First, Hail All the Lawyers - WSJ
#Politics #U.S.A.For the next four days the 2020 race is “Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden.” Come Nov. 3, the race likely becomes, “May the best lawyer win.…
Hottest Day Ever in Australia Confirmed - Jennifer Marohasy
#Science #Global Warming #AustraliaThe Australian Bureau of Meteorology deleted what was long regarded as the hottest day ever recorded in Australia – Bourke’s 125°F (51.7°C) on the 3rd January 1909.…
Schweiz: Transitverkehr auf die Schiene bringen
#Politics #Switzerland #EUEs ist vollbracht. Die Schweiz hat mit dem Ceneri-Basistunnel das Generationenwerk der neuen Alpentransversale (Neat) vollendet.…
The Obama-Biden Virus Response - WSJ
#U.S.A. #Health #TrumpIs it reasonable to blame a single politician for the spread of a highly infectious virus, especially in a free country with 50 states and 330 million people? Joe Biden is lucky that wasn’t the standard a decade ago.…
NZZ: Journalismus und Grundlagenphysik: Gibt es hier Analogien?
#Politics #Science_Konformismus und Gruppendynamik behindern das kritische Denken. Ohne Innovation aber stagniert jede Entwicklung, in der Grundlagenphysik wie im Journalismus.…
An American Coup Attempt - WSJ
#U.S.A. #TrumpThe U.S. is in a constitutional crisis. It began on the day of President Trump’s election, when unelected bureaucrats mobilized against his presidency. This is a crisis in the executive branch, perpetrated by subordinate officials who don’t see themselves as answerable to the president.…
Second Film: Ribbons of Coral and a Giant Cod (By Jennifer Marohasy)
#Nature #Global Warming #AustraliaMany of the media headlines that give the impression the Great Barrier Reef is a ruin are based on aerial surveys by one man. The same Terry Hughes who incorrectly claimed the inshore reefs off-Bowen are now mud-flat.…
The FBI’s Bad Intelligence - WSJ
#U.S.A. #TrumpIt was worse than we thought. We’re referring to the FBI’s 2016 investigation into the Trump campaign and Russia, as new documents this week reveal.…
Hunter Biden, Andrew Cuomo and the Russian Billionaire - WSJ
#U.S.A. #TrumpHow many millions of dollars did Hunter Biden collect from foreign tycoons while his father was vice president? A new Senate report makes some headway toward answering this question.…