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HomeOrganic Reaction ToolboxAldol Condensation Reaction
Aldol Condensation Reaction
What is Condensation Reaction?
The aldol condensation reaction is an organic reaction introduced by Charles Wurtz, who first prepared the β-hydroxy aldehyde from acetaldehdye in 1872.1 In an aldol condensation, an enolate ion reacts with a carbonyl compound in the presence of acid/base catalyst to form a β-hydroxy aldehyde or β-hydroxy ketone, followed by dehydration to give a conjugated enone. It is a useful carbon-carbon bond-forming reaction. The fundamental steps of the aldol condensation reaction are:
Aldol (aldehyde + alcohol) reaction — Reaction of aldehyde (or ketone) enolate with another molecule of the aldehyde (or ketone) in the presence of NaOH or KOH to form β-hydroxy aldehyde (or ketone).
2. Dehydration/Elimination reaction — Involves removal of a water molecule from the β-hydroxy aldehyde (or ketone) to form an α,β-unsaturated aldehyde or an α,β-unsaturated ketone.
Please consult the Safety Data Sheet for information regarding hazards and safe handling practices.
The Aldol condensation reaction can be used for the following syntheses:
Enzymatic synthesis of fatty acids.2
Highly concise total synthesis of epothilone B.3
Preparation of (E)-6-(2,2,3-trimethyl-cyclopent-3-enyl)-hex-4-en-3-one.4
Synthesis of high polymers of poly(glutaraldehyde).5
Stereoselective synthesis of (±)-ephedrine.6
Synthesis of numerous macrolide and ionophore antibiotics (natural products).7
Total synthesis of distomadines A and B, two structurally unique tetracyclic quinolones.8
Recent Research and Trends
Water-soluble calix[n]arenes were employed as inverse phase-transfer catalysts for aldol-type condensations and Michael addition reactions of activated methyl and methylene compounds.9
A cesium ion containing catalyst, on an SBA-15 mesoporous molecular support, has been employed for the aldol condensation of methyl acetate with formaldehyde.10
Organocatalytic asymmetric aldol reaction of cyclohexanone with p‑nitrobenzaldehyde in water has been reported.11
One-pot Cu-catalyzed etherification/aldol condensation cascade reaction is reported to yield dibenzoxepine lactams.12
Synthesis of a series of diprenylated and digeranylated chalcone analogues by alkylation, regioselective iodination, aldol condensation, Suzuki coupling and [1,3]‑sigmatropic rearrangement.13
A domino sequence of Michael addition and aldol condensation of acenaphthenequinone with acetophenone in the presence of KOH in methanol solvent leads to the formation of different 2:2 adducts.14
The aldol condensation of 4-isopropylbenzaldehyde and propanal has been performed using functionalized MCM-41.15
Nielsen AT, Houlihan WJ. The Aldol Condensation.1-438. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/0471264180.or016.01
Brady RO. 1958. The Enzymatic Synthesis of Fatty Acids by Aldol Condensation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 44(10):993-998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.44.10.993
Balog A, Haris C, Savin K, Zhang X, Chou T, Danishefsky S. 1998. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.. 372675.
Badía C, Castro J, Linares-Palomino P, Salido S, Altarejos J, Nogueras M, Sánchez A. (E)-6-(2,2,3-Trimethyl-cyclopent-3-enyl)-hex-4-en-3-one. Molbank. 2004(1):M388. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/m388
Tashima T, Imai M, Kuroda Y, Yagi S, Nakagawa T. 1991. Structure of a new oligomer of glutaraldehyde produced by aldol condensation reaction. J. Org. Chem.. 56(2):694-697. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jo00002a038
Heathcock CH, Buse CT, Kleschick WA, Pirrung MC, Sohn JE, Lampe J. 1980. Acyclic stereoselection. 7. Stereoselective synthesis of 2-alkyl-3-hydroxy carbonyl compounds by aldol condensation. J. Org. Chem.. 45(6):1066-1081. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jo01294a030
Masamune S, Choy W, Kerdesky Francis A. J., Imperiali B. 1981. Stereoselective aldol condensation. Use of chiral boron enolates. J. Am. Chem. Soc.. 103(6):1566-1568. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja00396a050
Jolibois AER, Lewis W, Moody CJ. 2014. Total Synthesis of (±)-Distomadines A and B. Org. Lett.. 16(4):1064-1067. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ol403598k
Shimizu S, Shirakawa S, Suzuki T, Sasaki Y. 2001. Water-soluble calixarenes as new inverse phase-transfer catalysts. Their application to aldol-type condensation and Michael addition reactions in water. Tetrahedron. 57(29):6169-6173. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0040-4020(01)00572-5
Yan J, Zhang C, Ning C, Tang Y, Zhang Y, Chen L, Gao S, Wang Z, Zhang W. 2015. Vapor phase condensation of methyl acetate with formaldehyde to preparing methyl acrylate over cesium supported SBA-15 catalyst. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. 25344-351. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jiec.2014.11.014
Mase N, Nakai Y, Ohara N, Yoda H, Takabe K, Tanaka F, Barbas CF. 2006. Organocatalytic Direct Asymmetric Aldol Reactions in Water. J. Am. Chem. Soc.. 128(3):734-735. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja0573312
Lim HS, Choi YL, Heo J. 2013. Synthesis of Dibenzoxepine Lactams via a Cu-Catalyzed One-Pot Etherification/Aldol Condensation Cascade Reaction: Application toward the Total Synthesis of Aristoyagonine. Org. Lett.. 15(18):4718-4721. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ol402036t
Wang H, Zhang L, Liu J, Yang Z, Zhao H, Yang Y, Shen D, Lu K, Fan Z, Yao Q, et al. 2015. Synthesis and anti-cancer activity evaluation of novel prenylated and geranylated chalcone natural products and their analogs. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 92439-448. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2015.01.007
Domino reaction sequences leading to the formation of 2:2 adducts between acenaphthenequinone and acetophenone. 2014(6):127. http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/ark.5550190.p008.834
Vrbková E, Vyskocilová E, Cerveny L. 2015. Functionalized MCM-41 as a catalyst for the aldol condensation of 4-isopropylbenzaldehyde and propanal. Reac Kinet Mech Cat. 114(2):675-684. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11144-014-0811-2
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Crowdsourcing Exceeds One Million Classifications of Possible Planetary Habitats
A NASA-sponsored website designed to crowdsource analysis of data from the agency's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission has reached an impressive milestone.
In less than a year, citizen scientists using DiskDetective.org have logged 1 million classifications of potential debris disks and disks surrounding young stellar objects (YSO). This data will help provide a crucial set of targets for future planet-hunting missions.
"This is absolutely mind-boggling," said Marc Kuchner, an astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and the project's principal investigator. "We've already broken new ground with the data, and we are hugely grateful to everyone who has contributed to Disk Detective so far."
Combing through objects identified by WISE during its infrared survey of the entire sky, Disk Detective aims to find two types of developing planetary environments. The first, known as a YSO disk, typically is less than 5 million years old, contains large quantities of gas, and often is found in or near young star clusters. The second planetary habitat, known as a debris disk, tends to be older than 5 million years, holds little or no gas, and possesses belts of rocky or icy debris that resemble the asteroid and Kuiper belts found in our own solar system. Vega and Fomalhaut, two of the brightest stars in the sky, host debris disks.
Planets form and grow within disks of gas, dust and icy grains surrounding young stars. The particles absorb the star's light and reradiate it as heat, which makes the stars brighter at infrared wavelengths -- in this case, 22 microns -- than they would be without a disk.
Computer searches already have identified some objects seen by the WISE survey as potential dust-rich disks. But software can't distinguish them from other infrared-bright sources, such as galaxies, interstellar dust clouds and asteroids. There may be thousands of potential planetary systems in the WISE data, but the only way to know for sure is to inspect each source by eye.
