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You can finally spend Christmas at Hogwarts thanks to Universal's new Harry Potter holiday celebration
If you're still waiting for your acceptance letter from Hogwarts,
chances are you've always dreamed of spending the holidays in the
Wizarding World of Harry Potter — and now Universal Studios is ready to
bring those dreams to life. Beginning Nov. 24 at Universal Studios
Hollywood (the festivities kicked off at the Orlando theme parks on Nov.
18) and continuing through Jan. 8, you can get a taste
Trump says he turned down Time's 'Person of the Year,' and no one's buying it
Unless you repressed all memories of 2016 (and who could blame you),
you'll remember that Time named Donald Trump "Person of the Year." Now,
the president is claiming that the magazine asked him again this year
but, like, urgh who can even be bothered? SEE ALSO: Sorry, Cards Against
Humanity can't stop Trump's wall In a tweet Friday, the president took
time from his busy schedule of getting absol
Unique moth species looks like a hummingbird
Sightings
of a particularly unusual type of moth are becoming increasingly common
across the British Isles. At a glance you would be forgiven for thin...
Climate Unicorns downunder as Australians offer to cut CO2 by 50% per capita in 12 years
… I’ve been saying the Australian commitment of a 28% reduction by 2030
was an economic suicide pact. Terry McCrann’s got numbers on just how
suicidal it is: The so-called NEG or National Energy Guarantee is dammed
upfront by the total irreconcilability of its three aims: to ensure
both affordable and reliable electricity (and, indirectly, gas) and
meeting our commitments under the Fake Paris Acc
Facial Recognition Is Tracking Customers as They Shop in Stores
Via:
CNBC: Retailers are using facial recognition to collect data about
customers as they shop in stores, according to an IT company with
insight into the space. “One of the big things brick-and-mortar
retailers are getting into now is knowing their customers … tracking
who’s entering their mall and how they’re behaving,” said Mark Lunt, […]
Mysterious loud booms heard across the world
The
deafening sounds, which have been heard in dozens of locations this
year, remain unexplained. It's a phenomenon that has been reported in
countrie...
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The Guardian view on Taylor Swift: an envoy for Trump’s values? | Editorial
The
world’s biggest pop star is not simply a product of the age but seems a
messenger for its disturbing spirit In the year since Donald Trump was
elected, the entertainment world has been largely united in its disdain
for his presidency. But a notable voice has been missing from the
chorus: that of Taylor Swift, the world’s biggest pop star . Her silence
is striking, highlighting the parallels be
Queensland election 2017: Labor pulls ahead as Malcolm Roberts defeated in Ipswich – politics live
One Nation former senator fails in bid for state seat as early count
turns in Labor’s favour – follow election night live as the results come
in 10.10am GMT Looks like the blame game has already started - I’m
hearing from state LNP MPs who are quite cranky with the federal
government. Not sure the wash up of this one is going to go over well.
10.09am GMT One Nation has done quite well in terms of
The Strange and Gruesome Story of the Greenland Shark, the Longest-Living Vertebrate on Earth
M.
R. O’Connor reports on how Danish scientists unravelled the mystery of
how long Greenland sharks live, using carbon dating and a new method
involving crystallines, proteins in the lens of the eye.
How Children Change the Way We See
Rumaan Alam on how his children’s interpretation of art affects his own outlook.
The Baltimore Cops Studying Plato and James Baldwin
BALTIMORE—Sitting in a classroom one day in September, a police officer
studied a passage from James Baldwin’s 1966 essay on policing in
Harlem, “A Report from Occupied Territory,” and read a few lines out
loud: “Some school children overturned a fruit stand in Harlem. This
would have been a mere childish prank if the children had been white …
but these children were black, and the police chased
Trump Says He Passed On Being 'Person Of The Year.' 'Time' Says He's 'Incorrect'
The president went on Twitter to say Time magazine "probably" was going
to name him Person of the Year but he would have had to do a photo
shoot and interview. Time said that's not the case. (Image credit: Aaron
P. Bernstein/Getty Images)
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Musk beats deadline for building world's biggest battery
Entrepreneur
Elon Musk has won a US$50 million bet by beating a 100-day deadline for
building a giant battery to help South Australia avoid energy
blackouts, officials said.
New species can develop in as little as two generations, Galapagos study finds
A
study of Darwin's finches, which live on the Galapagos Islands in the
Pacific Ocean, has revealed direct genetic evidence that new species can
arise in just two generations.
High-speed quantum encryption may help secure the future internet
Recent
advances in quantum computers may soon give hackers access to machines
powerful enough to crack even the toughest of standard internet security
codes. With these codes broken, all of our online data—from medical
records to bank transactions—could be vulnerable to attack.
We’re forgetting what ‘nature’ really means
Places that make you feel “in nature,” such as parks, beaches, and
campgrounds, are likely different than those that your parents or
grandparents would have cited. “If we just try to teach people the
importance of nature, that’s not going to work. They have to interact
with it.” This is what University of Washington psychology professor
Peter Kahn calls “environmental generational amnesia”—the id
The Best of the Physics arXiv (week ending November 25, 2017)
This week’s most thought-provoking papers from the Physics arXiv.
