Archive for August, 2020
Gold Hit $2,000 an Ounce for First Time
August 4th, 2020Via: AFP: Gold prices on Tuesday hit $2,000 an ounce for the first time, the latest surge in a commodity seen as a refuge during economic uncertainty. More: Gold prices stage record run above $2,000 mark as U.S. dollar and bond yields recede
Treating Children for Worms Yields Long-Term Benefits, Says New Study
August 4th, 2020Via: Berkeley: Children who receive sustained treatment against common parasitic infections grow up to achieve a higher standard of living, with long-lasting health and economic benefits extending to their communities, according to new findings from a research team led by a University of California, Berkeley, economist. The pioneering study, focused on Kenya and covering 20 […]
How Congress Maintains Endless War
August 3rd, 2020The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one, perhaps, of the Right and the other of the Left, is a foolish idea acceptable only to doctrinaire and academic thinkers. Instead, the two parties should be almost identical, so that the American people can ‘throw the rascals out’ at any election […]
“Political Operatives, Former Government and Military Officials, and Academics,” Game Scenario in Which Trump Refuses to Accept Election Loss
August 3rd, 2020It really does seem like things are going to get weird weirder. Via: Boston Globe: On the second Friday in June, a group of political operatives, former government and military officials, and academics quietly convened online for what became a disturbing exercise in the fragility of American democracy. The group, which included Democrats and Republicans, […]
Unidentified Drones Flew in Restricted Airspace Above Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant
August 3rd, 2020Via: The WarZone: Less than a year ago… a bizarre and largely undisclosed incident involving a swarm of drones occurred on successive September evenings in 2019. The location? America’s most powerful nuclear plant, the Palo Verde Nuclear Generation Station situated roughly two dozen miles west of Phoenix, near Tonopah, Arizona. … This particular story starts […]
Crew Demo-2 Splashdown
August 2nd, 2020Via: SpaceX:
Bill Binney: There Was No Russian Hack
August 2nd, 2020Via: Schiller Institute: Transcript
The Panopticon Is Already Here
August 2nd, 2020Via: The Atlantic: Xi Jinping is using artificial intelligence to enhance his government’s totalitarian control—and he’s exporting this technology to regimes around the globe.
AstraZeneca to be Exempt from Coronavirus Vaccine Liability Claims in Most Countries
August 1st, 2020Via: Reuters: AstraZeneca has been granted protection from future product liability claims related to its COVID-19 vaccine hopeful by most of the countries with which it has struck supply agreements, a senior executive told Reuters. … “This is a unique situation where we as a company simply cannot take the risk if in … four […]
Progressive Hero Margaret Sanger Was a Racist Eugenicist
August 1st, 2020Via: Corbett Report:
