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Chart: “In 2017, US had largest decline in CO2 emissions in the world”
This is interesting. See author of this column – Mark Perry – note at the end. And check India and China on the chart. From the June 2018 BP Statistical Review of Global Energy (67th edition) here are some details on C02 emissions in 2017: 1. Global CO2 emissions from energy in 2017 grew by…
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Croton’s “The Dessertist” gets a feather in her cap
Thanks to Maria for sending me this. We love Samantha, who has done some beautiful stuff for us – CONGRATULATIONS TO CROTON’S OWN… THE DESSERTIST http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2018/10/congratulations-to-crotons-own.html CONGRATULATIONS TO THE DESSERTIST! Food Network is celebrating its 25th Birthday and they are hosting a party during NYCWFF–and The Dessertist–a.k.a. Samantha–has been asked to make and present the…
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Feast Day today – Pope St. John XXIII
Of course in Farandaville we love short, fat Italians. And he fits the bill. I think he was the sixth oldest Pope ever elected. Here's a short bio off The Catholic Company Morning Offering. Pope St. John XXIII (1881–1963) was the third of thirteen children born to a poor sharecropping family living in Lombardy, Italy.…
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BB: Left wing lesson learned – “Need To Be Even More Obnoxious”
Insightful. And sadly might work… Student Harriet Curry agreed. “Some people are still trying to engage with people on the other side, but we have a saying: ‘If you’re being coherent, you’re losing.’ If we want to win these fights, we need to build up anger inside us and then direct that into screaming and…
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The Pope: “No room for party preferences in Christian life, Pope says…”
I agree, speaking as a registered independent. Of course I get belittled for that as some of my Democrat Party loyalty first friends think I'm a closet Republican. My Party right or wrong, but right or wrong, my Party? Party loyalty – not a good place to store your emotional capital. This article is from…
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The Pope calls for prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
Certainly rather traditional! As I posted here. I can’t recall any Pope in my life referring to the devil as often as Pope Francis. In fact, the pope is so convinced that Satan is to blame for the sexual abuse crisis and deep divisions racking the Church that he has asked Catholics around the…
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Economics Nobel Prize for ” how the market economy interacts with nature and knowledge”.
From the Wall Street Journal; I've heard of Romer, but not heard of the other guy. The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was shared by Americans William D. Nordhaus and Paul M. Romer, for work on innovation, climate change and the economy that has had huge implications for global policy-making The pair of economics professors,…
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Brigid with “The Three Marias”
Very rare – Brigid with three women (all Maria – all Italian – Brigid the odd woman out…) and she’s the tallest! This was Sunday at a “Life Chain” in Mt. Kisco, NY.
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Melania reveals she confiscates “Donald’s PHONE – and doesn’t agree with his tweets”
From the Daily Mail (UK). The former fashion model, 48, opened up about her husband’s behaviour on Twitter and said she tells him if she dislikes one of his posts. She was speaking to New York Times journalist Katie Rogers in Egypt and added she wants the public to focus on what she does, and…
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Unemployment down to same rate as in my senior year in high school.
The 3.7% unemployment rate was last seen in 1969. So most of the population have never seen an unemployment rate this low!