Monday, March 12, 2018

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BLOGGER-FOLLOWING

Sarah Silverman and Kumail Nanjiani just had the best Twitter exchange
Mashable / 15h
Stop getting Kumail Nanjiani confused with other people, okay? The poor guy has had more than enough of it. SEE ALSO: Kumail Nanjiani ate a whole bowl of brussels sprouts because of his Oscar nomination Last week, The Big Sick star posted the following tweet. A day may come when I am not mistaken for another brown actor. But it is not this day. — Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) March 8, 2018 Turns out
Dad pranks daughter with fake rejection letter because she cheats at Mario Kart
Mashable / 10h
Dads are the masters of pranks. Thirteen-year-old Vivian has been working on her portfolio for more than ten years to get into Booker T. Washington High School, a magnet school for art. SEE ALSO: BBC Dad makes a beautiful, earnest commitment to us all She didn't know that the school would take her Mario Kart sportsmanship into consideration. When she opened the fake letter, Vivian was pretty disa
SpaceX Mars ship to begin testing 'next year'
Unexplained Mysteries / 17h
Elon Musk has stressed the importance of sending humans to Mars before the next 'probable' World War. Speaking during an on-stage appearance at the So...
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Was long-lost Viking settlement in Canada ?
Unexplained Mysteries / 9h
Known as Hop, the settlement has been spoken of in Norse sagas passed down over hundreds of years. Archaeologists have long known that the Vikings fou...
Latest Threat to Democracy: Barcodes, Ballot Marking Devices (a.k.a. 'Electronic Pencils')
The BRAD BLOG / 11h
[ An earlier version of this article was originally published by Jennifer Cohn at Medium. ] A Ballot Marking Device ("BMD") is a touchscreen computer that generates a computer -marked paper ballot or printout, which is then tallied on a computerized optical scanner. (Those computer-marked ballots can also, in theory, be counted by hand, but generally are not, as most election officials rely on op
The Battle Against Barcoded 'Paper Ballots' in GA, L.A. and Everywhere Else: 'BradCast' 3/12/2018
The BRAD BLOG / 3h
On today's BradCast : The fight for Election Integrity is often one step forward and two steps back. Don't be fooled by what many are deceptively describing as a move to "paper ballots", when those "paper ballots" aren't really what they are being sold as. [ Audio link to show follows below. ] First up today: A quick preview of the U.S. House Special Election in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional

NEWS

Theresa May demands Russia prove it is not guilty of poisoning double agent Sergei Skripal - Russians warn this could sever diplomatic relations
Signs of the Times / 4h
Britain has given Moscow two days to explain the alleged use of a military-grade nerve agent from Russia to poison former double agent Sergei Skripal. PM Theresa May says it is "highly likely" Russia was responsible. She alleges the attack was either a direct act by the Russian state on Britain, or the Russian government allowed its nerve agent 'Novichok' to get into the wrong hands. "The governme
Theresa May demands Russia prove it is not guilty of poisoning double agent Sergei Skripal - Russians warn this could sever diplomatic relations
Signs of the Times / 7h
Britain has given Moscow two days to explain the alleged use of a military-grade nerve agent from Russia to poison former double agent Sergei Skripal. PM Theresa May says it is "highly likely" Russia was responsible. She alleges the attack was either a direct act by the Russian state on Britain, or the Russian government allowed its nerve agent 'Novichok' to get into the wrong hands. "The governme
Tommy Wiseau's Amazing Joker Audition Proves He's the Only One for the Role
VICE / 10h
Last month, Variety reported that Hangover director Todd Phillips was in talks with Joaquin Phoenix to star in the stand-alone Joker origin film —a compelling choice to play the Batman villain who could probably give the character a depth we haven't seen since Heath Ledger. But following Variety 's announcement, another actor unexpectedly threw his hat in the ring for the role—someone whose perso
My family and other Moomins: Rhianna Pratchett on her father's love for Tove Jansson
The Guardian / 19h
On the anniversary of Terry Pratchett’s death, his daughter reflects on how Tove Jansson’s creations brought them together I don’t remember the precise moment I was introduced to the Moomins. They were always just there; a cosy, comforting and slightly weird presence in my childhood that has stayed with me. My father called Tove Jansson “one of the greatest children’s writers there has ever been”
Betsy DeVos Calls “60 Minutes” a Waste of a Half Hour
Everything / 12h
Andy Borowitz jokes about Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos's reaction to her interview with Lesley Stahl.
Tory links to Russia and Saudis run deep. So where’s the outrage? | Owen Jones
The Guardian / 15h
Never mind ‘Corbyn the spy’, our governing party pockets millions from regimes that back extremism – and gets away with it The Conservative party is in the pocket of foreign powers that represent a threat to the national security of Britain. It is a grotesquely under-reported national scandal, lost amid a hysterical Tory campaign to delegitimise the Labour party with false allegations of treason.

