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Israel throws medical cannabis industry curveball with new price control plan
The Israeli Ministry of Health is introducing a new price control scheme for medical cannabis that does not include a reimbursement mechanism, disappointing industry experts who had hoped the medicine would be added to the country’s “basic health basket.” The new pricing plan is expected to result in bigger monthly bills for frequent consumers, which analysts say […] Israel throws medical cannabis industry curveball with new price control plan is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
"Altered States of Consciousness: The Neuropsychology of How Time Perception Modulates Our Experience of Self, from Depression to Boredom to Creative Flow"
*"Altered States of Consciousness: * *The Neuropsychology of How Time Perception Modulates* * Our Experience of Self, from Depression to Boredom to Creative Flow"* by Maria Popova “There is, in sanest hours, a consciousness, a thought that rises, independent, lifted out from all else, calm, like the stars, shining eternal. This is the thought of identity,” Walt Whitman wrote in contemplating the central paradox of the self. And yet the most paradoxical feature of consciousness might be precisely the elusiveness of the self in an identity composed of porous, ever-shifting multitudes. ... more »
Voice Of America Ignores Reasons For Trump’s Criticism Of Rep. Ilhan Omar
*Shelby Talcott* *Politics, * Why? Ilhan Omar, but failed to include most of the reasons for the criticism. VOA wrote “Trump has found his latest target for acerbic ridicule — a hijab-wearing Muslim newcomer to Congress named Ilhan Omar.” The news agency mentioned briefly only two instances of Omar’s anti-Semitic remarks, referring to one as playing “off tropes questioning the influence of Jewish money in American politics.” Trump began tweeting Sunday about how the “‘Progressive’ Democrat Congresswomen…should go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places f... more »
Why North Korea Won the Handshake Summit
*Sukjoon Yoon* *Security, Asia* [image: Reuters] Trump's visit to the DMZ greatly benefited Kim. On June 30, 2019, President Donald Trump, accompanied by Chairman Kim Jong-un of North Korea, crossed the border at Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). In doing so, Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to step onto North Korean soil. Also present was South Korean president Moon Jae-in, who is keen to help mediate between America and North Korea in hopes of reviving the denuclearization talks which stalled during the Hanoi summit. This unprecedented three-way summit ap... more »
In 1959, Khrushchev Landed in Washington in the Famous Tupolev Tu-114
*Dario Leone* *History, America* [image: By Bernhard Gröhl - Own work, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1174927] A feat and a story of Cold War competition. *Always the showman on the international stage and determined not to be shown up again by the Americans, Khrushchev decided to fly to the U.S. for his historic 1959 visit in the large Tupolev Tu-114.* At the 1955 superpower summit in Geneva, Soviet premier Khrushchev found himself embarrassed when President Eisenhower and the American delegation arrived in four-engined propliners and he arrived in a... more »
The U.S.-Mexico Drug Trade Is Booming. Here Is Why.
*Luis Gómez Romero* *Society, * Explained. The infamous Mexican drug lord Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera – aka “El Chapo” – has been sentenced to life plus an additional 30 years for drug trafficking, conspiracy, money laundering and weapons charges, among other crimes committed over the past quarter-century as head of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, the Western Hemisphere’s most powerful organized crime syndicate. Judge Brian Cogan also ordered Guzmán – who was convicted in U.S. federal court in February after a dramatic three-month trial – to forfeit US$12.6 billion in illicit narc... more »
$700 Billion: The Cost to Consumers if the Government Regulates Google
*Mark Jamison* *Technology, * 3 reasons regulation of Big Tech could cost consumers $700 billion. What would the tech industry look like if it were more regulated? It would become something billions of people around the world are saying they do not like. Not that anyone pressing new regulations for big tech would admit this. Advocates for regulation argue that regulation will only make things better. They claim that regulation would result in more innovation, more competition, and greater democracy, with no loss of current services. In other words, if you like your Facebook, yo... more »
Rep. Rashida Tlaib Says No Person Is ‘Illegal’
*Jason Hopkins* *Politics, * Here is her thinking. Michigan Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib claimed that no person in the United States in “illegal,” while testifying before a House committee hearing. “First, no one is illegal. That term is derogatory now because it dehumanizes people. You can say any other forms of maybe ‘coming in without any regulations’ or so forth, but the use of ‘illegal’ is disrespectful and I ask my colleagues to try in so many way to not dehumanize our immigrant neighbors who are trying to come in for safe haven,” Tlaib said Friday during a House Oversig... more »
PA School District Threatens to Remove Parents' Children for Not Paying for Lunch
The chairman of the School Board is Joseph Mazur. The Board's phone number is 570-288-6551. From CNN: (CNN)The Wyoming Valley West School District in Pennsylvania sent out hundreds of letters this week telling parents who had lunch debt to pay or their children could go into foster care. The letter, which was reviewed by CNN, told parents that there have been "multiple letters sent home with your child" and that no payments had been made. "Your child has been sent to school every day without money and without a breakfast and/or lunch," the letter read. It also said failure to p... more »
DR CONGO PRESIDENT TO TAKE CHARGE OF EBOLA RESPONSE. BUT WILL THE SHOCKING DEATH RATE OF 71% IMPROVE?
