Sunday, November 18, 2018

18 November - Blogs I'm Following 3 of 3

10:15 pm MST


Random internet truth

Norma at Collecting My Thoughts - 17 hours ago
“Saying you believe in science rather than religion is like saying you believe in screwdrivers rather than democracy. Science is a tool and nothing else, it's literally just recorded information. It isn't a belief system that contradicts religions. You can be a completely rational minded and logical person and still hold religious views. They don't conflict, in times they can even complement each other.” I didn’t bother to look up who or what he was responding to, but this comment was at Agnus Dei performance on YouTube performed by the Choir of New College of Oxford, conducted by... more »

Sunday message from the Presidential Prayer Team

Norma at Collecting My Thoughts - 17 hours ago
One day C.H. Spurgeon was walking through the countryside with a friend. As they strolled along, the evangelist noticed a barn with a weather vane on its roof. At the top of the vane were the words: “God is Love.” Spurgeon remarked to his companion that he thought this was a rather inappropriate place for such a message. “Weather vanes are changeable,” he said, “but God’s love is constant.” “I don’t agree with you about those words, Charles,” replied his friend. “You misunderstood the meaning. The sign is indicating a truth. *Regardless of which way the wind blows, God is love.”* ... more »

The Ant and The Contact Lens

Menagerie at The Last Refuge - 17 hours ago
This is a repost of an old one I did. I ran across it and still like the message. Like I said, sometimes I just need to hear things a few times to get it. Maybe that’s true for you … Continue reading →

The Academic Revolution in Philosophy

Anoop Verma at The Verma Report - 17 hours ago
Randall Collins, in his book *The Sociology of Philosophies: A Global Theory of Intellectual Change*, (Chapter 12: "Intellectuals Take Control of Their Base: The German University Revolution"), notes that one of the themes of the Enlightenment was the death of traditional philosophy (metaphysical speculation and anything connected with supernatural religion) and its replacement with empirical science. Yet the post-Enlightenment period saw one of the greatest outpourings of philosophical thought in the history of mankind. Immanuel Kant opened the door to this outburst of philosoph... more »

Autism on the Sidelines

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 17 hours ago
By Cathy Jameson Until another person walks in our shoes, they may never truly grasp how challenging life can be for those with autism and vaccine injury as well as for those who care for them. That said, I think... more »

Why wasn't this headline at the time, why isn't it headline news now?

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 18 hours ago
This piece from the excellent Craig http://isthebbcbiased.blogspot.com/2018/11/had-you-heard-of-this.html should be a must read for every politician, journalist and citizen of the UK. Here's the key part 'Nazir Afzal:..." back in 2008 the Home Office sent a circular to all police forces in the country saying "as far as these young girls who are being exploited in towns and cities, we believe that they've made an informed choice about their sexual behaviour and, therefore, it's not for you police officers to get involved in". That's the landscape coming from the top down in 2008. ... more »

ICYMI: Light Up Night Hangover Edition (11/18)

Peter Greene at CURMUDGUCATION - 18 hours ago
Last night was my town's big Light Up Night parade, which includes a huge parade (well, huge by our standards) fireworks, and cold children. But I still have some reading for you. Remember-- sharing is caring. *If People Talked To Other Professionals The Way They Talk To Teachers* A painfully hilarious piece from McSweeney. Just in case you're one of the three people who hasn't already seen this. *Former Camden Superintendent on Testing, Drawbacks Thereof* From our catalog of reform dudes discovering insights that we've been saying for years. It's still a pretty sharp indictment of ... more »

Guadalcanal: How the Marines Crushed the Japanese Army at Hell's Point

Warfare History Network, Al Hemingway at Test Feed Using Fields - 18 hours ago
*Warfare History Network, Al Hemingway* *Security, Asia* [image: By The original uploader was Felix c at English Wikipedia. - www.cradleofaviation.org; Originally from en.wikipedia; description page is/was here., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2892598] World War II history lessons. On the humid morning of August 19, 1942, infantrymen from Company A, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines carefully eyed the landscape for any signs of Japanese soldiers as they slowly made their way through the thick jungle on the island of Guadalcanal, located in the Solomon Is... more »

