Sunday, August 25, 2019

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  • More than 20 states could be making a bipartisan effort to initiate an antitrust investigation into big tech companies. The investigation would focus on companies such as Apple...

  • University of Texas freshmen threatened with doxing if they join conservative groups on campus

    an hour ago
  • University of Texas incoming freshmen who are interested in joining one of the two conservative groups on campus are being met with social media threats by a far left-wing group. In...

  • Kentucky Supreme Court hears case of print shop owner that refused to print Gay Pride t-shirts

    a day ago
  • A Kentucky print shop owner who refused to make a gay pride T-shirt argued before the Kentucky Supreme Court that he shouldn’t be compelled to promote messages that go against his...

  • POLL: Public support for impeachment falls to two-year low — 59% oppose

    a day ago
  • A Monmouth University poll published Thursday shows a majority of Americans oppose attempts to impeach President Trump, while Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee move forward...

  • Reporter testing the ‘availability of guns at Walmart’ ends up failing background check

    a day ago

    • A senior correspondent for Business Insider investigated “the availability of guns at Walmart” by attempting to purchase a firearm, but proved unable to do so after failing...

      



  • Inevitability, you will cross paths with a toxic grudge bearer in your lifetime. Most people who get angry tend to express it openly, and then there are the few who use other tactics...

  • The Full Moon Is Sick Of Being Blamed For Problems

    24 days ago
  • Why is it so common for earthlings to blame every unfortunate occurrence on the “Full Moon”? People tend to interpret information to confirm their beliefs. When life is hectic...

  • How Quantum Mechanics Can Assist In Our Lives

    a month ago

    • How can we use the ideas being discovered by scientists in the field of quantum mechanics to assist us in our own lives? Quantum mechanics scientists have discovered that beams of light...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today



  • A new review-based advisory has compared the benefits of two prescription omega-3 fatty acid medications for cardiovascular health.

  • Medical News Today: Controversial study links pollution with bipolar, depression

    a day ago
  • New research has found a link between living in a polluted area and the incidence of some mental health conditions — but not everyone is convinced.

  • Medical News Today: What happens if you do pushups every day?

    2 days ago

    • Pushups are a beneficial exercise that people can do every day. Pushups can increase muscle mass and cardiovascular health. Risks include back pain. Learn more here...

      Exceptional Delaware 2017



  • Over the past couple of weeks, Red Clay Consolidated School District Board of Education member Jason Casper has been a lightning rod of controversy over Facebook posts supporting...

  • State Board of Education Unanimously Votes To Put Odyssey Charter School On Probation

    a month ago
  • In a unanimous vote, the Delaware State Board of Education placed Odyssey Charter School on probation until June 30th, 2020.  The main takeaway of their probation conditions is...

  • Poll: What Will Happen With Odyssey Charter School Tonight?

    a month ago


    •   Have You Heard



  • TweetStep one: become an expert in the regulations governing (and more importantly, not governing) charter schools in your state. Step two: recruit as many students as possible...

  • The Case for Making College Free

    a month ago
  • TweetIn the latest episode of Have You Heard, economist Marshall Steinbaum talks free college, human capital theory, educationism and why it’s time to disrupt the individualized...

  • Is *Progressive Charter School* an Oxymoron?

    a month ago

    • TweetRemember back in the early days of the charter school movement when charter proponents used to talk about 1,000 flowers blooming? Well, a funny thing happened to all of those...

      Chicago Boyz



  • …which were inspired by the gargoyles of the Washington National Cathedral, were published in book form in 2012.  I was reminded of these poems by the dreadfully destructive fire...

  • 20 hours ago
  • Sometimes your eyes can trick you. HT: Political Calculations

  • “After Minimum Wage Hike, Labor Day Will Be Replaced by Cheaper, More Efficient, Robot Labor Day”

    3 days ago

    • … Foremost on the front burner is an attempt by the Democrats to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. A fiscal review by the Senate Budget Committee, however, showed that...

