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Grant Robertson on housing
Originally posted on croaking cassandra: The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance hit the weekend current affairs shows to make the case for the government’s housing/tax package. I watched both the Newshub Nation interview –...
Sam Neil as James Bond – Screentest (1986)
The Great Escape
TARPLEY.net
National and International Support Grows for Alabama Amazon Workers as Decisive Vote Nears
United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|March 24, 2021 “Bessemer is the New Selma”: Rev. William Barber of Poor People’s Campaign Backs Push for Collective Bargaining and Union Representation...
After Latest Gun Massacre in Boulder, Biden Calls for Background Checks and Ban on Assault Weapons
United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|March 23, 2021 Extremist Cruz Leads the GOP Pack in Slandering Any and All Gun Safety Reforms as “Ridiculous Theater”; If Senate Republicans Now Insist on...
United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|March 22, 2021 Biden Administration Reportedly Preparing Next Step in Hundred Days in Form of Some $3 Trillion for Recovery Plan Including Infrastructure...
Sustainable Pulse
Bayer Admit Defeat in Groundbreaking Roundup Cancer Case as Ongoing Liability Deal Challenged
Bayer-Monsanto have announced that they will not be asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a $20.6 million verdict awarded to former school groundskeeper, Dewayne Lee Johnson, who proved that their glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup...
Gene-Editing is Not an Option for Sustainable Agriculture – Greens/EFA Report
Green MEPs Benoît Biteau and Martin Häusling have released a new report stating that new GM technology won’t solve the problems of industrial agriculture and will undermine nature, climate protection and the European Green Deal...
New Study Discovers Increasing Levels of Glyphosate in Blood of Florida Manatees
A scientific study published last week concludes that Florida manatees are chronically exposed to glyphosate because of application of the herbicide to sugarcane and aquatic weeds. The study found glyphosate, the active ingredient...
sunshine hours
Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 84 – 2021
Maybe Antarctica will set a record next year? South / North
Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 81 – 2021
South / North
Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 80 – 2021
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Stagecraft and Statecraft
Biden follows Trump’s footsteps in the Indo-Pacific
Biden inherited a coherent and realistic Indo-Pacific strategy. This explains why, while overturning his predecessor’s other policies at a rapid pace, Biden has thus far stayed the course set by the Trump administration on China and the...
The Quad: Hype vs. Reality
Brahma Chellaney, India Today Barely six months ago, China dismissed the idea that an international coalition against it will emerge, saying “that day will never, ever come.” But, thanks to China’s aggressive expansionism and...
China’s Himalayan Salami Tactics
China is applying the same strategy on the roof of the world that has driven its expansion in the South China Sea: gradual territorial encroachments followed by militarized construction. So far, this slice-by-slice approach is proving just...
Ramani's blog
Why Temples Should be Freed From Government Control 1,Land Rents Court Washes Off Hands
A clarion call was issued by Sri. Jaggi Vasudev to free the temples from the clutches of the Government. @SadhguruJVI have requested the TN CM & Opposition Leader to declare their intent with regard to freeing Temples in state control...
KGB Mole Indira Gandhi Received Suitcase Of Money Mitrokhin Document
people who are guilty beyond doubt,based on documents,do not have shame,do not feel embarrassed at all and they are going about as though nothing has happened.They are brazenly defiant and are trying to strut back to power. Their Ace is Peoples' ...
Converse With Reality God
This article is based on real experiences of Life and those who seek rationale or Logic are well advised to skip the article.
Diane Ravitch's blog
Oklahoma: State Board, by 4-3, Gives Charter Schools Access to Local Tax Revenues
Over the opposition of Joy Hofmeister, the state superintendent, the Oklahoma State Board of Education voted 4-3 to allow charter schools to have a share in property taxes and motor vehicle taxes that previously were reserved for public schools...
Election Reform: Now and Twenty Years Ago, A Personal Story
Republican-controlled legislatures across the nation are planning to enact legislation that would have the effect of suppressing the vote. Georgia passed a law to restrict access to voting, known by its critics as the Jim Crow law. More states...
New Yorker: Union Vote in Bessemer Is Crucial to Revival of Labor and the Fairness of the Economy
Benjamin Wallace-Wells writes in the New Yorker about the importance of the vote on whether to unionize at an Amazon facility in Bessemer, Alabama. The workers are paid $15 an hour. They are organizing against a behemoth corporation owned...
