Great news –> YouTube is gonna get blocked in Russia.

Posted by: AI | Jul 28 2024 17:23 utc | 4

According to my information, Maduro won with ca. 55% of the vote. This secured his third term as president. The liberation of Essequibo will be one of the main focus points of the administration. Probably not any time soon, but when the US is bogged down over Taiwan.

Posted by: Ham | Jul 28 2024 17:52 utc | 6

Posted by: psychohistorian | Jul 28 2024 16:57 utc
Thanks, psycho!

Posted by: spudski | Jul 28 2024 18:00 utc | 8

Posted by: psychohistorian | Jul 28 2024 16:57 utc | 2
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Very clear and helpful article by Hudson.
Am not convinced by the ‘Israel is US aircraft carrier’ explanation because if so why the extensive penetration of Israeli operatives minding each US Congress Critter (as per Massie’s recent confessions)? Just as likely is something Michael himself mentioned later in the article, that Israel is angling to control the Middle East oil to become a regional Hegemon in its own right.
Looks like will never happen but would greatly love to see Western nations muddling along on their own without Jewish-run Central Banking nor their too many dual citizen fifth column infesting all branches of Government, media, finance, medicine, education, entertainment etc. I suspect things would change rapidly and for the better; but we shall never know it seems…

Posted by: Scorpion | Jul 28 2024 18:18 utc | 10

Looking at it from the history books, the multi-polar world is chugging along fine and growing, the decadent empire doing what decadent empires do and collapsing.
Most of us that comment here live in either five-eyes or Europe. Just a few from outside five-eyes and Europe.
So perhaps in the open threads it would be best to discuss what is occurring within the empire. The shit we watch cannot be done without the subservience or preoccupation of the peasants.
These twin cannons of wokism, the fiery hell of emissions and the pinnacle of ‘gaydom’, GAY Paree where a minor, a child starred alongside a homosexual in his best bondage togs with nut hanging out.
Those twin cannons of empire wokism forced on us. And it is the same empire, the deep state, the power structure here in the west, the Empire of Lies that push this garbage.
Supporting this crap, to make out wokism does not exist is to knowingly or unknowingly support all that that most here comment against.
The nasty stuff we watch in the world and comment on cannot be separated from the destruction of the western society.
Epstein’s loilita express, that is the show Gay Paree put on for the world.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Jul 28 2024 18:25 utc | 12

1] What Can Be Unburdened by What Has Been https://shorturl.at/b63UW
2] Has Houthi-orchestrated chaos become the new normal in the Red Sea? https://www.newarab.com/opinion/has-houthi-calculated-chaos-become-new-norm-red-sea
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Posted by: Dogon Priest | Jul 28 2024 18:34 utc | 14

too scents | Jul 28 2024 18:30 utc | 13
youtube search has been fine tuned to only bring up empire trash. Because I can only sit here, I would look up stuff that interested me, but now there is only trash. still a it of non narrative if you type in exact youtube channel but otherwise just narrative trash turns up

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Jul 28 2024 18:45 utc | 16

too scents | Jul 28 2024 18:54 utc | 17
Thanks. I used to like watching stuff from China and a few other places that are now targets of empire but hard to find now.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Jul 28 2024 19:01 utc | 18

Am not convinced by the ‘Israel is US aircraft carrier’ explanation because if so why the extensive penetration of Israeli operatives minding each US Congress Critter (as per Massie’s recent confessions)? Just as likely is something Michael himself mentioned later in the article, that Israel is angling to control the Middle East oil to become a regional Hegemon in its own right. […]
Posted by: Scorpion | Jul 28 2024 18:18 utc | 10
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Indeed, even if one buys “US aircraft carrier” claim, how many aircraft carriers does a nation need? Switzerland prospers with none, United Kingdom has two, none operational, and for all its ailments, none would be solved by pushing those oversized tin cans into the ocean.
Nevertheless, as some put it, if Israel did not exist, it would have to be invented, and this past year I got some explanatory understanding. USA is a powerful nation, and this imposes a certain logic. What is the largest possible threat to a most powerful nation? That one day you may cease to be one. But to address that threat, you need to be able to detect it. One possible method is that you tell other nations what to do, and they do it. But is it really a convincing test? For example, if you demand something which is actually good for those countries, then the compliance does not tell that they recognize your power. So you demand something a bit crazy, and they comply. We are getting somewhere! But wait, why all those folks say how marvelous this demand is, but here in USA and there, among what was intended to be patsies? So perhaps it is not recognition of our power, but something weaker, succumbing to our talent of persuasion. Is there any solution to this? Theoretically, USA could made a demand with a comment “we know it is crazy, but you got to do it”, alas, in a democracy you have to persuade your own people, so practically, you cannot do it.
And last year I learned how this problem can be solved. On personal level, you, the leader of the Free World and the tormentor of the rest get yourself a dog with a nasty disposition. A dog without such illustrious owner is quite constrained who and when it can bite people. A normal owner can loose his pooch after a single serious bite of the stranger, and a police dog can do it only when commanded. But no such constraints on the leader’s dog! Well, after biting people in the White House more than 22 times, Biden’s dog was sent to an “exile”. So Biden was powerful, but with limits, here, 22 bites. But this is democracy after all, the power is an attribute of a collective. And a dog with a nasty disposition can be substituted with an ally that has a nasty disposition.
With my limited knowledge, I do not see any country that could substitute Israel in that role, but I would love to see some suggestion.

