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Sunday, July 4, 2021
Pentagon Approves New Embassy-Based Military Command for Afghanistan - News From Antiwar.com
Pentagon Approves New Embassy-Based Military Command for Afghanistan - News From Antiwar.com: Media reports said the withdrawal would be done by July 4th
From My Mother’s Womb, You Are My Strength - The Catholic Thing
From My Mother’s Womb, You Are My Strength - The Catholic Thing: Randall Smith: If we turn a blind eye on abortion, can we really face the God who made both them and us? More is at stake than politics.
US military destabilized by climate change in the Middle East – Responsible Statecraft
US military destabilized by climate change in the Middle East – Responsible Statecraft: Despite its logistical resources, the U.S. army is caught unprepared to face this unprecedented threat.
You Are Called to Be a Prophet — Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermon - YouTube
You Are Called to Be a Prophet — Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermon - YouTube: Friends, all baptized Christians are summoned to announce the word of God. In our Gospel today, we hear the call, like Ezekiel, to share the Good News with a...
Saturday, July 3, 2021
U.S. Government's Witness Against Assange Admits He Lied | naked capitalism
U.S. Government's Witness Against Assange Admits He Lied | naked capitalism: An informant publicly recanting critically important testimony against Julian Assange seems unlikely to change the trajectory of his trial.
From Bach to Bull****: How Facebook Mismanages Disinformation (and What to Do About It) - Union of Concerned Scientists
From Bach to Bull****: How Facebook Mismanages Disinformation (and What to Do About It) - Union of Concerned Scientists: Social media needs new rules to stop it from undermining the public good.
Russia eyes Mongolia as a shortcut to China - Asia Times
Russia eyes Mongolia as a shortcut to China - Asia Times: Sandwiched between Russia in the north and China in the south, Mongolia could soon serve as an important transit country for Russian natural gas and its
On Gaza, Israel turns a blind eye - Israel News - Haaretz.com
On Gaza, Israel turns a blind eye - Israel News - Haaretz.com: In the West Bank Israel believes the Palestinian Authority has so far quelled the protests over the death of a dissident ■ Why Finance Minister Lieberman gave the army’s top brass a reason for optimism
The Zionist assault on Judaism – Mondoweiss
The Zionist assault on Judaism – Mondoweiss: Zionism has not yet murdered Judaism but it has undermined its moral and historical integrity. By intentionally fanning antisemitism, Israel is a major contributor to Jewish insecurity.
Rehabilitating Rumsfeld, Erasing Empire: On All Those U.S. War Crimes in Iraq - CounterPunch.org
Rehabilitating Rumsfeld, Erasing Empire: On All Those U.S. War Crimes in Iraq - CounterPunch.org: Former Bush Administration Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s death was accompanied by many of the apologies for state crimes that we’ve come to expect from the worshippers of U.S. militarism. This includes those emanating from journalistic elites – The New York Times being the most obvious case in point. The paper’s profile on Rumsfeld’s life More
The Horrifying Rise Of Total Mass Media Blackouts On Inconvenient News Stories – Caitlin Johnstone
The Horrifying Rise Of Total Mass Media Blackouts On Inconvenient News Stories – Caitlin Johnstone: Listen to a reading of this article: Two different media watchdog outlets, Media Lens and Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR), have published articles on the complete blackout in mainstream…
Biden Needs To End The Tariff War With China – Analysis – Eurasia Review
Biden Needs To End The Tariff War With China – Analysis – Eurasia Review: By Yan Liang* US President Joe Biden wasted no time reversing many of the damaging policies introduced during the Trump presidency, with exception to trade. US Trade Representative Katherine Tai is…
Russia eyes Mongolia as a shortcut to China - Asia Times
Russia eyes Mongolia as a shortcut to China - Asia Times: Sandwiched between Russia in the north and China in the south, Mongolia could soon serve as an important transit country for Russian natural gas and its
Pressed for answers on Syria cover-up, OPCW chief offers new lies and excuses | The Grayzone
Pressed for answers on Syria cover-up, OPCW chief offers new lies and excuses | The Grayzone: Facing growing outcry, OPCW Director General Fernando Arias went before the UN and told new falsehoods about his organization’s Syria cover-up scandal — along with more disingenuous excuses to avoid addressing it. Part one of two In the two years since the censorship of a Syria chemical weapons investigation was exposed, the head of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Fernando Arias, has vigorously resisted accountability. Arias has refused to investigate or explain the extensive manipulation of […]
What It’s Like Inside the Cargill Meatpacking Plant in Dodge City - The Atlantic
What It’s Like Inside the Cargill Meatpacking Plant in Dodge City - The Atlantic: What I learned on the line at a Dodge City slaughterhouse.
