to How to Respond to the National Emergency By robertreich.org Published On :: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 14:20:04 -0400 CEOs of the major Wall Street banks have been summoned to the White House to discuss the coronavirus... Full Article
to Will He Get A Second Term?Donald Trump has proven himself to be... By robertreich.org Published On :: Sat, 14 Mar 2020 19:35:47 -0400 Will He Get A Second Term?Donald Trump has proven himself to be the most corrupt, dishonest, and incompetent president in American history. But despite all of the lies, abuses of power, and damage to the country – I must warn you – there’s a very real possibility he could be reelected. This doesn’t have to be the case. Let me explain.Although Trump has been impeached and is one of the most unpopular presidents in modern history, he still has devoted support among his core base. Nearly 90 percent of Republicans still approve of the job he’s doing, a rate that’s held constant throughout his presidency. According to one survey, a third of Trump supporters said there was nothing he could do to lose their support. Trump still maintains substantial support in key swing states as well. Recent polls show him neck and neck with leading Democratic candidates in the key states of Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Florida, Arizona, and North Carolina. Remember, Hillary Clinton won the popular vote in 2016 by 3 million votes but still lost the election because of the power of these states in the Electoral College.Big money donors are also forking over record sums of money to keep Trump in office. In the last quarter of 2019 alone, he raked in a staggering $46 million, far outpacing any of his Democratic opponents. He now has more than $100 million in the bank, not to mention the millions raised by pro-Trump Super PACs. The GOP’s biggest donors – some of whom didn’t support him in 2016, but received massive windfalls from Trump’s tax cut – are now paying him back. At the same time, voter suppression is on the rise. To suppress turnout by likely Democratic voters, Republican officials have doubled down on their efforts to keep low-income and minority voters from the polls. They are intimidating immigrant voters, purging voter rolls, closing polling places, and making it harder to register in the first place. Florida went so far as to institute a modern-day poll tax, requiring people with past felony convictions to pay off any fines or fees before exercising their right to vote. In 2016, over 20 percent of black voting-age Floridians weren’t able to vote due to past felony convictions, and now, hundreds of thousands could still be prevented from going to the polls this November in this key state.We are also at risk of foreign powers trying to interfere in the election, as they did in 2016. Experts warn that many states still lack the necessary safeguards to protect against interference. The FBI, Department of Justice and National Security Agency have also raised concerns that Russia, China, and Iran might attempt misinformation campaigns. I can’t believe I even have to say this, but foreign governments should not have a say in our elections.So why am I telling you all of this? I don’t mean to scare you. And the last thing I want to do is cause you to be hopeless, and give up. To the contrary, I want you to be more determined than ever. Despite all these attacks on democracy, we have what it takes to make Trump a one-term president. But only if we remain focused and united.It may seem daunting. We’re up against a full-fledged attack on our democratic institutions. But there is a way forward: We can defeat Trump and his enablers by building a multiracial, multi-class coalition. And we do that by supporting a true progressive with a bold vision for an economy and democracy that works for all Americans. That way enough voters will be inspired to show up to the polls and stop Trump’s authoritarian machine for good.This isn’t a pipe dream. We already beat the liar-in-chief by 2.8 million votes in 2016. And the 2018 elections had the highest turnout of any midterm election since 1914 – handing House Republicans their most resounding defeat in decades. People are outraged – and we must keep fighting.If we come together, we will prevail. Full Article video videos Donald Trump Trump Lies
to It’s Morally Intolerable for the Privileged to Profit from this Emergency By robertreich.org Published On :: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 21:00:40 -0400 Societies gripped by cataclysmic wars, depressions, or pandemics can become acutely sensitive to... Full Article coronavirus
to How to Prepare for the Trump RecessionThe global coronavirus... By robertreich.org Published On :: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 13:24:15 -0400 How to Prepare for the Trump RecessionThe global coronavirus pandemic has put our economy in free-fall.Even through Donald Trump’s reckless economic policies, like his pointless trade war with China or his deficit-busting tax cuts for his billionaire donors, the economy has somehow managed to keep chugging along — until now. All of the stock market gains from Trump’s time in office have been wiped out, and over the course of just over one week in March the Dow Jones Industrial Average experienced its five largest drops in history. Worse than a plummeting stock market, businesses and major industries have been forced to shutter their windows to help combat the rapid spread of the virus, putting hundreds of thousands of workers’ paychecks at risk. A recession is inevitable at this point. Here are 3 things we can do to prepare. Number one: We need to reform unemployment insurance so it reflects the needs of today’s economy. When it was first created in 1935, unemployment insurance was designed to help full-time workers weather downturns until they got their old jobs back. But there are fewer full-time jobs in today’s economy, and fewer people who are laid off get their old jobs back again. As a result, only 