War
Are We Ready for War With China? newsweek
China’s improved military capabilities, particularly for anti-access and area denial (A2AD), mean that the United States cannot count on gaining operational control, destroying China’s defenses and achieving decisive victory if a war occurred.
With that in mind, this report rand.org examines alternative paths that a war between the United States and China might take, losses and other effects on both sides, preparations that the United States should make and ways to balance U.S. war aims against costs should war occur.
Japan-Russia
Japan’s Abe makes plea for friendship with Russia ft
Shinzo Abe, Japan’s prime minister, charmed Russian president Vladimir Putin on Saturday with an impassioned public plea for the two men to build a strong, long-lasting friendship and work towards a peace treaty that has eluded their countries since the end of the second world war.
UN
The United Nations: What’s the Point? theatlantic
Over the last 500 years, [ex-Austrailian PM and chair of the Independent Commission on Multilateralism] Rudd notes, “there have been four major efforts in Europe to construct order after periods of sustained carnage”: in 1648, after the Thirty Years’ and Eighty Years’ wars; in 1815, after the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars; in 1919, after World War I; and in 1945, after World War II. “The first three of these ‘orders’ have had, at best, patchy records of success. The jury is still out on the fourth.”
U.S., China formally enter climate change deal cbsnews
Setting aside their cyber and maritime disputes, President Obama and China’s President Xi Jinping on Saturday sealed their nations’ participation in last year’s Paris climate change agreement. They hailed their new era of climate cooperation as the best chance for saving the planet.
False Religion
Church of England bishop reveals he is in a gay relationship irishtimes
In a move that will be embraced by campaigners for equality but is likely to alarm conservatives who fear the church is moving away from traditional teachings, Nicholas Chamberlain said there had been no secret about his long-term - albeit celibate - relationship with his partner.
While trying to sound holy, he inadvertently said a most fearful thing:
He hoped to be “judged by my actions as a parish priest, a bishop – and by the Lord ultimately...”
Mother Teresa borne to sainthood by complex, mysterious process reuters
The Catholic Church posthumously confers sainthood on people considered so holy during their lives that they are now believed to be with God and can intercede with him to perform miracles. Such is the status of the nun acclaimed for her work in the slums of the Indian city now known as Kolkata.
What can be said, except none are holy (not even MT - 1 Sam 2:2) and the fruit of this lady's life indicates an unregenerate heart (Matt 7:17) as born out in her universalist 'gospel' (Gal 1:9). For a gentler look at MT's works from a Christian perspective, see 9 Things You Should Know About Mother Teresa thegospelcoalition.org and for a more to-the-point look at the saint that wasn't (in a Biblical sense), see Roman Catholics: Canonizing The Damned pulpitandpen.org
Space
New images of Jupiter offer glimpse into what lies under planet's skin theguardian v
“It looks like nothing we have seen or imagined before,” said Scott Bolton missionjuno.swri.edu, Juno’s principal investigator. “It’s bluer in color [at the southern pole] than other parts of the planet, and there are a lot of storms.”
AI Tech
Microsoft is putting Cortana machine learning in a fridge techcrunch
Microsoft is working with Liebherr’s appliance division to rebuild the refrigerator and make it smarter, faster, strong; well, maybe just smarter. The new collaboration between the two will see Microsoft provide computer vision technology, via its Microsoft Cognitive Services Computer Vision API, to let the fridge identify objects contained within.
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