“As a decision-making aid in the construction of dykes and drainage channels the climate models are unsuitable. “Our computers do not even predict with certainty whether the glaciers in the Alps will increase or decrease,” explains Stevens. The difficulties he and his fellow researchers face can be summed up in one word: clouds. The mountains …
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The problem of failing states
Countries, unlike companies, are defined by the International system as “too big to fail”. What foreign assistance tries to accomplish would be called a bailout. Unfortunately some countries fail anyway. Venezuela is a dramatic example. It failed largely because of mismanagement. No amount of foreign aid will fix it. Not even intervention may work. Nobody …
Europe Wants Cars To Have Speed Limiters and More by 2022
Does the state spell technology ‘control ‘? “It seems that politicians believe driver training or road maintenance won’t improve anytime soon, so instead they want to limit your car’s engine power to make sure you don’t break the speed limit while robots determine whether you’re fit to drive in the first place. At least that’s …
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Maduro ready to resist to the last other man
As economy suffers multiple organ failure. It turned out that Venezuela wasn’t rich enough to afford socialism.
The day the dinosaurs died
Revealed in detail by new techniques in the fossil record. One moment an entire era seemed unstoppable. The next it was gone. It’s a sobering story. What Nature’s left hand is doing may be undone by its right. Yet the end of the dinosaurs meant the birth of the mammalian age — and us.
Referendum again UK told
If they want a Brexit delay. Meanwhile Bolton says US will give post Brexit UK priority access
What happened to collusion?
As US Russia tensions rise in Venezuela
London knife murder suspects escape through mosque
Helicopters circled the London Central Mosque on the edge of Regent’s Park after the street attack about half a mile away in St John’s Wood. London Times
Biden again
The hands
Why is she less famous than Avenatti?
The woman who forgave the boy who smashed her face
Federal Court Finds California Magazine Ban Violates the Second Amendment
Benitez subjected the ban both to the constitutional analysis he argued was required by the U.S. Supreme Court in District of Columbia v. Heller and a more complicated and flexible test the Ninth Circuit has applied in prior Second Amendment cases.
EU demands 39 billion pounds for Brexit
$50 to get in $500 to get out defines a joint you should avoid
Pick up the phone
Top Venezuelan brass getting messages from Bolton. No longer master of the house.
Homeless in Seattle
“How could a 100% failure rate go on for so long without anyone taking action?” So what can be done?
What if they stop being friends?
From Stripes: In a “60 Minutes” interview last year, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said that “Saudi Arabia does not want to acquire any nuclear bomb, but without a doubt if Iran developed a nuclear bomb, we will follow suit as soon as possible.” What happens if one day there’s another 9/11?
Always unexpected
Nature is both terrible and wonderful. The real threat when it comes will be a surprise not some preannounced UN catastrophe like global warming. NYT
Rachel’s orphans
No twist was too minuscule or outlandish for Maddow; every night, seemingly, brought another nail in the coffin of the soon-to-be-dead Trump presidency. Guardian
All the President’s Men
Spygate. How the Collusion narrative started. Fascinating for its description of process as well as substance.
Willing a civilization to death
No point giving birth because of Climate Change. “Though Laura Formisano says she never felt a huge desire to have children, she used to presume that would change. But climate change could make the planet so uninhabitable, she says, she’s not sure she can ever bring herself to become a parent.” It all makes sense …
“Google Needs a Lesson in Patriotism”
What’s patriotism? Maybe it’s not cool to be patriotic but it’s acceptable to be an ‘antihero’. “In June 2018, following an outcry from thousands of employees, Google ended its participation in the Pentagon’s so-called Project Maven. That initiative focuses on improving U.S. targeting capabilities by using AI to identify objects captured in countless hours of surveillance …