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  Eyes on Trade

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  For G-7, Trump’s racism and misogyny are ok, but his trade policies are intolerable 23 days ago

  Most G-7 leaders have worked with Trump despite his xenophobia and racism. But taking on the trade status quo was a bridge too far.
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  Corporate Lawyers Hijack UN Meeting, While Civil Society Is Sidelined a month ago

  By Melinda St. Louis As originally published in TruthOut Thanks to years of public education and organizing around the globe, the once-obscure investor-state dispute settlement...

  

• 10 Buddhist Jokes To Enlighten Your Day 6 days ago

  Buddhist jokes actually help us understand Buddhism the way it should be. Buddhists are one of the least understood religions out there, not because of a disinterest in understanding...

• 5 Elements of Life and Happiness According to Carl Jung 7 days ago

  By Lifeadvancer Renowned Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung was the founder of many interesting psychological theories. He also pointed out 5 elements of life and happiness. Unlike other...

• Can We Change Others Without Changing Ourselves 14 days ago

  Man by nature is gifted with intelligence. From childhood to adolescence his perception of  life would be one of youthful vigour with lofty ideals and aspirations. As he reaches...

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Featured Health News from Medical News Today

• Medical News Today: Death risk stops increasing after the age of 105 2 hours ago

  In a new study, researchers investigate the so-called mortality plateau. As we reach extreme old age, does our risk of dying stop increasing?

• Medical News Today: Sticking to one doctor is 'a matter of life and death' 5 hours ago

  A new systematic review — the first of its kind — shows just how important it is for patients to build a relationship with their doctors over time...

• Medical News Today: Deep brain stimulation 'slows Parkinson's progression' a day ago

  A recently published study finds that deep brain stimulation, used in early-stage Parkinson's disease, could slow the progression of tremor.

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  Desdemona Despair

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  Billionaire Michael Bloomberg pledges to donate $4.5 million to the UN Climate Change Secretariat to make up for Trump’s shortfall – “America made a commitment” 4 days ago

  15 June 2018 (Second Nexus) – When President Trump withdrew the United States from the Paris Climate Accord, he didn’t just damage the global environment. He damaged the country’s...
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  Resettlement needs set to rise to 1.4 million people in 2019, UN refugee agency reports – Europe will need to shelter almost 40 percent more people 5 days ago

  25 June 2018 (UN News) – Close to 1.4 million people will need resettlement in countries free from war and persecution in 2019, the UN refugee agency, said on Monday, citing growing...
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  The future we don’t want: Billions of urban citizens at risk of climate-related heat waves, drought, flooding, food shortages, and blackouts by 2050 6 days ago

  CAPE TOWN, South Africa, 19 June 2018 (Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy) – Billions of people in thousands of cities around the world will be at risk from climate-related...

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  The Daily Sheeple

• Viral video: Police called on 12-year-old mowing grass which ends up getting him more business 2 days ago

  Now, Mr. Reggie is getting a lot of support for his new business from people who see the video and want to make sure he's never discouraged again.

• BOOM! Trump’s DOJ criminally charges 76 doctors, 23 pharmacists, 19 nurses raking in billions in medical fraud to push toxic drugs 2 days ago

  In working to combat the rampant fraud, the DOJ has announced an unprecedented crackdown on medical fraud, charging over 600 people with criminal activities that involved over $2...

• Delta Passenger Kicked off Flight Over ‘Airplane Mode’ Dispute With Flight Attendant 2 days ago

  A black woman was forced off of a Delta Air Lines flight at Fort Wayne International Airport after a spat with a flight attendant over whether or not her phone was in airplane mode...

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  Exceptional Delaware 2017

• Delaware Developmental Disabilities Council’s Shameful Special Investigation Audit Is Shining Example Of Why More Oversight Is Needed In Delaware 17 hours ago

  How can three fiscal years go by where a State Agency is doing whatever the heck they want and no one is the wiser?  Why does it take a whistleblower for the State to get a clue?  Who watches...

• Get Ready For A War Between Governor Carney & Democrat Legislators! 18 hours ago

  When the Delaware Democrat leadership in the House and Senate decided not to bring House Bill 460, the budget smoothing bill, up for a vote, Governor Carney was NOT happy.  As a result...

• A Dangerous Bill In The Delaware General Assembly Could Cost School Districts Millions Of Dollars! 2 days ago

  If a certain bill goes through, look for future referenda in several school districts! House Bill #454, sponsored by State Rep. Deb Heffernan, is a source of ire for many school districts...

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  Have You Heard

• Life A la Carte: School Choice, Segregation and Gentrification in an Unequal City 10 days ago

  TweetIn episode #44, sociologist Carla Shedd steps into the Have You Heard studio to talk about the complex interplay between school choice, segregation and gentrification in the...

• Teaching Machines: The Dream of Automating the Teaching Profession Goes Way Back a month ago

  TweetIn episode #43 of Have You Heard, Jennifer and Jack talk to Audrey Watters, expert on all things #edtech, about the age-old quest to automate teaching. You’ll laugh, you’ll...

