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  Eyes on Trade

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  Unpacking Disingenuous GOP Complaints About Presidential Trade Authority 7 days ago

  At midnight on June 30, Fast Track, which delegates Congress’ constitutional trade authority to the president, extended for another three years. The congressional Democrats...
  
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  For G-7, Trump’s racism and misogyny are ok, but his trade policies are intolerable a month 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 2 months 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...
  

  

• The Healing Power of Mantra 7 days ago

  The Sacred Medicine of Sound Sound is sacred. Sound is powerful. It connects us, heals us and expands our hearts. Mantra chanting opens us up to sound on another level and has an enigmatic...
  

• The Incredible Similarities Between Human and Plant Consciousness 7 days ago

  Plants Exhibit The Same Senses As Humans And See, Touch, Smell, Hear and Even Taste. HJ: Human and plant consciousness share a remarkable number of similarities, particularly in...
  

• White Cat Spiritual Meaning 9 days ago

  Cats are common symbolic animals across all cultures, and have been since the first cats were domesticated – or rather, domesticated themselves. The white cat, in particular...
  

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Featured Health News from Medical News Today

• Medical News Today: How do you know if you have pernicious anemia? 4 hours ago

  Pernicious anemia is a condition where there is a lack of red blood cells. A vitamin B-12 deficiency causes it when the body is unable to absorb this nutrient effectively. Tiredness...
  

• Medical News Today: Is eating tilapia fish safe and healthful? 5 hours ago

  Tilapia is a popular edible fish that is low in fat and a good source of protein and omega-3 fatty acids. Tilapia farming occurs around the world, but some people worry about farming...
  

• Medical News Today: How to cope with a depressive episode 6 hours ago

  Depressive episodes are periods of low mood and other symptoms of depression. Tackling depression as soon as it arises and making changes to thoughts and behaviors might improve...
  

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  Desdemona Despair

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  Liver cancer death rate in U.S. rose 43 percent in 16 years 2 hours ago

  By Maddie Bender17 July 2018(CNN) – Death rates from liver cancer increased 43 percent for American adults from 2000 to 2016, according to a report released Tuesday by the US Centers...
  
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  Wildfires in the U.S. are getting bigger 5 hours ago

  By Maggie Koerth-Baker17 July 2018(FiveThirtyEight) – A California wildfire that started on Friday doubled in size over the weekend, killing a firefighter and threatening Yosemite...
  
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  Trump administration deletes 20 years of critical online medical guidelines – “There is nothing else like it in the world” 9 hours ago

  By Jon Campbell12 July 2018 (The Daily Beast) – The Trump Administration is planning to eliminate a vast trove of medical guidelines that for nearly 20 years has been a critical resource...
  

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  The Daily Sheeple

• 7 Reasons You Need to Start a Home Garden Today 3 hours ago

  Growing a home garden has more merits than just putting some organic greens in your family’s diet.
  

• Baby Dies Of Meningitis, Media Blames The Unvaccinated, Here’s The Truth 3 hours ago

  A sweet and innocent baby has died only two days after getting his four-month vaccinations. The baby died of meningitis, and now the parents and healthcare officials are blaming...
  

• MGM Files “Outrageous” Lawsuit Against Victims Of Las Vegas Shooting 4 hours ago

  That's right: MGM Resorts International has filed a new lawsuit claiming that it has no liability in any of the injuries or deaths in the October mass shooting in Las Vegas...
  

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  Exceptional Delaware 2017

• Blockchain, Self-Sovereign Identity, and Selling Off Humanity a day ago

  Originally posted on Wrench in the Gears: It’s time activists began to develop a working knowledge of Blockchain and self-sovereign digital identity, because these are the mechanisms...
  

• Margie Lopez-Waite New Head Of School At DAPSS But Is Colonial Backing Out? Conflicts Of Interest All Over The Place! 2 days ago

  After waiting an extra ten days to put up the audio of their June board meeting, the future of the Delaware Academy of Public Safety & Security is once again in doubt.  Immediately...
  

• Delaware PTA Takes On Iconic Children’s Store In Competition For Parental Time 3 days ago

  In a bid to get parental attendance at PTA meetings, the Delaware PTA came out with a meme today on Facebook.  That’s right, they are going after Build-A-Bear stores. There are some...
  

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  Have You Heard

• What the Sordid Saga of a Silicon Valley Start-Up Tells Us About #EdReform 15 days ago

  TweetWhile Have You Heard co-host Jack Schneider is off doing whatever academics do during months without an ‘r,’ Jennifer has been tearing through a blockbuster new book on...
  

• Life A la Carte: School Choice, Segregation and Gentrification in an Unequal City a month 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...
  

