Utopia – you are standing in it!
MREs – What do Soldiers Eat?
The Tumbling Giant – Russia’s Army On The Verge Of Collapse I THE GREAT WAR Week 51
Robert Lucas on optimal taxation of capital
From https://www.minneapolisfed.org/article/1993/interview-with-robert-e-lucas-jr
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Former Japanese premier Abe assassinated
Longest-serving postwar leader and strong US ally made clear that a Chinese attack on Taiwan would inevitably embroil Tokyo in war with Beijing; He urged US to drop ”strategic ambiguity” and clearly state that aggression vs Taiwan would...
All-out political warfare in US as Supreme Court reactionary majority goes berserk with a barrage of decisions attacking traditional American freedoms
New outrages by the Junta involve Roe v. Wade, the New York State gun law on concealed weapons, Miranda rights, deregulating the Environmental Protection Agency’s measures vs carbon emissions, and other cases; Precedents trampled, suggesting...
In orgy of tyranny, Supremes strike down Roe, attack New York gun law, and weaken Miranda;
Trump-backed court majority seeks nothing less than total fascist dictatorship, with warning that more human rights will be trampled as GOP’s nightmare scenario unfolds; Task now is to galvanize a United Front of the American people for...
Sustainable Pulse
University of Idaho Researchers Find Correlation Between Pesticides and Cancer
A correlation between agricultural pesticides and cancer in western states has been found by University of Idaho and Northern Arizona University researchers. Two studies were conducted, one that examined correlating data in 11 Western...
US Supreme Court Declines Bayer Bid to Challenge Glyphosate Cancer Rulings
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a bid from Bayer-owned Monsanto that aimed to challenge thousands of lawsuits claiming its weedkiller Roundup causes cancer – a potentially costly ruling, AFP reported Tuesday. Source...
US Appeals Court Forces EPA to Reassess Glyphosate on Health and Environmental Impact
In a historic victory for farmworkers and the environment on Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit sided with Center for Food Safety (CFS) and its represented farmworker and conservation clients by overturning the Environmental...
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Stagecraft and Statecraft
The Fall of the House of Rajapaksa
Through a combination of authoritarianism, nepotism, cronyism, and hubris, the Rajapaksa family weighed down Sri Lanka’s economy with more debt than it could possibly bear. The country’s next leaders will have to address shortages...
Have sanctions against Russia boomeranged?
BY BRAHMA CHELLANEY, The Hill With the Russian invasion of Ukraine now in its fifth month, Western leaders are beginning to recognize, if not openly acknowledge, that their unprecedented sanctions against Moscow are hurting their own countries’...
The Global Dam Frenzy
There is no question that the world must cut its reliance on fossil fuels. But building more hydroelectric dams – especially in highly biodiverse river basins, such as the Amazon, the Brahmaputra, the Congo, and the Mekong – is not … Continue...
'Must'. Not everything is a matter of choice in a perfect world. 'Can' overrides desire instantly.
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Katapayadi, Indian System Improve Memory Recall Rules
One such is the Katapayadi system that helps one to enhance memory and recall.Ancient Hindus have developed systems to enhance memory and recall by designing techniques to learn by heart and recall instantly throughout one's life what one...
Sri Lalitha Sahasranama Introduction Lecture
Explanation from The six Systems of Indian philosophy, Vedas and interpreting the ancient texts in modern scientific terms including Quantum.To join WhatsApp+919480591538
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Diane Ravitch's blog
Lisa Haver: The Mysterious Hiring Practices of the Philadelphia School Board
Lisa Haver is a retired teacher and prominent advocate for the public schools of Philadelphia. Those public schools have been subject to state takeover, privatization, and every other failed reformy tactic. She hoped that those bad old days...
Renaming the Supreme Court: The Supreme Christian Court
After a consistent flow of decisions tearing down the wall of separation between church and state, readers have proposed that the U.S. Supreme Court should henceforth be known as the Supreme Christian Court of the United States. Others call...
New Study: Funding Matters, and Low-Income Districts Get the Least
A new study by University of Kentucky Dean Julian Vasquez. Heilig and Professor David G. Martinez demonstrates the inequity built into school funding., to the disadvantages of the poorest communities. A newly published analysis of how dollars...
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LEO McKINSTRY OK, we get it. It’s quite warm outside. Now please shut up with all your warnings and let us enjoy it
By Paul Homewood THE great American journalist Henry Mencken once defined puritanism as “the haunting fear that somewhere, someone might be happy”. His words are a perfect description of the nanny state zealots of modern Britain who...
Manchin Pulls Plug on Climate Spending Plan
By Paul Homewood This is very significant news from the US: WASHINGTON — Senator Joe Manchin III, Democrat of West Virginia, pulled the plug on Thursday on negotiations to salvage key pieces of President Biden’s agenda, informing...
Think it’s hot now? How Britain roasted in TEN-WEEK heatwave during summer of ’76
By Paul Homewood Amid the hysteria over the coming heatwave, the Mail reminds us all about the really roasting summer of 1976: Wildfires have raged, speed restrictions have been imposed on some railway lines and hospitals have already...
NoTricksZone
UK May Set New, All-Time Record High Next Week. And: Germany’s Doomsday Health Minister
Germany’s Kachelmannwetter.com weather Youtube account, quite reliable and professional, just posted a video discussing model forecasts for next week. 41°C in England next week? England and Wales could see a new all-time high, with...
