Beware the Boomer Christmas

 From Jeff “Tank” Hoover at the American Handgunner.

 It’s remarkable that Us Old Guys managed to make it.

 Here is the link.

 https://americanhandgunner.com/discover/beware-the-boomer-christmas/

 

On the maturity of macroeconomics

From John Cochrane.

Forget the math. The English conveys the message.

The moral of the story is that you cannot trust what you read and hear in the media and from many economists to be coherent.

 Here is the link.

 https://www.grumpy-economist.com/p/bob-hall-and-consumption

2024 Top Story in Cardiology: The ESPRIT Trial

 Here is the link.

 https://www.practiceupdate.com/c/173221/2/2/?elsca1=emc_enews_daily-digest&elsca2=email&elsca3=practiceupdate_cardio&elsca4=cardiology&elsca5=newsletter&rid=MzEwODYyNjA4MjA0S0&lid=20845073

 Here is an excerpt.

 Hypertension remains a common and undertreated cardiovascular risk factor throughout the world. The recommended target for the treatment of high blood pressure (BP) has long been a systolic BP of less than 140 mm Hg. The SPRINT trial¹ did show that targeting a systolic BP of less than 120 mm Hg was better than 140 mm Hg in patients at high cardiovascular risk but without diabetes or stroke. The ESPRIT trial² has now validated and extended the SPRINT findings to include patients with diabetes or stroke.

Mystery Illness Kills Dozens in Congo

 Here is the link.

 https://www.practiceupdate.com/c/173373/2/6/?elsca1=emc_enews_daily-digest&elsca2=email&elsca3=practiceupdate_primary&elsca4=primary-care&elsca5=newsletter&rid=MzEwODYyNjA4MjA0S0&lid=20849334

 Here is an excerpt.

 Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo are racing to try to identify the cause of a mysterious, flu-like illness that has sickened 376 people and left 79 dead in that country.

Wind and Solar Can’t Support the Grid

 

Here is the link.

 https://judithcurry.com/2024/12/05/wind-and-solar-cant-support-the-grid/#more-31718

 Here is an excerpt.

 In October of 2025, the isolated small city of  Broken Hill in New South Wales, Australia with a 36 MW load (including the large nearby mines) could not be reliably served by 200 MW of wind, a 53 MW solar array, significant residential solar, and a large 50 MW battery all supplemented by diesel generators.

 Many people falsely believe that wind, solar and batteries have been demonstrated to provide grid support and deliver energy independently in large real word applications. Few people realize that we are a long way away from having wind, solar and batteries support a large power system without significant amounts of conventional spinning generation (nuclear, gas, coal, hydro, geothermal) on-line to support the grid.