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CIA confirms Russian interference in election, Trump team challenges report
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Donald Trump's presidential transition team on
Saturday challenged the veracity of U.S. intelligence assessments that
Russia was trying to tip the November election to the Republican. A top
Senate Democrat demanded a full congressional investigation. The CIA has
now concluded with "high confidence" that Moscow was not only
interfering with the election, but that its actions wer
Greed, oligarchy and Marx
Earlier we looked at electoral post-mortems by some on the Right. And
last time, we scrutinized the whole range of Electoral College
possibilities, in case there turn out to be forty+ republican electors
who are simultaneously patriotic, moral and sane... which these fellows
deem to be highly unlikely. Only now let’s do a sudden veer! Taking you
into an unexpected direction by citing a name you t
Hollywood feels the Force with the electrifying 'Rogue One' premiere
LOS ANGELES — The world premiere of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story may
not have matched the scale of The Force Awakens (which cordoned off a
quarter mile of Hollywood Boulevard and packed three movie theaters with
euphoric fans last December), but it certainly wasn't lacking in
spectacle. Forgoing the Chinese, Dolby and El Capitan where The Force
Awakens debuted, Rogue One headed further down the s
If only “free energy” was free. UK Govt spending £319bn on quest to change future weather
(More at the Daily Mail) A bargain at half the price The geniuses in
the UK government decided to take £10,800 from every UK household to
cool the world by a figure which, rounded to the nearest tenth of a
degree, is 0.0 degrees C a century from now. The Daily Mail: Hot air:
Bombshell report shows green levies backed by government will cost the
economy £319bn by 2030 The radical shift to green, r
Prof Peter Ridd, bleaching is not new, like coral spawning, we just discovered it the 1980s
Coral spawning is visible from the air | Vimeo Biopixel From the Bolt
Report, Professor Peter Ridd points out how little we know about the
history of bleaching of corals. Corals have been around for 200 million
years, but we only discovered coral bleaching and coral spawning in the
1980s, even though the synchronized slicks are so vast they are visible
in satellite shots. When discussing whether
'Reality is Just as Hackable as the Lab': 'Recount' Legal Battles in WI, PA, MI and FL (Yes, FL!): 'BradCast' 12/9/2016
A federal court victory for Jill Stein in Wisconsin; a federal court
hearing in Pennsylvania; the fight to restart counting in Michigan; and
the case for a recount in Florida. Yes, in Florida. But that's just the
tip of the iceberg on today's very busy BradCast ! [ Audio link to
complete show follows below. ] First up, some encouraging news from the
New York Attorney General concerning his intent
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Riyad Mahrez finds perfect opportunity to show off all his creative beauty | Barney Ronay
Leicester’s
midfield mastermind dawdled one way, drifted the other and all the time
produced an artful display that took Manchester City apart Jamie Vardy
scored a brilliant hat-trick at the King Power Stadium, but of all the
old steamrollering Leicester City title tropes to return on a sodden
night it was the sight of Riyad Mahrez in regal, unimpeded form that
will linger in the memory. It is not
AA Gill said NHS could not give him new cancer treatment in final column
Sunday Times journalist, who died on Saturday, said NHS ‘represents
everything we think is best about us’ AA Gill, the award-winning writer
and restaurant critic who died on Saturday aged 62, described in his
final article how the NHS could not give him a cutting-edge, potentially
life-extending cancer treatment. In a 4,000-word essay chronicling his
final weeks after being diagnosed with what he
Kids In Spain Rebel Against Homework, And Parents Are Their Biggest Boosters
Children in Spain, facing up to three hours of homework a night, have
put down their pens and pencils in protest. "We all want our children to
succeed," says one father who supports the strike.
Should Anti-Trump Evangelicals Leave the Movement?
In October 2000, Jimmy Carter publicly bid farewell to the Southern
Baptist Convention. He said he had grown “increasingly uncomfortable”
with the Baptist body’s beliefs for years, but then the denomination
adopted a “rigid” and conservative statement of faith that asked wives
to submit to their husbands and prohibited women from serving as
pastors. That was a bridge too far for the former presid
Media, morality and the neighbor’s cow: When did Ayn Rand become the Republican Party’s bible?
