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Putin seeks scapegoats for his Ukraine failure: instability in Moscow with two top foreign intelligence bosses arrested and eight generals fired; Most Favored Nation trading status for Russia to end soon; Moscow approaching national bankruptcy...
Terror attacks on Ukrainian cities begin!
Putin’s strategy: restore Russian support for his regime by baiting the US and NATO into an attack on Russia; Russian dictator stages deliberate provocations, like wanton shooting at nuclear power station, designed to pump up anti-Biden...
Putin goes full Hitler against Ukraine!
Russians continue attack on Kiev, but no big cities taken yet; NATO activates Rapid Response Force for first-ever collective defense effort; Free world joins punitive sanctions, but no SWIFT expulsion yet; Putin and Lavrov hit by personal...
Sustainable Pulse
FDA Sued Over Failure to Release Documents Regarding Approval of GMO Salmon
Center for Food Safety (CFS) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week, for unlawfully withholding records regarding FDA’s environmental assessment of genetically engineered...
Glyphosate Discovered in Wide Range of Essential Foods in Massive Testing Project
The results of the most comprehensive glyphosate testing of food products ever conducted in the U.S. were released by The Detox Project on last week, in a detailed report that shows the true levels of weedkiller contamination in essential...
BASF Stops Sale of Toxic Pesticide Trifludimoxazin after Court Action
In response to a lawsuit filed by the Center for Food Safety and Center for Biological Diversity, chemical giant BASF has agreed to stop the manufacture and sale of the pesticide trifludimoxazin, according to recent court filings...
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Stagecraft and Statecraft
The US and India in a new world
Brahma Chellaney, The Spectator The world’s center of gravity is shifting to the Indo-Pacific. The new global order will be shaped by developments in a sprawling region where interstate rivalries and tensions are sharpening geopolitical...
Leverage water treaty to tame Pakistan’s terrorism
Brahma Chellaney, The Times of India One paradox in Asia stands out: China, by occupying water-rich Tibetan Plateau, dominates Asia’s water map, yet it refuses to enter into a water-sharing treaty with any neighbour. But water-stressed...
The new global Cold War clouds India’s tightrope walk
BY BRAHMA CHELLANEY, CONTRIBUTING WRITER, THE JAPAN TIMES India, having confronted Chinese border aggression over the past 22 months, has taken a restrained stance on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, underscoring its focus on countering...
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Kashmir Files Lies or Omar Abdullah Pandits Holocaust Exodus
People of my generation and the generation before that know who Shiekh Abdullah,Grand father of Omar Abdullah) was and his relationship with Nehru and why Nehru gifted portion of Jammu and Kashmir to Pakistan to Kashmir; also the reason for...
Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Classes OnLine
Will be Conducting Classes on Vishnu Sahasranama with meaning. Class will be conducted in English. Detailed Philosophical implications will be explained. Eight Classes per Month.
Kashmiri Files Zee Movie Kashmiri Pandits Genocide Expose
I understand that Zee 5 is not inclined to promote the movie and is trying to underplay so that the movie does not get the exposure it deserves. Zee responded by saying that the movie will be on 500 screens. But it kept silent on the promotion...
Diane Ravitch's blog
Statement by Russian Anti-War Committee
I just watched a documentary about Mikhail Khodorovsky called Citizen K. It is streaming on Prime Video. He was one of the original oligarchs in Russia, said to be the richest man in Russia, with a fortune of $15 billion. He began to criticize...
Arizona: Cyber Ninjas Owe More Than $2 Million for Refusal to Release Records
Remember the Cyber Ninjas? This Florida-based group was hired by the Arizona State Senate to recount the ballots in the state, which had previously been recounted multiple times. Arizona Republicans we’re hoping for evidence that the...
Steve Hinnefeld: Indiana Legislature Ends Session with Minimal Damage to Schools
It’s pretty sad when the best thing you can say about the state legislature is, “It could have been worse.” But that’s blogger Steve Hinnefeld’s conclusion. You can almost hear him breathing a sigh of relief that the Republicans...
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IEA Wants Energy Lockdowns
By Paul Homewood From COVID lockdowns to energy lockdowns! With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine resulting in lower supplies to oil markets ahead of peak demand season, IEA 10-Point Plan proposes actions to ease strains and price pain...
My £62k electric car that takes nine hours to drive up North
By Paul Homewood h/t Ian Magness Dear Katie, Last year I decided it was time to get an electric car, so I traded in my BMW X5 diesel for a BMW iX3. I wish I hadn’t. The battery is supposed to have a range of 285 miles but it performs so […]...
Follow Up To Meeting With MP
By Paul Homewood A quick follow up to my meeting with our local MP last month. I have received an encouraging letter from Craig Mackinlay, the chair of the Net Zero Scrutiny Group of MPs, who my MP promised to discuss my suggestions with. He...
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CO2 A Blessing: Just 1 PPM Increase Means Up To 0.8% Greater Crop Yields, New Study Shows
Higher CO2 means more food, new study confirms As much as the global warming alarmists like to claim that warmer mean global temperatures are nothing but catastrophic, we know that warmer temperatures indeed offer a number of advantages...
New Analysis Of Greenland’s GISP2 Temperatures Expose Selection Bias In Paleo Reconstructions
Scientists admit that 3 different Greenland Summit (GISP2) temperature reconstruction “strategies” produce 3 different paleoclimate temperature results. The reconstructions chosen as the most “robust” are therefore the...