New Study Indicates Coral Presence Around Japan Has Plummeted With The Onset Of Global Cooling
The Western North Pacific has continued cooling over the last millennium, with no reversal in trends after the Little Ice Age. Earlier this year we highlighted a study showing corals thrive in multiple-degrees-warmer-than-today waters...
Electrical Engineering Professor: “Germany Urgently Needs An Energy Strategy Change”
The transition to green energies cannot work – a change of strategy is urgently needed By Prof. Alwin Burgholte (Translated, edited by P. Gosselin) A secure power supply is the prerequisite for health, prosperity and work worldwide. An...
NEPC Blog Post of the Day
Cloaking Inequity: Latest Paper Focuses on School Finance Policy and Civil Rights
Cloaking Inequity: Latest Paper Focuses on School Finance Policy and Civil Rights By Amanda Nelson LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 8, 2022) — A newly published analysis of how dollars are distributed to schools in the U.S. posits that funding...
Janresseger: Bloomberg Belittles Public Schools as a Strategy for Expanding School Privatization
Janresseger: Bloomberg Belittles Public Schools as a Strategy for Expanding School Privatization On June 3, in an opinion column which appeared in the Washington Post and newspapers across the country, Michael Bloomberg extols privately...
Answer Sheet: Why Virginia Gov. Youngkin Is Wrong About Student NAEP Scores
Answer Sheet: Why Virginia Gov. Youngkin Is Wrong About Student NAEP Scores Here we go again. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) released a report on student achievement that is based largely on a misreading of the scores of the National Assessment...
The Moderate Voice
7 Unique Types of Carbon Offset Programs Businesses Can Start Today
All life on earth is carbon-based. Natural processes recycle carbon, storing most of it in the ground. However, many modern industrial activities send CO2 into the atmosphere, disrupting nature’s balance. Many companies have responded...
Biden: back into the morass or new directions in the Mideast
Even as a horrific war of attrition rages in Europe, the Middle East is again demanding its pound of flesh. It is poised to drag President Joe Biden back into the morass of abiding enmity between Israel and Iran and deep distrust between Saudi...
The 2020 Presidential Election: ‘Lost, Not Stolen’
Many conservatives with a conscience and a spine have condemned Donald Trump’s blatant contempt for the truth, the law, democracy and the Constitution. However, few conservatives have authoritatively, exhaustively and convincingly...
Marginal REVOLUTION
From my email, on the market for programmers
Programmers in the US are well-paid and companies report difficulty hiring programmers. At the same time, while it’s less reported, there are a lot of people who are good at programming but can’t get programming jobs.There’s a simple...
Friday assorted links
1. Frank Gehry at age 93. 2. “Cognitive ability predicted economic knowledge (r = 0.37 to 0.52) independent of and with much larger effects than either educational attainment or economics courses.” 3. Do the most effective stories develop...
Food in Bogota
The best approach is to hunt down particular foodstuffs and consume them, rather than thinking in terms of restaurants. That includes fruits (start with blueberries and blackberries and then move on to the stuff you have never heard of)...
Lloyd Lofthouse
The Koch Libertarian Project vs. America
Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: What is happening to the America that we swore allegiance to every day in public school? what happened to the America that was “indivisible, with liberty and justice for all”? How did we get a rogue...
The Ignorance and Danger of Trump Republicans includes Brain-Dead Lauren Boebert
Brain-Dead Boebert is a born-again Christian and a strident advocate of guns; she and her husband own a restaurant—Shooters Grill in Rifle, Colorado, where staff are encouraged to carry firearms Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.)…says...
Traitor Trump’s Conspiracy to Dodge Justice for his Crimes
This 21st century traitor will not stop until he is the U.S. President for life or in prison. With support from his fascist worshiping MAGA enablers that adds up to about two-thirds of the Republican Party, it’s apparent that this traitor...
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Who is Biden Working For? On Israel Visit, “Zionist” Biden Whitewashes Israel’s Crimes
Judging by his performance, Joe Biden is working for AIPAC and not for the American people. He hit every note, shook every hand and repeated his mantras, clearly trying to please his donors back home. The post Who is Biden Working For? On Israel...
Worsening Chaos: Israel’s Political Instability is Now the Norm
Even if a purportedly centrist or even leftist prime minister finds himself at the helm of the government, outcomes will not change when the Knesset - in fact, most of the country - is governed by a militaristic, chauvinistic, and colonial mindset...
Leaked Docs: Facebook ‘Bot’ Adviser Secretly in Pay of US Regime Change Agency
U.K. intelligence-linked communication firm Valent has been advising Facebook on which accounts to ban for inauthentic behavior and on suspicions for being foreign-backed disinformation operations. But documents show that Valent itself...
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Home
The trip home was long and a bit exhausting, but we are back in Prague now and I’m re-adapting to old habits quickly, and planning on a poetry reading this evening.On the twisty, narrow, mountain road up from Elaphonisi, we … Continue reading...
Last Day
The vacation is almost over. Tomorrow morning we will drive back up to the north coast, turn in our rental car, and catch a flight to Prague, via Munich. We have seen most of the things we planned to see, … Continue reading →...
Livadia
What a day. The drive here was kind of nerve wracking, twisty mountain roads at points narrowing to one lane, but with traffic in both directions. Beautiful, but scary. We went through a tunnel, for instance, which was pretty much … Continue...
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