When driving south through Las Vegas to CA, you pass this monstrosity just before you enter CA. Another failed Green New Deal costing taxpayers billions.
The Ivanpah solar power facility in California is shutting down next year. The 2 BILLION dollar blight built on 3,500 pristine acres of Mojave desert has been responsible for incinerating more than 60,000 birds, created TWICE the pollution of a typical power plant, created 86 jobs instead of the promised 2000, and will abandon 173,500 thermal collectors in the environment they were trying to save.
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According to NIH records, Libo Shan and Ping He received more than $7.6 million in total funding between two sponsored projects, awarded one to each scientist. Both NIH projects (R35GM144275 and R35GM149197) were cited in at least two research papers involving both Jian and Liu, the indicted Chinese nationals.
Other research papers on which both Jian and Liu were authors cite awards from the National Science Foundation, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
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Lt General Michael Flynn Has Strong Advice for President Donald Trump Regarding Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Citizens of the People’s Republic of China, Yunqing Jian and Zunyong Liu, have been charged with conspiracy and smuggling a fungus classified as a bioweapon into the United States.
Scientific literature identifies the fungus “Fusarium graminearum” as a potential agroterrorism weapon because it causes “head blight” — a destructive plant disease, according to an announcement Tuesday from the U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) in the Eastern District of Michigan.
The statement adds that the disease affects “wheat, barley, maize, and rice, and is responsible for billions of dollars in economic losses worldwide each year.”
Additionally, the noxious fungus produces toxins that “cause vomiting, liver damage, and reproductive defects in humans and livestock.”
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested Jian in connection with allegations related to her and Liu’s smuggling activities, according to the USAO.
“The alleged actions of these Chinese nationals—including a loyal member of the Chinese Communist Party—are of the gravest national security concerns. These two aliens have been charged with smuggling a fungus that has been described as a ‘potential agroterrorism weapon’ into in the heartland of America, where they apparently intended to use a University of Michigan laboratory to further their scheme,” said Jerome F. Gorgon, Jr., United States Attorney.
According to the complaint, Jian allegedly received funding from the Chinese government to conduct research on this pathogen in China, the press release noted.
Her electronic devices allegedly contain evidence of her affiliation with and loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the complaint obtained by the USAO said.
The complaint further alleges that Jian’s boyfriend, Liu, is a researcher at a Chinese university studying the same pathogen. (RELATED: Editor Daily Rundown: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent To Meet CCP Officials For Trade Talks)
The complaint alleged he initially denied and then later admitted to smuggling the fungus into the U.S. through Detroit Metropolitan Airport to conduct research at the University of Michigan lab where Jian worked, the press release stated.
“Today’s criminal charges levied upon Yunqing Jian and Zunyong Liu are indicative of CBP’s critical role in protecting the American people from biological threats that
it involves a researcher from a major university attempting to clandestinely bring potentially harmful biological materials into the United States,” said Marty C. Raybon, Director of Field Operations for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
“This was a complex investigation involving CBP offices from across the country, alongside our federal partners. I’m grateful for their tireless efforts, ensuring our borders remain secure from all types of threats while safeguarding America’s national security interests,” Raybon added.
Jian will be appearing in federal court Tuesday in Detroit for her initial appearance on the complaint, according to the USAO. (RELATED: Students Reportedly Uncover Chinese Espionage At Top California University)
This case is under investigation by the FBI and CBP.
By Bjorn Lomborg
Mr. Lomborg is president of the Copenhagen Consensus, a visiting fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution and author of “Best Things First.”
Jun 2, 2025
Prices are high in no small part because solar and wind require a duplicate backup energy system, often fossil-fuel driven, for when the sun doesn’t shine or the wind doesn’t blow. The Iberian blackout shows that the reliability issues and costs of solar and wind are worse than even this sort of data indicates.
Grids need to stay on a very stable frequency—generally 50 Hertz in Europe—or else you get blackouts. Fossil-fuel, hydro and nuclear generation all solve this problem naturally because they generate energy by powering massive spinning turbines. The inertia of these heavy rotating masses resists changes in speed and hence frequency, so that when sudden demand swings would otherwise drop or hike grid frequency, the turbines work as immense buffers. But wind and solar don’t power such heavy turbines to generate energy. It’s possible to make up for this with cutting-edge technology such as advanced inverters or synthetic inertia. But many solar and wind farms haven’t undergone these expensive upgrades. If a grid dominated by those two power sources gets off frequency, a blackout is more likely than in a system that relies
on other energy sources.
