When the #Murrican "experiment" finally collapses
Future #Historians won't be stunned by the greed and depravity of the #Elite
They'll be stunned by the blindness and misplaced loyalty of the #Poor

#HUD #Housing #Discrimination #Rascism #Poor #Segregation
#alt #trump

Arron Panas 7/20/25
INVESTIGATIONS INTO HOUSING DISCRIMINATION STOPPED

I do have a soft spot for #SteakNShake because it was such a cheap place when I was in community college and walking miles and taking buses and trains to get to my classes during the day.
Getting two meals under $4 was peak and I'd usually tip well compared to the order 50 to 100% in some cases because the food was that cheap and was FRESH.
#college #poor #inflation #food #restaurant

A quotation from Eric Hoffer

   The real “haves” are they who can acquire freedom, self-confidence, and even riches without depriving others of them. They acquire all of these by developing and applying their potentialities.
   On the other hand, the real “have nots” are those who cannot have aught except by depriving others of it. They can feel free only by diminishing the freedom of others, self-confident by spreading fear and dependence among others, and rich by making others poor.

Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 115 (1955)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/hoffer-eric/24752/

https://www.context.news/money-power-people/asian-garment-industry-braces-for-higher-us-tariffs

So the #US position is -
Don't address #climatechange
Ban #Immigration
#tariffs that destroy #employment
no #USAID

Pray do tell - what should #poor people in countries such as #bangladesh do to #survive ?

This is also #wealth #transfer - #revenue from #tariffs raise cost for #poor coupled with #tax cuts save money for #rich

Down with the #oligarchy #plutocracy #billionaires

This is also #wealth #transfer - #revenue from #tariffs raise cost for #poor coupled with #tax cuts save money for #rich Down with the #oligarchy #plutocracy #billionaires #democracy #humanrights #justice #development #climatechange #adaptation #migration

https://www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/rearming-europe/

#EU increases #spending on #military and cuts #aid to #poor #countries

When will this craziness end?

More than 60 scientists issue dire warning that the Earth is careening toward catastrophe: 'Things are all moving in the wrong direction'

https://www.yahoo.com/news/more-60-scientists-issue-dire-101547406.html

"We're seeing some unprecedented changes, and we're also seeing the heating of the Earth and sea-level rise accelerating as well.“

This is interesting to me, at least. It looks like they trialled this in poorer areas of the country, so mostly I see Lancashire in the article, but also Plymouth; possibly places where kids wouldn't be expected to have access to books at home?

I went to school at a very early age, to a day-boarding school. They taught ITA and normal English together, I think, at least, I could read normal English, but I thought in ITA and still do.

If you ask me to spell something, I spell it in my head in the phonetic alphabet (ah, bu, ker, der, eh, pff, ger) and I have a mostly instinctive translation mechanism that translates it to normal English style before I speak it; except when I have to actually think about the spelling, and split my brain, then it comes out phonetically, I have to experiment with the spelling in phonetics before I can convert - I just can't think in normal English.

I am not sure it messed me up much. I have learned to spell, but some words don't make sense to me (which is just English), and some I am stubborn about.

I also collect ITA books now, the first one I got after 50 years or so, I realised I could read perfectly. I'd never thought about what happened to ITA, maybe I was lucky that I used both and wasn't suddenly hit with a whole new reading language; but I do wonder where it went, and when I stopped using it.

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/jul/06/1960s-schools-experiment-created-new-alphabet-thousands-children-unable-to-spell

https://www.europesays.com/uk/246381/ Markets recoil on Trump’s latest tariff moves in Asia #Asia #Business #China #Country #good #KarolineLeavitt #letter #LiberationDay #market #Markets #poor #PresidentTrump #SignificantTradeDeal #standard #tariff #trump #UK #UnitedKingdom #Vietnam

#Disinformation: #SocialSecurity email praising Trump’s tax bill is a lie

The #SSA sent an email claiming Trump’s bill eliminated taxes on benefits for most recipients.

The reconciliation bill–which #Trump called the #OneBigBeautifulBill before signing it after #Republicans in #Congress passed it–will strip people of their #HealthInsurance, cut #FoodAssistance for the #poor, kill off #CleanEnergy development & raise the #NationalDebt by trillions.

#propaganda
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/05/social-security-administration-email-trump-tax-bill

A quotation from Ben Franklin

The Poor have little, Beggars none,
The Rich too much, enough not one.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1733)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/62…

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... Ways to address the food crisis - 1. Minimize red meat #consumption, especially, #beef 2. Allow #fertility rates to fall and focus on #redistribution of existing #food to feed the #poor #books #booksky #climatechange #adaptation #solarpunk #hopepunk #novel

Do We Need Another Green Revol...

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06/30/do-we-need-another-green-revolution

Ways to address the food crisis -
1. Minimize red meat #consumption, especially, #beef
2. Allow #fertility rates to fall and focus on #redistribution of existing #food to feed the #poor
3. Since working in #farms will soon be impossible thanks to #heatwaves #droughts #floods #pests ; build enclosed #vertical farms and #precision #fermentation

All three ideas are incorporated in #solarpunk #hopepunk #novel "A New Faith"