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  Washington's Blog

• Swamp Infrastructure Construction Kinetics

  16 hours ago

  By David Swanson, director of World BEYOND War Now being planned and built in Washington, D.C., which is already just about coated in monuments to wars and particular warriors, are...
  

• The 21st Century Misery Index: Labor’s Share of the Economy and Real-World Inflation

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  In the late 1970s and early 1980s, an era of stagflation, the Misery Index was the unemployment rate plus inflation, both of which were running hot. Now those numbers are at 50-year...
  

• A Deeper Exploration of the Supremacist Origin of Our Common Culture

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  Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org The AP headlined on July 27th “#MeToo reaches Vatican as nuns denounce abuse from priests” and reported that the Vatican...
  

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  The Vintage News

• Electromagnetic Discovery in the Great Pyramid: Could it Concentrate Energy in Certain Chambers?

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  As the last remaining landmark of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Great Pyramid of Giza is not only a tremendous sight but a holder of mysteries. No one is sure when Giza was...
  

• The Original Vampire: Before Count Dracula there was Lord Ruthven

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  From an obscure folklore myth to blockbuster movies like The Twilight Saga, vampires have come a long way, becoming a common trope in popular culture of today. While it is impossible...
  

• Were Camels Native to North America? The Evidence Says Yes.

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  During the Pleistocene epoch, approximately 12,000 to 2.5 million years ago, and well before the Conquistadors ever set foot on North American soil, bringing their Spanish horses...
  

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  Utopia – you are standing in it!

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• An “Oldie” Worth Remembering

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  Originally posted on American Elephants: As long as I’m doing Constitutions and what people believe, here is an oldie but goodie, with the late Milton Friedman explaining the most...
  

• Milton Friedman interview on methodology, popular writing vs academic writing, his influences and many more things…

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  Originally posted on Mostly Economics: We just had Prof Milton Friedman’s 106th birthday on 31 July. I came across this interesting interview of the late Prof which has some interesting...
  

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The Truthseeker

• The Holocaust and its Deniers

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  If the Holocaust left Jews with a mission to fix the world, the Jewish State has done the opposite. Gilad Atzmon explains
  

• New York Times Admits it Hired Editor Despite Knowing About Her Horrifically Racist Tweets

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  To gauge the full depth of Jeong's bigotry just exchange the word "White" for "Black" or worse "Jew".
  

• South Africa Is On The Road To Barbarism

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  Paul Craig Roberts on how the strategy of divide and rule is being used to undermine and dominate Western society
  

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  TARPLEY.net

• Iran Starts Naval Drill in Straits of Hormuz, Raising Risk of Desperate Wag the Dog Gambit by Tenant of Oval

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  United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Thursday, August 2, 2018 Leaderless Group of National Security Chiefs Pledges to Defend 2018 Vote...
  

• Obstruction in Plain Sight!

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  United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Wednesday, August 1, 2018 Trump Orders Sessions to Stop Mueller Investigation; Move Could Shield...
  

• Lock Him Up and Drain the Swamp!

  2 days ago

  United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Tuesday, July 31, 2018 Tax Evasion Trial Starts for Trump Campaign Chairman Manafort, with Jury Chosen...
  

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  Sustainable Pulse

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  Center for Food Safety Sues Trump Administration over GMO Labeling Delay

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  On Wednesday, Center for Food Safety (CFS) filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration for failing to abide by the mandatory deadlines Congress set in the 2016 genetically...
  
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  European Court of Justice: Gene-Editing Will be Regulated in Same Way as GMOs

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  The European Court of Justice (ECJ) today published its ruling on the legal status of food and feed crops derived from certain new genetic modification techniques. It gave clear...
  
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  Genetically Modified Food to Be Labeled in Iran

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  Iran’s Food and Drug Administration has obliged food manufacturers and importers to label food products that contain ingredients which are derived from genetically modified...
  

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  sunshine hours

• Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 213 – 2018

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  South / North
  

• Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 211 – 2018

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• Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 210 – 2018

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  South / North
  

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  Stumbling and Mumbling

• The Marxist Bank of England

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  Does capitalism maximize the life-chances of working people? This old Marxian question is the context in which we should judge the Bank of England’s interest rate decision tomorrow...
  