27% of unemployed workers receive benefits today, compared to 49% of workers in the 1950s. We need to expand unemployment coverage so that everyone is protected.Number two: We need to strengthen Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, also known as public assistance. Since its creation in 1996, the number of families receiving cash assistance has declined dramatically – and not because they’re doing well. Between 2006 and 2018, just 13% of families were lifted out of poverty, while the number of families receiving public assistance fell by 39%.Already weak, the program didn’t hold up well during the Great Recession. Funding doesn’t automatically expand during economic downturns – meaning the more families are in need, the less money there is to help them. The program also has strict work requirements, which can’t be fulfilled in a deep recession. Worse yet, many individuals in need have already exhausted their five years of lifetime eligibility for assistance. We need to reform the public assistance program so that more families in need are eligible. It should be easier to waive the strict work eligibility requirements during the economic downturn, and the lifetime five-year limit should be suspended.Number three: We need to protect the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP or food stamps. Unlike public assistance, SNAP responded well during the Great Recession. Its requirements are designed to expand during economic downturns or recessions. Waiving work requirements during the Great Recession made thousands of people in need eligible for the program who otherwise wouldn’t have been. Between December 2007 and December 2009, the number of SNAP participants rose by 45%. The program helped keep an estimated 3.8 million families out of poverty in 2009.But that might not be an option this time around, as SNAP has come under attack from the Trump administration, which is trying to enact a draconian rule change that would kick an estimated 700,000 of our most vulnerable citizens off of the program. Luckily, a judge blocked the rule from going into effect, but the administration is still fighting to enforce it — even in the middle of a global pandemic. We need to make sure SNAP’s flexibility and ability to respond to economic downturns is protected before the next recession hits.Stronger safety nets are not only good for individuals and families in need. They will also prevent the looming recession from becoming an even deeper and longer economic crisis. Full Article video videos trump trump economy
to How CEOs Are Ruining AmericaToday, America’s wealthiest business... By robertreich.org Published On :: Tue, 07 Apr 2020 11:58:29 -0400 How CEOs Are Ruining AmericaToday, America’s wealthiest business moguls – like Jamie Dimon, head of JPMorgan Chase – claim that they are “patriots before CEOs” because they employ large numbers of workers or engage in corporate philanthropy. Rubbish.CEOs are in business to make a profit and maximize their share prices, not to serve America. And yet these CEOs dominate American politics and essentially run the system. Therein lies the problem: They cannot be advocates for their corporations and simultaneously national leaders responsible for the wellbeing of the country. This is the biggest contradiction at the core of our broken system.A frequent argument made by CEOs is that so-called “American competitiveness” should not be hobbled by regulations and taxes. Jamie Dimon often warns that tight banking regulations will cause Wall Street to lose financial business to banks in nations with weaker regulations. Under Dimon’s convenient logic, JPMorgan is America. Dimon used the same faulty logic about American competitiveness to support the Trump tax cut. “We don’t have a competitive tax system here,” he warned. But when Dimon talks about “competitiveness” he’s really talking about the competitiveness of JPMorgan, its shareholders, and billionaire executives like himself.The concept of “American competitiveness” is meaningless when it comes to a giant financial enterprise like JPMorgan that moves money all over the world. JPMorgan doesn’t care where it makes money. Its profits don’t directly depend on the wellbeing of Americans.“American competitiveness” is just as meaningless when it comes to big American-based corporations that make and buy things all over the world. Consider a mainstay of corporate America, General Electric. Two decades ago, most GE workers were American. Today the majority are non-American. In 2017, GE announced it was increasing its investments in advanced manufacturing and robotics in China, which it termed “an important and critical market for GE.” In 2018, over half of GE’s revenue came from abroad. Its once core allegiance to American workers and consumers is gone.Google has opened an Artificial Intelligence lab in Beijing. Until its employees forced the company to stop, Google was even building China a prototype search engine designed to be compatible with China’s censors.Apple employs 90,000 people in the United States but contracts with roughly a million workers abroad. An Apple executive told The New York Times, “We don’t have an obligation to solve America’s problems. Our only obligation is making the best product possible” – and showing profits big enough to continually increase Apple’s share price.American corporations will do and make things wherever around the world they can boost their profits the most, and invest in research and development wherever it will deliver the largest returns. The truth is that America’s real competitiveness doesn’t depend on profit-seeking shareholders or increasingly global corporations. The real competitiveness of the United States depends on only one thing: the productivity of Americans. That in turn depends on our education, our health, and the infrastructure that connects us. Yet today, American workers are hobbled by deteriorating schools, unaffordable college tuition, decaying infrastructure, and soaring health-care