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Dev Patel brought his mom to the Oscars and the internet can't get over them
Dev Patel might have lost the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor but has won the internet by a mile after he appeared on the Red Carpet hand-in-hand with his mother. SEE ALSO: Oscars 2017: Full winners list While he looked dapper in a cream blazer and a black bow tie, his mother Anita stunned in her black-and-gold traditional sari. People are rightfully in love with the smashing duo. If I ever go to
George W. Bush sides with the media against Trump
George W. Bush is back, baby. The 43rd president of the United States had his fun playing with ponchos at Trump's inauguration, but now it's time to get down to business. On Monday, Bush visited NBC’s Today and publicly took a side in Trump's war against the media. And FYI, Trump — he chose the media. SEE ALSO: The media's subtle way of trolling Donald Trump To recap: In case we weren't all aware
Fossil of ancient giant penguin unearthed
This newly described species of penguin is thought to have walked the Earth over 60 million years ago. Fossil remains discovered along the Waipara Riv...
Does Solar PV in half of Europe make more energy than it consumes?
You might think we’d know whether a solar PV system produced energy before we installed 1,000 Megawatts of it. But it’s hard to even know after the fact. Dr John Constable points us at an interesting new paper that discusses the odd creature called EROEI. This stands for energy return on energy invested. If you get back less than “one”, it sucks. That sounds like a fine idea except everyone seems
Cameras, Microphones and Sensors on 3,200 Street Lights in San Diego
Via: Reuters: General Electric will put cameras, microphones and sensors on 3,200 street lights in San Diego this year, marking the first large-scale use of “smart city” tools GE says can help monitor traffic and pinpoint crime, but raising potential privacy concerns. Based on technology from GE’s Current division, Intel Corp and AT&T Inc, the […]
Hollywood Honors Terrorism
Hollywood Honors Terrorism by Stephen Lendman Hollywood Academy Awards are all about film promotion for profits, unrelated to the industry’s best, way too little of it around. They also reflect longstanding Tinseltown ties to Washington. Scripts feature pro-Western propaganda. Studio bosses are well compensated for colluding in glorifying America’s wars and demonizing its enemies - including “Isl

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George W. Bush Says We 'Need Answers' About Trump and Russia
In an interview with Today , former president George W. Bush told Matt Lauer that the American public "all need answers" regarding Trump's alleged ties to Russia . "I think we all need answers," Bush said Monday. "I'm not sure the right avenue to take. I am sure, though, that that question needs to be answered." Bush—in rare form, seeing how he usually avoids commenting on politics—also criticize
Just who are these 300 'scientists' telling Trump to burn the climate? | John Abraham
As with all such lists, the 300 ‘scientists’ badly lack climate expertise If you read my articles regularly, you may have noticed multiple times I have stated that the scientific argument is over; there are no longer any reputable scientists that deny the overwhelming human influence in our climate . An open letter published last week by the anti-environmentalists proves my point. If you read the
Bernie Sanders calls for 'total transformation' of Democratic Party
A day after Democrats chose Tom Perez as their chairman, the former Democratic presidential candidate called for a major overhaul of the party.
Trump says “nobody knew that health care could be so complicated”
#actually everyone knew that. In remarks at a press preview of his budget priorities on Monday, President Donald Trump teased the idea that, after working with his team and in consultation with Republican governors, he is nearly ready to unveil his plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. “We have come up with a solution that’s really, really, I think very good,” he said, before procee
Trump on replacing healthcare law that took years to craft: 'Nobody knew it could be so complicated'
President reaffirms Republican commitment to repealing Affordable Care Act amid uncertainty over replacement and rising support for ‘Obamacare’ Donald Trump told a room full of state governors on Monday that “nobody knew” replacing the massive Affordable Care Act, which expanded health coverage to 20 million Americans, would prove to be so “complicated”. Related: Donald Trump's first budget: enor
Papers, Please
American citizens had their introduction to the Trump-era immigration machine Wednesday, when Customs and Border Protection agents met an airliner that had just landed at New York’s JFK airport after a flight from San Francisco. According to passenger accounts, a flight attendant announced that all passengers would have to show their “documents” as they deplaned, and they did. The reason for the

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The 18 Biggest Unsolved Mysteries in Physics
The more we learn about the universe, the more questions seem to arise. Our picks for the biggest open questions remaining in physics.
How to Defeat Those Who are Waging War on Science
Here are five meaningful steps you can take -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
How to Defeat Those Who are Waging War on Science
Here are five meaningful steps you can take -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
EPA Chief Promises "Aggressive" Rollback of Regulations Soon
In a speech, the agency head mentioned the Clean Power Plan, methane standards and the Waters of the United States rule as targets -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
EPA Chief Promises "Aggressive" Rollback of Regulations Soon
In a speech, the agency head mentioned the Clean Power Plan, methane standards and the Waters of the United States rule as targets -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
SpaceX says it will fly two people to moon next year
SpaceX says it will fly two people to the moon next year.

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Teen Busker Alfie Sheard Performs 'Wonderful Tonight'
After his musical talents went viral on Facebook, the 15-year-old singer-songwriter made his television debut with a heartfelt performance of the Eric Clapton classic. Check out Alfie's sit-down with Ellen, and his superstar surprise, here! http://ellentube.com/videos/0-tiz62wfd/ From: TheEllenShow
Adorable Seal Catches a Ride on a Kayak | National Geographic
This little gray seal surprises some kayakers when it decides to hop aboard after following them for a mile. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journalists, and filmmakers, Nat Geo gets you closer to the stories tha
A Teen Singer-Songwriter's Superstar Surprise
After seeing his viral street performance video from across the pond, Ellen met insanely talented 15-year-old singer-songwriter Alfie Sheard in person – and made his dreams come true with a special message from Ed Sheeran! Watch Alfie's television debut performance, here! http://ellentube.com/videos/0-0jrftugn/ From: TheEllenShow
You know what’s cool? A billion hours
A few years back, we made a big decision at YouTube. While everyone seemed focused on how many views a video got, we thought the amount of time someone spent watching a video was a better way to understand whether a viewer really enjoyed it. It wasn’t an easy call, but we thought it would help us make YouTube a more engaging place for creators and fans. And last year, we hit a big milestone on tha
Playing Nokia 3310 Snake gameplay
The Nokia 3310 has been the sensation of Mobile World Congress 2017, and its highlight is the classic game of Snake. Being responsible journalists, we rushed to play the new-old game to see if it lives up to its classic name. Subscribe: https://goo.gl/G5RXGs Check out our full video catalog: https://goo.gl/lfcGfq Visit our playlists: https://goo.gl/94XbKx Like The Verge on Facebook: https://goo.g
Follow a Lava River’s Mesmerizing Path of Destruction | Short Film Showcase
Located in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, Kīlauea is one of the most active volcanoes in the world. Since 1983, the young volcano has added more than 500 acres of new land to Hawai’i’s “Big Island.” As Kīlauea continues to erupt, wide swaths of the surrounding rain forests are destroyed by oozing molten rock. These black rivers are constantly flowing—making way for new life and regenerating the

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Who Coined the Term “Useless Eaters”? – Questions For Corbett #034
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/qfc034-lq.mp3"][/audio] Did the Club of Rome say that genocide should be used to eliminate the useless eaters? What is bitcoin and how do you buy it? What is the incentive for the media to reveal corruption? And when is James' book coming out, anyway? These questions and many more are answered in this month's edition of Questions For Corbett.
Israeli Spying in the US: A Brief History
The knowledge that Israeli-connected companies and intelligence agents have been involved in detailed and elaborate spying operations in the US is of course nothing new. The phenomenon has been painstakingly documented over the years by numerous journalists and sources. Indeed, the documented cases of Israeli spying on their supposed ally — the self-same American government that is supplying it w
Watch Me Commit A Heinous Thoughtcrime!
That notorious thought criminal, James Corbett of corbettreport.com, is at it again, recklessly endangering the public with another wanton act of brazen criminality...Wait, what? Drinking coffee isn't illegal? But that's not what the talking heads on tv implied. If they deceived us about this, what else could they be manipulating us into believing?...
Bye Blind Sheik, Traffic Tickets, Bite Mark Truthers – New World Next Week
This week on the New World Next Week: CIA operative the "Blind Sheik" dies in prison; a lone hero stands up to unconstitutional speed cameras; and a bite mark victim bites back against the pseudoscience that put him in jail.
Requiem for the Suicided: The DC Madam
When the DC Madam closed up shop and put her house up for sale, some Washington power players got spooked. They brought charges against her so she gave her phone logs to the media for safekeeping. That was her first mistake...

