Your humble blogger received very near an EV battery fireplace on the Grand Central Parkway (as in skirted a hearth truck subsequent to the totally fried smallish supply automobile, I do not know if its driver received out). They’re each bit as ferocious as they give the impression of being on video. The smoke is extremely darkish and billows upward shortly, versus fanning out, I assume to the fierce warmth of the blaze funneling it upward.
Daniel Ellsberg Is Lifeless
Learn Ellsberg’s ebook Secrets and techniques, in the event you haven’t but. Certainly one of its many placing vignettes: Henry Kissinger sought out Daniel Ellsberg as certainly one of his prime precedence conferences as a brand new authorities official. Ellsberg was extremely revered as a world-reknown determination theorist, and as one of the insightful individuals on Vietnam, having spent substantial time on the bottom (versus cloistered in Saigon) on behalf of the DoD and State. Ellsberg’s description of that encounter from Secrets and techniques:
“Henry, there’s one thing I want to inform you, for what it’s price, one thing I want I had been advised years in the past. You’ve been a guide for a very long time, and also you’ve dealt an amazing take care of prime secret info. However you’re about to obtain an entire slew of particular clearances, possibly fifteen or twenty of them, which are greater than prime secret.
“I’ve had plenty of these myself, and I’ve identified different individuals who have simply acquired them, and I’ve a fairly good sense of what the consequences of receiving these clearances are on an individual who didn’t beforehand know they even existed. And the consequences of studying the knowledge that they may make out there to you.
“First, you’ll be exhilarated by a few of this new info, and by having all of it — a lot! unimaginable! — all of the sudden out there to you. However second, nearly as quick, you’ll really feel like a idiot for having studied, written, talked about these topics, criticized and analyzed selections made by presidents for years with out having identified of the existence of all this info, which presidents and others had and also you didn’t, and which should have influenced their selections in methods you couldn’t even guess. Specifically, you’ll really feel silly for having actually rubbed shoulders for over a decade with some officers and consultants who did have entry to all this info you didn’t find out about and didn’t know they’d, and also you’ll be shocked that they saved that secret from you so effectively.
“You’ll really feel like a idiot, and that can final for about two weeks. Then, after you’ve began studying all this each day intelligence enter and turn out to be used to utilizing what quantities to entire libraries of hidden info, which is rather more carefully held than mere prime secret knowledge, you’ll overlook there ever was a time whenever you didn’t have it, and also you’ll bear in mind solely of the truth that you might have it now and most others don’t….and that every one these different persons are fools.
“Over an extended time frame — not too lengthy, however a matter of two or three years — you’ll finally turn out to be conscious of the restrictions of this info. There’s a nice deal that it doesn’t inform you, it’s typically inaccurate, and it might lead you astray simply as a lot because the New York Instances can. However that takes some time to be taught.
“Within the meantime it’ll have turn out to be very exhausting so that you can be taught from anyone who doesn’t have these clearances. Since you’ll be pondering as you hearken to them: ‘What would this man be telling me if he knew what I do know? Would he be giving me the identical recommendation, or wouldn’t it completely change his predictions and proposals?’ And that psychological train is so torturous that after a whilst you give it up and simply cease listening. I’ve seen this with my superiors, my colleagues….and with myself.
“You’ll take care of an individual who doesn’t have these clearances solely from the standpoint of what you need him to consider and what impression you need him to go away with, because you’ll should lie fastidiously to him about what you already know. In impact, you’ll have to manipulate him. You’ll surrender making an attempt to evaluate what he has to say. The hazard is, you’ll turn out to be one thing like a moron. You’ll turn out to be incapable of studying from most individuals on the planet, regardless of how a lot expertise they could have of their specific areas which may be a lot better than yours.”
Ellsberg describes how Kissinger later begins performing in exactly that moronic vogue.
Daniel Ellsberg, Who Leaked the Pentagon Papers, Is Lifeless at 92 New York Instances
MY FIFTY YEARS WITH DAN ELLSBERG Seymour Hersh
DANIEL ELLSBERG WANTED AMERICANS TO SEE THE TRUTH ABOUT WAR Intercept
Why Do Cats Maintain Such Mythic Energy in Japan? New York Instances (resilc). From final month.