*THE TELEGRAPH PRINTS FIGURES WHICH SHOW AN EBOLA DEATH RATE OF 71%!* *MORTALITY RATE IN WEST AFRICA BETWEEN 2013 AND 2016 WAS 34%!* *MORE THAN TWICE AS MANY PEOPLE DYING FROM EBOLA IN THE DR CONGO IN SPITE OF IMPROVEMENTS AND EXPERIENCE!* *WHO IS TO BLAME FOR THIS SCANDAL?* *The president of DR Congo Félix Tshisekedi has taken charge of the Ebola response, media report, amid a crisis over the large number of deaths.* *He will be assisted by a panel of six experts headed by Jean-Jacques Muyambe Tamfum, director general of the national institute for biomedical research.* *Accordin... more »
Go Squad USA! Ding, Ding!
Salute Trump — Patriots! Well Played Sir! Heavy Weight Knock Out in just over a minute… . AOC SQUAD (22 minute rant against USA and Trump) VS SQUAD USA (1 min 15 seconds for USA and GOD) –Uriel–
Brazil’s Voting Bloc “Centrão” Takes Center Stage in Country’s Political Scenario
[image: Brazil,Chamber of Deputies President Rodrigo Maia, has had a deciding role in Bolsonaro's term.] SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro was elected on the promise of breaking with the old politics of “one hand washes the other”, but according to analysts, the President’s political power is being undermined by this congressional party coalition. The group of approximately 200 Chamber members, led by Chamber President, Rodrigo Maia, is […] The post Brazil’s Voting Bloc “Centrão” Takes Center Stage in Country’s Political Scenario appeared first on The Rio Times.
Horton refuses to share podium with Sun Yang after 400m final
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More fuel is poured on the fiery feud between Mack Horton and China's Sun Yang, with the Australian swimming star taking a stand against the convicted doper after claiming silver at the world championships.
Man charged with murdering 82yo woman
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Paramedics called police to a home south of Brisbane at 1:00am on Sunday after finding the body of the 82-year-old woman who was a retired teacher. The woman's husband was charged with her murder.
UPSEAA lecture 1, Robina Gokongwei-Pe
The UP School of Economics Alumni Association (UPSEAA) holds a regular, monthly lecture or social event given/hosted by an alumni, or a supporter of UPSE. Last January or February was the joint lecture by then DBM Sec. Ben Diokno and NEDA Sec. Ernie Pernia, both former faculty members of the school. Last March a tour of Limtuaco Museum in Intramuros, Destileria Limtuaco is headed by UPSEAAn Olive Limpe-Aw, her son is also a school alumni, Aaron L. Aw. Last April... I don't remember. Last May 24, a lecture by Robina Gokongwei-Pe, also an alumni and head of Universal Robina, other Go... more »
Episode #289 – ‘Folly of Empire’ with guests George Szamuely, Niko House
*SUNDAY WIRE SHOW* | Strap yourselves in and lower the blast shield – this is your brave new world…
50th anniversary of the moon landing: and the next giant leaps?
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Infographic: DNA Detection with a Chip.
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Taxpayers Held Liable After Video Showed Cops Beat, Kidnap Man for Improperly Walking Across the Street
[image: jaywalking]A Detroit man was violently attacked for walking across the street, otherwise known as jaywalking, and spent three days in jail despite never being charged.