SCIENCE

A possible experiment to prove that gravity and quantum mechanics can be reconciled
Phys.org - latest science and technology... / 16h
Two teams of researchers working independently of one another have come up with an experiment designed to prove that gravity and quantum mechanics can be reconciled. The first team is a pairing of Chiara Marletto of the University of Oxford and Vlatko Vedral of National University of Singapore. The second is an international collaboration. In the papers, both published in Physical Review Letters,
This is 'nanowood,' an invention that could reduce humanity's carbon footprint
Phys.org - latest science and technology... / 21h
Scientists have designed a heat-insulating material made from wood that is both light and strong and made entirely from tiny, stripped-down wood fibers.
Hearts Get 'Younger,' Even At Middle Age, With Exercise
Science : NPR / 19h
As early as your mid-40s, especially if you're sedentary, your heart muscle can show signs of aging, losing its youthful elasticity and power. But moderately strenuous exercise can change that. (Image credit: Maria Fabrizio for NPR)
Hearts Gets 'Younger,' Even At Middle Age, With Exercise
Science : NPR / 20h
As early as your mid-40s, especially if you're sedentary, your heart muscle can show signs of aging, losing its youthful elasticity and power. But moderately strenuous exercise can change that. (Image credit: Maria Fabrizio for NPR)
15 new planets confirmed around cool dwarf stars
Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily / 15h
Scientists report the existence of 15 new planets -- including one 'super-Earth' that could harbor liquid water -- orbiting small, cool stars near our solar system. These stars, known as red dwarfs, are of enormous interest for studies of planetary formation and evolution.
Modern humans flourished through ancient supervolcano eruption 74,000 years ago
Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily / 11h
Early modern humans living in South Africa around 74,000 years ago prospered through the cataclysmic eruption of the Toba supervolcano in Sumatra. The Toba eruption was one of the Earth's most explosive volcanic events. The environmental effects of this event have been heavily debated, with some researchers having previously proposed that the eruption led to a worldwide volcanic winter that devast

YOUTUBE

How Cape Town's Residents Are Surviving the Water Crisis—For Now | National Geographic
National Geographic (uploads) on YouTube / 17h
Cape Town, South Africa's water crisis has hit everyone in the city, as restrictions make daily life a challenge. ➡ 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 storie
Kalen Reacts: New York Fashion Week
The Ellen Show / 16h
From food reviews to clothes reviews, Kalen Allen is back with hilarious comments on the unique outfits featured at this year's New York Fashion Week. From: TheEllenShow
Teen Blues Guitarist Shows Off His Impressive Skills
The Ellen Show / 16h
Thirteen-year-old Toby Lee isn't old enough to drive or have gone through heartbreak, but his blues guitar skills left Ellen more than impressed. From: TheEllenShow
Couples Share the Happiness and Heartache of Interracial Marriage | National Geographic
National Geographic (uploads) on YouTube / 12h
In 2015, 17 percent of U.S. newlyweds had a spouse of a different race or ethnicity. That’s roughly a fivefold increase since 1967, when the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Loving v. Virginia made interracial marriage legal. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through t
Toshiba’s new smart glasses hands-on
The Verge on Youtube / 17h
The Toshiba dynaEdge AR smart glasses are a new pair of heads-up display glasses tethered to a PC pocket pack. They are now available, starting at $1899. 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.gl/2P1aGc Follow on Twitter: https://goo.gl/XTWX61 Follow on Instagram: h
Train of Thought
Vimeo / Vimeo Staff Picks / 13h
A semi-abstract animated stream of consciousness. Made during my final year at the Royal College of Art in 1985. I composed and recorded the soundtrack as well as doing the animation. Cast: Jonathan Hodgson Tags: Abstract , Animation and Royal College of Art

THE ENVIRONMENTALIST

Wyoming Proposes Grizzly Bear Hunt for First Time in Four Decades
The EnvironmentaList / 11h
Move comes less than a year after the iconic bears were stripped of Endangered Species Act protections.
A Mega Giving Circle Makes Us Powerful
The EnvironmentaList / 3d
Making massive cooperation on issues that impact life on the planet regular, easy, and fun is a reasonable next step in movement building
Do Current Climate Change Models Contain an Epic Error?
The EnvironmentaList / 4d
Microbiologist Peter Pollard believes freshwater carbon dioxide emissions are vastly underestimated
California Aims for World’s Highest Farm Animal Welfare Law
The EnvironmentaList / 5d
New law would ban the sale of all eggs, pork, or veal from a caged animal, putting the state ahead of the EU – if campaigners can get enough signatures
Back From the Brink: The Exmoor Pony
The EnvironmentaList / 6d
This endangered breed gives us a rare insight into what the wild ponies looked like thousands of years ago
The Syrian Seed Bank that Keeps Operating through the War
The EnvironmentaList / 7d
Employees without the means to flee the crisis have preserved the occupied facility, at considerable risk to themselves

