oldephartte(in training): 17 September

Janresseger: Stunning New Report: How Can Our Society Repay A Long

Janresseger: Stunning New Report: How Can Our Society Repay A Long Education Debt to Our Poorest
Educating. All Our Children: Your Kids, Their Data, No Privacy

Educating. All Our Children: Your Kids, Their Data, No Privacy Who, exactly, is watching?
VAMboozled!: Can More Teachers Be Covered Using VAMs?

VAMboozled!: Can More Teachers Be Covered Using VAMs? Some researchers continue to explore

Crude see-saws as supply crunch muted by impending demand drop

Oil capped recent gains as international supply concerns were overshadowed by a looming demand drop.
Perry says nuclear threat declining

Energy Secretary Rick Perry said Monday the threat of nuclear attack was shrinking globally, citing a
Texas petrochemical plants turn ethane into building blocks of plastic

MONT BELVIEU - They say geography is destiny, but in this small city east of Houston, the force shaping its

Trump sticks with Kavanaugh as scandal escalates

The president refrained from attacking the woman who accused his Supreme Court nominee of sexual assault
Senate panel plans hearing for Kavanaugh's accuser to testify

The Supreme Court nominee would also return to speak.
Trump says he wants 'full process' on allegation against Kavanaugh

'You’re a repulsive human': Donald Trump Jr. receives harsh criticism after seemingly mocking Kavanaugh's sexual assault accuser on Instagram

The first son's recent Instagram post was met with harsh criticism, after he apparently made fun of an alleged sexual assault victim.

Yahoo Lifestyle
US and Russia clash over enforcing UN sanctions on NKorea

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and Russia clashed Monday over enforcing U.N. sanctions against North Korea, with the U.S. ambassador accusing Moscow of "cheating" and Russia's envoy accusing Washington of "political ill-intent."

Associated Press
Trump administration will send a message to all US phones on Thursday

The Trump administration will send a message to all US mobile phones on Thursday, as it tests an unused alert system that warns the public about national emergencies. Phones will make a loud tone and have a special vibration according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which will send the alert. The test message will be headlined “Presidential Alert” and will go on to read “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System.

The Independent

SLIDESHOW: 2018 Navajo Nation Fair

Enjoy scenes from the 2018 Navajo Nation Fair, Sept. 3-9 in Window Rock, Ariz.
Small fire burning on Mushroom Peak

A lightning-caused fire on the top of Mushroom Peak, about three miles north of Wheatfields Lake, had
‘We did it, Eastern Agency!’

Autumn Montoya wins Miss Navajo Nation crown

Archaeologists Discover Another Buried Sphinx at the Kom Ombo Temple Near

Egyptian archaeologists working on a groundwater reduction project at the Kom Ombo Temple in Aswan have
(Video) Elon Musk Smokes Marijuana During Interview; Speaks About Aliens

Guess what? We are probably living in a massive, simulated universe created by an advanced Alien
Is This The Best Video Footage Ever Filmed of the Mysterious Triangle

The mysterious triangle-shaped ‘unidentified flying object’ is perhaps one of the most famous

A load of hot air: Farmer dismisses claims he held balloonists hostage

A farmer has hit back at claims he blocked a group of balloonists from leaving his property during a row...
Teacher shortages force schools to consider four-day week

Two school organisations in Zaanstad are warning that they may have to cut down to a four-day week because
Scepticism greets Russian ‘evidence’ that MH17 was shot down by Ukrainian

Russia has claimed to have found evidence disputing the conclusion of the Joint Investigation Team into

Early-afternoon links: The coming fight against qualified immunity

Plus: Exonerated Texas man dies while waiting for compensation, Border Patrol agent quits after change of
Report: Wrongful convictions have stolen at least 20,000 years from

And municipal governments have paid out $2.2 billion to exonerees.
10 questions for Brett Kavanaugh

Questions he'd almost certainly refuse to answer.

iOS 12 Patches Memory Bugs, Safari 12 Fixes Data Leaks

A new round of security updates is available from Apple, fixing bugs in Safari, watchOS, tvOS, and iOS
Windows 10 Cumulative Update KB4464218 and KB4464217 Released

