14 May - iG Tab - 9

 

Utopia – you are standing in it!

• Why spies never discover anything useful

  Originally posted on John Quiggin: I’ve long maintained the view that spies never discover anything useful about a country’s foreign enemies, though they are very useful in suppressing domestic opponents. This is a straightforward...

  an hour ago

• No Mystery: Calm Weather & Sunset Root Cause of Power Pricing & Supply Calamity

  Originally posted on STOP THESE THINGS: The relationship between weather-dependent wind/sunshine dependent solar and rocketing power prices is crystal clear, so too the post ‘transition’ phenomenon of power rationing caused by...

  an hour ago

• Documentary Review — “John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection”

  Originally posted on Movie Nation: When the actor Thomas Hulce was preparing to play the film role that defined him, “Amadeus,” he read about Mozart, but he truly studied the tennis star of the day, John McEnroe. Who better to model a precocious...

  4 hours ago

TARPLEY.net

• Alito draft ending Roe v. Wade declares war on all rights in US, but backlash builds!

  Supreme Court leak reveals GOP’s creeping coup to overthrow democracy; Mass mobilization, not ultra-left sectarian fratricide, needed to decimate Republicans in Congress, end filibuster, pass Roe as a statute, and add new justices...

  7 days ago

• 40 nations meeting at Ramstein AFB to assist Ukraine defense

  Over 40 nations meeting monthly at Ramstein AFB to assist Ukraine defense are the world’s alternative to Putin’s cutthroat anarchy; Dictator threatens Blitzkrieg attack on nations sending arms to Ukraine; Russians fire 5 missiles...

  14 days ago

• Speak softly and carry a big 155 mm howitzer!

  Acting out of weakness, fear of massive casualties, and domestic backlash, Putin gives up on conquest of Azovstal complex in Manriupol; He covers backdown with rocket rattling against NATO and testing a new ICBM; Putin’s incessant escalation...

  21 days ago

Sustainable Pulse

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  Human Activities Have Degraded 40% of Land on Earth – UN Report

  Human activities are damaging and degrading the lands of the Earth to the point where up to 40% of global terrain has been devalued, according to a new and comprehensive UN report. Source: Earth.Org By Olivia Lai The second edition of the Global...

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  Another Legal Blow to Bayer in Roundup Case as US Solicitor General Weighs In

  The U.S. Solicitor General on Tuesday dealt a blow to Monsanto owner Bayer AG, advising the U.S. Supreme Court that it should deny the company’s request for a review of a key Roundup cancer trial loss, Carey Gillam on UnSpun reported. Source...

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  Florida Approves Release of Billions of GMO Mosquitoes

  Overlooking potential public health risks, lingering scientific questions, and deficient public data, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) approved the extension of Oxitec’s two-year field trial on...

  9 days ago

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  Drought? What about the Dustbowl?

  13 days ago

• Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 100 – 2022

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• Eagles Die

  https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/us-firm-fined-8m-after-150-eagles-die-its-wind-farms-1699331

  a month ago

Stagecraft and Statecraft

• European scramble for energy comes at Asia’s expense

  EU moves to wean itself off Russian oil and gas is creating a self-defeating trap Brahma Chellaney, Nikkei Asia The era of cheap oil and gas is over. In an increasingly risky and turbulent world, geopolitics more than supply chain … Continue...

  16 hours ago

• The Quad at a Crossroads

  The Indo-Pacific’s four leading democracies can hold as many leaders’ summits as they want, but without a clear strategic vision – and an agenda to match – they will have little impact. The group’s purpose is to act as a … Continue...

  4 days ago

• Why sanctions against Russia may not work

  BY BRAHMA CHELLANEY, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR, THE HILL The unprecedented U.S.-led Western sanctions against Russia have been likened to economic weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) that would ultimately destroy the Russian economy...

  12 days ago

Ramani's blog

• Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Lectures

  Lectures on Sri Vishnu Sahasranama with word by word meaning and philosophical analysis. Series of Lectures, Eight in a week. Premium .

