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Richard Fausset gives this exceptional account in NYT of the way Hispanics and Whites are coping with changes in a small Alabama town before and after president Obama's executive order on immigration in Nov. 2014.

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Not just climate or infrastructure or manufacturing USA, what happens to forever chemicals and PFAS, dangerous chemicals in our food and water supplies under a Reagan style deregulation 2025-2028 that risks the lives of ordinary Americans, asks Erin Brockovich. She talks about the issues at stake to protect our water and food supplies from contamination.

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Both sides cannot lose sight of the fact that about 1 million people have either lost lives or been injured in the 36 month Ukraine War. Population decline faced Ukraine and Russia before the war, the effects are now increased, depleting the available resources on all sides in this conflict during a pandemic. 

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Nigel Farage of Reform surges ahead in the UK. With Tories under Kemi Badenoch uncertain about the future. Labour under Keir Starmer tells Whitehall civil servants to focus attention on delivering results that help improve the lives of the people and to bring results that are visible and make a difference to people.

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The US is deploying enough military assets to prevent the use of Venezuela for drug trafficking through the Caribbean to the US. The USS Iwo Jima and the USS Stockdale are part of this effort. Also the use of MQ-9 Reaper Drones and F-35B fighter jets. A Marine Expeditionary Unit is active today in the Caribbean making it clear to all nations that the US will not tolerate drug trafficking to the US that makes the US less safe and destroys lives of young people in the US.

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Obamacare and other similar efforts were never the solution needed to a broken healthcare system in the US, and acted with a mere band aid patching up effort not getting at the root causes for the breakdown in the healthcare system in the US. Pharmaceutical companies act with impunity in the US to price medicine in ways that are inimical to the lives of the people of the US. This is true also of other companies in the healthcare system in delivery of insurance plans and delivery of medical services.

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A very useful video from DW.com on how not to bring the virus contamination from grocery stores and supermarkets, shopping areas, into ones homes. It gives 7 useful tips that can help one manage this risk.

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Azimji Premji of Wipro is one of the few Indian business leaders with a strong bonding with Gandhi's ideas of personal responsibility for India's betterment and the betterment of millions of ordinary people in India. He says Gandhi influenced him only next to his mother who ran an orthopaedic hospital for disabled children for 50 years, and learned what it took to do this as well as the difference it made in people's lives. He quotes Gandhi as his own personal philosophy-  "Supposing I have come by a fair amount of wealth- either by way of legacy, or by means of trade and industry- I must know that all that wealth does not belong to me; what belongs to me is the right to an honorable livelihood, no better than that enjoyed by millions of others,. The rest of my wealth belongs to the community and must be used for the welfare of the community." Azimji Premji gives as three enduring parts of Gandhi's leadership- the pursuit of truth, the importance of means over ends, and empathy for all human beings. He cites a saying of Gandhi to be seen at Sabarmati Ashram and Gandhi Smriti- "I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man (woman) whom you may have seen, and ask yourself of the step you contemplate is going tobe of any use to him or her. Will he or she gain anything by it? Will it restore him (her) to control over his (her) own life and destiny? In other words will it lead to swaraj for the hungry and spiritually starving millions? Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away." ...

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The charm of having oatmeal made on a stove even if it takes longer. Old fashioned oats work well. This way of cooking is better than baking. Suggestions offered here on creative ways to make the oatmeal on the stove. Charlotte Druckerman who is a fan of oatmeal from the days her mom made it gives her ideas.

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Republicans won 218 seats to 211 for Democrats in a strongly contested election for the House with 6 Congressional races not yet called. Republicans unexpectedly gained 3 seats in New York to gain the majority. The NYT gives this visual presentation of where and what happened as seats switched on both sides in 2022 US Congressional midterms.

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Ezra Klein of the NYT looks at proposed US, EU and Chinese regulatory framework for AI. He points out the problems with the EU- too specific, US- too broad, and China's - state oriented. Klein gives specific points that need to be considered carefully including setting up the regulatory agency like the FDA to strictly regulate AI systems and companies.