Posted by: Piotr Berman | Jul 28 2024 19:29 utc | 20

@ Peter AU1 | Jul 28 2024 18:45 utc | 16
“Inside China Business” channel on YT (unfortunately). Superb content.

Posted by: despondent | Jul 28 2024 19:49 utc | 22

A little help for us innumerate?
Posted by: despondent | Jul 28 2024 19:46 utc | 21
ANY probs with the `literate’ part?
“We’ve investigated your report and it seems like you still have CONTROL of your account.”
Did you know that you can’t deactivate a suspended — pick a post, any post; call it “harrasment or abuse” — modify contents of subject account by blanking pics such as the digitized New York Times article of JUNE 29, 1899 about the FAZ intention to “COLONIZE PALESTINE” account?

Posted by: Laurence | Jul 28 2024 20:32 utc | 24

despondent | Jul 28 2024 19:49 utc | 22
Thanks. Watched his intro video and have bookmarked his channel.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Jul 28 2024 20:57 utc | 26

Melaleuca | 27
I read something to the effect that Google has stopped maintaining some hardware, and in Russia now there are few or none functioning Youtube cache servers. The videos all are coming from undersea cables, I suppose. I also read the Russian authorities expect further slowing from some second factor. I am curious about the full answer myself.

Posted by: JustSomeOldGuy | Jul 28 2024 21:22 utc | 28

Salaam to all.
On many occasions commenting here there has been the mention of Love as the fundamental aspect of our relationship with the Eternal Being that has brought us into existence and granted us the breath of Life, Sight, Hearing, an Understanding, and to the Creation and to our own Self. This, as the Messiah of Israel (and Salaam is ever upon Him) indicated is the very root of the entirety of Sacred Guidance that has been uttered through the agency of saints, prophets and messengers of all peoples all nations. As a matter of fact, a deep understanding of the “First Command” of God to Creation provides the guiding light that informs any instance of choice and thus is the root of the decision tree that in its full expression is ‘the Law’.
Since Love is of such fundamental importance to our harmonious and healthy existence — which is the actual meaning of Salaam — it is important to understand the attributes of the correct mindset that guards our hearts, the Seat of Love.
It is asserted here that it is impossible for Love to exists in the heart of the Sentient Being — any Sentient being, whether Human or higher dimensional beings that are unSeen — in the absence of an appreciation and devotion to Sacred and Holy. And holiness is nothing but inviolability.
. ~!~ ~!~ ~!~
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
…
قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَا أَغْوَيْتَنِي لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ الْمُخْلَصِينَ
قَالَ هَٰذَا صِرَاطٌ عَلَيَّ مُسْتَقِيمٌ
[Iblis] said:
‘My Lord!
As You have consigned me to perversity
I will surely glamorize [evil] for them on the earth,
and I will surely pervert them all
except Your dedicated servants among them.’
[Allah] Said:
This is the path to ME without deviation!
[The Glorious Recitation – Sura Al-Hirj Signs 39-41]
. ~!~ ~!~ ~!~
The profaning of what is held to be sacred for the overwhelming portion of believing humanity (save those who harbor deep hatred for Jesus (as) son of Mary (as)) in the name of “inclusivity” on the occasion of a global event purportedly dedicated to “Peace” is such an opportunity for finding ‘the path without deviation’ to God, for the devotees of the Loving One, as it affords the perfect opportunity to mediate on the deep and fundamental relationship between Love and Sanctity.
I invite the reader to mediate on this.
& Salaam

Posted by: sunof27 | Jul 28 2024 22:07 utc | 30

Refinnejenna | Jul 28 2024 21:49 utc | 29
Thanks. Wil have a look.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Jul 28 2024 22:10 utc | 32

Sad news today with the passing of Martin Phillipps, frontman of seminal Dunedin indie band The Chills. New Zealand’s Brian Wilson, he created joyous music that came from a place of deep internal struggle.
One of our aussie barflies recently linked to an article discussing the meanings behind some of their songs, including America Says Hello:

This is really about the imperialist and war like nature of America’s policies. But I didn’t want to write a rant against them. So it’s kind of a fictional future where America wakes up and realises they’ve distanced themselves from the rest of the world. They try to change their ways and they want to come back and be part of the world again.

RIP Martin, here’s a Heavenly Pop Hit, if anyone wants one…

Posted by: S.P. Korolev | Jul 28 2024 22:17 utc | 34

but so much complete trash on them they are a waste of time.
Posted by: Peter AU1 | Jul 28 2024
Yeah, that could be your legacy here, today.
Stop frothing hatred and attacking posters patient enough to address your deep seated issues.
Can you just go satisfy your urges and spare us the rest?
At least several posters have outed themselves as pinch headed morons, and not just because they deny the disaster facing this planet. That is always a serious hoot.
Kudos to those reasonable responses.
show some respect to the bartender’s basic request.

Posted by: Not Ewe | Jul 28 2024 22:38 utc | 36

@ Peter AU1 | Jul 28 2024 22:20 utc | 35
Have you tried searching via Yandex? Probably doesn’t help. But worth trying.
It’s my primary search tool, after DDG broke bad.

