29 August - iG Tab - 9

 

Utopia – you are standing in it!

• The Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Women

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• 子猫のお食事パワー♪

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• The Wire – Dirty money

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TARPLEY.net

• Opinion-mongers descend into cynical nihilism as Afghan nightmare ends

  The same depraved corporate media that brought you Trump are now vying to tear down Biden over his work to end neocon-Bush-Trump Afghan tragedy; US and NATO evacuate about 120,000- As Florida shows worst pandemic performance in nation, ex-Gov...

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• United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|August 26, 2021 At least 13 U.S. military personnel died in two suicide bombings at Kabul airport. In order to hunt down and strike ISIS-K the US will have to learn...

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• United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|August 25, 2021 Part 2 — Is a long-awaited global mass strike emerging from the most unexpected of places? In America, signs of discontent, opposition and turmoil...

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Sustainable Pulse

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  US EPA Bans Use of Neurotoxic Insecticide Chlorpyrifos on Food Crops

  In a historic victory for farm workers, environment, and public health, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today it will be revoking all tolerances of chlorpyrifos, effectively banning all food uses of the toxic, brain-damaging...

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  Bayer Files Petition with US Supreme Court over Roundup Cancer Case

  Multinational chemical company Bayer filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court this week, seeking a reversal of a lower court verdict that established Bayer liable for damages from the use of its weed killer Roundup, Beyond Pesticides...

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  New Study Finds Link Between Glyphosate Exposure and Pregnancy Length

  Women exposed to the herbicide glyphosate were more likely to experience shorter pregnancies, according to a study published recently in the journal Environmental Research, Environmental Health News reported. Glyphosate is the active...

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sunshine hours

• Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 239 – 2021

  Arctic is running 1.5 million sq km above the low. . South / North

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• Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 238 – 2021

  I see a small chance for a new Antarctic record. . South / North

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• Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 237 – 2021

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Stagecraft and Statecraft

• Pax Americana Died in Kabul

  Biden’s Afghan disaster ranks as one of the biggest foreign-policy failures of any US president since World War II. Yet Biden remains tone-deaf to the realities, including damage to America’s international credibility and standing...

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• America’s self-inflicted defeat and humiliation

  The US has grievously hurt its international credibility with a self-inflicted defeat and humiliation in Afghanistan. Its enemies can only be celebrating. The security and humanitarian disaster that the Biden administration has unleashed...

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• Biden surrenders Afghanistan to terrorists

  BY BRAHMA CHELLANEY, The Hill Robert Gates, who served as defense secretary under presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, wrote in a 2014 memoir that Joe Biden “has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security...

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Ramani's blog

• Gangaikonda Chozhapuram Temple Architectural Marvel

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• Mantra For Offering Food To Crows.

  The offering of food to Crows , is not limited to Sraddha days. Food has to be offered to Crows daily. Food has to be offered to Deities daily. Freshly cooked food is to be offered. There are different views on whether one can offer the food offered...

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• Chandragupta Maurya 1500BC Megasthanes Chandragupta 302 BC William Jones Fraud

  Chandragupt Maurya was not ambitious of conquering the other states of India and he did not receive foreign ambassadors because there were only trade relations of India with the foreign countries in those days (1500’s BC) not political...

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Diane Ravitch's blog

• California: The Gripping Story of One School Bus Trying to Escape the Paradise Fire

  I read this excerpt from a new book, published in the Washington Post, and was mesmerized by the account. The book’s author is Lizzie Johnson, a Post reporter. I hope the Post will forgive me for reprinting it. I promise to delete the post if...

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• Only Girls’ Boarding School in Afghanistan Successfully Escapes the Taliban

  The entire student body and staff of Afghanistan’s only girls’ boarding school—about 250 people—managed to escape. CNN reported: “Last week, we completed the departure from Kabul of nearly 250 students, faculty, staff, and...

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• States and Districts Impose Bans on “Critical Race Theory”: Why They Should Not

  State legislatures and even school districts are banning ”critical race theory,” typically based on misinformation about what it is and what it isn’t. The laws and bans are sweeping, and many teachers assume they are prohibiting discussions...

