Squire Knut

Squire Knut

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Traveler, scuba diver, hiker, photographer gardener, coffee roaster, home-brewer, reader, used to be a chef so I eat to live, while I live to eat. Pet lover: dogs to salt-water aquariums (Avoid venomous, especially MAGA) please no DM’s until I know you

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We are just souls traveling through this world at this time, and a body is just a vehicle for us to develop, to live, to learn, to love, so respect everything, grow gardens, grow relationships,be nice,be kind,treat others as yourself,experience as much as you can until we die. Then the next journey,

Several founding fathers (George Washington & Benjamin Franklin were the most prominent) didn’t want political parties because of this exact scenario. People choosing party over country. They saw this happening but not necessarily so insanely insidious.

Where essentially a single party has control over all branches of government. The constitution is as solid a concept as can be imagined but anything can be hacked by an oligarchical class hell-bent on controlling the entire system. www.snopes.com/fact-check/w...

snopes.comWarren Buffett on Class Warfare, 'It's My Class, the Rich Class, Making War, And We're Winning'?The full purported quote read, "There's class warfare, all right. But it's my class, the rich class, that's making war, and we're winning."

As our president dismantles “cancer causing windmills” China leads the world in clean energy installation, infrastructure and manufacturing. They are moving into the 21st century while our president embraces 19th century highly polluting fossil fuels. www.cfr.org/articles/chi...

cfr.orgChina Is Planning Decades Ahead on Clean Energy. The U.S. Has Other Priorities. | Council on Foreign RelationsChina has approved a blueprint to expand its lead in carbon-free energy, in sharp contrast to the Trump administration's reliance on fossil fuels.

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AMERICA FIRST? How is having a Chilean mining company (Twin Metals Minnesota is a subsidiary of Antofagasta, a Chilean mining conglomerate owned by one of Chile's wealthiest families) extracting minerals from a pristine Wilderness recreational area to then be shipped to China

AMERICA FIRST? How is having a Chilean mining company (Twin Metals Minnesota is a subsidiary of Antofagasta, a Chilean mining conglomerate owned by one of Chile's wealthiest families) extracting minerals from a pristine Wilderness recreational area to then be shipped to China

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the wilderness, generates high, sustainable revenue (approx. $913 million annually) 100 % damage done. Copper sulfide mining poses severe, long-term risks to watersheds, primarily through a process known as acid mine drainage (AMD). When sulfide-bearing rock is exposed to air & water during mining,

it produces sulfuric acid, which leaches heavy metals such as copper, nickel, lead, and mercury into surrounding water systems. This type of mining is considered highly toxic, with a documented history of water pollution, and is recognized as the most polluting industry in the United States.

AMERICA FIRST? How is having a Chilean mining company (Twin Metals Minnesota is a subsidiary of Antofagasta, a Chilean mining conglomerate owned by one of Chile's wealthiest families) extracting minerals from a pristine Wilderness recreational area to then be shipped to China

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•Economic Benefits of No Mining: The Harvard study, published in Ecological Economics (2020), analyzed 72 scenarios and concluded that in 96% of them, a mining ban resulted in higher employment and income in the region over a 20-year period. In fact the mines which will benefit a Chilean company

and then ship the minerals to China (America first?) will generate at most 750 short term jobs whereas by leaving it as the Wilderness Area it will generate much higher income for a much longer period. •Economic Stability: The tourism and recreation economy, which depends on the pristine nature of

AMERICA FIRST? How is having a Chilean mining company (Twin Metals Minnesota is a subsidiary of Antofagasta, a Chilean mining conglomerate owned by one of Chile's wealthiest families) extracting minerals from a pristine Wilderness recreational area to then be shipped to China

for processing be America First? A 2018 study by Harvard University economist James Stock found that a 20-year mining ban would generate greater long-term economic growth, jobs, and income for the region compared to allowing mining, which would likely lead to significant environmental damage.

