Sunday, September 02, 2018

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  Washington's Blog



  • The Washington Post has posted the results of a recent poll conducted in conjunction with ABC News. President Trump’s disapproval rating has hit a high point of 60 percent, according...

  • Russia Squelches Trump’s New Plan to Invade Syria

    2 days ago
  • Eric Zuesse On Friday, August 31st, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced that Russia has handed to the OPCW (Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons), and...

  • Once the Bubbles Pop, We’re Broke

    2 days ago

    • OK, I get it–the Bull Market in stocks is permanent. Bulls will be chortling in 2030 that skeptics have been wrong for 22 years–an entire generation. Bonds will also be higher...

      The Vintage News



  • Modern big screen daredevils such as Tom Cruise and Jackie Chan risk life and limb in the pursuit of realism for their movies. That being said, it’s worth sparing a thought for the...

  • Satchmo and the Mob – Louis Armstrong’s Dealings with the Mafia

    5 hours ago
  • The Jazz age of the 1920s and ’30s was a remarkable time in U.S. history. During the ’20s people were celebrating the end of the Great War. Young people especially were doing their...

  • Nevermore…The Unanswered Questions Surrounding the Final Days of Edgar Allan Poe

    5 hours ago

    • Edgar Allan Poe, born in 1809, was a writer, poet, and critic. His stories were full of horror and mystery, and were the beginning of the modern detective story. His works were profoundly...

      Utopia – you are standing in it!




  • You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling Righteous Brothers Stereo

    an hour ago

  • Antonin Scalia – On American Exceptionalism

    3 hours ago


    • The Truthseeker



  • Firebrand Vladimir Zhirinovsky spells it out

  • Ex-Model Incarcerated for Exposing Illuminati Child Sacrifice

    9 hours ago
  • Nathalie Augustina is currently a prisoner in a mental hospital in Amsterdam for publishing this book.

  • UK: Syrian Terrorists Can’t Possibly Be Planning Chemical Weapons False Flag, Because Russia Said They Are

    9 hours ago

    • Keep an eye on this one. Syria is a key strategic region that the western powers has been plotting to take control of for decades, and they are not about to give up...

      TARPLEY.net



  • Trump Blocks Token Increase in Federal Pay, Dooming GOP Reps. Barbara Comstock (VA 10, NOVA) and Scott Taylor (VA 2, Norfolk-Newport News) to Defeat; Boss Tweet Talks Violence with...

  • Trouble for Sino-Russian Bloc

    3 days ago
  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Thursday, August 30, 2018 Moscow Papers Slam China’s Belt and Road Imperialism for Loading Central...

  • Stop Kavanaugh!

    4 days ago

    • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Wednesday, August 29, 2018 Ouster of McGahn and Expected Departure of Sessions Might Keep Trump Pick...

      Sustainable Pulse



  • The war against agricultural company Monsanto and its popular weedkiller Roundup is just beginning, say attorneys for Dwayne “Lee” Johnson, the former school groundskeeper...

  • Are Banned Drugs in Your Meat?

    4 days ago
  • Ketamine – a hallucinogenic party drug and experimental antidepressant. Phenylbutazone – an anti-inflammatory deemed too risky for human use. Chloramphenicol – a powerful...

  • General Mills Removes ‘100% Natural’ Label from Nature Valley Granola Bars after Glyphosate Lawsuit

    7 days ago

    • Three U.S. NGOs jointly announced Thursday that they have resolved a consumer-protection action filed by the groups against General Mills in 2016, concerning General Mills’...

      sunshine hours



  • South / North

  • CO2 Greening : equivalent to two times the continental United States

    a day ago
  • Wow … Carbon Dioxide Fertilization Greening Earth, Study Finds From a quarter to half of Earth’s vegetated lands has shown significant greening over the last 35 years largely...

  • Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 243 – 2018

    a day ago

    •   South / North

      Stumbling and Mumbling



  • Diane Coyle says the fact that different countries have seen different changes in labour’s share of income in recent years – with it falling in the US but not UK - shows that “institutions...

  • On wider access to culture

    7 days ago
  • One thing I especially like about Jesse Norman’s Adam Smith is his description of the social and intellectual climate in which Smith grew up. In doing so, he tells us that Smith’s...

  • Socialism in one country

    10 days ago

    • When I tweeted the other day that the crisis of capitalism consists of a decade-long stagnation in productivity (which has given us falling wages), a wise man replied that this is true...

      Stagecraft and Statecraft



  • From large-scale dam-building to unbridled resource-exploitation, human activity is causing serious damage to Himalayan ecosystems. While all the countries in the region are...

