Die Gewalt des Kremls: Russland hat die Ukraine schon immer unterdrückt
#Ukraine #Russia #EconomyDie Ukraine gehöre zu Russland: Das ist Wladimir Putins Mantra. Er werde davon nicht abrücken, ist der US-Historiker Eugene Finkel überzeugt.…
USAID staff will be put on leave starting on Friday
#U.S.A. #TrumpUSAID turns out to be lining coffers for Dems who are between jobs, kind of like the MyPillow of the left.…
Shut Down the Department of Education
#U.S.A. #Trump #EducationSince its creation in 1979, the Department of Education has sent well more than $1 trillion to schools with the express purpose of closing the gaps between the highest and lowest performers. Today, those gaps are as wide as they have ever been, and by many measures, even wider.…
Climate Change Did Not Cause the L.A. Fires
#Global WarmingWhile climate might be playing a minor role, by far the greatest factor affecting how much damage results from a fire is the fuel available to it. Have you cleared the brush and other vegetation or not? Also, there’s the infrastructure that you’ve built.…
Niall Ferguson: The Vibe Shift Goes Global
#U.S.A. #Trump #PoliticsThe vibe shift has gone from the world of the fashionistas to the world of four-star admirals by way of the tech bros and the Trump–Musk campaign. It began as a revulsion against pronouns and piercings; it is culminating in a global repudiation of the liberal international order.…
Marc Andreessen on AI, Tech, Censorship, and Dining with Trump
#Science #Trump #U.S.A.It’s morning in America, so I’m very happy. I think the analogy for what’s happening right now is 1980—the transition from the ’70s to the ’80s and the Carter-Reagan race.…
«Um Afrika muss man sich keine Sorgen machen»
#Africa #Global WarmingAls grobe Faustregel kann man sagen: Immer wenn die globale Temperatur höher wird, regnet es mehr und die Wüsten werden grün. Und wird es wieder kühler, nehmen die Niederschläge ab und dann breiten sich die Wüsten aus.…
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy: The DOGE Plan to Reform Government
#U.S.A. #Trump #PoliticsWith a decisive electoral mandate and a 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court, DOGE has a historic opportunity for structural reductions in the federal government. We are prepared for the onslaught from entrenched interests in Washington. We expect to prevail.…
Peter Thiel and the Triumph of the Counter-Elites
#TrumpOn Honestly, Thiel explains why so many of his peers have finally come around to Trump; why he thinks Kamala—and liberalism more broadly—lost the election; why the Trump 2.0 team, with antiestablishment figures willing to rethink the system, will be better than last time.…