Kuchner recognized that searching the WISE database for dusty disks was a perfect opportunity for crowdsourcing. He worked with NASA to team up with the Zooniverse, a collaboration of scientists, software developers and educators who collectively develop and manage citizen science projects on the Internet.
At DiskDetective.org, volunteers watch a 10-second "flip book" of a disk candidate shown at several different wavelengths as observed from three different telescopes, including WISE. They then click one or more buttons that best describe the object's appearance. Each classification helps astronomers decide which images may be contaminated by background galaxies, interstellar matter or image artifacts, and which may be real disks that should be studied in more detail.
In March 2014, just two months after Disk Detective launched, Kuchner was amazed to find just how invested in the project some users had become. Volunteers complained about seeing the same object over and over. "We thought at first it was a bug in the system," Kuchner explained, "but it turned out they were seeing repeats because they had already classified every single object that was online at the time."
Some 28,000 visitors around the world have participated in the project to date. What's more, volunteers have translated the site into eight foreign languages, including Romanian, Mandarin and Bahasa, and have produced their own video tutorials on using it.
Many of the project's most active volunteers are now joining in science team discussions, and the researchers encourage all users who have performed more than 300 classifications to contact them and take part.
One of these volunteers is Tades Cernohous, a postgraduate student in geodesy and cartography at Brno University of Technology in the Czech Republic. "I barely understood what scientists were looking for when I started participating in Disk Detective, but over the past year I have developed a basic sense of which stars are worthy of further exploration," he said.
Alissa Bans, a postdoctoral fellow at Adler Planetarium in Chicago and a member of the Disk Detective science team, recalls mentioning that she was searching for candidate YSOs and presented examples of what they might look like on Disk Detective. "In less than 24 hours," she said, "Tades had compiled a list of nearly 100 objects he thought could be YSOs, and he even included notes on each one."
Speaking at a press conference at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Seattle on Tuesday, Kuchner said the project has so far netted 478 objects of interest, which the team is investigating with a variety of ground-based telescopes in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Argentina and Chile. "We now have at least 37 solid new disk candidates, and we haven't even looked at all the new telescope data yet," he said.
Disk Detective currently includes about 278,000 WISE sources. The team expects to wrap up the current project sometime in 2018, with a total of about 3 million classifications and perhaps 1,000 disk candidates. The researchers then plan to add an additional 140,000 targets to the site.
"We've come a long way, but there's still lots and lots more work to do -- so please drop by the site and do a little science with us!" added Kuchner.
WISE has made infrared measurements of more than 745 million objects, compiling the most comprehensive survey of the sky at mid-infrared wavelengths currently available. With its primary mission complete, the satellite was placed in hibernation in 2011. WISE was awoken in September 2013, renamed the Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE), and given a new mission to assist NASA's efforts in identifying the population of potentially hazardous near-Earth objects (NEOs).
Facilities involved in follow-up studies of objects found with Disk Detective include Apache Point Observatory in Sunspot, New Mexico; Palomar Observatory on Palomar Mountain, California; the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory on Mount Hopkins, Arizona; the Leoncito Astronomical Complex in El Leoncito National Park, Argentina; and Las Campanas Observatory, located in the Atacama Desert of Chile.
HD video from NASA Goddard's Scientific Visualization Studio: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/goto?10628
Disk Detective website: http://www.diskdetective.org
Earlier press release (30 January 2014): "NASA-Sponsored 'Disk Detective' Lets Public Search for New Planetary Nurseries" http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/january/nasa-sponsored-disk-detective-lets-public-search-for-new-planetary-nurseries/
WISE mission: http://www.nasa.gov/wise
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When entering a place of leisurely (or for me, competitive) alcohol consumption, I am often the first person in my group to make it to the bar. I find that task to be even more important than scanning the scene for drunk females or acknowledging the existence of friends. I like to put up a hand to stop any familiar face from getting too close or obstructing my path and say, "Must get drink. Kevin thirsty. Alcohol good." Once reaching the crowded bar, I often feel conflicted as to whether I should buy everyone else a drink. Over the years, I went from buying a round for all in my immediate group, to selectively picking and choosing. The problem is that half of those friends never followed suit. The cheap friends ruined it for everyone else.
I grew up in a Chinese household, which means that I saw my parents fight and argue with their friends to pay the bill, from my earliest memories to.... okay, I still watch my parents argue to pay the bill. Free food never gets tiring for me! I'm still their kid, so BACK OFF!!! These battles would last for dozens of minutes until someone threatened thinly-veiled physical violence in order to win the honor of paying. I've even seen these adults sneak off earlier in the meal to "use the bathroom," only to find out later that they snuck off to pay the bill, which would lead to a near riot amongst the other adults. This is how I grew up.
When I first turned 21, even with limited funds, if I wasn't buying a round of shots, I was hosting pre-parties and offering my alcohol to all my guests. My main purpose (even to this day) is making sure my friends have a good time and that EVERYONE gets drunk. If you've ever been out with me on travels, where I care about money even less, this goodwill extends to friendly strangers. Sadly, when I'm domestic, there are select people that take advantage of this generosity too much. You eventually start to notice the people that never buy a round back.
Think about the friends you have in your life who are always buying and bringing back shots to the group. It makes you want to buy shots immediately afterwards. These are also typically the people that everyone loves, not because they buy drinks, but because they are generous in spirit. Generosity breeds generosity. It's a great cycle to be in. Now, think about your friends that have NEVER said, "yo, I got you. I got this round" without any prompting. Those are the same friends who pretty much ruin it. I document these people loosely in "The 7 Friends You Must Have in Your Life" under "The Brings Nothing to the Table" friend.
It doesn't always have to do with buying drinks or shots at a bar, sometimes people just don't make that much money. I get it. It has to do with sleeping on the floor, so your buddy can hook up. It has to do with splitting that California Burrito, when your stomach wants it all. It has to deal with bringing alcohol to your friend's houses, so that everyone can have some and not just yourself. It has to do with washing out that condom so that your buddy can use it afterwards.
Maybe it's because I haven't been "traditionally" working for the past few years that I notice it more, but I am drawing a line in the sand when it comes to petty friends. They are starting to effect my generosity. I want to live and be around people who are generous and always giving. They aren't the ones rushing to claim a bed for the entire weekend in a place everyone just rented, or only worried about getting THEMSELVES home without a DUI, or sitting like a moron on a crowded bus as the elderly or women with children are left standing. They are the ones filled with empathy and consideration - not selfishness.
Next time you go out, take the initiative to buy a round. You'll realize that it comes back ten-fold. You may not get back what you spent, but you'll find the generous spirit to be more rewarding.


