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This is the most serious issue relating to this war - Russia is getting poor. "Poor" not in terms of money but in terms of the people. Young patriotic professionals constitute any country's wealth. What's been happening since 2022 is alarming. I am afraid it'll have bad consequences for Russia in the long run.
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"content": "Fascism is a lie told by bullies. Hemingway\n\nHow poverty, corruption, and lies cement Putin's power\n\nPutin's regime ensures that Russians have little time to care about Putin and his entourage by keeping the vast majority of Russians in a constant state of fighting for their economic survival.\n\nToday, the latest corruption perception index was published. Russia is shares rank 137 with Mali and Paraguay. Afghanistan is only 13 places away behind them. Ukraine, on the other hand, continued its slight upward trend from last year. They rank at place 116 in the new ranking. While Ukraine has a long way to go, Russia really hasn't got much further to fall.\n\nTo understand Russia, we need to understand just two numbers: 144 and 72.\n\nThe Global Wealth Report states that 144 (!) russians hold over 38 percent of Russia's wealth. The top 1 percent of their population holds 72 percent of this wealth. The bottom 50 percent of Putin's subjects have less than 870 dollars in net worth. Net-worth is a measure that refers to all the assets you own, including money, real estate, and other assets.\n\nWhen it comes to tyrants, dictators, and terrorists, strength and the threat of force is the only language they understand. Kevin McCarthy\n\nThis inequality is created by design. The center of power is Moscow and St. Petersburg.\n\nThere, many citizens have quite good living standards, not on a Western level but still quite good. The rest of the Russian empire is poorer by design. That is also the reason why Russia cannot accept a strong, wealthy, and democratic Ukraine. Putin cannot accept a country next door that becomes more democratic and less corrupt as this would seriously endanger the continued existence of his mafia empire.\n\nA free and vibrant Ukraine would topple the Russian imperial model. Putin is, therefore, willing to make this fascist turn. It is also far from over. I would say we are maybe halfway there. Martial law and closing the borders would be the next step towards a full-blown dictatorship, including canceling the elections next year. I think Putin always planned this fascist turn, but much later, as he expected to encounter almost no resistance from Ukraine.\n\nFascism is the stage reached after communism has proved an illusion.\nFriedrich August von Hayek\n\nRussia will never be the same again, as change comes slowly, and for Russia to find its way back, it may well take another generation or two. Many Russians are unaware of that, but the shift towards fascism will not be that easily reversed.\n\nEven when Putin is gone, people will have other things to worry about. Humans are easily fooled, but much harder to convince that they have been fooled.\n\n1) The HDI Index\n\nThe Human Development Index (HDI) provides a single index measure to capture three key dimensions of human development. Russia ranks somewhere outside of the top 50 in this report. However, the reality inside Russia is far bleaker than this rosy number may suggest. Russia was always good at one thing: To lie about their data. However, you cannot hide everything, and you cannot hide it forever.\n\nNo government agency has a jurisdiction over the truth. X-Files\n\n2) How long do Russians live on average?\n\nIn 2022, Russia ranked at place 113. The situation is probably much bleaker, with over 800k Covid19 deaths and at least 100.000 young men who died in this war. Russia has the highest rates of alcoholics, HIV positive, and TBC in Europe. These facts don't really speak for an ever growing life expectancy among their male population.\n\nTherefore, Peter Zeihan assumes that the life expectancy for men might be much lower, the official data of Rosstat suggests. I tend to agree with that assessment. The last good batch of data was provided in 2001. Back then, the life expectancy of men was 58.7 years. Now, 20 years later, it has risen to over 67 years for males. This is either a modern wonder of medicine or Russia is lying. The data that is obtainable from other sources suggests that it is the latter.\n\nNothing built on a lie, however, seductively convenient, could ever have any value. George Orwell\n\n3) Literacy Rate\n\nTheir literacy rate is at almost 100 percent, even though the Russian apprentice ship system collapsed in the 1990s. Since then, many young and educated people have fled the country in various emigration waves. Since the war began, over 1 million Russians have fled the country. Russia has been heavily defunding the education sector for decades now. This high literarcy rate comes with a caveat.\n\nAutocratic regimes need to ensure that their population is able to read and write. Otherwise, they cannot understand the propaganda their leaders want them to internalise. There are many infamous books written by dictators. They range from \"Mein Kampf\" to Gadaffi's \"little green book\" and there are many more.\n\n4) Infant Mortality\n\nRussian infant mortality rates have steadily decreased since their economic collapse in the 1990s. They rank way outside the top 50 though, Their infant mortality rate is twice as high as those of highly developed nations such as Austria or Germany, however, the US has very bad results here as well as 5.44 out of every 1000 children die in infant age.\n\nRussia achieved respectable results here.\n\n5) Doctors per 1000 inhabitants\n\nThe latest data is from 2018, which means the data provided has only limited validity. Russia ranks somewhere outside the top 20. This doesn't say anything about the quality of the service that is provided just the quantity of doctors.\n\nWhile the quality of healthcare that is provided in Moscow or Petersburg is quite good, in the rural areas, it is a lot worse.\n\nRussia is ranking somewhere outside of the top 20.\n\nThe effects of this lack of doctors, the overall bad healthcare system outside the main urban centers, as well as the ineffectiveness of Sputnik against the new variants, could explain the highest death toll any European country had to pay per capita because of the ongoing Covid19 Pandemic.\n\nRussia has a total of 820,307 COVID-related deaths for 2022.\n\n6) Infrastructure and Innovation Index\n\nThe data about their infrastructure is from 2019, which ranks them at place 73. Again, Russia is way outside the top 50 nations.\n\nRussian roads have long had an infamous reputation. Where they existed, they were often crumbling or unpaved and insufficient for major traffic. Perhaps most strikingly, while the Trans-Siberian Railroad is still considered to be one of Russia's major achievements, the Trans-Siberian Highway was only completed in 2015, more than 110 years later.\n\nThe highway, which is actually a series of connected roads, represents the first time that one could travel a continual stretch of paved road from St. Petersburg is in the far west of Russia with Vladivostok in the Far East.\n\nThe current war in Ukraine will make this problem much worse as the war in Ukraine forces Russia to make budget cuts. As the war continues, more and more funds will be diverted to sectors critical for the war effort, while others will be left further and further behind as time goes on.\n\nInnvovation Index for 2022\n\nThe Global Innovation Index (GII) tracks the most recent global innovation trends against the background of an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, slowing productivity growth and other evolving challenges. The ND-GAIN Country Index summarizes a country's vulnerability to climate change and other global challenges.\n\nIn the 2021 report, Russia ranked at place 45, and now they fell down to rank 47, and their score decreased from 36.6 down to 34.3. The massive brain drain and the war in Ukraine, as well as this massive crackdown on free thought in Russia, will set them for a further downgrading outside of the top 50 in the near future.\n\n7) Corruption, poverty and wealth distribution\n\nAt the bottom of many of Russia's problems is the widespread poverty in many of its regions. Especially the those regions east of the Ural mountains are massively striken by poverty. Poverty is running rampant in many parts of Russia, especially in its far east and rural regions. Over 20 percent of Russian households do not have a running water toilet.\n\nMany areas have no access to clean water or electricity. While Russia may want the world to believe that it is a rich and powerful nation, behind this facade lies something more sad and bleak. Putin's Russia is an extractive empire. All its revenues and all taxes are flowing to Moscow while the rural regions are living in utter poverty and despair.\n\nNations fail today because their extractive economic institutions do not create the incentives needed for people to save, invest, and innovate. Extractive political institutions support these economic institutions by cementing the power of those who benefit from the extraction.\"\n― Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty\n\nPoverty\n\nThe monthly minimum wage in Russia is 12,310 rubles, which is the equivalent of $196. While Russia is a very resource-rich country, it suffers from intense social inequality. The top 1 percent of the Russian population controls 71% of the nation's wealth. 13 percent of Russians are currently living in poverty. Unfortunately, the majority of people living in extreme poverty are children.\n\nAlso, 60 percent of those living below the poverty line in Russia are families with children.\n\nAs a result of social inequality, child poverty in Russia continues to rise. Currently, one in four Russian children lives below the poverty line. Additionally, 26 percent of Russian children live off of close to $150 per month. Child poverty in Russia is most prevalent in rural areas, as many do not have access to employment opportunities in most cases.\n\nThis poverty has fostered a deeply rooted and century long system of lies and corruption in Russia\n\nAccording to the Russian government, corruption caused losses of at least 58 billion rubles ($1 bn) in 2020, up from 55 billion rubles in 2019. Out of 10,879 officials charged with corruption, 1,337 (12.3%) were from the Ministry of Defense — the second biggest cohort.\n\nThe largest number of recorded corruption-related crimes were committed in the field of public order and security, accounting for 19.9% (4,521) of the total. The Ministry of Defense recorded a 30% jump in the number of persons charged with corruption.\n\nWealth distribution and living costs\n\nThe extreme inequality in income and net worth in Russia between the richest and the poorest creates many social problems. This makes it easier for Putin to control his own people. Russia mostly lacks a real middle class. You are either rich or as poor as someone living in a tier 4 economy. There is not much in between. In 2020, Russia ranked on place 57 of the GINI Index.\n\nThe reality today is much bleaker than this. The current Russian system has no interest in bringing value to the many but rather unspoken riches to the few. Putin's henchmen want freedom only for themselves, while the people shall remain enslaved. Russia has steadily declined in this index since 2012, roughly the time when Putin made his turn towards autocracy.\n\nHistory reminds us that dictators and despots arise during times of severe economic crisis. Robert Kiyosaki\n\nSummary and Conclusion\n\nRussia is rich in resources. However, that doesn't translate into a good life for a vast majority of its citizens. This is the fault of the policy makers in Moscow who designed the system to be that way. While Russians have to struggle for their survival, they have little to no time to worry about what Putin does or doesn't do. Russians have externalised politics, and the results are not pretty. The Russian economy took a heavy hit last year and will continue taking hits for as long as this war continues.\n\nA fascist is one whose lust for money or power is combined with such an intensity of intolerance toward those of other races, parties, classes, religions, cultures, regions or nations as to make him ruthless in his use of deceit or violence to attain his ends. Henry A. Wallace\n\nIn Russia, there is no rule of the law but the law of rulers. If we do not want to live in such a society, then we have to remain vigilant and protect our democratic values as human life is valuable, and every human on earth deserves a good life. Under a fascist dictator that cannot ever be achieved.\n\nDear reader, thanks for reading my article.\n\nPlease consider clapping, commenting, or following me on Medium.\n\nOh, and did you know about this little trick? If you press the clap button for 15 seconds you can clap 50 times at once.\n\nTake care and be well.\n\nAppendix:\n\nGenerally, we can divide countries along these income level categories\n\nHigh income countries: 32 dollars or more in daily income. (Tier 1)\n\nExamples: USA, GER, UK, F, ESP, Italy etc.\n\nUpper middle income countries: 8 to 32 dollars of daily income. (Tier 2)\n\nExamples: Bulgaria, China, Russia, etc.\n\nLow middle income countries: 4 to 8 dollars of daily income. (Tier 3)\n\nExamples: Vietnam, India, Ukraine, etc.\n\nLow income countries: 1 to 4 dollars of daily income. (Tier 4)\n\nRwanda Taijikistan, Syria, Burundi, etc.",
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"content": "Fascism is a lie told by bullies. Hemingway\n\nHow poverty, corruption, and lies cement Putin's power\n\nPutin's regime ensures that Russians have little time to care about Putin and his entourage by keeping the vast majority of Russians in a constant state of fighting for their economic survival.\n\nToday, the latest corruption perception index was published. Russia is shares rank 137 with Mali and Paraguay. Afghanistan is only 13 places away behind them. Ukraine, on the other hand, continued its slight upward trend from last year. They rank at place 116 in the new ranking. While Ukraine has a long way to go, Russia really hasn't got much further to fall.\n\nTo understand Russia, we need to understand just two numbers: 144 and 72.\n\nThe Global Wealth Report states that 144 (!) russians hold over 38 percent of Russia's wealth. The top 1 percent of their population holds 72 percent of this wealth. The bottom 50 percent of Putin's subjects have less than 870 dollars in net worth. Net-worth is a measure that refers to all the assets you own, including money, real estate, and other assets.\n\nWhen it comes to tyrants, dictators, and terrorists, strength and the threat of force is the only language they understand. Kevin McCarthy\n\nThis inequality is created by design. The center of power is Moscow and St. Petersburg.\n\nThere, many citizens have quite good living standards, not on a Western level but still quite good. The rest of the Russian empire is poorer by design. That is also the reason why Russia cannot accept a strong, wealthy, and democratic Ukraine. Putin cannot accept a country next door that becomes more democratic and less corrupt as this would seriously endanger the continued existence of his mafia empire.\n\nA free and vibrant Ukraine would topple the Russian imperial model. Putin is, therefore, willing to make this fascist turn. It is also far from over. I would say we are maybe halfway there. Martial law and closing the borders would be the next step towards a full-blown dictatorship, including canceling the elections next year. I think Putin always planned this fascist turn, but much later, as he expected to encounter almost no resistance from Ukraine.\n\nFascism is the stage reached after communism has proved an illusion.\nFriedrich August von Hayek\n\nRussia will never be the same again, as change comes slowly, and for Russia to find its way back, it may well take another generation or two. Many Russians are unaware of that, but the shift towards fascism will not be that easily reversed.\n\nEven when Putin is gone, people will have other things to worry about. Humans are easily fooled, but much harder to convince that they have been fooled.\n\n1) The HDI Index\n\nThe Human Development Index (HDI) provides a single index measure to capture three key dimensions of human development. Russia ranks somewhere outside of the top 50 in this report. However, the reality inside Russia is far bleaker than this rosy number may suggest. Russia was always good at one thing: To lie about their data. However, you cannot hide everything, and you cannot hide it forever.\n\nNo government agency has a jurisdiction over the truth. X-Files\n\n2) How long do Russians live on average?\n\nIn 2022, Russia ranked at place 113. The situation is probably much bleaker, with over 800k Covid19 deaths and at least 100.000 young men who died in this war. Russia has the highest rates of alcoholics, HIV positive, and TBC in Europe. These facts don't really speak for an ever growing life expectancy among their male population.\n\nTherefore, Peter Zeihan assumes that the life expectancy for men might be much lower, the official data of Rosstat suggests. I tend to agree with that assessment. The last good batch of data was provided in 2001. Back then, the life expectancy of men was 58.7 years. Now, 20 years later, it has risen to over 67 years for males. This is either a modern wonder of medicine or Russia is lying. The data that is obtainable from other sources suggests that it is the latter.\n\nNothing built on a lie, however, seductively convenient, could ever have any value. George Orwell\n\n3) Literacy Rate\n\nTheir literacy rate is at almost 100 percent, even though the Russian apprentice ship system collapsed in the 1990s. Since then, many young and educated people have fled the country in various emigration waves. Since the war began, over 1 million Russians have fled the country. Russia has been heavily defunding the education sector for decades now. This high literarcy rate comes with a caveat.\n\nAutocratic regimes need to ensure that their population is able to read and write. Otherwise, they cannot understand the propaganda their leaders want them to internalise. There are many infamous books written by dictators. They range from \"Mein Kampf\" to Gadaffi's \"little green book\" and there are many more.\n\n4) Infant Mortality\n\nRussian infant mortality rates have steadily decreased since their economic collapse in the 1990s. They rank way outside the top 50 though, Their infant mortality rate is twice as high as those of highly developed nations such as Austria or Germany, however, the US has very bad results here as well as 5.44 out of every 1000 children die in infant age.\n\nRussia achieved respectable results here.\n\n5) Doctors per 1000 inhabitants\n\nThe latest data is from 2018, which means the data provided has only limited validity. Russia ranks somewhere outside the top 20. This doesn't say anything about the quality of the service that is provided just the quantity of doctors.\n\nWhile the quality of healthcare that is provided in Moscow or Petersburg is quite good, in the rural areas, it is a lot worse.\n\nRussia is ranking somewhere outside of the top 20.\n\nThe effects of this lack of doctors, the overall bad healthcare system outside the main urban centers, as well as the ineffectiveness of Sputnik against the new variants, could explain the highest death toll any European country had to pay per capita because of the ongoing Covid19 Pandemic.\n\nRussia has a total of 820,307 COVID-related deaths for 2022.\n\n6) Infrastructure and Innovation Index\n\nThe data about their infrastructure is from 2019, which ranks them at place 73. Again, Russia is way outside the top 50 nations.\n\nRussian roads have long had an infamous reputation. Where they existed, they were often crumbling or unpaved and insufficient for major traffic. Perhaps most strikingly, while the Trans-Siberian Railroad is still considered to be one of Russia's major achievements, the Trans-Siberian Highway was only completed in 2015, more than 110 years later.\n\nThe highway, which is actually a series of connected roads, represents the first time that one could travel a continual stretch of paved road from St. Petersburg is in the far west of Russia with Vladivostok in the Far East.\n\nThe current war in Ukraine will make this problem much worse as the war in Ukraine forces Russia to make budget cuts. As the war continues, more and more funds will be diverted to sectors critical for the war effort, while others will be left further and further behind as time goes on.\n\nInnvovation Index for 2022\n\nThe Global Innovation Index (GII) tracks the most recent global innovation trends against the background of an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, slowing productivity growth and other evolving challenges. The ND-GAIN Country Index summarizes a country's vulnerability to climate change and other global challenges.\n\nIn the 2021 report, Russia ranked at place 45, and now they fell down to rank 47, and their score decreased from 36.6 down to 34.3. The massive brain drain and the war in Ukraine, as well as this massive crackdown on free thought in Russia, will set them for a further downgrading outside of the top 50 in the near future.\n\n7) Corruption, poverty and wealth distribution\n\nAt the bottom of many of Russia's problems is the widespread poverty in many of its regions. Especially the those regions east of the Ural mountains are massively striken by poverty. Poverty is running rampant in many parts of Russia, especially in its far east and rural regions. Over 20 percent of Russian households do not have a running water toilet.\n\nMany areas have no access to clean water or electricity. While Russia may want the world to believe that it is a rich and powerful nation, behind this facade lies something more sad and bleak. Putin's Russia is an extractive empire. All its revenues and all taxes are flowing to Moscow while the rural regions are living in utter poverty and despair.\n\nNations fail today because their extractive economic institutions do not create the incentives needed for people to save, invest, and innovate. Extractive political institutions support these economic institutions by cementing the power of those who benefit from the extraction.\"\n― Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty\n\nPoverty\n\nThe monthly minimum wage in Russia is 12,310 rubles, which is the equivalent of $196. While Russia is a very resource-rich country, it suffers from intense social inequality. The top 1 percent of the Russian population controls 71% of the nation's wealth. 13 percent of Russians are currently living in poverty. Unfortunately, the majority of people living in extreme poverty are children.\n\nAlso, 60 percent of those living below the poverty line in Russia are families with children.\n\nAs a result of social inequality, child poverty in Russia continues to rise. Currently, one in four Russian children lives below the poverty line. Additionally, 26 percent of Russian children live off of close to $150 per month. Child poverty in Russia is most prevalent in rural areas, as many do not have access to employment opportunities in most cases.\n\nThis poverty has fostered a deeply rooted and century long system of lies and corruption in Russia\n\nAccording to the Russian government, corruption caused losses of at least 58 billion rubles ($1 bn) in 2020, up from 55 billion rubles in 2019. Out of 10,879 officials charged with corruption, 1,337 (12.3%) were from the Ministry of Defense — the second biggest cohort.\n\nThe largest number of recorded corruption-related crimes were committed in the field of public order and security, accounting for 19.9% (4,521) of the total. The Ministry of Defense recorded a 30% jump in the number of persons charged with corruption.\n\nWealth distribution and living costs\n\nThe extreme inequality in income and net worth in Russia between the richest and the poorest creates many social problems. This makes it easier for Putin to control his own people. Russia mostly lacks a real middle class. You are either rich or as poor as someone living in a tier 4 economy. There is not much in between. In 2020, Russia ranked on place 57 of the GINI Index.\n\nThe reality today is much bleaker than this. The current Russian system has no interest in bringing value to the many but rather unspoken riches to the few. Putin's henchmen want freedom only for themselves, while the people shall remain enslaved. Russia has steadily declined in this index since 2012, roughly the time when Putin made his turn towards autocracy.\n\nHistory reminds us that dictators and despots arise during times of severe economic crisis. Robert Kiyosaki\n\nSummary and Conclusion\n\nRussia is rich in resources. However, that doesn't translate into a good life for a vast majority of its citizens. This is the fault of the policy makers in Moscow who designed the system to be that way. While Russians have to struggle for their survival, they have little to no time to worry about what Putin does or doesn't do. Russians have externalised politics, and the results are not pretty. The Russian economy took a heavy hit last year and will continue taking hits for as long as this war continues.\n\nA fascist is one whose lust for money or power is combined with such an intensity of intolerance toward those of other races, parties, classes, religions, cultures, regions or nations as to make him ruthless in his use of deceit or violence to attain his ends. Henry A. Wallace\n\nIn Russia, there is no rule of the law but the law of rulers. If we do not want to live in such a society, then we have to remain vigilant and protect our democratic values as human life is valuable, and every human on earth deserves a good life. Under a fascist dictator that cannot ever be achieved.\n\nDear reader, thanks for reading my article.\n\nPlease consider clapping, commenting, or following me on Medium.\n\nOh, and did you know about this little trick? If you press the clap button for 15 seconds you can clap 50 times at once.\n\nTake care and be well.\n\nAppendix:\n\nGenerally, we can divide countries along these income level categories\n\nHigh income countries: 32 dollars or more in daily income. (Tier 1)\n\nExamples: USA, GER, UK, F, ESP, Italy etc.\n\nUpper middle income countries: 8 to 32 dollars of daily income. (Tier 2)\n\nExamples: Bulgaria, China, Russia, etc.\n\nLow middle income countries: 4 to 8 dollars of daily income. (Tier 3)\n\nExamples: Vietnam, India, Ukraine, etc.\n\nLow income countries: 1 to 4 dollars of daily income. (Tier 4)\n\nRwanda Taijikistan, Syria, Burundi, etc.",
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I think you can see it in the innovation index. Russia's biggest capital is not its oil or money. It's the Russian people especially the well educated have fled in droves since the war began.
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"content": "Fascism is a lie told by bullies. Hemingway\n\nHow poverty, corruption, and lies cement Putin's power\n\nPutin's regime ensures that Russians have little time to care about Putin and his entourage by keeping the vast majority of Russians in a constant state of fighting for their economic survival.\n\nToday, the latest corruption perception index was published. Russia is shares rank 137 with Mali and Paraguay. Afghanistan is only 13 places away behind them. Ukraine, on the other hand, continued its slight upward trend from last year. They rank at place 116 in the new ranking. While Ukraine has a long way to go, Russia really hasn't got much further to fall.\n\nTo understand Russia, we need to understand just two numbers: 144 and 72.\n\nThe Global Wealth Report states that 144 (!) russians hold over 38 percent of Russia's wealth. The top 1 percent of their population holds 72 percent of this wealth. The bottom 50 percent of Putin's subjects have less than 870 dollars in net worth. Net-worth is a measure that refers to all the assets you own, including money, real estate, and other assets.\n\nWhen it comes to tyrants, dictators, and terrorists, strength and the threat of force is the only language they understand. Kevin McCarthy\n\nThis inequality is created by design. The center of power is Moscow and St. Petersburg.\n\nThere, many citizens have quite good living standards, not on a Western level but still quite good. The rest of the Russian empire is poorer by design. That is also the reason why Russia cannot accept a strong, wealthy, and democratic Ukraine. Putin cannot accept a country next door that becomes more democratic and less corrupt as this would seriously endanger the continued existence of his mafia empire.\n\nA free and vibrant Ukraine would topple the Russian imperial model. Putin is, therefore, willing to make this fascist turn. It is also far from over. I would say we are maybe halfway there. Martial law and closing the borders would be the next step towards a full-blown dictatorship, including canceling the elections next year. I think Putin always planned this fascist turn, but much later, as he expected to encounter almost no resistance from Ukraine.\n\nFascism is the stage reached after communism has proved an illusion.\nFriedrich August von Hayek\n\nRussia will never be the same again, as change comes slowly, and for Russia to find its way back, it may well take another generation or two. Many Russians are unaware of that, but the shift towards fascism will not be that easily reversed.\n\nEven when Putin is gone, people will have other things to worry about. Humans are easily fooled, but much harder to convince that they have been fooled.\n\n1) The HDI Index\n\nThe Human Development Index (HDI) provides a single index measure to capture three key dimensions of human development. Russia ranks somewhere outside of the top 50 in this report. However, the reality inside Russia is far bleaker than this rosy number may suggest. Russia was always good at one thing: To lie about their data. However, you cannot hide everything, and you cannot hide it forever.\n\nNo government agency has a jurisdiction over the truth. X-Files\n\n2) How long do Russians live on average?\n\nIn 2022, Russia ranked at place 113. The situation is probably much bleaker, with over 800k Covid19 deaths and at least 100.000 young men who died in this war. Russia has the highest rates of alcoholics, HIV positive, and TBC in Europe. These facts don't really speak for an ever growing life expectancy among their male population.\n\nTherefore, Peter Zeihan assumes that the life expectancy for men might be much lower, the official data of Rosstat suggests. I tend to agree with that assessment. The last good batch of data was provided in 2001. Back then, the life expectancy of men was 58.7 years. Now, 20 years later, it has risen to over 67 years for males. This is either a modern wonder of medicine or Russia is lying. The data that is obtainable from other sources suggests that it is the latter.\n\nNothing built on a lie, however, seductively convenient, could ever have any value. George Orwell\n\n3) Literacy Rate\n\nTheir literacy rate is at almost 100 percent, even though the Russian apprentice ship system collapsed in the 1990s. Since then, many young and educated people have fled the country in various emigration waves. Since the war began, over 1 million Russians have fled the country. Russia has been heavily defunding the education sector for decades now. This high literarcy rate comes with a caveat.\n\nAutocratic regimes need to ensure that their population is able to read and write. Otherwise, they cannot understand the propaganda their leaders want them to internalise. There are many infamous books written by dictators. They range from \"Mein Kampf\" to Gadaffi's \"little green book\" and there are many more.\n\n4) Infant Mortality\n\nRussian infant mortality rates have steadily decreased since their economic collapse in the 1990s. They rank way outside the top 50 though, Their infant mortality rate is twice as high as those of highly developed nations such as Austria or Germany, however, the US has very bad results here as well as 5.44 out of every 1000 children die in infant age.\n\nRussia achieved respectable results here.\n\n5) Doctors per 1000 inhabitants\n\nThe latest data is from 2018, which means the data provided has only limited validity. Russia ranks somewhere outside the top 20. This doesn't say anything about the quality of the service that is provided just the quantity of doctors.\n\nWhile the quality of healthcare that is provided in Moscow or Petersburg is quite good, in the rural areas, it is a lot worse.\n\nRussia is ranking somewhere outside of the top 20.\n\nThe effects of this lack of doctors, the overall bad healthcare system outside the main urban centers, as well as the ineffectiveness of Sputnik against the new variants, could explain the highest death toll any European country had to pay per capita because of the ongoing Covid19 Pandemic.\n\nRussia has a total of 820,307 COVID-related deaths for 2022.\n\n6) Infrastructure and Innovation Index\n\nThe data about their infrastructure is from 2019, which ranks them at place 73. Again, Russia is way outside the top 50 nations.\n\nRussian roads have long had an infamous reputation. Where they existed, they were often crumbling or unpaved and insufficient for major traffic. Perhaps most strikingly, while the Trans-Siberian Railroad is still considered to be one of Russia's major achievements, the Trans-Siberian Highway was only completed in 2015, more than 110 years later.\n\nThe highway, which is actually a series of connected roads, represents the first time that one could travel a continual stretch of paved road from St. Petersburg is in the far west of Russia with Vladivostok in the Far East.\n\nThe current war in Ukraine will make this problem much worse as the war in Ukraine forces Russia to make budget cuts. As the war continues, more and more funds will be diverted to sectors critical for the war effort, while others will be left further and further behind as time goes on.\n\nInnvovation Index for 2022\n\nThe Global Innovation Index (GII) tracks the most recent global innovation trends against the background of an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, slowing productivity growth and other evolving challenges. The ND-GAIN Country Index summarizes a country's vulnerability to climate change and other global challenges.\n\nIn the 2021 report, Russia ranked at place 45, and now they fell down to rank 47, and their score decreased from 36.6 down to 34.3. The massive brain drain and the war in Ukraine, as well as this massive crackdown on free thought in Russia, will set them for a further downgrading outside of the top 50 in the near future.\n\n7) Corruption, poverty and wealth distribution\n\nAt the bottom of many of Russia's problems is the widespread poverty in many of its regions. Especially the those regions east of the Ural mountains are massively striken by poverty. Poverty is running rampant in many parts of Russia, especially in its far east and rural regions. Over 20 percent of Russian households do not have a running water toilet.\n\nMany areas have no access to clean water or electricity. While Russia may want the world to believe that it is a rich and powerful nation, behind this facade lies something more sad and bleak. Putin's Russia is an extractive empire. All its revenues and all taxes are flowing to Moscow while the rural regions are living in utter poverty and despair.\n\nNations fail today because their extractive economic institutions do not create the incentives needed for people to save, invest, and innovate. Extractive political institutions support these economic institutions by cementing the power of those who benefit from the extraction.\"\n― Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty\n\nPoverty\n\nThe monthly minimum wage in Russia is 12,310 rubles, which is the equivalent of $196. While Russia is a very resource-rich country, it suffers from intense social inequality. The top 1 percent of the Russian population controls 71% of the nation's wealth. 13 percent of Russians are currently living in poverty. Unfortunately, the majority of people living in extreme poverty are children.\n\nAlso, 60 percent of those living below the poverty line in Russia are families with children.\n\nAs a result of social inequality, child poverty in Russia continues to rise. Currently, one in four Russian children lives below the poverty line. Additionally, 26 percent of Russian children live off of close to $150 per month. Child poverty in Russia is most prevalent in rural areas, as many do not have access to employment opportunities in most cases.\n\nThis poverty has fostered a deeply rooted and century long system of lies and corruption in Russia\n\nAccording to the Russian government, corruption caused losses of at least 58 billion rubles ($1 bn) in 2020, up from 55 billion rubles in 2019. Out of 10,879 officials charged with corruption, 1,337 (12.3%) were from the Ministry of Defense — the second biggest cohort.\n\nThe largest number of recorded corruption-related crimes were committed in the field of public order and security, accounting for 19.9% (4,521) of the total. The Ministry of Defense recorded a 30% jump in the number of persons charged with corruption.\n\nWealth distribution and living costs\n\nThe extreme inequality in income and net worth in Russia between the richest and the poorest creates many social problems. This makes it easier for Putin to control his own people. Russia mostly lacks a real middle class. You are either rich or as poor as someone living in a tier 4 economy. There is not much in between. In 2020, Russia ranked on place 57 of the GINI Index.\n\nThe reality today is much bleaker than this. The current Russian system has no interest in bringing value to the many but rather unspoken riches to the few. Putin's henchmen want freedom only for themselves, while the people shall remain enslaved. Russia has steadily declined in this index since 2012, roughly the time when Putin made his turn towards autocracy.\n\nHistory reminds us that dictators and despots arise during times of severe economic crisis. Robert Kiyosaki\n\nSummary and Conclusion\n\nRussia is rich in resources. However, that doesn't translate into a good life for a vast majority of its citizens. This is the fault of the policy makers in Moscow who designed the system to be that way. While Russians have to struggle for their survival, they have little to no time to worry about what Putin does or doesn't do. Russians have externalised politics, and the results are not pretty. The Russian economy took a heavy hit last year and will continue taking hits for as long as this war continues.\n\nA fascist is one whose lust for money or power is combined with such an intensity of intolerance toward those of other races, parties, classes, religions, cultures, regions or nations as to make him ruthless in his use of deceit or violence to attain his ends. Henry A. Wallace\n\nIn Russia, there is no rule of the law but the law of rulers. If we do not want to live in such a society, then we have to remain vigilant and protect our democratic values as human life is valuable, and every human on earth deserves a good life. Under a fascist dictator that cannot ever be achieved.\n\nDear reader, thanks for reading my article.\n\nPlease consider clapping, commenting, or following me on Medium.\n\nOh, and did you know about this little trick? If you press the clap button for 15 seconds you can clap 50 times at once.\n\nTake care and be well.\n\nAppendix:\n\nGenerally, we can divide countries along these income level categories\n\nHigh income countries: 32 dollars or more in daily income. (Tier 1)\n\nExamples: USA, GER, UK, F, ESP, Italy etc.\n\nUpper middle income countries: 8 to 32 dollars of daily income. (Tier 2)\n\nExamples: Bulgaria, China, Russia, etc.\n\nLow middle income countries: 4 to 8 dollars of daily income. (Tier 3)\n\nExamples: Vietnam, India, Ukraine, etc.\n\nLow income countries: 1 to 4 dollars of daily income. (Tier 4)\n\nRwanda Taijikistan, Syria, Burundi, etc.",
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Believe me we don't find any of that funny I can guarantee you we literally don't care where you go but we will make you move regardless and Putin is what 71? He will die as all dictators die.
Violently, alone and before his time.
The truth will set you free one day and luckily it doesn't care about your ignorance or lack of understanding.
Your trust in your little dictator is misplaced and you highly underestimate what Russia got itself into. Watch and learn the next 6 to 10 months will be highly educational.
Anyways, cheers and have fun in whatever may be left of Russia's Potemkin village. So far the performance has been laughable and rather pathetic. I hope Putin can do better than that.
Generally, we had as much quarrel with Russia before this invasion as ant is having a quarrel with a boot. Russia just doesn't get who the ant and who the boot is.
