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Einstein was right: Scientists detect gravitational waves for the first time
"It's like how X-ray changed medicine."LIGO scientist Szabolcs Marka on
the significance of this detection.Scientists have for the first time
found telltale ripples in the fabric of space and time, confirming one
of Albert Einstein’s strangest, yet most elegant, predictions.This
discovery, announced Thursday, comes 100 years after Einstein first
theorized gravitational waves. It will ush
Peyton Manning explains his brother Eli's depressed Super Bowl face
Eli Manning, welcome to the Resting Bitch Face club
During Wednesday's Tonight Show, Super Bowl 50 winner Peyton Manning
talked with Jimmy Fallon about the (now viral) expression his brother
Eli made upon realizing Peyton was about to win the big game
Peyton explains it's just the face Eli makes when he is thinking, which
just confirms to us that Eli is another helpless victim of RBF.
Jon Ham
Gravitational Waves Detected
Via: Guardian: Physicists have announced the discovery of gravitational
waves, ripples in spacetime first anticipated by Albert Einstein a
century ago. “We have detected gravitational waves. We did it,” said
David Reitze, executive director of the Laser Interferometer
Gravitational-Wave Observatory (Ligo), at a press conference in
Washington. The announcement is the climax of a century […]
Australian Couple Living on a Sailboat & Traveling the World
I’ve heard from a few Cryptogonners who have checked out of the rat
race and are living on boats full time. A few more live very close to
their boats and are ready to sail off into the sunset should the need
arise. You might have heard of people who have bug out bags. Well, […]
The Corbett Report
Interview 1137 – James Perloff on The Truth About the Spanish-American War
[audio
mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2016-02-10%20James%20Perloff.mp3"][/audio]Although
it gets short shrift in the history textbooks, in many ways the modern
American empire can find its origins in the Spanish-American War. Today
we talk to James Perloff of JamesPerloff.com about his article on the
war, "Trial Run for Interventionism," and how the bankers used their me
The EnvironmentaList
GE Salmon Imports Blocked Until Labeling Requirements Are Established
FDA approved the genetically engineered fish for human consumption last year without mandatory labeling
Trans Mountain and Energy East Pipelines Delayed in Face of Mounting Protests
Trudeau government announces new climate test and consultation with Indigenous Peoples on all major resource projects
Copenhagen’s Mayor Announces Plans to Divest City from Fossil Fuels
Denmark's capital will withdraw investment fund out of all holdings in coal, oil, and gas if proposal is approved
What Is Your Nitrogen Footprint, and Who Is it Impacting?
For the first time, researchers calculate average reactive nitrogen emissions for people from 188 countries
Is the BBC biased?
The BBC's Style Guide
Talking about the BBC Style Guide...(and does it having anything to say
about people constantly beginning posts with the phrase 'Talking
about...'?) If you read Breitbart London you'll know that the BBC's
Style Guide isn't free from controversy itself. For starters, on the
subject of Islam, it declares: "Our style for the founder of the faith
is the Prophet Muhammad (at second reference, Muha
The Irish Question
"Vote to leave the EU and woe betide Northern Ireland! Or so Ed
Stourton led us to fear tonight".I'm sure I read that somewhere
recently, though for the life of me I can't think where!Is it true
though?******Last night's Analysis on Radio 4, presented by Edwards
Stourton, looked at the Irish view of Brexit, from both sides of the
border:The programme worked its ways through various pote
Jeremy Bowen criticises Emily Maitlis
Everyone's a critic. Including Jeremy Bowen. Here he is, twittering, on
the subject of last night's Newsnight, criticising Emily Maitlis for
failing to challenge her guests (feminist Nomiki Konst and Time's Joe
Klein):Jeremy must have forgotten the bit in the BBC's own 'Social Media
Guidance for Staff' where it says: "Don't criticise your
colleagues."I've not seen him on Newsnight for ag
Ishoos versus personalities
Andrew Marr's interview with UKIP's Douglas Carswell today was entirely
dominated by questions about the structure of/infighting within the
'Leave' campaign(s), plus the personalities involved in that
campaign. So much so that Mr Carswell didn't actually get any time to
spell out his arguments in favour of leaving the European Union.This
made me realise that any attempts to monitor BBC impartialit
@ the chalk face
Can teachers be trusted with a revolution?
I saw passing mention of this letter the other day, and went to seek it
out. It’s an apology from a Detroit teacher to parents on the
conditions of their schools. I want to focus on this one paragraph,
which I quote below: You’re going to hear in the news, and in the
papers, about […]
Teacher observations may be less helpful afterall
During the height of debate on value-added modeling and using test
scores to evaluate teacher performance, I was a champion for the tried
and true teacher observation. Objective measures of teacher performance
are elusive because of all the variables outside of our control. This is
the same reason why physicians, for instance, would refuse evaluation
[…]
Is pulling A Birthday Cake for George Washington a victory for progressive educators?
