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Category Archives: Knowledge
News For Today (12/1/16)
Bogus News Story Of The Day
First Draft. This is probably more Orwellian then it is bogus, and it is not really a news story. But maybe it should be.
In The News
China’s Vision for a Regional Trading Block Has its Own Challenges. Bottom line: As long as China is economically dependent on exporting to the US, it will never exceeded the US economically.
What Will Replace Obamacare? I don’t believe anything like this will actually come to pass. But I have been wrong before.
Deaths in Immune-Therapy Trials Haunt Promising New Cancer Treatment
How Some US Athletes Obtain Permits for Banned Medication
Not In The News But Should Be
I don’t have anything for this category today.
Entertainment of the Day
I remember reading about sterling engines when I was a teenager because Dean Kamen was going to use them to change the world (And yes, I knew who Dean Kamen was before the Sigway came out. For that matter, he was working on sterling engines before then as well). But in spite of hearing about them and having them stick in my memory, I never had a good grasp of how they worked until I watched the video below. As far as I know, Kamen has never brought out a product that actually uses them in spite of his infatuation with them. But at least Sweden is using them to make really quite submarines.
If that is to cerebral for you, watch some Mas-wrestling. It is something we would have come up with when we were young.
News For Today (11/30/16)
Bogus News Story Of The Day
‘Alt-right’ online poison nearly turned me into a racist. This is a bogus news story done right. More background on the story here. Though obviously I can’t be sure that background information is true it sure reads like a parody.
In The News
Fire in Tennessee — Narrow Escape This is in the same general area of the country that Titi was in. The videos of the guy going through fire (supposedly without warning) are very scary. Some of the comments are interesting if you have time to read them.
This deadly flesh-eating parasite is invading the US for the first time in decades
Indiana official: Carrier deal is about federal contracts
Sen. Chris Coons Regrets Making Appointments Simpler to Confirm
Air Force Has Too Few Fighter Squadrons to Meet Commanders’ Needs Part of the problem is that the Air Force insists that all fighter pilots have to be full blown officers.
Not In The News But Should Be
Entertainment of the Day
Not the best thought out or best choreograph fight in existence. But it has to rank up there for making one of the most convincingly scary opponent in movie history.