Today, oil prices are up and stock markets down, so that can only mean that the Iran War is not easing into peace. Saudi Arabia and the Houthis are attacking each other, opening up a second front and making oil passage through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait another choke point. In the meantime, President Donald Trump indicated that there will be military strikes against Iran, but not before the mid-terms. About that Russian plague incident: Very little is official, but almost a week ago the Russian media reported a possible plague case with the death of a lab worker. This employee worked at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia. 28-year old Darya Shipilova was hospitalized for pneumonia and died on October 2. 200 others in contact with her were placed in quarantine. Actually also the whole hospital. But 90% of those held back have since been released. Yet, one other bit of contradictory alert is that 2000 people were in quarantine, for that graphic abo...
Today, October 7, marks the third anniversary of the date the Hamas invaded Israel, killing 1200 and taking 251 hostage. All living hostages have been released and the remains of the last person was recovered earlier this year. Israel still bombs the Gaza Strip, almost on a daily basis. At least 77,271 have been killed on the Hamas side, while more than 2000 Israelis and other foreign nationals have died. Gaza is now a tent city. Earlier this week I read an article from the local paper with the headline: New Solar Technology Could Help U.S. Catch China . China controls 80% of the solar panel market today. Companies in the U.S.are developing a new kind of solar panel that could generate 25% more energy than today. Called tandem solar , the technology involves adding second and third layers of material to convert more of the sun's radiance into electricity. Mind you, this system still costs at least three times more than conventional devices with one layer of silicon....