• Lying for Money: a review

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  Just as they tend to over-glamourize murders, so TV dramas over-glamourize fraud: remember the BBC’s rather good Hustle? In the real world, though, both have something in common...
  

• The politics of discovery

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  Here’s a theory. There are two different ways of thinking about politics and policy which are insufficiently distinguished; we can call them politics as imposition versus politics...
  

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  Stagecraft and Statecraft

• US sanctions policy risks alienating India

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  After hitting New Delhi with Russia and Iran measures, Washington seeks to limit their impact. Brahma Chellaney, Nikkei Asian Review When the U.S. slaps a nation with punitive sanctions...
  

• Japan’s Pivotal Role in the Emerging Indo-Pacific Order

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  Brahma Chellaney, Asia-Pacific Review, Volume 25, 2018 – Issue 1 ABSTRACT The imperative in the Indo-Pacific region is to build a new strategic equilibrium pivoted on a stable...
  

• Why Moon is courting India

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  India gains importance for Seoul as South Korea’s ‘miracle economy’ starts to face major new challenges Brahma Chellaney, The Times of India South Korean President Moon...
  

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  Socio-Economics History Blog

• Russian, Iranian Top Diplomats Discuss Nuclear Deal, Preparations for Caspian Summit

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  Russian, Iranian Top Diplomats Discuss Nuclear Deal, Preparations for Caspian Summit by http://tass.com/ Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart...
  

• Jews Not Related to Biblical Hebrews, Originated in South Russia! Israeli Scientists Proved that Modern Jews’ “Y Chromosome” Related to Kurds, Asiatic People NOT Semitic People!

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  “Israeli scientists have been trying to prove that they are genetically related to the Palestinians. The purpose is to try and justify their claim over the territory. However...
  

• Israel Tightens Blockade Over Gaza Strip

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  Israel Tightens Blockade Over Gaza Strip by https://www.telesurtv.net/ The Gaza Strip has suffered from a tight blockade imposed by Israel since 2006. Israel defense minister...
  

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  Socialist Economic Bulletin

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  Jeremy Corbyn is right - manufacturing matters

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  By Tom O’LearyThe multi-faceted attack on Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Labour Party continues to include unjustified attacks on his economic policy. The liberal press...
  
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  The crisis in the NI economy never really ended

  8 days ago

  By Tom O’LearyThe latest release of key data for Northern Ireland (NI) has had business organisations wringing their hands about the weakness of the economy. The CBI said the economy...
  
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  Economic lessons from the left governments in Latin America – and a comparison to China

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  By John RossNote:This article is based on Marxist economic theory and macro-economic study of Latin American countries combined with two primary direct experiences:· The author...
  

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  Ramani's blog

• Nine Ocean Temples Nava Samudra Sthalas Tamil Nadu

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  Five Elements Temples, (Panchabootha Sthalas), Panchakrosa Sthalas, Pancha Peeta Sthalas, Pancha linga Sthalas, Shakti Peeta Sthalas, Pancha Asana Sthalas(Five Seats) Tri(three)Sthalas...
  

• Homa Cleans Environment Rids Microbes 3870°C Athirathra Study

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  Yagnyas need not involve Fire,for example Brahma Yagnyas,whereas Homas involve Fire ,Agni. Homas are performed with specific purpose in mind,like personal or welfare of the society...
  

• Chatur Masya Details Vishnu Awakening Probhidini Ekadashi

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  Many of us would have experienced this twilight zone between Sleep and Wakefulness. What is Wakefulness and Sleep? Article follows. As the Protector,Vishnu can not afford to Sleep,nor...
  

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  Diane Ravitch's blog

• Trump Officials Warn about Russian Election Attacks, Trump Says It’s a Hoax

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  Whom should we believe? The people Trump appointed to head the FBI, the CIA, Director of National Intelligence, abs Secretary of Homeland Security? They all held a joint press conference...
  

