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Academic 1988-2015 in Hong Kong, China. Taught history and theory of political economy, globalization and international trade. Now in WA starting up low carbon organic farm. See http://www.fiveelementsharvest.com
Groups: Saturday Morning Garden Blogging, Global Expats, Systems Thinking, Progressive Friends of the Library Newsletter, ClassWarfare Newsletter: WallStreet VS Working Class Global Occupy movement, Daily Kos Foreign Language Edition Group Newsletter, DK Fans of 90 for 90, Regenerative Culture for an Altered Planet, GreenRevolution A Direct Action Environmental Protest Group, War 21
Diaries published: 81 (16 days since last diary on Wed Nov 22, 2023 at 10:36 AM PST)
Comments posted: 2363 (3 days since last comment on Mon Dec 04, 2023 at 04:43 PM PST)
Diary frequency: often
Comment frequency: frequent
Total Recommends: 8919
Total Comment Ratings: 2373
Most Recommended Diary: Obama's historic speech, Republican nightmare, 332 comments, 746 recommends
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If you're thinking about "voting your conscience" or "sending a message" to Democrats by voting for one of the third party candidates in November 2024, or even not voting at all, please consider the following possible to likely effects of doing this....
by monkeybrainpolitics
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on Wed Nov 22, 2023 at 10:36 AM PST
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Obiviously, I’m not the only one who recognized that Trump deliberately imitated Adolf Hitler’s baleful stare in his mugshot. I knew I had seen that look before. When I went hunting for photos in the Daily Kos database to compare the two mugshots, a...
by monkeybrainpolitics
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on Fri Aug 25, 2023 at 05:23 PM PDT
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Greetings from the far Pacific Northwest, where the winters are wet and the grass gets greener than in spring. But this Saturday Morning Garden Blog is not about winter rain. It's about summer and ...
by monkeybrainpolitics
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on Sat Nov 06, 2021 at 06:00 AM PDT
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On Tuesday, July 27 2021 Whatcom County in far west Washington State, became the first county in the United States to ban further expansion of fossil fuel facilities. This action made the front page of The Guardian newspaper. WA State county bans...
by monkeybrainpolitics
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on Thu Jul 29, 2021 at 07:24 AM PDT
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Ruth Marcus, Deputy editorial page director at the Washington Post wrote an editorial today titled: “Kill the Filibuster—and reap what you sow.” Well, as a farmer I took the title to mean something entirely different from what she argued. For example,...
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on Sat Mar 20, 2021 at 02:28 PM PDT
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I have yet to see this brought up, but let’s be clear about what Trump very likely hoped these insurrectionists would do. Reports of two explosive devices being found show that the rioters planned (they didn’t make the bombs on site) to blow things up...
by monkeybrainpolitics
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on Thu Jan 07, 2021 at 10:27 AM PST
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- The captain has illuminated the seat belt sign. Please return your trays to the upright position. That’s a damn shame about your electric infrastructure. This is reportedly a factory that produces transformers and other electrical equipment. That’s a...24 comments 323 Recs
- Republicans provided another textbook example of massive hypocrisy on Wednesday with a letter ordering Hunter Biden to appear for a hearing on Dec. 13. The letter to Hunter’s attorney says that he has no choice. He must appear for a closed-door...151 comments 394 Recs
- The fourth GOP primary debate was as stupid as the others. The debate, hosted by NewsNation and moderated by Megyn Kelly, Elizabeth Vargas and Eliana Johnson, devolved into conspiracy theories and confusing personal attacks. Sartorial splendor included...190 comments 286 Recs
- We begin today with David Wallace-Wells of The New York Times, citing a rather obvious underlying reason for continuing American economic pessimism: the COVID-19 pandemic. But in fishing for causes, an obvious contributor is often overlooked: the...285 comments 255 Recs
- This piece will be appearing in newspapers in the very red congressional district (the VA-06 of 2012) in which I ran for Congress in 2012. The Republican Party had already become possessed by “A Sick and Broken Spirit” by that time. But, to paraphrase...219 comments 646 Recs
- Funds and firepower remain the key issues as drones continue to strike. Russian forces conducted a notably large series of drone strikes against Ukraine on the night of December 5 to 6. Ukrainian military officials reported that Russian forces launched...51 comments 216 Recs
- Bridget Ziegler of Moms For Liberty Has Admitted To Having A Sexual Relationship With Woman Accuser.Super hypocrite Bridget Ziegler of Moms of Liberty fame has admitted to having a sexual relationship with the woman who has accused her husband, Christian Zeigler, of rape. Under questions to police detectives, Bridget Ziegler stated that she had...144 comments 318 Recs
- Glaciers in Svalbard, an archipelago between Norway and the Arctic Circle, are warming twice as fast as the Arctic, which is warming four times faster than the planet. A new study has found that this exceptional warming is in a vicious feedback loop...74 comments 250 Recs
- This is the highway directly south of Krynky. If this proves to be correct (fog of war and all that), this would be a promising advance. There is a forest between Krynky and this highway, making it easier for Ukraine to advance than across the open...104 comments 554 Recs
- Luke Goldstein of The American Prospect reports on Senator Chris Murphy’s (D-CT) recent shift to an explicit rejection of neoliberalism. I pressed Murphy about why, despite executive actions, Democrats in Congress weren’t able to move forward in the...407 comments 426 Recs
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