Australia was sidelined by the US. America completely disregarded the concerns of its supposed ally under the Anzus Treaty, Australia was treated with contempt … And the end result of this war was that Australia lost 41 soldiers killed, 241 wounded and over 500 who have since committed suicide, for the Taliban to be replaced with the Taliban” – Hugh Poate, whose son, 23-yo Robert Poate, was murdered in Afghanistan by an Afghan National army soldier in 2012. Our American “friends” let the murderer go without even warning their Australian vassals mates.
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by Brian Czech
Steady staters live with the reality that economic growth is unsustainable. It can continue for only so long before Nature will no longer support it. Therefore, we call for stabilization—the steady state economy—rather than growth. In particular, population and per capita consumption must be stabilized. Of the two, population is the most fundamental aspect of stabilizing the economy and its ecological footprint.
The population of a country is determined by births,
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When an Indigenous girl disappeared near Seattle days after the Missing Indigenous Person Alert went into effect, local police decided not to issue an alert. Advocates say the case shows how law enforcement are unprepared to deal with the crisis of Indigenous disappearances in urban areas.
U.S. households with preexisting mortgages have loan payments that are fixed. Wage growth means they spend a smaller share of income on housing
This is from a video of one of our live stream songwriting sessions on our Twitch channel. We just turn on the camera and try out ideas and see where they take us.
We took a strange video clip of one of the ideas we tried out and posted it on our YouTube Channel.
Up Down Carnival thing (Live Stream Clip)
This time we try to come up with something a little weird for a song part.
Rob, Cliff, and I vamp a little on something that sounds like a broken carnival-sounding thing.
-Tom
Don't Forget!
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The Fed is looking for nonprofit partners to distribute the Small Business Credit Survey and help reach small firms underrepresented in other surveys.
I’m writing an open access e-textbook on homelessness. Chapter 2, focused on theory, has just been published. The full chapter is available here: https://nickfalvo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Falvo-Chapter-2-Theory-and-homelessness-19aug2022.pdf A ‘top 10’ overview of the chapter can be found here: https://nickfalvo.ca/theory-and-homelessness%ef%bf%bc/ A French version of the ‘top 10’ overview can be found here: https://nickfalvo.ca/theorie-et-itinerance/ All material related to the book is free of charge and [...]
Angela Merkel is the second-longest-serving chancellor of modern Germany, with more than 16 years in office. During her tenure there were many years of economic stability, but there were also years of domestic, EU, and geopolitical tensions.
by LSE Department of Sociology It is with great sadness that we share news of the death of Professor Nigel Dodd on 12 August 2022. Nigel Dodd was Professor of Sociology at the LSE. He obtained his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1991 on the topic of Money in Social Theory, and lectured at […]
The Federal Reserve in mid-August issued guidelines for evaluating nontraditional financial firms’ requests for master accounts to access the Fed’s payment services.
Price Inflation, Marginal Cost Pricing, and Principles for Electricity Market Redesign in an Era of Low-Carbon Transition
Price inflation, marginal cost pricing, and principles for electricity market redesign in an era of low-carbon transition
Economies across Europe face unprecedented challenges arising from the soaring cost of energy which holds the prospect of turning into major social and political crises. In the UK, without any intervention, total household consumer expenditure on energy is set to rise from £64bn in 2021 to around £200bn – an increase exceeding defense and education expenditures combined. The rise is dominated by expenditure on electricity and gas, split (on average) roughly equally between the two. Energy costs are a prime factor driving general inflation in the UK to at least 10%, whilst poor households face cost-of-living increases of almost 20%.
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Michael Grubb appears on BBC Panorama to discuss his INET research on European energy markets
Many of the creatures featured in this piece, as well as our coastal economies, are under threat as the climate crisis warms ocean waters and threatens coastal ecosystems
"This has nothing to do with "demeaning coverage" and everything to do with a government in Honiara allergic to scrutiny."
Today’s Sunday Bizarro cartoon is one of those that rewards careful
readers. It is also a testament to how changing one letter in a familiar
phrase can completely change its meaning and lead to a chuckle.
An idea. Combine two things to solve a big problem: Solar Water Still and Greenhouse– greenhouse that runs on salt water. A “solar water still” is often a tent that has salt water at the base and captures the evaporated … Continue reading
The failure of its leaders to understand how sovereign currencies work is now starting to cripple the West
Because global warming doesn’t take a holiday
At summer’s end, if we’re lucky, we may find ourselves with bare feet and sun-warmed skin; our senses soothed, our bodies attuned to nature’s rhythms. A recent study found that more than half of American adults are traveling for Labor Day this year, leaving the hustle behind to squeeze the last golden drops of summer at beach, lake, park, and mountain; savoring deep memories and anticipating future pleasures. This time of year reminds us of so much to be grateful for in the natural world.