Rio Nightlife Guide for Sunday, November 18, 2018

Jack Arnhold at The Rio Times - 18 hours ago
We have the top three picks for this Sunday, and below there is a list of bars and lounges that are always a good option. LIVE: Dona Onete @ Praça Mauá (Centro) – Dona Onete, Queen of Carimbó, arrives on the stage of WoW – Women of the World Festival – to close the program […]

Moving spots

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 18 hours ago
Former BBC head of television news/former* Today* editor Roger Mosey is having his say on Twitter this morning: Sophy Ridge has been interviewing both Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May this morning. Wonder if Rob Burley will bite?

Jewish Evangelism: The Religion Of Israel As Preparatory, Not Final

Fr. Lawrence FARLEY at OrientalReview.org - 19 hours ago
We must admit that the Mosaic Law was not God’s final word to Israel, but rather but a step on the way to something truly final—a necessary step, but a mere step nonetheless. Mosaic Judaism and its Law were never intended as God’s final word to Israel. The Law was but a tutor to bring Israel to a better place. The post Jewish Evangelism: The Religion Of Israel As Preparatory, Not Final appeared first on OrientalReview.org.

Hazing Oligarchs

LL at Virtual Mirage - 19 hours ago
Reference this article and Executive Order 13661 I'm not getting soft and weepy over Russian oligarchs, who are apparently hated by the US Government. The articles offer an explanation of why individuals were targeted personally and individually by our government. Russia is a regional power with a lot of nuclear weapons, 9 time zones long, and it freezes solid during winter months (they've been hoping for the miracle of global warming that has yet to deliver them from permafrost). Their gross national product is far less than that of California - somewhere around the GNP of the Stat... more »

Beetroot Has An Unbelievable Power: It Can Treat These 12 Diseases.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 19 hours ago
https://www.healthyfoodhouse.com/beetroot-has-an-unbelievable-power-it-can-treat-these-12-diseases/ Advertisements

How to Live to Be 100

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 19 hours ago
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2017/06/10/amp/longevity-secrets-from-centenarians.aspx?__twitter_impression=true

Does Sugar Promote Heart Disease and Cancer?

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 19 hours ago
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/12/11/amp/sugar-heart-disease.aspx

Americans used to eat pigeon all the time—and it could be making a comeback.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 19 hours ago
https://www.popsci.com/eat-pigeons-squab?con=TrueAnthem&dom=fb&lnk=TA&src=SOC&utm_campaign=&utm_content=5bf025fa04d3014236033ce8&utm_medium=&utm_source=

Why evolution isn’t perfect?

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 19 hours ago
https://www.science.org.au/curious/earth-environment/why-evolution-isnt-perfect

A chemical found in some e-cig flavor packs linked to ‘popcorn lung’

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 19 hours ago
https://www.thisisinsider.com/what-is-popcorn-lung-is-it-caused-by-vaping-2018-11?utm_content=buffercff9b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer-home

Should a self-driving car kill the baby or the grandma? Depends on where you’re from.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 19 hours ago
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612341/a-global-ethics-study-aims-to-help-ai-solve-the-self-driving-trolley-problem/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=owned_social

Ikea’s Hydroponic System Allows You To Grow Vegetables All Year Round Without A Garden.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 19 hours ago
https://beyondblindfold.com/ikeas-hydroponic-system-allows-you-to-grow-vegetables-all-year-round-without-a-garden/

Shocking Fact: Your Energy Drinks Contain Bull Urine And Semen

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 19 hours ago
https://www.whydontyoutrythis.com/2016/10/did-you-know-your-energy-drinks-contain-bull-urine-semen.html?fbclid=IwAR33PDBzUtYh9yjfsNPsjrUwL980Huhrn-4i9pIONkFNoO4BLsEX5sTiD2g&m=1

How does poor air quality affect your health?

