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Thomas Paine

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Sunday, July 31, 2022

11 July - Blogs I'm Following - 3 of 4

 11 pm MDT

‘No Immediate Solution’ As New Mexico Town Has Only 50 Days Of Drinking Water Left
Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden The city of Las Vegas, New Mexico, has less than two months of drinking water after a massive wildfire... The post ‘No Immediate Solution’ As New Mexico Town Has Only 50 Days Of Drinking Water Left appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
Lara Logan: They’re Giving Social Security Numbers to Illegal Aliens at the US Border
Gateway Pundit – by Jim Hoft Investigative journalist Lara Logan spoke Saturday in Arizona on a voter integrity panel. During her speech, Logan told the... The post Lara Logan: They’re Giving Social Security Numbers to Illegal Aliens at the US Border appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
Cold Showers Are Causing Heart Attacks In Young Adults??
Eat the Damn Salad I don’t know if you have heard but many healthy young adults are developing heart issues, and some are suffering heart... The post Cold Showers Are Causing Heart Attacks In Young Adults?? appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
CDC Warns of a Bacteria that Causes Rare and Serious Disease Discovered in U.S. for 1st time in Environmental Samples
Gateway Pundit – by Jim Hoft For the first time, a strain of bacteria generally seen in tropical and subtropical regions has been identified in... The post CDC Warns of a Bacteria that Causes Rare and Serious Disease Discovered in U.S. for 1st time in Environmental Samples appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
No Warming in U.S. for at Least 17 Years According to Rarely Referenced Urban Heat-Free Database
The Daily Sceptic – by Chris Morrison There has been no temperature warming for at least 17 years across the United States, according to results... The post No Warming in U.S. for at Least 17 Years According to Rarely Referenced Urban Heat-Free Database appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
Econlib14 hours ago
Kissinger’s Vision of Society
The Economist of last week reviews the latest book of Henry Kissinger who, at 99, does not seem to have changed intellectually (“The Vision Thing: Henry Kissinger Explains What He Thinks Makes Great Leadership,” July 21, 2022): In his latest book, Mr Kissinger, an unofficial adviser and friend to many presidents and prime ministers, considers […] The post Kissinger’s Vision of Society appeared first on Econlib. read more
PrairiePundit14 hours ago
The Dems war against energy
Frontpage: With the 2022 midterm elections less than four months away, a *New York Times*/Siena College poll revealed that just 1 percent of registered voters viewed climate change as a “top priority,” let alone the most important issue facing the nation. The poll placed climate change far behind concerns about inflation, the economy, record crime rates, and the humanitarian crisis on America’s southern border. Even among voters younger than 30 -- the demographic that is typically most energized by debates about environmental policy -- the corresponding figure was a mere 3 percen... read more
PrairiePundit14 hours ago
Republicans' to investigate the Biden Family 'business'
Breitbart: Republicans are preparing to investigate Hunter, James, and President Joe Biden’s history of shady business deals after the GOP likely reclaims the House in the midterm elections. Plans have already begun to investigate the Biden family business. Demand letters are being written and strategies developed to ensure Hunter, Joe, and James Biden are held accountable for the misdeeds and falsehoods perpetrated on American citizens, which includes the establishment media’s suppression of the “Laptop From Hell” leading up to the 2020 presidential election. The investigation... read more
Econlib14 hours ago
The Industrial Revolution and the Colonial Conundrum
It is often argued by the classical liberal thinkers that ideas of individual liberty were the driving force behind the Industrial Revolution. Intellectuals like Steven Pinker and Deirdre McCloskey see the revolution in a very linear fashion. They argue that people lived in pitiful conditions before the great industrial revolution came as a knight in […] The post The Industrial Revolution and the Colonial Conundrum appeared first on Econlib. read more
PrairiePundit14 hours ago
Germans paying the price for relying on Russian energy
John Sexton: *Germany darkens cities, turn down thermostats and considers shutting down breweries to deal with energy shortage* The Russians are reducing the supply of energy while lying about pipelines. They should have taken Trump's advice. read more
PrairiePundit14 hours ago
US Navy expands use of drone ships
AP: Facing a growing threat from China, the Navy envisions drone ships keeping an electronic eye on enemy forces across the vast Pacific Ocean, extending the reach of firepower, and keeping sailors out of harm's way. The Navy is speeding development of those robotic ships as an affordable way to keep pace with China's growing fleet while vowing not to repeat costly shipbuilding blunders from recent years. The four largest drone ships are being used together this summer during a multination naval exercise in the Pacific Ocean. Other smaller waterborne drones are already being dep... read more
POLICE PATROLLING CLOSE TO WHERE I AM BUT SO FAR NOT ARRESTED. DR STATHOGORAS MUST HAVE SENT MY EXIT PAPERS TO PROSECUTORS ON JULY 19TH, ESCAPED IMPRISONMENT BY ROGUE DOCTORS
RUTHLESS BILL GATES MAY SEEK TO MURDER ME, SNATCH ME AGAIN AS LEGAL ACTION STARTS OVER COVID VACCINE INJURIES ALSO IN GERMANY https://ru.law/schadensersatz-bei-impfschaeden/ A COVID VACCINE EXEMPTION LAWSUIT IS SETTLED FOR 10.3 MILLION DOLLARS https://www.ncregister.com/cna/health-care-workers-denied-religious-exemption-to-covid-19-vaccine-mandate-settle-lawsuit-for-10-3m WITH PROSECUTOR PROBES IN GREECE CONTAINING ALL PROOFS NEEDED TO PUT HIM IN JAIL Doubts whether Bill Gates, Albert Bourla could have bribed a slew of doctors in the Papanikolau covid unit in a village outside... read more
"Even This Was A Lie..."
