Monday, August 16
Taliban Law
CNN, who failed to mention the disappearance of the Taliban and ISIS under President Trump’s leadership, sent a female correspondent to Afghanistan where she embedded herself with the Taliban to report back, apparently, on the Islamic terror group’s future humanitarian efforts.
CNN is so deep into pushing the radical Democrat Party agenda they don’t even see how foolish their repulsive propaganda appears to the everyday American.
In what can only be described as an either incredibly stupid or utterly naive moment, CNN’s Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward, who is dressed from head to toe in a black burqa and headscarf, actually asked a Taliban leader in Afghanistan about the terror group’s plans to protect women’s rights, now that they’ve re-established control of most of Afghanistan (only 9 months into the Biden regime’s takeover of the White House).
Watch the incredible moment at the 4:24 mark: “A lot of people are concerned that if the Taliban takes power again, women’s rights will move backwards. How can you guarantee that women’s rights will be protected?” CNN’s Clarissa Ward asks. READ MORE
Milky Way Streaking
It's also made of completely different star stuff, mostly heavy, "metallic" atoms rather than the usual light elements.
LP 40-365, as it was called, was as eye-catching as a wooden car barreling up the interstate against traffic at hundreds of miles per hour.
"It is exceptionally weird in a lot of different ways," said study lead author J.J. Hermes, an astronomer at Boston University.
The star moves so quickly that it's headed out of our galaxy for good, which astronomers have taken as evidence that the metallic explorer was launched here by a cosmic catastrophe — a supernova.
"It is exceptionally weird in a lot of different ways," said study lead author J.J. Hermes, an astronomer at Boston University.
The star moves so quickly that it's headed out of our galaxy for good, which astronomers have taken as evidence that the metallic explorer was launched here by a cosmic catastrophe — a supernova.
But they couldn't tell how the supernova had sent it flying. Was LP 40-365 a piece of the exploded star itself? Or was it a partner star flung clear by the shockwave associated with star explosions?
A new analysis of old data finds that the star — called a white dwarf — spins about its axis at a leisurely pace — a hint that it is indeed a piece of stellar debris (not a partner star) that managed to survive one of the galaxy's most violent and mysterious events.
"We can now connect this star to the shrapnel from an exploded white dwarf with a lot more confidence," said Hermes. READ MORE
"We can now connect this star to the shrapnel from an exploded white dwarf with a lot more confidence," said Hermes. READ MORE
Quantum Physics and Consciousness
One of the most important open questions in science is how our consciousness is established.
In the 1990s, long before winning the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics for his prediction of black holes, physicist Roger Penrose teamed up with anesthesiologist Stuart Hameroff to propose an ambitious answer.
They claimed that the brain’s neuronal system forms an intricate network and that the consciousness this produces should obey the rules of quantum mechanics – the theory that determines how tiny particles like electrons move around.
They claimed that the brain’s neuronal system forms an intricate network and that the consciousness this produces should obey the rules of quantum mechanics – the theory that determines how tiny particles like electrons move around.
This, they argue, could explain the mysterious complexity of human consciousness.
Penrose and Hameroff were met with incredulity. Quantum mechanical laws are usually only found to apply at very low temperatures.
Penrose and Hameroff were met with incredulity. Quantum mechanical laws are usually only found to apply at very low temperatures.
Quantum computers, for example, currently operate at around -272°C. At higher temperatures, classical mechanics takes over. Since our body works at room temperature, you would expect it to be governed by the classical laws of physics.
For this reason, the quantum consciousness theory has been dismissed outright by many scientists – though others are persuaded supporters.
Instead of entering into this debate, I decided to join forces with colleagues from China, led by Professor Xian-Min Jin at Shanghai Jiaotong University, to test some of the principles underpinning the quantum theory of consciousness. READ MORE
Instead of entering into this debate, I decided to join forces with colleagues from China, led by Professor Xian-Min Jin at Shanghai Jiaotong University, to test some of the principles underpinning the quantum theory of consciousness. READ MORE
Sunday, August 15
Populist Press
TOP STORIES:
Georgia Elections Chief Suddenly Resigns — He’s BUSTED!
Lindsey Graham Just Got Served
Ted Cruz Just Saved America from Democrats’ Election Takeover
Biden Admin Orders All American Flags Destroyed
Trump: Thanks to ‘Weak’ Biden, Taliban No Longer Fears or Respects America
Two Hawaii Tourists Arrested for Allegedly Using Fake COVID-19 Vaccination Cards
Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s Office Scolded Ashli Babbitt’s Grieving Mother
COVID Patient Zero Revealed…Trump Was Right
Biden DHS warns of Trump Supporters For 20th Anniversary of 9/11 attacks
Biden just handed the Taliban a U.S. weapons goldmine & Helicopters
Mike Lindell Reveals Details Of Attack By 3 Men In Lobby of Sioux Falls Hotel
Sunday Morning Juxtaposed
I say this because East TN like all other areas of Tennessee as well as every other State in the USA is not immune from the politics of our global world and its environment...
Every month, I calculate my finances to make sure that there will be sufficient monies available to my wife and I until we both live until 95/96 years of age... and, so far, we have sufficient funds but like everything else that could change in a heartbeat as inflation grows...
Maybe that is why they do not have any problems with illegal immigration...
In my little world here in East TN, I am blind (as long as I want to be) to the rest of the world and can continue to live my life as I am currently living it, without the slightest concerns for what happens in the rest of the world...
