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A Strong Third Political Party is on its Way
History tells us that a Third Party has never been successful. The American Federal system, majority rule, Electoral College, and voter perception that a third alternative serves as a spoiler, hinder the eagerness for a Third Party. The possibility of dividing the Electoral College vote so that no candidate gains the required 270 majority deters […]
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China Doubles Investment in R&D in 5 Years
This week’s News on China. • Restrictions on US investment China’s tech sector • Investment in R&D doubled in the last 5 years • Anti-corruption campaign in healthcare • Provincial renewable energy targets
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Ecuador: Victory for Uncontacted Tribes as Oil Drilling Blocked in Historic Referendum
Contacted Waorani woman in the Yasuní National Park © Anka Maldonado/Yasunidos In a historic referendum, people in Ecuador have voted to block oil drilling on uncontacted tribes’ land in the Yasuní National Park. Leonidas Iza, President of Ecuador’s national Indigenous organization CONAIE, said today: The Ecuadorian people, mindful of life, in solidarity with our uncontacted […]
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Mr. Blue and the CIA
This is slavery, not to speak one’s thoughts. – Euripides, The Phoenician Women, 410 BCE Some time ago on a Sunday evening when my wife and I had just sat down to dinner, our phone rang. Since I didn’t recognize the phone number and it was dinnertime, I hesitated to answer it, but for some […]
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Biden’s tepid response to Maui’s furnace-hot cataclysm
Pablum. “Jill and I send our deepest condolences to the families…” buh buh bup bup buhhh. “…our prayers are with those who have seen their homes…” yada yada yada. “…grateful to the brave firefighters and first responders…” wretch, gag, hurl. Weak. fucking. tea. And it took this papier-mâché president of ours a day AFTER the […]
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The Oppenheimer Imperative: Normalising Atomic Terror
The atomic bomb created the conditions of contingent catastrophe, forever placing the world on the precipice of existential doom. But in doing so, it created a philosophy of acceptable cruelty, worthy extinction, legitimate extermination. The scenarios for such programs of existential realisation proved endless. Entire departments, schools of thought, and think tanks were dedicated to […]
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“US-Backed Roll of the Dice Leaves Ukraine in Worse Crisis”
President Biden speaks to General Mark Milley after his 2023 State of the Union speech. (Photo credit: Francis Chung/Politico) President Biden wrote in the New York Times in June 2022 that the United States was arming Ukraine to “fight on the battlefield and be in the strongest possible position at the negotiating table.” Ukraine’s fall […]
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