Naive hunch, keep an eye on Alaska, If Canada is subsumed by the nazi gang of Die Heimat in the context of imperial contraction and economic disorder, the long shadow of Miss Hazel and the carrot of prosperity may incline Alaska to rejoin Rus. Just a naive hunch. One would expect violence in the process. I doubt that the nazi gang has the capacity to keep Alaska. Then too, there’s the general principle of first in first out… 😉

“If so why?” (above) Because official acknowledgment of nuke use would create an increased “consent” to further use. If it was a nuke, be sure the Ruskies know.  The reported gamma cloud is strong evidence.

People make silly chatter about “mini-nukes” quite a lot. But when there are genuine indications, that’s another matter. I’m half convinced that this time it was real.

https://syria.news-pravda.com/en/syria/2024/12/26/14821.html

Note the professional quality of the boffin> https://www.geophysical-forensics.ch/about.html

see also> https://x.com/Ben68638515/status/1868808721801134155?t=7pVKCT9bt1fgD5cCg4PVlw&s=19

Recalling that in the background for the NPT it became clear that the seismic characteristics of a nuclear explosion are unique. 

https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2024/12/this-is-natos-so-called.html

https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2024/12/putin-will-not-issue-full-apology.html

a bit older…………>

The canal story serves to introduce into zone west and comprador minds the “friendly atom” bomb (friendly or not, they’ll soon make their encore, no doubt “justified” as Truman and the “saved lives” nonsense) and the story tends to create in the nazi zone a degree of justification for the genocide, with the implication of prosperity for all by means of increased commerce, and suggests that Suez is ripping people off (repeated for Panama these days). It’s propaganda, which, I agree is “poppycock” or, bluntly, bullchit. The Old Army Game if we recall the confidence game and W. C. Fields… 😉  Poppycock is pretty basic in the game…and effective! Below, the game diverts the crowd from the pick-pocket… a version of The Old Army Game. See also Sally of the Sawdust. Fields, arguably a pimp, passes off Sally as the lost grand-daughter of a wealthy (by land speculators), ie a crook family. Another example of the shell game.

This seems about right to me, electric generation thermal plants exhaust about 1/2 of the total fuel energy, and a lot of the other 1/2 is lost in transmission systems…even atomic power uses lots of fuel too, in the mining, processing, and maintenance necessary to build and run them.

” In a combustion engine, the driver converts gasoline (high entropy) into forward motion with approximately 40% efficiency. Electricity (low entropy) drives a motor with approximately 90% efficiency in an electric vehicle. However, electricity does not exist in nature but instead must be generated. Burning natural gas (high entropy) to generate electricity (low entropy) is only 40-50% efficient. The EV is not inherently more efficient; instead, the inefficient “upgrade” from thermal to electric energy occurs off-stage and is conveniently omitted by most analysts.”

Modern ICE (internal combustion engine) is probably better, and lots more fun! It even runs in cold weather!

The Norwegian Illusion: EVs Are Not More Energy Efficient | ZeroHedge

I’m shocked! Shocked I say!

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/norwegian-illusion-evs-are-not-more-energy-efficient

Dave Collum’s bias and character both offend me, yet I am of two minds, as I respect his intellect and almost like his personality. He’s hard for me to listen to, easier to read. In the 20 minute talk he speculates that pederasty (5 year olds, Dude) is a major factor in the explanation of the irrational and corrupt actions of many in the US apparatus… so in some respects I’m pretty sure he’s right.

NOIC2024 — Dave Collum — The Most Pressing Question: What Is A Fact? on Vimeo

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His end-of-year collection> 2024 Year in Review: What is a Fact? – Peak Prosperity

https://peakprosperity.com/2024-year-in-review-what-is-a-fact/

Just a corollary thought>  “Effects of acetaminophen aspirin on risk taking” 😉   The there’s alcohol, tobacco and seconal and and and…well cocaine…the the “mood elevators” that the nazi “leadership” and iiuc about 1/3 of murkinz take… Should we be surprised they’re crazy? Delusional? There an innarrestin’ thesis for an historian in this, “The Crazy Times, World War and Risk Taking, an Evaluation of the Functions of Pharmaceutical Influence on Leadership and Nations with respect to Violence, Escalation Ladders, the recent World War and its Outcome”