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New Zealand Fishing Industry Accused of Driving World’s Rarest Dolphin to Extinction
Study of industry that calls itself "world leader" finds that vessels Illegally discard a third of their catch
Most California Dams Aren’t Ready to Cope With Extreme Weather Events
Despite increasing evidence of climate impacts, state isn’t considering climate change for new dams and water storage projects that are in the works
More Near-Disasters Like Oroville Are Very Likely in the Future, Say Experts
Despite increasing evidence of climate impacts, state isn’t considering climate change for new dams and water storage projects that are in the works
In the Channel Islands, an Effort to Save Seabirds and Native Flora is Paying Off
The biggest challenge facing the restoration process has been access to freshwater
‘Extraordinary’ Levels of Pollutants Found in Pacific Ocean’s 10-Kilometer-Deep Mariana Trench
Presence of manmade chemicals in most remote place on planet shows nowhere is safe from human impact, say scientists
This Land Was Built for Bison
A former rancher uses his experience in low-stress cattle handling to manage bison herds in Canada’s Grasslands National Park

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WHEN and THEN it is
some phrases on phrasing so i am talking about inflation in the 1970s and the policy response to inflation and how policy sometimes creates a recession and i get to the point where i say if policy creates a recession then the resulting unemployment is due to policy but i go back and change "if policy creates a recession" to "when policy creates a recession" because the words are stronger by logic

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Buried in the grief and despair of a post-Trump world
Ever since the election of Donald Trump three months ago, it's like I can't get my feet underneath me. I’m not even sure what I mean by that – just that it’s like having firm ground that you’ve always stood on suddenly rocking beneath you, shaking up everything you thought you knew. On top of that, my mother died Jan. 7. The impact was something the same. Both things amounted to the painful destr

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Islamic Republic of Iran
Tehran, Iran Now THAT is "hate speech"::: The USA criminal regime (always aided by the so-called “white supremacist terrorist” Trudeau of the moment in Canada) openly threatens a mass war of murder and destruction against Iran, a modern state that it has attacked with aggressive sanctions during four decades, for daring in 1979 to oust a 1953 CIA-installed puppet administration. Iran
Links To Denis Rancourt'S Web Pages
HERE IS A LIST OF LINKS TO MY BLOGS AND PAGEShttp://activistteacher.blogspot.ca/ https://fightagainstracismbook.wordpress.com/http://dissidentvoice.org/author/denisrancourt/http://www.veteranstoday.com/author/rancourt/https://www.researchgate.net/profile/D_Rancourthttps://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=1ChsRsQAAAAJhttp://uofowatch.blogspot.ca/http://climateguy.blogspot.ca/https://
My today's list of Trump PROS AND CONS
I get a lot of heat for seeing positive signs in Trump. But I do. It's what I honestly see. I may be totally wrong. If his actual acts contradict the positive indicators after we have had time to see statistics, then I will certainly admit my error. Why does Trump-hate have to be a religion that we all follow? (I reserve the emotions of love and hate for the people I know personally.) I
Amnesty International has discredited itself more than usual with its Syria propaganda
How easy is it for the US regime to buy out parts of Amnesty International for use in its war propaganda against Syria? Answer: This easy! SEE THESE MANY LINKS CRITICAL OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL'S RECENT WAR MONGERING PROPAGANDA, BELOW. Amnesty International has the resources to send crews of young workers into Ottawa (Canada) neighbourhoods for door-to-door propaganda just prior
Causes of Quebec mosque terrorism
By Denis G. Rancourt, PhD My blame list for the Quebec mosque terrorism, in order of importance: The increasingly unjust and authoritarian enforced class hierarchy in Canada, which attacks all in all of us: our very minds, families, communities, cultures, personalities, freedoms of expression, privacy, independence... using all the state institutions of education, media, law,
Brutal truth about the immigration policies of dominant states
By Denis G. Rancourt, PhD I'm going to express this controversial generalization. The omnipresent propaganda of immigration is just that: propaganda. Immigration is virtually always solely to benefit the host country. It is never an act of charity, except incidentally for its propaganda value. Family reunification included. Immigration reception by aggressor nations is a mechanism to recruit

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The Unified Field / Allen L Roland, Phd
The basic underlying and uniting force of the universe is a psychic energy field of love and soul consciousness (the Unified Field ) which lies not only beyond time and space but ALSO beneath our deepest fears and whose principle property is the universal urge to unite ~ which we collectively resist at our universal peril: Allen L Roland, PhD "Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there
Trump / Bannon Ship Of State Beached
Cartoon Courtesy of David Horsey/ LA Times / Click on cartoon to enlarge The maiden voyage of the Trump / Bannon ship of state is still beached and already there are major leaks while the inner circle ineptitude is on full display. Flynn has been jettisoned, Conway has rightfully lost all credibility, Stephen Miller is a bad rightwing joke, Rasputin Bannon is still penning executive orders from b
Trump Implodes As Constututional Crisis Explodes
"Help me, Steve, I'm in Over My Head and Losing my Mandate " President Trump and top advisor Steve Bannon confer as Trump's credibility rightfully crumbles and the Trump circus faces inevitable an foreclosure. "Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage." H. L. Mencken Stop wishful thinking ~ we are in the midst of a right wing coup. The principle architect is Ste
Resistance Begins With Women'S March And Ends With Each One Of Us
We thought we were free but with the tainted election of Donald Trump we have come face to face with an Orwellian 1984 world where civil liberties and freedoms which were once taken for granted are gradually restricted or ended and always for the same reason ~ National Security and never ending war. The Revolution has officially begun with the world wide millions strong Women's March on January 2

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Senator Sanders Demonstrates The Right Way To Criticize Trump
Opponents of President Trump: if you want to oppose him effectively (and not just signal virtue or make yourself feel good) don’t castigate him for doing things he said he would do that his supporters want (such as the travel ban). All this achieves is makes his supporters support him more, making a Trump 2nd term more likely. Instead, challenge him when he fails to keep his promises, betraying t
Should the US West Coast Join Canada?
I. On Morality Nietzsche said “every people speaks its own language of good and evil, which its neighbour does not understand”. A people constructs its ambient morality which not only does its neighbour not understand, its neighbour may be violently hostile to. For example, in Scotland people celebrate gay marriage, whereas in Saudi Arabia gays are persecuted, sometimes even tortured and killed.

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Albert Woodfox and Robert King in Canada: Thunder Bay 3/2 and Montreal 3/17
March 2, Thunder Bay, Ontario: Albert Woodfox and Robert King of the Angola 3 in Ontario, Canada for panel and screening of the film "Hard Time" about Robert King, made by Ron Harpelle. Event at 7pm, Trinity Hall, 310 Park Ave. In the context of the Week Against Police Brutality ( https://cobp.resist.ca/ ), a discussion on incarceration and political repression with Albert Woodfox et Robert H. Ki
Albert Woodfox and Robert King of the Angola 3 to speak at Harvard on March 8
At 5:30 pm on Wednesday, March 8, the Angola 3's Robert King and Albert Woodfox will be speaking together at Harvard University it Cambridge, MA. Please check back here and at the Facebook event page for more information.
A3 Newsletter: Reflections on Freedom
( PHOTO: Albert Woodfox and Robert King at an event hosted by The Guardian in London, England during the recent European Tour.) A3 Newsletter, January 30, 2017: Reflections on Freedom It's been a few months since we've sent out a newsletter - taking a bit of a break in December after the wild and wonderful year that unfolded after Albert's release in February, almost one year ago! 2016 was a busy

