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One tweet summarizes tonight's presidential debate
If you couldn't sit through 90 minutes of awkward pacing and arguing, you can just read one tweet. I'm a Muslim, and I would like to report a crazy man threatening a woman on a stage in Missouri. #debate — Moustafa Bayoumi (@BayoumiMoustafa) October 10, 2016 If that doesn't sell you, it's Shonda Rhimes approved. Best. Tweet. Ever https://t.co/wfCmUjetib — shonda rhimes (@shondarhimes) October 10,
POST DEBATE EXTRA - She won, yet I'm bummed
I am so bummed. Oh, sure, she dealt with him pretty well personally, including his huge self-indulgence promising a special prosecutor against her, if he's elected. (24 years and half a billion dollars in investigations and you guys still got nothing.) Still, she left standing every one of his doom-gloom lies about the state of the nation. For example, assertions that: - The EPA is killing energy
Wedding photo session besieged by angry attacking magpies
Don't want to get attacked from the sky on your wedding day? Best not get married in Australia during spring then. That's magpie mating season, and these birds are vicious. Photographer Karen Parr has been snapping nuptials and newlyweds for nine years, but has never had the fauna at a photoshoot attack her subjects, until recently. SEE ALSO: Interactive 'magpie map' arms you against scourge of t
25 unpublished Dead Sea Scrolls unveiled
A selection of never-before-seen Dead Sea Scroll fragments have been published in two new books. Considered to be some of the most important ancient t...
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The crash in the pound punctures the delusion that Brexit Britain will flourish | Aditya Chakrabortty
There’ll be no boom outside the EU. With a paltry manufacturing industry, we can’t pay our way. And it will be the poorest who suffer most For the most acute comment on the outlook for Brexit Britain, look neither to bankers nor economists – but to the British Museum’s former director. Speaking in Germany last week, Neil MacGregor described his compatriots’ habit of swaddling themselves in their
Rise of the home ‘unschoolers’ – where children learn only what they want to
Advocates say it creates delight in learning. But amid calls for more monitoring of home schooling, how do authorities work out if they’re getting an education? It’s Tuesday morning in Coventry and three children are making clay seal pups on the dining table at home. Zephan is four, so his looks a bit like an aeroplane. Noah and Josiah, 10 and 13, are carefully shaping flippers. A book about seals
Building Collapse in Chinese City of Wenzhou Kills at Least 22
The toll makes it one of the deadliest episodes of its kind in recent years. Six people have been pulled from the rubble, including a 3-year-old girl.
Inside Portland's Competitive Pinball Scene
All photos by Daniel Edwards At 6:00 PM on a rainy Tuesday, I walked into Ground Kontrol, Portland's legendary arcade. Up the stairs, in the back room where all the pinball machines live, players were already shoulder-to-shoulder, practicing before the tournament would start. The heat steaming off the machines, combined with Portland's dampness, made the place feel cramped and hive-like. Ear-pier
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25 Scientific Tips For Raising Happy (& Healthy) Kids
Studies show these parenting styles can get kids started on the right path in life.
European Spacecraft Prepares to Land on Mars Next Week
Ready for descent — deploy thrusters! The Schiaparelli spacecraft, part of the European Space Agency's (ESA) ExoMars mission, has received landing commands for its expected Oct. 19 touchdown on Mars. A new video shows how the spacecraft will touch down.
Samsung halts sales of Galaxy Note 7 after new troubles
Samsung said Tuesday it is halting sales of the star-crossed Galaxy Note 7 smartphone after a spate of fires involving new devices that were supposed to be safe replacements for recalled models.
A Friend For Pluto: Astronomers Find New Dwarf Planet In Our Solar System
The object known for now as 2014 QZ224 is only about 330 miles across and takes 1,100 years to orbit the sun. But one of the most interesting things about it is the way researchers found it.
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Anderson .Paak and the Free Nationals Perform 'Come Down'!
