Saturday, January 1, 2022

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Meisha Porter Had 3 Goals as N.Y.C. Schools Chief: ‘Open. Open. Open.’
The departing New York City schools chancellor pulled off a big task in a short period of time: reopening the nation’s largest school district during a pandemic. read more
 
Meisha Porter has been believing Faux News.
The city schools should not be open without effective vaccination.
 
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Ian Welsh16 hours agos
Audio Recordings of "Political Concepts” to Chapter 3
[image: Audio Recordings of] An enthusiastic reader has made recordings of the first few chapters for those who prefer to listen rather than read. Introduction Chapter 1: Politics Itself Chapter 2: Legitimacy Chapter 3: Ideology If, on the other hand you prefer to read the Table of Contents and Introduction, has links to all published chapters. *DONATE OR SUBSCRIBE* Facebook Twitter WhatsApp LinkedIn read more
 
https://www.ianwelsh.net/political-concepts-introduction-and-table-of-contents/
 
I don't know what you have read.
 
https://www.ianwelsh.net/ideology-political-concepts-book-chapter-3/
 
Continue as you see fit.
 
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Navy Fires Warship’s Top Two Officers, Citing ‘Loss of Confidence’
The commander and second in charge of the U.S.S. Montgomery were relieved of command in a rare punishment, reportedly over their handling of a sexual harassment case. read more
 
Commanders are expensive
 
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Putin Warns Biden of ‘Complete Rupture’ of U.S.-Russia Relationship Over Ukraine
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia spoke with President Biden for 50 minutes about the escalating crisis with Ukraine, but his intentions remained unclear. read more
 
An equipped and supplied insurgency destroyed the Russian occupation of Afghanistan.
Opiates destroyed the returning vetrans.
The U.S. has learned and the Ukrainians are learning.
The field  fuel of choice could be 95% potable grain alcohol. 
Drug smuggling is ever easier.
 
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F.D.A. Plans to Allow 12- to 15-Year-Olds to Receive Pfizer Boosters
Regulators are also expected to allow even younger children with immune deficiencies to get an extra shot. read more
 
Vaccinated is good.  Boosted is better.
 
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California Man on Deadly Mission to White House Is Arrested, Officials Say
Kuachua Brillion Xiong, 25, is being held in the Pottawattamie County Jail in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on charges of making threats against a former president. read more
 
An expected problem.  
The planners went too heavy on  motivation.
They may learn from the experience.
 

Michigan’s New Congressional Maps Undo Years of Gerrymandering
A citizen ballot initiative took redistricting out of the hands of partisan legislators. The result: competitive political districts — and an example of how to push back against hyperpartisanship. read more
 
Time is short.  Hurry.
 
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Biden and Putin Will Hold a Call on Ukraine
The Russian president requested Thursday’s call, which will be the second time in three weeks that the two leaders speak about tensions at the Ukrainian border. read more
 
This could get really ugly.
Real negotiating art will be required.
Putin is frightened.
 
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A New Ban on Surprise Medical Bills Starts This Week
If you have a medical emergency, you will no longer need to worry about a large bill from a doctor you did not choose. read more
 
It is not single payer.
 
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Federal Officials Say Early Omicron Data Suggests a Less Deadly Wave
Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky and Dr. Anthony S. Fauci cautioned that hospitalizations and deaths could be lagging behind case counts. read more
 
There is more opportunity for the virus to negate the vaccines.
 
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Pentagon Building New Secret Courtroom at Guantánamo Bay
The concept is to permit two military judges to hold proceedings simultaneously starting in mid-2023. read more
 
Send them home.
Trying them will only get us in deeper trouble.
 
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Ian Welsh1 day ago
CDC Jumps The Shark & Experts Die Another Death
[image: CDC Jumps The Shark & Experts Die Another Death] So, days after American Airlines asked for a reduction in quarantine length, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) reduced recommended quarantine to 5 days. Remarkable. The CDC and the WHO and many other health organizations have repeatedly disgraced themselves. At the start they advised against masks. Masks clearly do help, and since at the time they thought that Covid was spread by droplets, masks were completely indicated. The CDC took too long to admit that Covid was airborne, recommended children go back to school, and ... read more
 
Ian Welsh is correct in his political observations.
He does not propose a solution to faith and the struggles within faiths and among faiths.
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_of_Ockham
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_(disambiguation)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullius_in_verba
 
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Pentagon Building New Secret Courtroom at Guantánamo Bay
The concept is to permit two military judges to hold proceedings simultaneously starting in mid-2023. read more
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullius_in_verba
Send them home.
 
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Ethics Investigators in Congress Increasingly Run Into Walls
Lawmakers under scrutiny are more likely than before to simply refuse to cooperate with an inquiry. read more
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contempt_of_Congress
 
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Greene and Clyde Rack Up Fines for Defying House’s Mask Mandate
Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene and Andrew Clyde have incurred more than $100,000 combined in penalties for dozens of violations. read more
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contempt_of_Congress
 
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Voting Rights Tracker: What to Know About the U.S. Elections Fight
Since the 2020 election, Republicans have pursued a host of new voting restrictions across the country. Here’s where things stand. read more
 
Put Voting rights in the courts and keep them there.  The Supreme Court must not be allowed to rule
before the election.
 
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Harry M. Reid, Senate Majority Leader Behind Landmark Democratic Victories, Dies at 82
Mr. Reid, who was from Nevada, displayed his pugilistic instincts as he steered an economic stimulus package and the Affordable Care Act to passage. read more
 
Eventually living memory dies.
I regret Harry Reid did not see a final victory.
 
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Judge Says New York Times Can Retain Project Veritas Memos, for Now
A New York appeals court said the paper did not need to immediately give up or destroy documents related to the conservative group. The paper is still prevented from publishing certain documents. read more
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razor 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullius_in_verba
Jan. 6 Committee Shelves Requests for Hundreds of Trump Records
The Biden administration asked to shield some sensitive documents but continued to reject Trump’s blanket claim of executive privilege. read more
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullius_in_verba
 
Ian Welsh2 days ago
Fundraising Update: Last Tier Reached
[image: Fundraising Update: Last Tier Reached] I’m going to leave the fundraiser open till the 1st of January, but we’ve made all the tiers. *THANK YOU.* I am immensely grateful, especially given how hard things were this year. The final tier, which I didn’t think we’d make, was: An essay on the effect of computer and telecom technology on humanity. Neil Postman, in Technopoly, back in the 1990s predicted it would be bad for most people, and I would argue it has or will be, but we’ll take a look at the ups and down, the affects on economics, geopolitics and daily life. As with wr... read more
 
https://www.ianwelsh.net/preparing-for-bad-times-thread/
The usual discussion thread is delayed
 
A new beginning is a Live negotiation.
Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best.
Happy New Year,
Christmas or Yule was successful.
 
The Agonist URL and name were acquired  in France.
I had not removed them from my reading list
I have done so now.
 
 
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