THE CORBETT REPORT

Interview 1351 – Derrick Broze on Crypto-Anarchy and Holistic Self-Assessment
The Corbett Report / 21h
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2018-03-12%20Derrick%20Broze.mp3"][/audio] Today James welcomes back Derrick Broze of TheConsciousResistance.com for a wide-ranging conversation on the pros and cons of cryptocurrency and its potential to fund independent journalism. We also go in-depth into Derrick's new (free) Holistic Self-Assessment and the importance of better understanding and im
Interview 1350 – Daniel McAdams on the State Department’s Troll Farm
The Corbett Report / 4d
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2018-03-08%20Daniel%20McAdams.mp3"][/audio] Daniel McAdams of the Ron Paul Liberty Report and RonPaulInstitute.org joins us today to discuss the State Department's "Global Engagement Center," an online troll farm dedicated to countering "foreign disinformation" on the web...with their own disinformation. We talk about the origins of the center and how
America, China, and the Battle for the “Indo-Pacific”
The Corbett Report / 2d
Inside the State Department’s Troll Farm with Daniel McAdams
The Corbett Report / 3d
Daniel McAdams of the Ron Paul Liberty Report and RonPaulInstitute.org joins us today to discuss the State Department's "Global Engagement Center," an online troll farm dedicated to countering "foreign disinformation" on the web...with their own disinformation. We talk about the origins of the center and how it connects to the grander neocon-created #Russiagate disinfo campaign.
Episode 332 – The Weaponization of Social Media
The Corbett Report / 10d
[audio mp3="https://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/episode332-lq.mp3"][/audio] Now openly admitted, governments and militaries around the world employ armies of keyboard warriors to spread propaganda and disrupt their online opposition. Their goal? To shape public discourse around global events in a way favourable to their standing military and geopolitical objectives. Their method? The Weaponization
What EVERYONE is Missing About “Russiagate”
The Corbett Report / 22d
Yes, America interferes in elections all the time. And yes, the Russian ad buys happened after the election. And yes, the DNC really did rig the primaries for Hillary. But if you believe the truth then you're a dirty Russian!

WWF - LATEST NEWS

Cape Town water crisis: Michael Bloomberg on Ground Zero as Day Zero is pushed back
WWF - Latest News / 4d
In recent months, all eyes have been on Cape Town as the city copes with a water crisis of unprecedented scale. It has been billed as the first major city in the world to run the risk of its taps running dry and though latest news reports indicate that Day Zero may be pushed back, the city's four million residents have become the face of the 'new normal' the world appears to be heading toward. No
Mondi joins WWF's Climate Savers business leadership programme
WWF - Latest News / 5d
Global packaging and paper group adopts 2050 science-based targets to limit global temperature rise to under 2°C. Vienna, Austria – Mondi Group has joined the ranks of global climate leaders by signing up to Climate Savers, WWF's climate leadership programme for businesses. The packaging and paper group commits to reduce its specific production-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to 0.25 t CO
Project Extraordinary: A novel challenge to 'make sustainability sexy'
WWF - Latest News / 17d
The word 'sustainability' may bring a lot of adjectives to one's mind but 'desirable' or 'sexy' is rarely one of them. Sustainability is not often seen as a 'must have' and yet as we use and consume resources as if we had 1.7 earths, there is an urgent need for each of us to rethink how we can feed, fuel and power our society differently. On 21 February 2018, WWF-New Zealand and WiLD Studios (the

ACTIVIST TEACHER

Liberal Trudeau government Canadian federal budget 2018
Activist Teacher / 10d
Social justice is the absence of injustices against individuals in society. But social justice is also a Liberal brand that powerfully connects citizens to the Liberal government, via superficial and institutionally manufactured "good person" self-identity. The gravy train is back with the latest federal budget. Canned high-impact Liberal social justice programs have hit the jackpot. In
Academic Freedom? How Nasty Can a University Be?
Activist Teacher / 21d
By Denis Rancourt (First published at Dissident Voice.) The present era of reactionary institutional responses to violations of political correctness is exposing the fact that “academic freedom”, of both professors and students, does not really mean much, except what it has always meant. In the concluding paragraphs of her chapter on academic freedom in her 1986 book No Ivory Tower,
Denis Rancourt's letter to president Jacques Fremont of the University of Ottawa, Canada
Activist Teacher / 23d
By Denis Rancourt READ MY LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA, CANADA (Direct link to the PDF file is here) I'm not going to stop seeking and speaking the truth as I see it, regarding science, society, and institutional malfeasance; including helping students, teachers and others who suffer the consequences of speaking out or acting to change things. But we who resist the