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Reasons for the Great Unraveling of the Arms Control Enterprise
New Feature: Quote of the week “The demagogue, though he professes (and fails) to readjust matters in the interests of the majority of the electors, yet stereotypes mediocrity, organizes intolerance, disparages exhibitions of uncommon qualities, and glorifies conspicuous exhibitions of common ones. He manages a small job well: he muddles rhetorically though a large one.” …
Guest Post: The Prague Agenda in a Post-Truth World
This guest contribution from Heather Wokusch, a writer, educator, and activist based in Vienna, Austria, recounts the discussion at the 6th Prague Agenda Conference in early December 2016, and the somber mood of the event. The event took place in the aftermath of the U.S. presidential election, but prior to the inauguration. “Collective handwringing about the …
A World Preparing for Wars
William Bullitt accompanied President Woodrow Wilson and Colonel Edward House to Paris to negotiate an ambitious peace treaty after the carnage of World War I. Reflecting on the handiwork of vengeful allies in the Versailles Treaty, Bullitt prophetically declared, “This isn’t a treaty of peace… I can see at least eleven wars in it.” The …
Rethinking China’s Fast Reactor
At the beginning of 2017 a little more information percolated to the outside world concerning the hazy official particulars of China’s aspirations to “close the nuclear fuel cycle” by deploying fast breeder reactors and reprocessing plants. What’s coming across adds to other information suggesting that this program for some time has been subject to an …
No Peace and No War in South Asia?
George Perkovich and Toby Dalton have assessed the possibilities of conflict between India and Pakistan in a timely book, Not War, Not Peace? Motivating Pakistan to Prevent Cross-Border Terrorism (Oxford, 2016). Their bottom line is reflected in the title: India’s confrontation with Pakistan “is neither war nor peace, but rather a chronic contest of wills …
Tear-Down Mode
Republican insurgents in the Congress are now in full tear-down mode, aiming their wrecking balls at what’s left of seven decades of bipartisan achievement to reduce nuclear dangers and nuclear arsenals. The disruptors are now ascendant in Washington, with the Disruptor-in-Chief setting the tone from the Oval Office. He busies himself dissing allies, tweeting out …

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Here is another story from behind the Iron Curtain. No, I don't mean Stalin's Iron Curtain to prevent the Russian people from finding that life was better in the west. No, I'm talking about Washington's Iron Curtain to keep increasingly poor Americans from finding out that life is not only better in Russia, but that Russia is now saving Syria from destruction by muslim terrorists armed and aided by the US and its European vassals. If you can't believe that, please take it from Congresswoman Tulsi Gabarrd ...who just returned from Syria behind Washington's Iron Curtain, designed to obscure the truth!
From Tulsi Gabbard Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard Returns From Syria with Renewed Calls: End Regime Change War in Syria January 25, 2017 Press Release Washington, DC —Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) returned to Washington, DC after a week-long visit to Damascus, Aleppo, and Beirut to see and hear firsthand the impact of the war in Syria directly from the Syrian people. She heard stories of suffe

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Kellie Leitch and friends, unplugged, on the Quebec Mosque Shooting
Ms Leitch on Facebook, 10 hours ago : "Last night people in Quebec City were murdered as they prayed. This outrageous act of violence is an attack not just on those gathered in a house of worship but on the very fabric of Canadian society, on the values of freedom and tolerance. There is no excuse and no justification for this terrorist attack. I condemn the act, the people who carried it out, an
See, first-past-the-post is working again now
In June 2015 the Liberal Party released a position paper : “We are committed to ensuring that 2015 will be the last federal election conducted under the first-past-the-post voting system.” and Justin Trudeau took that campaign promise on the road. At the time the Liberals were 3rd in the polls : NDP - 32.6% CPC - 28.6% LPC - 26.3% The Liberal majority now rests on 43 MPs whose margin of victory i
So this was a *free vote* then, was it?
From the Liberal Party Platform: For members of the Liberal Caucus, all votes will be free votes with the exception of: • those that implement the Liberal electoral platform; • traditional confidence matters, like the budget; and • those that address our shared values and the protections guaranteed by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Unless you'd like to argue that *not* implementing anything
National Day of Action for a Democracy
NATIONAL : https://www.facebook.com/events/885031191552272/ ANTIGONISH : https://www.facebook.com/events/977908325676436/ *CALGARY: https://www.facebook.com/events/1646785405622746/ *EDMONTON: https://www.facebook.com/events/1195527620565628/ *GUELPH: https://www.facebook.com/events/590534384481465/ KINGSTON: https://www.facebook.com/events/252491181828723/ MONTRÉAL : https://www.facebook.com/eve
The Emperor has no shirt
Today, after sending out his new rookie Minister of Democratic Institutions to deliver the news his electoral reform promise was dead, Justin Trudeau stood in the HoC and said : "As people in this House know, I have long preferred preferential ballot..." Yes. Here he is in 2014 explaining that preference at length. Jump to the 24:09 mark. Excerpted : "First of all on first-past-the-post, you’re a

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The Faraway Tree - after 25 long years
Never thought this day would finally arrive. 😌 😌 😌 😌 😌 Back in 1992, after my UPSR exams there was this book that I read that really got me deeply immersed in the fantasy land. I've managed to read 3 out of 4 books and when I went to the school library to borrow the last book, the librarian told me the library is closed and cannot read\borrow anymore. To make the matter worse, it was my last

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Aztecas del Norte: We can not be illegal on our own continent
“In the academy, [American Indian scholar] Jack Forbes created a path to bring Chicanas/os and others “home.” By this, I mean that Forbes provided historical knowledge about understanding that our legacies have always been deeply rooted in this hemisphere.” — Melissa Moreno, professor, Woodland Community College Scholars in Chicano studies and related disciplines, since the 1960s, have long debat
Light skin preference
Lately I have been asking myself how anyone can do work during this extraordinary and dizzying time we are living in? And I am thinking in the philosophical realm as opposed to logistically. And yes, I actually can work. I’m just thinking that it is a very distracting time for most anybody attending or working at a university. I say this because I’m in the midst of some incredible research — on c
The Indigenous and Black Roots of Mexico
by Roberto Rodriguez A generation ago, while living in Mexico, I came upon the works of Gonzalo Aguirre Beltran regarding the African presence in Mexico, managing to interview him, shortly before he passed away. While Mexico is a nation with deep Indigenous roots, his work from the 1940s revealed a part of Mexico that had been previously unfamiliar to its school children and to the national narra
"Primary Process" And "Principio" In The Usa:
When I teach the history of Mexican people at the University of Arizona, going back to the era of Spanish colonialism in the Americas, I teach two concepts that seem to be applicable to the United States of America today. One of them is called “primary process” and the other “principio...” For the rest of the column, go to: http://diverseeducation.com/article/92007/

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Trail Time
We've been having some unseasonably mild weather here the past few days and it really has felt we may get an early Spring. Normally I would welcome this but of course we got an early Spring last year and we all know what happened.....raging fires and chaos. I put this out of my mind however, and hit the Birchwood Trail system. It's rare that I go there this early in the year. The ground is usuall

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Skelton in the Closet
The long drought of English poetry from the death of Chaucer in 1400 ended somewhere around ninety years later, as the cleric and poet John Skelton picked up his goose-quill. We're not so much interested in his poetry (as such) here, but rather in what it can tell us about the state of the English language at the time -- but that doesn't mean we can't enjoy it. Skelton is often given the title "P

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Trump better stay the hell out of Oregon
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Chile: UFO Near-Miss at Chilean Air Show
Source: El Repuertero (Chile) Date: Tuesday, February 21, 2017 Chile: UFO Recorded at Puerto Varas During Military Air Show Images were recorded at a FACH (Chilean Air Force) air show on February 10 Encounters with life on other planets appear to be increasingly closer and are coming to our country. Not long ago, a video recorded by a family in the Valparaíso region from an apartment terrace beca
Spain: An 1897 UFO Over the Basque Country
Source: El Correo (Spain) http://www.elcorreo.com/alava/araba/201702/21/ovni-1897-sobre-antezana-20170220230953.html Date: 21 February 2017 Article by Francisco Góngora Spain: An 1897 UFO Over the Basque Country Before there was talk of UFOs, manifestations of luminous spheres in the heavens were a cause for consternation among people. This flying object was seen in the skies of La Llanada in the
Spain: Police Look Into Alleged UFO sighting at Santuari de Misericordia (Reus)
Source: Diari de Tarragona.com Date: 02.08.2017 Spain: Police Look Into Alleged UFO sighting at Santuari de Misericordia (Reus) Local residence notified the Guardia Urbana to the presence of an unidentified flying object that gave gave off lights and bursts of color. Police officers have not dismissed any hypotheses out of hand, but are almost entirely sure it was a star. "It looked like a large
Argentina: Camera Error or a UFO over Zonda?
Source: Planeta UFO and El Tiempo de San Juan http://www.tiempodesanjuan.com/sanjuan/2017/1/26/falla-camara-ovni-zonda-mira-fotos-opina-163846.html Date: January 26, 2017 Argentina: Camera Error or a UFO over Zonda? One of the newspapers readers submitted photos of what could be a "sighting" or an error in the cellphone with which she took the photo. At the risk of upsetting our more skeptical re
Supernatural: "Refugees Claim Jesus Appeared to Save Them From Dying at Sea"
Source: Noticia Cristiana.com Date: February 17, 2017 http://www.noticiacristiana.com/misiones/evangelismo/2017/02/refugiados-jesus-morir-salvo.html Supernatural: "Refugees Claim Jesus Appeared to Save Them From Dying at Sea" [ While having nothing to do with UFOs, readers of Inexplicata will remember an article from 2005, "High Strangeness: Our Haunted Seas", which makes mention of similar situa

