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Independent
Science Journalist Who Exposes Research Fraud, Ethics Breaches &
Corruption Threatened by Lawsuits: Here's How You Can support Him!
As I have been reporting before , no holds barred independent German
science journalist Leonid Schneider, who runs the blog For Better
Science to expose and call out science fraud , ethics breaches and
general scientific hype and institutional corruption, particularly in
the life and medical sciences, has recently been hit by civil lawsuits
to silence his reporting. Besides the couple of Thorsten
Save
the date! Symposium on Ethics and Value Challenges in Antibiotic
Resistance Management, Policy and Research, November 15-16, 2017
Ethics and Value Challenges in Antibiotic Resistance Management, Policy
and Research, symposium in Gothenburg, November 15-16, 2017. Save the
date! The World Health Organization identifies antibiotic resistance as a
global challenge so serious that it threatens the fundamental
achievement of modern medicine. Ethics and value conflicts are at the
centre of this challenge: understanding its nature
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New in Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home
Climate Change Denial To Be New Protected #Emplaw Category?
Yes,
I've been absent for a bit. I was caught up in an arbitration (results
unknown at this point) so had a good excuse. Anyhow, I saw this tidbit
and had to share it. A Maine lawmaker has proposed a bill that would
make an employee's opinions about climate change a legally protected
category. To his credit (or maybe he just didn't think it through),
although the stated purpose of the bill is to p
Disabled Employees and Lawyers: Beware Legal Marijuana Laws
So
I've been predicting that the Trump administration would crack down on
legalized marijuana, and when I said that on NPR I was accused of being a
fear-mongerer. Wednesday I spoke to a group of law students about
legalized marijuana and how it affects employment law, and the first
thing I said is that lawyers should beware representing marijuana
dispensaries because a crackdown was coming from th
New in Syria Comment
Revenge Being Meted Out on ISIS linked Sunni Tribes of Iraq – FrontLine “Iraq Uncovered”
This Front Line documentary — “ Iraq Uncovered ‘ — on Iraqi Sunni
tribes & the revenge that is being meted out on them by Shia
militias that follow behind US and Iraqi regular military is a
cautionary tail for Syria. The same thing is likely to take place in
Syria at the hands of both the YPG (Kurds) and Syrian Arab Army. For all
that the US claims to be trying to contain Iran, it is clear that t
Why the U.S. Should Team Up with the Kurds & Not Turkey to Take Raqqa and Destroy the Islamic State
Why the U.S. Should Team Up with the Kurds & Not Turkey to Take
Raqqa and Destroy the Islamic State By Joshua Landis For Syria Comment –
March 18, 2017 The problem with letting the Turks take Raqqa and
presumably the entire Euphrates Valley that is now held by ISIS is that
the Turks are endeavoring to hem in the Kurds. To do this, Turkey hopes
to establish its Arab proxies in a new “Euphrates sta
Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham and Civil Society in Jabal al-Summaq
By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi The formation of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham
(‘Liberation of al-Sham Commission’- HTS) has understandably provoked
fear of a total jihadist/al-Qa’ida takeover of Syria’s rebel-held
northwest, centred around Idlib province. HTS was announced on 28
January amid wider rebel infighting in Idlib that saw multiple groups
merge under Ahrar al-Sham in a bid to protect themselves from
Three Points Regarding Syrian Refugees and President Trump’s Travel Ban – By Sam Farah
Sam Farah Three Points Regarding Syrian Refugees and President Trump’s
Travel Ban By Sam Farah For Syria Comment – March 16, 2017 The Travel
Ban of Syrian Refugees Fleeing the War in Syria is Inhumane The
situation in Syria is “the biggest humanitarian emergency of our era.”
That’s according to António Guterres , the U.N. High Commissioner for
Refugees. Syrian civilians are caught in a regional a
Liwa al-Mukhtar al-Thiqfi: Syrian IRGC Militia
By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi Emblem of Liwa al-Mukhtar al-Thiqfi. Flanked
by the flags of Syria and Iran, the top reads: “Fawj Qamr Bani Hashim.”
