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It’s The Economy, Stupid (AKA Economists)

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It’s The Economy, Stupid (AKA Economists)

Over ninety-nine percent of economists did not predict the 2008 financial crisis.

The vast majority of economists were pro-globalization, by which I mean pro offshoring and outsourcing. They said it would be good for America, they were wrong.

China is predicted to wind up with over 50% of the world’s industry by 2030. Forget all the bullshit about great power competition. It’s over. There may be a war, but if there is one the West will either lose or the world will be destroyed in a nuclear exchange.

Back in the 90s an economist called Brockway liked to say “Economists are bad for your health.”

A (2nd) Trump Era Survival Guide

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Thu, 07/11/2024 - 13:34
Just for giggles I went through my January 2017 post archives today, and found one that (sadly) bears repeating. So as a public service, I am re-posting it. Feel free to bookmark it. (Originally posted on Den of Cinema on January 18, 2017) In anticipation of what may be in store for us,  here are links to the resources likely to be more crucial than ever.  Bookmark this post! ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom American Civil Liberties Union Amnesty International Center for Democracy and Technology Committee to Protect Journalists Electronic Privacy Information Center Electronic Frontier Foundation Human Rights Watch Indivisible League of Women Voters Planned Parenthood Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Southern Poverty Law Center You’re welcome. — Dennis Hartley

Democrats will not adapt to this defeat and must be overthrown or abandoned

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Democrats will not adapt to this defeat and must be overthrown or abandoned

There won’t be any introspection.

Empires, like fortunes, are lost slowly and then all at once.

I’m afraid what is coming is going to fall on every American fairly equally like the snow on the graveyard at the end of James Joyce’s “The Dead”

Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ireland. It was falling softly upon the Bog of Allen and, further westwards, softly falling into the dark mutinous Shannon waves. It was falling too upon every part of the lonely churchyard where Michael Furey lay buried. It lay thickly drifted on the crooked crosses and headstones, on the spears of the little gate, on the barren thorns. His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead.

New study says offsets scheme a sham

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Thu, 07/11/2024 - 11:47

Many of Australia’s offset schemes remove almost no carbon from the atmosphere, a new study has found, despite claiming hundreds of million of dollars worth of credits. The “Human Induced Regeneration” method supposedly stores carbon through encouraging increased tree and plant cover on areas previously cleared for farming. But research into 116 such projects found […]

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Here’s Why a Second Death Star Won’t Be That Bad

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Thu, 07/11/2024 - 11:35

“Mr. Trump’s first term was better than expected… the authoritarian rule that Democrats and the press predicted never appeared. Mr. Trump was too undisciplined, and his attention span too short, to stay on one message much less stage a coup. America’s checks and balances held… We don’t buy the fascism fears, and we doubt Democrats really do either.” — Wall Street Journal Editorial Board, 10/31/24

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Well, it looks as if the Empire has struck back, destroying the rebel base on Hoth and regaining dominance of the galaxy just a few years after the Death Star was destroyed. With many anxious about Palpatine’s resurgence, I, a columnist for the Trade Federation Gazette, am here to tell you that a second Death Star won’t be as bad as some are making it out to be.

Callout for a new design system for Experience Builder and Drupal CMS

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Thu, 07/11/2024 - 10:39

If you are paying close attention to the Drupal CMS roadmap, you may have noticed that our focus has mostly been on CMS features and the administrative user interface. Many people have asked: What about themes?

Drupal CMS will initially ship with Olivero, which is the default theme for Drupal core in the Standard profile. Of course, Experience Builder will completely change the way we build sites, and that includes support for design systems and single-directory components. In order to support this initially, the Starshot Demo Design System was developed (very quickly!) to show how design systems can be integrated with XB. We will also develop some components for Olivero so that Drupal CMS and eventually core have something to demo with XB.

A five-minute scroll

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Thu, 07/11/2024 - 10:12
Trump returns to the presidency, while an IDF soldier congratulates the win by shooting at homes in Gaza. Francesca Albanese tells Canada that international laws has no space for excuses and thanks Rabbi’s for joining her in New York. Israel bombs Lebanon’s Baalbek raising concern for UNESCO sites. Chris Hedges speaks to the Democrats loss, Continue reading »