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Monthly Archives: August 2015
Millions of Women Lost in Vast Wasteland of Former USSR
In our map above, countries depicted in the darkest blues have far fewer men than women – and the former Soviet Union stands out from the rest of the world. This region has been predominantly female since at least World … Continue reading
Posted in Demographics, Human Slavery, Prostitution, Russia, Russian Womb Drain
Tagged Russian Decline, Russian Girls, womb
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Spotlight on Materials, Plus: Future Forecasting Pitfalls
The path to disruptive science, technology, and industry is often blocked by the need for better materials — and better ways of combining and configuring different materials. We will take a look at a few recent breakthroughs in the making, … Continue reading
Posted in Demographics, Dysgenics, Folly of Prediction, Future, Idiocracy, IQ, Materials, Technology
Tagged 3D Printing, materials
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Enhancement of Human Intelligence
Making humans smarter will involve combinations of gene therapies, brain prostheses, in situ regenerative techniques (using stem cells, growth factors, etc), advanced nootropic drugs, etc., and techniques still to be discovered. CRISPR-Cas9 is a relatively new technology for editing genomes. … Continue reading
Posted in Cognition, Future, Genetics and Gene Expression, Human Brain, IQ, Superbabies
Tagged Cognition
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$1 Trillion in Capital Flight Rocks Markets
The flood of capital gushing out of emerging markets has risen towards $US1 trillion over the past 13 months, roughly double the amount that left during the financial crisis, amid slumping confidence in developing economies. __ http://www.afr.com/markets/currencies/emerging-markets-rocked-by-us1tn-capital-flight-as-confidence-slumps-20150818-gj2b80 Capital is fleeing … Continue reading
Posted in China, Demographics, Economics
Tagged China, emerging economies, emerging markets
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Tough Guy French Actor Injured in Averted Train Massacre
[satire] The French Interior Minister met with tough guy French actor Jean Hugues Anglade, after the actor — who plays a tough cop in “Braquo” — was injured while sounding the alarm during an averted train massacre in France. The … Continue reading
Super Wi-Fi vs. Wireless Mesh Networks
Super Wi-Fi Super Wi-Fi is a US FCC term referring to the use of unused television spectrum to provide regional-area wireless broadband internet. It can provide broadband coverage to areas up to 50 miles in diameter radius, depending upon signal … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Technology
Tagged broadband
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Green Death Wish: Willful Destruction of Affordable Energy
Germany’s green-energy program is neither green, nor an energy program. Rather, it is a form of ultra-regressive taxation — in effect, a state-sponsored cult of human sacrifice for weather control. Germany has brought the world many remarkable political innovations, including … Continue reading
Sinister, Secret Plan to Destroy Russia
Sinister Forces at Work: The IWGDR The memo below was intercepted from a satellite phone transmission between the chief of the IWGDR [Interagency Working Group for the Destruction of Russia] and dispersed heads of IWGDR regional agencies. It describes … Continue reading
Pessimism and Idiocracy Walk Hand in Hand
As the dysgenic Idiocracy settles over the global landscape, an almost universal cultural pessimism accompanies the progressive dumbing down of Europe, the Anglosphere, and the rest of the advanced world. Fertility rates decline with the general outlook. It seems reasonable … Continue reading
Posted in Demographics, Doom, Dysgenics, Green Quagmire, Groupthink, Idiocracy
Tagged Doomsday has been cancelled, Green Idiocy, Ronald Bailey
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Dark Horizons: Plague, Famine, Holocaust
Plagues of locusts darken the skies, tonnes of good food is burned in the streets, defunded government health systems threaten collapse, and the number of women of greatest fertility is being cut in half. In a time when food supplies … Continue reading
Manage Your Slaves Using Mind Control
Scientists can already control the actions of mice with the push of a button on a wireless controller. But why bother pushing a button when you can just “think the control signals.” And why control mice, when you can control … Continue reading
Posted in Human Brain, Human Slavery, Human Trafficking, IQ
Tagged evolution of human intelligence, genes and IQ, Human Slavery
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Will Machine Intelligence Be the Child of Man that Ends Up Killing Us?
… “any sufficiently advanced benevolence may be indistinguishable from malevolence.” __ Charles T. Rubin We are being warned by prominent scientists, engineers, and men of commerce that machine intelligence — as implemented by military powers — is a threat to … Continue reading
How Does One Trap Women and Girls in Order to Sell Them as Slaves?
In the safehouse, Yusef violently grabbed a beautiful dark-haired girl and groped her breast. The frightened girl smiled uncomfortably. Yusef said: “See how they respect me. They will do anything I say. We can provide girls cheaper than anyone else.” … Continue reading
Posted in Human Slavery, Human Trafficking, Prostitution, Russian slavery, Russian Womb Drain, Sex
Tagged Human Slavery, Russian Girls, womb drain
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Fracking for Fun and Future: Pushing Back the Luddites
Fracking Gives the Advanced World Enough Time to Develop Clean, Safe, Abundant Nuclear Energy from New-Gen Reactors Saudi Arabia, Russia, Venezuela, and a wide range of nations that fund their national budgets from oil & gas profits may be in … Continue reading
China Russia NATO
Corrupt, authoritarian states like China and Russia can make impressive short-term military gains but they do not have the fiscal staying power to compete in the long game of history. __ Foundations Matter Russia and China can make calamitous trouble … Continue reading
Learning to Appreciate Vulvar Diversity
A recent contest to find the most beautiful “vagina” in the world has achieved some remarkable results: … 182 women submitted photos of their vaginas, which were ranked and voted on by 134,707 of the website’s 1.2 million unique visitors … Continue reading
Fossil Fuels Forever?
Fossil Fuels are Abundant and Accessible Modern civilisation has grown up on hydrocarbon fuels. Coal, oil, natural gas, and other hydrocarbons have given human societies the extra boost they needed to raise the quality of lives for their citizens. Economic … Continue reading
Russia Haunted by Spectre of Disintegration
The spectre of disintegration is already haunting Russia. Politicians and pundits are scared to discuss it publicly. Shortly after annexing Crimea and stirring separatism in eastern Ukraine, the Kremlin introduced a law which makes “incitement of any action undermining Russia’s … Continue reading