The simulation, presented at an industry fair in China, offered a rare look at a system that now peers into nearly every corner of Xinjiang, the troubled region where Kashgar is located. This is the vision of high-tech surveillance — precise, all-seeing, infallible — that China’s leaders are investing billions of dollars in every year, making …
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Queensland king prawns, salted caramel espresso martinis, massages at their desk – the Labor high command were in a mood for celebrating on election eve. Sydney Morning Herald
Most people are happy to live their own lives, content in the miraculous experience of being alive. But a significant minority are happy only if they are leading other people’s lives. They feel nothing but what is underfoot. The wish to have power over others is altogether alien to me; I just don’t get it, …
At least it’s out in the open. Telegraph
Scientists have found that the higher someone rates their social class, the more likely they are to overestimate their talents. London Times
The end of Globalization 1.0 Reuters
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Everyone presumably pays for accurate polling even if it shows them losing because how else can they adjust strategy unless they are in possession of the true facts. Now 3 failed polling predictions in 3 major Anglo democracies raise the question of how they could be so wrong? David Cameron called the Brexit referendum confident …
Assistant Attorney General John Demers called the case “an alarming trend” of former U.S. intelligence officers passing along government secrets to China. Washington Examiner
LONDON (Reuters) – Iranian crude oil exports have fallen in May to 500,000 barrels per day (bpd) or lower, tanker data showed and industry sources said, after the United States tightened the screws on Tehran’s main source of income, deepening global supply losses. Reuters Meanwhile … DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran said on Friday it could …
Even the article admits Trump doesn’t want war with Iran. What Europe is worried about is Washington going its own way on Iran and possibly doing better. Europe has no real answer to the Iran problem. Perhaps neither does Washington, but it’s not as if there is now a choice between War and Peace. NYT
A confidential assessment issued this week by the Norwegian Shipowners’ Mutual War Risks Insurance Association (DNK) concluded that the attack was likely to have been carried out by a surface vessel operating close by that despatched underwater drones carrying 30-50 kg (65-110 lb) of high-grade explosives to detonate on impact. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-oil-tankers-exclusive-idUSKCN1SN1P7
The weird thing is nobody knows why. NYT
How many people died in this incident is the single greatest mystery of modern times. AP
The advertisement in The Lantern described his clinic as offering “prompt treatment of common genital/urinary problems,” as well as providing examinations for rashes, lumps, pain/burning, checkups, testing, sexually transmitted diseases and “answers to questions.” Lantern
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A now-dead Ohio State team doctor sexually abused at least 177 male students over nearly two decades, and university officials knew what he was doing and did little to stop him, according to an investigative report released by the school Friday. Dr. Richard Strauss committed the abuse from 1979 to 1997 …
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Speech and the control of speech is part of hybrid war Modern War Institute
Unlicensed nurse may have killed a thousand grannies. Nothing deadlier than the trusted killer. KRLD The suspect may be an illegal alien.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday promised that efforts to regulate social media in Canada would include “meaningful financial consequences” for online platforms that fail to counter disinformation. Reuters
Masking won’t help. China has body biometric and gait recognition. The only escape is to partly disempower the State Twitter
