Wednesday, January 01, 2020

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Featured Health News from Medical News Today

  • A previously unknown autoinflammatory condition has come to the fore thanks to a team of global experts, who were also able to identify its root cause...
  • A new study finds an association between the Western dietary pattern, which is high in unhealthful fats and sugars, and age-related vision loss.
    • New research in mice investigates the possibility that MDMA, a potentially addictive drug, may help in the context of mental health therapy.

      Chicago Boyz




  • … oh, heck, everyone knows the rest of this: Do not mess with Texas. Even if – especially if —  you are a transient loner with a long record of offenses against the laws of man and...
  • Interesting remarks from Tim Harford, summarizing a study of friendships among college students: They found that students in a large, diverse campus sought out and befriended other...

    • I’ve always liked this passage from Thomas Pynchon’s great novel Gravity’s Rainbow. The setting: it is the grim winter of 1944, just before Christmas. The military situation...


      Centinel2012




  • PARTYING WITH PELOSI Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi loves money. That’s why she spends so much of her time fundraising. She is good at hitting up large corporations and wealthy...
  • Armstrong Economics Blog/Climate Re-Posted Dec 31, 2019 by Martin Armstrong Bangladesh has a subtropical monsoon climate characterized by wide seasonal variations in rainfall...

    • Armstrong Economics Blog/Interest Rates Re-Posted Dec 31, 2019 by Martin Armstrong   The Repo Crisis for year-end has had the Fed pumping in a staggering amount of about $234 billion...


      The BRAD BLOG




  • On today's BradCast, guest host NICOLE SANDLER looks back on the year 2019, shining a spotlight on some of the biggest stories along with some that deserved much more attention. So...
  • It's NICOLE SANDLER, today's guest host for another edition of the BradCast. There wasn't a whole lot of news to report, but I began the show with the latest. Then I settled in for a long...

    • * * * 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...


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  • Hail the blest morn! See the great Mediator Down from the regions of glory descend. Shepherds, go worship the Babe in the manger; Lo, for His guard the bright angels attend. Brightest...



  • Maryland.govOn December 17, 2019, Maryland’s Republican Governor Larry Hogan trumpeted his plan for a “Clean And Renewable Energy Standard” (CARES) which carves out state...
  • "The U.S. House of Representatives last week passed the $738 billion military policy bill that gives Trump his sought-for Space Force as he moves for what he terms 'American dominance...

    • Michigan.govControversy continues to brew following revelations of repeated shoreline collapses into the Detroit River of a property contaminated with uranium, PCBs and other...


  • Ghislaine has been widely accused of supplying a string of young and underage females to Epstein for his sexual gratification.
  • Iranian militia leader Hadi al-Amiri, one of several identified as leading an attack on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday, reportedly visited the White House in 2011 during the...

    • Dramatic footage over the US embassy in Baghdad as enraged protesters continue to encircle the compound with US Marines still inside, and reportedly with more Marines on the way from...


      Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places




  • Ötzi is the mummy that keeps on giving. Since the 5,300-year-old “Iceman”—the world’s oldest mummy—emerged from a high-altitude tomb, in 1991, he’s had just about...
  • At the end of a peculiar L-shaped turn off Houston’s bustling Richmond Avenue sits the nerdiest neighborhood gem in town. the Hobbit Café—so-named for its impressive array...

    • Jewish people have lived in Mazovia, a region in east-central Poland, since medieval times. In the 18th century, the Jewish community in the province grew in size, and made up a significant...


      Accidental Deliberations




  • Slumbering cats.
  • Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Damian Carrington reports on the large amount of microplastics raining down on residents of the world's cities. Geoffrey Morgan notes...

    • This and that for your Sunday reading.- Paul Thacker discusses the importance of addressing the climate crisis as a health issue. CBC takes a look at a few of the ways a deteriorating...

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