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Right Again, Unfortunately, On Russia

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Right Again, Unfortunately, On Russia Paleocons were right about endless wars in the Middle East, right about the dangers of a rising China and have, disappointingly, been proven right again. Pat Buchanan campaigning in the 1990s. (Photo by © Wally McNamee/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images) FEBRUARY 24, 2022 BRADLEY DEVLIN As Russia began its drive into Ukraine on several fronts overnight, neoconservatives and right-liberals tried to lay the blame for the invasion at the feet of American nationalists and paleoconservatives. They’ve labeled restrainers Russian stooges, or variations of the term, and preemptively impugned them for what some already describe in terms of an impending  Holocaust . Their deep well of historical analogies never ceases to impress. While the hawks would like you to believe that recent developments in Ukraine have discredited the paleoconservative position, it has proven quite the opposite. For decades, this magazine and a coalition of foreign policy restrainers ha

WEF the first 40 Years (now unlocked)

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WEF the first 40 Years (now unlocked) A graphical representation Ungovernable Rich (honk, honk) 1971: The European Management Forum. Very diverse. Incel Klaus marries 1972: Attendance falls but no PLEBS! 1977: Punch card dystopia 1980: The anti-capitalist Kissenger speaks. Antifa Henry, incel boy and Hampstead Heathen 1982: The very formal informals (sounds like a Specials song) 1983: Looks like Mad cow disease. 1986: The WEF plans climate catastrophe. 1988: The  larrakin  Rhodes Scholar from Oz 33333 it’s all in the numbers 1989: WELCOM our offer is too good to refuse. 1991: From all walks of FAMOUS life. 1992: Big Brother anti-capitalist Henry. 1994: What Israeli/Palestinian problem do you mena? 1995: Big brother “I did not have sex with [search year] ” Bill C’est nous, le Vatican 1996: Plans, plans.. 1997: Commited to update the definition of fascism. 1998: Strongarming the neighbour at Cologny. Just deplorable. 1 .. 2 .. 3 Plastic Fantastic thriller Hey not just pop stars. 2000: No

Death by Robots? Automation and Working-Age Mortality in the United States

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The automation of U.S. manufacturing—robots replacing people on factory floors—is fueling rising mortality rate among America's working-age adults, according to a new study by researchers at Yale and the University of Pennsylvania. The study , published Feb. 23 in the journal  Demography , found evidence of a causal link between automation and increasing mortality, driven largely by increased "deaths of despair," such as suicides and drug overdoses. This is particularly true for males and females aged 45 to 54, according to the study. But researchers also found evidence of increased mortality across multiple age and sex groups from causes as varied as cancer and heart disease. Public policy, including strong social-safety net programs, higher minimum wages, and limiting the supply of prescription opioids, can blunt automation's effects on a community's health, the researchers concluded. "For decades, manufacturers in the United States have turned to automatio