With the US set to elect its next president in just over 24 hours, RT's Middle East Bureau chief Maria Finoshina examines the close ties between Washington and Israel, highlighting the influence of Is
Good summary of AIPAC/Israel lobby hold over the US political system. Updated for current events even if the highlights have been pointed out before.
Intel is a CIA champion. Vector for backdoor spying and kill switches. Why not embed plastic explosives on every motherboard, since US/Trump praised the Israel strategy?
Taiwan declaring independence and offering to host US nuclear missile bases... incoming.
For laptops, it seems like a winner to me. Do you need to expand your laptop's GPU memory? It was justified by lower power, and likely better transfer rates.
Historical success/performance of DOW is biased by these strategic decisions to replace losers before their bankruptcy but where decline is obvious.
Witchcraft test works!!! Try it on your girl before its too late.
Indoor agriculture has many advantages, but it also needs cheap land, and cheap energy. That usually means a balance between close to major urban centers, but far enough away to have a lot of room (including solar). Greenhouses, even tall ones, with multiple stories is the path to go. Solar and owning land means complete cost certainty for energy.
Advantages include low water, pesticide, fungicide, long growing season, high yields, and resilience to climate. It is global south and high north that need the resilience, and who have the most threatened agriculture states.
As the US forces Russia to rapidly expand military production, and overspends on broken systems, expect much more of these "we need to spend everything on military" pleads from the public.
While LH2 is about 1/3 the density of gasoline as heat energy, and 3/4 the density for electric energy, it is about 2kwh-electric per liter. Lithium batteries are under 1/4 of that.
"It's what plants crave" I've heard before. While true, global warming makes it harder for human sustainability. "Preserving our way of very specific economic domination for a few extra quarters" loses our way of life and sustainable economic opportunity.
it's 2023 data. Article explains it ok. Wapo did a piece on how Russian economy was booming this year as well. Wages are high as an alternative to joining army.
The tenses don't add precision, IMO. There is a plural them instead of him/her but it sounds the same as the singular him/her. There is a plural you that sounds different, but there is also a polite singular you that is the plural you.
They don't tend to lie such as hyping up Russia though.
An explainer on how Russia's economy is growing despite the war and sanctions from the West.
ahead of Germany and Japan. Using PPP GDP measure.
a more detailed, but biased, article https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/11/no_author/russian-economy-zooms-ahead-outpaces-us-and-eu-growth/
There is more likely to be a collapse on the west from supporting a Ukraine war. There is zero resonance of "NATO is a purely defensive alliance" propaganda meant to be a friend to the world or to Russia inside of Russia. It is fully understood as an existential threat in Russia, while it is a casual inconvenience to those who trust western media in the west. A deep concern for the world/west is that Russia's extreme growth in military production means that we will soon be asked to boost competing military production and compromise our own sustainability and leisure.
Storage does have 2 relevant metrics. how fast it can charge/discharge in GW, and the amount of energy available in gwh. Batteries typically have both these amounts equal. While other storage technologies usually can discharge a large amount of gwh at a slow rate. The discharge rate is often limited to the line capacity available as well.
Absurdly low given 2023 had 1.15tw capacity.
The report forecasts that global demand for solar modules will grow from 460 GW in 2023 to 674 GW in 2035
Even more absurdly low. Likely to hit over 600gw this year.
IEA has a history of projecting 3% growth per year every year even as we do 30+% growth.
China's car are cheap because they have good robotics. This is hand placing and wiring batteries into a good looking car, but the body may have a lot of manual labour too.
US or Europe could manufacture a car with these specs for $20k. Even with more expensive batteries.
Though the US/EU being slow at making $20k or $30k cars does mean there is this market opportunity for this in MX.
"I share the concern of most Americans that our economic, immigration and foreign policies are taking the country in the wrong direction. For these reasons, I am planning to vote for change and support Donald Trump for President," Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman said in a statement to Axios.
This is an absolute lie for his reasons. During University protests, He and other Zionist hedge fund titans switched to Trump due to "rising anti semitism" as explicit reasons. He can't say that out loud any more, but this is what powers Trump's campaign. Netanyahu's favorite. Biden failing to Kent State university protests is what makes them angry.
Holding what looks suspiciously like a modified red trident.
It is the right strategy to use Chinese batteries and motors, but their operation is very labour intensive. Even at low Mexico wage rates, a US manufacturer car can likely beat on price/quality/features.
As someone who speaks both French and English, I'm surprised to see French as leading "information density" language. Most French terms have been incorporated into English. Language tends to be behind on technology terms. Language doesn't have any noticeable difference in short syllable common words to English. It also seems to me that French speakers have an easier time in being vague. I have the impression that English is more precise.
To back up the "machine tools" current supremacy in China, here is Tim Cook: https://v.redd.it/9hhccm6krhyd1
It is very hard to catch up without growing manufacturing base, which is hard to grow without machine tooling and robotics expertise.
Under Biden, the EU has adopted all CIA propaganda as a theoretical antidote to Trump. They are so proud of the lies. All reality is Russian propaganda seems like the perfect comeback to all complaints about their subjugation.
Good summary of some of the issues with US military.
Unmentioned programs, Navy has been scrapping 5 year old littoral ships, and its new fuel supply fleet can't get out of maintenance.
In article's first chart, it lists China as competitive this year in robotics and machine tools. It is far more appropriate to call it a global leader in these categories, as that is where all of the manufacturing customers are.
