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You’d think with a previous problem of lithium ion batteries in Samsung phones causing fires, they might want to pay some attention to their battery technology.
Well, yesterday the battery in my Samsung S10 phone expanded so much, it pushed the back of the phone. The phone is at least still functional until I can get to a repairer but I did an urgent full backup just in case the phone decides to self-destruct.
Not happy Samsung!
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David,
same with my cracked screen Samsung Note 4 – back of phone totally pushed out – however keeps playing Samsung Music, Bluetooth to FM Radio, Runs Hema Maps/OxiExplorer in parallel with my Samsung Note 8 in the car, and has been that way for the last 4 years
The original heat that expanded the phone out was quite intense, but has worked OK ever since, never again overheating
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Samsung Galaxy SM-G960F
No problems so far.
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I seem to recall doing a post months ago about Samsung & battery problems.
You can buy a USB-C to USB adaptor so you can regularly backup files to a thumbdrive without having to crank up the big Windoze pc.
I’ve only ever had one Li-ion battery expand, and that was a DJI Phantom unit.
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Here is some food for thought! Get rid of your smart phone.
The truth is, we don’t programme smartphones and we don’t use them. They programme us, they change how we use them. They use us.
https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/29/why-you-should-destroy-your-smart-phone-now/
We thought we go back to a more simple phone as a result but not sure they will work when 5G is universal.
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I keep a smartphone in the car and forward my calls to a little feature/dumb phone (Nokia C5)
Only very occasionally do I really need to do email or banking or whatever on the move, most things can wait till I get home. About the only reason for the smartphone to be on is if I am streaming music.
5G actually means 4G+5G so any phone that is 4G compatible will work in a nominally 5G world. 5G is prone to coverage holes and isn’t really suited to the world outside cities so it needs to live alongside 4G to maintain continuity of coverage. 4G phones will work, 5G phones need to do both.
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I have an 18 generations behind S5, no problems yet.
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America’s Coming Energy Crisis
Let’s assume Joe Biden and subsequent leaders can force a national conversion away from fossil fuels by 2050. Can this plan work?
Let’s start with the roughly 263.5 million cars and light trucks registered in the US in 2020. Only 1% are electric, meaning that around 261 million are not. Since Americans drive an average of 13,476 miles per year, we drive approximately 37 miles daily. If an electric vehicle gets about 3–4 miles per kilowatt hour, that works out to around 10.5 kWh per day. So the electricity needed to fuel future E.V.s is approximately 2.74 billion kWh/day.
What about converting gas appliances to electricity?
There are roughly 130 million households in the U.S. Around 40% of them, or 52 million, have gas stoves. Assuming that each household uses 40 therms of gas per year for cooking — a therm is equivalent to 29.307 kWh — this works out to roughly 0.11 therms, or 3.22 kWh per day. Multiply by 52 million, and we need 167 million kWh/day to replace gas stoves with electric ones.
Gas dryers would be the easiest to convert because only 22.75 million households use them. Let’s assume the average gas dryer uses 70 therms of gas per year. If we do the math, we need approximately 128 million kWh/day of generating capacity to replace them.
Gas water heaters are more common. Around 60% of households have one. Assuming the average amount of gas used to heat water is 258 therms per year, we will need 1.6 billion kWh/day to switch them all.
Adding E.V.s to the electricity needed for gas appliances yields roughly 4.64 billion kWh/day. Dividing by 24 hours tells us we need an additional generating capacity of 193,000,000 kW every hour, or 193 gigawatts, to handle an average load. Since that load varies by as much as 50% between daylight and darkness, we really need around 290 gigawatts.
Gas furnace conversion is a bit more challenging to estimate because furnace usage is cyclical and more heavily utilized in the winter months. So what we need to know is the peak demand for gas.
The peak residential demand is around 30 billion cubic feet per day above baseline during cold nights in the winter or 1.25 billion cubic feet per hour. Assuming that the increase is almost all due to furnaces, the electrical energy needed to replace them is roughly 366,000,000 kWh or 366 gigawatts during maximum demand.
Adding gas furnaces to everything else means we need around 656 gigawatts of additional electricity.
