Sámi Sue: Reindeer Herders Fighting For Existence Against Norway’s Wind Industry
23 Jan 2021 Leave a comment
The only way for communities to beat wind power outfits is to get organised and fight, like fury. Knowing the tricks of your opponent’s subsidy-fuelled trade helps, too. Which is the very reason for this site. The first insight to grasp is the wind industry is not there to help you; it’s there to destroy you, your home, your family, your community.
Rural communities are sick and tired of being treated as wind industry roadkill, and that includes the nomadic Sami – who graze and herd reindeer across northern Europe’s frozen tundra, ranging across the north of Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Kola Peninsula.
The fact that chaotically intermittent wind power can’t be delivered as and when power consumers need it means the wanton destruction of pristine wilderness, bucolic landscapes, rural communities, and millions of birds and bats (including plenty of species on the brink of extinction) is pretty hard…
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A Star Goes Supernova: Julie Payette Resigns as Governor General
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This week, we have seen the departure of a disgraced, self-serving petulant bully who left executive office with one last closing salvo of bitter recrimination and disavowal of personal responsibility for having created a toxic, dysfunctional workplace that showed absurdly high levels of turnover and waves of mass resignations.
And we also witnessed President Trump leaving the White House one last time.
Julie Payette marked her tenure as Governor General of Canada by oscillating between long bouts of lassitude punctuated by periods of immense controversy and heightened media scrutiny. Payette melted down Rideau Hall into a toxic workplace, systematically drove out the most experienced staff, and reduced those who remained to quotidian bouts of tears of frustration.
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I Got You Babe – Sonny and Cher Top of the Pops 1965
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Cancelled for Defending Colonialism – Bruce Gilley
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in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, international economic law, International law, law and economics, laws of war, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, war and peace Tags: economics of colonialism
Shocking Facts About the Spanish Empire
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in defence economics, development economics Tags: age of empires, Spain
Top 10 Worst Military Leaders in History
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10 Fascinating Facts About the Battle of the Somme
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Book Review: “Mary Queen of Scots’ Secretary: William Maitland- Politician, Reformer, and Conspirator” by Robert Stedall
22 Jan 2021 Leave a comment
One of the most dynamic queens in 16th century Europe who spent most of her youth in a country that was not her homeland, but was fighting for the right to rule England. Her name was Mary Queen of Scots, the cousin of Queen Elizabeth I. Many know of her tragic tale, but there was a man who was behind the scenes trying to guide Scotland to a brighter future. He was not married to Mary Queen of Scots, but he was influential in her life and choosing who she might marry and who she would end up divorcing. He was a politician and a religious reformer whose decisions would alter history dramatically. His name was William Maitland and he served as Mary’s secretary. He is always mentioned as a footnote in history, until now. Robert Stedall’s latest biography, “Mary Queen of Scots’ Secretary: William Maitland- Politician, Reformer, and Conspirator”…
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Classic British TV: Minder with George Cole, Dennis Waterman – S03E06 – Another Bride Another Groom
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