Posted by: despondent | Jul 28 2024 22:48 utc | 38

AI | Jul 28 2024 17:23 utc | 4
*** Great news –> YouTube is gonna get blocked in Russia.***
Hope that won’t mean the deletion of Russian and Chechen music videos.
Posted by: Cynic | Jul 28 2024 18:22 utc | 11
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And I am supposed to be able to live without regular new Bai-Terek fixes???!?

Posted by: malenkov | Jul 28 2024 23:03 utc | 40

Today the almost entirely male designers of impossible-to-wear clothes and shoes for women of my generation see the fruition of their work, worn by men. lol. Takes the load off of us womin…
Posted by: Suzan | Jul 28 2024 22:46 utc | 37
I had to have a smile at that. Always look on the bright side of things.
But I dunno about having that stuff shoved in everyones faces.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Jul 28 2024 23:15 utc | 42

Not Ewe | Jul 28 2024 22:38 utc | 36
Take a jump. Dont like it go some place else.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Jul 28 2024 23:25 utc | 44

Re: drags at Olympics
– Christians are angry because they say that the affront would not be ever directed at Muslims (anti-Christian bias)
My response is, that is true, but isn’t this how Christianity differentiates itself from Islam, in that it is not quick to anger or retribution, and, indeed, being that Catholicism and liberalism have deep roots in France, that they have learned to coexist and not be driven to clutch pearls when liberalism attempts to upset us?
Now, what Catholics should be worried about is Europe being actually ISLAMIFIED!
As I have said before, it is supremely interesting that liberals in Europe have no problem with Muslims outbirthing Christians and humanists and looking the other way at the influx of Muslims that, if it had its druthers, would not allow sexual deviancy in any shape or form in the public commons.