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Meanwhile, back in Ireland
We've gotten to another point where it's hard for me to turn on the TV . I know this will have to change, but for now I'll go back to one of my favorite topics, the fate of Ireland under austerity. As I suggested might happen , Ireland in its 2015-2016 immigration statistical year (May-April) was finally able to end its net emigration . According to the Central Statistical Office's August report,

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Israel and American Foreign Poilcy
During the past week, the media began to speculate the outcome of the meeting between President Trump and Mr. Netanyahu regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The discussion focused on the issue of one or two states solution. In my opinion, the President provided some suggestions, but Netanyahu smiled and will continue his aggressive annexations of Palestinian lands in the occupied West Bank

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Better to Be Fair Than Fast
Traditionally in Canada very serious criminal cases go to trial only after they have been reviewed by a judicial officer who hears from witnesses and decides there is enough evidence to make a trial necessary. The idea is that someone ought not to be put on trial for a serious case like arson or manslaughter or kidnapping without having an independent judicial officer listen to at least some of t
Breach of Undertaking, Recognizance, or Probation
A very common charge is for "breach". That's a short form way of talking about a case where someone is under a court order to do something, or to not do something, and they don't obey the order. So, for example, you may be charged with assault and released on the basis that you won't drink alcohol until your trial. You could be charged with "breach" if you go ahead and get drunk anyway. Similarly,
Role of Trial Judge: Nelson (City) v. Mowatt, 2017 SCC 8
It is not the role of appellate courts to second‑guess the weight to be assigned to the various items of evidence. Absent palpable and overriding error — that is, absent an error that is plainly seen and has affected the result — an appellate court may not upset a fact‑finder's findings of fact.
Speedy Trial
How long should a criminal case take to get heard? The Canadian Constitution provides that anyone charged with an offence is entitled to a speedy trial. The concept is that having a charge hanging over your head for a long time is not fair - what's more evidence for trial may not last well. Witnesses' memories fade over time and proving a case becomes progressively harder as time goes on. Society
Why should I settle?
Suppose you lent money to someone for an investment. It was money that you had saved up over the years and you expected to have a decent rate of return that would help you in living your life. But then the person didn't pay the interest you agreed to and what's more, the person won't even give you the amount you lent back. What should you do? The obvious thing to do, if you have asked for the mone
Helpful Gladue sentencing case
R. v. Mikijuk, 2017 NUCJ 02: [16] One of these important cases is called the Queen v. Gladue [Gladue] . It is called that because in Canada all criminal prosecutions are done in the name of Her Majesty the Queen. Gladue was the name of the offender in that case. Gladue is a very important case. From the highest court in Canada, the Supreme Court. In fact, the Nunavut Court of Justice is a Gladue

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Hankering for oysters? Here's how your craving is helping save Louisiana's coastline ~Janet McConnaughey, The Advocate
Hankering for oysters? Here's how your craving is helping save Louisiana's coastline ~Janet McConnaughey, The Advocate
Over 5,000 homes have tornado damage, EF3 strongest ever in Orleans Parish ~ WGNO
Over 5,000 homes have tornado damage, EF3 strongest ever in Orleans Parish ~ WGNO
Black Indians announce practice schedule ~Big Red Cotton, Gambit
Black Indians announce practice schedule ~Big Red Cotton, Gambit
Opposition to Trump agenda goes unanswered, literally, by Louisiana’s U.S. senators ~Charles Moldonado, The Lens
Opposition to Trump agenda goes unanswered, literally, by Louisiana’s U.S. senators ~Charles Moldonado, The Lens
Trump Wants to Downplay Global Warming. Louisiana Won’t Let Him ~Christopher Flavelle, Bloomberg
Trump Wants to Downplay Global Warming. Louisiana Won’t Let Him ~Christopher Flavelle, Bloomberg

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Is Vancouver the Jalisco Cartel's 'drug portal to the Pacific'?
Vancouver is making its mark as a major export centre in at least one area — international drug trafficking. ‘Drug Portal to the Pacific,’ an InSight Crime report on the rise of the Jalisco Cartel called the city. Cartel's 2015 ambush that killed 15 police officers “The key to their rapid expansion has been the strategic presence of operations on the southeast border of the United States, next to

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A fighting chance for Minnesota bees
As Scott Pruitt takes over as head of the Environmental Protection Agency, it's clearer than ever that our federal decisionmakers won't be stepping up to protect communities — or our food system — from pesticides anytime soon. It's that much more important therefore for state and local leaders to do their part. Here in Minnesota, decisionmakers are beginning some important steps to protect pollin
Standing up for science
Lately scientific evidence seems to matter a lot less than it used to. It's not that evidence hasn't been ignored by policymakers in the past. But there are some unique things happening under the new administration that seem to directly and fundamentally challenge the value of science. Across the country, scientists are responding by standing up and speaking out. Years ago, my roommate shared som
Standing up for science
As the new administration fundamentally challenges the value of science, scientists across the country are responding by standing up and speaking out. Learn more Slideshow Category: Flex Slider
"New" pesticides, same Monsanto story
Last fall, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rubberstamped Monsanto’s newest formulation of the herbicide dicamba for use on the corporation’s genetically engineered (GE), dicamba-resistant soybean and cotton seeds. Expecting that this approval will lead to a dramatic increase in use of the herbicide dicamba, PAN and partners just filed a federal lawsuit challenging the agency's deci
#NoBanNoWall & justice for all
Rational and just immigration policies are central to a healthy and functioning U.S. food system. Unfortunately, the new administration seems determined to push us in the opposite direction. In the midst of a barrage of hurried and unorthodox executive orders in the first weeks of the new administration, two orders passed beneath the President’s pen concerning immigration. Both are bad for farmwo
Block the Monsanto/Bayer merger
With new allies in the White House, Monsanto and Bayer are pushing hard to get U.S. sign-off on their proposed mega-merger. Urge your Representatives to pressure DoJ to block this merger Slideshow Category: Flex Slider

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The Leadership Moral Qualities of President Donald "So-called POTUS" Trump
The new US president, Donald Trump, has now been in office for some – very brief – time. Mostly these beginning days of a new presidency – or a new cabinet in a parliamentary democracy – are ones of relative calm and ease; of settling in and attending to the formalities necessary to, thereafter, be able to rule for real and do one's best to realise whatever political program one has been elected

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Disabled Employees and Lawyers: Beware Legal Marijuana Laws
So I've been predicting that the Trump administration would crack down on legalized marijuana, and when I said that on NPR I was accused of being a fear-mongerer. Wednesday I spoke to a group of law students about legalized marijuana and how it affects employment law, and the first thing I said is that lawyers should beware representing marijuana dispensaries because a crackdown was coming from th
My 2017 Predictions: It Won't Be Pretty
We've now seen one week of the new Administration, and so we know Mr. Trump was not kidding about his extreme promises. This will not be a good year for employees. The only thing I'm sure of is that we really have no idea what will happen this year. But I'll do my best to predict the unpredictable: Executive orders : Okay, this wasn't a hard one since it's already started. We'll see lots of execut
What A Broad Religious Exemption To Discrimination Laws Will Mean
While the Trump Administration announced that it would keep in place President Obama's Executive Order protecting employees of federal contractors from LGBT discrimination, there have been reports of another proposed executive order that would provide a religious exemption from all discrimination laws. The four-page draft order, a copy of which is currently circulating among federal staff and advo