We don't find the books that change our life, but books find us, and it is no point on giving you an exhaustive list on what to read or not, because, if you have to read a book, in the end, it will come to you just when it is necessary, and when you open it you will surely know from page one that you are reading what you're supposed to, as if you were accomplishing your fate.
Thus, allow us to be a bit deceitful in this. We will just give you the categories and types of books that might be useful in each of the stages of practice and insight with some linear recommendations. This is something we have been reflecting on for some time, and, of course, it is not definitive, so allow it to change and evolve as years go by.
Perhaps the first thing we should do is gather information about the area we live in and our natural territory. To do so, it would be advisable to get hold of a local compendium of the local flora and fauna, to know what kind of plants can grow in the area, their medicinal appications. Also a book on the customs, folk beliefs, remedies and folk magic, in order to see how the ancient inhabitants of your area interacted with their surroundings.
These shall provide you with an adequate mindframe to approach your territory. Please, never underestimate the importance of a local botanic compendium, as simple as it may look, remember it is the result of years and years of interaction with the land.
The second type of resources would include books on etnobotany and botany, anthropology, philosophy, or history. These kind of books allow you to place the information you found in the local area into a broader context of ideas. They allow you to understand the reasons behind all what you have experienced and understand that you are not alone, they give you the necessary resources to deal with the great schools of thought, with philosophical and spiritual paths.
Resources of the third kind are those which have a hermetic, mysteric, or non-divulgative goal, those books and texts that do not intend to teach you anything, but they allow you to read something you already know using someone else's words, and make it possible for the ineffable to be expressed . These kind of books are hard to read, and even harder to understand, but they are not meant to be understood but to be lived. These are books like the Pharmako trilogy by Dale Pendell, some books by Daniel Schulke and by Andrew Chumbley, old magical treatises like Agrippa's, Paracelsus', etc.
These books are not to be taken as dogma, these are books are the result of a deep, crucial, spiritual work, and thus, they tend to give some previous training for granted. They do not need to justify their statements, they just tell you "THIS IS THAT THING", and this makes sense, as those claims are often the result of enlightenment and revelation.
All this may look pretty difficult, maybe overly complicated, but that's what we get when dealing with books, they are but recipients of wisdom and experience written by someone that is not us. But that does not make them worthless, as, in the end, books become spiritual beings on their own, acquiring their own animus, and that animus may or may not be in tune with our spirit, and so, the only important thing is knowing when to approach them, and not forcing an organic process.
We do not need to read books in order to learn, but texts just help us understand and organise what we thought in the first place. The real wisdom will be found if we dare to venture in the unexplored and still unwritten paths of the woods, the coast, and the mountains, Nature will provide you with the teachings you need. Books, like companions, will make sure you won't forget those teachings.


