Sunday, September 13, 2020

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8 Things Gifted People Experience

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  • We’re all gifted in some way or another. While some gifts are easily recognized, some are subtle and can even make you feel weird. Gifted people vary from being somewhat too intense...
  • Ever been stuck in a dead-end relationship? Did you find it extremely difficult to move on from it? Well, most of us have been unfortunate enough to deal with toxic relationships or...

    • In the past, gardening played a vital role in our lives. But now most of us buy our food from supermarkets, giving little consideration to where it comes from or how it’s grown.  Children...

  • TweetThe achievement gap has driven education reform for the past twenty years. Guest David Stevens says it’s time to stop talking about the achievement gap and focus instead on...
  • TweetTeachers unions are the biggest impediments to fixing schools and improving student achievement. That mantra has been at the heart of school reform efforts for more than a decade...

    • TweetPrivate pandemic “pods” are the latest edu-craze to sweep the land. But turns out there’s nothing new about privileged parents fleeing the public school system—or...

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  • I have written a lot at my own site. I don’t know how strong the interest is here. It is a topic I know a fair bit about, both the Mythbusters and the recent-thinking-and-research varieties...


    • This is a short post commemorating the 19th anniversary of the 9/11/2001 Terrorist attack on America.

      Centinel2012



  • The NFL took a major hit in their ratings for opening week. Rating were down 16% with many fans tuning out the social justice lectures from virtue signaling millionaire players. We...
  • Armstrong Economics Blog/Uncategorized Re-Posted Sep 13, 2020 by Martin Armstrong The Wolds New Hitler — Bill Gates We are in the midst of an all-out psychological war being wages...

    • Fox News In the hands of Democratic politicians, climate change is like systemic racism in the sky: You can’t see it, but it’s everywhere and it’s deadly. #FoxNews #Tucker Subscribe...

      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...
  • On today's BradCast, it was not a good day for those who believe in free, fair, honest, overseeable and safe democracy. On the other hand, it was a great day for Republicans! [Audio link...

    • We warned you weeks ago to "buckle up" for what was to come between then and Election Day. On today's BradCast, a mountain of reminders as to why we issued the warning, as we hope that everyone...

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  • Russians who risk freedom to oppose nuclear sector rewarded Fedor Maryasov and Andrey Talevlin, four others, win 2020 Nuclear Free Future Award Munich, Germany, September 8, 2020—Fedor...
  • Ian Zabarte speaking at a press conference at a Nuclear Forum event he organized at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas in 2016.More than 900 nuclear tests were conducted on Shoshone...

    • NRC file photo of Duane Arnold atomic reactor.As reported by CBS 2 Iowa. Duane Arnold, a Fukushima Daiichi twin design (a General Electric Mark I Boiling Water Reactor), had long been...

  • Two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies were shot repeatedly at point-blank range in an ambush on Saturday and Black Power protesters responded by gathering outside the hospital...
  • After centuries of marginalisation, the Mediterranean Sea is back in the international spotlight. A new Great Game is unfolding in its eastern part, similar to the 19th century machinations...

    • 9/11, as we were told repeatedly in the days, weeks, and months after the attack, was the day that changed everything.

  • Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web
  • By Emma Young. Feelings of autonomy increased across early weeks of pandemic, suggesting at least some aspects of psychological recovery begin during stressful experience...

    • By Emily Reynolds. Survey shows that lay beliefs about criminal confessions often don't match up with what experts believe.

      Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places



  • Beth Campbell remembers long days working on various family farms as a child. Along with her parents and siblings, as well as her aunts, uncles, and cousins, she would go from one farm...
  • It is the year 1504, Cesare Borgia has fallen and Imola, his headquarters, is wracked by violence. Two families, as in many Italian stories, are facing each other: Sassatelli and Vaini...



  • One of the most renowned poets from Japan's Edo period (1603–1868), Matsuo Bashō is known for his travelogue Oku no Hosomichi (The Narrow Road to the Deep North), a collection...

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