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What is the History of Thanksgiving? | National Geographic
What does the Thanksgiving holiday celebrate? Learn about the first
encounter between the Pilgrims and Native Americans in 1621, their
surprising relationship, and the reason a United States president
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Beth Behrs Is Convinced Barbra Streisand Thinks She's an Elf
Thanks to Ellen, actress Beth Behrs had the best day of her life when
she met her idol Barbra Streisand during 12 Days of Giveaways... even
though the music legend probably thought she was an elf. From:
TheEllenShow
Why Microsoft makes weird hardware
We went inside Microsoft’s hardware lab to see how it developed the
Surface Book and to explore this question: why such a big focus on
hinges? Microsoft is teaching itself how to make weird stuff for a
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Driven by opioid addiction, drug overdose is now the leading cause of
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9 Quarter Circle
Sandwiched between the borders of West Yellowstone and Big Sky, the 9
Quarter Circle Ranch is a rustic collection of log cabins and stables
cradled in a valley of the Rocky Mountains. It’s here one finds Kameron
Kelsey, the third-generation steward of the 9QC. The Kelsey family pride
themselves on their adherence to tradition, as the ranch exists in
something of a time warp, its practices mostly
The Internet is under attack. This is the Battle for the Net.
The FCC wants to let companies like Verizon and Comcast censor and
throttle the Internet. This is how we fight back. Battle for the Net
battleforthenet.com Fight for the Future fightforthefuture.org -- Design
& Animation - Louis Wesolowsky louiswes.com Animation - Chris
Zachary chriszachary.me Sound Design - Sonos Sanctus sonosanctus.com VO -
Kirby Ferguson kirbyferguson.com Cast: Louis Wesolowsk
New in The Corbett Report
Episode 324 – Data is the New Oil
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mp3="https://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/episode324-lq.mp3"][/audio] In
this follow up to Why Big Oil Conquered the World, James further
explores the concept of technocracy. If "Data is the New Oil" then what
does that tell us about the 21st century oligarchy and the world that
they are creating? And, once we understand the technocratic prison they
are creating, how do we escape it? Don't mi
5 Unbelievably Stupid Ideas Governments Actually Tried
Ask
anyone who's ever worked in the public sector: With a never-ending
stream of taxpayer money and no competition in sight, governments are a
breeding ground for stupid ideas. In fact, coming up with a list of all
the idiocy that governments have inflicted on the world would be an
impossible task, so let's just narrow it down to five really stupid
government ideas.
Interview 1326 – James Corbett Breaks Down the Middle East
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So what was the Saudi purge about, exactly? And what does Yemen have to
do with this? And how about the South Pars oilfield? And what does all
of that have to do with the price of tea in China? Confused? Well,
you're not the only one. Join James and Ernest Hancock on this special
commercial-free edition of Dec
The Saudi Purge is a Global Crisis
The House of Saud is in crisis as MBS consolidates his hold on the
kingdom and prepares to transform Saudi Arabia in his image. But what is
behind the purge, and how does it relate to the future of the world
monetary system. Join James for a classic Corbett Report debriefing on
the Saudi purge and the rise of the petroyuan.
Interview 1325 – The Indo-Pacific Region on Howe Street Radio
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James joins Jim Goddard on HoweStreet.com Radio for his bi-monthly
round-up of economic, financial and geopolitical stories from around the
world. This time around they discuss the new, US-less Zombie TPP;
China's shadow banking crackdown; and the US' new penchant for calling
the Asia-Pacific the Indo-Pacific.
Making Sense of the Middle East
So what was the Saudi purge about, exactly? And what does Yemen have to
do with this? And how about the South Pars oilfield? And what does all
of that have to do with the price of tea in China? Confused? Well,
you’re not the only one. Join James and Ernest Hancock on this special
commercial-free edition of Declare Your Independence for a breakdown of
the latest turmoil in the middle east and what
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Black Friday Indeed, Our Relentless Consumption is Trashing the Planet
Growth must go on – it’s the political imperative everywhere, and it’s destroying Earth
Black Friday Indeed, Our Relentless Consumption is Trashing the Planet
Growth must go on – it’s the political imperative everywhere, and it’s destroying Earth
The Bosses at TransCanada May Not be Enjoying Their Turkey
Bad news piles up for company over Keystone XL pipeline
Of Climate Change, Greenland, and the Kalaallit People
In Conversation with Yatri Niehaus, director of new documentary Stella Polaris Ulloriarsuaq
Clowning Around for Climate Action
Can an army of pranksters spur interest in the climate fight?
Nebraska Approves Keystone XL Pipeline, Despite Opposition
Pipeline opponents have 30 days to appeal the decision
New in The Rules of Exposition
"So" is a complication
I'm
writing for my econ blog: I didn't capture the graph as an image, and
the data has since changed, so the old link doesn't show what I saw last
year. Two commas, and three pieces of a sentence. Three is a lot to
handle. Two is easier to see. On top of that, there is a "so" in there.