The centre consists of a flag with the inscription: “Labbayk ya
Hussein.” At the bottom is the name Liwa al-Mukhtar al-Thiqfi. The rise
of ‘Syrian Hezbollah’ is by now a well-established aspect of the
conflict, as multiple Syrian militias have arisen that
New in The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage
Marching For Dogma
This will be a very short post, as I see no real good in arguing at
length with the deeply deluded. This is just a succinct reminder of the
truth so many refuse to confront now. Judith Curry has a post on "What
Are Scientists Marching For?". (There is going to be a march on
Washington around April 22nd, basically in hysterical protest over the
new President and what they so deludedly think he rep
Layers of Belief: Political, Religious, and Scientific Dogma
I have submitted the following comment to the American Thinker site, to
an article on the "causes of scientific decline in American academia".
The article imputes the decline to Leftist beliefs and actions.: Left
(versus Right) is just the top, political, layer. Underneath that is the
atheist (versus spiritual believer) religious belief system. And under
that, at bottom (in the context of science
New in The High-fat Hep C Diet
The role of silicon in health and disease - is this the whole grain deficiency syndrome?
You can say what you like about whole grains, but their bran provides
an excellent means of concentrating the element silicon from the soil in
an absorbable form. Silicon is required for the cross-linking of
proteoglycans, the heavily glycosylated protein structures that give
tissues as diverse as hair, nails, cartilage, bones, and aortas their
resilience. "The major biological function of proteo
Dietary Cholesterol and Hepatitis C
Dr Yu's group have produced (in 2015) a re-analysis of their diet data
from the HALT-C study; the original paper, which led me to look into
liver cholesterol mechanisms a few years back in the NASH series, had an
increased risk of transplantation and death in people on the HALT-C
trial (a long-term, low-dose trial of alpha-interferon for prevention of
cirrhosis and hepatocellular cancer in Hep C,
New in The Straight Goods
Premier Christy Clark's Legacy of Corruption-Real Estate Edition
( Pictured above, from left to right....Bob Rennie..Pamela
Martin(Trillion dollars LNG tweeter) Cynical Christy Clark and the now
disgraced and resigned Harry Bloy..) Written by Grant G (and friends)
Graft, corruption, thy name is Christy Clark, leader of the scofflaw
gang known as BC Liberals ... That's not an actual quote by Christy
Clark, but it should be...... Cynical and IMO corrupt....Chris
New in thwap's schoolyard
Trudeau Killed Electoral Reform
Just a reminder Liberal partisans: Hero boy has a solid majority.
harpercon obstruction and NDP lately deciding they'd agree to a
referendum were irrelevant in the face of this majority. Like harper
with his omnibus bills, the Liberals could have passed anything they had
a mind to. But this same solid majority reminded Trudeau and his
Liberals why they liked "first past the post." Electoral refor
What's Going To Happen To Chris Alexander?
I've loathed Chris Alexander since I'd first heard of his existence,
back in 2011. That was when he was first running for office as a
Conservative candidate in the riding of Ajax-Pickering. He was saying
that torture in Afghanistan wasn't a big issue, even though
Afghanistan's entire justice/legal system was rife with abuses from top
to bottom. But, aside from my own misgivings, the meme about hi
New in Vaccine Awakening
Getting A Flu Shot: No Guarantee It Will Work
Posted
2/28/2017 by Barbara Loe Fisher To activate and view hyperlinked
references, please click here once and then click any superscripted
number below to access a hyperlinked reference, or scroll down to the
bottom of the article to view all hyperlinked references. Like a lot of
people, in January when I suddenly developed a high fever (101 F), body
aches, fatigue, nasal congestion and cough, I
New in Vagabond Scholar
St. Patrick's Day 2017
Happy St. Patrick's Day! I've used these two before, but they wrok quite well as a pair.
New in Viva Bolivia
Live longer in Bolivia
A
New York Post article by Johnny Oleksienki in yesterday's paper (19
March 2017) , titled " 'Jungle diet' heart boost" tells people they live
longer in Bolivia: "The secret to a stronger heart could be moving to
Bolivia. Researchers have found that the Tsimane people who live in the
forests of that country have the healthiest hearts in the world.
