Quick notes: Amazon's next move | Rising Tulsi...

• Amazon's quest to rule India: Amazon in talks to buy stake in India's Reliance Retail.... We love our East India overlords



• Lockheed may fly with Bengaluru startup's nanotech: “Traditional aircraft built out of aluminum could withstand lightning strikes, because the hit would be channelled down, but modern fighter aircraft, including the Tejas, are created from composites which cannot conduct electricity. In this situation, lightning strikes can destroy the aircraft.  Consequently, aircraft are equipped with a wire mesh to channel the lightning strike to ground but the wire mesh also adds to the weight of the aircraft. Nanotubes served the same purpose but at a significant reduction in weight”.



• Tulsi Gabbard: The most-searched candidate following primary debate... MSNBC trying to pull her down.




• Sino-imperialism: Why China Is Taking over Africa's Resources One Country at a Time. . . About six million rosewood trees have been cut down in Ghana for illegal export to China. Investigations found massive institutionalised timber trafficking scheme, enabled by high-level corruption and collusion.



• Sign of the times: China's capital orders Arabic, Muslim symbols taken down. . . . . How do the Chinese make a profit on eBay selling items for 99p with free postage



• The Most Intolerant Wins: The Dictatorship of the Small Minority by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

We are effectively moving towards a situation where one community will enjoy complete monopoly over the whole meat industry worth billions of dollars based on religious identity.https://t.co/h3NF1neQd3

— Amar Govindarajan (@amargov) August 2, 2019




• Water Stress Index : India’s large cities staring at water crisis. . . . Ancient Water Management System at Mandu, Madhya Pradesh
  



• Mother Teresa: Turns out she was a child trafficker, selling babies and funneling between $50-100 million/year to the Vatican.