Toyota, a major sponsor of the Tokyo Olympics, has pulled all of its advertising for the games and its CEO will not attend the opening ceremony. This is a stark message to organizers that Japan is not ready for world athletes and the games should not go on. Olympic officials are not listening, however. They […]
Posted on July 19th, 2021 by admin
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NASA has done it again with a video of a flyby of Jupiter and its largest moon, Ganymede. The animation of stills is scored to music and includes lightning flashes in the clouds of Jupiter. It is a beautiful rendition, which humans might never see for themselves given the distance to Jupiter and hazardous conditions […]
Posted on July 16th, 2021 by admin
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The US Surgeon General is asking Americans to combat misinformation about COVID shots. He says errors and lies about the vaccination and virus are a critical danger to citizens. His call is a recognition that health authorities have gone as far as they can to persuade reluctant individuals to get the jab. Now it is […]
Posted on July 15th, 2021 by admin
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This news organization wrote an early obituary for Pope Francis, confidently predicting he won’t last another five years and reciting his achievements and failures in his job. One must admire the chutzpah if not the accuracy of the article. The best revenge for the Pope is to outlast the predictions and continue to do his […]
Posted on July 14th, 2021 by admin
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Sometimes there is no way to duck an issue and communications of intent are forced upon a leader and an organization. That is what is happening to the Biden administration now with the Cuban demonstrations. Biden wasn’t ready to deal with the growing hunger and destitution on the island nation. He left American sanctions in […]
Posted on July 13th, 2021 by admin
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Richard Branson, founder and owner of space tourism company Virgin Galactic, has taken the ultimate PR step of going to space himself. He has proven his launch system works by riding it and he has beaten Jeff Bezos of Amazon to the punch. Bezos is slated to mount his rocket later this month. Both men are […]
Posted on July 12th, 2021 by admin
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Elon Musk of Tesla is about to release a beta version of its Full Self Driving software/hardware package and he is hyping it to the public. Given the accidents and lawsuits facing the company over the deficiencies of the current system, that is doubling down. Tesla insists a driver is still in charge of the […]
Posted on July 9th, 2021 by admin
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President Biden is under situation over the latest ransomware attacks. He has promised to punish Putin for the deeds of Russian hackers, but what can he do? There is no easy answer without raising tension between the two nuclear powers. Putin has been resistant to sanctions imposed by the US. Biden wants a stable relationship […]
Posted on July 8th, 2021 by admin
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The limits of persuasion are amply demonstrated in the COVID vaccination rate. Despite the President, the national and state heads of disease control, physicians, neighbors, friends, relatives and more, there are still more than 30 percent of the population in the US who are refusing to get the jab. It’s unexplainable. Resisters have a variety […]
Posted on July 7th, 2021 by admin
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The Miami-Dade mayor is performing an essential but gut-wrenching role — the face of disaster. She is the one stepping before cameras daily to explain what rescuers are doing on the pile of concrete from the collapsed tower. She didn’t have to take the job. She could have left it to a leader of the […]
Posted on July 6th, 2021 by admin
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