I’ve not had a physical copy of the book in my hands. But I agree with
the analysis and portrayals of the book as depicting an oddly dewy-eyed
representation of slavery, akin to those who think that slaves should
have been at the very least “thankful” for jobs and roofs over their
heads. Very gross. […]
This was the way public sector unions had to go down, if they do go down #Friedrichs
To be honest, I’ve had to play catch up on the Friedrichs v. CTA case
that is currently before the Supreme Court. Please read the details of
the case if you’re at all about to comment on the issue.
Progressive-minded folks, which includes the bulk of anti-reform
educators, see this as the final undoing of public […]
The Rules of Exposition
One extra keystroke
Without:Readers of this blog will be familiar with this argument. For
those who are not here is a brief recap of the evidence supporting our
claims.With:Readers of this blog will be familiar with this argument.
For those who are not, here is a brief recap of the evidence supporting
our claims.Go for it.
Too many thoughts
Maybe it's different if you're writing fiction. But writing about the
economy, I often find myself deleting an interesting observation, simply
because it's the second observation and it detracts from the first
observation.Separately, they might be interesting. Together, they create
confusion. Or so I think.
Dealing with holes in a Swiss cheese brain
I sometimes have a thought pop into my head, a one-liner that suddenly
makes sense to me. It seems to be a direct quote but it must be a
distillation of something I read. Reading Keynes, for example. He
doesn't usually write one-liners. So I wake up one morning and say "Oh,
Keynes said you can only either spend money or save it." And in my mind,
the you can only either spend money or sav
A Closer Look: Jody Paterson
These are the streets I know: My walk to work, Los Robles to the far side of Bolonia
Join me on my one-hour walk/bus to work in Managua through these 19
photos of the people and sights that I see most days as I walk along.
It was a fun exercise collecting the pictures, as I'd never asked
people's names before when I passed. Using the excuse that I was doing a
"project" for my friends and acquaintances back home also made me feel
more confident about just boldly askin
The wheels on the bus: Sometimes they roll, sometimes they squeal, sometimes they throw you from side to side
Photo by fellow bus traveller Paul WillcocksThis morning I took the
city bus that makes a loud thump somewhere around the rear axle every
time it stops. Yesterday I rode home on the one that has three seat
backs broken off, which I’m fond of because nobody but me takes those
spots and it means I always get a seat.Spend more than an hour on
Nicaraguan city buses every work day and you start to get
On the inescapable privilege of privilege
Having worked in poor countries for most of the last four years,
there’s a lot about The Guardian’s Secret Aid Worker feature that’s
really resonating with me. Of course, I continue to attach the most
value to pieces that bravely carry the writer’s name, because few things
keep you more honest as a writer than putting your stuff out there with
your name attached, for all the world to see. B
A Different Perspective
Curse of Oak Island -Season 3 Final or "Why I decided to come back next year when I haven't found anything yet."
Well, we’ve had the season finale and we now know more than we did
which is not to say that the episode wasn’t disappointing or that we
learned much. (Spoilers Ahead) We got the final report from the diver
who made what I think was an incredible journey down the Bore Hole 10 X
to stand on semi-solid ground. He wandered around down there, telling us
that the ground was “silty” and that it was uneve
Chiles and Whitted Revisited
Although I was working on another project, this Chiles-Whitted thing is
beginning to get out of hand, so I thought I’d just run through it
again based on the Project Blue Book files, various newspaper reports
from the time, and what has been said Chiles' Drawingabout the case in
the years since by a number of UFO writers. There has been some
evolution in the sighting details over the years but I’m
Curse of Oak Island - Finally Some Success
I have been complaining about the Curse of Oak Island for a long time
now because it doesn’t seem they are making any progress. They keep
getting diverted on other tasks that might interest some but they do
little to prove there is anything extraordinary about Oak Island. There
are those who suggest that what has been found has a natural explanation
(though I don’t know how you explain the coconut
My Interest in Oak Island is Flagging
I was asked over the weekend how the two guys, the Lagina brothers,
could afford this on-going semi-investigation into the Oak Island
Treasure. I think part of the answer is History (they used to be the
History Channel). I think History is footing quite a bit of the bill,
paying the guys for hanging around Oak Island, renting the equipment,
and bringing in the distractions to keep the Laginas from
A Very Public Sociologist
Will there be a Snap Election in 2016?
Toby Perkins caught the punditocracy unawares last night by floating
the possibility of a snap election later on this year. Now hold on a
minute, doesn't the Fixed Term Parliaments Act prevent an election from
being called at the Prime Minister's convenience? Yes, that's right.
Unless two thirds of Parliament think otherwise. Here, Toby sets out the
circumstances under which this may happen:I beli
Is Age a Social Cleavage?