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Long Term Changes On The Grindelwald Glacier
.By Paul Homewood Charles Wardrop mentioned the retreating Grindelwald Glacier, a delightful spot up in the Bernese Alps. Because of its low altitude, it has records and drawings going back hundreds of years, which give us an idea of how the...
Retreat Begins At Taku
By Paul Homewood For nearly four decades, Mauri Pelto has been studying the advance and retreat of glaciers around the globe. He has watched them succumb, one-by-one, to rising temperatures. Of 250 glaciers that he has watched, all...
Scrap VAT On EVs–Daily Express
By Paul Homewood The Society of Motor Manufacturers wants tax cuts so they can sell more cars. Well they would wouldn’t they! https://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/1415228/electric-cars-vat-20-percent-cut-new-sales?utm_source=daily_express_newsletter&utm_campaign=express_green_britain&utm_medium=email&pure360.trackingid= ...
NoTricksZone
Antarctic Sea Ice Grows 2 Million Sq. Km – Area As Big As Saudi Arabia. And: Hamburg Spring Arriving Later…
Antarctic sea ice grows 2 million square kilometers in 4 years… It’s hard to back up the statement: Global warming is global. Some places have seen warming over the past 40 years (e.g. Arctic), but other places have not. Antarctica definitely...
UK Brexits Global Warming, Has Been Cooling Off Since Long Before Greta Was Born
By Kirye and Pierre Winters across the United Kingdom of Britain appear to have worsened over the past two decades, contradicting earlier warnings they would warm and snow would become rare. Due to its geographic location in the the northeast...
Marc Morano’s New Book “Green Fraud”: So Explosive, Leftists Now Pressuring Amazon To Stop Selling It!
Book recommendation… Marc Morano, the publisher of Climate Depot, has come out with his latest book: “Green Fraud: Why the Green New Deal Is Even Worse Than You Think. It explains why the “Green New Deal” is just the Red (Communist)...
NEPC Blog Post of the Day
Shanker Blog: Evidence In Education: Is Supply Meeting Teachers' Demand
Shanker Blog: Evidence In Education: Is Supply Meeting Teachers' Demand In today’s public schools, teachers and administrators are constantly pressured to implement new reforms and initiatives, most of which claim to be research- or...
Gadfly on the Wall: Standardized Testing During the Pandemic is Corporate Welfare Not Student Equity
Gadfly on the Wall: Standardized Testing During the Pandemic is Corporate Welfare Not Student Equity We’ve got to be able to tell how badly the pandemic is affecting student learning. So let’s give standardized tests. That’s the...
Answer Sheet: Don’t Force Schools to Give Standardized Tests This Pandemic Year, Research Scholars Ask Education Secretary Cardona
Answer Sheet: Don’t Force Schools to Give Standardized Tests This Pandemic Year, Research Scholars Ask Education Secretary Cardona More than 540 education researchers and scholars are asking Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to reconsider...
Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers
The Angry Reader
Victor Davis Hanson // Private Papers From an Angry Reader, “Keep your shit views to yourself. You disgust me – go kiss trumps ass somewhere else. The armed insurrection was leaderless and officer Sicknick only was “allegedly”...
The John Batchelor Show: Beware the political speakers of “follow the science.”
The Military and Other Madness
The Moderate Voice
Republican wave of voting restrictions swells
Voting rights activists worried this year could bring a tsunami of new voting restrictions. It’s arrived. As of last month, Republican lawmakers in 43 states had introduced more than 250 bills that would make it more difficult to vote, according...
MEET THE NEW JIM CROWSAME AS THE OLD JIM CROW (Cartoon)
The post MEET THE NEW JIM CROWSAME AS THE OLD JIM CROW (Cartoon) appeared first on The Moderate Voice.
THE ANSWER ON GUNS IS STARING US IN THE FACE
by John L. Micek Where do we go next? What do we do now? Those are the questions I found myself asking after I spoke to a panel of gun violence reduction activists this week. It was two nights after the murders in Boulder, a week after the rampage in...