“They couldn’t have known that even this was a lie – that we never really choose, not entirely. We are always being pushed and squeezed down one road or another. We have no choice but to step forward, and then step forward again, and then step forward again; suddenly we find ourselves on a road we haven’t chosen at all. But maybe happiness isn’t in the choosing. Maybe it’s in the fiction, in the pretending: that wherever we have ended up is where we intended to be all along.” - Lauren Oliver read more
Greg Hunter, "Financial System – Lawless Criminal Control Syndicate"
*"Financial System – Lawless Criminal Control Syndicate"* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com "Catherine Austin Fitts (CAF), Publisher of The Solari Report and former Assistant Secretary of Housing (Bush 41 Admin.), says we are at war with the Deep State globalists that want nothing short of total control over all of mankind. Central bankers want a financial system that is a lawless criminal control syndicate where it’s legal for them to do whatever they want. It is simply a choice between tyranny and sovereignty, freedom or slavery. We start with the foundational building block of tyr... read more
HASTAG BILL GATES QUIT INDIA TRENDS. WHY DOES FUNDER OF COVID VACCINES, WHO NEVER MENTION OPENVAERS DATA?
https://www.thetechoutlook.com/news/why-hashtag-bill-gates-quit-india-is-trending-on-twitter-get-the-full-story-here/ read more
Caracas Protests ‘Astonishing’ Ruling In Favor Of US-Backed Guaidó
Venezuelan authorities have blasted the latest court ruling in the struggle for control over 31 tonnes of gold stored in the Bank of England (BoE). On Friday, the High Court of England and Wales decided in favor of opposition politician Juan Guaidó and dismissed a new effort by the Venezuelan Central Bank (BCV) to regain control over the reserves worth an estimated US $1.7 billion. Caracas had brought to court the Venezuelan Supreme Court decrees stating that the parallel BCV board appointed by the US-backed opposition was illegal. However, judge Sara Cockerill decreed that the Br... read more
New Migrant Caravan Heads To The US
On Monday, about 3,700 Central American migrants left the border state of Chiapas for the United States. According to reports from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the caravan is made up of people from countries including Venezuela, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Paraguay, Ecuador, Cuba, Panama, and also from Asia. Members of this new caravan reported that this mobilization is taking place after two weeks of unsuccessful waiting for a response from authorities of the National Migration Institute (NMI) for the issuance of temporary permits to travel through the territor... read more
Court Rejects Google’s Attempt to Dismiss Rumble’s Antitrust Lawsuit
California - A federal district court in California on Friday denied Google's motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that the Silicon Valley giant is violating federal antitrust laws by preventing fair competition against its YouTube video platform. The lawsuit against Google, which has owned YouTube since its 2006 purchase for $1.65 billion, was brought in early 2021 by Rumble, the free speech competitor to YouTube. Its central claim is that Google's abuse of its monopolistic stranglehold on search engines to destroy all competitors to its various other platforms is illegal under t... read more
Rebuilding Collective Intelligence
Economists, think tanks and journalists have spent billions of words trying to convince everyone that economic growth comes primarily from technological ‘disruption’ and investment by individuals in their own education and training, rather than from exploitation, imperialism and financial speculation. This belief, a key tenet of neoliberalism, continues to shape education policy in England. The Tories hope that by turning education into a market, young people will begin to think of themselves as education consumers, making savvy choices about what degrees will get them the best pa... read more
COVID Ignites Long Fight For Health Care In California Prisons
California - The COVID pandemic has thrown a harsh light on long-running medical neglect of incarcerated people and exposed the hold that the prison-industrial complex has on California politics. But even as it has done so, it has made openings for activism by and on behalf of the nearly 100,000 people in the state’s prisons, among whom people of color are dramatically overrepresented. California’s state prisons are once again in the midst of a COVID-19 crisis. In Winter 2020, cumulative infections among the incarcerated population topped 45,000, and cases reached over 10,000 in a... read more
