Archive for October, 2018
China: “Vocational Schools”
October 24th, 2018Via: BBC: On 12 July 2015 a satellite swung over the rolling deserts and oasis cities of China’s vast far west. One of the images it captured that day just shows a patch of empty, untouched, ashen-grey sand. It seems an unlikely place to start an investigation into one of the most pressing human rights […]
Will There Ever Be a “Freedom Loving” Majority?
October 24th, 2018This doesn’t even mention the unbelievably dire security situation with electronic voting machines. Via: The Daily Bell: There was never a majority of freedom-loving honorable Americans. People who believe in individual freedom and natural rights are a minority and always have been. Trying to vote our way to freedom is not a sound strategy. There […]
America’s Homelessness Crisis Is Rapidly Exploding On Both Coasts
October 24th, 2018Via: The American Dream: The homelessness crisis in the United States is getting a lot worse, and it is happening at a pace that is absolutely frightening. Did you realize that more than half a million Americans are homeless right now? One out of every four homeless Americans actually has a job, but thanks to […]
Tesla Surprises with $312 Million Profit in Third Quarter
October 24th, 2018Via: Autoblog: Tesla is reporting that the Model 3 has gross margins of over 20 percent, which has in part driven Tesla into profitability. Ahead of the earnings webcast, Tesla released a shareholder letter detailing its third-quarter results. According to the letter, Tesla has turned a profit — and a sizable one. The letter reports […]
Bombs Sent to Obama, Clinton, CNN Evacuated Over Suspicious Package
October 24th, 2018Via: ABC News: Explosive devices addressed to the residences of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were intercepted, and the Time Warner Center that is home to CNN in New York City was evacuated after a suspicious package was sent there, officials said Wednesday morning. Investigators are working to determine whether the two devices addressed to […]
High School Math Scores in Freefall
October 23rd, 2018Via: PJ Media: The creators of the ACT test announced on Wednesday that scores for the class of 2018 are the worst reported in decades. Math scores, in fact, are in freefall among ACT-tested U.S. high school graduates, falling to their lowest mark in 14 years, according to The Condition of College and Career Readiness […]
Caravan of 7,000 Central American Migrants Plan to Enter U.S.
October 22nd, 2018Via: Reuters: U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he had alerted the military and federal border authorities that a U.S.-bound migrant caravan from Central America was a national emergency, and that the United States would begin curtailing aid to the region. Trump, in a series of posts on Twitter, gave no other details about […]
Saudi Arabia Admits Khashoggi Killed Inside Consulate
October 19th, 2018Via: CNBC: Missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi is dead, Saudi Arabia’s general prosecutor said early Saturday morning local time. The government said that Khashoggi got into a fight with the people he met at the consulate in Istanbul, Turkey on Oct. 2. The kingdom alleged that Khashoggi died in that clash.
China Plans to Launch ‘Artificial Moon’ Satellite by 2020
October 19th, 2018Via: Asia Times: Officials in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, have unveiled a science fiction-like plan to launch what’s known as an illumination satellite, or “artificial moon,” in two years. Local newspapers reported that the illumination satellite would be designed to complement the moon at night, with its own […]
X-37B Military Space Plane Wings Past 400 Days on Latest Mystery Mission
October 19th, 2018Via: space.com: The latest mystery mission of the U.S. Air Force’s robotic X-37B space plane has now passed the 400-day mark. This mission — known as Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-5) — was rocketed into Earth orbit on Sept. 7, 2017, atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center […]