According to a study in the Lancet, few Tsimane pe
New in Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!)
Our
Hero W: The Boy King's Golden Return (Hardly a Harmless Jackass - A
No-Lose Proposition) U.S. Health Care Catastrophe? Let the Wealthy
Decide - They Always Do (But for God's Sake Don't Hit the Streets!) Max
and Tracy Hit the Dirt (Streets) & Lee Camps Out As Usual
Get
a drink. Now. This refugee crisis is an American creation, a parting
gift from George W. Bush. We forget what he was, we forget the aftermath
of what he did, but how? Whence comes this shallow grave of memory? The
corporate "news" media, for their part, are all too happy to help us
forget, because in that forgetting they are absolved of any culpability
for their harrowing judgment
Suckers!
For that Low-Inflation Rate (Neutering Trump Who'll Die in Jail with
Total War on the Horizon?) Nuts and Fruits: A Smorgasbord of Liars/Lies
(Weaponized AI Propaganda Machine) Cooked by Gamma Rays? (Chinese
Blackwater Prince) Flynn Flossing, Holy Money Bags and Great Fraud
(Wikileaks Origin?) Dr. Strangelove Shows US the Way (US
Financialization Cognitive Dissonance Crashes) Max & Stacy Farm; Lee
Camps; Glenn Outrages; Hedges Contacts
Yes,
it's a long one, so be prepared with a tall cool drink. You may need
two. Why Is the Cost of Living so Unaffordable? Mainstream Media’s
‘Victimhood’ Feeling rich yet? Feeling suckered? Again? And you thought
it was okay to ignore the news on the MSM about how the economics
measures were changed by those who, of course, only had your best
interests at heart. Again and again. And
New in What Is Sustainable
Right Relationship to Reality
Reverend Michael Dowd and his wife Connie Barlow are nomadic
evolutionary evangelists who have been on the road since 2002, speaking
to more than 2,000 audiences. In their reality, evolution and religion
are not in conflict; both can happily sit next to each other on the same
pew. A primary goal of their mission is teaching folks about
sustainability. For them, right relationship to reality is wh
Last Child in the Woods
Richard Louv was born in 1949, a card-carrying member of the baby
boomer generation. He has been a newspaper reporter, syndicated
columnist, and author of nine books. The father of two sons, his writing
often covered issues of family life. Over the years, he interviewed
thousands of parents, children, and social science experts. Working on
the front lines of American culture, he became increasing
Nature Connection
Stalking Wolf was a tracker raised in a wild, free Apache community.
His people never surrendered to the barbarian invaders, and some still
continue living in freedom, as undocumented Americans, in remote desert
regions. Later in life, he spent time with his son in New Jersey, where
he happened to meet an 8-year old boy named Tom Brown. He mentored Tom
and his buddy Rick for nine years, giving th
New in Wit's End
All Begins to Wither
Twenty years have flowed away down the long river And never in my life
will return for me from the sea Ah years in which looking far away I saw
ages long past When still trees bloomed free in a wide country And thus
now all begins to wither With the breath of cold-hearted wizards To
know things they break them And their stern lordship they establish
Through fear of death ~ J.R.R. Tolkien, Rotterd
All Begins to Wither
Twenty years have flowed away down the long river And never in my life
will return for me from the sea Ah years in which looking far away I saw
ages long past When still trees bloomed free in a wide country And thus
now all begins to wither With the breath of cold-hearted wizards To
know things they break them And their stern lordship they establish
Through fear of death ~ J.R.R. Tolkien, Rotterd
All Begins to Wither
Twenty years have flowed away down the long river And never in my life
will return for me from the sea Ah years in which looking far away I saw
ages long past When still trees bloomed free in a wide country And thus
now all begins to wither With the breath of cold-hearted wizards To
know things they break them And their stern lordship they establish
Through fear of death ~ J.R.R. Tolkien, Rotterd
New in WPB/NYC and Anything Else; A Green Rights Collection
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz End of Mission Statement 3 March 2017 In my
capacity as United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of
indigenous peoples, I carried out a visit to the United States of
America from 22 February to 3 March 2017 to study the human rights
situation of indigenous peoples, in particular with regard to ener
ART MATTERS NOW by Eva Yaa Asantewaa,2017,Copyright Since word first leaked that Donald J. Trump wants to gut the Natio...