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A Response to Roy Gutman’s “Have the Syrian Kurds Committed War Crimes?”
By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi A recent article in The Nation by Roy Gutman has generated considerable controversy, as the article attempts to highlight what it portrays as the more unsavoury and neglected aspects of the Democratic Union Party (PYD)- the main Kurdish faction operating in Syria and linked to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)- and its armed wing the People’s Protection Units (YPG), whi
The rise and fall of a CIA-backed rebel commander in Syria – by @ErikaSolomon
This is a wonderful and important article by Erika Solomon . @ ErikaSolomon for the Financial Times . I have cut out sections, marked with a “….” The rise and fall of a CIA-backed rebel commander in Syria: Former ‘fixer’ for anti-Assad forces comes to terms with failed US policy By Erica Solomon Abu Ahmad: ‘I used to think America was the ruler of the universe. If you ask me whether I was wrong?
The KRG’s Relationship with the Yazidi Minority and the Future of the Yazidis in Shingal (Sinjar)
This article was published January 31, 2017 by NRT, a media service in Iraqi Kurdistan. The original article is available here . The KRG’s Relationship with the Yazidi Minority and the Future of the Yazidis in Shingal (Sinjar) by Matthew Barber Following the closure of Yazda, a Yazidi humanitarian and human rights organization, by the KDP asa’ish (security police affiliated with Kurdistan’s large
Akram al-Hawrani: Syria’s Left-Wing Populist and the United Arab Republic – By Christopher Solomon
Akram al-Hawrani: Syria’s left-wing populist and the United Arab Republic By Christopher Solomon For Syria Comment – February 15, 2017 Gamal Abdul Nasser (left) with Akram al-Hawrani (center) and Egypt’s Abdul Latif al-Baghdadi (right). As the pro-Assad forces recaptured the last sections of rebel-held Aleppo in December, they excitedly declared that these areas now had “green eyes” (eyoon khadar
Yes, Syrian Kurds Have Committed War Crimes – Roy Gutman Responds to Aymenn Tamimi
Roy Gutman Responds to Aymenn al-Tamimi on “Have the Syrian Kurds Committed War Crimes?” By Roy Gutman – @ Roy_Gutman For Syria Comment – February 12, 2017 Any journalist covering a controversial topic like alleged war crimes can expect a hostile response from the subject of the story, but it’s extremely rare in my experience for a specialist in the field to respond to a major journalistic invest
Further Response to Roy Gutman: Balancing the Picture
By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi In his reply to my comments on his recent piece for The Nation , Roy Gutman takes exception to my supposed challenge to his “professional integrity.” I should thus begin by emphasizing that I did not intend my piece to be calling professional integrity into doubt: opinions and definitions may differ, but for me doubts about professional integrity would only be an issue i

New in The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage

Layers of Belief: Political, Religious, and Scientific Dogma
I have submitted the following comment to the American Thinker site, to an article on the "causes of scientific decline in American academia". The article imputes the decline to Leftist beliefs and actions.: Left (versus Right) is just the top, political, layer. Underneath that is the atheist (versus spiritual believer) religious belief system. And under that, at bottom (in the context of science
Modern Scientific Ignorance and Dismissal of the Ancient Truth
I have submitted the following response to the climate etc site of Dr. Judith Curry, who carries a post on "the Dansgaard-Oeschger cycle". The introduction states, "Dansgaard-Oeschger (D-O) events are the most dramatic and frequent abrupt climate change events in the geological record.": Impressively detailed speculation, but wrong. The Earth's surface was re-formed, wholesale and late in geologi
An Ever-Darker Future Imminent
The Jo Nova site has a post on South Australia's energy infrastructure woes, and the comments put blame on all the usual suspects. The following is my response, as a competent scientist: Underlying the lazy (still too well fed and entertained), politically polarized public, and their representatives, and the larger tyrannous agenda of the Insane Left, is the fundamental crisis: A general scientif
On the Consequences of Too-Long Nurtured Dogmas
I submitted the following comment on American Thinker , in response to other comments that were speculating about the "real evil" confronting the American people and the world now (on American Thinker, the common answer is "Democrats and the Left", and they are right, right now--but not necessarily for long): I am an independent scientist, who has made a uniquely great--literally unprecedented in
Positive Morals Versus Coercive Dogma
I submitted the following comment on American Thinker , to a post titled "The Catholic Church You Never Heard Of": It is necessary to separate the personal morals espoused, from the dogmas insisted upon as being unquestionable, in a religion. This article seeks to defend the moral effect upon history of Catholicism. But Catholic dogma is advanced here, in the comments, with no supporting evidence

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Wait, did they actually write that?
This (backup archive link) is what passes for analysis among "green" energy bloggers: The option of an oversized, intermittent renewable-energy-sources system to feed the storage is also ineffective. This is because, in this case, energy can be taken directly from the large intermittent supply, making storage superfluous. Let that sink in for a minute. The staff of Solar Daily wrote, in all

New in The High-fat Hep C Diet

Dietary Cholesterol and Hepatitis C
Dr Yu's group have produced (in 2015) a re-analysis of their diet data from the HALT-C study; the original paper, which led me to look into liver cholesterol mechanisms a few years back in the NASH series, had an increased risk of transplantation and death in people on the HALT-C trial (a long-term, low-dose trial of alpha-interferon for prevention of cirrhosis and hepatocellular cancer in Hep C,

New in The Straight Goods

Shinzo Abe and Donald Trump and the Death of Christy Clark's British Columbia LNG Superpower Fantasy
Written by Grant G Well well well, how quickly worms turn.... As reported almost exclusively here at The Straight Goods, Japan, the country Christy Clark claimed was going to buy all the LNG B.C. produce and make us filthy rich....The dream(fantasy) has died.. Not only is there a worldwide LNG glut going out to 2030...not only is Japan's LNG use in freefall, not only is Japan's electricity demand
Robin Mathews-Manufactured Terrorism-Dog Whistle Politics-"Old Stock Canadians"
Greetings to all. I mailed this letter (Canada Post) on January 30 to the people addressed and to Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety. If the letter interests you, you might send it on to any member of the provincial or federal legislatures … and to anyone else you might think is interested in the subject. RM 520 Salsbury Drive, Vancouver, British Columbia, V5L 3Z7, January 30,2017. Justin T
Hey hey, ho ho, Christy Clark has got to go
Better audio in this Youtube version.... "hey hey, ho ho, Christy Clark has got to go"..."shame, shame, shame" ______________ Thanks for the link... The Straight Goods Ears Wide Open
What British Columbia Really Thinks About Christy Clark
Jane Doe ‏ @ ausername Watch as Christy Clark gets booed at the legislature on February 14, 2017. #bcpoli #vanre #vanpoli #cdnpoli #teambc2017 RETWEETS 40 LIKES 39 12:15 AM - 15 Feb 2017 6 replies 40 retweets 39 likes __________________ Something going on here people.... British Columbia realizes they made a huge mistake electing Christy Clark. Hey hey, ho ho, Christy Clark has got to go....Shame
Christy Clark's 2017 Throne Speech-The Fakery, B.C. Edition
Written by Grant G Listening to the throne speech, if one didn't know better, if one believed even half of it, millions would be building statues and monuments province-wide honoring the greatest leader the world, let alone British Columbia has ever seen....The honorable Premier Christy Clark.. Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon, I wonder how she feels tonight, did she sterilize her mouth with an