Today, Windows 10 April 2018 Update and Windows 10 Fall Creators Update are receiving another new patch
New Botnet Hides in Blockchain DNS Mist and Removes Cryptominer

A new botnet captured the attention of security researchers through its harmless behavior and the use of an

It’s the End of the World… As They Know it

One of the hypotheses posited on this blog is that the preoccupation with the end of the world is in
Ask a Stupid Question

A premise of democracy that I believe is worth defending is that it is incumbent on those seeking either
The Grimey “Science” of Conspiracy Theories

David Robert Grimes has emerged from Lewandowsky’s shadow, again, to go forth increase and multiply

1 dead 3 injured as meteorite hits southern India (27 flags)

And it has created a record. First recorded human fatality due to a meteorite. Can someone bring up the
Donald Trump: Id bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding (25

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/06/donald-trump-waterboarding-republican-debate-torture
Iowans claim instances when Sanders was shorted delegates (20 flags)

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2016/02/06/iowans-claim-instances

Progressive Free Speech?

Free speech absolutists are getting nearly impossible to find on campuses, at least among the Left that
Reading Outside Your Comfort Zone

Reading alone is a lost art and reading outside your comfort zone is even rarer in an age of
Harvard Business School Applications Down

Sometimes what looks like bad news inside academe may actually be a good omen for the rest of us.

'Shameful': US slashes number of refugees it will admit to 30,000

US to cap number of refugees allowed into country to a record low of 30,000 in 2019, down from 45,000 limit
US slaps tariffs on $200bn in China goods as trade war escalates

Trump warns US will impose further tariffs on $267bn worth of additional imports if China retaliates.
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel backs same-sex marriage

Cubans set to vote on same-sex marriage and other issues in constitutional referendum set for February.

Top Products in Two Decades of Tech Reviews

Walt Mossberg on the dozen personal-technology products that were the most influential over two decades of
Diabetes Data Beamed to Your Phone

New meters from iHealth and LifeScan are small steps toward better diabetes care.
Two Houses, One Cable TV Bill

Walt answers questions from readers about streaming TV from one house to another and the search for

Slain Israel settler was well-known far-right activist

Israeli settler and a well-known far-right Israel advocate, Ari Fuld, was killed by a Palestinian youth in
Lieberman, Netanyahu reject plans to reduce Palestinian prisoners

Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman [File photo] Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman
15,000 Jews visit Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque ahead of Yom Kippur

Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron [File Photo] Fifteen-thousand ultra-Orthodox Jews visited Hebron’s Ibrahimi

US imposes new tariffs on $200bn of Chinese goods

The new taxes target $200bn worth of Chinese goods, marking the largest round of US tariffs so far.
Korea talks: Moon goes North to push stalled nuclear talks

The leaders are meeting in Pyongyang, with pressure on North Korea to commit to denuclearisation.
Mexico trailer storing corpses angers residents

The refrigerated container holds at least 100 corpses - because the local mortuaries are all full.

Westminster inquest: No armed police in hour before attack

No firearms officers were at the scene for almost an hour before PC Keith Palmer was stabbed, an inquest
St Gilbert's abuse: Pupil 'abused more than 200 times'

A former pupil at an approved school was routinely sexually abused by its headmaster, a jury hears.
Letchworth Garden City fox survives 12-hour car grille ordeal

The fox had been hit by a car in the early hours of the morning and was wedged for 12 hours.

A Note on Sub Judice and the Worcester “Acid Attack” Case

From BBC News: Father in court over Worcester ‘acid attack’ on boy, 3 The father of a boy who
A Note on JUST Yorkshire and Sarah Champion

From The Times: An MP who received death threats after condemning the sexual abuse of girls by groups of
Elon Musk Still on Twitter Despite “Pedo Guy” Jibe

From the Independent, last week: Elon Musk has apologised to the British cave diver he labelled “pedo guy”.

