“An unnamed Turkish official told the Reuters news agency that Turkey had decided to no longer stop Syrian refugees from reaching Europe by land or by sea. The move is widely seen as an attempt to pressure Western intervention in the conflict.” More detail on the escalating fighting here.
Feds Back Off Jailing Michael Flynn After Stunning New Evidence That Gov’t ‘Lied’ and ‘Framed’ Him
Heaven Protect Us From Men Who Live the Illusion of Danger: Pete Buttigieg and the US Military
Although I can’t honestly say I care about this one way or another, this is a good primer as to why New York can’t get anything done for those who have not already experienced it first hand. Why congestion pricing might be delayed
What could go wrong? Russia lends Egypt $25 billion for Dabaa nuclear power plant
Worth a try, but if justice was really the concern this would not have been needed. So one suspects that Judges will ignore this. Musicians Algorithmically Generate Every Possible Melody, Release Them to Public Domain
Pliny seeks advice from the Emperor Trajan on how to persecute Christians.
To stop locust plagues, we must copy locusts . This provides some context. Skies go black in Africa’s worst locust plague in decades
Sino-African Architecture; A Look at the Rise of Chinese-Built Projects Across the African Continent
The moment of truth is coming. Soon we will know first hand how bad this really is. First Italian dies of coronavirus as outbreak flares in north
Raise your hand if you knew that the US was bombing Somalia. Record breaking US airstrikes pushing al-Shabab fighters into urban areas
Turkey is working itself up for a war. Turkish Soldiers’ Deaths Ramp Up Tensions With Moscow
U.S. Higher Education Has a Foreign Money Problem
This sentence explains why attempts to control health care costs invariable devolve into controlling the wages of health care providers. “As real incomes rise, the relative price of goods falls while the relative price of services increases. This is likely a consequence rich countries increasing productivity in goods substantially more rapidly than that of services” Don’t be fooled by the headlines. The biggest cost in health care is not drug prices (no matter how unreasonable they are) but labor costs. Cost savings in health care will invariable focus on controlling wages, substituting more low skilled labor, and generally ensuring less human to human interaction. If you don’t have time to read the longer essay linked above, this post gives you some excerpts.
It would take a heart of stone not to laugh. An Open Letter to CA Government Democrats – WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?
Someone else is getting all our cold weather. Jordanians fuming over electricity bills, call for boycott
In American politics, nobody cares about these kinds of details. Bernie Sanders is far more radical than Corbyn’s Labour