As we grow older, we become more conservative - so goes the adage. And
observations of politics tend to bear this out. The average age of a
Conservative was 68, as of 2013. Compare this with Labour, which
presently stands at 42. Gatherings of UKIP find an over preponderance of
the middle-aged to the elderly. The youthful, it appears, have better
things to do with their time.It gets even starker wh
The Idiocy of Jeremy Hunt
The arrogance and incompetence of the government was always going to
catch them out. And in the unnecessary fight they picked with the
British Medical Association, the Tories find their cruel cluelessness
paraded in headlines and news bulletins. The decision by Jeremy Hunt,
the sometime health secretary and full-time gimp, to impose a new
contract on junior doctors is probably the most stupid thin
Hillary Clinton: It's the Politics, Stupid
Time bullshit was called on Hillary Clinton's cheerleaders. You know
what I'm talking about, the avalanche of comment saying that she must
win the Democrat nomination for presidency, regardless of her record and
views. And to a piece those defences are, at best, willfully clueless,
and, at worst, bad faith.Before we go there, let's get the caveats in.
Were I a registered Democrat with a vote at an
A.E.Brain
Theory Predicts....
Something that I think will stretch everyone's boundaries."Brain Sex"
theory says the following -1. The human brain is not homogenous2. Some
bits are sexually dimorphic - though they may also conform to neither
stereotype3. Some of the sexual dimorphism is due to current hormone
levels4. Some of the sexual dimorphism is set before birth, and will
develop within narrow bounds later5. Sexu
Activist Teacher
AT list of remarkable POLITICIANS
These politicians stand for justice, in the face of a majority of
their colleagues who stand for self-interest, exploitation, plunder,
occupation, apartheid, war, and genocide...
WORK IN PROGRESS -- PLEASE MAKE SUGGESTIONS IN COMMENT George Galloway,
UK (video)
Ralph Nader, USA (video)
Richard Boyd Barrett, Ireland (video)
From the recent past:
Tommy Douglas, Canada (video)
Adrienne's Corner
Have I gone mad?...
possibly.“But I don’t want to go among mad people," Alice remarked."Oh,
you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad.
You’re mad.""How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice."You must be," said
the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in
WonderlandWe could call the following deju vu all over again. I had to
There's a debate tonight...
and I will watch.Disclaimer: I don't like Megyn Kelly. Never have.I
don't like her for the very reasons her fans like her.I don't like to
see women try to wrap themselves in the manly mantel of being a
hard-nosed journalist. First of all, in my opinion, she's not a
journalist. Journalists try, as much as humanly possible, to be
impartial and objective. Ms Kelly is a woman who rides a limousine
I do not support Trump...
or anyone else, either.I have never purported to be a Trump supporter.
I have also never come out in support of anyone else. I post things
that I think may be of interest and trust my readers to do their own
research.What I said yesterday about the National Review was not an
endorsement for Trump, but rather a repudiation of the condescending
attitude of the writers who chose to jump on the &quo
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)
Beyonce and Jennifer Lopez urged to boycott Israel
As reports of concert dates swirl on social media, activists ask stars to stand in solidarity with Palestinian people.
UN: Palestinians need $571M in emergency services
Humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate in occupied Palestinian territory and Gaza, according to a UN appeal.
Syria war: Powers agree on 'cessation of hostilities'
World leaders meeting in Germany agree on implementation of gradual truce in coming days.
Fighting rages in Syria's Aleppo amid ceasefire talks
Kurdish fighters say they captured an airbase near Turkish border, as world leaders meet to discuss peace process.
Allen L Roland's Weblog
R.I.P / Edgar Mitchell / Naval Aviator, Astronaut And Visionary Explorer
As a former high altitude Navy interceptor, I have felt and
glimpsed the sanctity of high flight as well its effect on my own sense
of global consciousness as well as in my heart centered work. Edgar
Mitchell also fully felt a desire to explore inner space and the need
for a people oriented global consciousness, while viewing our planet on
the moon. In 1998, Mitchell's Institute of Noeti
Standing With Michael Moore For Bernie Sanders
I'm standing with Michael Moore for Bernie Sanders because he is
the only candidate who is running for all of us, he's authentic and real
and he is beholden to no corporate interests but most importantly I
trust Bernie and his message ~ which is something I cannot say about any
other Presidential candidate: Allen L Roland, PhDWant to experience the
Real Bernie Sanders ~ watch this brief inform
Tap Into The Unified Field And Heal Yourself In The Process
The basic underlying and uniting force of the universe is a
psychic energy field of love and soul consciousness ( the Unified Field )
which lies not only beyond time and space but also beneath our deepest
fears ~ and whose principle property is the universal urge to unite. Tap
into this energy and heal yourself in the process: Allen L Roland,
PhDA heart centered cause versus symptom reha
Sanders And Corbyn Face Major Resistance As Support Grows
Senator Bernie Sanders and UK Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn As
the inevitability of real change increases, resistance and backlash also
increases as I have most certainly experienced in my heart centered
work within the VA Medical establishment ~ but there comes a time when a
tipping point is reached and the inevitable becomes a growing reality
as we are now witnessing with the rise of Bern
AMERICAN KABUKI
As We Shift - Notice
Super bowl half-time shows, to a certain extent, reflect our current
state of awareness. They become a focal point for millions (human and
otherwise), who are all watching and experiencing it at a single moment.