Remember that this estimate does not include commercial, industrial, and governmental natural gas usage, which is more than twice as much. If we ballpark that number, we need another 1,500 gigawatts. So this means we need something like 2,150 gigawatts of additional power.
In 2021, roughly 60% of U.S. power generation, or around 720 gigawatts, came from fossil fuels. Since this will have to be replaced to get to net zero, we can add this to the total required giving us 2,870 gigawatts.
The reliability of renewable energy is a separate issue. As others have noted, wind and solar deliver variable amounts of power even when working, which means they are limited by their reliability.
Wind and solar average maximum power roughly 30% of the time. Natural gas and coal have a reliability factor of around 52%. So to provide the same amount of reliable power, we will need roughly 75% more wind and solar capacity, or another 2,130 gigawatts. This gets us to 5,000 gigawatts of renewable energy.
Since roughly 6% of electrical power is lost in transmission, we multiply 5,000 by 1.06 and round up. This means that approximately 5,300 gigawatts of renewable electrical power will be required to replace fossil fuels.
Is this a problem? You bet it is.
The entire electrical generating capacity of the United States in 2022 was just over 1,200 gigawatts. A total conversion to electricity would require us to more than quadruple our present capacity.
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“Wind and solar average maximum power roughly 30% of the time”
Don’t think that is correct really. They generate 30% (ish) of their nominated nameplate energy rating over time in Whs.
That is very different generating max power 30% of the time, which would result in much higher effective capacity than is born out by reality (they would need to be near dormant 70% of the time) You are being overly generous.
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I have posted the following link before but here is a look at using pumped hydro storage as the Big Battery for unreliables in the United States.
https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2011/11/pump-up-the-storage/
The numbers are insane!
However you look at it, unreliables are not going to work.
Tragically decisions are being made by individuals with no scientific or engineering knowledge whatsoever.
But it’s not really about having a reliable replacement for the existing energy system.
It’s about dramatically lowering the standard of living for non-Elites by only allowing a small amount of electricity. It will be just enough to give some night time lighting, being able to get the internet and TV to receive government propaganda and a little bit of electricity to cook your ration of insects and gruel.
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It’s starting to go that way already:
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/04/15/cars-soon-unaffordable-for-50-of-germans-expert-warns/
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OldOzzie – it’s a bit worse than you describe. The simple fact is that the unreliability of wind and solar alone is enough to push up the price of electricity. In other words, no matter how you play with the total amounts of power, the unreliability is an additional factor that adds to total costs. A few months ago, I did a new chart of renewables installation vs household electricity prices around the world, at
Wind, Solar, and Household Electricity Prices
The chart shows that household electricity prices increase (a lot) with increasing penetration of wind and solar. It varies quite a lot between countries, depending on how they do things, but eyeballing the chart suggests that once wind and solar get to something like 7% or 8% of total primary energy (not just of electricity generation), there is very little benefit – only more costs.
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Aloha!
There are no transmission losses with HTS(High Temp Superconductor) however the cost to just upgrade major US cities transmission lines was projected to be $2tril in 2012. Now, since 2021, we have “joflation” so I am going to guess the costs of HTS are 30% higher if we can ever mine enough copper for the cables and the EV motors. Last I saw copper mining would have to increase 2000% just to cover the copper for EV motors. The marxist democrat regime in the WH now would not allow such major mining to happen. Thats the issue as marxists never solve problems since marxism can only exist in a constant state of “emergency” where We The People are forced onto government dependence.
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Not to mention there is not enough copper, cobalt, Li, and so forth extant.
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Last thread RickWill said
I don’t know what Rick bought, but bear in mind that there are many such devices on Ebay that are very cheap and they are fake. I am not saying Rick bought a fake one, however, I am just saying to be careful.
Something that measures all the quantities of the stated substances is VERY expensive and not doable at the stated prices.
There are many teardown videos on YouTube proving the fakeness of the cheaper devices.
See:
https://youtu.be/K3-Yvhk0C8o
https://youtu.be/a0i5NDzArHw
https://youtu.be/APnjhMrJChI
Note that some of these fake monitors are extremely dangerous as they claim to be measuring substances like CO and the result is completely fake. Don’t use one in life-critical situations!
