Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They do not mean to do harm but the harm does not interest them.--Eliot
Medical meeting last night at Eddie Merlot. I have been out for dinner three nights in a row. My weight is up four pounds.
San Francisco has a newly proposed Office of Emerging Technology. The proposed Office would impose a new permitting system on anyone looking to launch new technologies that might somehow use public rights-of-way, such as sidewalks and roads. Operating freedoms would be doled out under a pilot program for emerging-technology devices.
Think Taxi Medallions.
Hmmm. Attorney General William Barr’s expanding review of the Russia probe has evolved into a criminal investigation, giving a federal prosecutor who is leading the inquiry the ability to subpoena witnesses and use a grand jury. (wsj)
The origins of the term Deep State are from the secretive Turkish network known as derin devlet, literally "deep state." This group was founded in 1923 by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk with the purpose of undertaking clandestine acts to preserve the current governmental structure. These acts included coups and private assassinations of figures who were seen as hostile to the establishment; they were particularly targeted toward the press, communists, Kurds, and other dissenters.
“The public discourse on global warming has little in common with the standards of scientific discourse. Rather, it is part of political discourse where comments are made to secure the political base and frighten the opposition rather than to illuminate issues. In political discourse, information is to be ‘spun’ to reinforce pre-existing beliefs, and to discourage opposition.”--Richard Lindzen
In a 2013 paper published by the Brookings Institution, economist Scott Winship reviewed claims made about inequality and their negative impact on various aspects of our lives. In a summary of that paper for National Affairs, he writes that there’s “little basis for thinking that inequality is at the root of our economic challenges, and therefore for believing that reducing inequality would meaningfully address our lagging growth, enable greater mobility, avert future financial crises, or secure America’s democratic institutions.”
Vaping is under fire but the story is strange. Every report has been very critical of half measures taken over the control of nicotine. But the wave of lung injuries and deaths have been linked to the vaping of tainted marijuana concentrates, not simple nicotine. The episode reveals the dangers created by the federal government’s decade long refusal to challenge state laws legalizing pot and promoting risky uses of its derivatives.
Medical meeting last night at Eddie Merlot. I have been out for dinner three nights in a row. My weight is up four pounds.
San Francisco has a newly proposed Office of Emerging Technology. The proposed Office would impose a new permitting system on anyone looking to launch new technologies that might somehow use public rights-of-way, such as sidewalks and roads. Operating freedoms would be doled out under a pilot program for emerging-technology devices.
Think Taxi Medallions.
Hmmm. Attorney General William Barr’s expanding review of the Russia probe has evolved into a criminal investigation, giving a federal prosecutor who is leading the inquiry the ability to subpoena witnesses and use a grand jury. (wsj)
The origins of the term Deep State are from the secretive Turkish network known as derin devlet, literally "deep state." This group was founded in 1923 by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk with the purpose of undertaking clandestine acts to preserve the current governmental structure. These acts included coups and private assassinations of figures who were seen as hostile to the establishment; they were particularly targeted toward the press, communists, Kurds, and other dissenters.
In 1800, 75% of [an American's] working man's expenditures went for food alone. By 1850, that had dropped to 50%. Today it is a little more than 11%.
“The public discourse on global warming has little in common with the standards of scientific discourse. Rather, it is part of political discourse where comments are made to secure the political base and frighten the opposition rather than to illuminate issues. In political discourse, information is to be ‘spun’ to reinforce pre-existing beliefs, and to discourage opposition.”--Richard Lindzen
In a 2013 paper published by the Brookings Institution, economist Scott Winship reviewed claims made about inequality and their negative impact on various aspects of our lives. In a summary of that paper for National Affairs, he writes that there’s “little basis for thinking that inequality is at the root of our economic challenges, and therefore for believing that reducing inequality would meaningfully address our lagging growth, enable greater mobility, avert future financial crises, or secure America’s democratic institutions.”
During the Hundred Years’ War between England and France, Henry V, the young king of England, fought and won the Battle of Agincourt in northern France. Two months before, Henry had crossed the English Channel with 11,000 men and laid siege to Harfleur in Normandy. After five weeks the town surrendered, but Henry lost half his men to disease and battle casualties. He decided to march his army northeast to Calais, where he would meet the English fleet and return to England. At Agincourt, however, he encountered a vast French army of 20,000 men. An English advantage was their innovative longbows with a range of 250 yards. As more and more French knights made their way onto the crowded battlefield, their mobility decreased further, and some lacked even the room to raise their arms and strike a blow. At this point, Henry ordered his lightly equipped archers to rush forward with swords and axes, and the unencumbered Englishmen massacred the French. Almost 6,000 Frenchmen lost their lives during the Battle of Agincourt, while English deaths amounted to just over 400. With odds greater than three to one, Henry had won one of the great victories of military history. After further conquests in France, Henry V was recognized in 1420 as heir to the French throne and the regent of France. He was at the height of his powers but died just two years later of camp fever near Paris.
Vaping
Vaping is under fire but the story is strange. Every report has been very critical of half measures taken over the control of nicotine. But the wave of lung injuries and deaths have been linked to the vaping of tainted marijuana concentrates, not simple nicotine. The episode reveals the dangers created by the federal government’s decade long refusal to challenge state laws legalizing pot and promoting risky uses of its derivatives.
According to an analysis by health officials in Wisconsin and Illinois, about 87% of those recently injured said they had vaped tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, from prefilled cartridges purchased from “informal sources” during the three months before they developed symptoms. A majority of the victims said they used THC every day.
Data from state marijuana dispensaries show that inhalation of these liquid concentrates from a vaping device is now the second most common way to consume THC, exceeded only by the old-fashioned way. Because the vape cartridges are prefilled, users don’t know what they’re getting. To prepare the concentrates, dodgy suppliers are known to add ingredients to thicken the liquids, since viscosity is seen as a measure of the concentrate’s potency. But these emulsifiers, including vitamin E acetate, can be deadly if inhaled into the lungs. The liquids can also contain pesticides and other contaminants that, when heated, produce gases that can directly injure the lungs.
But despite the confusion over jurisdiction and the peculiar legal cutouts, the real problem is the unwillingness of the culture to investigate THC and make a decision on its safety.
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