The data has changed, so the old link doesn't show the old data. I don't
like "so". Using "so" is like using "the
New in A Closer Look: Jody Paterson
On joy: Reflections on finding happiness even when life does its best to get in your way
I
had the opportunity to write this reflection on joy for Victoria's YAM
Magazine's November-December issue. It was one of the most moving
stories I've worked on, taking in people's stories of strength in the
face of significant adversity. My only regret is that I
over-interviewed, ending up with so many stories that everyone here
literally gets a few paragraphs and no more. You'll just have to ta
New in A.E.Brain
And now for something completely different
The
Red Baron. Freiherr Manfred von Richthofen's early career, and the
aircraft he flew in. MvR first joined Fliegerabteilung 69 (FA69) in
April 1915. The Albatros C.I, B.I were both used by FA69 in the East
between April and August 1915. During the time, MvR was an observer.
Missions included recon and some inffectual ground attack of the rather
chaotic Russian forces. From August through to Octo
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A3 Newsletter: The March of Freedom Continues
( PHOTO: Albert Woodfox at a meeting of VOTE-Shreveport on October 21.
Albert is standing in the back row, sixth person from the right. Click
on the photo for a larger image). A3 Newsletter, Nov. 18, 2017: On The
Road Again As another year draws to a close, Albert and King are busier
than ever traveling the country and the world, sharing their stories and
providing inspiration and hope that good
New in Cherchez la Verite
When
I was 10 years old in grade school, my teacher would tell us to hide
below our desks to practice being safe from a Russian attack. Of course,
nothing like that every happened. However, in 1962 things became much
more dangerous when Cuba installed a Russian ballistic nuclear missile
to offset American missiles in Italy and Turkey. This was a very scary
moment, but it was finally solved peacefully when Khrushchev and John
Kennedy worked out a way to remove both the Russian missile in Cuba and
the U.S. missiles surrounding Russia. Flash forward to the present: Most
of the members of the American Congress are now pushing to destroy
Russia with a sneak attack with hundreds of U.S. nuclear missiles. But
by now Putin is on to that and is preparing a superior counter attack.
Surely that should scare all Americans …yet unlike my grade school
teacher, most Americans seem to be unconcerned. They don’t care if they
and their children and grand-children all die suddenly?
Will America Survive Washington? — Paul Craig Roberts November 13, 2017
| Categories: Articles & Columns | Will America Survive Washington?
Paul Craig Roberts In recent columns posted on my website, I brought
attention to two dramatic and dangerous developments between the two
major nuclear powers. One was the public statement of the deputy
commander of the Russian military’s Operation Command at
Members
of the Congress and the military/security complex together with the spy
agencies of the CIA want the US to become a police state. Whereas,
Abraham Lincoln once said "The people are the masters of both the
Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to
overthrow the men who pervert it!" Who will win?
Washington Stomps on Civil Liberty November 3, 2017 | Categories:
Articles & Columns | Washington Stomps on Civil Liberty Paul Craig
Roberts The insouciant American electorate is so inattentive that it
routinely elects enemies of civil liberty to represent the public in
Congress. Last Wednesday Rep. Adam Schiff (D, CA), Rep. Trey Gowdy ( R,
SC), Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D, CA), Sen. Mark Warner (D,
I
guarantee that the stock markets will crash sometime between now and
maybe a year from now. The market is run by rich people who borrow money
to run up the entire market. They are confident that they will continue
to make big money, because the FED keeps reporting that 95+% of all
working age American have jobs. However, to get that number, the FED
treats all those without jobs for longer than a month or so are treated
as though dead. Whereas, the truth is that, by now there are between 24%
(definitely), and likely closer to 50%, of all working-age Americans
can no longer find a decent job. And even those who are counted as
having jobs are likely to have menial ones, and so they can’t buy the
rich people's products. Thus, when the fat cats finally realize that the
game is over, much of their wealth will go down together with their
rigged stock markets. And, boy, do they ever deserve it.
Will President Trump Take The Blame When the Stock Markets Crash? Stock
markets continue to reach record high levels, but it’s only a matter of
time before they crash back to earth. When they do, there will be a lot
of finger pointing at those deemed to be responsible for the crash.
Given the current political climate, President Trump will undoubtedly
come in for criticism. But will that be a fai
New in DAMMIT JANET!
"Fake Opposition" Flees Abortion Vote
Back
here , we were crowing about how the media has shifted choice-ward in
how it identifies anti-choicers, specifically by noting which
politicians support fake clinics . And now with the nearly unanimous
passage of the Ontario "Safe Access to Abortion Services Act, 2017" , or
the "Fuck Off Clinic Bulliers Act," we see another fault-line in
today's politics. Even hard-line, self-avowed anti-choic
New in Dr Cintli
Ixiim: A Maiz-based philosophy
Journal of Latinos and Education Latest Articles Ixiim: A Maiz-based
philosophy Roberto RodrÃguez Pages 1-8 | Published online: 15 Nov 2017
Download citation https://doi.org/10.1080/15348431.2017.1373649 ABSTRACT
This work examines the philosophical foundation of Tucson’s highly
successful Mexican American studies program. The foundation included two
Maya or maiz-based concepts: In Lak’Ech and Pa
The next several years will see a number of 50-year commemorations of the events that helped to launch the historic Chi...
