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Via:
Vice: Every year, millions of students sit down for standardized tests
that carry weighty consequences. National tests like the Graduate Record
Examinations (GRE) serve as gatekeepers to higher education, while
state assessments can determine everything from whether a student will
graduate to federal funding for schools and teacher pay. Traditional
paper-and-pencil tests have given […]
Via:
The Charlotte Observer: A series of Special Forces military training
exercises — including gunfire with blanks — is being staged across 21
North Carolina counties starting Aug. 30, and the Army is telling the
public not to be alarmed at the suspicious-looking activity. Known as
Robin Sage training, the unconventional warfare exercises can be […]
Make smart choices on the best electronics essentials for any student.
Via:
Guardian: Japan’s government will reportedly state that North Korea is
capable of miniaturising nuclear warheads in a forthcoming defence
report, it has emerged. Tokyo will upgrade its estimate of the regime’s
nuclear capability, having said last year only that the technical feat
was a possibility, the conservative Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper said on
Wednesday, without […]
Via:
Vice: Every year, millions of students sit down for standardized tests
that carry weighty consequences. National tests like the Graduate Record
Examinations (GRE) serve as gatekeepers to higher education, while
state assessments can determine everything from whether a student will
graduate to federal funding for schools and teacher pay. Traditional
paper-and-pencil tests have given […]
Via:
The Charlotte Observer: A series of Special Forces military training
exercises — including gunfire with blanks — is being staged across 21
North Carolina counties starting Aug. 30, and the Army is telling the
public not to be alarmed at the suspicious-looking activity. Known as
Robin Sage training, the unconventional warfare exercises can be […]
Make smart choices on the best electronics essentials for any student.
Via:
Guardian: Japan’s government will reportedly state that North Korea is
capable of miniaturising nuclear warheads in a forthcoming defence
report, it has emerged. Tokyo will upgrade its estimate of the regime’s
nuclear capability, having said last year only that the technical feat
was a possibility, the conservative Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper said on
Wednesday, without […]
Yesterday
Via:
MarketWatch: Walmart Inc. is suing Tesla Inc. over a spate of roof
fires at several Walmart stores that the retailer alleges were caused by
Tesla solar panels. Walmart is suing for breach of contract and alleges
“gross negligence” on Tesla’s part for the fires, which it says all
started on the rooftops of several […]
Via:
CBS: The chasm between what the country’s corporate leaders and their
workers earn is widening to Grand Canyon-like proportions, according to
new research that shows CEO compensation surged 940% between 1978 to
2018 while the average worker saw a meager 12% pay hike over the same
40-year period. … Last year chief execs got […]
Via:
MarketWatch: Walmart Inc. is suing Tesla Inc. over a spate of roof
fires at several Walmart stores that the retailer alleges were caused by
Tesla solar panels. Walmart is suing for breach of contract and alleges
“gross negligence” on Tesla’s part for the fires, which it says all
started on the rooftops of several […]
Via:
CBS: The chasm between what the country’s corporate leaders and their
workers earn is widening to Grand Canyon-like proportions, according to
new research that shows CEO compensation surged 940% between 1978 to
2018 while the average worker saw a meager 12% pay hike over the same
40-year period. … Last year chief execs got […]
Aug 19
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Aug 18
Via:
Bloomberg: Recently, a Chinese startup named Qihan Biotech raised $20
million to develop replacement organs for humans. The smallish deal
would hardly have rated a headline, except for the fact that the
Hangzhou-based gene-editing company is aiming to grow those organs in
pigs and other animals. If successful, such transplants could well
transform medicine. […]
Via: Fox:
Via:
Bloomberg: Recently, a Chinese startup named Qihan Biotech raised $20
million to develop replacement organs for humans. The smallish deal
would hardly have rated a headline, except for the fact that the
Hangzhou-based gene-editing company is aiming to grow those organs in
pigs and other animals. If successful, such transplants could well
transform medicine. […]
Via: Fox:
Aug 17
Despite
relatively prosaic disclosures about the JASON group’s activities, most
of their work is classified. I’ve always wondered if the main, and
unspoken, purpose of the JASON group was related to the UFO situation.
After World War 2, the U.S. government was definitely struggling to
understand the nature of UFOs; their flight characteristics and their
[…]
Despite
relatively prosaic disclosures about the JASON group’s activities, most
of their work is classified. I’ve always wondered if the main, and
unspoken, purpose of the JASON group was related to the UFO situation.