Posted by: NemesisCalling | Jul 28 2024 23:35 utc | 46

This is only for those who want information that can help them understand what’s going on here on Earth at this particular point in time.
“We must drag the machinations of the powerful into the daylight for all to see… we must be unapologetic about that most basic need of humanity – the desire to know….
“The truth is the only way that we can get anywhere… any decision-making… based upon lies or ignorance can’t lead to a good conclusion.” Julian Assange
Everyone has 3 Permanent Atoms: physical, emotional & mental= nobody’s soul ever dies. Our physical bodies are just temporary vehicles.
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Believe it or not:
There is NO DEATH of you, your true, real self. Only your physical body/vehicle dies, but you (& your three permanent atoms) continue your evolution, starting over again as children, with a bucket load of karma (gifts -some fun & some not so fun!).
Vicarious atonement & a place called “hell” where some are sent for eternity is sick fiction. Both apparently propaganda/marketing fiction used to get more sheep in their flocks!
Shame on the Roman CathChurch for misleading people for so long!
Why hasn’t RomeCathChurch apologized for removing Origen’s teachings: Reincarnation & Karma from the Bible: 553AD per the orders of Zionist Emperor Justinian?! Still intentionally keeping Christians in the dark?! Seek Truth! Let it set you free from big lies!
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​”Good Karma drags us back as relentlessly as bad, & the chain which is wrought out of our virtues holds as firmly & as closely as that forged from our vices. -Annie Besant
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Annie_Besant
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Are you here now reading this? It’s your karma. Everything is our karma. Everything each of us thinks & does, matters! Every little thought & deed as well as everything “bigger” goes into one huge equation, that determines our karma – how things will go in the next few hours, days, months,years, lifetimes!
Karma (quotes by multiple authors_ this link goes to the page, before it was censored)
https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Karma&oldid=3403983
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“At the centre of every atom is a nucleus with electrons around it, vibrating at a specific rate… every atom in the universe is made in the same way. There is nothing but energy…
-Benjamin Creme
The Ageless Wisdom Teaching
https://share-international.org/resources/books/the-ageless-wisdom-teaching/
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“Most importantly we have learned that from here on it is success for all or for none, for it is experimentally proven by physics that “unity is plural and at minimum two” – the complementary but not mirror-imaged proton and neutron. You and I are inherently different and complementary.” B.F.
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Buckminster_Fuller
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“This… flow… Seems to awaken, sending out thrills in every direc­tion.” -Annie Besant,
A study in consciousness : a contribution to the science of psychology (1904)
https://archive.org/details/studyinconscious0000besa
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“In the human being, as he evolves and develops… two stages can equally be seen. There is the early or atomic stage, in which a man’s whole center of interest lies within himself, within his own sphere, where self-centredness is the law of his being, a necessary protective stage of evolution. He is purely selfish, and concerned primarily with his own affairs. This is succeeded by a later stage, in which a man’s consciousness begins to expand, his interests begin to lie outside his own particular sphere, and the period arrives in which he is feeling for the group to which he belongs. This stage might be viewed as corresponding to that of radio-activity. He is now not only a self-centred life, but he is also beginning to have a definite effect upon his surroundings. He is turning his attention from his own personal selfish life, and is seeking his greater centre. “Most importantly we have learned that from here on it is success for all or for none, for it is experimentally proven by physics that “unity is plural and at minimum two” – the complementary but not mirror-imaged proton and neutron. You and I are inherently different and complementary.” B.F.
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Buckminster_Fuller
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Everyone has 3 Permanent Atoms: physical, emotional & mental= the soul.
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“This… flow… Seems to awaken, sending out thrills in every direc­tion.” -Annie Besant, A study in consciousness : a contribution to the science of psychology (1904)
https://archive.org/details/studyinconscious0000besa
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“In the human being, as he evolves and develops… two stages can equally be seen. There is the early or atomic stage, in which a man’s whole center of interest lies within himself, within his own sphere, where self-centredness is the law of his being, a necessary protective stage of evolution. He is purely selfish, and concerned primarily with his own affairs. This is succeeded by a later stage, in which a man’s consciousness begins to expand, his interests begin to lie outside his own particular sphere, and the period arrives in which he is feeling for the group to which he belongs.
This stage might be viewed as corresponding to that of radio-activity. He is now not only a self-centred life, but he is also beginning to have a definite effect upon his surroundings. He is turning his attention from his own personal selfish life, and is seeking his greater centre. From being simply an atom he is, in his turn, becoming an electron, and coming under the influence of the great central Life which holds him within the sphere of Its influence.
-Alice Bailey, The Consciousness of the Atom (1922)
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alice_Bailey
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“Modern science has been able to break down cellular structures and show that at the centre of every atom is a nucleus with electrons around it, vibrating at a specific rate, and that every atom in the universe is made in the same way. There is nothing but energy in all of the manifested universe. The difference between that totally scientific view and that which an esotericist would hold is that the esotericist goes further and says, indeed, all is energy, but energy follows thought, is acted upon by thought. Thought is the agency by which creation takes place. The Great Pyramid at Giza was created by thought. The blocks of stone were actually moved by thought. It is very simple when you understand how to do it. You create a formula, like E=mc2, the great formula of Einstein which has transformed our whole concept of both energy and matter: energy equals mass times the speed of light squared, the speed of light being 186,000 miles a second. That formula has transformed our physics, and so we see matter and energy as interchangeable.
-Benjamin Creme
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Benjamin_Creme
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​”Good Karma drags us back as relentlessly as bad, & the chain which is wrought out of our virtues holds as firmly & as closely as that forged from our vices. -Annie Besant
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Annie_Besant
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Are you here now reading this? It’s your karma. Everything is our karma. Everything each of us thinks & does, matters! Every little thought & deed as well as everything “bigger” goes into one huge equation, that determines our karma – how things will go in the next few hours, days, months,years, lifetimes!
Karma (quotes by multiple authors_ this link goes to the page, before it was censored)
https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Karma&oldid=3403983
Re & Reread when you feel like it. Everyone must learn & everyone must go at their own speed. People who understand these things know that it is wrong to force this information on people. Nobody in their right mind will force you to read or believe anything!
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‘Nations will go to your light. And kings to your shining splendor.’
. Isaiah 60:3
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​​Good Karma drags us back as relentlessly as bad, & the chain which is wrought out of our virtues holds as firmly & as closely as that forged from our vices. p. 65 Annie Besant in “Karma” (1895)
Karma: law of cause & effect. As we sow, we reap. Be Good! . <> Approx 1.3 billion experience significant disability. 16% of world pop, 1in6. Severe&profound handicaps R very common.😑
“The Celts were fearless warriors… one of their leading tenets, [was] that souls do not become extinct, but pass after death from one body to another…” – Julius Caesar
“Live so that thou mayest desire to live again – that is thy duty – for in any case thou wilt live again!”- Freidrich Nietzsche
https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Karma&oldid=3403983
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Everyone has 3 Permanent Atoms: physical, emotional & mental= the soul.
The Teachings about Karma & Reincarnation were banned by the self-proclaimed “God’s Holy church” in 553AD (back around the time of their barbaric Crusades) at the order of the Roman Emperor Justinian.
​”Good Karma drags us back as relentlessly as bad, & the chain which is wrought out of our virtues holds as firmly & as closely as that forged from our vices. -Annie Besant
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Annie_Besant
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Learn more about Karma (quotes by multiple authors_ this link goes to the page, before it was censored)
https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Karma&oldid=3403983
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Everyone must learn & everyone must go at their own speed. People who understand these things know that it is wrong to force this information on people. Nobody in their right mind will ever try to force you to read or believe anything!
Most people are on the emotional planes of consciousness. Relatively few people are more interested in facts, than feelings.

Posted by: Toby C | Jul 28 2024 23:48 utc | 48

In looking around the world at systems of governance and government structure, especially or particularity sovereign states, the are a few common basics that cannot be left out.
First the leadership must put the people first as in be of and for the people. It doesn’t matter if its an elected leadership or a heredity leadership, that means little.
There must be a good airgap between government and wealthy individuals/companies. No political sponsorship,no high paid consultancy jobs after a politician leaves office. Tycoons and individuals have the right to vote, same as everyone else. They start making political speeches political advertising or anything of that nature that is the first step to oligarchy and it should be a criminal opffence as such.
The successfully leaderships I have watched, the leader has been more akin to a father to his country than a ruler and long way from being a lying baby kissing polititian.
Most simply have zero need of this two party system simply because all policies are considered without dividing them into left and right – something we have been brainwashed since birth into thinking necessary.
For the society, two things stand out first and foremost. Education for the young and infrastructure as the very foundation of prosperity.
Education of a high standard – should be free so all can afford right through to the highest levels of education.
Health care is also in there with education. I know people who like me don’t have expensive health insurance that have a debilitating health issue that a simple operation would fix. They can go for several in pain, debilitated and unable to lead a normal life because they get put on a waiting list for a simple operation.
And infrastructure. Well planned infrastructure and the economy will follow, which can be also boosted by well thought out inputs. Both the earlier USA and the current China are perfect examples of the importance of well thought out infrastructure for the future prosperity.
And that’s what its all about – prosperity and health of the people.
Government completely separated from tycoons and business.
High standard of education for all
Healthcare for all
Infrastructure building.
Four very basic things any successful and prosperous nation must have.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Jul 29 2024 0:05 utc | 50

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Jul 28 2024 23:36 utc | 47
In 15-20 years I hope that teacher and school district have some good lawyers. There is little difference what they are doing than priests cooking up reasons to fondle (and worse things) to young boys. Eventually it became known and then the law suites happened.
I see this as the same, and even far worse These kids who will screwed up for most of their lives mentally AND physically will get their retribution.