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"content": "Fascism is a lie told by bullies. Hemingway\n\nHow poverty, corruption, and lies cement Putin's power\n\nPutin's regime ensures that Russians have little time to care about Putin and his entourage by keeping the vast majority of Russians in a constant state of fighting for their economic survival.\n\nToday, the latest corruption perception index was published. Russia is shares rank 137 with Mali and Paraguay. Afghanistan is only 13 places away behind them. Ukraine, on the other hand, continued its slight upward trend from last year. They rank at place 116 in the new ranking. While Ukraine has a long way to go, Russia really hasn't got much further to fall.\n\nTo understand Russia, we need to understand just two numbers: 144 and 72.\n\nThe Global Wealth Report states that 144 (!) russians hold over 38 percent of Russia's wealth. The top 1 percent of their population holds 72 percent of this wealth. The bottom 50 percent of Putin's subjects have less than 870 dollars in net worth. Net-worth is a measure that refers to all the assets you own, including money, real estate, and other assets.\n\nWhen it comes to tyrants, dictators, and terrorists, strength and the threat of force is the only language they understand. Kevin McCarthy\n\nThis inequality is created by design. The center of power is Moscow and St. Petersburg.\n\nThere, many citizens have quite good living standards, not on a Western level but still quite good. The rest of the Russian empire is poorer by design. That is also the reason why Russia cannot accept a strong, wealthy, and democratic Ukraine. Putin cannot accept a country next door that becomes more democratic and less corrupt as this would seriously endanger the continued existence of his mafia empire.\n\nA free and vibrant Ukraine would topple the Russian imperial model. Putin is, therefore, willing to make this fascist turn. It is also far from over. I would say we are maybe halfway there. Martial law and closing the borders would be the next step towards a full-blown dictatorship, including canceling the elections next year. I think Putin always planned this fascist turn, but much later, as he expected to encounter almost no resistance from Ukraine.\n\nFascism is the stage reached after communism has proved an illusion.\nFriedrich August von Hayek\n\nRussia will never be the same again, as change comes slowly, and for Russia to find its way back, it may well take another generation or two. Many Russians are unaware of that, but the shift towards fascism will not be that easily reversed.\n\nEven when Putin is gone, people will have other things to worry about. Humans are easily fooled, but much harder to convince that they have been fooled.\n\n1) The HDI Index\n\nThe Human Development Index (HDI) provides a single index measure to capture three key dimensions of human development. Russia ranks somewhere outside of the top 50 in this report. However, the reality inside Russia is far bleaker than this rosy number may suggest. Russia was always good at one thing: To lie about their data. However, you cannot hide everything, and you cannot hide it forever.\n\nNo government agency has a jurisdiction over the truth. X-Files\n\n2) How long do Russians live on average?\n\nIn 2022, Russia ranked at place 113. The situation is probably much bleaker, with over 800k Covid19 deaths and at least 100.000 young men who died in this war. Russia has the highest rates of alcoholics, HIV positive, and TBC in Europe. These facts don't really speak for an ever growing life expectancy among their male population.\n\nTherefore, Peter Zeihan assumes that the life expectancy for men might be much lower, the official data of Rosstat suggests. I tend to agree with that assessment. The last good batch of data was provided in 2001. Back then, the life expectancy of men was 58.7 years. Now, 20 years later, it has risen to over 67 years for males. This is either a modern wonder of medicine or Russia is lying. The data that is obtainable from other sources suggests that it is the latter.\n\nNothing built on a lie, however, seductively convenient, could ever have any value. George Orwell\n\n3) Literacy Rate\n\nTheir literacy rate is at almost 100 percent, even though the Russian apprentice ship system collapsed in the 1990s. Since then, many young and educated people have fled the country in various emigration waves. Since the war began, over 1 million Russians have fled the country. Russia has been heavily defunding the education sector for decades now. This high literarcy rate comes with a caveat.\n\nAutocratic regimes need to ensure that their population is able to read and write. Otherwise, they cannot understand the propaganda their leaders want them to internalise. There are many infamous books written by dictators. They range from \"Mein Kampf\" to Gadaffi's \"little green book\" and there are many more.\n\n4) Infant Mortality\n\nRussian infant mortality rates have steadily decreased since their economic collapse in the 1990s. They rank way outside the top 50 though, Their infant mortality rate is twice as high as those of highly developed nations such as Austria or Germany, however, the US has very bad results here as well as 5.44 out of every 1000 children die in infant age.\n\nRussia achieved respectable results here.\n\n5) Doctors per 1000 inhabitants\n\nThe latest data is from 2018, which means the data provided has only limited validity. Russia ranks somewhere outside the top 20. This doesn't say anything about the quality of the service that is provided just the quantity of doctors.\n\nWhile the quality of healthcare that is provided in Moscow or Petersburg is quite good, in the rural areas, it is a lot worse.\n\nRussia is ranking somewhere outside of the top 20.\n\nThe effects of this lack of doctors, the overall bad healthcare system outside the main urban centers, as well as the ineffectiveness of Sputnik against the new variants, could explain the highest death toll any European country had to pay per capita because of the ongoing Covid19 Pandemic.\n\nRussia has a total of 820,307 COVID-related deaths for 2022.\n\n6) Infrastructure and Innovation Index\n\nThe data about their infrastructure is from 2019, which ranks them at place 73. Again, Russia is way outside the top 50 nations.\n\nRussian roads have long had an infamous reputation. Where they existed, they were often crumbling or unpaved and insufficient for major traffic. Perhaps most strikingly, while the Trans-Siberian Railroad is still considered to be one of Russia's major achievements, the Trans-Siberian Highway was only completed in 2015, more than 110 years later.\n\nThe highway, which is actually a series of connected roads, represents the first time that one could travel a continual stretch of paved road from St. Petersburg is in the far west of Russia with Vladivostok in the Far East.\n\nThe current war in Ukraine will make this problem much worse as the war in Ukraine forces Russia to make budget cuts. As the war continues, more and more funds will be diverted to sectors critical for the war effort, while others will be left further and further behind as time goes on.\n\nInnvovation Index for 2022\n\nThe Global Innovation Index (GII) tracks the most recent global innovation trends against the background of an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, slowing productivity growth and other evolving challenges. The ND-GAIN Country Index summarizes a country's vulnerability to climate change and other global challenges.\n\nIn the 2021 report, Russia ranked at place 45, and now they fell down to rank 47, and their score decreased from 36.6 down to 34.3. The massive brain drain and the war in Ukraine, as well as this massive crackdown on free thought in Russia, will set them for a further downgrading outside of the top 50 in the near future.\n\n7) Corruption, poverty and wealth distribution\n\nAt the bottom of many of Russia's problems is the widespread poverty in many of its regions. Especially the those regions east of the Ural mountains are massively striken by poverty. Poverty is running rampant in many parts of Russia, especially in its far east and rural regions. Over 20 percent of Russian households do not have a running water toilet.\n\nMany areas have no access to clean water or electricity. While Russia may want the world to believe that it is a rich and powerful nation, behind this facade lies something more sad and bleak. Putin's Russia is an extractive empire. All its revenues and all taxes are flowing to Moscow while the rural regions are living in utter poverty and despair.\n\nNations fail today because their extractive economic institutions do not create the incentives needed for people to save, invest, and innovate. Extractive political institutions support these economic institutions by cementing the power of those who benefit from the extraction.\"\n― Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty\n\nPoverty\n\nThe monthly minimum wage in Russia is 12,310 rubles, which is the equivalent of $196. While Russia is a very resource-rich country, it suffers from intense social inequality. The top 1 percent of the Russian population controls 71% of the nation's wealth. 13 percent of Russians are currently living in poverty. Unfortunately, the majority of people living in extreme poverty are children.\n\nAlso, 60 percent of those living below the poverty line in Russia are families with children.\n\nAs a result of social inequality, child poverty in Russia continues to rise. Currently, one in four Russian children lives below the poverty line. Additionally, 26 percent of Russian children live off of close to $150 per month. Child poverty in Russia is most prevalent in rural areas, as many do not have access to employment opportunities in most cases.\n\nThis poverty has fostered a deeply rooted and century long system of lies and corruption in Russia\n\nAccording to the Russian government, corruption caused losses of at least 58 billion rubles ($1 bn) in 2020, up from 55 billion rubles in 2019. Out of 10,879 officials charged with corruption, 1,337 (12.3%) were from the Ministry of Defense — the second biggest cohort.\n\nThe largest number of recorded corruption-related crimes were committed in the field of public order and security, accounting for 19.9% (4,521) of the total. The Ministry of Defense recorded a 30% jump in the number of persons charged with corruption.\n\nWealth distribution and living costs\n\nThe extreme inequality in income and net worth in Russia between the richest and the poorest creates many social problems. This makes it easier for Putin to control his own people. Russia mostly lacks a real middle class. You are either rich or as poor as someone living in a tier 4 economy. There is not much in between. In 2020, Russia ranked on place 57 of the GINI Index.\n\nThe reality today is much bleaker than this. The current Russian system has no interest in bringing value to the many but rather unspoken riches to the few. Putin's henchmen want freedom only for themselves, while the people shall remain enslaved. Russia has steadily declined in this index since 2012, roughly the time when Putin made his turn towards autocracy.\n\nHistory reminds us that dictators and despots arise during times of severe economic crisis. Robert Kiyosaki\n\nSummary and Conclusion\n\nRussia is rich in resources. However, that doesn't translate into a good life for a vast majority of its citizens. This is the fault of the policy makers in Moscow who designed the system to be that way. While Russians have to struggle for their survival, they have little to no time to worry about what Putin does or doesn't do. Russians have externalised politics, and the results are not pretty. The Russian economy took a heavy hit last year and will continue taking hits for as long as this war continues.\n\nA fascist is one whose lust for money or power is combined with such an intensity of intolerance toward those of other races, parties, classes, religions, cultures, regions or nations as to make him ruthless in his use of deceit or violence to attain his ends. Henry A. Wallace\n\nIn Russia, there is no rule of the law but the law of rulers. If we do not want to live in such a society, then we have to remain vigilant and protect our democratic values as human life is valuable, and every human on earth deserves a good life. Under a fascist dictator that cannot ever be achieved.\n\nDear reader, thanks for reading my article.\n\nPlease consider clapping, commenting, or following me on Medium.\n\nOh, and did you know about this little trick? If you press the clap button for 15 seconds you can clap 50 times at once.\n\nTake care and be well.\n\nAppendix:\n\nGenerally, we can divide countries along these income level categories\n\nHigh income countries: 32 dollars or more in daily income. (Tier 1)\n\nExamples: USA, GER, UK, F, ESP, Italy etc.\n\nUpper middle income countries: 8 to 32 dollars of daily income. (Tier 2)\n\nExamples: Bulgaria, China, Russia, etc.\n\nLow middle income countries: 4 to 8 dollars of daily income. (Tier 3)\n\nExamples: Vietnam, India, Ukraine, etc.\n\nLow income countries: 1 to 4 dollars of daily income. (Tier 4)\n\nRwanda Taijikistan, Syria, Burundi, etc.",
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"content": "Fascism is a lie told by bullies. Hemingway\n\nHow poverty, corruption, and lies cement Putin's power\n\nPutin's regime ensures that Russians have little time to care about Putin and his entourage by keeping the vast majority of Russians in a constant state of fighting for their economic survival.\n\nToday, the latest corruption perception index was published. Russia is shares rank 137 with Mali and Paraguay. Afghanistan is only 13 places away behind them. Ukraine, on the other hand, continued its slight upward trend from last year. They rank at place 116 in the new ranking. While Ukraine has a long way to go, Russia really hasn't got much further to fall.\n\nTo understand Russia, we need to understand just two numbers: 144 and 72.\n\nThe Global Wealth Report states that 144 (!) russians hold over 38 percent of Russia's wealth. The top 1 percent of their population holds 72 percent of this wealth. The bottom 50 percent of Putin's subjects have less than 870 dollars in net worth. Net-worth is a measure that refers to all the assets you own, including money, real estate, and other assets.\n\nWhen it comes to tyrants, dictators, and terrorists, strength and the threat of force is the only language they understand. Kevin McCarthy\n\nThis inequality is created by design. The center of power is Moscow and St. Petersburg.\n\nThere, many citizens have quite good living standards, not on a Western level but still quite good. The rest of the Russian empire is poorer by design. That is also the reason why Russia cannot accept a strong, wealthy, and democratic Ukraine. Putin cannot accept a country next door that becomes more democratic and less corrupt as this would seriously endanger the continued existence of his mafia empire.\n\nA free and vibrant Ukraine would topple the Russian imperial model. Putin is, therefore, willing to make this fascist turn. It is also far from over. I would say we are maybe halfway there. Martial law and closing the borders would be the next step towards a full-blown dictatorship, including canceling the elections next year. I think Putin always planned this fascist turn, but much later, as he expected to encounter almost no resistance from Ukraine.\n\nFascism is the stage reached after communism has proved an illusion.\nFriedrich August von Hayek\n\nRussia will never be the same again, as change comes slowly, and for Russia to find its way back, it may well take another generation or two. Many Russians are unaware of that, but the shift towards fascism will not be that easily reversed.\n\nEven when Putin is gone, people will have other things to worry about. Humans are easily fooled, but much harder to convince that they have been fooled.\n\n1) The HDI Index\n\nThe Human Development Index (HDI) provides a single index measure to capture three key dimensions of human development. Russia ranks somewhere outside of the top 50 in this report. However, the reality inside Russia is far bleaker than this rosy number may suggest. Russia was always good at one thing: To lie about their data. However, you cannot hide everything, and you cannot hide it forever.\n\nNo government agency has a jurisdiction over the truth. X-Files\n\n2) How long do Russians live on average?\n\nIn 2022, Russia ranked at place 113. The situation is probably much bleaker, with over 800k Covid19 deaths and at least 100.000 young men who died in this war. Russia has the highest rates of alcoholics, HIV positive, and TBC in Europe. These facts don't really speak for an ever growing life expectancy among their male population.\n\nTherefore, Peter Zeihan assumes that the life expectancy for men might be much lower, the official data of Rosstat suggests. I tend to agree with that assessment. The last good batch of data was provided in 2001. Back then, the life expectancy of men was 58.7 years. Now, 20 years later, it has risen to over 67 years for males. This is either a modern wonder of medicine or Russia is lying. The data that is obtainable from other sources suggests that it is the latter.\n\nNothing built on a lie, however, seductively convenient, could ever have any value. George Orwell\n\n3) Literacy Rate\n\nTheir literacy rate is at almost 100 percent, even though the Russian apprentice ship system collapsed in the 1990s. Since then, many young and educated people have fled the country in various emigration waves. Since the war began, over 1 million Russians have fled the country. Russia has been heavily defunding the education sector for decades now. This high literarcy rate comes with a caveat.\n\nAutocratic regimes need to ensure that their population is able to read and write. Otherwise, they cannot understand the propaganda their leaders want them to internalise. There are many infamous books written by dictators. They range from \"Mein Kampf\" to Gadaffi's \"little green book\" and there are many more.\n\n4) Infant Mortality\n\nRussian infant mortality rates have steadily decreased since their economic collapse in the 1990s. They rank way outside the top 50 though, Their infant mortality rate is twice as high as those of highly developed nations such as Austria or Germany, however, the US has very bad results here as well as 5.44 out of every 1000 children die in infant age.\n\nRussia achieved respectable results here.\n\n5) Doctors per 1000 inhabitants\n\nThe latest data is from 2018, which means the data provided has only limited validity. Russia ranks somewhere outside the top 20. This doesn't say anything about the quality of the service that is provided just the quantity of doctors.\n\nWhile the quality of healthcare that is provided in Moscow or Petersburg is quite good, in the rural areas, it is a lot worse.\n\nRussia is ranking somewhere outside of the top 20.\n\nThe effects of this lack of doctors, the overall bad healthcare system outside the main urban centers, as well as the ineffectiveness of Sputnik against the new variants, could explain the highest death toll any European country had to pay per capita because of the ongoing Covid19 Pandemic.\n\nRussia has a total of 820,307 COVID-related deaths for 2022.\n\n6) Infrastructure and Innovation Index\n\nThe data about their infrastructure is from 2019, which ranks them at place 73. Again, Russia is way outside the top 50 nations.\n\nRussian roads have long had an infamous reputation. Where they existed, they were often crumbling or unpaved and insufficient for major traffic. Perhaps most strikingly, while the Trans-Siberian Railroad is still considered to be one of Russia's major achievements, the Trans-Siberian Highway was only completed in 2015, more than 110 years later.\n\nThe highway, which is actually a series of connected roads, represents the first time that one could travel a continual stretch of paved road from St. Petersburg is in the far west of Russia with Vladivostok in the Far East.\n\nThe current war in Ukraine will make this problem much worse as the war in Ukraine forces Russia to make budget cuts. As the war continues, more and more funds will be diverted to sectors critical for the war effort, while others will be left further and further behind as time goes on.\n\nInnvovation Index for 2022\n\nThe Global Innovation Index (GII) tracks the most recent global innovation trends against the background of an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, slowing productivity growth and other evolving challenges. The ND-GAIN Country Index summarizes a country's vulnerability to climate change and other global challenges.\n\nIn the 2021 report, Russia ranked at place 45, and now they fell down to rank 47, and their score decreased from 36.6 down to 34.3. The massive brain drain and the war in Ukraine, as well as this massive crackdown on free thought in Russia, will set them for a further downgrading outside of the top 50 in the near future.\n\n7) Corruption, poverty and wealth distribution\n\nAt the bottom of many of Russia's problems is the widespread poverty in many of its regions. Especially the those regions east of the Ural mountains are massively striken by poverty. Poverty is running rampant in many parts of Russia, especially in its far east and rural regions. Over 20 percent of Russian households do not have a running water toilet.\n\nMany areas have no access to clean water or electricity. While Russia may want the world to believe that it is a rich and powerful nation, behind this facade lies something more sad and bleak. Putin's Russia is an extractive empire. All its revenues and all taxes are flowing to Moscow while the rural regions are living in utter poverty and despair.\n\nNations fail today because their extractive economic institutions do not create the incentives needed for people to save, invest, and innovate. Extractive political institutions support these economic institutions by cementing the power of those who benefit from the extraction.\"\n― Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty\n\nPoverty\n\nThe monthly minimum wage in Russia is 12,310 rubles, which is the equivalent of $196. While Russia is a very resource-rich country, it suffers from intense social inequality. The top 1 percent of the Russian population controls 71% of the nation's wealth. 13 percent of Russians are currently living in poverty. Unfortunately, the majority of people living in extreme poverty are children.\n\nAlso, 60 percent of those living below the poverty line in Russia are families with children.\n\nAs a result of social inequality, child poverty in Russia continues to rise. Currently, one in four Russian children lives below the poverty line. Additionally, 26 percent of Russian children live off of close to $150 per month. Child poverty in Russia is most prevalent in rural areas, as many do not have access to employment opportunities in most cases.\n\nThis poverty has fostered a deeply rooted and century long system of lies and corruption in Russia\n\nAccording to the Russian government, corruption caused losses of at least 58 billion rubles ($1 bn) in 2020, up from 55 billion rubles in 2019. Out of 10,879 officials charged with corruption, 1,337 (12.3%) were from the Ministry of Defense — the second biggest cohort.\n\nThe largest number of recorded corruption-related crimes were committed in the field of public order and security, accounting for 19.9% (4,521) of the total. The Ministry of Defense recorded a 30% jump in the number of persons charged with corruption.\n\nWealth distribution and living costs\n\nThe extreme inequality in income and net worth in Russia between the richest and the poorest creates many social problems. This makes it easier for Putin to control his own people. Russia mostly lacks a real middle class. You are either rich or as poor as someone living in a tier 4 economy. There is not much in between. In 2020, Russia ranked on place 57 of the GINI Index.\n\nThe reality today is much bleaker than this. The current Russian system has no interest in bringing value to the many but rather unspoken riches to the few. Putin's henchmen want freedom only for themselves, while the people shall remain enslaved. Russia has steadily declined in this index since 2012, roughly the time when Putin made his turn towards autocracy.\n\nHistory reminds us that dictators and despots arise during times of severe economic crisis. Robert Kiyosaki\n\nSummary and Conclusion\n\nRussia is rich in resources. However, that doesn't translate into a good life for a vast majority of its citizens. This is the fault of the policy makers in Moscow who designed the system to be that way. While Russians have to struggle for their survival, they have little to no time to worry about what Putin does or doesn't do. Russians have externalised politics, and the results are not pretty. The Russian economy took a heavy hit last year and will continue taking hits for as long as this war continues.\n\nA fascist is one whose lust for money or power is combined with such an intensity of intolerance toward those of other races, parties, classes, religions, cultures, regions or nations as to make him ruthless in his use of deceit or violence to attain his ends. Henry A. Wallace\n\nIn Russia, there is no rule of the law but the law of rulers. If we do not want to live in such a society, then we have to remain vigilant and protect our democratic values as human life is valuable, and every human on earth deserves a good life. Under a fascist dictator that cannot ever be achieved.\n\nDear reader, thanks for reading my article.\n\nPlease consider clapping, commenting, or following me on Medium.\n\nOh, and did you know about this little trick? If you press the clap button for 15 seconds you can clap 50 times at once.\n\nTake care and be well.\n\nAppendix:\n\nGenerally, we can divide countries along these income level categories\n\nHigh income countries: 32 dollars or more in daily income. (Tier 1)\n\nExamples: USA, GER, UK, F, ESP, Italy etc.\n\nUpper middle income countries: 8 to 32 dollars of daily income. (Tier 2)\n\nExamples: Bulgaria, China, Russia, etc.\n\nLow middle income countries: 4 to 8 dollars of daily income. (Tier 3)\n\nExamples: Vietnam, India, Ukraine, etc.\n\nLow income countries: 1 to 4 dollars of daily income. (Tier 4)\n\nRwanda Taijikistan, Syria, Burundi, etc.",
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I think Bob it is because money has made us hard and unkind we lost sight of what is truly important: Friends, family and enjoying things not for what they are worth but just because they are there. This appreciation and mindfulness went away.
Although of course the living conditions of many Russians are not that romantic it is more like a literal fight for survival on a daily basis.
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"content": "Fascism is a lie told by bullies. Hemingway\n\nHow poverty, corruption, and lies cement Putin's power\n\nPutin's regime ensures that Russians have little time to care about Putin and his entourage by keeping the vast majority of Russians in a constant state of fighting for their economic survival.\n\nToday, the latest corruption perception index was published. Russia is shares rank 137 with Mali and Paraguay. Afghanistan is only 13 places away behind them. Ukraine, on the other hand, continued its slight upward trend from last year. They rank at place 116 in the new ranking. While Ukraine has a long way to go, Russia really hasn't got much further to fall.\n\nTo understand Russia, we need to understand just two numbers: 144 and 72.\n\nThe Global Wealth Report states that 144 (!) russians hold over 38 percent of Russia's wealth. The top 1 percent of their population holds 72 percent of this wealth. The bottom 50 percent of Putin's subjects have less than 870 dollars in net worth. Net-worth is a measure that refers to all the assets you own, including money, real estate, and other assets.\n\nWhen it comes to tyrants, dictators, and terrorists, strength and the threat of force is the only language they understand. Kevin McCarthy\n\nThis inequality is created by design. The center of power is Moscow and St. Petersburg.\n\nThere, many citizens have quite good living standards, not on a Western level but still quite good. The rest of the Russian empire is poorer by design. That is also the reason why Russia cannot accept a strong, wealthy, and democratic Ukraine. Putin cannot accept a country next door that becomes more democratic and less corrupt as this would seriously endanger the continued existence of his mafia empire.\n\nA free and vibrant Ukraine would topple the Russian imperial model. Putin is, therefore, willing to make this fascist turn. It is also far from over. I would say we are maybe halfway there. Martial law and closing the borders would be the next step towards a full-blown dictatorship, including canceling the elections next year. I think Putin always planned this fascist turn, but much later, as he expected to encounter almost no resistance from Ukraine.\n\nFascism is the stage reached after communism has proved an illusion.\nFriedrich August von Hayek\n\nRussia will never be the same again, as change comes slowly, and for Russia to find its way back, it may well take another generation or two. Many Russians are unaware of that, but the shift towards fascism will not be that easily reversed.\n\nEven when Putin is gone, people will have other things to worry about. Humans are easily fooled, but much harder to convince that they have been fooled.\n\n1) The HDI Index\n\nThe Human Development Index (HDI) provides a single index measure to capture three key dimensions of human development. Russia ranks somewhere outside of the top 50 in this report. However, the reality inside Russia is far bleaker than this rosy number may suggest. Russia was always good at one thing: To lie about their data. However, you cannot hide everything, and you cannot hide it forever.\n\nNo government agency has a jurisdiction over the truth. X-Files\n\n2) How long do Russians live on average?\n\nIn 2022, Russia ranked at place 113. The situation is probably much bleaker, with over 800k Covid19 deaths and at least 100.000 young men who died in this war. Russia has the highest rates of alcoholics, HIV positive, and TBC in Europe. These facts don't really speak for an ever growing life expectancy among their male population.\n\nTherefore, Peter Zeihan assumes that the life expectancy for men might be much lower, the official data of Rosstat suggests. I tend to agree with that assessment. The last good batch of data was provided in 2001. Back then, the life expectancy of men was 58.7 years. Now, 20 years later, it has risen to over 67 years for males. This is either a modern wonder of medicine or Russia is lying. The data that is obtainable from other sources suggests that it is the latter.\n\nNothing built on a lie, however, seductively convenient, could ever have any value. George Orwell\n\n3) Literacy Rate\n\nTheir literacy rate is at almost 100 percent, even though the Russian apprentice ship system collapsed in the 1990s. Since then, many young and educated people have fled the country in various emigration waves. Since the war began, over 1 million Russians have fled the country. Russia has been heavily defunding the education sector for decades now. This high literarcy rate comes with a caveat.\n\nAutocratic regimes need to ensure that their population is able to read and write. Otherwise, they cannot understand the propaganda their leaders want them to internalise. There are many infamous books written by dictators. They range from \"Mein Kampf\" to Gadaffi's \"little green book\" and there are many more.\n\n4) Infant Mortality\n\nRussian infant mortality rates have steadily decreased since their economic collapse in the 1990s. They rank way outside the top 50 though, Their infant mortality rate is twice as high as those of highly developed nations such as Austria or Germany, however, the US has very bad results here as well as 5.44 out of every 1000 children die in infant age.\n\nRussia achieved respectable results here.\n\n5) Doctors per 1000 inhabitants\n\nThe latest data is from 2018, which means the data provided has only limited validity. Russia ranks somewhere outside the top 20. This doesn't say anything about the quality of the service that is provided just the quantity of doctors.\n\nWhile the quality of healthcare that is provided in Moscow or Petersburg is quite good, in the rural areas, it is a lot worse.\n\nRussia is ranking somewhere outside of the top 20.\n\nThe effects of this lack of doctors, the overall bad healthcare system outside the main urban centers, as well as the ineffectiveness of Sputnik against the new variants, could explain the highest death toll any European country had to pay per capita because of the ongoing Covid19 Pandemic.\n\nRussia has a total of 820,307 COVID-related deaths for 2022.\n\n6) Infrastructure and Innovation Index\n\nThe data about their infrastructure is from 2019, which ranks them at place 73. Again, Russia is way outside the top 50 nations.\n\nRussian roads have long had an infamous reputation. Where they existed, they were often crumbling or unpaved and insufficient for major traffic. Perhaps most strikingly, while the Trans-Siberian Railroad is still considered to be one of Russia's major achievements, the Trans-Siberian Highway was only completed in 2015, more than 110 years later.\n\nThe highway, which is actually a series of connected roads, represents the first time that one could travel a continual stretch of paved road from St. Petersburg is in the far west of Russia with Vladivostok in the Far East.\n\nThe current war in Ukraine will make this problem much worse as the war in Ukraine forces Russia to make budget cuts. As the war continues, more and more funds will be diverted to sectors critical for the war effort, while others will be left further and further behind as time goes on.\n\nInnvovation Index for 2022\n\nThe Global Innovation Index (GII) tracks the most recent global innovation trends against the background of an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, slowing productivity growth and other evolving challenges. The ND-GAIN Country Index summarizes a country's vulnerability to climate change and other global challenges.\n\nIn the 2021 report, Russia ranked at place 45, and now they fell down to rank 47, and their score decreased from 36.6 down to 34.3. The massive brain drain and the war in Ukraine, as well as this massive crackdown on free thought in Russia, will set them for a further downgrading outside of the top 50 in the near future.\n\n7) Corruption, poverty and wealth distribution\n\nAt the bottom of many of Russia's problems is the widespread poverty in many of its regions. Especially the those regions east of the Ural mountains are massively striken by poverty. Poverty is running rampant in many parts of Russia, especially in its far east and rural regions. Over 20 percent of Russian households do not have a running water toilet.\n\nMany areas have no access to clean water or electricity. While Russia may want the world to believe that it is a rich and powerful nation, behind this facade lies something more sad and bleak. Putin's Russia is an extractive empire. All its revenues and all taxes are flowing to Moscow while the rural regions are living in utter poverty and despair.\n\nNations fail today because their extractive economic institutions do not create the incentives needed for people to save, invest, and innovate. Extractive political institutions support these economic institutions by cementing the power of those who benefit from the extraction.\"\n― Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty\n\nPoverty\n\nThe monthly minimum wage in Russia is 12,310 rubles, which is the equivalent of $196. While Russia is a very resource-rich country, it suffers from intense social inequality. The top 1 percent of the Russian population controls 71% of the nation's wealth. 13 percent of Russians are currently living in poverty. Unfortunately, the majority of people living in extreme poverty are children.\n\nAlso, 60 percent of those living below the poverty line in Russia are families with children.\n\nAs a result of social inequality, child poverty in Russia continues to rise. Currently, one in four Russian children lives below the poverty line. Additionally, 26 percent of Russian children live off of close to $150 per month. Child poverty in Russia is most prevalent in rural areas, as many do not have access to employment opportunities in most cases.\n\nThis poverty has fostered a deeply rooted and century long system of lies and corruption in Russia\n\nAccording to the Russian government, corruption caused losses of at least 58 billion rubles ($1 bn) in 2020, up from 55 billion rubles in 2019. Out of 10,879 officials charged with corruption, 1,337 (12.3%) were from the Ministry of Defense — the second biggest cohort.\n\nThe largest number of recorded corruption-related crimes were committed in the field of public order and security, accounting for 19.9% (4,521) of the total. The Ministry of Defense recorded a 30% jump in the number of persons charged with corruption.\n\nWealth distribution and living costs\n\nThe extreme inequality in income and net worth in Russia between the richest and the poorest creates many social problems. This makes it easier for Putin to control his own people. Russia mostly lacks a real middle class. You are either rich or as poor as someone living in a tier 4 economy. There is not much in between. In 2020, Russia ranked on place 57 of the GINI Index.\n\nThe reality today is much bleaker than this. The current Russian system has no interest in bringing value to the many but rather unspoken riches to the few. Putin's henchmen want freedom only for themselves, while the people shall remain enslaved. Russia has steadily declined in this index since 2012, roughly the time when Putin made his turn towards autocracy.\n\nHistory reminds us that dictators and despots arise during times of severe economic crisis. Robert Kiyosaki\n\nSummary and Conclusion\n\nRussia is rich in resources. However, that doesn't translate into a good life for a vast majority of its citizens. This is the fault of the policy makers in Moscow who designed the system to be that way. While Russians have to struggle for their survival, they have little to no time to worry about what Putin does or doesn't do. Russians have externalised politics, and the results are not pretty. The Russian economy took a heavy hit last year and will continue taking hits for as long as this war continues.\n\nA fascist is one whose lust for money or power is combined with such an intensity of intolerance toward those of other races, parties, classes, religions, cultures, regions or nations as to make him ruthless in his use of deceit or violence to attain his ends. Henry A. Wallace\n\nIn Russia, there is no rule of the law but the law of rulers. If we do not want to live in such a society, then we have to remain vigilant and protect our democratic values as human life is valuable, and every human on earth deserves a good life. Under a fascist dictator that cannot ever be achieved.\n\nDear reader, thanks for reading my article.\n\nPlease consider clapping, commenting, or following me on Medium.\n\nOh, and did you know about this little trick? If you press the clap button for 15 seconds you can clap 50 times at once.\n\nTake care and be well.\n\nAppendix:\n\nGenerally, we can divide countries along these income level categories\n\nHigh income countries: 32 dollars or more in daily income. (Tier 1)\n\nExamples: USA, GER, UK, F, ESP, Italy etc.\n\nUpper middle income countries: 8 to 32 dollars of daily income. (Tier 2)\n\nExamples: Bulgaria, China, Russia, etc.\n\nLow middle income countries: 4 to 8 dollars of daily income. (Tier 3)\n\nExamples: Vietnam, India, Ukraine, etc.\n\nLow income countries: 1 to 4 dollars of daily income. (Tier 4)\n\nRwanda Taijikistan, Syria, Burundi, etc.",
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Putin is a KGB Agent and already Orwell had the following to say about the NKVD: "They are trained to be liars, they made lying into a profession".
So, no I really think Putin never tells the truth, but that is the trick: Who would ever believe that someone could lie all the time? That is also why we cannot negotiate with this man. None of that is in good faith. Putin would break the agreements he makes the moment he sees fit. We can for example see how much Russia'e word in the Budapest memorandum was worth. They fired Rockets at Ukraine given to them by Ukraine as part of this deal.
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"content": "Fascism is a lie told by bullies. Hemingway\n\nHow poverty, corruption, and lies cement Putin's power\n\nPutin's regime ensures that Russians have little time to care about Putin and his entourage by keeping the vast majority of Russians in a constant state of fighting for their economic survival.\n\nToday, the latest corruption perception index was published. Russia is shares rank 137 with Mali and Paraguay. Afghanistan is only 13 places away behind them. Ukraine, on the other hand, continued its slight upward trend from last year. They rank at place 116 in the new ranking. While Ukraine has a long way to go, Russia really hasn't got much further to fall.\n\nTo understand Russia, we need to understand just two numbers: 144 and 72.\n\nThe Global Wealth Report states that 144 (!) russians hold over 38 percent of Russia's wealth. The top 1 percent of their population holds 72 percent of this wealth. The bottom 50 percent of Putin's subjects have less than 870 dollars in net worth. Net-worth is a measure that refers to all the assets you own, including money, real estate, and other assets.\n\nWhen it comes to tyrants, dictators, and terrorists, strength and the threat of force is the only language they understand. Kevin McCarthy\n\nThis inequality is created by design. The center of power is Moscow and St. Petersburg.\n\nThere, many citizens have quite good living standards, not on a Western level but still quite good. The rest of the Russian empire is poorer by design. That is also the reason why Russia cannot accept a strong, wealthy, and democratic Ukraine. Putin cannot accept a country next door that becomes more democratic and less corrupt as this would seriously endanger the continued existence of his mafia empire.\n\nA free and vibrant Ukraine would topple the Russian imperial model. Putin is, therefore, willing to make this fascist turn. It is also far from over. I would say we are maybe halfway there. Martial law and closing the borders would be the next step towards a full-blown dictatorship, including canceling the elections next year. I think Putin always planned this fascist turn, but much later, as he expected to encounter almost no resistance from Ukraine.\n\nFascism is the stage reached after communism has proved an illusion.\nFriedrich August von Hayek\n\nRussia will never be the same again, as change comes slowly, and for Russia to find its way back, it may well take another generation or two. Many Russians are unaware of that, but the shift towards fascism will not be that easily reversed.\n\nEven when Putin is gone, people will have other things to worry about. Humans are easily fooled, but much harder to convince that they have been fooled.\n\n1) The HDI Index\n\nThe Human Development Index (HDI) provides a single index measure to capture three key dimensions of human development. Russia ranks somewhere outside of the top 50 in this report. However, the reality inside Russia is far bleaker than this rosy number may suggest. Russia was always good at one thing: To lie about their data. However, you cannot hide everything, and you cannot hide it forever.\n\nNo government agency has a jurisdiction over the truth. X-Files\n\n2) How long do Russians live on average?\n\nIn 2022, Russia ranked at place 113. The situation is probably much bleaker, with over 800k Covid19 deaths and at least 100.000 young men who died in this war. Russia has the highest rates of alcoholics, HIV positive, and TBC in Europe. These facts don't really speak for an ever growing life expectancy among their male population.\n\nTherefore, Peter Zeihan assumes that the life expectancy for men might be much lower, the official data of Rosstat suggests. I tend to agree with that assessment. The last good batch of data was provided in 2001. Back then, the life expectancy of men was 58.7 years. Now, 20 years later, it has risen to over 67 years for males. This is either a modern wonder of medicine or Russia is lying. The data that is obtainable from other sources suggests that it is the latter.\n\nNothing built on a lie, however, seductively convenient, could ever have any value. George Orwell\n\n3) Literacy Rate\n\nTheir literacy rate is at almost 100 percent, even though the Russian apprentice ship system collapsed in the 1990s. Since then, many young and educated people have fled the country in various emigration waves. Since the war began, over 1 million Russians have fled the country. Russia has been heavily defunding the education sector for decades now. This high literarcy rate comes with a caveat.\n\nAutocratic regimes need to ensure that their population is able to read and write. Otherwise, they cannot understand the propaganda their leaders want them to internalise. There are many infamous books written by dictators. They range from \"Mein Kampf\" to Gadaffi's \"little green book\" and there are many more.\n\n4) Infant Mortality\n\nRussian infant mortality rates have steadily decreased since their economic collapse in the 1990s. They rank way outside the top 50 though, Their infant mortality rate is twice as high as those of highly developed nations such as Austria or Germany, however, the US has very bad results here as well as 5.44 out of every 1000 children die in infant age.\n\nRussia achieved respectable results here.\n\n5) Doctors per 1000 inhabitants\n\nThe latest data is from 2018, which means the data provided has only limited validity. Russia ranks somewhere outside the top 20. This doesn't say anything about the quality of the service that is provided just the quantity of doctors.\n\nWhile the quality of healthcare that is provided in Moscow or Petersburg is quite good, in the rural areas, it is a lot worse.\n\nRussia is ranking somewhere outside of the top 20.\n\nThe effects of this lack of doctors, the overall bad healthcare system outside the main urban centers, as well as the ineffectiveness of Sputnik against the new variants, could explain the highest death toll any European country had to pay per capita because of the ongoing Covid19 Pandemic.\n\nRussia has a total of 820,307 COVID-related deaths for 2022.\n\n6) Infrastructure and Innovation Index\n\nThe data about their infrastructure is from 2019, which ranks them at place 73. Again, Russia is way outside the top 50 nations.\n\nRussian roads have long had an infamous reputation. Where they existed, they were often crumbling or unpaved and insufficient for major traffic. Perhaps most strikingly, while the Trans-Siberian Railroad is still considered to be one of Russia's major achievements, the Trans-Siberian Highway was only completed in 2015, more than 110 years later.\n\nThe highway, which is actually a series of connected roads, represents the first time that one could travel a continual stretch of paved road from St. Petersburg is in the far west of Russia with Vladivostok in the Far East.\n\nThe current war in Ukraine will make this problem much worse as the war in Ukraine forces Russia to make budget cuts. As the war continues, more and more funds will be diverted to sectors critical for the war effort, while others will be left further and further behind as time goes on.\n\nInnvovation Index for 2022\n\nThe Global Innovation Index (GII) tracks the most recent global innovation trends against the background of an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, slowing productivity growth and other evolving challenges. The ND-GAIN Country Index summarizes a country's vulnerability to climate change and other global challenges.\n\nIn the 2021 report, Russia ranked at place 45, and now they fell down to rank 47, and their score decreased from 36.6 down to 34.3. The massive brain drain and the war in Ukraine, as well as this massive crackdown on free thought in Russia, will set them for a further downgrading outside of the top 50 in the near future.\n\n7) Corruption, poverty and wealth distribution\n\nAt the bottom of many of Russia's problems is the widespread poverty in many of its regions. Especially the those regions east of the Ural mountains are massively striken by poverty. Poverty is running rampant in many parts of Russia, especially in its far east and rural regions. Over 20 percent of Russian households do not have a running water toilet.\n\nMany areas have no access to clean water or electricity. While Russia may want the world to believe that it is a rich and powerful nation, behind this facade lies something more sad and bleak. Putin's Russia is an extractive empire. All its revenues and all taxes are flowing to Moscow while the rural regions are living in utter poverty and despair.\n\nNations fail today because their extractive economic institutions do not create the incentives needed for people to save, invest, and innovate. Extractive political institutions support these economic institutions by cementing the power of those who benefit from the extraction.\"\n― Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty\n\nPoverty\n\nThe monthly minimum wage in Russia is 12,310 rubles, which is the equivalent of $196. While Russia is a very resource-rich country, it suffers from intense social inequality. The top 1 percent of the Russian population controls 71% of the nation's wealth. 13 percent of Russians are currently living in poverty. Unfortunately, the majority of people living in extreme poverty are children.\n\nAlso, 60 percent of those living below the poverty line in Russia are families with children.\n\nAs a result of social inequality, child poverty in Russia continues to rise. Currently, one in four Russian children lives below the poverty line. Additionally, 26 percent of Russian children live off of close to $150 per month. Child poverty in Russia is most prevalent in rural areas, as many do not have access to employment opportunities in most cases.\n\nThis poverty has fostered a deeply rooted and century long system of lies and corruption in Russia\n\nAccording to the Russian government, corruption caused losses of at least 58 billion rubles ($1 bn) in 2020, up from 55 billion rubles in 2019. Out of 10,879 officials charged with corruption, 1,337 (12.3%) were from the Ministry of Defense — the second biggest cohort.\n\nThe largest number of recorded corruption-related crimes were committed in the field of public order and security, accounting for 19.9% (4,521) of the total. The Ministry of Defense recorded a 30% jump in the number of persons charged with corruption.\n\nWealth distribution and living costs\n\nThe extreme inequality in income and net worth in Russia between the richest and the poorest creates many social problems. This makes it easier for Putin to control his own people. Russia mostly lacks a real middle class. You are either rich or as poor as someone living in a tier 4 economy. There is not much in between. In 2020, Russia ranked on place 57 of the GINI Index.\n\nThe reality today is much bleaker than this. The current Russian system has no interest in bringing value to the many but rather unspoken riches to the few. Putin's henchmen want freedom only for themselves, while the people shall remain enslaved. Russia has steadily declined in this index since 2012, roughly the time when Putin made his turn towards autocracy.\n\nHistory reminds us that dictators and despots arise during times of severe economic crisis. Robert Kiyosaki\n\nSummary and Conclusion\n\nRussia is rich in resources. However, that doesn't translate into a good life for a vast majority of its citizens. This is the fault of the policy makers in Moscow who designed the system to be that way. While Russians have to struggle for their survival, they have little to no time to worry about what Putin does or doesn't do. Russians have externalised politics, and the results are not pretty. The Russian economy took a heavy hit last year and will continue taking hits for as long as this war continues.\n\nA fascist is one whose lust for money or power is combined with such an intensity of intolerance toward those of other races, parties, classes, religions, cultures, regions or nations as to make him ruthless in his use of deceit or violence to attain his ends. Henry A. Wallace\n\nIn Russia, there is no rule of the law but the law of rulers. If we do not want to live in such a society, then we have to remain vigilant and protect our democratic values as human life is valuable, and every human on earth deserves a good life. Under a fascist dictator that cannot ever be achieved.\n\nDear reader, thanks for reading my article.\n\nPlease consider clapping, commenting, or following me on Medium.\n\nOh, and did you know about this little trick? If you press the clap button for 15 seconds you can clap 50 times at once.\n\nTake care and be well.\n\nAppendix:\n\nGenerally, we can divide countries along these income level categories\n\nHigh income countries: 32 dollars or more in daily income. (Tier 1)\n\nExamples: USA, GER, UK, F, ESP, Italy etc.\n\nUpper middle income countries: 8 to 32 dollars of daily income. (Tier 2)\n\nExamples: Bulgaria, China, Russia, etc.\n\nLow middle income countries: 4 to 8 dollars of daily income. (Tier 3)\n\nExamples: Vietnam, India, Ukraine, etc.\n\nLow income countries: 1 to 4 dollars of daily income. (Tier 4)\n\nRwanda Taijikistan, Syria, Burundi, etc.",
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"content": "Just a thought, Chris. Does anyone know the last time Putin told the truth. By the utter poverty alone of his people, the man obviously has no shame and never had a moral compass. Tragically sad. Thanks for your write. Well done.",
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Don't worry, Russia isn't going anywhere and neither Putin. The west can bleed it's heart out and shed hornet tears but your propaganda and of your likes is a laughing stock.
