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Utopia – you are standing in it!

• Atlantic Meeting, by H.V. Morton

  Originally posted on ANZ LitLovers LitBlog: 80 years ago on this day, August 4th 1941, Britain’s Prime Minister Winston Churchill set sail across the Atlantic to make history. Upon Sunday, August 3rd, 1941, Mr Winston Churchill and the...

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• August 1, 1714: The Elector of Hanover becomes King George I of Great Britain and Ireland. Conclusion.

  Originally posted on European Royal History : Elector Ernst-August died on January 23, 1698, leaving all of his territories to George with the exception of the Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück, an office he had held since 1661. George thus...

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• George Stigler 50 Years Later: Part 1 – George Stigler’s Contribution and Lasting Impact

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TARPLEY.net

• To head off eviction crisis, states must speed disbursing of $50 billion in aid for tenants and landlords sponsored by Biden!

  United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|August 2, 2021 Rep. Raskin sets watchword for House select committee on January 6, branding pro-Trump putschist mob in historical context; Senate starts debate...

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• Poverty declines in US by 20% !

  Failure of trickle-down economics exposed; GDP now back above the pre-pandemic level: Two big wins for Biden Putin Papers leaked from Kremlin confirm official January 2016 decision by Russian NSC to install “unstable” and “impulsive”...

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• “Fascist traitors” attacked US democracy at Capitol on January 6!

  United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|July 27, 2021 Rep. Raskin sets watchword for House select committee on January 6, branding pro-Trump putschist mob in historical context; Moving and revealing...

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Sustainable Pulse

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  Farmers and Consumers Slam Approval of GMO Golden Rice in Philippines

  Farmer-scientist organization MASIPAG has vehemently condemned the railroaded decision by the Philippine Department of Agriculture to allow the commercial propagation of GMO Golden Rice and has called on small farmers and consumers...

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  US EPA Buried Internal Report Linking Glyphosate to Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

  A newly uncovered confidential U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report found “suggestive evidence” linking glyphosate to Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a determination that goes against the agency’s long-held public...

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  Bayer Confirms End of Sale of Glyphosate-Based Herbicides for US Lawn & Garden Market

  Bayer have announced that they will no longer sell glyphosate-based herbicides to U.S. gardeners as of 2023, following the costly litigation battle over their cancer causing weedkiller Roundup. Bayer Monsanto stated Thursday that “the...

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sunshine hours

• Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 188 – 2021

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• 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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Stagecraft and Statecraft

• China moves swiftly to exploit the void in Afghanistan

  US military exit is likely to become Beijing’s strategic gain Brahma Chellaney, Nikkei Asia China has long shielded Pakistan from international pressure over its harboring of terrorist groups, including blocking United Nations Security...

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• Biden’s Afghan Blunder

  Former US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates wrote in 2014 that Joe Biden “has been wrong on nearly every major foreign-policy and national-security issue over the past four decades.” The hasty US withdrawal from Afghanistan is set to...

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• China’s hostility ensures the rise of a more antagonistic India

  Military standoffs along the Himalayan border enter 15th month and continue to intensify Brahma Chellaney, Nikkei Asia Chinese President Xi Jinping recently said that China should strive to “make friends” rather than enemies and be...

  a month ago

Ramani's blog

• History of Tamil Chozha Kings List From 5100 CE Karikal Valavan

  Udhiyan Cheralaathan date based on Mahabharata reference about his presence in the War, is around 5600 BC. Karikalan defeated him  at Battle of Venni. Therefore, Karikal Chozhan was a contemporary of Perunchotru Udhiyan Neduncheralaathan...

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• History of South Indian Kings ,List Verified Dates From 5100 CE

  This Tamil Kings list,apart from sourcing from the Traditional folk songs ,also includes the Tamil Kings mentioned and detailed in Tamil Sangam Literature. Pathittruppathu anthology is the main source among the Sangam literature...

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• Eighty Varities Of Dravidian Tamil Among Indian Tribes

  attempts to show a connection with the Indo-European tongues, Mitanni, Basque, Sumerian, or Korean. The most promising and plausible hypothesis is that of a linguistic relationship with the Uralic (Hungarian, Finnish) and Altaic (Turkish...