On The Anti-Aristotelianism of the Renaissance
Horatio, Hamlet, and the ghost (Henry Fuseli, 1789)The leading thinkers of the Renaissance have made trenchant criticisms of Aristotle. Erasmus and Martin Luther despised Aristotle because they believed that he was the fountainhead of Scholastic philosophy that was polluting their religion and culture. Francis Bacon thought that Aristotle’s philosophy was barren, disputatious and wrong in its objectives. He held Aristotle responsible for the decline in scientific thinking in Europe. Due to the work of these influential thinkers— Erasmus, Martin Luther, and Francis Bacon—the Renais... more »
On The Anti-Aristotelianism of the Renaissance
The leading thinkers of the Renaissance have made trenchant criticisms of Aristotle. Erasmus and Martin Luther despised Aristotle because they believed that he was the fountainhead of Scholastic philosophy that was polluting their religion and culture. Francis Bacon thought that Aristotle’s philosophy was barren, disputatious and wrong in its objectives. He held Aristotle responsible for the decline in scientific thinking in Europe. Due to the work of these influential thinkers— Erasmus, Martin Luther, and Francis Bacon—the Renaissance became a period of anti-Aristotelianism. The r... more »
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*Students Shocked Over President Obama's 'White Nationalist' Statements About Illegal Immigration* While watching the Democrat media complex's coverage of the ongoing crisis at the southern border with Mexico, one is likely get the perception that the problem started under President Trump and the way he's handling it is unprecedented, racist and fueled by xenophobia. But the truth is, this crisis started in 2014 when President Barack Obama ran the White House. At Townhall, we've been reporting on it for years. In 2014 we reported: "It's just chain-link cells so we have aliens sle... more »
Scientists Resuscitate 41,000-Year-Old Worm. Here's How.
*Kyle Hooten* *Technology, * Scientists are uncovering, thawing and resuscitating various life forms, some of which are older than modern human civilization, as glaciers recede. Scientists are uncovering, thawing and resuscitating various life forms, some of which are older than modern human civilization, as glaciers recede. Tatiana Vishnivetskaya, a microbiologist at the University of Tennessee, reported in 2018 the discovery of a 41,000-year-old segmented nematode worm her team retrieved from deep below the Siberian permafrost, The Washington Post reported Sunday. The worm wri... more »
Good News for Trump and GOP: RNC Stomped DNC In June Fundraising
*Chuck Ross* *Politics, * Problems ahead? The Democratic National Committee raised $8.5 million in June and has $9.3 million in the bank, according to campaign finance records released late Friday. Both figures are far behind what the Republican National Committee said it has raised. The GOP said it raised $20.8 million in June, and has $43.5 million cash on hand, Fox News reported Wednesday. Republicans also said the party has no debt, while the DNC has $5.7 million in debt, according to FEC records. *(RELATED: Bad News For DNC: The Democrats’ And GOP’s Money, By The Numbers)... more »
How America's Generals Can Learn from Their Errors
*Dominic Tierney* *Security, Americas* [image: By Wolfe, Frank, White House photographer, Photographer (NARA record: 8466729) - U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16738251] Can they do it? *Downplaying the possibility of future loss in war games and military planning is also hazardous.* SECRETARY OF Defense James Mattis reportedly said: “I don’t lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. I cannot even spell the word.” To paraphrase Trotsky, American generals may not be interested in failu... more »
Police In Massachusetts Ask Criminals To Lay Off Lawbreaking Until After Heat Wave
*Chris White* *Society, * Help us, please? A police department in Massachusetts is asking “anyone thinking of doing criminal activity” to avoid breaking the law until after the heatwave subsides. “Due to the extreme heat, we are asking anyone thinking of doing criminal activity to hold off until Monday,” police in Braintree, Massachusetts, wrote Friday night on Facebook. “It is straight up hot as soccer balls out there. Conducting criminal activity, in this extreme heat is next level henchmen status, and also very dangerous.” The post adds: “We will all meet again on Monday wh... more »
How India Plans to Win a War Against China or Pakistan
*Kyle Mizokami* *Technology, Asia* [image: By Unknown - http://www.defenseimagery.mil; Still Asset Details for J3302-94-045GR, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4528980] How do they stack up? *Commissioned in November 2013, INS Vikramaditya is India’s newest aircraft carrier and the only aircraft carrier that calls the Indian Ocean home. In the event of war, Vikramaditya will be used to blockade Karachi, Pakistan’s largest port, or sever China’s economic lifeline to the Persian Gulf and beyond.* India occupies one of the most strategically important... more »
Cancerous: What One Expert Called U.S. Military Spending. That's Wrong.
