German factories turned out 0.8 percent fewer goods in August than in July and 2.9 percent less compared to February, just before Russia invaded Ukraine, the national statistics office reported.
Category: 11 October 2022
IF ONLY WOMEN WERE IN CHARGE! GERMAN DEFENSE MINISTER URGES WIDER WAR WITH RUSSIA, ESSENTIALLY ASSURING NUCLEAR CONFRONTATION
There is a constant mainstream media line that “If only women were in charge, there would be no war. Forgetting about the long list of women warmongers including Margaret Thatcher, Indira Gandhi, Hitlery Clinton, Samantha Power, Susan Rice, Condoleezza Rice, Madeleine Albright, and the war mongering lady now leading the war charge is the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.
U.S. UKRAINE ASSASSINATED MAJOR PUTIN SUPPORTER’S DAUGHTER
The New York Times, citing intelligence sources, published a report last week detailing that Ukrainian authorities were behind the car bomb that resulted in the death of the daughter of a top supporter of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The young woman died in a blast likely intended for her father.
BLOCKCHAIN BATTLES
LIVE WEB3 BASED GAMING WILL TAKE CENTERSTAGE AT ESA ESPORTS ARENA IN ISTANBUL. The Esports industry—also known as competitive video gaming—has grown exponentially over the past decade, including inclusion at many colleges.
BINANCE BLOCKCHAIN HACK FORCES NETWORK SHUTDOWN
The Binance blockchain, one of the largest in crypto by market cap, this past week dealt with one of the worst attempted exploits the crypto sector has seen yet.
PRO-NAZI WAR HAWK UKRAINE AMBASSADOR’S SON DODGING DRAFT IN GERMANY
Andriy Melnyk, Ukraine’s ambassador to Berlin who is known for his tough-guy act, was embarrassed on social media by a German politician who noted that his 20-year-old son is avoiding military service in Ukraine because he is going to school in Germany.
A BETTER WAY TO TURN STUBBORN PLASTICS INTO FUEL
Mixed or hard-to-recycle plastics could be turned into fuel by heating them in an oxygen-free chamber. However, the process—called “pyrolysis”— can only handle certain kinds of plastic and several of the tests are struggling to operate at commercial scale.
A BETTER WAY TO MAKE BIOPLASTICS
Scientists at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center and Washington University have devised a smoother production process to turn waste carbon dioxide—CO2—into biodegradable plastics.
NEW FORM OF PLASTIC FEEDS MARINE LIFE
The world is literally swimming in plastics, with an estimated 5.25 trillion bits of it in our seas and about 46,000 pieces per square mile of ocean, according to the United Nations Environment Programme.
DRAGFLATION: IMF CUTS GLOBAL GROWTH FORECAST AGAIN
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reduced its expectation for global economic output for the fourth time this year, paring it to 3.2 percent this year and 2.9 percent in 2023.