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Agreed. eBay should be fully responsible from a fraud & product integrity viewpoint, but they’re not, allowing fake, dangerous and counterfeit goods to be sold, and have since they started.
Bigclivedotcom on uselesstube is entertaining too. 😁
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bit like saying your ISP should be responsible for all the fake news and BS that proliferates
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Not not at all, as eBay-sold badly made dangerous or fraudulent products that breach copyright or safety laws benefit no-one except the scummy sellers.😎
As for fake news, do you mean the MSM proliferated fake-posing-as-true news?
If so, yes, go police it ISP’s! 😁
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I guess if you dont distinguish between a channel and who the transaction is between I guess that is so. Better get after the banks and the ISPs (again) for working with Ebay too I guess.
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Correct DM.
Thankyou for highlighting this issue.
If someone reads your comment and takes heed, you may have saved a life.
To all,
I have worked in the mining sector, (underground) and currently in emergency services (Fire, Rescue and Hazmat)
We use gas detectors in both fields.
Those detectors are the best you can buy. They are very expensive and have a high (stated) accuracy.
Yet we use them as a guide only.
There is a safety margin that the mining and fire sectors operate to.
We err extremely on the side of caution. Atmosphere/air can be dynamic, especially in confined areas.
There may be a rapid change in gas concentrations over a short period of time. A few minutes.
What was safe in the initial read is now not.
The other problem is they may not be intrinsically safe.
An example, If one tries to chase a gas leak with a Ebay detector and that gas has reached its LEL, you could get BOOM!
If someone relies on a cheap Ebay Gas detector, treat it like a toy.
Don’t use it for “trustworthy” accurate readings and in doing so, place your life in danger.
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I read some comments about that instrument and they realised with comparable instrument measurements it’s BS and has no value.
(German Amazon)
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I bought one last year and commented on the CO2 readings and asked others here to tell me their readings. CO2 varies wildly depending on time of year and day and there are plumes that drift over from cities or the ocean and open country. I regularly read 550 to 650ppm outside. The official tests take such readings after the air sample has been dried to extremes. So the official readings don’t appear to be real world ones where humidity gets in the way. If anyone reads this I would be pleased to hear of your CO2 readings outdoors and the conditions at the time
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Why – what have you been smoking!
The reason I bought it was to see if the wood burner alters the CO2 in the rooms where it is located when it is operating.
The CO2 reading currently ranges between 408 to 411ppm with no one in its vicinity. I can get it up to 500ppm quite easily by exhaling for a few minutes near it. So it is responsive enough.
The other indicator readings came with it and I have been assessing if they are representative. The PM2.5 was easy enough to compare with the Victorian regional readings. I will make more assessment when I start using the burner to see if it shows any impact on both inside and outside air quality.
I could easily assess the validity or otherwise of the CO and TVOC but have not bothered yet. It is not as if my life, or anybody’s life, depends on it.
So get a grip.
I bought it on Amazon for $52 delivered the next day:
https://www.amazon.com.au/YaSao-Multifunctional-Detector-Formaldehyde-Portable/dp/B09VGLGRZH/ref=sr_1_8?crid=6WJZO16ZQ5WP&keywords=co2+monitor+portable&qid=1681652795&sprefix=co2+monitor%2Caps%2C263&sr=8-8
As far as CO2 goes, it displays a tad lower than Cape Grim unless I breathe on it or it is in a confined space with a couple of people around.
https://capegrim.csiro.au
We do have a lot of greenery around the house and neighbourhood that is thriving at the moment so the CO2 level may be a bit lower in our neighbourhood than in Southern Ocean atmosphere. No wood burning at the moment either and no road traffic to speak of within a kilometre.
It is a low cost toy that I can play with to see if its indications are representative.
Lets say the real CO2 is 450ppm but it shows 405ppm. The difference would only bother a true believer. If it changes from 405 to 420ppm after the burner has been going for a while then I can make some assessments about oxygen depletion. If the PM2.5 and CO goes up inside as well I can make some assessment about the burner draughting.
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Australian bank begins eliminating cash services
UK banks shuttering branches to accommodate more digital banking.
Australian bank ANZ will no longer be handling cash at certain branches in an effort to support more digital transactions, the bank confirmed Thursday.