This piece originally appeared on BillMoyers.com . If you have any
doubts that the phenomenon of Donald Trump was a long time a’coming, you
have only to read a piece that Gore Vidal wrote for Esquire magazine in
July 1961, when the conservative movement was just beginning and even
Barry Goldwater was hardly a glint in Republicans’ eyes. Vidal’s target
was Paul Ryan’s idol and the idol of so many
Big Republican donors are even more extreme than their party — and they drive its agenda
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Barack Obama began his presidency with a bold progressive vision for the
country. Though much of his agenda was implemented, he faced
unprecedented opposition. Obama’s push for a moderate climate-change
bill (similar to the one he had co-sponsored with John McCain only a few
years earlier) was crushed by Republicans. In other poli
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Juno mission prepares for December 11 Jupiter flyby
On
Sunday, December 11, at 9:04 a.m. PST (12:04 p.m. EST, 17:04 UTC)
NASA's Juno spacecraft will make its third science flyby of Jupiter.
Fossil Octopus Is a Jurassic Jewel
Paleontologists provide a new look at a beautifully preserved fossil cephalopod -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Fossil Octopus Is a Jurassic Jewel
Paleontologists provide a new look at a beautifully preserved fossil cephalopod -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
A Frog That Freezes and Thaws, Plus More Ways Animals Cope With Cold
Wild creatures don't have the luxury of curling up under the covers—here's how they make it through winter.
6 Tips for Identifying Fake News
You've likely heard about fake news. But how can you identify it? Here's six tips -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The NFL’s New VR Highlights Take Football to a Whole New Level
Eight camera rigs with two eyeballs each. Crazy 3-D mapping. A unique
production truck. Meet the future of live VR. The post The NFL's New VR
Highlights Take Football to a Whole New Level appeared first on WIRED .
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Dinosaur's Feathered Tail Found Remarkably Preserved in Amber | National Geographic
An extraordinarily well-preserved dinosaur tail, with a fluffy covering
of feathers, lies trapped within a piece of amber. The animal it
belonged to would have lived about 99 million years ago. Researchers
from China and Canada identify it as a juvenile of some type of
coelurosaur, a group that includes birdlike dinosaur species that walked
on two legs. But because the bones of the tail are flexi
Macklemore Performs 'Wednesday Morning'
Watch Ellen's musical friend perform his powerful new song! From: TheEllenShow
Remembering John Glenn: See Footage of His Legendary First Orbit of the Earth | National Geographic
This classic NASA documentary gives an intimate view of John Glenn as
he began his historic orbital flight in 1962. ➡ Subscribe:
http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National
Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploration,
and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers,
journalists, and filmmakers, Nat Geo gets you closer to the stor
Ryan Gosling Gushes About His Girls
After sweeping Ellen off her feet, gorgeous daddy Gosling chatted with
her about Eva Mendes and their two adorable daughters. From:
TheEllenShow
Globe of Death
‘Globe of Death’ is the story of Lucius Zafalon, a daredevil motorcycle
rider that risks his body in the pursuit of the perfect globe of death
act. Through all the challenges and difficulties he has never stopped
focusing on his art. It is what defines him and what he has lived his
whole life for. An act of raw beauty with precise flowing lines that
defy the laws of physics, they create an awe in
Singularity
An ode to planet earth, solely told with organic fluids and a tiny
crystal ball. Sometimes, the complexity of simplicity makes us fail to
preserve the fundament of all we are and all we represent. But reaching
awareness is not about the end, it is about the beginning. SINGULARITY
takes us back to zero hour, 4.5 billion years back in time. It is the
story of an indescribable hazard and a singular
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Interview 1234 – Michael Krieger on Trump’s Treasury Secretary
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Trump has named Steven Mnuchin as his Treasury Secretary. So who is
Mnuchin, and what does his background tell us about his ideology and
what kind of administration Trump is assembling? Today we talk to
Michael Krieger of LibertyBlitzkrieg.com about Mnuchin's career, his
Goldman Sachs and Soros ties, and his
Interview 1233 – James Corbett on Controlled vs. Independent Media
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James Corbett joins Dan Schultz of New Culture Radio to discuss the new
Fake News and Russian propaganda memes by which the establishment is
fighting back against the independent media. But as the independent
media rises, can it resist the lure of power, or will it just be
absorbed by the powers-that-shouldn't
Interview 1232 – Virgil Vaduva on the Cell 411 Solution
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The state has trained us to believe that we are weak, powerless and
vulnerable without their monopoly on violence, but this is a lie. Today
we are joined by Virgil Vaduva of GetCell411.com to talk about Cell 411,
an app that helps to expose that lie. Combining a real-time,
decentralized response management sys
Interview 1235 – New World Next Week with James Evan Pilato
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This week on the New World Next Week: the UK gov can now legally lie in
court; the Pentagon buries a report on Pentagon waste; and dejected
Dems start a pledge to not pay taxes.