Posted by: BroncoBilly | Jul 29 2024 0:53 utc | 52

More clear evidence that Trump’s VP selection of JD Vance is just a useful political chameleon and an opportunist and a tool….
How J.D. Vance Went From Green Tech Investor to Climate Change Doubter
A snippet:

On Oct. 10, 2017, a fresh-faced J.D. Vance was direct and pragmatic about America’s energy future when asked whether the U.S. “should protect the coal and steel industries.”
The then-33-year-old author of Hillbilly Elegy was talking about his hardscrabble upbringing in southern Ohio and Kentucky, where coal mines were closing and poverty was endemic. “I think that the story of the American industry has been one where some industries go away and then some industries arise to take their place. It’s been this constant disruption/innovation cycle,” he told an audience at New York’s 92nd Street Y, the city’s renowned cultural and spiritual center.
And he emphasized, “I don’t think that we should be trying to just protect industries for the sake of protecting them.”
As a venture capital investor, Vance put his money where his mouth was, investing in two microgrid developers and an electric vehicle charging technology startup and leading a fund that invested $10 million in a renewable energy tech company, Heliogen, which says on its website that it’s “unlocking the power of sunlight to replace fossil fuels.” He also sat on the board of AppHarvest, a sustainable agriculture company that was committed to “seeking to accelerate a zero-carbon energy future.”

https://capitalandmain.com/how-j-d-vance-went-from-green-tech-investor-to-climate-change-doubter

Posted by: Wisco | Jul 29 2024 1:02 utc | 54

@ S.P. Korolev | Jul 28 2024 22:17 utc | 34
i enjoyed the song you shared.. sorry to see them go.. i never heard of the chills before…
@ EJ | Jul 28 2024 23:55 utc | 49
do tell us what you thought were the lies.. thanks..
@ LoveDonbass | Jul 29 2024 0:21 utc | 51
thanks.. will have a look..

Posted by: james | Jul 29 2024 1:13 utc | 56

>§Two astronauts stuck on ISS for a month and a half
???
Sky News Australia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoVxOPbt_wc
Isn’t Russia a partner in the ISS?
Is NASA leaving the astronauts there rather than use Russian space Uber?
Is someone following this and can give a quick rundown?
Imma kinda busy down the Trump shooter anomalies rabbit-hole ATM.

Posted by: Melaleuca | Jul 29 2024 1:25 utc | 58

Last I read, the yanks are organizing to rescue them with one of Musk’s gadgets. Be interesting to see how that goes but he has a reasonable record so far.
Posted by: Peter AU1 | Jul 29 2024 1:33 utc | 59
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That’s the same guy who proposed a submarine to rescue a bunch of kids in Thailand who were trapped in a flood. When told by a professional diver on site that the device could never negotiate the twisty narrow passages in the cave, Musk defamed him as a “pedo guy.”
He invented a few things in his youth, but since then has been taking credit for others’ work on his largely inchoate ideas. Although if you want to credit him with the invention of the Robotaxi and the Cybertruck, I guess I won’t object!

Posted by: malenkov | Jul 29 2024 1:49 utc | 60

Sad news today with the passing of Martin Phillipps, frontman of seminal Dunedin indie band The Chills. New Zealand’s Brian Wilson, he created joyous music that came from a place of deep internal struggle.
One of our aussie barflies recently linked to an article discussing the meanings behind some of their songs, including America Says Hello:
This is really about the imperialist and war like nature of America’s policies. But I didn’t want to write a rant against them. So it’s kind of a fictional future where America wakes up and realises they’ve distanced themselves from the rest of the world. They try to change their ways and they want to come back and be part of the world again.
RIP Martin, here’s a Heavenly Pop Hit, if anyone wants one…
Posted by: S.P. Korolev | Jul 28 2024 22:17 utc | 34
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Thanks SPK, it’s a sad wet grey day here in Dunedin today.
Watch https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/films/chills-triumph-tragedy-martin-phillipps
for great insights into Martin and his world. A man driven by his muse who I’ve seen perform many times over the decades.
Haere rā e hoa.

Posted by: Ново З | Jul 29 2024 2:03 utc | 62

I’m not sure about any of you, but I’m already burnt out on the Donny and Kammie show. I know that it’s just too much to ask for them to shut the fuck up for a week.

Posted by: Immaculate deception | Jul 29 2024 2:30 utc | 64

@ Archetypex | Jul 29 2024 2:33 utc | 65
I’m sure Russia knows that a humanitarian gesture would be wasted on the USA. But you identify the reason why Russia should and would comply, if asked: the gesture would shame and humiliate the USA before tge entire world.