In a report published last month about a coming “digital wave” ANZ noted that digital payments are becoming a growing preference over physical payments like cash.
“As consumers become accustomed to digital and even invisible payments – think transport apps automatically taking care of payment – they increasingly regard making physical payments as an inconvenience,” said ANZ Worldline Payment Solutions Chief Market Officer Anne McDonnell.
The bank also expressed enthusiasm for central bank digital currencies (CBDC), which are digital currencies issued and governed by a central bank. Unlike with cash, transactions performed with CBDC are not anonymous and have the potential to be monitored — and even controlled — by authorities.
Several countries, including Australia, are currently exploring and testing their own CBDCs and how they can be used for both domestic and cross-border payments.
“Right now, it takes anywhere up to T+2 to settle various market transactions and much longer for other asset classes. The digital asset world has shown us we can settle large asset transfers instantly,” said International ANZ Industry & Innovation Lead Balaji Natarajan. “There is considerable appeal for wholesale CBDCs and it’s just a matter of time before various countries roll them out for both domestic and cross-border transactions.”
Now ANZ has stopped handling cash at a “small number of branches” though customers may still withdraw cash from ATMs.
https://frontline.news/post/australian-bank-begins-eliminating-cash-services
I’ve been with a credit union for decades.
Banks? Who needs ’em, especially those in favour of CBDC’s and who put customers second…
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UK is holding a consultation, in secret! No publicity, no one knows. And sounds like they’re going ahead regardless.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/hm-treasury-and-bank-of-england-consider-plans-for-a-digital-pound
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they are all going ahead regardless.
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thereby violating the most basic axiom of rationality, that you must show your working (whether authoring a scientific paper or making an argument from expert opinion).
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Sunday question: is Deagels’s 2025 prediction on track?
Deagel.com’s infamous 2025 population forecast was removed from their website in April 2021 but the content was reproduced by Nobul Art for reference purposes.
https://nobulart.com/deagel-2025-forecast-resurrected/
Deagel.com (“Deagel”) has self-identified as a guide to military aviation and advanced technologies. Since 2014 it publishes Forecast 2025, which notoriously predicts a “western collapse.” Under cover of a long-planned political event vigorously promoted by the WHO, governments and media as a “coronavirus pandemic,” western governments presently engage in a systematic campaign to destroy citizens’ life, liberty and property. The formerly implausible Forecast 2025 now warrants serious attention.
Refresher articles:
https://hillmd.substack.com/p/deagelcom-predicts-up-to-80-population
https://internationalman.com/articles/doug-casey-on-the-shocking-2025-deagel-forecast/
Given that around of 25% apparently have never had a shot of Fakevax ™ with the known immediate and short-term mortality data, and considering other factors like suicides, overdoses, deaths from lack of care (eg lockdowns, medical discrimination, financial etc), wars, global disease causes, global hegemony changes such as NATO/BRICS etc, are the Deagal predicted figures shaping up?
eg Australia to go from 25M to 15M in 2025.
I’d have to say no.
That having been said, the crazies at the top have more in store which could change that.
There are plans for mRNA (which I downloaded this morning) that will shock (or terrify) people, that could massively change things, far more than the vax.
Add your 5c worth.
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“I’d have to say no.”
C’mon JC, you’ve read the articles on the new RNA vaccines that are self-spreading, so the vaccine comes as a virus.. Do the Yanks make a mistake and have a fatal virus released, either in an accident or on purpose, when its meant to be a vaccine against a new bird flu? or do the Chinese manage to make a fatal virus that only affects white people.
Neither are beyond current science, and both quite likely..
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Besides “vaccines” it seems that there is a tide toward WWIII and nuclear exchange.
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Sunday coolness: flight path of a Falcon with a gps tracker
https://64.media.tumblr.com/8b1c5096368342684a0e8835d9dfaecc/651d5fa8bdd7d7f5-ad/s640x960/6d0f8e2e4600ec0f77fd191750ebd410d92ca1d1.jpg
A female falcon was equipped with a satellite tracking system in South Africa before migrating to Finland. Image shows tracker data. In just 42 days, she flew over 10.000 km, at an incredible average of 230 km per day and nearly in a straight line.