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Speaking of chemistry…

Ivermectin, a potential anticancer drug derived from an antiparasitic drug – PMC

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7505114/

pdf> Ivermectin, a potential anticancer drug derived from an antiparasitic drug

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7505114/pdf/main.pdf

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abstract> Ivermectin is a macrolide antiparasitic drug with a 16-membered ring that is widely used for the treatment of many parasitic diseases such as river blindness, elephantiasis and scabies. Satoshi ōmura and William C. Campbell won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the excellent efficacy of ivermectin against parasitic diseases. Recently, ivermectin has been reported to inhibit the proliferation of several tumor cells by regulating multiple signaling pathways. This suggests that ivermectin may be an anticancer drug with great potential. Here, we reviewed the related mechanisms by which ivermectin inhibited the development of different cancers and promoted programmed cell death and discussed the prospects for the clinical application of ivermectin as an anticancer drug for neoplasm therapy.

Graphical abstract
Ivermectin has powerful antitumor effects, including the inhibition of proliferation, metastasis, and angiogenic activity, in a variety of cancer cells. This may be related to the regulation of multiple signaling pathways by ivermectin through PAK1 kinase. On the other hand, ivermectin promotes programmed cancer cell death, including apoptosis, autophagy and pyroptosis. Ivermectin induces apoptosis and autophagy is mutually regulated. Interestingly, ivermectin can also inhibit tumor stem cells and reverse multidrug resistance and exerts the optimal effect when used in combination with other chemotherapy drugs.

Abbreviations: ASC, Apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a CARD; ALCAR, acetyl-L-carnitine; CSCs, Cancer stem cells; DAMP, Damage-associated molecular pattern; EGFR, Epidermal growth factor receptor; EBV, Epstein-Barr virus; EMT, Epithelial mesenchymal-transition; GABA, Gamma-aminobutyric acid; GSDMD, Gasdermin D; HBV, Hepatitis B virus; HCV, Hepatitis C virus; HER2, Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; HMGB1, High mobility group box-1 protein; HSP27, Heat shock protein 27; LD50, median lethal dose; LDH, Lactate dehydrogenase; IVM, Ivermectin; MDR, Multidrug resistance; NAC, N-acetyl-L-cysteine; OCT-4, Octamer-binding protein 4; PAK1, P-21-activated kinases 1; PAMP, Pathogen-associated molecular pattern; PARP, poly (ADP- ribose) polymerase; P-gp, P-glycoprotein; PRR, pattern recognition receptor; ROS, Reactive oxygen species; STAT3, Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3; SID, SIN3-interaction domain; siRNA, small interfering RNA; SOX-2, SRY-box 2; TNBC, Triple-negative breast cancer; YAP1, Yes-associated protein 1
Chemical compounds reviewed in this article: ivermectin(PubChem CID：6321424), avermectin(PubChem CID：6434889), selamectin(PubChem CID：9578507), doramectin(PubChem CID：9832750), moxidectin(PubChem CID：9832912)

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Interesting Commie Chinese Connection? Let’s hear it for the Commie Comrades! 

authors>

Mingyang Tang a,b,1
, Xiaodong Hu c,1
, Yi Wang a,d
, Xin Yao a,d
, Wei Zhang a,b
, Chenying Yu a,b
,
Fuying Cheng a,b
, Jiangyan Li a,d
, Qiang Fang a,d,e,
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a Anhui Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui Province 233030, China b Clinical Medical Department, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui Province 233030, China c Department of Histology and Embryology, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui Province 233030, China d Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui Province 233030, China e School of Fundamental Sciences, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui Province 233030, China

Taking v. Clausewitz’s definition, even with a little bit of Sun Tsu, terrorism and war seem to be indistinguishable.  Agree, the pirates, nazis, would have been smart to keep to the Law….yet almost intrinsically, they’re not smart. It’s part of who they are, their character. We probably ought to just call it war. Saves ink 😉