7 October - iG Tab - 9

 

Utopia – you are standing in it!

• Eric Crampton: Government should not profit from inflation

  Originally posted on Point of Order:   Dr Eric Crampton  writes: The Crown Accounts are in better shape than had been expected when the Budget was set. That’s the good news. But the Reserve Bank this week warned, while increasing interest...

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• Some religions are more equal than others?!

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• New Rule: Fat Acceptance | Real Time with Bill Maher

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TARPLEY.net

• With avalanche of psychotic raving, madman Putin attempts illegal annexation of four more Ukrainian provinces;

  Issuing new nuclear threats to US and NATO, Kremlin dictator defies specific warnings against more aggression from UN Secretary General, carrying out single worst escalation in conflict thus far; He alleges attack on Baltic natural gas...

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• To neutralize Putin’s thermonuclear threats to NATO, US must launch crash program for strategic anti-missile defense using lasers & particle beams!

  US Patriots and Israeli ABM systems could help shield Ukraine in short term; Desperate dictator runs press gangs to kidnap 300,000 recruits for cannon fodder on Ukraine front; 1,300 protesters arrested, indicating growing crisis for Kremlin...

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• China and India signal no confidence in Putin’s failing aggression in Ukraine!

  After military rout east of Kharkiv, Russia faces diplomatic isolation and supply crisis on eve of UN General Assembly in New York; Pope Francis approves arms for Kiev as morally acceptable for self-defense; 70 Russian local officials in...

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Sustainable Pulse

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  New Colombia President Slams Glyphosate ‘Poison’ in United Nations General Assembly Speech

  During his first speech at the UN General Assembly as the new President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro said that the world’s addiction to money, oil and carbon is destroying the rainforest and its people under the excuse of a “hypocritical”...

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  US Court Rules QR Codes Alone as Insufficient to Warn Consumers on GMOs

  A U.S. District Court has held that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s decision to allow genetically engineered (GMO) foods to only be labeled with a “QR” code was unlawful, and that USDA must instead add additional disclosure...

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  Unique Study Shows Glyphosate and Roundup Disrupt Human Gut Bacteria

  Both glyphosate and Roundup disturbed the gut microbiome in a study conducted in a simulated human digestive tract, but some of the changes were reversed with a probiotic formulation. This is the first study to prove that glyphosate and...

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sunshine hours

• Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 279 – 2022

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• Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 276 – 2022

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• Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 270 – 2022

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Stagecraft and Statecraft

• China’s expansionism creeps along as West distracted by Ukraine

  India retreats further into own territory with Himalayan buffer-zone pullbacks Brahma Chellaney, Nikkei Asia China’s relentless expansionism in the frigid high Himalayas through furtive territorial encroachments has fostered a...

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• Biden’s Dangerous Embrace of Pakistan

  The Biden administration could have used Pakistan’s economic crisis to compel the country to sever its longstanding ties to terrorist groups. Instead, the US continues to protect and reward it, putting short-term geopolitical considerations...

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• The Quad is at risk of losing its strategic focus

  Biden is saddling the group with a distracting global agenda Brahma Chellaney, Nikkei Asia Can the Indo-Pacific region be America’s top priority if U.S. President Joe Biden is deepening commitments and resources for Europe and the Middle...

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Ramani's blog

• Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Sloka 38 Padmanabho to Sloka 40 Lecture

  Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Lecture Series. Sloka 38 to 40Explained

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• Vishnu As Yogi as Described Vishnu Sahasranama Sloka

  Sri Vishnu Sahasranama lecture On Yogi from sloka Vedyo Vaidya Sadha Yogi,Sloka 18.

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• Sri Lalitha Sahasranama Poorvaanga 19 to 31 English Lecture

  Lecture on Sri Lalita Sahasranama. This sahasranama is used in various modes of worship of the Divine Mother such as parayana (recitations), archana, and homa. A different but less popular version[2] of the Lalita Sahasranama can also be...

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Diane Ravitch's blog

• Washington Post: Mr. Putin, Stop This “Needless War”

  The editorial board of the Washington Post published an editorial, with which I agree: Twice recently, Russian President Vladimir Putin has raised the prospect of using nuclear weapons in the war he launched to destroy Ukraine. With Russian...

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• Arizona: Why the Wealthy Love Vouchers

  SOS Arizona tried its best and collected more signatures than necessary to get a referendum on the ballot to stop the state’s new universal voucher law, but “more than necessary” was not enough. The Koch machine managed to knock enough...

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• Steven Singer: Why Even the Best Charter Schools Are Fundamentally Inequitable

  Steven Singer is a teacher in Pennsylvania and a blogger. In this post, he contends with the argument that some charter schools are really very good and not at all like those charters mired in scandal, unaccountable, inequitable, greedy, and...

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NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

• UK Left Behind, As China and India Charge Ahead, Says The Delusional AEP

  By Paul Homewood   According to the absurd AEP, the UK is falling behind China and India in the global race for decarbonisation:   https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/10/07/let-king-charles-go-campaign-climate-head-commonwealth/...

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• AEP Wants Charles To Campaign At COP27

  By Paul Homewood h/t Ian Magness     AEP, who chickened out of my challenge of a debate, loses the plot again!       King Charles should attend the COP27 climate summit in Egypt next month as sovereign of Tuvalu, a cluster of Pacific atolls...

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• Drill, Europe, Or Sink!