“America is now a Rogue Superpower Washington’s conduct in the Iran war is accelerating global chaos and deepening Americas dangerous isolation. Nations that once bandwagoned with the United States will now remain aloof or align against it, not because they want to but because the

“The American military functions as a gangster for capitalism.” Smedley Butler Hollywood adored him. President Roosevelt’s cousin, the late Theodore himself, was said to have called Butler “the ideal American soldier.” Over the course of his career, he had received the Army and Navy

Distinguished Service Medals, the French Ordre de l’Étoile Noir, and, in the distinction that would ensure his place in the Marine Corps pantheon, he won the Congressional Medal of Honor—twice. He said that he was the “gangster for capitalism” for ousting political leaders in

multiple countries that didn’t align with American corporate interests. They’d probably have made a movie on him but no corporation would approve the project.

FDR was basically moving us towards a democratic socialist system if you look at his “second or economic bill of rights”. It only makes sense especially in this day and age of this country with the obscene amount of wealth that the billionaires “Epstein class” and especially the power that the

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Because maybe he’s not working FOR the USA, maybe he’s working to RAID the USA Trump said he’d run the country like a business. Yes a liquidation business. “Make America Great Again” His idea is gut the workforce, siphon off the profits & liquidate the assets & prepare the remnants for the ultra-

A billion dollars spent to NOT develop new 21st century technologies while going back to 19th century technology?!? This government is officially “Morons Are Governing America” from now on. That’s the real MAGA

The more dangerous or risky the drug is, the MORE it needs to be properly regulated and controlled and not left to the illicit “black” marketplace with no regulation, oversight or control.

Trump said he’d run the country like a business. Yes a liquidation business. “Make America Great Again” His idea is gut the workforce, siphon off the profits & liquidate the assets & prepare the remnants for the ultra wealthy to purchase everything left at pennies on the dollar for sizable profits

Gotta love the Finns & the Scandinavians they routinely are the happiest and smartest people in the world. They have a higher tax rate yes, but their taxes work for a better & smarter society overall.

“The greatest of all evils is that of excessive wealth and excessive poverty.”— Plato, The Republic “An imbalance between rich & poor is the oldest & most fatal ailment of all republics” Plutarch

“Extreme wealth undermines democracy, is incompatible with ecological urgency, is almost always undeserved, and harms the interests of everyone, the super-rich included.”

I’ve said many times that Putin had everything in front of him and he made the wrong choices/decisions. He had the opportunity to have Russia join the civilized world and integrate like Singapore, South Korea and Poland, they all did at the same time on the world stage.

He had a better opportunity than most, it was the “glasnost & perestroika” era and he even had the international space station to give him a leg up. Instead of a 21st century integration into the modern world he went for the “raid the resources” and pursue a

Looking at everything going on with Iran right now it also just came to light a few years ago how close we were to having a secular democracy in Iran in 1980. If you read “Den of Spies” we had a chance for an end to the hostage crisis in 1980 but the dirty tricksters were at it again and had the

hostages held so Carter wouldn’t get reelected and Reagan got elected. The hostages were released on January 20, 1981 — minutes after Reagan took the oath of office. Basically against the Logan Act and very arguably treason. www.theguardian.com/books/2024/o...

theguardian.comDen of Spies: Craig Unger on Reagan, treason and the first October surpriseHouse of Trump, House of Putin author sees dark parallels between 2024 and a 1980 election beset by foreign intrigue

Propaganda applied to young impressionable minds involved in the military which operates as a foundational, "total" social institution, shaping the individual into a culture, with rigid socialization, discipline, and shared purpose closely with personal identity tied to a national identity.

An agency with disciplinary punishment for not following orders, shows above all, The Separation of Church and State needs to apply to the military, Probably more than anything…

Looking at everything going on with Iran right now it also just came to light a few years ago how close we were to having a secular democracy in Iran in 1980. If you read “Den of Spies” we had a chance for an end to the hostage crisis in 1980 but the dirty tricksters were at it again and had

the hostages held so Carter wouldn’t get reelected and Reagan got elected. The hostages were released on January 20, 1981 — minutes after Reagan took the oath of office. The October Surprise gave birth to the Reagan era and modern conservatism. Basically against the Logan act and very arguable

Obama: Brokered a very good nuclear deal with Iran without firing a shot. Trump: Tears up the deal once in office, to spite Obama. Trump can't negotiate a new deal himself, starts a war, and American servicemen die. In the “Aged well” series