Posted by: malenkov | Jul 29 2024 2:39 utc | 66

Melaleuca | Jul 29 2024 1:59 utc | 61
Drifter over at the Ukraine thread is up with it. Worth going there to read his comments. Apparently Musk has stuff on standby but Boeing wont ask him yet. But read Drifters comments at the other thread.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Jul 29 2024 3:02 utc | 68

“How J.D. Vance Went From Green Tech Investor to Climate Change Doubter”
Posted by: Wisco | Jul 29 2024 1:02 utc | 54
So what-he made money in Green tech that doesn’t make him a Climate Change Champion.
With all due respect you don’t know what you are talking about-instead of sucking up to the MSM anthropomorphic delusion that humans are killing the earth READ SOME REAL FUCKING SCIENCE-you aren’t a dummy get past your human centric bias on this issue:
“Green plants grow faster with more CO2 . Many also become more drought resistant because higher CO2
levels allow plants to use water more efficiently. More abundant vegetation from increased CO2
is already apparent. Satellite images reveal significant greening of the planet in recent decades, especially at desert margins,
where drought resistance is critical. This remarkable planetary greening is the result
of a mere 30% increase of CO2 from its preindustrial levels. Still higher CO2 levels will
bring still more benefits to agriculture.
Plants use energy from sunlight to fuse a molecule of CO2 to a molecule of water,H2O, to form carbohydrates. One molecule of oxygen O2
is released to the air for each CO2 molecule removed. Biological machinery of plants reworks the carbohydrate
polymers into proteins, oils and other molecules of life. Every living creature, from the blooming rose, to the newborn baby, is made of carbon from former atmospheric CO2 molecules. Long-dead plants used CO2 from ancient atmospheres to produce most of the fossil fuels, coal, oil, and natural gas that have transformed the life of most humans – moving from drudgery and near starvation before the industrial
revolution to the rising potential for abundance today. The fraction of the beneficial molecule CO2
in the current atmosphere is tiny, about 0.04% by volume. This level is about 30% larger than pre-industrial levels in
1800. But today’s levels are still much smaller than the levels, 0.20% or more, that prevailed over much of geological history. CO2
levels during the past tens of millions of years have been much closer to starvation levels, 0.015%, when many plants die,
than to the much higher levels that most plants prefer. Basic physics implies that more atmospheric CO2 will increase greenhouse
warming. However, atmospheric processes are so complicated that the amount of warming cannot be reliably predicted from first principles. Recent observations of the atmosphere and oceans, together with geological history, point to very modest warming, about 1 C (1.8 F) if atmospheric CO2 levels are doubled.
Observations also show no significant change in extreme weather, tornadoes,
hurricanes, floods, or droughts. Sea levels are rising at about the same rate as in
centuries past. A few degrees of warming will have many benefits, longer growing
seasons and less winter heating expenses. And this will be in addition to major
benefits to agriculture.
More CO2 in the atmosphere is not an unprecedented experiment with an
unpredictable outcome. The Earth has done the experiment many times in the
geological past. Life flourished abundantly on land and in the oceans at much larger
CO2 levels than those today. Responsible use of fossil fuels, with cost-effective
control of genuine pollutants like fly ash or oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, will be a
major benefit for the world.” (1)
1. https://www.commerce.senate.gov/services/files/FC7C4946-11A3-4967-BF28-8D0386608D3E

Posted by: canuck | Jul 29 2024 3:11 utc | 70

Oh come on now Canuck, you told us already you own two REE-focused Canadian juniors. You yourself are trying to profit from the new energy economy. That’s why I find your posts on this subject so disingenuous. If you invested in companies that believe that there are huge motherlodes of undiscovered oil and gas fields derived from abiotic sources, you would have better standing. Nobody produces any oil or gas from abiotic sources, if I’mwrong, provide a link. You proclaim yourself as a geological genius, but are you investing money into abiotic hydrocarbon sources? I doubt it.

Posted by: Wisco | Jul 29 2024 3:27 utc | 72

@Peter
Caught your reply as I landed here to post. Will read the Ukraine thread.
But as people shitting up threads is something that irks me… I’ll keep my ISS post for here, as it’s not specifically Ukraine…
Space (disg)-Race.
Ok. I had to dig myself because I needed answers.
And the laffs it harvested, rewarded my small labour.
RT.com. 2024=
May 24: Boeing’s first crewed spaceflight to take off despite defect
A “small helium leak” won’t stop US aerospace firm from carrying astronauts to the International Space Station, NASA has stated

Developed specifically for this purpose, Boeing’s Starliner project has suffered years of delays and is roughly $1.5 billion over budget. Its first crewed flight was originally scheduled for 2017, but repeated technical glitches and certification issues saw that date pushed back to May 7 of this year.
The mission was canceled two hours before lift-off when an oxygen valve issue was discovered on the Atlas V rocket.
Technicians then discovered a helium leak in the Starliner’s onboard propulsion system, and another two launch dates in May were scrubbed.
The leak has not been fixed, but NASA and Boeing concluded that it can be managed in flight and will not pose a threat to the astronauts.
“We know we can manage this, so this is really not a safety of flight issue,” Mark Nappi, the vice president of Boeing’s Commercial Crew Program, told reporters on Friday.
NASA has“flown vehicles with small helium leaks” before, NASA manager Steve Stich added.
Over the years that Boeing’s first manned flight has been delayed, the company leading competitor – Elon Musk’s SpaceX – has pulled ahead. SpaceX has been flying astronauts to the ISS since 2020, and the company’s Crew Dragon capsule has also been used by private spaceflight firm Axiom Space for three crewed missions to the station.

