Thursday, May 13, 2021

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Utopia – you are standing in it!

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  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|May 12, 2021 Colonial pipeline starts pumping again, but adequate gasoline is several days away; Biden orders shift to preventive defense; reckoning with Russian...

    16 hours ago

  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|May 11, 2021 Broadcast and social media environments are becoming increasingly intolerant of controversy. Is the adherence to a strict party line on public...

    2 days ago

  • FBI blames east coast pipeline shutdown using ransomware on Russian underworld gang Darkside! White House must move forcefully to resolve this major attack.

    United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|May 10, 2021 If Netanyahu’s career is finally approaching its end, he appears determined to make his exit amid more chaotic and futile fighting with the Palestinians...

    3 days ago

Sustainable Pulse

sunshine hours

Stagecraft and Statecraft

  • The Lurid Orientalism of Western Media

    By trafficking in images of death, suffering, and private acts of mourning, Western media coverage of the COVID-19 crisis in India has broken one of the first rules of journalism. And while a Western double standard is nothing new, applying...

    5 days ago

  • China’s Unrestricted War on India

    China’s shadow war seeks to employ all available means short of open war to curtail Indian ambitions and strike at core Indian interests. India, however, has yet to start countering such warfare. By Brahma Chellaney Foreign Affairs journal...

    17 days ago

  • US fails to understand that it no longer calls the shots in Asia

    Arrogant intrusion into Indian waters was counterproductive Brahma Chellaney, Nikkei Asia Despite being the world’s most powerful democracy, the U.S. still shares some key traits with its main competitor, China, the world’s largest...

    19 days ago

Ramani's blog

  • Siva Murthams I

    There are sixty four Siva Forms. Of these , twenty five are Maheswara Murthams.Five are presented here with meaning and dhyana Sloka.

    15 hours ago

  • Who Is Indrakshi? Answer To Covid Scare .Mantras Procedure

    Vibhuti,Holy Ash in between your Right Thumb and the middle and ring finger, all three touching together.Then chant the mantra as explained in the link mentioned above. After the chanting is over, apply the Vibhuti on the forehead,Neck and...

    2 days ago

  • Secular Term In Constitution , Preamble’ Destroys Democracy’ Ambedkar.

    It cannot be laid down in the Constitution itself, because that is destroying democracy altogether. If you state in the Constitution that the social organisation of the State shall take a particular form, you are, in my judgment, taking away...

    5 days ago

Diane Ravitch's blog

  • Oklahoma: State Officials Say It’s “Racist” to Teach About Racism

    John Thompson, historian and retired teacher, reports that the Republican Governor and Legislature are determined to stop teachers from teaching about racism, sexism, and bias because such topics Dow discord and racism. This “cancel...

    6 hours ago

  • North Carolina: Voucher Zealots Want to Destroy Public Schools

    The editorial board of the News & Observer, the state’s largest newspaper sharply criticized the Republicans in the General Assembly for rushing to expand the state’s voucher program. They plan to raise the income requirement so...

    7 hours ago

  • What Does the Republican Party Stand For?

    I have been trying to understand what happened to the Republican Party. The Republican Party seems to have abandoned its core principles during the Trump era. Once upon a time there was a vigorous “moderate” wing of the GOP. It’s gone...

    a day ago

NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

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Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers

  • Words That Don’t Matter

    Victor Davis Hanson // Private Papers From time to time, I’ll try to update our contemporary American vocabulary. Diversity/Diverse This noun and its adjective have lost all currency. Ostensibly, diversity assumes that variety in...

    a day ago

  • A Child’s World of Animals

    Victor Davis Hanson // Private Papers  Part Two Was my Dad a militarist? Hardly. He was a farmer and junior college administrator, who hated war and swore to me once when I turned 18 and waited for my lottery number: “No one in this family ever...

    2 days ago

  • Biden vs Republicans: The next 100 days and beyond

    Mikio Sugeno and Alex Fang // Nikkei Asia Victor Davis Hanson, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution Q: You have called the Biden presidency “the most radical first three months of a presidency since 1933, the most divisive and certainly...

