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    "The Law of Unintended Political Consequences Strikes Again"

    By Thomas Edsall @ NYTimes.com, Jan. 5

     

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    Russia ups ante in dispute with West over Ukraine, not ruling out deployment to Cuba, Venezuela

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    ‘A tactical mistake’: Inside the Democrats’ year of failed attempts to mend a fraying democracy

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    The Gender Gap Is Taking Us to Unexpected Places

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    Insider Trading: Congress is a swamp all right!
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    Texas Denying Most Guard Troops at Border Chance to Help Families Suffering Hardships at Home

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    Baltimore State's Attorney Indicted on Federal Charges She Lied on Loan Documents

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    Violence inequality shames America; Only the wealthy can afford to defund the police

    "Poor and minority neighbourhoods are reverting to historically high rates of violent crime at the same time as affluent white areas are becoming safer."@ZaidJilani on violence inequality: https://t.co/T5krjDZ4Lz

    — Park MacDougald (@hpmacd) January 11, 2022
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    Harry Reid: From Capitol Cop to Powerhouse Senate Majority Leader

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    Effects of Globalization on the Environment

    They include:

    1. Increased Emissions
    2. Habitat Destruction
    3. Invasive Species
    4. Illegal deforestation
    5. Overfishing
    6. Decreased Biodiversity

    And, unmentioned, but obviously, lower wages in developed nations, greater exploitation of labor, and increased inequality.

    Anybody here still think it's a good idea?

    HSG 4 months 2 weeks ago

    Biden approves oil and gas drilling at a faster rate than Trump did

    But feel free to keep demonizing Trump voters as climate catastrophe deniers, if it makes you feel virtuous.

    HSG 4 months 2 weeks ago

    Ocean warming heat record

    article is at the Capital Weather Gang's section at WashingtonPost. com and is titled

    Ocean warmth sets record high in 2021 as a result of greenhouse gas emissions

    Since the late 1980s, Earth’s oceans warmed at a rate eight times faster than in the preceding decades

    HSG 4 months 2 weeks ago

    Biden-Cheney 2024!?

    Here's another option that actually would bring back our democracy. The Democratic Party passes broadly popular legislation including: 1) Medicare for All, 2) a true jobs program that includes tariffs and protection for labor, and 3) much higher taxes on the wealthy.

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    In a First, Man Receives a Heart From a Genetically Altered Pig

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    As sales slump, world's largest condom maker will start making medical gloves

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    Dems' filibuster conundrum: It's not just Manchin and Sinema

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    Live Updates: Russia Plays Down Threat to Ukraine After Meetings with U.S.

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    Treasury warns of ‘enormous challenges’ this tax-filing season that could delay refunds

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    Three men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery sentenced to life in prison

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    NYT is Shocked (shocked I tell you) that Democratic Voters don't Trust the Democratic Party?!

    "THE MOST SURPRISING thing TO US was their SHAKY FAITH in the DEMOCRATIC PARTY itself — and its ability to do anything either to stop Republicans from doing more violence or CHANGE THE ROOT PROBLEMS with “the system.” Listening to both focus groups, you really understand that we live in a country that is at once so radical and so conservative, and that what unites the left and the right is a mistrust in people at the top. There was little enthusiasm among the Democrats for President Biden to run again in 2024 — and ditto for the Republicans and Mr. Trump."

    Why is this surprising to NYT? Because it is so deeply embedded in the "system" and the Democratic Party itself. At this point, NYT is little more than a mouthpiece for the Democratic establishment/corporatists.

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    Russia in Kazakhstan meaning
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    MTG hit with Facebook suspension after Twitter ban

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    Devin Nunes Is Now Officially No Longer A Member Of Congress

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    Tragically we listened to the worst people in the world and opted to destroy the planet
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    The Geopolitics of Cobalt

    From American Affairs policy journal:

    Policymakers, vexed by the challenge that the material’s importance poses to their nations’ security, could be forgiven for following the Saxonian miners in believing that this metal is cursed by goblins. Yet according to folklore, goblins will bring good things to the people they live with, as long as they are treated well.4 But should the relationship turn sour, a goblin’s retribution can be stinging.

    For those who have secured access to the cobalt supply chain, the “goblin ore” is currently treating them very well. Once adequate provision is made for its extraction and refinement, the material imparts unique properties to the devices manufactured with it. Others have been less prepared. Those nations which have not secured sufficient supplies of cobalt face the risk that their industries will meet with the same disappointment as the miners who, believing they had discovered silver, ended up with only a pile of black ash and a nasty smell in the room.

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