‘Actually thrilling’: ‘Extinct’ animal noticed in state for second time in a century 9News (Kevin W). From final week, nonetheless newswothy
Elephant within the Room: Thailand’s Nationwide Animal Is Pushing Again towards Habitat Loss DW
People Really Have Secret Stripes And Different Unusual Markings Science Alert (Chuck L)
Man ‘faked his dying earlier than arriving to his funeral in a helicopter to show household a lesson’ Impartial (resilc)
Hyperdimensional Computing Reimagines Synthetic Intelligence Wired (Dr. Kevin)
Why it gained’t be really easy for medication to displace BMI STAT. See additionally New Tape Take a look at: Right here’s How the Military Is Measuring Physique Fats Now Army.com (resilc)
Why are males seemingly at all times bare in historic Greek artwork? aeon (Anthony L)
#COVID-19
Panic and neglect; panic and neglect Your Native Epidemiologist (Kevin W). Essential.
“A month after Japan downgraded COVID-19 to a standing on par with that of seasonal flu, the nation could also be on the cusp of a ninth COVID-19 wave…”
You all know the road by now.https://t.co/HVvijAe9I7
— T. Ryan Gregory (@TRyanGregory) June 16, 2023
Local weather/Setting
It isn’t arson: untangling local weather misinformation round Canada’s raging wildfires The Narwhal (guurst)
Gasoline stations are leaking underground Grist (resilc). Not information. They’re typically Superfund websites.
Hosepipe ban 2023: The foundations defined uk.information (furzy)
China?
China Is Shortly Changing into The World’s Largest Refiner OilPrice
China provides inexperienced gentle to nuclear reactor that burns thorium – a gasoline that would energy the nation for 20,000 years South China Morning Submit
First on CNN: Janet Yellen tells prime CEOs the US desires to work with China to sort out pressing world challenges CNN (Kevin W). Lordie, the conceitedness and misdirection. Yellen is making an attempt to place the US as a very good man v China with a supposedly non-public viewers that doesn’t have the ear of Chinese language management. The Chinese language have made clear they aren’t keen to speak (past the naked minimal) with the US, a lot the much less collaborate, whereas the US is loudly depicting China as its prime strategic risk that should be reduce right down to dimension and has been eyepoking ever since Biden took workplace, beginning with being astonishingly abusive at a summit the US referred to as in Alaska. China solely voiced long-term aspirations (Xi’s goal was 2049) for Taiwan reunification and began bristling militarily solely pretty not too long ago. Sure, China has been aggressive relating to utilizing faux islands to advance its claims to the South China Sea. However we did nothing whereas China was chugging together with this program.
China’s Answer for a Rising Senior Care Disaster: Thousands and thousands of Robots SixthTone (resilc)
European Disunion
Swiss capital metropolis desires to check managed sale of cocaine SWI. Resilc: “A play to usher in extra i bankers?”
Ifo: Residential development to shrink sharply in coming years Market Screener
New Not-So-Chilly Battle
NATO should put together for intervention to safeguard ZNPP Asia Instances. Maxwell J:
A enjoyable romp via the parallel universe of the neocons. It’s helpful to know that folks on the market really consider these things. Yikes.
US Sends F-22s to Mideast to Counter Russian Forces Performing ‘Unsafely’ in Syria Sputnik (guurst)
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Russians now have the perfect military on the planet – former Trump adviser, US Military Colonel Douglas McGregor
“Washington is aware of that Ukraine is near collapse past any doubt. The nation is destroyed, the military is weakened to the purpose of impossibility. These are people who find themselves… pic.twitter.com/dn8BihIxDR
— Sprinter (@Sprinter99880) June 17, 2023
The New Atlas LIVE: Mark Sleboda Explains Ukraine’s Offensive because it Enters Week 3 YouTube. You possibly can pay attention at 1.5x 🙂
On The Failure Of The Ukrainian Counterattack Moon of Alabama
The following wave of the counteroffensive w/Scott Ritter (Reside) YouTube. From earlier this week, however lots of you could have been daunted by the size. Key sections are on the F-16 (beginning at 1:21:50) which segues into the Patriot (at 1:27:00) and the hoped-for political finish recreation in Ukraine (1:45:45).
Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy has rejected requires peace talks with Russia whereas assembly with a delegation of African leaders.
He questioned their determination to journey to Moscow subsequent.https://t.co/0yfJ5NpntX
— DW Information (@dwnews) June 16, 2023
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Ukraine struggle: Putin confirms first nuclear weapons moved to Belarus BBC
Russian church mediates Ukraine prisoner launch RT. Kevin W: “However with a twist.”