costs. And truth be told, big American corporations and the CEOs that head them – wielding outsized political influence – couldn’t care less. They want tax cuts and rollbacks of regulations so they can make even fatter profits. All of which is putting Americans on a glide path toward lousier jobs and lower wages. How’s that for patriotism?The first step toward fixing this broken system is to stop buying CEOs’ lies. How can we believe that Jamie Dimon’s initiatives on corporate philanthropy are anything other than public relations? Why should we think that he or his fellow CEOs seek any goal other than making more money for themselves and their firms? We can’t and we shouldn’t. They don’t have America’s best interests at heart — they’re making millions to be CEOs, not patriots.Big American corporations aren’t organized to promote the wellbeing of Americans, and Americans cannot thrive within a system run largely by corporations. Fundamental reform will be led only by concerned and active citizens. Full Article video videos jamie dimon ceo corruption
to The Solutions to the Climate Crisis No One is Talking AboutBoth... By robertreich.org Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 15:43:54 -0400 The Solutions to the Climate Crisis No One is Talking AboutBoth our economy and the environment are in crisis. Wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few while the majority of Americans struggle to get by. The climate crisis is worsening inequality, as those who are most economically vulnerable bear the brunt of flooding, fires, and disruptions of supplies of food, water, and power.At the same time, environmental degradation and climate change are themselves byproducts of widening inequality. The political power of wealthy fossil fuel corporations has stymied action on climate change for decades. Focused only on maximizing their short-term interests, those corporations are becoming even richer and more powerful — while sidelining workers, limiting green innovation, preventing sustainable development, and blocking direct action on our dire climate crisis. Make no mistake: the simultaneous crisis of inequality and climate is no fluke. Both are the result of decades of deliberate choices made, and policies enacted, by ultra-wealthy and powerful corporations.We can address both crises by doing four things: First, create green jobs. Investing in renewable energy could create millions of family sustaining, union jobs and build the infrastructure we need for marginalized communities to access clean water and air. The transition to a renewable energy-powered economy can add 550,000 jobs each year while saving the US economy $78 billion through 2050. In other words, a Green New Deal could turn the climate crisis into an opportunity - one that both addresses the climate emergency and creates a fairer and more equitable society.Second, stop dirty energy. A massive investment in renewable energy jobs isn’t enough to combat the climate crisis. If we are going to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, we must tackle the problem at its source: Stop digging up and burning more oil, gas, and coal.The potential carbon emissions from these fossil fuels in the world’s currently developed fields and mines would take us well beyond the 1.5°C increased warming that Nobel Prize winning global scientists tell us the planet can afford. Given this, it’s absurd to allow fossil fuel corporations to start new dirty energy projects. Even as fossil fuel companies claim to be pivoting toward clean energy, they are planning to invest trillions of dollars in new oil and gas projects that are inconsistent with global commitments to limit climate change. And over half of the industry’s expansion is projected to happen in the United States. Allowing these projects means locking ourselves into carbon emissions we can’t afford now, let alone in the decades to come.Even if the U.S. were to transition to 100 percent renewable energy today, continuing to dig fossil fuels out of the ground will lead us further into climate crisis. If the U.S. doesn’t stop now, whatever we extract will simply be exported and burned overseas. We will all be affected, but the poorest and most vulnerable among us will bear the brunt of the devastating impacts of climate change. Third, kick fossil fuel companies out of our politics. For decades, companies like Exxon, Chevron, Shell, and BP have been polluting our democracy by pouring billions of dollars into our politics and bankrolling elected officials to enact policies that protect their profits. The oil and gas industry spent over $103 million on the 2016 federal elections alone. And that’s just what they were required to report: that number doesn’t include the untold amounts of “dark money” they’ve been using to buy-off politicians and corrupt our democracy. The most conservative estimates still put their spending at 10 times that of environmental groups and the renewable energy industry. As a result, American taxpayers are shelling out $20 billion a year to bankroll oil and gas projects – a huge transfer of wealth to the top. And that doesn’t even include hundreds of billions of dollars of indirect subsidies that cost every United States citizen roughly $2,000 a year. This has to stop. And we’ve got to stop giving away public lands for oil and gas drilling. In 2018, under Trump, the Interior Department made $1.1 billion selling public land leases to oil and gas companies, an all-time record – triple the previous 2008 record, totaling more than 1.5 million acres for drilling alone, threatening multiple cultural sites and countless wildlife. As recently as last September, the Trump administration opened 1.56 million acres of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling, threatening Indigenous cultural heritage and hundreds of species that call it home. That’s not all. The ban on exporting crude oil should be reintroduced and extended to other fossil fuels. The ban, in place for 40 years, was lifted in 