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In India’s Remote Delta Region, Women Document Their Daily Struggle with Climate Change
As rising seas swallow islands, turn farmlands fallow, everyday life becomes a challenge
Plastic Bottles and Cave Divers Aid in Quest to Document an Elusive, Subterranean Critter
The
Georgia blind salamander could be an indicator species for the health
of the Floridan aquifer, but scientists don’t know if it’s thriving or
declining
‘Extraordinarily Hot’ Arctic Temperatures Alarm Scientists
Researchers say warmer air and sea surface could lead to record lows of sea ice at north pole next year
The Hidden Magnolias
Deep
in Mexico’s Sierra Madre Oriental, two new magnolias were waiting for a
conservationist turned photographer and a botanist to find them
Rescued Animals Find Refuge in New Middle East Reserve
First lions, tigers, and bears transferred to region’s largest wildlife sanctuary in Jordan
In India’s Remote Delta Region, Women Document Their Daily Struggle with Climate Change
As rising seas swallow islands, turn farmlands fallow, everyday life becomes a challenge
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Loans and Lending in the Age of Illiteracy
If you look up loan and lend you'll find some gibberish about how those
words are interchangeable now, but once upon a time they were not. You
can lend me money or loan me money, these days it's all the same. I need
a word for the act of lending, and a different word for the thing
itself, the loan. Everybody knows what a "loan" is: I don't think anyone
would call it a "lend". We're not that far d
New in A Closer Look: Jody Paterson
U.S. is getting sicker in all ways
I find my eyes turned southward more often these days, hardly
surprising given that each day brings some new and usually revolting
turn of events in the troubled U.S. (Today: Donald Trump picks Oklahoma
Attorney General Scott Pruitt , whose state is currently suing the
Environmental Protection Agency, to head the EPA). But today's news
brought unsettling news of another kind for Americans: Their
Is the lure of authoritarianism what got Trump elected?
I'm feeling rattled by Facebook, no longer sure if there's any point in
sharing serious things there. It was the Trump election that did me in -
things just got too weird. But then I see a story like this and I want
to share it with people, because it's so damn interesting, so what can I
do? When I want to be able to find something that I think is important
enough that I'll probably want to track
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An Issue Whose Time Has Come: Sex/Gender Influences on Nervous System Function
An Issue Whose Time Has Come: Sex/Gender Influences on Nervous System
Function Journal of Neuroscience Research, vol 95 1-2, Jan/Feb 2017 "Be
careful, it's the third rail.” I received this strong advice to steer
clear of studying sex differences from a senior colleague around the
year 2000 when my research into brain mechanisms of emotional memory
began drawing me into the issue of sex difference
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Professor Francis Boyle's opinion of the ICC on Israel-Palestine
"International
Criminal Court Prosecutor's Report 14 Nov. 2016 p. 32 “…Additionally,
the Office engaged with the law faculty at Hebrew University….” LOL! On
Land Stolen from the Palestinians in violation of the Laws of War and
thus a War Crime. Meanwhile the ICC refused to go to Gaza to investigate
the situation there after Israel’s slaughter of over 2000+ Palestinians
in Gaza. So the War
Towards a Rational Legal Philosophy of Individual Rights
This
article was first publishe on Dissident Voice. By Denis G. Rancourt,
PhD Summary: I briefly describe the anthropological origin and recent
statutory embodiments of human rights of individuals. I show that the
modern “democratic” state moderates the rights of individuals by both:
(1) violating the said rights in order to maintain and enforce the
societal dominance hierarchy, and (2)
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Autocracy To Dictatorship / From Hitler To The Fourth Reich And A Year Of Infamy
As I wrote on June 4th of 2016 ~ Adolf Hitler and Donald Trump both
have been spawned from the same swamp of political apathy, establishment
resentment and political oppression and both share the same ego driven
