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Utopia – you are standing in it!

• The simple, but unpleasant, arithmetic of a simple UBI

  Originally posted on John Quiggin: In discussions about Universal Basic Income, lots of people are attracted by the idea of making things as simple as possible. Sadly, that doesn’t work well once you take a closer look. The simplest UBI would...

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• #COVID19 deaths

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• Benny Hill on socialism

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TARPLEY.net

• The Glorious Fourth!

  American Revolution started as a mass strike in rural Massachusetts, where despite 1619 claims slavery was virtually non-existent; British-run Great Barrington court shut down by 1,500 patriots on August 15, 1774: Goal was to reject oppressive...

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• New York AG says charges are only the beginning.

  United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|July 1, 2021 Trump Organization and CFO Weisselberg indicted and arraigned by Manhattan DA on 15 felony counts of grand larceny, tax evasion, faking company...

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• Finance predators cannot rent US troops as mercenary clowns

  United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|June 30, 2021 GOP Governor Noem orders South Dakota National Guard to Texas-Mexico border, paid for by billionaire megadonor; Arkansas Guard may be next; Finance...

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Sustainable Pulse

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  EU Glyphosate Authorization in 2017 was Based on Flawed Science – New Expert Analysis

  A new scientific analysis concludes that the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) claim that glyphosate is not genotoxic cannot be justified on the basis of manufacturers’ studies. Of the fifty three industry-funded studies used...

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  Sri Lanka Wins Policy Oscar as Ban on Agrochemicals Leads to Massive Drop in Suicide Rates

  Regional advocacy group PAN Asia Pacific (Pesticide Action Network) congratulated Sri Lanka on Wednesday for winning the Future Policy Special Award 2021 in relation to two policies that have led to the banning of Highly Hazardous Pesticides...

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  Maine Votes to Ban Aerial Spraying of Harmful Herbicides in State’s Forests, Governor Vetoes Bill with Industry Ties in Spotlight

  The Maine Legislature last week approved a proposal to ban aerial spraying of some herbicides, including glyphosate, in the state’s forests, Associated Press reported. The proposal, introduced by Democratic Senate President Troy Jackson...

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sunshine hours

• Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 181 – 2021

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• Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 171 – 2021

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• Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 169 – 2021

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Stagecraft and Statecraft

• One Hundred Years of Devastation

  The Communist Party of China’s 1951 annexation of the water-rich Tibetan Plateau – the starting point of Asia’s ten major river systems – gave China tremendous power over Asia’s water map. In the ensuing decades, the country has...

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• Will China be let off the hook over its cover-up of COVID’s origins?

  Wuhan lab leak theory needs to be fully explored Brahma Chellaney, Nikkei Asia For more than a year, the Wuhan lab-leak hypothesis was treated as a pure conspiracy theory by major U.S. news organizations and social media companies. Facebook...

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• China rubs its hands amid international divide over Myanmar

  Punitive sanctions policies should be recalibrated Brahma Chellaney, Nikkei Asia International calls for the restoration of democracy in strategically located Myanmar obscure an important divide between that country’s neighbors...

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Ramani's blog

• Nothing Besides Vedas Shun Logic Tamil Thirumandhiram

  There is nothing that is  beyond Vedas for Righteousness. All that can be classified and followed as Dharm, அறம்  is found in Vedas. The Discerning shunned Logic, followed/ practiced Vedas Realised Self/ Attained Moksha, வீடு...

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• Yoga Guru Parampara List Thirumoolar Thirumandhiram

  Siva is considered to be the Adhi Yogi, First Yogi. He gave the world Vaasi Yoga. Vaasi Yoga is different from The Asthtanga Yoga of Patanjali in that while Vaasi Yoga directly reaches out to Consciousness, Asthtanga Yoga reaches out to Consciousness...

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• Veda References To Nadis

  Though the concept of Prana is found in Vedic texts there also some references of Nadi in Ancient Vedic texts. Nadi references are found in Tamil texts of Siddhas, Thirumandhiram and Texts dealing with Saiva Siddhandha to cite a few...

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Diane Ravitch's blog

• Nikole Hannah-Jones Explains Why She Rejected UNC’s Belated Offer of Tenure

  Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones issued a statement explaining her decision not to accept the belated decision of the UNC board to offer her a tenured position and chair at the university’s school of journalism, whose faculty supported...