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Q: SwiftUI | customize dragitem appearance within LazyGrid using onDrag I've been wondering if there is any way to customize the preview image of the item that's being dragged when using onDrag within a LazyGrid?

As you might see, the preview image stays static, while all other items change their heights.
I would like it to have the smaller height as well.
Like so:

Since a rendering of that view is generated and used as the preview image at the very beginning of the dragging process, before the height of the items are set, I have no idea how one would realize that.
One idea would be to have a LongPressGesture before the onDrag gesture. That way we could set the height before onDrag starts, which would lead to a snapshot of the new height. The problem I am facing is to combine these gestures so that they function like one, without the need to release between them.
Maybe there is another way or I have misunderstood something?
Here is the full demo code:
import SwiftUI
import UniformTypeIdentifiers

struct GridData: Identifiable, Equatable {
    let id: Int
}

//MARK: - Model

class Model: ObservableObject {
    @Published var data: [GridData]

    let columns = [
        GridItem(.fixed(160)),
        GridItem(.fixed(160))
    ]

    init() {
        data = Array(repeating: GridData(id: 0), count: 100)
        for i in 0..<data.count {
            data[i] = GridData(id: i)
        }
    }
}

//MARK: - Grid

struct ContentView: View {
    @StateObject private var model = Model()

    @State private var dragging: GridData?
    @State private var onDrag = false

    var body: some View {
        ScrollView {
           LazyVGrid(columns: model.columns, spacing: 32) {
                ForEach(model.data) { d in
                    GridItemView(d: d, onDrag: $onDrag)
                        .overlay(dragging?.id == d.id ? Color.white.opacity(0.8) : Color.clear)
                        .onDrag {
                            self.onDrag = true
                            self.dragging = d

                            return NSItemProvider(object: String(d.id) as NSString)
                        }
                        .onDrop(of: [UTType.text], delegate: DragRelocateDelegate(item: d, listData: $model.data, current: $dragging, onDrag: $onDrag))
                }
           }
           .animation(.easeInOut(duration: 0.3), value: model.data)
        }
    }
}

//MARK: - Drag and Drop

struct DragRelocateDelegate: DropDelegate {
    let item: GridData
    @Binding var listData: [GridData]
    @Binding var current: GridData?
    @Binding var onDrag: Bool

    func dropEntered(info: DropInfo) {
        if item != current {
            let from = listData.firstIndex(of: current!)!
            let to = listData.firstIndex(of: item)!
            if listData[to].id != current!.id {
                listData.move(fromOffsets: IndexSet(integer: from),
                    toOffset: to > from ? to + 1 : to)
            }
        }
    }

    func dropUpdated(info: DropInfo) -> DropProposal? {
        return DropProposal(operation: .move)
    }

    func performDrop(info: DropInfo) -> Bool {
        self.onDrag = false
        self.current = nil
        return true
    }
}

//MARK: - GridItem

struct GridItemView: View {
    var d: GridData
    @Binding var onDrag: Bool

    var body: some View {
        VStack {
            Text(String(d.id))
                .font(.headline)
                .foregroundColor(.white)
        }
        .frame(width: 160, height: onDrag ? 140 : 240)
        .background(Color.green)
        .animation(.easeInOut(duration: 0.6))
    }
}

Thanks!

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Peace Through Prosperity (PTP) aims to provide and promote an entrepreneurial approach to prevent radicalisation through poverty alleviation at the bottom most rung of society.
Peace Through Prosperity (PTP) has from the get-go been using Agile SCRUM methodologies from program design to delivery, This presentation as delivered at the Regional Scrum Gathering South Asia in June 2015 introduces the tools and techniques used by the team to design and deliver an effective social transformation program using Agile.
8. Peace Through Prosperity's approach WORKS!… the results are tangible and clear …and we want to scale the program so that the 99% can benefit from our approach across the world……because the world is one family. As concerned citizens we want to be able to scale the proven approach developed by Peace Through Prosperity so that individual communities across the globe can benefit from the approach, experience and platform. To Enable this PTP has: + made our approach Open Source + made materials Open Source and License Free + made our team members available for training over Skype or in person + made our digital team and platform available to partners We only stipulate you share monthly progress reports and follow our processes and practices.