2015, just days after the signing of the Paris Climate Agreement. After years of campaigning by oil executives, industry heads, and their army of lobbyists, the fossil fuel industry finally got its way. We can’t wait for these changes to be introduced in 5 or 10 years time — we need them now.Fourth, require the fossil fuel companies that have profited from environmental injustice compensate the communities they’ve harmed.As if buying-off our democracy wasn’t enough, these corporations have also deliberately misled the public for years on the amount of damage their products have been causing. For instance, as early as 1977, Exxon’s own scientists were warning managers that fossil fuel use would warm the planet and cause irreparable damage. In the 1980s, Exxon shut down its internal climate research program and shifted to funding a network of advocacy groups, lobbying arms, and think tanks whose sole purpose was to cloud public discourse and block action on the climate crisis. The five largest oil companies now spend about $197 million a year on ad campaigns claiming they care about the climate — all the while massively increasing their spending on oil and gas extraction.Meanwhile, millions of Americans, especially poor, Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities, already have to fight to drink clean water and breathe clean air as their communities are devastated by climate-fueled hurricanes, floods, and fires. As of 2015, nearly 21 million people relied on community water systems that violated health-based quality standards. Going by population, that’s essentially 200 Flint, Michigans, happening all at once. If we continue on our current path, many more communities run the risk of becoming “sacrifice zones,” where citizens are left to survive the toxic aftermath of industrial activity with little, if any, help from the entities responsible for creating it. Climate denial and rampant pollution are not victimless crimes. Fossil fuel corporations must be held accountable, and be forced to pay for the damage they’ve wrought. If these solutions sound drastic to you, it’s because they are. They have to be if we have any hope of keeping our planet habitable. The climate crisis is not a far-off apocalyptic nightmare — it is our present day. Australia’s bushfires wiped out a billion animals, California’s fire season wreaks more havoc every year, and record-setting storms are tearing through our communities like never before. Scientists tell us we have 10 years left to dramatically reduce emissions. We have no room for meek half-measures wrapped up inside giant handouts to the fossil fuel industry. We deserve a world without fossil fuels. A world in which workers and communities thrive and our shared climate comes before industry profits. Working together, I know we can make it happen. We have no time to waste. Full Article video videos earth day climate change climate justice climateaction
to From Ukraine to Coronavirus: Trump’s Abuse of Power... By robertreich.org Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 15:22:00 -0400 From Ukraine to Coronavirus: Trump’s Abuse of Power ContinuesDonald Trump has spent a lifetime exploiting chaos for personal gain and blaming others for his losses. The pure madness in America’s response to the coronavirus pandemic – shortages of equipment to protect hospital workers, dwindling supplies of ventilators and critical medications, jaw-dropping confusion over how $2.2 trillion of aid in the recent coronavirus law will be distributed – has given him the perfect cover to hoard power and boost his chances of reelection.As the death toll continues to climb and states are left scrambling for protective gear and crucial resources, Trump is focused on only one thing: himself. He’s told governors to find life-saving equipment on their own, claiming the federal government is “not a shipping clerk” and subsequently forcing states and cities into a ruthless bidding war.Governors have been reduced to begging FEMA for supplies from the dwindling national stockpile, with vastly different results. While we haven’t seen what “formula” FEMA supposedly has for determining who gets what, reports suggest that Trump’s been promising things to governors who can get him on the phone. Our narcissist-in-chief has ordered FEMA to circumvent their own process and send supplies to states that are “appreciative”.Michigan and Colorado have received fractions of what they need while Oklahoma and Kentucky have gotten more than what they asked for. Colorado and Massachusetts have confirmed shipments only to have them held back by FEMA. Ron DeSantis, the Trump-aligned governor of Florida, refused to order a shelter-in-place mandate for weeks, but then received 100% of requested supplies within 3 days. New Jersey waited for two weeks. New York now has more cases than any other single country, but Trump barely lifted a finger for his hometown because Governor Andrew Cuomo is “complaining” about the catastrophic lack of ventilators in the city.A backchannel to the president is a shoe-in way to secure life-saving supplies. Personal flattery seems to be the most effective currency with Trump; the chain of command runs straight through his ego, and that’s what the response has been coordinated around.He claims that as president he has “total authority” over when to lift quarantine and social distancing guidelines, and threatens to adjourn Congress himself so as to push through political appointees without Senate confirmation.And throughout all of this, Trump has been determined to reject any attempt of independent oversight into his administration’s disastrous response. When he signed the $2 trillion emergency relief package into law, he said he wouldn’t agree to provisions in the bill for congressional oversight – meaning the wheeling-and-dealing will be done in secret. He has removed the inspector general leading the independent committee tasked with overseeing the implementation of the massive bill.He appointed one of his own