- Afghanistan does not really bother me
- The Olympics does not really bother me
- Socialism does not really bother me
- Defunding police does not really bother me
- CRT theory does not really bother me
- Racism does not really bother me
- A divided America does not really bother me
- A growing CHINA does not really bother me
- Islam wanting to control the world does not really bother me
- My dysfunctiuonal family does not really bother me
- An increase in violence does not really bother me
I am annoyed by my Cable Company who continues to provide piss poor service while raising their rates, but I have found alternatives and will be done with CABLE by the end of this month.
Time is illusive and on-going and always moves forward... getting old is inevitable... and once at an older age, one can always change their minds and their viewpoints but by then it is almost too late to influence the rest of the world... which is why one has no choice but to accept it.
Life in East TN will always be juxtaposed with the rest of the world... one will never be alone...
The Metaverse
Maybe this will be my Paul Krugman moment. The Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist was famously the winner of a study to establish which op-ed commentator was most consistently correct.
In 1998, he also famously claimed, “By 2005 or so, it will become clear that the Internet’s impact on the economy has been no greater than the fax machine’s.”
I am not nearly so storied in accomplishments as Krugman. But I do make my living offering predictions and forecasts.
So I might as well say it: I predict that the metaverse won’t happen.
The “metaverse,” for those who don’t know, is a still-mostly-hypothetical virtual world accessed by special virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technology.
The “metaverse,” for those who don’t know, is a still-mostly-hypothetical virtual world accessed by special virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technology.
The idea is to create a sort of next-level Internet overlaid on our physical world. People plugged into the metaverse exist in our physical world like everyone else but can see and interact with things that others can’t.
Think The Matrix or the Star Trek Holodeck or the Fortnite-esque brandscapes of Ready Player One. READ MORE
Serious About Climate
Is Biden serious about climate?
His 2,000 drilling and fracking permits suggest not
Just when we must be rejecting new drilling, fracking and pipeline infrastructure, Biden isn’t just tolerating fossil fuels – he’s uplifting them
The latest report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change paints a stark and sobering picture: a global future of extreme weather events that are guaranteed to become more frequent and more intense over coming decades.
The horrific flooding that has recently shocked Europe will become more common. The unrelenting fires that have engulfed the western United States and Canada will intensify and widen.
And some island nations, it seems, may already be doomed to eradication by inevitable sea level rise.
The only glimmer of hope offered in the IPCC report is that immediate, aggressive action by world leaders could still prevent a future of assured climate chaos from being even worse. As devastating as a 1.5C global temperature increase will be, a 2.5C increase would be unfathomable.
Being the historical top emitter of climate-killing greenhouse gases, the United States has a clear obligation to help lead the world in rapidly reducing emissions and transitioning the planet to clean, renewable energy.
The only glimmer of hope offered in the IPCC report is that immediate, aggressive action by world leaders could still prevent a future of assured climate chaos from being even worse. As devastating as a 1.5C global temperature increase will be, a 2.5C increase would be unfathomable.
Being the historical top emitter of climate-killing greenhouse gases, the United States has a clear obligation to help lead the world in rapidly reducing emissions and transitioning the planet to clean, renewable energy.
Yet every indication thus far from the Biden administration suggests that this critical, urgent action won’t be coming. READ MORE
Only in California
California may legalize human composting, a process in which the body breaks down into soil over the course of about 30 days
Is there a greener way to honor those who have died?
Humans have caused unprecedented and irreversible changes to the climate in our time on Earth – pollution that continues even in death. But, across the US, some are posing an alternative: human composting.
Traditional after-death options such as burial and cremation can be tough on the environment, either by taking up land and emitting chemicals into the ground or by using fossil fuels and gas.
That’s why California lawmakers are considering legislation that would allow for human composting, or the natural organic reduction of human remains to soil.
It’s not the first state to do so. Washington state legalized natural organic reduction in 2020, allowing the human soil to be used in a forest as well as given to families.
Colorado has enacted similar legislation – restricting the soil from being used to grow crops that people will eat – as has Oregon. Delaware, Hawaii and Vermont are considering natural organic reduction bills.
Recompose, a Seattle-based company, was the first company in the US to get into the human composting business. READ MORE
Biden's Blue Hydrogen
Infrastructure bill includes $8bn to develop ‘clean hydrogen’ but study finds large emissions from production of ‘blue’ hydrogen
The large infrastructure bill passed by the US Senate and hailed by Joe Biden as a key tool to tackle the climate crisis includes billions of dollars to support a supposedly clean fuel that is potentially even more polluting than coal, new research has found.
The $1tn infrastructure package, which passed with bipartisan support on Tuesday, includes $8bn to develop “clean hydrogen” via the creation of four new regional hubs.
The White House has said the bill advances Biden’s climate agenda and proponents of hydrogen have touted it as a low-emissions alternative to fuel shipping, trucking, aviation and even home heating.
But a new study has found surprisingly large emissions from the production of so-called “blue” hydrogen, a variant being enthusiastically pushed by the fossil fuel industry and probably falling under the definition of clean hydrogen in the Senate bill. READ MORE
But a new study has found surprisingly large emissions from the production of so-called “blue” hydrogen, a variant being enthusiastically pushed by the fossil fuel industry and probably falling under the definition of clean hydrogen in the Senate bill. READ MORE
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