Preface: There is some knowledge or information that I can talk about in Chinese (my first language) but not in English. Therefore, as an English learner, I noted some of them and try to share them on my blog. I hope it’s helpful to you, too.
星期日 — Sunday: sun day (太陽之日)
星期一 — Monday: moon day (月亮之日)
星期二 — Tuesday: Day of Tiw, the god of battle (戰神Tiw之日)
星期三 — Wednesday: Day of Woden or Odin, the god of poetry and the dead (詩神與死神奧丁之日)
星期四 — Thursday: Day of Thor, the god of thunder (雷神索爾之日)
星期五 — Friday: Day of Frigg, the goddess of married love (婚姻愛神Frigg之日)
星期六 — Saturday: Day of Saturn, the god of fertility and agriculture (繁殖與農神Saturn之日)
卻被我抓包其聲稱「抖音就是因為是中共洗腦工具所以被印度下架」的說法根本是沈伯洋自己胡扯,明明網路英文資訊可以輕易查詢抖音2019年4月3日是因為「有鼓勵網路色情(尤其兒童色情)」之嫌疑被印度Madras High Court禁止下載,但並未禁止已下載的app使用;同月29日印度法院就自己取消此禁令,目前印度還是可以自由下載抖音,且印度抖音上最流行的往往是印度使用者自己拍攝的影片。(請見文:https://tinyurl.com/urphdpd)
更甭提沈伯洋多次口口聲聲宣稱美國國會使用的牛津大學發佈之研究報告「The IRA, Social Media and Political Polarization in the United States, 2012-2018」佐證俄羅斯網軍干預美國大選,卻忽略該報告自身數據出現聲稱的「意圖影響美國大選俄羅斯網軍活動」高峰為何出現在川普總統就任(2017/01/20)之後的矛盾現象(見圖)
一如我在「科學方法論1」(https://tinyurl.com/yxb3425o)中舉例的美國作家Paul R. Ehrlich於1968年曾聲稱1970年代會有全球性饑荒與人口大幅餓死的謬論一樣。身為昆蟲學家的Ehrlich其實經濟學完全不及格,經濟感受更是差勁,但即便被正規經濟學家以實證打臉,此人依然可以繼續販賣謬論直至今日。
「On 3 April 2019, the Madras High Court while hearing a PIL had asked the Government of India to ban the app, citing that it “encourages pornography". The court also noted that children using the app were at risk of being targeted by sexual predators. The court further asked broadcast media not to telecast any of those videos from the app. The spokesperson for TikTok stated that they were abiding by local laws and were awaiting the copy of the court order before they take action. On 17 April, both Google and Apple removed TikTok from Google Play and the App Store. As the court refused to reconsider the ban, the company stated that they had removed over 6 million videos that violated their content policy and guidelines. On 25 April 2019, the ban was lifted after a court in Tamil Nadu reversed its order of prohibiting downloads of the app from the App Store and Google Play, following a plea from TikTok developer Bytedance Technology」
抖音在印度是因為「可能鼓勵兒童色情問題」被法院禁止,但僅22天就被解禁。
今年11/14美國華爾街日報才報導「抖音在印度驚人暴紅,下載量是美國的四倍」("TikTok—Target of U.S. Suspicion—Is a Smash Hit in India")
The phrase “presidential veto" does not literally appear in the Constitution of the U.S. However, the Article I requires every bill, order, resolution or other act of legislation approved by the Congress to be presented to and signed by the president of the U.S. And this requirement creates some scenarios:
Normally the president signs the bill within 10 days (excluding Sundays) and enacts the bill.
The president may veto the bill by returning it back to the Congress with a statement of objection within 10 days.
Each house may override the veto by voting. Two thirds of each house are required. Once the veto is overridden, the bill will automatically be enacted.
The president may do nothing, and after 10 days (excluding Sundays) if Congress has not yet adjourned, the bill is enacted into law.
The president may do nothing, and if Congress adjourns before the 10th day (excluding Sundays), the bill is not enacted into law. This is known as “pocket veto" and it can’t be overridden.
Bill Clinton had vetoed 36 times, George W. Bush 12 times, Barack Obama 12 times, and Donald Trumps has vetoed six times.
Franklin D. Roosevelt had vetoed mostly up to 372 times by regular veto and 263 times by pocket veto.
Alfred Marshall在1890年經典著作「Principles of Economics」第五卷第六章中提出「joint supply」問題,列舉諸如:羊毛與羊肉、牛皮與牛肉和棉花與棉花籽油都是同一生產程序下會產生的兩種商品,二者間存在固定比率。當牧羊人因用羊毛需求增加而增養綿羊時,羊肉供給也會隨之增加從而影響市價。