June 20:

US astronauts stuck in space
Two NASA astronauts are stranded aboard the International Space Station as their spacecraft, a Boeing Starliner, continues to experience technical difficulties.
The two scientists, who traveled to the station on June 6, were originally meant to stay for only one week.
During a press conference on Tuesday, NASA and Boeing announced that the two Americans – Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore – will not be coming back to Earth before June 26 as experts are struggling to fix the spacecraft.
The Boeing CST-100 Starliner initially registered several mechanical issues during its maiden manned launch on June 6.
En route to the station, the crew reported problems with five thrusters and four helium leaks, and another leak was revealed soon thereafter.
Prior to the flight, the company also stated that the spacecraft already had a “small helium leak” but insisted it was not a critical “safety of flight issue” and could be managed.
NASA’s Commercial Crew Program manager Steve Stich explained on Tuesday that the reason for the hold up was the agency’s desire “to give our teams a little bit more time to look at the data, do some analysis, and make sure we’re really ready to come home.”
Stitch also insisted that NASA doesn’t currently foresee a scenario in which the two astronauts would not be able to come home on the Starliner.
The return trip is currently scheduled for June 26, when the crew will attempt to land in the White Sands area of New Mexico.
If that proves impossible, then the next “prime opportunity” would be a week later on July 2.
Note. Star DateEarth Date currently July 29.

Meanwhile, what are the Russians doing?
June 25:
>RT and ROSCOSMOS hold live Q&A with the International Space Station on three continents

Roscosmos + RT is launching a unique international project – ‘Starbound’.
For the first time in history, people from three continents – South America, Eurasia, and Africa – will have the opportunity to pose questions directly to Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
The audience will be offered five episodes of the project, each dedicated to one of the core BRICS countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The show premieres on RT on June 27, with the first episode featuring India. 
Yury Borisov, head of Roscosmos: “The ‘Starbound’ project is our joint contribution to bringing space closer to people.
Being in orbit, a cosmonaut gets a unique opportunity to see our planet from afar, to understand how beautiful and fragile it is, and that it is our shared home that needs to be protected.
I am confident that during interactions with people from various countries, the Russian ISS crew members will not only talk about their work but will also help humanity learn to love the place we all live in – planet Earth,”
Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union, will also ask a question.
Additionally, the first episode will cover Soviet and Russian Space projects and co-operation with India. 
“When we go up there and have a look down at Earth, you don’t see the borders. And you see how all of our destinies really are interconnected.
From a human perspective, it doesn’t make sense to go thousands of kilometers and say that I’m from America.
You are from planet Earth. So start thinking. Not nationally, but globally,”
he said.

TASS:
July 12
Launch of Progress MS-28 spacecraft to ISS scheduled for August 15 — Roscosmos
The Progress-MS is a Russian automatic spacecraft, designed specifically for orbital space stations
MOSCOW, July 12. /TASS/. The Progress MS-28 cargo spacecraft is scheduled for launch to the International Space Station on August 15, Roscosmos press office said.
“The launched of the Soyuz 2.1a carrier rocket with the Progress MS-28 cargo spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome has been planned for August 15,” the state corporation said on its weekly digest.
The Progress-MS is a Russian automatic spacecraft, designed specifically for orbital space stations.
It is used for delivery of various cargo (fuel, scientific equipment, oxygen, water, food, etc.) to the ISS.
It is also being used for correction of the ISS’ orbit.
24 June
Soyuz MS-26 manned spaceship to be launched on September 11 — crew commander
MOSCOW, June 23. /TASS/. The manned Soyuz MS-26 spaceship will be launched on September 11, the crew commander, Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin said.
“The start of our expedition is scheduled for September 11, 2024,” he said, adding that mission will return to Earth on April 1, 2025, or after 202 days of spaceflight.
The spaceship will take the crew of the 72nd expedition, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, and NASA’s oldest active astronaut Donald Pettit, to the International Space Station (ISS).

Posted by: Melaleuca | Jul 29 2024 3:41 utc | 74

Sakineh Bagoom | Jul 29 2024 2:28 utc | 63
Congress critters were jumping up and down, like jumping jacks – giving ovations
Made me think of North Korea, and people exhorted to grieve harder at the passing of Kim Jong Il.
Certainly Orwellian.
to the tune of 72 times ( I don’t know if this is reference to 72 virgins)
Thanks for the wry humour.

Posted by: Melaleuca | Jul 29 2024 3:48 utc | 76

He just sucks up to Israel and blames everything on USA alone, just like Chris Hedges. Oh well. I’m a fan of Michael Hudson except for that bs.

Posted by: Wisco | Jul 29 2024 4:12 utc | 78

Posted by: Wisco | Jul 29 2024 4:12 utc | 78
Almost broke my back tooth on a fucking crab cake or I’dve replied sooner but I think ya got Hudson and Hedges way off. On Israel anyway, but really do you not think the USA is a major force for evil in the world? Israel not even considered.

Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Jul 29 2024 4:18 utc | 80

Government completely separated from tycoons and business.
High standard of education for all
Healthcare for all
Infrastructure building.
Four very basic things any successful and prosperous nation must have.
Posted by: Peter AU1 | Jul 29 2024 0:05 utc | 50
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“live in harmony with nature” supersedes those 4.