Roasted lotus seeds: medicinal, healthy, snack recipe (antihistamine, anti-

Lotus seeds roasted in a pan with a wee bit of ghee, cinnamon, salt and ground Nigella sativa and fennel
The histamine intolerance link and how this paleo girl went vegetarian

Originally posted on Everything Matters: Beyond Meds : ? Update 2018: When we’re healing our needs
In memory, with love, Yasmina Ykelenstam of “Healing Histamine”

A dear friend and colleague passed away yesterday from breast cancer. It came as a shock. She was only 43

Why Is Apple Giving This Tiny Stock A $900 Million Opportunity?

Apple made history this year by becoming the first trillion-dollar company the U.S. has ever seen. But the
Government Can Spy on Journalists in the U.S. Using Invasive Foreign

THE U.S. GOVERNMENT can monitor journalists under a foreign intelligence law that allows invasive spying
Elon Musk Sued For $76 Million Over "Pedo Guy" Comment

The British cave diver who helped rescue 12 children in Thailand and who was hailed a hero by everybody in

Advice For Women Who Want Kids

This series contains candid advice for young women who know they want a family.
Hovercraft Parenting: Damaging a Generation

We have reached a time in history where helicopter parenting is no longer an adequate description for an
5 Things That’ll Make You Hate Your Kids

Here are 5 basic things (throughout your child’s life) that you can do to ensure you grow to hate

We Need to Talk about Sandy Hook

Originally posted on COALITION OF THE OBVIOUS : This is the definitive and most informative documentary on
#OBEEZY
Mowing the Lawn in Gaza

By Volaar “When thy intelligence shall cross beyond the whirl of delusion, then shalt thou become

In Case You Missed It…

This week at CBPP, we focused on poverty and inequality, health, federal taxes, state
States Should Adopt Policies to Boost Progress on Poverty and Income

After several years of lower poverty rates, higher income, and broader health coverage
Economic Security Programs Cut Poverty Nearly in Half Over Last 50 Years

We calculate that the poverty rate has fallen by nearly half since 1967, largely due to the

ELECTIONS CAN BE RIGGED: Vote fraud expert Bev Harris exposes electronic

Black Box Voting, founded in 2003, performs nonpartisan investigative reporting on elections in an attempt
Hillary Clinton’s “Sudden Move” Of $1.8 Billion To Qatar Central Bank Stuns

Hillary Clinton (left) with Qatari Sheik Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor Al (right) The international reporter
Why Obama bought a $ 4.9 million Mansion in Dubai, a country where there is

By Bill Still of the STILL REPORT According to a Russian Foreign Intelligence non-classified report,

Adding Solar to Our House -- Here Is Why

Our house has always been a good candidate for solar. It has a large flat roof, good sightlines to the
I Agree With the NY Post: It’s shameful what US Open did to Naomi Osaka

Via the New York Post". This is just disgusting: Naomi Osaka, 20 years old, just became the first
How Do You Know When That Psychology Study Won't Replicate?

This is a very good, very readable article about why many psychology studies don't replicate, though

We Must Keep Despair At Bay In The Siege Waged By The Forces Of Destruction

The Essays of The Man From the North by Rivera Sun Writer, Dandelion Salad Originally published Nov. 16
Howard Zinn: We Should Welcome the Collapse of the US Empire

with Howard Zinn Writer, Dandelion Salad September 16, 2018 “Some day people will look back on 9/11
Chris Hedges: Short of a Sudden and Widespread Popular Revolt, the Collapse

Dandelion Salad with Chris Hedges RT America on Sep 15, 2018 In a conversation about his new book America:

Highly Facetious Comics #6

Joinmycult.org The post Highly Facetious Comics #6 appeared first on disinformation. [This is a
The Alzheimer’s Drug that Might Unlock Your Dreams

As excited as I get about the potentiality of psychedelic drugs, I get far more amped about pushing the
Did Marijuana Come from Outer Space?

Another way of putting that would be, is all weed space weed? According to some shamanic cultures, the

Tempestuous relations: Brexit and UK future drone developments

In May 2017, Chair of BAE Systems, Sir Roger Carr, blithely insisted at the company’s AGM that Brexit would
Book review: ‘Army of None: Autonomous weapons and the future of war’ by

Paul Scharre’s new book on autonomous weapons begins with an account of an incident he experienced while on
Could British Reaper drones be deployed to the Sahel?