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"content": "Fascism is a lie told by bullies. Hemingway\n\nHow poverty, corruption, and lies cement Putin's power\n\nPutin's regime ensures that Russians have little time to care about Putin and his entourage by keeping the vast majority of Russians in a constant state of fighting for their economic survival.\n\nToday, the latest corruption perception index was published. Russia is shares rank 137 with Mali and Paraguay. Afghanistan is only 13 places away behind them. Ukraine, on the other hand, continued its slight upward trend from last year. They rank at place 116 in the new ranking. While Ukraine has a long way to go, Russia really hasn't got much further to fall.\n\nTo understand Russia, we need to understand just two numbers: 144 and 72.\n\nThe Global Wealth Report states that 144 (!) russians hold over 38 percent of Russia's wealth. The top 1 percent of their population holds 72 percent of this wealth. The bottom 50 percent of Putin's subjects have less than 870 dollars in net worth. Net-worth is a measure that refers to all the assets you own, including money, real estate, and other assets.\n\nWhen it comes to tyrants, dictators, and terrorists, strength and the threat of force is the only language they understand. Kevin McCarthy\n\nThis inequality is created by design. The center of power is Moscow and St. Petersburg.\n\nThere, many citizens have quite good living standards, not on a Western level but still quite good. The rest of the Russian empire is poorer by design. That is also the reason why Russia cannot accept a strong, wealthy, and democratic Ukraine. Putin cannot accept a country next door that becomes more democratic and less corrupt as this would seriously endanger the continued existence of his mafia empire.\n\nA free and vibrant Ukraine would topple the Russian imperial model. Putin is, therefore, willing to make this fascist turn. It is also far from over. I would say we are maybe halfway there. Martial law and closing the borders would be the next step towards a full-blown dictatorship, including canceling the elections next year. I think Putin always planned this fascist turn, but much later, as he expected to encounter almost no resistance from Ukraine.\n\nFascism is the stage reached after communism has proved an illusion.\nFriedrich August von Hayek\n\nRussia will never be the same again, as change comes slowly, and for Russia to find its way back, it may well take another generation or two. Many Russians are unaware of that, but the shift towards fascism will not be that easily reversed.\n\nEven when Putin is gone, people will have other things to worry about. Humans are easily fooled, but much harder to convince that they have been fooled.\n\n1) The HDI Index\n\nThe Human Development Index (HDI) provides a single index measure to capture three key dimensions of human development. Russia ranks somewhere outside of the top 50 in this report. However, the reality inside Russia is far bleaker than this rosy number may suggest. Russia was always good at one thing: To lie about their data. However, you cannot hide everything, and you cannot hide it forever.\n\nNo government agency has a jurisdiction over the truth. X-Files\n\n2) How long do Russians live on average?\n\nIn 2022, Russia ranked at place 113. The situation is probably much bleaker, with over 800k Covid19 deaths and at least 100.000 young men who died in this war. Russia has the highest rates of alcoholics, HIV positive, and TBC in Europe. These facts don't really speak for an ever growing life expectancy among their male population.\n\nTherefore, Peter Zeihan assumes that the life expectancy for men might be much lower, the official data of Rosstat suggests. I tend to agree with that assessment. The last good batch of data was provided in 2001. Back then, the life expectancy of men was 58.7 years. Now, 20 years later, it has risen to over 67 years for males. This is either a modern wonder of medicine or Russia is lying. The data that is obtainable from other sources suggests that it is the latter.\n\nNothing built on a lie, however, seductively convenient, could ever have any value. George Orwell\n\n3) Literacy Rate\n\nTheir literacy rate is at almost 100 percent, even though the Russian apprentice ship system collapsed in the 1990s. Since then, many young and educated people have fled the country in various emigration waves. Since the war began, over 1 million Russians have fled the country. Russia has been heavily defunding the education sector for decades now. This high literarcy rate comes with a caveat.\n\nAutocratic regimes need to ensure that their population is able to read and write. Otherwise, they cannot understand the propaganda their leaders want them to internalise. There are many infamous books written by dictators. They range from \"Mein Kampf\" to Gadaffi's \"little green book\" and there are many more.\n\n4) Infant Mortality\n\nRussian infant mortality rates have steadily decreased since their economic collapse in the 1990s. They rank way outside the top 50 though, Their infant mortality rate is twice as high as those of highly developed nations such as Austria or Germany, however, the US has very bad results here as well as 5.44 out of every 1000 children die in infant age.\n\nRussia achieved respectable results here.\n\n5) Doctors per 1000 inhabitants\n\nThe latest data is from 2018, which means the data provided has only limited validity. Russia ranks somewhere outside the top 20. This doesn't say anything about the quality of the service that is provided just the quantity of doctors.\n\nWhile the quality of healthcare that is provided in Moscow or Petersburg is quite good, in the rural areas, it is a lot worse.\n\nRussia is ranking somewhere outside of the top 20.\n\nThe effects of this lack of doctors, the overall bad healthcare system outside the main urban centers, as well as the ineffectiveness of Sputnik against the new variants, could explain the highest death toll any European country had to pay per capita because of the ongoing Covid19 Pandemic.\n\nRussia has a total of 820,307 COVID-related deaths for 2022.\n\n6) Infrastructure and Innovation Index\n\nThe data about their infrastructure is from 2019, which ranks them at place 73. Again, Russia is way outside the top 50 nations.\n\nRussian roads have long had an infamous reputation. Where they existed, they were often crumbling or unpaved and insufficient for major traffic. Perhaps most strikingly, while the Trans-Siberian Railroad is still considered to be one of Russia's major achievements, the Trans-Siberian Highway was only completed in 2015, more than 110 years later.\n\nThe highway, which is actually a series of connected roads, represents the first time that one could travel a continual stretch of paved road from St. Petersburg is in the far west of Russia with Vladivostok in the Far East.\n\nThe current war in Ukraine will make this problem much worse as the war in Ukraine forces Russia to make budget cuts. As the war continues, more and more funds will be diverted to sectors critical for the war effort, while others will be left further and further behind as time goes on.\n\nInnvovation Index for 2022\n\nThe Global Innovation Index (GII) tracks the most recent global innovation trends against the background of an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, slowing productivity growth and other evolving challenges. The ND-GAIN Country Index summarizes a country's vulnerability to climate change and other global challenges.\n\nIn the 2021 report, Russia ranked at place 45, and now they fell down to rank 47, and their score decreased from 36.6 down to 34.3. The massive brain drain and the war in Ukraine, as well as this massive crackdown on free thought in Russia, will set them for a further downgrading outside of the top 50 in the near future.\n\n7) Corruption, poverty and wealth distribution\n\nAt the bottom of many of Russia's problems is the widespread poverty in many of its regions. Especially the those regions east of the Ural mountains are massively striken by poverty. Poverty is running rampant in many parts of Russia, especially in its far east and rural regions. Over 20 percent of Russian households do not have a running water toilet.\n\nMany areas have no access to clean water or electricity. While Russia may want the world to believe that it is a rich and powerful nation, behind this facade lies something more sad and bleak. Putin's Russia is an extractive empire. All its revenues and all taxes are flowing to Moscow while the rural regions are living in utter poverty and despair.\n\nNations fail today because their extractive economic institutions do not create the incentives needed for people to save, invest, and innovate. Extractive political institutions support these economic institutions by cementing the power of those who benefit from the extraction.\"\n― Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty\n\nPoverty\n\nThe monthly minimum wage in Russia is 12,310 rubles, which is the equivalent of $196. While Russia is a very resource-rich country, it suffers from intense social inequality. The top 1 percent of the Russian population controls 71% of the nation's wealth. 13 percent of Russians are currently living in poverty. Unfortunately, the majority of people living in extreme poverty are children.\n\nAlso, 60 percent of those living below the poverty line in Russia are families with children.\n\nAs a result of social inequality, child poverty in Russia continues to rise. Currently, one in four Russian children lives below the poverty line. Additionally, 26 percent of Russian children live off of close to $150 per month. Child poverty in Russia is most prevalent in rural areas, as many do not have access to employment opportunities in most cases.\n\nThis poverty has fostered a deeply rooted and century long system of lies and corruption in Russia\n\nAccording to the Russian government, corruption caused losses of at least 58 billion rubles ($1 bn) in 2020, up from 55 billion rubles in 2019. Out of 10,879 officials charged with corruption, 1,337 (12.3%) were from the Ministry of Defense — the second biggest cohort.\n\nThe largest number of recorded corruption-related crimes were committed in the field of public order and security, accounting for 19.9% (4,521) of the total. The Ministry of Defense recorded a 30% jump in the number of persons charged with corruption.\n\nWealth distribution and living costs\n\nThe extreme inequality in income and net worth in Russia between the richest and the poorest creates many social problems. This makes it easier for Putin to control his own people. Russia mostly lacks a real middle class. You are either rich or as poor as someone living in a tier 4 economy. There is not much in between. In 2020, Russia ranked on place 57 of the GINI Index.\n\nThe reality today is much bleaker than this. The current Russian system has no interest in bringing value to the many but rather unspoken riches to the few. Putin's henchmen want freedom only for themselves, while the people shall remain enslaved. Russia has steadily declined in this index since 2012, roughly the time when Putin made his turn towards autocracy.\n\nHistory reminds us that dictators and despots arise during times of severe economic crisis. Robert Kiyosaki\n\nSummary and Conclusion\n\nRussia is rich in resources. However, that doesn't translate into a good life for a vast majority of its citizens. This is the fault of the policy makers in Moscow who designed the system to be that way. While Russians have to struggle for their survival, they have little to no time to worry about what Putin does or doesn't do. Russians have externalised politics, and the results are not pretty. The Russian economy took a heavy hit last year and will continue taking hits for as long as this war continues.\n\nA fascist is one whose lust for money or power is combined with such an intensity of intolerance toward those of other races, parties, classes, religions, cultures, regions or nations as to make him ruthless in his use of deceit or violence to attain his ends. Henry A. Wallace\n\nIn Russia, there is no rule of the law but the law of rulers. If we do not want to live in such a society, then we have to remain vigilant and protect our democratic values as human life is valuable, and every human on earth deserves a good life. Under a fascist dictator that cannot ever be achieved.\n\nDear reader, thanks for reading my article.\n\nPlease consider clapping, commenting, or following me on Medium.\n\nOh, and did you know about this little trick? If you press the clap button for 15 seconds you can clap 50 times at once.\n\nTake care and be well.\n\nAppendix:\n\nGenerally, we can divide countries along these income level categories\n\nHigh income countries: 32 dollars or more in daily income. (Tier 1)\n\nExamples: USA, GER, UK, F, ESP, Italy etc.\n\nUpper middle income countries: 8 to 32 dollars of daily income. (Tier 2)\n\nExamples: Bulgaria, China, Russia, etc.\n\nLow middle income countries: 4 to 8 dollars of daily income. (Tier 3)\n\nExamples: Vietnam, India, Ukraine, etc.\n\nLow income countries: 1 to 4 dollars of daily income. (Tier 4)\n\nRwanda Taijikistan, Syria, Burundi, etc.",
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"content": "Fascism is a lie told by bullies. Hemingway\n\nHow poverty, corruption, and lies cement Putin's power\n\nPutin's regime ensures that Russians have little time to care about Putin and his entourage by keeping the vast majority of Russians in a constant state of fighting for their economic survival.\n\nToday, the latest corruption perception index was published. Russia is shares rank 137 with Mali and Paraguay. Afghanistan is only 13 places away behind them. Ukraine, on the other hand, continued its slight upward trend from last year. They rank at place 116 in the new ranking. While Ukraine has a long way to go, Russia really hasn't got much further to fall.\n\nTo understand Russia, we need to understand just two numbers: 144 and 72.\n\nThe Global Wealth Report states that 144 (!) russians hold over 38 percent of Russia's wealth. The top 1 percent of their population holds 72 percent of this wealth. The bottom 50 percent of Putin's subjects have less than 870 dollars in net worth. Net-worth is a measure that refers to all the assets you own, including money, real estate, and other assets.\n\nWhen it comes to tyrants, dictators, and terrorists, strength and the threat of force is the only language they understand. Kevin McCarthy\n\nThis inequality is created by design. The center of power is Moscow and St. Petersburg.\n\nThere, many citizens have quite good living standards, not on a Western level but still quite good. The rest of the Russian empire is poorer by design. That is also the reason why Russia cannot accept a strong, wealthy, and democratic Ukraine. Putin cannot accept a country next door that becomes more democratic and less corrupt as this would seriously endanger the continued existence of his mafia empire.\n\nA free and vibrant Ukraine would topple the Russian imperial model. Putin is, therefore, willing to make this fascist turn. It is also far from over. I would say we are maybe halfway there. Martial law and closing the borders would be the next step towards a full-blown dictatorship, including canceling the elections next year. I think Putin always planned this fascist turn, but much later, as he expected to encounter almost no resistance from Ukraine.\n\nFascism is the stage reached after communism has proved an illusion.\nFriedrich August von Hayek\n\nRussia will never be the same again, as change comes slowly, and for Russia to find its way back, it may well take another generation or two. Many Russians are unaware of that, but the shift towards fascism will not be that easily reversed.\n\nEven when Putin is gone, people will have other things to worry about. Humans are easily fooled, but much harder to convince that they have been fooled.\n\n1) The HDI Index\n\nThe Human Development Index (HDI) provides a single index measure to capture three key dimensions of human development. Russia ranks somewhere outside of the top 50 in this report. However, the reality inside Russia is far bleaker than this rosy number may suggest. Russia was always good at one thing: To lie about their data. However, you cannot hide everything, and you cannot hide it forever.\n\nNo government agency has a jurisdiction over the truth. X-Files\n\n2) How long do Russians live on average?\n\nIn 2022, Russia ranked at place 113. The situation is probably much bleaker, with over 800k Covid19 deaths and at least 100.000 young men who died in this war. Russia has the highest rates of alcoholics, HIV positive, and TBC in Europe. These facts don't really speak for an ever growing life expectancy among their male population.\n\nTherefore, Peter Zeihan assumes that the life expectancy for men might be much lower, the official data of Rosstat suggests. I tend to agree with that assessment. The last good batch of data was provided in 2001. Back then, the life expectancy of men was 58.7 years. Now, 20 years later, it has risen to over 67 years for males. This is either a modern wonder of medicine or Russia is lying. The data that is obtainable from other sources suggests that it is the latter.\n\nNothing built on a lie, however, seductively convenient, could ever have any value. George Orwell\n\n3) Literacy Rate\n\nTheir literacy rate is at almost 100 percent, even though the Russian apprentice ship system collapsed in the 1990s. Since then, many young and educated people have fled the country in various emigration waves. Since the war began, over 1 million Russians have fled the country. Russia has been heavily defunding the education sector for decades now. This high literarcy rate comes with a caveat.\n\nAutocratic regimes need to ensure that their population is able to read and write. Otherwise, they cannot understand the propaganda their leaders want them to internalise. There are many infamous books written by dictators. They range from \"Mein Kampf\" to Gadaffi's \"little green book\" and there are many more.\n\n4) Infant Mortality\n\nRussian infant mortality rates have steadily decreased since their economic collapse in the 1990s. They rank way outside the top 50 though, Their infant mortality rate is twice as high as those of highly developed nations such as Austria or Germany, however, the US has very bad results here as well as 5.44 out of every 1000 children die in infant age.\n\nRussia achieved respectable results here.\n\n5) Doctors per 1000 inhabitants\n\nThe latest data is from 2018, which means the data provided has only limited validity. Russia ranks somewhere outside the top 20. This doesn't say anything about the quality of the service that is provided just the quantity of doctors.\n\nWhile the quality of healthcare that is provided in Moscow or Petersburg is quite good, in the rural areas, it is a lot worse.\n\nRussia is ranking somewhere outside of the top 20.\n\nThe effects of this lack of doctors, the overall bad healthcare system outside the main urban centers, as well as the ineffectiveness of Sputnik against the new variants, could explain the highest death toll any European country had to pay per capita because of the ongoing Covid19 Pandemic.\n\nRussia has a total of 820,307 COVID-related deaths for 2022.\n\n6) Infrastructure and Innovation Index\n\nThe data about their infrastructure is from 2019, which ranks them at place 73. Again, Russia is way outside the top 50 nations.\n\nRussian roads have long had an infamous reputation. Where they existed, they were often crumbling or unpaved and insufficient for major traffic. Perhaps most strikingly, while the Trans-Siberian Railroad is still considered to be one of Russia's major achievements, the Trans-Siberian Highway was only completed in 2015, more than 110 years later.\n\nThe highway, which is actually a series of connected roads, represents the first time that one could travel a continual stretch of paved road from St. Petersburg is in the far west of Russia with Vladivostok in the Far East.\n\nThe current war in Ukraine will make this problem much worse as the war in Ukraine forces Russia to make budget cuts. As the war continues, more and more funds will be diverted to sectors critical for the war effort, while others will be left further and further behind as time goes on.\n\nInnvovation Index for 2022\n\nThe Global Innovation Index (GII) tracks the most recent global innovation trends against the background of an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, slowing productivity growth and other evolving challenges. The ND-GAIN Country Index summarizes a country's vulnerability to climate change and other global challenges.\n\nIn the 2021 report, Russia ranked at place 45, and now they fell down to rank 47, and their score decreased from 36.6 down to 34.3. The massive brain drain and the war in Ukraine, as well as this massive crackdown on free thought in Russia, will set them for a further downgrading outside of the top 50 in the near future.\n\n7) Corruption, poverty and wealth distribution\n\nAt the bottom of many of Russia's problems is the widespread poverty in many of its regions. Especially the those regions east of the Ural mountains are massively striken by poverty. Poverty is running rampant in many parts of Russia, especially in its far east and rural regions. Over 20 percent of Russian households do not have a running water toilet.\n\nMany areas have no access to clean water or electricity. While Russia may want the world to believe that it is a rich and powerful nation, behind this facade lies something more sad and bleak. Putin's Russia is an extractive empire. All its revenues and all taxes are flowing to Moscow while the rural regions are living in utter poverty and despair.\n\nNations fail today because their extractive economic institutions do not create the incentives needed for people to save, invest, and innovate. Extractive political institutions support these economic institutions by cementing the power of those who benefit from the extraction.\"\n― Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty\n\nPoverty\n\nThe monthly minimum wage in Russia is 12,310 rubles, which is the equivalent of $196. While Russia is a very resource-rich country, it suffers from intense social inequality. The top 1 percent of the Russian population controls 71% of the nation's wealth. 13 percent of Russians are currently living in poverty. Unfortunately, the majority of people living in extreme poverty are children.\n\nAlso, 60 percent of those living below the poverty line in Russia are families with children.\n\nAs a result of social inequality, child poverty in Russia continues to rise. Currently, one in four Russian children lives below the poverty line. Additionally, 26 percent of Russian children live off of close to $150 per month. Child poverty in Russia is most prevalent in rural areas, as many do not have access to employment opportunities in most cases.\n\nThis poverty has fostered a deeply rooted and century long system of lies and corruption in Russia\n\nAccording to the Russian government, corruption caused losses of at least 58 billion rubles ($1 bn) in 2020, up from 55 billion rubles in 2019. Out of 10,879 officials charged with corruption, 1,337 (12.3%) were from the Ministry of Defense — the second biggest cohort.\n\nThe largest number of recorded corruption-related crimes were committed in the field of public order and security, accounting for 19.9% (4,521) of the total. The Ministry of Defense recorded a 30% jump in the number of persons charged with corruption.\n\nWealth distribution and living costs\n\nThe extreme inequality in income and net worth in Russia between the richest and the poorest creates many social problems. This makes it easier for Putin to control his own people. Russia mostly lacks a real middle class. You are either rich or as poor as someone living in a tier 4 economy. There is not much in between. In 2020, Russia ranked on place 57 of the GINI Index.\n\nThe reality today is much bleaker than this. The current Russian system has no interest in bringing value to the many but rather unspoken riches to the few. Putin's henchmen want freedom only for themselves, while the people shall remain enslaved. Russia has steadily declined in this index since 2012, roughly the time when Putin made his turn towards autocracy.\n\nHistory reminds us that dictators and despots arise during times of severe economic crisis. Robert Kiyosaki\n\nSummary and Conclusion\n\nRussia is rich in resources. However, that doesn't translate into a good life for a vast majority of its citizens. This is the fault of the policy makers in Moscow who designed the system to be that way. While Russians have to struggle for their survival, they have little to no time to worry about what Putin does or doesn't do. Russians have externalised politics, and the results are not pretty. The Russian economy took a heavy hit last year and will continue taking hits for as long as this war continues.\n\nA fascist is one whose lust for money or power is combined with such an intensity of intolerance toward those of other races, parties, classes, religions, cultures, regions or nations as to make him ruthless in his use of deceit or violence to attain his ends. Henry A. Wallace\n\nIn Russia, there is no rule of the law but the law of rulers. If we do not want to live in such a society, then we have to remain vigilant and protect our democratic values as human life is valuable, and every human on earth deserves a good life. Under a fascist dictator that cannot ever be achieved.\n\nDear reader, thanks for reading my article.\n\nPlease consider clapping, commenting, or following me on Medium.\n\nOh, and did you know about this little trick? If you press the clap button for 15 seconds you can clap 50 times at once.\n\nTake care and be well.\n\nAppendix:\n\nGenerally, we can divide countries along these income level categories\n\nHigh income countries: 32 dollars or more in daily income. (Tier 1)\n\nExamples: USA, GER, UK, F, ESP, Italy etc.\n\nUpper middle income countries: 8 to 32 dollars of daily income. (Tier 2)\n\nExamples: Bulgaria, China, Russia, etc.\n\nLow middle income countries: 4 to 8 dollars of daily income. (Tier 3)\n\nExamples: Vietnam, India, Ukraine, etc.\n\nLow income countries: 1 to 4 dollars of daily income. (Tier 4)\n\nRwanda Taijikistan, Syria, Burundi, etc.",
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"content": "Just a thought, Chris. Does anyone know the last time Putin told the truth. By the utter poverty alone of his people, the man obviously has no shame and never had a moral compass. Tragically sad. Thanks for your write. Well done.",
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Many moons ago I picked up a double major in econ and business mgt. Yet I've never thought of the implications of a successful Ukrainian economy on Putin's border. If my next-door neighbor can flush a toilet or plug in his stolen refrigerator and I can't, my wife would raise hell.
I wish I could take some of your classes!
By the way, I loved your second response to Mr. Shoovro. Could there be Russian bots on Medium?
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"content": "Fascism is a lie told by bullies. Hemingway\n\nHow poverty, corruption, and lies cement Putin's power\n\nPutin's regime ensures that Russians have little time to care about Putin and his entourage by keeping the vast majority of Russians in a constant state of fighting for their economic survival.\n\nToday, the latest corruption perception index was published. Russia is shares rank 137 with Mali and Paraguay. Afghanistan is only 13 places away behind them. Ukraine, on the other hand, continued its slight upward trend from last year. They rank at place 116 in the new ranking. While Ukraine has a long way to go, Russia really hasn't got much further to fall.\n\nTo understand Russia, we need to understand just two numbers: 144 and 72.\n\nThe Global Wealth Report states that 144 (!) russians hold over 38 percent of Russia's wealth. The top 1 percent of their population holds 72 percent of this wealth. The bottom 50 percent of Putin's subjects have less than 870 dollars in net worth. Net-worth is a measure that refers to all the assets you own, including money, real estate, and other assets.\n\nWhen it comes to tyrants, dictators, and terrorists, strength and the threat of force is the only language they understand. Kevin McCarthy\n\nThis inequality is created by design. The center of power is Moscow and St. Petersburg.\n\nThere, many citizens have quite good living standards, not on a Western level but still quite good. The rest of the Russian empire is poorer by design. That is also the reason why Russia cannot accept a strong, wealthy, and democratic Ukraine. Putin cannot accept a country next door that becomes more democratic and less corrupt as this would seriously endanger the continued existence of his mafia empire.\n\nA free and vibrant Ukraine would topple the Russian imperial model. Putin is, therefore, willing to make this fascist turn. It is also far from over. I would say we are maybe halfway there. Martial law and closing the borders would be the next step towards a full-blown dictatorship, including canceling the elections next year. I think Putin always planned this fascist turn, but much later, as he expected to encounter almost no resistance from Ukraine.\n\nFascism is the stage reached after communism has proved an illusion.\nFriedrich August von Hayek\n\nRussia will never be the same again, as change comes slowly, and for Russia to find its way back, it may well take another generation or two. Many Russians are unaware of that, but the shift towards fascism will not be that easily reversed.\n\nEven when Putin is gone, people will have other things to worry about. Humans are easily fooled, but much harder to convince that they have been fooled.\n\n1) The HDI Index\n\nThe Human Development Index (HDI) provides a single index measure to capture three key dimensions of human development. Russia ranks somewhere outside of the top 50 in this report. However, the reality inside Russia is far bleaker than this rosy number may suggest. Russia was always good at one thing: To lie about their data. However, you cannot hide everything, and you cannot hide it forever.\n\nNo government agency has a jurisdiction over the truth. X-Files\n\n2) How long do Russians live on average?\n\nIn 2022, Russia ranked at place 113. The situation is probably much bleaker, with over 800k Covid19 deaths and at least 100.000 young men who died in this war. Russia has the highest rates of alcoholics, HIV positive, and TBC in Europe. These facts don't really speak for an ever growing life expectancy among their male population.\n\nTherefore, Peter Zeihan assumes that the life expectancy for men might be much lower, the official data of Rosstat suggests. I tend to agree with that assessment. The last good batch of data was provided in 2001. Back then, the life expectancy of men was 58.7 years. Now, 20 years later, it has risen to over 67 years for males. This is either a modern wonder of medicine or Russia is lying. The data that is obtainable from other sources suggests that it is the latter.\n\nNothing built on a lie, however, seductively convenient, could ever have any value. George Orwell\n\n3) Literacy Rate\n\nTheir literacy rate is at almost 100 percent, even though the Russian apprentice ship system collapsed in the 1990s. Since then, many young and educated people have fled the country in various emigration waves. Since the war began, over 1 million Russians have fled the country. Russia has been heavily defunding the education sector for decades now. This high literarcy rate comes with a caveat.\n\nAutocratic regimes need to ensure that their population is able to read and write. Otherwise, they cannot understand the propaganda their leaders want them to internalise. There are many infamous books written by dictators. They range from \"Mein Kampf\" to Gadaffi's \"little green book\" and there are many more.\n\n4) Infant Mortality\n\nRussian infant mortality rates have steadily decreased since their economic collapse in the 1990s. They rank way outside the top 50 though, Their infant mortality rate is twice as high as those of highly developed nations such as Austria or Germany, however, the US has very bad results here as well as 5.44 out of every 1000 children die in infant age.\n\nRussia achieved respectable results here.\n\n5) Doctors per 1000 inhabitants\n\nThe latest data is from 2018, which means the data provided has only limited validity. Russia ranks somewhere outside the top 20. This doesn't say anything about the quality of the service that is provided just the quantity of doctors.\n\nWhile the quality of healthcare that is provided in Moscow or Petersburg is quite good, in the rural areas, it is a lot worse.\n\nRussia is ranking somewhere outside of the top 20.\n\nThe effects of this lack of doctors, the overall bad healthcare system outside the main urban centers, as well as the ineffectiveness of Sputnik against the new variants, could explain the highest death toll any European country had to pay per capita because of the ongoing Covid19 Pandemic.\n\nRussia has a total of 820,307 COVID-related deaths for 2022.\n\n6) Infrastructure and Innovation Index\n\nThe data about their infrastructure is from 2019, which ranks them at place 73. Again, Russia is way outside the top 50 nations.\n\nRussian roads have long had an infamous reputation. Where they existed, they were often crumbling or unpaved and insufficient for major traffic. Perhaps most strikingly, while the Trans-Siberian Railroad is still considered to be one of Russia's major achievements, the Trans-Siberian Highway was only completed in 2015, more than 110 years later.\n\nThe highway, which is actually a series of connected roads, represents the first time that one could travel a continual stretch of paved road from St. Petersburg is in the far west of Russia with Vladivostok in the Far East.\n\nThe current war in Ukraine will make this problem much worse as the war in Ukraine forces Russia to make budget cuts. As the war continues, more and more funds will be diverted to sectors critical for the war effort, while others will be left further and further behind as time goes on.\n\nInnvovation Index for 2022\n\nThe Global Innovation Index (GII) tracks the most recent global innovation trends against the background of an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, slowing productivity growth and other evolving challenges. The ND-GAIN Country Index summarizes a country's vulnerability to climate change and other global challenges.\n\nIn the 2021 report, Russia ranked at place 45, and now they fell down to rank 47, and their score decreased from 36.6 down to 34.3. The massive brain drain and the war in Ukraine, as well as this massive crackdown on free thought in Russia, will set them for a further downgrading outside of the top 50 in the near future.\n\n7) Corruption, poverty and wealth distribution\n\nAt the bottom of many of Russia's problems is the widespread poverty in many of its regions. Especially the those regions east of the Ural mountains are massively striken by poverty. Poverty is running rampant in many parts of Russia, especially in its far east and rural regions. Over 20 percent of Russian households do not have a running water toilet.\n\nMany areas have no access to clean water or electricity. While Russia may want the world to believe that it is a rich and powerful nation, behind this facade lies something more sad and bleak. Putin's Russia is an extractive empire. All its revenues and all taxes are flowing to Moscow while the rural regions are living in utter poverty and despair.\n\nNations fail today because their extractive economic institutions do not create the incentives needed for people to save, invest, and innovate. Extractive political institutions support these economic institutions by cementing the power of those who benefit from the extraction.\"\n― Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty\n\nPoverty\n\nThe monthly minimum wage in Russia is 12,310 rubles, which is the equivalent of $196. While Russia is a very resource-rich country, it suffers from intense social inequality. The top 1 percent of the Russian population controls 71% of the nation's wealth. 13 percent of Russians are currently living in poverty. Unfortunately, the majority of people living in extreme poverty are children.\n\nAlso, 60 percent of those living below the poverty line in Russia are families with children.\n\nAs a result of social inequality, child poverty in Russia continues to rise. Currently, one in four Russian children lives below the poverty line. Additionally, 26 percent of Russian children live off of close to $150 per month. Child poverty in Russia is most prevalent in rural areas, as many do not have access to employment opportunities in most cases.\n\nThis poverty has fostered a deeply rooted and century long system of lies and corruption in Russia\n\nAccording to the Russian government, corruption caused losses of at least 58 billion rubles ($1 bn) in 2020, up from 55 billion rubles in 2019. Out of 10,879 officials charged with corruption, 1,337 (12.3%) were from the Ministry of Defense — the second biggest cohort.\n\nThe largest number of recorded corruption-related crimes were committed in the field of public order and security, accounting for 19.9% (4,521) of the total. The Ministry of Defense recorded a 30% jump in the number of persons charged with corruption.\n\nWealth distribution and living costs\n\nThe extreme inequality in income and net worth in Russia between the richest and the poorest creates many social problems. This makes it easier for Putin to control his own people. Russia mostly lacks a real middle class. You are either rich or as poor as someone living in a tier 4 economy. There is not much in between. In 2020, Russia ranked on place 57 of the GINI Index.\n\nThe reality today is much bleaker than this. The current Russian system has no interest in bringing value to the many but rather unspoken riches to the few. Putin's henchmen want freedom only for themselves, while the people shall remain enslaved. Russia has steadily declined in this index since 2012, roughly the time when Putin made his turn towards autocracy.\n\nHistory reminds us that dictators and despots arise during times of severe economic crisis. Robert Kiyosaki\n\nSummary and Conclusion\n\nRussia is rich in resources. However, that doesn't translate into a good life for a vast majority of its citizens. This is the fault of the policy makers in Moscow who designed the system to be that way. While Russians have to struggle for their survival, they have little to no time to worry about what Putin does or doesn't do. Russians have externalised politics, and the results are not pretty. The Russian economy took a heavy hit last year and will continue taking hits for as long as this war continues.\n\nA fascist is one whose lust for money or power is combined with such an intensity of intolerance toward those of other races, parties, classes, religions, cultures, regions or nations as to make him ruthless in his use of deceit or violence to attain his ends. Henry A. Wallace\n\nIn Russia, there is no rule of the law but the law of rulers. If we do not want to live in such a society, then we have to remain vigilant and protect our democratic values as human life is valuable, and every human on earth deserves a good life. Under a fascist dictator that cannot ever be achieved.\n\nDear reader, thanks for reading my article.\n\nPlease consider clapping, commenting, or following me on Medium.\n\nOh, and did you know about this little trick? If you press the clap button for 15 seconds you can clap 50 times at once.\n\nTake care and be well.\n\nAppendix:\n\nGenerally, we can divide countries along these income level categories\n\nHigh income countries: 32 dollars or more in daily income. (Tier 1)\n\nExamples: USA, GER, UK, F, ESP, Italy etc.\n\nUpper middle income countries: 8 to 32 dollars of daily income. (Tier 2)\n\nExamples: Bulgaria, China, Russia, etc.\n\nLow middle income countries: 4 to 8 dollars of daily income. (Tier 3)\n\nExamples: Vietnam, India, Ukraine, etc.\n\nLow income countries: 1 to 4 dollars of daily income. (Tier 4)\n\nRwanda Taijikistan, Syria, Burundi, etc.",
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"content": "Fascism is a lie told by bullies. Hemingway\n\nHow poverty, corruption, and lies cement Putin's power\n\nPutin's regime ensures that Russians have little time to care about Putin and his entourage by keeping the vast majority of Russians in a constant state of fighting for their economic survival.\n\nToday, the latest corruption perception index was published. Russia is shares rank 137 with Mali and Paraguay. Afghanistan is only 13 places away behind them. Ukraine, on the other hand, continued its slight upward trend from last year. They rank at place 116 in the new ranking. While Ukraine has a long way to go, Russia really hasn't got much further to fall.\n\nTo understand Russia, we need to understand just two numbers: 144 and 72.\n\nThe Global Wealth Report states that 144 (!) russians hold over 38 percent of Russia's wealth. The top 1 percent of their population holds 72 percent of this wealth. The bottom 50 percent of Putin's subjects have less than 870 dollars in net worth. Net-worth is a measure that refers to all the assets you own, including money, real estate, and other assets.\n\nWhen it comes to tyrants, dictators, and terrorists, strength and the threat of force is the only language they understand. Kevin McCarthy\n\nThis inequality is created by design. The center of power is Moscow and St. Petersburg.\n\nThere, many citizens have quite good living standards, not on a Western level but still quite good. The rest of the Russian empire is poorer by design. That is also the reason why Russia cannot accept a strong, wealthy, and democratic Ukraine. Putin cannot accept a country next door that becomes more democratic and less corrupt as this would seriously endanger the continued existence of his mafia empire.\n\nA free and vibrant Ukraine would topple the Russian imperial model. Putin is, therefore, willing to make this fascist turn. It is also far from over. I would say we are maybe halfway there. Martial law and closing the borders would be the next step towards a full-blown dictatorship, including canceling the elections next year. I think Putin always planned this fascist turn, but much later, as he expected to encounter almost no resistance from Ukraine.\n\nFascism is the stage reached after communism has proved an illusion.\nFriedrich August von Hayek\n\nRussia will never be the same again, as change comes slowly, and for Russia to find its way back, it may well take another generation or two. Many Russians are unaware of that, but the shift towards fascism will not be that easily reversed.\n\nEven when Putin is gone, people will have other things to worry about. Humans are easily fooled, but much harder to convince that they have been fooled.\n\n1) The HDI Index\n\nThe Human Development Index (HDI) provides a single index measure to capture three key dimensions of human development. Russia ranks somewhere outside of the top 50 in this report. However, the reality inside Russia is far bleaker than this rosy number may suggest. Russia was always good at one thing: To lie about their data. However, you cannot hide everything, and you cannot hide it forever.\n\nNo government agency has a jurisdiction over the truth. X-Files\n\n2) How long do Russians live on average?\n\nIn 2022, Russia ranked at place 113. The situation is probably much bleaker, with over 800k Covid19 deaths and at least 100.000 young men who died in this war. Russia has the highest rates of alcoholics, HIV positive, and TBC in Europe. These facts don't really speak for an ever growing life expectancy among their male population.\n\nTherefore, Peter Zeihan assumes that the life expectancy for men might be much lower, the official data of Rosstat suggests. I tend to agree with that assessment. The last good batch of data was provided in 2001. Back then, the life expectancy of men was 58.7 years. Now, 20 years later, it has risen to over 67 years for males. This is either a modern wonder of medicine or Russia is lying. The data that is obtainable from other sources suggests that it is the latter.\n\nNothing built on a lie, however, seductively convenient, could ever have any value. George Orwell\n\n3) Literacy Rate\n\nTheir literacy rate is at almost 100 percent, even though the Russian apprentice ship system collapsed in the 1990s. Since then, many young and educated people have fled the country in various emigration waves. Since the war began, over 1 million Russians have fled the country. Russia has been heavily defunding the education sector for decades now. This high literarcy rate comes with a caveat.\n\nAutocratic regimes need to ensure that their population is able to read and write. Otherwise, they cannot understand the propaganda their leaders want them to internalise. There are many infamous books written by dictators. They range from \"Mein Kampf\" to Gadaffi's \"little green book\" and there are many more.\n\n4) Infant Mortality\n\nRussian infant mortality rates have steadily decreased since their economic collapse in the 1990s. They rank way outside the top 50 though, Their infant mortality rate is twice as high as those of highly developed nations such as Austria or Germany, however, the US has very bad results here as well as 5.44 out of every 1000 children die in infant age.\n\nRussia achieved respectable results here.\n\n5) Doctors per 1000 inhabitants\n\nThe latest data is from 2018, which means the data provided has only limited validity. Russia ranks somewhere outside the top 20. This doesn't say anything about the quality of the service that is provided just the quantity of doctors.\n\nWhile the quality of healthcare that is provided in Moscow or Petersburg is quite good, in the rural areas, it is a lot worse.\n\nRussia is ranking somewhere outside of the top 20.\n\nThe effects of this lack of doctors, the overall bad healthcare system outside the main urban centers, as well as the ineffectiveness of Sputnik against the new variants, could explain the highest death toll any European country had to pay per capita because of the ongoing Covid19 Pandemic.\n\nRussia has a total of 820,307 COVID-related deaths for 2022.\n\n6) Infrastructure and Innovation Index\n\nThe data about their infrastructure is from 2019, which ranks them at place 73. Again, Russia is way outside the top 50 nations.\n\nRussian roads have long had an infamous reputation. Where they existed, they were often crumbling or unpaved and insufficient for major traffic. Perhaps most strikingly, while the Trans-Siberian Railroad is still considered to be one of Russia's major achievements, the Trans-Siberian Highway was only completed in 2015, more than 110 years later.\n\nThe highway, which is actually a series of connected roads, represents the first time that one could travel a continual stretch of paved road from St. Petersburg is in the far west of Russia with Vladivostok in the Far East.\n\nThe current war in Ukraine will make this problem much worse as the war in Ukraine forces Russia to make budget cuts. As the war continues, more and more funds will be diverted to sectors critical for the war effort, while others will be left further and further behind as time goes on.\n\nInnvovation Index for 2022\n\nThe Global Innovation Index (GII) tracks the most recent global innovation trends against the background of an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, slowing productivity growth and other evolving challenges. The ND-GAIN Country Index summarizes a country's vulnerability to climate change and other global challenges.\n\nIn the 2021 report, Russia ranked at place 45, and now they fell down to rank 47, and their score decreased from 36.6 down to 34.3. The massive brain drain and the war in Ukraine, as well as this massive crackdown on free thought in Russia, will set them for a further downgrading outside of the top 50 in the near future.\n\n7) Corruption, poverty and wealth distribution\n\nAt the bottom of many of Russia's problems is the widespread poverty in many of its regions. Especially the those regions east of the Ural mountains are massively striken by poverty. Poverty is running rampant in many parts of Russia, especially in its far east and rural regions. Over 20 percent of Russian households do not have a running water toilet.\n\nMany areas have no access to clean water or electricity. While Russia may want the world to believe that it is a rich and powerful nation, behind this facade lies something more sad and bleak. Putin's Russia is an extractive empire. All its revenues and all taxes are flowing to Moscow while the rural regions are living in utter poverty and despair.\n\nNations fail today because their extractive economic institutions do not create the incentives needed for people to save, invest, and innovate. Extractive political institutions support these economic institutions by cementing the power of those who benefit from the extraction.\"\n― Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty\n\nPoverty\n\nThe monthly minimum wage in Russia is 12,310 rubles, which is the equivalent of $196. While Russia is a very resource-rich country, it suffers from intense social inequality. The top 1 percent of the Russian population controls 71% of the nation's wealth. 13 percent of Russians are currently living in poverty. Unfortunately, the majority of people living in extreme poverty are children.\n\nAlso, 60 percent of those living below the poverty line in Russia are families with children.\n\nAs a result of social inequality, child poverty in Russia continues to rise. Currently, one in four Russian children lives below the poverty line. Additionally, 26 percent of Russian children live off of close to $150 per month. Child poverty in Russia is most prevalent in rural areas, as many do not have access to employment opportunities in most cases.\n\nThis poverty has fostered a deeply rooted and century long system of lies and corruption in Russia\n\nAccording to the Russian government, corruption caused losses of at least 58 billion rubles ($1 bn) in 2020, up from 55 billion rubles in 2019. Out of 10,879 officials charged with corruption, 1,337 (12.3%) were from the Ministry of Defense — the second biggest cohort.\n\nThe largest number of recorded corruption-related crimes were committed in the field of public order and security, accounting for 19.9% (4,521) of the total. The Ministry of Defense recorded a 30% jump in the number of persons charged with corruption.\n\nWealth distribution and living costs\n\nThe extreme inequality in income and net worth in Russia between the richest and the poorest creates many social problems. This makes it easier for Putin to control his own people. Russia mostly lacks a real middle class. You are either rich or as poor as someone living in a tier 4 economy. There is not much in between. In 2020, Russia ranked on place 57 of the GINI Index.\n\nThe reality today is much bleaker than this. The current Russian system has no interest in bringing value to the many but rather unspoken riches to the few. Putin's henchmen want freedom only for themselves, while the people shall remain enslaved. Russia has steadily declined in this index since 2012, roughly the time when Putin made his turn towards autocracy.\n\nHistory reminds us that dictators and despots arise during times of severe economic crisis. Robert Kiyosaki\n\nSummary and Conclusion\n\nRussia is rich in resources. However, that doesn't translate into a good life for a vast majority of its citizens. This is the fault of the policy makers in Moscow who designed the system to be that way. While Russians have to struggle for their survival, they have little to no time to worry about what Putin does or doesn't do. Russians have externalised politics, and the results are not pretty. The Russian economy took a heavy hit last year and will continue taking hits for as long as this war continues.\n\nA fascist is one whose lust for money or power is combined with such an intensity of intolerance toward those of other races, parties, classes, religions, cultures, regions or nations as to make him ruthless in his use of deceit or violence to attain his ends. Henry A. Wallace\n\nIn Russia, there is no rule of the law but the law of rulers. If we do not want to live in such a society, then we have to remain vigilant and protect our democratic values as human life is valuable, and every human on earth deserves a good life. Under a fascist dictator that cannot ever be achieved.\n\nDear reader, thanks for reading my article.\n\nPlease consider clapping, commenting, or following me on Medium.\n\nOh, and did you know about this little trick? If you press the clap button for 15 seconds you can clap 50 times at once.\n\nTake care and be well.\n\nAppendix:\n\nGenerally, we can divide countries along these income level categories\n\nHigh income countries: 32 dollars or more in daily income. (Tier 1)\n\nExamples: USA, GER, UK, F, ESP, Italy etc.\n\nUpper middle income countries: 8 to 32 dollars of daily income. (Tier 2)\n\nExamples: Bulgaria, China, Russia, etc.\n\nLow middle income countries: 4 to 8 dollars of daily income. (Tier 3)\n\nExamples: Vietnam, India, Ukraine, etc.\n\nLow income countries: 1 to 4 dollars of daily income. (Tier 4)\n\nRwanda Taijikistan, Syria, Burundi, etc.",
