Today, US/China relations are at virtually their lowest ebb since US President Nixon went to China in 1972. How did relations end up in such a parlous state? What does the future hold?
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Once a month USDA issues two reports on World Agriculture Production. The primary statistical report is issued by the USDA Chief Economist and the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service issues a companion report with is not as extensive but contains maps and other information that is always very interesting. I do not publish this article every month since it is difficult to prepare but this is a time of the year when the information is very relevant and important in terms of:
A. How it might be impacted by Global Warming and
B. The impact on the World GeoPolitical situation.
I am publishing it tonight and I may add some commentary tomorrow.
People like maps and graphs so we will start with those provided by USDA. It does not provide a total picture of World Production but many of what I will provide I think is interesting. There are so many that we will provide them without additional commentary. I am providing all of the maps and graphics but here is the LINK to the report. This will be followed by the summary from the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates Report which is called WASDE. Here is the LINK to that report. It contains a lot more information but in table form with no maps and graphics.
On June 22nd the Supreme Court of the United States sometimes abbreviated SCOTUS decided 5 to 4 that the 1968 Treaty with the Navajo Tribe called for the U.S. to provide the land and funding for sheep, goats, cattle, and corn as well as education and some infrastructure but did not mention water. The decision of the Supreme Court was that if it did not mention water when written and agreed to, one can not just add “water” to the treaty now. The U.S. Supreme Court may not always be correct but they are last so this is likely the final legal decision on this but Congress and the Executive Branch of Government have not yet been heard from.
But then there is this part of the Court decision:
In addition, the Navajos may be able to assert the interests they claim in water rights litigation, including by seeking to intervene in cases that affect their claimed interests, and courts will then assess the Navajos’ claims and motions as appropriate. See 28 U. S. C. §1362; Arizona v. California, 460 U. S. 605, 615 (1983); see also Blatchford v. Native Village of Noatak, 501 U. S. 775, 784 (1991); Moe v. Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of Flathead Reservation, 425 U. S. 463, 472–474 (1976).
So this case is over but the issue is not.
| The Hopi are a different tribe than the Navajo. For more information about the Navajo Nation click HERE. BTW yá’át’ééh means hello or welcome. If you live in New Mexico you tend to learn a little Navajo and we raise Navajo Churro Sheep so we are involved with the Navajo. HERE is the official statement by the Navajo Nation on yesterday’s Supreme Court Decision. |
On this day of America’s 246th birthday, let’s clearly recognize what America truly is: the last big colonial power, collapsing!
In this post, I will clearly define China’s state capitalism as communism + capitalism. This will help my fellow Americans best understand China, as well as the world.
America is by far the most violent country in human history. This is true both abroad (Jimmy Carter Lectures Trump: US ‘Most Warlike Nation in History of the World’) and at home. It is seen especially in terms of gun violence (List of countries by firearm-related death rate) and incarceration (U.S. has World’s Highest Incarceration Rate). And need I mention slavery in the old days and lynching in the South up to the 1960s?
The American version of “free market” is a big, fat lie! It’s time to denounce it as such!
The 2nd Amendment is obsolete, if not a mistake in the first place (What is the American Revolution, anyway?). However, let’s leave it alone for now, or we may face another civil war (America: Guns vs. Slavery). Instead, reform our failing political system, as I have suggested (History 2.0 – China’s Comeback vs. America’s Decline)!
America has been widely regarded as “Jeffersonian” throughout its history so far. But Jeffersonian American is deeply in trouble (Has Jeffersonian America Run Its Course?). Therefore it is time to critically assess Thomas Jefferson!
At the end of the American Revolution, America inherited two big issues from Britain:
The solutions may be the same too: addressing each via a civil war!