ART MATTERS NOW by Eva Yaa Asantewaa,2017,Copyright Since word first
leaked that Donald J. Trump wants to gut the National Endowments of the
Arts and the Humanities, along with the Corporation for Public
Broadcasting, many commentators have focused on the economic impact of
the arts on communities, cities and the nation as a whole. Statistics
argue for the arts as a contributor to American prospe
New in WWF - Latest News
WWF's One Planet City Challenge will recognize cities scaling new heights on climate action
Gland, Switzerland – WWF is inviting cities around the globe to join
the One Planet City Challenge and show the world how sustainable cities
can be a hub for creativity, ambition and innovation in climate action.
Cities generate 70 per cent of the world's carbon emissions. WWF's One
Planet City Challenge is a biennial competition that recognizes and
rewards cities for developing infrastructure, h
Three arrested for trafficking 159 ivory tusks
The tusks were stocked in a metallic seal and concealed in the back
booth of a car. Said to have been transited from the town of Djoum in
the South Region of Cameroon, the suspects disclosed they were taking
the tusks to the north of the country. The tusks could have been
probably smuggled out of the country into neighbouring Nigeria. They
have been kept under seal in the regional service of Came
Celebrating a decade of Earth Hour for a future of climate action
SINGAPORE/GLAND - Ten years after the world's first Earth Hour in
Sydney put climate change in the spotlight, WWF's landmark movement is
set to once again unite millions of people around the globe to shine a
light on climate action. As the planet continues to witness climate
records being broken and the need for greater ambition and commitment
accelerates, the world's largest grassroots movement
Back-to-back mass coral bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef confirmed, as WWF releases dramatic new video
Gland/Sydney, 10 March 2017 – The Australian Government's Great Barrier
Reef Marine Park Authority confirmed today that one of the world's
greatest natural icons is experiencing back-to-back mass bleaching for
the first time. This came as WWF released a dramatic new video showing
the Great Barrier Reef suffering mass bleaching for an unprecedented
second year in a row. The Great Barrier Reef has
World's first-ever best-practice guide for responsible shark and ray tourism released
Hong Kong – This World Wildlife Day, March 3, Project AWARE®, WWF and
The Manta Trust are pleased to release Responsible Shark and Ray
Tourism: A Guide to Best Practice , the world's first-ever guidelines
for shark and ray tourism operators. The Guide aims to provide
practical, science-based guidance to help tourism operators, NGOs and
local communities develop and maintain well managed tourism o
WWF celebrates the greatest successes of the last year on World Wildlife Day
Today marks the third anniversary of World Wildlife Day, a day
dedicated to celebrate the precious animals and plant life that share
our planet. WWF is taking this opportunity to reflect on the five
greatest successes for wildlife over the last year. Five of the greatest
success stories for wildlife (March 2016-2017): Wild tiger numbers
increase for the first time in conservation history Pandas a
New in A Very Public Sociologist
Daniel Hannan, Marxism, and Dishonesty
I do apologise for featuring Daniel Hannan on this blog. Yes, that is
one of the right's leading intellectual lights. In his own words. His
own stupid words. I've picked this out not because Hannan's criticism is
interesting and hasn't been said millions of times before, but because
it has been repeated ad nauseum for the last century and is as banal as
anti-communist boiler plate gets. What stri
The Collapse of the Labour Right
In calling out Jon Lansman and Momentum publicly for the temerity of,
you know, organising , Tom Watson has made a fool of himself. Worse than
that, in attacking a m oo ted alliance between Momentum and Unite he
has gone so far as to suggest there is something improper about unions
seeking to maximise their influence in the Labour Party. It's only a
hop, skip and a jump away from questioning the
Learning from the Westminster Terror Attack
At the time of writing, three people lie dead because of a hate-filled
zealot. Whoever this man was and whatever his motivations were, nothing
compelled him to drive a four-by-four down the pavement on Westminster
Bridge. A grievance, real or imagined, didn't cause him to leave his
home with a machete blade this afternoon. His intention to cause a mass
casualty event on the day Belgium and Europe
The SWP's Split from TUSC
I can't be arsed with yet another disingenuous Labour Party spat , so
I'm turning to less weightier matters. Socialist Worker announced week
before last that the SWP were departing from the Trade Unionist and
Socialist Coalition. Coatesy over at the Tendance has the story . Their
reason for departing is because TUSC voted to field candidates in this
May's local elections (talk about leaving it la
Owen Jones and Naive Cynicism
Why has there been a rapid descent in the eyes of many Jeremy Corbyn
supporters of Owen Jones? Formerly the favoured son of the British
radical left, he finds himself hanging out with Tony Blair and Alastair
Campbell in the demonology, and he didn't even have to sex up a dossier
to get there. It interests me and disturbs me for a couple of reasons.
