Saturday, January 25, 2020

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  • People are under the impression that what happens in their lives is out of their control. You cannot sit around waiting to see what life dishes out. People that wait around usually have...

  • Featured Health News from Medical News Today



  • Scientists recently tested probiotics in a roundworm model of Parkinson’s. A particular bacterium had a protective effect and improved symptoms.
  • Catnip is the most famous stimulant for cats. How does it work, why does it not affect all cats, and are there any catnip alternatives? We investigate...

    • New research in macaques finds that changing the delivery method of an existing tuberculosis vaccine can drastically improve its efficacy.

      Have You Heard



  • TweetWhat are students learning about American history in these hyper-polarized times? That’s what New York Times reporter Dana Goldstein wanted to know. And so she set off on...
  • TweetHave You Heard heads to rural Wisconsin to investigate a puzzle. Communities in the “reddest” parts of the state keep voting to hike their own taxes to pay for schools, even...
  • The PISA Problem

    a month ago

    • TweetThe sky is falling! The sky is falling! That was the reaction when the PISA results were announced – the global ranking of 15-year-olds. But scholar Oren Pizmony-Levy tells...

      Chicago Boyz



  • That’s the view of Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Wharton MBA, mathematical finance PhD and author of Skin in the Game and The Black Swan. Taleb, a libertarian, aims his critique of intellectuals...
  • The New Versailles

    4 days ago
  • My daughter actually suggested this line of thought; that the current ruling class (or those who think themselves to be so) in the United States are perilously akin to the French nobility...

    • Retail businesses are associated with low pay and high employee turnover–especially in the case of those retailers who offer low prices–and the same is largely true of customer-service...

      Centinel2012



  • The Schiff Show curtain needs to come down. Schiff spent endless hours before the Senate repeating his lies, and many Americans tuned him out. He once again brought up Russia! Russia!...
  • Armstrong Economics Blog/Climate Re-Posted Jan 23, 2020 by Martin Armstrong In 2009, the University of Illinois sent a survey online to about 10,000 scientists with the following...

    • Armstrong Economics Blog/Religion Re-Posted from Jan 23, 2020 by Martin Armstrong COMMENT:  Concerning the post today of the “Decline and Fall of Religion?” I nearly fell...

  • Our special coverage of Donald John's Trump Senate Impeachment trial continues on today's BradCast, but we interrupt that coverage briefly at the top of today's show with some breaking...
  • Our special BradCast coverage of the Impeachment Trial of Donald John Trump continues on Day 2 of the Democratic House Managers' opening argument --- which could well be their closing...

    • IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: The oil industry is rebranding itself as a leader in climate action (Seriously.); Trump DOJ working with Big Oil to quash climate liability lawsuits; U.S...

      bluebird of bitterness




  • Friday happy dance

    a day ago



  • As reported by the Washington Post. "The clock is now set at 100 seconds to midnight, the closest it has ever been to symbolic doom and the first time the hands have been within the two-minute...
  • As reported by MLive, a bipartisan, bicameral resolution opposing high-level radioactive waste dumping near the shoreline of the Great Lakes has been introduced in Congress. The...

    • "Arizonans know that water is life; it is vital to us all and sustains our livelihoods. We cannot afford to let powerful industry interests sacrifice our water to pollution or depletion...

  • A prominent Australian doctor who led the World Health Organisation’s Health Emergencies Programme has died suddenly.
  • A researcher with ties to China was recently escorted out of the National Microbiology Lab (NML) in Winnipeg amid an RCMP investigation into what’s being described as a possible...


  • Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web
  • By Emily Reynolds. Participants in four countries believed they were more green than others - the latest example of the "better-than-average" effect.

    • By Emily Reynolds. Participants who had slept before identifying suspects were just as accurate as those who had not.

      Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places



  • Anyone alive today who grew up in Middletown, Rhode Island, probably ate at Tommy's Deluxe Diner. From 1953 to 2006, the iconic stainless-steel Americana food-temple served generations...
  • When visitors enter Beijing’s Nanhaizi Milu Park, they step onto a long wooden bridge that stretches over a marsh. It’s the perfect place to see a herd of odd-looking deer in the...

    • Earlier this week, the Australian capital of Canberra was pelted with hail the size of golf balls. Before the icy deluge, the city had been enveloped in smoke from the bushfires that...

      Accidental Deliberations



  • Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Justin Nobel exposes the toxic - and even radioactive - side effects of the oil and gas industry. Reuters reports on the widespread presence...
  • Musical interlude

    20 hours ago
  • Pale Waves - Noises
  • New column day

    2 days ago

    • Here, on the Saskatchewan Party's dangerous focus on privatization and photo-ops rather than the public infrastructure the province needs.For further reading...- Alex MacPherson...

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