State Department Faces Steep Attrition Risks After Trump Era
State Department Faces Steep Attrition Risks After Trump Era: Systemic management and morale issues plague the State Department, even after Trump era.
In Italy, Relief and Dread as Tourists Return - WSJ
In Italy, Relief and Dread as Tourists Return - WSJ: The pandemic cost Italy billions in lost revenue from tourism, while giving residents of popular destinations like Rome and Venice a chance to have their cities to themselves.
What Peter Thiel’s Roth IRA Means for Yours - WSJ
What Peter Thiel’s Roth IRA Means for Yours - WSJ: The new focus on retirement-account limits raises questions about saving strategies for everyone, not just the superrich
Some Vaccinated People Are Dying of Covid-19. Here’s Why Scientists Aren’t Surprised. - WSJ
Some Vaccinated People Are Dying of Covid-19. Here’s Why Scientists Aren’t Surprised. - WSJ: Almost half the U.K.’s recent Covid-19 deaths are of people who have been vaccinated. But doctors and scientists say the figures so far offer reassurance that vaccines offer substantial protection against the Delta variant, particularly after two doses.
Older Americans Stockpiled a Record $35 Trillion. The Time Has Come to Give It Away. - WSJ
Older Americans Stockpiled a Record $35 Trillion. The Time Has Come to Give It Away. - WSJ: Transfers to heirs and others are unleashing a torrent of economic activity, including buying homes, starting businesses and giving to charity.
Pastoral Incoherence - The Catholic Thing
Pastoral Incoherence - The Catholic Thing: Fr. Timothy Vaverek: Our problem is fifty years of contradictory versions of Church teaching with no pastoral correction from bishops.
SCOTUS Refuses Christian Florist Case, Dismaying Conservatives - CatholicVote org
SCOTUS Refuses Christian Florist Case, Dismaying Conservatives - CatholicVote org: CV NEWS FEED // The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case of Barronelle Stutzman, a Christian florist who is in trouble with the government…
Aiding Central Americans is the Ethical Thing to Do - The Globalist
Aiding Central Americans is the Ethical Thing to Do - The Globalist: The U.S. has a duty to compensate the people of Central America whose tragic circumstances it helped create.
‘The Chosen’ is the Jesus TV show your very Catholic aunt keeps telling you to watch. And you should. | America Magazine
‘The Chosen’ is the Jesus TV show your very Catholic aunt keeps telling you to watch. And you should. | America Magazine: The show’s most important feature is that it portrays the characters as human—especially Jesus.
Passport Third Gender: Americans May Now Choose Gender Used on Passport | National Review
Passport Third Gender: Americans May Now Choose Gender Used on Passport | National Review: Americans will be able to choose the gender reflected on their passports and will not be required to provide medical documentation.
SCOTUS Refuses Christian Florist Case, Dismaying Conservatives - CatholicVote org
SCOTUS Refuses Christian Florist Case, Dismaying Conservatives - CatholicVote org: CV NEWS FEED // The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case of Barronelle Stutzman, a Christian florist who is in trouble with the government…
How Climate Migration Will Reshape America - The New York Times
How Climate Migration Will Reshape America - The New York Times: Millions will be displaced in the coming decades by fires, hurricanes, extreme heat and rising seas. Where will they go?
The Great Climate Migration Has Begun - The New York Times
The Great Climate Migration Has Begun - The New York Times: New research suggests climate change will cause humans to move in unprecedented numbers. The Times Magazine partnered with ProPublica and data scientists to understand how.