To draw a portrait to order similar to the photo is not difficult. It is difficult to write it according to the laws of beauty, in an academic direction, observing all the rules, the basics of painting. What are these fundamentals and what should one pay attention to first of all?
Let's say you want a portrait in pencil to order. Most likely, you will like a portrait that will not only look like a person, but also created by rubbing graphite (there is a similar technique with a dry brush) if it comes to working with a pencil. These are frequent criteria for evaluating a "good portrait" by which a person who does not understand the intricacies of painting and drawing is guided.
In fact, everything is much more complicated and not in brush strokes and in pencil strokes. Indeed, you can order a portrait from a photo in the style of Dutch masters (smooth painting), and you can order a portrait in the style of the Impressionists in the way that Van Gogh did. In any case, the portrait should cause emotions, not blind copying from a photo. Of course, it is very difficult to paint a portrait to order according to the laws of painting, which is why such portraits are much more expensive. In addition to emotions in the portrait, the character of the person being portrayed must be conveyed, perhaps his position in social society is shown.
When the artist makes for you a portrait with a pencil to order, pay attention to the transfer of volume in the picture. A person should not look flat, in a portrait should be given space, volume – according to the laws of air and linear perspective. It is this criterion for evaluating a quality portrait that almost all customers overlook. And many artists, using this, ignore the transfer of air space in the picture.
Do not forget that in addition to the similarity with the person, there are many features in the portrait that must be fulfilled. A real portrait from a photo on canvas is always a well thought-out work to the smallest detail. The artist must take into account the correct location of the figure in the drawing, the composition, do not forget about the color of the picture, the tonal diversity of the main masses and sections of the portrait.
Of course, you can order a portrait from a photo, without delving into its feature. But what would be better – a competently executed portrait, which has artistic value, which was created according to all the laws of painting, which can even be handed down from generation to generation, or a mediocre copy of a photograph in which only similarity with the portrait is transmitted? Of course you decide!
On our site you can order a portrait from photographs of various categories: economy, standard, premium, deluxe, VIP. What do these categories mean?
In the category "Economy" you will be offered a contour sketch in pencil or sketch oil. When ordering a portrait of this category, you will not get the perfect portrait with pencil or paint. The portrait will look like a man, but no more.
The "Standard" category is a more serious work of the artist. The artist will be able to adapt to any budget and draw a portrait to order, close to this painting or drawing. More efforts of the master, more labor and in the portrait of the category "Standard" there will be the same volume and minimum amount of space.
Even performing a portrait to order with a pencil, you can transfer the volume. In the category of "Premium" more volume, more airspace and detailed work. We can say that this is a great portrait, made according to the laws of painting, but without any particular feature, highlight.
The most worthy portrait can be considered the work performed in the category of "Deluxe" and "VIP". In the category of "Deluxe" the artist takes into account not only all the wishes of the customer, but also does a competent work according to all the rules and laws of portrait painting and drawing. The deluxe category is an excellent choice for creating a magnificent picture with detail.
What, then, is the difference between a deluxe category portrait and a VIP portrait, you ask? The answer is obvious. A picture in the "VIP" category is a job that a master is capable of, that is, he cannot do better. This is a laborious job that requires maximum concentration and thoughtful stages at 100%. To order a portrait by photo of the category "VIP" means to create a real work of art that meets not only all the requirements of competent painting, will not only meet the needs of the customer.


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China's 'Elon Musk' Sees Big Future For Hydrogen Cars
Jon LeSage
Oilprice.com June 19, 2019
The world's largest auto market may be changing its focus on which alternative fuel will have the leading edge. The man credited with making China the world's center of electric vehicles sales is now championing hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles (FCVs).
Wan Gang, a vice chairman of China's national advisory body for policy making and former science and technology minister, is advising his country to take FCVs very seriously.
"We should look into establishing a hydrogen society," Gang said. "We need to move further toward fuel cells."
The previous Audi executive will be continuing the country's subsidy program for hydrogen-powered vehicles as EVs see incentives wane and phase out next year. Gang has been backing FCVs for years, bringing the same argument to the table that has won support for "new energy vehicles" (EVs)— boosting economic growth, tackling China's dependence on oil imports, and reducing air pollution in the country's fast-growing cities.
Gang understands that fuel-cell vehicles have quite a long way to go with only about 1,500 of them on Chinese roads, versus more than 2 million battery electric vehicles. Part of the challenge has been a very thin fueling station network.
There are only about a dozen of these hydrogen stations in place so far in China. Compare that to about 100,000 gas stations and over a million EV charging stations.
China's largest hydrogen station opened up earlier this month in Shanghai. The station was built by Shanghai Yilan Energy and Technology with daily capacity of fueling up to 1,920 kg of the gas. That's enough to refuel up to 600 vehicles per day when it becomes operational soon.
The new station is expected to bolster Shanghai's bus fleet, and help grow its inventory of fuel-cell buses. Shanghai is one of many Chinese cities that has seen much of its growth in alternative fuels tied to public fleet vehicles.
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Along with driving China to account for half the world's EV sales, Gang has been pushing for fuel cell vehicles for several years. He developed three FCVs during his time from 2003 and 2005 as chief scientist for China's 863 Program, but it was certainly way too early to gain support. Now, he wants to see the country's generous subsidies that are behind its EV sales success continue on with FCVs.
Toyota Motor Corp. is looking forward to hydrogen taking off in China. The Japanese company recently forged a business unit to build hydrogen-powered buses in China with Beijing Automotive Group Co. (BAIC). The companies are expected to increase production to be ready to provide fuel-cell buses to the Winter Olympics being held in the nation's capital in 2022. These will be built by BAIC's Foton Motor Group subsidiary fuel-cell buses.
The collaboration between Toyota and Foton is expected to extend to a full range of models, including passenger cars, vans, and light and heavy trucks.
Toyota began testing its Mirai fuel-cell car in China in 2017. The Mirai has been the top selling FCV in the world so far, but the numbers are not impressive — about 11,000 total FCVs sold so far worldwide. Nearly half of them have been in California, where generous incentives for buying the cars and building the fueling stations have helped.
The cost of the car is part of the challenge. Japanese government subsidies helped bring down the Mirai's sticker price from the equivalent of about $70,000 to about $50,000. Toyota and other automakers say that the high prices come from the cost of fuel cell production. Toyota says that prices will drop as FCV production ramps up.
Mr Gang doesn't seem to worry about the challenges that typically come up over backing fuel-cell vehicles and their hydrogen fueling stations.
"We will sort out the factors that have been hindering the development of fuel-cell vehicles," he said.
One of the strengths that FCVs have over EVs is driving range and fast-fueling time. Once these hydrogen stations become more common, vehicle buyers are expected to be drawn to the technology and fuel by being able to go 400 or more miles on a fueling and refilling the tank in less than five minutes at the pump.
Mr Gang's vision is that EVs will provide a tangible solution for dealing with inner-city traffic and pollution in the near future. Hydrogen-powered buses and trucks would perform well on highways for long-distance travel.
While China's economy is stalled out and its new vehicle sales have dropped, that won't be lasting forever. Embracing FCVs and hydrogen could be a huge boost forward for the automotive industry.
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The story of humanity's last trip to the Moon and the gifts brought back.
A familiar, beautiful sight at night.
When the Moon is shining brightly in the night sky, it often stops me in my tracks. Staring up at it I can never quite get my head round the fact that twelve humans have walked on its surface, travelling more than a quarter of a million miles for the privilege.
Setting foot on the Moon is one of humanity's greatest achievements. The brave Apollo astronauts that made the journey were kind enough to bring some of the Moon back to Earth with them for us all to enjoy. Thanks to the generosity of NASA, these samples are on exhibit around the world – including here at the National Space Centre. Our Moon Rock sample was brought back from the last visit humanity made to the Moon, all the way back in 1972.
Moon rock is rare. Really rare. Rarer than diamond and gold in fact. At least it's rare here on Earth – up on the Moon you can't move for the stuff! The point is, diamonds and gold are far easier to come by than Moon rock. Around 26,000 kilograms of diamonds are mined every year, whilst some estimates place the amount of gold mined per year at around 3,000,000 kilograms.
All of the Moon rock known about here on Earth adds up to a grand total of just over 430 kilograms – less than 0.02 percent of the total gold mined per year.
Moon rock here on Earth comes from three sources: the samples brought back by NASA's Apollo missions, samples returned by the Soviet Union's robotic Luna spacecraft, and lunar meteorites which were blasted off the surface of the Moon and fell to Earth of their own accord (see pictures below).
Apollo harvested 2,415 samples over the course of six Moon landing missions – totalling 382 kilograms of lunar material. The Soviet robotic landers Luna 16, Luna 20 and Luna 24 managed only a comparatively small 326 grams. Lunar meteorites account for the remaining 48 kilograms.
The total amount of Moon rock we know about is tiny compared to these precious metals and gemstones, so when you get an opportunity to see some of it up close you should jump at the chance. And, as you can see in this picture, Moon rock has its own beauty.
Even if you aren't impressed by its rarity or its beauty, and let's face it beauty is in the eye of the beholder, hopefully you will still be left in awe of just how difficult it was for NASA to bring it back.
I often find myself pointing out the sample on display here and simply saying 'that's a piece of the Moon. An actual piece of the Moon!' – after all, what more is there to say?!
For those that still find it difficult to get enthused about geology, our Moon Rock sample is part of a bigger story of human achievement and scientific discovery. It was collected on the final Moon landing mission – Apollo 17.
For three days during December 1972, astronauts Gene Cernan and Harrison 'Jack' Schmitt explored the surface of the Moon. Schmitt was not originally meant to fly on the mission, but pressure from the science community saw him replace Joe Engle after Schmitt's planned Apollo 18 mission was cancelled in 1970. The science community lobbied those at NASA to send a geologist to the Moon instead of another 'test-pilot' astronaut, which resulted in Schmitt replacing the unfortunate Engle.
Jack Schmitt had provided much of the geology training for Apollo astronauts, but seeing the Moon's surface for himself would offer new opportunities for scientific study. Although there were other driving factors behind America's lunar ambitions, it's important to remember that the Moon landings were some of the greatest science fieldtrips of all time.
One of Apollo's big science questions was how the Moon was formed? What was it made of? Collecting samples of rock, dust and cores drilled from beneath the surface became a bigger and bigger part of the missions as time went on. As the capacity for carrying more equipment and returning more samples increased, so did the time spent on the surface exploring. The crew of Apollo 11 had less than three hours to look around.
By the time of Apollo 17, the crew spent more than 22 hours carrying out experiments, exploring and collecting samples. The Lunar Rover Vehicle allowed the crew to travel distances that left them an hour's drive away from the safety of their spacecraft. The bravery needed to do this fills me with nothing but admiration.
Every sample that was collected was bagged and given a unique identification number. Scientists wanted the samples kept in pristine environmental conditions, so a Lunar Receiving Laboratory was set up at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston (now the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, picture below).
Here the samples could be sorted and studied in inert conditions, using vacuums, nitrogen and glove boxes to prevent contamination. Many samples were broken up, allowing them to be shared with scientists all over the world for study. Other samples, like the one we have on display, were provided to institutions as part of NASA's remit to inspire the next generation.
Our Moon Rock sample comes from a bigger rock numbered 74255. The first digit, 7, is used for any sample collected on Apollo 17, with the rest of the digits relating to exact location of discovery and size of the specimen.
Our Moon Rock's full numerical code is 74255,14 – the addition of the number 14 after the comma identifies it as being part 14 after the complete rock (sample 74255) was broken up for study. Sample 74255 was collected from a large fractured boulder on the rim of Shorty Crater.
Thanks to the meticulous records kept by the crew, we can even see a picture of the rock still on the Moon before it was collected (see picture below).
It was relatively easy for Jack Schmitt to collect a sample from this large fractured boulder – but collecting samples wasn't always so straightforward.
Schmitt was an expert here on Earth, but found it difficult to take samples whilst wearing a bulky spacesuit and coping with the reduced gravity of the Moon. Unfortunately for him, exactly how difficult he found it was captured on film as can be seen in this clip.
The sample on display here at the National Space Centre is a high-titanium coarse grained basalt rock, with abundant ilmenite (a titanium-iron oxide mineral). It is 3.8 million years old and shows an exposure to solar radiation age of 17 million years. This means it was formed a long time ago, but was under the surface until more recently when it was brought up and began being exposed to the Sun's rays – 'recently' in geological terms that is! The fact that scientists can work out so much from one geological sample explains why collecting rocks and soil samples was such an important part of the Apollo programme.
Careful study by scientists of the treasures brought back on Apollo continues to this day. It has allowed us to better understand the early history of the Solar System and the origins of the Moon.
One popular theory states that the Earth was struck a glancing blow by a protoplanet the size of Mars, with debris jettisoned from the collision eventually forming into our Moon. The chemical composition of the samples the Apollo astronauts brought back to Earth has added much credibility to this idea. The samples collected tell a story of the Moon's crust forming around 4.4 billion years ago. Since then the Moon has witnessed a period of intense meteorite bombardment, lava flows and has been exposed to the Sun's radiation. Geology has been the tool that has helped decode the Moon's mysteries, using information trapped inside rocks like the one on display at the National Space Centre.
Is our Moon Rock as beautiful as a diamond? Is geology boring? Can rocks be fun? All burning questions, and, although I don't have all the answers, I do know that it is amazing that I can go to work and look close-up at a piece of the Moon. Two men collected it from a place 240,000 miles away out in space. You can hear one of those men's own recollections here, as Gene Cernan talks about collecting Moon Rock and why sending humans to explore space is so important.
Our Moon Rock is displayed on Deck 4 of the Rocket Tower and is on loan from NASA.


