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Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine has begun
The war in ukraine has begun.
The Odessa Steps
The early Soviet propaganda movie, The Battleship Potemkin, culminates in a prolonged and shocking sequence of local citizens – men, women and children – gunned down by remorseless Czarist soldiers on Odessa’s famed harbor-to-town...
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Armstrong v Schwab
Armstrong Economics Blog/ECM Re-Posted Feb 23, 2022 by Martin Armstrong While Nigel Farage spoke at our 2019 WEC in Rome, he said he came because our events were the “alternative to Davos.” For years Schwab and I have been on … Continue...
Ottawa Mayor Suggests Selling Confiscated Trucks
Armstrong Economics Blog/Corruption Re-Posted Feb 23, 2022 by Martin Armstrong Mayor Jim Watson of Ottawa is proposing using the powers granted by the Emergencies Act to sell off the confiscated trucks. Over 170 people have been arrested...
Biden Speaks – Nothing but Lies Again to Start WWIII
Armstrong Economics Blog/War Re-Posted Feb 22, 2022 by Martin Armstrong Biden has delivered a propaganda justification for launching World War III. I have reported in the various previous reports that every war we have entered has been justified...
The BRAD BLOG
The Continuing Costs of Failing to Play the 'Long Ball' in U.S. Foreign Policy: 'BradCast' 2/23/2022
The bad news for democracy continues overseas on today's BradCast, but there is at least a bit of better news on that front back here at home. [Audio link to full show is posted at end of this summary.] FIRST UP, the latest on the crisis in Eastern...
'Bad News for Democracy': Russian Troops in Ukraine, Republican Vote Suppressors in Texas: 'BradCast' 2/22/2022
On today's BradCast: The greatest threat to autocracy is, of course, democracy. Which is why, I believe, Vladimir Putin is now threatening Ukraine and why Republicans in this country are (successfully) attacking the right to vote itself...
'Green News Report' - February 22, 2022
IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Weather disasters impacted 1 in 10 homes in the U.S. last year; Biden Interior Department halts new oil and gas leases in ironic legal fight over costs of climate; Climate-changed rainfall patterns dampen economic...
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Wednesday weirdness
More of the worst album covers ever.
Happy birthday, George
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) composed the oratorio Solomon in 1748, and the sinfonia that introduces the third act, “The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba,” became one of his greatest hits. Originally scored for oboes and strings...
All in a day’s work
A wholesaler in Chicago sent a letter to the postmaster of a small town in Mississippi. He asked for the name of an honest lawyer who would take a collection case against a local debtor who had refused to pay for a shipment of the wholesaler’s...
BlackListed News
Why Is Russia Doing Naval Training Over Irish Undersea Cables?
As Russia sends “peacekeeping forces” to the breakaway regions of Ukraine, one interesting tidbit you may not have heard of lately involves the Russian navy and Ireland. Just last month, the Russian navy geared up for an exercise...
Chinese State Media Accidentally Releases Censorship Rules On Russia–Ukraine Coverage
A quickly-deleted social media post - released to the public apparently by accident - provides a rare glimpse of how the CCP’s messaging on the escalating Ukraine-Russia tension is channeled to the masses...
Explosive Impact of Canadian Truckers Protest
The Canadian truckers Freedom Convoy may have had to leave Ottawa without achieving its goal of getting Prime Minister Trudeau to reverse the COVID mandates. However, the impact of their protest is growing exponentially now as the world sees...
Research Digest
The downwards head tilt seems to be a universal signal of dominance
By Emma Young. Americans and members of remote community in Nicaragua both see head tilt as indication of dominance.
When we’re in a good mood, we’re more likely to engage in healthy behaviours
By Emily Reynolds. But effect is short-lived: good mood only had an impact within a day, not across days.
People think they’re less likely to get Covid from friends than from strangers
By Matthew Warren. Counteracting the perception that our friends are less of a risk to us could be an important part of pandemic communication strategies.
Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places
Easey's in Collingwood, Australia
This quirky burger restaurant allows visitors to eat five stories up inside a "Hitachi," one of the retired train cars from Melbourne's suburban railway network. These trains are known as Hitachi trains because the electrical equipment...
Nanzoin Temple in Sasaguri, Japan
Most of the Buddha statues erected throughout Japan depict the religion’s founder sitting neatly in meditation. But one Buddhist temple complex nestled high in the lushly forested mountains east of Fukuoka City depicts the Buddha reclining...
What's the Hardest Wood in the World?
The thing about trees is that there are a lot of different kinds of them. A recent study found something more than 60,000 different species in the world, and this does not even include plants we think of as trees, but that are secretly something...
Accidental Deliberations
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Andrew Romano reports on Denmark's explosion of COVID cases after it prematurely lifted public health protections. Ariana Eunjung Cha reports on the cardiac issues continuing to affect...
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Dozing cats.
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- BBC reports on the justified fears of medically vulnerable people that they're being left behind by the UK Cons' decision to eliminate all COVID protections, while Kendall Latimer takes note of the...
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