Big Tech cracks down on Robert Malone, mRNA vaccine pioneer who warns about their risks | Just The News
Big Tech cracks down on Robert Malone, mRNA vaccine pioneer who warns about their risks | Just The News: "To censor and silence scientists under such circumstances can lead to many unnecessary deaths," says previously censored Harvard Med professor Martin Kulldorff.
World's deadliest viruses were 'shipped to Wuhan 'leak lab' from Canada by rogue scientists linked to Chinese military'
World's deadliest viruses were 'shipped to Wuhan 'leak lab' from Canada by rogue scientists linked to Chinese military': SOME of the world’s deadliest viruses were shipped to the Wuhan Institute of Virology from Canada by two rogue scientists with links to the Chinese military, it is reported. Bombshell documen…
Billionaire Warren Buffett Predicts New Pandemic Worse Than Covid-19
Billionaire Warren Buffett Predicts New Pandemic Worse Than Covid-19: Known as the 'Oracle of Omaha', Warren Buffett claims that the coronavirus pandemic "is not the worst you can imagine" and predicts a new one.
5 states where the coronavirus delta variant is spreading | TheHill
5 states where the coronavirus delta variant is spreading | TheHill: The highly transmissible delta variant has been officially confirmed in all 50 states as of this week, and health officials nationwide are raising alarms about localized coronavirus outbreaks as the Fourth of July weekend arrives.
Tax Flight: Behavioral Responses to State Income Taxation | PolicyEd
Tax Flight: Behavioral Responses to State Income Taxation | PolicyEd: Published: June 29, 2021 Policy makers have continued to support tax hikes on high earners in the hope of resolving budget shortfalls. But people respond to changes in tax rates. Tax rate increases in California led many high earners to move, bringing in less revenue than expected. Discussion Questions Why do policy makers insist on increasing taxes? What are the alternatives
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China-US Relations In The Eyes Of The Chinese Communist Party: An Insider’s Perspective | ä¸å…±çœ¼ä¸çš„ä¸ç¾Žå…³ç³»ä¸€ä¸ªå±€å…§äººçš„观点 | Hoover Institution: Since the opening of diplomatic relations with China in 1972, the American strategy of engagement, however well intentioned, has been deeply naïve. While accepting America’s efforts to facilitate their country’s modernization, China’s leaders have worked to restrict any liberal effects on their political system. Now that China is strong, the Chinese Communist Party no longer
Biden’s Plan for an Entitlement Society - WSJ
Biden’s Plan for an Entitlement Society - WSJ: For the first time in history, more than half of all Americans would be on the federal dole.
About the Wall and the Case for Ad Hoc Energy Policy
About the Wall and the Case for Ad Hoc Energy Policy: Going to the border and harrumphing won’t solve the very real immigration problem, which pits our humanity against our sovereign entitlement to say what kind of people we are. We are not alone in t…
Friday, July 2, 2021
The War on History Is a War on Democracy - The New York Times
The War on History Is a War on Democracy - The New York Times: A scholar of totalitarianism argues that new laws restricting the discussion of race in American schools have dire precedents in Europe.
I Write About the Law. But Could I Really Help Free a Prisoner? - The New York Times
I Write About the Law. But Could I Really Help Free a Prisoner? - The New York Times: For years as a journalist, I’ve covered attempts to exonerate incarcerated people. But a letter from Yutico Briley led to a different kind of story.
Huawei enlists army of European talent for 'battle' with US - Nikkei Asia
Huawei enlists army of European talent for 'battle' with US - Nikkei Asia: TAIPEI -- For anyone who thought Huawei Technologies had buckled under the strain of a yearslong U.S. crackdown, it might come as a surprise that the
U.S. Wins International Backing for Global Minimum Tax - WSJ
U.S. Wins International Backing for Global Minimum Tax - WSJ: Officials from 130 countries agreed to broad outlines of a wider overhaul of the rules for taxing international companies.