After World War 2, the U.S. government was definitely struggling to
understand the nature of UFOs; their flight characteristics and their
[…]
Aug 16
“Like
most Asian nations, China has a traditional bias for sons.” Via: New
Scientist: The finding that some chemicals slow down sperm that carry
the X chromosome could lead to gels for home use that make a couple less
likely to conceive a girl, scientists have warned. “I am concerned
about the social impact of […]
“Like
most Asian nations, China has a traditional bias for sons.” Via: New
Scientist: The finding that some chemicals slow down sperm that carry
the X chromosome could lead to gels for home use that make a couple less
likely to conceive a girl, scientists have warned. “I am concerned
about the social impact of […]
Aug 15
Flashback:
Xanax Link to Mass Shootings Confirmed Yet Again Via: Reuters: The
gunman who killed nine people outside a bar in Dayton, Ohio, had
cocaine, Xanax and alcohol in his system at the time of the shooting
rampage, the county coroner said on Thursday.
Update:
Maxwell Staged Photo — Fascinating. Book: The Book of Honor : The
Secret Lives and Deaths of CIA Operatives by Ted Gup Via: New York Post:
Jeffrey Epstein’s former gal pal Ghislaine Maxwell isn’t holed up in
her British manor or summering on the Massachusetts coast. The Post
found the socialite hiding in plain […]
Bigger
fraud than Enron or WorldCom. Via: Reuters: General Electric (GE.N)
shares fell as much as 15% on Thursday after fraud investigator Harry
Markopolos, who blew the whistle on Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, said
GE was concealing deep financial problems. In a 175-page report,
Markopolos accused GE of hiding $38.1 billion in potential losses and
[…]
Via:
news.com.au: An autopsy that has just been carried out on convicted sex
offender Jeffrey Epstein’s body has only deepened the mystery
surrounding his death. The billionaire financier was facing up to 45
years in prison over federal sex trafficking and conspiracy charges when
his body was found in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional […]
Flashback:
Xanax Link to Mass Shootings Confirmed Yet Again Via: Reuters: The
gunman who killed nine people outside a bar in Dayton, Ohio, had
cocaine, Xanax and alcohol in his system at the time of the shooting
rampage, the county coroner said on Thursday.
Update:
Maxwell Staged Photo — Fascinating. Book: The Book of Honor : The
Secret Lives and Deaths of CIA Operatives by Ted Gup Via: New York Post:
Jeffrey Epstein’s former gal pal Ghislaine Maxwell isn’t holed up in
her British manor or summering on the Massachusetts coast. The Post
found the socialite hiding in plain […]
Bigger
fraud than Enron or WorldCom. Via: Reuters: General Electric (GE.N)
shares fell as much as 15% on Thursday after fraud investigator Harry
Markopolos, who blew the whistle on Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, said
GE was concealing deep financial problems. In a 175-page report,
Markopolos accused GE of hiding $38.1 billion in potential losses and
[…]
Via:
news.com.au: An autopsy that has just been carried out on convicted sex
offender Jeffrey Epstein’s body has only deepened the mystery
surrounding his death. The billionaire financier was facing up to 45
years in prison over federal sex trafficking and conspiracy charges when
his body was found in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional […]
Aug 14
Via:
Reddit: The NYPD Commissioner has always been a tool of the elite. The
old tool basically elects the new one to make sure he will serve the
elite also. The Commissioner is paid through various deals and through
black money for his services. The Commissioner has a circle of generals.
They are in charge […]
Via:
Daily Mail: Ghislaine Maxwell, long-time consort of Jeffrey Epstein and
the alleged procurer of victims in his underage sex trafficking ring,
has been laying low in a New England beach town, DailyMail.com has
learned exclusively. Maxwell, 57, is in a relationship with Scott
Borgerson, 43, and has been living with him at his secluded […]
Via:
Guardian: Plastic was the furthest thing from Gregory Wetherbee’s mind
when he began analyzing rainwater samples collected from the Rocky
Mountains. “I guess I expected to see mostly soil and mineral
particles,” said the US Geological Survey researcher. Instead, he found
multicolored microscopic plastic fibers. The discovery, published in a
recent study (pdf) titled […]
What
is the Chinese government injecting into these women? As far as I know,
there aren’t any injectable compounds that cause reliable and permanent
sterilization of women, but that’s not from a lack of trying. What’s
the true state of the art when it comes to immunocontraception? Many
will recall the Kenyan tetanus/hCG imbroglio from […]
Via: Project Veritas:
Via:
End of the American Dream: We haven’t seen anything like this since the
Great Depression of the 1930s. Leading up to this year, farm incomes
had been trending lower for most of the past decade, and meanwhile farm
debt levels have been absolutely exploding. So U.S. farmers were
desperate for a really good year, […]
Via:
Reddit: The NYPD Commissioner has always been a tool of the elite. The
old tool basically elects the new one to make sure he will serve the
elite also. The Commissioner is paid through various deals and through
black money for his services. The Commissioner has a circle of generals.