THWAP'S SCHOOLYARD

Justin Trudeau vs Free Speech Part II
thwap's schoolyard / 7d
So, in Part I , I talked about the Russian-origin "fake news" that supposedly destroyed Hillary Clinton's campaign (all on its own, with no help from the fact that Clinton was a terrible, uninspiring candidate, offering traditional Democratic voters more of the same rotten status-quo; who pissed-off the progressive base of the party by stealing the nomination from Bernie Sanders and then telling
Justin Trudeau vs. Free Speech PART I
thwap's schoolyard / 14d
So, there's this insultingly stupid meme going around that Russia's Vladimir Putin stole the 2016 US presidential election for Trump. He didn't. Trump is not Putin's puppet. Trump is a con-artist and he has a lot of financiers in Russia. Because there are a lot of uber-crooked oligarchs in Russia with lots of liquid assets they need to launder. This access to dirty money endears Russia to Trump a

WMTC

what i'm reading: short reviews of fiction by margaret atwood, madeleine thien, frances itani, elizabeth kostova
wmtc / 1d
I've gathered some thoughts about several novels I read but neglected to write about. I enjoyed them all to varying degrees; all are worth reading if you enjoy the type. This is the first of three posts. * * * * The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood is subgenre we don't see enough of: the dystopian comedy. We're in the future, one in which the entire economy of the United States has collapsed. Fo
rip barry crimmins: call me lucky to have known him
wmtc / 2d
In late 2015, I blogged about a remarkable documentary: " Call Me Lucky ," about the life and times of Barry Crimmins. Barry died last week at the age of 64. Describing Barry as a comedian somehow seems wrong. He was a social critic who used biting humour and righteous anger to enlighten and to skewer. He was a fierce opponent of any system that furthers war, poverty, and repression, and a stalwar
beyond #iwd: fight for women by opposing privatization
wmtc / 2d
Visit We Own It for all the facts on privatization. When public services are privatized, everyone loses -- except, of course, shareholders of a private company, who increase their wealth with our money. But did you know the pain of privatization hits women disproportionately harder? As this excellent article by Jane Stinson in Canadian Dimension says: Privatization is not gender-neutral. It threa
things i heard at the library: an occasional series: #27
wmtc / 9d
This is a scene played out every day in public libraries all across North America. I'm at the information desk, and I see a boy, by himself, a chubby little toddler, toddle fast in one direction, then back in the other direction. He can't be much over 12 months old. When I see him cross the floor for the third time, I get up and go to chat with him. "Who are you here with, sweetie? Is your mom her
in which i finally give up my blackberry
wmtc / 15d
Well, I finally did it. I gave up my BlackBerry, and got a Samsung Galaxy phone. Yeah, I know, welcome to the 21st Century. Goodbye, old frenemy I previously only used my phone for talk, text, and organizer functions (calendar, contacts), and still felt -- still feel -- that nothing beats the physical keyboard. But now my Nexus mini tablet is dying, and there's no good low-cost replacement. Which
listening to joni: #5: for the roses
wmtc / 21d
For The Roses , 1972 Front Cover For The Roses is often overlooked, sandwiched as it is between two masterpieces. Fans who missed it might be surprised at its richness -- musically, lyrically, and emotionally. It has always been one of my favourites. For the Roses sits between Blue and Court and Spark not only chronologically, but musically. There are the rich, deep piano chords of Blue , but her

AMUSED CYNICISM

Twitter gets message order wrong
Amused Cynicism / 8d
Imagine you were designing an online messaging system. On your system, people could write messages, and other people could reply to them. And people could reply to the replies, and so on. So imagine you had a sequence of 5 messages, [1] to [5], where each is a reply to the last. In what order would you display them on the screen? I’d like you to think about that for a bit before you scroll down…
Brexit “won’t be like Mad Max”
Amused Cynicism / 16d
Mad May:

ANGOLA 3 NEWS

Albert Woodfox’s Release: Celebrating and Reflecting Upon the Two-Year Anniversary --An Interview With Law Professor Angela A. Allen-Bell
Angola 3 News / 21d
(PHOTOS: Albert's 71st Birthday party held this weekend at his home in New Orleans. Happy Birthday, Albert!) Albert Woodfox’s Release: Celebrating and Reflecting Upon the Two-Year Anniversary --An Interview With Law Professor Angela A. Allen-Bell By Angola 3 News On February 19, 2016, following 43 years in solitary confinement, Albert Woodfox of the Angola 3 was released from prison on his 69th b