*Thomas Spoehr* *Security, * Here's why. America needs to have a serious debate about the nature of its national defense and associated budget. Questions such as how the country should deal with the rising challenge of China, Russia’s adventurism, as well as the threats posed by the rogue regimes of Iran and North Korea need serious consideration and discussion. That’s why Fareed Zakaria’s article, “Defense spending is America’s cancerous bipartisan consensus,” published in The Washington Post, is so disappointing. It advances a superficial and non-serious argument on an immen... more »
Royal Air Force Has Been Forbidden from Dropping Bombs Below 1000 Feet
*Dario Leone* *Security, Europe* But why? *Unbeknownst to both Mileusnic and McQueen, dropping weapons from altitudes below 1,000 feet was not authorized, the court heard.* An investigation into the crash of a CF-18 on Nov. 28, 2016 has revealed that according to the National Defence Flying Orders Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) fighter pilots are not allowed to fly below 1,000 feet except when on an approach, take-off or landing. Capt. Christopher Mileusnic from 4 Wing Cold Lake was given a $2000 fine by a military court for flying below that altitude during a training mission ... more »
All Female Naval Aviators Did a Flyover to Honor the Very First Woman Fighter Pilot
*Dario Leone* *Security, Americas* [image: https://media2.s-nbcnews.com/i/newscms/2019_05/2736331/190131-rosemary-mariner-al-1028_5d069df4ef3435aaeaacd5d70a12fcb5.jpg] Fitting for a great patriot. *To honor the life and legacy of a female pioneer in Naval aviation, the U.S. Navy will conduct the first ever all-female flyover this Saturday, Feb. 2 in Maynardville, TN. * On Feb. 2, 2019 the U.S. Navy will bid farewell to its first female fighter pilot with its first all-female flyover. Retired Capt. Rosemary Mariner, who served in the Navy from 1973 to 1997, reached many importan... more »
The B-2 Bomber Just Turned 30. It Can Still Kill Billions of People.
*Dario Leone* *Security, * Age is just a number. This year, Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB) commemorates the 30th anniversary of the B-2 Spirit’s inaugural test flight on Jul. 17, 1989, from Palmdale to Edwards AFB, California. For three decades, B-2 crews have participated in five major military operations and countless training engagements. The bomber has completed missions in Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq and most recently Libya. The B-2 was also the first aircraft over Afghanistan after the Sep. 11 attacks, for which aircraft and crew hold the record for longest combat mission at... more »
Why America Shouldn’t Stop at the Moon — or Mars
*James Pethokoukis* *Space, * Aim higher. A half century after Neil Armstrong stepped onto the lunar surface, the moon landing remains both a monumental achievement for humanity and a powerfully resonant symbol of American greatness. If you have any doubts of the latter, just watch a bunch of political campaign ads. Images from the Apollo 11 mission often serve as visual shorthand for the nation’s technological prowess and can-do spirit. Now mix in some quick-cut World War Two footage (US troops marching through Paris, the Iwo Jima flag raising), lay down a Hans Zimmer-esque sc... more »
Why Nazi Germany's 'Destroyer Bomber' BF 110 Bomber Failed Miserably
*Michael Peck* *History, Europe* [image: By National Museum of the U.S. Navy - Lot-2651-7, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=70708684] Nice try. *That the heavy fighters were called zerstorer (destroyers) was emblematic of the confidence the Germans placed in their heavy fighters. They were considered the elite of the Luftwaffe arm, and they lived up to that reputation in 1939, flying against 230-mile-per-hour Polish biplanes, or unescorted British bombers flying over Germany.* In the mid-1930s, Nazi Germany had a problem. Its twin-engined medium bom... more »
China Can't Even Make Socialism Work
*James Pethokoukis* *Economics, Asia* Bad news for the second largest economy. The currency cacophony of criticism currently being directed at Big Tech might be less vigorous if their dauting dominance didn’t seem so durable. What upstart could ever usurp the ultimate search engine, retailer, social media company, or smartphone maker? Of course, history strongly suggests Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple will eventually face tough competitive threats. Indeed, they already are — and not just from each other. And perhaps the same perception is driving the escalating American conc... more »
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*Environmental overreach again?* *An email from Robert Henneke [communications@texaspolicy.com]* Subject: Combat veteran at risk of jail time… over a spider My name is Rob Henneke. I’d like to tell you about the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s lawsuit to defend a Texan war veteran’s private property rights against the federal government. My client is John Yearwood. Mr. Yearwood served our country in Vietnam, is a decorated combat veteran, and lives on the land in Central Texas that his family has owned for generations. But because the federal government says that there might be... more »
Zero Emissions, My A**e!
