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With the arrival of Peak Oil, the curtain has closed on Act 1 of the drama Petroleum Man. What will happen in Act 2? Chekhov said, "If there's a gun on the wall at the beginning of the play, by the end it must go off." In the world's nuclear arsenal are many guns on the wall. If life copies art, will there be an Act 3 in which the players, having learned their lesson the hard way, live sustainably? To explore these and other questions... FTW's Act 2 Blog. Read, comment, take heart! Orkin

Monday, August 08, 2022

From Jenna Orkin

New Cancer Study Results Confirm Lasting Effects on 9/11 First Responders

China expands military drills, escalates threats against Taiwan

Why the Chair of the Lancet’s COVID-19 Commission Thinks The US Government Is Preventing a Real Investigation Into the Pandemic

Japan Needs to Look at Links Between Church and State

China IPO Market Trounces the World With Record $58 Billion Boom

Record coral cover on parts of Great Barrier Reef, but global heating could jeopardise recovery

Thieves steal at least 20 whole briskets worth thousands of dollars from famous Texas barbecue restaurant

This map shows where Europe gets its natural gas - and economic disaster is looming if Russia cuts off its fuel supply

Russia has stoked up an energy crisis in Europe by cutting the capacity of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline. Here's where the continent gets its natural gas.

5 of Turkey's banks have adopted Russia's payment system, and Western officials are concerned it could be used to skirt sanctions

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow speaks highly of Fox host Tucker Carlson

 

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Sunday, August 07, 2022

From Jenna Orkin

  1. Trump Once Again Dominates CPAC 2024 Presidential Straw Poll

    G.O.P. Governors Cause Havoc by Busing Migrants to East Coast

    European Power Hits Records as Plants Start to Buckle in Heat

    Turkish Banks Are Adopting Russian Payments System, Erdogan Says

    China’s Hainan Starts Mass Covid Testing, Imposes More Lockdowns

    Hundreds may have contracted polio after the virus was detected in wastewater, New York Health Department warns

    Taiwan scrambles jets as officials say China rehearsing attack

American Airlines told mother of a 10-year-old unaccompanied passenger she couldn't collect her daughter from the airport

Chris Christie says 2024 presidential race will feature Trump, Cotton, Pence, and Cruz and force GOP voters to choose between 'the party of me or the party of us'

A jury says Alex Jones should pay $49 million for defaming Sandy Hook parents. He might be ordered to pay only a fraction of that thanks to Texas law.

 

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Saturday, August 06, 2022

From Jenna Orkin

Tonga volcano blasted ‘unprecedented’ amount of water into atmosphere

Shale Giant Chesapeake To Exit Oil As It Focuses On Natural Gas

Will Civilization Collapse Because It’s Running Out of Oil?

High Suicide Rates among United States Service Members and Veterans of the Post- 9/11 Wars

Azerbaijan summons UK charge d'affaires over London embassy attack

Long Beach Announces Pediatric Case of Monkeypox

Argentina pledges end of money printing to battle 60% inflation

  1. In world first, artificial mouse 'embryos' were grown without the need for a womb, sperm, or egg

    The Democrats have taken aim at the stock market's safety net by taxing buybacks - potentially creating another headwind for investors

    White House: Monkeypox is public-health emergency in US

 

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Friday, August 05, 2022

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Polio surveillance uncovers new evidence of community spread in New York

Lawsuit: 9/11 Debris Released Hazardous Emissions at Fresh Kills Landfill

Brittney Griner sentenced to 9 years in Russian prison on drug charges

Pollution: 'Forever chemicals' in rainwater exceed safe levels

Does Anyone Still Understand the ‘Security Dilemma’?

Hunger in Africa - The Situation is Serious

Uniper Warns on German Power Output as Rhine River Dries Up

QAnon candidate Ron Watkins finished dead last in his Arizona GOP primary race

Russia is Europe's biggest energy supplier - but the US is sending more gas by boat than Russia is by pipeline

Alex Jones could face perjury charges and up to 10 years in a Texas jail after his lawyer mistakenly revealed text messages the InfoWars host claimed didn't exist, legal experts say

Bank of England hikes interest rates by 50 basis points 

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Thursday, August 04, 2022

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‘Never seen it this bad’: America faces catastrophic teacher shortage

Several election deniers backed by Trump prevail in hotly contested primaries

Worsening Drought Drives California Water Prices to All-Time High

Covid-19: UK makes first payments to compensate injury or death from vaccines

The National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) has awarded NT$3.5 million (US$116,877) to the family of a person in Tainan who died of intracerebral hemorrhage after receiving a dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.