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Diane Ravitch's blog

• Rachel Cohen: How Advocacy Groups Are Refuting the Critics of CRT

  Rachel Cohen wrote an interesting post about how progressive advocacy groups, teachers, and activists are responding to broad-brush attacks on schools teaching Critical Race Theory. There’s been dozens of articles written about Chris...

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• Maurice Cunningham: Why is the Press Uninterested in the Corporate Invasion of Public Education?

  Readers of this blog have followed the advance of privatization of public school funding for nearly a decade. We know the big foundations and individuals that support privatization. We have followed their activities and watched as all of...

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• Garrison Keillor: What’s in a Name?

  In this delightful column, Garrison Keillor muses about the Cleveland Indians’ decision to change their name to Cleveland Guardians. As a boy, he wanted to be an Indian when the kids played cowboys and Indians. He begins: It’s okay by me...

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NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

• That Was The Heatwave That Was!

  By Paul Homewood   There’s been  much ado about the UK heatwave last month. Much ado about nothing as it turns out. The month ended up as only the 21st hottest since 1878. It was not even as hot as years like 1911 and 1921:    https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadcet/data/download.html...

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• Sky News Australia Suspended By YouTube

  By Paul Homewood     Astonishing news from Sky Australia:     Tech giant YouTube has suspended Sky News Australia’s popular channel from the platform for a week following a review of old uploaded videos. Sky News Australia has been temporarily...

  2 days ago

• Problems Mount Up For EDF Nuclear Power

  By Paul Homewood h/t It does Not Reposted from Watt-Logic     I don’t claim to be  a nuclear engineer, but this story highlights the idiocy of relying on just one technology: Regular readers will know that I am no fan of EDF’s third generation...

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NoTricksZone

• Power Grid Expert Warns: “Signs Being Ignored” As Europe’s Grid Teeters On The Brink

  Power grid expert Herbert Saurugg warns at RiskNet that European authorities continue to ignore danger signals even after another grid disruption occurred in the afternoon of July 24th and left around 2 million people in France, Spain and...

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• In The 1970s Climate Modification Proposals Included Purposely Melting Arctic Sea Ice With Black Soot

  In his 1975 book The Genesis Strategy, the late climate scientist Dr. Stephen Schneider reviewed contemporary climate modification proposals to reduce the severe 1960s and 1970s droughts, floods, and extreme weather…which were at that...

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• Tokyo Sees No July Warming In 3 Decades…Hachijojima No July Warming In Almost 100 Years!

  By Kirye and Pierre The mean July, 2021, temperature data for Tokyo and Hachijojima island are now available from the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). Plotting Tokyo’s July mean temperature going back to 1993 shows there’s been...

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NEPC Blog Post of the Day

• Shanker Blog: A More Actionable Take on the Science of Reading (Guest Post by Susan B. Neuman)

  Shanker Blog: A More Actionable Take on the Science of Reading (Guest Post by Susan B. Neuman) Over the past few years, “the science of reading” has become the latest obsession in the field of education. From professors and textbook publishers...

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  Curmudgucation: Using Critical Race Theory To Target... Everything

  Curmudgucation: Using Critical Race Theory To Target... Everything The strategy was explicit way back in March. Christopher Rufo, who's been out in front of the charge, told us what they intended to do. The goal is to have the public read something...

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• Answer Sheet: No Systemic Racism? Look at Student Achievement Gaps in Reading.

  Answer Sheet: No Systemic Racism? Look at Student Achievement Gaps in Reading. Juneteenth, the new federal holiday commemorating the date, June 19, 1865, that has come to symbolize the end of slavery in the United States, is an appropriate...

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Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers

• Victor Davis Hanson: Critical race theory capitalists, rich CEOs and more — what is US wokeness really about?

  Watch the latest video at foxnews.com

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• Traditionalist: The Left Talks the Talk

  Victor Davis Hanson // Art19 and Just the News

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• The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won. Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover Institution, @HooverInst

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The Moderate Voice

• UT OH, CUOMO: PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN CALLS FOR HIS RESIGNATION (includes roundup)

  As many analysts predict that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s days in office are numbered, and his political career over, the beleaguered Cuomo got some more bad news: President Joe Biden called on him to resign.The reason: a New York Attorney...

