février 2017 – Page 5

No Pink Wooly Caps for Me

… on women’s marches in Washington DC, San Francisco, worldwide – Published on Dissident Voice.org, by Barbara MacLean, Feb 7, 2017.

… I was struck by one thing. Whiteness. The marchers were predominantly white – even in places like Nairobi. Not only were they white, they looked like they were upper middle class – able to afford the finest warm clothes and designer outfits, down jackets, sporting iPhones to record themselves. Continuer la lecture de « No Pink Wooly Caps for Me »

This endless Trump bashing

Only one fact: report that Trump hung up on Australian PM is Fake News – Published on Paul Craig Roberts.org, by blog owner, Feb 3, 2017.
Everywhere it is taken for granted that President Trump was rude on the telephone to Australia’s prime minister and hung up on him. The low grade morons at CNN repeat this endlessly as a fact, and even David Stockman, several levels higher than CNN in intelligence, assumes that this fake news report is true. But the Prime Minister of Australia says NOT CORRECT, the call ended courteously … (full text). Continuer la lecture de « This endless Trump bashing »

How corporate dark money is taking power on both sides of the Atlantic

Published on The Guardian, by George Monbiot, Feb 2, 2017.

It took corporate America a while to warm to Donald Trump. Some of his positions, especially on trade, horrified business leaders. Many of them favoured Ted Cruz or Scott Walker. But once Trump had secured the nomination, the big money began to recognise an unprecedented opportunity … // Continuer la lecture de « How corporate dark money is taking power on both sides of the Atlantic »

living spaces becoming smaller and smaller

… hopefully our minds remain open … open to das Grosse Ganze / the Whole / le Grand Tout – uploaded on YouTube by Kirsten Dirksen:

Owner-built Atlanta glass “treehouse” floats among hardwoods, 30.46 min, Dec 25, 2016;
Shared micro living, 12.58 min, Feb 2, 2015 … how 2 couples could live/work in 700 sq ft;
Access to tools to help craft your self reliance – kirstendirksen, 6.29 min, Jan 18, 2015;
Thoreauvian simple living … unelectrified, timeless tiny home, 6.45 min, Jan 9, 2012 … seven years ago Diana and Michael Lorence moved to a 12-foot-square home without electricity in the coastal mountains of Northern California; Continuer la lecture de « living spaces becoming smaller and smaller »

Is Inequality a Political Choice?

Published on Institute for New Economic Thinking, Feb 3, 2017.

Research by INET-affiliated scholars shows the US lags far behind its peers on inclusive growth, suggesting inequality is not an inevitable consequence of globalization and technology. Continuer la lecture de « Is Inequality a Political Choice? »