Diaries
Pepe Escobar weighs in on Hong Kong civil disobedience
Submitted by wendy davis on Thu, 08/15/2019 - 6:19pm
I’ll only focus on the Pepe’s Hong Kong portion, as I’ll bring other viewpoints as well. A recent reader asked me to say that my (limited thoughts and content) are in violet, hyperlinks turn blue at c99%; all else is in black. This is longish, but given the current anti-China realpolitik afoot, this is a very big deal in my estimation. Feel free to weigh in, even with contrasting sources and opinions. Dagnabbit, I’d forgotten to see if Joe Biden’s blaming the protests on the Russians on Twitter.
‘Hong Kong, Kashmir: a Tale of Two Occupations’ Pepe Escobar, August 7, 2019, strategic-culture.com (CC w/ attribution):
The coming recession will be brutal
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 08/15/2019 - 5:35pmAccording to the Fed’s recession probability model, the odds of a recession in the next 12 months are the same now as they were in July 2007. That was when the credit markets first seized up, leading to the 2008 Great Recession five months later.
The Evening Blues - 8-15-19
Submitted by joe shikspack on Thu, 08/15/2019 - 3:00pm
Hot Air Climate News Roundup
Submitted by magiamma on Thu, 08/15/2019 - 5:11am
Something to keep in mind…
The subantarctic seas are some of the richest on Earth,
and there is a genuine paradox here,
for that richness exists
despite an almost total absence
of the nutrient iron.
...
The presence of sea ice somehow compensates for this,
for the semifrozen edge between salt water
and the floating ice
promotes remarkable growth of the microscopic plankton
that is the base of the food chain.
...
Despite the months of winter darkness,
the plankton thrives under the ice,
allowing the krill that feed on them
to complete their seven-year life cycle.
...
And wherever there is krill in abundance,
there are likely to be penguins, seals and great whales. ...
The Weather Makers
Tim Flannery
and there is a genuine paradox here,
for that richness exists
despite an almost total absence
of the nutrient iron.
...
The presence of sea ice somehow compensates for this,
for the semifrozen edge between salt water
and the floating ice
promotes remarkable growth of the microscopic plankton
that is the base of the food chain.
...
Despite the months of winter darkness,
the plankton thrives under the ice,
allowing the krill that feed on them
to complete their seven-year life cycle.
...
And wherever there is krill in abundance,
there are likely to be penguins, seals and great whales. ...
The Weather Makers
Tim Flannery
OMG! Bernie says the media is biased. Journalists fall on their fainting couch
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 08/14/2019 - 9:42pmSenator Sanders has dared to say that the media, the Washington Post in particular, isn't completely fair and unbiased in their coverage of him.
Where Bernie could have dreamed up this wild konspiracy theory no one knows.
So the media was forced to defend itself from this baseless smear.
The Evening Blues - 8-14-19
Submitted by joe shikspack on Wed, 08/14/2019 - 12:56pm
8/14 Open Thread: Why is a Raven Like a Writing Desk?
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Wed, 08/14/2019 - 5:00am-
Updated: Tulsi at 5% in New Hampshire, 4% in Iowa--in Polls That Don't Count
Submitted by apenultimate on Tue, 08/13/2019 - 9:17pmUPDATED: with 2 more polls--that don't count--where Tulsi achieved 2% in both polls.
One is the latest Economist/YouGov poll here.
The Evening Blues - 8-13-19
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 08/13/2019 - 2:19pm