One of the year's best new artists performed his breakout song with his band for Ellen and her audience! From: TheEllenShow
A Teacher's Lifesaving Act of Kindness
Ellen met a teacher who is enriching her students' lives, and changing one life in particular forever. From: TheEllenShow
Violet Sands — No Matter What
violetsands.com Band Members: David Perlick-Molinari, Deidre Muro, Derek Muro Guest Vocalist: Eric "Doc" Mendelsohn Choreographer: Andrew Harper Dancers: Richard Walters, Taquirah Thompson Produced and Directed by: Dress Code (dresscodeny.com) Executive Producer: Andrea Theodore Producer: Tara Rose Stromberg Cinematography: Claudio Rietti Edit: Andre Andreev Visual Effects: Vincenzo Lodigiani Rot
Chocolat - Ah Ouin
Artiste: Chocolat Titre: Ah ouin Album: Rencontrer Looloo Réalisation: Jonathan Robert Animation: Jonathan Robert, Vincent Desbiens - Band: Chocolat Title: Ah ouin Album: Rencontrer Looloo Director: Jonathan Robert Animation: Jonathan Robert, Vincent Desbiens - Jonathan Robert jobobarts@gmail.com facebook.com/Jonathan-Robert-Artwork-119700964711570/ - Chocolat chocolatmtl.bandcamp.com/ Cast: Jona
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MSM Syria Lies Need to Be Exposed
In the sick world of the would-be warmongers, child beheading terrorist scum are now the heroes. The blood of the innocents that spill from here on in covers the hands of the mainstream media propagandists.
Interview 1216 – New World Next Week
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2016-10-06%20James%20Evan%20Pilato.mp3"][/audio] This week on the New World Next Week: the Equation Group hacker gets nabbed; WWIII will be lethal and fast; and peer review vigilantes take matters into their own hands.
Snowjob 2.0, WWIII Prep, PubPeer – #NewWorldNextWeek
This week on the New World Next Week: the Equation Group hacker gets nabbed; WWIII will be lethal and fast; and peer review vigilantes take matters into their own hands.
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THE ENVIRONMENTALIST26 unread articles // actions
For Lesser Prairie Chicken, A New Era in Conservation or Raw Deal?
On the Great Plains, environmentalists divided over voluntary conservation program for bird habitat
Genetically Unique Yellowstone Bison Deserve Endangered Species Status
Montana should stop killing wild bison that venture beyond park boundaries
Chromium-6: ‘Erin Brockovich’ Chemical Threatens Two-Thirds of Americans
New report finds 200 million people exposed to toxic drinking water
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Spesifikasi Daihatsu Sigra Harga Terbaru 2016
Spesifikasi Daihatsu Sigra Harga Terbaru 2016 | Mobil daihatsu sigra merupakan salah satu tipe mobil keluarga murah yg diproduksi oleh daihatsu motos, mobil daihatsu ini merupakan salah satu tipe terbaru dari mobil daihatsu yg dapat anda miliki sebagai mobil keluarga anda. Meskipun mobil daihatsu sigra ini memiliki harga yg termasuk murah, namun spesifikasi daihatsu sigra sendiri tergolong
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Dear Chinese Premier Li Keqiang
as I posted earlier to Facebook... Dear Chinese Premier Li Keqiang: On your visit to Canada, please make a point of publicly reminding Prime Minister Trudeau that Canada needs to be far more attentive to its international human rights obligations. As you know, Canada's jails are overcrowded with citizens. The bail system systemically denies constitutional rights. Physical isolation that
US “sue Saudis for 911 law” would be a geopolitical tectonic shift because…
New law approved by Congress on September 9 violates international law, would destabilize the US regime By Denis G. Rancourt
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The King Is Dead But Arnold Palmer Legend Lives On
Arnold Palmer with ever present cigarette tossing ball to his caddy on practice tee. Arnold Palmer was my hero in the 1960's for his swashbuckling style of play and willingness to take risks on the golf course endeared him to millions, including myself, who saw him as the king of the links and a man of the people. His passing on at 87 years old leaves golf with an unfillable void for he brought a
World Peace Message From Keeper Of Secred White Buffalo Calf Pipe