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 19 hours ago
https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2018/11/16/how-does-poor-air-quality-affect-your-health/?linkId=59762980

Maunder Minimum Muddles

Louis Hissink at Louis Hissink's Crazy World - 19 hours ago
Libby Japanese Cedar Istope Rations, Green for D/H, Blue for O2. The Maunder Minimum event was a period of no or little sunspots, and the first observations were made from ~ 1610 AD. Rather than use the standard chronology, it’s … Continue reading →

Had you heard of this?

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 19 hours ago
Looking through my Twitter feed this morning I saw a link from Harriet Sergeant to an AltNewsMedia article that quoted part of an interview on Radio 4's *PM* back on 19 October. As Harriet says, it contains an "explosive" claim from former Chief Crown Prosecutor in the North-West of England Nazir Afzal. To set the quote in context I'll transcribe the whole first half of the interview: *Carolyn Quinn*: Nazir Afzal is former Chief Crown Prosecutor in the North-West of England. He was the main prosecutor in the case against the Rochdale grooming gang in 2012. And Nazir Afzal, you ... more »

Blood and Fear in the Self Confined Penitentiary of the Mind.

Smoking Mirrors at The Truthseeker - 19 hours ago
Fear marches boldly through both the sleeping and waking dreams of those who can't get what they want and those who are terrified of losing what they have

Make or break time for Trump. And America

Irish Savant at The Truthseeker - 19 hours ago
If Trump doesn't firmly halt this invasion his support among his base will collapse

Rainbow corner flags and armbands arrive to welcome LGBT fans

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 19 hours ago
Sports are a great medium for social engineering. Soon football fans will be targeted in a subtle indoctrination program to induce them to see homosexuality as normal

US, Britain Push Yemen Ceasefire as Tactic to Defeat Houthis

Finian Cunningham at The Truthseeker - 19 hours ago
Don’t be fooled. If Washington, London and Paris wanted to end the strife they could simply stop backing the Saudis

The US Would Rather Burn the Middle East in a Sunni-Shia War Than See Itself Outplayed by Russia

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 19 hours ago
This is really what the 'Arab NATO' idea is all about, writes Elijah Magnier

“The World is Full of Negative Energy”

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 19 hours ago
Forum shows the resilience of average Americans in the face of occult attack.

Joseph Patrick Farrell - The Polymath

cefrith@hotmail.com at Charles Frith - 20 hours ago
First class interview with Joseph Farrell. Although no trees were harmed during the creation of this post, a large number of electrons were greatly inconvenienced

Do they really believe in a black model who is an achieved iOS coder?

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 20 hours ago
MC Virgo has provided me with some entertainment in the morning. He has criticized Alessandro Strumia's assertion that "girls are quite lazy... they're not good programmers... at the end your company is going to suffer". Did MC Virgo tell us something he considers a justification of his criticism? You bet – and it is cool. Lyndsey Scott (born 1984, Wiki) has been a (black) Victoria's Secret model, achieved lots in modeling, and now is a successful developer of iPhone and iPad apps. Her reputation at the Stack Exchange – mostly questions about coding – is almost 30,000. And she's ... more »

Major Syrian Army Assault On Southeast Idlib As Sochi Deal Unravels

Tyler Durden at The Duran - 20 hours ago
Though the Syrian war has grown cold in terms of international spotlight and media interest since September, it is likely again going to ramp up dramatically over the next few months. The post Major Syrian Army Assault On Southeast Idlib As Sochi Deal Unravels appeared first on The Duran.