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"content": "Fascism is a lie told by bullies. Hemingway\n\nHow poverty, corruption, and lies cement Putin's power\n\nPutin's regime ensures that Russians have little time to care about Putin and his entourage by keeping the vast majority of Russians in a constant state of fighting for their economic survival.\n\nToday, the latest corruption perception index was published. Russia is shares rank 137 with Mali and Paraguay. Afghanistan is only 13 places away behind them. Ukraine, on the other hand, continued its slight upward trend from last year. They rank at place 116 in the new ranking. While Ukraine has a long way to go, Russia really hasn't got much further to fall.\n\nTo understand Russia, we need to understand just two numbers: 144 and 72.\n\nThe Global Wealth Report states that 144 (!) russians hold over 38 percent of Russia's wealth. The top 1 percent of their population holds 72 percent of this wealth. The bottom 50 percent of Putin's subjects have less than 870 dollars in net worth. Net-worth is a measure that refers to all the assets you own, including money, real estate, and other assets.\n\nWhen it comes to tyrants, dictators, and terrorists, strength and the threat of force is the only language they understand. Kevin McCarthy\n\nThis inequality is created by design. The center of power is Moscow and St. Petersburg.\n\nThere, many citizens have quite good living standards, not on a Western level but still quite good. The rest of the Russian empire is poorer by design. That is also the reason why Russia cannot accept a strong, wealthy, and democratic Ukraine. Putin cannot accept a country next door that becomes more democratic and less corrupt as this would seriously endanger the continued existence of his mafia empire.\n\nA free and vibrant Ukraine would topple the Russian imperial model. Putin is, therefore, willing to make this fascist turn. It is also far from over. I would say we are maybe halfway there. Martial law and closing the borders would be the next step towards a full-blown dictatorship, including canceling the elections next year. I think Putin always planned this fascist turn, but much later, as he expected to encounter almost no resistance from Ukraine.\n\nFascism is the stage reached after communism has proved an illusion.\nFriedrich August von Hayek\n\nRussia will never be the same again, as change comes slowly, and for Russia to find its way back, it may well take another generation or two. Many Russians are unaware of that, but the shift towards fascism will not be that easily reversed.\n\nEven when Putin is gone, people will have other things to worry about. Humans are easily fooled, but much harder to convince that they have been fooled.\n\n1) The HDI Index\n\nThe Human Development Index (HDI) provides a single index measure to capture three key dimensions of human development. Russia ranks somewhere outside of the top 50 in this report. However, the reality inside Russia is far bleaker than this rosy number may suggest. Russia was always good at one thing: To lie about their data. However, you cannot hide everything, and you cannot hide it forever.\n\nNo government agency has a jurisdiction over the truth. X-Files\n\n2) How long do Russians live on average?\n\nIn 2022, Russia ranked at place 113. The situation is probably much bleaker, with over 800k Covid19 deaths and at least 100.000 young men who died in this war. Russia has the highest rates of alcoholics, HIV positive, and TBC in Europe. These facts don't really speak for an ever growing life expectancy among their male population.\n\nTherefore, Peter Zeihan assumes that the life expectancy for men might be much lower, the official data of Rosstat suggests. I tend to agree with that assessment. The last good batch of data was provided in 2001. Back then, the life expectancy of men was 58.7 years. Now, 20 years later, it has risen to over 67 years for males. This is either a modern wonder of medicine or Russia is lying. The data that is obtainable from other sources suggests that it is the latter.\n\nNothing built on a lie, however, seductively convenient, could ever have any value. George Orwell\n\n3) Literacy Rate\n\nTheir literacy rate is at almost 100 percent, even though the Russian apprentice ship system collapsed in the 1990s. Since then, many young and educated people have fled the country in various emigration waves. Since the war began, over 1 million Russians have fled the country. Russia has been heavily defunding the education sector for decades now. This high literarcy rate comes with a caveat.\n\nAutocratic regimes need to ensure that their population is able to read and write. Otherwise, they cannot understand the propaganda their leaders want them to internalise. There are many infamous books written by dictators. They range from \"Mein Kampf\" to Gadaffi's \"little green book\" and there are many more.\n\n4) Infant Mortality\n\nRussian infant mortality rates have steadily decreased since their economic collapse in the 1990s. They rank way outside the top 50 though, Their infant mortality rate is twice as high as those of highly developed nations such as Austria or Germany, however, the US has very bad results here as well as 5.44 out of every 1000 children die in infant age.\n\nRussia achieved respectable results here.\n\n5) Doctors per 1000 inhabitants\n\nThe latest data is from 2018, which means the data provided has only limited validity. Russia ranks somewhere outside the top 20. This doesn't say anything about the quality of the service that is provided just the quantity of doctors.\n\nWhile the quality of healthcare that is provided in Moscow or Petersburg is quite good, in the rural areas, it is a lot worse.\n\nRussia is ranking somewhere outside of the top 20.\n\nThe effects of this lack of doctors, the overall bad healthcare system outside the main urban centers, as well as the ineffectiveness of Sputnik against the new variants, could explain the highest death toll any European country had to pay per capita because of the ongoing Covid19 Pandemic.\n\nRussia has a total of 820,307 COVID-related deaths for 2022.\n\n6) Infrastructure and Innovation Index\n\nThe data about their infrastructure is from 2019, which ranks them at place 73. Again, Russia is way outside the top 50 nations.\n\nRussian roads have long had an infamous reputation. Where they existed, they were often crumbling or unpaved and insufficient for major traffic. Perhaps most strikingly, while the Trans-Siberian Railroad is still considered to be one of Russia's major achievements, the Trans-Siberian Highway was only completed in 2015, more than 110 years later.\n\nThe highway, which is actually a series of connected roads, represents the first time that one could travel a continual stretch of paved road from St. Petersburg is in the far west of Russia with Vladivostok in the Far East.\n\nThe current war in Ukraine will make this problem much worse as the war in Ukraine forces Russia to make budget cuts. As the war continues, more and more funds will be diverted to sectors critical for the war effort, while others will be left further and further behind as time goes on.\n\nInnvovation Index for 2022\n\nThe Global Innovation Index (GII) tracks the most recent global innovation trends against the background of an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, slowing productivity growth and other evolving challenges. The ND-GAIN Country Index summarizes a country's vulnerability to climate change and other global challenges.\n\nIn the 2021 report, Russia ranked at place 45, and now they fell down to rank 47, and their score decreased from 36.6 down to 34.3. The massive brain drain and the war in Ukraine, as well as this massive crackdown on free thought in Russia, will set them for a further downgrading outside of the top 50 in the near future.\n\n7) Corruption, poverty and wealth distribution\n\nAt the bottom of many of Russia's problems is the widespread poverty in many of its regions. Especially the those regions east of the Ural mountains are massively striken by poverty. Poverty is running rampant in many parts of Russia, especially in its far east and rural regions. Over 20 percent of Russian households do not have a running water toilet.\n\nMany areas have no access to clean water or electricity. While Russia may want the world to believe that it is a rich and powerful nation, behind this facade lies something more sad and bleak. Putin's Russia is an extractive empire. All its revenues and all taxes are flowing to Moscow while the rural regions are living in utter poverty and despair.\n\nNations fail today because their extractive economic institutions do not create the incentives needed for people to save, invest, and innovate. Extractive political institutions support these economic institutions by cementing the power of those who benefit from the extraction.\"\n― Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty\n\nPoverty\n\nThe monthly minimum wage in Russia is 12,310 rubles, which is the equivalent of $196. While Russia is a very resource-rich country, it suffers from intense social inequality. The top 1 percent of the Russian population controls 71% of the nation's wealth. 13 percent of Russians are currently living in poverty. Unfortunately, the majority of people living in extreme poverty are children.\n\nAlso, 60 percent of those living below the poverty line in Russia are families with children.\n\nAs a result of social inequality, child poverty in Russia continues to rise. Currently, one in four Russian children lives below the poverty line. Additionally, 26 percent of Russian children live off of close to $150 per month. Child poverty in Russia is most prevalent in rural areas, as many do not have access to employment opportunities in most cases.\n\nThis poverty has fostered a deeply rooted and century long system of lies and corruption in Russia\n\nAccording to the Russian government, corruption caused losses of at least 58 billion rubles ($1 bn) in 2020, up from 55 billion rubles in 2019. Out of 10,879 officials charged with corruption, 1,337 (12.3%) were from the Ministry of Defense — the second biggest cohort.\n\nThe largest number of recorded corruption-related crimes were committed in the field of public order and security, accounting for 19.9% (4,521) of the total. The Ministry of Defense recorded a 30% jump in the number of persons charged with corruption.\n\nWealth distribution and living costs\n\nThe extreme inequality in income and net worth in Russia between the richest and the poorest creates many social problems. This makes it easier for Putin to control his own people. Russia mostly lacks a real middle class. You are either rich or as poor as someone living in a tier 4 economy. There is not much in between. In 2020, Russia ranked on place 57 of the GINI Index.\n\nThe reality today is much bleaker than this. The current Russian system has no interest in bringing value to the many but rather unspoken riches to the few. Putin's henchmen want freedom only for themselves, while the people shall remain enslaved. Russia has steadily declined in this index since 2012, roughly the time when Putin made his turn towards autocracy.\n\nHistory reminds us that dictators and despots arise during times of severe economic crisis. Robert Kiyosaki\n\nSummary and Conclusion\n\nRussia is rich in resources. However, that doesn't translate into a good life for a vast majority of its citizens. This is the fault of the policy makers in Moscow who designed the system to be that way. While Russians have to struggle for their survival, they have little to no time to worry about what Putin does or doesn't do. Russians have externalised politics, and the results are not pretty. The Russian economy took a heavy hit last year and will continue taking hits for as long as this war continues.\n\nA fascist is one whose lust for money or power is combined with such an intensity of intolerance toward those of other races, parties, classes, religions, cultures, regions or nations as to make him ruthless in his use of deceit or violence to attain his ends. Henry A. Wallace\n\nIn Russia, there is no rule of the law but the law of rulers. If we do not want to live in such a society, then we have to remain vigilant and protect our democratic values as human life is valuable, and every human on earth deserves a good life. Under a fascist dictator that cannot ever be achieved.\n\nDear reader, thanks for reading my article.\n\nPlease consider clapping, commenting, or following me on Medium.\n\nOh, and did you know about this little trick? If you press the clap button for 15 seconds you can clap 50 times at once.\n\nTake care and be well.\n\nAppendix:\n\nGenerally, we can divide countries along these income level categories\n\nHigh income countries: 32 dollars or more in daily income. (Tier 1)\n\nExamples: USA, GER, UK, F, ESP, Italy etc.\n\nUpper middle income countries: 8 to 32 dollars of daily income. (Tier 2)\n\nExamples: Bulgaria, China, Russia, etc.\n\nLow middle income countries: 4 to 8 dollars of daily income. (Tier 3)\n\nExamples: Vietnam, India, Ukraine, etc.\n\nLow income countries: 1 to 4 dollars of daily income. (Tier 4)\n\nRwanda Taijikistan, Syria, Burundi, etc.",
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"content": "Fascism is a lie told by bullies. Hemingway\n\nHow poverty, corruption, and lies cement Putin's power\n\nPutin's regime ensures that Russians have little time to care about Putin and his entourage by keeping the vast majority of Russians in a constant state of fighting for their economic survival.\n\nToday, the latest corruption perception index was published. Russia is shares rank 137 with Mali and Paraguay. Afghanistan is only 13 places away behind them. Ukraine, on the other hand, continued its slight upward trend from last year. They rank at place 116 in the new ranking. While Ukraine has a long way to go, Russia really hasn't got much further to fall.\n\nTo understand Russia, we need to understand just two numbers: 144 and 72.\n\nThe Global Wealth Report states that 144 (!) russians hold over 38 percent of Russia's wealth. The top 1 percent of their population holds 72 percent of this wealth. The bottom 50 percent of Putin's subjects have less than 870 dollars in net worth. Net-worth is a measure that refers to all the assets you own, including money, real estate, and other assets.\n\nWhen it comes to tyrants, dictators, and terrorists, strength and the threat of force is the only language they understand. Kevin McCarthy\n\nThis inequality is created by design. The center of power is Moscow and St. Petersburg.\n\nThere, many citizens have quite good living standards, not on a Western level but still quite good. The rest of the Russian empire is poorer by design. That is also the reason why Russia cannot accept a strong, wealthy, and democratic Ukraine. Putin cannot accept a country next door that becomes more democratic and less corrupt as this would seriously endanger the continued existence of his mafia empire.\n\nA free and vibrant Ukraine would topple the Russian imperial model. Putin is, therefore, willing to make this fascist turn. It is also far from over. I would say we are maybe halfway there. Martial law and closing the borders would be the next step towards a full-blown dictatorship, including canceling the elections next year. I think Putin always planned this fascist turn, but much later, as he expected to encounter almost no resistance from Ukraine.\n\nFascism is the stage reached after communism has proved an illusion.\nFriedrich August von Hayek\n\nRussia will never be the same again, as change comes slowly, and for Russia to find its way back, it may well take another generation or two. Many Russians are unaware of that, but the shift towards fascism will not be that easily reversed.\n\nEven when Putin is gone, people will have other things to worry about. Humans are easily fooled, but much harder to convince that they have been fooled.\n\n1) The HDI Index\n\nThe Human Development Index (HDI) provides a single index measure to capture three key dimensions of human development. Russia ranks somewhere outside of the top 50 in this report. However, the reality inside Russia is far bleaker than this rosy number may suggest. Russia was always good at one thing: To lie about their data. However, you cannot hide everything, and you cannot hide it forever.\n\nNo government agency has a jurisdiction over the truth. X-Files\n\n2) How long do Russians live on average?\n\nIn 2022, Russia ranked at place 113. The situation is probably much bleaker, with over 800k Covid19 deaths and at least 100.000 young men who died in this war. Russia has the highest rates of alcoholics, HIV positive, and TBC in Europe. These facts don't really speak for an ever growing life expectancy among their male population.\n\nTherefore, Peter Zeihan assumes that the life expectancy for men might be much lower, the official data of Rosstat suggests. I tend to agree with that assessment. The last good batch of data was provided in 2001. Back then, the life expectancy of men was 58.7 years. Now, 20 years later, it has risen to over 67 years for males. This is either a modern wonder of medicine or Russia is lying. The data that is obtainable from other sources suggests that it is the latter.\n\nNothing built on a lie, however, seductively convenient, could ever have any value. George Orwell\n\n3) Literacy Rate\n\nTheir literacy rate is at almost 100 percent, even though the Russian apprentice ship system collapsed in the 1990s. Since then, many young and educated people have fled the country in various emigration waves. Since the war began, over 1 million Russians have fled the country. Russia has been heavily defunding the education sector for decades now. This high literarcy rate comes with a caveat.\n\nAutocratic regimes need to ensure that their population is able to read and write. Otherwise, they cannot understand the propaganda their leaders want them to internalise. There are many infamous books written by dictators. They range from \"Mein Kampf\" to Gadaffi's \"little green book\" and there are many more.\n\n4) Infant Mortality\n\nRussian infant mortality rates have steadily decreased since their economic collapse in the 1990s. They rank way outside the top 50 though, Their infant mortality rate is twice as high as those of highly developed nations such as Austria or Germany, however, the US has very bad results here as well as 5.44 out of every 1000 children die in infant age.\n\nRussia achieved respectable results here.\n\n5) Doctors per 1000 inhabitants\n\nThe latest data is from 2018, which means the data provided has only limited validity. Russia ranks somewhere outside the top 20. This doesn't say anything about the quality of the service that is provided just the quantity of doctors.\n\nWhile the quality of healthcare that is provided in Moscow or Petersburg is quite good, in the rural areas, it is a lot worse.\n\nRussia is ranking somewhere outside of the top 20.\n\nThe effects of this lack of doctors, the overall bad healthcare system outside the main urban centers, as well as the ineffectiveness of Sputnik against the new variants, could explain the highest death toll any European country had to pay per capita because of the ongoing Covid19 Pandemic.\n\nRussia has a total of 820,307 COVID-related deaths for 2022.\n\n6) Infrastructure and Innovation Index\n\nThe data about their infrastructure is from 2019, which ranks them at place 73. Again, Russia is way outside the top 50 nations.\n\nRussian roads have long had an infamous reputation. Where they existed, they were often crumbling or unpaved and insufficient for major traffic. Perhaps most strikingly, while the Trans-Siberian Railroad is still considered to be one of Russia's major achievements, the Trans-Siberian Highway was only completed in 2015, more than 110 years later.\n\nThe highway, which is actually a series of connected roads, represents the first time that one could travel a continual stretch of paved road from St. Petersburg is in the far west of Russia with Vladivostok in the Far East.\n\nThe current war in Ukraine will make this problem much worse as the war in Ukraine forces Russia to make budget cuts. As the war continues, more and more funds will be diverted to sectors critical for the war effort, while others will be left further and further behind as time goes on.\n\nInnvovation Index for 2022\n\nThe Global Innovation Index (GII) tracks the most recent global innovation trends against the background of an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, slowing productivity growth and other evolving challenges. The ND-GAIN Country Index summarizes a country's vulnerability to climate change and other global challenges.\n\nIn the 2021 report, Russia ranked at place 45, and now they fell down to rank 47, and their score decreased from 36.6 down to 34.3. The massive brain drain and the war in Ukraine, as well as this massive crackdown on free thought in Russia, will set them for a further downgrading outside of the top 50 in the near future.\n\n7) Corruption, poverty and wealth distribution\n\nAt the bottom of many of Russia's problems is the widespread poverty in many of its regions. Especially the those regions east of the Ural mountains are massively striken by poverty. Poverty is running rampant in many parts of Russia, especially in its far east and rural regions. Over 20 percent of Russian households do not have a running water toilet.\n\nMany areas have no access to clean water or electricity. While Russia may want the world to believe that it is a rich and powerful nation, behind this facade lies something more sad and bleak. Putin's Russia is an extractive empire. All its revenues and all taxes are flowing to Moscow while the rural regions are living in utter poverty and despair.\n\nNations fail today because their extractive economic institutions do not create the incentives needed for people to save, invest, and innovate. Extractive political institutions support these economic institutions by cementing the power of those who benefit from the extraction.\"\n― Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty\n\nPoverty\n\nThe monthly minimum wage in Russia is 12,310 rubles, which is the equivalent of $196. While Russia is a very resource-rich country, it suffers from intense social inequality. The top 1 percent of the Russian population controls 71% of the nation's wealth. 13 percent of Russians are currently living in poverty. Unfortunately, the majority of people living in extreme poverty are children.\n\nAlso, 60 percent of those living below the poverty line in Russia are families with children.\n\nAs a result of social inequality, child poverty in Russia continues to rise. Currently, one in four Russian children lives below the poverty line. Additionally, 26 percent of Russian children live off of close to $150 per month. Child poverty in Russia is most prevalent in rural areas, as many do not have access to employment opportunities in most cases.\n\nThis poverty has fostered a deeply rooted and century long system of lies and corruption in Russia\n\nAccording to the Russian government, corruption caused losses of at least 58 billion rubles ($1 bn) in 2020, up from 55 billion rubles in 2019. Out of 10,879 officials charged with corruption, 1,337 (12.3%) were from the Ministry of Defense — the second biggest cohort.\n\nThe largest number of recorded corruption-related crimes were committed in the field of public order and security, accounting for 19.9% (4,521) of the total. The Ministry of Defense recorded a 30% jump in the number of persons charged with corruption.\n\nWealth distribution and living costs\n\nThe extreme inequality in income and net worth in Russia between the richest and the poorest creates many social problems. This makes it easier for Putin to control his own people. Russia mostly lacks a real middle class. You are either rich or as poor as someone living in a tier 4 economy. There is not much in between. In 2020, Russia ranked on place 57 of the GINI Index.\n\nThe reality today is much bleaker than this. The current Russian system has no interest in bringing value to the many but rather unspoken riches to the few. Putin's henchmen want freedom only for themselves, while the people shall remain enslaved. Russia has steadily declined in this index since 2012, roughly the time when Putin made his turn towards autocracy.\n\nHistory reminds us that dictators and despots arise during times of severe economic crisis. Robert Kiyosaki\n\nSummary and Conclusion\n\nRussia is rich in resources. However, that doesn't translate into a good life for a vast majority of its citizens. This is the fault of the policy makers in Moscow who designed the system to be that way. While Russians have to struggle for their survival, they have little to no time to worry about what Putin does or doesn't do. Russians have externalised politics, and the results are not pretty. The Russian economy took a heavy hit last year and will continue taking hits for as long as this war continues.\n\nA fascist is one whose lust for money or power is combined with such an intensity of intolerance toward those of other races, parties, classes, religions, cultures, regions or nations as to make him ruthless in his use of deceit or violence to attain his ends. Henry A. Wallace\n\nIn Russia, there is no rule of the law but the law of rulers. If we do not want to live in such a society, then we have to remain vigilant and protect our democratic values as human life is valuable, and every human on earth deserves a good life. Under a fascist dictator that cannot ever be achieved.\n\nDear reader, thanks for reading my article.\n\nPlease consider clapping, commenting, or following me on Medium.\n\nOh, and did you know about this little trick? If you press the clap button for 15 seconds you can clap 50 times at once.\n\nTake care and be well.\n\nAppendix:\n\nGenerally, we can divide countries along these income level categories\n\nHigh income countries: 32 dollars or more in daily income. (Tier 1)\n\nExamples: USA, GER, UK, F, ESP, Italy etc.\n\nUpper middle income countries: 8 to 32 dollars of daily income. (Tier 2)\n\nExamples: Bulgaria, China, Russia, etc.\n\nLow middle income countries: 4 to 8 dollars of daily income. (Tier 3)\n\nExamples: Vietnam, India, Ukraine, etc.\n\nLow income countries: 1 to 4 dollars of daily income. (Tier 4)\n\nRwanda Taijikistan, Syria, Burundi, etc.",
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"content": "Fascism is a lie told by bullies. Hemingway\n\nHow poverty, corruption, and lies cement Putin's power\n\nPutin's regime ensures that Russians have little time to care about Putin and his entourage by keeping the vast majority of Russians in a constant state of fighting for their economic survival.\n\nToday, the latest corruption perception index was published. Russia is shares rank 137 with Mali and Paraguay. Afghanistan is only 13 places away behind them. Ukraine, on the other hand, continued its slight upward trend from last year. They rank at place 116 in the new ranking. While Ukraine has a long way to go, Russia really hasn't got much further to fall.\n\nTo understand Russia, we need to understand just two numbers: 144 and 72.\n\nThe Global Wealth Report states that 144 (!) russians hold over 38 percent of Russia's wealth. The top 1 percent of their population holds 72 percent of this wealth. The bottom 50 percent of Putin's subjects have less than 870 dollars in net worth. Net-worth is a measure that refers to all the assets you own, including money, real estate, and other assets.\n\nWhen it comes to tyrants, dictators, and terrorists, strength and the threat of force is the only language they understand. Kevin McCarthy\n\nThis inequality is created by design. The center of power is Moscow and St. Petersburg.\n\nThere, many citizens have quite good living standards, not on a Western level but still quite good. The rest of the Russian empire is poorer by design. That is also the reason why Russia cannot accept a strong, wealthy, and democratic Ukraine. Putin cannot accept a country next door that becomes more democratic and less corrupt as this would seriously endanger the continued existence of his mafia empire.\n\nA free and vibrant Ukraine would topple the Russian imperial model. Putin is, therefore, willing to make this fascist turn. It is also far from over. I would say we are maybe halfway there. Martial law and closing the borders would be the next step towards a full-blown dictatorship, including canceling the elections next year. I think Putin always planned this fascist turn, but much later, as he expected to encounter almost no resistance from Ukraine.\n\nFascism is the stage reached after communism has proved an illusion.\nFriedrich August von Hayek\n\nRussia will never be the same again, as change comes slowly, and for Russia to find its way back, it may well take another generation or two. Many Russians are unaware of that, but the shift towards fascism will not be that easily reversed.\n\nEven when Putin is gone, people will have other things to worry about. Humans are easily fooled, but much harder to convince that they have been fooled.\n\n1) The HDI Index\n\nThe Human Development Index (HDI) provides a single index measure to capture three key dimensions of human development. Russia ranks somewhere outside of the top 50 in this report. However, the reality inside Russia is far bleaker than this rosy number may suggest. Russia was always good at one thing: To lie about their data. However, you cannot hide everything, and you cannot hide it forever.\n\nNo government agency has a jurisdiction over the truth. X-Files\n\n2) How long do Russians live on average?\n\nIn 2022, Russia ranked at place 113. The situation is probably much bleaker, with over 800k Covid19 deaths and at least 100.000 young men who died in this war. Russia has the highest rates of alcoholics, HIV positive, and TBC in Europe. These facts don't really speak for an ever growing life expectancy among their male population.\n\nTherefore, Peter Zeihan assumes that the life expectancy for men might be much lower, the official data of Rosstat suggests. I tend to agree with that assessment. The last good batch of data was provided in 2001. Back then, the life expectancy of men was 58.7 years. Now, 20 years later, it has risen to over 67 years for males. This is either a modern wonder of medicine or Russia is lying. The data that is obtainable from other sources suggests that it is the latter.\n\nNothing built on a lie, however, seductively convenient, could ever have any value. George Orwell\n\n3) Literacy Rate\n\nTheir literacy rate is at almost 100 percent, even though the Russian apprentice ship system collapsed in the 1990s. Since then, many young and educated people have fled the country in various emigration waves. Since the war began, over 1 million Russians have fled the country. Russia has been heavily defunding the education sector for decades now. This high literarcy rate comes with a caveat.\n\nAutocratic regimes need to ensure that their population is able to read and write. Otherwise, they cannot understand the propaganda their leaders want them to internalise. There are many infamous books written by dictators. They range from \"Mein Kampf\" to Gadaffi's \"little green book\" and there are many more.\n\n4) Infant Mortality\n\nRussian infant mortality rates have steadily decreased since their economic collapse in the 1990s. They rank way outside the top 50 though, Their infant mortality rate is twice as high as those of highly developed nations such as Austria or Germany, however, the US has very bad results here as well as 5.44 out of every 1000 children die in infant age.\n\nRussia achieved respectable results here.\n\n5) Doctors per 1000 inhabitants\n\nThe latest data is from 2018, which means the data provided has only limited validity. Russia ranks somewhere outside the top 20. This doesn't say anything about the quality of the service that is provided just the quantity of doctors.\n\nWhile the quality of healthcare that is provided in Moscow or Petersburg is quite good, in the rural areas, it is a lot worse.\n\nRussia is ranking somewhere outside of the top 20.\n\nThe effects of this lack of doctors, the overall bad healthcare system outside the main urban centers, as well as the ineffectiveness of Sputnik against the new variants, could explain the highest death toll any European country had to pay per capita because of the ongoing Covid19 Pandemic.\n\nRussia has a total of 820,307 COVID-related deaths for 2022.\n\n6) Infrastructure and Innovation Index\n\nThe data about their infrastructure is from 2019, which ranks them at place 73. Again, Russia is way outside the top 50 nations.\n\nRussian roads have long had an infamous reputation. Where they existed, they were often crumbling or unpaved and insufficient for major traffic. Perhaps most strikingly, while the Trans-Siberian Railroad is still considered to be one of Russia's major achievements, the Trans-Siberian Highway was only completed in 2015, more than 110 years later.\n\nThe highway, which is actually a series of connected roads, represents the first time that one could travel a continual stretch of paved road from St. Petersburg is in the far west of Russia with Vladivostok in the Far East.\n\nThe current war in Ukraine will make this problem much worse as the war in Ukraine forces Russia to make budget cuts. As the war continues, more and more funds will be diverted to sectors critical for the war effort, while others will be left further and further behind as time goes on.\n\nInnvovation Index for 2022\n\nThe Global Innovation Index (GII) tracks the most recent global innovation trends against the background of an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, slowing productivity growth and other evolving challenges. The ND-GAIN Country Index summarizes a country's vulnerability to climate change and other global challenges.\n\nIn the 2021 report, Russia ranked at place 45, and now they fell down to rank 47, and their score decreased from 36.6 down to 34.3. The massive brain drain and the war in Ukraine, as well as this massive crackdown on free thought in Russia, will set them for a further downgrading outside of the top 50 in the near future.\n\n7) Corruption, poverty and wealth distribution\n\nAt the bottom of many of Russia's problems is the widespread poverty in many of its regions. Especially the those regions east of the Ural mountains are massively striken by poverty. Poverty is running rampant in many parts of Russia, especially in its far east and rural regions. Over 20 percent of Russian households do not have a running water toilet.\n\nMany areas have no access to clean water or electricity. While Russia may want the world to believe that it is a rich and powerful nation, behind this facade lies something more sad and bleak. Putin's Russia is an extractive empire. All its revenues and all taxes are flowing to Moscow while the rural regions are living in utter poverty and despair.\n\nNations fail today because their extractive economic institutions do not create the incentives needed for people to save, invest, and innovate. Extractive political institutions support these economic institutions by cementing the power of those who benefit from the extraction.\"\n― Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty\n\nPoverty\n\nThe monthly minimum wage in Russia is 12,310 rubles, which is the equivalent of $196. While Russia is a very resource-rich country, it suffers from intense social inequality. The top 1 percent of the Russian population controls 71% of the nation's wealth. 13 percent of Russians are currently living in poverty. Unfortunately, the majority of people living in extreme poverty are children.\n\nAlso, 60 percent of those living below the poverty line in Russia are families with children.\n\nAs a result of social inequality, child poverty in Russia continues to rise. Currently, one in four Russian children lives below the poverty line. Additionally, 26 percent of Russian children live off of close to $150 per month. Child poverty in Russia is most prevalent in rural areas, as many do not have access to employment opportunities in most cases.\n\nThis poverty has fostered a deeply rooted and century long system of lies and corruption in Russia\n\nAccording to the Russian government, corruption caused losses of at least 58 billion rubles ($1 bn) in 2020, up from 55 billion rubles in 2019. Out of 10,879 officials charged with corruption, 1,337 (12.3%) were from the Ministry of Defense — the second biggest cohort.\n\nThe largest number of recorded corruption-related crimes were committed in the field of public order and security, accounting for 19.9% (4,521) of the total. The Ministry of Defense recorded a 30% jump in the number of persons charged with corruption.\n\nWealth distribution and living costs\n\nThe extreme inequality in income and net worth in Russia between the richest and the poorest creates many social problems. This makes it easier for Putin to control his own people. Russia mostly lacks a real middle class. You are either rich or as poor as someone living in a tier 4 economy. There is not much in between. In 2020, Russia ranked on place 57 of the GINI Index.\n\nThe reality today is much bleaker than this. The current Russian system has no interest in bringing value to the many but rather unspoken riches to the few. Putin's henchmen want freedom only for themselves, while the people shall remain enslaved. Russia has steadily declined in this index since 2012, roughly the time when Putin made his turn towards autocracy.\n\nHistory reminds us that dictators and despots arise during times of severe economic crisis. Robert Kiyosaki\n\nSummary and Conclusion\n\nRussia is rich in resources. However, that doesn't translate into a good life for a vast majority of its citizens. This is the fault of the policy makers in Moscow who designed the system to be that way. While Russians have to struggle for their survival, they have little to no time to worry about what Putin does or doesn't do. Russians have externalised politics, and the results are not pretty. The Russian economy took a heavy hit last year and will continue taking hits for as long as this war continues.\n\nA fascist is one whose lust for money or power is combined with such an intensity of intolerance toward those of other races, parties, classes, religions, cultures, regions or nations as to make him ruthless in his use of deceit or violence to attain his ends. Henry A. Wallace\n\nIn Russia, there is no rule of the law but the law of rulers. If we do not want to live in such a society, then we have to remain vigilant and protect our democratic values as human life is valuable, and every human on earth deserves a good life. Under a fascist dictator that cannot ever be achieved.\n\nDear reader, thanks for reading my article.\n\nPlease consider clapping, commenting, or following me on Medium.\n\nOh, and did you know about this little trick? If you press the clap button for 15 seconds you can clap 50 times at once.\n\nTake care and be well.\n\nAppendix:\n\nGenerally, we can divide countries along these income level categories\n\nHigh income countries: 32 dollars or more in daily income. (Tier 1)\n\nExamples: USA, GER, UK, F, ESP, Italy etc.\n\nUpper middle income countries: 8 to 32 dollars of daily income. (Tier 2)\n\nExamples: Bulgaria, China, Russia, etc.\n\nLow middle income countries: 4 to 8 dollars of daily income. (Tier 3)\n\nExamples: Vietnam, India, Ukraine, etc.\n\nLow income countries: 1 to 4 dollars of daily income. (Tier 4)\n\nRwanda Taijikistan, Syria, Burundi, etc.",
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"content": "Fascism is a lie told by bullies. Hemingway\n\nHow poverty, corruption, and lies cement Putin's power\n\nPutin's regime ensures that Russians have little time to care about Putin and his entourage by keeping the vast majority of Russians in a constant state of fighting for their economic survival.\n\nToday, the latest corruption perception index was published. Russia is shares rank 137 with Mali and Paraguay. Afghanistan is only 13 places away behind them. Ukraine, on the other hand, continued its slight upward trend from last year. They rank at place 116 in the new ranking. While Ukraine has a long way to go, Russia really hasn't got much further to fall.\n\nTo understand Russia, we need to understand just two numbers: 144 and 72.\n\nThe Global Wealth Report states that 144 (!) russians hold over 38 percent of Russia's wealth. The top 1 percent of their population holds 72 percent of this wealth. The bottom 50 percent of Putin's subjects have less than 870 dollars in net worth. Net-worth is a measure that refers to all the assets you own, including money, real estate, and other assets.\n\nWhen it comes to tyrants, dictators, and terrorists, strength and the threat of force is the only language they understand. Kevin McCarthy\n\nThis inequality is created by design. The center of power is Moscow and St. Petersburg.\n\nThere, many citizens have quite good living standards, not on a Western level but still quite good. The rest of the Russian empire is poorer by design. That is also the reason why Russia cannot accept a strong, wealthy, and democratic Ukraine. Putin cannot accept a country next door that becomes more democratic and less corrupt as this would seriously endanger the continued existence of his mafia empire.\n\nA free and vibrant Ukraine would topple the Russian imperial model. Putin is, therefore, willing to make this fascist turn. It is also far from over. I would say we are maybe halfway there. Martial law and closing the borders would be the next step towards a full-blown dictatorship, including canceling the elections next year. I think Putin always planned this fascist turn, but much later, as he expected to encounter almost no resistance from Ukraine.\n\nFascism is the stage reached after communism has proved an illusion.\nFriedrich August von Hayek\n\nRussia will never be the same again, as change comes slowly, and for Russia to find its way back, it may well take another generation or two. Many Russians are unaware of that, but the shift towards fascism will not be that easily reversed.\n\nEven when Putin is gone, people will have other things to worry about. Humans are easily fooled, but much harder to convince that they have been fooled.\n\n1) The HDI Index\n\nThe Human Development Index (HDI) provides a single index measure to capture three key dimensions of human development. Russia ranks somewhere outside of the top 50 in this report. However, the reality inside Russia is far bleaker than this rosy number may suggest. Russia was always good at one thing: To lie about their data. However, you cannot hide everything, and you cannot hide it forever.\n\nNo government agency has a jurisdiction over the truth. X-Files\n\n2) How long do Russians live on average?\n\nIn 2022, Russia ranked at place 113. The situation is probably much bleaker, with over 800k Covid19 deaths and at least 100.000 young men who died in this war. Russia has the highest rates of alcoholics, HIV positive, and TBC in Europe. These facts don't really speak for an ever growing life expectancy among their male population.\n\nTherefore, Peter Zeihan assumes that the life expectancy for men might be much lower, the official data of Rosstat suggests. I tend to agree with that assessment. The last good batch of data was provided in 2001. Back then, the life expectancy of men was 58.7 years. Now, 20 years later, it has risen to over 67 years for males. This is either a modern wonder of medicine or Russia is lying. The data that is obtainable from other sources suggests that it is the latter.\n\nNothing built on a lie, however, seductively convenient, could ever have any value. George Orwell\n\n3) Literacy Rate\n\nTheir literacy rate is at almost 100 percent, even though the Russian apprentice ship system collapsed in the 1990s. Since then, many young and educated people have fled the country in various emigration waves. Since the war began, over 1 million Russians have fled the country. Russia has been heavily defunding the education sector for decades now. This high literarcy rate comes with a caveat.\n\nAutocratic regimes need to ensure that their population is able to read and write. Otherwise, they cannot understand the propaganda their leaders want them to internalise. There are many infamous books written by dictators. They range from \"Mein Kampf\" to Gadaffi's \"little green book\" and there are many more.\n\n4) Infant Mortality\n\nRussian infant mortality rates have steadily decreased since their economic collapse in the 1990s. They rank way outside the top 50 though, Their infant mortality rate is twice as high as those of highly developed nations such as Austria or Germany, however, the US has very bad results here as well as 5.44 out of every 1000 children die in infant age.\n\nRussia achieved respectable results here.\n\n5) Doctors per 1000 inhabitants\n\nThe latest data is from 2018, which means the data provided has only limited validity. Russia ranks somewhere outside the top 20. This doesn't say anything about the quality of the service that is provided just the quantity of doctors.\n\nWhile the quality of healthcare that is provided in Moscow or Petersburg is quite good, in the rural areas, it is a lot worse.\n\nRussia is ranking somewhere outside of the top 20.\n\nThe effects of this lack of doctors, the overall bad healthcare system outside the main urban centers, as well as the ineffectiveness of Sputnik against the new variants, could explain the highest death toll any European country had to pay per capita because of the ongoing Covid19 Pandemic.\n\nRussia has a total of 820,307 COVID-related deaths for 2022.\n\n6) Infrastructure and Innovation Index\n\nThe data about their infrastructure is from 2019, which ranks them at place 73. Again, Russia is way outside the top 50 nations.\n\nRussian roads have long had an infamous reputation. Where they existed, they were often crumbling or unpaved and insufficient for major traffic. Perhaps most strikingly, while the Trans-Siberian Railroad is still considered to be one of Russia's major achievements, the Trans-Siberian Highway was only completed in 2015, more than 110 years later.\n\nThe highway, which is actually a series of connected roads, represents the first time that one could travel a continual stretch of paved road from St. Petersburg is in the far west of Russia with Vladivostok in the Far East.\n\nThe current war in Ukraine will make this problem much worse as the war in Ukraine forces Russia to make budget cuts. As the war continues, more and more funds will be diverted to sectors critical for the war effort, while others will be left further and further behind as time goes on.\n\nInnvovation Index for 2022\n\nThe Global Innovation Index (GII) tracks the most recent global innovation trends against the background of an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, slowing productivity growth and other evolving challenges. The ND-GAIN Country Index summarizes a country's vulnerability to climate change and other global challenges.\n\nIn the 2021 report, Russia ranked at place 45, and now they fell down to rank 47, and their score decreased from 36.6 down to 34.3. The massive brain drain and the war in Ukraine, as well as this massive crackdown on free thought in Russia, will set them for a further downgrading outside of the top 50 in the near future.\n\n7) Corruption, poverty and wealth distribution\n\nAt the bottom of many of Russia's problems is the widespread poverty in many of its regions. Especially the those regions east of the Ural mountains are massively striken by poverty. Poverty is running rampant in many parts of Russia, especially in its far east and rural regions. Over 20 percent of Russian households do not have a running water toilet.\n\nMany areas have no access to clean water or electricity. While Russia may want the world to believe that it is a rich and powerful nation, behind this facade lies something more sad and bleak. Putin's Russia is an extractive empire. All its revenues and all taxes are flowing to Moscow while the rural regions are living in utter poverty and despair.\n\nNations fail today because their extractive economic institutions do not create the incentives needed for people to save, invest, and innovate. Extractive political institutions support these economic institutions by cementing the power of those who benefit from the extraction.\"\n― Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty\n\nPoverty\n\nThe monthly minimum wage in Russia is 12,310 rubles, which is the equivalent of $196. While Russia is a very resource-rich country, it suffers from intense social inequality. The top 1 percent of the Russian population controls 71% of the nation's wealth. 13 percent of Russians are currently living in poverty. Unfortunately, the majority of people living in extreme poverty are children.\n\nAlso, 60 percent of those living below the poverty line in Russia are families with children.\n\nAs a result of social inequality, child poverty in Russia continues to rise. Currently, one in four Russian children lives below the poverty line. Additionally, 26 percent of Russian children live off of close to $150 per month. Child poverty in Russia is most prevalent in rural areas, as many do not have access to employment opportunities in most cases.\n\nThis poverty has fostered a deeply rooted and century long system of lies and corruption in Russia\n\nAccording to the Russian government, corruption caused losses of at least 58 billion rubles ($1 bn) in 2020, up from 55 billion rubles in 2019. Out of 10,879 officials charged with corruption, 1,337 (12.3%) were from the Ministry of Defense — the second biggest cohort.\n\nThe largest number of recorded corruption-related crimes were committed in the field of public order and security, accounting for 19.9% (4,521) of the total. The Ministry of Defense recorded a 30% jump in the number of persons charged with corruption.\n\nWealth distribution and living costs\n\nThe extreme inequality in income and net worth in Russia between the richest and the poorest creates many social problems. This makes it easier for Putin to control his own people. Russia mostly lacks a real middle class. You are either rich or as poor as someone living in a tier 4 economy. There is not much in between. In 2020, Russia ranked on place 57 of the GINI Index.\n\nThe reality today is much bleaker than this. The current Russian system has no interest in bringing value to the many but rather unspoken riches to the few. Putin's henchmen want freedom only for themselves, while the people shall remain enslaved. Russia has steadily declined in this index since 2012, roughly the time when Putin made his turn towards autocracy.\n\nHistory reminds us that dictators and despots arise during times of severe economic crisis. Robert Kiyosaki\n\nSummary and Conclusion\n\nRussia is rich in resources. However, that doesn't translate into a good life for a vast majority of its citizens. This is the fault of the policy makers in Moscow who designed the system to be that way. While Russians have to struggle for their survival, they have little to no time to worry about what Putin does or doesn't do. Russians have externalised politics, and the results are not pretty. The Russian economy took a heavy hit last year and will continue taking hits for as long as this war continues.\n\nA fascist is one whose lust for money or power is combined with such an intensity of intolerance toward those of other races, parties, classes, religions, cultures, regions or nations as to make him ruthless in his use of deceit or violence to attain his ends. Henry A. Wallace\n\nIn Russia, there is no rule of the law but the law of rulers. If we do not want to live in such a society, then we have to remain vigilant and protect our democratic values as human life is valuable, and every human on earth deserves a good life. Under a fascist dictator that cannot ever be achieved.\n\nDear reader, thanks for reading my article.\n\nPlease consider clapping, commenting, or following me on Medium.\n\nOh, and did you know about this little trick? If you press the clap button for 15 seconds you can clap 50 times at once.\n\nTake care and be well.\n\nAppendix:\n\nGenerally, we can divide countries along these income level categories\n\nHigh income countries: 32 dollars or more in daily income. (Tier 1)\n\nExamples: USA, GER, UK, F, ESP, Italy etc.\n\nUpper middle income countries: 8 to 32 dollars of daily income. (Tier 2)\n\nExamples: Bulgaria, China, Russia, etc.\n\nLow middle income countries: 4 to 8 dollars of daily income. (Tier 3)\n\nExamples: Vietnam, India, Ukraine, etc.\n\nLow income countries: 1 to 4 dollars of daily income. (Tier 4)\n\nRwanda Taijikistan, Syria, Burundi, etc.",
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Blake, this is such a powerful reminder! Sometimes, we get so caught up in trying to feel motivated or perfect before taking action that we forget that consistency and sticking to the plan, regardless of how we feel, is the real key to progress. Life might not always be easy, but it can be simple if we commit to our routines and focus on what matters. It's all about taking those small, intentional steps every day, even when it feels tough. Keep pushing, you're on the right path!
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I agree with it all. We just need to live and get out of our heads. We think too much. I love thinking, that's why I write, but not when it starts to impact getting stuff done. Thanks for sharing and reading!
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Haha, yeah, you should be giving McDonalds the middle finger every day. Stuff is gross.
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Ha! I'd keep my foot on the pedal while waving with my middle finger as I scream maniacally at the McDonald's sign. Like "Eff you, Ronald McDonald! Keep your McNuggets to yourself, man!"
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"content": "Dr. Anthony Fauci: Peerless Public Servant and Pandemic Guide Steps Down\n\nTwenty-fifth in an ongoing series, Notes from a Plague-Time\n\nHow fortunate America was to have, in its gravest public health crisis in a century, a guide of the skill and stature of Dr. Anthony S. Fauci.\n\nServing since 1984 as head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Fauci led research teams aimed at preventing, diagnosing, and treating age-old infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria, as well as emerging ones such as Ebola, Zika, Sars, and HIV/AIDS. Over his long federal career, Dr. Fauci served as medical advisor to seven U.S. Presidents.\n\nWhen COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020 - the gravest public health crisis since the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, which killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide - Dr. Fauci was perfectly poised to lead us, like Virgil did Dante through the Inferno, to higher ground.\n\nBut while it was America's good fortune to have Dr. Fauci step up as our guide in such a fearful time, it was Dr. Fauci's bad fortune to step up - as chief medical advisor to the President - to a \"President\" (Donald J. Trump) who was a narcissist of the first order and a certified liar (see: The Washington Post's tabulator). By definition, a narcissist lacks any feeling for the public, and a lying narcissist is even worse in a life-or-death crisis - he is pure havoc. The collision between the Pre-Eminent Public Servant and the Chaos of Ego must have become, for Dr. Fauci, his own Inferno.\n\nWhich is why, in inaugurating my series \"Notes from a Plague-Time,\" I titled my first post \"In a Plague-Time, We Need Truth and Experts.\" It did not take a genius to foresee both the vital need for truth and expertise in a breaking life-or-death crisis, as well as the coming conflict between the lead players.\n\nAs expected for a public health official, Dr. Fauci quickly became the public face of the fight against this new virus - the coronavirus - which, because so little was known about it and because it seemed so lethal, struck fear, even panic, in much of the general public. Endeavoring to adhere to the science while also giving confidence, Dr. Fauci accurately termed the virus \"dynamic,\" one constantly changing, thus being studied as the pandemic unfolded; indeed, soon we saw viral variants. Until a vaccine was formulated, Dr. Fauci urged the common-sense precautions of masking and sanitizing. For his reality-based professionalism, Dr. Fauci became a saint in many households (including ours).\n\nAt the same time, proving political ideology is as pathological as any virus and acting on a long-term anti-science bias, Republicans soon targeted Dr. Fauci himself, vilifying him for allegedly crashing the economy and hurting America's children with mandated lockdowns of businesses and schools. Accused of \"flip-flopping,\" Dr. Fauci was simply \"following the science\" - following a \"dynamic\" virus wherever it went, which is what a good scientist does. Thus the public face of the COVID fight became a bull'e eye, a ready-made one. Trump, that medical genius, called Dr. Fauci \"a disaster.\"\n\nJumping further down the rabbit-hole of absurdity, masks were soon reviled, by GOP politicians and their followers, as an affront to personal liberty(!). Same for the vaccines, once they came online: These miracles of modern medicine, created in record time, were, according to the increasingly rabid Republicans, yet another affront to personal liberty(!). They even turned \"Fauci\" into a pejorative term: \"Don't Fauci my Florida.\" Elon Musk, that corporate disaster, tweeted \"Prosecute Fauci.\"\n\nBeyond absurd, this inflamed \"thinking\" is flat-out criminal: How many of the 1.1 million American lives lost to date to COVID-19 - count the zeroes: 1,100, 000 American lives - were needlessly lost, tragically so, sacrificed to political ideology and a lethal know-nothingism? On the other hand, while it is impossible to quantify, it can be justifiably claimed that Dr. Fauci's guidance saved countless millions more.\n\nBereft of moral sympathy, Republican pols strutted around practicing medicine without a license. One Republican who does have such a license - Rand Paul of Kentucky is an ophthalmologist - repeatedly lit into Dr. Fauci in Senate hearings with such twisted viciousness that, at one, the usually unflappable Dr. Fauci noted the senator's allegations \"kindled the crazies,\" resulting in death threats against him and his family(!). For shame.\n\nAnd, now, with the U.S. House of Representatives back in GOP control following the November midterms, Republicans threaten to investigate this peerless public servant? More shame.\n\nTrained in virology, Dr. Fauci understands contagion of the viral sort. Presumably, as a public health official, he also understands political contagion: the sort infecting ambitious types in their quest to climb the greasy pole for power. It is a sickening sight, and it must have sickened the good doctor, too. In his final interview with \"PBS NewsHour,\" Dr. Fauci expressed disappointment that the American public, so divided, could not see the COVID-19 pandemic as a galvanizing event, like World War II, that brought a disparate people together, as one, to fight for their mutual salvation. The good doctor no doubt feels he failed in his galvanizing role. I hope in his forthcoming memoir Dr. Fauci diagnoses our ideological disease and also prescribes treatment.\n\n\"No good deed goes unpunished\": The French with this proverb reveal their insight into human nature at its worst. Dr. Fauci took the worst. But, to his everlasting credit, he persevered in advocating for his patient - the American public - and steadfastly adhered to the science. I often wondered as Dr. Fauci hammered yet again at his message, what the constant repetition of his good advice, and the constant disputing of it, was doing to the wielder of the hammer himself, though this Stoic will not likely get lyrical about his pain. In his valedictory rounds before his official retirement in December upon leaving a half-century of public service, Dr. Fauci's parting advice, to future scientists as well as the public, remained simply: Follow the science.\n\nMeanwhile, Americans, so caught up in advocating for their own personal liberty, might do a rethink and consider, like Dr. Fauci, advocating for the commonweal, for the American public as a whole. Therein, as this viral pandemic recedes, lies our ethical recovery.\n\nI among millions thank Heaven that America had Anthony Stephen Fauci as its guide in this historic pandemic. Just remember how terrified we all were at the outset of this pandemic - was this another bubonic plague? - and how Dr. Fauci's steadying influence quelled that terror. Thank you, Dr. Fauci, for the totality of your extraordinary public service and for exemplifying that rarest of human specimens - a Mensch.\n\nFor other posts in this series, see here.",
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The F'n embarrassment is that he lied to everyone about what he actually did not know. This scumbag received a hefty F'n check from Pharma, he pulled a Trump on everyone. Probably worse than Trump, Fauci took.