  Din Merican: the Malaysian DJ Blogger

• History: From a Burmese prison to Tunku’s home 5 days ago

  July 13, 2018 Note: I will away from Phnom Penh from July 14- 17 and being outstation, where I will not have access to a computer, I am taking a break from blogging. But I will back soon enough.–Din...
  

• Trump and Thinking Dirty 5 days ago

  July 12, 2018 Trump and Thinking Dirty by Mike Minehan   The best show in town these days is the President Trump Circus. Full of tantrums, tirades and a trashy sort of political reality...
  

• Don’t Kiss the Hand that Beats You 5 days ago

  July 12, 2018 Don’t Kiss the Hand that Beats You by Fadiah Nadwa Fikri Fadiah Nadwa Fikri@Oxford https://malaysiamuda.wordpress.com/2018/07/09/jangan-engkau-cium-tangan-yang-memukulmu/...
  

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Featured Health News from Medical News Today

• Medical News Today: How do you know if you have pernicious anemia? 4 hours ago

  Pernicious anemia is a condition where there is a lack of red blood cells. A vitamin B-12 deficiency causes it when the body is unable to absorb this nutrient effectively. Tiredness...
  

• Medical News Today: Is eating tilapia fish safe and healthful? 5 hours ago

  Tilapia is a popular edible fish that is low in fat and a good source of protein and omega-3 fatty acids. Tilapia farming occurs around the world, but some people worry about farming...
  

• Medical News Today: How to cope with a depressive episode 6 hours ago

  Depressive episodes are periods of low mood and other symptoms of depression. Tackling depression as soon as it arises and making changes to thoughts and behaviors might improve...
  

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  Fast Company

• Amazon orders new sci-fi series based on some dystopian paintings 4 hours ago

  We all laughed when Disney announced that its Pirates of the Caribbean ride would be adapted into a movie. We roared when we heard Lego had a film project in the works. The less said about...
  

• With its CEO’s exit, Nest’s reintegration into Google is complete 5 hours ago

  Back in February, smart-home pioneer Nest became part of Google’s hardware group, undoing the independence it gained when Larry Page created Alphabet and spun out Nest into its...
  

• VC guy urges Elon Musk to calm the f*ck down 5 hours ago

  Elon Musk has been on a tear this year. He’s lectured analysts about asking better questions, questioned the credibility of the media, hated on short sellers, and even got into a...
  

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  Chicago Boyz

• Book Review: A Pocketful of Stars, by Margaret Ball 3 hours ago

  There aren’t a lot of novels in which the protagonist and the other leading characters are mathematicians.  Here, we have not just a single novel, but a whole series–a total of...
  

• Seth Barrett Tillman: My Post on CONLAWPROF: my response to a discussion about removing Trump from office 9 hours ago

  If your dispute with Trump and your call for his removal are based on policy (and his language about policy), rather than about discrete factual predicates amounting to legal violations...
  

• The Coming Impeachment of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein 2 days ago

  According to a number of right wing media sites — Glenn Beck’s “The Blaze”, Gateway Pundit, True Pundit among others — Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is...
  

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  Centinel2012

• Louie Gohmert Discussing Lisa Page Testimony: “The guilty dogs are barking pretty loud”… 4 hours ago

  Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on July 17, 2018 by sundance Representative Louie Gohmert appeared on Fox News to discuss the second day of closed-door testimony delivered...
  

• *UPDATE* President Trump Meets With Congressional Delegation To Discuss Helsinki Meeting – 2:00pm Livestream… 4 hours ago

  Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on July 17, 2018 by sundance President Trump is scheduled to meet with members of congress to discuss his Helsinki, Finland meeting with...
  

• Paranoia May Destroy Ya’ – The Collective Response From the Co-Conspirators… 9 hours ago

  RE-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on July 17, 2018 by sundance At first glance saying: yesterday was a very good day, might sound like spin. However, for those who have been...
  

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  The BRAD BLOG

• 'Green News Report' - July 17, 2018 6 hours ago

  IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Toxic algae bloom chokes Lake Okeechobee, threatening drinking water and more in Florida; Ohio takes belated steps to curb toxic algae on Lake Erie; Summer...
  

• Trump Backs Putin, Attacks U.S. Intel Community, Law Enforcement, Dems at Helsinki Summit: 'BradCast' 7/16/2018 a day ago

  On today's BradCast: Our 'WTF?!' coverage of the remarkable joint press conference following President Donald Trump's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki...
  

• Sunday SuperCallousFragileRacistSexistNaziPotus Toons 2 days ago

  Dairy Industry Trumps Infant Health with U.S. Rejection of Breastfeeding Resolution During the hearing, immigration judge John Richardson said he was “embarrassed” to ask...
  