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Glenn Greenwald on the US Democrats
Foolish chump, or mercenary Democratic Party hack Driftglass has a hate-on for Glenn Greenwald. Greenwald is a libertarian don't you know. He isn't a corporate stooge Democrat who mouths platitudes about the working class and minorities like Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama. Therefore his exposes of Obama and Clinton's mass spying and crimes against humanity are of no account. But I have a helluva
Profiles in Liberal Fuck-Wittery
Sorry liberals/Liberals. Not going to apologize for not supporting corrupt, mass-murderer Hillary Clinton. "Lesser-Evilism" brought us to Trump. It was HRC's job to get people to support her. It wasn't everybody else's responsibility to force themselves to want to vote for her. She could not get people mobilized, even against someone as loathsome and stupid as Donald Trump because she was running
My "alt-right" Co-Worker
No. He's not a Nazi, or a white supremacist. First of all, he's Filipino. And, while he might be dismayed to find out what Steve Bannon really thinks of him when the chips are down, "Breitbart" (which he reads regularly) has a big enough tent that if features the gay, partly Jewish, Greek (and utterly vile scum-bag) Milo Yiannopoulis as one of their star editors. (Which is not to say that the "gr
The LibroCons & Their Billionaire Pals
So, it seems Justin Trudeau took a helicopter to get to a billionaire's private island for some R n' R.(He's bushed from breaking all those promises with his bare hands.) In the House of Commons, interim Snake-Pit of Closet-Cases n' Criminals Party leader Rona Ambrose waxed indignantly. That is until it was found out she was yachting with a different billionaire somewhere in the tropical sun. Pal
Atrocity Stories From Syria
I've mentioned Diane Purkiss's The English Civil War: A People's History before. I remember being struck by the way she described massacres of defeated soldiers and ordinary civilians by both sides and how propagandists from each side would write self-righteous, self-pitying dirges about the evils of their enemy. War tends to do that. You shouldn't buy Gordon Corrigan's The Second World War: A Mi
Canadians Held Hostage
"I live in a riding where a lot of people are so ignorant and/or racist and/or stupid and/or whatever that the Conservative Party of Canada candidate might win. I'd rather vote NDP/Green/Liberal but the likeliest candidate to defeat the Conservative fuckwad is the Liberal/NDP candidate. Once again, thanks to our antiquated electoral system, I'm voting AGAINST something instead of FOR something."

New in Toxic Reverend - Revelations

Heroin & Opioid Epidemic in USA - Safe Alternative Outlawed
The DEA recently Outlawed a safe alternative to Opioids pain management ( 1 ). The Cannabis CBD Hemp Oil that lacks quantities of THC and does not "get you high" ( 2 ) has been declared a Schedule 1 Drug {like Heroin} ( 1 ). The drug companies are in danger of losing a huge market share of their addictive pain drugs (3, 4 ). With four out of five Heroin Addicts getting started on prescription nar
Coast To Coast AM Radio Show Date 09-18-10
Database summarizes toxic chemical contaminants and approximately 180 human diseases - conditions. http://database.healthandenvironment.org/ 12:21 PM Sep 7th via Power Twitter My comments and review of the database are posted at The Toxic Reverend - Tribe Profile Coast To Coast AM Radio Show Date 09-18-10 from 11 PM to 2 AM Pacific Time Ian's guest is the"Toxic Reverend" aka "Justice Is Homeless"
Realities and tacit conspiracies of today's health care and political system
The realities and tacit conspiracies of today's health care and political system Bt The Toxic Reverend is pasted in after this article This first article that I am citing before the text of my blog titled; " The realities and tacit conspiracies of today's health care and political system" shows the devastating effects on the financial health of our country. The L.A. Times article and the study I

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Meeting of Amigos de Bolivia in New York
Amigos de Bolivia is in its 9th year, which started off with a new member, Greg Purdy, a young political activist in Washington Heights. He likes the energy of Evo Morales, and wants to visit Bolivia soon. At present Greg is working on a weekend in the Dominican Republic, lots of Dominicanos here in the hood want him to see their island paradise, where he could practice his Spanish. Naturally, a t

New in Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!)

(Coalition Creation of ISIL/Daesh Outing Flynn?) Still Wondering What the Appeal of Trump Was to the Hurting Middle Class? (Refiddling Definition of Employed) Fiddling While Valentine's Day Burns?
Senators Told Their Jobs At Risk After Confirming Wall Street Banker for Treasury. Republicans [and Democrat] in the Senate cannot excuse putting a lying foreclosure profiteer at the head of our economy. Michael Flynn is out as National Security Adviser, and the Trump administration is currently trying to spin it as not that big a deal. It’s…not going well. The White House would like you to
Traditional Repubs Blanche (Rasputin Palace Intrigue: Unhinged or Just Incompetent?) Lee Atwater's Faustian Bargain Takes Hold (The Next Generation of Fighters Takes the Field?) Get Ready for the First Shocks of Trump’s Disaster Capitalism (Rich/Corporations/Racists = Bourgeois Story Line = Deplorables?) Non Sequitur Cover Up (Where Were the Liberals Last?) So, Elections Don't Matter
How do the traditional Republicans like Trump's first moves? Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) said in an interview published Tuesday that it is "entirely inappropriate" for President Donald Trump's chief strategist Steve Bannon to be a member of the National Security Council principals' committee. "I am very surprised, disappointed and very much disagree with the president's decision to

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The Falcon
For almost the entire human saga, our ancestors were hunter-gathers. For most of us, these kinfolk are long forgotten in family memory. Quite a bit has been written about wild societies by visiting outsiders from civilization, strangers who could not fully understand the cultures of their subjects. The Falcon is the autobiography of John Tanner, a fascinating book that gives readers a ringside se
Cradle of Humankind
East Africa is called the Cradle of Humankind because it’s where our ancestors originated. As noted in an earlier post , two to four million years ago, the region became cooler and dryer. Forests shrank. The ancestors of baboons and humans moved out of the forest and adapted to savannah ecosystems (grasslands with scattered trees). In this new habitat, male baboons evolved large canine teeth, to
The Good Old Days
I’ve been reading John Tanner’s autobiography, The Falcon , ( Download ). He was born in Kentucky in 1780. At age 9, he was kidnapped by Shawnees, and adopted by an Ojibwa chief. Tanner spent 30 years living as a wild hunter-gatherer, wandering in the wilderness between the Red River of North Dakota and Lake Huron in Michigan. He once tried to return to his birth family, but white society was int

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Curse of Oak Island - Season 4 Finale (sort of)
Well, that certainly was a disappointment. After a week of teasing us with the discovery of a gold coin from deep in the fourth hole they dug, and with their archaeological expert (Dr. Lori and whose last name I didn’t write down) saying that it was an important discovery, we finally learn the truth. It wasn’t a gold coin but a gold-plated button and Dr. Lori wasn’t talking about the button when
Curse of Oak Island - This Blog's Season Final (I hope)
Back more years than I care to think about, while I was still on active duty in the Army, I bought a book, This Baffling World by John Godwin. It contained information on thirteen mysteries from about the world. I bought the book because of the segment on UFOs, but other segments were about Bermuda Triangle, the abominable snowman (Big Foot in the world today) and, importantly here, Oak Island. T
X-Zone Broadcast Network - Stan Gordon
Stan Gordo Stan Gordon was the guest on this week’s program. Stan has been investigating the Kecksburg UFO case almost from the moment the reports of an object in the woods were made. He has interviewed dozens of people who say they saw the object in the air and on the ground. We talk about this and about the theory that it was a mistaken fireball or that it was a reentry vehicle. You can listen
BG Schulgen and His Memo
The other day Fran Ridge who hosts the NICAP web site, posted the following to members of the list: I just wanted to ask all of you if you consider the ACTUAL Shulgen memo as indicative of Roswell knowledge. 3. Items of Construction a. Type of material, whether metal, ferrous, non-ferrous, or non-metallic. b. Composite or sandwich construction utilizing various combinations of metals, plastics, a
X-Zone Broadcast Network - Don Ledger
This week I reached out to Don Ledger, a Canadian UFO researcher. My thought was to talk about the Shag Harbour UFO crash and his book Dark Object written with Chris Styles. He mentioned another book about Maritime UFO sightings cleverly called Maritime UFO Files . However, other than a brief mention here and there, the discussion centered around the Shag Harbour case. You can listen to it here:
Psychic Warriors
Back in the olden days, as I was working on my doctoral degree, I spent a lot of time in the University of Iowa’s psychology library doing research. While there I noticed that, at one time, there were a number of peer reviewed journals devoted to parapsychology and there were many universities, some of them quite prestigious, that had majors in parapsychology and related fields. I also noticed th