Marginal REVOLUTION
A quiet war, with mutual option values on both escalation and further Clubhouse comments
‘Neither Israel nor Iran want to publicly take responsibility for the attacks because doing so would be an act of war with military consequences,’ Hossein Dalirian, a military analyst affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary...
The influence of hidden researcher decisions in applied microeconomics
Another one from the Department of Uh-Oh: Researchers make hundreds of decisions about data collection, preparation, and analysis in their research. We use a many‐analysts approach to measure the extent and impact of these decisions...
Sunday assorted links
1. Do reconnaissance satellites lower the risk of international conflict? 2. Did life on earth start earlier than we had thought? (You will note this is an example of Cowen’s 17th Law, namely that origins of things go back earlier than you...
Lloyd Lofthouse
Election Reform: Now and Twenty Years Ago, A Personal Story
Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Republican-controlled legislatures across the nation are planning to enact legislation that would have the effect of suppressing the vote. Georgia passed a law to restrict access to voting, known...
Why did America’s Founders include this Oath in the U.S. Constitution?
U.S. Constitution: Article II, Section 1, Clause 8: “Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:–I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President...
Republican Leader: The Election Is Over
Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Trevor Potter is a Republican who was former chairman of the Federal Election Commission and president of the Campaign Legal Center. He writes here about efforts by Trump and his surrogates to promote…...
MintPress News
As Tide Turns, Houthis Reject US, Saudi “Peace” Deals for the Recycled Trash They Are
The Houthis -- empowered by six years of perseverance amid one of the most violent wars against some of the world’s most powerful military forces, not to mention the ability to reject the proposals set forth by those same powers -- have little...
Will Lula Make a Comeback? Global Imperialists and Resource Extractors Shudder at the Prospect
With the potential comeback of Lula da Silva, Brazil may once again be on a path away from fascism and one that puts economic justice and anti-imperialism first. The post Will Lula Make a Comeback? Global Imperialists and Resource Extractors...
An Old Green Colonial Trick: Israel Masking Land Grabs as Environmental Conservation
“More and more open areas in East Jerusalem are being designated as preservation or national parks, and this is clearly in order to prevent Palestinian urban development.” -- Sari Kronish, Israeli planning rights organization Bimkom...
Made from Truth and Lies
Interesting Links for 28-03-2021
Did Boris Johnson Once Liken Gun Control Measures to Compulsory Vasectomies?(tags:BorisJohnson guns OhForFucksSake )Kenny MacAskill defects to the Alex Salmond Is Awesome Party(tags:politics scotland )Seems like twelve year old girls...
Interesting Links for 27-03-2021
You say you want a 'written constitution' for the UK? Here are four online places where it is already written down.(tags:Constitution UK )Learning to code 'will seriously change your life'(tags:computers propaganda UK programming )Alex...
instagram cross-post
Saturday morning cartoons for all! Original is here on instagram. Original post on Dreamwidth - there are comments there.
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Pet Peeve
This is a small thing, a trivial matter. It is of no particular import in the political struggle going on today, and will not affect the future a bit. A broader minded, more tolerant person than myself might never even … Continue reading →...
Ever Given
For some reason, I find the current fate of the cargo ship Ever Given very humorous. It is stuck sideways in the Suez Canal and screwing up ship traffic more than ship traffic has ever been screwed up, with ships … Continue reading →...
Not Such a Secret
(spoiler alert) A couple of days ago I started to watch a show on Netflix called The Secret because it seemed to be a tale of arcane mystery, and I do love a good arcane mystery, the arcaner the better, … Continue reading →...
Fragments from Floyd
Swarms
I’m sure you are familiar with murmurations of flocking birds. I am too. But I cannot look away. At times, up to a million birds move as one. I don’t understand the physics or the biology. But obviously, the starlings do...
Fragments: A Fresh Coat of Paint
Same Blogger, Different Porch Stay tuned while Elderly Dog learns New Tricks, and the dust settles on Fragments–Still from Floyd by Fred First Yes, I’m aware this is quite a bit different from what surviving Fragments readers have seen...
IF Power is Out on a Three Dog Night
The wife and I are living under the jurisdiction of a new Energy Domain: new to solar panels, new to heat pumps and new to Generac propane generators. We are not so new to power outages, and wondering about “best practices” if, say, the power...
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