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Associated Press Associates Itself With War
I have long noted AP's policies designed to deny others the ability to simply report what news stories are available. They have earned the title Allied Propaganda.
Robert Burns and Matthew Pennington of the Associated Press tell us: “U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is visiting the Korean Peninsula at a...How Much of our Discord Is the Result of the “Engagement” Advert Revenue Model of Social Media?
Few would deny that social discord is rising. The proposed causes range from wealth/income inequality to the rise of polarizing political ideologies...Why Governments Will Not Ban Bitcoin
To really understand an asset, we have to examine not just the asset itself but who owns it, and who can afford to own it. These attributes will...
The Vintage News
A horse named Comanche survived the Battle of Little Bighorn despite being shot seven times
Only three horses in the history of the United States Armed Forces had the privilege of being given a military funeral with full honors. The first of...The Borujerdis house: a masterpiece of traditional Persian architecture of the 19th century
The Iranian Borujerdis house is the product of a traditional desert architecture that features elements from both pre-Islamic and Islamic periods. It...Serralves: Once the villa of an Art Deco-obsessed Portuguese count, now a cultural center
Casa Serralves, with its Art Deco villa, Museum of Contemporary Art, and outstanding park, is one of the most visited places in Portugal. It has a...
Utopia – you are standing in it!
The Truthseeker
This is the Fading Age of Darkness, in a Full Approach to the Everlasting Light
Reflections in a Petri Dish — Oct 25, 2017 Dog Poet Transmitting……. It keeps on going; the relentless Satanic putsch is right out there in the open...Weaponized psychiatry: The assault on dissidents as “conspiracy theorists”
Kevin Barrett — Veterans Today Oct 24, 2017 Question: What kind of people believe in conspiracy theories? The Short answer: People who have...
Sustainable Pulse
Environment Committee MEPs Vote for EU Glyphosate Ban in 2020
Environment and Public Health Committee MEPs have voted by a large majority (39 in favor, with 9 against, and 10 abstentions) for a ban on glyphosate...New Groundbreaking Research Shows Glyphosate Persists in Soil
A new research study from the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and two Dutch laboratories shows that 45% of Europe’s top soil contains...Six Middle Eastern Countries Ban Glyphosate Herbicides over ‘Probable Carcinogen’ Fears
Oman’s Ministry of Agriculture has confirmed that six Middle Eastern countries, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar,...
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ScienceBlogs
A Letter To The Logging Company That Is Suing Greenpeace [Greg Laden's Blog]
This is interesting. It is a letter from Hachette Livre, a major international publisher, to Resolute Forest Products, the group that is trying to sue...The Future Of Astronomy: Thousands Of Radio Telescopes That Can See Beyond The Stars (Synopsis) [Starts With A Bang]
“Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in...Occupational Health News Roundup [The Pump Handle]
At the Guardian, Krithika Varagur interviewed workers inside the Indonesian factory that manufactures clothing for Ivanka Trump’s fashion line,...
SaneVax, Inc.
HPV Vaccine Documentary: Sacrificial Virgins
UK Association of HPV Vaccine Injured Daughters (AHVID) and SaneVPromoting only Safe, Affordable, Necessary and Effective vaccines and vaccination...
Scottish Mother Warns School Teachers of HPV Vaccine Risks
Mrs Caran Dynan, Mother of a Vaccine Injured Daughter, Kilsyth, Scotland Science Officer and political activist for AHVID has sent this letter to...
HPV Vaccine Stakeholders versus Desperate Parents
By Norma Erickson, President Opposing Perspectives on HPV Vaccines Every country with an HPV vaccination program also has a group of parents with...
Socio-Economics History Blog
Socialist Economic Bulletin
No, Jeremy Corbyn won’t ‘bankrupt the UK economy’
By Tom O’Leary In a textbook case of political projection, the UK economy continues to stagnate and the response of the Tories and their supporters is...
What can the left do in government?
By Tom O’Leary The recent controversy over economic policy in Portugal is very important as it holds extremely valuable lessons for the entire...
Confronting Venezuela’s real problems, and the slanders against it
The crisis in Venezuelan has been the occasion for all sorts of reactionaries, anti-socialists and supporters of the US to attack the government’s...
