Noteworthy on Nov 14 2022

 November 14 2022

Where to find reliable information in the media: for instance on Ukraine. Here's one: Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor - Your home for analysis of breaking news and in-depth discussion of current geopolitical events in the United states and the world. Geopolitics. No ego descriptions. No small talk. Straight to the point. Calls with the relevant analysis only. 

On the US midterm election: Who really were the  winners?

This hesitance to confront the rich, in turn, leaves people of modest means feeling real discomfort as grand fortunes continue to grow at their expense. And all these dynamics keep a vicious political cycle spinning. Proposals that would excite modest-income voters — proposals that openly challenge the lockgrip the super rich hold over so much of our daily lives — get little traction.

This hesitance to confront the rich, in turn, leaves people of modest means feeling real discomfort as grand fortunes continue to grow at their expense. And all these dynamics keep a vicious political cycle spinning. Proposals that would excite modest-income voters — proposals that openly challenge the lockgrip the super rich hold over so much of our daily lives — get little traction ...

...analysts at the data company Wealth-X released their latest World Ultra Wealth Report. The United States, the report details, now hosts more “ultra high net worth individuals” — deep pockets worth at least $30 million — “than the next five highest-ranked countries combined.”

These 121,465 U.S. ultras make up nearly a third of the world’s super wealthy. By getting serious about challenging these rich, we can improve all our lives. Let efforts like the triumph in Massachusetts light the way.

“Dying lands: Farmers fight to save the ‘skin of the Earth’…

“From the United States and China to Kenya, human efforts to preserve soil are proving no match for increasingly extreme weather, which is damaging the living system and depleting its ability to produce food, according to Reuters interviews with dozens of farmers, scientists and other soil specialists.”

https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/dying-lands-farmers-fight-save-skin-earth-2022-11-12/

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