fascist arrogance, sense of entitlement and aversion to empathy ~ which
unfortunately mirrors the mindset of a growing percentage of America’s
electorate. Noam Chomsky prophetically decla
Peace Begins With Us Along Wth Insight And Empathy
A young Israeli boy and his Palestinian friend realize that their bond
of love and friendship supersedes any cultural or religious animosity
and hatred. Only the children can lead us out of this dark hole the
world has dug for itself for only children are capable of seeing through
the heart and can somehow sense that our perilous path towards mutual
self-destruction is not their path ~ for they s
America Approaches Spiritual Death / Cornel West
Make no mistake about my words, America is fast approaching a spiritual
death with the election of Donald Trump and no one describes the causes
and proportions of this eminent spiritual blackout better than teacher
and philosopher, Cornel West. President Obama has, in essence, put an
African face on American neoliberal Imperialism and Cornel describes our
spiritual death throes with a knowing can
The Ultimate Reality Show / President-Elect Donald Trump Is Now Prime Time
President-elect Donald Trump with attitude I originally posted this
column in May, 2016 and posited that America had achieved the pinnacle
of H.L.Mencken’s famous quote about the eventual election of a moron
with the disputed election of George W Bush but that was just a rung
above the growing possibility of a President Trump. Donald Trump
represents the last desperate hope of an American elector
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Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century
Ages
ago, I was a Legislative Assistant on Capitol Hill, working for a
member of the House Armed Services Committee. The most impressive person
who testified before the Committee was Secretary of Defense James
Schlesinger. His mind was like a steel trap. He personified cold logic,
equanimity, and mental toughness. I disagreed with almost everything …
Presidential Command and Control in the Age of Trump
The
outcome of the U.S. presidential election has filled many Americans,
and people around the world, with bewilderment and dread. How did we get
here? Where are we going? How seriously should we take President-elect
Trump’s promises? Let’s remember! At various points during the campaign,
candidate Trump’s promises included a campaign of millions of
deportations, barring all Muslims from the …
Trump and the Bomb
Note
to readers: A somewhat different version of this essay appeared at
foreignaffairs.com on November 20th. Donald Trump becomes President when
the global nuclear order is wobbly and arms-control agreements are
unraveling. Nuclear dangers are growing along three axes – North Korea,
U.S.-Russian relations, and the triangular competition among India,
Pakistan and China. The potential for …
Trump and the Bomb (cont.)
Donald
Trump’s narrow victory could bring a reprise of President Richard
Nixon’s “madman theory” of deterrence – except on steroids. Nixon and
Henry Kissinger believed that projecting an image of readiness to use
nuclear weapons could provide negotiating leverage. They tested this
assumption in the 1973 Middle East crisis and during the Vietnam War — …
Egypt’s Missile Programs
Did
you know Egypt has a robust ballistic missile program? And has had,
since the 1960s? Or that Egypt worked with Argentina and Iraq to design
missiles? Or that Egypt was the source of the missiles that are the
basis of North Korea’s missile programs? Ever wonder what the Egyptians
are up to now? Aaron and …
Fred Iklé on the Second Nuclear Age
Fred
Charles Iklé has not gotten the credit he deserves as a strategic
thinker, perhaps because of the density of his prose. Here he is twenty
years ago, in “The Second Coming of the Nuclear Age” in Foreign Affairs:
“Now that the bipolar order of the Cold War has crumbled, nonuse and
deterrence will no …
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Congratulations To Hillary Clinton For Winning the 2016 Election
By MARC McDONALD At long last, the ugly, bitter 2016 presidential
election campaign is over. And we'd like to extend our congratulations
to Hillary Clinton, the winner of the election. After a hard-fought
campaign, she prevailed over Donald Trump, getting nearly 400,000 more
votes than her challenger. The American people have spoken.
