Here we go. A nuclear conflict in the brewing up stage. And a front seat with the world's media.
Category: General
Democracy
The countries that believe they are the world leaders in democratic fairness are in fact fooling themselves into a false belief their system delivers the "will of the people" when it is heavily weighed to deliver the status quo. Keeping a momentum going for a bit too long is selected instead of cutting short potential. …
Bilderberg turns 60
Bilderberg turns 60 and hosts its next 3 day meeting in Holland in its 60th year. Here is a list of attendees.
The size of it all
See the size of it- it is probably slowly loading its universal view of relative dimensions in space, from the nucleus of a hydrogen atom up to the known (but unoservable) universe. It is worth letting it load up and then click and explore. Copyright 2012. Magnifying the Universe by Number Sleuth.
UK: Extending democracy?
It is proposed as a Labour policy, maybe better described as "strategy", extending the vote to students, those most affected and unlikely to vote for "that other party, the one Nick Clegg used to lead". This is bound to provide a political response to those most affected by the reversal of the Free Education stance …
Medical breakthrough
A new method of reprogramming DNA is seen as a major break though in the treatment of hereditary diseases. There may be many concerns about inaccuracy with other techniques whereas Crispr is accurate. It is a bit disturbing, this enthusiasm, to mess with evolution. However tempting it is to assume that such is an evolved …
Native Culture
Extraordinary and very interesting Maori TV Documntary that explains what "land occupation" really means for one of the original native tribes of Brazil.
Judge rules police to reform random frisking (in NYC)
A federal judge ruled on Monday that the stop-and-frisk tactics of the New York Police Department violated the constitutional rights of minorities in the city - NY Times This stop and frisk is seen by many city officials as the central driver behind a reduction in murders as a direct result of the removal of …
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and so, the End begins…
Be it known on this day man makes machines that teach machines to think. It what appears to be an international OMG moment, we wade into territory that we have already been warned about. Making machines that can teach machines to think. What a silly idea, non? What could possibly go wrong, really?
Pathogenic Coronavirus
Although it is rare, this virus is extremely dangerous, but because it has surfaced in a very few cases mainly mainly out of Saudi Arabia there was considerably urgency to investigate it as 3 million Muslims a year conduct pilgrimages to Mecca and Medina from all over the world. What people think matters. As the …