Sweden’s Wintertime Warming Trend Since 1988 Has Been Statistically Insignificant
Charts by Kirye Text by Pierre When we look at the more recent wintertime temperature trend in Greta Thunberg’s Sweden, we can only conclude that nothing really alarming is happening. The winters there haven’t warmed significantly...
NEPC Blog Post of the Day
Shanker Blog: What We’ve Learned About Creating Safe, Equitable, and Engaging Schools
Shanker Blog: What We’ve Learned About Creating Safe, Equitable, and Engaging Schools Every year, the Learning First Alliance convenes Public Schools Week to recognize the importance of public schools. The theme of Public Schools...
Nancy Bailey’s Education Website: The Murky World of i-Ready, Grading, and Online Data
Nancy Bailey’s Education Website: The Murky World of i-Ready, Grading, and Online Data Many school districts use Curriculum Associates i-Ready in their classrooms for reading and math, but there appears to be program murkiness. There’s...
Diane Ravitch's Blog: Jennifer Berkshire: Who Is Driving Teachers Out of Their Profession?
Diane Ravitch's Blog: Jennifer Berkshire: Who Is Driving Teachers Out of Their Profession? Jennifer Berkshire, expert education journalist and co-author of A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door, writes in The Nation about the forces driving...
The Moderate Voice
THE PREDICTABLY LYING LIARS ARE PLOTTING TO GIVE JOE PAIN AT THE PUMP
When I hear Republicans blaming President Biden for high gas prices, I’m reminded of what scribe Mary McCarthy once said of her rival Lillian Hellman: “Every word she writes is a lie, including and and the.” I wouldn’t go quite that...
RUSSIAN HEROES (CARTOON, COLUMN AND VIDEO)
There are heroes and then there are cowards. Marina Ovsyannikova, an editor and producer for Russian state TV’s flagship news program, ran on the set during a live broadcast with a sign protesting Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine...
Putin’s warning to ‘traitors’ sends chilling message
Published by Reuters (Reuters) – Graffiti warnings daubed on the doors of activists in Moscow. A food blogger threatened with up to 15 years in jail for “discrediting” Russia’s army. A call to sack a senior former official for “treachery”...
Marginal REVOLUTION
Against credentialism
That is the theme of my latest Bloomberg column, induced by a timely tweet by Conor Sen. It turns out the state of Maryland is abolishing the four-year college degree requirement for many state jobs. In Missour, neither the governor nor...
Friday assorted links
1. New Mercatus visiting fellows on pluralism. 2. New Jacob Goldstein podcast (he is former co-host of Planet Money podcast). 3. More on Michael Thaddeus, the Columbia professor, putting his tenure to good use (NYT). 4. Long Bryan Caplan response...
Shruti Rajagopalan podcast with Lant Pritchett
There is plenty on India, RCTs, economic development, and education. Here is one bit from Pritchett: Everybody is getting a crappy education. One of the few times I’ve gotten a spontaneous standing ovation was, I was giving a talk about...
Lloyd Lofthouse
“The tree of liberty must be refreshed … with the blood of patriots & tyrants.”
The title of this post was taken from a letter Thomas Jefferson wrote in Paris, on Nov. 13. 1787. He sent that letter to William Smith. Those words do not appear in the Declaration of Independence. Those words do not … Continue reading →...
Living with PTSD One Day at a Time – a book review
If combat or abuse of any kind, mental or physical, has traumatized you, I’m suggesting you read this memoir, even if it is the only one you real in your life. If you hate to read, then listen to the … Continue reading →...
Tennessee: “Instead of Raging Over MAUS, Support Local People Who Are Fighting the Ban”
Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Whitney Kimball Coe, director of national programs for the Center for Rural Strategies, advises those who are outraged about the removal of MAUS from the eighth grade curriculum by the McMinn County...
MintPress News
A History of NATO and Nazis, with Asa Winstanley
Asa Winstanley explores post-WW2 European history and reveals how Nazis were rehabilitated and dispatched as Cold Warriors. The post A History of NATO and Nazis, with Asa Winstanley appeared first on MintPress News...
Weathering the Global Storm: Why Neutrality is Not an Option for Palestinians
The Russia-Ukraine war is placing the Palestinians before one of their greatest foreign policy challenges since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The post Weathering the Global Storm: Why Neutrality is Not an Option for Palestinians appeared...
Israel Apologists Hurl Familiar Antisemitism Charges in Post-Speech Ambush of Amnesty Director
O’Brien’s transgressions were that he told the truth, spoke about the Amnesty report in great detail, and spoke from his heart. The post Israel Apologists Hurl Familiar Antisemitism Charges in Post-Speech Ambush of Amnesty Director...
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The Fierce Determination of the Ukrainian People
Sure, some people are looking at the global political ramifications, and seeing this as a proxy war between the U.S. and Russia, and they’re not completely wrong. Certainly, in retrospect, the American involvement from Maidan onward has...
The Flag
They say that war is how Americans learn geography, and I must admit I know much more about Ukrainian geography than I did a week ago. We were there, once, just for a few days, a few years back, in … Continue reading →...
New Movie Ideas
It is no secret that Hollywood is out of ideas. Superhero movies are great, but there are about a million of them out there now. Star Trek has had more films than the average fan can keep track of. Romances … Continue reading →...
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