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Following the Freedom Convoy
Following events as they are happening takes a bit of work, and this more so than most. It has the advantage of being stretched out…
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Blockades at the Border
Slow Roll Protests have emerged at several crossings over the past month, as well as full and partial blockades. Protests are against the new vaccine mandates for crossing the border, and in support of the Freedom Convoy in Ottowa…
Snow fleas have been out and about.
Snow fleas have been out and about this past week. Despite their name, snow fleas bear no relation to the parasitic insects. Truth be told, snow fleas aren’t even insects! They have six legs, but aren’t divided into three body regions like insects, so instead belong to a larger grouping, the hexapods. Snow fleas are more properly called “springtails”, after the furcula, meaning “little fork” in Latin, a forked structure they use to fling themselves into the air. Here’s a close-up video of a distantly-related springtail leaping, with a bit of an explanation of how the furcula works. Unlike many…
Pinkham Creek- The Old Days
Sam Billings wrote of his experience as a Forest Service guard on Pinkham Creek. We do need to remember that the Pinkham Creek residents of the time did not have the same access to the historical record that the Forest Service did – the stories I heard as a youngster suggest there was only one man specializing in arson . . . but it was a different time. Billings’ story gives a perspective on the early times on Pinkham. THE PINKHAM CREEK CLOSURE – 1924 By Sam Billings Sometimes referred to as the Pinkham Creek Insurrection or the Pinkham Creek…
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The Petit Bourgeoisie Role in Irish Democracy
Karl Marx thought the petit bourgeoisie would have a decisive role in the revolution – and I can’t think of better, more salt of the earth, examples of petit bourgeoisie than owner-operator truckers, farmers, and ranchers. To Karl, the petit bourgeoisie were the small merchants, the self-employed artisans . . . folks who owned at…
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The Shadow Economy
There are some confusing terms about the economy. Household production fits in with the things that you do for yourself that makes life a bit better. “Underground economy” and “shadow economy” refer to transactions that could be considered black market. Some things – drugs, prostitution, stolen merchandise – are in the underground economy practically by definition. Other items can be either in the regular economy or in the shadow economy.” “Italy also has a sizable underground economy, which by some estimates accounts for as much as 17% of GDP. These activities are most common within the agriculture, construction, and service…
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