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Utopia – you are standing in it!

• Things Only Adults Notice In The Flintstones

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• Jed Bartlett and Leo Mcgarry – First talk about MS

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• We are Hungry!

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TARPLEY.net

• Xi & Co. must stop stonewalling!

  United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|May 26, 2021 Biden orders US Intelligence Agencies and National Laboratories to carry out 90-day investigation to determine origin of Covid-19; Lab leak theory...

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• Tuesday Roundtable

  United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|May 25, 2021 New information about the January 6 coup attempt emerges after the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department ransomware hack. Memos reveal...

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• Biden stresses two-state solution; Blinken trip into war zone should enlist Europe, Japan, and Gulf oil revenue in Marshall Plan for reconstruction and economic development of Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Libya, and rest of bombed-out...

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Sustainable Pulse

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  Bayer Set to Rethink Selling of Glyphosate to US Gardeners after Loss of $2 Billion Future Cancer Claims Deal

  Bayer’s share price crashed over 4% on Thursday after Judge Vince Chhabria of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California threw out their attempted $ 2 Bilion deal to settle future cancer claims against their top selling...

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  Glyphosate Herbicides Significantly Associated with Preterm Births – University of Michigan Study

  Exposure to a chemical found in the weed killer Roundup and other glyphosate-based herbicides is significantly associated with preterm births, according to a new University of Michigan study published Wednesday. The study, published...

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  Glyphosate Raises Malaria Risk through Damage to Insect Immune Systems – New Study

  The chemical compound glyphosate, the world’s most widely used herbicide, can weaken the immune systems of insects, suggests a study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Glyphosate is the active ingredient...

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sunshine hours

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  Boreal Forest

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• Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 143 – 2021

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• Timber!!!

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Stagecraft and Statecraft

• Did China get away with creating a pandemic?

  The genesis of a virus  Brahma Chellaney  | OPEN magazine THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, much like a world war, has become a defining moment for the world. Our lives have profoundly changed since 2020. The pandemic-triggered economic and social...

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• Why is China making a permanent enemy of India?

  Brahma Chellaney, Nikkei Asia When India, currently fighting a devastating second COVID wave, was similarly distracted a year ago with enforcing the world’s strictest coronavirus lockdown, China took advantage to stealthily infiltrate...

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• Colonization by other means: China’s debt-trap diplomacy

  Brahma Chellaney, The Hill American statesman John Adams, who served as U.S. president from 1797 to 1801, famously said, “There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country: One is by the sword; the other is by debt.” China, … Continue...

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Ramani's blog

• Nine Vedas From Russia ?

  Russian connection to Sanatana Dharma is complex,intriguing,interesting and merits detailed study. This is because there is evidence, I have written in detail abiut each of them, Vedas ,specifically the Rig Veda was composed in the Arctic...

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• How To Integrate Siva And Vaasi Yoga

  Reality is Immanent in the Universe.It is within Us too.What is in the Macrocosm is in the Microcosm.The Reality appears to be different from us, away from us, is because of our ignorance, Avidya at the individual level and Maya at the Universal...

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• Athmalinga In Body Sadhasiva Pranava Form Thirumandhiram

  As Nirguna Siva is expressed as Pathi and He manifests in Human Body too.Siva remains as Sound, Nadha Brahma Pranava As Brahman. This is Subtle.This is experienced by chanting of Pranava OM.Si VA ya can also be chanted but...

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Diane Ravitch's blog

• Texas Removes All Limits on Buying and Carrying a Handgun

  Other nations have figured out that the best way to reduce gun violence is to impose many barriers to buying a gun: background checks, registration, waiting period, training, proof of a locked safe where the gun will be stored, as well as restrictions...

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• Tom Ultican: I-Ready Is Not Ready for Prime Time: It May Never Be

  Tom Ultican wrote about I-Ready three years ago, and he continues to receive frequent clicks and letters from angry students. He thinks the deal between Oakland Public Schools and Johns Hopkins University is of dubious value. Hopkins gets...