Although British Reaper drones currently continue to operate over Iraq and Syria, the real desire by

The proteins that domesticated our genomes

EPFL scientists have carried out a genomic and evolutionary study of a large and enigmatic family of human
Study links altered brain chemistry, behavioral impairments in fish exposed

Study Links Altered Brain Chemistry, Behavioral Impairments in Fish Exposed to Elevated CO2 Research team
First accurate simulation of a virus invading a cell

For the first time, scientists know what happens to a virus' shape when it invades a host cell, thanks

William Lind: the Deep State reveals itself

Long denied, they have grown powerful enough to go public. Our response might determine the course of
Trump protects al Qaeda in Syria. The Resistance applauds.

One of America's major foreign policies is never mentioned by our leaders, ignored by journalists, and
Diversity is a grand experiment. We’re the lab rats.

Questions are not allowed about the the Left's grand social engineering. Here is one who dared to ask

Crisis Drives Nicaragua to an Economic and Social Precipice

Five months after the outbreak of mass protests in Nicaragua, in addition to the more than 300 deaths, the
Africa Needs Strong Political Will to Transform Agriculture and Spur

Africa needs strong political commitment to accelerate the transformation of its agricultural sector
Between Drought and Floods, Cuba Seeks to Improve Water Management

If you enjoy a good daily shower and water comes out every time you turn on the taps in your home, you

Reflections in a Petri Dish | The Prison House of the Punishment of Flesh…

Dog Poet Transmitting……. Ah… the blooming… ever loving beauty and wonder of God
Smoking Mirrors | A Critique of Pure Metaphysics (grin).

Dog Poet Transmitting……. A long time ago, a psychiatrist gave the opinion that I was a ‘
Les Visible Blog | More than Forty Miles of Bad Highway Running out of Road

Dog Poet Transmitting……. Probably should have written a few books instead of all those blog

The West and Latin America

Stephen Sefton One of the most curious phenomena of what passes for intellectual life in North America and
The Nicaraguan Crisis: A US Regime Change Operation

Camilo Mejía Over the past four and a half months western corporate news reports about Nicaragua have
US and OAS Disregard for International Law is a Menace to Venezuela and

Nino Pagliccia International community principles At the 25thU.N. session of October 1970 the General

‘High Times’

One of America’s treasure is her black community, which today seems to be the dominant force and
Gallery Night

Gallery Night at the Fuller Building — September 12, 2018 Highlights included works by Jungin Lee
Art Students League

Back in class.

Crop Breeding for High Production, Water Use Efficiency & Albedo

It's a good way to confront mankind's growing need for food and the water needed to produce it
Biospheric Productivity (Global: The Recent Past) -- Summary

Since 1980 the Earth has weathered three of the warmest decades in the instrumental temperature record, a
Catastrophic Floods of Dartmoor, South West England

Are they few and far-between? ... or are they growing ever more frequent ... and ferocious?

RFA Mount Bay in the Caribbean, ahead of tropical storm Isaac

The United Kingdom has deployed a team of specialists to the Caribbean to help
Bolsonaro sends message from hospital bed and accuses rival PT of willing

Brazilian far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro attacked the rival Workers
UK/Argentina hold antimicrobial resistance scientific seminar in Buenos

Scientists from different British universities, Argentine researchers and

Tell Fish & Wildlife to protect bats from corporate greed #IA

MidAmerican wind turbine farms seek permit to legally kill Eagles and endangered bats by deforesting their
Fenner resolves lawsuit with windmill company, reassesses wind farm at $13

The town of Fenner and Canastota Wind Power, LLC, have resolved their legal dispute over the assessment
Galloo parties seek to disqualify developer over alleged lies #NY

A group of independent parties to the Galloo Island Wind application before the state Board on Electric

#SOTEU2018 – A live experience

Most likely, for the majority of European citizens, the idea of listening to the State of European Union
Eurovision and the Boycotting of Israel

Artists from around the world have chosen to boycott the next Eurovision song contest being held in Israel
Is the “Orbánisation” of Slovenia really the worst thing that could happen

Slovenia has a new government which is its 13th in 27 years of its independence, headed by Marjan Šarec

The Nightmare on Campus

Reading Heather Mac Donald's new book is like stepping into a bad dream.
School Homicides: More Unreliable Data

The average number of school-related homicides per year appears to be 33. The US Dept. of Education's
School Shootings: Why Fake Numbers Matter

Bad data fuels ill-informed decisions, wastes money, and scares kids.