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"content": "Dr. Anthony Fauci: Peerless Public Servant and Pandemic Guide Steps Down\n\nTwenty-fifth in an ongoing series, Notes from a Plague-Time\n\nHow fortunate America was to have, in its gravest public health crisis in a century, a guide of the skill and stature of Dr. Anthony S. Fauci.\n\nServing since 1984 as head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Fauci led research teams aimed at preventing, diagnosing, and treating age-old infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria, as well as emerging ones such as Ebola, Zika, Sars, and HIV/AIDS. Over his long federal career, Dr. Fauci served as medical advisor to seven U.S. Presidents.\n\nWhen COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020 - the gravest public health crisis since the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, which killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide - Dr. Fauci was perfectly poised to lead us, like Virgil did Dante through the Inferno, to higher ground.\n\nBut while it was America's good fortune to have Dr. Fauci step up as our guide in such a fearful time, it was Dr. Fauci's bad fortune to step up - as chief medical advisor to the President - to a \"President\" (Donald J. Trump) who was a narcissist of the first order and a certified liar (see: The Washington Post's tabulator). By definition, a narcissist lacks any feeling for the public, and a lying narcissist is even worse in a life-or-death crisis - he is pure havoc. The collision between the Pre-Eminent Public Servant and the Chaos of Ego must have become, for Dr. Fauci, his own Inferno.\n\nWhich is why, in inaugurating my series \"Notes from a Plague-Time,\" I titled my first post \"In a Plague-Time, We Need Truth and Experts.\" It did not take a genius to foresee both the vital need for truth and expertise in a breaking life-or-death crisis, as well as the coming conflict between the lead players.\n\nAs expected for a public health official, Dr. Fauci quickly became the public face of the fight against this new virus - the coronavirus - which, because so little was known about it and because it seemed so lethal, struck fear, even panic, in much of the general public. Endeavoring to adhere to the science while also giving confidence, Dr. Fauci accurately termed the virus \"dynamic,\" one constantly changing, thus being studied as the pandemic unfolded; indeed, soon we saw viral variants. Until a vaccine was formulated, Dr. Fauci urged the common-sense precautions of masking and sanitizing. For his reality-based professionalism, Dr. Fauci became a saint in many households (including ours).\n\nAt the same time, proving political ideology is as pathological as any virus and acting on a long-term anti-science bias, Republicans soon targeted Dr. Fauci himself, vilifying him for allegedly crashing the economy and hurting America's children with mandated lockdowns of businesses and schools. Accused of \"flip-flopping,\" Dr. Fauci was simply \"following the science\" - following a \"dynamic\" virus wherever it went, which is what a good scientist does. Thus the public face of the COVID fight became a bull'e eye, a ready-made one. Trump, that medical genius, called Dr. Fauci \"a disaster.\"\n\nJumping further down the rabbit-hole of absurdity, masks were soon reviled, by GOP politicians and their followers, as an affront to personal liberty(!). Same for the vaccines, once they came online: These miracles of modern medicine, created in record time, were, according to the increasingly rabid Republicans, yet another affront to personal liberty(!). They even turned \"Fauci\" into a pejorative term: \"Don't Fauci my Florida.\" Elon Musk, that corporate disaster, tweeted \"Prosecute Fauci.\"\n\nBeyond absurd, this inflamed \"thinking\" is flat-out criminal: How many of the 1.1 million American lives lost to date to COVID-19 - count the zeroes: 1,100, 000 American lives - were needlessly lost, tragically so, sacrificed to political ideology and a lethal know-nothingism? On the other hand, while it is impossible to quantify, it can be justifiably claimed that Dr. Fauci's guidance saved countless millions more.\n\nBereft of moral sympathy, Republican pols strutted around practicing medicine without a license. One Republican who does have such a license - Rand Paul of Kentucky is an ophthalmologist - repeatedly lit into Dr. Fauci in Senate hearings with such twisted viciousness that, at one, the usually unflappable Dr. Fauci noted the senator's allegations \"kindled the crazies,\" resulting in death threats against him and his family(!). For shame.\n\nAnd, now, with the U.S. House of Representatives back in GOP control following the November midterms, Republicans threaten to investigate this peerless public servant? More shame.\n\nTrained in virology, Dr. Fauci understands contagion of the viral sort. Presumably, as a public health official, he also understands political contagion: the sort infecting ambitious types in their quest to climb the greasy pole for power. It is a sickening sight, and it must have sickened the good doctor, too. In his final interview with \"PBS NewsHour,\" Dr. Fauci expressed disappointment that the American public, so divided, could not see the COVID-19 pandemic as a galvanizing event, like World War II, that brought a disparate people together, as one, to fight for their mutual salvation. The good doctor no doubt feels he failed in his galvanizing role. I hope in his forthcoming memoir Dr. Fauci diagnoses our ideological disease and also prescribes treatment.\n\n\"No good deed goes unpunished\": The French with this proverb reveal their insight into human nature at its worst. Dr. Fauci took the worst. But, to his everlasting credit, he persevered in advocating for his patient - the American public - and steadfastly adhered to the science. I often wondered as Dr. Fauci hammered yet again at his message, what the constant repetition of his good advice, and the constant disputing of it, was doing to the wielder of the hammer himself, though this Stoic will not likely get lyrical about his pain. In his valedictory rounds before his official retirement in December upon leaving a half-century of public service, Dr. Fauci's parting advice, to future scientists as well as the public, remained simply: Follow the science.\n\nMeanwhile, Americans, so caught up in advocating for their own personal liberty, might do a rethink and consider, like Dr. Fauci, advocating for the commonweal, for the American public as a whole. Therein, as this viral pandemic recedes, lies our ethical recovery.\n\nI among millions thank Heaven that America had Anthony Stephen Fauci as its guide in this historic pandemic. Just remember how terrified we all were at the outset of this pandemic - was this another bubonic plague? - and how Dr. Fauci's steadying influence quelled that terror. Thank you, Dr. Fauci, for the totality of your extraordinary public service and for exemplifying that rarest of human specimens - a Mensch.\n\nFor other posts in this series, see here.",
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In response to the totally absurd comments below. The Swedish apporach (2,274 Covid deaths/million population) was an utter failure when compared to other Scandinavian countries such as Norway (928 Covid deaths/million). I have a relative who was a phusicisn on the front lines in Sweden and she would be the frist to say the Swedish approach to Covid was a fiasco and an embarraament. Fauci should not be improisoned he should be given accolades for his efforts. Mike Mar let us compare US (3384 Covid Deaths/million population) to Canada (1,312 deaths/million). Sadly Mike stats do not lie. The US failed on its Covid response not because of Fauci but because we as a nation failed to follow his plan and the guideliens of the CDC. That is the reality. Thanks Carla for writing this article. For someone that worked on Covid 19 and ran mathematical models on this pandemic this was well done. I do wish that a non-partisan presidential commission would be established to investigate how we as a country responded to this pandemic and how we should prepare for the next one. I guarantee you another one will come probably sooner than we think!
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Over his long federal career, Dr. Fauci served as medical advisor to seven U.S. Presidents.\n\nWhen COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020 - the gravest public health crisis since the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, which killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide - Dr. Fauci was perfectly poised to lead us, like Virgil did Dante through the Inferno, to higher ground.\n\nBut while it was America's good fortune to have Dr. Fauci step up as our guide in such a fearful time, it was Dr. Fauci's bad fortune to step up - as chief medical advisor to the President - to a \"President\" (Donald J. Trump) who was a narcissist of the first order and a certified liar (see: The Washington Post's tabulator). By definition, a narcissist lacks any feeling for the public, and a lying narcissist is even worse in a life-or-death crisis - he is pure havoc. The collision between the Pre-Eminent Public Servant and the Chaos of Ego must have become, for Dr. Fauci, his own Inferno.\n\nWhich is why, in inaugurating my series \"Notes from a Plague-Time,\" I titled my first post \"In a Plague-Time, We Need Truth and Experts.\" It did not take a genius to foresee both the vital need for truth and expertise in a breaking life-or-death crisis, as well as the coming conflict between the lead players.\n\nAs expected for a public health official, Dr. Fauci quickly became the public face of the fight against this new virus - the coronavirus - which, because so little was known about it and because it seemed so lethal, struck fear, even panic, in much of the general public. Endeavoring to adhere to the science while also giving confidence, Dr. Fauci accurately termed the virus \"dynamic,\" one constantly changing, thus being studied as the pandemic unfolded; indeed, soon we saw viral variants. Until a vaccine was formulated, Dr. Fauci urged the common-sense precautions of masking and sanitizing. For his reality-based professionalism, Dr. Fauci became a saint in many households (including ours).\n\nAt the same time, proving political ideology is as pathological as any virus and acting on a long-term anti-science bias, Republicans soon targeted Dr. Fauci himself, vilifying him for allegedly crashing the economy and hurting America's children with mandated lockdowns of businesses and schools. Accused of \"flip-flopping,\" Dr. Fauci was simply \"following the science\" - following a \"dynamic\" virus wherever it went, which is what a good scientist does. Thus the public face of the COVID fight became a bull'e eye, a ready-made one. Trump, that medical genius, called Dr. Fauci \"a disaster.\"\n\nJumping further down the rabbit-hole of absurdity, masks were soon reviled, by GOP politicians and their followers, as an affront to personal liberty(!). Same for the vaccines, once they came online: These miracles of modern medicine, created in record time, were, according to the increasingly rabid Republicans, yet another affront to personal liberty(!). They even turned \"Fauci\" into a pejorative term: \"Don't Fauci my Florida.\" Elon Musk, that corporate disaster, tweeted \"Prosecute Fauci.\"\n\nBeyond absurd, this inflamed \"thinking\" is flat-out criminal: How many of the 1.1 million American lives lost to date to COVID-19 - count the zeroes: 1,100, 000 American lives - were needlessly lost, tragically so, sacrificed to political ideology and a lethal know-nothingism? On the other hand, while it is impossible to quantify, it can be justifiably claimed that Dr. Fauci's guidance saved countless millions more.\n\nBereft of moral sympathy, Republican pols strutted around practicing medicine without a license. One Republican who does have such a license - Rand Paul of Kentucky is an ophthalmologist - repeatedly lit into Dr. Fauci in Senate hearings with such twisted viciousness that, at one, the usually unflappable Dr. Fauci noted the senator's allegations \"kindled the crazies,\" resulting in death threats against him and his family(!). For shame.\n\nAnd, now, with the U.S. House of Representatives back in GOP control following the November midterms, Republicans threaten to investigate this peerless public servant? More shame.\n\nTrained in virology, Dr. Fauci understands contagion of the viral sort. Presumably, as a public health official, he also understands political contagion: the sort infecting ambitious types in their quest to climb the greasy pole for power. It is a sickening sight, and it must have sickened the good doctor, too. In his final interview with \"PBS NewsHour,\" Dr. Fauci expressed disappointment that the American public, so divided, could not see the COVID-19 pandemic as a galvanizing event, like World War II, that brought a disparate people together, as one, to fight for their mutual salvation. The good doctor no doubt feels he failed in his galvanizing role. I hope in his forthcoming memoir Dr. Fauci diagnoses our ideological disease and also prescribes treatment.\n\n\"No good deed goes unpunished\": The French with this proverb reveal their insight into human nature at its worst. Dr. Fauci took the worst. But, to his everlasting credit, he persevered in advocating for his patient - the American public - and steadfastly adhered to the science. I often wondered as Dr. Fauci hammered yet again at his message, what the constant repetition of his good advice, and the constant disputing of it, was doing to the wielder of the hammer himself, though this Stoic will not likely get lyrical about his pain. In his valedictory rounds before his official retirement in December upon leaving a half-century of public service, Dr. Fauci's parting advice, to future scientists as well as the public, remained simply: Follow the science.\n\nMeanwhile, Americans, so caught up in advocating for their own personal liberty, might do a rethink and consider, like Dr. Fauci, advocating for the commonweal, for the American public as a whole. Therein, as this viral pandemic recedes, lies our ethical recovery.\n\nI among millions thank Heaven that America had Anthony Stephen Fauci as its guide in this historic pandemic. Just remember how terrified we all were at the outset of this pandemic - was this another bubonic plague? - and how Dr. Fauci's steadying influence quelled that terror. Thank you, Dr. Fauci, for the totality of your extraordinary public service and for exemplifying that rarest of human specimens - a Mensch.\n\nFor other posts in this series, see here.",
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"content": "Dr. Anthony Fauci: Peerless Public Servant and Pandemic Guide Steps Down\n\nTwenty-fifth in an ongoing series, Notes from a Plague-Time\n\nHow fortunate America was to have, in its gravest public health crisis in a century, a guide of the skill and stature of Dr. Anthony S. Fauci.\n\nServing since 1984 as head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Fauci led research teams aimed at preventing, diagnosing, and treating age-old infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria, as well as emerging ones such as Ebola, Zika, Sars, and HIV/AIDS. Over his long federal career, Dr. Fauci served as medical advisor to seven U.S. Presidents.\n\nWhen COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020 - the gravest public health crisis since the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, which killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide - Dr. Fauci was perfectly poised to lead us, like Virgil did Dante through the Inferno, to higher ground.\n\nBut while it was America's good fortune to have Dr. Fauci step up as our guide in such a fearful time, it was Dr. Fauci's bad fortune to step up - as chief medical advisor to the President - to a \"President\" (Donald J. Trump) who was a narcissist of the first order and a certified liar (see: The Washington Post's tabulator). By definition, a narcissist lacks any feeling for the public, and a lying narcissist is even worse in a life-or-death crisis - he is pure havoc. The collision between the Pre-Eminent Public Servant and the Chaos of Ego must have become, for Dr. Fauci, his own Inferno.\n\nWhich is why, in inaugurating my series \"Notes from a Plague-Time,\" I titled my first post \"In a Plague-Time, We Need Truth and Experts.\" It did not take a genius to foresee both the vital need for truth and expertise in a breaking life-or-death crisis, as well as the coming conflict between the lead players.\n\nAs expected for a public health official, Dr. Fauci quickly became the public face of the fight against this new virus - the coronavirus - which, because so little was known about it and because it seemed so lethal, struck fear, even panic, in much of the general public. Endeavoring to adhere to the science while also giving confidence, Dr. Fauci accurately termed the virus \"dynamic,\" one constantly changing, thus being studied as the pandemic unfolded; indeed, soon we saw viral variants. Until a vaccine was formulated, Dr. Fauci urged the common-sense precautions of masking and sanitizing. For his reality-based professionalism, Dr. Fauci became a saint in many households (including ours).\n\nAt the same time, proving political ideology is as pathological as any virus and acting on a long-term anti-science bias, Republicans soon targeted Dr. Fauci himself, vilifying him for allegedly crashing the economy and hurting America's children with mandated lockdowns of businesses and schools. Accused of \"flip-flopping,\" Dr. Fauci was simply \"following the science\" - following a \"dynamic\" virus wherever it went, which is what a good scientist does. Thus the public face of the COVID fight became a bull'e eye, a ready-made one. Trump, that medical genius, called Dr. Fauci \"a disaster.\"\n\nJumping further down the rabbit-hole of absurdity, masks were soon reviled, by GOP politicians and their followers, as an affront to personal liberty(!). Same for the vaccines, once they came online: These miracles of modern medicine, created in record time, were, according to the increasingly rabid Republicans, yet another affront to personal liberty(!). They even turned \"Fauci\" into a pejorative term: \"Don't Fauci my Florida.\" Elon Musk, that corporate disaster, tweeted \"Prosecute Fauci.\"\n\nBeyond absurd, this inflamed \"thinking\" is flat-out criminal: How many of the 1.1 million American lives lost to date to COVID-19 - count the zeroes: 1,100, 000 American lives - were needlessly lost, tragically so, sacrificed to political ideology and a lethal know-nothingism? On the other hand, while it is impossible to quantify, it can be justifiably claimed that Dr. Fauci's guidance saved countless millions more.\n\nBereft of moral sympathy, Republican pols strutted around practicing medicine without a license. One Republican who does have such a license - Rand Paul of Kentucky is an ophthalmologist - repeatedly lit into Dr. Fauci in Senate hearings with such twisted viciousness that, at one, the usually unflappable Dr. Fauci noted the senator's allegations \"kindled the crazies,\" resulting in death threats against him and his family(!). For shame.\n\nAnd, now, with the U.S. House of Representatives back in GOP control following the November midterms, Republicans threaten to investigate this peerless public servant? More shame.\n\nTrained in virology, Dr. Fauci understands contagion of the viral sort. Presumably, as a public health official, he also understands political contagion: the sort infecting ambitious types in their quest to climb the greasy pole for power. It is a sickening sight, and it must have sickened the good doctor, too. In his final interview with \"PBS NewsHour,\" Dr. Fauci expressed disappointment that the American public, so divided, could not see the COVID-19 pandemic as a galvanizing event, like World War II, that brought a disparate people together, as one, to fight for their mutual salvation. The good doctor no doubt feels he failed in his galvanizing role. I hope in his forthcoming memoir Dr. Fauci diagnoses our ideological disease and also prescribes treatment.\n\n\"No good deed goes unpunished\": The French with this proverb reveal their insight into human nature at its worst. Dr. Fauci took the worst. But, to his everlasting credit, he persevered in advocating for his patient - the American public - and steadfastly adhered to the science. I often wondered as Dr. Fauci hammered yet again at his message, what the constant repetition of his good advice, and the constant disputing of it, was doing to the wielder of the hammer himself, though this Stoic will not likely get lyrical about his pain. In his valedictory rounds before his official retirement in December upon leaving a half-century of public service, Dr. Fauci's parting advice, to future scientists as well as the public, remained simply: Follow the science.\n\nMeanwhile, Americans, so caught up in advocating for their own personal liberty, might do a rethink and consider, like Dr. Fauci, advocating for the commonweal, for the American public as a whole. Therein, as this viral pandemic recedes, lies our ethical recovery.\n\nI among millions thank Heaven that America had Anthony Stephen Fauci as its guide in this historic pandemic. Just remember how terrified we all were at the outset of this pandemic - was this another bubonic plague? - and how Dr. Fauci's steadying influence quelled that terror. Thank you, Dr. Fauci, for the totality of your extraordinary public service and for exemplifying that rarest of human specimens - a Mensch.\n\nFor other posts in this series, see here.",
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I love it when my cats comfort me when I'm under the weathet but I'm less keen when they try to administer injections.
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sounds like you did good work taking care of mom
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Always :)
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Thank you, and yes, her talents are many...
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I guess there are no laws against child-size assault rifles, so they need to sell a few million before a law or two are written to preclude children from owning their very own AR (excuse me, JR). Does it matter what size the bullet is? Will firing it point blank at another child (or your mom when you're really pissed) keep them from injury?
This is just one more notch on the tax-exempt gun manufacturers belt. Children were already killing children prior to this new and improved assault weapon's debut. Now it'll just make it a little easier, and the injuries and deaths a little greater. But the kiddies will be proud to own an assault weapon just like mom and dad, and schools will be investing a great deal more money in bulletproof windows to keep those wee ones safe. Corporate America salutes them all.
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They ARE forming an army. Secularism scares them and threatens to change the world in ways they cannot accept. There is a right way to live and a wrong way to live, they believe, and their pastors and politicians see to it that the fear never lets up. A daily diet of fear keeps their households well stocked with guns, and gets them into church every Sunday. Check out my profile page for something I just posted there on this subject.
And thanks for reading, Frida.
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I thought I read they had a tax-exempt status as well. I better check on that one. Thanks for the heads up.
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I don't think gun manufacturers are tax exempt. They are exempt from being sued so they can't be held accountable for the injuries and deaths caused by their products.
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I don't think any of us need weapons of war unless we're soldiers. The fact they're selling similar weapons to parents so they can give them to their children is positively chilling. It seems like they're trying to form a Christian army to fight the rest of us who are happy with a secular country.
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Whatever the case, I think it's safe to say that oats have been around for a while!\n\nGetting Oats From the Field to Our Bowls\n\nI was fascinated to learn that oat grass can reach heights of 1.8m (5.9 ft)! While wheat and other crops don't get much past 1 meter (3 ft), this grass has a lot of bang for its buck.\n\nAs a Canadian, I'm thrilled that Canada is amongst the largest producers of oats. Various sources claim that Russia is at the top, but Wikipedia says that Canada produced the most in 2022 at 5.2 million tons.\n\nThe process of getting oats from the field to our bowls is lengthy. First, the grain is separated from the other plant matter and impurities like dirt and stones that are picked up in the harvesting. Next, the outside hull must be removed as it is not digestible, and then the grain is heated to denature the enzymes that may make it rancid.\n\nThe oats are then dried so they don't spoil due to bacteria growth. Finally, they are cut or rolled to the specifications of their intended use.\n\nIt always amazes me the lengths of effort that are put into getting food to a place where it is easy to consume.\n\nOats Are Not Only Economical, They Are Healthy Too\n\nThere are two very important reasons to make oatmeal a part of your diet. Oats are some of the most economical and healthy grains that you can buy. They are a fiber-rich food that is well known to reduce cholesterol and blood pressure, plus they contain antioxidants that help to reduce inflammation and improve circulation.\n\nThey are a good source of manganese, zinc and selenium - minerals that support immunity. They contain a type of fiber that is not found in many foods called beta-glucans. 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Not to mention that for less than $2, we purchase a half-kilo bag that feeds us at least four meals.\n\nWe had already purchased some thick Greek yogurt, and we had some honey, so I dressed up our first bowls with those items, adding a sprinkle of cinnamon on top. But along the way, our porridge bowls have evolved to look like these photos.\n\nHere in North Macedonia, kiwis and mandarin oranges are available in abundance. Kiwis cost less than $1.50 for a kilo, and the oranges are less than $1 for a kilo. So Chris decided to chop them up and add them to the oatmeal.\n\nThere are also lots of bulk nuts available in the markets, so we purchased some walnuts now that our teeth are feeling better. Bit by bit, Chris has added this and that to our oatmeal in the morning until it now looks like this.\n\nBut the additives to oatmeal don't have to end here. I also remember my mom occasionally adding blueberries, and then there was the chopped apple and cinnamon as well.\n\nHere in North Macedonia, they also grow an abundance of pomegranates. I have been thinking that pomegranate seeds would also be a nice addition.\n\nDifferent Cultures Eat Oats Differently\n\nThe ancient Greeks were the first to use oats to create the porridge that we love today. But other cultures eat it as well and they all have their own ways of making it.\n\nThe Germans, for example, don't cook the oats; they simply soak them in milk and cinnamon overnight, enjoying them in the morning topped with nuts and fruits.\n\nAccording to the Wonderopolis website, Vermont eats the most oatmeal per capita in the US.\n\nA popular Vermont variation of oatmeal begins with steel-cut oats, which are soaked overnight in a mixture of water, salt and maple syrup. The next morning, nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger are added, and the oatmeal is cooked. When the oatmeal is ready, it is served with cream, milk or butter.\n\nI'm sure you get the drift. Oatmeal doesn't have to be boring; there are many ways that we can dress it up and add even more healthy and delicious ingredients.\n\nBrown Butter-Raspberry Baked Oatmeal\n\nI have to say while researching for this article, I stumbled across a few delicious-looking recipes, but this decadent take on traditional oatmeal from Food & Wine takes the cake. It's a recipe that I am now eager to try, and I thought I would share it with you here.\n\nThis is their introductory statement. I mean, my mouth is watering just reading it:\n\nIn this baked oatmeal, perfectly tender spiced oats mixed with sweet and tart fruit are topped with crispy coconut and pecans. The recipe calls for raspberries - blackberries, blueberries, or sliced strawberries would work as well. Blooming the spices in the hot brown butter releases their flavors and infuses the entire dish with a nutty warmth. The baked oatmeal can be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 4 days. Cover with foil and reheat in a 350°F oven for 20 minutes, or microwave individual portions on high for 1 minute.\n\nTo save you from having to click the link above, I have typed out the recipe for you:\n\nIngredients:\n\nCooking spray\n\n¼ cup unsalted butter\n\n1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon\n\n¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg\n\n2 cups (about 7 ounces) uncooked old-fashioned regular rolled oats\n\n1 teaspoon baking powder\n\n½ teaspoon kosher salt\n\n½ cup plus 2 tablespoons chopped toasted pecans, divided\n\n2 cups plain unsweetened almond milk\n\n⅓ cup pure maple syrup, plus more for serving, if desired\n\n1 large egg, beaten\n\n2 teaspoons vanilla extract\n\n2 medium (6 ounces each) bananas, sliced 1/2-in. thick (about 1 1/2 cups)\n\n1 ½ cups fresh raspberries (from 1 [6-ounce] package), divided\n\n¼ cup unsweetened flaked coconut\n\nDirections:\n\nPreheat oven to 375°F (191ºC). Lightly coat an 8-inch square baking dish with cooking spray. Melt butter in a small skillet over medium. Continue cooking, stirring constantly, until butter is browned and has a nutty aroma, 2 to 3 minutes. Pour butter into a large bowl; stir in cinnamon and nutmeg. Let cool 5 minutes.\n\nStir together oats, baking powder, salt, and 1/2 cup of the pecans in a medium bowl; set aside. Add milk, maple syrup, egg, and vanilla to the cooled butter mixture; whisk to combine. Stir in oat mixture.\n\nArrange bananas in a single layer on bottom of prepared baking dish. Sprinkle evenly with 3/4 cup of the raspberries. Spoon oat mixture evenly over top. Sprinkle with remaining 3/4 cup raspberries, then with coconut, and finally with remaining 2 tablespoons pecans. Bake in preheated oven until set and golden brown, about 35 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes. Serve with additional maple syrup, if desired.\n\nNow, if this doesn't warm you up on a cold winter morning, I can't imagine what will.\n\nA Classic Dish With Modern Twists\n\nAren't we lucky in this day and age to be able to create these once simple dishes with so many great ingredients?\n\nWhat used to be a pretty basic food, consumed because it was available and healthy, has now turned into something beloved by people the world over and is made in fancy and fantastical ways.\n\nAlthough I will always cherish my childhood memories, sitting at my mom's table and eating simple bowls of porridge made with simple ingredients, I'm also happy to be able to add a variety of ingredients to it to give it that elevated lift.\n\nPlus, during these cold winter days in Skopjë, it has become the perfect comfort food to start our days.\n\nIf you like my writing and want to read more, follow me and sign up here to get my articles by email. We would also be happy if you considered leaving me a tip by using the link to Ko-Fi below:)\n\nWe have been nomadic since 2017! Join our journey by hitting these links:\n\nWebsite | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Ko-Fi | Unsplash",
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Cut for me, please! There are so many things to make with oats - I think the reason I prefer the cut oats now is that during the days of being a broke grad student, a spoonful of peanut butter dipped in dry rolled oats was considered breakfast!
Hmm - I kind of want to try that again now. Great story Jill!
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Whatever the case, I think it's safe to say that oats have been around for a while!\n\nGetting Oats From the Field to Our Bowls\n\nI was fascinated to learn that oat grass can reach heights of 1.8m (5.9 ft)! While wheat and other crops don't get much past 1 meter (3 ft), this grass has a lot of bang for its buck.\n\nAs a Canadian, I'm thrilled that Canada is amongst the largest producers of oats. Various sources claim that Russia is at the top, but Wikipedia says that Canada produced the most in 2022 at 5.2 million tons.\n\nThe process of getting oats from the field to our bowls is lengthy. First, the grain is separated from the other plant matter and impurities like dirt and stones that are picked up in the harvesting. Next, the outside hull must be removed as it is not digestible, and then the grain is heated to denature the enzymes that may make it rancid.\n\nThe oats are then dried so they don't spoil due to bacteria growth. Finally, they are cut or rolled to the specifications of their intended use.\n\nIt always amazes me the lengths of effort that are put into getting food to a place where it is easy to consume.\n\nOats Are Not Only Economical, They Are Healthy Too\n\nThere are two very important reasons to make oatmeal a part of your diet. Oats are some of the most economical and healthy grains that you can buy. They are a fiber-rich food that is well known to reduce cholesterol and blood pressure, plus they contain antioxidants that help to reduce inflammation and improve circulation.\n\nThey are a good source of manganese, zinc and selenium - minerals that support immunity. They contain a type of fiber that is not found in many foods called beta-glucans. This fiber is also found in mushrooms and has been proven to help our bodies eliminate bacteria, heighten our response to infections, and may even help dissuade the formation of tumors.\n\nOats also help to stabilize blood sugar and are a great meal to start your day as the soluble fibers will prevent hunger crashes. Nobody likes a 'hangry' person, after all!\n\nAs I age, I am starting to realize just how important it is to maintain my health if I want to live a happy and productive life. Eating oatmeal will certainly become more of a habit now that I know just how healthy it really is.\n\nAdding Goodies to Our Oatmeal\n\nMy partner Chris and I are currently staying in Skopjë, North Macedonia, where we have been getting some dental work done. Consequently, we have sore teeth.\n\nChris decided sometime last week that he wanted to buy some oats to eat because they are soft and easy to chew. Not to mention that for less than $2, we purchase a half-kilo bag that feeds us at least four meals.\n\nWe had already purchased some thick Greek yogurt, and we had some honey, so I dressed up our first bowls with those items, adding a sprinkle of cinnamon on top. But along the way, our porridge bowls have evolved to look like these photos.\n\nHere in North Macedonia, kiwis and mandarin oranges are available in abundance. Kiwis cost less than $1.50 for a kilo, and the oranges are less than $1 for a kilo. So Chris decided to chop them up and add them to the oatmeal.\n\nThere are also lots of bulk nuts available in the markets, so we purchased some walnuts now that our teeth are feeling better. Bit by bit, Chris has added this and that to our oatmeal in the morning until it now looks like this.\n\nBut the additives to oatmeal don't have to end here. I also remember my mom occasionally adding blueberries, and then there was the chopped apple and cinnamon as well.\n\nHere in North Macedonia, they also grow an abundance of pomegranates. I have been thinking that pomegranate seeds would also be a nice addition.\n\nDifferent Cultures Eat Oats Differently\n\nThe ancient Greeks were the first to use oats to create the porridge that we love today. But other cultures eat it as well and they all have their own ways of making it.\n\nThe Germans, for example, don't cook the oats; they simply soak them in milk and cinnamon overnight, enjoying them in the morning topped with nuts and fruits.\n\nAccording to the Wonderopolis website, Vermont eats the most oatmeal per capita in the US.\n\nA popular Vermont variation of oatmeal begins with steel-cut oats, which are soaked overnight in a mixture of water, salt and maple syrup. The next morning, nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger are added, and the oatmeal is cooked. When the oatmeal is ready, it is served with cream, milk or butter.\n\nI'm sure you get the drift. Oatmeal doesn't have to be boring; there are many ways that we can dress it up and add even more healthy and delicious ingredients.\n\nBrown Butter-Raspberry Baked Oatmeal\n\nI have to say while researching for this article, I stumbled across a few delicious-looking recipes, but this decadent take on traditional oatmeal from Food & Wine takes the cake. It's a recipe that I am now eager to try, and I thought I would share it with you here.\n\nThis is their introductory statement. I mean, my mouth is watering just reading it:\n\nIn this baked oatmeal, perfectly tender spiced oats mixed with sweet and tart fruit are topped with crispy coconut and pecans. The recipe calls for raspberries - blackberries, blueberries, or sliced strawberries would work as well. Blooming the spices in the hot brown butter releases their flavors and infuses the entire dish with a nutty warmth. The baked oatmeal can be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 4 days. Cover with foil and reheat in a 350°F oven for 20 minutes, or microwave individual portions on high for 1 minute.\n\nTo save you from having to click the link above, I have typed out the recipe for you:\n\nIngredients:\n\nCooking spray\n\n¼ cup unsalted butter\n\n1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon\n\n¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg\n\n2 cups (about 7 ounces) uncooked old-fashioned regular rolled oats\n\n1 teaspoon baking powder\n\n½ teaspoon kosher salt\n\n½ cup plus 2 tablespoons chopped toasted pecans, divided\n\n2 cups plain unsweetened almond milk\n\n⅓ cup pure maple syrup, plus more for serving, if desired\n\n1 large egg, beaten\n\n2 teaspoons vanilla extract\n\n2 medium (6 ounces each) bananas, sliced 1/2-in. thick (about 1 1/2 cups)\n\n1 ½ cups fresh raspberries (from 1 [6-ounce] package), divided\n\n¼ cup unsweetened flaked coconut\n\nDirections:\n\nPreheat oven to 375°F (191ºC). Lightly coat an 8-inch square baking dish with cooking spray. Melt butter in a small skillet over medium. Continue cooking, stirring constantly, until butter is browned and has a nutty aroma, 2 to 3 minutes. Pour butter into a large bowl; stir in cinnamon and nutmeg. Let cool 5 minutes.\n\nStir together oats, baking powder, salt, and 1/2 cup of the pecans in a medium bowl; set aside. Add milk, maple syrup, egg, and vanilla to the cooled butter mixture; whisk to combine. Stir in oat mixture.\n\nArrange bananas in a single layer on bottom of prepared baking dish. Sprinkle evenly with 3/4 cup of the raspberries. Spoon oat mixture evenly over top. Sprinkle with remaining 3/4 cup raspberries, then with coconut, and finally with remaining 2 tablespoons pecans. Bake in preheated oven until set and golden brown, about 35 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes. Serve with additional maple syrup, if desired.\n\nNow, if this doesn't warm you up on a cold winter morning, I can't imagine what will.\n\nA Classic Dish With Modern Twists\n\nAren't we lucky in this day and age to be able to create these once simple dishes with so many great ingredients?\n\nWhat used to be a pretty basic food, consumed because it was available and healthy, has now turned into something beloved by people the world over and is made in fancy and fantastical ways.\n\nAlthough I will always cherish my childhood memories, sitting at my mom's table and eating simple bowls of porridge made with simple ingredients, I'm also happy to be able to add a variety of ingredients to it to give it that elevated lift.\n\nPlus, during these cold winter days in Skopjë, it has become the perfect comfort food to start our days.\n\nIf you like my writing and want to read more, follow me and sign up here to get my articles by email. We would also be happy if you considered leaving me a tip by using the link to Ko-Fi below:)\n\nWe have been nomadic since 2017! Join our journey by hitting these links:\n\nWebsite | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Ko-Fi | Unsplash",
