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‘A Colossal Mistake’: Experts Sound the Alarm After Trump Plans to Ditch Nuclear Arms Control Treaty With Russia | Alternet
Three Colliding Problems Leading to a New Economic Disaster
Last week’s stock sell-off was merely the beginning of what’s to come.. The soaring stock market has been the crux of Donald Trump’s argument for the competence of his reign. It might be his favorite tweet subject, outside the “Failing New York Times.”Trump on Aug. 18: “Longest bull run in the history of the stock market, congratulations America!” Aug. 24: “Our economy is setting records on every front.” September 11th: “Where are the Democrats coming from? The best economy in the history of the country would totally collapse if they ever took control!”
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History and Epochal Transitions? problems with ‘stages of production’ theory
Like a Cheshire cat the ‘eonic effect’ fades into shimmering background as an empirical series of epochal transitions replaces it, and stages of production theory…
September 26th, 2018 ·
History and epochal transitions?
March 26th, 2018 ·
The legacy of Marxism contains a rich load of potential tools but is marred by the confusions of theory that beset Marx (and Engels) and rendered their work overall a contradictory package in practice. Continue reading History and Epochal Transitions? problems with ‘stages of production’ theory
Honduran Migrant Caravan 4000 Strong Marching To US Border, Trump Apoplectic
Thousands of self-organized Hondurans fleeing violence and poverty are marching to US/Mexico border. Trump threatens to stop money for Honduras and send troops to border.
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Denton, Berlinski: Primary Objections to Neo-Darwinism
If you had an opportunity to confound your Darwinist friends, but a limited amount of time, what challenge would you put to them?
Source: Denton, Berlinski: Primary Objections to Neo-Darwinism | Evolution News
Carbon Capture: What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Climate Change
The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report lays out a rather grim set of observations, predictions and warnings. Perhaps the biggest takeaway? That the world cannot warm more than 1.5 degrees Celsius (1.5°C) over pre-industrial levels without significant impacts.If the world warms a mere half a degree more than that, hundreds of millions of people could face dire consequences—namely famine, disease and displacement—from things like rising sea levels and increased drought and flooding.
Source: Carbon Capture: What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Climate Change | Alternet