They are in charge […]
Via:
Daily Mail: Ghislaine Maxwell, long-time consort of Jeffrey Epstein and
the alleged procurer of victims in his underage sex trafficking ring,
has been laying low in a New England beach town, DailyMail.com has
learned exclusively. Maxwell, 57, is in a relationship with Scott
Borgerson, 43, and has been living with him at his secluded […]
Via:
Guardian: Plastic was the furthest thing from Gregory Wetherbee’s mind
when he began analyzing rainwater samples collected from the Rocky
Mountains. “I guess I expected to see mostly soil and mineral
particles,” said the US Geological Survey researcher. Instead, he found
multicolored microscopic plastic fibers. The discovery, published in a
recent study (pdf) titled […]
What
is the Chinese government injecting into these women? As far as I know,
there aren’t any injectable compounds that cause reliable and permanent
sterilization of women, but that’s not from a lack of trying. What’s
the true state of the art when it comes to immunocontraception? Many
will recall the Kenyan tetanus/hCG imbroglio from […]
Via: Project Veritas:
Via:
End of the American Dream: We haven’t seen anything like this since the
Great Depression of the 1930s. Leading up to this year, farm incomes
had been trending lower for most of the past decade, and meanwhile farm
debt levels have been absolutely exploding. So U.S. farmers were
desperate for a really good year, […]
Aug 13
Via:
CBS: Riot police clashed with pro-democracy protesters at Hong Kong’s
airport late Tuesday night, moving into the terminal where the
demonstrators had shut down operations at one of the world’s busiest
transport hubs for two straight days. Officers armed with pepper spray
and swinging batons confronted the protesters who used luggage carts to
barricade […]
Someone
going by the name Rusty Shackleford has been flying a drone over the
island for weeks. They managed to catch some video of the recent FBI
raid: Via: Daily Mail: FBI agents were seen raiding Jeffrey Epstein’s
private US Virgin Island, which has been dubbed ‘Pedophile Island’, as
the sex trafficking probe around the […]
Via:
CBS: Riot police clashed with pro-democracy protesters at Hong Kong’s
airport late Tuesday night, moving into the terminal where the
demonstrators had shut down operations at one of the world’s busiest
transport hubs for two straight days. Officers armed with pepper spray
and swinging batons confronted the protesters who used luggage carts to
barricade […]
Someone
going by the name Rusty Shackleford has been flying a drone over the
island for weeks. They managed to catch some video of the recent FBI
raid: Via: Daily Mail: FBI agents were seen raiding Jeffrey Epstein’s
private US Virgin Island, which has been dubbed ‘Pedophile Island’, as
the sex trafficking probe around the […]
Aug 12
Via: Derek Van Schaik:
Via:
Bloomberg: The U.S. fiscal deficit has already exceeded the full-year
figure for last year, as spending growth outpaces revenue. The gap grew
to $866.8 billion in the first 10 months of the fiscal year, up 27% from
the same period a year earlier, the Treasury Department said in its
monthly budget report on Monday. […]
Update:
Clashes at Hong Kong Airport Via: Reuters: Protesters clashed with
police at Hong Kong’s international airport on Tuesday evening after
flights were disrupted for a second day, plunging the former British
colony deeper into turmoil. The scuffles broke out in the evening
between police and protesters, after an injured person was taken out of
[…]
Via: Derek Van Schaik:
Via:
Bloomberg: The U.S. fiscal deficit has already exceeded the full-year
figure for last year, as spending growth outpaces revenue. The gap grew
to $866.8 billion in the first 10 months of the fiscal year, up 27% from
the same period a year earlier, the Treasury Department said in its
monthly budget report on Monday. […]
Update:
Clashes at Hong Kong Airport Via: Reuters: Protesters clashed with
police at Hong Kong’s international airport on Tuesday evening after
flights were disrupted for a second day, plunging the former British
colony deeper into turmoil. The scuffles broke out in the evening
between police and protesters, after an injured person was taken out of
[…]
Aug 11
In
other news: Gold at All-Time Highs in 73 Countries. Via: ZeroHedge:
Well for Denmark, the future is now, because three years later and with
over $15 trillion in negative-yielding debt around the world, Denmark’s
third largest bank is now offering borrowers mortgages at a negative
interest rate, effectively paying its customers to borrow money […]
Via:
Independent: America’s main biological warfare lab has been ordered to
stop all research into the deadliest viruses and pathogens over fears
contaminated waste could leak out of the facility. Fort Detrick, in
Maryland, has been the epicentre of the US Army’s bioweapons research
since the beginning of the Cold War. But last month the […]
In
other news: Gold at All-Time Highs in 73 Countries. Via: ZeroHedge:
Well for Denmark, the future is now, because three years later and with
over $15 trillion in negative-yielding debt around the world, Denmark’s
third largest bank is now offering borrowers mortgages at a negative
interest rate, effectively paying its customers to borrow money […]
Via:
Independent: America’s main biological warfare lab has been ordered to
stop all research into the deadliest viruses and pathogens over fears
contaminated waste could leak out of the facility. Fort Detrick, in
Maryland, has been the epicentre of the US Army’s bioweapons research
since the beginning of the Cold War. But last month the […]
Aug 10
Update:
Epstein Was First “Suicide” in Metropolitan Correctional Center in 21
Years Via: NY Post: Jeffrey Epstein’s shocking death occurred at an
ultra-secure federal lock-up where suicide is supposedly next to
impossible. Yet Epstein, 66, apparently managed to hang himself in his
cell in the Special Housing Unit on the 9th floor of the federal […]
Via:
New Atlas: A Texas-based startup has raised US$4.5 million in seed
funding to develop and commercialize a remarkable electric motor
technology. The father/son team claims the design can massively reduce
the size and complexity of electric powertrains while also significantly
boosting efficiency and doubling the torque output.
Update:
Epstein Was First “Suicide” in Metropolitan Correctional Center in 21
Years Via: NY Post: Jeffrey Epstein’s shocking death occurred at an
ultra-secure federal lock-up where suicide is supposedly next to
impossible. Yet Epstein, 66, apparently managed to hang himself in his
cell in the Special Housing Unit on the 9th floor of the federal […]
Via:
New Atlas: A Texas-based startup has raised US$4.5 million in seed
funding to develop and commercialize a remarkable electric motor
technology. The father/son team claims the design can massively reduce
the size and complexity of electric powertrains while also significantly
boosting efficiency and doubling the torque output.
Aug 09
Via:
Electrek: Porsche has been pushing the idea that the Taycan is going to
be the first performance all-electric car with repeatable power, and to
prove it, they let a YouTuber do 30 consecutive 0 to 124 mph (200 km/h)
launches. The German automaker has previously mentioned that unlike
Tesla’s performance vehicles, the Taycan is […]
Coming
to a favela near you! Via: The Verge: The Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency (DARPA) is experimenting with using a swarm of
autonomous drones and ground robots to assist with military missions. In
a video of a recent test, DARPA showed how its robots analyzed two city
blocks to find, surround, and secure a […]
Via:
Rice University: Rice University scientists are designing arrays of
aligned single-wall carbon nanotubes to channel mid-infrared radiation
(aka heat) and greatly raise the efficiency of solar energy systems. …
Naik said adding the emitters to standard solar cells could boost their
efficiency from the current peak of about 22%. “By squeezing all the
wasted […]
You
can easily secure America’s e-voting systems tomorrow. Use paper Via:
Vice: The top voting machine company in the country insists that its
election systems are never connected to the internet. But researchers
found 35 of the systems have been connected to the internet for months
and possibly years, including in some swing states.
Via:
Electrek: Porsche has been pushing the idea that the Taycan is going to
be the first performance all-electric car with repeatable power, and to
prove it, they let a YouTuber do 30 consecutive 0 to 124 mph (200 km/h)
launches. The German automaker has previously mentioned that unlike
Tesla’s performance vehicles, the Taycan is […]
Coming
to a favela near you! Via: The Verge: The Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency (DARPA) is experimenting with using a swarm of
autonomous drones and ground robots to assist with military missions. In
a video of a recent test, DARPA showed how its robots analyzed two city
blocks to find, surround, and secure a […]
Via:
Rice University: Rice University scientists are designing arrays of
aligned single-wall carbon nanotubes to channel mid-infrared radiation
(aka heat) and greatly raise the efficiency of solar energy systems. …
Naik said adding the emitters to standard solar cells could boost their
efficiency from the current peak of about 22%. “By squeezing all the
wasted […]
You
can easily secure America’s e-voting systems tomorrow. Use paper Via:
Vice: The top voting machine company in the country insists that its
election systems are never connected to the internet. But researchers
found 35 of the systems have been connected to the internet for months
and possibly years, including in some swing states.
Aug 08
Via:
Forbes: Apple has massively increased the amount it’s offering hackers
for finding vulnerabilities in iPhones and Macs, up to $1 million. It’s
by far the highest bug bounty on offer from any major tech company.