Unfortunately, the Electoral College has also spoken. And this
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According
to The Guard US briefing today: “A group of senior House Democrats has
written to the president seeking a classified briefing for colleagues on
‘Russian entities’ hacking of American political organizations; hacking
and strategic release of emails from campaign officials; the WikiLeaks
disclosures; fake news stories produced and distributed with the intent
to mislead American voters; and any other Russian or Russian-related
interference or involvement in our recent election.” From my (the
blogger’s) point of view, it would have been impossible for Russian
hackers to have entered and modified the vote counts at thousands of
voting stations all over the US, each using counting methods differing
substantially from the other. On the other hand, without question the
“fake news stories” have been promulgated by the so-called “mainstream
media” …and all these have been aimed at Russia. Why is that? In
answering that, I first remark that after WW II Stalin created a “iron
curtain”
Dear viewers, Much has been made through this election cycle about
"fake news." Just last week, the Washington Post reported that much of
this fake news "got support from a sophisticated Russian propaganda
campaign.” The Post promoted a report by a shadowy group called
PropOrNot, which accused hundreds of sites of publishing pro-Russia
propaganda - some of which are sites that The Real News belie
Dear
reader of my blog: By incredibly good luck I have received a life
membership of the current day-to-day works of David A Stockman, Ronald
Reagan's Director of the Office of Management and Budget. (I also
received a free copy of his #1-New-York-Times-best-selling-author
publication entitled "Trumped!".) Here I reproduce his latest email. And
below is his latest explanation of the US stock market about to
implode. So if you have savings in the stock market, read the below and
then watch his hours-old video imbedded at the bottom ...and then take
heed.
A Sucker's Rally Like No Other By David Stockman. Posted On Friday,
November 11th, 2016 This week has seen a political earthquake followed
by a financial eruption. But don't be fooled. The Dow's 500 point surge
amounts to a Sucker's Rally like no other; it was just a case of raging
robo-machines determined to tag an all-time high on the charts After
all, what happened Tuesday night is that for al
Probably
as many as 90% of all Americans believe without questioning everything
they hear from the so-called mainstream media, known by members of the
10% as “prestitutes” paid by the military/industrial/security complex to
lie about the truth or be fired. Here I list a few passages taken from
Paul Craig Roberts’ latest post, beginning with “Russian news services
are under attack from the EU and Western presstitutes as purveyors of
‘fake news’.” “As George Orwell predicted, telling the truth is now
regarded by Western 'democratic' governments as a hostile act.” And
finally “Abiding by its Washington master’s orders, the EU actually
passed a resolution against Russian media for not following Washington’s
line.” Accordingly, “Russian President Putin said that the resolution
is a ‘visible sign of degradation of Western society’s idea of
democracy’.” Now the 90% may say “so what”. The answer is that (1)
Russia doesn’t want another World War, having lost 20 million civilians
and soldiers…
___________________________________________________________________________________
The Western War On Truth — Paul Craig Roberts November 27, 2016
___________________________________________________________________________________
The Western War On Truth Paul Craig Roberts The “war on terror” has
simultaneously been a war on truth. For fifteen years—from 9/11 to
Saddam Hussein’s “weapons of mas
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Con Senators hoisted by their own petards
... in which Conservative Senators harangue Elections Canada CEO Marc
Mayrand for answers that he is no longer able to deliver because the
Con's Fair Elections Act removed Elections Canada's Commissioner from
Elections Canada and placed him under the aegis of the Public
Prosecutors Office where Mayrand is not privy to its investigations.
Elections Canada CEO Mayrand was giving the Senate Committe
Kinder Morgan pipeline spill in Burnaby 2007
A 10-meter geyser of crude oil spewed from a broken Kinder Morgan
pipeline in a Burnaby neighbourhood in July 2007. Eight homes were
flooded and 92 were put on evacuation notice. Part of the TransMountain
Pipeline system, the broken pipeline was carrying crude oil from a
pipeline terminal at the foot of Burnaby Mountain to a tanker-loading
facility on Burrard Inlet. Justin Trudeau's new Kinder Mo
To the BC KM17, Your Next Career
... from Kim , who used to blog at sistersagesmusings .... BC 17, Your
Next Career Dear BC(LIB) MPs; Your photogenic leader has just tanked
your career as a politician in BC. I hope you feel ashamed and
embarrassed. If that is the case, I would suggest that you strongly
consider crossing the floor or resigning your post, because, clearly,
you have no mandate in your constituencies. You all know h
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Canadian Taxpayers Subsidize Priests for Life
There
are many whackadoodles among the fetus fetishist set, but Frank Pavone
of Priests for Life is one of the whackier. He was one of the vultures
hanging around not-quite-dead Terri Shiavo and practically did a jig
when Dr. Tiller was assassinated. He's been in trouble with his titular
bosses, the Catlick Church, for among other things, financial
improprieties. But just before The Tragedy, he ou
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Rodriguez: Faith in the Electoral College or the Path to Apartheid?