Big oil and gas kept a dirty secret for decades. Now they may pay the price | Climate change | The Guardian
Big oil and gas kept a dirty secret for decades. Now they may pay the price | Climate change | The Guardian: With an unprecedented wave of lawsuits, America’s petroleum giants face a reckoning for the environmental devastation caused by fossil fuels
Rumsfeld Was Not "Controversial." He Played a Leading Role in Mass Murder.
Rumsfeld Was Not "Controversial." He Played a Leading Role in Mass Murder.: There are many bad people in the world, but few actual villains. Donald Rumsfeld is one such.
China to rival US as cyber superpower - Nikkei Asia
China to rival US as cyber superpower - Nikkei Asia: Cyber capabilities are now a potent instrument of national power. This fact was dramatized last month when hackers shut down the Colonial Pipeline, wh
CPC transforms China as a world class power - Indian Punchline
CPC transforms China as a world class power - Indian Punchline: Zhou Enlai (left) and Mao Zedong (second from left) at Chinese Communist capital of Yan’an, c.1936. Photo by Edgar Snow. This is the season to reread Edgar Snow’s Red Star Over China, the classic work on the birth of the communist movement in China. Alongside John Reid’s Ten Days That Shook the World, the gripping … Continue reading "CPC transforms China as a world class power"
How Rumsfeld Deserves to Be Remembered - Defense One
How Rumsfeld Deserves to Be Remembered - Defense One: America’s worst secretary of defense never expressed a quiver of regret.
A World Without American Democracy? | Foreign Affairs
A World Without American Democracy? | Foreign Affairs: The global consequences of the United States’ democratic backsliding.
U.S. Seeks Refuge for Afghan Staff as It Hands Over Key Base - Bloomberg
U.S. Seeks Refuge for Afghan Staff as It Hands Over Key Base - Bloomberg: The Biden administration asked three Central Asian nations to temporarily house thousands of Afghans who worked with American forces and could be targeted by the Taliban as U.S. and NATO troops withdraw after nearly two decades.
Why the US, China must work together to combat climate change
Why the US, China must work together to combat climate change: Can these two great rivals quarantine climate change from their broader competition for supremacy? There are mixed messages from both superpowers.
Latin America’s Pacific Alliance Group Turns Left
Latin America’s Pacific Alliance Group Turns Left: The four countries that make up the Pacific Alliance trading bloc—Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Chile—have long been seen in Washington as centrist models of political and economic stability. But the rise of new leftist movements and the retreat of mainstream parties are reshaping the region’s political landscape.
After a Hundred Years, What Has China’s Communist Party Learned? | The New Yorker
After a Hundred Years, What Has China’s Communist Party Learned? | The New Yorker: Beijing reverts to a belief that paranoia and suspicion are the best policies.
After a Hundred Years, What Has China’s Communist Party Learned? | The New Yorker
After a Hundred Years, What Has China’s Communist Party Learned? | The New Yorker: Beijing reverts to a belief that paranoia and suspicion are the best policies.
Experts question if WHO should lead pandemic origins probe
Experts question if WHO should lead pandemic origins probe: BEIJING (AP) — As the World Health Organization draws up plans for the next phase of its probe of how the coronavirus pandemic started, an increasing number of scientists say the U.N. agency it isn’t up to the task and shouldn’t be the one to investigate.
‘Megadrought’ Along Border Strains US-Mexico Water Relations | naked capitalism
‘Megadrought’ Along Border Strains US-Mexico Water Relations | naked capitalism: Conflicts over water are escalating. The US and Mexico are trying to mediate their claims over the Colorado River, but will that work?
Inflation Is Not What We Need to Worry About: the Risk of Major Collapse in the Private Sector Is What Should Be Troubling Us Right Now | naked capitalism
Inflation Is Not What We Need to Worry About: the Risk of Major Collapse in the Private Sector Is What Should Be Troubling Us Right Now | naked capitalism: Inflation may have you freaked out, but there are bigger threats on the horizon.
Green River Killer: In the 1980s, I spent the night with Gary Ridgway.
Green River Killer: In the 1980s, I spent the night with Gary Ridgway.: I didn't find out for almost 40 years.