THE STRAIGHT GOODS

The European Union. Self-Destruction in Process.
The Straight Goods / 11h
The European Union. Self-Destruction in Process. Written by Robin Mathews (March 2018) It didn’t come together quickly … and its collapse won’t happen in a blinding flash. But the growing dissatisfaction among European populations will grow. Misrepresented by the likes of Mario Draghi, European Central Bank head – and former Goldman Sachs employee, and Jean-Claude Junker, President of the Europea
"The Law’s delay, the insolence of office” (Shakespeare/Hamlet)
The Straight Goods / 6d
“The Law’s delay, the insolence of office” (Shakespeare/ Hamlet) Written By Robin Mathews (March 2018) One of the most important legal cases in the history of Canada is presently in shadows as three B.C. Appeal Court justices weigh arguments in the Crown-appealed case (Jan. 15, 2018) against socially-challenged and recovering heroin addicts, John Nuttall and Amanda Korody. Put simply – they were

BUCKDOG

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Buckdog / 18d
'Guilty until proven innocent' Has NOT Been A Policy of The New Democratic Party Until Jagmeet Singh's Leadership
Buckdog / 28d
T en days after NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh suspended MP Erin Weir, details on the 'investigation' and timeline have finally revealed on CTV's 'Question Period'. While no allegations against Mr. Weir had been received by Mr. Singh, a personal attack by a fellow caucus member saw the suspension of Mr. Weir from Caucus meetings. Mr. Weir is my MP, I voted for him and tried to help with his election. I

WELCOME TO POTTERSVILLE 2 (BLOGGING AGAINST FASCISM!)

UNC Beats Duke - On to Virginia! (Google Admits It Works for Pentagon: Drone Murder Program)
Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Agai... / 2d
UNC Beats Dook! Going for Virginia tomorrow night!!!!____________________ In my afternoon mail, I found some really terrific political insight from my favorite reporter, Lee Camp at "Redacted Tonight," when he interviews the incredibly still alive ex-CIA operative, Ray McGovern. Hey - In this gripping interview with 27-year CIA veteran Ray McGovern, he tells me that Deep State is very

CHERCHEZ LA VERITE

In his recent speech Putin revealed the existence of new Russian nuclear weapons that make it indisputably clear that Russia has vast nuclear superiority over the United States and its pathetic NATO vassal states. However, he declared that Russia has no territorial ambitions, no hegemonic ambitions, and no intention to attack any other country. Putin described the weapons as the necessary response to the West’s firm refusal year after year to accept peace and cooperation with Russia, instead surrounding Russia with military bases and ABM systems. But he Putin stressed that Russia’s nuclear weapons are reserved for retaliation, not for offense, but that any attack on Russia or Russia’s allies will receive an immediate response “with all that it implies.”
Cherchez la Verite / 10d
Putin’s State of the Union By: 3 | 01 March , 2018 | Putin’s State of the Union Paul Craig Roberts Putin has given a remarkable address to the Federal Assembly, the Russian People, and the peoples of the world. In his speech Putin revealed the existence of new Russian nuclear weapons that make it indisputably clear that Russia has vast nuclear superiority over the United States and its pathetic N

CRAIG MURRAY

The Elephant In The Room
Craig Murray / 5d
Nerve agents including Sarin and VX are manufactured by the British Government in Porton Down, just 8 miles from where Sergei Skripal was attacked. The official British government story is that these nerve agents are only manufactured “To help develop effective medical countermeasures and to test systems”. The UK media universally accepted that the production of polonium by Russia was conclusive
Skripal is no Litvinenko
Craig Murray / 6d
There is a major difference between Alexander Litvinenko and Sergei Skripal, which is not being reflected in the media. Litvinenko was a good man who attempted to expose abuses of power within Russia, in defence of the rights of Russians. Skripal is a traitor who sold the identities of Russian agents abroad to the UK, in exchange for hard cash. This may very well have caused the deaths of some of
Saudi Evil
Craig Murray / 4d
There was a revealing coincidence of timing yesterday. Philip Hammond made a speech in which he pleaded with the EU to allow the UK continued free access to their financial services markets, on the basis of mutually recognised standards. At the same time, Theresa May met the Saudi Crown Prince in Downing Street and discussed specific legal reductions of those standards in the City of London, to a
Scared of my Own Thoughts
Craig Murray / 29d
In Doha last week I watched on TV an utterly contemptible speech by Theresa May in which she grasped for ideas to shore up the increasingly eroded Establishment control of the political zeitgeist. Yet more pressure would be put on the social media companies to curtail the circulation of unauthorised truths as “fake news”. Disrespectful questioning of the political class will be a new crime of “in
Assange Judge’s Husband Runs Security Firm With Ex Head of MI6
Craig Murray / 26d
“Security Intelligence Consultancy” SC Strategy Ltd has only three directors . One is the husband of the judge in yesterday’s Assange ruling. One is the former Head of MI6, Sir John Scarlett, who is synonymous with crooked security operations and personally wrote the notorious dossier of lies on Iraqi WMD, thus causing the subsequent deaths of millions of people. One is Lord Carlile, who was nota
All Pretence is Over in Persecution of Assange
Craig Murray / 26d
The “judge” who dismissed Assange’s case yesterday was “Lady Arbuthnot of Edrom”, wife to Tory peer, former Tory junior Defence Minister and government whip Lord James Arbuthnot. Arbuthnot was naturally Eton educated, the son of Major Sir John Sinclair Wemyss Arbuthnot. Of course Lady Arbuthnot’s children were all sent to Eton too. At the first hearing, I was stunned by reports of completely inap