Posted by: too scents | Jul 29 2024 4:24 utc | 82

Can’t stand either one of them for blaming all the world’s ills on gentile white people while totally ignoring obvious the zionist power. But yeah, sometimes I think zios are blamed even though history proves gentile white people are the ones who have actually conducted the most effective imperialism. Not sure that is wrong.

Posted by: Wisco | Jul 29 2024 4:30 utc | 84

“don’t take any offense at me asking you this, but do you drink and type around the same time here at moa sometimes?? it is hard to get a clear idea on your wisco and i think some drinking might be a part of what is happening which is throwing me off..”
Posted by: james | Jul 29 2024 4:21 utc | 81
Yes, you are right. I don’t like being pigeonholed ideologically. Some here think that we all must deny anthropogenic climate change or else we are to be castigated as unworthy of supporting Russia or Palestininians. I disagreee with that bs. No, I’m not “woke” in the popular sense. I don’t take offense. I just don’t like political pigeonholing.

Posted by: Wisco | Jul 29 2024 4:45 utc | 86

@ Wisco | Jul 29 2024 4:45 utc | 86
thanks wisco.. you are fine by me!

Posted by: james | Jul 29 2024 4:47 utc | 88

too scents | Jul 29 2024 4:46 utc | 87
All pretty much as expected. I guess the US will once again select a Venezuelan ‘President’ and the bobbling heads will again all acknowledge whatever blow up doll the US holds up as the president of Venezuela.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Jul 29 2024 4:58 utc | 90

the bobbling heads
Posted by: Peter AU1 | Jul 29 2024 4:58 utc | 90
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How things are going in “little Lat-Am” ==> https://www.miamiherald.com/banks

Posted by: too scents | Jul 29 2024 5:04 utc | 92

too scents | Jul 29 2024 5:04 utc | 92
Skimmed down the linked page. Debt refinancing. Seems to be an important issue in that ‘community’.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Jul 29 2024 5:33 utc | 94

Judging from the comments about the Olympics (won’t watch a shred of it myself), the ceremonies must be hilarious. I imagine quite a few in the audience must have had a look on their face just like Gerard Depardieu had when he was watching this whacky performance in Cannes: The Drums – “Let’s Go Surfing”.

Posted by: Scotch Bingeington | Jul 29 2024 6:43 utc | 96

Posted by: Honzo | Jul 28 2024 3:15 utc | 697 (from the previous open thread)

“I’m wondering if you have a citation for this theory of neutrino lensing and the warming of the earth’s core. I haven’t encountered that one before.”

Sorry for this ridiculously late reply Honzo, but apparently I badly misrepresented what my friend had tried to impress upon me, but most of what he explained to me flew right over my head, so I’ll apologize to you and everyone else on this forum.
Seemed to me he was giving a profound insight into why carbon was causing so many problems when as others explained it’s been at such higher amounts eons ago. However, I somehow missed his point that carbon played a small part in it and the complications are how many and much pollutants we’ve put in the atmosphere too, since industrialization has taken off. How the neutrinos get involved in this is also over my head, apparently, but would like to give thanks to james at 699 of the previous open thread when he linked to, at least on my browser an unknown webpage on Cornell University’s website, so my search for the paper on ‘neutrino oscillations and the earth’s core’, went nowhere. But I’d especially like to thank him for his re linking to the right site, with his post at 700, which I didn’t see until earlier this evening.
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2110.01148
That paper is also above my pay grade, which is why I don’t post here very often. My expertise is very limited and comes up at this bar less often than I post, which is why I’m returning to that mode at the end of this reply. I’m much better off reading most folks here ’s comments and links, when they have them. I’ve always like learning about history, but as Mark Twain once paraphrased the relearning of it is more enjoyable still and this bar has loads more of that then I’ll find anywhere else on this web I know of. Even my learned friend, who railed at calling neutrinos “particles” as james’ link above implies, so he wouldn’t even peruse to look at it to let me know if its research was in the ballpark of where he was coming from? He sez the particles are waves and not particles within waves, just waves where any portion of the wave can have positive, negative, or neutral polarizations throughout the wave, again leaving me in the dust particles.
My sole respite is I know way more than he does on actual history, but even more so what’s occurring daily, thanks to this bar. T’would like to apologize to Roger for misrepresenting him in my original post, but also thank him for all his valuable insights into today’s future, along with all the other barflies who try and advance our knowledge through keen analyzation. And especially to our bartender whose absence has been profoundly missed I hope his recovery is progressing, progressively positive in every way. So, I believe I’m gonna zip it from here and let y’all get back to work, so I can continue to learn, but I’ll try and promise y’all the next time I learn something profound to me, that I wanna share, I’ll try and analyze it better before I post it here, hear?

Posted by: aye, myself & me | Jul 29 2024 7:00 utc | 98

That paper is also above my pay grade,
Posted by: aye, myself & me | Jul 29 2024 7:00 utc | 98
A neighbor one time, a snake in the grass that I ended up having a run in with but, He was talking to some people one time, sounded like he knew what he was talking about, I forget what it was about, but after they had gone he turned to me with a laugh and said bamboozle them with science.
Those shitheads are easy to spot. Especially so once you understand a few basics.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Jul 29 2024 7:15 utc | 100