Federation Of American Scientists
Russia Launches ICBM at INF Range, But It’s No INF Violation
An SS-25 (Topol) ICBM is launched from mobile launcher inside garage at the Kapustin Yar test range on September 26, 2017 (Image: RMOD). By Hans M....Arthur Rosenfeld, pioneering energy innovator and former FAS chairman, dies at 90
Arthur H. Rosenfeld, who had served as Chairman of the FAS Board of Directors from 2008 to 2009, was a pioneering scientist whose long career produced...
Turning a Blind Eye Towards Armageddon — U.S. Leaders Reject Nuclear Winter Studies
Now 10 years ago, several of the world’s leading climatologists and physicists chose to reinvestigate the long-term environmental impacts of nuclear...
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P U L S E
Two Upcoming Screenings of SYRIA’S DISAPPEARED in Chicago
The film Syria’s Disappeared has been called “brilliant and sickening” and a “must-view can’t-look documentary…about the 200,000 people arrested and...Interview: sectarianization as a process
Nader Hashemi and I recently gave the following interview to Jadaliyya about our new co-edited book Sectarianization: Mapping the New Politics of the...
Did a Kremlin Pilgrimage cause Alternet blogger’s Damascene conversion?
A blogger who once supported the Syrian revolution has reinvented himself as an advocate for Bashar al Assad. Did his pilgrimage to Moscow occasion...
Prepare for Change
TOXIC FOOD is killing humanity: One-fifth of global deaths now linked to processed junk food and toxic ingredients
A new study conducted at the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington(HealthData.org) and published in The Lancet...
Blockbuster Interview GREEN-LIGHTED: Unknown Lightwarrior, Michael Salla & Cobra Roundtable + News
That’s right folks … The Unknown Lightwarrior, Dr Michael Salla (ExoPolitics Institute) & Cobra are going to be in one virtual room together. This...
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early spring show …
Close to town, the Dragonflower Trees are flowering heavily. This large edible flower is quite stunning with the sun shining on them. The flowers are...
preparing for spring …
The last few days of winter in the tropics brings out a plethora of flowering species, which culminates in a spectacular show in the West Kimberley at...
Pasco Phronesis
Phoenix is Risen
5 Ways to STOP Wearing Your Wishbone Where Your Backbone Should Be
by Gary Z McGee “We are anxiety-ridden animals. Our minds are continually active, fabricating an anxious, usually self-preoccupied, often falsifying...Can Meditation Lead to Lasting Change?
A new book reveals how long-term meditation can lead to profound improvements in our mind, brain, and body. By Jill Suttie Mindfulness meditation is...
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Advanced Weather Forecasting Models Confirm Urban Heat Island Effect…It’s Very Real
Yesterday at Weatherbell Analytics at his Daily Update, meteorologist Joe Bastardi pointed out a topic that particularly fascinated me, and which I...400 Scientific Papers Published In 2017 Support A Skeptical Position On Climate Alarm
A Growing Volume Of Evidence Undercuts ‘Consensus’ Science During the first 10 months of 2017, 400 scientific papers have been published that cast...
NEPC Blog Post of the Day
Curmudgucation: Addressing Bias
Curmudgucation: Addressing Bias It may be one of the biggest unaddressed issues in education. Here comes yet another study that makes...School Finance 101: School Funding Myths & Misdirects
School Finance 101: School Funding Myths & Misdirects There exist a handful commonly cited bodies of evidence and deceitful smokescreens...
Radical Eyes for Equity: New SAT, but Same Old Problems
Radical Eyes for Equity: New SAT, but Same Old Problems While South Carolina has joined several states in rejecting Common Core for...
Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers
The Moderate Voice
Cartoon: Deferment Donny
Donald Trump claims he has respect for the military. He says he’s rebuilding our armed forces and has even lied that he’s rebuilt our nuclear...Sierra Club Demands Immediate Investigation of Puerto Rico Energy Contract and Any Cabinet Ties
San Juan, Puerto Rico, The Sierra Club is demanding an immediate demand for Congress to investigate the circumstances surrounding the awarding of a...
Lloyd Lofthouse
MintPress News
How Much Did Hillary Clinton Really Know?
The revelation that Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee helped pay for the notorious “Steele Dossier” of hearsay claims...Watch | The Black And Latino ‘Sacrifice Zones’ Of Hurricane Harvey
In this second installment of special coverage Hurricane Harvey’s aftermath, Abby Martin explores how the petrochemical industry dominates the city...