• Help Needed: If You Are a Teacher or Parent Leader in Jeffco or Dougco, Please Contact Me

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  I am in search of people who were involved in the elections in Jefferson County and Douglas County in Colorado in 2016. I am looking for a brief write up by a participant about how these...
  

• Education Law Center and ACLU Fight Michigan Law to Allow Public Funding of Private Schools

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  Betsy DeVos and her husband Dick DeVos sponsored a referendum to change Michigan’s State Constitution in 2000 so that the state could fund vouchers for religious schools. Their...
  

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  P U L S E

• Morbid Symptoms: A Conversation with Gilbert Achcar

  14 days ago

  Last week I had the pleasure of sitting down with the Lebanese scholar Gilbert Achcar for a conversation about the complex situation in the Middle East and various myths about the...
  

• Forum on Yassin al-Haj Saleh’s The Impossible Revolution: Making Sense of the Syrian Tragedy

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  On June 6, I moderated a panel discussion in Chicago on Yassin al-Haj Saleh‘s momentous book The Impossible Revolution: Making Sense of the Syrian Tragedy. The event was presented...
  

  Pasco Phronesis

• Science and Technology Guests on Late Night, Week of July 16

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  For the second week in a row, Kate the Chemist is the name of note.  She appeared on the July 20 edition of The Wendy Williams Show.  However, as best as I can tell, the July 20 episode...
  

• Science and Technology Guests on Late Night, Week of July 9

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  Even if there weren’t a lot of repeats, the highlight the week of July 9th-13th in late night was certainly the July 13th edition of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.  He did science...
  

• Science and Technology Guests on Late Night, Week of July 2

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  Last week the holiday reruns were in full effect.  Two of them featured science and technology-themed guests.  The July 6 repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! featured Evangeline Lilly...
  

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  NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

• UK’s Hot Summer Linked To Cold Atlantic

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  By Paul Homewood I reported last week that many experts believe this summers persistently anti cyclonic, and therefore hot, weather in the UK is inextricably tied in with a large pool...
  

• Climate change threatens puffin colony–BBC Fake News

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  By Paul Homewood      Well, the BBC said it, so it must be right!!   https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/44815636 Meanwhile, off the Welsh coast puffins are continuing...
  

• New Moorside Nuclear Plans May Be Shelved

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  From the Mail: Plans for £10billion nuclear plant to provide 7% of Britain’s electricity may be shelved after talks with foreign buyers collapse Japanese owner Toshiba and South...
  

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  NoTricksZone

• 108 Graphs From 89 New Papers Invalidate Claims Of Unprecedented Global-Scale Modern Warmth

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  During 2017, there were 150 graphs from 122 scientific papers published in peer-reviewed journals indicating modern temperatures are not unprecedented, unusual, or hockey-stick-shaped...
  

• Thermal Imaging Shows Japan’s Recent Record High Temp An Artefact Of Urban Heat Sinks!

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  The media like the New York Times here hyperventilated over Japan setting a new all-time record high temperature on Monday. According to the Times, the temperature hit a high of close...
  

• Germans Like Talking “Climate Protection”, Yet Very Few Willing To Walk It

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  Today I have an anecdote or two about climate protection and the real willingness among Germans to do it. Over the end of last week and last weekend I was out on a 4-day trek in the Bavarian...
  

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  NEPC Blog Post of the Day

• VAMboozled!: New Mexico Loses Major Education Finance Lawsuit (with Rulings Related to Teacher Evaluation System)

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  VAMboozled!: New Mexico Loses Major Education Finance Lawsuit (with Rulings Related to Teacher Evaluation System) Followers of this blog should be familiar with the ongoing teacher...
  

• Answer Sheet: No, Private Schools Aren't Better at Educating Kids Than Public Schools. Why This New Study Matters.

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  Answer Sheet: No, Private Schools Aren't Better at Educating Kids Than Public Schools. Why This New Study Matters. Despite evidence showing otherwise, it remains conventional...
  