They send a message. This year’s was “Believe in Love”. It’s been
applauded and ripped apart and analyzed since then. This is not an
attempt at any of that, it is merely a watching. Th
SPHERE ALLIANCE MESSAGE #131 Status of Red Dragons Participation in the Sphere Alliance
The Chinese tendency to continue the practices of Sun Tzu has not
abated, we can only hope they remember which 老师 (lǎo shī) instructed
Sun Tzu .... All is ONE. There literally is no enemy but the belief
"THAT THERE IS AN OTHER/ENEMY. The practices of the past will not work
in the new energies... -AK[2/7/16, 3:01:18 AM] AK/Terran: AK Edwardo
requests status of Red Dragons to Sphere Allian
Sphere Alliance Message #132A Pure Love Meditation for the Red Dragons,A
conversation with Isis (the being) & Nabrac New data on the Golden
Dragon & Dr Fu, and additional data on the Chinese Red Dragon Clan
Updated: Just got this data in from Jeff C. in Australia... don't know
how accurate it is....Hi Bill/AK/TerranI suspect Dr Fu is the modern
embodiment of 伏羲 (Fu Xi), along with 神农 (Shennong, who taste all the
medicinal Herbs and end up face turn green), and 黄帝 (Huangdi, is the one
invented Compass, which I suspect is the one now called “Jade
Emperor”), They are the first 3 recorded in history of A
... Do you remember?
One of the misconceptions of Denice's work is that it is all channeled,
it is not. She has a communication device implanted in her ear as part
of pre-birth agreement with the Galactics associated with the Neptune
and Related Spheres from the Sphere Alliance. Denice was a long time
communications officer with them before this incarnation. This is why
she can relay such great technical detail on s
Angola 3 News
A3 Newsletter: Solitary Under Attack as 2016 Begins
(PHOTO: Tabling at the Amnesty Art for Rights event in New Orleans,
December 2015)We want to send thanks from Albert and Robert to Amnesty
activists for December's Write for Rights campaign. Albert enjoyed
receiving the thousands of letters and postcards which were delivered to
him in sacks! We kept him up to date with photos of the country
activities including his "cut out" in front of
ArmsControlWonk
Highlights and Initial Thoughts from the DPRK Launch
I had a busy night last night. For those of you not on Twitter (or who
sleep), here’s a quick rundown of events. North Korea launched a rocket
from its Sohae Satellite Launching Station just after 9:00am on 7
February local time. North Korea notified the International Maritime
Organization of its projected splashdown zones and …
Guest Post: Spotlight on Syria’s Biological Weapons
Last fall I had the pleasure of going to the University of Hamburg at
the invitation of the Research Group on Biological Arms Control to give a
presentation on open source analysis for nonproliferation research. My
colleagues there–Gunnar Jeremias, Mirko Himmel, Tomisha Bino, and Jakob
Hersch–have been working on a very interesting project assessing Syria’s
…
The Nuclear Test Ban, Twenty Years Later
Twenty years since completion of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
negotiations, the Treaty remains in limbo because of its
non-entry-into-force provision. States recognized by the Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty as having the Bomb didn’t want to shut the door
completely against renewed testing. They got half a loaf: no entry into
force, but no testing. Those …
Coming Simorgh Launch?
It seems Iran is going to launch a satellite into orbit soon, but the
question is when. As I noted recently, Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan
told the Majlis that Iran would conduct a space launch during the
festivities to mark Iran’s revolution, which should run from 1-11
February. Other Iranian officials, however, have suggested that Iran …
Big Dan's Big Blog
Trump Asks Sarah Palin To Reconsider Endorsing Him, And Please Endorse Ted Cruz Instead
(Riffing off my satirical 2008 Obama-Kerry endorsement post)AN OPEN
LETTER BY DONALD TRUMP TO SARAH PALIN PUBLISHED IN THE NYTIMES
"news"PAPER:This is an open letter PLEA for you to please switch your
endorsement to Ted Cruz.Dear Sarah, they finally found a way to have my
poll numbers drop: having YOU endorse me. I don't know who on my staff
thought it was a good idea for me to stand nex
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