The Daily Blog Open Mic – Saturday 5th March 2016
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
Moderation rules are more lenient for this section, but try and play nicely.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEBlaMOmKV4
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sam-cooke-dies-under-suspicious-circumstances-in-la
Discussion with Australian economics Professor Keen on housing bubbles and failed leadership, throwing banks and economies into jeopardy … Australia (NZ not exempt), UK…
https://www.rt.com/shows/keiser-report/334369-episode-max-keiser-883/
“In this special episode of the Keiser Report, Max and Stacy are joined by Professor Steve Keen, author of Debunking Economics, and Ross Ashcroft of RenegadeInc.com and the crowd-funded series, Meet the Renegades. They discuss housing bubbles in Australia, housing policy in the UK, and the rise of Donald Trump as a sign of the great recession happening outside the property bubble cities in which both politicians and journalists live.”
The inexorable meltdown of the planet continues to accelerate:
http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/charctic-interactive-sea-ice-graph/
and the inexorable rise in CO2 that is causing planetary meltdown continues to accelerate:
https://scripps.ucsd.edu/programs/keelingcurve/wp-content/plugins/sio-bluemoon/graphs/mlo_full_record.png
And most people living in industrial societies are not at all bothered: they somehow think it won’t affect them, so they continue consuming and continue to make everything that matters worse.
They are in for a ‘rude awakening’ very soon.
On Trump, Clinton, Sanders and others…and interesting discussion from the USA
https://www.rt.com/shows/big-picture/334370-super-tuesday-presidential-candidates/
“Tonight’s Politics Panel talks about yesterday’s Super Tuesday results, how Hillary advisers are trying to appeal to Trump supporters, and whether Trump is holding Chris Christie hostage. Thom discusses the presidential candidates’ economic policies with economist Marshall Auerback and in tonight’s Daily Take Thom debunks the myth that Democrats are bad for business.”