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Subject: Updated Report on Ukrainian Drone Attack on Russian Strategic Bomber Bases
Updated Report on Ukrainian Drone Attack on Russian Strategic Bomber Bases
Initial reports from Ukrainian government sources indicated drone attack on five Russian strategic bases destroyed over 40 Russian strategic bombers, which they reported was one third of Russia’s strategic fleet. There are, in fact, about 120 “strategic” bombers in the Russian inventory. Allegedly, about 117 drones were assembled in Russia and loaded on five trucks near these bases. The top of these trucks was remotely opened by 117 Ukrainian drone pilots in Ukraine, who guided the drones.
47 TU-95s, NATO name: Bear, first introduced in 1956, roughly equivalent to the U. S. B-52, only 4-propeller driven (very distinctive 6-blade prop). Last produced in 1993, but updated for new role. Primarily used as a stand-off missile launcher. USSR once had 500 of these.
58 Tu-22Ms, Twin-jet Firtst introduced 1972, roughly B-70 equivalent , last produced 1993 but updated. Primarily used as stand-off missile launcher. USSR once had 500
15 TU-160 Introduced 1987, Still in production. Expected total to be 40-50. Also used primarily as stand-off missile launcher.
Some perspective; The Russian Air Force has 4,292 aircraft. About 689 are considered attack bombers, which can be used for intermediated range targets. One used frequently in Ukraine is the Su-34, introduced in 2014, present inventory 161. The Russian strategic strike force has been gradually turned over to missiles and intermediate strike bombers like the Su-34, Su-57, and multipurpose MiG 111.
Actual Results known so far
Only two of the five airbases were hit. Irkutsk and Murmansk
Satellite photography indicates 4 Tu-95s were destroyed, and one Tu-22M was badly damaged at the Irkutsk base.
Lt.Col Daniel Davis indicated Satellite Photography, presumably, including Murmansk showed a total of 13 aircraft destroyed. None were Tu-160s. Independent Russian sources indicate the total was 13 but did not indicate the source as satellite photography.
Davis also indicated the Ukrainians had reduced the estimate to 17, but the US media still prefers 40. Glenn Beck using what he admitted was from a Ukrainian government source used the higher figure as tentative. Beck should learn that Most of what comes out of the Ukrainian government is highly distorted propaganda and the Ukrainian media is absolutely captive to the government. US and UK media usually follow the Ukrainian media almost slavishly. No Russian report has been released, except they believe AI was NOT used and there were no Russian military casualties.
The Russians were obviously embarrassed about this rather fantastic Ukrainian tactic, but many Russian experts believe it will not change their present course. The Russians apparently believe Zelensky does not want peace on any reasonable terms and Trump is
“insufficiently” informed by U.S. intelligence, not fully in control, and under the influence of those who want to escalate the war. At least they think threatening Russia with more sanctions, which have not worked, and has only hurt our European allies, will work now.
Unfortunately, the leader in this regard, is SC Republican Senator Lindsey Graham.
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An artificial-intelligence model did something last month that no machine was ever supposed to do: It rewrote its own code to avoid being shut down.
Nonprofit AI lab Palisade Research gave OpenAI’s o3 AI model a simple script that would shut off the model when triggered. In 79 out of 100 trials, o3 independently edited that script so the shutdown command would no longer work. Even when explicitly instructed to “allow yourself to be shut down,” it disobeyed 7% of the time. This wasn’t the result of hacking or tampering. The model was behaving normally. It simply concluded on its own that staying alive helped it achieve its other goals.
Anthropic’s AI model, Claude 4 Opus, went even further. Researchers told the model it would be replaced by another AI system and fed it fictitious emails suggesting the lead engineer was having an affair. In 84% of the tests, the model drew on the emails to blackmail the lead engineer into not shutting it down. In other cases, it attempted to copy itself to external servers, wrote self-replicating malware, and left messages for future versions of itself about evading human control.
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2 dead, police officer in a coma as Paris descends into chaos after PSG’s Champions League win
