How few perceive our current moment in history, captured in one quote
tag > Economics
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WAR IS A RACKET
Ship blocking Suez Canal like 'beached whale' could be stuck for weeks
It is now blocking transit in both directions through one of the world's busiest shipping channels for goods, oil, grain and other products linking Asia and Europe.
The chief scientist at AstraZeneca, Josep Baselga who was developing anti COVID-19 therapies based on his experience in cancer has died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (related: mad cow) – a rare rapidly evolving degenerative neurological disorder. He was roped in by AstraZeneca after a major scandal broke out since he failed to disclose his vast financial ties to various companies in journal articles.
Evidence of UFOs to be revealed by national intelligence in 2021 US bill
Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe gave a preview of the classified information that will be released to the public regarding unexplained aerial sightings, in an interview with Fox News on Friday.
Ratcliffe explained that such "sightings" are "talking about objects that have been seen by Navy or Air Force pilots or have been picked up by satellite imagery that frankly engage in actions that are difficult to explain, movements that are hard to replicate, and traveling at speeds that exceed the sound barrier without a sonic boom."
Who coined the phrase "The first casualty of War is Truth" ?
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50% of Americans saying markets are rigged (Axios)
Nearly 50% of Americans now say the stock market is "rigged against individual investors," a new survey from Bankrate.com and YouGov shows, and surprisingly a solid majority of those investing in the stock market (56%) believe the market is rigged as well.
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"As crazy as it sounds, brace yourself for the drop... 'cause you know it's coming."
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Mario Draghi, the unelected Prime Minister of Italy and "ex" Goldman Sachs Manager, threatens to make the Covid vaccines compulsory after a poll shows half of Italians refuse the vaccine.
Iran concerned UN, WHO biased in favor of inadequately-tested US technology (presstv)
A senior Iranian health official says the Islamic Republic is concerned that world bodies such as the United Nations and the World Health Organization are biased in favor of inadequately-tested US technology and this is why they are trying to pressure countries into using US vaccines whose effects and side effects have not been established in a scientific way yet.
Meanwhile in the land of the free, home of the brave, capital of comedy:
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China & Russia say bye bye to USA & EU
- Moscow now has ‘no relations’ with EU because Brussels has ‘destroyed’ once friendly ties, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov claims (RT)
- Russia, China can reduce sanctions risks by moving away from US dollar, Sergey Lavrov says (SCMP)
- Beijing blasts Western sanctions over alleged human rights abuses, says ‘door to China’ can no longer be opened with cannons (RT)
- China’s retaliatory sanctions on the EU set the stage for how Beijing will respond to other global powers (CNBC)
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"Interest rates and the rise of Neofeudalism"
Historian Paul Schmelzing recently published an exceptional working paper on eight centuries of global real and nominal interest rates, from 1311 to 2018.
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Critical Thinking Cheat-sheet: Ask Who, What, Where, When, Why, How
#Science #Politics #Narrative #Economics #Military #Education
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"We seem to understand the value of oil, timber, minerals, and housing, but not the value of unspoiled beauty, wildlife, solitude, and spiritual renewal." - Bill Watterson (Calvin & Hobbes)
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New soba noodle-making robot at Japan train station eatery can cook 150 servings an hour
A two-armed robot is helping to prepare soba noodles at an eatery at JR Kaihimmakuhari Station in this city's Mihama Ward, capably boiling the noodles in a strainer, rinsing them and then dipping them in iced water. The Sobaichi Perie Kaihimmakuhari eatery implemented a collaborative cooking system, with the robot cooking the food and employees adding the dipping sauce or soup and toppings. It is apparently the first time for the cooking robot to be introduced in an actual restaurant setting. Connected Robotics commented, "Not only can it tackle the shortage of human resources, it can also cook without any human contact and is therefore useful in reducing the risk of coronavirus infections." JR East Foods, meanwhile, explained, "We aim to implement it (the robot) at 30 stores by the end of fiscal 2025."
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A New Robot Dealer Service Makes Buying Drugs Easier Than Ever
"Televend is an automated digital retail system used to sell illegal drugs on the encrypted messaging app Telegram. The online stores it facilitates are staffed and operated, 24 hours a day, by a clever string of ones and zeros. Or, if you like, robots."
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Money corrupts; bitcoin corrupts absolutely
"Disregarding all of bitcoin's shortcomings, a financial instrument that brings out the worst in people—greed—won't change the world for the better."
"I'd even go so far as comparing bitcoin to cancer, metastasising and consuming energy, generating detrimental practices and toxic personalities."
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Satoshi Nakamoto is now worth $64BN (Inventor of Bitcoin, likely just NSA/5Eyes, owner of 980,000 BTC). Meanwhile, Bitcoin will soon consume more energy than France.