"Professor Valentina Zharkova Explains and Confirms Why A “Super” Grand Solar Minimum Is Upon Us"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago
*"Professor Valentina Zharkova Explains and Confirms* * Why A “Super” Grand Solar Minimum Is Upon Us"* by Cap Allon "Professor Valentina Zharkova gave a presentation of her Climate and the Solar Magnetic Field hypothesis at the Global Warming Policy Foundation in October, 2018. The information she unveiled should shake/wake you up. Zharkova was one of the few that correctly predicted solar cycle 24 would be weaker than cycle 23 – only 2 out of 150 models predicted this. Her models have run at a 93% accuracy and her findings suggest a SuperGrand Solar Minimum is on the cards beginnin... more »

Trump Quietly Orders Elimination of Assange

Eric Zuesse at The Duran - 21 hours ago
The destruction of Assange has clearly been arranged for, at the highest levels of the U.S. Government, just as the destruction of Jamal Khashoggi was by Saudi Arabia’s Government. The post Trump Quietly Orders Elimination of Assange appeared first on The Duran.

Libya’s Peace Process Dies in Palermo

Richard Galustian at The Duran - 21 hours ago
The best the Palermo negotiators could come up with at the end was a bland statement declaring their hope that sometime in the future all the Libyan forces will meet to sort out their differences. The post Libya’s Peace Process Dies in Palermo appeared first on The Duran.

Integrated Battle Groups Are India's Response to Pakistan

Himanil Raina at Test Feed Using Fields - 21 hours ago
*Himanil Raina* *Security, Asia* [image: Reuters] The decision to form all arms integrated battle groups has the potential to completely upset the conventional strategic balance that has prevailed between India and Pakistan for the last four decades. Last month, India’s biennial Army Commanders Conference convened to deliberate upon four major in-house studies. One of these studies on the “Re-organisation and Rightsizing of the Indian Army,” made a decision to proceed with forming all arms integrated battle groups (IBG). This decision has the potential to completely upset the con... more »

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 21 hours ago
*by Noah* Flor-i-duh! It's not like it shouldn't have been done years ago, but the time has now definitely come to boot Florida from the United States. Cut the Florida peninsula off of North America and float it over to Central America; assuming they'd even want it. I mean, Central America might be insulted just by the idea! Does it even matter? Should we go to the effort and expense of ridding ourselves of the idiocy of Florida? It's already disappearing under the water anyway. It's two or three super hurricanes from the end of existence. Nature is taking its course. There are s... more »

Florida mid-terms: Democrat Andrew Gillum concedes to Ron DeSantis per BBC News

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 22 hours ago
The BBC end this report https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-46250683 with: 'The recount has been controversial. Mr Trump and Republicans have claimed voter fraud without offering any evidence. Mr Trump had also said there was "a lot of dishonesty" over contested votes. Again, he offered no evidence.' Have the BBC really seen or heard of no evidence of voter fraud? Maybe take a look...

Digs

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 22 hours ago
Dan Johnson, BBC North America Correspondent President Trump went to Paradise yesterday and saw the devastation there. BBC One's main late evening news bulletin reported his visit, and reporter Dan Johnson added the customary BBC digs at the U.S. leader: The president has shown Paradise, like so many other places, that his words can be divisive and controversial before they are unifying and supportive... This is what the President saw. It's a scene that sticks with you, but he seems unshaken in his scepticism about climate change. He talked about wildfire protection, saying that... more »

U.K. Army Makes Plans To Deploy Troops To Respond To Any Unrest If The U.K. Leaves The EU With No Deal

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
© AFP / Daniel Leal-Olivas *Daily Mail:* *British Armed Forces are on standby for 'every scenario' in the event of a no-deal Brexit, defence minister reveals* * Tobias Ellwood revealed contingency plan made in case EU negotiation collapse * Comments came after head of army said military 'thinking hard' about no deal * They are looking at 'full spectrum of requirements' to ensure they are prepared The military is on standby to help in the event of a 'no-deal' Brexit, it emerged last night. Defence minister Tobias Ellwood revealed contingency plans are being made in case Governmen... more »

November 18th – 2018 Presidential Politics – Trump Administration Day #668

sundance at The Last Refuge - 23 hours ago
In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Donald Trump Administration and … Continue reading →