That’s up from $200,000, and in the fall the program will be open to all
researchers. Previously only those […]
Via:
zdnet: Amazon has officially rolled out its last-mile delivery robots
in a Southern California testbed. Called Scout, the delivery robot is
designed to autonomously ferry parcels from urban distribution points to
Amazon Prime customers, removing the need for vans and cars in
last-mile delivery. Amazon has previously tested its delivery robots in
Washington State, […]
Update:
Is Putin Covering Up a Nuclear Disaster? Via: Daily Mail: Suspicions
are growing today that Russia has suffered another nuclear accident
after ambulances covered in protective film were seen transporting six
people with serious radiation poisoning in a mystery explosion at a
military base. Alarming footage also shows men in protective clothing
loading casualties […]
Via:
NBC: Amazon, known mainly for its online consumer marketplace, is
becoming a potent resource for federal, state and local authorities,
peddling an array of tools that harness the power of cloud-based
computing, artificial intelligence and video analysis. Some of the
products seem mundane, offering agencies a relatively cheap method of
storing, sharing and crunching […]
Via:
Forbes: Apple has massively increased the amount it’s offering hackers
for finding vulnerabilities in iPhones and Macs, up to $1 million. It’s
by far the highest bug bounty on offer from any major tech company.
That’s up from $200,000, and in the fall the program will be open to all
researchers. Previously only those […]
Via:
zdnet: Amazon has officially rolled out its last-mile delivery robots
in a Southern California testbed. Called Scout, the delivery robot is
designed to autonomously ferry parcels from urban distribution points to
Amazon Prime customers, removing the need for vans and cars in
last-mile delivery. Amazon has previously tested its delivery robots in
Washington State, […]
Update:
Is Putin Covering Up a Nuclear Disaster? Via: Daily Mail: Suspicions
are growing today that Russia has suffered another nuclear accident
after ambulances covered in protective film were seen transporting six
people with serious radiation poisoning in a mystery explosion at a
military base. Alarming footage also shows men in protective clothing
loading casualties […]
Via:
NBC: Amazon, known mainly for its online consumer marketplace, is
becoming a potent resource for federal, state and local authorities,
peddling an array of tools that harness the power of cloud-based
computing, artificial intelligence and video analysis. Some of the
products seem mundane, offering agencies a relatively cheap method of
storing, sharing and crunching […]
Aug 07
Via:
SputnikNews: “There is a possibility that such aircraft could be used
in a deception operation designed to confuse enemy planes in the air, to
launch a surprise attack against enemy installations or in a
provocation operation in which Soviet aircraft would appear to attack US
or friendly installations in order to provide an excuse […]
Via:
ZeroHedge: Raytheon published a company press release last week that
detailed how it “will deploy two prototype high energy laser weapon
systems” to the Air Force for a 12-month in-field operation against
enemy drones. The $23 million contract for two of Raytheon’s High Energy
Laser Weapons Systems (HELWS) will be used by the Air […]
Via:
MarketWatch: Gold prices on Wednesday jumped above an important
psychological level at $1,500 amid a round of easy-money policies that
helped to stoke fresh appetite for the perceived safety of precious
metals. The 10-year U.S. Treasury note’s TMUBMUSD10Y, -4.93% fall to new
lows not seen since 2016 below 1.7%, also helped to drive demand […]
Off
Topic – First World Problems — Update: Samsung, You’ve Let Yourself
Down, You’ve Let Us Down Via: Android Authority: — Update: Samsung Is
Hiding Its Ads That Made Fun of Apple’s Removal of Headphone Jack Via:
Via:
SputnikNews: “There is a possibility that such aircraft could be used
in a deception operation designed to confuse enemy planes in the air, to
launch a surprise attack against enemy installations or in a
provocation operation in which Soviet aircraft would appear to attack US
or friendly installations in order to provide an excuse […]
Via:
ZeroHedge: Raytheon published a company press release last week that
detailed how it “will deploy two prototype high energy laser weapon
systems” to the Air Force for a 12-month in-field operation against
enemy drones. The $23 million contract for two of Raytheon’s High Energy
Laser Weapons Systems (HELWS) will be used by the Air […]
Via:
MarketWatch: Gold prices on Wednesday jumped above an important
psychological level at $1,500 amid a round of easy-money policies that
helped to stoke fresh appetite for the perceived safety of precious
metals. The 10-year U.S. Treasury note’s TMUBMUSD10Y, -4.93% fall to new
lows not seen since 2016 below 1.7%, also helped to drive demand […]
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