Link. It also increases dementia risk
Daily Archives: January 19, 2020
Ginkgo tree longevity: “genes in the cambium contain no program for senescence, or death, they say, but continue their program for making defenses even after hundreds of years”
Link. Cambriun is home of immune system
Adoption of a surgical checklists in Africa.
Link. Improvement guaranteed.
Before Nixon went after DNC he went after Daniel Ellsberg’s psychiatric history.
Link. Trump is not without precedent.
“birthrate in China fell to 10.48 per thousand last year, the lowest since the founding of the People’s Republic in 1949″
Link. Article omits gender skew (selective female abortion) as contributor. Was that censored?
Index fund variants: equal weighting
Link. Does Vanguard offer one?
Texas vs California history texts.
Link. I read this as mostly good news. Texas favors guns and business and dislikes birth control, California includes gay/trans stories. I expected TX to be worse.
Suleimani hit: Trump says no strategic reason.
Link. Whatever the outcome, Trump’s cover story was a lie.
“Four in 10 Americans — and 55% of women between 18 and 54 — say they would prefer to live in a socialist country over a capitalist one.”
Link. Not enough to elect a Sanders, but does shift Dem strategy.
U.S. Says China Is No Longer a Currency Manipulator
Link. “United States had last labeled China a currency manipulator in 1994. The designation, while seen as a type of public shaming, is largely symbolic”
Veterans secually harassing veterans at VA facilities.
Link. Surveillance cameras didn’t work. I believe her, but also believe impossible to file charges.
NYT explains Amazon’s Ring porch camera.
Link. Much of this I knew only vaguely.
Trump’s defense: Sure I did it. I did it all. Hell, that was the least of it. So what?
Link. The GOP is making this simple for the historians. The party and their Evangelicals became increasingly corrupt, white non-elite saw doom, Trump’s acquittal was the final judgment.