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

• 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: “Modern fighter aircraft, including Tejas, are created from composites which cannot conduct electricity. Lightning strikes can destroy the aircraft.  Aircraft are equipped with a wire mesh to channel the lightning strike to ground but it adds to the weight of the aircraft. Nanotubes served the same purpose but at a significant weight reduction”.



• 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. . .  . 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?



• 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.



• 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