White House lawyers, who helped defend him in his impeachment trial, to oversee the distribution of the $500 billion slush fund for corporations. That same day, he fired Inspector General Michael Atkinson – the inspector general who handed the whistleblower complaint to Congress that ultimately led to Trump’s impeachment.There should never have been any doubt that Trump would try to use this crisis to improve his odds of re-election.Stimulus checks going to the lowest-income earners were delayed because Trump demanded each one of them bear his name. As millions of the hardest-hit Americans scrambled to put food on the table and worried about the stack of bills piling up, Trump’s chief concern was himself. It doesn’t matter that this is a global pandemic. Abusing his power for personal gain is Trump’s MO.Just three and a half months ago, Trump was impeached on charges of abuse of power and obstructing investigations. Telling governors that they need to “be appreciative” in order to receive life-saving supplies for their constituents is the same kind of quid pro quo that Trump tried to extort from Ukraine, and his attempts to thwart independent oversight are the same as his obstruction of Congress.Trump called his impeachment a “hoax”. He initially called the coronavirus a “hoax”. But the real hoax is his commitment to America. In reality he will do anything – anything – to hold on to power. To Donald Trump, the coronavirus crisis is just another opportunity. Full Article video videos trump coronavirus Trump corruption
to Back to Basics By thebrowndogblog.blogspot.com Published On :: Wed, 03 Nov 2010 02:12:00 +0000 There is happy news and sad news here in Brown Dog Land. The happy news is that everyone is doing great and things are going really well. The sad news is that Addy is doing great in a new home! Last night she left to move in with her dad (my ex) and will be living with him full time now. I was sad to see her go, but when I saw how happy she was to see him walk in the door to pick her up, I knew it was definitely the right decision! She is going to be a happy and spoiled only pup and I know it's going to work out great.So, over here, it's back to all brown dogs all the time and I get to stop the crate/rotate routine. In the end, I still couldn't be happier. Full Article Addy
to Visitors By thebrowndogblog.blogspot.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 20:18:00 +0000 Her daddy is out of town this week, so Miss Addison Mae is back in brown dog land! Unfortunately, the browns were not too excited at all to see her and Wrigley even HID! She is doing great, though, and I was happy to see her after a month of her being away. The first night I couldn't remember how I did everything with so many dogs, but now I'm back in the swing of things and everything is going smoothly. She leaves again on Friday, so I am enjoying our time together while it lasts.In other news, my neighbor is also a yoga student of mine and heard me talking about Maizy's work at the library (which she hasn't been doing since her tail amputation several months ago because it took her so long to heal from that surgery) and asked if she could stop by with her kids someday. I said sure and yesterday she stopped over with the kids who read to Maizy, petted Hannibal the cat, and were licked by Probert (who is crated in the living room until Addison's departure because they stress each other out). Maizy was ecstatic to have visitors who were paying attention to her and after only a half-hour visit, she spent the rest of the day in recovery sleeping. Some "nanny dog"! Hehe. Probert was less enthusiastic, but was very tolerant and observant. He is not so used to children, but I thought he did great. Only one growl when the kids were getting too crazy by his crate, but he is entitled to give warnings if he doesn't like something. Wrigley did not come visit because he would have steamrolled those poor children with his boisterous enthusiasm for all things. :DIn closing, here is an updated photo of all three browns. Do you know who is who? Full Article Addy Maizy pictures Probert Wrigley
to Slumbertongue By thebrowndogblog.blogspot.com Published On :: Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:25:00 +0000 Greta, sound asleep (despite all of her enthusiastic barking, she does indeed rest at times). Full Article Greta pictures
to Tooth Hole By thebrowndogblog.blogspot.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:27:00 +0000 Probert, the million-dollar dog, struck again last week when he broke his second canine tooth. While the first one, broken just before his knee surgery, was broken pretty mildly, this one was broken vertically reaching up into the gum (ouch!). So, a dental was scheduled (and then pushed up as his gum started to turn color). When I dropped him off, the vet was not happy with him for having broken such a difficult-to-extract tooth. In the end, they were able to save his one canine, but the other one had to come out. Let me tell you, the root on that thing was HUGE.So, he had surgery and was doing pretty well on his intense regimen of pain killers and antibiotics. Until!!! His stitches came out and the giant hole in his jaw from the root removal was exposed!! The vet said at that point it would either heal up on its own, or his body would create a mouth/nose fistula that would require specialty surgery to repair. Fortunately, at his follow up visit a week later, the gum had grown back together and he is in the clear. Hopefully, we can avoid vet visits for him for a while!In super cute news, when I was picking him up from the vet after his procedure, he was super groggy and walked right into a glass door. Poor guy! He's doing much much better now, though. Stay healthy, please, Little Guy. Full Article pictures Probert vet
to 24 Things, Potentially, But History Suggests Otherwise. Thing 2. By johnfinnemore.blogspot.com Published On :: Mon, 02 Dec 2019 17:00:00 +0000 Full Article