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• Nikole Hannah-Jones Rejects UNC Offer,Will Accept Chair at Howard University

  Star journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones has decided not to accept a chair in the Hussman School of Journalism after the Board of UNC first denied her tenure, then reversed their decision after widespread protests. Hannah-Jones has accepted...

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• Bob Shepherd on the Republican Obsession with Critical Race Theory

  Bob Shepherd, resident polymath, has been a teacher, a textbook writer, an assessment developer, and a curriculum writer. I am grateful that he shares his thoughts on this blog on a daily basis. He recently wrote a post about the Republicans’...

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NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

• Global Warming To Threaten Wimbledon

  By Paul Homewood The Met Office have this ridiculous article on their website today, called “Increasing climate challenge to Wimbledon Championships”: . https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/press-office/news/weather-and-climate/2021/wimbledon-environment-day...

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• June 1951 & 1961 Also Dry And Sunny

  By Paul Homewood Continuing our look back at the archives of June weather, both June 1951 and 1961 were similar to last month, sunny, dry with just above average temperatures:       June 1961 saw a particularly warm end to the month, with temperatures...

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• June 1941–A Month Of Extremes

  By Paul Homewood    Last month was a pretty nondescript month weather wise in the UK, slightly warmer than average with some pleasant interludes, but little else of note. What was it like eighty years ago?    The main highlight in June 1941...

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NoTricksZone

• Czech Extreme Weather Fatalities Study Finds “Statistically Significant Falling Trend”…Most Related To Cold!

  A study of Czech extreme weather fatalities show that the trend has been “significantly falling”. Most weather extreme fatalities were related to cold…less than 2% “heat related”! German climate site Die kalte Sonne reports...

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• Strong Link Between Solar Activity And Rapid Cooling (2-3°C/Century) In China During The Last 5000 Years

  China’s climate history includes multiple climate warming and cooling fluctuations of 4°C within centuries, with cold periods aligning with declines in solar irradiance. According to a new study (Zhang et al., 2021), northern China’s...

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• Wildfires Spike Every Fourth Of July, When Americans Celebrate “Independence”

  Just a couple of anecdotes today… Happy 4th of July everyone, though personally I don’t there’s really much left to celebrate anymore. Government lockdowns and social media censoring of legitimate opposing opinions remind me of Cold...

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NEPC Blog Post of the Day

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  Shanker Blog: The Disturbingly Persistent Decline In State Education Effort

  Shanker Blog: The Disturbingly Persistent Decline In State Education Effort Fiscal effort (or simply “effort”) is an important tool for evaluating states’ school finance systems. Effort tells you how much of a state’s capacity—how...

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  Curmudgucation: Should Schools Offer Virtual School Options in the Fall?

  Curmudgucation: Should Schools Offer Virtual School Options in the Fall? I'll admit that this blooming controversy snuck up on me. In Pennsylvania, school districts have offered virtual options for years in the Time Before Covid. It would...

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• Answer Sheet: The Kind of Teaching Kids Need Right Now

  Answer Sheet: The Kind of Teaching Kids Need Right Now How should teachers deal with the academic deficits that many students developed over the past 15 months? It’s a topic dominating much of the national education conversation these days...

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Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers

• Eeyore ’s Corner: From Hippies to Yuppies to Our Puppies

  Victor Davis Hanson // Private Papers Part One: Hippiedom The Sixties were, as the late, great Peter Collier and the astute David Horowitz wrote, the work of a “Destructive Generation.” Some of the best minds of the conservative movement...

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• Week In Review: Happy Fourth of July

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• The Genesis of our American Collective Meltdown

  Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness This Fourth of July holiday we might pause for a moment from our festivities to ask how we collectively lost our minds over the last 15 months—and are we yet regaining any semblance of our sanity? ...

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The Moderate Voice

• Timeline: US intervention in Afghanistan

  Published by AFP Kabul (AFP) – The United States descended on Afghanistan and its Taliban government in 2001 in the wake of the 9/11 attacks by Al-Qaeda, which had sought sanctuary in the country.  With American and NATO troops having all...