  6 days ago

• Lalitha Sahasranama Class Online

  https://www.teacheron.com/tutor-profile/4S7i?r=4S7i

  15 days ago

• Difference Between Namaz And Hindu Prayers.

  I was curious to know about what is being prayed in Mosques,Five times a day? Namaz is considered to be one of the five fundamental duties of Islam.So, what is recited five times a day must be the essence of Islam .It would be appropriate that we...

  19 days ago

Diane Ravitch's blog

• Is Elon Musk Reconsidering His Plan to Buy Twitter?

  Timothy L. O’Brien, who has written critically about Trump’s claims to be a multi billionaire, wonders whether Elon Musk is having buyer’s remorse about his offer of $44 billion for Twitter. Musk tweeted on Friday morning that his offer...

  13 hours ago

• Heather Cox Richardson on John McCain, Paul Manafort, and Putin

  Historian Heather Cox Richardson wrote a fascinating column about Steve Schmidt’s recent revelations about important political figures. Like the good historian she is, she connects the dots. At home, a big story broke over the weekend...

  19 hours ago

• Tom Ultican Reports on the Highlights of the #NPE2022 Conference in Philly

  Tom Ultican, retired teacher of advanced mathematics and physics in California, is now a significant chronicler of the Destroy Public Education movement. He attended the recent national conference of the Network for Public Education in...

  20 hours ago

NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

• Texas Power Grid Pushed To The Limit Again

  By Paul Homewood    h/t Joe Public   It’s hot in Texas!       HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — ERCOT, the embattled power grid operator for most of Texas, is urging customers to conserve energy for a five-hour peak period on Saturday and Sunday...

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• Rowlatt Labelled As Campaigner By BBC Colleagues

  By Paul Homewood Too left wing by BBC standards! Crikey!   From The Times:     The BBC’s climate editor has been labelled a “campaigner” by colleagues after he was found in breach of editorial rules for the second time in less than six...

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• New Statesman Condones BBC Fake News

  By Paul Homewood   The New Statesman objects that attention has been drawn to Justin Rowlatt’s misreporting!     https://www.newstatesman.com/quickfire/2022/05/is-the-bbc-misrepresenting-climate-change  According to...

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NoTricksZone

• “Russia Exporting More Oil Than Before War”…India, China Snapping Up Tankers Of Oil At Large Discounts

  Meanwhile western countries are getting pummeled by inflation, shaky supply chains, economic pain.  German energy site Blackout News here reports that Russia’s oil exports remain unfazed despite the embargos by western countries...

  17 hours ago

• New Study: Half The 2000-2019 Global Ocean Warming Has Been From Internal Fluxes, Not Surface Forcing

  Since 2000 there has been a natural reduction in net air-sea fluxes at the same time there has been rapid warming in the Indian Ocean. This affirms anthropogenic surface forcing cannot explain the recent warming in at least half the global ocean...

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• A “Weakening Warming Trend Of The Last 40 Years Is Apparent”, Says German Expert

  Fritz Vahrenholt: The transition to green energies and the missing warming By Kalte Sonne Dear ladies and gentlemen, During the energy crisis that has become visible in Germany and Europe over the past few months, things have gotten quieter...

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NEPC Blog Post of the Day

• Alfie Kohn: Last Time, the Religious Right Told Us Not Only What We Can Teach but How to Teach It

  Alfie Kohn: Last Time, the Religious Right Told Us Not Only What We Can Teach but How to Teach It Christian conservatives are banning books and censoring school curricula — and not for the first time. Materials dealing with sexuality and sexual...

  19 hours ago

• Gary Rubinstein's Blog: Bloomberg Donates $200 Million to Success Academy and Promise Academy

  Gary Rubinstein's Blog: Bloomberg Donates $200 Million to Success Academy and Promise Academy Two charter school networks that were featured in the 2010 propaganda film ‘Waiting For Superman’ have just received $100 million each from...

