1. Kako se birala vlast u Veneciji i kako je nastala reč "karantin", sa odličnog bloga Umlaut.
On the morning after a Doge’s death the members of the “Maggior Consiglio,” the council representing the freemen of the city, convened to first select by lot 30 of its members older than 30 years, who were designated as “electors.” But if—perhaps by analogy to the U.S. Electoral College—you think that the 30 then simply elected the Doge, you’re mistaken.
Those 30 were reduced to 9 by lot. The 9 then designated a group of 40, each of whom needed 7 approval votes out of the 9 members of the committee. Back in the hall, with the entire Maggior Consiglio present, these 40 would be reduced by lot to 12. As before, the 12 would nominate 25 names, subject to approval by 9 members of the committee. In the hall, these 25 would be reduced to 9. In turn, the 9 nominated 5 names each, commanding the support of at least 7 members of the group. Those 45 would be reduced by lot to 11, and then nominate the 41 true electors of the Doge.
Komplikovano? Da, ali trajalo je duže od hiljadu godina.
2. The village where half the population are sex offenders. Naziv sve govori. Selo se inače zove Miracle Village i nalazi se na Floridi.
3. Vučić je u intervjuu sinoć pominjao Lee Kuan Yew-a, pa ako nekoga zanima, evo dobrog prikaza njegove knjige "From Third World to First". Znači, kad završite čitanje Vebera, evo naredne literature.
4. Rasprava Boetkea i Scotta Sumnera o ulozi public choice teorije. Boetkejev post ovde, Sumnerov odgovor ovde, takođe koristan komentar Larsa Christensena ovde.
5. Intervju sa generalom Majklom Hejdenom, bivšim direktorom CIA i NSA.
Gen. Hayden: Listen, I fully admit: we steal other country’s secrets. And frankly we’re quite good at it. But the reason we steal these secrets is to keep our citizens free, and to keep them safe. We don’t steal secrets to make our citizens rich. Yet this is exactly what the Chinese do.
I believe the Chinese today are engaging in unrestricted espionage against the West that is comparable to the unrestricted submarine warfare waged by Imperial Germany in 1916. The intensity of Chinese espionage is certainly greater than that what we saw between the US and the Soviets during the Cold War.
The problem is China’s view is that industrial espionage by the state against relatively vulnerable private enterprise is a commonly accepted state practice. This is just unacceptable.
Industrial espionage by the Chinese has probably now become the core issue in the Sino-American relationship. It is not an irritant. It is not a peripheral issue. Believe me, I work closely with America’s congress and government, and this is now the dominant issue between the two countries, and runs the risk of undermining the entire relationship.
6. 3D olovka. Neverovatno.
On the morning after a Doge’s death the members of the “Maggior Consiglio,” the council representing the freemen of the city, convened to first select by lot 30 of its members older than 30 years, who were designated as “electors.” But if—perhaps by analogy to the U.S. Electoral College—you think that the 30 then simply elected the Doge, you’re mistaken.
Those 30 were reduced to 9 by lot. The 9 then designated a group of 40, each of whom needed 7 approval votes out of the 9 members of the committee. Back in the hall, with the entire Maggior Consiglio present, these 40 would be reduced by lot to 12. As before, the 12 would nominate 25 names, subject to approval by 9 members of the committee. In the hall, these 25 would be reduced to 9. In turn, the 9 nominated 5 names each, commanding the support of at least 7 members of the group. Those 45 would be reduced by lot to 11, and then nominate the 41 true electors of the Doge.
Komplikovano? Da, ali trajalo je duže od hiljadu godina.
2. The village where half the population are sex offenders. Naziv sve govori. Selo se inače zove Miracle Village i nalazi se na Floridi.
3. Vučić je u intervjuu sinoć pominjao Lee Kuan Yew-a, pa ako nekoga zanima, evo dobrog prikaza njegove knjige "From Third World to First". Znači, kad završite čitanje Vebera, evo naredne literature.
4. Rasprava Boetkea i Scotta Sumnera o ulozi public choice teorije. Boetkejev post ovde, Sumnerov odgovor ovde, takođe koristan komentar Larsa Christensena ovde.
5. Intervju sa generalom Majklom Hejdenom, bivšim direktorom CIA i NSA.
Gen. Hayden: Listen, I fully admit: we steal other country’s secrets. And frankly we’re quite good at it. But the reason we steal these secrets is to keep our citizens free, and to keep them safe. We don’t steal secrets to make our citizens rich. Yet this is exactly what the Chinese do.
I believe the Chinese today are engaging in unrestricted espionage against the West that is comparable to the unrestricted submarine warfare waged by Imperial Germany in 1916. The intensity of Chinese espionage is certainly greater than that what we saw between the US and the Soviets during the Cold War.
The problem is China’s view is that industrial espionage by the state against relatively vulnerable private enterprise is a commonly accepted state practice. This is just unacceptable.
Industrial espionage by the Chinese has probably now become the core issue in the Sino-American relationship. It is not an irritant. It is not a peripheral issue. Believe me, I work closely with America’s congress and government, and this is now the dominant issue between the two countries, and runs the risk of undermining the entire relationship.
6. 3D olovka. Neverovatno.