By Paul Homewood By popular request, Yorkshire’s Zero Emissions Digger! Priceless! Zero emissions, construction digger, runs out of power in 2 hours. Requiring it to be recharged using a diesel generator for 8 hours!!!pic.twitter.com/MxOajTuRvU — Canuck 🇨🇦 (@Sherloc10168034) July 18, 2019
Germany Electricity–Future?
By Paul Homewood Adrian Kerton took a look at Germany’s generation mix on one day last year: Full post here. No doubt, the shortfall will be much worse in winter months, when demand is high and solar output low. As he points out, they could have serious problems ahead.
UPSEAA lecture 2, DTI Sec. Mon Lopez
Last June 5, I attended the UP School of Economics Alumni Association (UPSEAA) lecture by DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez, or simply "Sec Mon" to many of us. It was held at the Unionbank's The Ark, Insular Life Bldg. in Ayala Avenue. Ms. Pearlie Lontoc of Unionbank and also a Board Member of UPSEAA welcomed the audience with an opening message. Intro of Sec Mon was given by his former undergrad classmate, Maret Follosco. Meanwhile I was surprised of this "Ark" -- no tellers and tables, only chairs and sofa, this is a bank? Wow. I didn't know many of the new initiatives of DTI now, I was... more »
Enter Boris
Boris Johnson is about to enter 10 Downing Street. After he takes up residence there, the adventure will begin. Andrew Rawnsley writes: He will have to learn how to be prime minister. The schoolboy who wanted to be “world king” has spent many years lusting after the job, but that is entirely different to doing it. Many previous tenants of Number 10 will testify that no other role is an adequate preparation for the demands of the premiership. Tony Blair, a highly accomplished leader of the opposition before he moved into Downing Street, once told me that he didn’t really get the ha... more »
Biden And His Lobbyist Coterie Will Fight Hard To Deny Americans Medicare-For-All
News from Bernie or from Elizabeth Warren almost always involves policy initiatives. News from the two top-ranked conservatives almost never does. It's either some rote attack on Trump or something about money. Yesterday, CNN ran a typical piece about how Biden gets most of the super-rich Democrats but how McKinsey Pete is the second choice in these circles-- for when Biden self-destructs. Status Quo Joe "drew dozens of Barack Obama's fundraisers to his presidential bid during the April-to-June fundraising quarter, but his rivals-- led by South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg-... more »
Nader – weak link in Mueller investigation
THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE ONE OF MUELLER’S CREDIBLE WITNESSES? WOW! Mueller investigation smells worse than Limburger more every day. Key Mueller Witness Indicted On Child Sex-Trafficking Charges Daily Caller Chuck Ross July 19, 2019 George Nader, a Lebanese-American businessman who was a key witness in the special counsel’s probe, was charged earlier in July with transporting a 14-year-old European boy to the U.S. for sex, according to an indictment unsealed Friday. Nader was charged on three counts, including a charge for possessing child pornography and one for traveling with a mino... more »
Diamond & Silk – on Go or Stay Quartet Cartel
Diamond & Silk Unload On AOC’s ‘Squad’ . A’YUP — What the ladies said works for me too. The word Patriot has no HE or SHE in it and certainly has no reference to color. WE are PATRIOTS and GOD made each of us special. PERIOD. -Uriel–
Protests Continue In Hong Kong
*Reuters*: *Hong Kong on security alert as thousands march in fresh wave of protests* HONG KONG (Reuters) - Tens of thousands marched in sweltering heat in Hong Kong on Sunday as anti-government protests show no sign of let-up, with anger over an extradition bill morphing into a fresh front against what many see as an erosion of freedoms by Beijing. Millions have rallied over the past two months in an unprecedented show of force against Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam, triggering the worst social turmoil to rock the former British colony since it returned to Chinese rule 22 years ag... more »
Seizures of Drugs Concealed in Products Shipped From Brazil are on the Rise
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The rise in the seizures of drugs hidden in orders shipped out of Brazil is drawing the attention of the Federal Treasury. Drug traffickers are employing new tactics to try to deceive inspectors. A children’s mat with fitted parts would have been shipped to Australia. However, the Federal Treasury agents […] The post Seizures of Drugs Concealed in Products Shipped From Brazil are on the Rise appeared first on The Rio Times.