Interests because his latest missives ( here and
On Labour's Victorious Campaign in Stoke
While Copeland was important, the outcome didn't dangle the possibility
of an existential crisis. That exactly what was in play at the
Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election . For UKIP and their empty cipher of a
leader , a viable future was at stake. Both Nuttall and Nigel Farage
had made much of UKIP's need to become the party of the working class,
and Stoke was seen as a test bed for this strategy
New in Adrienne's Corner
American Health Care Act: Does anyone have a clue about what is going on?
because I certainly don't. And, therefore, I think it's time to give up
taxing our brains, our health, and our sanity. Paul Ryan pulled the
health care bill. Was this a Trump plan to hang it around Ryan's neck?
Possibly. Ryan is certainly no friend to Trump. Obamacare is headed to
the garbage can. Will Trump just let it collapse? Possibly. I'm going to
take a nap. More: Don Surber: Trump's finest
FBI Director James Comey nominated for best tap dancer in a government agency...
I predict he will win. Director Comey is being grilled today at an open
hearing on the Russian active measures investigation. You can watch the
dancing live below if you have absolutely nothing of any interest to do
today. I want to make sure I completely understand what is going on: It
appears that while a fat little freak in North Korea is threatening to
nuke us, the libtards are trying to prov
Members of the religion of peace kill innocent people in London...
and liberals can't wait to import more of these violent, inbred,
disease ridden, sand fleas to infest your city. Conservatives who are
still trying to remain calm and tolerant need to wake the hell up and
realize that libtards are the enemy . They hate you and want to punish
you for being a "bitter clinger." Surrounded by walls in their gated
communities and followed around by armed guards, they
Kellyanne Conway's outrageous behavior in the Oval Office...
according to the libtards. Who, I might add, were okay with a slew of
staged photos of their hero Barack Obama with his big ugly feet all over
the Resolute desk which is a valuable antique. Kellyanne's offense?
Kneeling on the Oval office couch to snap a picture. Photo composite:
H/T Director Blue At least Kellyanne looks cute and it appears many of
the dean's of colleges in attendance agree.
Is the lunatic left looking for a civil war?...
they need to remember that we own all the guns. Ace of Spades had a
very good article How to Survive In the Age of Rage Just in case people
don't get this: I'm not being rhetorical when I say that a large
fraction of the country, on both the left and the nevertrumper/GOPe side
of things, has gone insane. The world feels like a Twilight Zone
episode to them -- the world they went to sleep in on No
New in Catharsis Ours
Economic
News , Data & views...... March 24 , 2017 ....... Quick Hits For
Friday -1) : US Markets - S&P & Dow Finish Lower , Nasdaq
Moderately Higher After GOP Pulls Replace & Repeal HC Bill , Gold
& Oil Up Modestly Today Even Though Saudis Going To Be A Non Show At
Sunday's Opec - Non Opec Meeting , US Treasuries Yields Tick Higher
Today , Additional Items Of Note. 2) US Politics : GOP " Repeal &
Replace " HC Bill Pulled For Lack Of Support ; Russia Hack /
Interference in Election 2016 Trump Wiretap Claim Updates ; Keystone XL
Pipeline Project Approved ; Revised Travel Ban Judge Gets Death Threats ;
Tax Reform Moving Toward Front-Burner. 3) Europe In Focus : Interesting
News Items From Across Europe , Eurozone Growth Strongest In 6 Years.
