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THE BEST REASON ON EARTH TO AVOID VIOLENCE

By Bradley J. Steiner, American Combato Every one of our students knows (because we emphasize it at every class) that “Self-Defense Technique #1” is avoidance. Whenever possible avoid all potentially “hot” situations, and never, ever, ever agree to fight with anyone. Fighting in a sporting competition is fine; that is a sport. Fighting for real—i.e.,...

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NEW VEHICLES SUCCUMB TO TECH OVERLOAD

Auto makers are dealing with an increasing number of lawsuits growing out of malfunctioning technology: dashboard screens that flicker or go black, faulty backup cameras, sound systems that die or suddenly blast at high volumes. In 2019, Ford paid $17 million to settle a suit brought by owners who complained about flaws in the vehicles’...

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RECYCLED PLASTIC BECOMES SUPERGLUE

By tweaking the structure of a common polystyrene plastic, scientists at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory have managed to turn it into a reusable adhesive so strong that a dab of a square centimeter—less than half an inch—holds 300 pounds, or about 136 kg, suspended in air. The plastic is called polystyrene-b-poly(ethylene-co-butylene)-b-polystyrene, or SEBS, and...

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NEXT-GENERATION EV BATTERIES CUT WEIGHT, EXPAND RANGE

Would-be electric vehicle (EV) owners waiting for battery-powered cars and trucks that run longer on a single charge won’t have to wait much longer. California-based Amprius has sold and shipped its first batch of lithium-ion batteries that, it says, stores 73 percent more energy per unit of weight than the batteries in Tesla’s Model 3...

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FEAR AND LOATHING IN WASHINGTON

By Philip Giraldi One can frequently disagree with government policies without necessarily regarding them with disgust, but the Joe Biden Administration has turned that corner, first with its senseless promotion of a new Cold War that could turn hot with Russia and, more recently, with its actions undertaken to undermine and punish Afghanistan. The fact...

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SPOTLIGHT: BIGS GETTING BIGGER

Each week, we report instances where the money junky hedge funds, private equity groups and the already big companies swallow another piece of the global economy. Here are some more of what the BIGS have been gobbling up and how the Bigs keep getting bigger and the rich keep getting richer… BLACKSTONE BOOKS €21-BILLION DEAL...