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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...
Russian Attack on Ukraine Begins with Cyber Ops & Flurry of Staged False Flag Provocations in Donbas Hyped by Pro-Putin Media
Biden announces US finding that Putin has chosen war; Kremlin’s nuclear drill adds another layer of grave danger; Hungary and Bulgaria get US ground forces as NATO Eastern Flank buildup continues; Berlin signals awareness that Nord Stream...
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Stagecraft and Statecraft
America Is Focusing on the Wrong Enemy
US President Joe Biden is treating a “rogue” Russia as a peer competitor, when he should be focused on the challenge from America’s actual peer, China. Not only is China more powerful than Russia; it also genuinely seeks to supplant …...
Beijing Winter Olympics were a troubling reminder of 1936 Games
The success of the Beijing Winter Olympics is another feather in Xi’s cap. Like Hitler’s 1936 Olympics, Xi’s Games succeeded after an international boycott campaign collapsed. Will an emboldened Xi now embark on fresh repression...
The US is letting China off the hook over its COVID-19 coverup
By Brahma Chellaney, The Hill America’s death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic, now in its third year, is closing in on one million, with Americans continuing to succumb to the disease at internationally high rates. Both in total case...
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Just Before Death Whole Life Flashes by Neuroscience Study
In many cultures it is the belief that one sees his entire life flash before his eyes few seconds before his death.Now Neuroscience seems to have stumbled upon evidence that seems to validate this belief. In Hinduism, death is not considered...
Meditation Effects on Brain ,Who to be Careful Study Finds.
Mind classifies information into various headings, also assigns as to what causes/ caused us pleasure and pain in the past and regulates our emotions and they in turn affect our Mind, thought processes and thus a vicious cycle is formed.While...
Yoga Sutra 1.36. Beyond Pleasure Sorrow Concentration
Objects do not by themselves cause neither pleasure nor pain. It is our attachment to them because of the values or importance we assign them that causes either pleasure or pain. One can observe what has caused us pleasure at one point of time...
Diane Ravitch's blog
Fiona Hill Explains Why Putin Invaded Ukraine
You may remember Fiona Hill. She was the nonpartisan Russia expert on the National Security Council who testified in Trump’s first impeachment trial. Politico interviewed her at length soon after Putin invaded Ukraine. Hill provides...
New Study Shows Value of Masks in Schools
Education Week reported a new study that confirms the value of masking during the pandemic. Mask requirements still offer one of the strongest tools to prevent COVID-19 outbreaks in schools, say new studies. The findings come from the Centers...
Wyoming: GOP Legislators Want to Defund Gender Studies in Higher Education
Now that Republican state legislatures have had their way imposing their personal views on what may or may not be taught in the public schools, they are taking aim at what may be taught in state universities. In Wyoming, the legislature wants...
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CO2 Emissions Hit Record High in 2021
By Paul Homewood CO2 emissions still growing, say IEA: Global CO2 emissions from energy combustion and industrial processes1 rebounded in 2021 to reach their highest ever annual level. A 6% increase from 2020 pushed emissions to 36.3...
PM Overrules Energy Regulator
By Paul Homewood Finally a bit of common sense: London, 9 March – Net Zero Watch has welcomed Boris Johnson’s last minute decision to overrule the energy regulator, preventing Britain’s shale gas wells being cemented over for...
Michael Kelly Exposes The Implications Of Net Zero
By Paul Homewood A major new analysis by Michael Kelly on the practicability of Net Zero: Former Conservative Party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith has called for an “honest and open debate” on Net Zero, warning that politicians...
NoTricksZone
“Freeze To Hurt Putin” Sounds Better Than “Government Rationing Gas,”… German Pols Look To Sell Hardship
Germany “gets more than half of its natural gas needs from Russia” and “almost half of all German households heat their apartments and houses directly and many more indirectly via district heating.” reports German energy site Blackout...
Japan Sees NO WINTER WARMING In Decades…Tokyo Winters Haven’t Warmed Since 1984!
By Kirye and Pierre The meteorological winter, defined as December 1 to February 28, has just ended and the data for mean winter temperature are available for the Pacific island nation of Japan up to 2022. So are winters getting colder, or are...