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NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

• ‘Hypocrite’ Prince Harry jets home from Aspen despite lectures on climate change

  By Paul Homewood h/t Ian Magness       Harry is making a strong for Hypocrite of The Year Award!!     The Duke of Sussex has been labelled a "hypocrite" for choosing to take the two-hour flight back to his mansion in Montecito via the £45million...

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• Extreme Temperatures In England

  By Paul Homewood       Discussion of “extreme temperatures” tends to revolve around highs rather than lows. In a warming world, high temperature extremes will inevitably become more common, just as lows get rarer. But is there any sign...

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• Thoughts On The AR6 Summary for Policymakers

  Guest Essay by Ian Cunningham     Some observations on statements made in the Summary for Policymakers IPCC AR6 WGI (red text)     A. The Current State of the Climate A.1 It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean...

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NoTricksZone

• New Atmospheric Science Publication Finds Quadrupling CO2 Would Lead To Only 1.0°C Increase!

  “No climate emergency,” scientists say…”increasing levels of CO2 won’t lead to significant changes in earth temperature” Increases in CH4 and N2O will have very little discernable impact. A new publication in the International...

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• The Most Inconvenient Region On The Planet For Global Warming Alarmists: Antarctica Sees Growing Sea Ice

  By Kirye and Pierre Just a short post today about sea ice trends at Antarctica, a place that global warming alarmists don’t like talki9ng about For some reason, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) doesn’t add a trend line to the annual...

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• Silent Summer: August Snowfall In Austria, With More Forecast To Come Over Coming Days. “Winter Feeling”

  Summer snows hit northern hemisphere… Many parts of Europe have not had much a of a real summer, having seen much cool and wet weather this year. Days of snow forecast down to 2000 meters in the Austrian Alps Today the Austrian site heute.de...

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NEPC Blog Post of the Day

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  Curmudgucation: Do 3rd Grade Tests Predict Anything?

  Curmudgucation: Do 3rd Grade Tests Predict Anything? The National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER) is a program of the American Institute for Research (AIR) along with an assortment of universities...

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• Radical Eyes for Equity: NCTQ: “The Data Was Effectively Useless”

  Radical Eyes for Equity: NCTQ: “The Data Was Effectively Useless” You can count on two things when the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) releases one of their “reports.” First, media will fall all over themselves to report...

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• Education Law Center: NJ Supreme Court Affirms Mandate to Address the Impact of Charter Schools on Segregation and Funding

  Education Law Center: NJ Supreme Court Affirms Mandate to Address the Impact of Charter Schools on Segregation and Funding The New Jersey Supreme Court has affirmed and clarified the State Commissioner of Education’s obligation under...

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Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers

• Conceived in Liberty: Season 2, Episode 1 – Victor Davis Hanson

  Conceived in Liberty: Season 2, Episode 1 – Victor Davis Hanson from Ben Hannemann on Vimeo.

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• American Armageddon

  Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness Americans are growing angrier by the day in a way different from prior sagebrush revolts such as the 1960s Silent Majority or Tea Party furor of over a decade ago. The rage at the current status quo this...

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• The Great Leftist Bully Boy Hope

  By any empirical measure, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has proven utterly disingenuous, and far more so than average politicians. Unlike other political mediocrities, his inanities have led to roughly 13,000 unnecessary deaths or more...

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The Moderate Voice

• Anti-vaccination anti-mask political activist leaders and talk show hosts dropping like flies due to Covid

  There’s a parade of stories about anti-vax activist leaders and right-wing talk show hosts dropping like flies due to Covid. These are the folks who’ve led rallies or, in the case of the talk show hosts, pooh-poohed or even opposed vaccinations...

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• As recall looms, California governor aims to galvanize Democrats

  Published by Reuters By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – California Governor Gavin Newsom and his supporters are stepping up their fight against a Republican-backed recall with a barrage of door knocks, text messages...

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• ‘Didn’t need to happen’: Pentagon seeks answers for deadly attack

  Published by Reuters By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – By Wednesday night, U.S. intelligence agencies were near certain that an attack was imminent outside Kabul airport, triggering a State Department warning to American citizens...