Massachusetts Trader Joe’s Becomes First To Unionize
Massachusetts - Workers at a Massachusetts Trader Joe's on Thursday voted to become the first of the supermarket chain's more than 500 locations to unionize, a historic development that comes amid a nationwide labor organizing wave. Employees at the Trader Joe's in Hadley, a suburb of Springfield, voted 45-31 to form a union, according to the National Labor Relations Board. "WE WON!!! Today, Trader Joe's Hadley became the first unionized Trader Joe's location, ever," the new union, Trader Joe's United, tweeted. "This victory is historic, but not a surprise. Since the moment we ann... read more
Jab 2.0 for Humanity 2.0: Hurtling Down the AI-to-Vaxx Pipeline
Jab 2.0 for Humanity 2.0: Hurtling Down the AI-to-Vaxx Pipeline Big Pharma embraces the Fourth Industrial Revolution—“the fusion of our physical, digital, and biological identities” by Joe Allen, Singularity Weekly July 30, 2022 Artificial intelligence is pulling new vaccines out of the Platonic realm. Automated labs are on standby, prepared to crank out alien strands of mRNA The post Jab 2.0 for Humanity 2.0: Hurtling Down the AI-to-Vaxx Pipeline appeared first on Truth Comes to Light. read more
The Aviationist14 hours ago
Italian Eurofighters Deployed To Poland To Augment NATO Air Policing
[image: Eurofighter Poland] A month after completing the enhanced Air Policing mission in Romania, the Italian Air Force is now supporting the 60th rotation of NATO’s Air Policing mission in the Baltic region. Four Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air [...] The post Italian Eurofighters Deployed To Poland To Augment NATO Air Policing appeared first on The Aviationist. read more
PrairiePundit14 hours ago
Biden economy hitting rural areas the hardest
Just the News: *Bidenomics: Inflation hurting rural residents more than those in urban areas* Price of gas and diesel has negatively affected the farming community, but also people who have to drive long distances to work, school or the grocery store This is true. I have been living in the country for about 25 years now and it had never been more expensive than it has been under the Biden administration. It is easy to burn $10 worth of gas just to go to some stores. Biden has spent most of his life riding the train before becoming President. read more
Family Seeks Justice After Cop Killed Their Innocent Mom on Video During a Police Demo
[image: knowlton]Lee Coel gunned down 73-year-old Mary Knowlton in front of dozens of stunned onlookers and has never spent a single night in jail. read more
PrairiePundit14 hours ago
Cuba running out of energy
Reuters: The Cuban capital of Havana will begin electricity blackouts in August, has canceled carnival and is taking other measures as the country’s energy crisis worsens, state media reported on Saturday. The capital, home to a fifth of the population of 11.2 million and center of economic activity in Cuba, had been spared the daily power outages of four or more hours that the rest of the island has endured for months. Blackouts have sparked a few small local protests this summer and a year ago in July fueled a day of unprecedented unrest across the country as discontent boiled... read more
PrairiePundit14 hours ago
Democrat converted to border wall support while facing election
Daily Caller: Arizona Democrat Sen. Mark Kelly, who’s facing a tough re-election bid, touted his role in getting the Biden administration to fill gaps in the border wall despite having voted against legislation aiding the barrier in the past. Kelly applauded the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) decision to close the gaps after “months of coordination” between it, his office and the White House, according to a Thursday statement. But the former astronaut voted against border wall initiatives at least three times in 2021, including an amendment to prohibit the federal gover... read more
Lawfare15 hours ago
Air Defense and the Limits of Drone Technology