by Roberto Rodriguez While most of the electorate believes that the
president-elect will be handed the keys to the White House on Jan 20,
2017, others are still holding out hope that the Electoral College (EC),
which meets on Dec 19, 2016, could still disqualify him, preventing him
from becoming the 45th president of the United States. Below are 13
reasons that the EC should deliberate on, becaus
In The Spirit Of Sitting Bull And Crazy Horse
Chicago poet Susana Sandoval has been fasting at Standing Rock ever
since she spoke to my classes earlier this semester at the University of
Arizona. Several years ago, she was arrested while fasting 17 days in
front of the White House to call for a humane immigration reform. This
time, she is not counting, but it must be close to 30 days. When she
left Tucson, she returned to Chicago, picked up
Nation Not Treading Lightly in Unchartered Territory:
November 27, 2016 | by Roberto Rodriguez Without question, this country
is in unchartered territory. People across the country continue to
express themselves in despair. Others in fear. Some panic, while still
others prepare. Of course, many have staged numerous protests from coast
to coast. In response to the aftermath of the elections, some 150
college and university presidents have banded toge
Trump has Undocumented Students and Their Families Scrambling
November 17, 2016 | : by Roberto Rodriguez By now a great majority of
the country seems to have arrived at the stage of the worst political
hangover any of us have ever experienced. Yet no one is feeling this
hangover more so than the undocumented community. This election
represents both the rise of fascism, and, literally, an existential
threat to students and their families nationwide, includin
Todos Somos Zapatistas
Historical Appreciation: Reflecting on the 2016 Presidential Election
November 11, 2016 | : by Roberto Rodriguez On election night, I received
hundreds of messages from friends and colleagues from throughout the
country. Most seemed to be in utter disbelief. When I got to campus in
the morning, I went into the student lounge where I came upon students
who were crying. All day, everyone kept askin
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Requiem
If I could only get to one concert this season it would have to be this
past Saturday evening's concert with the Calgary Philharmonic.
Featuring Beethoven's Piano Concerto #4 and the Mozart Requiem, I truly
would have walked to Calgary if I had to. Fortunately, Greyhound took me
instead. I spent a couple of nights in the city so that I would be
well-rested and focused. I also used mu time to pick
A Welcome Incursion
As I'm pretty sure I mentioned in a previous post, during my last trip
down to Calgary I picked up a new camera so hopefully we will now see
some improvements in picture quality. It's much easier to do some posts
about my birding excursions when I have a half-decent camera to use.
(I've actually started to give some thought to starting another blog
devoted just to birding, but we shall see.) Iron
Urban Wildlife
After visiting the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary I headed to an urban park
closer to the downtown. I didn't expect to see much in terms of birds
(and I didn't) but it gave me an opportunity to play around with my
camera and see a bit of wildlife I don't usually see close up. There
actually IS a common merganser swimming around out there. Friendly
neighbourhood squirrel. These little guys were all over
Inglewood
After a series of delays, many of which brought on by the May fire, I
was finally able to get down to the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary in Calgary
this past weekend. This place had long been on my radar. and while I
doubted I would see anything new for my year list at least I got there,
which was just fine with me. While it was quite overcast, it didn't rain
and the temperature was a balmy 12C so I wa
Evening Down by the Bow
By the time I reached Prince's Island Park, the last place I wanted to
get to before my weekend concert, the light was really starting to fade
on me. Again, I didn't see anything new but it gave me a chance to have
some camera fun and grab a few close ups. I had no shortage of willing
subjects.
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Manly Men in Girly Jobs
An insightful column from Betsey Stevenson .
From the Harvard Skit Party
Harvard Econ G4 Skit 2016 - "Rise Up" (A Hamilton Parody) from Econ Skits on Vimeo . Also another entry here .
The Triumph of the Less Educated
In
a Times column back in July, I noted that the Brexit vote was strongly
correlated with education. The recent presidential election shows the
same pattern: "College graduates backed Clinton by a 9-point margin
(52%-43%), while those without a college degree backed Trump 52%-44%."
The graph below shows that it is unusual for the more educated and less
educated to be in such substantial disagreeme
Memories of Fidel's Cuba
From my friend and colleague George Borjas .
Don't worry about the trade deficit
Click here to read my column in Sunday's New York Times .
An Interview with Ed Conard
Click here to watch me interview Ed Conard about his new book, The
Upside of Inequality: How Good Intentions Undermine the Middle Class for
C-SPAN Book TV’s “After Words.”
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