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• Satire: Highlights from Donald Trump’s Second Term

  By Laurie Baron, Ph.D Donald Trump reemerged this past weekend to reiterate that he remains president because he never lost the election. Although the lame stream media has refused to cover him, he has been governing the country from Mar-a-Lago...

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• Watchdog groups warn Patriot Front’s march through Philly reflects increasing recruitment, activity in the region

  Published by The Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA — Armed with shields, smoke bombs and banners touting “Reclaim America,” a white supremacist group marched through Center City late Saturday into early Sunday, clashing with...

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Marginal REVOLUTION

• Very good sentences

  “One highlight of the night, aside from the enormous spread of pies, was chatting with former Sen. Bill Nelson, now the head of NASA, and hearing him talk about the recent UFO report — he’s convinced life is out there somewhere” Here...

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• Scientists discover spiders are eating snakes all over the world

  “They can outfight snakes 10 to 30 times their size,” says the University of Basel in Switzerland. According to a new meta-analysis study, perhaps snakes should be fearful of spiders. It seems arachnids like to chow down on the reptiles...

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• Tuesday assorted links

  1. Taiwan and TSMC dependence. 2. Claims about necks. 3. Replicable mask results. 4. Rigged for thee but not for me? 5. Can individual investors beat the market? 6. “With low level of infections, vaccines may (depending on testing strategy...

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Lloyd Lofthouse

• My Choice for Mayor of New York City

  Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: I endorse Maya Wiley for the Democratic candidate for Mayor of New York City. There are many candidates in the Democratic primary for Mayor of New York City. Whoever is chosen will be…...

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• My View of the 1619 Project

  Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: When I grew up in Houston, Texas, I attended segregated public schools. Everything was segregated, including movie theaters, drinking foundations, churches, restaurants, public transit (the...

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• The Extremist Danger to Our Country

  Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Neil MacFarquar wrote this story in the New York Times. It is a chilling warning. Many Americans fought and died to protect our democracy and preserve our rights. Sadly, there extremists within the…...

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MintPress News

• Saagar Enjeti: The Pseudo-Populist Mainlining Neocon Ideas into Progressive Politics

  While he is undeniably a charismatic and confident host, Saagar Enjeti’s schtick is remarkably similar to that of his former employer Tucker Carlson, who also rails against elites while being one of them.   The post Saagar Enjeti: The...

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• As US Pivots from Afghanistan to Yemen, Al-Mahrah Copes with Increasing Military Presence

  Residents in eastern Yemen see the surge of U.S. military personnel as malign and colonial in nature and worry that it will bring not only chaos and instability to their region but could also bring with it the infamous human rights abuses and...

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• Who Will Stand Up for Palestinian Activists? The Brutal, Tragic Murder of Nizar Banat

  Blaming the PA for the death of Nizar Banat is the same as blaming the finger of the person pulling the trigger, or blaming the poison rather than those who administered the poison. The post Who Will Stand Up for Palestinian Activists? The Brutal...

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Made from Truth and Lies

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  Interesting Links for 06-07-2021

  Students flee field as computer "fad" fades(tags:computers history headline )"'Mendel's Quest,' aka 'Angry Jew,' Helped Me Embrace My Heritage"(tags:Jews apps history )Green light in Edinburgh for Scotland's largest net zero housing...

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  Interesting Links for 05-07-2021

  When "Ma'am" and "Sir" Just Don't Work (Gender Neutral and Nonbinary-Exclusive Language; A Small Guide)(tags:language gender )This thread is a delightful little spooky short story(tags:short_story horror Twitter )In Thailand, blood...

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  instagram cross-post

  She's found her real family! Original is here on instagram. Original post on Dreamwidth - there are comments there.

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www.gurukalehuru.com

• Escalation

  Sure, I think D.C. statehood is a good idea. It would be cool, it would be a shake-up, they’d have to replace all the flags and figure out where to put that extra star, and that would mean more jobs … Continue reading →...

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• Happy Fourth!

  Today is the 4th of July, which I don’t typically celebrate since I haven’t lived in the U.S. for over 20 years and it passes here much like every other day, but I am still American, born and raised, so … Continue reading →...

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• Denial of Science

  What do Sha’Carri Richardson and Global Warming have in common? They both prove that the people in charge, the people who make the important decisions, are in complete denial of science. Most scientists agree, and by most I mean enough …...

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