Showdown bei Volle-Kanne - Dirk Müller Mr. Dax und der Euro
Ferdinand Lips and "Gold Wars"
'US drone police sheer lawlessness'
Widely Visible Symbols Of Human Folly
Raül Ilargi Meijer: Why do we do it? Sure, we discount the future, and consensus is that's
genetic, but it's not just our own future we discount. In fact it's not
even the one we discount most: that would be our children's future. We
don't just take what we need, we take all we can, and leave them with
the consequences. After us the deluge.
Jack Delano Union Station
January 1943
The waiting room of
Union Station in Chicago
YOU Are A Slave and Here's How + The Most Dangerous Discussion In The World?
Argument for MEN's earlier retirement and lengthier paternity leave
A
new Japanese study has found that women's immune systems age more
slowly than men's (misandry!), which is why, statistically, women
slightly outlive men. As we age and our immune systems decline, we
become more susceptible to disease and infection. This happens to women
too, of course, but the study suggests it happens slightly earlier in
men. Sooooo...girl power? Or whatever?
Researchers took blood samples from 365 men and women between the ages of 20 and 90, and tested for white blood cells and cytokines (molecules that help regulate disease response).
In both sexes, the number of white blood cells per person declined with age as expected from previous studies.
However, closer examination revealed differences between men and women in two key components of the immune system - T-cells, which protect the body from infection, and B-cells, which secrete antibodies.
The rate of decline of most T-cell and B-cell lymphocytes was faster in men, while men also showed a more rapid age-related decline in two cytokines.
SWIVEL-EYED LOONS ROW: Why James Kirkup, Paul Goodman, James Forsyth and Nigel Farage have some serious questions to answer
Did a Gang of Four set out
to create Swivelgate?
Not a swivel-eyed loon, as such
The Tory Party Co-Chairman Andrew Feldman is vehemently
denying that he was the person who made the “bunch of swivel-eyed loons”
(BOSEL) crack about Conservative grassroots workers. He is, I’m told,
considering legal action if anyone repeats the rumour. Analysis by The
Slog suggests that four key players may well have been behind the
alleged insult becoming infamous now…despite having been first uttered by Cameron himself some time ago.
The Slog: Somebody – or more accurately, body of men – have worked very hard to
inflate the swivel-eyed loons row. For starters, there are those who
think Boris Johnson’s younger brother Jo is far more of a cuckoo in the
Camerlot nest than the Prime Minister realises. Boris has said on
several occasions in private that he and his brother Johnson “are
indivisible on policy”. Within days of being appointed, Johnson the
younger urged Cameron to seriously reconsider building a new hub airport
in the Thames Estuary. This is, of course, his Mayoral brother’s pet
project. Previous pamphlets from Jo also suggest he is at odds with his
new boss.
The Bermuda Triangle of economics
Steen Jakobsen:
The mystique of the Bermuda Triangle has caught the imagination and
interest of generations. In much the same way it has also caught my
attention and I feel that now there is a Bermuda Triangle of economics -
a space where everything tends to disappear without radar contact, a
black hole in which rationality and science is replaced by hope,
superstition and nonsense pundits like myself pretending to understand
the real drivers of the economy.The Bermuda Triangle in real life runs from Bermuda to Puerto Rico to Miami. The economic one runs from high stock market valuations to high unemployment to low growth/productivity. Just like the real Bermuda Triangle, in the Bermuda Triangle of economics there is plenty of scientific evidence that can explain most, if not everything, of what is going on. But that does not suit Hollywood, sorry, the US Federal Reserve.
Neither does it suit mainstream banking analysis or the media in dealing with reality and facts: the mystique simply sells better! After all, there is a reason why people leave science education for PhDs in apps and virtual reality.
"Things Are Looking Up! The American Auto Industry Is Thriving! American Energy Is ...Booming!" Says Bomber Obama
Google Glass privacy concerns continue to be raised, this time by Congress
Since the technology was introduced, Google Glass has been incredibly controversial, even leading former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff to speak out against the technology.
Many venues have preemptively banned Glass including a Seattle bar, casinos and strip clubs in Las Vegas and the entire state of West Virginia is trying to ban wearing Glass while driving, according to the Independent.
“Respect our customers privacy as we’d expect them to respect yours,” stated Seattle’s Five Point Café, becoming the first to ban Glass, according to Reuters. Some movie theaters may also join the trend.