4) Odds & End s From Around The Globe.
Markets....... MarketWatch Verified account @MarketWatch 3h 3 hours
ago The S&P 500 and Dow finished lower as Republicans withdrew the
health-care bill in a major setback for Trump http://
on.mktw.net/2n2uRwf Markets Insider Verified account @MktsInsider 4h 4
hours ago This is how Bitcoin is doing today. http:// buff.ly/2n0Z53l
MarketWatch Verified account @MarketWatch 3h 3 hours ago Oil pr
Economic
News , Data & Views....March 23 , 2017....Quick Hits For Thursday
-1) Markets : Asia - Economic Calendar For Friday , Market Moving News
& Data To Consider ; US - US Major Indexes Down Marginally Today ,
Gold Down $3 to $1245 , WTI Down 35-cents To $47.69 , US 10-Year yields
Up 1 bps To 2.41%. 2) US Politics : State Of Play On Repeal &
Replace - HC ; Trump DC Hotel Found Not To Be In Violation Of Its Lease ;
Trump Tweets Of the Day ; Additional Items To Consider. 3) Europe In
Focus : Greece Updates For Thursday ; French Presidential Election News
& Polling Data ; EU- Turkey Relationship Continues To Fray , Turkey
Threatens To Review Ties With Europe After Turkey's April Referendum ;
Germany - Political Updates - Chancellor Race & Saar Federal
Election Sunday ; UK - London Attack Updates , Brexit Updates. 4) Libya
In Focus - Another Huge Disaster On The Open Waters With As Many as 250
People Lost , State Of Political Play In Libya.
Markets..... Asia..... ForexLive @ForexLive 33m 33 minutes ago
Economic data due from Asia today - Federal Reserve speaker also
ForexLive @ForexLive 10m 10 minutes ago New Zealand trade balance for
February: -18m (expected 180m surplus) US ..... ForexLive @ForexLive
2h 2 hours ago US major indices end down marginally. Give up gains on
healthcare vote delay. ForexLive @ForexLive 1h 1 hour
Economic
News , Data & Views...... March 22 , 2017.....Quick Hits for
Wednesday -1) Markets : Asia - Economic Calendar Light For Wednesday ,
RBNZ Keeps Interest Rates Unchanged At 1.75% ( Full Statement In
Blogpost ) , North Korea Behind New York Fed Heist , Additional Market
Moving News Of Note ; US Markets - S&P Index +0.19% / Nasdaq +0.48% /
Dow Down -0.03% , 2 Year Yield Down 1.4 bp / 5 Year Yield Down 1.6 bp /
10 Year Yield Down 1.9 bp , Spot Gold Was Up $3 To $1247.72 , WTI Crude
Recovered From A Low Of $47 To Trade Near Unchanged Today ($48.14.) 2)
US Politics : Repeal & Replace Updates ; House Of Representatives
Intel Committee Russia Investigation Drama Of The Day ; Additional News
Of Note. 3) Europe In Focus : London Hit By Apparent Terror Attack -
What We Know now ; Greek Updates -Economy And Bailout Talks ; France
Election Updates ; EU Politics ( Two Speed Europe , EG Chief's Egregious
Comments About Southern Europe. ) 4) Odds & Ends - Libya & Iraq
In Focus.