Supreme Court decision amps up voting rights battle in Congress | TheHill
Supreme Court decision amps up voting rights battle in Congress | TheHill: A controversial 6-3 decision by the Supreme Court on Thursday upholding Republican-backed voting restrictions in Arizona has upped the ante for this year’s voting rights debate in Congress.
Supreme Court declines appeal from florist who refused service for same-sex couples | TheHill
Supreme Court declines appeal from florist who refused service for same-sex couples | TheHill: The Supreme Court on Friday declined to hear a case over a Washington state florist's refusal to service a wedding for a same-sex couple, letting stand a state court's ruling that the shop had engaged in unlawful discrimination over sexual orienta
U.S. Steps Up Planning for Emergency Afghan Evacuation - WSJ
U.S. Steps Up Planning for Emergency Afghan Evacuation - WSJ: U.S. officials have intensified planning for an emergency evacuation of the embassy in Kabul amid concern that a worsening security situation in Afghanistan could imperil the remaining military and diplomatic corps, as well as other Americans.
U.S. Leaves Its Last Afghan Base, Effectively Ending Operations - The New York Times
U.S. Leaves Its Last Afghan Base, Effectively Ending Operations - The New York Times: With little fanfare, Bagram Air Base — once the military’s nerve center — was handed over to the Afghans, after nearly 20 years of waging war from the hub.
Interrogations: How Did We Get to Brutal? - by Maria Hartwig - SpyTalk
Interrogations: How Did We Get to Brutal? - by Maria Hartwig - SpyTalk: From brute force to mindful strategies, the evolution of interrogation science
China produces its first used fuel transport cask : Waste & Recycling - World Nuclear News
China produces its first used fuel transport cask : Waste & Recycling - World Nuclear News: China has manufactured its first domestically-designed 100-tonne used fuel transportation cask. China National Nuclear Corporation said batch production of the Longzhou-CNSC cask - which can hold 21 used fuel assemblies - will further consolidate its used fuel transportation capabilities.
Is nuclear power the missing piece of our climate change puzzle? - CNET
Is nuclear power the missing piece of our climate change puzzle? - CNET: Many have committed to carbon neutrality, but few have a plan of how to get there. Nuclear power can help.
Will America Defend Taiwan? Here’s What History Says | Hoover Institution
Will America Defend Taiwan? Here’s What History Says | Hoover Institution: In December 1949, Chiang Kai-shek moved the capitol of the Republic of China (ROC) to Taipei. He intended the relocation to be temporary. He had already moved his government multiple times: when the Empire of Japan invaded China, when World War II ended, and again when Mao Zedong’s Communist insurgents took the upper hand in the Chinese Civil War.
COVID-19 cases in Israel to triple in 10 days, health officials predict - Israel News - Haaretz.com
COVID-19 cases in Israel to triple in 10 days, health officials predict - Israel News - Haaretz.com: On Thursday, 307 coronavirus cases were recorded in Israel as the delta variant makes further inroads in the country. However, 58 percent of the confirmed cases were unvaccinated
Israel successfully tests airborne laser interception of drones - Israel News - Haaretz.com
Israel successfully tests airborne laser interception of drones - Israel News - Haaretz.com: Test involved aerial laser system installed on a plane which 'intercepted and destroyed UAVs at different ranges and flight altitudes,' Israel's Defense Ministry says
Opinion | The Strange, Sad Death of America’s Political Imagination - The New York Times
Opinion | The Strange, Sad Death of America’s Political Imagination - The New York Times: The U.S. used to be a country of invention and change. Today, our politics are sclerotic, our civic culture is in crisis, and our dreams are small. What happened?
Donald Rumsfeld, Rot in Hell
Donald Rumsfeld, Rot in Hell: Bush administration Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is dead at the age of 88. It's a tragedy that Rumsfeld died before he could be put on trial for crimes against humanity.
I don't mean to impugn the dead. This is an article that is circulating around the foreign policy establishment of DC.