• Janresseger: AFT Sums Up Ten Years of Public School Underfunding and Neglect with Details from Each State

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  Janresseger: AFT Sums Up Ten Years of Public School Underfunding and Neglect with Details from Each State The new report from the American Federation of Teachers (AFT),  A Decade...
  

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  Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers

• The American Art of Renewal

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  Victor Davis Hanson // National Review ‘Make America Great Again” is the oft-caricatured slogan of the Donald Trump presidency. When Trump was elected, he boasted of jump-starting...
  

• Mueller’s Problem Is Not Trumpers’ Zeal — but the Perception of Inequality under the Law

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  Victor Davis Hanson // National Review What is disturbing about the Mueller investigation is not per se that a special counsel is looking into charges of wrongdoing known as “collusion,”...
  

• Victor Davis Hanson Reveals The Nature of History, Politics and The Left

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  Watch Victor Davis Hanson on a new episode of Whiskey Politics. Ep. 128 – Victor Davis Hanson joins Dave Sussman at the Whiskey Politics “Malibu Studio” where they discuss whether...
  

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The Moderate Voice

• Mayhem Is Our President

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  A manchild at the wheel, a raccoon gnawing at the nation’s wires, a walking calamity that lurks around every corner The post Mayhem Is Our President appeared first on The Moderate...
  

• Media Accosted (Cartoon, Column and Video)

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  Donald Trump took his traveling freak show to Tampa Tuesday night and it was a coming out party for the worst of us. He continued his war against the media, where he’s labeled them in...
  

• The deep cynicism of Bernie Sanders’ chief strategist

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  ASHINGTON — Tad Devine, during his run as chief strategist for the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign, railed against the corrupting influence of money in politics. He repeatedly...
  

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  Marginal REVOLUTION

• Are economists really extroverted?

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  Consistent findings across studies were that students of arts/humanities and psychology scored high on Neuroticism and Openness; students of political sc. scored high...
  

• What I’ve been reading

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  1. Annie Lowrey, Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World.  A very good book, one of the hot books of the year, and...
  

• Applying physics to gdp forecasting

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  Models developed for gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecasting tend to be extremely complex, relying on a large number of variables and parameters. Such complexity is not...
  

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  Lloyd Lofthouse

• “Democracy”: The Attack on Our Democracy, Hidden in Plain Sight

  19 days ago

  Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: A blogger who identifies as “democracy” posted this comment, with which I agree. The bottom line is that Trump has lots and lots of Russian...
  

• The Taste of Joy and the Sound of Winning

  a month ago

  The winning roar from thousands of voices is a powerful force. Continue reading →
  

• Thank You, Wealthy Robber Barons, for the Freedom to be a Free Rider!

  a month ago

  Originally posted on gadflyonthewallblog:   ? Wow! I now have a real choice when it comes to my union! ? At least, that’s what the email I got from the Mackinac Center says! ? Now that...
  

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  Ninth Circuit: Trump Can’t Defund Sanctuaries

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  The radical left’s judiciary arm has again usurped the federal government’s ability to enforce immigration law.
  
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  “State of Palestine” to Run Massive G77 Bloc at United Nations

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  The largest group of governments and dictatorships within the United Nations, dubbed the “Group of 77 Plus China” or G77 + China, has unanimously selected the “State of Palestine”...
  
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  British Activist Tommy Robinson Freed From Prison

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  As activist Tommy Robinson is released from prison, Great Britain may be forced to face a few uncomfortable facts about itself.
  

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  MintPress News

• Librarians in Oregon Trained to Administer Drug Used to Prevent Deaths

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  A pilot effort at five libraries is training managers to administer naloxone, a drug that reverses the effects of an opioid overdose. The post Librarians in Oregon Trained to Administer...
  

• UN Envoy: Yemen Peace Talks Set for September

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  Speaking at a meeting of the UN Security Council, Griffiths said it is time to resume a political process in Yemen to resolve the crisis, alluding to previous peace talks that failed...
  

• Worker Charged With Sexually Molesting Eight Children at Immigrant Shelter

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  The allegations against the Southwest Key youth care worker are the latest in a series of serious accusations of sexual abuse inside the government’s immigrant youth shelters...
  

