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Thu, 06/10/2022 - 07:30

Here is a clip from one of our live songwriting sessions on our Twitch channel. We just turn on the camera and try out ideas and see where they take us.

Here is a clip from one of those sessions we posted to our YouTube Channel.

Play this one in b (Live Stream Clip)

This song idea is based on an old 30-second audio file we found

The song idea we play in the video is actually based on a short audio snippet we found in our sessions library.

The first few measures we play are what was from the audio snippet we found and we kind of go off from there.

We don't remember recording the original so we thought we would see what we could do with it live.

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Thu, 06/10/2022 - 01:41

Central Banks Are Stocking Up On Gold Which Countries Own the Most Gold | SchiffGold “Central banks purchase a net 270 tons of gold through the first half of the year. This fell in line with the five-year H1 average of 266 tons.” This is the driving force behind gold. When central banks buy it, […]

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Wed, 05/10/2022 - 20:22
Liz Truss’s destruction of the fabric of our nation is not an accident. It’s the design. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 30th September 2022 The ecological destruction Liz Truss plans to unleash on this country is not collateral damage. It is not a byproduct of her economic programme. It’s a mark of true […]
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Wed, 05/10/2022 - 15:18

UK Prime Minister Liz Truss’ remarkable decision to scrap her own tax cuts offers an incredible opportunity for the Albanese government. After weeks of outrage from voters, her own backbench and even the financial markets that once trumpeted the benefits of tax cuts, common sense and economic sense combined to deliver a timely, if humiliating, backflip. Here

The post Liz Truss’ spectacular tax backflip gives Albanese a chance to do the sam appeared first on The Australia Institute.

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Wed, 05/10/2022 - 03:07
How do we regulate an information utility?

At the end of July, Microsoft and Google’s parent company, Alphabet, presented their latest and relatively disappointing economic results blaming it on the macroeconomic distress. What may have gone unnoticed is that both companies referred to their clouds as the main engines of growth. The cloud was also responsible for Amazon’s better-than-expected quarterly results.

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Wed, 05/10/2022 - 02:20

Continues to look to me to like the increased government deficit from the rate hikes, at the macro level, continues to support output and employment and is not triggering a recession as feared? Still a very high number- well above pre-Covid levels: Back to pre-Covid trend line: A slight decline for the month but still […]

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Wed, 05/10/2022 - 01:51

Medhora has served on INET’s Board since 2012 and is a distinguished fellow and former president of the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI).

October 4, 2022, (New York City) — The Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) is pleased to announce the appointment of the new Chair of its Board of Directors.

“On behalf of the Board of Directors, I’m delighted to announce Rohinton P. Medhora as the Chair of the Board, who will be instrumental in the next phase of INET,” said INET’s President Rob Johnson (09-30-22).

INET’s outgoing Chair, Chris Canavan, served on the board for over a decade and as chair for four years. "We are grateful for his diligent service and Chairmanship,” said Johnson.

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Tue, 04/10/2022 - 22:42

The reaction to the sabotage of three of the four Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines in four places on Monday, September 26, has focused on speculations about who did it and whether NATO will make a serious attempt to discover the answer. Yet instead of panic, there has been a great sigh of diplomatic Continue Reading

The post The Euro Without German Industry first appeared on Michael Hudson.
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Tue, 04/10/2022 - 22:12

So far so good for Q3 that ended Sep 30- about in line with pre-Covid growth rates: Much like the US, much of the rest of the world is hiking rates with high debt/GDP and supporting their economies that had slowed from fiscal contraction with massive government interest payments- universal basic income for those who […]

The post Construction spending, GDP forecast, Canada PMI, earnings forecasts appeared first on Mosler Economics / Modern Monetary Theory.

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Tue, 04/10/2022 - 10:02

Signs are an important way for all workplaces to keep their staff safe. Signage is the most obvious way to identify any hazards or dangers. They are a government requirement in all workplaces and inspections are carried out to ensure these signs are placed in the correct spots and visible to avoid any issues. For…

The post Using Signage for Oil Worker Safety appeared first on Peak Oil.

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Tue, 04/10/2022 - 09:56

Every company must offer a safe workplace for its employees, be it a small business or a large industrial plant. In a very large industrial context such as a manufacturing company, the installation of electrical cabinet vents is not enough to make the environment safe. It is also necessary to invest in the ventilation of the cabinet…

The post How to improve workplace safety with electrical cabinet vents appeared first on Peak Oil.

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Tue, 04/10/2022 - 06:44
Last week, after Hurricane Ian ravaged Florida, The New York Times ran this story by Matt Flegenheimer. The article opens with the following passages: As a freshman congressman in 2013, Ron DeSantis was unambiguous: A federal bailout for the New York region after Hurricane Sandy was an irresponsible boondoggle, a symbol of the “put it on the credit card mentality” he had come to Washington to oppose.