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Chekov’s Gun

Another great book I’m reading, which helps me stay sane amongst the lies and false statements flying around social media, is Bob Woodward ‘s book, ‘War’. At the stirrings of the Ukrainian invasion, Woodward reported in his book: “Chekhov’s gun” … Continue reading

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Keeping tabs on where the money went (Ukraine)

https://www.ifw-kiel.de/ You can’t make it up! Also see Statista, chart of percentage of Gross National Product by country: https://www.statista.com/ Weapons of war have been designed and manufactured by the US since Eisenhower, after WW2. But he warned, in his final … Continue reading

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Captagon

After Assad fled, one news item stayed in my head. A warehouse filled to the ceiling with the drug, Captagon. The comment was that this was the favourite drug of Jihadists. So today I found out more, reading this link: … Continue reading

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The Human Meteorite

Back in 2010, this article about Sudan explained the different viewpoints of nomadic herders and Arab farmers, their belief systems about land use brought them into conflict. Of the five mass extinctions we described in Chapter 2, probably the most … Continue reading

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Nader on War

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No new fossil fuels and address loss and damage

Botswana is about to welcome a Canadian company into a famously pristine region. What have they been allowed to do? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jun/20/new-oilfield-in-african-wilderness-threatens-lives-of-130000-elephants There are honorary consuls in Toronto and Ontario, and there are negative associations now emerging from ICIJ of countries … Continue reading

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Wheat production impacted by warmer winters

The United States Department of Agriculture has advised farmers that plant hardiness zones must shift 100 miles north. They expect this shift will become 300 miles by 2050. The areas which are left behind will become unable to grow wheat … Continue reading

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Covid 19 and religion

Humans have adhered to religious beliefs for thousands of years. Many belief systems fly in the face of advice for self and other protection against the current contagious virus. Here we have an example in the news this month: Israeli … Continue reading

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