A missile is loaded onto an MQ-1C Gray Eagle drone at Camp Taji, Iraq, on Feb. 27, 2011. Photo credit: 1st Lt. Jason Sweeney via DVIDS/Public Domain. Editor’s Note: *Drones are often heralded as revolutionizing warfare, but recent experiences in Ukraine and elsewhere suggest that these systems have many vulnerabilities. Drawing on their **longer* *research**, Antonio Calcara, Andrea Gilli, Mauro Gilli, and Ivan Zaccagnini argue that drones are highly vulnerable to air defenses and that highly-trained humans are vital for drones to be their most effective.* *Daniel Byman* *** Aft... read more
PrairiePundit15 hours ago
Biden blowing smoke on energy prices
Jacob Isaac: It’s no secret that President Joe Biden has a bone to pick with the fossil fuel industry. Unfortunately, many Americans — including those who supported Biden’s candidacy — are now learning the hard way just how much their lives depend on the oil and gas they love to hate. Gas prices are still averaging well over $4, and the recent news that America’s emergency oil reserves ended up in China, rather than on our shores where it’s most needed, is causing voters to question whether they made the right decision. (RELATED: SHEFFIELD: Fed Scrambles To Get A Grip On Inflati... read more
PrairiePundit15 hours ago
The case against Democrats agenda
Steve Scalise: In 100 days, the American people will be able to cast their first vote against Joe Biden’s failed presidency. Biden is asleep at the wheel and, coupled with Democrats’ disastrous leadership of the House and Senate, gas prices have reached record highs, the cost of food and everyday household goods has skyrocketed, illegal immigrants and deadly drugs are pouring across our open southern border, and crime is surging across the country. All economic indicators point to our nation being in a recession. However, you won’t hear this from Biden or his spin doctors in t... read more
PrairiePundit15 hours ago
Food and fuel become priority expenses under Biden inflation
* Washington Post:* Corporations on the front lines of the economy say cracks are forming The biggest companies in America — including Apple and Walmart — are beginning to see changes in the habits of consumers and their willingness to spend. Well, many Walmarts sell both food and fuel and their gas prices are lower than most traditional gas stations. Apple does not have that to fall back on and its phones and other products are durable enough to put off new purchases. Durable goods are not a priority when you are trying to servive the mistakes of the Democrats and Biden. read more
Gangsters Out Blog48 minutes ago
Residential School Genocide
I was going to hold off on this but since it is completely our of control I have to say something about it. The mainstream media has been covering the Pope's recent visit to Canada to offer an apology for the abuse suffered in the residential schools run by the Catholic church. First I will reiterate that tearing down statues of John A MacDonald is displaced aggression. John A was a Protestant. He wasn't responsible for something the Catholic church did. Second I will emphasize that the abuse suffered in Catholic private schools was not limited to Canada or the residential school ... read more
OPENVAERS UPDATE SEE THIS WEEKS CHILDREN S COVID VACCINE DEATH REPORTS DATA WHICH GOT HOUSTON DOCTOR SUSPENDED FROM TWITTER IN VIOLATION OF INFORMED CONSENT REQUIREMENTS,PARENTS MUST BE TOLD RISKS AS WELLAS BENEFITS
OpenVaers is a US government database. Filing false reports is a felony offence. It is unfiltered and unprocessed unlike Vaers, run under contract by aerospace and defence corporation General Dynamics. https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_75D30120F09621_7523_47QTCK18D0003_4732 The update for July 22nd shows three quarters of all AE reports filed for all vaccines since 1990 have been for covid vaccines, an extraordinary spike and safety signal by any scientific standard. A Texas doctor has been suspended from Twitter for sharing the government s own OpenVaers data. https:... read more
Untitled
From Jenna Orkin April - Florida man asks schools to ban Bible following the state's efforts to remove books Biden tests positive for COVID again — days after initial recovery Dr. Lisa-Maria Kellermayr — targeted by anti-vaxxers — commits suicide The Default Tech Settings You Should Turn Off Right Away These controls, which are buried inside products from Apple, Google, Meta and others, make us share more data than we need to. ‘Not enough shots’: U.S. faces ‘vaccine cliff’ on monkeypox Chinese Army - "Prepare for war"International oil traders are flocking to India as the nation seeks... read more