• Wisconsin Wakes Up a month ago

  TweetNearly a decade has passed since Scott Walker took on teachers and other public employees in America’s Dairy Land, virtually eliminating their right to engage in collective...

  Din Merican: the Malaysian DJ Blogger

• Malaysia : The Elites playing the Cari Makan Game 31 minutes ago

  July 1, 2018 Malaysia : The Elites playing the Cari Makan Game by Dr. James Chin, University of Tasmania http://www.newmandala.org   “Over the next year, expect more UMNO businessmen...

• Brader Anwar Ibrahim stands Up for Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 2 hours ago

  July 1, 2018 Brader Anwar Ibrahim stands Up for Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan by Amanda Hodge Southeast Asia Correspondent Jakarta @hodgeamanda https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/anwar-defends-his-praise-for-turkish-strongman-erdogan/news-story/1bf2cdb743b5441121aa38efd552318b...

• Trump’s Potemkin Economy 4 hours ago

  July 1, 2018 by Dr. Paul Krugman   According to legend, Grigory Potemkin, one of Catherine the Great’s ministers (and her lover), created a false impression of prosperity when...

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Featured Health News from Medical News Today

• Medical News Today: The riddle of human nipple sizes a day ago

  A key idea in evolutionary biology is that physical features with greater variability are 'nonfunctional byproducts.' But nipple size may contradict this...

• Medical News Today: How to fix peeling nails 2 days ago

  Peeling nails have a range of causes, including iron deficiency and certain underlying health conditions, such as underactive thyroid. Treatment options depend on the cause but...

• Medical News Today: Death risk stops increasing after the age of 105 2 hours ago

  In a new study, researchers investigate the so-called mortality plateau. As we reach extreme old age, does our risk of dying stop increasing?

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  Fast Company

• Employers in these 3 states just leapt ahead in the talent race 7 hours ago

  Today, equal pay legislation goes into effect in Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Jersey. Similar proposals, from Illinois, New York, and Hawaii, are moving through state legislatures...

• World Cup Knockout Phase live stream: How to watch the FIFA 2018 games online without a TV a day ago

  Now that you’re finally done crying over Germany’s surprise loss to South Korea earlier this week, pick yourself up and get ready for the next stage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, because...

• My three decades at Disney taught me not to fear automation a day ago

  At a recent conference in Hyderabad, India, I was given second billing to a robot. Not just any robot, mind you, but Sophia, the AI sensation from Hansen Robotics, which has recently...

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  Chicago Boyz

• Another Day, Another Week of Hair-on-Fire Progressive Meltdown 2 days ago

  So it seems like the ‘screaming children snatched away at the border by the heartless minions of the Trumpenfuhrer’ narrative of last week is kind of collapsing in one direction...

• How intellectually rigorous is Vox Day? 2 days ago

  Vox Day is an alt-right figure who is a perfect illustration of why the alt-right needs to be engaged and not just thrown into the outer darkness. He’s accomplished, influential...

• Crimesongs 3 days ago

  There are a lot of good songs about the criminal way of life… Emmylou Harris, Ain’t Living Long Like This Tom Russell, Doin’ Hard Time in Texas Ian Tyson, Claude Dallas Emmylou...

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  Centinel2012

• What are Ancient Coin Hoard so Vital to History a day ago

  Armstrong Economics Blog/Ancient Economies Re-Posted Jun 30, 2018 by Martin Armstrong   QUESTION: Sir; I have noticed that the Roman and Greek hoards of coins you have offered are...

• Another Volcano Erupts in Indonesia a day ago

  Armstrong Economics Blog/Nature Re-Posted Jun 30, 2018 by Martin Armstrong   We now have another volcano erupting in the Pacific. The second one happened in Indonesia. Mount...

• Special Counsel Mueller asks for Another Delay in Flynn Sentencing – Judge Sullivan Appears Annoyed… a day ago

  Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on June 29, 2018 by sundance Special Counsel Robert Mueller has asked for yet another delay in the sentencing of former National Security...

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  CanadaFreePress.Com

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  The BRAD BLOG

• The Fight to End Gerrymandering in a World Without Justice Kennedy: 'BradCast' 6/29/2018 a day ago

  On today's BradCast: With Justice Anthony Kennedy retiring from the U.S. Supreme Court, is all hope lost for overturning partisan (and racial) gerrymanders that have helped to keep...

• On Political Courage and 'Not Getting Lost in a Sea of Despair': 'BradCast' 6/28/2018 2 days ago

  On today's BradCast we take a precious few minutes to duck out of the horrific breaking news cycle this week --- sort of --- for some words of wisdom and perspective from a number of very...

• 'Green News Report' - June 28, 2018 3 days ago

  IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement is bad news for the climate; New wildfires hit California and five other states; Federal judge dismisses...

