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Wednesday, March 09, 2022

Chicago Boyz

Ukraine Thread Part 3 – Day Eight of the Russian Column Held Hostage (by the usual Russian incompetence) –
Welcome to the third installment of the Russian invasion of Ukraine series. Since Napoleon stated that the moral is to the physical what ten is to one. After the situation map (below) we are going to start the post with a look at the moral dimensions...
4 days ago
Can the EU Significantly Reduce its Russian Gas Imports?..Even in the Near Term?
Here’s a proposal from the International Energy Agency, which asserts that a 30% reduction can be obtained this year, with reductions over 50% in the longer term. I’ve only scanned the summary so far, but plan to read the whole thing over...
4 days ago
Worthwhile Reading & Viewing
When I met Putin as a young colonel in the KGB. Thoughts on Russia and Ukraine, by Vitaliy Katsenelson, an American investment manager who was born in Russia. Registration may be required–this is the first post of a three-part series. A...
5 days ago

Putin Explains the Importance of the Minsk Agreement to Zelensky (2019)
Armstrong Economics Blog/Politics Re-Posted Mar 9, 2022 by Martin Armstrong Putin was deeply involved in securing the Minsk Agreement long before Zelensky came to power. Although people are calling the current attack on Ukraine unprovoked...
3 hours ago
Boycotting Anything Russian
Armstrong Economics Blog/Politics Re-Posted Mar 9, 2022 by Martin Armstrong Stolichnaya vodka plans to rebrand their product to sound less Russian. This comes on the tail of restaurants, businesses, and bars refusing to sell any product...
3 hours ago
India Journalist States This is a War of the West’s Creation
Armstrong Econmics Blog/India Re-Posted Mar 9, 2022 by Martin Armstrong It is so refreshing to listen to a REAL journalist for once – something was seriously forgotten in America and Europe. Arnab Goswami is an Indian news anchor and...
4 hours ago

Russian Oil and Gas, Republican Election Fraud and Insurrection: 'BradCast' 3/8/2022
As the horrors of war continue in Ukraine today, we focus on the latest efforts to counter it by ending --- or trying to --- Russian oil and gas imports to the EU and US, and as we enjoy more accountability for GOP election fraudsters and insurrectionists...
20 hours ago
'Green News Report' - March 8, 2022
IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: European Union moves to cut dependence on Russian gas imports; Russian takeover of Ukraine nuke plant underscores nuclear vulnerability in wartime; IEA recommends global switch to electric heat pumps to undercut...
a day ago
'Forget the Cheese. Let's Get Out of the Trap': Still Seeking Peace for Ukraine: 'BradCast' 3/7/2022
The war porn continues on too much of the corporate media. Too many pundits. Too many self-declared experts without actual expertise or who have ideological axes to grind. Too much politics, not enough talk about how to get to peace. Once again...
2 days ago

Bumper snickers
4 hours ago
Happy birthday, Samuel
Samuel Barber (1910-1981) composed the Adagio for Strings in 1936 as the second movement of his String Quartet in B minor. In 1967 Barber adapted the music into a choral composition, using the words of the Agnus Dei from the Latin Mass. It’s...
10 hours ago
There’s a nap for that — canine edition
a day ago

Canada: Civil liberties protesters that had bank accounts frozen will have permanent record
The story of Canada’s unprecedented decision to deprive participants in a civil protest of basic needs by cutting them off from their bank accounts is, for the government, “a gift that keeps on giving.” Not only were bank accounts of...
18 hours ago
Oliver Stone-produced “Ukraine on Fire” moves to Rumble after YouTube censorship
“Ukraine on Fire,” a 2016 documentary that details historical conflicts in the country, such as the 2004 Orange Revolution and the 2014 overthrow of the Ukrainian government, has been banned by YouTube for violating the tech giant’s...
18 hours ago
5 Very Strange Questions That Every American Should Be Asking About The War In Ukraine Right Now
Have you noticed that the anti-war movement in the United States has almost shriveled up to nothing? In the old days, hordes of radical leftists were passionately against our wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, but these days many on the left seem...
18 hours ago

When we learn more about a stranger, we feel like they know us better too
By Matthew Warren. Knowing about local police officers also reduces sense of anonymity and lowers crime rate.
8 hours ago
We’re only able to mentally represent an exact number if we have a word for it
By Emma Young. Study adds to the debate over the extent to which language underpins different abilities.
a day ago
Here are the personality traits shared by famous psychopaths
By Emma Young. Study feeds into ongoing argument about which are the "core" traits of psychopathy.
3 days ago

The Roman Museum With a Taste for Historical Cookbooks
Rome’s Circus Maximus, once the largest stadium in history, is now a massive green space: nondescript enough for dogs to defecate on, yet far too important to bulldoze. The city is stuffed with such examples of well-preserved but long-disused...
an hour ago
The Society Editor Who Just Walked Into Soviet Russia and Started Spying
For Women’s History Month, Atlas Obscura delves into the world of espionage, where being overlooked and underestimated has been an asset for centuries of women spies. Read about more of history's hidden Secret Agent Women. For a spy, Marguerite...
2 hours ago
The Golden Lion Tamarins of Poço das Antas in Silva Jardim, Brazil
A mere hour or so away from the concrete jungle of Rio de Janeiro is a verdant rainforest reserve that is notable for being the last stronghold of one of the most endangered primates on earth: the dazzling little golden lion tamarin. The golden...
2 hours ago

Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Sarah Bartsch et al. study the costs and benefits of face mask use, and conclude that even without factoring in improvements to public health mask mandates produces positive outcomes...
6 hours ago
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cats playing games.
20 hours ago
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Ed Yong rightly questions how the U.S. (like Canada) has come to see a large number of preventable COVID-19 deaths as normal. Hannah Rosenblum et al. study the effects of coronavirus vaccines and find...
a day ago