Saturday, October 17, 2020

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  • If life has put you down and you feel demotivated and unable to fight back, then these quotes are sure to inspire you. Although Keanu Reeves is well known as an actor, he is also famous...

  • When you confide in your partner regarding your dreams and goals, how do they react? Do they support you? Or do they try to change your mind, to convince you that it is for your own good? ...

    • No matter how strong you are, there are times when you feel like crying your eyes out. It might be hard for you to hold back your tears, but crying doesn’t mean you’re weak. Everyone...

  • TweetHave You Heard talks with legal scholar Derek Black about his new book Schoolhouse Burning: Public Education and the Assault on American Democracy. Despite the title (not to...

  • TweetHave You Heard episode #98: The Rich and the Rest There is a vast gulf between the public education priorities of most voters and the favored policies of the very wealthy. Nowhere...

    • TweetA consensus between Republicans and centrist Democrats around charter schools has been at the very center of education policy for the past three decades. Guest David Menefee-Libey...

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  • In an interview which has received surprisingly little attention, Joe Biden talked about the Democratic Party’s political strategy: Well, look what’s happened. Look what...

  • This article compares the killing of Osama bin Laden in Abbotabad with the recent censorship of the NY Post by Big Tech social media platforms as a "Moment of Strategic Clarity."...

  • Why I Like Ike

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    • Why I Like Ike. The Greatest of the Greatest Generation followed by the Worst of the Worst. —- Dwight D. Eisenhower served during the Great War, lived through the Great Depression...

      Centinel2012

  • Facebook is zipping closed free speech Had enough? It’s time to push back- if we don’t resist and push back BIG Tech will roll over us and our freedom will be lost forever!...

  • U.S. Vice President Joe Biden waves as he walks out of Air Force Two with his granddaughter, Finnegan Biden (C) and son Hunter Biden (R) upon their arrival in Beijing on Dec. 4, 2013...

    • Armstrong Economics Blog/Conspiracy Re-Posted Oct 17, 2020 by Martin Armstrong

  • If you're feeling a bit nauseous of late, hopefully it's not COVID. But it could very well be the effects of trying to keep up with the roller coaster of federal court rulings we've been...

  • On today's BradCast: It's full speed ahead for Senate Republicans' desperate attempt to further pack the U.S. Supreme Court while they still have the chance. And it's anything but...

    • IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court threatens U.S. climate policy for decades to come; Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse deconstructs the...

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  • Caturday funnies

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  • Small Modular Reactors are a mirage! Learn how to debunk the many myths industry and governments are using to promote them. Beyond Nuclear SMR Webinar Wednesday, October 21, 2020...

  • Beyond Nuclear is a signatory to this global appeal. You can endorse it too. The nuclear weapons possessed by nine countries threaten us all. Any use of these weapons by accident, miscalculation...

    • Update: Judge L. G. Wood today sentenced Patrick Kelly to 14 months in prison, with credit for a couple of months he has already served. Patrick will stay out of jail for 90 days until...

  • "Thirteen members of an anti-government group bent on igniting a civil war are charged in a plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who the group targeted in a possible commando raid...

  • Last week, Vermont Gov. Phil Scott signed a bill into law that bans police from using facial recognition technology. The growing movement to prohibit the use of facial recognition...

  • Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web

  • By Sofia Deleniv. Kids who were told that their peers or teacher would find out about their performance were far better at delaying gratification.

    • By Emily Reynolds. Presence of expensive car increased support for taxation of the wealthy in a low-income area in South Africa.

      Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places

  • When Yon Shimizu heard the news that Japanese forces had bombed Pearl Harbor in December 1941, he was on his hands and knees, scrubbing his family’s linoleum floor. Living in a rented...

  • As drivers near the corner of Mountain Road and Emerald Valley Lane in Bernards Township, they'll come upon a tree that rises from the brush. At sunset, it becomes a dark silhouette...

    • Thanks to its long history, the city of Rome is full of archaeological remains from many different eras. While the most famous ones, like the Colosseum or the Pantheon date back to the...

      Accidental Deliberations

  • I've noted before that Scott Moe's spring election posturing prevented Elections Saskatchewan from putting together a full postal balloting system for this fall's provincial...

  • I haven't spent much time discussing the smaller parties in Saskatchewan's provincial election, and I don't see much basis to think any of them will be in serious competition to win...

    • Assorted content for your weekend reading.- The CCPA Monitor interviews William Carroll about the fossil fuel elite's control over far too much of Canadian politics, and the barrier...

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