How Farms Work – Crop Dusting
A video showing a company apply Trivapro fungicide to a corn field by airplane. Interesting stuff.
Low Clouds Overhead
17 OF CAMDEN 28 FOUND NOT GUILTY – The New York Times
"CAMDEN, N. J., May 20—A jury of five men and seven women today found 17 members of the Camden 28 not guilty of breaking into the Federal Building here in [August 22] 1971 and destroying draft files, even though the defendants admitted having done so and 80 Federal Bureau of Investigation agents caught them at it."
"The verdict was the first total legal victory for the antiwar movement in five years of such draft‐record incidents."
When and Why the World Went Wrong
"The trend has now hit so many nations that the explanation has to be global. Social media are frequently cited as a driving force, but I would like to consider an alternative or perhaps complementary possibility for the breakdown of liberalism: As World War II and the Cold War recede in our collective memory, people in the West are simply becoming less cooperative."
"Think back to the years during and after World War II. Western leaders created an unprecedented array of multilateral institutions, including NATO, the World Bank, the IMF, the Bretton Woods system, the United Nations, and what later became the World Trade Organization. These institutions found widespread levels of support both at home and abroad, and they persisted."
Petition Ban Styrofoam (polystyrene) in Albany County
"On 4/13/18, the Albany County Legislature voted in 23 - 13 favor of a bill to expand the ban on Styrofoam so that the ban will now cover all eating establishments in the county. Now we need Albany County Executive Dan McCoy to sign the bill. Please sign this petition so we can present it to him then forward the petition to everyone you know in Albany County and post on all your social media. Thanks--we are almost there!"