Archive for August, 2016
U.S. Sent Pallets of Cash to Iran as Americans Were Freed
August 2nd, 2016Via: Wall Street Journal: The Obama administration secretly organized an airlift of $400 million worth of cash to Iran that coincided with the January release of four Americans detained in Tehran, according to U.S. and European officials and congressional staff briefed on the operation afterward. Wooden pallets stacked with euros, Swiss francs and other currencies […]
World’s Largest Solar Power Plant Planned for Chernobyl Nuclear Wasteland
August 2nd, 2016Disclosure: I sell solar power systems in New Zealand. — Via: Electrek: The world’s most famous and damaging nuclear meltdown is now being considered for the world’s largest solar power plant. The Ukrainian nuclear power station Chernobyl had a nuclear meltdown on April 26, 1986. Since then 1,600 square miles of land has been deemed […]
Peter Thiel Is Very, Very Interested in Young People’s Blood
August 2nd, 2016Via: Inc.: More than anything, Peter Thiel, the billionaire technology investor and Donald Trump supporter, wants to find a way to escape death. He’s channeled millions of dollars into startups working on anti-aging medicine, spends considerable time and money researching therapies for his personal use, and believes society ought to open its mind to life-extension […]
CDC Issues Historic Travel Warning Over Miami Zika Outbreak
August 1st, 2016Zika Virus Made Available to Researchers by Rockefeller Foundation in 1953 While Brazil Was Eradicating Zika Mosquitoes, America Made Them Into Weapons And Now: “Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Join The Fight To Stop Zika Virus” Bonus: Florida! Via: CNN: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an unprecedented travel warning Monday, advising pregnant women and […]
Saturday Night in Kentucky: Armed Men in Body Armor at Walmart Tell Police They Were Preparing for Doomsday
August 1st, 2016This isn’t normal? Via: Lexington Herald Leader: A report of a car full of men in body armor with semi-automatic weapons brought Lexington police to the Walmart on Richmond Road on Saturday night. Officers found two men, one in body armor, a 20-year-old woman and a six-month old baby. Lt. Jackie Newman said that when […]
GlaxoSmithKline and Google Team Up to Create New Bioelectronics Health Company
August 1st, 2016😯 Via: The Verge: British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline and Google’s parent company Alphabet have announced they’re creating a new company to develop bioelectronic medicines. The joint venture will be named Galvani Bioelectronics and will be headquartered in the UK, with 55 percent of equity interest owned by GSK and 45 percent owned by Alphabet’s Verily […]
Tim Kaine’s Unlikely Biography
August 1st, 2016Via: Mad Cow Productions: A 21-year old Harvard Law School student spending 1981 in Honduras as a Jesuit volunteer is as absurd as an English tutor parachuting before D-Day into Normandy to teach French children when to use “their” and when to use “they’re.” It doesn’t pass the smell test.
Delphi to Begin Testing On-Demand Robot Taxis in Singapore
August 1st, 2016Via: Bloomberg: Delphi Automotive Plc, the vehicle-electronics supplier that last year conducted the first coast-to-coast U.S. demonstration of a self-driving car, will begin testing autonomous autos in Singapore this year that may lead to robot taxis by the end of the decade. The test will involve six autonomous autos, starting with the modified Audi Q5 […]
1980s Nuclear War Nightmares
August 1st, 2016Reading the piece about the 390th Strategic Missile Wing in Tucson, Arizona reminded me about being somewhat traumatized as a child by seeing news shows on TV discussing nuclear war. Yep, even as a young kid, I used to watch a lot of news on TV and read newspapers and news magazines. I was so […]
Flashback: 390th Strategic Missile Wing in Tucson, Arizona
August 1st, 2016Via: BBC: “Once the launch sequence is initiated, the commander follows a row of lights on their console,” explains Morris. “From launch enable, silo soft – which means the silo door is open – guidance go, fire engine, lift off.” And that is it.