The Ukraine Foyer’s Newest Targets American Conservative (resilc)
Excessive level of the St Petersburg Worldwide Financial Discussion board: Putin on stage Gilbert Doctorow (guurst)
Battle for Aluminum Shares Is Draining LME of Non-Russian Steel Bloomberg (resilc)
Syraqistan
Xi Jinping backs Palestine entry into Shanghai Cooperation Group, as Beijing presents to Mediate Israeli-Palestinian Peace Juan Cole
‘Not even cats can survive’: Outrage after Israeli gunfire kills cat throughout West Financial institution raid New Arab
Huge Brother is Watching You Watch
Amazon shuts down buyer’s good house units after supply driver’s false racism declare New York Submit
Carnival makes use of marijuana detection canine on some cruises WPTX (resilc)
Imperial Collapse Watch
Fort Sill Commander Fired After Allegedly Violating Base Searching Guidelines Army.com
Dreadnoughts and Virginias: why is Australia paying greater than twice the value for submarines? MichaelWestMedia (guurst). Recall AUKUS is an anti-China deal. Right here as a result of US looting topic states. The query is why Australia performs ball.
You hear about how dangerous San Francisco is. I used to be filming a shot of my father , Shelby Steele, and within the ten minutes we had been gone our SUV was damaged into and almost $15k of cameras stolen. Known as 911 & they hung up twice. pic.twitter.com/g0X71Raw4X
— Eli Steele (@Hebro_Steele) June 14, 2023
Biden
A serious lawsuit difficult Biden’s student-loan forgiveness might need simply been undermined by a brand new ruling from conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett Enterprise Insider (Kevin W)
Biden goes quiet on killing off the debt ceiling Politico (David R)
Wellie, now he can’t testify:
Burisma Vitality Accountant, Who Blew Whistle on Biden Bribery Scheme, Discovered Lifeless.https://t.co/KfVeJaylSZ
— Mike Sperrazza (@MikeASperrazza) June 15, 2023
A bit late to this, so lots of you might have seemingly already seen this. The one bit that will give Crew Biden some cheer is that the views are a lot decrease than at comparable occasions for Tucker’s earlier talks….at a mere 25 million or so views.
Ep. 4 Wannabe Dictator pic.twitter.com/MDcs5g0gxB
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) June 15, 2023
Trump
Why federal prosecutors might have handed Trump an enormous reward Politico. Sure, however he nonetheless wants some good attorneys to capitalize on it.
Prosecutors in Mar-a-Lago case need to hold proof secret so it gained’t compromise different ‘ongoing investigations’ Enterprise Insider (resilc)
BIG: Halderman Report Reveals Georgia’s Dominion Voting Machines Could be Hacked, Votes Can Be Modified, Elections Can Be Altered! – SOS Raffensperger Hid the Report and Now Will Not Set up Safety Patches for 2024 Election Gateway Pundit (Chuck L). Word Gateway Pundit is tough core proper wing however not of the cray cray type:
Police State Watch
Singapore to place extra police robots on the streets Bangkok Submit (resilc)
The FBI Has Discovered A New Menace: “Professional-Abortion Terrorism” Intercept
The Binge Purge New York Journal. Hubert Horan:
Superb overview of the TV streaming debacle and the way it threatens to destroy a lot of the leisure trade
Features a very applicable comparability with Uber, together with the collective trade/media/Wall Avenue insanity that precipitated everybody to desert any curiosity in profitability whereas pursuing company valuation narratives primarily based on the subsequent massive factor, whereas making it unimaginable to do something to undo the injury even after the failure of the enterprise mannequin had turn out to be apparent
The Bezzle
Acquired by e-mail:
IM Doc commented:
That is what considerations me having had a baptism by fireplace in telemedicine the previous few years.
There are such a lot of refined issues a very good clinician is educated to note spontaneously. How somebody acts, smells, talks, walks, breathes, laughs……it’s one factor to do telemedicine on sufferers you might have identified for years. It could be downright negligent to do that on NEW sufferers fully unknown to you. And in the event you discover, that’s actually all they’re doing, one stranger after one other. That is simply past gonzo that that is being allowed.
Guillotine Watch
Meghan Markle’s Archetypes podcast is AXED by Spotify: Streaming platform and Sussexes ‘comply with half methods’ with royal pair ‘set to lose full payout as a consequence of low productiveness’ Each day Mail
Pharma big delays fee in $1.7B opioid settlement as deal dangers falling aside New York Submit (Kevin W)
Class Warfare
To fill workplaces, Google points ultimatum whereas Salesforce tries charity Washington Submit (Kevin W)
Right here’s the observe Reddit despatched to moderators threatening them in the event that they don’t reopen The Verge
Reddit’s golden geese foul up its IPO plans Reuters. Paul R: “I’m not positive however it seems just like the reddit blackout is screwing up the deliberate IPO. That delights me after all.”
Antidote du jour (LaRuse, whose candidate I embarrassingly missed years in the past!):
And a bonus:
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— why you must have an animal (@shouldhaveanima) June 11, 2023
See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour right here.
