A hero for liberty around the world. Farewell, my friend.
Cal Coast News (7/28/19) reports: "Alex Alexiev, an accomplished geopolitical analyst who lived and worked in numerous locations around the world, including San Luis Obispo County, where he raised a family and resided for 15 years, died early Sunday morning in his native Bulgaria at 77. Alexiev was the son of Rayko Alexiev, a renowned Bulgarian writer and caricaturist, who was tortured and killed in 1944, following the communist takeover of Bulgaria. Alex Alexiev escaped communist Bulgaria in the 1960s, resettling in California and embarking upon a long career as a geopolitical analyst, working for think tanks, as well as the United States Department of Defense.'Alex was a beacon of reason and wisdom earned over a long life that he shared with his followers and readers, friends and even opponents,' said Ilian Vassilev, the former Bulgarian ambassador to Russia and current managing editor of the publication Bulgaria Analytica, a role he had shared with Alexiev. 'He rarely spoke in public on anything else but topics which he had mastered — radical Islam and Kremlinology. He was listened to in many places world over. This came at a cost; his openness earned him entry bans to a number of countries.'"
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Speaking of telling truth to power, Chris Wright imparts some of his energy wisdom on members of the Committee on the End of the World...
Chris Wright (8/1/19) testimony: "Energy matters. A lot. Throughout all of human history, global life expectancy was 30-35 years. In the last 200 years, global life expectancy has doubled. Extreme poverty has dropped from 90% of humanity to 10% and falling. The growth in human liberty and the dramatic increase in available energy are likely the two main catalysts for this tremendous progress...The U.S. shale revolution is aiding the poor abroad and in the U.S. via much cheaper oil and natural gas. Our shale revolution saves global consumers over one trillion dollars every year. Natural gas has become the number one source of electricity in the U.S., helping clean our air and being the largest factor in driving our CO2 emissions per person to a more than 50-year low!"
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"Prince Harry and his dad, Charles, should spare us their preening about the fragile earth, family size and the climate until they are ready to live like the rest of us, paying taxes with a far smaller carbon footprint. At least bulldoze the royal vacation homes and fly commercial, if at all, for starters. It would save a lot more carbon than having fewer children."
– Peter Murphy, CFACT
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