Sunday November 18th – Open Thread

sundance at The Last Refuge - 23 hours ago
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those … Continue reading →

Record snowfall in Pennsylvania

Robert at Ice Age Now - 23 hours ago
More than double the previous record in parts of central Pennsylvania, according to the National Weather Service. Harrisburg saw 8.3 inches of snow on Nov 15, more than double the old record of 3 inches, which was set in 1911 and tied in 1947. Williamsport saw 6.9 inches of snow, again more than doubling the old ... Read moreRecord snowfall in Pennsylvania The post Record snowfall in Pennsylvania appeared first on Ice Age Now.

China Goes All-Out To Steal U.S. Technology Secrets

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*L.A. Times:* *China ‘has taken the gloves off’ in its thefts of U.S. technology secrets* It was the great microchip heist — a stunning Chinese-backed effort that pilfered as much as $8.75 billion in patented American technology. U.S. officials say the theft took a year to pull off and involved commercial spies, a Chinese-backed company, a Taiwanese chipmaker and employees affiliated with Micron Technology, a U.S.-based microchip behemoth. Yet what Micron called “one of the boldest schemes of commercial espionage in recent times” is most notable because it’s not unusual. Beijing... more »

"The Political Rebellion Gathers Momentum"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"The Political Rebellion Gathers Momentum"* by Charles Hugh Smith "The Ruling Class that wants us to love our servitude incites us to seek divisions: between red and blue, left and right, progressive and conservative, and so on. The Ruling Class in the mainstream media, in Washington D.C. and in Silicon Valley are experts at manipulating language and terminology to divide and conquer. But beneath the superficial red-blue divide they are hawking, a broad-based political rebellion against the Oligarchy and their Ruling Class nomenklatura is gathering momentum. People left, right and... more »

Update: Tens of rebels arrested by Turkish forces in northern Aleppo

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 A.M.) – The Turkish Army and their rebel allies launched a new security operation in the northern countryside of the Aleppo Governorate tonight. In an effort to target looters and kidnappers, the Turkish Army and their allies rounded up tens of rebels that have been accused of committing these crimes inside the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Belgium Defense Contractor Has Sold To China The Same 'War Room Software' That NATO Uses

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*SCMP:* *China matches Nato in information arms race with deal for ‘Ferrari of war room software’* * Deal with Belgian company puts China on equal footing with US * Technology may come with risks and lessons for government and military China has obtained the big screen software used by Nato and the United States for war room mapping, putting its forces on an equal organisational footing with some of the West’s elite military operations. Luciad, a defence contractor based in Leuven, Belgium, is selling the Chinese government high performance software used for situational awareness ... more »

Thing Of The Past Returns

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 1 day ago
“the global warming scam, with the (literally) trillions of dollars driving it, that has corrupted so many scientists, and has carried APS before it like a rogue wave” Hal Lewis resignation letter from the American Physical Society By the year 2001, … Continue reading →

Previous snowfall record smashed in Rhode Island – Video

Robert at Ice Age Now - 1 day ago
A record-breaking 6″ (15 cm) of snow fell at TF Green Airport in Warwick, Rhode Island on November 15, smashing the old record of 1.5″ of snow for the date. An average of 6-8″ of snowfall from Providence to points north and west, with 3-6″ south and east of Providence. Is record Nov. snow sign ... Read morePrevious snowfall record smashed in Rhode Island – Video The post Previous snowfall record smashed in Rhode Island – Video appeared first on Ice Age Now.

Record cold week in Twin Cities

Robert at Ice Age Now - 1 day ago
Not just for a day, but for an entire week. “Tonight on TV. KARE channel 11 weather it was said that Nov 7th thru 13th, 2018, was the coldest 7-day period on record for the inclusive dates for the Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN),” says reader Don Wilkening. “I could not find any back up ... Read moreRecord cold week in Twin Cities The post Record cold week in Twin Cities appeared first on Ice Age Now.

