Archive for June, 2020
Quantum Computing for the Very Curious
June 18th, 2020Via: Quantum Country: This essay explains how quantum computers work. It’s not a survey essay, or a popularization based on hand-wavy analogies. We’re going to dig down deep so you understand the details of quantum computing. Along the way, we’ll also learn the basic principles of quantum mechanics, since those are required to understand quantum […]
In 2010 a Researcher Predicted Mayhem in U.S. in 2020, Now Says Civil War Possible
June 18th, 2020Via: Time: Not everyone took Peter Turchin seriously a decade ago when he said widespread civil unrest would sweep through the U.S. in 2020. “They had no reason to believe I wasn’t crazy,” says Turchin, a 63-year-old researcher who teaches cultural evolution at the University of Connecticut. In 2010, after analyzing historical cycles of instability, […]
Burundi: President Pierre Nkurunziza Dies of ‘Cardiac Arrest’ After Kicking World Health Organization Out of Country
June 18th, 2020Via: BBC: Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza, aged 55, has died after suffering a cardiac arrest, the government says. He was admitted to hospital on Saturday after feeling unwell, his condition improved but on Monday he had a cardiac arrest and efforts to revive him were unsuccessful, officials say. … Since last week, Mr Nkurunziza’s wife, […]
COVID-19 Coin Shortage?
June 18th, 2020Via: CNBC: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told Congress on Wednesday that the circulation of physical coinage has ground to a halt amid the coronavirus outbreak but that the central bank is working to fix the flow. … The spread of Covid-19 across the U.S. over the first half of the year has led to […]
Is The ‘Second Wave’ Another Coronavirus Hoax?
June 17th, 2020Via: Ron Paul: Just a week or so ago the mainstream media and thousands representing the “medical community” told us we must throw out the “stay-at-home” orders and go to the streets to protest the death of George Floyd at the hands of the police. The Covid-19 virus will not bother people who are protesting […]
There Are Now 33 Covid-19 Cases…
June 17th, 2020[???] Via: The Dollar Vigilante: Backup on LBRY: COVID19 Is The Biggest Psyop In Human History
Trillions in Stimulus Go Unchecked With Watchdogs Kept Toothless
June 17th, 2020Via: Bloomberg: The U.S. has spent more than half of $3 trillion in economic rescue funds passed by Congress — with little of the oversight intended to ensure the money goes to the right places.
Trump Team Prepares $1 Trillion Infrastructure Plan to Spur Economy
June 16th, 2020Via: Reuters: The Trump administration is preparing an up to $1 trillion infrastructure package focused on transportation projects as part of its push to spur the world’s largest economy back to life, a source familiar with the situation said on Tuesday. The Department of Transportation’s preliminary version reserves most funds for projects such as roads […]
India Says 20 Soldiers Killed in Clash with Chinese Troops
June 16th, 2020Via: AP: A border clash high in the Himalayas between the world’s two most populated countries has claimed the lives of 20 Indian soldiers in the first deadly violence since the two nuclear armed neighbors faced off in a border dispute 45 year ago. The Indian and Chinese troops fought each other with fists and […]
Political Groups Use “Deeply Spooky” Protester Location Data
June 16th, 2020Via: Ars Technica: It’s no secret that police and other law enforcement agencies have a history of using mobile phone location and other data to target or investigate individuals, and the wave of mass protests in support of black communities and against police brutality this month has provided a rich data trove for them to […]
