If I add these two posts together ... Looks like a split in the Christian nationalistic theocracy, comparable to the Shia/Sunni divide

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"The Dow is over 50,000 right now, the S&P is almost at 7,000, and the NASDAQ smashing records, Americans' 401(k)s and retirement savings are booming"

Happy “Liberation Day” to those who celebrate! www.cato.org/blog/one-yea... “Liberation Day” did not herald the era of economic prosperity that the president promised.

On another citizenship birthright in America: “Americans have always considered it their birthright to have access to sources of affordable, abundant meat,” said Hannah Cutting-Jones, a food historian at the University of Oregon. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/w...

workers seek backpay and compensation for harm allegedly caused by poor working conditions. Others hope that the Indian government bans R-1 visas and to work without fear. As one worker said: “People appreciate the art but they don’t know the blood.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

"Democrats should formulate a forceful pro-immigration argument in favor of open borders." This commentary from EIGHT years ago is a reminder the Democratic Party has always followed the Republican approach but with a tad less racism! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Thank you!

The fast-melting snow is expected to have profound impacts on drinking water supply, agriculture production, and outdoor recreation. It could also set the stage for bigger blazes. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Last evening in Eugene @nytimes.com says that compared to this time last year, the authoritarian's illegal war against Iran has raised the price per gallon here in Oregon by $1.12 www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/b...

Thank you, @wyden.senate.gov

Wait, this is after all based on self-identification, right? So, ... what happens if a lot of people claim, like "I'm Spartacus!"? www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/u...

If the US were to press Arab countries to fund the war on Iran, it would not be the first time the US has tried to – often successfully – make other nations pay for wars it has started or been heavily involved in. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/...

Methinks that now is the best time for the US to go metric A gallon is 3.785 liters Gas station signs can advertise gas at $0.99--gas at 99 cents--and MAGA will be elated to see lower prices (until the gas tank fills up) www.theguardian.com/business/202... BTW, body weight in Kg will a boost 😁

One way, or another, I'm gonna find ya I'm gonna get ya, get ya, get ya, get ya One way, or another, I'm gonna win ya I'm gonna get ya, get ya, get ya, get ya “The Strait of Hormuz will be open when this operation is over … one way or another,” Rubio said. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/...

This in @newyorker.com is a good report from Delhi where "“The locals are facing surging prices” "In the poor quarters of New Delhi, households struggling to pay for gas fired up chulhas, old-school wood-burning stoves, and hoped their tinder supplies held." www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

The crisis is likely to spur more use of alternatives seen as less vulnerable to geopolitical shocks, like renewable energy and nuclear power ... “There’s going to be no return to normal even if the war ends.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/b...

A timely essay by Chennai-based Meena Kandasamy on the energy crisis in India (and elsewhere) that the authoritarian has unleashed on the entire world. The photos too tell quite some stories 🎁🔗: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/o...

"Literature and history, at their most serious, train precisely the faculties these leaders lack: the capacity to grant that other minds are not transparent to us, and are governed by purposes not our own. ... what they cannot read, they will not have reckoned with." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/o...

"Just as the sedentary lifestyles that emerged in the mid-20th century degraded our bodies, our current lack of contemplation is degrading our brains." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/o...

The future of the dollar’s role, Mr. Rogoff said, will be answered later by a question “about trust in the U.S.: Is it still a safe haven and a safe partner?” 🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/b...

From @thehindu.com

In Mumbai - a city of more than 22 million people - as many as a fifth of all hotels and restaurants fully or partially shut in the first weeks of March. www.bbc.com/news/article...

wait, which one in the photo is the robot, @nytimes.com ? 😁 www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/u...

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"This concept of the U.S. or Israel scheduling a Google Calendar reminder to bomb Iran every six months is not a situation that the Islamic Republic can tolerate, or believes that it would be able to survive, in the medium to long run." www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

To have the Revolutionary Guards running the government is not the regime change that the trump regime was working on, is it? 🤔

"we may be entering a post-America world, one in which the meaning of America, the principles and values the country has long stood for — sometimes in reality, sometimes in aspiration — are fading." Gift 🎁 Link 🔗: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/o...

Ooooooooohhhh

Hahahaha Wait, whaaaat?

The 3,000-square-foot dream house was completed in July 2025 at a cost of 20.2 million Indian rupees, or approximately $220,000. Gift🎁 Link🔗: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/r...

"Based on the timing of Trump’s warning on Truth Social, the deadline for his ultimatum is set to expire at 23:44 GMT on Monday." It is Monday 03:53 GMT as I type this post. So, about 20 hours for the madman to issue another threat? www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026...

I am all for this potty project. Eugene is the first city to carry on the project beyond San Diego 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 www.opb.org/article/2026...

Whaaaaaaat? CC: @wyden.senate.gov

"Power does not grow out of the barrel of a gun, cruelty is not the same as strength, and a politics built on such ideas promises ruin, delusion about the limits of our power and a betrayal of the promise of our founding." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/22/o...

The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran is a perfect storm for India’s economy. India’s “positive growth story” was now facing a “new broadside.” India’s stock markets have fallen about 10 percent over the past month. Gift 🎁 Link🔗: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/22/b...

The climate crisis, caused primarily by the burning of fossil fuels, has made this kind of heatwave four times more likely to occur over the last decade, according to a new rapid analysis released Friday. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

India's Prime Minister can thank his BFF in the Oval Office for this!

"Don't be evil" "Do the right thing" I didn't know that those mottos of Google really meant "don't be evil to gazillionaires" and "do the right thing to enable gazillionaires"

I wish that the tech villains would take up the suggestion from @jamellebouie.net and do some introspection. And read Plato and Cicero. They can also immerse themselves in any number of Hindu and Buddhist works that emphasize introspection and the good life. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-Rp...

"The gestures were hollow, performative. The Americans peacocked, on guard in a constant state of war. America alone, standing guard when everyone else was having fun. ... Only the camo was missing." www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/m...

Meanwhile ... "Petro added that he had appealed last week to Trump to intervene diplomatically. “Take action and call the president of Ecuador because we do not want to go to war,” he said he told the US president." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

So, we have the US & Israel on one side vs. Iran & Russia on the other side, with countries like Ukraine participating via tech support, and the Gulf countries defending themselves, ... & the energy crisis affecting poorer economies If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, is this a world war?

The level of democracy for the average citizen in Western Europe and North America is at its lowest level in over 50 years, primarily due to ongoing autocratization in the USA. www.v-dem.net/documents/75...

"In the hearing, an ICE agent identified as JB testified that his team was given a verbal order to target eight arrests a day. ... a potential quota of about 50 daily arrests across Oregon" CC: @repvalhoyle.bsky.social @wyden.senate.gov @merkley.senate.gov www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

"A growing share of buyers are taking on even larger loans: More than 20 percent of new-car borrowers agreed to pay over $1,000 a month at the end of last year, which was a record" www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/b...

And we thought that everything was insane a year ago ... how naive we were!

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"It is also important to bear witness and record what we see for the next generation. That kind of struggle is rooted in love, in the face of extreme hatred. The main virtue required is a kind of dogged perseverance." நன்றி, David Shulman! @nybooks.com: www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...