Markets...... Asia.... ForexLive @ForexLive 53m 53 minutes ago
Economic data due from Asia today - none LiveSquawk @LiveSquawk 2h 2
hours ago RBNZ Full Report http://www. rbnz.govt.nz/news/2017/03/o
fficial-cash-rate-unchanged-at-1-75-percent … ForexLive @ForexLive 2h 2
hours ago Prior RBNZ statement said inflation to return to target
'gradually' now says it will happen 'in medium term'. Li
Economic
News , Data & Views.......March 21 , 2017......Quick Hits For
Tuesday -1) Markets : Asia - Economic Calendar , BOJ & RBA Speakers ,
Data From Australia / Japan & China In focus , North Korea Rattles
Nuclear Saber Again ; US Markets - Dow / Nasdaq / S&P Routed Today ,
Oil Down During Regular Session But Ticks Up After API Data Released ,
Treasuries See Yields Fall On Tuesday , Puerto Rico Municipal Bond Blood
Bath Continues. 2) US Politics : US Imposes Airliner Electronics Bans (
Laptops & Tablets ) To Certain Middle East & North Africa
Nations ; US Will Not Seek Carbon Tax ; Repeal & Replace Updates ;
Tillerson - Nato Controversy As Tillerson To Visit Russia Instead Of
Attending NATO Meeting ; Secret Service Fence Jumper Update ; Additional
Items Of Note. 3) Europe In Focus : UK - Brexit / Article 50 Trigger
Updates , UK Also Imposes Laptop / Tablet Ban On Certain MENA Countries ;
France Presidential Election Updates ; Greece - Creditor Talks Updates ;
Italy -
Markets..... Asia..... ForexLive @ForexLive 3h 3 hours ago Economic
data due from Asia today - BOJ & RBA speakers LiveSquawk
@LiveSquawk 26m 26 minutes ago PBoC Fixes USDCNY Reference Rate At
6.8889 (Prev 6.9071) LiveSquawk @LiveSquawk 24m 24 minutes ago PBoC To
Inject CNY 50 Bln Via 7 Day Reverse Repos PBoC To Inject CNY 20 Bln Via
14 Day PBoC To Inject CNY 10 Bln Via 28 Day ForexLive @F
Economic
News , Data & Views.....March 20 , 2017.....Quick Hits For Monday
-1) Markets : Asia - Economic Calendar , Aso Speaks On Free Trade ,
Australia Weekly ANZ Consumer Confidence , North Korea Steps Up Capacity
For Enriching Uranium ; US - Another Flattish Day For Nasdaq / S&P
/Dow & Gold /Oil Also Quiet today. 2) US Politics Today - Comey
Hearing Before House Intel Committee , Trump Rally In Kentucky ,
Additional Items Of Note. 3) Europe In Focus - French Presidential
Election Debate , Germany News For Monday , Greece Updates , UK -
Article 50 To Be Triggered March 29th & PM May Rules Out Early
Elections
Markets...... Asia..... ForexLive @ ForexLive 4h 4 hours ago Economic
data due from Asia today (AUD traders - RBA minutes day) ForexLive @
ForexLive 55m 55 minutes ago Japan finance minister Aso speaking on free
trade ForexLive @ ForexLive 2h 2 hours ago Australia - Weekly ANZ
consumer confidence index: 112.0 (prior 113.1) ForexLive @ ForexLive
3h 3 hours ago UN inspector: North Korea has
Economic
News , Data & Views......March 19 , 2017.....Quick Hits For Sunday
-1) Europe In Focus : Germany - Outgoing SPD Chair Sigmar Gabriel
Endorses Macron , Martin Schulz To Lay Out His Plans To Unseat Merkel ,
Turkey Fumes After Germany Allows 30,000 Kurds To Rally Against Turkey's
Referendum In Frankfurt - A Week After Turkish Politicians Blocked From
Politicking In Germany ; France - Orly Incident Follow Up , France
Presidential Contest Offerings. ; Greece Updates - Social Dynamics In
Focus ; UK Political Round Up For Sunday. 2) US Politics - Round Up Of
News & Views For Sunday Morning - Updated During Day. 3) Libya News
for Sunday - Tension At Abusita Naval Base , Refugee Related News ,
International Politics Updates. 4) Syria & Iraq In Focus !