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"content": "FOOD | OATMEAL | HEALTH\n\nReconnecting With Oatmeal - A Long Lost Childhood Favorite\n\nMaking it delicious with unlimited options\n\nI still remember lazy Sunday mornings as a kid. I would awake from my sleepy slumber and stagger into the kitchen. My mom would ask, \"I'm cooking some porridge; do you want any?\"\n\nTypically, this happened on cold winter mornings. Somehow, this comfort food would warm us to our bones as we looked out the window at the frozen wasteland beyond.\n\nHer go-to recipe was to add walnuts, butter, and salt, while it was cooking - then I would top it with gobs of brown sugar and pour milk over the top. When I close my eyes, I can still taste the delicious concoction as waves of warmth, nostalgia and comfort wash over me.\n\nAs an adult, I have made it for myself on occasion, but it has never been something that I eat regularly. But these past couple of weeks, my partner and I have been eating a lot of it. As somebody who is allergic to wheat and mostly eats gluten-free, I have found oats to be a fantastic and versatile grain.\n\nHow Long Have We Grown Oats\n\nPorridge, a name introduced by the British, is a meal made by cooking grains in milk or water to soften them up. It can take on many forms, but the most common porridge is made with oats and is referred to as \"oatmeal.\"\n\nOats have a very long history on the world stage. Some say their cultivation dates back 32, 000 years while other records indicate that they have been around for 51, 000 years. However, the oldest records of actual intentional cultivation come from a granary in Jordan, where grains up to 11,400 years old were found.\n\nRecords from Europe indicate that oat grains were finally domesticated around 3000 years ago. Whatever the case, I think it's safe to say that oats have been around for a while!\n\nGetting Oats From the Field to Our Bowls\n\nI was fascinated to learn that oat grass can reach heights of 1.8m (5.9 ft)! While wheat and other crops don't get much past 1 meter (3 ft), this grass has a lot of bang for its buck.\n\nAs a Canadian, I'm thrilled that Canada is amongst the largest producers of oats. Various sources claim that Russia is at the top, but Wikipedia says that Canada produced the most in 2022 at 5.2 million tons.\n\nThe process of getting oats from the field to our bowls is lengthy. First, the grain is separated from the other plant matter and impurities like dirt and stones that are picked up in the harvesting. Next, the outside hull must be removed as it is not digestible, and then the grain is heated to denature the enzymes that may make it rancid.\n\nThe oats are then dried so they don't spoil due to bacteria growth. Finally, they are cut or rolled to the specifications of their intended use.\n\nIt always amazes me the lengths of effort that are put into getting food to a place where it is easy to consume.\n\nOats Are Not Only Economical, They Are Healthy Too\n\nThere are two very important reasons to make oatmeal a part of your diet. Oats are some of the most economical and healthy grains that you can buy. They are a fiber-rich food that is well known to reduce cholesterol and blood pressure, plus they contain antioxidants that help to reduce inflammation and improve circulation.\n\nThey are a good source of manganese, zinc and selenium - minerals that support immunity. They contain a type of fiber that is not found in many foods called beta-glucans. This fiber is also found in mushrooms and has been proven to help our bodies eliminate bacteria, heighten our response to infections, and may even help dissuade the formation of tumors.\n\nOats also help to stabilize blood sugar and are a great meal to start your day as the soluble fibers will prevent hunger crashes. Nobody likes a 'hangry' person, after all!\n\nAs I age, I am starting to realize just how important it is to maintain my health if I want to live a happy and productive life. Eating oatmeal will certainly become more of a habit now that I know just how healthy it really is.\n\nAdding Goodies to Our Oatmeal\n\nMy partner Chris and I are currently staying in Skopjë, North Macedonia, where we have been getting some dental work done. Consequently, we have sore teeth.\n\nChris decided sometime last week that he wanted to buy some oats to eat because they are soft and easy to chew. Not to mention that for less than $2, we purchase a half-kilo bag that feeds us at least four meals.\n\nWe had already purchased some thick Greek yogurt, and we had some honey, so I dressed up our first bowls with those items, adding a sprinkle of cinnamon on top. But along the way, our porridge bowls have evolved to look like these photos.\n\nHere in North Macedonia, kiwis and mandarin oranges are available in abundance. Kiwis cost less than $1.50 for a kilo, and the oranges are less than $1 for a kilo. So Chris decided to chop them up and add them to the oatmeal.\n\nThere are also lots of bulk nuts available in the markets, so we purchased some walnuts now that our teeth are feeling better. Bit by bit, Chris has added this and that to our oatmeal in the morning until it now looks like this.\n\nBut the additives to oatmeal don't have to end here. I also remember my mom occasionally adding blueberries, and then there was the chopped apple and cinnamon as well.\n\nHere in North Macedonia, they also grow an abundance of pomegranates. I have been thinking that pomegranate seeds would also be a nice addition.\n\nDifferent Cultures Eat Oats Differently\n\nThe ancient Greeks were the first to use oats to create the porridge that we love today. But other cultures eat it as well and they all have their own ways of making it.\n\nThe Germans, for example, don't cook the oats; they simply soak them in milk and cinnamon overnight, enjoying them in the morning topped with nuts and fruits.\n\nAccording to the Wonderopolis website, Vermont eats the most oatmeal per capita in the US.\n\nA popular Vermont variation of oatmeal begins with steel-cut oats, which are soaked overnight in a mixture of water, salt and maple syrup. The next morning, nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger are added, and the oatmeal is cooked. When the oatmeal is ready, it is served with cream, milk or butter.\n\nI'm sure you get the drift. Oatmeal doesn't have to be boring; there are many ways that we can dress it up and add even more healthy and delicious ingredients.\n\nBrown Butter-Raspberry Baked Oatmeal\n\nI have to say while researching for this article, I stumbled across a few delicious-looking recipes, but this decadent take on traditional oatmeal from Food & Wine takes the cake. It's a recipe that I am now eager to try, and I thought I would share it with you here.\n\nThis is their introductory statement. I mean, my mouth is watering just reading it:\n\nIn this baked oatmeal, perfectly tender spiced oats mixed with sweet and tart fruit are topped with crispy coconut and pecans. The recipe calls for raspberries - blackberries, blueberries, or sliced strawberries would work as well. Blooming the spices in the hot brown butter releases their flavors and infuses the entire dish with a nutty warmth. The baked oatmeal can be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 4 days. Cover with foil and reheat in a 350°F oven for 20 minutes, or microwave individual portions on high for 1 minute.\n\nTo save you from having to click the link above, I have typed out the recipe for you:\n\nIngredients:\n\nCooking spray\n\n¼ cup unsalted butter\n\n1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon\n\n¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg\n\n2 cups (about 7 ounces) uncooked old-fashioned regular rolled oats\n\n1 teaspoon baking powder\n\n½ teaspoon kosher salt\n\n½ cup plus 2 tablespoons chopped toasted pecans, divided\n\n2 cups plain unsweetened almond milk\n\n⅓ cup pure maple syrup, plus more for serving, if desired\n\n1 large egg, beaten\n\n2 teaspoons vanilla extract\n\n2 medium (6 ounces each) bananas, sliced 1/2-in. thick (about 1 1/2 cups)\n\n1 ½ cups fresh raspberries (from 1 [6-ounce] package), divided\n\n¼ cup unsweetened flaked coconut\n\nDirections:\n\nPreheat oven to 375°F (191ºC). Lightly coat an 8-inch square baking dish with cooking spray. Melt butter in a small skillet over medium. Continue cooking, stirring constantly, until butter is browned and has a nutty aroma, 2 to 3 minutes. Pour butter into a large bowl; stir in cinnamon and nutmeg. Let cool 5 minutes.\n\nStir together oats, baking powder, salt, and 1/2 cup of the pecans in a medium bowl; set aside. Add milk, maple syrup, egg, and vanilla to the cooled butter mixture; whisk to combine. Stir in oat mixture.\n\nArrange bananas in a single layer on bottom of prepared baking dish. Sprinkle evenly with 3/4 cup of the raspberries. Spoon oat mixture evenly over top. Sprinkle with remaining 3/4 cup raspberries, then with coconut, and finally with remaining 2 tablespoons pecans. Bake in preheated oven until set and golden brown, about 35 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes. Serve with additional maple syrup, if desired.\n\nNow, if this doesn't warm you up on a cold winter morning, I can't imagine what will.\n\nA Classic Dish With Modern Twists\n\nAren't we lucky in this day and age to be able to create these once simple dishes with so many great ingredients?\n\nWhat used to be a pretty basic food, consumed because it was available and healthy, has now turned into something beloved by people the world over and is made in fancy and fantastical ways.\n\nAlthough I will always cherish my childhood memories, sitting at my mom's table and eating simple bowls of porridge made with simple ingredients, I'm also happy to be able to add a variety of ingredients to it to give it that elevated lift.\n\nPlus, during these cold winter days in Skopjë, it has become the perfect comfort food to start our days.\n\nIf you like my writing and want to read more, follow me and sign up here to get my articles by email. 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As somebody who is allergic to wheat and mostly eats gluten-free, I have found oats to be a fantastic and versatile grain.\n\nHow Long Have We Grown Oats\n\nPorridge, a name introduced by the British, is a meal made by cooking grains in milk or water to soften them up. It can take on many forms, but the most common porridge is made with oats and is referred to as \"oatmeal.\"\n\nOats have a very long history on the world stage. Some say their cultivation dates back 32, 000 years while other records indicate that they have been around for 51, 000 years. However, the oldest records of actual intentional cultivation come from a granary in Jordan, where grains up to 11,400 years old were found.\n\nRecords from Europe indicate that oat grains were finally domesticated around 3000 years ago. Whatever the case, I think it's safe to say that oats have been around for a while!\n\nGetting Oats From the Field to Our Bowls\n\nI was fascinated to learn that oat grass can reach heights of 1.8m (5.9 ft)! While wheat and other crops don't get much past 1 meter (3 ft), this grass has a lot of bang for its buck.\n\nAs a Canadian, I'm thrilled that Canada is amongst the largest producers of oats. Various sources claim that Russia is at the top, but Wikipedia says that Canada produced the most in 2022 at 5.2 million tons.\n\nThe process of getting oats from the field to our bowls is lengthy. First, the grain is separated from the other plant matter and impurities like dirt and stones that are picked up in the harvesting. Next, the outside hull must be removed as it is not digestible, and then the grain is heated to denature the enzymes that may make it rancid.\n\nThe oats are then dried so they don't spoil due to bacteria growth. Finally, they are cut or rolled to the specifications of their intended use.\n\nIt always amazes me the lengths of effort that are put into getting food to a place where it is easy to consume.\n\nOats Are Not Only Economical, They Are Healthy Too\n\nThere are two very important reasons to make oatmeal a part of your diet. Oats are some of the most economical and healthy grains that you can buy. They are a fiber-rich food that is well known to reduce cholesterol and blood pressure, plus they contain antioxidants that help to reduce inflammation and improve circulation.\n\nThey are a good source of manganese, zinc and selenium - minerals that support immunity. They contain a type of fiber that is not found in many foods called beta-glucans. This fiber is also found in mushrooms and has been proven to help our bodies eliminate bacteria, heighten our response to infections, and may even help dissuade the formation of tumors.\n\nOats also help to stabilize blood sugar and are a great meal to start your day as the soluble fibers will prevent hunger crashes. Nobody likes a 'hangry' person, after all!\n\nAs I age, I am starting to realize just how important it is to maintain my health if I want to live a happy and productive life. Eating oatmeal will certainly become more of a habit now that I know just how healthy it really is.\n\nAdding Goodies to Our Oatmeal\n\nMy partner Chris and I are currently staying in Skopjë, North Macedonia, where we have been getting some dental work done. Consequently, we have sore teeth.\n\nChris decided sometime last week that he wanted to buy some oats to eat because they are soft and easy to chew. Not to mention that for less than $2, we purchase a half-kilo bag that feeds us at least four meals.\n\nWe had already purchased some thick Greek yogurt, and we had some honey, so I dressed up our first bowls with those items, adding a sprinkle of cinnamon on top. But along the way, our porridge bowls have evolved to look like these photos.\n\nHere in North Macedonia, kiwis and mandarin oranges are available in abundance. Kiwis cost less than $1.50 for a kilo, and the oranges are less than $1 for a kilo. So Chris decided to chop them up and add them to the oatmeal.\n\nThere are also lots of bulk nuts available in the markets, so we purchased some walnuts now that our teeth are feeling better. Bit by bit, Chris has added this and that to our oatmeal in the morning until it now looks like this.\n\nBut the additives to oatmeal don't have to end here. I also remember my mom occasionally adding blueberries, and then there was the chopped apple and cinnamon as well.\n\nHere in North Macedonia, they also grow an abundance of pomegranates. I have been thinking that pomegranate seeds would also be a nice addition.\n\nDifferent Cultures Eat Oats Differently\n\nThe ancient Greeks were the first to use oats to create the porridge that we love today. But other cultures eat it as well and they all have their own ways of making it.\n\nThe Germans, for example, don't cook the oats; they simply soak them in milk and cinnamon overnight, enjoying them in the morning topped with nuts and fruits.\n\nAccording to the Wonderopolis website, Vermont eats the most oatmeal per capita in the US.\n\nA popular Vermont variation of oatmeal begins with steel-cut oats, which are soaked overnight in a mixture of water, salt and maple syrup. The next morning, nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger are added, and the oatmeal is cooked. When the oatmeal is ready, it is served with cream, milk or butter.\n\nI'm sure you get the drift. Oatmeal doesn't have to be boring; there are many ways that we can dress it up and add even more healthy and delicious ingredients.\n\nBrown Butter-Raspberry Baked Oatmeal\n\nI have to say while researching for this article, I stumbled across a few delicious-looking recipes, but this decadent take on traditional oatmeal from Food & Wine takes the cake. It's a recipe that I am now eager to try, and I thought I would share it with you here.\n\nThis is their introductory statement. I mean, my mouth is watering just reading it:\n\nIn this baked oatmeal, perfectly tender spiced oats mixed with sweet and tart fruit are topped with crispy coconut and pecans. The recipe calls for raspberries - blackberries, blueberries, or sliced strawberries would work as well. Blooming the spices in the hot brown butter releases their flavors and infuses the entire dish with a nutty warmth. The baked oatmeal can be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 4 days. Cover with foil and reheat in a 350°F oven for 20 minutes, or microwave individual portions on high for 1 minute.\n\nTo save you from having to click the link above, I have typed out the recipe for you:\n\nIngredients:\n\nCooking spray\n\n¼ cup unsalted butter\n\n1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon\n\n¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg\n\n2 cups (about 7 ounces) uncooked old-fashioned regular rolled oats\n\n1 teaspoon baking powder\n\n½ teaspoon kosher salt\n\n½ cup plus 2 tablespoons chopped toasted pecans, divided\n\n2 cups plain unsweetened almond milk\n\n⅓ cup pure maple syrup, plus more for serving, if desired\n\n1 large egg, beaten\n\n2 teaspoons vanilla extract\n\n2 medium (6 ounces each) bananas, sliced 1/2-in. thick (about 1 1/2 cups)\n\n1 ½ cups fresh raspberries (from 1 [6-ounce] package), divided\n\n¼ cup unsweetened flaked coconut\n\nDirections:\n\nPreheat oven to 375°F (191ºC). Lightly coat an 8-inch square baking dish with cooking spray. Melt butter in a small skillet over medium. Continue cooking, stirring constantly, until butter is browned and has a nutty aroma, 2 to 3 minutes. Pour butter into a large bowl; stir in cinnamon and nutmeg. Let cool 5 minutes.\n\nStir together oats, baking powder, salt, and 1/2 cup of the pecans in a medium bowl; set aside. Add milk, maple syrup, egg, and vanilla to the cooled butter mixture; whisk to combine. Stir in oat mixture.\n\nArrange bananas in a single layer on bottom of prepared baking dish. Sprinkle evenly with 3/4 cup of the raspberries. Spoon oat mixture evenly over top. Sprinkle with remaining 3/4 cup raspberries, then with coconut, and finally with remaining 2 tablespoons pecans. Bake in preheated oven until set and golden brown, about 35 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes. Serve with additional maple syrup, if desired.\n\nNow, if this doesn't warm you up on a cold winter morning, I can't imagine what will.\n\nA Classic Dish With Modern Twists\n\nAren't we lucky in this day and age to be able to create these once simple dishes with so many great ingredients?\n\nWhat used to be a pretty basic food, consumed because it was available and healthy, has now turned into something beloved by people the world over and is made in fancy and fantastical ways.\n\nAlthough I will always cherish my childhood memories, sitting at my mom's table and eating simple bowls of porridge made with simple ingredients, I'm also happy to be able to add a variety of ingredients to it to give it that elevated lift.\n\nPlus, during these cold winter days in Skopjë, it has become the perfect comfort food to start our days.\n\nIf you like my writing and want to read more, follow me and sign up here to get my articles by email. 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As somebody who is allergic to wheat and mostly eats gluten-free, I have found oats to be a fantastic and versatile grain.\n\nHow Long Have We Grown Oats\n\nPorridge, a name introduced by the British, is a meal made by cooking grains in milk or water to soften them up. It can take on many forms, but the most common porridge is made with oats and is referred to as \"oatmeal.\"\n\nOats have a very long history on the world stage. Some say their cultivation dates back 32, 000 years while other records indicate that they have been around for 51, 000 years. However, the oldest records of actual intentional cultivation come from a granary in Jordan, where grains up to 11,400 years old were found.\n\nRecords from Europe indicate that oat grains were finally domesticated around 3000 years ago. Whatever the case, I think it's safe to say that oats have been around for a while!\n\nGetting Oats From the Field to Our Bowls\n\nI was fascinated to learn that oat grass can reach heights of 1.8m (5.9 ft)! While wheat and other crops don't get much past 1 meter (3 ft), this grass has a lot of bang for its buck.\n\nAs a Canadian, I'm thrilled that Canada is amongst the largest producers of oats. Various sources claim that Russia is at the top, but Wikipedia says that Canada produced the most in 2022 at 5.2 million tons.\n\nThe process of getting oats from the field to our bowls is lengthy. First, the grain is separated from the other plant matter and impurities like dirt and stones that are picked up in the harvesting. Next, the outside hull must be removed as it is not digestible, and then the grain is heated to denature the enzymes that may make it rancid.\n\nThe oats are then dried so they don't spoil due to bacteria growth. Finally, they are cut or rolled to the specifications of their intended use.\n\nIt always amazes me the lengths of effort that are put into getting food to a place where it is easy to consume.\n\nOats Are Not Only Economical, They Are Healthy Too\n\nThere are two very important reasons to make oatmeal a part of your diet. Oats are some of the most economical and healthy grains that you can buy. They are a fiber-rich food that is well known to reduce cholesterol and blood pressure, plus they contain antioxidants that help to reduce inflammation and improve circulation.\n\nThey are a good source of manganese, zinc and selenium - minerals that support immunity. They contain a type of fiber that is not found in many foods called beta-glucans. This fiber is also found in mushrooms and has been proven to help our bodies eliminate bacteria, heighten our response to infections, and may even help dissuade the formation of tumors.\n\nOats also help to stabilize blood sugar and are a great meal to start your day as the soluble fibers will prevent hunger crashes. Nobody likes a 'hangry' person, after all!\n\nAs I age, I am starting to realize just how important it is to maintain my health if I want to live a happy and productive life. Eating oatmeal will certainly become more of a habit now that I know just how healthy it really is.\n\nAdding Goodies to Our Oatmeal\n\nMy partner Chris and I are currently staying in Skopjë, North Macedonia, where we have been getting some dental work done. Consequently, we have sore teeth.\n\nChris decided sometime last week that he wanted to buy some oats to eat because they are soft and easy to chew. Not to mention that for less than $2, we purchase a half-kilo bag that feeds us at least four meals.\n\nWe had already purchased some thick Greek yogurt, and we had some honey, so I dressed up our first bowls with those items, adding a sprinkle of cinnamon on top. But along the way, our porridge bowls have evolved to look like these photos.\n\nHere in North Macedonia, kiwis and mandarin oranges are available in abundance. Kiwis cost less than $1.50 for a kilo, and the oranges are less than $1 for a kilo. So Chris decided to chop them up and add them to the oatmeal.\n\nThere are also lots of bulk nuts available in the markets, so we purchased some walnuts now that our teeth are feeling better. Bit by bit, Chris has added this and that to our oatmeal in the morning until it now looks like this.\n\nBut the additives to oatmeal don't have to end here. I also remember my mom occasionally adding blueberries, and then there was the chopped apple and cinnamon as well.\n\nHere in North Macedonia, they also grow an abundance of pomegranates. I have been thinking that pomegranate seeds would also be a nice addition.\n\nDifferent Cultures Eat Oats Differently\n\nThe ancient Greeks were the first to use oats to create the porridge that we love today. But other cultures eat it as well and they all have their own ways of making it.\n\nThe Germans, for example, don't cook the oats; they simply soak them in milk and cinnamon overnight, enjoying them in the morning topped with nuts and fruits.\n\nAccording to the Wonderopolis website, Vermont eats the most oatmeal per capita in the US.\n\nA popular Vermont variation of oatmeal begins with steel-cut oats, which are soaked overnight in a mixture of water, salt and maple syrup. The next morning, nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger are added, and the oatmeal is cooked. When the oatmeal is ready, it is served with cream, milk or butter.\n\nI'm sure you get the drift. Oatmeal doesn't have to be boring; there are many ways that we can dress it up and add even more healthy and delicious ingredients.\n\nBrown Butter-Raspberry Baked Oatmeal\n\nI have to say while researching for this article, I stumbled across a few delicious-looking recipes, but this decadent take on traditional oatmeal from Food & Wine takes the cake. It's a recipe that I am now eager to try, and I thought I would share it with you here.\n\nThis is their introductory statement. I mean, my mouth is watering just reading it:\n\nIn this baked oatmeal, perfectly tender spiced oats mixed with sweet and tart fruit are topped with crispy coconut and pecans. The recipe calls for raspberries - blackberries, blueberries, or sliced strawberries would work as well. Blooming the spices in the hot brown butter releases their flavors and infuses the entire dish with a nutty warmth. The baked oatmeal can be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 4 days. Cover with foil and reheat in a 350°F oven for 20 minutes, or microwave individual portions on high for 1 minute.\n\nTo save you from having to click the link above, I have typed out the recipe for you:\n\nIngredients:\n\nCooking spray\n\n¼ cup unsalted butter\n\n1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon\n\n¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg\n\n2 cups (about 7 ounces) uncooked old-fashioned regular rolled oats\n\n1 teaspoon baking powder\n\n½ teaspoon kosher salt\n\n½ cup plus 2 tablespoons chopped toasted pecans, divided\n\n2 cups plain unsweetened almond milk\n\n⅓ cup pure maple syrup, plus more for serving, if desired\n\n1 large egg, beaten\n\n2 teaspoons vanilla extract\n\n2 medium (6 ounces each) bananas, sliced 1/2-in. thick (about 1 1/2 cups)\n\n1 ½ cups fresh raspberries (from 1 [6-ounce] package), divided\n\n¼ cup unsweetened flaked coconut\n\nDirections:\n\nPreheat oven to 375°F (191ºC). Lightly coat an 8-inch square baking dish with cooking spray. Melt butter in a small skillet over medium. Continue cooking, stirring constantly, until butter is browned and has a nutty aroma, 2 to 3 minutes. Pour butter into a large bowl; stir in cinnamon and nutmeg. Let cool 5 minutes.\n\nStir together oats, baking powder, salt, and 1/2 cup of the pecans in a medium bowl; set aside. Add milk, maple syrup, egg, and vanilla to the cooled butter mixture; whisk to combine. Stir in oat mixture.\n\nArrange bananas in a single layer on bottom of prepared baking dish. Sprinkle evenly with 3/4 cup of the raspberries. Spoon oat mixture evenly over top. Sprinkle with remaining 3/4 cup raspberries, then with coconut, and finally with remaining 2 tablespoons pecans. Bake in preheated oven until set and golden brown, about 35 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes. Serve with additional maple syrup, if desired.\n\nNow, if this doesn't warm you up on a cold winter morning, I can't imagine what will.\n\nA Classic Dish With Modern Twists\n\nAren't we lucky in this day and age to be able to create these once simple dishes with so many great ingredients?\n\nWhat used to be a pretty basic food, consumed because it was available and healthy, has now turned into something beloved by people the world over and is made in fancy and fantastical ways.\n\nAlthough I will always cherish my childhood memories, sitting at my mom's table and eating simple bowls of porridge made with simple ingredients, I'm also happy to be able to add a variety of ingredients to it to give it that elevated lift.\n\nPlus, during these cold winter days in Skopjë, it has become the perfect comfort food to start our days.\n\nIf you like my writing and want to read more, follow me and sign up here to get my articles by email. 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"content": "FOOD | OATMEAL | HEALTH\n\nReconnecting With Oatmeal - A Long Lost Childhood Favorite\n\nMaking it delicious with unlimited options\n\nI still remember lazy Sunday mornings as a kid. I would awake from my sleepy slumber and stagger into the kitchen. My mom would ask, \"I'm cooking some porridge; do you want any?\"\n\nTypically, this happened on cold winter mornings. Somehow, this comfort food would warm us to our bones as we looked out the window at the frozen wasteland beyond.\n\nHer go-to recipe was to add walnuts, butter, and salt, while it was cooking - then I would top it with gobs of brown sugar and pour milk over the top. When I close my eyes, I can still taste the delicious concoction as waves of warmth, nostalgia and comfort wash over me.\n\nAs an adult, I have made it for myself on occasion, but it has never been something that I eat regularly. But these past couple of weeks, my partner and I have been eating a lot of it. As somebody who is allergic to wheat and mostly eats gluten-free, I have found oats to be a fantastic and versatile grain.\n\nHow Long Have We Grown Oats\n\nPorridge, a name introduced by the British, is a meal made by cooking grains in milk or water to soften them up. It can take on many forms, but the most common porridge is made with oats and is referred to as \"oatmeal.\"\n\nOats have a very long history on the world stage. Some say their cultivation dates back 32, 000 years while other records indicate that they have been around for 51, 000 years. However, the oldest records of actual intentional cultivation come from a granary in Jordan, where grains up to 11,400 years old were found.\n\nRecords from Europe indicate that oat grains were finally domesticated around 3000 years ago. Whatever the case, I think it's safe to say that oats have been around for a while!\n\nGetting Oats From the Field to Our Bowls\n\nI was fascinated to learn that oat grass can reach heights of 1.8m (5.9 ft)! While wheat and other crops don't get much past 1 meter (3 ft), this grass has a lot of bang for its buck.\n\nAs a Canadian, I'm thrilled that Canada is amongst the largest producers of oats. Various sources claim that Russia is at the top, but Wikipedia says that Canada produced the most in 2022 at 5.2 million tons.\n\nThe process of getting oats from the field to our bowls is lengthy. First, the grain is separated from the other plant matter and impurities like dirt and stones that are picked up in the harvesting. Next, the outside hull must be removed as it is not digestible, and then the grain is heated to denature the enzymes that may make it rancid.\n\nThe oats are then dried so they don't spoil due to bacteria growth. Finally, they are cut or rolled to the specifications of their intended use.\n\nIt always amazes me the lengths of effort that are put into getting food to a place where it is easy to consume.\n\nOats Are Not Only Economical, They Are Healthy Too\n\nThere are two very important reasons to make oatmeal a part of your diet. Oats are some of the most economical and healthy grains that you can buy. They are a fiber-rich food that is well known to reduce cholesterol and blood pressure, plus they contain antioxidants that help to reduce inflammation and improve circulation.\n\nThey are a good source of manganese, zinc and selenium - minerals that support immunity. They contain a type of fiber that is not found in many foods called beta-glucans. This fiber is also found in mushrooms and has been proven to help our bodies eliminate bacteria, heighten our response to infections, and may even help dissuade the formation of tumors.\n\nOats also help to stabilize blood sugar and are a great meal to start your day as the soluble fibers will prevent hunger crashes. Nobody likes a 'hangry' person, after all!\n\nAs I age, I am starting to realize just how important it is to maintain my health if I want to live a happy and productive life. Eating oatmeal will certainly become more of a habit now that I know just how healthy it really is.\n\nAdding Goodies to Our Oatmeal\n\nMy partner Chris and I are currently staying in Skopjë, North Macedonia, where we have been getting some dental work done. Consequently, we have sore teeth.\n\nChris decided sometime last week that he wanted to buy some oats to eat because they are soft and easy to chew. Not to mention that for less than $2, we purchase a half-kilo bag that feeds us at least four meals.\n\nWe had already purchased some thick Greek yogurt, and we had some honey, so I dressed up our first bowls with those items, adding a sprinkle of cinnamon on top. But along the way, our porridge bowls have evolved to look like these photos.\n\nHere in North Macedonia, kiwis and mandarin oranges are available in abundance. Kiwis cost less than $1.50 for a kilo, and the oranges are less than $1 for a kilo. So Chris decided to chop them up and add them to the oatmeal.\n\nThere are also lots of bulk nuts available in the markets, so we purchased some walnuts now that our teeth are feeling better. Bit by bit, Chris has added this and that to our oatmeal in the morning until it now looks like this.\n\nBut the additives to oatmeal don't have to end here. I also remember my mom occasionally adding blueberries, and then there was the chopped apple and cinnamon as well.\n\nHere in North Macedonia, they also grow an abundance of pomegranates. I have been thinking that pomegranate seeds would also be a nice addition.\n\nDifferent Cultures Eat Oats Differently\n\nThe ancient Greeks were the first to use oats to create the porridge that we love today. But other cultures eat it as well and they all have their own ways of making it.\n\nThe Germans, for example, don't cook the oats; they simply soak them in milk and cinnamon overnight, enjoying them in the morning topped with nuts and fruits.\n\nAccording to the Wonderopolis website, Vermont eats the most oatmeal per capita in the US.\n\nA popular Vermont variation of oatmeal begins with steel-cut oats, which are soaked overnight in a mixture of water, salt and maple syrup. The next morning, nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger are added, and the oatmeal is cooked. When the oatmeal is ready, it is served with cream, milk or butter.\n\nI'm sure you get the drift. Oatmeal doesn't have to be boring; there are many ways that we can dress it up and add even more healthy and delicious ingredients.\n\nBrown Butter-Raspberry Baked Oatmeal\n\nI have to say while researching for this article, I stumbled across a few delicious-looking recipes, but this decadent take on traditional oatmeal from Food & Wine takes the cake. It's a recipe that I am now eager to try, and I thought I would share it with you here.\n\nThis is their introductory statement. I mean, my mouth is watering just reading it:\n\nIn this baked oatmeal, perfectly tender spiced oats mixed with sweet and tart fruit are topped with crispy coconut and pecans. The recipe calls for raspberries - blackberries, blueberries, or sliced strawberries would work as well. Blooming the spices in the hot brown butter releases their flavors and infuses the entire dish with a nutty warmth. The baked oatmeal can be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 4 days. Cover with foil and reheat in a 350°F oven for 20 minutes, or microwave individual portions on high for 1 minute.\n\nTo save you from having to click the link above, I have typed out the recipe for you:\n\nIngredients:\n\nCooking spray\n\n¼ cup unsalted butter\n\n1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon\n\n¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg\n\n2 cups (about 7 ounces) uncooked old-fashioned regular rolled oats\n\n1 teaspoon baking powder\n\n½ teaspoon kosher salt\n\n½ cup plus 2 tablespoons chopped toasted pecans, divided\n\n2 cups plain unsweetened almond milk\n\n⅓ cup pure maple syrup, plus more for serving, if desired\n\n1 large egg, beaten\n\n2 teaspoons vanilla extract\n\n2 medium (6 ounces each) bananas, sliced 1/2-in. thick (about 1 1/2 cups)\n\n1 ½ cups fresh raspberries (from 1 [6-ounce] package), divided\n\n¼ cup unsweetened flaked coconut\n\nDirections:\n\nPreheat oven to 375°F (191ºC). Lightly coat an 8-inch square baking dish with cooking spray. Melt butter in a small skillet over medium. Continue cooking, stirring constantly, until butter is browned and has a nutty aroma, 2 to 3 minutes. Pour butter into a large bowl; stir in cinnamon and nutmeg. Let cool 5 minutes.\n\nStir together oats, baking powder, salt, and 1/2 cup of the pecans in a medium bowl; set aside. Add milk, maple syrup, egg, and vanilla to the cooled butter mixture; whisk to combine. Stir in oat mixture.\n\nArrange bananas in a single layer on bottom of prepared baking dish. Sprinkle evenly with 3/4 cup of the raspberries. Spoon oat mixture evenly over top. Sprinkle with remaining 3/4 cup raspberries, then with coconut, and finally with remaining 2 tablespoons pecans. Bake in preheated oven until set and golden brown, about 35 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes. Serve with additional maple syrup, if desired.\n\nNow, if this doesn't warm you up on a cold winter morning, I can't imagine what will.\n\nA Classic Dish With Modern Twists\n\nAren't we lucky in this day and age to be able to create these once simple dishes with so many great ingredients?\n\nWhat used to be a pretty basic food, consumed because it was available and healthy, has now turned into something beloved by people the world over and is made in fancy and fantastical ways.\n\nAlthough I will always cherish my childhood memories, sitting at my mom's table and eating simple bowls of porridge made with simple ingredients, I'm also happy to be able to add a variety of ingredients to it to give it that elevated lift.\n\nPlus, during these cold winter days in Skopjë, it has become the perfect comfort food to start our days.\n\nIf you like my writing and want to read more, follow me and sign up here to get my articles by email. 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"content": "FOOD | OATMEAL | HEALTH\n\nReconnecting With Oatmeal - A Long Lost Childhood Favorite\n\nMaking it delicious with unlimited options\n\nI still remember lazy Sunday mornings as a kid. I would awake from my sleepy slumber and stagger into the kitchen. My mom would ask, \"I'm cooking some porridge; do you want any?\"\n\nTypically, this happened on cold winter mornings. Somehow, this comfort food would warm us to our bones as we looked out the window at the frozen wasteland beyond.\n\nHer go-to recipe was to add walnuts, butter, and salt, while it was cooking - then I would top it with gobs of brown sugar and pour milk over the top. When I close my eyes, I can still taste the delicious concoction as waves of warmth, nostalgia and comfort wash over me.\n\nAs an adult, I have made it for myself on occasion, but it has never been something that I eat regularly. But these past couple of weeks, my partner and I have been eating a lot of it. As somebody who is allergic to wheat and mostly eats gluten-free, I have found oats to be a fantastic and versatile grain.\n\nHow Long Have We Grown Oats\n\nPorridge, a name introduced by the British, is a meal made by cooking grains in milk or water to soften them up. It can take on many forms, but the most common porridge is made with oats and is referred to as \"oatmeal.\"\n\nOats have a very long history on the world stage. Some say their cultivation dates back 32, 000 years while other records indicate that they have been around for 51, 000 years. However, the oldest records of actual intentional cultivation come from a granary in Jordan, where grains up to 11,400 years old were found.\n\nRecords from Europe indicate that oat grains were finally domesticated around 3000 years ago. Whatever the case, I think it's safe to say that oats have been around for a while!\n\nGetting Oats From the Field to Our Bowls\n\nI was fascinated to learn that oat grass can reach heights of 1.8m (5.9 ft)! While wheat and other crops don't get much past 1 meter (3 ft), this grass has a lot of bang for its buck.\n\nAs a Canadian, I'm thrilled that Canada is amongst the largest producers of oats. Various sources claim that Russia is at the top, but Wikipedia says that Canada produced the most in 2022 at 5.2 million tons.\n\nThe process of getting oats from the field to our bowls is lengthy. First, the grain is separated from the other plant matter and impurities like dirt and stones that are picked up in the harvesting. Next, the outside hull must be removed as it is not digestible, and then the grain is heated to denature the enzymes that may make it rancid.\n\nThe oats are then dried so they don't spoil due to bacteria growth. Finally, they are cut or rolled to the specifications of their intended use.\n\nIt always amazes me the lengths of effort that are put into getting food to a place where it is easy to consume.\n\nOats Are Not Only Economical, They Are Healthy Too\n\nThere are two very important reasons to make oatmeal a part of your diet. Oats are some of the most economical and healthy grains that you can buy. They are a fiber-rich food that is well known to reduce cholesterol and blood pressure, plus they contain antioxidants that help to reduce inflammation and improve circulation.\n\nThey are a good source of manganese, zinc and selenium - minerals that support immunity. They contain a type of fiber that is not found in many foods called beta-glucans. This fiber is also found in mushrooms and has been proven to help our bodies eliminate bacteria, heighten our response to infections, and may even help dissuade the formation of tumors.\n\nOats also help to stabilize blood sugar and are a great meal to start your day as the soluble fibers will prevent hunger crashes. Nobody likes a 'hangry' person, after all!\n\nAs I age, I am starting to realize just how important it is to maintain my health if I want to live a happy and productive life. Eating oatmeal will certainly become more of a habit now that I know just how healthy it really is.\n\nAdding Goodies to Our Oatmeal\n\nMy partner Chris and I are currently staying in Skopjë, North Macedonia, where we have been getting some dental work done. Consequently, we have sore teeth.\n\nChris decided sometime last week that he wanted to buy some oats to eat because they are soft and easy to chew. Not to mention that for less than $2, we purchase a half-kilo bag that feeds us at least four meals.\n\nWe had already purchased some thick Greek yogurt, and we had some honey, so I dressed up our first bowls with those items, adding a sprinkle of cinnamon on top. But along the way, our porridge bowls have evolved to look like these photos.\n\nHere in North Macedonia, kiwis and mandarin oranges are available in abundance. Kiwis cost less than $1.50 for a kilo, and the oranges are less than $1 for a kilo. So Chris decided to chop them up and add them to the oatmeal.\n\nThere are also lots of bulk nuts available in the markets, so we purchased some walnuts now that our teeth are feeling better. Bit by bit, Chris has added this and that to our oatmeal in the morning until it now looks like this.\n\nBut the additives to oatmeal don't have to end here. I also remember my mom occasionally adding blueberries, and then there was the chopped apple and cinnamon as well.\n\nHere in North Macedonia, they also grow an abundance of pomegranates. I have been thinking that pomegranate seeds would also be a nice addition.\n\nDifferent Cultures Eat Oats Differently\n\nThe ancient Greeks were the first to use oats to create the porridge that we love today. But other cultures eat it as well and they all have their own ways of making it.\n\nThe Germans, for example, don't cook the oats; they simply soak them in milk and cinnamon overnight, enjoying them in the morning topped with nuts and fruits.\n\nAccording to the Wonderopolis website, Vermont eats the most oatmeal per capita in the US.\n\nA popular Vermont variation of oatmeal begins with steel-cut oats, which are soaked overnight in a mixture of water, salt and maple syrup. The next morning, nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger are added, and the oatmeal is cooked. When the oatmeal is ready, it is served with cream, milk or butter.\n\nI'm sure you get the drift. Oatmeal doesn't have to be boring; there are many ways that we can dress it up and add even more healthy and delicious ingredients.\n\nBrown Butter-Raspberry Baked Oatmeal\n\nI have to say while researching for this article, I stumbled across a few delicious-looking recipes, but this decadent take on traditional oatmeal from Food & Wine takes the cake. It's a recipe that I am now eager to try, and I thought I would share it with you here.\n\nThis is their introductory statement. I mean, my mouth is watering just reading it:\n\nIn this baked oatmeal, perfectly tender spiced oats mixed with sweet and tart fruit are topped with crispy coconut and pecans. The recipe calls for raspberries - blackberries, blueberries, or sliced strawberries would work as well. Blooming the spices in the hot brown butter releases their flavors and infuses the entire dish with a nutty warmth. The baked oatmeal can be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 4 days. Cover with foil and reheat in a 350°F oven for 20 minutes, or microwave individual portions on high for 1 minute.\n\nTo save you from having to click the link above, I have typed out the recipe for you:\n\nIngredients:\n\nCooking spray\n\n¼ cup unsalted butter\n\n1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon\n\n¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg\n\n2 cups (about 7 ounces) uncooked old-fashioned regular rolled oats\n\n1 teaspoon baking powder\n\n½ teaspoon kosher salt\n\n½ cup plus 2 tablespoons chopped toasted pecans, divided\n\n2 cups plain unsweetened almond milk\n\n⅓ cup pure maple syrup, plus more for serving, if desired\n\n1 large egg, beaten\n\n2 teaspoons vanilla extract\n\n2 medium (6 ounces each) bananas, sliced 1/2-in. thick (about 1 1/2 cups)\n\n1 ½ cups fresh raspberries (from 1 [6-ounce] package), divided\n\n¼ cup unsweetened flaked coconut\n\nDirections:\n\nPreheat oven to 375°F (191ºC). Lightly coat an 8-inch square baking dish with cooking spray. Melt butter in a small skillet over medium. Continue cooking, stirring constantly, until butter is browned and has a nutty aroma, 2 to 3 minutes. Pour butter into a large bowl; stir in cinnamon and nutmeg. Let cool 5 minutes.\n\nStir together oats, baking powder, salt, and 1/2 cup of the pecans in a medium bowl; set aside. Add milk, maple syrup, egg, and vanilla to the cooled butter mixture; whisk to combine. Stir in oat mixture.\n\nArrange bananas in a single layer on bottom of prepared baking dish. Sprinkle evenly with 3/4 cup of the raspberries. Spoon oat mixture evenly over top. Sprinkle with remaining 3/4 cup raspberries, then with coconut, and finally with remaining 2 tablespoons pecans. Bake in preheated oven until set and golden brown, about 35 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes. Serve with additional maple syrup, if desired.\n\nNow, if this doesn't warm you up on a cold winter morning, I can't imagine what will.\n\nA Classic Dish With Modern Twists\n\nAren't we lucky in this day and age to be able to create these once simple dishes with so many great ingredients?\n\nWhat used to be a pretty basic food, consumed because it was available and healthy, has now turned into something beloved by people the world over and is made in fancy and fantastical ways.\n\nAlthough I will always cherish my childhood memories, sitting at my mom's table and eating simple bowls of porridge made with simple ingredients, I'm also happy to be able to add a variety of ingredients to it to give it that elevated lift.\n\nPlus, during these cold winter days in Skopjë, it has become the perfect comfort food to start our days.\n\nIf you like my writing and want to read more, follow me and sign up here to get my articles by email. 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"content": "FOOD | OATMEAL | HEALTH\n\nReconnecting With Oatmeal - A Long Lost Childhood Favorite\n\nMaking it delicious with unlimited options\n\nI still remember lazy Sunday mornings as a kid. I would awake from my sleepy slumber and stagger into the kitchen. My mom would ask, \"I'm cooking some porridge; do you want any?\"\n\nTypically, this happened on cold winter mornings. Somehow, this comfort food would warm us to our bones as we looked out the window at the frozen wasteland beyond.\n\nHer go-to recipe was to add walnuts, butter, and salt, while it was cooking - then I would top it with gobs of brown sugar and pour milk over the top. When I close my eyes, I can still taste the delicious concoction as waves of warmth, nostalgia and comfort wash over me.\n\nAs an adult, I have made it for myself on occasion, but it has never been something that I eat regularly. But these past couple of weeks, my partner and I have been eating a lot of it. As somebody who is allergic to wheat and mostly eats gluten-free, I have found oats to be a fantastic and versatile grain.\n\nHow Long Have We Grown Oats\n\nPorridge, a name introduced by the British, is a meal made by cooking grains in milk or water to soften them up. It can take on many forms, but the most common porridge is made with oats and is referred to as \"oatmeal.\"\n\nOats have a very long history on the world stage. Some say their cultivation dates back 32, 000 years while other records indicate that they have been around for 51, 000 years. However, the oldest records of actual intentional cultivation come from a granary in Jordan, where grains up to 11,400 years old were found.\n\nRecords from Europe indicate that oat grains were finally domesticated around 3000 years ago. Whatever the case, I think it's safe to say that oats have been around for a while!\n\nGetting Oats From the Field to Our Bowls\n\nI was fascinated to learn that oat grass can reach heights of 1.8m (5.9 ft)! While wheat and other crops don't get much past 1 meter (3 ft), this grass has a lot of bang for its buck.\n\nAs a Canadian, I'm thrilled that Canada is amongst the largest producers of oats. Various sources claim that Russia is at the top, but Wikipedia says that Canada produced the most in 2022 at 5.2 million tons.\n\nThe process of getting oats from the field to our bowls is lengthy. First, the grain is separated from the other plant matter and impurities like dirt and stones that are picked up in the harvesting. Next, the outside hull must be removed as it is not digestible, and then the grain is heated to denature the enzymes that may make it rancid.