Saturday, January 25, 2020

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  • Era-defining astronaut Buzz Aldrin just turned 90 and photos of him on the moon just got the hi-def treatment to mark the occasion. A special surprise was waiting for blast off on Buzz’s...
  • Mongolians have a special relationship with golden eagles. Ancient cultures often have traditions that are visually stunning to outsiders, and none may be more so than the Khazakh...
    • Terry Jones, founding member of Monty Python, has sadly left us aged 77. The writer, comedian and Monty Python star had been battling a rare form of dementia. Jones was born in Colwyn...
  • Originally posted on European Royal History : Victoria, Princess Royal (Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa; November 21, 1840 – August 5, 1901) was German Empress and Queen of Prussia...

  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Thursday, January 23, 2020 Trump Betrays His Most Devoted Followers, Announces New Push to Privatize...
  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Wednesday, January 22, 2020 At Davos, Trump Spews More Fake Rhetoric About His Non-Existent Economic...
    • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Tuesday, January 21, 2020 After Three Years of American Carnage, Rucker and Leonnig’s “A Very...
  • Tests by a US government agency on common weed-killing products made with the chemical glyphosate have found some formulations sold to the public to be genotoxic, meaning they are...
  • RootWave, a pioneer in electrical weed killing solutions, today secured ca. EUR 6.5m in a Series A investment round led by Willem Broekaert of V-Bio Ventures (Belgium) and Richard...
    • The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is in the process of becoming the first country to ban the use of the substance glyphosate in herbicides. Source: Press release by Luxembourg’s Ministry...
  • South / North
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      Stagecraft and Statecraft

  • US President Donald Trump once seemed to recognize that, as long as the US remains mired in endless wars in the Middle East, it will be unable to address in a meaningful way the threat...
  • Brahma Chellaney, The Japan Times In his second term, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sought to initiate a new practice on New Year’s Day: To discuss a shared vision of peace...
    • BRAHMA CHELLANEY, Project Syndicate International law today is powerful against the powerless, and powerless against the powerful. As long as this is true, a rules-based global...
  • There is yet another temple where the Shiva Linga absorbs entire Oil when abhisheka is performed.
    • The original name of the place was Kadai+Chilambu+Endhal, meaning 'the place where the Anklet was held in Hands for the last time' I am unable to find the photo of the house...
  • The Education Law Center announces good news for equity for children in Baltimore City: About Us News ‌ ‌ January 24, 2020 MARYLAND COURT ALLOWS BALTIMORE CITY PARENTS TO RE-OPEN...
  •   Valerie Strauss posted an excerpt from SLAYING GOLIATH about one of its heroes. SLAYING GOLIATH contains many true stories of individuals and groups who took a stand to defend their...
    • Forbes’ education writer Wesley Whistle writes about the lawsuit filed by AFT against Betsy DeVos for her failure to protect the students who were defrauded by colleges and universities...
  • As might be anticipated, the impeachment action in the U.S. Senate has crowded out the talk show space for science and technology content.  There are some items of note for last week...
  • The first full week of the new year brought the first new episodes of most late night (and other) talk shows.  For those repeats that did air this past week, of note is the January 10 (Friday)...
    • As is usually the case, most programs were off for the year-end holidays.  Of the repeats this past week, I draw attention to the New Year’s Day edition of The Late Late Show.  Neil...

      NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

  • By Paul Homewood     We saw this coming a few months ago:   Climate Assembly UK has 110 members selected through a process known as ‘sortition’ or a ‘civic lottery’ to be representative...
  • By Paul Homewood     This week’s climate hysteria concerns “dramatic” soil erosion in the Lake District! The Lake District is suffering from soil erosion at a "dramatic rate"...
    • By Paul Homewood   h/t Mike Jackson   I mentioned Sherelle Jacobs earlier. This, I believe, is the second sceptical piece in the last couple of weeks:   There is something sinister...
  • “Glaciers: climate witnesses of the ice age to the present”. A book review By Horst-Joachim Lüdecke and Klaus-Eckart Puls Hat-tip: Die kalte Sonne (Translated by P. Gosselin...
  • By Kirye and Pierre Gosselin A few days ago we looked at 19 stations scattered across Antarctica and found no unusual climate trends taking place there over the past 31 years. Today...
    • A new reconstruction (Martin et al., 2020)  shows peak mean annual temperatures (14°C) were 7°C warmer than today (7°C, 2009-2017) ~7800 years ago in France. In the last 200 years...

      Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers

  • Victor Davis Hanson // National Review Since World War II, the United States has identified a number of national interests in the Greater Middle East, a region often defined quite...
  • Victor Davis Hanson // National Review The frenetic opposition to Donald Trump by the Washington establishment, the new progressive, hard-left Democratic party, and in particular...
  • Progressive Petards

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    • Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness Since at least 2016, CNN has mostly ceased being a news agency, but that hasn’t stopped it from being an active participant in #TheResistance...

    The Moderate Voice

  • Don’t get whiplash but this week we are heading to the opposite end of the musical spectrum from last week’s rock and roll song. This week we are featuring a piece of music written...
  • Blind Justice (Cartoon)

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  • The post Blind Justice (Cartoon) appeared first on The Moderate Voice.
    • This is a profoundly emotional and important film with people who have simply sought to live their lives and to be their best selves, away from scrutiny and discouragement. Crip Camp...

      Marginal REVOLUTION

  • 1. The 2018 Danish movie The Guilty is excellent start to finish. 2. Apps lower women’s dating standards. [this one a joke it turns out] 3. Christopher Caldwell’s Age of Entitlement...
  • Terrorist group al Shabaab has banned single-use plastic bags. The Somali militant Islamist group, which has links to al Qaeda, has long had an interest in environmental issues...
    • Health advocates say a safe supply of opioids is critical to help prevent people from overdosing on tainted street drugs. Now, a pilot project in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside...
  • Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: I fear we are becoming insensitive to shock in the Trump era. And the very concept of “government ethics” seems to be an oxymoron in this...
  • A West Virginia bill invites Virginia counties fed up with the Virginia government's gun grab to officially become part of West Virginia.
  • Donald Trump made history January 24 when he attended the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., the first president ever to appear at the iconic pro-life gathering...
    • Barack Obama certainly isn’t feeling the Bern, unless it’s indigestion. Concerned that presidential candidate Bernie Sanders — perhaps the new Democrat front-runner —...
  • "I remember that Hilary Clinton worked hard against my idea to go to Iran. She even called the Emir of Qatar and asked him to convince me not to go. When I arrived in Moscow and met with [Dmitry]...
  • The U.S. recently admitted that it tried and failed to kill an Iranian commander in Yemen, sparking both fear and mobilization among Yemen's Houthis. The post Houthis Anticipate...
    • An estimated 2.5 million Iraqis descended on Baghdad to stage a "Million Man March" calling for an end to the nearly 17 year-long U.S. occupation of their country. The post Enormous...

      Made from Truth and Lies

  • EU draws map for Boris Johnson of where customs checks he says don't exist will go(tags:UK Europe NorthernIreland trade doom )Astronauts bake space's first ever cookies - and are...
  • Is Your Child an Elder God, Fae Changeling, Keanu Reeves, or Just a Kid?(tags:children KeanuReeves funny viaSwampers )The Church of England can, as usual, fuck right off(tags:LGBT...
    • You really don't want to read the winner of the Bad Sex Award(tags:sex awful writing )Netflix counts you as a viewer if you watch at least 2 minutes.(tags:netflix statistics )I had...

    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.

      InvestmentWatch

  • by Wayne Allyn Root My last column was about “Democrat Weapons of Mass Distraction.” Now add a sister problem to the list: “Weapons of Mass Distortion.” Impeachment serves...
  • All of China is under lock down. Happy Lunar New Year. #China: – All interstate transportation services in and out of Beijing will be suspended tomorrow (1st level emergency response)...
    • by Chris On the one hand there’s no new news, the number of new cases and fatalities is frozen for many hours. On the other hand there’s this: One of ... Read more...

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  • It’s not really a surprise that Hillary Clinton’s nasty, little, backbiting remarks (“Nobody likes him”) were met with an absolute outpouring of Bernie love. That love...
  • Seven Whys

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  • This latest meltdown from Joe Biden should be getting massive media attention, but it’s not. It happened 24 hours ago, and I’m seeing very little commentary on it. It’s way worse...
    • This is with regards to a clip I saw a few days ago, from The View. Now, let me state right off the bat that I don’t really object to the premise of The View. Get a handful of minor … Continue...

      Fragments from Floyd

  • Selling a place you love: is less like finding someone to adopt a pet than it is like seeking a peaceful and secure passage into another life for dependent next-of-kin. We can’t just...
  • Fred and Ann prepare to show and sell their place, moving closer to town in June.
    • My morning pages sometimes get out of hand. What can I say? I’m hearing conversations with inanimate objects now. So lock me up. They ended up, one atop the other, in the back of my car...

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