Commentary by from (c) Grigory Tsidenkov his V Kontakte post
By January 1, 1922, a total of 23,438,164,985 Soviet rubles had been received into the accounts of the Narkomfin and the Pomgol Central Committee from private donations from the poor at that time, Soviet citizens in favor of the starving.
That is, these are direct coppers and paper rubles that people voluntarily threw into donation boxes or transferred to help the hungry. This does not include voluntary-compulsory deductions from the salaries of co-workers and so on. It's just donations.
If translated into understandable money, then this is approximately (very approximately) - 370,000 US dollars of that time.
Most of all gave:
Muscovites - 5,212,740,018 rubles (81.5 thousand dollars);
Samarans - 1,922,219,000 rubles ($30,000);
Kievans - 1,680,638,792 rubles (26 thousand dollars);
Petrograders - 1,403,752,243 rubles (22 thousand dollars);
tsaritsyns - 1,261,414,691 rubles (20 thousand dollars).
The smallest amount was collected in the Votsky Territory - 7,000,000 rubles (slightly more than a hundred dollars).
It is very rude to count as follows: in the autumn-winter of 1921, from 28,000 to 39,000 Soviet paper rubles were given for one gold ruble. In autumn, on average, it cost 32,000 rubles. 2 gold rubles is plus or minus 1 US dollar.
What was clearer about the prices, then, as I have repeatedly cited here for clarity, $ 1,000 then is the full monthly maintenance of an orphanage for 50-70 children with staff in the Volga region.
[American Thinker] When you look at what happened in Hawaii, one of the things that stands out is that government agencies acted or refrained from acting in ways that were almost certain to speed Lahaina's destruction and end people's ties to the land (and their lives). If you have a cynical, suspicious mind, it's remarkably easy to believe that this wasn't mere bureaucratic incompetence.
The wildfire that broke out on the outskirts of the town of Lahaina on the island of Maui in the early morning hours of Tuesday, August 8 destroyed some 2,200 homes, burned alive at least 114 people, including children, and displaced some 5,000 or more.
Although the exact cause of the fire is not yet established, it is now well known and documented that the government took four critical actions (or refrained from acting) in the lead-up to the fire's destruction:
(1) The fire crews who were initially called to the fire declared that it was "100 percent contained," although it was still burning. (for varying factors of 100%)
One must ask who called them off. Surely the firefighters knew that the blaze was still alive.
(2) Because of the risk of tsunamis, Hawaii has a vast network of emergency sirens. However, the local government silenced approximately 80 emergency sirens in the area. These sirens were never sounded as the fire drew near.
(3) A government official who had spoken in the past about the importance of water equity refused for some five hours to release extra water to firefighters. He felt he first needed to consult with a farmer about water diversion.
(4) Local government officials blocked the only paved road out of the fire area. People were burned to death in their cars while waiting in line to leave the area.
This would appear to be a perfect storm of government incompetence. Or was it incompetence? Cui bono? Who benefits? Follow the money. The 2,200 homes that occupied that land are now ashes. The land only awaits bulldozers to finish clearing the land. Here come the developers.
Were these four actions merely unintended accidents? Is this the inevitable endpoint of an all-controlling bureaucracy made up of people with massive power, no individual responsibility, and little fear of consequences? Let a jury decide. That jury will likely be instructed that the law presumes that a person intends the natural and probable consequences of his acts.
Posted by: Mullah Richard ||
08/30/2023 9:16 Comments ||
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Imagine the screeching from the "equity" crowd if you announced that the value of properties in Hawaii and Northern Virginia were to be capped at the national average.
Posted by: M. Murcek ||
08/30/2023 9:25 Comments ||
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Controlled burn can mean different things in different contexts.
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08/30/2023 11:51 Comments ||
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[EPOCH TV] "There was a case where Dr. He in China did some genome edits on two children—on two babies. He made two CRISPR babies. That guy went to jail, all right? Suddenly, fast forward to today: we're willing to take that risk on billions of people."
Kevin McKernan worked at the Human Genome Project at MIT as manager of research and development. Today, he is the chief scientific officer and founder of Medicinal Genomics, and is researching DNA contamination in the COVID-19 genetic vaccines.
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How do the different mRNA vaccine components impact the body? What’s really going on with the SV40 monkey virus promoter that’s in them? Why should we be concerned about lipid nanoparticles and DNA open reading frames? And how is synthetic mRNA fundamentally different from naturally-occurring mRNA?
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