH HARD – Ceasefire Violations Escalate!
Is the cease fire agreement already over as many have predicted?
The Left is Wrong. There is No Gender Wage Gap - PragerU
Very recommendable! Indeed, the gender pay gap is mostly a myth in Western societies if you compare apples with apples!
Perhaps motherhood and child rearing may affect wages of women more than men and explain some of the differences even today.
Over 130 dead in Pakistan sectarian clashes between Shiite and Sunni Muslims
The Ten Commandments also apply to Muslims! These are all sinners of the worst kind!
Desperate despots like Putin & Assad use chemical weapons - they will do ANYTHING to try to win
Very recommendable & concerning!
Putin is tearing his hair out over Syria rebel blitz - he's bitten off more than he can chew with Professor Anthony Glees
Recommendable! Yes, it is quite possible that the megalomaniac and war criminal Putin the Terrible has bitten off more than he can chew!
Angela Merkel on a world before and after the Berlin Wall. Really!
President Trump was absolutely right not to shake hands with this horrible, socialist German chancellor! He judged her correctly!
In this interview, Merkel admits she wanted Mistress Kamala to win and she supported Hillary Clinton! How dumb is Merkel actually?
And how stupid was the German population to reelect this chancellor three times! Merkel is one major reason why Germany became a banana republic!
Who are the Islamist insurgents who have gained control of the Syrian city of Aleppo?
Recommendable! This video raises some question as to whether and how much these rebels are still Islamist terrorists or a mixed coalition of Assad opponents. Turkey is supporting these rebels. Russia supports the dictator Assad. Iran is involved etc. What a mess! Hopefully, this conflict does not blow up!
Dissecting a 100-Year-Old Man and the Drawings That Changed Anatomy | Leonardo da Vinci by Ken Burns
Very recommendable! His anatomical studies are absolutely amazing!
46th President pardons son Hunter in a Full and Unconditional Pardon breaking promise as he leaves office
What else do you expect of the senile, demented and corrupt 46th President and lifelong pathological and serial liar!
He once more ruined whatever little legacy was left by protecting his criminal family clan on his way out!
He even ludicrously claimed in his clemency statement that is son was a victim of lawfare and that the allegations against his son (implicitly also his brother) were selectively prosecuted.
I also suspect, he did this, because his son knows too much about the dealings of the criminal family clan.
Like the intern and other females fondling/groping President Clinton, who pardoned his brother!
Now, he surely has become one of the 5 worst US Presidents in history!
The Biden criminal family clan
New CRISPR System Pauses/silences Genes Rather than Turning Them Off and without cutting DNA
Amazing stuff!
"“Researchers at Vilnius University in Lithuania introduced a new, more versatile genetic toolkit called the type IV-A CRISPR system. Described in a study published Oct. 29 in the journal Nature Communications, the system deactivate genes in an impermanent manner, giving researchers more control over gene activity…
by unraveling DNA’s double helix, the type IV-A system can stably but reversibly suppress a gene’s activity without having to cut its DNA.”"
"Scientists ... have discovered a unique way for cells to silence specific genes without cutting DNA. This groundbreaking research ... reveals a new way to silence genes akin to pressing a "pause" button on specific genetic instructions within cells.
The research team ... uncovered how cells use a specific system to locate and silence unwanted DNA. This system, which could eventually enable safer gene modifications, shows promise for repairing faulty genes that cause diseases.
“Unlike the well-known CRISPR gene-editing system, often described as molecular 'scissors,' the newly studied type IV-A CRISPR system does not cut genes. Instead, it uses an RNA-guided ‘effector’ complex to recruit an enzyme called DinG, which moves along DNA and silences targeted genes more subtly,” ..."
From the abstract:
"CRISPR-Cas mediated DNA-interference typically relies on sequence-specific binding and nucleolytic degradation of foreign genetic material. Type IV-A CRISPR-Cas systems diverge from this general mechanism, using a nuclease-independent interference pathway to suppress gene expression for gene regulation and plasmid competition. To understand how the type IV-A system associated effector complex achieves this interference, we determine cryo-EM structures of two evolutionarily distinct type IV-A complexes (types IV-A1 and IV-A3) bound to cognate DNA-targets in the presence and absence of the type IV-A signature DinG effector helicase. The structures reveal how the effector complexes recognize the protospacer adjacent motif and target-strand DNA to form an R-loop structure. Additionally, we reveal differences between types IV-A1 and IV-A3 in DNA interactions and structural motifs that allow for in trans recruitment of DinG. Our study provides a detailed view of type IV-A mediated DNA-interference and presents a structural foundation for engineering type IV-A-based genome editing tools."
New CRISPR system pauses genes, rather than turning them off permanently "Researchers in Lithuania present the molecular structure of a new, more-versatile CRISPR system for gene editing."
Vilnius University Researchers Uncover New Gene Silencing Mechanism (original news release)
Fig. 1: Structures of types IV-A1 and IV-A3.
Fig. 9: Model of type IV-A–mediated interference.
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