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Biden in Mexican standoff with China
But the highly anticipated summit yielded no major breakthroughs — none were expected ahead of time — and officials dismissed the notion the summit was intended to ease what has become an increasingly tense relationship. CNN
The future comes at you fast
International Space Station crew sheltered in escape pods for two hours Monday after Russia blew up satellite Audio captures the moment Houston Mission Control woke up the crew and ordered them to get to safety Russia has confirmed the satellite was destroyed during a test, but denied that debris ever threatened the ISS NATO has …
The recrimination administration
New at the Belmont Club. Win and the world laughs with you but losing is a lonely place to be.
The Scorpion King
On Friday, Aswan’s governor Ashraf Attia temporarily barred ships on the River Nile and Lake Nasser from travelling too close to the city. He also ordered the temporary closure of some roads due to reports of reduced vision caused by the storms. Road and vessel traffic resumed on Saturday.
Selling a lemon
New at the Belmont Club. What do you do if you’ve disappointed your supporters and are unwelcome among your foes?
Democratic party shattererd by divisive ghost of Trump
Thus has the political center been hollowed out … Democrats barely have a majority in the House—but within that narrow majority, progressives have outsize power… The same dynamic holds on the Republican side. Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has outraged even other Republicans with her divisive stands. WSJ
High winds hit one airline
“American Airlines cancels thousands of flights” https://twitter.com/i/events/1455244276338728966
The planet will thank us
New at the Belmont Club. Saving the newly impoverished ingrates despite themselves.
Dr Carrington from the Thing
New at the Belmont Club. When life imitates science fiction.
The war over the multiverse
New at the Belmont Club. Why the great power governments are cracking down on Big Tech.
Sinema: An ‘Obstacle to Progress’
The furious members accused the Arizona Democrat of “answering to big donors rather than your own people,” in the latest sign of the political pressure she faces. NYT
Bio-crime against humanity
BRASÍLIA, Brazil — A Brazilian congressional panel is set to recommend that President Jair Bolsonaro be charged with “crimes against humanity,” asserting that he intentionally let the coronavirus rip through the country and kill hundreds of thousands in a failed bid to achieve herd immunity and revive Latin America’s largest economy. NYT
Hard questions
Capitalism wastes food. By contrast socialism has no food to waste. Which is better for the environment?
Losing in the casino of history
New at the Belmont Club. Is the administration laboring under the curse of its predecessor or its own bad judgment.
The official truth doesn’t always win
By 1966, it seemed the country was starting to walk away from that idea. The conspiracy number had dropped to 50 percent and the Oswald figure had climbed to 36 percent. But by December of 1976, the conspiracy number jumped to 81 percent in the Gallup data. NBC
Chinese Communists expected to rescue real estate
A growing number of Chinese property developers are saying they can’t pay their debts, raising concerns of financial contagion as troubled property developer Evergrande Group missed another interest payment to bondholders on Tuesday. Washington Post
Who Is Driving the Great Resignation?
Nearly every major American industry is being affected by what economists are calling “The Great Resignation.” Millions of workers are quitting their jobs for a number of reasons — and limited staffing is leaving businesses unable to perform daily job functions effectively and efficiently.
Leftist theology: making the fall of man a recent event
One of the worst progressive tropes is the narrative that European colonialism destroyed paradise. The mischief in the idea lies not in the idea that it was destructive to local cultures — which it was — but in the assertion of its special nature; that in the long history of conquest that dates back to …
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The Green freeze
Gas prices in Europe are breaking record after record. The UK is facing supply shortages reminiscent of the late 1970s winter of discontent. Chinese factories are shutting down because of power shortages, and the outlook is grim. In fact, it may be the first crisis of many. When gas prices in Europe started rising faster …