The next several years will see a number of 50-year commemorations of
the events that helped to launch the historic Chicano Movement of the
1960s and 1970s. For some, the movement was a series of legal actions,
strikes or huelgas , civil rights protests, and mass rallies and
marches, all challenging the permanent dehumanization of Mexican peoples
in the United States. For others, the movement was
Dia De Lls Muertos En Las Tierras De Los Muertos
HOW AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT DEATH Roberto Dr Cintli Rodriguez October,
like every month, has been an especially deadly month for people of
color in the United States. I focus on people of color because my
research tells me that the killings of POCs are not random, but rather,
as a result of dehumanization and the patrolling of bodies and
communities of color, especially that of red-black-brown pe
New in Greg Mankiw's Blog
Furman on Tax Reform
I don't agree with all of it, but these slides from a recent talk by Jason Furman make a lot of good points.
Taxing Higher Ed
One
of the most surprising parts of the proposed tax bill is its tax on
university endowments . If my rough calculations are correct, the tax
would cost schools like Harvard between $1,000 and $2,000 per student
every year. Is there a good argument for this policy? Not that I can
see.
The Case Against the Harvard-Yale Game
I am sad to say that I find this persuasive .
The Good, the Bad, and the Fixable
Click here to read my column in Sunday's NY Times on the Trump tax plan.
New in Middle East Today
Al Nahda Dam and Its Impact on Egypt
There is a saying by Herodotus known to Egyptians that the Nile is the
gift to Egypt. Without the Nile, Egypt cannot survive. Dr. Noor el Din,
an Egyptian water expert pointed out that Egypt need at least 93,000
cu.m of water per year. The water available to Egypt presently is 62,000
cu.m. to use per year ( Sada el Watan, 11/14/2017). During the past
three years, the water ministers of Ethiopia,
Qatari Government’s Support of Terrorism
On May 21, 2017, an Arab Islamic American Summit was held in Saudi
Arabia. Among the discussed topics was about the Qatari government role
supporting, with money and arms, terrorist organizations such as ISIS,
and Al Nusra among others. President Trump stated during that Summit
meeting, that was the beginning of the end of a Qatar’s role in
supporting terrorists On July 27, 2017, four Arab states
New in Pesticide Action Network
Food for thought
With the holiday season upon us, food is top of mind for many. In
addition to an opportunity to celebrate with our nearest and dearest,
this is also a perfect time to reflect on how our food is grown — and
how we support the people doing that work. Got food? Thank workers. This
year, as Thanksgiving coincides with International Food Workers’ Week ,
it’s also a good time to explore how those who a
A win! Buffer zones around CA schools
After years of pressure from communities across California, the state's
Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) finally took action last week
to protect schoolchildren from agricultural pesticide exposure. While
not all that we'd hoped for, state officials announced new rules that
establish a buffer zone for agricultural pesticides around public
schools and daycare centers. Among other safeguard
Positive pesticide news
In the midst of uncertain times, I’m finding comfort in an array of
good news regarding pesticide bans and restrictions from around the
world. Difocol Last week, PAN Staff Scientist Emily Marquez returned
from the scientific committee meeting of the Stockholm Convention in
Rome where several key pesticides were being discussed for potential
global bans. Up for discussion was one of the pesticides
Pruitt's (polluter) priorities
We saw this coming with Scott Pruitt. Long before he became
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), his
allegiances to industry were clear. And with new policies at the agency,
he's paving the way for even more corporate sway over how our air,
soil, water and communities are protected (or not). In his latest move,
Pruitt recently announced that scientists receiving EPA funding
It's Farm Bill time again
Approximately every five years the U.S. Congress passes a multi-billion
dollar set of policies collectively known as the Farm Bill — although
it really should be called the “Food and Farm Bill” since about 80% of
funds support food access and nutrition programs. Other policies include
crop insurance and subsidies to large commodity crop growers (like corn
and soybean), as well as a variety of sma
Big news! Clovis is out
Sam Clovis — controversial nominee for the top scientist post at the
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) — withdrew his name from
consideration. Clovis has come under increasing scrutiny for his
inflammatory statements and lack of science credentials, going so far as
to decry climate change research as "junk science" that is "not
proven." On top of being clearly unqualified for the position, ne
New in Real History Blog
HSCA investigator Dan Hardway discusses imminent release of JFK assassination files
Dan
Hardway read many of the documents that are about to be released during
his role as an investigator for the House Select Committee on
Assassinations in the 1970s. As such, he can tell us a great deal more
than the average person about what this release may prove. Here is his
"for release" comment on these, "rush job - proofed only once". - - -
WHAT WERE THEY HIDING AND WHAT SHOULD WE LOOK
New in Sandra Guzman
Three Ways To Know If You Are Addicted To Struggling
There are many forms of addiction: drugs, shopping, food, and sex are
among the most common. But there is one addiction that we hardly ever
talk about: the addiction to struggle. In her beautiful tiny book on
daily meditations for people of color, "Acts of Faith," Iyanla Van Zant
reminds us that for some reason, we believe that struggle is noble that
somehow it brings special rewards. And that Go
New in Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home
Insurance Open Enrollment is Now Through Dec. 15. Be Persistent. Spread the Word.