HOUSTON DOCTOR FILES DEFAMATION LAWSUIT AGAINST HOSPITAL, SUSPENDED FROM TWITTER FOR SHARING OPENVAERS CHILDREN S DEATH DATA IN VIOLATION OF INFORMED CONSENT RULES
Dr Mary Bowden who had her privileges suspended from Houston Methodist Hospital is seeking $25 million dollars after she says the hospital ‘defamed’ her after she spoke out about the covid vaccine AEs. https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/07/25/physician-filing-25-million-defamation-lawsuit-against-houston-methodist-hospital/ DrBowden has just been suspended permanently from Twitter for sharing OpenVaers data on children s deaths after covid vaccines. https://www.emilypostnews.com/p/twitter-permanently-suspended-dr YET SUCH UP TO DATE AE,DEATH DATA IS A VITAL INFORMATION... read more
LUFTHANSA made covid vaccination compuslory, now reports 30% of its ground crew are sick due to covid, another cause of inflation,higher prices
German s airlines Lufthansa has reported a significant increase in sickness absence among its ground crews of 30% while air crew absence rates are in "1 digit area" (9%?) due to covid infections among its vaccinated personnel. Lufthansa made covid vaccination mandatory https://www.airliners.de/lufthansa-impfpflicht-flugpersonal/62234 High sickness absence rates are also a cause of inflation, lower production and higher prices as more people have to be hired to do cover their sick colleagues tasks otherwise productivity collapses... LINKS https://www.nau.ch/news/wirtschaft/luft... read more
USA S ECONOMIC COLLAPSE REFLECTED IN ITS DECLINING MILITARY POWER. CHINA UNVEILS HYPERSONIC GLIDE MISSLE TO DESTROY AIRCRAFT CARRIERS ASNANCY PELOSI HEADS TOWARDS TAIWAN IN HIGH STAKES TOUR
CHINA S HYPERSONIC GLIDE MISSILES CANNOT BE STOPPED BY US DEFENCES CAN DESTROY AIRCRAFT CARRIERS, A KEY PILLAR OF US MILITARY POWER SINKING OF USA AIRCRAFT CARRIERS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA WOULD SPELL MILITARY DISASTER FOR USA AND SEAL ITS RELEGATION TO THIRD WORLD STATUS JUST AS ECONOMY COLLAPSES UNDER SOARING INFLATION HYPERSONIC GLIDE MISSILES CAN ALSO CAN STRIKE USA, USE NUCLEAR WARHEAD AS EMP WEAPON MOST LIKELY CAN ALSO DESTROY STARLINK AND GPS SATELLITE SYSTEM CHINA HAS ADVANTAGE OF HUGE POPULATION WITH TENS OF MILLIONS OF STEM SCIENTISTS ABLE TO INNOVATE TECHNOLOGICALLY AT A... read more
Germany s union Gesamtmetall anticipates complete cut off of Russian gas in October, industry to get gas as people freeze in homes
Gesamtmetall expects a complete end to Russia s gas in October when it is most needed as winter sets in, anticipates industry to get the gas and households to do without heating...But can modern factories operate with a workforce that is freezing, starving and unable to afford transport to and from work and pay energy bills with their salaries? https://www.mmnews.de/wirtschaft/185320-gesamtmetall-rechnet-mit-vollstaendigem-gasstopp-im-herbst How, for example, expensive are the c 687,000 pure electric cars in Germany going to be use? Die Anzahl an zugelassenen Elektroautos betrug a... read more
ECONOMIC COLLAPSE OF GERMANY (III) BERLIN TURNS OFF LIGHTS IN STATE PARLIAMENT TO SAVE ENERGY
Berlin is the latest city in Germany and Austria to turn off lights in public buildings, landmarks and dim street lights to save energy after Russia cut gas deliveries through Nordstream. https://www.zeit.de/news/2022-07/30/licht-aus-in-berlin-abgeordnetenhaus-dunkel?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F https://www.salzburg24.at/news/salzburg/stadt/licht-aus-bei-salzburgs-sehenswuerdigkeiten-124936900? _gb_c=E4F7C76942AD4CD1A17BE1D011245388&gb_clk=9-20220731105750-25756068-0-85947 read more
21st Century Wire15 hours ago
SUNDAY SCREENING: The Healing Power of Music (2022)
*SUNDAY SCREENING* | From infancy to old age, music can transform our state of mind and even our physiology. read more
The Duran15 hours ago
How likely is a nuclear WW III, U.S.-v.-China?
Eric Zuesse Whereas U.S. voters don’t want the U.S. Government to go to World War Three against Russia over Ukraine, they do want it to go to WW III against China over Taiwan. A poll in U.S., “Conducted 01/12/22 – 01/14/22”, by the Trafalgar Group, surveying “1081 Respondents” who were “Likely General Election Voters” found […] read more
21st Century Wire15 hours ago
Episode #428 – ‘Chicken Hawks’ with guests Hesher, Basil Valentine
Strap yourselves in and lower the blast shield – this is your brave new world… read more
Punish Companies Who Downplay Climate Risk!