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Fundamental Study of Iodate and Iodine Based Slurries for Copper CMP
Seung-Mahn Lee ,
Uday Mahajan ,
Zhan Chen and
Rajiv K. Singh
Seung-Mahn Lee
Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Engineering Research Center for Particle Science and Technology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611
Uday Mahajan
Zhan Chen
The chemical mechanical polishing of copper in several slurry chemistries based on iodate and iodine oxidizers has been investigated. Benzotriazole (BTA) and potassium iodide (KI) were used for preparing the polishing slurry chemistries based iodate. As observed by the anodic electrochemical behavior of copper and the surface analyses of EDS, it was determined that CuI layer formed in the iodate and iodine based solutions. Especially, in I2 slurry in pH 4, CuI layer formed very fast and uniformly, and passivated the copper. In addition, the highest removal rate using this slurry was obtained. These results were compared to H2O2 based slurries. From these experimental results, the slurry containing 0.1M KIO3 and 0.01M KI, and 0.01N I2 give better results than H2O2 based slurry in copper CMP.
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Posted on January 23, 2023 by J.J. Sefton
The Morning Report – 1/23/23
Good morning kids. So, I guess the supposition that Joey Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants' chief of staff, and longtime Biden crime family lieutenant and confidante, Ron Klain is the one pulling the skin on the back of his turkey neck and making him talk like a Pocono Mountain Schickelgruber is wrong.
For whatever reason, Klain has suddenly decided to abandon ship, during what some in the media are describing as the greatest most successful administration in American history. Oddly enough, just as this "Document-gate" scandal is heating up. I'm sure that's just a coincidence, right. But the Deep State's got a deep bench, proving once again they are the "Bain" of our existence.
[So-called quote-unquote "president"] Joe Biden's new chief of staff, Jeff Zients, is a centimillionaire businessman who, like the failed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, got his start as a consultant at Bain Consulting. (For Romney and Bain, in Biden's telling, that was just a pit stop on the road to putting Americans "through hell and back.")
Zients will take over for Ron Klain in February. The former head of the White House's [Chinese] COVID response, Zients amassed a vast fortune working for Bain & Company and other management consulting firms. But at Bain, according to the Wall Street Journal, Zients "fell in love with Bain's culture, teamwork … and analytical rigor." By age 35, his estimated net worth was nearly $150 million.
Zients's appointment is riddled with irony. Biden's role in the 2012 presidential election, when he served as former president Barack Obama's running mate, was to attack Romney, the Republican nominee. Like Zients, Romney began his business career at Bain & Company before serving as CEO of Bain Capital, a private equity company he cofounded with Bill Bain.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Mitt tortured a homo classmate, put his dog on the car roof and per Harry Reid's secret source at the IRS was a tax cheater. Blah blah blah. Now, square that last paragraph with this little nugget:
Before joining the Biden [junta] as the White House [Chinese] Coronavirus Response Coordinator in the early days of Biden's [so-called quote-unquote "presidency"], he also previously served in President Barack Obama's administration in numerous positions. The roles he has held include director of the National Economic Council and assistant to the president for economic policy, in addition to serving in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
Wait, what? An entire year ripping Bain Capital and Obama picks this guy to join the team? After everything we've been through since the Trump era, this should not be a head-scratcher but just one more bit of evidence that the America we thought we knew is no more, and likely since the end of the Second World War if not the First, probably never was.
So, it certainly seems as if The State which is "deep" in terms of its reach as opposed to being hidden, wants Biden gone. Regardless of whether these revelations hurt or hinder them and their narrative, or if some other way to get rid of him might have been better from their point of view, the writing surely is on the wall for Biden. The big question of course is why? The GOP is a clusterfuck of a joke, as is the prospect of victory at the polls given the now legalized, institutionalized and impossible-to-reverse system of rigging in key swing districts and states that favors Democrats. Or am I wrong about that and Biden in '24, if he has two brain cells to rub together, would get wiped out by Trump, DeSantis or even George Santos?
It doesn't add up. But we're still in the HOV lane to Hell.
It's hard to shake the sense that Joe Biden's classified document scandal, like Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago saga, is a lot of hype. Trump's "crime" turned out to be a lot more trivial than the breathless whispers and leaks suggested. It turns out Trump was keeping presidential records as personal trophies, which is just about the least surprising thing ever. It's unclear what Biden was doing with White House papers in his house, but unless there was some malicious or pecuniary interest, is it really such a big deal?
Many have speculated that there is something more going on, that Democrats are taking Biden out, like yesterday's trash.
If the Justice Department can pick and choose the president, then we don't really have a "democracy" at all but an oligarchy with a Praetorian guard. Of course, many suspect this has been the case for some time. We all saw how Trump was sandbagged with a bogus criminal probe into Russian "collusion," and the witch-hunt is ongoing. It's worth considering whether the Justice Department, by going after Biden, is creating a pretense of fairness to justify indicting Trump. This would be a truly egregious interference in the democratic process. . .
. . . Richard Nixon was the first president to be forced out of power by permanent Washington and the media, after winning reelection in the biggest landslide in U.S. history, no less. Is Biden getting the Watergate treatment? The media's sudden interest in the contents of his Delaware garage feels disingenuous, given all of the corruption they have overlooked until now.
Biden is a dubiously elected, corrupt hypocrite, but a scenario in which he is removed over contrived media outrage, and legal pressure would be a Pyrrhic victory for the Right, which has little to gain from an even more powerful and entrenched deep state. A Justice Department that can remove an ineffective puppet can neutralize any resistance to bureaucratic rule, whether from Trump or whoever would fill his shoes.
Speaking of "Tricky Dick". . .
Something's happening here. Last month Tucker Carlson made the case for the CIA's direct involvement in President Kennedy's assassination. This month he has made the case for the CIA's direct involvement in President Nixon's forced resignation. Tying the two events together, Carlson outlines a chief motive for the Agency's alleged actions against Nixon by highlighting a recorded conversation between Nixon and then-CIA Director Richard Helms in which Nixon told Helms to his face that he knew "who shot John," an accusation from the president that the director answered with telling silence.
In publicly prosecuting the Intelligence Community for taking down Nixon, Carlson notes that four of the five Watergate burglars worked for the CIA, that young metro reporter Bob Woodward had been a naval officer at the Pentagon who "worked regularly with the intel agencies" and "had a top-secret clearance," and that Woodward's infamous Deep Throat source for his Watergate news stories, FBI Associate Director Mark Felt, had run the FBI's illicit counterintelligence program specifically designed to discredit and disrupt American political organizations.
Furthermore, Carlson points out that Nixon's replacement, Gerald Ford, the only unelected president in American history, had no achievements to justify his rapid rise from forgettable congressman to White House occupant in the space of eight months, aside from his service on the Warren Commission, which had "absolved the CIA of responsibility for President Kennedy's murder." When unelected federal bureaucrats forced Nixon's vice president, Spiro Agnew, to resign in late '73 for tax evasion, Democrats in Congress "gave Nixon no choice but Ford." The next summer, the Intelligence Community replaced an adversarial Nixon, arguably the most popularly elected president in U.S. history, with a rubber-stamp for the CIA. . .
. . . Kennedy's assassination and Nixon's forced resignation occurred a half-century ago, and plenty of people have disputed the American government's official telling of those events since they first occurred. Only now, however, is one of the most popular hosts in the small world of news commentary dedicating his time (and reputation) to throwing down the gauntlet against America's Deep State. Why? Well, that relatively new and disparaging epithet — Deep State — tells a big part of the tale by reflecting an "awakening" American cynicism and a sizable collapse in Americans' trust in their own government. It should be a big deal for someone of Carlson's stature to accuse the Intelligence Community of multiple coups d'état; that he does so suggests that he feels the American people have begun to fundamentally shift in their understanding of and relationship to the federal government. . .
. . . The government's illegitimate exercise of power goes to the heart of the question: who really runs America? For most of American history, Americans proud of their nation's history and its dedication to individual rights, liberty, republican virtue, and respect for democracy would have answered, "The people." Now, however, they are beginning to wonder whether something much darker and more nefarious has been in charge all along. . .