New Documents Show Extent Of Domestic Surveillance Under Executive Order 12333
Human Rights Watch is calling for a congressional inquiry into an executive order aimed at the warrantless monitoring of U.S. citizens and permanent...
Mark's Daily Apple
How Does the Keto Reset Fit Into the Primal Blueprint?
Today I’m going to address a big question some of you have been asking in the comment boards and via email: Where does the Primal Blueprint eating...
A Call to Endurance Athletes and Being Coached By Your 80-Year-Old Self
Competitive endurance athletes: It’s time for reflection and formulating a winning 2018 plan…. For endurance athletes, the colder and darker days of...
Dear Mark: Gum on Keto, Acacia Fiber, Cramping, and Keto Body Odor
For today’s edition of Dear Mark, I’m answering four questions. First, is sugar-free gum okay to chew without worrying about insulin spikes? Next, is...
Made from Truth and Lies
Something Something Baby Something
Rather than wibble around and take ages to get to the point, here's the headline news. Inside Jane it looks like this:Or, in other words:Obviously,...Interesting Links for 25-10-2017
Brexit can be stopped by UK, European Council president Donald Tusk says (tags: uk europe ) Why do so few black students go to Oxbridge? (tags:...Interesting Links for 24-10-2017
Windows 10's "Controlled Folder Access" Anti-Ransomware Feature Is Now Live (tags: security windows ) Physicists still not sure why the universe...
Brian M. Lucey
Irish Budget Theatre and the Ghost of 1977
Tuesday sees the budget, a by now largely meaningless piece of set piece theatre. The old days when ministers were afraid to speak a word for fear of...
Note this, Students
I read with interest the post by the ever-excellent Eugene O’Loughlin on student note taking. He notes, pun intended a reluctance and resistance from...
Jon's Text
Is the Christie defective/criminal?
In 2002 American medics published a 100% cancer clearance rate using HIUS: ask you Dr, they bought an 8W 3MHz ultrasound device and confirmed the...
Drug firms illegal
Drug firms are only allowed to make the best medicines – as identified by Hippocratic oath swearing medics: who are not allowed to research defective...
InvestmentWatch
Here Comes The Sun
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Fragments from Floyd
Mountain Lake(less)
Click for larger image Mountain Lake (on Salt Pond Mountain) in Giles County, Virginia, was familiar territory once upon a time. I took five-week-long...
The Fading Faint Colors of Fall
Click image for larger view It has not been a spectacular year for fall colors in our part of the Southern Appalachians. The prolonged late-summer...
When The Bottom Falls Out of the Food Web
Single blister beetle hanging out, ready to make whoopie. Most people might think it’s a good thing–that there are demonstrably and significantly...
Featured Health News from Medical News Today
Eyes on Trade
Psychologists Found What Makes People Attractive
What do you find attractive in other people? A nice body? A sharp intellect? Or is it “just something about them”? ATTRACTION IS ONE OF THE GREATEST...
Why Intelligent People Can’t Find Happiness
People with a high IQ may have more success in typical terms in life: better jobs, education, and a social circle. Yet, it is a fact that it is...Psychology Says: You Might Be Better Off Single
One psychologist claims that staying single gives people a chance to “live their best, most authentic and most meaningful life,” while also...
Desdemona Despair
Record-melting fall heat wave bakes Southern California
By Bob Henson 24 October 2017(Weather Underground) – It’s not every October 23 or 24 that millions of Americans are swathed in temperatures...Puerto Rico needs your help: How to volunteer
By Carmela Rodriguez2 October 2017(AllTheRooms) – On 20 September 2017, Hurricane Maria, a powerful Category 4, hit the island of Puerto Rico causing...E.P.A. cancels talk on climate change by agency scientists – “It’s definitely a blatant example of the scientific censorship we all suspected was going to start being enforced at E.P.A”
By Lisa Friedman22 October 2017WASHINGTON (The New York Times) – The Environmental Protection Agency has canceled the speaking appearance of three...
The Daily Sheeple
Crabs On Prozac! Apparently, Someone Had To Do It
If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be a crab and also be on Prozac, look no further. Scientists now have a detailed understanding of how the...Vegas Gunman’s Brother Arrested For Child Porn; Laptop Hard Drive Missing
The story of Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock’s family just keeps getting weirder. The Los Angeles Times is reporting one of Paddock’s younger...