By Paul Homewood LONDON, July 29 (Reuters) – Some of Britain’s top listed companies could be downplaying risks from climate change on their bottom line and could face "appropriate action", regulators said on Friday. Trillions of dollars have flowed into stocks and bonds of companies which tout their environmental, social and governance (ESG) […] read more
The Duran15 hours ago
Taiwan not included on Pelosi’s travel list. Crimea drone attack. Update 2
Taiwan not included on Pelosi’s travel list. Crimea drone attack. Update 2 Topic 640 read more
The Rio Times15 hours ago
GringoView: The other side of Big Bang
(Opinion) Just try to imagine a telescope the size of six large trucks (20.197m × 14.162 m) resting comfortably one million miles out in space and beaming back amazing selfies of universes only imagined but never before glimpsed. It’s just breathtaking and makes our world's petty craziness pale insignificance. While it may sound a little […] read more
The Duran15 hours ago
Pelosi’s human right to travel. Russia invites UN to POW camp. UK steals Venezuela gold. Update 1
Pelosi’s human right to travel. Russia invites UN to POW camp. UK steals Venezuela gold. Update 1 Topic 639 read more
Small Dead Animals16 hours ago
The Games Leftists Play
Facts? Nah. Accuracy? Nah. The best interests of the American people? Nah. Endless spin? You bet! read more
The Duran16 hours ago
NYT talks up HUGE Russian losses as the Great Kherson counteroffensive stumbles
NYT talks up HUGE Russian losses as the Great Kherson counteroffensive stumbles The Duran: Episode 1341 read more
musingsofanoldfart17 hours ago
Veterans get screwed again
I am so very tired of politicians playing zero-sum games where they must make the other side lose, so they can get a political win. What uniformly happens is we the people get screwed. Just recently a bipartisan bill to … Continue reading → read more
Mining Awareness +17 hours ago
Blue Stream: the Russian and Italian Governments are Business Partners (Gazprom & Eni)
“Figure 1. Southeastern European Gas Infrastructure Source: Created by CRS using data from U.S. Department of State, IHS, ESRI, European … Continue reading → read more
Mining Awareness +17 hours ago
TurkStream Pipeline: the Russian and Turkish Governments are Business Partners (Gazprom & BOTAŞ)
“Figure 1. Southeastern European Gas Infrastructure Source: Created by CRS using data from U.S. Department of State, IHS, ESRI, European … Continue reading → read more
EUROPE S ECONOMIC CATASTROPHE (I) CAPTURED IN SOARING ROUBLE AND DECLINING EURO, US. VALUE OF EURO SET TO HALVE IN NINE YEARS, DOLLAR IN EIGHT YEARS, ESTIMATES SWISS MEDIA
WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF AN UNPRECEDENTED AND IRREVERSIBLE ECONOMIC COLLAPSE OF A MAJOR SUPERPOWER EUROPE,USA AND UK S ECONOMIC DECLINE CAN BE SEEN IN KEY INDICATORS INCLUDING INFLATION, EXCHANGE RATE ROUBLE S VALUE SOARS AS RUSSIA SELLS ITS ENERGY TO ASIA, USES CENTRAL BANK AND SINGLE ENTRY BOOK KEEPING TO STIMULATE DOMESTIC ECONOMY RUSSIAN INFLATION IS GOING DOWN REACHING APPROX LEVEL OF EU ALREADY, SET TO BE CONSISTENTLY LOW AS EUROPEAN INFLATION SOARS EURO S VALUE SET TO HALVE IN NINE YEARS ASUMMING INFLATION RATE IN GERMANY OF 7.6 % DOLLAR S VALUE SET TO HALVE MORE QUICKLY ... read more
ECONOMIC CATASTROPHE (II) IN GERMANY CAPTURED IN ONE BAKER S RISING COSTS AS ENERGY PRICES IN GERMANY SOARED 35.7% IN JULY, FOOD PRICES BY 14.8%
A baker in Germany has closed his business after his gas bill rose nearly fivefold from 900 euros a month to 4200 euros, the price of milk almost doubled, flour increased by 50% and cream by c 60%, an example of just one of many businesses going bankrupt. Breweries could close and the Oktoberfest may be cancelled due to the surge in energy costs and inflation. Other branches of industry are preparing plans for a complete cessation of production. https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/gasversorgung-deutsche-industrie-bereitet-shutdown-der-produktion-vor/28469642.html "The othe... read more
National Insanity
If you want to understand how insane things have become in the United States, consider this report from this morning's *New York Times*: RITTMAN, Ohio — Mandi, a kindergarten teacher in Ohio, had already done what she could to secure her classroom against a gunman. She positioned a bookcase by the doorway, in case she needed a barricade. In an orange bucket, she kept district-issued emergency supplies: wasp spray, to aim at an attacker, and a tube sock, to hold a heavy object and hurl at an assailant. But after 19 children and two teachers were killed in Uvalde, Texas, she felt... read more
Is the BBC biased?15 hours ago
Here we go again
Some things never seem to change. Rod Liddle’s article in the Sunday Times has a segment about a Jewish student at Leeds university who ‘failed’ her sociology degree. “Danielle Greyman had written about the use of human shields by Hamas and clearly failed to qualify her arguments by adding the rider “which is the legitimate voice of the oppressed Palestinian people in their righteous fight against the Zionist entity”. An outside examiner said the 23-year-old’s essay should have passed. You get good grades these days only by agreeing with the adolescent views of the lecturers." N... read more