  • Divided Asean spins its wheels as great powers become back-seat drivers

    13 days ago
  • Brahma Chellaney says recent multilateral discussions in Singapore did little to advance preventive diplomacy or conflict resolution. Brahma Chellaney, South China Morning...

  • U.S. injects new irritant in ties with India

    14 days ago

    • Brahma Chellaney, Mail Today U.S. President Donald Trump’s first round of Iran-related sanctions has come into force this week, with no waiver for India in sight as yet. The U.S...

      Socio-Economics History Blog



  • Russian Navy, Warplanes Start Massive Drills in Mediterranean by https://sputniknews.com/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Russian Navy and Aerospace Forces will hold joint large-scale...

  • Russian MoD: Militants Plotted Attacks in Palmyra, Say They Were Trained by US

    a day ago
  • Russian MoD: Militants Plotted Attacks in Palmyra, Say They Were Trained by US by https://sputniknews.com/ The militants that attempted to assault the city of Palmyra claimed...

  • US Already Drafted List of Targets for Potential Strike in Syria – Report

    2 days ago

    • US Already Drafted List of Targets for Potential Strike in Syria – Report by https://www.rt.com/ The US military and intelligence have already compiled a list of preliminary...

      Socialist Economic Bulletin



  • By Tom O’Leary  Portugal is finally on the brink of ending the slump that began with the Great Recession at the start of 2008. But the economy remains far from a full recovery and important...

  • Jeremy Corbyn is right - manufacturing matters

    a month ago
  • 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...

  • The crisis in the NI economy never really ended

    a month 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...

      Ramani's blog



  • And the Texts quoted from Pranav's Veda seem to be more on Vaasthu,that is rules of architecture. The Pranava Veda texts also speak of Temple construction. Vedas do not speak of Temple...

  • Thirty One Lakh Christian NGOs Receive 51,000 Crore

    6 days ago
  • What is being done now is to Indianise Christianity,by, Wearing Thirumangalyam,in Tamil Nadu, Jesus Suprabhatha,Jesus Sahasranamam,Astotra, Building Churches modelled after...

  • Approach God Mother Amba Thaayaar Details

    14 days ago

    • One such intimate relationship is Mother. This relationship is universal and supersedes all relationships. Therefore Hinduism relies heavily on this concept...

      Diane Ravitch's blog



  • The Marion P. Thomas Charter High School kicked out students for minor dress code violations. Strangely, the story about the expulsions appeared in an Atlanta newspaper, not a New...

  • New Hampshire: How to Get More Spending, Higher Taxes, Less Opportunity

    an hour ago
  • Tom Loughman writes here about the harmful impact of vouchers, which were recently defeated by a slim margin in the state legislature. He writes: “When I was a little boy, we lost...

  • New Study: Spending More Improves Student Achievement

    2 hours ago

    • That headline is like saying, “Flash! Water is Wet!” Yet there are many elected officials who disparage that money matters. They say thatclass size doesn’t matter. They ignore...

      P U L S E



  • The following is an excerpt from an interview with me and my collaborator Nader Hashemi that will be published soon by the excellent online magazine Qantara.de. The interviewer...

  • Eulogy for a Formative Influence

    24 days ago
  • Twenty years ago today, on August 9, 1998, I delivered this eulogy at the dedication ceremony, or unveiling, of Eugene Zucker, my next-door neighbor growing up and a formative influence...

  • A Massacre, Not a Coup: A Response to Misinformation on Nicaragua

    a month ago

    • Guest post by Dr. Mary Ellsberg, a Professor of Global Health and International Studies, and Founding Director of the Global Women’s Institute of the George Washington University...

      Pasco Phronesis



  • The summer repeats continued the week of August 20.  The repeat of note that week was Jeffrey Wright’s May appearance with Carson Daly.  Wright plays an android on Westworld...

  • Science and Technology Guests on Late Night, Week of August 13

    14 days ago
  • Once again, it’s the repeats that bring the content this past week.  Tuesday (August 14) you could have seen Bill Nye on a repeat of Last Call, or revisit Conan’s trip to Israel...

  • Science and Technology Guests on Late Night, Week of August 6

    16 days ago

    • If it wasn’t for Harry Connick Junior’s daytime show Harry, I’d have nothing to write about for this past week.  This time it’s the August 7th repeat of a show from January. ...

      NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT



  • By Paul Homewood     Amidst all of the hottest evah claims, a dose of reality from UAH:     http://www.drroyspencer.com/wp-content/uploads/UAH_LT_1979_thru_August_2018_v6.jpg...

  • Hottest Summer Evah? Not According To CET.

    a day ago
  • By Paul Homewood     The Met Office are desperate to show this summer as the hottest evah:     August was a fairly average month but it marked the end of what was a remarkable summer...

