Central banks are printing money as though the global economy is in freefall ... Central banks around the world are now spending $200 billion a month on emergency economic stimulus measures, pumping this money into their economies by buying bonds. The current pace of purchases is higher than ever before, even during the depths of the financial crisis in 2009. -QuartzFrom Quartz we learn that centr...Read More
Air Force Seeks New Land-Based and Air-Launched Nukes ... Advancing what could become a near-total rebuild of the U.S. nuclear weapons arsenal, the Air Force ... solicited industry proposals to build a new fleet of land-based nuclear missiles as well as replacements for its air-launched nuclear cruise missile force. The two projects are part of a broader modernization of the nuclear arsenal expe...Read More
Central banks are printing money as though the global economy is in freefall ... Central banks around the world are now spending $200 billion a month on emergency economic stimulus measures, pumping this money into their economies by buying bonds. The current pace of purchases is higher than ever before, even during the depths of the financial crisis in 2009. -QuartzFrom Quartz we learn that centr...Read More
Air Force Seeks New Land-Based and Air-Launched Nukes ... Advancing what could become a near-total rebuild of the U.S. nuclear weapons arsenal, the Air Force ... solicited industry proposals to build a new fleet of land-based nuclear missiles as well as replacements for its air-launched nuclear cruise missile force. The two projects are part of a broader modernization of the nuclear arsenal expe...Read More
UK & EU Shut Out 3D Printing Community ... It's amazing what an eruption Brexit had in the headlines, only to be superseded by worse things in the news shortly after ... What an interesting law they have chosen to pass. -3DPrintThe disease of government is like an ineradicable plague that sickens without ceasing. Now patent and copyright law have been extending in the UK and EU.Why should we...Read More
To commemorate the seventieth anniversary of the first Bikini Atoll nuclear tests, the nonprofit National Security Archive has published declassified footage of the Able and Baker “shots” in the summer of 1946. -Maritime ExecutiveThese new photos and films of the Bikini Atoll atom bomb blast seem artifical.The most obvious, apparent fakery can be seen in the "Baker" atom-bomb test,...Read More
UK & EU Shut Out 3D Printing Community ... It's amazing what an eruption Brexit had in the headlines, only to be superseded by worse things in the news shortly after ... What an interesting law they have chosen to pass. -3DPrintThe disease of government is like an ineradicable plague that sickens without ceasing. Now patent and copyright law have been extending in the UK and EU.Why should we...Read More
To commemorate the seventieth anniversary of the first Bikini Atoll nuclear tests, the nonprofit National Security Archive has published declassified footage of the Able and Baker “shots” in the summer of 1946. -Maritime ExecutiveThese new photos and films of the Bikini Atoll atom bomb blast seem artifical.The most obvious, apparent fakery can be seen in the "Baker" atom-bomb test,...Read More
Sailors And Marines Can Officially Declare They Are Transgenders This Fall ... Before declaring transgender status, these service-members have to be at the start, in the middle of, or finished transitioning. Only then will they be able to ask for a formal gender switch in the database system, Navy Times reports. -Daily CallerIt is helpful for transgender people that the Pentagon now has a pol...Read More
Sailors And Marines Can Officially Declare They Are Transgenders This Fall ... Before declaring transgender status, these service-members have to be at the start, in the middle of, or finished transitioning. Only then will they be able to ask for a formal gender switch in the database system, Navy Times reports. -Daily CallerIt is helpful for transgender people that the Pentagon now has a pol...Read More
Globalization and its New Discontents ... Fifteen years ago, I wrote a little book, entitled Globalization and its Discontents, describing growing opposition in the developing world to globalizing reforms. It seemed a mystery: people in developing countries had been told that globalization would increase overall wellbeing. So why had so many people become so hostile to it? – Project Syndicat...Read More
In just over seven months, humanity has used up a full year’s allotment of natural resources such as water, food and clean air - the quickest rate yet, according to a new report. The point of “overshoot” will officially be reached on Monday, said environmental group Global Footprint Network — five days earlier than last year. -France 24We are running out of water, food and...Read More
Clinton said Trump shouldn’t be trusted with nuclear weapons. ... When Hillary Clinton spoke directly to the danger of Donald Trump having access to the United States' nuclear arsenal, she may have tapped into a familiar angst with the public. Although the country is decades removed from the Cold War, people are still anxious about nukes. – Morning Consult Hillary Clinton is battling...Read More
Globalization and its New Discontents ... Fifteen years ago, I wrote a little book, entitled Globalization and its Discontents, describing growing opposition in the developing world to globalizing reforms. It seemed a mystery: people in developing countries had been told that globalization would increase overall wellbeing. So why had so many people become so hostile to it? – Project Syndicat...Read More
In just over seven months, humanity has used up a full year’s allotment of natural resources such as water, food and clean air - the quickest rate yet, according to a new report. The point of “overshoot” will officially be reached on Monday, said environmental group Global Footprint Network — five days earlier than last year. -France 24We are running out of water, food and...Read More
Clinton said Trump shouldn’t be trusted with nuclear weapons. ... When Hillary Clinton spoke directly to the danger of Donald Trump having access to the United States' nuclear arsenal, she may have tapped into a familiar angst with the public. Although the country is decades removed from the Cold War, people are still anxious about nukes. – Morning Consult Hillary Clinton is battling...Read More
Major metrics indicate that gold stock Iamgold Corporation is a quality business with longer-term appeal. Iamgold is a Toronto-based international gold producer with operating mines on three continents. The company is engaged in the exploration, development, and production of mineral resource properties throughout the world.Investors always need to watch for breakout trends in specific sectors of...Read More
Anders Bj??rkman, M.Sc. is a Naval Architect and Marine Engineer with more than 45 years experience of tanker and ferry design, construction and operations. Mr. Bjorkman has been a delegate to the IMO for various national administrations and one NGO and has been been a speaker at various Safety-at-Sea conferences. Mr. Bjorkman holds several patents concerned with ship safety. He also writes about...Read More
Anders Bj??rkman, M.Sc. is a Naval Architect and Marine Engineer with more than 45 years experience of tanker and ferry design, construction and operations. Mr. Bjorkman has been a delegate to the IMO for various national administrations and one NGO and has been been a speaker at various Safety-at-Sea conferences. Mr. Bjorkman holds several patents concerned with ship safety. He also writes about...Read More
Japan marked the 71st anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Saturday by renewing calls for a nuclear weapons free world and urging leaders to follow the example of President Barack Obama and visit the bomb sites. -Washington PostIt is the anniversary of dropping an atom bomb on Hiroshima. But the Hiroshima narrative is a lie.We've reported at considerable length about how the whateve...Read More