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On Labour's Victorious Campaign in Stoke
While Copeland was important, the outcome didn't dangle the possibility of an existential crisis. That exactly what was in play at the Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election . For UKIP and their empty cipher of a leader , a viable future was at stake. Both Nuttall and Nigel Farage had made much of UKIP's need to become the party of the working class, and Stoke was seen as a test bed for this strategy
Dear Undecided Stoke Central Voter
You should definitely vote Labour on Thursday 23rd February. And depending on which way you're leaning, I'm going to tell you why. Firstly, if you're finding UKIP attractive you should bear a few things in mind. Just take a look at Paul Nuttall . Here you have a man whose sole distinguishing characteristic is his lying. This isn't fibbing to make a CV look a little better, no, he's taken Hillsbor
Labour and Insecurity
Two opposing stories have emerged about Labour's defeat in Copeland last night. The first is Jeremy Corbyn was a drag on the doors and cost us the seat. The second is Labour's vote saw long-term decline under Jamie Reed, because he was really a Tory. The former requires stuffing the latter down the memory hole. The latter demands ignoring the reception on the doors and the awful polling. For anyo
Stoke Central Polling Day
Admittedly, I've never liked polling day much. Probably because my experiences of them are never the greatest. 2011 in Bentilee found me soaked and dispirited by the small numbers we turned out which, thankfully, were enough to see off the BNP. 2012, Springfields and Trent Vale: over a thousand Labour pledges and we still lost to the City Independents and their manifesto promising a ban on cervic
Local Council By-Elections February 2017
Party Number of Candidates Total Vote % +/- Jan +/- Feb 16 Average/ Contest +/- Seats Conservative 20 6,375 23.5% +4.6% -5.0% 319 -7 Labour 17 6,332 23.3% -2.5% -7.8% 372 +1 LibDem 16 7,421 27.3% +4.5% +11.3% 464 +4 UKIP 13 2,532 9.3% +1.5% -1.2% 195 -1 Green 13 965 3.6% +2.6% -1.0% 74 +1 SNP* 0 0 PC** 0 0 Ind*** 3 493 1.8% +1.8% -4.0% 164 0 Other**** 4 3,043 11.2% +10.4% +11.2% 761 +2 * There we

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NBC puts out a disgusting piece of trash video using children as props...
this is disturbing on so many levels. What would possess a "news" agency to publish this reprehensible propaganda enlisting children to spout off such corrosive rhetoric? And these are the same people who claim to be insulted by being called fake news? The lines these kids had to memorize and regurgitate for the camera are about as ridiculous as the adult weenies decrying how Trump is going to ha
Saturday Snippets, best ever French fries, cleaner laundry, and is the internet making us stupid...
because it's the weekend and who needs to be mentally hassled? Let's start with a subject of deep importance and dear to just about everyone's heart - French fries. If you've been around here for awhile you know I'm completely sold on the need for everyone to have and use an Instant Pot electric pressure cooker - which, incidentally is on sale right now for $99.99 at Amazon. It would be faster fo
Leftists - Intolerant, Hateful, and Not Very Smart...
I present to you two perfect examples of who we're dealing with when we go up against a committed leftist. The first is a guy who declared himself to be "gay" and then proceeded to say it had nothing to do with all the terrible things Trump was going to do to homosexuals. When questioned about exactly what terrible actions Trump was going to take against all the victimized LGBT's, he had no answe
Your rights end where mine begin...
how hard is that to understand? Obviously, for libtards, it's very hard to understand. We had to endure 8 years of a president who supported mobs gone wild who impeded and endangered the citizens of this country while they attempted to enjoy their daily lives. Don't they have a right to do that? So it is with great pleasure I present to you 5 minutes of sheer delightfulness as a small crowd of pr
The Grammy Awards are tonight...
I won't be watching. How about you? According to The Blaze: Longtime Grammy Awards producer Ken Ehrlich says he welcomes musicians going “off script” during the awards ceremony on Sunday to speak their minds about politics and President Donald Trump. In fact, Ehrlich told the magazine that the speeches only have one restriction: they can’t have profanity, given the 3.5 hour long awards ceremony i
Melania in the Spotlight...
good job! Deals of the Day at Amazon More: Left Coast Resistance: How To Spot A Snowflake (Excellent!) Virtual Mirage: Shall we Tolerate Islam?

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New web site from Heather Tucci-Jarraf: UNIDYNOMICS.INFO
Screen capture from Heather's web site.... There is a new web site from Heather Ann Tucci-Jarraf. Its http://unidynomics.info . You might want to check it out. The site is terse and brief, my sense is that it is directed more at specific particulars that need need some personal instruction to come up to speed very rapidly in "unidynomics". More content may be forthcoming. She's has a very interes
Session with Loie February 14th, 2017 - The Release of Source Current
How the "vacuum of space" appeared after the release of Source Current, only more honeycomb like. Photo from: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/pressure-cracks-in-lake-ice-nick-norman.html I've been feeling the energetic effects of this doing for almost a week, sorry for the late posting of it. Been very discombulated as of late. :) -Terran February 13th [2/13/17, 5:34:11 PM] HeatherAnnTucciJar
Back to back energy and frequency upgrades...
Postings have been sparse here, and I am not apologizing for that. Been going through some personal upgrades energetically and assimilating all of that. There's not a lot new to say about Antarctica except that I now know who four of the architects of Andromedan/Lyran/Orian base in Antartica are, but I am not going to reveal that quite yet. This situation in Antarctica keeps becoming richer and r
Clif High On Looming Banking Crisis
By American Kabuki Some interesting videos from Clif High, on possible pending financial liquidity issues by what Clif High appropriately calls the "occupying banks". The fuel for the banking systems was cut off in December 2012, by the law filing of the One People's Public Trust. Its taken a bit for what was in the pipeline to run out, longer than anyone knew. For the past 2 years the banking sy
MORE DATA ON ANTARCTICA.... Ben Fulford's coordinate of 74 Degrees South, 164 Degrees East...
CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE AMENDED CIA MAP OF ANTARCTICA Ben Fulford's coordinates seem to check out. But as is stated below the entire land mass is covered in cities and villages. There's a whole lot under that ice! There also appears to be a large area in central Antartica that is temperate in weather that is censored from satellite images. I don't yet have data on that zone. Terran to Nabrac: I
HOT CHINESE MONEY: ZEROHEDGE -> There Are 66,719 Empty Mansions In Vancouver
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-02-11/there-are-66719-empty-mansions-vancouver There Are 66,719 Empty Mansions In Vancouver by Tyler Durden Feb 11, 2017 2:57 PM One year ago, when we first started discussing the Vancouver housing bubble, which as we first speculated - and was later confirmed - was the result of Chinese oligarch money-launderers parking "hot cash" in this offshore housing marke

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Economic News , Data & Views..... February 23 , 2017 ..... Quick Hits for Thursday 1) Markets : Asia Calendar For Friday , Data & News ; RBA's Lowe Takes Question At HoR's Standing Committee On Economics ; Strange Action In Chinese Commodities Thursday Night ( For China) ; US : Dow Up Moderately , Nasdaq Sells Off , S&P Basically Unchanged ; Market Wrap Of News For The Day During US Session. 2) US Politics - Round Up On The News Of The Day. 3) Europe In Focus - News Of The Day Touching On Greece , France , Italy , Germany & More. 4) Odds & Ends - Updates On Iraq , Syria , Iran & Libya.
Markets....... Asia...... ForexLive ‏ @ ForexLive 2h 2 hours ago Economic data calendar in Asia today is bare, but RBA Governor speaking Mark Constantine ‏ @ vexmark 5s 5 seconds ago Chinese manufacturers are raising prices amid surging input costs https://www. bloomberg.com/news/articles/ 2017-02-21/from-china-s-factories-to-your-shopping-cart-price-hikes-loom … ForexLive ‏ @ ForexLive 12m 12 mi