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  Marginal REVOLUTION

• Applying physics to gdp forecasting

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  Models developed for gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecasting tend to be extremely complex, relying on a large number of variables and parameters. Such complexity is not...
  

• Good advice from Patrick Collison

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  Here is the whole post, here is one excerpt: If you’re 10–20: These are prime years! Go deep on things. Become an expert. In particular, try to go deep on multiple things...
  

• Paul Krugman Explaining Macroeconomics on a Roller Coaster

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  No, I am not kidding. His first roller coaster. Paul’s expression at the end is priceless. I haven’t seen him so ready to throw up since he debated Ron Paul. Personally, I’d prefer...
  

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  Made from Truth and Lies

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  Interesting Links for 02-08-2018

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  Councils preparing for social unrest amid Brexit uncertainty (tags: uk Europe doom ) Baby-talk aids language development (tags: babies language ) Northern trains are fucked and...
  
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  Interesting Links for 01-08-2018

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  "What Happened When I Tried Talking to Twitter Abusers" Which shows how pointless it is to engage with vile people.(tags: Twitter abuse ) Ministers misleading public after denying...
  
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  Interesting Links for 31-07-2018

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  Germany gripped by #MeTwo racism debate (tags: racism society germany ) Fear of litigation is a key factor in decision to perform C-sections (tags: childbirth lawsuit healthcare...
  

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Featured Health News from Medical News Today

• Medical News Today: Flu: People with obesity may be contagious for a longer time

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  New research suggests that it takes longer for people with obesity to shed the influenza virus, which may raise the risk of contagion.
  

• Medical News Today: Do health and lifestyle factors make a difference to penis size?

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  Some penises expand more than others when transitioning from a flaccid to an erect state. Can any factors predict if, and how much, a penis will expand?...
  

• Medical News Today: What is explosive diarrhea?

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  Explosive diarrhea is a forceful form of loose or liquid stool. This severe type of diarrhea can result from infection, food intolerance, or certain medications, among other causes...
  

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  Jon's Text

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  Best cancer medicine

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  High-Intensity UltraSound. e.g. 8 W 1 MHz ultrasound from a massage device externally applied clears any cancer. HIUS for 30 seconds each side the chest clears HIV and leukaemia.1Mhz...
  
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  Tesla is funded by power generation

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  It lost 745,000,000 pounds last year. And nobody is really bothered. The power generation guys see Electric Power is as a way he to sell megawatts.Really the electricity companies...
  
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  Your GP struck off

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  2002 the Moffitt cancer centre used High Intensity Ultrasound to clear cancer at one appointment. No biochemistry was involved. No prescriptions all doctors required. Doctors...
  

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  www.gurukalehuru.com

• Left and Right

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  The left-right dichotomy is world-wide, it is fundamental, and it has been around for a very long time. It is basically those who believe “we’re all in the same boat” vs. those...
  

• Stung

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  I got stung by a jellyfish today, so that was a first in my lifetime experience.  At least, I assume it was a jellyfish, as that’s the only thing I know of that stings in the ocean. ...
  

• Everything’s Different From Everything Else, but Some Things Are Kind of the Same

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  It was a lovely, lazy day on the island of Vis.  We spent all morning swimming and snorkeling at one beach, a good part of the afternoon at another, but noticed that there are little pockets...
  

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  Fragments from Floyd

• Common But Commonly Overlooked: Horsehair Worms

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  The FB post a few days ago about the Siberian worms (nematodes) that revived after 30k years in permafrost made me remember, back in my teaching days, of seeing similar-looking horsehair...
  

• Plant Ballistics: Mountain Laurel’s Explosive Pollen Bullets

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  The intricate design of the Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia) was a marvel for me in 1970 when I was a student on a field trip to the Smokies from Auburn University. Systematic Botany...
  

• Not New To Science But To Me: Spikenard

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  I was alerted of a low tire by the pressure sensor dashboard light before I reached the hardtop one day last week. So I pulled off at the next wide place along our gravel road and plugged...
  

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