While other governments were wooing vaccine makers with subsidies and immunity from liability in case of side effects, the EU focused on pushing prices down and slowing negotiations, which resulted in late orders. It also spread its purchases widely to reduce risk, signing deals with companies that are still months away from approved shots. And …
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Nation buys guns at blistering pace
The uncertainty and unease is global. From Asia to Europe to Russia and even the Middle East there is much doubt in the air. Experts attribute the demand to fear and uncertainty that was sparked by the coronavirus pandemic, protests over racial injustice from last summer and the 2020 presidential election. … “There’s every indication …
Casts doubt on monster theory
Today, the so-called Dyatlov Pass Incident—named after the group’s leader, 23-year-old Igor Dyatlov—is one of Russia’s most enduring mysteries, spawning conspiracy theories as varied as a military cover-up, a UFO sighting, an abominable snowman attack, radiation fallout from secret weapons tests and a clash with the indigenous Mansi people. But as Robin George Andrews reports …
Biden debating whether to call military takeover in Myanmar a ‘coup’ – CNNPolitics
He knows a coup when he sees one.
GameStop: Elon Musk grills Robinhood chief over sharemarket battle
“Spill the beans, man,” Musk said to Tenev on Clubhouse. “What happened last week? Why couldn’t people buy the GameStop shares? The people demand answers, and they want to know the truth.”
Biden to appoint Iran nuclear deal architect
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Attack of the Mutants
New mutant UK coronavirus strains could resist vaccines.
When the radar is set to ignore
Then all will be well with nothing to report. How censorship is blinding us. New at the Belmont Club
What’s going on w/ SpaceX?
The investigation into this complaint began under the Trump administration, and the request to enforce an administrative subpoena occurred under the Biden administration. It is unclear if this is just another example of how overregulation puts undue burdens on organizations when agencies have conflicting mandates or if CEO Elon Musk’s recent critical statements could have …
Biden Plans Global Democracy Summit
Never mind what China and Russia say. It’s the American voters who think Biden cheated that’s the problem. The West, masked, locked down, surveilled and cancel crazy is a long way from ‘whiskey, sexy, freedom’.
Aung San Suu Kyi out; enter the Dragon?
The Burmese military is back. China is their biggest arms supplier. “President Biden’s administration is reviewing whether the United States will officially label the campaign against the Rohingya genocide.” What happens next? Myanmar was lauded by Western governments, including the Obama administration, as a democratic beacon in a world where authoritarianism was on the rise. …
From out whose bourne we need not return
The information theory of biological aging, if right, means it is reversible in principle. The bad news is that Stalin and Mao might still be alive today. Incumbents almost never lose in Washington. Imagine Nancy Pelosi as Speaker potentially forever. What if the Old Ones decide to limit entry to the club?
Britain returns to the Pacific
Britain has returned to the world stage as herself and not just as part of the European Union. The old world order has gone. Something new is stirring in its place. This is the fundamental problem of the Restoration.
Pelosi: There’s an ‘enemy within’
It’s ok be a Communist radical just not the other thing.
FBI lawyer gets probation for faking Carter Page allegations
Serious violations but it didn’t matter. But what is the point of process or falsifying the application at all? Kevin Clinesmith’s actions were serious, but the warrant probably would have been approved anyway, a judge rules..
Mail-in Voting Expansion Proposed
If mail in voting was good then more is better. But if it’s bad then more is worse since its defects will be proportionately magnified. The migration from in-person to mail-in voting implies an improvement in the chain of proof of identity. The demand for more identity security may run counter to the political promise …
Why suddenly and now?
They are not deterred by the formidable reputation of the new administration. Doesn’t China know the only adults in the room are watching them? A confirmation that the mission flown on Jan. 23 was simulating an air strike on the U.S. aircraft carrier comes from the Financial Times, that on Jan. 29, 2020 reported: “People …
Starship vs the Gov’t
If Elon ever gets to Mars he’ll declare independence from Earth. The December test launch of the “Serial Number 8” Starship prototype at SpaceX’s Boca Chica, Texas, facilities was hailed by Musk as a success: “Mars, here we come!!” the chief executive tweeted moments after the rocket exploded on its landing, celebrating SN8’s successful 8-mile-high …
Why is Goliath Still Vulnerable to David?
The quick answer is that there is more bandwidth, more nodes, more complexity and more emergence for David to exploit against Goliath. The status quo has been repeatedly blindsided by events that seemingly came out of nowhere. It responds by creating ever denser and interlinked connections which never quite behave as they’ve modeled. 9/11, Brexit, …
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