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Marginal REVOLUTION

• Sunday assorted links

  1. Angela Hewitt plays The Art of the Fugue. 2. “Er kann Kanzlerin”.  And here is Tracey Ullman on Merkel. 3. Good essay on Thomas Bernhard. 4. Israel moves to a three-dose standard.  And Covid truth from Singapore. 5. Was the 1889-1891...

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• Hispanic and White Criminality are Converging

  Keith Humphreys has a good post at the excellent Slow Boring on how Hispanics and White statistics on crime are converging. An otherwise dull new government report on incarceration contains a startling fact: Hispanics are slightly less...

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• Against family and entourage?

  Many individuals travel between countries as part of their professional routines. How do they perform during those short trips abroad? To begin to answer this question, I analyzed the outcomes of over 5 million chess games played around the...

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Lloyd Lofthouse

• George Washington Was First to Mandate Vaccinations

  Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: To all those patriots out there who are “resisting” mandates for vaccines and masks, please read this. George Washington was not only “First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts…...

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• The Patriot Oath post I should have written 8 days ago.

  On August 8, my latest novel, The Patriot Oath, was published and released. The e-book is still on sale for $0.99 until Monday, August 16, ends at midnight. The Patriot Oath’s launch is the best I have ever experienced. When … Continue reading...

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• Twitter Reflections from Reporter Who Broke Nikole Hannah-Jones Tenure Story

  Originally posted on deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog: Joe Killian is the reporter with NC Policy Watch who broke the story (byline shared with Kyle Ingram) of Nikole Hannah-Jones’ UNC-Chapel Hill tenure slight. He was also the first...

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MintPress News

• Why I Deserted: Dissident Joe Glenton on the Futility of the Afghan War and “War on Terror”

  In this frank discussion, Glenton opens up about the cult of imperialism within the British Army, his experiences with the opium trade, and the completely foreseeable collapse of the Afghan government.   The post Why I Deserted: Dissident...

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• Decline and Fall of the US Empire: Lawrence Wilkerson Discusses Afghanistan Pull-Out

  As the national conversation on Afghanistan turns to what the country’s future holds, Adley and Wilkerson have a frank discussion about the U.S. empire, war profiteers and the status of the War on Terror. The post Decline and Fall of the US...

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• ‘Blood for Blood’: On Jenin and Israel’s Fear of an Armed Palestinian Rebellion

  What is currently taking place in Jenin is indicative of something much larger. Israel knows this, thus the exaggerated violence against the camp. The post ‘Blood for Blood’: On Jenin and Israel’s Fear of an Armed Palestinian Rebellion...

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Made from Truth and Lies

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  Interesting Links for 29-08-2021

  Statins are apparently not a lot of use(tags:heart medication )Neil Gaiman has some Instructions to keep you safe(tags:fairytale neilgaiman advice )Carrot Vs Mr Curly the garden hose : Clarinet fight!(tags:music video )I did not know this...

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  instagram cross-post

  Lovely photo of Sophia that my father took on holiday. Original is here on instagram. Original post on Dreamwidth - there are comments there.

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  Interesting Links for 28-08-2021

  Google understands what I'm looking for in a phone(tags:Google video funny technology Android phones )Boris Johnson 'privately accepts' up to 50,000 annual Covid deaths as an acceptable level(tags:death pandemic UK )Russian Warhammer...

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www.gurukalehuru.com

• It’s All Subjective

  There’s a lot of beauty in the world, but a lot of ugly shit, too, and for some perverse reason my eye was drawn this morning to a slide show of “World’s Most Evil Architecture.” Well, some of the choices … Continue reading →...

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• Sirhan’s Parole

  I am not happy with the idea that Sirhan Sirhan might get parole. The man who shot Robert Kennedy, in the summer of ’68, has been approved by the parole board, but the final decision will rest with the governor, … Continue reading →...

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• Rake

  OMG and fuck a duck, it has been 3 days, well, 2 and a half because it’s morning now, since I’ve written my last blog. I knew I’d missed a day, but had no idea that this particular combination of … Continue reading →...

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