Badlands Journal
Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice
3-15-21
michael-hudson.com
Removing The Debt Barrier To Economic Growth
Michael Hudson and Paul Craig Roberts
Cross posted from Paul’s site.
Below you'll find a linked summary of articles on recent research into the damage genetic engineering has done, does, and will do. When Bill Gates and his ilk tell you that's all bunk, remember that Gates is not a scientist anymore than Zuckerberg is or Steve Jobs was. They use science to improve their profits; they don't do science to discover truths. -- blj
8-3-20
Gmwatch.org
Gene editing: Unexpected outcomes and risks
Damaged DNA on fire
I apologize for the absence of material on Badlands in recent weeks. I’ve been moving.
I recently asked a learned member of my new community in the desert what “economic rent” was. She had spent her entire career in “Finance,” she said (and you should hear the word as she pronounces it, with a Capital F and italics). She flipped off the following reply to this elementary question: “Payment for the use of something you don’t own.”
MARCH 4, 2021
CounterPunch
U.S. Agricultural System’s Deadly Apartheid
BY BRUCE NEUBURGER
U.S. Agricultural System's Deadly Apartheid - CounterPunch.org
The NY Times of March 1, 2021 cited some chilling facts about agricultural workers and Covid 19:
Sidewalk Sketch of the Skipper
(for Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1919-2021)
From Nothing to Nothing,
Wearing an ironic grin and
A fine hat,
Back straight, naval officer,
The wheel at hand,
The compass within,
Forever approaching
That Beach,
June Sixth,
Nineteen forty-four,
A break in bad weather,
But not in artillery.
Back straight at the wheel,
Into battle,
There went a gent whose
Calm heart will be sorely missed,
Always among us
2-19-21
Los Angeles Times
These word cops stand guard to keep language clear and simple
By EVAN HALPERSTAFF WRITER
WASHINGTON —
The crack team of federal specialists proceeded cautiously and deliberately, activating a vast network of experts to avoid missteps.
Skillful guidance was crucial to navigating the vexing case that had gone cold for the organized crime unit of the Mesa, Ariz., police department.
One word or two? Hyphen or no?
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In 2020, Valadao won reelection against the incumbent TJ Cox by .9 percent, Cox having defeated him by .76 percent in 2018. The 21st Congressional District of California includes parts of Fresno, Kings, Tulare and Kern counties.
Perhaps the razor thin majorities of these elections explain why Valadao voted to impeach Trump. Perhaps it doesn’t. Perhaps it was, as Valadao said, a “vote of conscience.”
Badlands Journal interviewed Lydia Miller, president of the San Joaquin Raptor/Wildlife Rescue Center, about the impact on the environment of the Central Valley of the great Fresno environmentalist/conservationist George Whitmore, who died at 89 on January 1, 2021.
The Covid-10 death count in Merced County is 318; the rate of infection is 14.7 percent. Although some may have had a better experience, the Badlands editor has had a frustrationg, chaotic experience with contant attempts to get vaccine for which he qualifies according to the county Public Health Department website. But, this may not be a death sentence. One health worker I talked to in a clinic office indicated that she might have been skeptical about the vaccine. Meanwhile, the doctors urge strongly that elderly with one or more underlying conditions get vaccinated immediately.