Chief Arvol Looking Horse, of the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota Nations, asks us to understand an Indigenous perspective on what has happened to America but also offers a very important message about a solution to turn around these terrible times including justice for the Palestinians. His words should be heeded for they are in essence the same as mine ~ Peace begins with me ~ go within and find you
Sioux Standing Rock Pipeline Rebellion Touches Deep Ancestral Roots
T he Sioux pipeline rebellion is touching deep personal native American roots for I have been told my great great grandfather was a deeply loved and respected native American chief and the great joy and freedom of riding my paint horse Scout in the Sonoma hills brought me back to memories of a previous lifetime on the great plains ~ where the love of nature was the law of the land and obeying its
The Debate We Should Have ~ Trump , Stein And Clinton
The true progressive voice that should be heard in the 2016 sham Presidential debates is Jill Stein who through the magic of video and the assistance of Amy Goodman joins the debates as the only true progressive and anti-establishment voice of the people and instead of throwing mud offers concrete political proposals and solutions versus the political posturing of a deeply tarnished Clinton and t
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Hillary versus Donald
Scott Alexander compares Hillary Clinton with Donald Trump : Which of the candidates in this election are millennarian? If Sanders were still in, I’d say fine, he qualifies. If Stein were in, same, no contest. But Hillary? The left and right both critique Hillary the same way. She’s too in bed with the system. Corporations love her. Politicians love her. All she wants to do is make little tweaks
General Election Prediction
Neil Kinnock is not a fan of Jeremy Corbyn : Former Labour leader Neil Kinnock has given a stark warning about the re-election of Jeremy Corbyn. Speaking to the BBC’s Panorama programme, Lord Kinnock said: “Unless things change radically, and rapidly, it’s very doubtful I’ll see another Labour government in my lifetime.” At the last election, Labour got 232 seats, 98 less than the Tories who got
Government treats religion as just ‘fairies, goblins and imaginary friends’
Baroness Warsi complains : Religion is still viewed in government circles as little more than a parade of “fairies, goblins and imaginary friends” despite claims that it would now “do God”, according to Britain’s former minister for faith. Baroness Warsi said there is still misunderstanding and hostility towards religion in “ever secular” Whitehall circles, despite efforts to change the culture.
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Albert Woodfox & Robert King's European Freedom Tour in November
Announcing Albert Woodfox & Robert King's European Freedom Tour Events - November 2016 The International Angola 3 Coalition is delighted to announce the first European visit from Albert Woodfox in November 2016. Albert Woodfox (the last remaining member of the Angola 3 to be freed from prison in Louisiana, USA in February this year after 43 years in solitary confinement) and Robert King (released
Victoria Law, The Nation: These Women Are Demanding a Voice in the Criminal Justice Conversation
( PHOTO: The Council at Cucho's Justice Center in Los Angeles. ) Check out this new article by author and longtime prison activist Victoria Law , entitled: These Women Are Demanding a Voice in the Criminal Justice Conversation "The movement to reform the criminal justice system is still dominated by men and politicians. This group of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women is changing that."
NOLA October 1: Solitary Gardens Unveiling with Albert Woodfox and others
Solitary Gardens Unveiling Plant the future. Honor the past. WHEN: Saturday, October 1st 5-6:30pm WHAT: Please join Albert Woodfox, Malik Rahim, Nana Sula, Vaku and jackie sumell for the 3-year commemoration of Herman Wallace’s freedom after 41-years of unjust captivity. Project unveiling, tree planting ceremony, special guest speakers and presentations. WHO: SOLITARY GARDENS is a public ar
Albert Woodfox speaking in Chicago IL on Sept. 18 and 21
Sunday, Sept. 18, 2pm at Trinity United Church of Christ, 400 West 95th Street, Chicago, Wright Chapel Wednesday, Sept, 21 at 6pm, at Gallery 400, at 400 S. Peoria Street. For more information, see flyer above and visit the event's Facebook and Eventbrite pages.