Balkinization15 hours ago
Stiff Joints Don’t Bend Anymore
This post was prepared for a roundtable on Wrestling with Religious Diversity, convened as part of LevinsonFest 2022—a year-long series gathering scholars from diverse disciplines and viewpoints to reflect on Sandy Levinson’s influential work in constitutional law. Carol Nackenoff ‘*there is room for play in the joints’ between what the Establishment * *Clause permits and the Free Exercise Clause compels*.[1] It is an honor to participate in this celebration of Sandy Levinson’s 40 years at the University of Texas at Austin. Sandy’s enthusiasm for interacting with smart ... read more
The New Dark Age15 hours ago
Africa, China, and US Imperialism
This important essay by US scholar Joel Wendland-Liu, originally published on the CPUSA website, provides a serious and detailed comparison of the US-Africa relationship and the China-Africa relationship. Referencing numerous recent studies indicating that Africans – and particularly younger Africans – have a more favorable opinion of China than of the US, the author contrasts the West’s record of military, economic and political coercion on the continent with China’s record of extensive, mutually-beneficial cooperation. read more
New Study: Drug Legalization Leads to Significant Reduction in Foster System Admissions
[image: drugs]"...legalization reduces substantive threats to child welfare...." read more
PrairiePundit16 hours ago
Chicoms threaten to kill elderly American woman
*NY Times:* Nancy Pelosi Heads for Singapore, but Is Silent on Taiwan Speculation about a stop in Taiwan, where the House speaker would be the highest-ranking U.S. visitor in decades, has jangled nerves in both Beijing and Washington. There have been reports that China has threatened to shut down the place carrying Pelosi to Taiwan. I do not see her as a threat to China or its unjustified claim to Taiwan. read more
PrairiePundit16 hours ago
Biden's student loan bailout
Washington Examiner: There are few things more divisive in America right now than a college education. Among every demographic, a person’s level of educational attainment strongly correlates with what party they support — stronger than income, sex, and often even race. It is unfortunately not surprising, therefore, that President Joe Biden is planning the largest government bailout since the 2008 financial crisis, the vast majority of which will go to wealthy college graduates who overwhelmingly support the Democratic Party. The federal government has already suspended payments ... read more
PrairiePundit16 hours ago
Biden 'unifies' the opposition to his agenda
Matthew Boose: A revolt is underway in King Biden’s court. The facade of the Capable Unifier has come undone. As if by magic, a moratorium on noticing Old Joe’s feeble condition has been lifted, and the ruthless machine that pushed the freakish spectacle of his presidency on the country is feigning surprise to find that the Oval Office is occupied by a dementia patient. Joe Biden has yet to face a midterm referendum, but he is already one of the most unpopular presidents in U.S. history. His own party is abandoning him. A recent New York Times poll found that more than 60 percen... read more
The Duran16 hours ago
Not a recession, just another Biden transition
Not a recession, just another Biden transition The Duran: Episode 1340 read more
Organizing Notes16 hours ago
Chinese reaction to Pelosi's WW3 crank-up tour
This week, we're looking at media reports on Taiwan. How are news outlets covering U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi's possible visit to the island? Are media giving people a clear picture of what's going on? Or hyping up the so-called China threat, even pushing for her visit? Guests: Shao Yuqun, senior fellow, Shanghai Institutes For International Studies; Sourabh Gupta, senior Asia-Pacific international relations policy specialist, Institute for China-America Studies; Josef Mahoney, professor, East China Normal University. read more
PrairiePundit16 hours ago
It is Biden's economy
Washington Examiner: The prospect of new legislative victories may not be enough to overcome the heat the White House is facing as voters level the brunt of their economic dissatisfaction on President Joe Biden in the lead-up to the November elections. Emerging from coronavirus isolation this week, Biden cheered the Senate’s passage of a $280 billion legislation to boost the production of semiconductors in the United States, a top priority for his administration, and was greeted by a surprise reconciliation bill to address climate change, healthcare costs, and deficit reduction.... read more
Bacon's Rebellion16 hours ago
Where Does the Buck Stop?