The
open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act/ObamaCare started
yesterday and continues through December 15. You may not have heard
about it because the Trump Administration cut advertising by 90% . So
please tell a friend. Send the URL to this article to anyone you know
who needs health insurance. Here are some things you need to know. The
site will shut down periodically : This is why I
HR And Management-Side Lawyers Need To Change If We Are To End Sexual Harassment Culture
Someone
recently asked me what could be done to change what is clearly a
culture of sexual harassment in this country. Not just how do we enforce
the law, but what do we have to do above and beyond the law to end the
harassment epidemic. It's a tough question, but I do have some thoughts.
The first and largest problem is that the victims are afraid to come
forward. And there's good reason for that
New in Syria Comment
Reply to Steven Heydemann’s “Assessing Nikolas Van Dam on Syria’s Fate” – By Nikolaos Van Dam
Reply to Steven Heydemann’s “ Assessing Nikolas Van Dam on Syria’s
Fate” By Nikolaos van Dam – @ nikolaosvandam for Syria Comment –
November 20, 2017 The assessment of Professor Steven Heydemann of my
lecture of 9 November 2017, published in Syrian Comment obliges me to
react. Next to concluding that my new Syria book is “ an informed and
often insightful diagnosis of the violent conflict that ha
Syria: Who will win the future? – By Nikolaos van Dam
Syria: Who will win the future? BY Nikolaos van Dam – @ nikolaosvandam
Henriëtte van Lynden Lecture, Amsterdam, 9 November 2017 [1] We all know
that the situation in Syria has become a disaster. And one can ask
oneself whether this disaster could have been foreseen and prevented. I
personally am convinced that the main developments in Syria could have
been foreseen , certainly as far as the behav
Assessing Nikaolas Van Dam on Syria’s Fate – by Steven Heydemann
Assessing Nikaolas Van Dam on Syria’s Fate By Steven Heydemann – @
SHeydemann Smith College for Syria Comment , November 17, 2017 Over the
course of his long and distinguished career as scholar and diplomat,
Ambassador Nikaolas Van Dam, who most recently served as the
Netherlands’ Special Envoy for Syria, earned a well-deserved reputation
as a deeply knowledgeable specialist on Syrian politics an
“No Justice for Khan Sheikhoun,” by Aron Lund
On November 7 —that’s tomorrow or tonight, depending on where you
are—the UN Security Council will get together for a shouting match about
the nerve gas attack in Khan Sheikhoun last April. A new UN-OPCW report
has blamed that attack on Bashar al-Assad’s government, but, as you
might expect, Russia does not agree. The Century Foundation has just
published my new report on what the UN says happene
New in The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage
The Dark Side of Science And Religion
I have posted the following comment to an American Thinker article on
"The Dark Side of Science": Both science and religion -- as practiced by
human beings, who are ignorant of far more than they are knowing -- may
be classified as "fake news" (to take advantage of a current idea):
Science as practiced is not necessarily good reasoning, and religion as
practiced is not necessarily good in spirit
My Venus/Earth Comparison Should Not Even Have Been Needed
I received a comment (from one Chris Carter) yesterday ( on this post
), agreeing with, and emphasizing, my continual refrain with respect to
my November 2010 Venus/Earth temperature vs. pressure comparison, that
the close (or rather, precise) agreement between the Standard Atmosphere
for Earth's atmosphere, and the actual profile of Venus's atmosphere
over the same range of tropospheric pressure
Venus, Once More: Is Anybody Out There Seeking the Truth?
Just a sentence or two to add to my 2010 Venus/Earth temperature vs.
pressure comparison . My Venus/Earth comparison, which strongly and I
believe definitively disproves the consensus "global warming greenhouse
effect" of increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, is routinely
dismissed, basically on the grounds that its precise agreement, between
the unchanging Standard Atmosphere model of Ear
The Underlying Problem of Our TIme (and of All Known History)
I have responded to a comment to an article on the American Thinker
site. The comment referred to Nietszche and Hegel, recognized as modern
philosophers, and the more ancient Plato, and the following is my
response: Philosophy has not advanced since its "beginnings" in Plato;
Aristotle was known in Plato's Academy as a master of Rhetoric
(compelling argumentation, or debating points), not Philoso
New in The Ergosphere
Don't mess with the engineers when physics is on the line
This
is an open letter to Brandon Schollenberger, also sent by e-mail. I
received a pointer to your essay. No, lying is not OK. Neither is
spouting off in utter ignorance. TL;DR You're not right. You're not even
wrong. You wrote a mish-mash of conceptual nonsense that is
cringeworthy to every student who scraped out a passing grade in AP
Physics, and quite a few who never made it that far.