Norway Is Stunned By The Lost Of Its Frigate

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
© REUTERS / Jakob Ostheim/Norwegian Coastal Administration *CNN:* *Norway stunned as warship sinks after collision* A maritime blunder then a ruinous rescue attempt has left a multi-million dollar warship under NATO command almost entirely submerged in a Norwegian fjord. A large hole was torn into the side of KNM Helge Ingstad when it collided with a Malta-registered oil tanker, Sola TS, in the early hours of November 8. The frigate, one of five in the Scandinavian country's navy, had been moving around inner fjords in western Norway for navigation training before it collided wit... more »

How the U.S. Navy Captured One of Hitler's Deadly U-Boats

Warfare History Network, David Alan Johnson at Test Feed Using Fields - 1 day ago
*Warfare History Network, David Alan Johnson* *Security, Europe* [image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U505_bez_tekstu.jpg] The German submarine U-505 was the first enemy warship captured on the high seas by the U.S. Navy since the War of 1812. “Frenchy to Blue Jay—I have a possible sound contact,” squawked from USS Guadalcanal’s bridge intercom at 1110 hours. It meant that “Frenchy,” codename for the Destroyer Escort USS Chatelain, had located something during a sonar sweep. Read full article

How the U.S. Government Might Have Survived a Nuclear War

Steve Weintz at Test Feed Using Fields - 1 day ago
*Steve Weintz* *Security, * [image: Reuters] Yes, this is the real Deep State. With the arrival of the Bomb and its immense destructive power, the efforts to protect elites and commoners alike from swift destruction assumed novel and at times grotesque forms. Civil defense foundered in America upon the sheer scale of the problem—getting tens of millions of urbanites out of cities and into shelters before enemy nukes arrived. Ultimately the United States quietly gave up on protecting the majority of its residents from nuclear attack via shelter, and opted for a grand technological... more »

Why the Marines Want a Piece of the Army’s Lethal New Sniper Rifle

Task and Purpose at Test Feed Using Fields - 1 day ago
*Task and Purpose* *Security, Americas* [image: Wikimedia Commons] Here is what we know. The Marine Corps may finally adopt a new sniper rifle through a stroke of luck: Army officials, continuing to develop their own brand-new sniper rifle, told Task & Purpose that both the Marines and Air Force “are committed” to purchasing the weapon once the Army signs off on the improved system. Despite the budget turmoil currently rankling lawmakers and Department of Defense planners, the Army is moving ahead with the Compact Semi-Automatic Sniper System (CSASS), PEO Soldier spokeswoman Deb... more »

Trump Didn't Wreck the "Liberal International Order"

Ted Galen Carpenter at Test Feed Using Fields - 1 day ago
*Ted Galen Carpenter* *Security, Asia* [image: Reuters] It never really existed to begin with. A frequent criticism of President Donald Trump is that he has undermined the “rules-based” liberal international order that the United States installed after World War II and subsequent generations of American leaders maintained. Unfortunately, there always has been far more image than substance to that international system. In reality, the U.S.-led (indeed, the U.S.-dominated) liberal international order has not been all that liberal, nor has it been all that orderly. The rules-based ... more »

Here's How Mitt Romney Could Win in 2020

David Pring-Mill at Test Feed Using Fields - 1 day ago
*David Pring-Mill* *Politics, Americas* [image: Reuters] It is more likely than you think. It has been speculated that Mitt Romney’s Utah Senate seat could serve as a prelude to another Presidential run. In the most ambitious version of events, he could even challenge Donald Trump in the 2020 primaries, newly legitimized and augmented by his actions in the Capitol Building. This would allow moderate Republicans to reclaim their party’s mantle and unroot alt-right influences. But would Romney do it? His willingness to unequivocally challenge Trump could be seen either as a pro or... more »

Arctic Sea Ice Volume 16-Nov-2018

Hifast at Climate Collections - 1 day ago
Originally posted on sunshine hours: Arctic Sea Ice Volume is approaching the 2004-2013 average again.