    2 days ago

The Moderate Voice

Marginal REVOLUTION

  • Cash transfers vs. in-kind health care assistance

    The benefit of Medicaid coverage received by a newly insured adult is less than half what that coverage costs taxpayers, which is about $5,500 a year. The reason is simple: The uninsured already receive a substantial amount of health care...

    2 hours ago

  • Thursday assorted links

    1. “There are only about 200 California condors in the wild — and one tenth of them are having a non-stop party at Cinda Mickols’s house.” 2. Endless Frontier Act update.  And further information about changes at the NSF. 3. The massive...

    4 hours ago

  • Ezra Klein on UFOs

    What if they turn out to be “a thing”?  Here is one excerpt, to be clear this is not the only view or possibility he is putting forward: One immediate effect, I suspect, would be a collapse in public trust. Decades of U.F.O. reports and conspiracies...

    9 hours ago

Lloyd Lofthouse

  • Election Reform: Now and Twenty Years Ago, A Personal Story

    Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Republican-controlled legislatures across the nation are planning to enact legislation that would have the effect of suppressing the vote. Georgia passed a law to restrict access to voting, known...

    2 months ago

  • Why did America’s Founders include this Oath in the U.S. Constitution?

    U.S. Constitution: Article II, Section 1, Clause 8: “Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:–I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President...

    3 months ago

  • Republican Leader: The Election Is Over

    Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Trevor Potter is a Republican who was former chairman of the Federal Election Commission and president of the Campaign Legal Center. He writes here about efforts by Trump and his surrogates to promote…...

    5 months ago

MintPress News

Made from Truth and Lies

  • Interesting Links for 13-05-2021

    Pet a dog and you'll do better for weeks!(tags:mentalhealth stress psychology dogs viaMyBrotherHugh )Photoshopping Paddington into movies: Star Wars edition(tags:bears photoshop StarWars )Uber used 50 Dutch shell companies to dodge...

    9 hours ago

  • Interesting Links for 12-05-2021

    How To Do Everything You Need To Do With a Newborn When Your Partner's Gone Back To Work(tags:babies viaJane )This illiberal Queen's Speech is the next step for authoritarian populism after Brexit(tags:uk authoritarianism doom politics...

    a day ago

  • Interesting Links for 11-05-2021

    Scottish independence referendum to go ahead when Covid crisis 'stable,' says SNP(tags:Scotland independence pandemic )How the transphobes harm cis women(tags:transgender women LGBT society )Covid vaccine: One AstraZeneca dose lowers...

    2 days ago

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  • The Limits of Argument

    Well, the debate was raging fast and furious, on the subject of ‘Should trans women be allowed to compete in women’s sports. As I believe I have written in this blog before, I’m in the same camp as Joe Rogan … Continue reading →...

    11 hours ago

  • Did Yang Just Screw the Pooch?

    Well, it does seem from what I’m reading on Facebook that Andrew Yang has just stepped in a huge pile of dog poop. IMHO, it couldn’t have happened to a more deserving guy. On the other hand, my Facebook skews left, … Continue reading →...

    2 days ago

  • The Guardian’s Confessions

    The Guardian, one of the few newspapers in the world I respect, did something recently that was very cool. So cool that I think all newspapers should do this. Congress should do this. Judges should do this. Maybe even everybody … Continue reading...

    3 days ago
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13 May - iG Tab - 8

 

Have You Heard

Chicago Boyz

  • Thinking, Making, Profiting

    256 years ago this month, James Watt made the conceptual breakthrough that enabled a much more efficient steam engine…an engine that would play a major role in driving the Industrial Revolution.  He had been thinking about possibilities...

    a day ago

  • Why a Conservative Distrusts Cheney

    Cheney thinks that questioning the election arises from a mindless, dangerous loyalty. It is great and fine that she is a conservative. But when she voted for his policies, didn’t she note how often they devolved power and now, she gives comfort...

    2 days ago

  • The Fright of the Generals

    A funny thing happened on the way to the Great Reset. A couple of weeks ago, members of the french army—about 20 generals, a hundred high-ranking officers and more than a thousand various ranks—some retired, some near retirement, and some...