      Centinel2012



  • Armstrong Economics Blog/Politics Re-Posted Aug 25, 2019 by Martin Armstrong

  • Democrats on Securing the Border

    an hour ago
  • Armstrong Economics Blog/Politics Posted Aug 25, 2019 by Martin Armstrong

  • Climate Change is Part of the Corruption

    an hour ago

    • Armstrong Economics Blog/Climate Re-Posted Aug 25, 2019 by Martin Armstrong

      The BRAD BLOG



  • * * * Perry Dorrell blogs as PDiddie at Brains and Eggs, usually on topics concerning the strange brew of Texas politics. He's also on Twitter @PDiddie...

  • NC Elections Board Ignores Voters, Approves Unverifiable Touchscreen Barcode Ballot System: 'BradCast' 8/23/2019

    2 days ago
  • Just before airtime for today's BradCast, everything seemed to blow up at once (figuratively!) But we do our best to navigate through the most important explosions, including one...

  • Coordinated Ransomware Attack Cripples 22 TX Municipal Govts. But Why Worry About 2020?: 'BradCast' 8/22/2019

    3 days ago

    • On today's BradCast, we catch up with a grab bag of stuff, most of which doesn't have to do with Donald Trump's idiocy --- you're welcome --- but a lot of which has to do with what Americans...

      bluebird of bitterness



  • Psalm 100:1-3 in Zulu, set to music by American composer Dan Forrest. (This is the fourth movement of Jubilate Deo, composed in 2016. The words are from Psalm 100 and each movement...

  • Caturday funnies

    a day ago

  • Friday happy dance

    2 days ago


    •   Home



  • NRC announced 11 public meetings regarding establishment of local community advisory boards (CABs). These meetings run from August through October, 2019 and are in places where...

  • NRC ASLB admits single contention in WCS/ISP CISF licensing proceeding

    2 days ago
  • The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) has ruled in the Waste Control Specialists/Interim Storage Partners (WCS/ISP) consolidated...

  • Einstein's atomic regrets

    3 days ago

    • On August 2, 1939, Albert Einstein sent a letter that triggered the Manhattan Project to construct atom bombs "before Nazi Germany did. And it led to a widening of nuclear technology...

    BlackListed News



  • The scandal of human listening to private conversations continues. And Microsoft repeats the same scenario discovered on Skype where human reviewers recorded and listened to personal...

  • Russia launches floating nuclear reactor despite warnings - Eco Daily News

    14 hours ago
  • Russia launched the world’s first floating nuclear reactor on Friday, sending it on an epic journey across the Arctic, despite environmentalists warning of a “Chernobyl on...

  • Hong Kong police fire water cannon at protesters for first time during clashes

    14 hours ago

    • Police fired a burst of water cannon to force back brick-throwing protesters as clashes turned violent once again in the streets of Hong Kong.

      Research Digest



  • By Matthew Warren. Older sisters may provide better input to their younger sibling, the researchers say.

  • “Callous” Children No More Likely To Display Psychopathy As Adults – But May Be At Greater Risk Of Committing Violent Crime

    4 days ago
  • By Emma Young. Link between childhood callousness and later psychopathy may have been overstated.

  • Left-Handed People Are Being Unnecessarily Excluded From Neuroimaging Research, Study Finds

    6 days ago

    • Practice is based on flawed logic and is detrimental to research, the authors argue.

      Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places



  • Translated from Ute as the “Canyon with Two Mouths” or "the Parting of the Waters," the remote Unaweep Canyon is the only canyon in the world where creeks flow out of the canyon in...

  • Canada's Ice Roads Are Melting Too Soon

    2 days ago
  • It’s March in Canada’s Northwest Territories, almost 200 miles above the Arctic Circle, and the Mackenzie River Delta is frozen solid. Seen from above, its marbled surface is...

  • Swaddling Glaciers in Blankets Isn’t the Oddest Idea for Extending Their Lives

    2 days ago

    • For years, if you wanted to get up close to a glacier—to feel the cold lift off the ice, to hear the water wending through rivulets and groaning beneath the surface—the Swiss Alps...

      Accidental Deliberations



  • This and that for your weekend reading.- Ryan Nunn, Jimmy O'Donnell and Jay Shambaugh study how the U.S.' labour movement has been ground down by corporate-controlled governments...

  • Bottom lines and shifting goalposts

    a day ago
  • I noted last night that there's no validity to complaints about the NDP ruling out support for a Con government. But if anybody wants to point out which party's stance on supporting...

  • Musical interlude

    2 days ago

    • Foals - In Degrees

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