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You won't learn this from the so-called mainstream media. "Russia has a sufficient nuclear arsenal capable of inflicting a deadly blow on the United States. Washington recognizes this as well." "the State Department’s statement was immediately followed by the Pentagon's announcement that it is ready to launch a preventative nuclear strike on Russia." Thank goodness that Putin does not want a war with the US. But "we don’t know what choice Washington will make."
Following the president of the Russian Federation’s decree on suspending Russia’s compliance with agreements with the US on the disposal of weapons-grade plutonium and the submission of the corresponding bill to the State Duma, disputes have begun in the media on whether this is connected to the rupture of the Syria deal. The second stumbling block is a question: Why is Russia, having known that
More good advice from Bill Bonner ...although I'll have to clarify a couple things hes says about gold. First, he says that in 1980 the stock market "share prices were so cheap that you could buy all of the stocks on the Dow with one ounce of gold." I'm pretty certain that he meant one share of every stock on the Dow. But the bottom line was that "Today the stock prices are so high, that you would need 14 ounces of gold to buy (one share of each of) the Dow stocks." So he proposed a simple trading model: "When the Dow is worth less than 5 ounces of gold, buy stocks and sell gold. When the Dow is worth more than 10 ounces of gold, sell stocks and buy gold." This sounds reasonable to me, but I would modify his following statement that "The quantity of gold increases, but only about as fast as the quantity of goods and services that it can buy." However, there is a more powerful factor determining how fast gold metal grows, namely compared to the gold metal all ready existing, the yearly…
bill@billbonnersdiary.com OUZILLY, France – Markets seemed to stand still yesterday. Like autumn leaves on a tree, they wait for a stiff wind and a cold frost. This week, the Fed is scheduled to make a weather forecast. Bloomberg reports that only two of the Fed’s 23 “primary dealers” – banks that buy bonds directly from the government – expect a rate hike decision tomorrow when the Fed meets. “T
Bill Bonner is a rich guy. But you wouldn't believe it from his Dairy, which he provides free of charge. If you, like me, are educated and happy enough with your cashflow, reading his Dairy is like a conversation with a close friend. The only difference is that Bill tells you things that will help you make out in today's economy. The one I reproduce today really hits the things you would want to know in today's economic conditions. What should you do with your savings? How safe is the stock market? Bill has the best anwers.
NORMANDY, FRANCE – We continue our work with the bomb squad. Myth disposal is dangerous work: People love their myths more than they love life itself. They may kill for money. But they die for their religions, their governments, their clans… and their ideas. Great Cause Some people think that even an idea as abstract as “freedom of speech” is worth dying for. It was Voltaire who said: “I disappro
As many of you know by now, I am only one year older than Paul Craig Roberts, and we both completed our four-year undergraduate degrees at technical schools (mine Carnegie Tech, his Georgia Tech). Then we both spent six years in grad school (me getting my PhD in physics at Brown University and he getting his PhD in economics from the University of Virginia after one-year stints in U. California at Berkley and Merton College Oxford). This dichotomy focused him on national and international events, whereas I stuck to physics, joining the Naval Research Laboratory in 1998 where I researched deeply the effects of radiation on glassy materials and fiber optics. But early on I became at NRL a Principle Investigator in the NASA Lunar Sample Program. I advanced to a mid-level appointment at NRL where for a while I was made Section Head but thankfully was relieved of that by my superiors. To pay them back I offered to take a then-empty seat at DARPA, where for two years halftime I picked the…
Bring Back The Cold War — Paul Craig Roberts September 30 , 2016 | Original Here | If you wish to receive his newsletter via email go to Original and sign up at bottom. Bring Back The Cold War Paul Craig Roberts Pundits have declared a “New Cold War.” If only! The Cold War was a time when leaders focused on reducing tensions between nuclear powers. What we have today is much more dangerous: Washi
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Electoral Reform for Dummies - that would be us.
