Laurence Olivier on the ‘Genius’ of Marlon Brando | The Dick Cavett Show
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The 10 commandments
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in economics of education, economics of media and culture, economics of religion Tags: free speech, philosophy of science, philosophy of social sciences, political correctness, regressive left
@AOC @BernieSanders @SenWarren @Greens @NZGreens @oxfamnz @Greenpeace @jeremycorbyn
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#OTD 1915 #globalwarming #climateemergency @GreenpeaceAP @Greens @NZGreens @AOC @BernieSanders @SenWarren
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The Problem With Being a VEGAN in 2020
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discussion of research on violent protest
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Is the whole point of political violence to Marxists is to provoke a crackdown that causes the masses to finally lose their false consciousness?
Word on the Street, the blog of the Urban Violence Network, has a short piece by me on the research linking violence to negative outcomes. A key clip:
In the current context, these findings have sparked much online debate, including critiques of Wasow’s work and a sustained rebuttal by the author of claims that his research “allows people to blame ‘inner-city rioters’ and ignore other causes.” But the overall message of research on violence during protests is coming into focus. Violence, in the form of protests or riots, may receive attention and some policy response, but it comes at great cost. In the case of Black social movements, violent protest has been associated with more repressive administrations and sustained damage to Black communities. More generally, violence allows counter-movement actors (e.g. far right activists) to depict African American activists (e.g. of Black Lives Matter) as unreasonable and not worthy of…
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Basic Physics of the climate: A short debate with Roger Pielke Sr.
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It’s always a pleasure to interact with Roger Pielke Sr. A climate scientist who is open to debate, respectful of honestly held opinion, and willing to concede ground where the facts dictate.
Roger A. Pielke Sr@RogerAPielkeSr·Nice to see sfc moist enthalpy that we proposed being added to the assessment of heat. “Outdoor Thermal Comfort and Building Energy Use Potential in Different Land-Use Areas in Tropical Cities: Case of Kuala Lumpur” https://res.mdpi.com/d_attachment/atmosphere/atmosphere-11-00652/article_deploy/atmosphere-11-00652.pdf… Our paper is https://pielkeclimatesci.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/r-290.pdf…
Rog Tallbloke @RogTallbloke·My experiment ended today Roger. It took 25ml of water at 20C at sfc pressure 12 days to evaporate compared to 2.5 hours at 20C in 266 times less pressure. What do you think really makes Earth’s surface ~90K warmer than the moon’s; GHGs or atmospheric pressure?
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June 25, 1900: Birth of Lord Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma. Part II.
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Personal Life
Earl Mountbatten admitted “Edwina and I spent all our married lives getting into other people’s beds.” He maintained an affair for several years with Yola Letellier, the wife of Henri Letellier, publisher of Le Journal and mayor of Deauville (1925–28). Yola Letellier’s life story was the inspiration for Colette’s novel Gigi.
Yola Letellier
After Edwina’s death in 1960, Mountbatten was involved in relationships with young women, according to his daughter Patricia, his secretary John Barratt, his valet Bill Evans and William Stadiem, an employee of Madame Claude.
Sexuality
Ron Perks, Mountbatten’s driver in Malta in 1948, alleged that he used to visit the Red House, a gay brothel in Rabat. Andrew Lownie, a Royal Historical Society fellow, wrote that the FBI maintained files regarding Mountbatten’s alleged homosexuality. He also interviewed several young men who claimed to have been in a relationship with him. Barratt has denied Mountbatten was…
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#OTD
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in defence economics, Marxist economics, war and peace Tags: Berlin, Cold War, East Germany
Fair Argument Against “Systemic Racism”
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in discrimination, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of information, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, welfare reform Tags: racial discrimination, regressive left
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