  • Alberta pulls out of carbon tax initiative after pipeline ruling

    2 days ago

    • By Paul Homewood First Australia, now Canada: A court had earlier quashed the government’s approval of expanding the Trans Mountain pipeline to the Pacific, siding with indigenous...

      NoTricksZone



  • A German power utility now offers “vegan power” and “vegan gas” to consumers who wish to buy energy that is green, sustainable and whose production and use are gentle to animals...

  • German (Real) Environmentalists Outraged Over Killed Protected Red Kites, Move To Have Wind Park Shut Down!

    a day ago
  • When it comes to protecting endangered species and the environment, civil projects have to take a back seat, and often rightfully so. However, if there’s the chance or hope that...

  • Media Claims Of More Heat Waves Refuted By Multiple Recent Studies, Longterm Data

    2 days ago

    • No longterm trend in heatwaves in North America By Dr. Sebastian Lüning and Prof. Fritz Vahrenholt (German text translated/edited by P Gosselin) The playbook is well-known...

      NEPC Blog Post of the Day



  • Education Law Prof Blog: Connecting School Quality Dots: Money, Race, Suspension, and Safety School quality and school discipline are intertwined.  As I explain in Reforming...

  • Shanker Blog: Teaching – And Defending – American Democracy

    3 days ago
  • Shanker Blog: Teaching – And Defending – American Democracy If recent history demonstrates anything, it is the old truth that American democracy is a work in progress, and that...

  • Janresseger: DeVos Neglects to Help Public Schools Serve Neediest Students While She Pushes to Arm Teachers

    4 days ago

    • Janresseger: DeVos Neglects to Help Public Schools Serve Neediest Students While She Pushes to Arm Teachers Last week while Betsy DeVos stoked an uproar about possibly letting school...

      Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers



  • Clifton Parker // Hoover Institution Victor Davis Hanson says history offers lessons for today’s technology-driven world, especially when it comes to elites, the masses, and...

  • The Truth Will Set Us All Free

    3 days ago
  • Victor Davis Hanson // National Review Special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation was star-crossed from the start. His friend and successor as FBI director, James Comey...

  • A Post-Trump World

    5 days ago

    • Victor Davis Hanson // National Review It has been quite a ride since Inauguration Day — or, rather, from Michael Wolff to Omarosa and Michael Cohen, or from the Emoluments Clause...

    The Moderate Voice



  • "That fervent faith, that proven devotion, that abiding love -- that is what drove my father from the fiery skies above the Red River Delta to the brink of the presidency itself..."...

  • Rebuke to Trump by Meghan McCain, and Obama at John McCain’s funeral service

    21 hours ago
  • John McCain carefully planned his funeral service. And it wasn’t just perfunctory: there were some clear messages. The contrast between the current occupant of the White House...

  • A Post-McCain America

    21 hours ago

    • In a post-McCain America, transparency and openness seem nonexistent. Honesty is hard to come by when people try to win political games. Respect for differences and civility in discourse...

      Marginal REVOLUTION



  • Once we re-compute the ROIC [return on invested capital] calculations to factor in estimates of intangible capital from the finance literature…we find that both the run-up by...

  • What should I ask Paul Krugman?

    2 days ago
  • I will be doing a Conversations with Tyler with Paul Krugman, no associated public event.  What should I ask him? To be clear, this is the conversation with Paul Krugman I want to have...

  • Hysteria Was Not Treated With Vibrators

    5 hours ago

    • You know the story about the male Victorian physicians who unwittingly produced orgasms in their female clients by treating them for “hysteria” with newly-invented, labor-saving...

      Lloyd Lofthouse



  • Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: When I read something this powerful, I am moved to share it. I find the last line strange. Donald Trump will never become “the leader we...

  • Trump’s “Preposterous ‘Collusion is Not a Crime’ Defense”

    19 days ago
  • Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Rudy Guiliani and Trump have recently contended that “collusion is not a crime” but real lawyers know that “collusion” is a straw...

  • An American Allegory Revealed through Stargirl

    20 days ago

    • What defines a fake Christian? Continue reading →

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  • Gosnell: The Trial of America’s Biggest Serial Killer is set to open in over 700 theaters around the country, revealing the account of the trial of Kermit Gosnell, Philadelphia’s...

  • Giddy Globalists: France’s Macron Says True Dane, True Frenchman “Does Not Exist”

    6 hours ago
  • First there was the no-true-Scotsman fallacy. Now we have the no-true-Frenchman fallacy, courtesy of France’s de facto socialist president, Emmanuel Macron. It’s quite a...