Well that was then. Today some sixteen months later, having attended exactly zero electoral reform committee road meetings or community-based townhalls these past few weeks, our legacy media is jointly suggesting Trudeau throw in the towel. Susan Delacourt : Time for Trudeau to cut his losses on electoral reform "Mayrand just gave the Liberals a face-saving excuse. They should take it." Ms Delaco
Site C Licence of Occupation
In two days, the deadline for public input into BC Hydro's request to log crown land slated for Provincial Park status above the Site C dam will close. So why are you only just now hearing about this on a blog? Good question. According to the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative in an article in woodbusiness.ca, which you probably aren't in the habit of reading on a daily basis : "On Sept
TPP - the TFW Program on steroids
The Human Resources Committee, HUMA - 6 Libs, 3 Cons, and 1 NDP - released its report on the Temporary Foreign Worker Program yesterday, after a month of hearing from 43 witnesses as varied as Lululemon and the Migrant Mothers Project. Industry complaints initiated the study. The committee was asked to find a balance between employers desperate for TFWs for jobs they are unable to fill with Canad
Does this poll make my electoral ass look big?
Apparently half of NDP voter respondents are either very or somewhat satisfied with our current First Past the Post electoral system - really? - but 71% of them are definitely or probably in favour of a referendum. Does this seem at all likely to you? On Sept 28 I attended the travelling public Electoral Reform Committee in Vancouver. One of the witnesses was Mario Canseco, VP of InsightsWest, wh
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Real Madrid XI Squad against Sporting
Zidane does a Wenger and rotates his goalkeepers, though the BBC all line up in Los Merengues’ front three. After Barcelona’s MSN took Celtic apart, it is their turn to show they are football’s deadliest trio. Real Madrid XI: Casilla; Carvajal, Ramos, Varane, Marcelo; Casemiro, Modric, Kroos; Bale, Benzema, Ronaldo. Subs : Yanez, Pepe, James, Kovacic, Vazquez, Morata, Danilo.
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BREAKING! Fake Clinics Still Lying
Oh dear, it seems that fake clinics, aka crisis pregnancy centres, are feeling some heat. After countless reports, exposés, and sting operations, people are beginning to understand that fake clinics are not benign volunteer granny-run operations handing out free baby clothes. A US umbrella group called Care Net has just released a definitive report demonstrating. . . well, I'm not sure what it dem
"A Bad Precedent"? You Betcha!
Some follow-up to my post yesterday about the bungling around the approval of Mifegymiso (abortion pill) for inclusion in taxpayer-funded provincial healthcare plans. The Globe and Mail is still on the story. It seems that when Mifegymiso's manufacturer, Celopharma, began the long and winding (and politically stymied? remember, there were CONservatives in charge then) process, there were no costs
Abortion Access? Another slap in the face for Canadians
Gee. You'd almost think that the gynoticians politicians don't want women to access the abortion pill, widely touted to improve access for people living in the wide swaths of remote, rural, and medically underserved Canada. The Globe and Mail reported yesterday. When the gold standard in medical abortion drugs finally becomes available in Canada later this year, the $300 cost of the pills will not
On "Conscientious Objection," But Mostly on Pseudonymity
I was going to blog about a new commentary about "conscientious objection" in medicine. (Link to the full, very readable paper .) Authorities should bar doctors from refusing to provide such services as abortion and assisted death on moral grounds, and screen out potential medical students who might impose their values on patients, leading Canadian and British bioethicists argue in a provocative n
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thank you, vin scully!