New in The Straight Goods
Site C......The BC Liberal Boondoggle.....A Straight Goods Special
Written by Grant G "garbage in, garbage out" Who is the champion for
the millions of ratepayers being saddled with the cost of paying for an
ill-conceived $12 billion Site C dam....? Shouldn't ratepayers be given a
voice? and a choice? Before we get into the nuts and bolts of the Site C
decision... Postmedia, ...Vancouver Sun and Province
newspapers.....they, Michael Smyth, Vaughn Palmer, ..there
Mary Mackie, Heart of Gold, A Canadian On Horseback
A Canadian on Horseback 9 July 1944 Memorialized in Bronze Written By
Mary Mackie Canadian and British troops liberated Caen after 33 days of
the bloodiest battles of the Normandy campaign. A small but dramatic
ceremony in the main square marked the historic first raising of the
French flag, but a Canadian artillery officer on horseback made the
moment symbolically Canadian too.. Although Caen wa
Freedom
Thank You
Mike De Jong Campaigns For Unfettered Name Calling in our BC Legislature
Written by Grant G Faggot, wetback, nips, lesbos, waps, ......there are
far too many derogatory names to cite here... in 2001 the NDP party was
reduced to two seats in our legislative house...Then Gordon Campbell
refused to recognize those two NDP MLAs as a political party...It was
petty politics then.. For 16 years BC Liberal appointed legislative
speakers allowed this disrespectful sickness to
False News. False Newsmakers. Untroubled Power.
False News. False Newsmakers. Untroubled Power. Written by Robin
Mathews, November 2017 In a colonial country as wealthy in raw materials
as Canada is… awakening can take decades, if not centuries. If Canada
had taken control and major ownership of Canadian fossil fuels (just for
instance), it might have no national or provincial debt. And, like
Norway (with fewer fossil fuel resources than Canad
New in thwap's schoolyard
"At The Sharp End" by Tim Cook
Recently finished reading Tim Cook's At The Sharp End: Canadians
Fighting The Great War 1914-1916 . Some observations: The Western Front
was a case of institutional insanity and mass psychoses. Someone from a
particular social class in Britain or France or Germany or Canada might
have thought being a military officer was a noble profession in the 19th
Century. Furthermore, once a war had started,
Trump Tedium Revisited
So, what the fuck. I'll finish off my critique about this neo-con's (or
whatever) of Donald Trump . My point being that while Trump is
undeniably disgusting, the US-imperialist world order that Michael Cohen
celebrates is also undeniably disgusting. That Cohen displays brazen
hypocrisy throughout his essay and that focusing on Trump is actually
really convenient for liars and hypocrites such as h
The Tedium of Anti-Trumpism
I started reading this malediction against Donald Trump by Roger Cohen
in Der Spiegel and I soon became overwhelmed with the nauseating
hypocrisy. Don't get me wrong; I really do despise Donald Trump. But too
many people think that by opposing and condemning Trump, that they're
doing a great service to humanity and that their own support for vile,
murderous psychopaths like Barack Obama and Hilla
Pierre Poilievre and the Paradise Papers
I haven't looked at the Paradise Papers or read any of the news stories
about them. I already know that the corporations and the rich hide
their wealth from the taxman in ways both legal and illegal. (And that
they strain mightily to make even the most blatant, unjustifiable, and
therefore illegal tax avoidance legal through their hirelings in
politics.) And I know from the results of the Panama
New in Vagabond Scholar
Armistice Day 11/11/17
(Click
on the comic strip for a larger view.) In 1959, Pogo creator Walt Kelly
wrote: The eleventh day of the eleventh month has always seemed to me
to be special. Even if the reason for it fell apart as the years went
on, it was a symbol of something close to the high part of the heart.
Perhaps a life that stretches through two or three wars takes its first
war rather seriously, but I still
The Battle of the Somme
The
eleventh of November is primarily known as Veterans Day in the United
States, but it's also known as Remembrance Day and Armistice Day. These
holidays typically dovetail well, but Armistice Day, commemorating the
end of the "Great War," is the part I've been pondering most. Veterans
Day honors military veterans, which is only right, but Armistice Day
seems to ask us to reflect on war and
New in Weekly Geo-Political News and Analysis
Khazarian cabal purge accelerates: Marines storm CIA HQ; Over 2000 indicted in U.S.; Collapse of control grid in Europe
The purge of the satanic Khazarian cabal that turned the West evil is
accelerating at an undeniable pace. Most importantly, Pentagon sources
confirm multiple Internet reports that Marines stormed the CIA
headquarters this past weekend. One of the aims was to shut down
Operation Mockingbird, the CIA group that turned the mass media, as well
as Google, Facebook, etc. into mass mind-control propagan
Khazarian mob takedown: Hundreds of Saudi arrests followed by hundreds of U.S. arrests
The great purge of Khazarian mobsters continues as hundreds of arrests
of Saudi princes, generals, and politicians is now being followed up
with the 842 sealed indictments against senior Khazarian gangsters in
the U.S., confirmed by Pentagon, CIA, and other sources.
