JETLAG RADIO 143 | BENKYO RADIO 143

  • Trump, impeachment and American democracy [The Economist] (difference of opinion Op-Ed, I still think he will leave office, and essentially place back the Republican Party back to the Jurassic era).

  • The blurred history of Orientalist art [1843 Magazine]

  • The state of Nanotechnology [HBR]

  • Trump, Greta Thunberg, Trade Twitter Jabs After TIME Honors Activist [Bloomberg]

  • U.S. FAA says Boeing is pursuing ‘unrealistic’ for 737 MAX return [Reuters]

  • Trump’s new executive order promotes white supremacy [Al Jazeera] (genocide against Palestinians)

  • 32 Moments that made the decade [Verge] #Tech

  • These 3 supertrees can protect us from climate collapse [Vox] #ClimateChange

  • Kepler to launch two batches of nanosatellites aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 [Techcrunch]

  • Denman Glacier: Deepest point on land found in Antarctica [BBC World]

  • Ocasio-Cortez condemns ‘white supremacist sympathizer’ Tucker Carlson [The Guardian] #RespectImmigrants

  • It’s a Vast, Invisible Climate Menace. We Made It Visible [NY Times]

  • At U.N. climate conference, the divide widens between countries that pollute and those that suffer from it [Washington Post]

  • Le Père Noël en pleine transition écologique [Le Monde]

  • Covered CA Reminder [English]

  • Covered CA Reminder [Espagnol]


Hi there! getting out a few updates in a row in order to reach a milestone. Anyway, it’s December! Hopefully everybody likes eating their chocolate from their Christmas chocolate calendar, something a lot of us did as children. I’d like to raise awareness on this blogpost about a particular sad ordeal that takes place during the holidays. During the holidays, teenagers often get into unnecessary fights with their parents, and are at risk to become runaway kids. Now, the problem with that is these teenagers then become immediately at risk for human trafficking. Please watch the warning signs. Have that discussion. There are many organizations who fight this problem worldwide such as the FBI and Interpol. I’d like to mention DeliverFund in case you were unfamiliar with that name. They have a bunch of folks from Intelligence Agencies doing great work throughout the United States. Check them out.

In other news, I know that many folks are upset about Space Force. It’s true, we need things like funding for students (Free Tuition), help for minorities and immigrants, Medicare for All, etc etc. I know Space Force sounds like a joke, but trust me, travel anywhere around the world in less than an hour is pretty fucking impressive. All I can say is OMFG HOLY SHIT REDACTED REDACTED. Anyway, it’s true we need to stop spending govt waste funding, but if you knew some of the stuff that the Military is really working on (Quantum Computing / Nanotechnology), you’d be a tad bit more impressed. This doesn’t negate the fact that I am in perfect agreement with Bernie Sanders, the only candidate who repeatedly mentioned the expression “Military-Industrial-Complex,” a topic that every other Candidate is too afraid to touch. We need these Wars to end in Peace, even if it’s not a “business-incentive.” We gotta quit going to war just to foot a bill of billions of dollars to the American Taxpayer.

I want to thank Obama for the new Obamacare commercial, don’t forget to get health coverage, it’s extremely important. The little zen garden was pretty funny too.

Remember the PSAs from CHP. I know a lot of kids don’t think cops aren’t cool, and this or that, but damnit, just wear your stupid seatbelt. Even if you’re driving around the block. Always wear your seatbelt. If you’re a DD, drink a 0.0% beer. You got your Uber, Lyft, Bus, Train, Plane, Spaceship, just damnit, please wear your seatbelt, I beg you. I thank you for listening.

I visited a Victorian Village which had a Christmas theme. It was great! We had our picture with Santa.

Until Next Time!