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Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #638

China is building a robot army – here’s the video

The Chinese technology company Unitree Robotics is producing dozens of menacing four-legged robot dogs, according to a video showing the robots moving in unison.

According to Unitree, the AI-powered robot – dubbed Aliengo – has a depth perception vision system, features “sports performance,” and is capable of adapting to complex terrain.

“It can realize full control of 3-axis posture and position, so it has strong multi-terrain adaptability and can run stably on rugged gravel roads and grass roads,” the company’s website states.

The dog-like robot also has a number of “special movements,” including fast running, backwards running, side-to-side movement, creeping forward, rollover, jumping, backflip, obstacle crossing, obstacle avoidance, and more.

Additionally, Aliengo can detect human posture and has facial recognition.

“The color camera can identify the specific posture of the person…and conduct human-machine interaction. The robot can make corresponding movements according to different body postures,” the website continues.

“When there is more than one person in the scene, someone can tell the robot to lock he/she by a certain posture (for example, raising the left hand). Thereafter, the robot will follow the movement of the target, even during the movement,” it adds.

The robot can carry a payload of 11 pounds.

LT. Gen. Michael Groen of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center warned last year that China is ramping up its efforts to dominate the AI space by...

The fastest rollout of a new vaccine in world history occurred the only way it could possibly occur — by bending the rules, creating a new regulatory playbook and failing to obtain any human data for the new vaccines.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cooperated to issue Emergency Use Authorizations (EUA) and roll out new, bivalent Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines this week, without any human trials, which is unprecedented.
There is international coordination regarding bivalent boosters, and a major effort will be undertaken to get them into arms, despite historically low levels of severe COVID-19. Why?
These vaccines continue to enjoy extraordinary protection from liability, while the recipient has no access to the legal system in the case of injury.
There is no evidence the new vaccines are safe, while there is limited evidence that they may be more harmful than earlier COVID-19 vaccines. However, in the absence of human testing, there is no way to truly predict their safety. Safety data are being concealed by federal health agencies. Messaging by them is misleading.
There is no evidence the new bivalent vaccines will be more effective than the older vaccines, and existing evidence suggests that any efficacy they provide will persist no longer than one to several months.
COVID-19 vaccines appear to increase susceptibility to COVID-19 infections, on average starting six months after inoculation.
Perpetual boosters briefly stave off the negative efficacy that develops a few months after a COVID-19 vaccination. This may be why frequent boosters are being pushed. But frequent boosters may also weaken overall immunity and may even contribute to rising mortality rates in the U.S. and U.K.

The FDA on Aug. 31 issued EUA for new Pfizer and Moderna mRNA booster vaccines for COVID-19.

One day later, the CDC and its director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, approved the immediate rollout of the new vaccines, which will be administered in the U.S. beginning this week.

Surprisingly, more than a month before either agency had given its okay to the entirely new formulation, the federal government ordered 105 million doses from Pfizer and 66 million doses from Moderna.

The desired composition of the vaccine had only been formally determined by the FDA after its advisory committee met on June 24.

The vaccines contain a mix of the old, original Wuhan strain vaccine mRNA (now also referred to as the ancestral vaccine) and a new Omicron BA.4/5 mRNA coding for the Omicron spike protein.

The total amount of mRNA for the Pfizer and Moderna booster vaccines is the same as before: 30 mcg for Pfizer and 50 mcg for Moderna. Each is composed of 50% Omicron mRNA and 50% ancestral mRNA, and thus they are termed bivalent vaccines.

The new vials and their boxes do not list the dose, hinting that the decision regarding how much to use was made very recently. Even the members of the CDC’s advisory committee did not know the dosage of...

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Hunter Biden-Backed Chinese Energy Firm Posts Record Profit.

A Chinese Communist Party-run energy company linked to Hunter Biden, the son of the President of the United States, has made record-breaking profits for the first half of 2022, The National Pulse can reveal.

The company, officially known as China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., posted its record earnings over $6 billion amidst America’s ongoing fuel shortages, skyrocketing gas prices, and the Democratic party’s push for the use of alternative energy sources.

Also known as Sinopec, the Biden-tied firm said it’s net income rose 11 percent to $6.5 billion in the first half of this year, according to an exchange filing. Oil and gas output rose 2.9 percent while diesel production increased 7.4 percent, though ongoing COVID-19 lockdowns in China are believed to be decreasing the country’s domestic fuel demand.

While other news outlets have covered the company’s profit surge, they consistently fail to mention its financial ties to the Biden family.

Sinopec, a Chinese Communist regime-controlled oil and gas enterprise, has its “fully-owned subsidiary” Sinopec Marketing Company which enjoyed a nearly $1 billion in investment from Hunter Biden’s private equity firm BHR Partners.

Finalized in March 2015, the investments from the controversial investment fund led to BHR Partners amassing a nearly 30 percent stake in Sinopec.

BHR Partners’ LinkedIn profile explicitly highlights its Sinopec investment, emphasizing that the firm was involved “in the pilot state-owned enterprise reform deal involving the segregation and capital.”

The new deal follows Sinopec’s Fuling Shale Gas Field hitting a country-wide record for production quantity and building its largest-ever natural gas storage facility amidst the Biden White House canceling the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline.

It also follows an early move from the Biden White House whereby President Joe Biden rescinded an executive order from the Trump administration banning Chinese investment in or control of America’s power grid.

Hunter Biden still reportedly owns a 10 percent stake in...