Better than most drivers out there! 😆
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Interestingly, she stayed mostly over land rather than taking a shortcut over water.
The Hula Valley in Israel is a major stopover for all birds migrating between Africa, Europe and Asia.
They seem to fly along the Great Rift Valley of which the Hula Valley is toward the northern extent.
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A comparison (rant) of electronic thermometers vs mercury or gallium thermometers in clinical applications.
Guess which one is more reproducible?
https://www.acsh.org/news/2022/09/29/mercury-vs-digital-thermometers-some-metallurgy-and-rant-16562
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Sunday terror: who remembers these?
https://64.media.tumblr.com/cf3e86ac27d6e5b3d1a783fe110d9ef0/3da5e3aac7ef7a5d-4c/s640x960/51e95038a4f51778636177dc045470bbb1ab0ff3.jpg
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The good old days when doctors considered themselves to be above surgery. Cutting hair, amputating limbs and pulling teeth were jobs for a tradesman.
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Gawd yes. At the dental hospital, where they let trainees loose on us poor kids. No anaesthetic for fillings either. And they never asked were they hurting us.
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“No anaesthetic for fillings either.”
Now I’m a patient at a dental school I still do that.. Freaks the kids out no end when I tell them. It certainly makes them go very gently..
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Sunday journo fail – firsthand experience
https://64.media.tumblr.com/17a1988f91a77522b357df5c155baad8/bbce48ec329e749c-8f/s1280x1920/a5bd8aeafff3f5bc4e1d89da51d2e3fa1b1f10bb.jpg
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🙂
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Labour shortage facing Jugiong jam factory solved by hiring country kids
Tucked in the sprawling farming properties across the surrounding township’s such as Coolac, Cootamundra, Gundagai and Binalong lay a potential labour force – country kids.
Most of the factory workers are country kids from surrounding farms.(Supplied)
The secret was making the jam factory somewhere they’d want to contribute to.
Now, school kids make up the majority of the factory’s 100-strong workforce.
The Long Track Pantry runs the factory and its head of wellbeing and culture Treen Brooker said it took staff aged 11 and up.
“They work hard but it’s really fun,” she said.
In NSW, there’s no minimum working age, and children aged 12 and under can get a tax file number if a parent or guardian signs on their behalf.
The school kids are paid award wages and mostly work in the hospitality side of the business.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-08/country-kids-solve-labour-shortage-jugiong-jam-factory/102181710
Child labour? A TFN for 12yo’s?
When they “graduate” from jam is it off to Congo mines?
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No worries- they work hard but it’s really fun for the head of wellbeing and culture.
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Seriously? you can really relate kids with parental permission working in a highly visible enterprise under Oz award conditions with Congolese mines? An early insight into how small business works as long as its done well.
Would have concerns about attention spans and hormones , must be an interesting workplace.
When I was a kid at that age I was working in record stores (probably illegally , now I think about it 🙂
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As you can’t tell, it is my usual dry cynical wit at work, highlighting the “it’s ok when it suits us” hypocrisy.
Yes I did read it.
Yes I know they have parental permission.
Chill dude (or madam or whatever)
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And, when I was eleven I was working as a tray-boy at the local picture theatre (movie theater for our American colleagues) and delivering newspapers to homes on my bike and selling them in the pubs along the way. Good tips too.
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When I was 12 I went to Magnetic Island for Christmas holiday work on a developing pineapple farm. Spent most of the days clearing land by putting gelegnite under tree stumps. Handy training for later life, especially after the joy of your first headache from the chemicals in the gelly.
Geoff S
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A piece about the world turning away from the US politically and monetarily
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/3950467-is-there-a-worldwide-run-on-the-bank-of-the-united-states-of-america/
Below is an excerpt that was just the warm up, they go on to discuss countries and regions
“……….believes the United State may be on the verge of collapse.
He is far from the only one to think that.
