Business Organization Chapter 12: A Stoic Business Advisor: Your Business Organization Organizing your business will typically lead to the Big Three: 1. Sole proprietorship 2. Partnership 3. Corporation. However, a Stoic mindset will realize… linomatteo.wordpress.com/2026/03/09/b...

These Women Exposed Prison Sexual Abuse. Now ICE Wants to Deport Them. truthout.org/articles/the... #UP

The Border Between Gaza and Egypt Had Just Reopened. Then War With Iran Started. truthout.org/articles/the...

State actors are behind much of the visual misinformation about the Iran war apnews.com/article/iran... Social media users claimed an Iranian attack had hit the skyscraper. But while buildings in Bahrain have been struck by Iranian missiles during the Iran war, this video wasn’t real

The world has many problems - Women can provide most of the necessary solutions... #InternationalWomensDay

Thomas Gomel Learns About Bullying: Thoughts Shirley McLain’s book about Bullying is an informative guide to helping families deal with this issue. Thanks to @BookTasters for providing this review copy linomatteo.wordpress.com/2026/03/08/t... #SundayThought #BookReview

Skylark: Thoughts Skylark by Paula McLain is entertaining, information, and frustrating – all at the same time. Let’s start with the frustrating – it is terrible how regimes treated and continue to treat their people. linomatteo.wordpress.com/2026/03/07/s... #Books #BookReview #Fascism

The Ellisons’ potential media empire under a Paramount-Warner Bros. deal theweek.com/media/elliso... The USA and the World do not need more #BOM ~ @linosversion.bsky.social #BOM = Billionaire Owned Media

Florida Has Deemed All Existing Intro to Sociology Textbooks Illegal truthout.org/articles/flo... The instructions state explicitly that explaining “unequal outcomes between men and women” in terms of “institutional sexism” would violate state law.

Trump to mass death: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Russia has provided Iran with information that can help Tehran strike US military, AP sources spoke on the condition of anonymity, cautioned that the U.S. intelligence has not uncovered that Russia is directing Iran on what to do with the information. apnews.com/article/trum...

Gnocchi e Piselli Gnocchi with Peas: Dinner for 6? Whether fresh or frozen, sautéing some garlic, onions, and, eventually peas, in olive oil with some salt, black pepper & chili flakes is a great addition to many a dish. linomatteo.wordpress.com/2026/03/06/g... #FoodieFriday

Kristi Noem is out at DHS. Markwayne Mullin is in. www.motherjones.com/politics/202... via @MotherJones Now, trust me, Sen. Markwayne Mullin, if the president gets his way—will be as abhorrent in policy as everything we’ve witnessed over the past year.

Use our new database to explore the financial disclosures of President Donald Trump and more than 1,500 of his appointees. www.projects.propublica.org/trump-team-financial-disclosures/?utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=toc&utm_medium=email&utm_source=sailthru

Trump says he wants to be involved in picking Iran's next leader as war ripples across the region apnews.com/article/iran...

"Demand is so great that programs to mentor attorneys to file habeas cases are emerging... “I’m on all these listservs where people are saying, who can help me in Arizona, who can help me in Mississippi, and people are stepping up and helping each other...” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

PolitiFact - No, it was not illegal to profit off U.S. healthcare before a Nixon-era law www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...

Trump fires Homeland Security Secretary Noem after mounting criticism over her leadership apnews.com/article/trum... Can the next person be worse? ~ @linosversion.bsky.social

Coming Up Short: Wealth Tax When you tax the wrong thing, you will get wrong results. Robert B. Reich’s book, Coming Up Short, makes a strong case for why the USA has turned towards reactionary politics. People are hurting… linomatteo.wordpress.com/2026/03/05/c... #FinancialLiteracy

What Are the Trump Administration’s True Objectives in Iran? truthout.org/articles/wha... More lies by a LIAR IN CHIEF

The Economist is wrong on the Robin Hood state Taxing wealth transfers more would raise a lot from the rich and be good for democracy, writes Ray Madoff #UP #WealthTax www.economist.com/by-invitatio...

Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Noem denied that Corey Lewandowski had any role in approving contracts. But internal DHS records and interviews with current and former agency staffers contradict her testimony. www.propublica.org/article/kris...

There were layers of succession plans. In short, the hardline cleric appears to have chosen martyrdom, and in doing so, may have prolonged the life of the system he built. www.economist.com/middle-east-...