Summit Builds Its Own Facilitators

Peter Greene at CURMUDGUCATION - 1 day ago
Education Dive just became the latest site to ooh and ahh over Summit Charter School's in-house facilitator factory. The focus of the story is a molecular biologist who has decided to try his hand in the classroom-- specifically a classroom in one of Summit Charter's chain of charteriness. Summit, you may recall, is the chain that garnered back from Mark Zuckerberg, that offers its program for free to any school that wants it, and plans to spin that part of the business off into a Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative controlled enterprise soon. Summit is all about the mass-customized, comput... more »

US Postal Service Subsidizes Chinese Package Delivery

Charles R. Anderson, Ph.D. at An Objectivist Individualist - 1 day ago
Edward Hudgins, Ph.D., Research Director of the Heartland Institute, has written a very interesting article on how the Universal Postal Union (UPU) agreement forces the US Postal Service to subsidize the delivery of small packages sent from China to American addresses. The USPS lost about $75 million in 2014 due to it having to deliver small packages from China. It costs less for a Chinese business to send a package thousands of miles across the Pacific Ocean to most American addresses than it costs an American business to send a similar package 600 miles to an American address. ... more »

Top U.S. Military General Admits That The Taliban 'Are Not Losing' In Afghanistan

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
Defense Secretary James Mattis, left, and Joint Chiefs Chairman and Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford at a press briefing on the campaign to defeat ISIS at the Pentagon, May 19, 2017. Thomson Reuters *CNN:* *Top US military officer says Taliban 'are not losing'* (CNN)The top US military officer said Saturday that the Taliban "are not losing" in Afghanistan, and much more needs to be done to bring peace to the war-torn country. "They are not losing right now, I think that is fair to say," Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said of the Taliban during a discussion a... more »

Don’t touch this during winter, data says it should be banned

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 1 day ago
Flu season is upon us again — the time of year when the steady message is “Have you gotten your flu shot yet?” Considering the many studies showing flu vaccines offer minimal protection against illness even when well-matched to circulating viral strains, the fact that vaccination continues to be touted as your first line of […] The post Don’t touch this during winter, data says it should be banned appeared first on Health Nut News.

Daily Mail: Schoolgirl leaves teacher bent over in pain after she kicks him in the groin for chasing her around classroom to give her flu jab

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 1 day ago
While the mainstream media might find this “cute” or “funny,” scaring and abusing children is not funny to us. Watch below as a little girl, distraught after being told it was her turn to have a vaccine, kicks her teacher in the groin and runs away. “She began yelling and screaming as she paced around the classroom while […] The post Daily Mail: Schoolgirl leaves teacher bent over in pain after she kicks him in the groin for chasing her around classroom to give her flu jab appeared first on Health Nut News.

I warned against this water 8 years ago, yet its popularity is soaring

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 1 day ago
Alkaline water is experiencing a resurgence in popularity with sales jumping from $47 million in 2014 to $427 million in 2017. Marketers claim alkaline water can correct excess acidity in your tissues, which can then prevent or reverse cancer, arthritis and other degenerative diseases. However, there’s virtually no good evidence to support such claims, and […] The post I warned against this water 8 years ago, yet its popularity is soaring appeared first on Health Nut News.

Musical Interlude: 2002, “Inner Light”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
2002, “Inner Light” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swkTCTmajRI

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“What will become of these galaxies? Spiral galaxies NGC 5426 and NGC 5427 are passing dangerously close to each other, but each is likely to survive this collision. Typically when galaxies collide, a large galaxy eats a much smaller galaxy. In this case, however, the two galaxies are quite similar, each being a sprawling spiral with expansive arms and a compact core. As the galaxies advance over the next tens of millions of years, their component stars are unlikely to collide, although new stars will form in the bunching of gas caused by gravitational tides. *Click image for larger... more »

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