Some fear the Biden administration is losing control of our southern border; losing control of our decaying, crime-infested big cities; creating a recession; vilifying and needlessly destroying the fossil fuel industry while pushing suspect and subsidized “green” energy alternatives; leaving tens of billions of dollars in military equipment in Afghanistan while withdrawing our troops and abandoning an ally; stepping closer to a trip-wire in the Ukraine war, which could trigger a nuclear strike; turning on Israel over ideological issues as Turkey and others call on Arab and Muslim nations to unite and crush the Jewish State; weakening our military with one “woke” edict after another; focusing on “trans” issues at the expense of failing transportation infrastructure; cheerleading the social justice warrior takeover of our colleges and universities; and weakening the dollar (the currency much of the world depends upon).”
quite the shopping list
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When a banker can decide who’s account they will honour you look for a different bank. USA has seized financial assets of too many countries not to have backlash. China is filling the void.
More countries are wanting in on the BRICS trading block.
China is offering to pay for oil using CNY. International’s trade invoiced in CNY is growing rapidly.
The USA owes the rest of the world last year’s total output. But the value of the USD is eroding so fast that last year’s output is down to about 10 months this year. Time for the rest of the world holding USD denominated debt to try to unload it while it has value.
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Interesting times. Trust in a currency is critical and yet corruption in the U.S. is clearly moving in the wrong direction. Still, there is no way to receive a fair trial in the Chinese legal system. Again, the direction in the U.S. is not good but one at least has a fighting chance there.
A basket of currencies, such as BRICS has to offer might be a reasonable approach, but corruption is everywhere. There are demographic, financial and resource challenges everywhere also.
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Around that area –
“”The Truth About Russia’s Economic Power: Is It Really as Small and Weak as the West Claims?”
https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/the-truth-about-russias-economic
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The most interesting part may be that “school kids make up the majority of the factory’s 100-strong workforce”.
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They would never be there en masse though. The pub I have a part time job at has a majority of kids from the local high school (nominally on the roster) but I only ever see them in twos and threes.
That said , even in small numbers it would be interesting
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Philippines DOH has Approved Second Boosters for the General Population. Shelf-Life Extended to 18 Months (Original Was 6 Months).
The media needs to keep up pressure to try to drum up new demand and enthusiasm for the jabs, particularly now that the DOH has approved delivery of second boosters of Covid-19 Vaccines for the general population.
The product EUA is reported to have been modified to allow 2nd dosing of the general population (no copy yet available on the FDA site). There are millions of doses still available.
The shelf life of Comirnaty Covid-19 vaccines was further extended from 15 to 18 months on 27 Feb 2023. Last June 2022 the same vaccines had a 12 month shelf life (3rd EUA amendment). While the original EUA is no longer available on the FDA website, a December 2021 PNA article refers to the original 6-month shelf-life being extended to 9 months!
https://supersally.substack.com/p/philippines-doh-has-approved-second
Using expired stock?
I’d imagine using 18 month old vaxxes would be far safer than a fresh batch. 😎
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That seems all kinds of incredible. I was leery enough here when they started compressing time between shots by political edict.
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It’s difficult to come up with any other conclusion that harm is being inflicted intentionally, whether for money or some other reason.
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FWIW
“John Bolton Declares Total War on Russia”
https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/john-bolton-declares-total-war-on
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Supermarket scare: 40% of meat products test positive for antibiotic-resistant superbugs
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Potentially deadly drug-resistant “superbugs” could be lurking in nearly half of the meat products sitting in your local supermarket, a new study warns. Researchers in Spain say they discovered multidrug-resistant E. coli strains in 40 percent of chicken, turkey, beef, and pork products for sale in shops across the country.
E. coli strains capable of causing severe infections in people were also “highly” prevalent, according to the results. At the same time, scientists say that antibiotic resistance is reaching “dangerously high” levels around the world. Globally, drug-resistant infections kill an estimated 700,000 people a year. That figure could rise to 10 million by 2050 without an effective defense, according to estimates. The World Health Organization (WHO) also considers antibiotic-resistant bacteria one of the greatest public health threats facing humanity.
Multidrug-resistant bacteria can spread from animals (like livestock) to humans through the food industry. However, data on the levels of antibiotic-resistant bugs detected in food is generally unavailable. The Spanish team designed a series of experiments to accurately measure levels of multidrug-resistant and extraintestinal pathogenic Enterobacteriaceae — which includes Klebsiella pneumoniae, E. coli, and other bacteria that can cause sepsis or urinary tract infections (UTIs).