\n\nThe oats are then dried so they don't spoil due to bacteria growth. Finally, they are cut or rolled to the specifications of their intended use.\n\nIt always amazes me the lengths of effort that are put into getting food to a place where it is easy to consume.\n\nOats Are Not Only Economical, They Are Healthy Too\n\nThere are two very important reasons to make oatmeal a part of your diet. Oats are some of the most economical and healthy grains that you can buy. They are a fiber-rich food that is well known to reduce cholesterol and blood pressure, plus they contain antioxidants that help to reduce inflammation and improve circulation.\n\nThey are a good source of manganese, zinc and selenium - minerals that support immunity. They contain a type of fiber that is not found in many foods called beta-glucans. This fiber is also found in mushrooms and has been proven to help our bodies eliminate bacteria, heighten our response to infections, and may even help dissuade the formation of tumors.\n\nOats also help to stabilize blood sugar and are a great meal to start your day as the soluble fibers will prevent hunger crashes. Nobody likes a 'hangry' person, after all!\n\nAs I age, I am starting to realize just how important it is to maintain my health if I want to live a happy and productive life. Eating oatmeal will certainly become more of a habit now that I know just how healthy it really is.\n\nAdding Goodies to Our Oatmeal\n\nMy partner Chris and I are currently staying in Skopjë, North Macedonia, where we have been getting some dental work done. Consequently, we have sore teeth.\n\nChris decided sometime last week that he wanted to buy some oats to eat because they are soft and easy to chew. Not to mention that for less than $2, we purchase a half-kilo bag that feeds us at least four meals.\n\nWe had already purchased some thick Greek yogurt, and we had some honey, so I dressed up our first bowls with those items, adding a sprinkle of cinnamon on top. But along the way, our porridge bowls have evolved to look like these photos.\n\nHere in North Macedonia, kiwis and mandarin oranges are available in abundance. Kiwis cost less than $1.50 for a kilo, and the oranges are less than $1 for a kilo. So Chris decided to chop them up and add them to the oatmeal.\n\nThere are also lots of bulk nuts available in the markets, so we purchased some walnuts now that our teeth are feeling better. Bit by bit, Chris has added this and that to our oatmeal in the morning until it now looks like this.\n\nBut the additives to oatmeal don't have to end here. I also remember my mom occasionally adding blueberries, and then there was the chopped apple and cinnamon as well.\n\nHere in North Macedonia, they also grow an abundance of pomegranates. I have been thinking that pomegranate seeds would also be a nice addition.\n\nDifferent Cultures Eat Oats Differently\n\nThe ancient Greeks were the first to use oats to create the porridge that we love today. But other cultures eat it as well and they all have their own ways of making it.\n\nThe Germans, for example, don't cook the oats; they simply soak them in milk and cinnamon overnight, enjoying them in the morning topped with nuts and fruits.\n\nAccording to the Wonderopolis website, Vermont eats the most oatmeal per capita in the US.\n\nA popular Vermont variation of oatmeal begins with steel-cut oats, which are soaked overnight in a mixture of water, salt and maple syrup. The next morning, nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger are added, and the oatmeal is cooked. When the oatmeal is ready, it is served with cream, milk or butter.\n\nI'm sure you get the drift. Oatmeal doesn't have to be boring; there are many ways that we can dress it up and add even more healthy and delicious ingredients.\n\nBrown Butter-Raspberry Baked Oatmeal\n\nI have to say while researching for this article, I stumbled across a few delicious-looking recipes, but this decadent take on traditional oatmeal from Food & Wine takes the cake. It's a recipe that I am now eager to try, and I thought I would share it with you here.\n\nThis is their introductory statement. I mean, my mouth is watering just reading it:\n\nIn this baked oatmeal, perfectly tender spiced oats mixed with sweet and tart fruit are topped with crispy coconut and pecans. The recipe calls for raspberries - blackberries, blueberries, or sliced strawberries would work as well. Blooming the spices in the hot brown butter releases their flavors and infuses the entire dish with a nutty warmth. The baked oatmeal can be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 4 days. Cover with foil and reheat in a 350°F oven for 20 minutes, or microwave individual portions on high for 1 minute.\n\nTo save you from having to click the link above, I have typed out the recipe for you:\n\nIngredients:\n\nCooking spray\n\n¼ cup unsalted butter\n\n1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon\n\n¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg\n\n2 cups (about 7 ounces) uncooked old-fashioned regular rolled oats\n\n1 teaspoon baking powder\n\n½ teaspoon kosher salt\n\n½ cup plus 2 tablespoons chopped toasted pecans, divided\n\n2 cups plain unsweetened almond milk\n\n⅓ cup pure maple syrup, plus more for serving, if desired\n\n1 large egg, beaten\n\n2 teaspoons vanilla extract\n\n2 medium (6 ounces each) bananas, sliced 1/2-in. thick (about 1 1/2 cups)\n\n1 ½ cups fresh raspberries (from 1 [6-ounce] package), divided\n\n¼ cup unsweetened flaked coconut\n\nDirections:\n\nPreheat oven to 375°F (191ºC). Lightly coat an 8-inch square baking dish with cooking spray. Melt butter in a small skillet over medium. Continue cooking, stirring constantly, until butter is browned and has a nutty aroma, 2 to 3 minutes. Pour butter into a large bowl; stir in cinnamon and nutmeg. Let cool 5 minutes.\n\nStir together oats, baking powder, salt, and 1/2 cup of the pecans in a medium bowl; set aside. Add milk, maple syrup, egg, and vanilla to the cooled butter mixture; whisk to combine. Stir in oat mixture.\n\nArrange bananas in a single layer on bottom of prepared baking dish. Sprinkle evenly with 3/4 cup of the raspberries. Spoon oat mixture evenly over top. Sprinkle with remaining 3/4 cup raspberries, then with coconut, and finally with remaining 2 tablespoons pecans. Bake in preheated oven until set and golden brown, about 35 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes. Serve with additional maple syrup, if desired.\n\nNow, if this doesn't warm you up on a cold winter morning, I can't imagine what will.\n\nA Classic Dish With Modern Twists\n\nAren't we lucky in this day and age to be able to create these once simple dishes with so many great ingredients?\n\nWhat used to be a pretty basic food, consumed because it was available and healthy, has now turned into something beloved by people the world over and is made in fancy and fantastical ways.\n\nAlthough I will always cherish my childhood memories, sitting at my mom's table and eating simple bowls of porridge made with simple ingredients, I'm also happy to be able to add a variety of ingredients to it to give it that elevated lift.\n\nPlus, during these cold winter days in Skopjë, it has become the perfect comfort food to start our days.\n\nIf you like my writing and want to read more, follow me and sign up here to get my articles by email. 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"content": "FOOD | OATMEAL | HEALTH\n\nReconnecting With Oatmeal - A Long Lost Childhood Favorite\n\nMaking it delicious with unlimited options\n\nI still remember lazy Sunday mornings as a kid. I would awake from my sleepy slumber and stagger into the kitchen. My mom would ask, \"I'm cooking some porridge; do you want any?\"\n\nTypically, this happened on cold winter mornings. Somehow, this comfort food would warm us to our bones as we looked out the window at the frozen wasteland beyond.\n\nHer go-to recipe was to add walnuts, butter, and salt, while it was cooking - then I would top it with gobs of brown sugar and pour milk over the top. When I close my eyes, I can still taste the delicious concoction as waves of warmth, nostalgia and comfort wash over me.\n\nAs an adult, I have made it for myself on occasion, but it has never been something that I eat regularly. But these past couple of weeks, my partner and I have been eating a lot of it. As somebody who is allergic to wheat and mostly eats gluten-free, I have found oats to be a fantastic and versatile grain.\n\nHow Long Have We Grown Oats\n\nPorridge, a name introduced by the British, is a meal made by cooking grains in milk or water to soften them up. It can take on many forms, but the most common porridge is made with oats and is referred to as \"oatmeal.\"\n\nOats have a very long history on the world stage. Some say their cultivation dates back 32, 000 years while other records indicate that they have been around for 51, 000 years. However, the oldest records of actual intentional cultivation come from a granary in Jordan, where grains up to 11,400 years old were found.\n\nRecords from Europe indicate that oat grains were finally domesticated around 3000 years ago. Whatever the case, I think it's safe to say that oats have been around for a while!\n\nGetting Oats From the Field to Our Bowls\n\nI was fascinated to learn that oat grass can reach heights of 1.8m (5.9 ft)! While wheat and other crops don't get much past 1 meter (3 ft), this grass has a lot of bang for its buck.\n\nAs a Canadian, I'm thrilled that Canada is amongst the largest producers of oats. Various sources claim that Russia is at the top, but Wikipedia says that Canada produced the most in 2022 at 5.2 million tons.\n\nThe process of getting oats from the field to our bowls is lengthy. First, the grain is separated from the other plant matter and impurities like dirt and stones that are picked up in the harvesting. Next, the outside hull must be removed as it is not digestible, and then the grain is heated to denature the enzymes that may make it rancid.\n\nThe oats are then dried so they don't spoil due to bacteria growth. Finally, they are cut or rolled to the specifications of their intended use.\n\nIt always amazes me the lengths of effort that are put into getting food to a place where it is easy to consume.\n\nOats Are Not Only Economical, They Are Healthy Too\n\nThere are two very important reasons to make oatmeal a part of your diet. Oats are some of the most economical and healthy grains that you can buy. They are a fiber-rich food that is well known to reduce cholesterol and blood pressure, plus they contain antioxidants that help to reduce inflammation and improve circulation.\n\nThey are a good source of manganese, zinc and selenium - minerals that support immunity. They contain a type of fiber that is not found in many foods called beta-glucans. This fiber is also found in mushrooms and has been proven to help our bodies eliminate bacteria, heighten our response to infections, and may even help dissuade the formation of tumors.\n\nOats also help to stabilize blood sugar and are a great meal to start your day as the soluble fibers will prevent hunger crashes. Nobody likes a 'hangry' person, after all!\n\nAs I age, I am starting to realize just how important it is to maintain my health if I want to live a happy and productive life. Eating oatmeal will certainly become more of a habit now that I know just how healthy it really is.\n\nAdding Goodies to Our Oatmeal\n\nMy partner Chris and I are currently staying in Skopjë, North Macedonia, where we have been getting some dental work done. Consequently, we have sore teeth.\n\nChris decided sometime last week that he wanted to buy some oats to eat because they are soft and easy to chew. Not to mention that for less than $2, we purchase a half-kilo bag that feeds us at least four meals.\n\nWe had already purchased some thick Greek yogurt, and we had some honey, so I dressed up our first bowls with those items, adding a sprinkle of cinnamon on top. But along the way, our porridge bowls have evolved to look like these photos.\n\nHere in North Macedonia, kiwis and mandarin oranges are available in abundance. Kiwis cost less than $1.50 for a kilo, and the oranges are less than $1 for a kilo. So Chris decided to chop them up and add them to the oatmeal.\n\nThere are also lots of bulk nuts available in the markets, so we purchased some walnuts now that our teeth are feeling better. Bit by bit, Chris has added this and that to our oatmeal in the morning until it now looks like this.\n\nBut the additives to oatmeal don't have to end here. I also remember my mom occasionally adding blueberries, and then there was the chopped apple and cinnamon as well.\n\nHere in North Macedonia, they also grow an abundance of pomegranates. I have been thinking that pomegranate seeds would also be a nice addition.\n\nDifferent Cultures Eat Oats Differently\n\nThe ancient Greeks were the first to use oats to create the porridge that we love today. But other cultures eat it as well and they all have their own ways of making it.\n\nThe Germans, for example, don't cook the oats; they simply soak them in milk and cinnamon overnight, enjoying them in the morning topped with nuts and fruits.\n\nAccording to the Wonderopolis website, Vermont eats the most oatmeal per capita in the US.\n\nA popular Vermont variation of oatmeal begins with steel-cut oats, which are soaked overnight in a mixture of water, salt and maple syrup. The next morning, nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger are added, and the oatmeal is cooked. When the oatmeal is ready, it is served with cream, milk or butter.\n\nI'm sure you get the drift. Oatmeal doesn't have to be boring; there are many ways that we can dress it up and add even more healthy and delicious ingredients.\n\nBrown Butter-Raspberry Baked Oatmeal\n\nI have to say while researching for this article, I stumbled across a few delicious-looking recipes, but this decadent take on traditional oatmeal from Food & Wine takes the cake. It's a recipe that I am now eager to try, and I thought I would share it with you here.\n\nThis is their introductory statement. I mean, my mouth is watering just reading it:\n\nIn this baked oatmeal, perfectly tender spiced oats mixed with sweet and tart fruit are topped with crispy coconut and pecans. The recipe calls for raspberries - blackberries, blueberries, or sliced strawberries would work as well. Blooming the spices in the hot brown butter releases their flavors and infuses the entire dish with a nutty warmth. The baked oatmeal can be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 4 days. Cover with foil and reheat in a 350°F oven for 20 minutes, or microwave individual portions on high for 1 minute.\n\nTo save you from having to click the link above, I have typed out the recipe for you:\n\nIngredients:\n\nCooking spray\n\n¼ cup unsalted butter\n\n1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon\n\n¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg\n\n2 cups (about 7 ounces) uncooked old-fashioned regular rolled oats\n\n1 teaspoon baking powder\n\n½ teaspoon kosher salt\n\n½ cup plus 2 tablespoons chopped toasted pecans, divided\n\n2 cups plain unsweetened almond milk\n\n⅓ cup pure maple syrup, plus more for serving, if desired\n\n1 large egg, beaten\n\n2 teaspoons vanilla extract\n\n2 medium (6 ounces each) bananas, sliced 1/2-in. thick (about 1 1/2 cups)\n\n1 ½ cups fresh raspberries (from 1 [6-ounce] package), divided\n\n¼ cup unsweetened flaked coconut\n\nDirections:\n\nPreheat oven to 375°F (191ºC). Lightly coat an 8-inch square baking dish with cooking spray. Melt butter in a small skillet over medium. Continue cooking, stirring constantly, until butter is browned and has a nutty aroma, 2 to 3 minutes. Pour butter into a large bowl; stir in cinnamon and nutmeg. Let cool 5 minutes.\n\nStir together oats, baking powder, salt, and 1/2 cup of the pecans in a medium bowl; set aside. Add milk, maple syrup, egg, and vanilla to the cooled butter mixture; whisk to combine. Stir in oat mixture.\n\nArrange bananas in a single layer on bottom of prepared baking dish. Sprinkle evenly with 3/4 cup of the raspberries. Spoon oat mixture evenly over top. Sprinkle with remaining 3/4 cup raspberries, then with coconut, and finally with remaining 2 tablespoons pecans. Bake in preheated oven until set and golden brown, about 35 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes. Serve with additional maple syrup, if desired.\n\nNow, if this doesn't warm you up on a cold winter morning, I can't imagine what will.\n\nA Classic Dish With Modern Twists\n\nAren't we lucky in this day and age to be able to create these once simple dishes with so many great ingredients?\n\nWhat used to be a pretty basic food, consumed because it was available and healthy, has now turned into something beloved by people the world over and is made in fancy and fantastical ways.\n\nAlthough I will always cherish my childhood memories, sitting at my mom's table and eating simple bowls of porridge made with simple ingredients, I'm also happy to be able to add a variety of ingredients to it to give it that elevated lift.\n\nPlus, during these cold winter days in Skopjë, it has become the perfect comfort food to start our days.\n\nIf you like my writing and want to read more, follow me and sign up here to get my articles by email. 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As somebody who is allergic to wheat and mostly eats gluten-free, I have found oats to be a fantastic and versatile grain.\n\nHow Long Have We Grown Oats\n\nPorridge, a name introduced by the British, is a meal made by cooking grains in milk or water to soften them up. It can take on many forms, but the most common porridge is made with oats and is referred to as \"oatmeal.\"\n\nOats have a very long history on the world stage. Some say their cultivation dates back 32, 000 years while other records indicate that they have been around for 51, 000 years. However, the oldest records of actual intentional cultivation come from a granary in Jordan, where grains up to 11,400 years old were found.\n\nRecords from Europe indicate that oat grains were finally domesticated around 3000 years ago. Whatever the case, I think it's safe to say that oats have been around for a while!\n\nGetting Oats From the Field to Our Bowls\n\nI was fascinated to learn that oat grass can reach heights of 1.8m (5.9 ft)! While wheat and other crops don't get much past 1 meter (3 ft), this grass has a lot of bang for its buck.\n\nAs a Canadian, I'm thrilled that Canada is amongst the largest producers of oats. Various sources claim that Russia is at the top, but Wikipedia says that Canada produced the most in 2022 at 5.2 million tons.\n\nThe process of getting oats from the field to our bowls is lengthy. First, the grain is separated from the other plant matter and impurities like dirt and stones that are picked up in the harvesting. Next, the outside hull must be removed as it is not digestible, and then the grain is heated to denature the enzymes that may make it rancid.\n\nThe oats are then dried so they don't spoil due to bacteria growth. Finally, they are cut or rolled to the specifications of their intended use.\n\nIt always amazes me the lengths of effort that are put into getting food to a place where it is easy to consume.\n\nOats Are Not Only Economical, They Are Healthy Too\n\nThere are two very important reasons to make oatmeal a part of your diet. Oats are some of the most economical and healthy grains that you can buy. They are a fiber-rich food that is well known to reduce cholesterol and blood pressure, plus they contain antioxidants that help to reduce inflammation and improve circulation.\n\nThey are a good source of manganese, zinc and selenium - minerals that support immunity. They contain a type of fiber that is not found in many foods called beta-glucans. This fiber is also found in mushrooms and has been proven to help our bodies eliminate bacteria, heighten our response to infections, and may even help dissuade the formation of tumors.\n\nOats also help to stabilize blood sugar and are a great meal to start your day as the soluble fibers will prevent hunger crashes. Nobody likes a 'hangry' person, after all!\n\nAs I age, I am starting to realize just how important it is to maintain my health if I want to live a happy and productive life. Eating oatmeal will certainly become more of a habit now that I know just how healthy it really is.\n\nAdding Goodies to Our Oatmeal\n\nMy partner Chris and I are currently staying in Skopjë, North Macedonia, where we have been getting some dental work done. Consequently, we have sore teeth.\n\nChris decided sometime last week that he wanted to buy some oats to eat because they are soft and easy to chew. Not to mention that for less than $2, we purchase a half-kilo bag that feeds us at least four meals.\n\nWe had already purchased some thick Greek yogurt, and we had some honey, so I dressed up our first bowls with those items, adding a sprinkle of cinnamon on top. But along the way, our porridge bowls have evolved to look like these photos.\n\nHere in North Macedonia, kiwis and mandarin oranges are available in abundance. Kiwis cost less than $1.50 for a kilo, and the oranges are less than $1 for a kilo. So Chris decided to chop them up and add them to the oatmeal.\n\nThere are also lots of bulk nuts available in the markets, so we purchased some walnuts now that our teeth are feeling better. Bit by bit, Chris has added this and that to our oatmeal in the morning until it now looks like this.\n\nBut the additives to oatmeal don't have to end here. I also remember my mom occasionally adding blueberries, and then there was the chopped apple and cinnamon as well.\n\nHere in North Macedonia, they also grow an abundance of pomegranates. I have been thinking that pomegranate seeds would also be a nice addition.\n\nDifferent Cultures Eat Oats Differently\n\nThe ancient Greeks were the first to use oats to create the porridge that we love today. But other cultures eat it as well and they all have their own ways of making it.\n\nThe Germans, for example, don't cook the oats; they simply soak them in milk and cinnamon overnight, enjoying them in the morning topped with nuts and fruits.\n\nAccording to the Wonderopolis website, Vermont eats the most oatmeal per capita in the US.\n\nA popular Vermont variation of oatmeal begins with steel-cut oats, which are soaked overnight in a mixture of water, salt and maple syrup. The next morning, nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger are added, and the oatmeal is cooked. When the oatmeal is ready, it is served with cream, milk or butter.\n\nI'm sure you get the drift. Oatmeal doesn't have to be boring; there are many ways that we can dress it up and add even more healthy and delicious ingredients.\n\nBrown Butter-Raspberry Baked Oatmeal\n\nI have to say while researching for this article, I stumbled across a few delicious-looking recipes, but this decadent take on traditional oatmeal from Food & Wine takes the cake. It's a recipe that I am now eager to try, and I thought I would share it with you here.\n\nThis is their introductory statement. I mean, my mouth is watering just reading it:\n\nIn this baked oatmeal, perfectly tender spiced oats mixed with sweet and tart fruit are topped with crispy coconut and pecans. The recipe calls for raspberries - blackberries, blueberries, or sliced strawberries would work as well. Blooming the spices in the hot brown butter releases their flavors and infuses the entire dish with a nutty warmth. The baked oatmeal can be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 4 days. Cover with foil and reheat in a 350°F oven for 20 minutes, or microwave individual portions on high for 1 minute.\n\nTo save you from having to click the link above, I have typed out the recipe for you:\n\nIngredients:\n\nCooking spray\n\n¼ cup unsalted butter\n\n1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon\n\n¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg\n\n2 cups (about 7 ounces) uncooked old-fashioned regular rolled oats\n\n1 teaspoon baking powder\n\n½ teaspoon kosher salt\n\n½ cup plus 2 tablespoons chopped toasted pecans, divided\n\n2 cups plain unsweetened almond milk\n\n⅓ cup pure maple syrup, plus more for serving, if desired\n\n1 large egg, beaten\n\n2 teaspoons vanilla extract\n\n2 medium (6 ounces each) bananas, sliced 1/2-in. thick (about 1 1/2 cups)\n\n1 ½ cups fresh raspberries (from 1 [6-ounce] package), divided\n\n¼ cup unsweetened flaked coconut\n\nDirections:\n\nPreheat oven to 375°F (191ºC). Lightly coat an 8-inch square baking dish with cooking spray. Melt butter in a small skillet over medium. Continue cooking, stirring constantly, until butter is browned and has a nutty aroma, 2 to 3 minutes. Pour butter into a large bowl; stir in cinnamon and nutmeg. Let cool 5 minutes.\n\nStir together oats, baking powder, salt, and 1/2 cup of the pecans in a medium bowl; set aside. Add milk, maple syrup, egg, and vanilla to the cooled butter mixture; whisk to combine. Stir in oat mixture.\n\nArrange bananas in a single layer on bottom of prepared baking dish. Sprinkle evenly with 3/4 cup of the raspberries. Spoon oat mixture evenly over top. Sprinkle with remaining 3/4 cup raspberries, then with coconut, and finally with remaining 2 tablespoons pecans. Bake in preheated oven until set and golden brown, about 35 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes. Serve with additional maple syrup, if desired.\n\nNow, if this doesn't warm you up on a cold winter morning, I can't imagine what will.\n\nA Classic Dish With Modern Twists\n\nAren't we lucky in this day and age to be able to create these once simple dishes with so many great ingredients?\n\nWhat used to be a pretty basic food, consumed because it was available and healthy, has now turned into something beloved by people the world over and is made in fancy and fantastical ways.\n\nAlthough I will always cherish my childhood memories, sitting at my mom's table and eating simple bowls of porridge made with simple ingredients, I'm also happy to be able to add a variety of ingredients to it to give it that elevated lift.\n\nPlus, during these cold winter days in Skopjë, it has become the perfect comfort food to start our days.\n\nIf you like my writing and want to read more, follow me and sign up here to get my articles by email. 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Yum! I love oatmeal. Your article made me hungry! :-) I love to make overnight oats. So easy and good! Haven't ever tried baked, but I want to now.
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"content": "FOOD | OATMEAL | HEALTH\n\nReconnecting With Oatmeal - A Long Lost Childhood Favorite\n\nMaking it delicious with unlimited options\n\nI still remember lazy Sunday mornings as a kid. I would awake from my sleepy slumber and stagger into the kitchen. My mom would ask, \"I'm cooking some porridge; do you want any?\"\n\nTypically, this happened on cold winter mornings. Somehow, this comfort food would warm us to our bones as we looked out the window at the frozen wasteland beyond.\n\nHer go-to recipe was to add walnuts, butter, and salt, while it was cooking - then I would top it with gobs of brown sugar and pour milk over the top. When I close my eyes, I can still taste the delicious concoction as waves of warmth, nostalgia and comfort wash over me.\n\nAs an adult, I have made it for myself on occasion, but it has never been something that I eat regularly. But these past couple of weeks, my partner and I have been eating a lot of it. As somebody who is allergic to wheat and mostly eats gluten-free, I have found oats to be a fantastic and versatile grain.\n\nHow Long Have We Grown Oats\n\nPorridge, a name introduced by the British, is a meal made by cooking grains in milk or water to soften them up. It can take on many forms, but the most common porridge is made with oats and is referred to as \"oatmeal.\"\n\nOats have a very long history on the world stage. Some say their cultivation dates back 32, 000 years while other records indicate that they have been around for 51, 000 years. However, the oldest records of actual intentional cultivation come from a granary in Jordan, where grains up to 11,400 years old were found.\n\nRecords from Europe indicate that oat grains were finally domesticated around 3000 years ago. Whatever the case, I think it's safe to say that oats have been around for a while!\n\nGetting Oats From the Field to Our Bowls\n\nI was fascinated to learn that oat grass can reach heights of 1.8m (5.9 ft)! While wheat and other crops don't get much past 1 meter (3 ft), this grass has a lot of bang for its buck.\n\nAs a Canadian, I'm thrilled that Canada is amongst the largest producers of oats. Various sources claim that Russia is at the top, but Wikipedia says that Canada produced the most in 2022 at 5.2 million tons.\n\nThe process of getting oats from the field to our bowls is lengthy. First, the grain is separated from the other plant matter and impurities like dirt and stones that are picked up in the harvesting. Next, the outside hull must be removed as it is not digestible, and then the grain is heated to denature the enzymes that may make it rancid.\n\nThe oats are then dried so they don't spoil due to bacteria growth. Finally, they are cut or rolled to the specifications of their intended use.\n\nIt always amazes me the lengths of effort that are put into getting food to a place where it is easy to consume.\n\nOats Are Not Only Economical, They Are Healthy Too\n\nThere are two very important reasons to make oatmeal a part of your diet. Oats are some of the most economical and healthy grains that you can buy. They are a fiber-rich food that is well known to reduce cholesterol and blood pressure, plus they contain antioxidants that help to reduce inflammation and improve circulation.\n\nThey are a good source of manganese, zinc and selenium - minerals that support immunity. They contain a type of fiber that is not found in many foods called beta-glucans. This fiber is also found in mushrooms and has been proven to help our bodies eliminate bacteria, heighten our response to infections, and may even help dissuade the formation of tumors.\n\nOats also help to stabilize blood sugar and are a great meal to start your day as the soluble fibers will prevent hunger crashes. Nobody likes a 'hangry' person, after all!\n\nAs I age, I am starting to realize just how important it is to maintain my health if I want to live a happy and productive life. Eating oatmeal will certainly become more of a habit now that I know just how healthy it really is.\n\nAdding Goodies to Our Oatmeal\n\nMy partner Chris and I are currently staying in Skopjë, North Macedonia, where we have been getting some dental work done. Consequently, we have sore teeth.\n\nChris decided sometime last week that he wanted to buy some oats to eat because they are soft and easy to chew. Not to mention that for less than $2, we purchase a half-kilo bag that feeds us at least four meals.\n\nWe had already purchased some thick Greek yogurt, and we had some honey, so I dressed up our first bowls with those items, adding a sprinkle of cinnamon on top. But along the way, our porridge bowls have evolved to look like these photos.\n\nHere in North Macedonia, kiwis and mandarin oranges are available in abundance. Kiwis cost less than $1.50 for a kilo, and the oranges are less than $1 for a kilo. So Chris decided to chop them up and add them to the oatmeal.\n\nThere are also lots of bulk nuts available in the markets, so we purchased some walnuts now that our teeth are feeling better. Bit by bit, Chris has added this and that to our oatmeal in the morning until it now looks like this.\n\nBut the additives to oatmeal don't have to end here. I also remember my mom occasionally adding blueberries, and then there was the chopped apple and cinnamon as well.\n\nHere in North Macedonia, they also grow an abundance of pomegranates. I have been thinking that pomegranate seeds would also be a nice addition.\n\nDifferent Cultures Eat Oats Differently\n\nThe ancient Greeks were the first to use oats to create the porridge that we love today. But other cultures eat it as well and they all have their own ways of making it.\n\nThe Germans, for example, don't cook the oats; they simply soak them in milk and cinnamon overnight, enjoying them in the morning topped with nuts and fruits.\n\nAccording to the Wonderopolis website, Vermont eats the most oatmeal per capita in the US.\n\nA popular Vermont variation of oatmeal begins with steel-cut oats, which are soaked overnight in a mixture of water, salt and maple syrup. The next morning, nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger are added, and the oatmeal is cooked. When the oatmeal is ready, it is served with cream, milk or butter.\n\nI'm sure you get the drift. Oatmeal doesn't have to be boring; there are many ways that we can dress it up and add even more healthy and delicious ingredients.\n\nBrown Butter-Raspberry Baked Oatmeal\n\nI have to say while researching for this article, I stumbled across a few delicious-looking recipes, but this decadent take on traditional oatmeal from Food & Wine takes the cake. It's a recipe that I am now eager to try, and I thought I would share it with you here.\n\nThis is their introductory statement. I mean, my mouth is watering just reading it:\n\nIn this baked oatmeal, perfectly tender spiced oats mixed with sweet and tart fruit are topped with crispy coconut and pecans. The recipe calls for raspberries - blackberries, blueberries, or sliced strawberries would work as well. Blooming the spices in the hot brown butter releases their flavors and infuses the entire dish with a nutty warmth. The baked oatmeal can be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 4 days. Cover with foil and reheat in a 350°F oven for 20 minutes, or microwave individual portions on high for 1 minute.\n\nTo save you from having to click the link above, I have typed out the recipe for you:\n\nIngredients:\n\nCooking spray\n\n¼ cup unsalted butter\n\n1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon\n\n¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg\n\n2 cups (about 7 ounces) uncooked old-fashioned regular rolled oats\n\n1 teaspoon baking powder\n\n½ teaspoon kosher salt\n\n½ cup plus 2 tablespoons chopped toasted pecans, divided\n\n2 cups plain unsweetened almond milk\n\n⅓ cup pure maple syrup, plus more for serving, if desired\n\n1 large egg, beaten\n\n2 teaspoons vanilla extract\n\n2 medium (6 ounces each) bananas, sliced 1/2-in. thick (about 1 1/2 cups)\n\n1 ½ cups fresh raspberries (from 1 [6-ounce] package), divided\n\n¼ cup unsweetened flaked coconut\n\nDirections:\n\nPreheat oven to 375°F (191ºC). Lightly coat an 8-inch square baking dish with cooking spray. Melt butter in a small skillet over medium. Continue cooking, stirring constantly, until butter is browned and has a nutty aroma, 2 to 3 minutes. Pour butter into a large bowl; stir in cinnamon and nutmeg. Let cool 5 minutes.\n\nStir together oats, baking powder, salt, and 1/2 cup of the pecans in a medium bowl; set aside. Add milk, maple syrup, egg, and vanilla to the cooled butter mixture; whisk to combine. Stir in oat mixture.\n\nArrange bananas in a single layer on bottom of prepared baking dish. Sprinkle evenly with 3/4 cup of the raspberries. Spoon oat mixture evenly over top. Sprinkle with remaining 3/4 cup raspberries, then with coconut, and finally with remaining 2 tablespoons pecans. Bake in preheated oven until set and golden brown, about 35 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes. Serve with additional maple syrup, if desired.\n\nNow, if this doesn't warm you up on a cold winter morning, I can't imagine what will.\n\nA Classic Dish With Modern Twists\n\nAren't we lucky in this day and age to be able to create these once simple dishes with so many great ingredients?\n\nWhat used to be a pretty basic food, consumed because it was available and healthy, has now turned into something beloved by people the world over and is made in fancy and fantastical ways.\n\nAlthough I will always cherish my childhood memories, sitting at my mom's table and eating simple bowls of porridge made with simple ingredients, I'm also happy to be able to add a variety of ingredients to it to give it that elevated lift.\n\nPlus, during these cold winter days in Skopjë, it has become the perfect comfort food to start our days.\n\nIf you like my writing and want to read more, follow me and sign up here to get my articles by email. 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As somebody who is allergic to wheat and mostly eats gluten-free, I have found oats to be a fantastic and versatile grain.\n\nHow Long Have We Grown Oats\n\nPorridge, a name introduced by the British, is a meal made by cooking grains in milk or water to soften them up. It can take on many forms, but the most common porridge is made with oats and is referred to as \"oatmeal.\"\n\nOats have a very long history on the world stage. Some say their cultivation dates back 32, 000 years while other records indicate that they have been around for 51, 000 years. However, the oldest records of actual intentional cultivation come from a granary in Jordan, where grains up to 11,400 years old were found.\n\nRecords from Europe indicate that oat grains were finally domesticated around 3000 years ago. Whatever the case, I think it's safe to say that oats have been around for a while!\n\nGetting Oats From the Field to Our Bowls\n\nI was fascinated to learn that oat grass can reach heights of 1.8m (5.9 ft)! While wheat and other crops don't get much past 1 meter (3 ft), this grass has a lot of bang for its buck.\n\nAs a Canadian, I'm thrilled that Canada is amongst the largest producers of oats. Various sources claim that Russia is at the top, but Wikipedia says that Canada produced the most in 2022 at 5.2 million tons.\n\nThe process of getting oats from the field to our bowls is lengthy. First, the grain is separated from the other plant matter and impurities like dirt and stones that are picked up in the harvesting. Next, the outside hull must be removed as it is not digestible, and then the grain is heated to denature the enzymes that may make it rancid.\n\nThe oats are then dried so they don't spoil due to bacteria growth. Finally, they are cut or rolled to the specifications of their intended use.\n\nIt always amazes me the lengths of effort that are put into getting food to a place where it is easy to consume.\n\nOats Are Not Only Economical, They Are Healthy Too\n\nThere are two very important reasons to make oatmeal a part of your diet. Oats are some of the most economical and healthy grains that you can buy. They are a fiber-rich food that is well known to reduce cholesterol and blood pressure, plus they contain antioxidants that help to reduce inflammation and improve circulation.\n\nThey are a good source of manganese, zinc and selenium - minerals that support immunity. They contain a type of fiber that is not found in many foods called beta-glucans. This fiber is also found in mushrooms and has been proven to help our bodies eliminate bacteria, heighten our response to infections, and may even help dissuade the formation of tumors.\n\nOats also help to stabilize blood sugar and are a great meal to start your day as the soluble fibers will prevent hunger crashes. Nobody likes a 'hangry' person, after all!\n\nAs I age, I am starting to realize just how important it is to maintain my health if I want to live a happy and productive life. Eating oatmeal will certainly become more of a habit now that I know just how healthy it really is.\n\nAdding Goodies to Our Oatmeal\n\nMy partner Chris and I are currently staying in Skopjë, North Macedonia, where we have been getting some dental work done. Consequently, we have sore teeth.\n\nChris decided sometime last week that he wanted to buy some oats to eat because they are soft and easy to chew. Not to mention that for less than $2, we purchase a half-kilo bag that feeds us at least four meals.\n\nWe had already purchased some thick Greek yogurt, and we had some honey, so I dressed up our first bowls with those items, adding a sprinkle of cinnamon on top. But along the way, our porridge bowls have evolved to look like these photos.\n\nHere in North Macedonia, kiwis and mandarin oranges are available in abundance. Kiwis cost less than $1.50 for a kilo, and the oranges are less than $1 for a kilo. So Chris decided to chop them up and add them to the oatmeal.\n\nThere are also lots of bulk nuts available in the markets, so we purchased some walnuts now that our teeth are feeling better. Bit by bit, Chris has added this and that to our oatmeal in the morning until it now looks like this.\n\nBut the additives to oatmeal don't have to end here. I also remember my mom occasionally adding blueberries, and then there was the chopped apple and cinnamon as well.\n\nHere in North Macedonia, they also grow an abundance of pomegranates. I have been thinking that pomegranate seeds would also be a nice addition.\n\nDifferent Cultures Eat Oats Differently\n\nThe ancient Greeks were the first to use oats to create the porridge that we love today. But other cultures eat it as well and they all have their own ways of making it.\n\nThe Germans, for example, don't cook the oats; they simply soak them in milk and cinnamon overnight, enjoying them in the morning topped with nuts and fruits.\n\nAccording to the Wonderopolis website, Vermont eats the most oatmeal per capita in the US.\n\nA popular Vermont variation of oatmeal begins with steel-cut oats, which are soaked overnight in a mixture of water, salt and maple syrup. The next morning, nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger are added, and the oatmeal is cooked. When the oatmeal is ready, it is served with cream, milk or butter.\n\nI'm sure you get the drift. Oatmeal doesn't have to be boring; there are many ways that we can dress it up and add even more healthy and delicious ingredients.\n\nBrown Butter-Raspberry Baked Oatmeal\n\nI have to say while researching for this article, I stumbled across a few delicious-looking recipes, but this decadent take on traditional oatmeal from Food & Wine takes the cake. It's a recipe that I am now eager to try, and I thought I would share it with you here.\n\nThis is their introductory statement. I mean, my mouth is watering just reading it:\n\nIn this baked oatmeal, perfectly tender spiced oats mixed with sweet and tart fruit are topped with crispy coconut and pecans. The recipe calls for raspberries - blackberries, blueberries, or sliced strawberries would work as well. Blooming the spices in the hot brown butter releases their flavors and infuses the entire dish with a nutty warmth. The baked oatmeal can be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 4 days. Cover with foil and reheat in a 350°F oven for 20 minutes, or microwave individual portions on high for 1 minute.\n\nTo save you from having to click the link above, I have typed out the recipe for you:\n\nIngredients:\n\nCooking spray\n\n¼ cup unsalted butter\n\n1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon\n\n¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg\n\n2 cups (about 7 ounces) uncooked old-fashioned regular rolled oats\n\n1 teaspoon baking powder\n\n½ teaspoon kosher salt\n\n½ cup plus 2 tablespoons chopped toasted pecans, divided\n\n2 cups plain unsweetened almond milk\n\n⅓ cup pure maple syrup, plus more for serving, if desired\n\n1 large egg, beaten\n\n2 teaspoons vanilla extract\n\n2 medium (6 ounces each) bananas, sliced 1/2-in. thick (about 1 1/2 cups)\n\n1 ½ cups fresh raspberries (from 1 [6-ounce] package), divided\n\n¼ cup unsweetened flaked coconut\n\nDirections:\n\nPreheat oven to 375°F (191ºC). Lightly coat an 8-inch square baking dish with cooking spray. Melt butter in a small skillet over medium. Continue cooking, stirring constantly, until butter is browned and has a nutty aroma, 2 to 3 minutes. Pour butter into a large bowl; stir in cinnamon and nutmeg. Let cool 5 minutes.\n\nStir together oats, baking powder, salt, and 1/2 cup of the pecans in a medium bowl; set aside. Add milk, maple syrup, egg, and vanilla to the cooled butter mixture; whisk to combine. Stir in oat mixture.\n\nArrange bananas in a single layer on bottom of prepared baking dish. Sprinkle evenly with 3/4 cup of the raspberries. Spoon oat mixture evenly over top. Sprinkle with remaining 3/4 cup raspberries, then with coconut, and finally with remaining 2 tablespoons pecans. Bake in preheated oven until set and golden brown, about 35 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes. Serve with additional maple syrup, if desired.\n\nNow, if this doesn't warm you up on a cold winter morning, I can't imagine what will.\n\nA Classic Dish With Modern Twists\n\nAren't we lucky in this day and age to be able to create these once simple dishes with so many great ingredients?\n\nWhat used to be a pretty basic food, consumed because it was available and healthy, has now turned into something beloved by people the world over and is made in fancy and fantastical ways.\n\nAlthough I will always cherish my childhood memories, sitting at my mom's table and eating simple bowls of porridge made with simple ingredients, I'm also happy to be able to add a variety of ingredients to it to give it that elevated lift.\n\nPlus, during these cold winter days in Skopjë, it has become the perfect comfort food to start our days.\n\nIf you like my writing and want to read more, follow me and sign up here to get my articles by email. 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So yummy though on an everyday basis I'm still going with boring plain oatmeal and some blueberries 🫐 cuz that was how I liked them when I was nine and breakfast is that kind of meal.