https://twitter.com/damartin32/status/929601088570974208 Pentagon
sources sent the photos below showing Hillary Clinton and U.S. Sen
Purge of Khazarian mobsters intensifies as Trump is kept safe in Asia
There can be no doubt whatsoever that the worldwide purge of the
Khazarian mafia now has reached a tipping point of no return, with
arrests and purges in the U.S. and Saudi Arabia. In the Middle East,
Iran-linked Hezbollah now effectively rules Lebanon after Saudi puppet
Prime Minister Saad Hariri was forced to resign. His resignation was
followed by the purge of hundreds of princes, generals, re
Is Donald Trump too scared to name George Bush Sr. and P2 Freemasons as Kennedy assassins?
U.S. Corporation President Donald Trump last week announced he would
release all records related to the assassination of President John F.
Kennedy, “other than the names and addresses of any mentioned person who
is still living.” In other words, it appears he is too scared to
mention the involvement of George Bush (Scherf, Pecce) Sr. and the
Vatican P2 Freemason lodge fascist New World Order fact
About the Antifa Event of November 4
From a viewer. Found two things of interest: 1. Attached is a complete
list of planned locations for the 11/4 Antifa Event. 2. This is all
conjecture and deductions based on known timetables, but I think I may
have figured out the false flag purpose of the “coronal mass ejection
drill” on 11/4. Given that Trump’s going to be in Japan on 11/5, it
would be logical for him to be airborne on 11/4. Th
Benjamin Fulford interview with Winston Shrout and Cobra
Continuing with their “Uniting the Light” series of RoundTable
interviews, Winston Shrout, COBRA, and Benjamin Fulford are featured in a
Financial RoundTable discussion on the Global Currency Reset and the
ascension of humanity via the transition of the world financial system.
Also discussed are who the key players are and what processes must occur
to transition the planet to one of prosperity an
New in Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!)
The
Real Why of Hillary Clinton's Loss (Oh, And U.S. Attacking Russia)
There's No 9/11 Here; Move Along (BitCoin Going to a Trillion Dollars?)
The
Billionaire Bonanza report stated: “Our wealthiest 400 now have more
wealth combined than the bottom 64 percent of the U.S. population, an
estimated 80 million households or 204 million people.” That’s more
people than the population of Canada and Mexico combined.IPS’s Chuck
Collins and Josh Hoxie know it is not a “natural phenomenon,” how the
rich got rich at the expense of the rest
(Roooskies!)
Time To Open Our Eyes and View the Damage? (Obama Exposed As Trumpists
Intensity Builds) Hefner Finally Dies, Will Playboy? (Affleck
Apologizes, McGowan Is Shut Down by Twitter?) Needing to Rebalance
Economy (With Nothing To Lose, Why Stay?) Building a More Equitable
World (Max, Stacy, Randy and Noam!)
Rooossia?
Hillbots? Bernbots? Trumpers? Whom to blame for the 2016 election
fiasco? As a former software "wiz" it's hardly a surprise to me. Many
were the days when I spent long hours at my desk "improving" the code,
and then being told by my managers (nonprogrammers) that I was wasting
my time, baby . . . get over it! And shit software will still remain
more profitable than software that
New in What Is Sustainable
The Mountain People
Anthropologist Colin Turnbull was born London in 1924, and raised in a
surreal upper class family, which he described in his important book,
The Human Cycle . World War Two jolted the pampered lad into the bloody
real world. In the 1950s, he spent lots of time in the Congo, with the
Mbuti Pygmies, who inspired his masterpiece, The Forest People . It was a
beautiful life-changing experience to liv
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
My mother, who was born in 1916, had a “sweet tooth.” When I was born,
she had dentures, no teeth. White flour and sugar were common
ingredients in many meals I consumed between childhood and into my 40s.
She got diabetes, and I did too. My first dentist said I had teeth like a
horse. They are crowded and crooked. All four of my wisdom teeth were
surgically removed, because they were growing side
New in Wide Asleep in America
Citations Needed, Episode 15: The Real Estate Page as Colonial Dispatch
Real
Estate sections of local papers and magazines feature mostly fun,
breezy profiles of the super rich buying up apartments, buildings, and
houses or remodeling the ones they already own. Harmless escapist fun?
Maybe. But how we write about real estate often reveals casually racist
and colonial attitudes that are rarely, if ever, examined.