by Jon Baliles The rise in crime across the region and especially the City is naturally a cause of concern. A rise in crimes against deputy and other inmates in the Richmond Jail is flat out disturbing. The Free Press … Continue reading → read more
Bacon's Rebellion17 hours ago
Chincoteague, Virginia: Annual Pony Swim
by Kerry Dougherty When we began this website in December of 2017 we promised that there would be no days off. That didn’t mean we’d never leave town. It meant that when we did we’d take you with us. So, … Continue reading → read more
Jennifer Marohasy17 hours ago
There are None So Blind – Part 2: John Brewer Reef Fact Check
Coral reef ecologist Mike Emslie from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) recently told RMIT University FactLab that their most recent survey of John Brewer reef showed coral cover to be just 21.8% and the impact of coral bleaching was major to severe. Anyone would think that the Great Barrier Reef was dying. Those [...] The post There are None So Blind – Part 2: John Brewer Reef Fact Check appeared first on Jennifer Marohasy. read more
CURMUDGUCATION16 hours ago
ICYMI: Truncated Road Edition (7/31)
Still far away from the home office, but still have a few bits that you should see this week. *How the right wing went too far for Republicans* Molly Olmstead at Slate with an analysis of why Tennessee's governor and Hillsdale College's president managed to make a mess by saying what they've said many times before. *National Parents Union’s Mythical Membership: Letter to Los Angeles Times* Maurice Cunningham writes to the LA Times to correct the record on an astro-turf parents' group. *GOP school board takeover strategy is a bust* Jennifer Berkshire and Jack Schneider are at The... read more
Vox - All16 hours ago
You still need to tell your friends if you get Covid
[image: A cartoon of a person sneezing into a tissue while having a conversation with someone on a laptop screen.] Denis Novikov/Getty Images The virus is surging again. Here’s how to be your own contact tracer if you get sick. As the pandemic crests into the second half of its third year, highly transmissible, immunity-evading Covid-19 variants are fueling another spike in infections. While Covid-19 fatigue and official case data might indicate a modest wave of positive cases, at-home test results are largely unaccounted for in published data. Just as the infrastructure of testin... read more
Vox - All16 hours ago
Free speech is essential for democracy. Could it also be democracy’s downfall?
The Parthenon temple at the Acropolis of Athens, Greece at night. It was built in the fifth century BC. Today it is a UNESCO world heritage site and a symbol of democracy. | Getty Images Margaret Sullivan and I talk about my new book, The Paradox of Democracy. It seems like we’re living through a uniquely perilous time for democracy. The threats from disinformation, authoritarianism, and populist movements are all around us, seemingly all the time. And because so much of the disruption is happening online, it all feels very new. I just co-authored a book with Zac Gershberg, a prof... read more
Interview with Wendy Kendall
“*When celebrated international purse designer, Katherine Watson, hosts a gala for her Purse-onality Museum, she never expected the next day's headline to read: 'Murder at the Gala Premiere.' But after a dead body is found during the event, that's exactly what happened.*” – Synopsis for *Kat Out of the Bag*. This month, we highlight cozy mystery author Wendy Kendall, the author of the new In-Purse Suit mysteries. *15) Wendy, I have to ask- Why purses? How do they lend themselves to murder?* I confess to a passion for purses. Give them a chance, they're truly fascinating. Not on... read more
A 2024 SCENARIO WE WON'T SEE
I saw this tweet yesterday: looking forward to the 2024 election: Biden: 52% DeSantis: 35% Trump: 12% Andrew Yang: 1% — Noah Berlatsky (@nberlat) July 30, 2022 This won't happen. I'm not questioning Biden 52% -- I worry that the president won't make a comeback, but it's conceivable. What won't happen is a scenario Berlatsky and other observers think is quite possible: that Donald Trump will lose the Republican primaries and then become a spoiler as a third-party candidate. I agree that, under those circumstances, Trump would want to get revenge on everyone he thought had cost him ... read more
The Duran17 hours ago
Norwegian diplomat in Murmansk hates Russians (Video)
Norwegian diplomat Elisabeth Ellingsen at the Norwegian consulate in Murmans embarrassed her country when she proclaimed that she hated Russians earlier this summer. See below. RT and other media identifed Ellingsen. RT wrote the article Russia slams Norwegian diplomat for xenophobia, and other media have covered this embarrassment widely. However, when it comes to Norwegian […] read more
Best of: He Calls Me Mom
Both Cathy and Kim took a few days off this week. Cathy wrote this post in 2016. As readers know, we were Mom yesterday, we are Mom today and we will be Mom for all of the tomorrows we have.... Related Stories - Dreamer - The Wanderer - Questions and Doubts read more

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