Father who gave gun to Georgia school shooting suspect for Christmas is guilty of 2nd-degree murder apnews.com/article/geor... #UP

“What's a Fund Manager Doing Writing About Heroin Addicts?" open.substack.com/pub/infinite... When people find out that I’ve written a memoir, the reaction is usually the same: surprise, followed by confusion....

Reading: Restorative Justice Reading our way to justice? Does that sound implausible? Perhaps even impossible? Maybe, but do you think that sitting in a cell is creating justice? linomatteo.wordpress.com/2026/03/04/r... #RestorativeJustice #Reading #Bibliotherapy #Montreal #BE #LinoMatteo

Trump pushes back on mounting criticism about his Iran war battle plan as conflict spreads apnews.com/article/trum... #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinDistractions

Zinke announces he won’t seek reelection thehill.com/homenews/hou... Zinke joins over a dozen Republican House lawmakers not seeking re-election, as Democrats are optimistic about their chances of taking control of the lower chamber this November.

Some Things Do Not Belong Here Chapter 15: , The Counter by @Lino_Matteo Yes, this is a disjointed tale – but truth often is like that. And there are so many concepts to learn and remember #MountReal #Cinar #Norshield linomatteo.wordpress.com/2026/03/03/s...

Can Democrats actually win a Texas Senate campaign this time? theweek.com/politics/dem... The winner of the primary will “provide some clues” about how rank-and-file Democrats want to win back power in an era of GOP dominance.

As Macron sets out his nuclear doctrine: France is the EU’s only nuclear power and its deterrence doctrine relies on a strictly defensive strategy intended to safeguard the country’s “vital interests” that have a “European dimension.” apnews.com/article/fran...

In Iran, Donald Trump is making history Too bad he has so little appreciation for its lessons Does Trump want HIGHER oil prices? ~ @linosversion.bsky.social www.economist.com/united-state...

“Massive” war launched by a man with no plan. Again. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

A gunman wearing clothes with an Iranian flag design and the words “Property of Allah” killed two people and wounded 14 early Sunday at a Texas bar, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. www.huffpost.com/entry/texas-austin-bar-shooting x.com/LinosVersion...

Where things stand after the US and Israeli strikes on Iran On the streets, there have been scattered celebrations over Khamenei’s death. Internet restrictions in Iran have complicated efforts to monitor what’s happening. apnews.com/article/iran...

Understanding Your Situation Chapter 11: A Stoic Business Advisor: Understanding Your Situation It starts with three simple questions: What is the situation? What are the objectives? How will we achieve those objectives? linomatteo.wordpress.com/2026/03/02/u... #Stoics

As Trump Bombs Iran, We Need to Reckon With the American War Machine truthout.org/articles/as-... #UP

Coming Up Short Has Led to Fascism: Sunday Thought Robert B. Reich’s book, Coming Up Short, is an ode to the mess we are in. He cites, Henry Wallace, FDR’s VP from 1941 to January 1945, who wrote “The Danger of American Fascism.” linomatteo.wordpress.com/2026/03/01/c... #Fascism #UP

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Hard-Line Cleric Who Made Iran a Regional Power, Is Dead at 86 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/w...

M*A*S*H Ends: “Goodbye, Farewell and Amen” ~ @britannica.com Do you remember where you were? britannica.com/on-this-day?...

The world of the New WASPs = White Angry Stupefied Pricks #WASPs

For the First Time, More Americans Sympathize With Palestinians Than Israelis truthout.org/articles/for...

We Must Defend Black History — It Fuels Freedom Dreams of Students Under Attack truthout.org/articles/we-... #BlackHistoryMonth

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Coming Up Short: Thoughts Robert B. Reich seems to have been caught up in the middle of America politics from the Vietnam era onwards. linomatteo.wordpress.com/2026/02/28/c... #Books #BookReview #UP #BusinessEnglish #Montreal #LinoMatteo #Reich

Jesse Jackson told me why he really ran for president www.motherjones.com/politics/202... “If you’d seen him thundering before massive crowds on television or in person during the ’60s and ’70s, as I had, you never forgot his booming baritone and rhythmic wordplay,” Foster .

Pakistan and Afghanistan are in ‘open war’ amid growing regional troubles theweek.com/world-news/p... #UP

Striking Nurses From Coast to Coast Stood Up to Corporate Forces and Won truthout.org/articles/str... #UP

Clinton says he 'did nothing wrong' with Epstein as he faced grilling over their relationship apnews.com/article/bill... If Clinton did wrong he should be prosecuted. If Trump did wrong he should be protected? MAGA Logic! ~ @linosversion.bsky.social