Bellingcat and Scripps News: Russia’s Ghost Ships and the Evolution of a...
I had not seen this story reported elsewhere, but it is a critical element in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. It’s definitely worth a look. It’s too easy to focus on advances on the...
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The Hunger Issue: The Story of a Ukrainian Sourdough Starter in Exile
Editor’s Note: This is our second to last issue on The Daily Kos. Many thanks to Markos and team for featuring and sponsoring us! If you want to continue reading The Counteroffensive, will you sign up...
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The end of the Ukraine grain deal is about more than one commodity
Russia's economy in shambles and oil exports are collapsing, yet crude oil smashed a G7 price capThe Russian strategy is to use the threats against commercial shipping to drive up insurance premiums,...
View ArticleUkraine Update: Putin quits grain deal, putting Russia’s own shipping in danger
Russia has ended the grain corridor deal, which allowed Ukraine to export agricultural products through the Black Sea. China was the largest recipient of those products, receiving almost one-quarter of...
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Ukraine update: Russian ambassador calls for genocide as U.S. buys grain to...
Ukraine’s position as one of the largest providers of exported grain has generated fears from the outset that Vladimir Putin’s illegal and unprovoked invasion would lead to food shortages in countries...
View ArticleFirst grain ship from Ukrainian port passes through the Bosphorus to help...
Here’s another piece of good news to report: The first grain ship to leave a Ukrainian port since the start of the war has passed through the Bosphorus and is on its way to Tripoli, Lebanon.Reuters...
View ArticleWill Ukrainian Grain Move?
Those anxious about the growing world food crisis were served large helpings of hope and skepticism over the last week, as a deal was signed to allow grain shipments to resume out of Ukraine’s southern...
View ArticleSend in the U.S.S. Camels
Russians know well how to wage war through starvation. As Kos mentioned recently the sowing of shrapnel into the fertile chernozem of the Ukraine is not unintentional. Russia does not care whether...
View ArticleAftermath: It's a Mess in the Midwest - UPDATED AGAIN
Given the horrific fire at Notre Dame in Paris and all the other news of the moment, it’s hard for slow-moving stories to get coverage — so what does an expanding disaster get? A week ago I posted...
View ArticleFarmers fear disaster in trade fight, Trump's Secretary of Ag: "They just...
A month ago, in a meeting in Manhattan, Kansas, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue had a message for concerned farmers: they just didn’t understand Trump’s plan.From the Wichita Eagle:“He has, I...
View Article3/11/16 ~ Today's TILT! (THINGS I LEARNED TODAY)
March is Women's History MonthToday is Dream DayDebunking Day Johnny Appleseed Day Middle Name Pride Day National Preschooler's Day National Promposal Day Oatmeal Nut Waffles Day World Plumbing Day...
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Cartoon - Ben Carson And A Grain Of Truth
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Direct Capture of Carbon Dioxide From the Air.
The practice described in the title of this diary will, I predict, never happen, although, as I will describe below relying on a paper published in the scientific journal Industrial and Chemical...
View ArticleFood Prices Cause of Unrest in Egypt? Part II
This is part two of this diary with part one being published last night. Egypt's government has been stockpiling food, according to the Rob Crilly writing for the Telegraph in the UK. They had...
View ArticleFood Prices Cause of Unrest in Egypt?
Part 1: Dramatically higher food prices in the last couple months could be the straw that broke the camels back in Egypt and elsewhere in the world, with many countries and authoritarian leaders...
View ArticleAFSA Calls on African Leaders to Remember Farmers in Climate Change Negotiations
On the eve of international climate negotiations in Copenhagen, the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) calls on African leaders to not forget the needs–and rights–of small farmers on the...
View ArticleMoving Beyond Organic
The opportunity is presented here to make exceptionally good food available to everyone, while protecting our farmland and preserving our resources for the future. The question is, will we adhere to...
View ArticleWhisky, or Whiskey, the drink of the Gods
Crossposted at Politicook.net Most of you who read my deficient posts know that I am a professional scientist, with a little math background as well. What many do not know is that I also purport to be...
View Article2 reasons gasoline is only $4.05
If you ask :Why isn't oil $200 instead of $137? one answer is Russia. The second largest exporter in the world is still a large exporter because it's oil industry went downhill when the country fell...
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