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• ‘He is wholly unfit to serve’: Calls for Cuomo’s removal amass after harassment findings

  Published by New York Daily News NEW YORK — Demands for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign or be promptly removed from office poured in Tuesday after New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that her investigators have corroborated allegations...

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• Investigators say New York Governor Cuomo sexually harassed 11 women

  Published by Reuters By Jonathan Allen and Nathan Layne NEW YORK (Reuters) -An investigation into accusations of sexual harassment by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo found that he groped, kissed or made suggestive comments to 11 women and...

  8 hours agoMarginal REVOLUTION

• Tuesday assorted links

  1. Are tunnels our transportation future? 2. American Bankers Association suggests partnership with crypto firms. 3. Which stocks are being traded on Capitol Hill? 4. The four hour rule. 5. Nature covers Fast Grants. The post Tuesday assorted...

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• Inequality sentence fragments to ponder

  …wealth inequality varies greatly across countries, and there is no clear correlation with countries’ levels of income inequality. Sweden for instance has reasonable income equality but very high wealth inequality.  Many of the...

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• Achieve!

  It’s very easy to include MRU videos in a class using our textbook, Modern Principles of Economics, and the course management system, Achieve. Just a few clicks to assign videos along with auto-graded questions. Awesome! Check out the integration...

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Lloyd Lofthouse

• 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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• If We Want Better, We Must Do Better

  Originally posted on Restore Reason: Hello. Let me reintroduce myself. Linda Lyon. Retired Air Force Colonel, school board member, very happily married to my best friend, who is also a woman. Previously married to a great guy. Enthusiastic...

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• 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…...

  2 months ago

MintPress News

• “People Come Out Completely Crazy”: A Palestinian Survivor Talks Israeli Torture

  One has to wonder how the Israelis who frequent the restaurants and bars around the Moskubiya would feel if they could see the sights and hear the screams of those being held there. The post “People Come Out Completely Crazy”: A Palestinian...

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• CoJiT: The “Anti-Extremism” Think Tank Started by Sons of Israeli Superspy Robert Maxwell

  CoJiT’s profound and manifold connections to the Israeli security state call into question the Maxwell brothers’ motives for founding the think tank, considering how an anti-Muslim extremism agenda could dovetail so easily with a...

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• The Politics of Spectacle: On Eviction Moratorium, The Squad Talks the Walk

  The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that not even the most “progressive” elected officials in the U.S. are willing to do what is necessary to meet the needs of the people. The post The Politics of Spectacle: On Eviction Moratorium...

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Made from Truth and Lies

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  Interesting Links for 03-08-2021

  I think these people have opened a door into the void. Or the elemental plane of storms. Either way: don't!(tags:weather video )Government passed over 171 candidates to pick Bullingdon Club 'chum' of Boris Johnson for sleaze watchdog role(tags:corruption...

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  Interesting Links for 02-08-2021

  Salem Almuzaini's account of brutal torture in Saudi captivity reveals extent of MBS regime's brutal conduct(tags:saudiarabia torture )"Sometimes Behaves So Strangely" - how looping words can turn them into music(tags:music language...

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  Interesting Links for 01-08-2021

  FactCheck: What's behind the UK vaccination slowdown?(tags:UK vaccination )China is building nuclear weapons. Here's why. (tags:nuclearweapons China )Electric cars have much lower life cycle emissions(tags:co2 cars manufacturing...

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www.gurukalehuru.com

• Trumpers Fuck Up Again

  This story here is both sad, scary, a horrible statement on the difficulties of having the intelligent conversation we need to have if we want to save our species from extinction, and absolutely gut busting comical, all at the same … Continue...

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• Ramblings on Einstein

  My Facebook feed has become a swamp of framed platitudes, cute animal photos, bad puns, and old people acting superior because they know how to tell time and write in cursive and once knew how to dial a phone. Of … Continue reading →...

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• Determining L

  When the Drake Equation, or ‘the Drake Checklist’ as I prefer to think of it (perhaps because there are so many variables, the numbers are literally astronomical, and I suck at math) was formulated back in 1961, no human beings … Continue...

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