DAMMIT JANET!

Anti-Choice Is a Fringe Position
Dammit Janet! / 3d
One of the best things about the new attestation for the Canada Summer Jobs program -- besides cutting off funding to anti-choice and anti-LGBTQ organizations -- is that it represents a strong message that respect for women's and LGBTQ rights is NOT a matter of opinion. It is the norm. And the corollary is that anti-choice is a fringe position. Anti-choice seeks to deny and rescind rights that the
Valentine's Day
Dammit Janet! / 26d
Some Valentines. (A little late, I know.)
How to ID a Fake Clinic
Dammit Janet! / 27d
What they do Fake clinics, or "crisis pregnancy centres," exist to dissuade pregnant people from having abortions. They pretend to be medial clinics or helpful advice agencies. They are not. They are the front line of anti-choice. Too often they are literal Christian missions out to deny pregnant people's rights, and ultimately to ban abortion. They lie. About the stage of pregnancy ("too late to

THE EARTH AND MAN: SETTING THE STAGE

An Imbalance In Modern Thought
The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage / 13d
I submitted the following comment on the American Thinker site, in response to another comment stating that the United States suffers now from an "ideological imbalance" -- specifically, towards the far Left, or Democrat end. It may, and should be, of interest here (and, by the way, I will take no political comments on this science blog): The ideological imbalance came from cutting man off from t

FREE PLANET

Asteroid discoveries in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter 1980-2011
Free Planet / 20h
the red ones cross the Earth, but for me the better ones are the Greeks and Trojans placed 60 degrees either side of Jupiter on the far side of the 'martian' asteroid belt. You'll notice that we're the third dot from the sun and most of the asteroidal discoveries are made with the sun behind Earth (the periodic white conical flashes through the growing-discovery system..
Ancient Egypt - Moulded concrete - what if this is true?
Free Planet / 2d
okay, so it's a really irritating editorial style... but, what if the ancient egyptians knew how to make CONCRETE from crushed rose granite and other pummelled stone? This same 'concrete technology' has been witnessed all over the ancient world i.e. South America, also.
Electric Universe - EYE OF THE SAHARA - an electric discharge feature?
Free Planet / 10d
look to Mars, dear reader... Mars has a scar, a scar that runs one third of the way around its equator. It's called the Valles Marineris and it's a Grand Canyon-like structure with tightly scalloped edges may have been carved from the Martian surface by insanely brutal electric forces i.e. when Electric Worlds Collide'd, some time in the not-too-distant past. And by that I mean, "Not billions of
Jeremy Corbell - Patient Seventeen - not from this GALAXY
Free Planet / 20d
Patient Seventeen is out there; I'm not concerned how you see it, just see it. In this rivetting documentary from film-maker Jeremy Corbell, a thing is pulled from a patient's leg by surgeon Dr Roger Leir r.i.p. and it contains a wierd hotch-potch of sometimes ultra-poisonous metals in isotopic ratios that are just 'not from this planet' nor (it seems) from this part of our galaxy. Find it, and wa
Tutankhamun - Tuthmose - where's the difference?
Free Planet / 21d
Buried in a woman's tomb? this is almost brilliant.
Electrical Engineers - Electric Universe - Dark Matter and Dark Energy
Free Planet / 21d
it's about time Standard Cosmology and Astrophysical Scientists start investigating the Electric Universe, now. Maybe the Electrical Engineers can help them see the REAL universe for what it is...