to 24 things, and if you believe that I have a bridge to sell you. Thing 6. By johnfinnemore.blogspot.com Published On :: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 18:15:00 +0000 This is from the tour show. It's the image we put up at the start of the sketch about the designer of the snake, to try to get across the idea of an animal design department. Tomorrow, I'll put up the image that replaces it when the head of the department says he has one or two questions about the new design... Full Article Drawings
to 24 Things, a likely story. Thing 15 By johnfinnemore.blogspot.com Published On :: Sun, 15 Dec 2019 15:55:00 +0000 Full Article
to 24 Things still seem unlikely to me, but who knows. Thing 16. By johnfinnemore.blogspot.com Published On :: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 18:11:00 +0000 Sure, you can't stop progress, and it's not as if the old way ever worked in any case, but... still, he kind of misses it. Full Article
to 24 Things, they do seem to keep coming, though. Thing 18. By johnfinnemore.blogspot.com Published On :: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 12:20:00 +0000 Brrr. Full Article
to 24 Things, though it would be quite funny to drop out now. Thing 20. By johnfinnemore.blogspot.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 16:06:00 +0000 These are the practice sketches for yesterday's, but I think I like some of them better than the way it turned out. Especially the cheerful chap in the bottom right corner. Full Article
to News from Fitton By johnfinnemore.blogspot.com Published On :: Sat, 04 Apr 2020 11:59:00 +0000 It occurs to me I really ought to have mentioned here that an old friend of mine has been borrowing my YouTube account recently to let his friends know how he's coping with self-isolation. (The answer, perhaps unsurprisingly, is 'pretty well').Here's the first, of seven so far. Full Article
to Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff: Stealth Out and Touch the Egg Wrong By robin-d-laws.blogspot.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 14:20:00 +0000 In the latest episode of their mephitic podcast, Ken and Robin talk playing the secret assassin, sand pirate GPS spoofing, Clark Ashton Smith, and the terrible name megalosaurus almost had. Full Article Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff
to Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff: Not Quite Doctor Cowboy By robin-d-laws.blogspot.com Published On :: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 13:56:00 +0000 In the latest episode of their pageant-like podcast, Ken and Robin talk where to start with Earth, your conspiracy bookshelf, Moina and Samuel Mathers, and The Rise of Skywalker. Full Article Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff
to Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff: The Apache Helicopter of Toaster Ovens By robin-d-laws.blogspot.com Published On :: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 13:56:00 +0000 In the latest episode of their crispy-in-a-good-way podcast, Ken and Robin talk agency in the sandbox, air frying, Alphonse Bertillon, and numbers stations. Full Article Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff
to Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff: Yell Down Into the Hollers By robin-d-laws.blogspot.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 13:16:00 +0000 In the latest episode of their unswervingly loyal podcast, Ken and Robin talk Night's Black Agents vampire concealment, Gideon & Longknife, Robin's Yellow King novel, and Time Inc vs the Iowa caucuses. Full Article Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff
to Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff: The Toppling is the Point By robin-d-laws.blogspot.com Published On :: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 14:16:00 +0000 In the latest episode of their feathery but unruffled podcast, Ken and Robin talk history spoilers, political pigeons, Sarah Bernhardt, and the Dark Watchers. Full Article Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff
to The Orville moves to Hulu for Season 3 By scifistorm.org Published On :: Sun, 21 Jul 2019 01:05:02 +0000 The Orville star and creator Seth MacFarlane dropped a bomb at San Diego Comic Con – the show will move off of Fox onto the Hulu streaming network for season 3. In a statement MacFarlane said, “The Orville has been a labor of love for me, and there are two companies which have supported that […] Full Article Television hulu orville
to Congress Sets Up Taxpayers to Eat $454 Billion of Wall Street’s Losses. Where Is the Outrage? By wallstreetonparade.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 13:45:03 +0000 Congress Sets Up Taxpayers to Eat $454 Billion of Wall Street’s Losses. Where Is the Outrage? By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: May 7, 2020 ~ Beginning on March 24 of this year, Larry Kudlow, the White House Economic Advisor, began to roll out the most deviously designed bailout of Wall Street in the history of America. After the Federal Reserve’s secret $29 trillion bailout of Wall Street from 2007 to 2010, and the exposure of that by a government audit and in-depth report by the Levy Economics Institute in 2011, Kudlow was going to have to come up with a brilliant strategy to sell another multi-trillion-dollar Wall Street bailout to the American people. The scheme was brilliant (in an evil genius sort of way) and audacious in employing an Orwellian form of reverse-speak. The plan to bail out Wall Street would be sold to the American people as a rescue of “Main Street.” It was critical, however, that all of the officials speaking to the … Continue reading → - Full Article Uncategorized
