Friday, December 27, 2024

"Rapid-Onset Political Enlightenment: How Barack Obama Buiilt An Omnipotent Thought-Machine, And How It Was Destroyed"—David Samuels

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Our readers may remember Mr. Samuels for his interview of Martin Luther King and Barack Obama biographer David Garrow in August 2023's ...

"France Is Living in Zemmour’s World"

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From Palladium Magazine, February 2, 2022 : On the 5th of December, Éric Zemmour held his first official political rally. It was an intense ...

"Looking Back at the Future of Humanity Institute"

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 From Asterisk Magazine: The rise and fall of the influential, embattled Oxford research center that brought us the concept of existential r...

Russell Napier: «We Are Headed Towards a System of National Capitalism»

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Geez I hope not. From  Neue Zürcher Zeitung's TheMarket.ch, December 13: Market strategist and historian Russell Napier outlines a futu...

The Sinking Of The Russian Cargo Ship In The Mediterranean Dealt A Blow To Russia's Arctic Plans

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From the Barents Observer, December 24: Cargo vessel sinks with reactor hatches to Rossiya icebreaker The sinking of the Russian cargo vesse...
Thursday, December 26, 2024

"Iron Ore Hits Five-Week Low as Traders Fret About Chinese Demand"

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One of the most basic measures of manufacturing/industrial health and probably a necessary component of  any future version of the Li Keqian...

"New York to fine fossil fuel companies $75 billion under new climate law"

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Huh. From Reuters via MSN, December 26:  New York state will fine fossil fuel companies a total of $75 billion over the next 25 years to p...

Boxing Day 1898: The Curies Announce Their Discovery Of Radium

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First up, from ScienceMuseum.org.uk, 26December2018: Radiant Radium: A Christmas Gift  26 December 2018 marked the 120th anniversary of Mari...

The Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami Happened 20 Years Ago Today

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It seems like yesterday. The Wikipedia entry has most of the superlatives, deadliest recorded tsunami, deadliest natural disaster of the 21...

"Behind Closed Doors: The Spy World Scientists Who Argued Covid Was a Lab Leak"

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From the Wall Street Journal via MSN Dec 26: A car and driver had been readied to whisk Jason Bannan from FBI headquarters early one morn...

"Confessions of a Michelin Inspector"

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Originally posted October 2021 . From LuxeEat, February 28, 2021: Gaining a Michelin star, or three, isn’t simply a mark of excellence, it ...

'Debanking' In The USA (crypto and other businesses)

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From crypto/trad-banking maven Nic Carter on X: everyone is familiar with 'debanking' but many are curious as to the precise mechani...