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  School Finance 101: When Evidence Based Isn’t: Informing State School Finance Formulas to Provide Equal Educational Opportunity for All

  School Finance 101: When Evidence Based Isn’t: Informing State School Finance Formulas to Provide Equal Educational Opportunity for All First, a bit of review: Goals of state school finance systems The goal of state school finance systems...

  3 days ago

The Moderate Voice

• Israeli police beat mourners at funeral of slain Palestinian journalist

  Published by Reuters JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli police officers charged at Palestinian mourners carrying the coffin of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Friday, before thousands led her casket through Jerusalem’s Old City...

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• Editorial: Protesting for Roe at justices’ homes is self-defeating and wrong

  Published by St. Louis Post-Dispatch The apparently pending Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade is an affront to women’s rights to biological self-determination and to all Americans’ rights to privacy. This is why wide majorities...

  16 hours ago

• Will Bunch: Who is Kathy Barnette, and can Pa. figure it out before she wins the GOP Senate nod?

  Published by The Philadelphia Inquirer For about an hour Wednesday night, the crunchy green artificial turf of the big indoor practice field at Newtown Athletic Club in Bucks County offered a kind of a safe space for Kathy Barnette to revel...

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Marginal REVOLUTION

• Saturday assorted links

  1. Thomas Schelling 1963-64 syllabus and final exam. 2. On Srinivasan and sex. 3. Transitioning to post-quantum cryptography? 4. Do insects have culture? 5. There are fewer Karens. 6. “The FDA won’t allow European formulas to be sold...

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• What I’ve been reading

  1. Paul Strathern, The Florentines: From Dante to Galileo.  It is not just Dante and Galileo, there is also Boccaccio, Petrarch, Machiavelli, Giotto, Botticelli, Leonardo, Fra Filippo Lippi, Michelangelo, Ghiberti, Brunelleschi, and...

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• What should I ask Vaughn Smith?

  I will be doing a Conversation with him so what should I ask?  He is a carpet cleaner.  And there is this: “So, how many languages do you speak?” “Oh, goodness,” Vaughn says. “Eight, fluently.” “Eight?” Kelly marvels. “Eight,”...

  14 hours ago

Lloyd Lofthouse

• The Real Purpose of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” Bill

  Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law has two ostensible purposes. One is to bring national attention to Governor Ron DeSantis as the heir to Donald Trump’s MAGA base. The other is to humiliate...

  a month ago

• “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 →...

  3 months ago

• 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 →...

  3 months ago

MintPress News

• Cambridge Analytica Reborn? Private Spy Agency Weaponizes Facebook Again

  For all the public outcry, official probes and hearings, financial penalties, apologies and proposed regulations, Facebook remains the world’s foremost surveillance tool – weaponized in all manner of malevolent ways by any number...

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• As the Midterms Approach, AIPAC Throws Its Weight – and Money – Around Washington

  Flush with cash, AIPAC appears to be a heavyweight in this year’s midterm elections as it goes after progressives and floods its preferred candidates with millions.  The post As the Midterms Approach, AIPAC Throws Its Weight – and Money...

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• Chris Hedges: Jesus, Endless War, and the Rise of American Fascism

  The Democratic Party is hoping to thwart an election rout by running against the expected Supreme Court decision on abortion. This is depressingly all that is left of its political capital. The post Chris Hedges: Jesus, Endless War, and the...

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www.gurukalehuru.com

• The Future of Sci-Fi

  I’ve seen the first couple of episodes of Picard, which was largely the justification for subscribing to Amazon Prime, and I’ll watch more, it’s not a complete train wreck, although I am enjoying Lower Decks more, and that’s just a...

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• Depp v. Heard

  I’m not following the case of Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard closely but, since it’s the biggest controversy since Smith v. Rock, I suppose I’ll write a blog about it.Actually, my opinion in the Depp case (because it really is … Continue...

  14 days ago

• Crossing the Line

  Of course trans people are people and, as such, should be treated as individuals, with the same amount of respect you’d give to anybody else. Of course I am not attacking transgender people as a group.But holy fucking shit, this … Continue...

  21 days ago