Republican Senators Urge Biden to End Trump-Initiated Trade War
Republican Senators Urge Biden to End Trump-Initiated Trade War: By Laura Davison (Bloomberg) — A group of Republican lawmakers asked President Joe Biden to end the “self-inflicted harm” his GOP predecessor, Donald Trump, caused in starting a multi-front trade war with...
White Nationalism is the biggest threat? Think again. - YouTube
White Nationalism is the biggest threat? Think again. - YouTube: This #Catholic survivor of #Communism fights back against the fabled threat of White Nationalism.
40% of San Francisco residents plan to leave due to quality of life: Poll | Washington Examiner
40% of San Francisco residents plan to leave due to quality of life: Poll | Washington Examiner: Almost half of San Francisco residents are planning on moving out of the city due to rising crime and a deteriorating quality of life, according to a recent poll.
Facebook Asks Users to Report Friends for “Extremism” - CatholicVote org
Facebook Asks Users to Report Friends for “Extremism” - CatholicVote org: CV NEWS FEED // Facebook launched a new set of pop-up notifications Thursday warning users of “extremist” content and offering “resources” for those who may want…
Attorney General Merrick Garland halts federal executions, orders review of protocols | TribLIVE.com
Attorney General Merrick Garland halts federal executions, orders review of protocols | TribLIVE.com: WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is halting federal executions after a historic use of capital punishment by the Trump administration, which carried out 13 executions in six months. Attorney General Merrick Garland made the announcement Thursday night, saying he was imposing a moratorium on federal executions while the Justice Department
Supreme Court backs donor privacy for California charities - The Boston Globe
Supreme Court backs donor privacy for California charities - The Boston Globe: The vote was 6-3, with the court’s three liberal members in dissent. Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for the majority, rejected the state’s requirement, saying it violated the First Amendment’s protection of the freedom of association.
Princess Di and the Madness of Crowds - The Catholic Thing
Princess Di and the Madness of Crowds - The Catholic Thing: David Warren: Significance in life comes not from events or purposes. It's our moral and aesthetic qualities that make life and works real.
Thursday, July 1, 2021
Don’t panic about China’s new nuclear capabilities - The Washington Post
Don’t panic about China’s new nuclear capabilities - The Washington Post: The U.S. government probably isn't panicking, either.
Analysis of CBO's July 2021 Budget and Economic Outlook | Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
Analysis of CBO's July 2021 Budget and Economic Outlook | Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget: Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released initial details of its updated Budget and Economic Outlook, accounting for enactment of the American Rescue Plan and months of new economic data. CBO’s new baseline shows: Federal debt held by the public will rise from 100 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at the end of Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 to 103 percent in 2021 and
“He Was a Disaster”: Ret. Col. Andrew Bacevich on Donald Rumsfeld’s Legacy as Architect of Iraq War | Democracy Now!
“He Was a Disaster”: Ret. Col. Andrew Bacevich on Donald Rumsfeld’s Legacy as Architect of Iraq War | Democracy Now!: Donald Rumsfeld, considered the chief architect of the Iraq War, has died at the age of 88. As defense secretary for both Presidents George W. Bush and Gerald Ford, Rumsfeld presided, his critics say, over systemic torture, massacres of civilians and illegal wars. We look at Rumsfeld’s legacy with retired Colonel Andrew Bacevich, whose son was killed in Iraq. Bacevich is the president of the antiwar think tank the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. He says the Iraq War should be the most important item inscribed on Rumsfeld’s headstone. “He was a disaster,” Bacevich says. “He was a catastrophically bad and failed defense secretary who radically misinterpreted the necessary response to 9/11, and therefore caused almost immeasurable damage to our country, to Iraq, to the Persian Gulf, more broadly.”
Pseudopandemic – OffGuardian
Pseudopandemic – OffGuardian: Iain Davis Covid 19 was and is a pseudopandemic. It was the gross exaggeration of the threat posed by a low mortality respiratory illness, comparable to influenza. The pseudopandemic was a psycholo…
History’s Network Effects - by Tomas Pueyo - Uncharted Territories
History’s Network Effects - by Tomas Pueyo - Uncharted Territories: The two main questions I’m asked about regarding Uncharted Territories are: 1: “Some days you talk about remote work, others about geography, yet others about media consumption. What’s the common thread?”
