Archive for October, 2020
Armenia and Azerbaijan Clash Over Nagorno-Karabakh
October 1st, 2020Via: ZeroHedge: Already Azerbaijan and Armenia are locked in their worst fighting in decades in the disputed Nagorno Karabakh region. Now only three days into fighting, at least 100 people have been killed, which includes soldiers and civilians on both sides, amid tank warfare and the deployment of infantry and artillery units. There’s also increasing […]
COVID-19 Is Not A Pandemic
October 1st, 2020Via: The Lancet: The “science” that has guided governments has been driven mostly by epidemic modellers and infectious disease specialists, who understandably frame the present health emergency in centuries-old terms of plague. But what we have learned so far tells us that the story of COVID-19 is not so simple. Two categories of disease are […]
Tesla Using Cobalt-Free LFP Batteries in Chinese Model 3 Vehicles
October 1st, 2020Via: Electrek: Tesla has reduced the price of the Model 3 in China and at the same time bumped the range as it introduces cobalt-free lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries in its standard range Model 3s. As we have previously reported, Tesla has been planning to update its made-in-China Model 3 vehicles with lithium iron […]
Why Writing by Hand Makes Kids Smarter
October 1st, 2020My wife and I have been using Zaner-Bloser handwriting materials with our children. Highly recommended! Via: Medical Express: New brain research shows that writing by hand helps children learn more and remember better. At the same time, schools are becoming more and more digital, and a European survey shows that Norwegian children spend the most […]
Federal Government to Conclude Fiscal 2020 With Record Spending
October 1st, 2020Via: Nextgov: The federal government’s fiscal 2020 year ends today at midnight and federal spending has eclipsed $6 trillion for the first time ever—and that’s without data from September, the final month federal officials can obligate annual Congressionally-appropriated funds before they expire. According to data from the Treasury Department, total government spending in fiscal 2020 […]
Hearing Reveals U.S. Government’s Invisible Hand in Protests Around the World
October 1st, 2020Via: Antiwar.com: Last week, the House Foreign Affairs Committee grilled Michael Pack, who President Trump recently appointed to head the US government’s state propaganda arm, the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM). Pack was appointed in June and started a big shakeup at the US state media outlets run by the USAGM, like Voice of […]
U.S. Air Force Has Built and Flown Prototype “Next-Generation Fighter Jet”
October 1st, 2020In case you thought the $1.5 trillion F-35 boondoggle would slow them down… Via: DefenseNews: The U.S. Air Force has secretly designed, built and flown at least one prototype of its enigmatic next-generation fighter jet, the service’s top acquisition official confirmed to Defense News on Sept. 14. The development is certain to shock the defense […]
Car Seats as Contraception
October 1st, 2020Via:SSRN: Since 1977, U.S. states have passed laws steadily raising the age for which a child must ride in a car safety seat. These laws significantly raise the cost of having a third child, as many regular-sized cars cannot fit three child seats in the back. Using census data and state-year variation in laws, we […]
