Last week, the Wall Street Journal pointed to a document from Beijing, released in November, that said, “Patriotism is the most natural and simple emotion of the Chinese. We must insist on starting from when they are babies, focusing on consolidating the roots, concentrating on the soul.” The report said the younger Chinese generation is...
Tag: jan 5 2021
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INDIA’S MODI VS. FARMERS
We have been reporting since mid-November that hundreds of thousands of farmers began protesting on the outskirts of Delhi in response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s push for deregulations they fear will sink them deeper into poverty. Farmers have blocked major roads and burned their crops, contending that deregulation will lead to small farms becoming...
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WASTE GAS FUELS PROFITS FROM TRASH
“Trash gas” – methane wafting from feedlots’ manure pits, municipal landfills, and similar dumps – is no longer trash. Companies that generate large volumes of the fumes are turning this “renewable natural gas” into a new source of revenue. Smithfield Foods, the nation’s largest pork processor, is stretching covers across the four-acre manure lagoons at...
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RICH GETTING RICHER: MUSK & BEZOS RAKING IT IN
The wealthiest people in the U.S. watched their net worth increase by about $1 trillion last year, even though so many suffered financial hardships due to the virus outbreak. The Washington Post reported that two of the top earners included its boss, Jeff Bezos, and Tesla’s Elon Musk. Bezos earned $70 billion last year, bringing his...
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USA: TOO FAT TO FIGHT
“Missions Readiness,” comprised of former military leaders, issued a warning last week that the youth in the U.S. is not fit enough – both physically and emotionally – to defend the country. The Washington Times reported the Department of Defense found 71 percent of those considered to be young Americans are unable to serve in combat...
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DO WINE & CHEESE PROTECT AGAINST COGNITIVE DECLINE?
First, medical science discovered that dark chocolate is a superfood and sex is a better aerobic exercise than jogging. Now bioscientists at Iowa State University have found that wine and cheese may protect against dementia. The researchers sifted data from the UK Biobank, a database holding extensive genetic and health details on more than a...
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HARVESTING SOLAR POWER FROM SPACE TAKES KEY STEP FORWARD
Gathering solar energy above the clouds and sending it back to Earth has been on scientists’ minds for decades. Now the plan has taken a large step toward reality. The idea is to send high-efficiency solar collectors into space, have them convert the solar energy they make into radio waves, then beam the energy waves...
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MELATONIN IDENTIFIED AS PROBABLE COVID TREATMENT
Melatonin, the body’s own hormone that regulates sleeping and waking, has been identified as a potential treatment for the COVID virus in a study by the Cleveland Clinic. The study used artificial intelligence to comb through the catalog of existing biochemical substances to see which might be used to neutralize SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes...
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COVID COPS KILL HOUSE PARTY: SIX TOO MANY
A video emerged on social media last weekend that was widely criticized as an example of police aggression to fight the COVID War. COVID Cops in Gatineau, Quebec, were informed by a neighbor about a house party on New Year’s Eve. Police officers arrived at the home and said they found six individuals from six...
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COVID CASES UP, NATIONS LOCKING DOWN
FRANCE. To ring in the New Year, French Interior Gérald Darmanin, the country’s “top cop” – who was questioned last month by judges over rape charges – deployed 132,000 police to limit New Year’s Eve celebrations. The Financial Times reported the French government extended the nightly curfew in 15 departments in the east and south-east...