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  Below 2C

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  Where We Are In The Clean Energy Revolution 7 days ago

  Dr Jeremy Leggett is founding director of Solarcentury, founder and chair of SolarAid, and a researcher and writer on climate, clean energy, technology and the future of civilization...
  
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  Can Trudeau Pull Out Of The Kinder Morgan Deal 12 days ago

  The Trudeau government will decide by July 22 whether to finalize the $4.5 billion dollar deal to buy the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline or pull out of the deal. Pressure is mounting...
  
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  The Climate Crisis Requires Policy Persistence 15 days ago

  Climate change gains are difficult to achieve, hard to come by. It took decades for the world community to reach a global climate consensus that culminated in the signing of the Paris...
  

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  bluebird of bitterness

• Happy birthday, Isaac 10 hours ago

  It’s the birthday of the English nonconformist minister Isaac Watts (1674-1748), author of many of the best-known hymns in the English language. This is his paraphrase of Psalm...
  
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  In the good old summertime a day ago

  
  
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  Sunday funnies 2 days ago

  
  

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  Home

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  Trinity downwinders seek recognition and compensation 2 days ago

  Today, July 16, also marks the anniversary of the 1945 Trinity atomic test. Shockingly, those downwind in New Mexico, the same state in which the bomb was detonated, have never been...
  
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  The forgotten 90 million gallon nuclear tragedy 2 days ago

  Today, July 16, marks the anniversary of the biggest "accidental" release of radioactive waste in US history. On July 16, 1979,  the worst accidental release of radioactive waste...
  
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  2018 Nuclear-Free Future Award winners announced 2 days ago

  Jeffrey Lee, Karipbek Kuyukov, Linda Walker, Peter Weish, Didier and Pauletee Anger The five winners of the 2018 Nuclear-Free Future Award, representing often unsung grassroots...
  

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BlackListed News

• China expands surveillance of sewage to police illegal drug use 20 hours ago

  Dozens of cities across China are applying an unusual forensic technique to monitor illegal drug use: chemically analysing sewage for traces of drugs, or their telltale metabolites...
  

• The Sergey Brin-backed startup behind the world’s first lab-grown burger just got a boost in the race to transform the meat industry 20 hours ago

  The Dutch startup behind the world's first lab-grown burger just got a big boost in the race to transform the meat industry, receiving $8.8 million toward its goal of selling cultured...
  

• As Bezos Becomes Richest Man in Recorded History, Amazon Workers Go on Strike 20 hours ago

  Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has just become the richest man in recorded history—surpassing $150 billion in net worth—thanks to his business model of subjecting employees to low wages...
  

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  Research Digest

• Massive study finds that a sizeable minority of us are in jobs that don’t fit our primary occupational interests 14 hours ago

  This work may give some careers advisors pause for thought. By Alex Fradera
  

• Audiobooks pack a more powerful emotional punch than film 2 days ago

  In getting people more involved in a story, the form of the novel – whether in print or audio – reigns supreme. By Emma Young
  

• Research into the mental health of prisoners, digested 5 days ago

  Around the world, more people than ever are locked up in prisons, and many incarcerated individuals have intensifying mental health needs. By Christian Jarrett...
  

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  re: The Auditors

• Speaking Engagements/Conferences a month 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” 3 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 3 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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  How Sherry Became the Secret to Great Scotch 2 hours ago

  Williams & Humbert, the cathedral-esque sherry bodega located in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, brims with sepia-toned bullfighting posters, creaky Castilian furniture, and...
  
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  Ao Rei das Mágicas in São Paulo, Brazil 2 hours ago

  Easy to miss, this discrete storefront hides its magical secrets behind a kitschy facade straight from the 1970s. Entering the doors reveals a world of magic shop wonders. Opened...
  
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  Lobster Beer 2 hours ago

  Summer in Maine means blueberries and, of course, lobster. While there are plenty of blueberry-inflected beers, Oxbow Brewing is using lobster-flavored beer, called Saison...
  

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  Accidental Deliberations

• Tuesday Morning LInks 9 hours ago

  This and that for your Tuesday reading.- James Wilt examines how Canada lets the corporate sector get away with paying far less than a fair price for our natural resources. And Marc...
  

• Monday Morning Links a day ago

  Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Paul Krugman highlights how work requirements and other barriers to social benefits serve only to needlessly increase poverty without...
  

• Sunday Morning Links 2 days ago

  This and that for your Sunday reading.- Scott Santens writes about the flaw in markets which fail to distinguish between goods and services which lack value, and those which people...
  

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