4 Cancer Myths: About What Increases or Decreases Your Risk of Cancer

Google “cancer myths” and up pops a list of sites refuting anti-cancer diets and alternative
5 Preventive Measures of Cervical Cancer You Shouldn’t Ignore

As far as our health is concerned, we need to be careful.In the 21st century, more and more people get
Chemotherapy May Effect Your Heart?

Chemotherapy and radiation therapy are increasing the number of individuals who survive cancer. However

TS Radio network: TnT Tanya TalkS.. THE SYSTEM AND IT’S CORRUPTION EPIDEMIC

Join us this evening September16, 2018 at 7:00 pm CST! 5:00 pm PST….6:00 pm MST…7:00 pm
The Brunswick Affair

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New Hepatitis B Vaccine Studies Show Disastrous Results from Vaccinating

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130226 – Australia’s horrific incarceration rates of Aboriginal peoples

* The Stringer: International Prisoners Justice Day highlights Australia’s horrific incarceration
130225 – Opportunity Lost by Boris Frankel – Marcia Langton’s Boyer

* arena: Opportunity Lost by Boris Frankel: Marcia Langton’s Boyer Lectures * Andrew Crook, Crikey: Marcia
130224 – Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia – 40 events

Click on the links for details of the events … Event: Sun 24 February 2013: Fremantle, Perth, WA

Worth reading: Segregation, sexual harassment, and silencing scientists

Recent pieces address school segregation, sexual harassment, the abrupt removal of EPA scientists from a
#MeToo: Health consequences of harassment at work

A celebrity chef has joined Harvey Weinstein in news headlines about sexual harassment in the workplace. A
Pollution: not “an unavoidable consequence” of development

News headlines about 9 million deaths in 2015 due to pollution were eye catching. The Lancet Commission'

Exit From The Matrix: imagination exercises for a new life

by Jon Rappoport September 14, 2018 Some years ago, I gave a talk about certain imagination exercises I was
Having big goals, big dreams

by Jon Rappoport September 13, 2018 In my private consulting work, and in my 3 Matrix collections, the
My consulting practice: the creative life and the spiritual life

by Jon Rappoport qjrconsulting [at] gmail.com “With sufficient courage and commitment, anything is possible

As the West threatens to escalate war against Syria, Israel bombs target

Israel launched a series of missile strikes on targets close to Damascus International Airport late
"State of Emergency" called for North Carolina's Brunswick

A "state of emergency" has been declared by the staff at Brunswick Nuclear Plant in Southport
Syria hit with massive sustained attack: Russian S-400 defenses possibly

Update: The Pentagon has formally denied that tonight's massive sustained attack on Syria had US

112 buildings in Wellington clad in aluminium panelling linked to Grenfell

Te Papa Museum, hotels, supermarkets, a high school and apartment blocks in the capital are just some of
Full complement of Wellington's delayed new bus hubs won't be

Commuters will have to wait until February for all of Wellington City's new bus hubs to be constructed.
Environment Court to hear long-running scrap over $150 million village

A long-running scrap over a $150 million Lower Hutt retirement village is off to the Environment Court.

Cladistics Continues Apace, Despite Concerns

raised by the discovery of this anapsid/diapsid hybrid: Good folk, I give you Stegatortoise delectabile
Kavanaugh’s Nomination Should Fail, But Not Necessarily For The Reasons You

Just now there is a fucktonne of writing being produced about Brett Kavanaugh’s assault of Christine
Cuba moves to legalize same-sex marriage

In a long overdue move, the government of Cuba is seeking to change many elements of its constitution, one