Ove A. Vanebo

Capitalism creates prosperity

@mikkelickski De siste to årene har prisveksten på importvarer vært negativ. Inflasjonen har vært drevet av innenlandske forhold, herunder høy lønnsvekst.

Om ein hadde laga forside basert på innhaldet, skulle overskrifta vore «Varslar børsen opp 37% i løpet av neste 5,7 år, tilsvarande 5,7% annualisert, godt under historisk snitt, og berre 1,1% over dagens femårs-swaprente og på nivå med investement grade-obligasjons-yield» 🧸

Fint seminar på FHI idag om norske og svenske pandemierfaringer, med Anders Tegnell

The average adult height in China and the US is now roughly equal. Many have not fully realized just how much China has grown—in this case, literally.

The fountain that shows date and time. Czech Republic.

Same data, two different charts! A reminder that context - and proper explanation etc is vital!

There are different ways to deal with problems.

Exactly 25 years ago today, I scored my first — and only — professional goal. Contrary to what I believed at the time, goalkeepers are not allowed to handle the ball in both penalty areas. The goal was disallowed and I was sent off — still it earned me legendary status. 😉 #otd

Dessverre er det nok en lang vei til et mer demokratisk Iran.

For 47 years, the Iranian regime has mismanaged a country with enormous corruption. They are fundamentalists. For 47 years, they have committed grave crimes against their own people. They have killed, tortured, raped and hanged young people because they dream of the same values that we have here in the West. The regime has consistently used the country's resources to sponsor terrorism around the world. They have contributed to chaos, war and instability. Many people ask me who I support. I support the people of Iran. They dream of the same things that we do. Unfortunately, they have experienced being let down time and time again by the international community when the regime has brutally massacred its own people. There are not many places where you have a corrupt elite that is so on a collision course with its own people. All of us who have experienced war know how terrible it is. But now: May the Iranian people get their dream of freedom and democracy. 47 years of evil is enough. May the Iranian people triumph for the world, the region and for their own future.

A major blow to the shadow fleet: in the North Sea, our French Navy helicopters helped last night in the boarding by Belgian forces of an oil tanker under international sanctions. Europeans are determined to cut off the sources of funding for Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine by enforcing sanctions.

When asked about the political views of fictional good guys and bad guys, lefties attribute left-wing views to the goodies and right-wing views to the baddies, whereas righties do the reverse. [Link below.]

More evidence that the global decline in test scores that began after 2012 is linked to the proliferation of smartphones and computers in class: The slide was bigger in countries where students began spending more time on devices (for leisure) generationtechblog.com/p/phones-at-sc…

Norwegian NASAMS systems helped us a lot. I will not share the exact number of NASAMS we have, but it is more than ten and we are still getting them. We have also received missiles for NASAMS made by Norway. However, even domestic Norwegian stocks weren’t enough. And then Norway worked with other countries at the political level to provide us with some additional missiles. This was very important. In parallel, we were working on joint production and IRIS-T systems. And then it was like a rising wave: when one country stepped up, other real allies, like Norway, followed. That was very good. This winter, Norway also helped us with gas which we needed after Russian attacks on our energy sector, including gas infrastructure. And the people of Norway support these decisions. All parties in Parliament support them as well. Thank you. All countries have their own internal politics, but the unity in the Norwegian Parliament on Ukraine is crucial and we appreciate it. All of these things, as well as the work on drones that we started and the fact that Norway is second-largest contributor to PURL, are deeply valued in Ukraine. From an interview with NRK News (1/2)

Trening, søvn, sunt kosthold og gode relasjoner er det beste vi har nå for å forlenge livet. Neste revolusjon blir medisiner som spesifikt brukes for longevity-formål. Rapamycin kan være en slik kandidat, og nå får vi tydeligvis publisert solid forskning på det.

Having two copies of APOE e2 is seriously like a genetic superpower. These people almost never get Alzheimer's, no matter how old they get.

@PepsiGro De har bestemt seg for å kjøre på med konseptet "Every accusation is a confession".

Jarle Aabøs troverdighet er også en «hill to die on» Realiteten er at Luraas sitter igjen med en sak basert på én kilde som avviser saken. Da har du tapt, da.

The number of "hasslers" in your life—people who create problems or make life difficult, especially family members (not spouse)—and the link to promoting accelerated aging, inflammation, and adverse health outcomes @PNASNews pnas.org/doi/full/10.10…

@PepsiGro Får si som den kjente dramatikeren George Bernard Shaw: "I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it."

Dette er omtrent like lavpannet som å sidestille muslimer med hunder. Er ikke målet å heve seg over slikt grøftespråk fremfor å løpe seiersrunder når man finner en tølper som er like ubehøvlet som en selv?