Gentrification of American cities is often, if
Citations Needed, Episode 14: The Iran Deal Protection Racket
We
are told time and again from Republicans and nominal liberals alike
that Iran desperately wants to acquire nuclear weapons, was "racing
toward the bomb" before the implementation of the multilateral Iran Deal
- officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA),
and was merely months away from holding the world hostage with a nuclear
arsenal before being stopped by
New in Wit's End
Regent of the Hotel
A member of The Panic Room, who wishes to remain anonymous (I mean, who
would want to be publicly associated with this?) - Okay! That's not
even really me, it's me in my dwindling mind - skinny still, with lots
of hair remaining (and cats instead of Camus, whatevs) living out my
remaining days of shabby desperation in the silvery damask-walled room
of an abandoned hotel. Everyone knows I love dec
New in wmtc
our papyrus painting is finally on the wall
This is the smaller painting that the salesman added to the pot after
the price would budge no further. It is possibly painted on banana leaf,
a cheaper and less durable papyrus substitute. There is a third, yet
smaller painting, also "thrown in," but not display quality or worth
framing. You can read the story of how we got these: here . The
celery-looking stuff is fresh papyrus. We watched Papy
the worst part of trump is not trump
The
freak show that is the Trump presidency gives us so many things to
lament, and mourn, and goggle at. But for one organization, it is a
singular gift, valuable beyond all measure: that is the Democratic
National Committee. For me, the worst part of the Trump presidency is
not Trump. It is the enormous setback to -- maybe the death of, in my
lifetime -- building a progressive alternative in the
things i heard at the library: an occasional series: #26
In library school, you learn that the most important part of the
reference transaction, or reference interview, is asking questions.
Customers, it seems, rarely know how to describe what they are actually
looking for. Most people ask for something entirely different than what
they want. Tonight was a classic example. Woman: Where would I find
paperback nonfiction? This is a bit of a strange quest
11.11: remembrance day readers' advisory
I've
posted 11 anti-war songs , and I've done Labour Day readers' advisory ,
but I don't think I've ever done anti-war readers' advisory. Here are
11 great books with an anti-war themes. 1. The Hunger Games, Suzanne
Collins 2. Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut 3. War Is a Force That
Gives Us Meaning, Chris Hedges (nonfiction) 4. Regeneration, Pat Barker
5. Johnny Got His Gun, Dalton Trumbo 6. Hir
listening to joni: a new wmtc feature
Two
new books about Joni Mitchell have come out, with -- strangely -- the
same title. Reckless Daughter: A Joni Mitchell Anthology , edited by
Barney Hoskyns, is a collection of stories about Joni* and reviews of
her work. It's part of an ongoing collection called Rock's Backpages ,
which looks at rock through accomplished music writers of the last 50
years. I'm reading this now. Reckless Daughter
New in A Different Perspective
X-Zone Broadcast Network - Robert Powell and the SCU*
Robert Powell This week I spoke to Robert Powell, one of the forces
behind a new organization named Scientific Coalition for Ufology (SCU).
According to their press release, and to what Powell told me, the
mission is to “conduct, promote and encourage rigorous scientific
examination of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP), commonly known as
Unidentified Flying Object (UFOs). You can listen to the
Meier Photographs - An Extensive Analysis
Billy Meier, during his contacts with the alien creatures who reside in
the open star cluster known as the Pleiades, has had the opportunity to
travel around the cosmos on their beamships. Over the decades he has
taken hundreds, if not thousands of photographs showing a wide variety
of subjects, all presented to validate his claims of space travel. These
have been tested, examined, studied, Billy
Zamora vs People
Last night, while appearing on Martin Willis’ Podcast UFO (see
http://podcastufo.com/about/ ) to talk about Encounters in the Desert , I
had a chance to speak with Ray Stanford. I believe Ray is the last
surviving investigator or witness who was on the site of the Socorro UFO
landing in the days that Martin Willis followed. He provided some
interesting insight to what he had seen and done but the
No Socorro Solution by Chief of Project Blue Book
Rick Baca holding the illustration of the Socorro craft as described by
Lonnie Zamora. Photo copyright by Rick Baca. In 1964, Hector
Quintanilla was a captain in charge of the Air Force’s UFO investigation
known as Project Blue Book. It would become clear that the mission of
that project was to explain UFO sightings rather than actually
investigating them. On April 24, there was a sighting in Soc
X-Zone Broadcast Network - Michael Horn
This time I reached out to Michael Horn even though he had initiated a
campaign against me alleging cowardice, incompetence, a lack of
investigative ability (my translation of his words), poor research and
other shortcomings. I thought it would be interesting to ask some
questions about the Meier claims of alien contact and what I saw as a
lack of evidence other than all those photographs and tes
Billy Meier Predictions - The Short Version
To recap, this all started when I made what I thought was a fairly
innocuous statement. I said that I didn’t believe the Meier contact
claims. Didn’t say then that they were a hoax. Didn’t say that anyone
was lying, merely suggested that I didn’t find the evidence persuasive. I
will say that I don’t believe a conspiracy murdered John Kennedy, and I
don’t believe most of those who claim to be Viet
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