top of the heap to third world status in one generation

[Gry]

Oil Companies Are Profiting From Illegal Spills. And California Lets Them.

California may be a global leader on combating climate change, but state regulators have allowed companies like Chevron to make millions from inland oil spills that can endanger workers and damage the environment.
https://www.propublica.org/article/...-from-illegal-spills-and-california-lets-them

 

[Gry]

They Know How to Prevent Megafires. Why Won’t Anybody Listen?

This is a story about frustration, about watching the West burn when you fully understand why it’s burning — and understand why it did not need to be this bad.
https://www.propublica.org/article/they-know-how-to-prevent-megafires-why-wont-anybody-listen

 

[Gry]

The USPS planned to send each household 5 masks; the Trump administration killed the idea

https://coronavirus.nautil.us/usps-masks-program-coronavirus-trump/

 

[Gry]

The Fog of the Pandemic Is Returning

Millions of coronavirus tests may be happening without their results being made public.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/...-coronavirus/616249/?utm_source=pocket-newtab

 

[Gry]

How I Mastered the Art of Ventilating My Home

Let me tell you about my fans.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/09/diy-ventilation-home-pandemic/616150/

 

[packerfan79]

How I Mastered the Art of Ventilating My Home

Let me tell you about my fans.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/09/diy-ventilation-home-pandemic/616150/

A blast from the past. How did people live in hot climates before ac.

Their are new 2 stage evaporative coolers, that work in more humid climates. I imagine ac manufacturers will/have purchased the patents only to shelf them to ensure high cost ac systems remain the only option in most areas.

 

[Horselover Fat]

You might enjoy this old film. Very skilled craftsmen building a traditional log house using hand tools.

https://youtu.be/HNTfLGt59qo

 

[Gry]

The True Story of the Married Woman Who Smuggled Her Boyfriend Out of Prison in a Dog Crate
She wanted to escape her marriage. He wanted to escape his life sentence.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazin...great-escape/615487/?utm_source=pocket-newtab

 

[Gry]

A blast from the past. How did people live in hot climates before ac.

Their are new 2 stage evaporative coolers, that work in more humid climates. I imagine ac manufacturers will/have purchased the patents only to shelf them to ensure high cost ac systems remain the only option in most areas.

Given an option, I would go for the dual stage evap unit in the blink of an eye.

Nice to see you appreciate the corrosive effect the corporate approach has on integrity.
Works the same with things of a political nature.

 

[Gry]

Is Dreaming Real?

When you’re lucid, it can feel so real the distinction ceases to matter.

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/is-dreaming-real?utm_source=pocket-newtab

 

[Gry]

So much of how we got here has to do with a small group,
and is tied into the most interesting history that I am aware of.
There was a man who lied to more than ten presidents.
The same individual committed text book perfect cases of treason,
repeatedly. Grab the pocket copy of the Constitution and look at it,
he exceeded every requirement.
Same man engineered the death of JFK, and was involved in
literally millions of deaths in third world countries around the
globe over a twenty five year period.
Sold more heroin than any one in history.
Had payments delivered to the White House in cash.
Murdered and replaced the leaders of more democracies,
with right wing dictators than anyone who ever lived.
How can a man do such things and never be called
to account for his actions. Power, raw power.
The man was a morally flawed as a person can be.
He did not get a happy ending.
When he was younger, he was something else.
He was involved personally in some of the most
most significant and important events
of the past century. One example: he was at the
treaty of Versailles.
I think it likely that he was among the most brilliant people of his era.
One of the most effective and competent human beings that ever was.
If I sound conflicted, that would be a correct assessment.

The purpose of the CIA, was not to serve the president,
it was to assure that the business community would
never have to deal with another FDR.
Deckstacking 101

 

[Gypsy Nirvana]

So much of how we got here has to do with a small group of people, and is some of the
most interesting history that I am aware of.

- ya - a reverse population map - going waaaay back to the beginning of time (for all hominids) - could be a revelation - and to see how populations have been born - grow and disperse all over the planet - thru all known history -

 

[Gry]

- ya - a reverse population map - going waaaay back to the beginning of time (for all hominids) - could be a revelation - and to see how populations have been born - grow and disperse all over the planet - thru all known history -

Am left wondering what the sales pitch for IBM's project in the Philippines
would have been like in the Spanish American war.
Would think it may have been quite similar.

 

[armedoldhippy]

Is Dreaming Real?

When you’re lucid, it can feel so real the distinction ceases to matter.

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/is-dreaming-real?utm_source=pocket-newtab

a friends father dreamed one night that his wife was having an affair with a man they used to live next door to. it was so vivid that he went to the mans house, hid in the bushes by his porch, and shot & killed him as he was leaving for work the next morning. still in prison...

 

[Gry]

a friends father dreamed one night that his wife was having an affair with a man they used to live next door to. it was so vivid that he went to the mans house, hid in the bushes by his porch, and shot & killed him as he was leaving for work the next morning. still in prison...

genuinely spooky material.

 

[Gry]

A Secret Recording Reveals Oil Executives’ Private Views on Climate Change


At a meeting last year, industry leaders contradicted public claims that emissions of climate-warming methane are under control
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/12/climate/methane-natural-gas-flaring.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab

 

[Gry]

The Swift and Merciless Execution of Corrine Sykes

When a wealthy white woman turned up dead in 1944, Philadelphia wasted no time sending her black maid to the electric chair. But did anyone care about the truth?

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/...ion-of-corrine-sykes?utm_source=pocket-newtab

 

[funkyhorse]

Happy Sunday Gry, I hope you dont mind some sunday old news


Global banks defy U.S. crackdowns by serving oligarchs, criminals and terrorists
The FinCEN Files show trillions in tainted dollars flow freely through major banks, swamping a broken enforcement system.

https://www.icij.org/investigations...y-serving-oligarchs-criminals-and-terrorists/

 

[Gry]

The Magical Art of Selling Soap

The trends and tactics of the nineteenth-century wellness industry.
https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/magical-art-selling-soap?utm_source=pocket-newtab

 

[Gry]

White Supremacists Are a Threat to Elections, Says the DHS

While the Trump administration publicly downplays the rise of the far right, Homeland Security anticipates “physical threats” to the 2020 election.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/white-supremacists-election/