. . . If American elections mean so little because the Deep State's power is so great, then things must change.
Read the whole thing. And agreed about "things must change." The question is "how?"
The cold, hard truth is this illegitimate State has finally overthrown whatever vestige of the American republic that had remained before 2020 and taken over. The bureaucracy is as powerful as ever and with trillions in borrowed, printed and stolen taxpayer money continually thrown at it, probably invincible. Add to it their allies in the C-suites of the private sector and it certainly looks hopeless.
The illusion of regular order, vis a vis debates in Congress and now legally rigged elections makes things seem normal but of course, that's the illusion.
As our freedoms and our ability to feed, house and clothe ourselves disappears, this junta will only lash out and clamp down harder.
There is no way out, except some sort of radical uprising. Peacefully, I pray. But as history shows, that doesn't always work out and the outcome is not guaranteed.
ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
"The deepest threat to American constitutional order comes from our vanishing ability to rule ourselves." Constitutionalism in an Age Without Limits
"Americans increasingly doubt the legitimacy of the institutions that claim to have increasingly absolute power over every detail of their lives." President Deep State?
John Stossel: "What environmental groups won't tell you." The Recycling Religion
Lloyd Billingsley: "Criminals gun down six people, including a teenage mother and her 10-month-old child. Joe Biden and Gavin Newsom look the other way." Baby Killers
Just enough to get him to resign but not enough that would indicate multiple counts of treason. Report: DOJ Weighs Searching More Locations Linked to Joe Biden for Classified Docs
"The White House claimed that the search was not the subject of a warrant or court-authorized process, and was instead voluntary." FBI Conducted 13-Hour Search Of Biden's Home, Found More Classified Material
"If the Justice Department can pick and choose the president, then we don't really have a 'democracy' at all but an oligarchy with a Praetorian guard." Is the Justice Department Pursuing Biden Just to Get Trump?
"Bob Bauer, [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Biden's personal attorney, has a history of blocking the release of certain documents and then strategically releasing them." Biden Lawyer Has History of Finding and Releasing Elusive Documents
"Joe Biden served in the U.S. Senate from 1973 to 2009, and until we get further information, we don't know how old the documents are. This means that he's had classified documents in his possession for as little as six years, or as long as fifty years. . . And what has Joe Biden been doing with these classified documents all these years?" (selling them to the highest bidder – jjs) Has Biden Been Hoarding Classified Docs for Decades?
David Harsanyi: "Happy Birthday, Citizens United!" Democrats Propose Overturning the First Amendment
"Based on the media frenzy in recent weeks, you'd think that George Santos is the biggest threat the nation currently faces." The Media's Embarrassing George Santos Fixation — Explained
"Black Lives Matter demonstrators confronted at gunpoint by the late husband of former Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey in 2020 who want a second deposition of the county's former top prosecutor did not receive an immediate ruling from a judge this week." (hat-tip to commenter MTF – jjs) Judge Mulls BLM Protesters' Bid for Second Lacey Deposition
Paradis Books and Bread owners kicked Caldwell out of the restaurant Saturday morning, claiming the "behavior" and "words" of the group he dined with made the employees and other patrons in the space "very uncomfortable." (I smell one giant lawsuit – jjs) Miami-Based Restaurant Asks Fox News Analyst to Leave Over Conservative Political Views, Interaction Resembles 'Jim Crow South:' Commentator Says
"In one video on Twitter, a local reporter can be heard attempting to downplay the scene, referring to the protest as 'largely peaceful.'" (the scum should be largely peacefully shot in the head and dumped in a ditch – jjs) Alleged Far-Left Rioters Attack Police, Smash Office Buildings in Atlanta
"Many of them don't even live in Atlanta or in the state of Georgia, and they don't represent the voices of Atlanta," he said. "And some of them were found with explosives on them — you heard that correctly, explosives — and that has led to a police officer's car being set on fire, and other destruction has occurred." Atlanta Mayor Says the Quiet Part Out Loud About Saturday's Terrorism in the City
Larry Elder: "Examine the media coverage." Black Man Dies Following His Arrest
David Horowitz: "The Democrats' Drive for a One-Party State." (newsflash to Mr. Horowitz: they pretty much have it – jjs) The Hard Truth About January 6
Victor Davis Hanson: "The lesson from the $22 trillion record of Great Society compensatory payouts is that massive infusions of federal money are more apt to ensure social disruption and dislocation than alleviate them." Reckless Reparations Reckoning
Daniel Greenfield: "The real enemies of democracy are the ones trying to save it."Democracy is a Threat to Democracy
"Additionally, the report, citing multiple studies, showed that there would have been a positive economic impact of between $3.4-9.6 billion over the lifetime of the project."Quietly Released Energy Dept. Report Admits Mistake in Canceling Keystone XL Pipeline, Shows Economic Benefits
"News outlets slammed Trump-era plans to use public land for energy projects." 'It's Armageddon': Media Silent on Biden Junta Plan to Snatch Public Land For Solar Farms
"Or are the climate alarms spewing from Davos no more than cold calculated efforts to give unelected global elites more power over our lives?" Insanity On Display?
How many are undetected and how many of the arrested are just released? Terror Watch List Arrests at Southern Border Soar Under Biden Junta
Somewhere, a whole slew of Paul Kerseys is tanned, rested and ready . . . Report: Illegal MS-13 Gang Member, Accused of Murdering Kayla Hamilton, Was Freed into U.S. by Biden's DHS
The man was found in a white van slumped over at the steering wheel dead. And the usual suspects blame "bigotry" without waiting for the facts. Ooops! Asian Man Suspected in Monterey Park Mass Shooting Found Dead in White Van
"The movement to minimize, and even normalize, pedophilia is in line with general cultural trends. That is, to elevate adult sexual desire as the ultimate good," Katy Faust, founder of the children's rights group Them Before Us, told the Daily Caller News Foundation. "Wherever adult sexual desires are exalted, children pay the price." 'Child Protection' Org Fought Against Efforts To Crack Down On Childlike Sex Dolls, Cartoon Child Porn
"New York's city council wants to bar the use of criminal background checks by landlords."The Sociopath Next Door
"The left is dedicated to keeping thugs out of jail — at great peril to innocent people — but also to young wayward teens such as Baca. If he'd been in jail, he wouldn't have died in a drive-by shooting this weekend. Could he have been rehabilitated? We'll never know." As Ye Sow! Karma Swipes Left on Hit-and-Run Catch-and-Release Thug
Where have you gone, Bernhard Goetz, this weatherman turns his blackened eyes to you? Woo-woo-woo . . . Fox News Weatherman Savagely Beaten By 'Children' On Subway
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
"A large number of studies confirm what a lot of us suspected all along – and the studies just keep coming." Trust The Science: Chinese COVID Vaccines Are Killing People
"A shocking and heartbreaking incident from 1923 sheds light on what we're going through now." The Disturbing Precedent Behind Dangerous Chinese COVID Shots
"More to the point, where did Michael Phelps, Pink, Stephen Colbert, Ariana Grande, and James Corden get their medical degrees?" What Qualifies a Celebrity to Advertise a Medical Treatment?
CNN reports that Kishida said, "In order to further advance the efforts of 'living with Corona' and restore Japan to a state of normalcy, we will transition the various policies and measures to date in phases." Japan to Downgrade Chinese Covid to Same Threat Level as Seasonal Flu
"With 20/20 hindsight, it's clearer than ever that it was virtually impossible for [Chinese] COVID to have occurred naturally." Time Shows That The 'Paranoid' People Were Correct About Chinese COVID
"Guns do save lives. It's impossible to know how many more innocent bystanders or family members might have been killed — not to mention raped and beaten — if all 66 of these gun owners didn't have the firepower to fight back." Happy Endings! The Defensive Shootings of 2023 No One Is Talking About
"Gun control disarms regular people, which makes them easier targets for regular criminals to victimize, and it does pretty much zilch against dedicated mass killers." Lies, Damned Lies, and Gun Statistics
I'm quoted in an article in The Epoch Times on today's legal education culture war: "[ABA] decisions should be based solely on academic criteria and how we best train lawyers, not how we best train lawyers who follow a particular ideology." "American Bar Association, in its role as an accreditor, should not be partisan in [the current culture] war"
"They're coming for you next: Minnesota's unelected education bureaucracy is about to impose new licensing requirements for teachers that will essentially blacklist all Christians, Jews, or Muslims by requiring teachers to teach the queer agenda as well as the critical race theory to young children." Today's blacklisted American: Minnesota to blacklist all Christians, Jews, or Muslims from teaching
"Perhaps our most important public institution has not only been allowed to fail miserably but has consistently received increased funding to do so without any accountability." A New K-12 System
