1. https://www.machinedesign.com/engineering-education/myth-chinese-and-indian-engineers
      


  2. Is it just me, or do others find that the ‘attack’ on the Iranian tanker in the Red Sea was an exceedingly short news cycle...
      


  3. EXCERPTS   The G-20 members are Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United...


  4. I was reviewing "good ideas" for China found in media last week. Chosen 3 most stupid ones. 1. Create and enforce own list of "unreliable"...
      


  5. Okay, now for a bit of levity during these trying times! Give a brief scenario or description of the most annoying person you have met...
      


  6. A clear victory of truth for the Trump/Pence campaign.  


  7. I am aghast at the deliberate f*ckery of most of American Mainstream Media.  Yesterday's achievments in Trump disabling the North Korea nuclear threat and enabling an outbreak...


  8. That is not what I would expect out of either 60 Minutes or Leslie Stahl.  She lowered herself to nothing more than a screaming...


  9. (Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com), A lot of readers (some of them former readers now) have been angrily twanging me by email for writing about...


  10. Vision 2030, the Aramco IPO, the purge of business elite ... things are happening fast right now in Saudi Arabia because rumor has it...
      


  11. Iran’s foreign minister has again threatened the United States over what he describes as an “economic war” launched by Washington against Tehran. Mohammad Javad...
      


  12. WaPo OpEd:  The latest GOP nonsense on Texas shows us the future Republicans* want *Some Republicans anyway, in the Delusional Trump wing of the GOP (see my...


  13. Excellent scanning of Libya's geopolitical-criminal-military scene... After this analysis it’s pretty clear why Libya is where it is: nowhere. HIFTER’S ARMY The self-styled Libyan National Army,...
      


  14. Pakistan has caught my attention in the last weeks and months due to its political instability, geopolitical risks for the region, the changing nature...
      


  15. Americans favor Democrats to Republicans by double digits. Republicans suffered over a 10% decrease falling from 44% to 39% just since May.  Trump's Republican Party...


  16.  Budget revenues compare revenues: oil&gas vs non-oil&gas Oil money is unpredictable but here we can very clear trend growth in non-oil&gas revenues  diversification  Non-oil&gas was x1.5 oil&gas...


  17. France's Minister of National Education, Jean-Michel Blanquer, has reopened the heated debate on the headscarf. Since 2004, it is unlawful in France to wear "conspicuously" religious signs...


  18. Bari Weiss wrote a scathing resignation letter to her former employer. No one with an IQ over room temperature reading it will miss the...
      


  19. 'You’ve been warned': Florida sheriff says he may deputize gun owners against protesters https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/07/01/florida-sheriff-says-he-may-deputize-gun-owners-against-protesters/5357157002/ Rome had slave soldiers fighting for the Empire and a Dinarius or two. The Good,...
      


  20. Towards the end of May, one of India’s most popular summer retreats nearly ran out of water.Shimla, a historic hill town in the northern...
      


  21. Nowhere is the trend of kicking the can down the road more prevalent than in government. Consider this a tribute to politicians and governments...
      


  22. Report by World Economic Forum could be downloaded at this site: https://www.weforum.org/reports/how-to-end-a-decade-of-lost-productivity-growth It is one of the best rankings of comperehensive total country strength and competitiveness. It...


  23. This pic has gone viral. It should be here as well. Also, the media coverage is simply brilliant: "When the world leaders convened around a bonfire...
      


  24. I am interested in have you guys and gals view the latest application of tariffs on Chinese goods destined for the US. Is it 'bullying'...
      


  25. Despite the American media's presentation of Russia as Putin's playground, the new reality facing the President of the RF is that the power vertical...
      


  26. The Federal Reserve just lowered interest rates for the second time this year and announced more quantitative easing by injecting even more US dollars into the market. The...
      


  27.   Hunter Biden and Chris Heinz of Rosemont Seneca LLC *. Ukraine *. China *. Federal TALF $130,000,000 2009 loan with profits diverted to Cayman tax haven. Thats $130...


  28. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/01/25/as-markets-crash-and-war-fears-grow-russias-business-elite-suffers-in-silence-a76142 As Markets Crash and War Fears Grow, Russia’s Business Elite Suffers in Silence Some of the country’s most successful executives are preparing for heavy losses,...


  29. The European Parliament elected Italian socialist lawmaker David Sassoli on Wednesday as its speaker for the next 2-1/2 years, completing the round of appointments...
      


  30. Saudi Arabia’s reaction when Canada’s foreign minister, Chrystia Freeland, called in a tweet for the release of Samar Badawi, a leading Saudi women’s rights...