VERITAS 6464

Hi Honey, I'm home... Over a kilometre, this brave man, I know for whom he fights and why, irrelevant, he carried his ba...
Veritas 6464 / 24d
Hi Honey, I'm home... Over a kilometre, this brave man, I know for whom he fights and why, irrelevant, he carried his badly wounded comrade over his shoulder at a slow laboured trot, every second of those several minutes he was under fire from Heavy and Medium machine-guns, in the vid you can see the strikes kicking huge dust clouds up around his feet, the P.O.V. sounds of firing is loud and conti

GEEZERPOWER

See Video on Newsmax Also, in the interview, Holy Joe mentions: “I’ve been a Democrat all my life. I got rejected by th...
Geezerpower / 2d
See Video on Newsmax Also, in the interview, Holy Joe mentions: “I’ve been a Democrat all my life. I got rejected by the Democratic Party in 2006 and went on as an independent, and thank God and the people of Connecticut, I got re-elected. “So I’m up again in 2012. I probably will run again. I’ve got to make that decision by the end of this year, I would say. You know, it’s possible. I haven’t de

SYRIA COMMENT

Foreign intervention in Syria: Isn’t it time to admit that the war against the Syrian regime is lost? – By Nikolaos van Dam
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Foreign intervention in Syria: Isn’t it time to admit that the war against the Syrian regime is being lost? By Nikolaos van Dam Lecture presented at the Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue, Vienna 7 March 2018 & published on Syria Comment Tonight, the 7 th of March 2018, it is exactly 55 years ago, that a group of young Syrian Ba’thist officers secretly mobilized their military support
Follow-Up and Correctives on Hashd al-Sha’bi Article
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By Sylvain Mercadier and Elijah Magnier After the publication of my article “ The militias in Iraq, from popular mobilization to political interference ”, Al Rai chief international correspondent and analyst Elijah Magnier commented on the article and provided some additional observations that either supplement or contradict some information presented in it. The following are points provided by M

GREG MANKIW'S BLOG

What I've Been Watching
Greg Mankiw's Blog / 8d
The End of the F***ing World . A compelling coming-of-age/crime/love story, like a merger of The Breakfast Club and Bonnie and Clyde . On Netflix in eight brief episodes. Most definitely binge-worthy.
The Case for Free Trade
Greg Mankiw's Blog / 24d
Click here to read my column in Sunday's NY Times .
President Trump unites the country
Greg Mankiw's Blog / 10d
How often do Jeffrey Sachs and the Wall Street Journal editoral writers agree?
Summer Camp at Hoover
Greg Mankiw's Blog / 19d
A weeklong program for undergrads .

SCREW YOU GUYS, I'M GOING HOME

Inclusion Riders Are A Good Idea In All Types Of Employment Agreements
Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home / 6d
Frances McDormand made an impassioned plea during her Oscar speech for more diversity. She mentioned the term, "inclusion rider" at the end of her speech. So what is an inclusion rider , and can it be used in non-Hollywood employment agreements? The idea of the inclusion rider is that stars with lots of negotiating power can help those with little or now power by protecting them in the stars' cont
My #1 Prediction For 2018: More Shootings. Here's How We Can Stop Them.
Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home / 25d
I promised that my next post would be my employment law predictions for 2018. Frankly, I've been putting it off because it's so depressing. However, in light of yesterday's shootings only a few miles from my home, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, I had to weigh in. Not only will there be more school shootings this year, but there will be more workplace shootings. That is a 100% certainty.
My 2018 Predictions
Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home / 14d
Okay, okay. So I've been promising these for awhile. It has taken me a bit to wrap my head around things that have happened so far since the presidential election. The good news is that the GOP remains the party that couldn't shoot straight (no pun intended). So far, little has been done against employees on the legislative front. It's mostly been done by executive order. So what can we expect for

WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE

American Serengeti
What Is Sustainable / 4d
Once upon a time, the Great Plains of the western U.S. resembled the Serengeti of Africa, a vast prairie inhabited by abundant wildlife. Each year, during the wet season, grasslands produce far more new biomass than forests do, per unit of land. The greenery converts sunlight into carbohydrates, nutrients necessary for the existence of animal life in the ecosystem. Thus, the usually sunny plains

REAL HISTORY BLOG

Preview of the cover of my new book, A Lie Too Big to Fail!
Real History Blog / 2d
As many of you know, I've been researching the assassinations of the 1960s for more than 25 years now. I've had a particular interest in the assassination of Robert Kennedy. I started and stopped this book a couple of times over the last ten years, but got really serious about writing it over the last three and a half. Here is a preview of the cover. Jim DiEugenio was kind enough to write a