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  Below 2C

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  The Climate Atlas of Canada – Take Meaningful #ClimateAction 3 days ago

  The Climate Atlas of Canada is a new resource available to all who want to be part of the climate solution. The Atlas has usable and handy tools to help us better understand what climate...
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  Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Pipeline: 9 Reasons We Shouldn’t Be Buying The Pipeline or The Spin 8 days ago

  It was quite a shock when the Canadian Finance Minister announced that the Liberal Cabinet’s solution to Texas-based Kinder Morgan’s pipeline woes was that Canada would buy...
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  Climate Economic Impacts From Kinder Morgan May Total $8.7 Billion 13 days ago

  Much has been written and debated about Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Expansion (TMX) during the last months — its economic merits, job creation, the Tar Sands expansion, its...

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  bluebird of bitterness

• Caturday funnies a day ago

• Friday happy dance 2 days ago

  It’s the birthday of American composer and lyricist Frank Loesser (1910-1969), who wrote “Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition” (1942), “Once In Love with Amy” (1948)...
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  I can’t brain today, I have the dumb 3 days ago

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  Home

• Nuclear Free Future: Mobile Chernobyls, Revving Their Engines?! 3 days ago

  Beyond Nuclear has been interviewed by Margaret Harrington on her "Nuclear Free Future" show on Channel 17 Town Meeting Television in Burlington, VT: Kevin Kamps, Radioactive Waste...
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  Star Wars Redux 9 days ago

  The Space Force plan once more promoted by the White House, prompted our column on Beyond Nuclear International this week. We quoted nukes in space expert, Karl Grossman, also a Beyond...

• Environmental coalition urges Congress to defund environmentally unjust nuke waste dumps 10 days ago

  As fast and furious congressional votes on annual appropriations regarding energy-related matters take place on Capitol Hill, Beyond Nuclear has joined with scores of allied environmental...

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BlackListed News

• White House: US, Ecuador Coordinating About Future Of Assange Asylum a day ago

  The agenda of the United States government to extradite WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange is kind of like Israel’s nuclear arsenal: everyone knows it exists, but government...

• 72% Think Traditional Media Reports Fake News a day ago

  Nearly all Republicans and Republican-leaning independents (92%) say that traditional news outlets knowingly report false or misleading stories at least sometimes, according...

• Cell Phone Industry Wins Right to Continue Not Warning Public About Radiation Danger Other Than in Fine Print of Manuals Most Don’t Read or Can’t Find a day ago

  Cell phone manufacturers have actually been warning their shareholders – not customers – that they may eventually be held liable for the harm they have caused. In the...

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  Research Digest

• A mental technique called “cognitive reappraisal” makes long-distance running feel easier 2 days ago

  Try to view the pain dispassionately, like a scientist studying the experience. By Christian Jarrett

• Researchers say it is mistaken to see sexting as “simply harmful” 3 days ago

  Sexters were more comfortable with nudity, consistent with the idea that it can be sexually liberating. By Emma Young

• Episode 12: How To Be Funnier 4 days ago

  This is episode 12 of our podcast PsychCrunch – can findings from psychology help us to be funnier?

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  re: The Auditors

• Speaking Engagements/Conferences 16 days ago

  Lots planned for the fall including another visit to Ohio State and a return to DC by the Baylor MAcc program. Also on the agenda CalCPAs and a wonderful gig on October 9, 2018 for Grant's...

• Mick Mulvaney, the CFPB and a “thing” 2 months ago

   Warning:  Coarse language, because we may get a lot of snow in Chicago but we’re no snowflakes. Last week I went to an American Bankers Association Conference for bank government...

• Update: KPMG: The Indictments 2 months ago

  Just a reminder to my readers: The mystery outside consulting firm that helped KPMG analyze the data Brian Sweet andCynthia Holder allegedly brought over from the PCAOB is still a...

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  Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places

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  Celebrating Ghana’s Amazing Handpainted Barbershop Signs 2 days ago

  Next to the Suame police station in Kumasi, Ghana, just near the roundabout, is Kwame Akoto’s art shop. It’s hard to miss. The storefront is decorated with French, American, and...
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  Kampong Chhnang Airport in Rolea Baear, Cambodia 2 days ago

  Though abandoned, the exacting standards to which this airport’s runways and concrete roadways must have been held to are evidenced by the uncracked, weedless surfaces, even...
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  Why Garlic Brings Good Luck to This Spanish Soccer Team 2 days ago

  In the sports world, a second can mean the difference between a loss and a win. Perhaps that’s why individual players and entire teams alike clutch good luck charms ahead of games...

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  Accidental Deliberations

• Saturday Morning Links a day ago

  Miscellaneous material for your weekend reading.- Alex Ballingall reports on the efforts of the United Nations' special rapporteur on housing Leilani Farha to push for an enforceable...

• Musical interlude a day ago

  Phantogram - As Far As I Can See

• Friday Morning Links 2 days ago

  Assorted content to end your week.- PressProgress highlights the Canada Revenue Agency's long-overdue estimate of the public costs of offshore tax evasion, as well as other new...

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