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As somebody who is allergic to wheat and mostly eats gluten-free, I have found oats to be a fantastic and versatile grain.\n\nHow Long Have We Grown Oats\n\nPorridge, a name introduced by the British, is a meal made by cooking grains in milk or water to soften them up. It can take on many forms, but the most common porridge is made with oats and is referred to as \"oatmeal.\"\n\nOats have a very long history on the world stage. Some say their cultivation dates back 32, 000 years while other records indicate that they have been around for 51, 000 years. However, the oldest records of actual intentional cultivation come from a granary in Jordan, where grains up to 11,400 years old were found.\n\nRecords from Europe indicate that oat grains were finally domesticated around 3000 years ago. Whatever the case, I think it's safe to say that oats have been around for a while!\n\nGetting Oats From the Field to Our Bowls\n\nI was fascinated to learn that oat grass can reach heights of 1.8m (5.9 ft)! While wheat and other crops don't get much past 1 meter (3 ft), this grass has a lot of bang for its buck.\n\nAs a Canadian, I'm thrilled that Canada is amongst the largest producers of oats. Various sources claim that Russia is at the top, but Wikipedia says that Canada produced the most in 2022 at 5.2 million tons.\n\nThe process of getting oats from the field to our bowls is lengthy. First, the grain is separated from the other plant matter and impurities like dirt and stones that are picked up in the harvesting. Next, the outside hull must be removed as it is not digestible, and then the grain is heated to denature the enzymes that may make it rancid.\n\nThe oats are then dried so they don't spoil due to bacteria growth. Finally, they are cut or rolled to the specifications of their intended use.\n\nIt always amazes me the lengths of effort that are put into getting food to a place where it is easy to consume.\n\nOats Are Not Only Economical, They Are Healthy Too\n\nThere are two very important reasons to make oatmeal a part of your diet. Oats are some of the most economical and healthy grains that you can buy. They are a fiber-rich food that is well known to reduce cholesterol and blood pressure, plus they contain antioxidants that help to reduce inflammation and improve circulation.\n\nThey are a good source of manganese, zinc and selenium - minerals that support immunity. They contain a type of fiber that is not found in many foods called beta-glucans. This fiber is also found in mushrooms and has been proven to help our bodies eliminate bacteria, heighten our response to infections, and may even help dissuade the formation of tumors.\n\nOats also help to stabilize blood sugar and are a great meal to start your day as the soluble fibers will prevent hunger crashes. Nobody likes a 'hangry' person, after all!\n\nAs I age, I am starting to realize just how important it is to maintain my health if I want to live a happy and productive life. Eating oatmeal will certainly become more of a habit now that I know just how healthy it really is.\n\nAdding Goodies to Our Oatmeal\n\nMy partner Chris and I are currently staying in Skopjë, North Macedonia, where we have been getting some dental work done. Consequently, we have sore teeth.\n\nChris decided sometime last week that he wanted to buy some oats to eat because they are soft and easy to chew. Not to mention that for less than $2, we purchase a half-kilo bag that feeds us at least four meals.\n\nWe had already purchased some thick Greek yogurt, and we had some honey, so I dressed up our first bowls with those items, adding a sprinkle of cinnamon on top. But along the way, our porridge bowls have evolved to look like these photos.\n\nHere in North Macedonia, kiwis and mandarin oranges are available in abundance. Kiwis cost less than $1.50 for a kilo, and the oranges are less than $1 for a kilo. So Chris decided to chop them up and add them to the oatmeal.\n\nThere are also lots of bulk nuts available in the markets, so we purchased some walnuts now that our teeth are feeling better. Bit by bit, Chris has added this and that to our oatmeal in the morning until it now looks like this.\n\nBut the additives to oatmeal don't have to end here. I also remember my mom occasionally adding blueberries, and then there was the chopped apple and cinnamon as well.\n\nHere in North Macedonia, they also grow an abundance of pomegranates. I have been thinking that pomegranate seeds would also be a nice addition.\n\nDifferent Cultures Eat Oats Differently\n\nThe ancient Greeks were the first to use oats to create the porridge that we love today. But other cultures eat it as well and they all have their own ways of making it.\n\nThe Germans, for example, don't cook the oats; they simply soak them in milk and cinnamon overnight, enjoying them in the morning topped with nuts and fruits.\n\nAccording to the Wonderopolis website, Vermont eats the most oatmeal per capita in the US.\n\nA popular Vermont variation of oatmeal begins with steel-cut oats, which are soaked overnight in a mixture of water, salt and maple syrup. The next morning, nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger are added, and the oatmeal is cooked. When the oatmeal is ready, it is served with cream, milk or butter.\n\nI'm sure you get the drift. Oatmeal doesn't have to be boring; there are many ways that we can dress it up and add even more healthy and delicious ingredients.\n\nBrown Butter-Raspberry Baked Oatmeal\n\nI have to say while researching for this article, I stumbled across a few delicious-looking recipes, but this decadent take on traditional oatmeal from Food & Wine takes the cake. It's a recipe that I am now eager to try, and I thought I would share it with you here.\n\nThis is their introductory statement. I mean, my mouth is watering just reading it:\n\nIn this baked oatmeal, perfectly tender spiced oats mixed with sweet and tart fruit are topped with crispy coconut and pecans. The recipe calls for raspberries - blackberries, blueberries, or sliced strawberries would work as well. Blooming the spices in the hot brown butter releases their flavors and infuses the entire dish with a nutty warmth. The baked oatmeal can be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 4 days. Cover with foil and reheat in a 350°F oven for 20 minutes, or microwave individual portions on high for 1 minute.\n\nTo save you from having to click the link above, I have typed out the recipe for you:\n\nIngredients:\n\nCooking spray\n\n¼ cup unsalted butter\n\n1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon\n\n¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg\n\n2 cups (about 7 ounces) uncooked old-fashioned regular rolled oats\n\n1 teaspoon baking powder\n\n½ teaspoon kosher salt\n\n½ cup plus 2 tablespoons chopped toasted pecans, divided\n\n2 cups plain unsweetened almond milk\n\n⅓ cup pure maple syrup, plus more for serving, if desired\n\n1 large egg, beaten\n\n2 teaspoons vanilla extract\n\n2 medium (6 ounces each) bananas, sliced 1/2-in. thick (about 1 1/2 cups)\n\n1 ½ cups fresh raspberries (from 1 [6-ounce] package), divided\n\n¼ cup unsweetened flaked coconut\n\nDirections:\n\nPreheat oven to 375°F (191ºC). Lightly coat an 8-inch square baking dish with cooking spray. Melt butter in a small skillet over medium. Continue cooking, stirring constantly, until butter is browned and has a nutty aroma, 2 to 3 minutes. Pour butter into a large bowl; stir in cinnamon and nutmeg. Let cool 5 minutes.\n\nStir together oats, baking powder, salt, and 1/2 cup of the pecans in a medium bowl; set aside. Add milk, maple syrup, egg, and vanilla to the cooled butter mixture; whisk to combine. Stir in oat mixture.\n\nArrange bananas in a single layer on bottom of prepared baking dish. Sprinkle evenly with 3/4 cup of the raspberries. Spoon oat mixture evenly over top. Sprinkle with remaining 3/4 cup raspberries, then with coconut, and finally with remaining 2 tablespoons pecans. Bake in preheated oven until set and golden brown, about 35 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes. Serve with additional maple syrup, if desired.\n\nNow, if this doesn't warm you up on a cold winter morning, I can't imagine what will.\n\nA Classic Dish With Modern Twists\n\nAren't we lucky in this day and age to be able to create these once simple dishes with so many great ingredients?\n\nWhat used to be a pretty basic food, consumed because it was available and healthy, has now turned into something beloved by people the world over and is made in fancy and fantastical ways.\n\nAlthough I will always cherish my childhood memories, sitting at my mom's table and eating simple bowls of porridge made with simple ingredients, I'm also happy to be able to add a variety of ingredients to it to give it that elevated lift.\n\nPlus, during these cold winter days in Skopjë, it has become the perfect comfort food to start our days.\n\nIf you like my writing and want to read more, follow me and sign up here to get my articles by email. We would also be happy if you considered leaving me a tip by using the link to Ko-Fi below:)\n\nWe have been nomadic since 2017! Join our journey by hitting these links:\n\nWebsite | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Ko-Fi | Unsplash",
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As somebody who is allergic to wheat and mostly eats gluten-free, I have found oats to be a fantastic and versatile grain.\n\nHow Long Have We Grown Oats\n\nPorridge, a name introduced by the British, is a meal made by cooking grains in milk or water to soften them up. It can take on many forms, but the most common porridge is made with oats and is referred to as \"oatmeal.\"\n\nOats have a very long history on the world stage. Some say their cultivation dates back 32, 000 years while other records indicate that they have been around for 51, 000 years. However, the oldest records of actual intentional cultivation come from a granary in Jordan, where grains up to 11,400 years old were found.\n\nRecords from Europe indicate that oat grains were finally domesticated around 3000 years ago. Whatever the case, I think it's safe to say that oats have been around for a while!\n\nGetting Oats From the Field to Our Bowls\n\nI was fascinated to learn that oat grass can reach heights of 1.8m (5.9 ft)! While wheat and other crops don't get much past 1 meter (3 ft), this grass has a lot of bang for its buck.\n\nAs a Canadian, I'm thrilled that Canada is amongst the largest producers of oats. Various sources claim that Russia is at the top, but Wikipedia says that Canada produced the most in 2022 at 5.2 million tons.\n\nThe process of getting oats from the field to our bowls is lengthy. First, the grain is separated from the other plant matter and impurities like dirt and stones that are picked up in the harvesting. Next, the outside hull must be removed as it is not digestible, and then the grain is heated to denature the enzymes that may make it rancid.\n\nThe oats are then dried so they don't spoil due to bacteria growth. Finally, they are cut or rolled to the specifications of their intended use.\n\nIt always amazes me the lengths of effort that are put into getting food to a place where it is easy to consume.\n\nOats Are Not Only Economical, They Are Healthy Too\n\nThere are two very important reasons to make oatmeal a part of your diet. Oats are some of the most economical and healthy grains that you can buy. They are a fiber-rich food that is well known to reduce cholesterol and blood pressure, plus they contain antioxidants that help to reduce inflammation and improve circulation.\n\nThey are a good source of manganese, zinc and selenium - minerals that support immunity. They contain a type of fiber that is not found in many foods called beta-glucans. This fiber is also found in mushrooms and has been proven to help our bodies eliminate bacteria, heighten our response to infections, and may even help dissuade the formation of tumors.\n\nOats also help to stabilize blood sugar and are a great meal to start your day as the soluble fibers will prevent hunger crashes. Nobody likes a 'hangry' person, after all!\n\nAs I age, I am starting to realize just how important it is to maintain my health if I want to live a happy and productive life. Eating oatmeal will certainly become more of a habit now that I know just how healthy it really is.\n\nAdding Goodies to Our Oatmeal\n\nMy partner Chris and I are currently staying in Skopjë, North Macedonia, where we have been getting some dental work done. Consequently, we have sore teeth.\n\nChris decided sometime last week that he wanted to buy some oats to eat because they are soft and easy to chew. Not to mention that for less than $2, we purchase a half-kilo bag that feeds us at least four meals.\n\nWe had already purchased some thick Greek yogurt, and we had some honey, so I dressed up our first bowls with those items, adding a sprinkle of cinnamon on top. But along the way, our porridge bowls have evolved to look like these photos.\n\nHere in North Macedonia, kiwis and mandarin oranges are available in abundance. Kiwis cost less than $1.50 for a kilo, and the oranges are less than $1 for a kilo. So Chris decided to chop them up and add them to the oatmeal.\n\nThere are also lots of bulk nuts available in the markets, so we purchased some walnuts now that our teeth are feeling better. Bit by bit, Chris has added this and that to our oatmeal in the morning until it now looks like this.\n\nBut the additives to oatmeal don't have to end here. I also remember my mom occasionally adding blueberries, and then there was the chopped apple and cinnamon as well.\n\nHere in North Macedonia, they also grow an abundance of pomegranates. I have been thinking that pomegranate seeds would also be a nice addition.\n\nDifferent Cultures Eat Oats Differently\n\nThe ancient Greeks were the first to use oats to create the porridge that we love today. But other cultures eat it as well and they all have their own ways of making it.\n\nThe Germans, for example, don't cook the oats; they simply soak them in milk and cinnamon overnight, enjoying them in the morning topped with nuts and fruits.\n\nAccording to the Wonderopolis website, Vermont eats the most oatmeal per capita in the US.\n\nA popular Vermont variation of oatmeal begins with steel-cut oats, which are soaked overnight in a mixture of water, salt and maple syrup. The next morning, nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger are added, and the oatmeal is cooked. When the oatmeal is ready, it is served with cream, milk or butter.\n\nI'm sure you get the drift. Oatmeal doesn't have to be boring; there are many ways that we can dress it up and add even more healthy and delicious ingredients.\n\nBrown Butter-Raspberry Baked Oatmeal\n\nI have to say while researching for this article, I stumbled across a few delicious-looking recipes, but this decadent take on traditional oatmeal from Food & Wine takes the cake. It's a recipe that I am now eager to try, and I thought I would share it with you here.\n\nThis is their introductory statement. I mean, my mouth is watering just reading it:\n\nIn this baked oatmeal, perfectly tender spiced oats mixed with sweet and tart fruit are topped with crispy coconut and pecans. The recipe calls for raspberries - blackberries, blueberries, or sliced strawberries would work as well. Blooming the spices in the hot brown butter releases their flavors and infuses the entire dish with a nutty warmth. The baked oatmeal can be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 4 days. Cover with foil and reheat in a 350°F oven for 20 minutes, or microwave individual portions on high for 1 minute.\n\nTo save you from having to click the link above, I have typed out the recipe for you:\n\nIngredients:\n\nCooking spray\n\n¼ cup unsalted butter\n\n1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon\n\n¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg\n\n2 cups (about 7 ounces) uncooked old-fashioned regular rolled oats\n\n1 teaspoon baking powder\n\n½ teaspoon kosher salt\n\n½ cup plus 2 tablespoons chopped toasted pecans, divided\n\n2 cups plain unsweetened almond milk\n\n⅓ cup pure maple syrup, plus more for serving, if desired\n\n1 large egg, beaten\n\n2 teaspoons vanilla extract\n\n2 medium (6 ounces each) bananas, sliced 1/2-in. thick (about 1 1/2 cups)\n\n1 ½ cups fresh raspberries (from 1 [6-ounce] package), divided\n\n¼ cup unsweetened flaked coconut\n\nDirections:\n\nPreheat oven to 375°F (191ºC). Lightly coat an 8-inch square baking dish with cooking spray. Melt butter in a small skillet over medium. Continue cooking, stirring constantly, until butter is browned and has a nutty aroma, 2 to 3 minutes. Pour butter into a large bowl; stir in cinnamon and nutmeg. Let cool 5 minutes.\n\nStir together oats, baking powder, salt, and 1/2 cup of the pecans in a medium bowl; set aside. Add milk, maple syrup, egg, and vanilla to the cooled butter mixture; whisk to combine. Stir in oat mixture.\n\nArrange bananas in a single layer on bottom of prepared baking dish. Sprinkle evenly with 3/4 cup of the raspberries. Spoon oat mixture evenly over top. Sprinkle with remaining 3/4 cup raspberries, then with coconut, and finally with remaining 2 tablespoons pecans. Bake in preheated oven until set and golden brown, about 35 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes. Serve with additional maple syrup, if desired.\n\nNow, if this doesn't warm you up on a cold winter morning, I can't imagine what will.\n\nA Classic Dish With Modern Twists\n\nAren't we lucky in this day and age to be able to create these once simple dishes with so many great ingredients?\n\nWhat used to be a pretty basic food, consumed because it was available and healthy, has now turned into something beloved by people the world over and is made in fancy and fantastical ways.\n\nAlthough I will always cherish my childhood memories, sitting at my mom's table and eating simple bowls of porridge made with simple ingredients, I'm also happy to be able to add a variety of ingredients to it to give it that elevated lift.\n\nPlus, during these cold winter days in Skopjë, it has become the perfect comfort food to start our days.\n\nIf you like my writing and want to read more, follow me and sign up here to get my articles by email. 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"content": "FOOD | OATMEAL | HEALTH\n\nReconnecting With Oatmeal - A Long Lost Childhood Favorite\n\nMaking it delicious with unlimited options\n\nI still remember lazy Sunday mornings as a kid. I would awake from my sleepy slumber and stagger into the kitchen. My mom would ask, \"I'm cooking some porridge; do you want any?\"\n\nTypically, this happened on cold winter mornings. Somehow, this comfort food would warm us to our bones as we looked out the window at the frozen wasteland beyond.\n\nHer go-to recipe was to add walnuts, butter, and salt, while it was cooking - then I would top it with gobs of brown sugar and pour milk over the top. When I close my eyes, I can still taste the delicious concoction as waves of warmth, nostalgia and comfort wash over me.\n\nAs an adult, I have made it for myself on occasion, but it has never been something that I eat regularly. But these past couple of weeks, my partner and I have been eating a lot of it. As somebody who is allergic to wheat and mostly eats gluten-free, I have found oats to be a fantastic and versatile grain.\n\nHow Long Have We Grown Oats\n\nPorridge, a name introduced by the British, is a meal made by cooking grains in milk or water to soften them up. It can take on many forms, but the most common porridge is made with oats and is referred to as \"oatmeal.\"\n\nOats have a very long history on the world stage. Some say their cultivation dates back 32, 000 years while other records indicate that they have been around for 51, 000 years. However, the oldest records of actual intentional cultivation come from a granary in Jordan, where grains up to 11,400 years old were found.\n\nRecords from Europe indicate that oat grains were finally domesticated around 3000 years ago. Whatever the case, I think it's safe to say that oats have been around for a while!\n\nGetting Oats From the Field to Our Bowls\n\nI was fascinated to learn that oat grass can reach heights of 1.8m (5.9 ft)! While wheat and other crops don't get much past 1 meter (3 ft), this grass has a lot of bang for its buck.\n\nAs a Canadian, I'm thrilled that Canada is amongst the largest producers of oats. Various sources claim that Russia is at the top, but Wikipedia says that Canada produced the most in 2022 at 5.2 million tons.\n\nThe process of getting oats from the field to our bowls is lengthy. First, the grain is separated from the other plant matter and impurities like dirt and stones that are picked up in the harvesting. Next, the outside hull must be removed as it is not digestible, and then the grain is heated to denature the enzymes that may make it rancid.\n\nThe oats are then dried so they don't spoil due to bacteria growth. Finally, they are cut or rolled to the specifications of their intended use.\n\nIt always amazes me the lengths of effort that are put into getting food to a place where it is easy to consume.\n\nOats Are Not Only Economical, They Are Healthy Too\n\nThere are two very important reasons to make oatmeal a part of your diet. Oats are some of the most economical and healthy grains that you can buy. They are a fiber-rich food that is well known to reduce cholesterol and blood pressure, plus they contain antioxidants that help to reduce inflammation and improve circulation.\n\nThey are a good source of manganese, zinc and selenium - minerals that support immunity. They contain a type of fiber that is not found in many foods called beta-glucans. This fiber is also found in mushrooms and has been proven to help our bodies eliminate bacteria, heighten our response to infections, and may even help dissuade the formation of tumors.\n\nOats also help to stabilize blood sugar and are a great meal to start your day as the soluble fibers will prevent hunger crashes. Nobody likes a 'hangry' person, after all!\n\nAs I age, I am starting to realize just how important it is to maintain my health if I want to live a happy and productive life. Eating oatmeal will certainly become more of a habit now that I know just how healthy it really is.\n\nAdding Goodies to Our Oatmeal\n\nMy partner Chris and I are currently staying in Skopjë, North Macedonia, where we have been getting some dental work done. Consequently, we have sore teeth.\n\nChris decided sometime last week that he wanted to buy some oats to eat because they are soft and easy to chew. Not to mention that for less than $2, we purchase a half-kilo bag that feeds us at least four meals.\n\nWe had already purchased some thick Greek yogurt, and we had some honey, so I dressed up our first bowls with those items, adding a sprinkle of cinnamon on top. But along the way, our porridge bowls have evolved to look like these photos.\n\nHere in North Macedonia, kiwis and mandarin oranges are available in abundance. Kiwis cost less than $1.50 for a kilo, and the oranges are less than $1 for a kilo. So Chris decided to chop them up and add them to the oatmeal.\n\nThere are also lots of bulk nuts available in the markets, so we purchased some walnuts now that our teeth are feeling better. Bit by bit, Chris has added this and that to our oatmeal in the morning until it now looks like this.\n\nBut the additives to oatmeal don't have to end here. I also remember my mom occasionally adding blueberries, and then there was the chopped apple and cinnamon as well.\n\nHere in North Macedonia, they also grow an abundance of pomegranates. I have been thinking that pomegranate seeds would also be a nice addition.\n\nDifferent Cultures Eat Oats Differently\n\nThe ancient Greeks were the first to use oats to create the porridge that we love today. But other cultures eat it as well and they all have their own ways of making it.\n\nThe Germans, for example, don't cook the oats; they simply soak them in milk and cinnamon overnight, enjoying them in the morning topped with nuts and fruits.\n\nAccording to the Wonderopolis website, Vermont eats the most oatmeal per capita in the US.\n\nA popular Vermont variation of oatmeal begins with steel-cut oats, which are soaked overnight in a mixture of water, salt and maple syrup. The next morning, nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger are added, and the oatmeal is cooked. When the oatmeal is ready, it is served with cream, milk or butter.\n\nI'm sure you get the drift. Oatmeal doesn't have to be boring; there are many ways that we can dress it up and add even more healthy and delicious ingredients.\n\nBrown Butter-Raspberry Baked Oatmeal\n\nI have to say while researching for this article, I stumbled across a few delicious-looking recipes, but this decadent take on traditional oatmeal from Food & Wine takes the cake. It's a recipe that I am now eager to try, and I thought I would share it with you here.\n\nThis is their introductory statement. I mean, my mouth is watering just reading it:\n\nIn this baked oatmeal, perfectly tender spiced oats mixed with sweet and tart fruit are topped with crispy coconut and pecans. The recipe calls for raspberries - blackberries, blueberries, or sliced strawberries would work as well. Blooming the spices in the hot brown butter releases their flavors and infuses the entire dish with a nutty warmth. The baked oatmeal can be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 4 days. Cover with foil and reheat in a 350°F oven for 20 minutes, or microwave individual portions on high for 1 minute.\n\nTo save you from having to click the link above, I have typed out the recipe for you:\n\nIngredients:\n\nCooking spray\n\n¼ cup unsalted butter\n\n1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon\n\n¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg\n\n2 cups (about 7 ounces) uncooked old-fashioned regular rolled oats\n\n1 teaspoon baking powder\n\n½ teaspoon kosher salt\n\n½ cup plus 2 tablespoons chopped toasted pecans, divided\n\n2 cups plain unsweetened almond milk\n\n⅓ cup pure maple syrup, plus more for serving, if desired\n\n1 large egg, beaten\n\n2 teaspoons vanilla extract\n\n2 medium (6 ounces each) bananas, sliced 1/2-in. thick (about 1 1/2 cups)\n\n1 ½ cups fresh raspberries (from 1 [6-ounce] package), divided\n\n¼ cup unsweetened flaked coconut\n\nDirections:\n\nPreheat oven to 375°F (191ºC). Lightly coat an 8-inch square baking dish with cooking spray. Melt butter in a small skillet over medium. Continue cooking, stirring constantly, until butter is browned and has a nutty aroma, 2 to 3 minutes. Pour butter into a large bowl; stir in cinnamon and nutmeg. Let cool 5 minutes.\n\nStir together oats, baking powder, salt, and 1/2 cup of the pecans in a medium bowl; set aside. Add milk, maple syrup, egg, and vanilla to the cooled butter mixture; whisk to combine. Stir in oat mixture.\n\nArrange bananas in a single layer on bottom of prepared baking dish. Sprinkle evenly with 3/4 cup of the raspberries. Spoon oat mixture evenly over top. Sprinkle with remaining 3/4 cup raspberries, then with coconut, and finally with remaining 2 tablespoons pecans. Bake in preheated oven until set and golden brown, about 35 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes. Serve with additional maple syrup, if desired.\n\nNow, if this doesn't warm you up on a cold winter morning, I can't imagine what will.\n\nA Classic Dish With Modern Twists\n\nAren't we lucky in this day and age to be able to create these once simple dishes with so many great ingredients?\n\nWhat used to be a pretty basic food, consumed because it was available and healthy, has now turned into something beloved by people the world over and is made in fancy and fantastical ways.\n\nAlthough I will always cherish my childhood memories, sitting at my mom's table and eating simple bowls of porridge made with simple ingredients, I'm also happy to be able to add a variety of ingredients to it to give it that elevated lift.\n\nPlus, during these cold winter days in Skopjë, it has become the perfect comfort food to start our days.\n\nIf you like my writing and want to read more, follow me and sign up here to get my articles by email. We would also be happy if you considered leaving me a tip by using the link to Ko-Fi below:)\n\nWe have been nomadic since 2017! Join our journey by hitting these links:\n\nWebsite | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Ko-Fi | Unsplash",
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Oatmeal is one of my favorites -hot or cold.
Now I kinda wish to be back at work form my vacation just to have oatmeal for breakfast. Not like I can't now but it's my favorite way to get my nutrients in for the working days.
But even for dinner, curried (there's even a recipe hiding somewhere in my lists), it's so good.
I love to explore new ways of making it on tiktok.
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As somebody who is allergic to wheat and mostly eats gluten-free, I have found oats to be a fantastic and versatile grain.\n\nHow Long Have We Grown Oats\n\nPorridge, a name introduced by the British, is a meal made by cooking grains in milk or water to soften them up. It can take on many forms, but the most common porridge is made with oats and is referred to as \"oatmeal.\"\n\nOats have a very long history on the world stage. Some say their cultivation dates back 32, 000 years while other records indicate that they have been around for 51, 000 years. However, the oldest records of actual intentional cultivation come from a granary in Jordan, where grains up to 11,400 years old were found.\n\nRecords from Europe indicate that oat grains were finally domesticated around 3000 years ago. Whatever the case, I think it's safe to say that oats have been around for a while!\n\nGetting Oats From the Field to Our Bowls\n\nI was fascinated to learn that oat grass can reach heights of 1.8m (5.9 ft)! While wheat and other crops don't get much past 1 meter (3 ft), this grass has a lot of bang for its buck.\n\nAs a Canadian, I'm thrilled that Canada is amongst the largest producers of oats. Various sources claim that Russia is at the top, but Wikipedia says that Canada produced the most in 2022 at 5.2 million tons.\n\nThe process of getting oats from the field to our bowls is lengthy. First, the grain is separated from the other plant matter and impurities like dirt and stones that are picked up in the harvesting. Next, the outside hull must be removed as it is not digestible, and then the grain is heated to denature the enzymes that may make it rancid.\n\nThe oats are then dried so they don't spoil due to bacteria growth. Finally, they are cut or rolled to the specifications of their intended use.\n\nIt always amazes me the lengths of effort that are put into getting food to a place where it is easy to consume.\n\nOats Are Not Only Economical, They Are Healthy Too\n\nThere are two very important reasons to make oatmeal a part of your diet. Oats are some of the most economical and healthy grains that you can buy. They are a fiber-rich food that is well known to reduce cholesterol and blood pressure, plus they contain antioxidants that help to reduce inflammation and improve circulation.\n\nThey are a good source of manganese, zinc and selenium - minerals that support immunity. They contain a type of fiber that is not found in many foods called beta-glucans. This fiber is also found in mushrooms and has been proven to help our bodies eliminate bacteria, heighten our response to infections, and may even help dissuade the formation of tumors.\n\nOats also help to stabilize blood sugar and are a great meal to start your day as the soluble fibers will prevent hunger crashes. Nobody likes a 'hangry' person, after all!\n\nAs I age, I am starting to realize just how important it is to maintain my health if I want to live a happy and productive life. Eating oatmeal will certainly become more of a habit now that I know just how healthy it really is.\n\nAdding Goodies to Our Oatmeal\n\nMy partner Chris and I are currently staying in Skopjë, North Macedonia, where we have been getting some dental work done. Consequently, we have sore teeth.\n\nChris decided sometime last week that he wanted to buy some oats to eat because they are soft and easy to chew. Not to mention that for less than $2, we purchase a half-kilo bag that feeds us at least four meals.\n\nWe had already purchased some thick Greek yogurt, and we had some honey, so I dressed up our first bowls with those items, adding a sprinkle of cinnamon on top. But along the way, our porridge bowls have evolved to look like these photos.\n\nHere in North Macedonia, kiwis and mandarin oranges are available in abundance. Kiwis cost less than $1.50 for a kilo, and the oranges are less than $1 for a kilo. So Chris decided to chop them up and add them to the oatmeal.\n\nThere are also lots of bulk nuts available in the markets, so we purchased some walnuts now that our teeth are feeling better. Bit by bit, Chris has added this and that to our oatmeal in the morning until it now looks like this.\n\nBut the additives to oatmeal don't have to end here. I also remember my mom occasionally adding blueberries, and then there was the chopped apple and cinnamon as well.\n\nHere in North Macedonia, they also grow an abundance of pomegranates. I have been thinking that pomegranate seeds would also be a nice addition.\n\nDifferent Cultures Eat Oats Differently\n\nThe ancient Greeks were the first to use oats to create the porridge that we love today. But other cultures eat it as well and they all have their own ways of making it.\n\nThe Germans, for example, don't cook the oats; they simply soak them in milk and cinnamon overnight, enjoying them in the morning topped with nuts and fruits.\n\nAccording to the Wonderopolis website, Vermont eats the most oatmeal per capita in the US.\n\nA popular Vermont variation of oatmeal begins with steel-cut oats, which are soaked overnight in a mixture of water, salt and maple syrup. The next morning, nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger are added, and the oatmeal is cooked. When the oatmeal is ready, it is served with cream, milk or butter.\n\nI'm sure you get the drift. Oatmeal doesn't have to be boring; there are many ways that we can dress it up and add even more healthy and delicious ingredients.\n\nBrown Butter-Raspberry Baked Oatmeal\n\nI have to say while researching for this article, I stumbled across a few delicious-looking recipes, but this decadent take on traditional oatmeal from Food & Wine takes the cake. It's a recipe that I am now eager to try, and I thought I would share it with you here.\n\nThis is their introductory statement. I mean, my mouth is watering just reading it:\n\nIn this baked oatmeal, perfectly tender spiced oats mixed with sweet and tart fruit are topped with crispy coconut and pecans. The recipe calls for raspberries - blackberries, blueberries, or sliced strawberries would work as well. Blooming the spices in the hot brown butter releases their flavors and infuses the entire dish with a nutty warmth. The baked oatmeal can be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 4 days. Cover with foil and reheat in a 350°F oven for 20 minutes, or microwave individual portions on high for 1 minute.\n\nTo save you from having to click the link above, I have typed out the recipe for you:\n\nIngredients:\n\nCooking spray\n\n¼ cup unsalted butter\n\n1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon\n\n¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg\n\n2 cups (about 7 ounces) uncooked old-fashioned regular rolled oats\n\n1 teaspoon baking powder\n\n½ teaspoon kosher salt\n\n½ cup plus 2 tablespoons chopped toasted pecans, divided\n\n2 cups plain unsweetened almond milk\n\n⅓ cup pure maple syrup, plus more for serving, if desired\n\n1 large egg, beaten\n\n2 teaspoons vanilla extract\n\n2 medium (6 ounces each) bananas, sliced 1/2-in. thick (about 1 1/2 cups)\n\n1 ½ cups fresh raspberries (from 1 [6-ounce] package), divided\n\n¼ cup unsweetened flaked coconut\n\nDirections:\n\nPreheat oven to 375°F (191ºC). Lightly coat an 8-inch square baking dish with cooking spray. Melt butter in a small skillet over medium. Continue cooking, stirring constantly, until butter is browned and has a nutty aroma, 2 to 3 minutes. Pour butter into a large bowl; stir in cinnamon and nutmeg. Let cool 5 minutes.\n\nStir together oats, baking powder, salt, and 1/2 cup of the pecans in a medium bowl; set aside. Add milk, maple syrup, egg, and vanilla to the cooled butter mixture; whisk to combine. Stir in oat mixture.\n\nArrange bananas in a single layer on bottom of prepared baking dish. Sprinkle evenly with 3/4 cup of the raspberries. Spoon oat mixture evenly over top. Sprinkle with remaining 3/4 cup raspberries, then with coconut, and finally with remaining 2 tablespoons pecans. Bake in preheated oven until set and golden brown, about 35 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes. Serve with additional maple syrup, if desired.\n\nNow, if this doesn't warm you up on a cold winter morning, I can't imagine what will.\n\nA Classic Dish With Modern Twists\n\nAren't we lucky in this day and age to be able to create these once simple dishes with so many great ingredients?\n\nWhat used to be a pretty basic food, consumed because it was available and healthy, has now turned into something beloved by people the world over and is made in fancy and fantastical ways.\n\nAlthough I will always cherish my childhood memories, sitting at my mom's table and eating simple bowls of porridge made with simple ingredients, I'm also happy to be able to add a variety of ingredients to it to give it that elevated lift.\n\nPlus, during these cold winter days in Skopjë, it has become the perfect comfort food to start our days.\n\nIf you like my writing and want to read more, follow me and sign up here to get my articles by email. 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As somebody who is allergic to wheat and mostly eats gluten-free, I have found oats to be a fantastic and versatile grain.\n\nHow Long Have We Grown Oats\n\nPorridge, a name introduced by the British, is a meal made by cooking grains in milk or water to soften them up. It can take on many forms, but the most common porridge is made with oats and is referred to as \"oatmeal.\"\n\nOats have a very long history on the world stage. Some say their cultivation dates back 32, 000 years while other records indicate that they have been around for 51, 000 years. However, the oldest records of actual intentional cultivation come from a granary in Jordan, where grains up to 11,400 years old were found.\n\nRecords from Europe indicate that oat grains were finally domesticated around 3000 years ago. Whatever the case, I think it's safe to say that oats have been around for a while!\n\nGetting Oats From the Field to Our Bowls\n\nI was fascinated to learn that oat grass can reach heights of 1.8m (5.9 ft)! While wheat and other crops don't get much past 1 meter (3 ft), this grass has a lot of bang for its buck.\n\nAs a Canadian, I'm thrilled that Canada is amongst the largest producers of oats. Various sources claim that Russia is at the top, but Wikipedia says that Canada produced the most in 2022 at 5.2 million tons.\n\nThe process of getting oats from the field to our bowls is lengthy. First, the grain is separated from the other plant matter and impurities like dirt and stones that are picked up in the harvesting. Next, the outside hull must be removed as it is not digestible, and then the grain is heated to denature the enzymes that may make it rancid.\n\nThe oats are then dried so they don't spoil due to bacteria growth. Finally, they are cut or rolled to the specifications of their intended use.\n\nIt always amazes me the lengths of effort that are put into getting food to a place where it is easy to consume.\n\nOats Are Not Only Economical, They Are Healthy Too\n\nThere are two very important reasons to make oatmeal a part of your diet. Oats are some of the most economical and healthy grains that you can buy. They are a fiber-rich food that is well known to reduce cholesterol and blood pressure, plus they contain antioxidants that help to reduce inflammation and improve circulation.\n\nThey are a good source of manganese, zinc and selenium - minerals that support immunity. They contain a type of fiber that is not found in many foods called beta-glucans. 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Not to mention that for less than $2, we purchase a half-kilo bag that feeds us at least four meals.\n\nWe had already purchased some thick Greek yogurt, and we had some honey, so I dressed up our first bowls with those items, adding a sprinkle of cinnamon on top. But along the way, our porridge bowls have evolved to look like these photos.\n\nHere in North Macedonia, kiwis and mandarin oranges are available in abundance. Kiwis cost less than $1.50 for a kilo, and the oranges are less than $1 for a kilo. So Chris decided to chop them up and add them to the oatmeal.\n\nThere are also lots of bulk nuts available in the markets, so we purchased some walnuts now that our teeth are feeling better. Bit by bit, Chris has added this and that to our oatmeal in the morning until it now looks like this.\n\nBut the additives to oatmeal don't have to end here. I also remember my mom occasionally adding blueberries, and then there was the chopped apple and cinnamon as well.\n\nHere in North Macedonia, they also grow an abundance of pomegranates. I have been thinking that pomegranate seeds would also be a nice addition.\n\nDifferent Cultures Eat Oats Differently\n\nThe ancient Greeks were the first to use oats to create the porridge that we love today. But other cultures eat it as well and they all have their own ways of making it.\n\nThe Germans, for example, don't cook the oats; they simply soak them in milk and cinnamon overnight, enjoying them in the morning topped with nuts and fruits.\n\nAccording to the Wonderopolis website, Vermont eats the most oatmeal per capita in the US.\n\nA popular Vermont variation of oatmeal begins with steel-cut oats, which are soaked overnight in a mixture of water, salt and maple syrup. The next morning, nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger are added, and the oatmeal is cooked. When the oatmeal is ready, it is served with cream, milk or butter.\n\nI'm sure you get the drift. Oatmeal doesn't have to be boring; there are many ways that we can dress it up and add even more healthy and delicious ingredients.\n\nBrown Butter-Raspberry Baked Oatmeal\n\nI have to say while researching for this article, I stumbled across a few delicious-looking recipes, but this decadent take on traditional oatmeal from Food & Wine takes the cake. It's a recipe that I am now eager to try, and I thought I would share it with you here.\n\nThis is their introductory statement. I mean, my mouth is watering just reading it:\n\nIn this baked oatmeal, perfectly tender spiced oats mixed with sweet and tart fruit are topped with crispy coconut and pecans. The recipe calls for raspberries - blackberries, blueberries, or sliced strawberries would work as well. Blooming the spices in the hot brown butter releases their flavors and infuses the entire dish with a nutty warmth. The baked oatmeal can be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 4 days. Cover with foil and reheat in a 350°F oven for 20 minutes, or microwave individual portions on high for 1 minute.\n\nTo save you from having to click the link above, I have typed out the recipe for you:\n\nIngredients:\n\nCooking spray\n\n¼ cup unsalted butter\n\n1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon\n\n¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg\n\n2 cups (about 7 ounces) uncooked old-fashioned regular rolled oats\n\n1 teaspoon baking powder\n\n½ teaspoon kosher salt\n\n½ cup plus 2 tablespoons chopped toasted pecans, divided\n\n2 cups plain unsweetened almond milk\n\n⅓ cup pure maple syrup, plus more for serving, if desired\n\n1 large egg, beaten\n\n2 teaspoons vanilla extract\n\n2 medium (6 ounces each) bananas, sliced 1/2-in. thick (about 1 1/2 cups)\n\n1 ½ cups fresh raspberries (from 1 [6-ounce] package), divided\n\n¼ cup unsweetened flaked coconut\n\nDirections:\n\nPreheat oven to 375°F (191ºC). Lightly coat an 8-inch square baking dish with cooking spray. Melt butter in a small skillet over medium. Continue cooking, stirring constantly, until butter is browned and has a nutty aroma, 2 to 3 minutes. Pour butter into a large bowl; stir in cinnamon and nutmeg. Let cool 5 minutes.\n\nStir together oats, baking powder, salt, and 1/2 cup of the pecans in a medium bowl; set aside. Add milk, maple syrup, egg, and vanilla to the cooled butter mixture; whisk to combine. Stir in oat mixture.\n\nArrange bananas in a single layer on bottom of prepared baking dish. Sprinkle evenly with 3/4 cup of the raspberries. Spoon oat mixture evenly over top. Sprinkle with remaining 3/4 cup raspberries, then with coconut, and finally with remaining 2 tablespoons pecans. Bake in preheated oven until set and golden brown, about 35 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes. Serve with additional maple syrup, if desired.\n\nNow, if this doesn't warm you up on a cold winter morning, I can't imagine what will.\n\nA Classic Dish With Modern Twists\n\nAren't we lucky in this day and age to be able to create these once simple dishes with so many great ingredients?\n\nWhat used to be a pretty basic food, consumed because it was available and healthy, has now turned into something beloved by people the world over and is made in fancy and fantastical ways.\n\nAlthough I will always cherish my childhood memories, sitting at my mom's table and eating simple bowls of porridge made with simple ingredients, I'm also happy to be able to add a variety of ingredients to it to give it that elevated lift.\n\nPlus, during these cold winter days in Skopjë, it has become the perfect comfort food to start our days.\n\nIf you like my writing and want to read more, follow me and sign up here to get my articles by email. We would also be happy if you considered leaving me a tip by using the link to Ko-Fi below:)\n\nWe have been nomadic since 2017! Join our journey by hitting these links:\n\nWebsite | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Ko-Fi | Unsplash",
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"content": "Ooooohhh, curried sounds very interesting. Would love to see the recipe if you are willing to share. Maybe a new article for Tastyble:)",
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FFS! What is wrong with people? The sun beams UV light onto the entire world and everything and every creature on the surface!
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"content": "FFS! What is wrong with people? The sun beams UV light onto the entire world and everything and every creature on the surface!",
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For those who don't know, that's the name for mad-cow disease in humans. Eating infected cow brains is how you get it.
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Maybe they want non-GMO water. Thanks for reading and commenting!. Don't know I didn't see this till today.
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"content": "FFS! What is wrong with people? The sun beams UV light onto the entire world and everything and every creature on the surface!",
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"content": "Yes. Zombies are definitely not the picture of health. LOL. Great story. I knew one woman who drove for hours to get \"raw water\". No way would I drink that for any reason.",
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1) slogan on T-shirts of servers at a Boston clam bar.
2) Island Creek Oyster shipping boxes:
Shuck me, suck me, eat me raw.
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UV light will henceforth be mandated for Trump's photo-ops because it counteracts orange tones.
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"content": "Thanks, Kelly. The raw stuff is probably safe most of the time, but why take the risk?",
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Yes. Zombies are definitely not the picture of health. LOL. Great story. I knew one woman who drove for hours to get "raw water". No way would I drink that for any reason.
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"content": "If you so sure about that, how about providing evidence for it. BTW according to the economic history of the last 50 years, a Republican administration has almost always been associated with an economic downturn while a Democratic administration has experience economic expansion.",
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"content": "Did you not notice that I provided a link to an article I wrote with the evidence? Here: I'll provide the link again, because it seems you didn't notice it the first time.",
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"content": "citing yourself is not evidence.",
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Most of the equipment and ammunition shipped to Ukraine were either older and in storage, or near its "best by" dates. What this means is that the Javelins and artillery shells would have been used in training or range exercises just before their expiration dates. Instead they were shipped to Ukraine. And the US and the other NATO get restocked with newer munitions,
sounds like a win win to me.
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Not surprised.
Here's the view from outside the US.
Trump took over the GOP. Trump is a Putin puppet. If you don't agree, fine. Then, tell me why Trump continually fawns over Putin and why he called him a genius when Putin attacked Ukraine.
Putin holds something over Trump (all rumors are valid until we know the facts). And therefore Putin can make Trump dance.
In their blind obedience to Trump, most Republicans have adopted a position of support for Putin and Russia. Now that the Republicans are turning their backs on Trump, they're either too far into the Putin-support thing, or too ignorant to realize that they're actually working against their own best interest.
I am extremely sorry to see how far US politics has dumbed itself down since the days of Dubya.
A very sad episode of history.
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I beg to differ, too.
I just copied a map that you can see for yourself at this website:
https://www.statista.com/chart/16834/countries-and-territories-ranked-on-perceived-public-sector-corruption/?utm_source=Statista+Newsletters&utm_campaign=6e5ec1a554-All_InfographTicker_daily_COM_PM_KW2_2023_We_COPY_&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_662f7ed75e-6e5ec1a554-315805693
I can't post it here but I would if I could.
It's a map of the most corrupt places on earth to do business. Red colored countries are "most corrupt".
Russia is red.
The least corrupt countries are yellow.
The just freed ex-Soviet Baltic countries and New Zealand are colored yellow.
It speaks to the actual reason for the Ukraine War. The corrupt political system in Russia is fundamentally challenged by adjacent territories that aren't as rotten to the core as mob boss Putin's is. It's no accident that the countries with the slowest, smallest economies are colored red. Like Russia. Basically, Russia lives by stealing. And it can't be reformed from either the inside or the outside. Russian reformers are poisoned, shot, or "made to disappear" by confining them in the prison system. And we outside Russia can do nothing.
The only way we can protect ourselves from Russia's kleptocracy is by keeping it at bay. Russia's constant mantra complaining about N.A.T.O. "encirclement" is just a red herring. A distraction. N.A.T.O. exists to keep Russian armies outside its territory.
The enormous ammunition expenditures in Ukraine suggest just how expensive that effort would be. We need the technological advantage that those companies provide. Yes, it's expensive. But it's better than an all-out war fought in the middle of Europe, after Russia invades, seeking more to steal.
Speaking of the Ukraine War ...
https://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/Russian%20Operations%20Assessments%20January%2031%202023.pdf
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That's a good one, and sobering. Thanks Wesley. Appreciate you stopping by.
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"content": "Ah, the echo of Eisenhower's famous words. \"Beware of the industrial military complex\". We were warned. War may be hell, but it's still a lucrative business. Thank you sir. Good write.",
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Ah, the echo of Eisenhower's famous words. "Beware of the industrial military complex". We were warned. War may be hell, but it's still a lucrative business. Thank you sir. Good write.
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Very good write. Since their battlefield victories seem limited, why not throw your garbage at the enemy too. Thanks for your reporting.
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"content": "Politics\n\nPutin's Poisonous Propaganda\n\nUkraine and Russia are fighting an elaborate information war\n\nAs the Kremlin attempts to repair its faltering war in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin's propagandists are increasingly focused on fighting an information war directed both at the West and Russia's own citizens. To this end, Russia recently outlawed Meduza, calling the popular independent source of Russian language news \"undesirable,\" while threatening to prosecute not only its journalists, but anyone who so much as shares or even comments on one of its articles.\n\nBut the Kremlin doesn't just suppress unpleasant and unfavorable information. Russia has a rich history of crafting sophisticated disinformation campaigns aimed at dividing Western opponents, and muddling its own crimes. These so-called 'active measures' are designed to shape public opinion in the United States and Europe, making use of digital troll farms, kompromat, and hacking campaigns, all in service of the Kremlin's malign political goals.\n\nRussian interference in the 2016 presidential election was exactly such an operation, conducted jointly by the FSB and GRU, Russia's two primary intelligence services, in order to help elect Donald Trump, and harm America's confidence in its own elections. It was a wild success, the gold standard for information warfare.\n\nStill, Russia has struggled to match that success in recent years, amid a poorly planned and executed military debacle in Ukraine.\n\nWartime propaganda\n\nRussia's wartime propaganda is designed to paint a rosy picture of Russian success, and bleak Ukrainian failure, in spite of the difficult reality on the battlefield. By examining the digital breadcrumbs left behind by Russian propagandists, one gains a window into the Kremlin's thinking, fears, and motivations, and valuable insights into Putin's flagging war effort.\n\nThus, the Kremlin's legions of digital warriors are saturating Twitter, Facebook, and other social media platforms popular in the West, in an attempt to recapture what is a disintegrating narrative of Russian victory, virtue, and national victimhood.\n\nMeanwhile, Vladimir Putin is planning on visiting the city of Volgograd to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory at Stalingrad during the Second World War. While such a visit might make for compelling wartime propaganda, the Kremlin seems to have missed the central lesson regarding the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany's brutal occupation, even as fighting reminiscent of Stalingrad consumes the small city of Bakhmut.\n\nHowever, that lesson hasn't escaped the Ukrainians hammering Putin's forces: to resist an illegal and brutal foreign invasion is both just, and entirely achievable, even if it comes at a great cost in lives. Ukraine is proving exactly this day in and day out. Putin's visit to Volgograd merely highlights his strategic blindness.\n\nIn any case, the Kremlin isn't known for producing particularly eloquent propaganda. Rather, it's known for its frenetic pace and volume, and for saturating information spaces, as the Kremlin works to muddy the waters, and fashion its own reality from thin air and dead bodies.\n\nThe fog of war\n\nAs the war enters its second year, the Western powers supporting Ukraine have begun to deliver ever more sophisticated and lethal weapons to Kyiv. Thus, the Kremlin's propaganda is highly sensitive to \"NATO weapons,\" and the following video captures Russia's efforts to appear nonchalant, and unbothered by these gamechanging deliveries.\n\nWhat appear to be two captured Ukrainian soldiers admit to being unable to fire their Western weapons, as a Russian soldier interrogates them, with their dead comrade's body laying nearby. It's a grim exercise in dishonest propaganda, as Ukraine's soldiers certainly know how to use these weapons, having been trained extensively on their use before they get near a battlefield.\n\nStill, it's a chance for Russia to challenge the prevailing narrative about the shoddiness of Russian training, by claiming Ukraine's military training is similarly poor. But in reality, we know this simply isn't true. Rather, Russian propagandists are doing what they do best: lying, and attempting to rewrite an unpleasant reality.\n\nThe next video follows the same narrative arc, although not entirely successfully. Rather, it's actually a bit laughable, this robot machine gun looks like something from Hollywood in the 1980s rather than a modern piece of battlefield hardware, and it's unlikely to do much against M1 Abrams and Leopards.\n\nNonetheless, \"Koba\" (Joseph Stalin's nom de guerre) would like you to believe otherwise. It's typical Russian propaganda, not terribly convincing, but highly aspirational.\n\nThis next video has been making the rounds on Twitter, shared over and over again by accounts which are clearly Russian trolls, if Putin's head stamped on a Russian eagle as an avatar is any indication. It shows what appears to be an M1 Abrams tank sliding helplessly down a snowy embankment, compared to clips of a T-80BV easily conquering similar terrain.\n\nClearly, the Kremlin is concerned about the Western tanks soon to be arriving on the battlefield. These videos merely confirm that nerves are jangling in Moscow.\n\nLastly, on the topic of Western tanks, I'll include a clip from a Russian news show claiming that Russian T-90 tanks are superior to Abrams, based on what they claim were destroyed Abrams tanks in Yemen. Of course, it goes without saying that M1 Abrams and Leopards, NATO-standard main battle tanks, are far and away superior to anything Russia is currently fielding, particularly as problems continue to plague the T-14 Armata program (Russia's newest generation of main battle tank).\n\nThis last video is quite grim, showing what appears to be two hostages clad in Ukrainian uniforms being led into a wooded area by two other men dressed in Ukrainian uniforms, and executed in cold blood. Suffice it to say, this looks like a classic Russian active measure: impersonate the enemy, cause chaos in the rear, publicize the results. These are likely intelligence agents or Spetsnaz, murdering two unidentified men, quite possibly civilians or captured Ukrainian soldiers.\n\nIf nothing else, it's clearly a war crime, one of thousands committed by Russian forces in this nightmarish conflict.\n\nForewarning, it's dark.\n\nUkrainian propaganda\n\nAs Russian propaganda obsesses over Western weapons deliveries, with the occasional crime against humanity spliced in, Ukraine's propaganda is focused on appealing to a broad Western audience. By all appearances, Kyiv's been far more successful at achieving its aims, which include shoring up Western support, and prodding further arms deliveries from Western governments.\n\nMy favorite has been the faux car commercials directed at the French, Americans, and Germans. For the French, a mini commercial, for the Americans, a classic pick-up truck ad, and for the Germans, a sleek Mercedes advertisement. Of course, they're all about tanks.\n\nClearly, these resonated in Western capitals, because Washington has pledged to send M1 Abrams, and Berlin has pledged to send Leopards. These are weapons that will likely alter the battlefield, and perhaps change the trajectory of the war itself. Whether or not Ukraine's extraordinarily clever propaganda campaign played a role is unknown, though it surely didn't hurt.\n\nFinally, I'll include this slick Ukrainian Air Force video of an Mi-8 helicopter in combat. It's vivid, and absolutely enthralling.\n\nIn any case, Ukraine's creative propaganda is obviously winning the day, if Western weapon shipments are any indication. Still, Russia can be expected to continue to pour resources into its own information warfare, even as its conventional forces struggle to achieve Putin's goals on the battlefield.\n\nThe Russians are nothing if not stubborn, and they can be expected to produce increasingly shrill wartime propaganda, even as they endure setbacks on the actual battlefield. With this war entering another dynamic new phase, expect the Russian propaganda machine to become ever more hysterical, and neurotic.",
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