Let me tell you what it’s like to be an astrobiologist. I painted a white picket fence this summer. No one asked me to. It was a task I’d set myself without realizing what a long-winded and frustrating process it would be. But eventually that endless scraping, priming, painting, and maneuvering settled into something therapeutic,… Continue reading What Is Life? – Issue 106: Intelligent Life
Politicians Face Violence and Threats from Voters—and Each Other. Are We Nearing a Civil War?
Last week, an anonymous caller told a Republican congressman who voted with Democrats in favor of the infrastructure bill that he and his staff should die. On Monday, Twitter added a warning label to a cartoon video shared by a different Republican congressman in which he assassinated a colleague from across the aisle. On Wednesday,… Continue reading Politicians Face Violence and Threats from Voters—and Each Other. Are We Nearing a Civil War?
Around The World | ZeroHedge
Via Academy Securities, In this month’s edition of Around the World with Academy Securities, our Geopolitical Intelligence Group (GIG) focuses on providing their perspective on the following geopolitical risks and potential surprises for 2022: 1. Will Russia Invade Ukraine in 2022? 2. Will there be a China | Taiwan Conflict in 2022? 3. Potential for… Continue reading Around The World | ZeroHedge
Why These Children Fell into Endless Sleep – Issue 107: The Edge
I had barely stepped foot over the threshold and I already felt claustrophobic. I wanted to turn back. People shuffled into the room in front of me, while somebody else stood directly behind me, a little too close. It felt hard to escape. I could see Nola lying in a bed to my right. She… Continue reading Why These Children Fell into Endless Sleep – Issue 107: The Edge
Is Russia About to Make a ‘Serious Mistake’ in Ukraine?
Russian military shifts and stinging Kremlin criticisms of Ukraine are raising questions about Moscow’s aims. In 2014, Russia’s seizure and annexation of Crimea and invasion of eastern Ukraine led to a strong Western response—a jump in military aid to Ukraine, a NATO buildup on its eastern flank, and unprecedented sanctions. What could be in store… Continue reading Is Russia About to Make a ‘Serious Mistake’ in Ukraine?
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Several years ago, a process which started shortly after the 2016 presidential election which was lost by the left-leaning mainstream media’s preferred candidate, and culminated with our January 2020 story about the controversial origin of covid virus which was frowned upon by the same China-leaning mainstream media (a story which we later learned made its way… Continue reading Premium | Zerohedge
The Neurologist Who Diagnoses Psychosomatics – Issue 107: The Edge
Our brains can play the worst tricks on us. They are always looking to explain and categorize incoming stimuli, sometimes perceiving threats out of the flimsiest bits of information gleaned from our bodies and our environment. Every so often they go into overdrive, inducing the worst kinds of illnesses—hallucinations, seizures, paralysis, coma—even when there’s no… Continue reading The Neurologist Who Diagnoses Psychosomatics – Issue 107: The Edge
Supply Chain Disruptions: The Risks and Consequences
By now the impacts of supply chain disruption are becoming all too familiar: shortages, inflation, factory closures, goods waiting at ports to be unloaded. All these impacts are serious enough, but another more-hidden concern lurks just beneath the surface: the impact of supply chain failure on national security, broadly defined as a nation’s ability to… Continue reading Supply Chain Disruptions: The Risks and Consequences
Global Coal Power Demand On Track For Record As Green Energy Transition Crumbles
There’s no question that the ‘greenification’ of the global economy has returned many industrial countries to coal in 2021. New data from the International Energy Agency (IEA) shows that the amount of electricity generated worldwide from coal is on track to hit a record high. IEA’s Coal 2021 report says global power generation from coal soared 9%… Continue reading Global Coal Power Demand On Track For Record As Green Energy Transition Crumbles
Pearl Harbor Conspiracy? (FDR, Advance Knowledge, Soviet Spy)
Podcast: Download MYS185: In 1941, the US and Japan engaged in tense negotiations to avoid war, but failed. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss who was responsible for that failure; whether the failure was intended; and what role Soviet agent Harry Dexter White played in all this. Get all new episodes automatically and for free:… Continue reading Pearl Harbor Conspiracy? (FDR, Advance Knowledge, Soviet Spy)