  By Paul Homewood     As Europe faces its worst energy crisis in living memory, Net Zero Watch has warned ministers and MPs in London and Brussels that they have a choice between exploiting Europe’s untouched fossil fuel resources or inevitable...

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NoTricksZone

• Tokyo Mean September Temperatures Have Seen No Warming In 34 Years, JMA Data Show

  Charts produced by Kirye Last year (2021), Tokyo had seen its coolest September in over 30 years with a mean temperature of 22.3°C. This September, according to data from the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the mean temperature in Tokyo...

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• The Assumption CO2 Drives Climate Change Is Contradicted By Observations

  Another new study indicates the assumption CO2’s climate impact is not overshadowed by the water vapor impact (because they do not overlap spectrally) is inconsistent with NASA and HITRAN observations.  Smirnov, 2022 “Changes in...

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• French General Tributes The Unvaccinated… “Superheroes” Who “Embody The Best Of Humanity”

  Unvaccinated Are “Cut From The Cloth Of The Greatest Who Ever Lived” As an unvaccinated resident living in Germany I’ve experienced first hand periods of psychological hell  and dark hours over the past year or so, what follows is one...

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NEPC Blog Post of the Day

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  10th Period: Ohio School Privatization More Expensive Than Public Schools

  10th Period: Ohio School Privatization More Expensive Than Public Schools After taking a couple weeks to take my youngest son on a Great Western Road Trip, I have returned to be gob smacked yet one more time about what a problem Ohio’s voucher...

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• Brattleboro Reformer: William J. Mathis: The Insurrection -- Will the Center Hold?

  Brattleboro Reformer: William J. Mathis: The Insurrection -- Will the Center Hold? They say it started with Kansas irregulars attacking Missouri. Missouri replied in kind. It was an unneighborly kind of war. Little mercy was asked and little...

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• 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...

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The Moderate Voice

• SHOCKED REPUBLICANS ARE STILL BACKING HERSCHEL WALKER? YOU SHOULDN’T BE.

  With Georgia Republicans rallying around Herschel Walker – with evangelical Christians flocking to his “prayer luncheon” this week, with ex-House Speaker Newt Gingrich on TV hailing the Senate hopeful’s purported “deep commitment...

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• Analysis-Defeats in Ukraine stoke crisis for Vladimir Putin

  Published by Reuters UK LONDON (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin is grappling with the gravest domestic crisis of his 23-year rule: an increasingly public quarrel inside the Russian elite over who is to blame for the battlefield defeats...

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• Affirmative action bans make selective colleges less diverse – a national ban will do the same

  Graduation is less likely for students at less selective schools. Andy Sacks via Getty Images Natasha Warikoo, Tufts University The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in two lawsuits on Oct. 31, 2022, brought by a group that opposes...

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Marginal REVOLUTION

• Effective Altruism and the Repugnant Conclusion

  Here is an excellent essay by Peter McLaughlin, here is one excerpt: So, the problem is this. Effective Altruism wants to be able to say that things other than utility matter—not just in the sense that they have some moral weight, but in the...

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• Friday assorted links

  1. Richard Reeves on why it is hard to help men. 2. Scott Sumner movie reviews. 3. Top prizes for the EA criticism competition. 4. Published somewhat later, but I think I was eighteen when I wrote this short essay on Hayek and the French. 5. Why is...

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• Will Europe choose an energy crisis or a fiscal crisis?

  That is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column, here is one excerpt: Estimates of the size of the energy price shock vary, but one plausible assessment runs in the range of 6% to 8% of GDP for Europe. One response to this shock would be to let energy...

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Lloyd Lofthouse

• Is this an Indie Troll or a Russian, Iranian or North Korean Hacker trying to trick me with a Trojan Horse?

  A few weeks ago, two e-mail alerts landed in my Gmail inbox telling me new comments had been submitted to two of my four blogs. This isn’t anything new. My four blogs have had more than one million views over the years, and I get e-mail alerts like...

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• The trail that may lead to Traitor Trump’s Alleged Guilt

  I think there is interesting circumstantial evidence that may offer proof that Traitor Trump’s theft of classified documents has led to the mysterious deaths of 7 (or more) Russian oligarchs that may have been assets working for the CIA...

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• Mom in Texas Shuts Down Extremists and Joins the Honor Roll

  Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: The superintendent of schools in Granbury, Texas, made clear that he didn’t want any books about LGBT characters or LGBT issues in the school library. He agreed with the angry conservatives who...

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MintPress News

• New Studies Show Big Pharma Has Been Lying About Antidepressants For Years

  A chemical imbalance of serotonin does not cause depression. Essentially, Big Pharma invented that idea just to sell pills. The post New Studies Show Big Pharma Has Been Lying About Antidepressants For Years appeared first on MintPress News...

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• The BBC-to-NATO Pipeline: How the British State Broadcaster Serves the Powerful

  While the BBC still maintains a good reputation in the United Kingdom and abroad, it is all too close to key centers of British state power, including the military, government, and the Conservative Party. The post The BBC-to-NATO Pipeline...

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• Can Europe Afford to Turn a Blind Eye to Evidence of a US Role in Pipeline Blasts?

  If Washington was involved, it would mark a dangerous new stage not only in the Ukraine war but in Europe’s acceptance of vassal status. The post Can Europe Afford to Turn a Blind Eye to Evidence of a US Role in Pipeline Blasts? appeared first...

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