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• Jane Nylund: I-Ready Stinks

  Jane Nylund is a parent activist and educator in Oakland. She writes: A bit of background: we are a family of two kids through OUSD, nearly 20 years with the district. Strong foundation in math and science, and some experience with statistics...

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NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

• Drax Biomass Is A Green Con

  By Paul Homewood     h/t Ian Magness   It’s taken them a few years, but maybe the Dead Tree Press is beginning to catch up!       A £31billion scheme to subsidise a wood-burning power station with taxpayers’ money is a green con, claim...

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• One-third of Americans unwilling to spend $1 to fight climate change

  By Paul Homewood   h/t Dennis Ambler From the Washington Post:         President Biden wants to spend in excess of $1 trillion to combat climate change, but more than one-third of Americans are unwilling to chip in a single buck. A poll of 1,200...

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• Global heating: Study shows impact of ‘climate racism’ in US–BBC

  By Paul Homewood h/t Ian Magness   The clown Matt McGrath is at it again: A new study says that black people living in most US cities are subject to double the level of heat stress as their white counterparts. The researchers say the differences...

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NoTricksZone

• What’s The Point? In 2020 China Built The Equivalent Of More Than One New Large Coal Plant Per Week

  There has been a sustained global-scale effort to reduce coal power capacity in recent years. Meanwhile, China’s government has been busy loosening restrictions on coal plant construction to power its post-pandemic economy. In 2020...

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• Scientists: “Particularly Intense” Warmth Corresponded To “Greatest Ancient Civilization Of All Time”

  Warmth led to the rise of the Roman Empire, while cooling accompanied its demise A new paper appearing in Scientific Reports titled “Persistent warm Mediterranean surface waters during the Roman period” by Margaritelli et al looks at...

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• Nobel Prize Virologist Calls Current Policy Of Mass Vaccination “A Serious Mistake”…”Medical Error”

  UPDATE: my TWITTER account has now been blocked by Dorsey & Co. for violating their rules. My offence: “Calling the COVID vaccines “experimental”. Not kidding! At Boris Reitschuster’s site, Christian Euler reports on virologist...

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NEPC Blog Post of the Day

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  Teacher in a Strange Land: The Great (Unemployed and Underpaid) Transformation

  Teacher in a Strange Land: The Great (Unemployed and Underpaid) Transformation Short version of this blog: No. We’re not going to get back to normal. The pandemic has changed everything. You’ve probably seen the meme: There isn’t...

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• Shanker Blog: The Uncertain Short-Term Future of School Growth Models

  Shanker Blog: The Uncertain Short-Term Future of School Growth Models Over the past 20 years, public schools in the U.S. have come to rely more and more on standardized tests, and the COVID-19 pandemic has halted the flow of these data. This...

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• Gadfly on the Wall: Diversity is the Most Important Reason to Save Public Schools

  Gadfly on the Wall: Diversity is the Most Important Reason to Save Public Schools Public schools are under attack. So what else is new? It’s been so since the first moment the institution was suggested in this country by revolutionaries like Thomas...

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Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers

• Victor Davis Hanson on America’s Roundtable

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• A Child’s World of Animals. 

  Part I. Enchanted Dangers To a boy six or seven, great-horned owls proved terrifying. You would walk through the Santa Rosa plum orchard at dawn. Then suddenly this huge, hidden monster would spring out from a tree trunk and sweep through the...

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• The Traditionalist: Why Does the Left Hate Israel?

  Victor Davis Hanson // Private Papers

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The Moderate Voice

• Biden’s budget: Why investing in innovation is crucial to reach US climate goals

  Electric vehicles and renewable energy will only get the country so far. AP Photos/Evan Vucci David M. Hart, George Mason University President Joe Biden’s first detailed federal budget is slated to be released on May 28, and it will include...