to U.S. Financial System “Monitor” Failed to Flash Warning as Fed Pumped $6 Trillion Emergency Liquidity into Wall Street By wallstreetonparade.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 12:49:24 +0000 U.S. Financial System “Monitor” Failed to Flash Warning as Fed Pumped $6 Trillion Emergency Liquidity into Wall Street By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: May 8, 2020 ~ The Office of Financial Research (OFR) was created under the Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation of 2010 to keep the Financial Stability Oversight Council (F-SOC) informed on emerging threats that have the potential to implode the financial system — as occurred in 2008 in the worst financial crash since the Great Depression. The Trump administration has gutted both its funding and staff. One of the early warning systems of an impending financial crisis that OFR was supposed to have created is the heat map above. Green means low risk; yellow tones mean moderate risk; while red tones flash a warning of a serious problem. On September 17, 2019, liquidity was so strained on Wall Street that the Federal Reserve had to step in and began providing hundreds of billions of dollars per week in repo loans. By January 27, 2020 (before … Continue reading → - Full Article Uncategorized
to Уроки Photoshop: 5 новых уроков с видео By subscribe.ru Published On :: Mon, 8 Feb 2016 12:44:56 +0300 Рассылка сайта < Уроки Фотошоп > > Новые уроки Апельсиновый текст. Видео. Раздел : текст-эффекты, простые Создаем зимний пейзаж В этом уроке я расскажу вам, как создать зимний пейзаж, используя различные методы фотоманипуляции. Вы научитесь объединять различные стоковые фото используя корректирующие слои, маски и кисти. Вы так же узнаете как делать снег, солнечные свет, световые эффекты, сохранять детали и многое другое. Раздел : коллажирование, сложные Создаем изометрическую иконку ландшафта В этом уроке ... Full Article comp.soft.graph.tutorials Уроки Photoshop
to Уроки Photoshop: 33 новых урока By subscribe.ru Published On :: Tue, 10 May 2016 11:10:22 +0300 Рассылка сайта < Уроки Фотошоп > > Новые уроки Из фото в гравюру. Видео. Раздел : спецэффекты, простые Создаем текстовый эффект в виде зеркального шара В этом уроке я расскажу вам, как создать бесшовную текстуру, которую в дальнейшем вы будите применять для 3D текста в качестве основной текстуры, вместе с применением несколькими корректирующих слоёв и финальных штрихов кистью вы сделаете текстовый эффект в виде зеркального шара. Раздел : текст-эффекты, средние Эффект дезинтеграции. Видео. Создадим абстракт... Full Article comp.soft.graph.tutorials Уроки Photoshop
to Уроки Photoshop: 19 новых By subscribe.ru Published On :: Fri, 1 Jul 2016 10:04:36 +0300 Рассылка сайта < Уроки Фотошоп > > Новые уроки Убираем людей с фотографии улицы. Видео. Съемку на улицах нередко затрудняют случайно попадающие в кадр прохожие и в этом видео мы расскажем, как очень просто избавиться от движущихся через изображение людей. Раздел : фотообработка, простые Создаём плавучий остров. Видео. Раздел : коллажирование, средние Создаём монеты с портретом. Видео. Раздел : спецэффекты, простые Создаем коллаж цветочного портрета Как создать коллаж цветочного портрета с цветами, листьями... Full Article comp.soft.graph.tutorials Уроки Photoshop
to Уроки Photoshop: 10 новых By subscribe.ru Published On :: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 11:34:37 +0300 Рассылка сайта < Уроки Фотошоп > > Новые уроки Создаем текстовый эффект в виде кофейного пятна В этом уроке я расскажу вас, как создать текстовый эффект в виде кофейного пятна используя некоторые текстуры, кисти и стили слоя. Раздел : текст-эффекты, средние Создаем коллаж <Искаженное лицо в Космосе> В этом уроке мы создадим коллаж искаженного лица парня в пространстве и времени. Мы будем использовать много различных фильтров и не которые текстуры. В ходе выполнения урока, как новички, так и продвинутые пол... Full Article comp.soft.graph.tutorials Уроки Photoshop
to Уроки Photoshop By subscribe.ru Published On :: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 10:22:51 +0300 Рассылка сайта < Уроки Фотошоп > > Новые уроки Блестящий, золотой текст Мы будем делать блестящий, золотой текстовый эффект используя, стили слоя, режимы смешивания и добавим немного искр с помощью готовых изображений. текст-эффекты Сюрреалистичная эмоциональная сцена Создадим фон, используя изображения неба и травы. Добавим модель, деревья, клетку и птиц и объединим это все в единую композицию, используя корректирующие слои, маски слоя, режимы смешивания и фильтры. коллажирование Абстрактное лицо из льда ... Full Article comp.soft.graph.tutorials Уроки Photoshop
to Уроки Photoshop: Фотоарт и свежие Уроки By subscribe.ru Published On :: Thu, 16 Mar 2017 20:49:52 +0300 Открыт набор в онлайн Школу Фотоарта Cornacchia ! Курс представляет собой подробные текстовые уроки со скриншотами и примерами. А также дополнен озвученными видеоуроками, демонстрирующими авторскую технику преподавателя. Для тех, кто не имеет достаточного количества времени на учёбу, введена система заданий, позволяющая закреплять полученные знания без существенных временных затрат. Постоянный контакт с преподавателем в любое удобное для вас время в течение дня - уникальное условие, которое не обеспечит да... Full Article comp.soft.graph.tutorials Уроки Photoshop
to Уроки Photoshop: лето-осень 2017 By subscribe.ru Published On :: Thu, 2 Nov 2017 13:16:53 +0300 Вы узнаете, как из <домашних> фото можно создать настоящее полноценное произведение . {username, открыт набор в онлайн Школу Фотоарта Cornacchia ! Впервые будут проводиться также индивидуальные занятия для тех, кому удобнее заниматься вне группы. Постоянный контакт с преподавателем в любое удобное для вас время в течение дня - уникальное условие, которое гарантирует Школа Фотоарта. Отзыв ученика newAnika: < Объясняется все подробно, я не раз мучила преподавателя разными вопросами, то кисть не настраивалась... Full Article comp.soft.graph.tutorials Уроки Photoshop