Beyond rigging batteries with a SEMTEX shell, the key vulnerability is a BMS (battery protection controller) that can be signaled to overheat/damage the battery and intentionally cause a fire.
With Israel supremacy firmly self justified on religious grounds, their solid control over US politics and deep state appointments, any obstacle to their genocidal solutions for supremacy is a target. US politicians (Trump specifically) congratulating Israel/Netanyahu on the brilliance of the tactic, means not just supporting assassinations of obstacles to Israel supremacy, but to Trump's supremacy, through strong arming industry partners to include the capability. One of the current AI powers is easily identifying the phones of those who are less enthusiastic of policies.
One way to make sure that all Americans are vulnerable to such an attack is "all accusations are confessions" a ban on Chinese phones accusing them of having the back door.
Disempowering the US empire is key to world not descending into murderous war, and embracing such weapons against humanity.
By criminalising Unrwa, Israel has translated its genocidal intent into national law and officially stopped recognising UN values. It must be expelled from the family of nations
The ask is for General assembly to invalidate Israel's new laws and attacks, and while the US says it is a bad law, it will be up to US to not veto UN resolution against Israel. Failure to agree to UN resolution, with continued unlimited free unconditional arms for Israel should result in expelling the US from UN as well.
An international blockade of Israel is needed to get it to conform to international law. The US is incapable of credibly conducting the blockade.
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The statements from Trump's biggest backer are stunningly contrary to the former president's sunnier description of American life under a second Trump presidency.
While Musk is referring to the magical $2T+ in budget cuts to US budget he will sail through magical congressional unanimity...
Hardship has to include the extreme difficulty in reindustrializing the US in an environment where labour is deported, and reciprocal tariffs means serving a local declining market where fewer people have money left over if they are overpaying for imported goods.
Recessions not only reduce tax revenue, they also are typically responded to by significant government investment to pull out of recession, and the US is nearly maxed out already.
In recent weeks, a number of shifts in relations have taken place in far apart regions that continue to highlight that the world is not aligning America’s - Ted Snider for Antiwar.com
The key country in "balance pivot" is KSA. Article mentioned points befriending Iran. At the same time, the US has promised it a nuclear weapons program, and is desperate to keep it neutral, at least, on Israel or continue it's historically effective alliance with Israel.
Nuclear generation was up slightly and comprised 24% of the mix, meaning clean sources made up 76% of the bloc's total electrical output.
Offshore wind output surged 37% year on year, hydropower generation grew 21%, solar was up 20%, and onshore wind 6%. On the other hand, coal-fired generation fell 7% and gas output dropped 24%
double digit declines in coal and NG use were also present every earlier month of this year. Europe has by far achieved the biggest emission reductions in the world this year. 16% point market share drop for fossil fuels electricity since just 2023.
Georgia’s president has called for mass protests, but the Georgian PM says the ruling party’s victory ‘is impressive’.
Georgia protected its elections by forcing "foreign agent registrations" in May. https://thegrayzone.com/2024/05/26/us-eu-color-revolution-georgia/
CIA agent opposition candidates (same in all democracies) pushing for war with Russia only see a path in complaining about results. CIA/EU concerns over "yet to be colonies" is always destabilization. Never investment. Colour revolution destabilization through CIA agencies is not paid for because of any deep love for people.
China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions stayed at, or just below, last year’s levels in the...
This is the most comprehensive reporting on Chinese emissions released regularly. There is still an expectation/possibility that China's emissions will be lower than 2023, and then a near certainty that the peak will be 2023 or 2024.
Some notes:
China is only committed to peaking by 2030. Ministry doesn't view an early peak as a new goal.
7.8% electricity demand growth in Q3 was huge, and so slight emission increase from power sector. Oil (EVs and LNG truck success), Steel and Cement (construction downturn) emissions were down to make overall emissions flat.
A worrying national/energy security measure is China is expanding its ability to make oil and gas chemicals from coal instead.
KSA has always been US's biggest enabler of middle east BS, and weapons buyer. Supposedly October 6th was an imminent deal for greater Israel support by KSA.
Arguing that H2 electrolysis is easier than a US battery industry
China may dominate H2 as well, but mining and refining mining materials is difficult/expensive. H2 does require membrane manufacturing (which US pioneered), but platinum group metals make the best catalysts. Innovation in other materials/approaches are progressed, but then these innovations delay electrolysis deployments as they don't yet have the same capacity levels.
Much better article than just the rise of central bank rates to 21%.
It's possible to read between the lines for how the oligarchs are complaining the economy is ruined, vs. high wages for ordinary people making ordinary people better off and happy.
This is a good expectation of what a UBI/Freedom dividends economy would look like when people have the freedom to say no to work offers because they have better options. Except that instead of tying up people into military defense of nation, they can be training for better opportunities than what is currently offered.
Only banks can participate for now. BRICS currency must eventually be tradable for bitcoin or other currencies to be truly viable/trusted.
General praise from attendees at BRICS summit. Claims of watershed success.
Electro Agriculture - Key to future food security.
Electrolysis powered by PV solar of CO2 into acetate can increase plant yields by 4x compared to just sunlight. Technology and bioengineering of plants can improve it even more.
This can make cheap buildings powered by PV more cost effective than open land farming. No pesticides or fungicides, and less fertilizer use.
An important role that livestock provides is that of a food battery. Climate vulnerable crop yields allow for culling livestock when plant yield is more scarce. Indoor ag provides climate and seasonal resilient food output.