Day of Rage: An In-Depth Look at How a Mob Stormed the Capitol - The New York Times
Day of Rage: An In-Depth Look at How a Mob Stormed the Capitol - The New York Times: A six-month Times investigation has synchronized and mapped out thousands of videos and police radio communications from the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, providing the most complete picture to date of what happened — and why.
The climate crisis is a crime story | Climate Change | Al Jazeera
The climate crisis is a crime story | Climate Change | Al Jazeera: Fossil fuel companies lied for decades about climate change, and humanity is paying the price.
POWER Magazine :: Power generation news and jobs in coal, gas, nuclear, renewables
POWER Magazine :: Power generation news and jobs in coal, gas, nuclear, renewables: The power industry's trusted source for generation technology, O&M, and legal & regulatory news for coal, gas, nuclear, hydro, wind & solar power plants; power jobs
U.S. and UK embassies in UAE see backlash for flying Gay Pride flag
U.S. and UK embassies in UAE see backlash for flying Gay Pride flag: It's the first time any diplomatic mission has flown a gay pride flag in the religiously conservative Arab Gulf, causing controversy.
How the US R&D model was weakened - Asia Times
How the US R&D model was weakened - Asia Times: This is the second article in a three-part series. Part 1 is When the US risks being leapfrogged. An examination of the United States' historical
A Blueprint for Tough Tech Entrepreneurs | by The Engine | Jul, 2021 | Medium
A Blueprint for Tough Tech Entrepreneurs | by The Engine | Jul, 2021 | Medium: By Michael Kearney, Principal at The Engine & Ally Yost, Chief of Staff at Commonwealth Fusion Systems For those of you who don’t know us, introducing ourselves might sound like the start of a bad…
In Iraq, an old U.S. foe is stronger than ever
In Iraq, an old U.S. foe is stronger than ever: The political movement of nationalist Shi’ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has quietly come to dominate the apparatus of the Iraqi state. This growing influence could pose problems for the U.S. and Iran.
The Palestinians Will Not—and Cannot—Be Ignored | Foreign Affairs
The Palestinians Will Not—and Cannot—Be Ignored | Foreign Affairs: Generation Z is sparking a new phase of the effort for Palestinian liberation.
The Real Reason They Blame Heat Deaths, Blackouts, and Forest Fires on Climate Change Is Because They’re Causing Them - by Michael Shellenberger - Michael Shellenberger
The Real Reason They Blame Heat Deaths, Blackouts, and Forest Fires on Climate Change Is Because They’re Causing Them - by Michael Shellenberger - Michael Shellenberger: Is it a coincidence that those who say civilization is unsustainable are making it so?
Post-Vaccine Lockdowns Validate Concerns Of Forever Pandemic
Post-Vaccine Lockdowns Validate Concerns Of Forever Pandemic: Los Angeles County public health officials reinstated recommendations for indoor mask-wearing Monday regardless of individual vaccination status.
Larry Summers on China - by Jordan Schneider - ChinaTalk
Larry Summers on China - by Jordan Schneider - ChinaTalk: Will China's growth slow? Overrated-Underrated on SOEs, industrial policy, the China Card, and Wolf Warrior diplomacy. Plus, how should US academia relate to a changing China?
US airstrikes in Iraq and Syria are blatantly unconstitutional – Responsible Statecraft
US airstrikes in Iraq and Syria are blatantly unconstitutional – Responsible Statecraft: It will take much more than repealing AUMFs to stop the president from making unilateral decisions to make war.
Rehabilitating Jimmy Carter’s Middle East Policy – Waging Peace - WRMEA
Rehabilitating Jimmy Carter’s Middle East Policy – Waging Peace - WRMEA: For more than 39 years, the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs has been essential reading for the nation’s most sophisticated populace. Our readers rely on us for the most comprehensive, analytical coverage of news from the Middle East, Muslim countries, Europe, and the United States.
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