Religious Tourism Attracts Five Million People Annually in Bahia, Boosts its Economy
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Religious tourism is one of the main components of the sector in Bahia, attracting some 5 million people annually among the state’s cities. The trend should grow after the canonization of sister Dulce, the first Brazilian saint born in the state. In the week that Pope Francis announced the nun’s […] The post Religious Tourism Attracts Five Million People Annually in Bahia, Boosts its Economy appeared first on The Rio Times.
Live: Perry gets another half-century as Australia plays England out of Women's Ashes
It's the final day of the one-off Test in Taunton, and the Australians are counting the overs until they officially retain the Women's Ashes. Follow all the action in our live blog.
Hawks stun the Cats at the MCG, Saints and Eagles get a win
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The Saints have given interim coach Brett Ratten a winning start by beating the Western Bulldogs at Docklands after the Hawks upset the Cats at the MCG and West Coast beat Melbourne in Alice Springs.
Iran Releases Video On How They Seized The British Tanker Stena Impero
*Daily Mail:* *Military chiefs urge next PM to 'send in the MARINES' to protect ships as Iran taunts UK with footage of moment balaclava-clad commandos abseiled from helicopter and hijacked British tanker in 'tit-for-tat' strike* * The Stena Impero was seized in the Strait of Hormuz at 4pm yesterday by Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces * British-registered tanker was ordered to turn to the north and was taken into Iranian territorial waters * Warship HMS Montrose, which was patrolling the Persian Gulf, did a U-turn and raced to help captured ship * A second vessel, the British-op... more »
Michael Hudson: U.S. Economic Warfare and Likely Foreign Defenses
How the US has used its economic muscle to defend its hegemony and the rest of the world is looking to claw power back.
The Cost of Climate Change: Steve Keen Dismantles William Nordhaus
Keen delves into DICE (“Dynamic Integrated model of Climate and the Economy”)—the mathematical model underpinning Nordhaus’ work and the flaws in Nordhaus’ methodologies.
Sunday morning music
Last week I put up half a dozen songs that were iconic, representative of their performers, in a way that makes the one forever identified with the other. It's a symbiotic relationship. I invited readers to contribute their own suggestions for pieces like that, and several of you responded. Rather than continue with my own selections today, I thought I'd pick half a dozen of your choices that I also like, and put them up instead. From 1973, here's Strawbs, one of my favorite rock groups of all time, with their three-part masterpiece "Autumn", one of my favorite progressive rock ... more »
Best of: We Interrupt This Program
Note: Kim is on a bit of a summer break and we're running some of our contributors favorite posts from the past. Enjoy! By Cathy Jameson - August 21, 2011 “…If you can't see, hear or feel something, it doesn't... more »
Government is a great servant but horrid master
Bureaucrats and activists use environmental claims to rationalize bigger, supremely powerful global governments. The post Government is a great servant but horrid master appeared first on CFACT.
See To The Future....A Quotation from M.N. Hopkins
*See to the future not just for yourself but for all Mankind. Share these words and think not on dark thoughts but envision a world of joyous living. A world of clean air, clean food and healthy strong bodies that see to themselves for healing. * *© M.N. Hopkins*
Be Afraid, Russia: Ukraine's Military Is Becoming a Force to Reckoned With
*Mark Episkopos* *Security, * Thanks to America? Ukraine and the Russian-backed, separatist forces of Donetsk and Luhansk remain locked in a shooting war that, since 2014, has claimed around thirteen thousand Ukrainian lives and displaced over two million more. Ukraine’s Armed Forces entered the Donbass conflict in a decrepit state; in the words of Ukrainian General Viktor Muzhenko, as “an army in ruins.” Kiev was confronted with two principal challenges: Ukraine sold or decommissioned a great swathe of its vast, but aging, Soviet military inheritance over the 1990s and 2000s; a... more »
This Crushed Hitler: The Great 1943 Lancaster Bomber Operations over Germany
*Dario Leone* *History, Europe* [image: By Photo: Cpl Phil Major ABIPP/MOD, OGL v1.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=74364607] A piece of history. *The 1943 Battles of the Ruhr and Hamburg realized heavy destruction of German industrial resources but only at a steadily rising loss ratio caused primarily by Luftwaffe Night Fighters.* The Lancaster bomber holds a special place of affection mingled with a great deal of pride in the hearts of British and Commonwealth citizens — feelings which perhaps find their parallel in the hearts of Americans toward the B-17 Fl... more »