PAYING ATTENTION

My Tyee column: How the Chinese government took control of BC seniors’ homes
Paying attention / 14d
Great. The lives of seniors in B.C. care homes, where they are already over-drugged and under-supported, now depend in part on the Chinese government. On Friday, the government seized control of Anbang Insurance Group, a financial giant with investments around the world. It cited corruption, fraud and a risk the whole $390-billion company could go broke. Last year, Anbang spent an estimated $1 bi
NDP wins with bold BC budget
Paying attention / 18d
Give Finance Minister Carole James full marks for a bold budget approach and the skill to sell it. The new government was in a tough spot. It had lots of campaign promises to deliver, and no money because of the BC Liberals’ reckless decision to halve MSP premiums without any plan to replace the revenue. Conventional wisdom has been that tax increases of any kind would bring all kinds of abuse. S

LEFT I ON THE NEWS

The two big lies: "A few big apples" and the "Blue Wall of Silence"
Left I on the News / 5d
At first glance, this story headlined "Brooklyn man wins nearly $1M lawsuit after NYPD cop tried to frame him on DWI charge" might almost seem like a feel-good story. A cop in a marked SUV ran a stop sign and crashed into another car. What did the cop do? Being one of those "few bad apples" we often hear about, he of course arrested the guy for DUI! Alas, he made one critical mistake — the guy he
Putin’s gamble is paying off big-time?
Left I on the News / 16d
The subject line, minus the question mark, is the title of a truly remarkable opinion article by Max Boot in the Washington Post. Remarkable, even if you were to believe (which is simply assumed in this column) that Putin was responsible for Russian “meddling” and that those efforts were responsible for Trump’s election, both remarkably dubious assertions. The article compares the pros and cons of
How important are political posts on the Internet anyway?
Left I on the News / 24d
Now that the horse has left the barn and everyone is all verklempt about Russian meddling in the election (and indictments have even just been issued against 13 Russians) along comes the New York Times with an article which finally makes clear that the importance of these things has been vastly overblown, thanks to a number of factors, including A) It's hard to change people's minds; B) Most peop
What lies behind the DNI warning that "the Russians are coming in 2018"?
Left I on the News / 25d
Earlier this week, the heads of the FBI, CIA, and NSA testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee, along with DNI head Dan Coats. They were testifying about the latest DNI report about "threats to the United States" but here's the interesting thing. The report is 28 pages long, and covers a wide variety of threats (or perceived or alleged threats). But virtually all the news coverage of tha

WIDE ASLEEP IN AMERICA

Citations Needed, Episode 29: The Asymptotic 'Two-State Solution' (Part II)
Wide Asleep in America / 4d
NOTE: If you haven't yet listened to last week's Part I of this episode, please do that first. We continue our discussion of the always just-out-of-reach "two state solution" and the perpetual-by-design "peace process." Covering topics like BDS, the tedious toxicity of liberal Zionism, and pro-Israel media bias with Rebecca Vilkomerson of Jewish Voice for Peace. *** The Show Episode
Citations Needed, Episode 28: The Asymptotic 'Two-State Solution' (Part I)
Wide Asleep in America / 12d
The idea that there exists an ongoing effort to achieve a “two-state solution” in Israel and Palestine - often referred to as The Middle East Peace Process™ - is uniformly taken for granted by American media. This "two-state solution" is always at different stages of viability, yet never quite works out. Presidents fail to achieve it; Palestinian violence makes it "more difficult"; Israeli
Citations Needed News Brief: How to Respond to Knee-Jerk Bigotry on Live TV
Wide Asleep in America / 19d
Badass fashion blogger and activist Hoda Katebi joined Citations Needed for an all-access News Brief to discuss her now-infamous WGN television segment. With Hoda, we explore what it means to "sound American," the politics of women's clothing, and why everyone with even a single drop of Iranian blood is expected to be an expert on nuclear energy and international affairs. And, if you
Citations Needed, Episode 27: How the Media Mainstreamed Racist Pseudoscience
Wide Asleep in America / 19d
If one were to approach New York Times-reading liberals circa 1990 and tell them about a crime-fighting policy that arbitrarily harassed black and Latino youths who had committed no crime and threw the book at low-level nonviolent offenses, they would be rightfully outraged at the idea. But, if one were to couch this exact policy in pseudoscience promoted by mercenary sociologists and

OBSIDIAN WINGS

I got nuthin' Open Thread
Obsidian Wings / 3d
by Ugh The perpetual infrastructure week debacle is entertaining in an "OMFG look at that train wreck" dumpster fire-esque sort of way. I think. I'm sure our deal-maker-yet-can't-get-the-hush-money-NDA-correct-in-chief will end up getting North Korea to... eh. Maybe he'll end up like John McCain, tweeting about his visit with "Qadhafi" and how he is an "interesting man." "Wow, your people really
New York city recommendations
Obsidian Wings / 5d
by liberal japonicus My oldest daughter is going to NY city for an academic program with her university in June. Of course, I would like her to soak up that liberal elitism that I have heard so much about as well as learn to properly hate 
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