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• Roman Protasevich: dissident Belarus journalist whose defiance enraged Europe’s last dictator

  Embed from Getty Images Jennifer Mathers, Aberystwyth University Roman Protasevich doesn’t look like much of a threat to Europe’s last dictator. A fresh-faced 26-year-old, he has never been elected to public office nor has he stood...

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• Trudy Rubin: Punish Belarus leader for Ryanair hijacking before air piracy becomes dictators’ new tool

  Imagine you are flying over Europe in a European air carrier on your way home from a Greek vacation in the post-coronavirus era. Suddenly, your plane does a 180-degree turn and lands in Minsk, Belarus. You see from your window that it is being...

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Marginal REVOLUTION

• Matt Yglesias on the dynamics of Twitter

  Social media is truly social in the sense that it features incredible pressures to form in-groups and out-groups and then to conform to your in-group. Unless you like and admire Cotton and Pompeo and want to be known to the world as a follower...

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• Fractional Dosing Trials Now!

  Fractional dosing has the potential to massively increase the supply of COVID vaccine. The Moderna Phase I clinical trial and Pfizer Phase I/II trials already indicated a substantial immune response with smaller doses but the vaccine companies...

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• What should I ask Niall Ferguson?

  I will be doing a Conversation with him.  So what should I ask? You will note that Niall has a new book out Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe. The post What should I ask Niall Ferguson? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION...

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Lloyd Lofthouse

• Michael Gerson: The Only Republican in Good Standing Must Be a Liar or Resign

  Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Michael Gerson has been active in Republican politics for many years. He is appalled now that national and state leaders have created a loyalty test based on the Big Lie, the lie that…...

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• 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...

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• 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...

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MintPress News

• Alex Saab v. The Empire: How the US Is Using Lawfare To Punish a Venezuelan Diplomat

  That the US can engineer the arrest of a diplomat – someone who has immunity by international law even in the time of war – is a dangerous precedent.  The post Alex Saab v. The Empire: How the US Is Using Lawfare To Punish a Venezuelan Diplomat...

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• Why the Overton Window has Suddenly Shifted on Israel-Palestine

  There is little doubt that the Overton window on Israel-Palestine is rapidly shifting. To understand why, MintPress spoke to academics, experts, and rights groups familiar with the subject. The post Why the Overton Window has Suddenly Shifted...

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• Why Shady Billionaire-Funded NGOs Pushed a PBS Report on Nicaraguan “Conflict Beef”

  The PBS story about “conflict beef” in Nicaragua reveals how billionaire-backed foundations defame and punish those who are too independent. The post Why Shady Billionaire-Funded NGOs Pushed a PBS Report on Nicaraguan “Conflict...

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Made from Truth and Lies

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  instagram cross-post

  Looking down the valley. (On the right is my parents garden, on the left is a farmers field.) Original is here on instagram. Original post on Dreamwidth - there are comments there.

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  Interesting Links for 27-05-2021

  New USB-C Type 2.1 standard offers up to 240 W power delivery(tags:usb power )Key points: Dominic Cummings evidence(tags:politics UK pandemic epicfail )First breeding golden eagles in Orkney in almost 40 years(tags:Scotland eagle viaPatrickHadfield...

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  This is how you play Swingball, right? Original is here on instagram. Original post on Dreamwidth - there are comments there.

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www.gurukalehuru.com

• Some Things are Off Limits

  Last night I watched a hockey match between the Czech Republic and Belarus. I was quite relieved when the Czechs won (in overtime) because we lost the first two games (to Russia and Switzerland) and I was worried we wouldn’t … Continue reading...

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• Word Search

  One of the first things I saw when I opened up my Facebook this morning, because that is my usual morning ritual, coffee and Facebook, was one of those word search thingies. You know, the ones that say “The first … Continue reading →...

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• What Breeds Innovation

  This is in response to a statement I read today that “Capitalism breeds innovation.” We’ve all heard that one, along with “War breeds innovation.”Actually, both statements are true, but not a good argument for keeping either capitalism...

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