Exceptional Delaware 2017
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Fast Company
Live Now: Starbucks CEO Keving Johnson On Innovation And Empathy
The CEO of Starbucks, Kevin Johnson, talks with Fast Company editor Bob Safian about doubling down on innovation–and empathy.
How Capsule’s Online Pharmacy Is Riding The Third Wave of Ecommerce
What was your last great healthcare experience? Maybe it was at a walk-in clinic, a local doctor, or even an online resource or telemedicine service....
Twitter Q3 Earnings Preview: A Crisis Of Confidence
It’s been a tough couple of months for Twitter. The social network caught flak yet again for silencing some voices, but not others, and it caused...
Climatism
@AlGore Your ‘Save The Planet’ Legacy – Palm Oil – Is Making Indonesia Warmer!
THE title of James Delingpole’s epic must read, sums it up perfectly… “Killing the Earth to Save it: How Environmentalists are Ruining the Planet,...
Death of the polar bear as climate change icon validates Mitch Taylor’s skepticism
“It’s now clear that Mitch Taylor was right to be skeptical of sea ice models based on pessimistic climate change assumptions…” EXCELLENT. Great post...
Lies and Manipulation: The Sorry State of Global Climate Alarmism
“It is impossible to save a planet that is not dying, and it is a disgrace to lead people into false fears concerning climate change.” GREAT read from...
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‘What Happened’, Truth Outed You, Hillary
The public at large—who all along refused to believe the salacious contents of the infamous dirty dossier that Robert Mueller’s special counsel based...Guess who paid for the 'research' that produced the fake Trump dossier
Well well. Something dirty, rotten, underhanded and dishonest was done, and a certain person had her filthy hands all over it. Who would have thought...PragerU Sues Google and YouTube for Censoring Videos
LOS ANGELES, CA - Prager University (PragerU) has filed a federal lawsuit in California against Google and YouTube for censoring its educational...
The BRAD BLOG
The 'Secret' Corporate Lobbying Past of VA's GOP Gov. Candidate Ed Gillespie: 'BradCast' 10/25/2017
On today's BradCast, we offer a bit of a response to those who are still under the impression, for some reason, that Trump is a "different kind of...Trump's Terrifying 'Power to Incinerate the World': 'BradCast' 10/24/2017
On today's BradCast: Trump continues to blow up the GOP today. But what, if anything, will stop him from doing the same, literally, to the world?...
Below 2C
5 Reasons A Climate Tax Is Not Enough
The call for a price on carbon as the key policy driver for reducing our carbon footprint is heard far and wide. My co-editor at Below2°C and I...Fossil Fuel MegaProjects Falling Like Dominos in Canada
Fossil fuel megaprojects — pipelines, terminals, plants — are quickly disappearing from Canada’s energy landscape. Less than a year ago (November of...3 Reasons To Have #ClimateHope
Climate change is not abstract. It is real. And we cannot just look away. There’s no way back to the other side of this. There is no way around the...
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Two months in jail for loaning a tractor to anti-nuclear waste dump protesters
French farmer, Jean-Pierre Simon was today handed down a two-month jail sentence for loaning his tractor and other agricultural equipment to a group...A timeless reminder of why this planet is worth saving
In 2008, Swiss physician, Dr. Martin Vosseler, walked across the United States to bring attention to global warming and to solar energy. In this...Official statement from ICAN after receiving Nobel Peace Prize
Statement on Nobel Peace Prize 2017 It is a great honour to have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2017 in recognition of our role in achieving...
Research Digest
re: The Auditors
Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places
The Saga of a Long-Lost 15th-Century Illuminated Prayer Book
One day in 2012, Paul Espinosa, the rare books assistant at the George Peabody Library at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, opened a package...
Why Wartime England Thought Carrots Could Give You Night Vision
Children have long been urged to eat carrots in order to improve their vision. But a carrot-filled diet won’t get you 20/20 vision or help you see in...Strasbourg Cathedral's Antique Graffiti in Strasbourg, France
The Strasbourg Cathedral is a masterpiece of Gothic architecture and was the tallest building in the world from about 1647 to 1874. As such, it...
Accidental Deliberations
Leadership 2018 Reference Page
A one-stop source for general links on the 2018 Saskatchewan NDP leadership campaign, to be updated as the race progresses. Please feel free to add ...
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Feline coverage.Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Asad Abbasi reviews a new book following up on Thomas Piketty's work on the causes of inequality. - Peter...
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