The Red Sox are cruising into the postseason, something I didn't think I'd see during the dog days of summer. Our beloved Big Papi is saying goodbye with a chart-topping season, fans all over the country enjoying a glut of Ortizmania. But truly, the most momentous baseball story this season is the farewell of Dodgers announcer Vin Scully. The man has been calling Dodgers' games -- solo -- for 67 s
what i'm reading: your heart is a muscle the size of a fist, by sunil yapa
If only Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist could be required reading. Everyone who has ever scoffed cynically at protesters. Everyone who has ever seen a mainstream news report showing a burning car, over and over and over, but not showing tens of thousands of peaceful protesters, and looked no deeper. Everyone who has ever denied police violence against peaceful, law-abiding citizens, or
what i'm reading: the evil hours, a biography of post-traumatic stress disorder
The Evil Hours: A Biography of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is an outstanding book -- meticulously researched, but written in a compelling, accessible style, and with great humanity and compassion. Author David J. Morris unearths the social and cultural history of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the fourth most common psychiatric disorder in the US. He surveys the potential treatments. H
fun with bag signs: in which i am photographed removing garbage from my neighbourhood
Are there bag signs where you live? In Mississauga and perhaps most suburban places, people put up bag signs advertising services. The signs are cheap to buy and easy to post. They are also illegal. To me, they are the nexus of evil: advertising meets visual pollution meets polyethylene waste. I have called 311 to complain about these signs in my neighbourhood, and if the City has someone availab
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Scholar: Texas Textbook an ‘Intentional Assault’ on Psyche of Mexican American Students September 20, 2016 After readin...
Scholar: Texas Textbook an ‘Intentional Assault’ on Psyche of Mexican American Students September 20, 2016 After reading the proposed Mexican American Heritage textbook for Texas students last week by Jaime Riddle and Valarie Angle, I can without hesitation state that it is obscene and extremely offensive. And beyond being unfocused, incoherent and a badly written book, it is also an intentional
In Essence, Racism on Trial in Arizona’s Ethnic Studies Suit
Diverse Issues in Higher Education In Essence, Racism on Trial in Arizona’s Ethnic Studies Suit by Roberto Rodriguez The Arce v Douglas ethnic studies trial, in Tucson’s Federal Court, is expected to commence in early 2017. The suit was filed against the state of Arizona, as a result of the state passing an anti-Ethnic Studies HB 2281 legislation in 2010. Yet for all intents and purposes, it is th
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Dispatches from Haiti
Dear Everyone, For the past five years I have been posting from the Journal Star website in a blog called Dispatches from Haiti. There are approximately 400 hundred posts. I posted this yesterday. Thanks for reading. john www.haitianhearts.org
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Lifers
With the weather getting colder, I knew that this would likely be my last chance to do any serious birding, at least for places out of town. So I found myself anxiously watching the weather forecast in the days prior to my trip down to Calgary this past Sunday. Things didn't look promising as it was cool and overcast in Edmonton and the downright wet and dreary by the time I reached Red Deer. For
A Little Chopin
I left Edmonton this past Saturday morning for a trip down to Edmonton to see my first concert of the season with the Calgary Philharmonic and what a treat it was. This concert marked the 3rd time I have heard Polish-Canadian pianist Janina Fialkowska perform, the previous occasions being a performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto #4 back in March in Edmonton and several years ago when I was att
Back to the Concert Hall
I had a busy weekend out of town as the concert season is now underway. I took in a performance Friday evening with the Edmonton Symphony and then headed down to Calgary the following day to take in the Calgary Philharmonic. These two concerts actually fell in to my schedule at a very opportune moment given that when I start back to work later this week my work schedule will be changing, adding a
The Ponds Of Timberlea
There are a few places in Timberlea and Eagle Ridge I've been wanting to explore and do some birding but for a number of reasons I just haven't found the time to get over to them. Until today. With the days getting shorter and the weather starting to cool off, I decided to bite the bullet and get over there this afternoon no matter what. And I'm glad I did. There were three storm ponds I was curi
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