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Seven Planets around TRAPPIST-1
The red dwarf known as TRAPPIST-1 could not have produced a more interesting scenario. Today we learn that the star, some 40 light years out in the constellation Aquarius, hosts seven planets, all of which turn out to be comparable to the Earth in terms of size. Moreover, these worlds were discovered through the transit method, meaning we have mass and radius information for all of them. Today’s
The (Potentially) Habitable Worlds of TRAPPIST-1
When the news about the seven planets of TRAPPIST-1 broke, I immediately wondered what Andrew LePage’s take on habitability would be. A physicist and writer with numerous online essays and a host of articles in magazines like Scientific American and Sky & Telescope, LePage is also a specialist in the processing and analysis of remote sensing data. He has put this background in data analytics to f
Further Thoughts on TRAPPIST-1
In yesterday’s news conference on the seven planets around TRAPPIST-1, exoplanet scientist Sara Seager (MIT) pointed to the discovery as accelerating our search for habitable worlds. “Goldilocks,” Seager said in a finely chosen turn of phrase, “has many sisters in this system.” I think she’s exactly correct, even though we don’t yet know if any of these particular worlds house life. For as Seager
SPECULOOS: Nearby Red Dwarfs
Let’s turn the clock back a bit on the TRAPPIST-1 discoveries with a reminder of Hubble work on this system announced last July. A team led by Julien de Wit (MIT) used the Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3 to look for atmospheres on TRAPPIST-1b and 1c, two of the three planets then known around this star. The researchers were able to take advantage of a rare simultaneous transit, when
Exoplanet News Conference
You’ll want to see the news conference scheduled by NASA at 1300 EST (1800 UTC) today, an exoplanet finding of considerable interest to Centauri Dreams readers (I’ll have more on this later in the day). The event will air live on NASA Television and the agency’s website. Links available here . Briefing participants: * Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of the Science Mission Directorate at
By ‘Photogravitational Assists’ to Proxima b
Given the distances involved, faster would always seem to be better when it comes to interstellar flight. Voyager, which took 12 years to get to Neptune and roughly 35 years to encounter the heliopause, would take 75,000 years to cross the 4.22 light years to Proxima Centauri. Voyager’s 17 kilometers per second clearly doesn’t cut it, but how fast can we realistically hope to go? Let’s say we man

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Gerald Kaufman
When I was just a junior diplomat organising a trip for a group of parliamentarians, Gerald Kaufman MP, then a shadow cabinet member, nipped into a shop and bought me a snack because he knew I had missed my breakfast. I was tied up trying to sort out a replacement bus for them. His was a tiny but surprising act of kindness. You perhaps learn more truth about public figures from such behind the sc
BBC Announces New Anti-Scottish Channel
The BBC is to launch a major new unionist propaganda channel in time for the next Independence referendum. There will be 80 new unionists employed as journalists. Close relatives of senior Labour party figures are particularly welcome to apply, and in a new broadening of BBC Scotland employment policy, a larger percentage of Ruth Davidson fans will also be recruited. The news of the new job oppor
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
I shall be quite busy speaking in the next few weeks: Friday 24 February 8pm in The Elephant and Castle, Lewes, Sussex . The Headstrong Club (entry £3). I shall be attempting a wide ranging radical analysis of world events encompassing Trump, Brexit, Putin, Corbyn, China and where ordinary people stand as the world order changes. I love Lewes, which has the most fascinating radical tradition dati
As Netanyahu and May Chat, a Large Nest of Israeli Spies in London Exposed
The Israeli Embassy has seventeen Israeli “technical and administrative staff” granted visas by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The normal number for an Embassy that size would be about two. I spoke to two similar size non-EU Embassies this morning, one has two and one zero. I recall I dealt with an angry Foreign Minister during my own FCO career incensed his much larger High Commission had
Tories Tread a Dangerous Path
I have always believed that Theresa May is likely to try to block a new Independence referendum – and it is extremely unlikely her defence secretary, the odious Michal Fallon, would have said this so categorically without prior agreement with May. Fallon, taking a break from supplying weapons to the Saudis for killing Yemeni children, displayed huge arrogance towards Scotland, which the Tories be
Clinton Gang Push for War with Iran
So what are the Clinton gang doing while Trump introduces anti-Muslim immigration discrimination? Oh, they are pushing for war with Iran, which might give pause to some who think the world would have been less awful had Hillary won. Here is the front page of the resolution introduced into the House of Representatives by Democrat Alcee L Hastings, an extremely close ally of Debbie Wasserman Schult

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Conservative parties compete to demand fat tax subsidies for Alberta’s education special interest groups
PHOTOS: In Alberta, private schoolboys like these would have 70 per cent of the cost of their education paid for by taxpayers! (BBC photo.) Below: Progressive Conservative leadership frontrunner Jason Kenney and Wildrose Education Critic Leela Aheer, both of whom support tax subsidies for shee-shee private schools. Below them: NDP Education Minister David Eggen, who’s […] The post Conservative pa
Opposition parties strangely quiet as Alberta Finance Minister stops the ABC Sector gravy train
PHOTOS: Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci considers a reporter’s question during Friday’s news conference (screenshot). Below: Alberta Workers Compensation Board CEO Guy Kerr and Alberta Energy Regulator CEO Jim Ellis. Being a conservative in opposition apparently turns what your Mama taught you on its head: If you can’t say anything bad, don’t say anything at […] The post Opposition parties stra
Two views of Alberta third-quarter financial update: Steady as Joe goes, versus Faster, Pussycat! Cut! Cut!
PHOTOS: Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci, on a day when the sun was really shining. Below: Former premier Ralph Klein, the haze on fond memories as painted by his portraitist; interim PC Leader Ric McIver; Wildrose Jobs Critic Glenn van Dijken; and Alberta Party Leader Greg Clark. Despite the expected Opposition histrionics, Alberta Finance Minister […] The post Two views of Alberta third-quarte
Two polls and three by-elections signal an interesting spell in Alberta politics ahead
PHOTOS: No love lost for pipelines in B.C. – and all of a sudden that could have an impact on politics in Alberta (Rabble.ca photo). Below: Mainstreet research President Quito Maggi, B.C. Liberal Premier Christy Clark and Alberta NDP Premier Rachel Notley. Two polls were published this week by Mainstreet Research – one on the […] The post Two polls and three by-elections signal an interesting spe
David D. Orr’s ‘Encountering Riel’ is this week’s Edmonton fiction bestseller, Audreys Books reports
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended Feb. 17, 2017, compiled on Feb. 21, 2017, by Audreys Books and provided by the Book Publishers Association of Alberta. EDMONTON FICTION BESTSELLERS 1. Encountering Riel – David D. Orr*† 2. Something Unremembered – Della Dennis*† […] The post David D. Orr’s ‘Encountering Riel’ is this week’s Edmonton
Alberta public employees, subject to constant Wildrose and media vilification, win national award for effective service
PHOTOS: An image of the May 2016 Fort McMurray fire taken by Alberta Government photographer Chris Schwarz. Below: The Wildrose Party sees government workers like forest fire fighters (GoA photo) and Licensed Practical Nurses (AUPE photo) as “union bosses.” Just guessing, but you probably won’t read much news coverage about the national award the Alberta […] The post Alberta public employees, sub

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dreams - goat-human hybrid - talking child
what a wierd night of FOUR intense and visually/narratively memorable dreams, in the fourth (on a walk) I happened upon the goat-human hybrid child munching away on grass at the front of a residential property by the roadside. The front door of the cottage was open - that imagery again . I spoke to the woman about her lovely young animal outside, munching away on grass. It started to nuzzle me and
Electric Universe - Kongpop U-yen - Space Weather Forecasting
"Stick with it," that's what I'm saying... KongPop U-yen isn't the most confident presenter ever but his post-storm earthquake-prediction theory and his Space Weather news in general are second to none. Free Planet Summary: while this is all well and good, "We still don't have a global solution to catastrophism," and by this I mean that we're still building 'solid structures on solid ground' be th
David Talbott - Discourses on an Alien Sky - the recording of prehistoric man
best part from the 26-part catastrophy-catharsis Discourses on an Alien Sky by David Talbott. Is this REALLY how our skies used to look to our ancient ancestors? Wild...
Christopher Bollyn - the legacy of 9-11 - business as usual @ W.H.
I have a dream... so, you're (probably) wondering, "Mike, why are you still droning on about 9-11?" and here's why... nothing will ever change , the Machine! of War! will always Profit! Until we the people stop funding these amoral gameplayers with our TIME on this Free Planet.
Mike Philbin art - Introversions and Dichotomies - new 2017 art/concept
so, after spending most of January 2017 re-painting some 2016 paintings I wasn't too happy with, I finally got down to making some new art for 2017 on a theme of tandem squares . Five abstract pieces 60 cm by 30 cm, emulsion on canvas.
Brien Foerster - new Nazca organic finds - small alien skull and long three-fingered hand a three fingered (six bones per finger!) alien hand and a small alien skull, once again Brien Foerster delivers the most discussion-worthy material from his continuing insistence that the Viracocha might have been some alien race not-necessarily-from some other planet or realm or dimension. Is this materia

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