New Study Suggests The Early Holocene’s Baltic Sea Temperatures Were 5-11°C Warmer Than Present
Baltic Sea surface temperatures may have reached 24°C 7,200 years ago compared to the current 12.7°C. A new study (Weiss et al., 2022) indicates Baltic Sea regional surface temperatures ranged between 21-24°C from ~5.7 to 7.7 ka (thousand...
NEPC Blog Post of the Day
Yong Zhao: Introduction to New Book: Learning for Uncertainty: Teaching Students How to Thrive in a Rapidly Evolving World
Yong Zhao: Introduction to New Book: Learning for Uncertainty: Teaching Students How to Thrive in a Rapidly Evolving World Learning for Uncertainty: Teaching Students How to Thrive in a Rapidly Evolving World By G. Williamson McDiarmid...
Naked Capitalism/Our Schools: How Corporations Use Public School Workforce ‘Pipelines’ to Harvest Students’ Data and Train Narrowly Skilled, Exploitable Staff
Naked Capitalism/Our Schools: How Corporations Use Public School Workforce ‘Pipelines’ to Harvest Students’ Data and Train Narrowly Skilled, Exploitable Staff Yves here. Some countries, notably Germany, have technical tracks...
Gary Rubinstein's Blog: Success Academy Extends Its 75% Attrition Streak
Gary Rubinstein's Blog: Success Academy Extends Its 75% Attrition Streak Success Academy began in 2006 with 83 kindergarteners and 73 1st graders. The first graduating class in 2018 had 16 students which was a persistence rate of 16/73=22%. The...
The Moderate Voice
War Crime? Air strike on Ukraine hospital sparks uproar on eve of talks
Published by AFP Kyiv (AFP) – An apparent Russian air strike destroyed a paediatric and maternity hospital in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol on Wednesday, triggering global outrage. Russian troops closed in on the capital Kyiv...
Failed WWII attempt to create rubber substitute yields Hall of Fame toy
Perhaps one of the wildest accidental research discoveries occurred during World War II, when General Electric scientist James Wright mixed boric acid and silicone oil in an attempt to create a rubber substitute in 1943. In 1942, Japan...
FULL VIDEO AND TEXT: Ukraine’s President Zelensky’s virtual address to the House of Commons
Here’s the video of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky’s speech to the House of Commons. He got a standing ovation. To read the full text of his speech GO HERE. MPs in the House of Commons have given Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky...
Marginal REVOLUTION
How do Effective Altruist recommendations change in time of war?
That is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column, here is one excerpt: During wartime, basic human needs become more pressing, most of all food. For instance, Ukraine supplies much of the world’s grain, including to many of the world’s poorer...
Wednesday assorted links
1. New essay on infinite ethics. 2. Steps per day and mortality. 3. Chess with Molotov cocktails? 4. Mr. Beast has talent (YouTube video). 5. Why it is so difficult to lose things in Japan. 6. Good thread on Russian technological dependence...
Claims about taste
Chen et al. show that people’s aesthetic tastes are not arbitrarily different from each other in different sensory modalities but vary primarily along only a single dimension across sights and sounds: how similar a person’s taste is...
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...
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Churches Declare Christianity in The Holy Land is Under Threat from Jewish Extremists
Christianity was born in Palestine, but its population there is dwindling in numbers. “We are facing a very dangerous situation,” Archbishop Theodosios said, “where in a few years we might find the holiest city for Christians without...
Chris Hedges: Worthy and Unworthy Victims
Dividing the world into worthy and unworthy victims is a tactic used to justify our crimes and demonize our enemies. Conflicts will not be solved until all nations abide by international law and all victims are deemed worthy. The post Chris...
The Latest Target in the Israel Lobby’s War on Academia: Shahd Abusalama
Pro-Israeli government campaigners were left bitterly disappointed when, earlier this month, their campaign to remove Palestinian activist and academic Shahd Abusalama from her position at Sheffield Hallam University failed. The post...
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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 →...
The Ickabog
I’ve read quite a few books by J.K. Rowling now. In addition to the Harry Potter books, which made her deservedly famous and wealthy, and for which she will always be remembered no matter how many books she writes, I’ve … Continue reading...
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