    2 days ago

Centinel2012

  • Inflation Nation

    Posted originally on GrrrGraphics.com MAY 12, 2021 AT 10:08 AM A trillion dollars here and a trillion dollars there and pretty soon such spending adds up to serious money. In America we have a national debt well over $20 trillion. By 2030...

    37 minutes ago

  • Biden Keeps Border Closed with Canada but not Mexico?

    Armstrong Economics Blog/Canada Re-Posted May 13, 2021 by Martin Armstrong While there are many who fear Biden’s mental capacity, my greatest concern is who is really running the nation? Under Bush, Jr., the president was Dick Cheney...

    an hour ago

  • US on the Brink of Civil War?

    Armstrong Economics Blog/Revolution Re-Posted May 13, 2021 by Martin Armstrong 2021 US Open Letter from Retired Generals and Adm Indeed, I have been warning that our models have been pointing to tremendous civil unrest which will eventually...

    2 hours ago

The BRAD BLOG

  • 'Green News Report' - May 13, 2021

    IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Colonial Pipeline restarts operation days after major cyberattack; Out of gas in the Southeast because panic-buying and hording caused shortages; Biden Administration greenlights nation's first major offshore...

    an hour ago

  • She's No Hero, But Cheney's Right About Trump. So the GOP Canceled Her: 'BradCast' 5/12/2021

    For reasons explain on today's BradCast, we've avoided coverage over the past week or two of the twisted internecine warfare going on inside the GOP. But, as of today, we can ignore it no longer. [Audio link to full show is posted below summary.]...

    19 hours ago

  • Ransomware Rising: 'BradCast' 5/11/2021

    Today on The BradCast, we slide down the slippery, oil-soaked slope of increasingly dangerous ransomware attacks with, as our guest warns today, "nothing" to stop one from taking out an election in the not-too-distant future. But, first...

    2 days ago

bluebird of bitterness

  • Happy birthday, Arthur

    It’s the birthday of the English composer Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900), the musical half of the comic opera team Gilbert and Sullivan. This musical medley, performed by St. Luke’s Bottle Band, includes some of Sir Arthur’s...

    4 hours ago

  • Camouflage level: expert

    The ability to blend into one’s surroundings can be advantageous to animals in the wild. For domestic pets, it mostly just increases one’s chances of being sat on (or stepped on).

    a day ago

  • Happy birthday, Gabriel

    In honor of the birthday of Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924), here is “Pie Jesu” from the Requiem, performed by VOCES8.

    a day ago

BlackListed News

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Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places

  • Soviet Memorial (Sowjetisches Ehrenmal) in Berlin, Germany

    Of the three Soviet Memorials in Berlin, the Sowjetisches Ehrenmal in Treptower Park, located just southeast of Central Berlin, is the grande dame. One cannot help but be impressed with the monumental proportions of this solemn memorial...

    7 minutes ago

  • Jusanji Pond in Cheongsong, South Korea

    Tucked among the trees in the forest outside of Cheongsong, South Korea, this small body of water has drawn visitors from all over the world. Jusanji Pond is an artificial pond created in 1720 in a forested area that in 1976 became the Juwangsan...

    an hour ago

  • Introducing: The Atlas Obscura Book Club With Literati

    It’s not a stretch to say that Atlas Obscura—as a company and as a community—is full of book fanatics, library lovers, bookstore aficionados, archive haunters, stack lurkers, and bibliophiles of all shapes and sizes. We’re a company...

    2 hours ago

Accidental Deliberations

  • Thursday Afternoon Links

    This and that for your Thursday reading.- Matt Gurney discusses the need for public health planning to reflect the predictable reactions of people whose compliance affects the viability of any rules. Guy Quenneville reports on the federal...

    28 minutes ago

  • Wednesday Morning Links

    Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Duncan Cameron discusses how right-wing nationalism is contributing to the destruction of our planet and the exploitation of people. Don Braid highlights how right-wing fringe politics...

    a day ago

  • Tuesday Night Cat Blogging

     Slumbering cats.

    2 days ago
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13 May - iG Tab - 7 - MSM Narrative

 

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