to Уроки Photoshop: Индивидуальные занятия By subscribe.ru Published On :: Fri, 6 Apr 2018 09:35:00 +0300 Открыт набор в онлайн Школу Фотоарта Cornacchia ! Впервые будут проводиться также индивидуальные занятия для тех, кому удобнее заниматься вне группы. Постоянный контакт с преподавателем в любое удобное для вас время в течение дня - уникальное условие, которое гарантирует Школа Фотоарта. Вы всегда оперативно получите развёрнутый ответ на любой вопрос по материалу, все необходимые разъяснения и разбор домашнего задания. Вы сами решаете, какая нагрузка вам подходит, и выбираете нужное вам количество часов обу... Full Article comp.soft.graph.tutorials Уроки Photoshop
to Уроки Photoshop By subscribe.ru Published On :: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 11:37:29 +0300 {username, открыт набор в онлайн Школу Фотоарта Cornacchia ! Постоянный контакт с преподавателем в любое удобное для вас время в течение дня - уникальное условие, которое гарантирует Школа Фотоарта. Вы всегда оперативно получите развёрнутый ответ на любой вопрос по материалу, все необходимые разъяснения и разбор домашнего задания. С учетом отзывов курсантов прошлых наборов, программа оптимизирована для более комфортного ритма учёбы. Поддержание творческого тонуса учеников - одна из главных задач курса. При... Full Article comp.soft.graph.tutorials Уроки Photoshop
to Уроки Photoshop: Школа Фортарта 2020 By subscribe.ru Published On :: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 12:05:37 +0300 Открыт набор в онлайн Школу Фотоарта Cornacchia Со 2 марта по 15 апреля 2020 г. Программа разделена на два уровня: Начальный и Средний. Самое ценное для вас на этом курсе - постоянная связь с преподавателем в течение дня. Вы всегда оперативно получите развёрнутый ответ на любой вопрос по материалу, все необходимые разъяснения и разбор домашнего задания. Вы сами решаете, какая нагрузка вам подходит, и выбираете нужное вам количество часов обучения. Для тех, кто не имеет достаточного количества времени на уч... Full Article comp.soft.graph.tutorials Уроки Photoshop
to Badminton worlds moved in '21 to avoid conflict By www.espn.com Published On :: Fri, 1 May 2020 10:47:13 EST The Badminton World Federation said the 2021 world championships will run from Nov. 29-Dec. 5 to avoid a schedule conflict with the Tokyo Olympics. Full Article
to Swiss nix hosting '21 world hockey tournament By www.espn.com Published On :: Fri, 1 May 2020 10:54:25 EST The Swiss hockey federation says it won't seek to host the 2021 men's world championship after losing this year's event because of the coronavirus pandemic. Full Article
to USA Badminton taken off probation by USOPC By www.espn.com Published On :: Fri, 1 May 2020 15:09:42 EST USA Badminton has been taken off probation by the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, which tried to decertify the organization for noncompliance to protect athletes from sexual abuse. Full Article
to Home workouts 101: Creative ways these innovators are staying fit By www.espn.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 13:17:12 EST As the coronavirus pandemic has forced us to break out of our normal sports and fitness routines, these innovators -- and professional athletes -- are making the most of their time at home with creative takes on the games and workouts we know and love. Full Article
to Indian sports ministry to allow open-field practice in phases By www.espn.com Published On :: Sun, 3 May 2020 05:31:58 EST Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju said the first priority for this would be given to those who have qualified for the Olympics. Full Article
to Pole vault event held in competitors' backyards By www.espn.com Published On :: Sun, 3 May 2020 14:09:20 EST Mondo Duplantis of Sweden and Renaud Lavillenie of France tied for the gold medal Sunday during a men's pole vault competition held in their own backyards. Full Article
to Froome fears large gatherings at Tour de France By www.espn.com Published On :: Mon, 4 May 2020 06:01:33 EST Four-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome is unsure if the organisers can fully prevent large crowds from gathering at the race that was rescheduled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Full Article
to Sun Yang appeals to Swiss court over doping ban By www.espn.com Published On :: Wed, 6 May 2020 07:38:20 EST Three-time Olympic champion Sun Yang has lodged an appeal an appeal to the Swiss federal court in an attempt to overturn his eight-year doping ban. Full Article
to Lance Armstrong and Bruce Lee 30 For 30 documentaries coming to ESPN Africa By www.espn.com Published On :: Wed, 6 May 2020 07:06:29 EST ESPN will be releasing two brand new 30 For 30 documentaries in Africa in May and early June, telling the stories of cyclist Lance Armstrong and martial artist Bruce Lee. Full Article
to Small is beautiful: India looks to local leagues as sport seeks restart By www.espn.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 12:35:57 EST Most stakeholders agree that holding smaller competitions will be the best way forward post-lockdown. Full Article
to Spain's top athletes jeered on return to practice By www.espn.com Published On :: Tue, 5 May 2020 09:35:31 EST Professional and high-performance athletes in Spain were allowed to return to practice, but some were jeered for doing so during the coronavirus pandemic. Full Article
to Ewing says his gold medals, NCAA ring stolen By www.espn.com Published On :: Wed, 6 May 2020 07:21:25 EST Hall of Famer Patrick Ewing says his two Olympic gold medals along with his 1984 NCAA championship ring were stolen. Full Article
to Annual IOC Session meeting to be held via video By www.espn.com Published On :: Wed, 6 May 2020 17:41:15 EST The IOC Session -- an annual meeting of approximately 100 members -- will be held in July via a video conference rather than the originally scheduled gathering in Tokyo prior to the Summer Olympics. Full Article
to Spidey Super Stories #31 By scans-daily.dreamwidth.org Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 19:11:57 GMT Posted by: cyberghostface ( Scans under the cut... ) comments Full Article char: doctor doom/victor von doom char: spider-man/peter parker title: spidey super stories char: moondragon/heather douglas char: marvel boy/captain marvel/noh-varr publisher: marvel comics