  • Vermont Gun Owners and Retailers Seek to Nullify New State Weapons Regulations

    19 hours ago

    • Gun Owners of Vermont and several weapons retailers have filed a civil suit against the state, seeking to nullify new gun regulations.

      MintPress News



  • “[If preserving the nuclear deal is the goal], then there is no escape from mustering the courage to comply with commitment to normalize Iran’s economic relations instead of...

  • Civilian Death Toll from US Strikes in Syria and Iraq: 1,061 (Official); 6,575-26,224 (AirWars)

    a day ago
  • Prominent human-rights groups like Amnesty International have rejected the U.S.-led coalition’s reported figures on civilian deaths, stating that the coalition is “deeply...

  • With Airport Closed by Saudis, Yemeni Patients Face Death from Untreated Wounds and Disease

    a day ago

    • According to a group of NGOs, including the International Rescue Committee and the Norwegian Refugee Council, over 10,000 people seeking life-saving treatment abroad have died...

      Marginal REVOLUTION



  • You know the story about the male Victorian physicians who unwittingly produced orgasms in their female clients by treating them for “hysteria” with newly-invented, labor-saving...

  • Why you should hesitate to give books as gifts and instead just throw them out

    12 hours ago
  • I wrote this as a blog post for Penguin blog about ten years ago (when I guest-blogged for them), and it has disappeared from Google.  So I thought I would serve up another, slightly...

  • *Lenin: The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror*

    21 hours ago

    • By Victor Sebestyen, this one definitely will make the year-end “best books” list. For the pointer I thank M. The post *Lenin: The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror* appeared...

      Made from Truth and Lies



  • Mystery of the cargo ships that sink when their cargo suddenly liquefies (tags: ocean shipping physics materials viaFanf ) The Howard Rule: A Modest Proposal for Libdem policy (tags...

  • Interesting Links for 31-08-2018

    2 days ago
  • Unmarried mother wins access to a widowed parent's allowance in a landmark Supreme Court ruling. (tags: law marriage relationships uk pensions ) Ever wanted to see “beyond”...

  • Interesting Links for 30-08-2018

    3 days ago

    • 98.6 Degrees Is A Normal Body Temperature, Right? Not Quite (tags: temperature history research biology health ) If you're genuinely unsure whether to quit your job or break up, then...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today



  • According to a recent paper, naturally produced venoms could help design treatments for a range of diseases, including diabetes and chronic pain.

  • Medical News Today: What role does insulin play in immunity?

    9 hours ago
  • Insulin is key in regulating blood sugar levels. When this mechanism malfunctions, it can lead to diabetes. However, does insulin also stimulate immunity?...

  • Medical News Today: Cardiovascular disease: Study finds best drugs for prevention

    a day ago

    • A large cohort study finds out which treatments work best to prevent cardiovascular events in individuals with hypertension and other risk factors.

      InvestmentWatch



  • by bigbear0083 Below are some of the notable companies coming out with earnings releases this upcoming trading week ahead which includes the date/time of release & consensus...

  • People Living in their Cars in California?

    2 hours ago
  • by Martin Armstrong A very interesting issue has emerged in California. The price of real estate rose so high that the median price for a home reached $600,000 and the ... Read more...

  • Most popular social network website around the world

    2 hours ago

    • via fryktelig: I believe Alexa provides this data in real time, or something close to it, so the ranks on that page are subject to variation. I collected the data on ... Read more...

      www.gurukalehuru.com



  • Well, it was a night out, a date night I suppose you  could say, and as far as that goes it was great, but as far as concerts go, I’ve seen better.  I’m not complaining.  That’s...

  • The Ridiculous Defense of Alex Jones

    2 days ago
  • I couldn’t write my blog last night because the internet conked out and then it was super slow, like to the point of not working, all morning.  I’d get two posts, but even responding...

  • Trump and Google

    4 days ago

    • One of the first things  I  did after discovering the exciting world of social media, about 10 or 12 years ago, was to look myself up on Google.  I do it  periodically, even though...

      Fragments from Floyd



  • Where are we headed in the love-hate relationship of HumanKind with Nature (that is: the biotic and abiotic parts of the only planet we have from which all our resources are drawn)?...

  • What is Your Barbeque Footprint?

    9 days ago
  • Labor Day for many marks (or used to mark) the end of summer and the return of the kids to school. By that time, Floyd County students will have been in sweltering classrooms for almost...

  • Giant Hogweed is Here

    11 days ago

    • I recently had the opportunity to ask one of the most knowledgeable botanists I know as many pertinent questions out of my confused and confusing plants folder as I could tastefully...
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