NOCs, Not Big Oil, Are Responsible For Most Emissions

67 members of Congress have violated a law designed to prevent insider trading and stop conflicts-of-interest

A McDonald's has banned under-18s from eating there after 5 p.m. without their parents after staff were subjected to 'verbal and physical abuse'

Georgia will now let people claim an 'unborn child' as a dependent on their tax returns after Supreme Court throws out abortion rights

Senate passes PACT Act, providing billions in aid for US veterans exposed to burn pits, after 41 GOP senators blocked passage last week

 

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Wednesday, August 03, 2022

From Jenna Orkin

Wikipedia Used As 'Shortcut' By Judges, Researchers Find

Fact check: A 1912 article about burning coal and climate change is authentic

SPAM goes on lockdown due to inflation in NYC

Earth Is Suddenly Spinning Faster. Why Our Planet Just Recorded Its Shortest Day Since Records Began

African fossils show 'monster' could have lived in Loch Ness

Hezbollah Threatens Israel With War Over Disputed Gas Field

Nearly Half of All Restaurants & Car Services Couldn't Pay July Rent

Indigenous senator in Australia told to repeat oath of allegiance after she called Queen Elizabeth 'the colonizing Her Majesty'

EXCLUSIVE: Cassidy Hutchinson kept working for Donald Trump for nine weeks after he left the White House, government records show

3 states have declared states of emergency over monkeypox outbreaks to expand resources to slow the spread

 

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Tuesday, August 02, 2022

From Jenna Orkin

‘Soon it will be unrecognisable’: total climate meltdown cannot be stopped, says expert

As Putin squeezes gas supplies, Germany is falling back on coal

Covid Supply Chain Chaos Is Just a Dress Rehearsal for What’s Next

The position of the Chinese government and people on the Taiwan question is consistent, and resolutely safeguarding China’s national sovereignty and territorial integrity is the firm will of the more than 1.4 billion Chinese people. The public opinion cannot be defied. Those who play with fire will perish by it.
 

Banana Boat sunscreen recalled over carcinogen

Amazon Cut Its Staff by Almost 100,000 in the June Quarter

Former Putin ally who fled Russia hospitalized with rare illness that made him suddenly lose feeling in his hands and legs: report

June 29 was the shortest day in recorded history — a 'wobble' in the Earth's spin shaved off 1.59 milliseconds

Australia tells exporters to keep natural gas at home to avoid an energy crunch - which could cause prices to soar even further

An 18-year research analyst who believes the Fed's rate hikes aren't enough to tame inflation warns the S&P 500 could plunge another 47% in a worst-case scenario

 

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Monday, August 01, 2022

From Jenna Orkin

Coming to a giant airport screen: Your personal flight information

States may revive abortion laws from a time when women couldn’t vote

Italy’s Right Has an Orban-Style Super Majority Within Reach

‘Betrayed’: Sick 9/11 first responders on brink of losing jobs despite law

Wildfires are setting off hundreds of unexploded bombs on WWI battlefields, endangering firefighters

Justice Neil Gorsuch's background primed him to break from the other conservatives on Native law and defend tribal sovereignty

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, who saw many Native cases as a Western judge, blasted his conservative colleagues' understanding of Native law.

Woman describes how she was 'humiliated' at a Walgreens as autoimmune patients become collateral damage in the US abortion crackdown

Methotrexate, a drug used to treat arthritis, lupus, IBD, and more, is being restricted across the US because it can cause abortions.

Zelenskyy warns that harvest from Ukraine— one of the world's largest suppliers of wheat — will be cut in half this year

Republicans' next big play is to 'scare the hell out of Washington' by rewriting the Constitution. And they're willing to play the long game to win.

Jon Stewart goes to war on Twitter with Ted Cruz over veterans' healthcare 


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Sunday, July 31, 2022

From Jenna Orkin

April - Florida man asks schools to ban Bible following the state's efforts to remove books 

Biden tests positive for COVID again — days after initial recovery

Dr. Lisa-Maria Kellermayr — targeted by anti-vaxxers — commits suicide
The Default Tech Settings You Should Turn Off Right Away
These controls, which are buried inside products from Apple, Google, Meta and others, make us share more data than we need to.

‘Not enough shots’: U.S. faces ‘vaccine cliff’ on monkeypox

Chinese Army - "Prepare for war"

International oil traders are flocking to India as the nation seeks new ways to buy Russian crude

Russia's oil exports to China via ‘dark’ ship-to-ship transfers have surged as trading secrecy grows

Videos show water pouring into Las Vegas casinos as flash flooding follows a rare, heavy thunderstorm in one of the US's driest cities
Alex Jones with bullhorn

Infowars parent company files for bankruptcy as defamation trial for Alex Jones' Sandy Hook conspiracy claims nears decision on awarding damages to victims

  1. Prince Charles gifted $1.2M by Osama Bin Laden's family: report

 

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Saturday, July 30, 2022

From Jenna Orkin

San Francisco, New York state declare monkeypox emergencies as outbreak grows

Man accused in plot to kill Kavanaugh eyed other justices, FBI says

Biden issues disaster declaration as Kentucky flooding kills at least 15


Let’s say Biden isn’t the nominee. Here’s who runs — and wins

China’s Wuhan shuts down district of 1 million people over 4 asymptomatic Covid cases

Biden Administration Plans to Offer Updated Booster Shots in September

German cities impose cold showers and turn off lights amid Russian gas crisis
Hanover is first large city to impose energy-saving measures and Berlin switches off monument spotlights

Cities in Germany are limiting heating and turning off spotlights to save natural gas as Russia slashes fuel supply

The US dollar could fall from 20-year highs as the Bank of England sets sight on its largest rate hike in nearly 3 decades, says analyst

A potentially deadly kind of bacteria has been found in US soil and water for the first time. These are the symptoms of an infection the CDC has said to look out for.

 

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