No. Thus, your quoted Martin Roll article is an appropriate article for this Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect category considering:
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The country to which we should perhaps be paying attention would be the United Arab Emirates, which may be the only country with a Minister of Happiness.
It sounds a little like something out of Monty Python, but the lady in charge says that a happy workforce is a more productive workforce, and a more productive workforce means a higher standard of living for everyone in the country. Can government actions make workers more happy? Government actions can certainly make workers less happy!
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There does seem to be a pick 2 out of 3 Gell-Mann amnesia effect with Korea, culture, and maths. 
Never mentions the issue of Japanese cars being right hand drive.
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Right-hand drive cars are legal in Russia, and not uncommon.
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Now that we know the missiles that landed in Poland were, in fact, launched by Ukraine, let’s not forget how the media led us to believe Russia was responsible for the attack.
https://web.archive.org/web/20221115182725/https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1697080/russia-poland-missle-dead-NATO-state-Ukraine-war-pictures-world-war-3
https://web.archive.org/web/20221115213714/https://news.sky.com/story/russian-missiles-kill-two-people-in-nato-member-poland-us-intelligence-official-says-12748369
https://web.archive.org/web/20221115225430/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-official-says-russian-missiles-hit-poland-killing-2-associated-press-2022-11-15/
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When the source lies, the reporter should burn the source. Failure to do so is evidence that the reporter was in on the lie.
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Via the disgraced AP News:
“Ukraine’s defense was launching their missiles in various directions and it is highly probable that one of these missiles unfortunately fell on Polish territory,” said Polish President Andrzej Duda. “There is nothing, absolutely nothing, to suggest that it was an intentional attack on Poland.”
Absolutely nothing. Except, of course, this statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine:
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Talk about a loitering munition:
Kizilelma is a private project Baykar has been working on with its resources for over a decade. According to the company, it will have a maximum takeoff weight of 6 tons, including 1.5 tons of ordnance, and will fly at a height of 35,000-40,000 feet. The initial prototype will fly at speeds ranging from 0.6 to 0.9 mph.
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According to the Book of Knowledge, (scroll down to “Specifications/Performance”) I think what they meant to say was 0.6–0.9 Mach, not miles per hour.
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A borderline case. But shouldn’t this article:
have mentioned:
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With the St. Louis-based workforce and production facility freed up, Boeing said it will be able to increase production of the T-7A Red Hawk all-digital training system, F-15EX Eagle IIs and 777X wing components for the U.S. Air Force and the MQ-25 Stingray unmanned tanker drone for the U.S. Navy.
William Proxmire must be rolling over in his grave. Why is the Air Force buying 777X wing components?
Here is Boeing’s press release:
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Why is the Air Force buying 777X wing components?
Probably a badly written sentence. AFAICT the USAF has no current plans or orders for 777s. There was the Air Force One proposal, but they went with the 747 again.
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Is this more like gaslighting or like 1984 memory holing? The BBC would have us believe that no one had ever heard of Brian Sicknick until Tucker Carlson brought him up.
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The Street’s entry:
Tesla has said that the low center of gravity of the Cybertruck will enable up to 500 miles of range.
https://www.thestreet.com/technology/gm-sends-strong-message-to-tesla-and-ford
https://www.thestreet.com/author/luc-olinga
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Insider maliciously channels Yogi Berra’s: “Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.”
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Insider again:
In 1946, after Strauss worked in weapon production with the US Navy, then-president Harry Truman appointed him to the Atomic Energy Commission, where he strongly advocated for developing thermonuclear weapons like hydrogen bombs. Thermodynamic bombs can be as many as hundreds or even thousands of times as strong as an atomic bomb, according to Brittanica.
The debate over the construction of thermodynamic weapons put Oppenheimer at odds with Strauss. While Oppenheimer wanted to stop development at atomic weapons and share data about US weapons with the general public, Strauss wanted an even more powerful bomb and thought the US should keep its weapon developments private.
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10X anode improvement (however that’s measured) is not a 10X range improvement.
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For a contemporaneous (1954) alternative view to the conventional wisdom regarding Strauss’ vendetta against Oppenheimer, see this article (temporary source). This is listed in his wikipedia page under reference 194 at the moment, which takes you to a paywalled website (link)
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NYT win’s this week’s award, trying to throw everything they can find against Trump:
During Trump’s four years in the White House, the Trump Organization received 66 foreign trademarks, according to a report by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, with most of them coming from China but others from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Peru, the Philippines, Indonesia, Mexico, the United Arab Emirates and the European Union.
They may have “registered” such trademarks which is something anyone can do (nonfraudulently and many places fraudulently). One would expect the organization to file in many countries, if only to block fraudsters.
The term “received” makes it seem like a gift.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-foreign-business-scandalous-unless-113549485.html
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