“The consumer plays a key role in food safety through proper food handling. Advice to consumers includes not breaking the cold chain from the supermarket to home, cooking meat thoroughly, storing it properly in the refrigerator and disinfecting knives, chopping boards and other cooking utensils used to prepare raw meat appropriately to avoid cross-contamination. With these measures, eating meat becomes a pleasure and zero risk,” the researcher concludes.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/22044786/killer-bug-supermarket-meat-chicken/
Granted, this is Spain, and despite the WHO’s claim, Australian meat has a low susceptability rating to this issue, under 10% for chicken.
Nonetheless, thorough cooking is a must and I never eat rare or medium-rare meat, out of an abundance of caution.
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Indeed. Australia also benefits from a systematic approach to food safety in production and distribution, an international approach which concentrates on avoiding (critical point) hazards rather than testing for them. So we should have reasonable confidence in products produced overseas where the same standards apply.
Nonetheless consumers still need take precautions with meat products: (1) keep them refrigerated or frozen; (2) thaw in fridge or microwave; (3) keep raw meat and poultry separate from other foods; (4) wash working surfaces, utensils, and handles after touching raw meat and poultry; (5) cook thoroughly; (6) keep hot food hot; and (7) refrigerate leftovers promptly or discard.
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I just saw on TV, which I saw incidentally as I don’t usually watch it, that Germany is celebrating shutting down its last nuclear power station.
It reminded me of the Nero Decree of the last days of the National Socialists.
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Senator Gerard Rennick (7m video) on backup power for renewables. As well as watching the video, click on ‘Show more’ to view the senator’s comments on the video.
We will need to import batteries – Senate Estimates 13.02.23
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Good video of the Senate Estimates farcical process.
I thought Senator Rennick was far too polite. He let the idiot “battery expert” off the hook.
He should have nailed him and the Minister who he was representing (there would have been a Ministerial representative at the table (a Senator) if the responsible Minister was not in the Senate).
Whoever the Ministerial rep was should have been nailed as well for bringing in idiots who won’t or can’t answer the questions.
Ditto the Department head – for treating the Senate Estimates process so shabbily – by bringing in idiots who don’t know their stuff.
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The public servants are just doing what their political masters require of them. The fault, as usual, lies with the ‘conservative’ political parties for refusing to fight the culture wars.
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It appears they are required to advocate that the instability of intermittent energy supply systems should also characterise the entire energy sector.
What’s the real goal? Perhaps to force adaption to total supply disruption on the demand side.
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A battery expert who doesn’t know how long a car battery lasts. A battery expert who cleary has no uderstanding of how batteries are made. A battery expert who cant expain how batteries are recycled. A battery expert who cant tell you the discharge rate of a proposed “community battery”
Yep!
Also lots of other people in his department who all seem to have single issue responsibilities. The department head must be on a huge salary having all these individual experts answering to him.
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FWIW
“GMO Lab Milk”
https://www.redpowermagazine.com/forums/topic/152196-gmo-lab-milk/
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Aye, and FWIW, what would the elites do when a’body’s gone-gone? THey can’t do much on their own, and won’t live forever ….. so what is all this about in the world? Have these elites some devine right to things?
GMO and food, MRNA into food, etc. Adulterating food …. Criminal.
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The NOAA are reporting that a Hyder flare (strong M-class) was observed on the sun about this time yesterday with the collapse of a magnetic filament and the resultant CME is earth-directed.
The consequence may be a geomagnetic storm.
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Even MORE spying coming our way-
“The Biden administration is considering expanding social media and chat monitoring after US intelligence agencies failed to locate classified Pentagon documents circulating online for weeks.”
AI will not be used for winning chess games, or answering homework questions, or even solving the big puzzles of the universe. They will want enough computing power to watch everyone, listen to everything they say, and read everything they type.
Seymour Hersh is at it again-
“Zelensky and his entourage illegally embezzled at least $400 million from funds transferred to Ukraine for the purchase of diesel – journalist Seymour Hersh”
He said there was competition among Ukie Govt Depts to seize incoming arms shipments and re-sell them overseas.
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