Biowarfare Ranking

 

This year there was a ferocious effort to develop fast a vaccine against this novel COVID-19. America budgeted many billion dollars to this project. The result is unknown. Russia announced two weeks ago that they have a Sputnik vaccine, and yesterday the German Pfizer reached the goal. Conclusion: Russia (and Germany) are leading. Where are America, China, Japan, Korea, Israel and other advanced countries? 

Azerbaijan's Victory

The peace has been signed between Armenia and Azerbaijan,  Armenia gave up all the territories occupied by the Azeris. The military triumph was brought by drones: the excellent Turkish drones (pic) and the Israeli observation drones and the kamikaze loitering ammunition. The Armenians had no answer to these new flying weapons.  

What now? Erdogan will be encouraged to apply his drone power in other aggressions. Israel will sell more of its battle proved products. 

First day of Biden

 

Pfizer and a small German vax company announced an effective COVID 19 vaccine. Biden won the American elections. My portfolio grew some 5% . Tech shares are out; airplanes and tourism are back. The Democrats are purging their socialist members. 

End of the Mink Industry

 Denmark is culling 17 million minks because they caught the corona virus. This was an industry that operated in secret and escaped the ire of the animal rights fanatics. Now that everybody can see pictures of these lovely animals condemned to the gas chambers, the industry cannot continue in Europe anymore. BTW, minks are sanguinary predators.  

The Left Won. Now, What?

 Trump's victory four years ago was a miracle. Could not last. Now, what? America wants to become a mixed race society, dominated by rioting Africans. The model is South Africa. It is not a totally failed country, the economy is growing, people is being fed. It has large pockets of African misery and power-water-transport and other public utilities that are unable to operate. A drought last year left Capetown without water. Phantasy projects like corn-to-fuel will again waste America's resources. America will descend to Flint's level of corruption, but much of it will start to resemble Flint - Detroit and Chicago already are. That is what there is - my grandchildren will have to deal with that. 

Fake News on Biden

All the denials in the world can’t hide the possible president-elect’s worsening dementia. At a recent campaign event, Biden introduced his granddaughter as if she were his dead son: “This is my son Beau Biden, who a lot of you helped elect to the Senate in Delaware.” Wrong gender, wrong generation, wrong sentence. He tried to correct himself. “This is my granddaughter, Natalie.” Actually, Natalie is a different granddaughter. His son Beau died five years ago. Beau never even ran for the Senate. This is dementia, not “stuttering.” 

In my world, a 77 y.o. man makes mistakes. I for instance, do. In October 2009, Beau - Joe's beloved son -  was considering a run for the Senate. He would have been elected but died of cancer before. Is this mistake in an emotionally charged point predictive? This tragic old man is mourning, sure. Who would not? 

Xeroxat stimulating zooplancton growth

Human antidepressants are found in wastewater and they end up in nature," says Professor Sigurd Einum at the Norwegian University (NTNU). Small changes in the concentration of dopamine affect daphnia, a water flea, stimulating its growth rate and behavior.