"'I especially wanted to come this year to celebrate the end of Roe,' one marcher told The Federalist. 'But we can't stop fighting now.'" Energized by the End of Roe, the March for Life is All About the Victories Still Ahead
"The march needs energy and unity." How to Improve the March for Life
Go give hubby a hummer and leave us the hell alone. Kamala Harris Omits Declaration of Independence's Right to 'Life' in Address on Abortion
THE 2020 AND 2022 ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
"The report reveals how the U.S. Alliance for Election Excellence is a venture by left-wing nonprofits to 'influence every aspect of election administration.'" Inside Democrats' Newest Election Takeover Scheme: Report Unmasks 'Dark Money' Group You've Probably Never Heard Of
"The history here is long and ugly." Israel-Haters Also Glorify Cop Killers
The department said in a statement that officers discovered Dowell on Saturday night during a protest spray-painting "NO COP CITY" and "ACAB," which is an acronym for "all cops are bastards," on the Parkman Bandstand located in the Boston Common. Democrat Whip Katherine Clark's Transgender 23-Year-Old Arrested for Alleged Assault, Anti-Police Vandalism of Boston Monument
"Flip parties and the whole thing will disappear in a New York minute." Santos Should Switch Parties
"The California Democrat has raised tens of millions of dollars since 2016." How Adam Schiff-for-Brains Rode the Resistance to Political Riches
"At the end of last year's roundup, I expressed hope that 2022 would see fewer Biden disasters. Unfortunately for the country, year No. 2 was just as grim." A Disaster for Every Month: The Worst Scandals, Abuses, and Embarrassments of Joe Biden's Second Year in Office
"During his time in the Biden [junta], as Breitbart News previously reported, Zients was the voice behind every video call [Chinese] coronavirus briefing and was coordinating the White House's [Chinese] coronavirus response with Dr. Anthony Fauci and Centers for Disease Control Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky." Report: Joe Biden to Name Jeff Zients as Next Chief of Staff, Replacing Ron Klain
"Former Bain consultant Jeff Zients will succeed Ron Klain as White House chief of staff."Finally: A Bain Man Makes It to the White House
Roger Kimball: "Is it too much to hope that fit retribution is even now being organized for these bitchy, beige, and bland totalitarians of the deep state?" Too Much to Hope?
"Pressure is mounting to oust the current RNC chair, Ronna McDaniel, after the red wave voters were promised fizzled out, giving Republicans a slim majority in the U.S. House of Representatives and less control in the U.S. Senate compared to 2020. She faces two opponents attempting to block her fourth two-year term: California civil rights attorney, RNC national committeewoman Harmeet Dhillon, and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell." Key Battle in the GOP's Civil War Might Make or Break the 2024 Election. Here's Why
Robert Spencer: "If America is to be saved in 2024, it will be by someone who is not willing to give an inch to the serial liars, propagandists, saboteurs, and America-Last forces that dominate the scene today. Nikki Haley had a chance to be one. She fumbled." Nikki Haley: 'I Can Be That New Leader'—Or Maybe Not
She's at least 60 years too late with that brainwave Rep. Spartz: 'Republicans Need to Grow a Backbone … or We'll End Up With Socialism'
"Constraints on electioneering do a lot to weed out the sociopaths and narcissists from higher office. And these constraints are almost entirely absent in American politics. . . The George Santos story is truly emblematic of our times." Electioneering and the Spirit of Democracy
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
"It brings total U.S. security assistance to Ukraine to more than $26.7 billion since Russia's unprovoked invasion last February. Our new package provides even more air-defense capabilities to help Ukraine defend its cities and its skies. And that includes NASAMS munitions and eight Avenger air-defense systems." Defense Secretary Austin: 'This Is a Crucial Moment' for Ukraine; US Sending $2.5 Billion in Battlefield Assistance
"Richardson made the comments at the Atlantic Council on Thursday." (a dame – jjs) US General Wants Cuba, Venezuela to Send Russian Weapons to Ukraine in Exchange for US Weapons
"Xi's statement comes after last month's border clash between the two nuclear-armed Asian countries." China's Xi Tells Border Troops To Be 'Ready For Combat' Amid Rising Tensions With India
"Should India be a global or regional power?" As Its Population Surpasses China's, India's Economic Power Rises
"In Israel the courts are claiming judicial supremacy, which answers to no one as it parades unchecked." The Trumping of Benjamin Netanyahu
"The reality behind Jordan's 'peace' with the Jewish state." "Palestinian" "Journalist" Ramzy Baroud Seeks to Delegitimize Israel
"To put it gently, Ms. Ardern has been less than successful. She leaves the country in worse shape than when she surprisingly ascended to power. Nevertheless, let's wish her Godspeed in her future life – in which, hopefully, her naive socialist tendencies can do less harm."Bye-Bye, Miss Kiwi Pie
"Globalists have hinted in multiple panels about their frustrations with national governments breaking from key agendas of the WEF, including global pandemic response, the war in Ukraine and climate change." Davos: Foreign Minister of Slovenia Demands That Nations "Respect the Rules of the World Order"
Charlie Kirk: "The world takeover by these psychopaths suffering from delusions of grandeur is hardly a fait accompli. CNN commentators have expressed worries that the agenda of the WEF is in danger of receding." Attention, World Citizens– The Role of God Will Now Be Played by the Men in Davos
Margot Cleveland: "The whistleblower complaint suggests Konnech stored election workers' data on a Chinese server — just as a confidential human source had told the FBI."Whistleblower: Yes, Election Data Company Gave U.S. Poll Workers' Personal Info To China
"Bill and Melinda Gates and Ford Foundations funded projects at Chinese universities, government agencies." The Left's Largest Nonprofits Funneled $39 Million to China in 2021, Filings Show
"It is not the Navy's mission or responsibility to solve residual cultural problems with some minority groups that may still exist." A Sailor's Reflections on Race and the Navy
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
"Jaylani Hussein finally takes his Islamophobia-mongering too far." Hamas-Linked CAIR Contradicts its Own Minnesota Director on Prof Showing Picture of Muhammad
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
"The investigation of the Dobbs leak proves that elites' incompetence knows no bounds." (not incompetence but malice aforethought – jjs) Supreme Incompetence
"According to a new report by Space Capital, a New York venture capital firm, overall investment in space dropped 58% in 2022, dropping from the $47.4 billion peak in 2021 to $20.1 billion in 2022." Investment in space dropped 58% in 2022
"The Lucy science team has decided to suspend its efforts to complete the deployment of the unlatched solar panel that failed to fully open shortly after launch, having determined that little can be accomplished while the spacecraft is so far from the Sun." Lucy team suspends efforts to complete deployment of unlatched solar panel
"There's no good scientific explanation for the explosion in diagnoses." Dead Names and Gender Dysphoria
"The U.K. government has good reason to prevent the SNP's new bill from becoming law."Scotland's Radical Gender Legislation
Irrelevant, unfunny and tedious is no way to go through life, Lorne. SNL Gives Joe Biden a Playful Cameo, No Skit on Classified Doc Scandal (but a Million George Santos Jokes)
Daniel Greenfield: "Harvey Weinstein made his career. Now he's got a #MeToo documentary."Director of Movie Co-Starring Sex Predator Goes After Justice Kavanaugh
Christian Toto: "Sundance 'Loyalty Oaths.' Frightened film festivals. Free speech in retreat."A Terrible, Awful No-Good Week for Hollywood
Robert Spencer: "Baldwin, Krug, Warren, Dolezal, King, and Sarsour are the vanguard of the society the Left is working hard to create — a society in which being white carries so much of a social stigma that it results in job discrimination and more, and those who are clever and audacious enough to pull it off avoid this opprobrium by passing as being a "person of color." Or a person from Spain, if you're Hilaria Baldwin." After Alec Baldwin's Manslaughter Charge, His Wife Finds Time to Do This Again
Robert Spencer Part Deux: "Has the Left had enough?" 'Charlamagne tha G0d' Says Biden Must Go
Clarice Feldman: "The Left has replaced the class-war game with a war on competence and achievement, hiding beyond claims of racial and sexual equity." The War on Competence
"It is not just your jobs the robots are coming for, but your family." How A.I. Abolishes the Family
"Taylor Sheridan and Sylvester Stallone take on the issue of the great American migration and the culture clash that ensues." Tulsa King is an Allegory for America's Blue State-to-Red State Migration
"What about John Quincy Adams the man: humorless prig or prophetic statesman?" Adams' Handler
"A new film is coming about Jan Karski, the Polish patriot who first warned Franklin Delano Roosevelt of the horrors of the Holocaust, when it could have been stopped." Remember This
2 comments to "The Morning Report – 1/23/23"
Indignacio Vindacatorem
It is really hard to go from being born in the 50's, being raised in a military household and always being an American loyalist to reaching an understanding that America, and specifically America's government is the problem. The cognitive dissonance I am dealing with is prozac level stuff.
When you consider we used to laugh and ridicule people like Cindy Sheehan, and now over 20 years later and the war machine is hot and horny to get into Ukraine, or that agencies like the CIA and FBI really are totally power-mad, corrupt and out to destroy innocent people, yeah – – pass the prozac.