F-35s Go to War: Why Israel's Strike on Syria Was so Successful
*Petri Mäkelä* *Security, Middle East* [image: By Major Ofer, Israeli Air Force רס] We break it down. *The Israeli Air-force had apparently been waiting for a provocation as the resulting counterattack against the launchers and the Iranian military infrastructure was an overwhelming one. * On May 9th the Iranian Quds force that belongs into the Revolutionary Guards Corps launched a rocket salvo against the Israeli forces in the Golan heights. The IDF had anticipated the move and placed several Iron Dome batteries to protect the region, so the attack did very little damage and se... more »
The U.S. Navy Is in Big Trouble but Here's How to Fix It
*TNI Staff* *Security, Americas* [image: (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Edward Guttierrez III/Released)] Many more ships. *For example, if “Russia and China combined in the Western Pacific,” the U.S. Navy would probably be on the defensive, a position it has not occupied since the early days (1941–1942) of the Pacific War against Japan.* In the decades after the Cold War, the U.S. Navy absorbed sustained budget cuts resulting in large force reductions. The total size of the fleet dwindled from nearly 600 active ships in 1987 to around 285 today. Durin... more »
China Wants to Turn Garbage Into Rocket Fuel
*Michael Peck* *Security, * Is that even possible? To fuel high-tech missiles and aircraft, Chinese scientists want to use low-tech ingredients: garbage. Agricultural biowaste can be converted into fuel for hypersonic missiles and aircraft, according to scientists at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics. Hypersonic platforms—which travel at Mach 5 or greater—require high-energy military fuels like JP-10 to achieve those speeds. “Using agricultural and forestry residues including bran, chaff and mill dust, Professor Zhang Tao, Li Ning and colleagues discovered new chemical p... more »
Video Alert: Watch Sailors Dancing to 'Gangnam Style' on an Aircraft Carrier
*Task and Purpose* *Security, Americas* [image: (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class David Mora Jr.)] Hilarious. *You can see various catapult officers dancing around while waving a finger around in the air, instructing the pilot to spin up the engine, or they're returning a salute to the pilot — telling him he understands the pilot is ready to launch.* You wouldn't think listening to 'Gangnam Style' would make much sense during U.S. Navy carrier flight deck operations, but about a dozen catapult officers have proven us all wrong. Our friend Doctrine Man ... more »
US To Expand & Upgrade Runways of Old Cold War Base in Iceland
*Defence Blog* *The U.S. government is planning to expand runways and platforms of old Cold War base in Iceland so the base can handle heavy aircraft up to and including a C-5, according to a U.S. government’s main contracting website notice issued earlier this month.* beautiful world.com *In a notice posted on the Federal website, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic (NAVFAC LANT) intends to issue a request for proposal for expand and upgrade runways located at Keflavik base in Iceland.* *Naval Air Station Keflavik is a U.S. Navy base located at Keflavík International Air... more »
The “Green New Deal” isn’t about climate after all.
“…the Green New Deal is not primarily about addressing the climate crisis, but about replacing America’s capitalist economy with a more socialist one.” click here
Manly gets the better of the Eels, Storm crush the Titans
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Manly sends fans home happy with a win over the Eels at Brookvale after the high-flying Storm down the Titans at Robina.
Adam Goodes 'cut down' by racist booing because he was powerful, says commentator Charlie King
Sports broadcaster Charlie King calls out Andrew Bolt, Eddie McGuire, and Sam Newman, and lays down a challenge to AFL to prove it has changed, in the wake of a documentary chronicling racism that led to the end of the Australian footballer Adam Goodes's celebrated career.
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Justifying Genocide And Building A Better World
In Nazi Germany the State attempted to justify its extreme actions against Jews, Communists, Gypsies, and other dissidents by saying that Germany was fighting for its life with its back to the wall, and that these actions, though difficult, were necessary for national survival.
Largest Military Aircraft Made in Brazil in Final Testing Stage
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Brazilian Air Force (FAB) is in the final stages of testing the Embraer KC-390, the largest military aircraft ever developed and produced in Brazil. Sturdy, the aircraft resembles the classic Hercules C-130, a military plane for carrying troops and cargo. However, the KC-390 was developed to meet higher demands […] The post Largest Military Aircraft Made in Brazil in Final Testing Stage appeared first on The Rio Times.
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