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June 12, 2023
RT by @BruceDGilley: Buried lede: It was monastic asceticism, not "whiteness," that gave rise to the West.
Weber pretends it was Protestantism, but it was Benedictine monks who gave institutional structure to labor and prayer.
#artwar #dracoalchemicus #
Buried lede: It was monastic asceticism, not "whiteness," that gave rise to the West.
Weber pretends it was Protestantism, but it was Benedictine monks who gave institutional structure to labor and prayer.
#artwar #dracoalchemicus #learntoscan
amazon.com/Protestant-Ethic-…
June 11, 2023
Countries forced to levy higher taxes on multinationals by the dumb global minimum tax are going to just hand it back as rebates. Didn't the savants in Paris think of that?
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pa...
Countries forced to levy higher taxes on multinationals by the dumb global minimum tax are going to just hand it back as rebates. Didn't the savants in Paris think of that?
reuters.com/world/asia-pacif…
Calling for US policy to aim for a democratic China is about 25 years past sell by date. These authors don't seem to have noticed China since the Clinton era. Xi has made a peaceful democratic transition impossible. We should assume tyranny.
https://forei
Calling for US policy to aim for a democratic China is about 25 years past sell by date. These authors don't seem to have noticed China since the Clinton era. Xi has made a peaceful democratic transition impossible. We should assume tyranny.
foreignpolicy.com/2023/06/05…
Or we let them all in. Have the White House fly the Vatican flag next week.
Or we let them all in. Have the White House fly the Vatican flag next week.
June 9, 2023
Congratulations to @ConceptualJames for being listed as an extremist by @splcenter. I have applied many times, without luck.
https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-ha...
Congratulations to @ConceptualJames for being listed as an extremist by @splcenter. I have applied many times, without luck.
splcenter.org/fighting-hate/…
Malaysia proving yet again that it is the dullest country in Southeast Asia. National uproar over Singaporean who joked about missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH-370 ("I can't visit because our planes don't fly." "That joke didn't land.")
https://www.th
Malaysia proving yet again that it is the dullest country in Southeast Asia. National uproar over Singaporean who joked about missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH-370 ("I can't visit because our planes don't fly." "That joke didn't land.")
thestar.com.my/news/nation/2…
June 8, 2023
Democrats are creating revolutionary movements on the Right with their lawless behavior. But the debt ceiling stand-off and the Oregon Republican walk-out show that there are many tools short of revolution.
https://americanmind.org/salvo/revolu...
Democrats are creating revolutionary movements on the Right with their lawless behavior. But the debt ceiling stand-off and the Oregon Republican walk-out show that there are many tools short of revolution.
americanmind.org/salvo/revol…
Cutting Edge Research. Three education professors study their course evaluations as well as their own poetry to discover they face widespread oppression and micro-aggressions because of their identities. Research implications follow.
https://doi.org/10.10
Cutting Edge Research. Three education professors study their course evaluations as well as their own poetry to discover they face widespread oppression and micro-aggressions because of their identities. Research implications follow.
doi.org/10.1080/17425964.202…
June 7, 2023
Government attempts to regulate the information market for investors makes things worse not better in the case of debt/risk ratings. Squaw Warren will surely insist on deregulation.
https://www.nber.org/papers/w31303
Government attempts to regulate the information market for investors makes things worse not better in the case of debt/risk ratings. Squaw Warren will surely insist on deregulation.
nber.org/papers/w31303
Canadian school board backtracks on drag queen event for elementary kids... by making it more mandatory. Queer parent demands no opt out “if we are committed to equity in all measures."
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2023...
Canadian school board backtracks on drag queen event for elementary kids... by making it more mandatory. Queer parent demands no opt out “if we are committed to equity in all measures."
thestar.com/news/gta/2023/06…
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