Europe..... Germany.... Francisco Perez @ FranciscoJPGz 13m 13
minutes ago Francisco Perez Retweeted DW | Politics And, by endorsing
#Macron , Gabriel signals the SPD no longer supports France's Socialist
Party. Major policy change. Francisco Perez added, DW | Politics
Verified account @ dw_politics Outgoing #SPD Chairman @sigmargabriel
imagines a progressive victory in France, as well: fred wa
New in Centauri Dreams
Astronomy Rewind: Keeping Our Data Alive
When I was growing up, there was a small outbuilding between my house
and the stand of woods behind our property. The previous owner had built
it as a little house in its own right, everything on a miniature scale,
so that while it looked like an actual house — with front door, nice
windows, even a porch and small deck on the back — it was comprised of
only one room inside. This man’s kids had us
Runaway Stars in Orion
Unexpected things can happen when you’re looking for exoplanets. Ask
Kevin Luhman (Penn State), whose search for free-floating planets in the
Orion Nebula is now telling us something interesting about star
formation in general. In a small region dominated by young stars called
the Kleinmann-Low Nebula, some 1300 light years from Earth near the
center of the Orion Nebula complex, Luhman and team h
Rosetta: Chronicling Cometary Change
Learning about the changes that occur on a cometary surface over time
was a primary goal of the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission, which
orbited comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko between August 2014 and
September 2016. This was a period when the comet was swinging through
the inner Solar System as it closed to perihelion. Now we have vivid
evidence of the changes the comet experienced as reco
Star in Tight Orbit around Black Hole
Beyond their obvious value in advancing our knowledge, astronomical
discoveries can be thought of as exercises for the imagination, making
us think about what we would see if we were actually near the phenomenon
being observed. The view from a planet deep in a globular cluster can
only be spectacular, and has been the subject of my own musings for many
years. But this morning’s topic, a white dwa
Ceres: Axial Tilt and Surface Ice
Earth’s axial tilt (its obliquity ) is 23.5 degrees, a significant fact
for those of us who enjoy seasonal change. The ‘tilt’ is the angle
between our planet’s rotational axis and its orbital axis. If we look at
Earth’s obliquity over time, we find a 41,000 year cycle that
oscillates between 22.1 and 24.5 degrees. Here the Moon becomes useful,
with recent studies showing that without it, Earth’s
Planet Formation inside a Circumbinary ‘Snowline’
The binary system SDSS 1557, about 1000 light years from Earth, was
thought to be a single white dwarf star until detailed measurements
revealed that the brighter star was being gravitationally influenced by a
hither unseen brown dwarf. And that, in turn, has given us an
intriguing look at possible planetary formation around both members of a
close binary. We’ve found gas giants in such systems,
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Thoughts from Ghana
I spent today at the University College of Agriculture and
Environmental Sciences at Bunso and the nearby Cocoa Research Institute
of Ghana. Those who have read my memoir The Catholic Orangemen of Togo
and other Conflicts I Have Known will know that rural development in
Africa has been the abiding passion of my working life. The good news is
that for the first time a paperback edition of The Cath
Theresa May Moves to Replace Devolution with Westminster Control
Forget media spin. Read Theresa May’s actual unvarnished words. In
Glasgow today she notified Scotland of a specific intention for
Westminster to intervene in devolved areas to “improve outcomes” in
Scotland. There is no other possible logical analysis of the following
long passage: But the devolution of powers across the United Kingdom
must not mean we become a looser and weaker union. We cannot
Leeds University Union Threaten to Ban My Speech on Palestine
I am giving a talk entitled “Palestine/Israel: A Unitary Secular State
or a Bantustan Solution” in Leeds University tomorrow. I have just been
told by Leeds University Union I will not be allowed to speak unless I
submit what I am going to say for pre-vetting. I am truly appalled that
such a gross restriction on freedom of speech should be imposed
anywhere, let alone in a university where intelle
The
Scottish Council Elections Are a Huge Test – Subsequent Attempted
Backroom Deals Will Reveal the Black Soul of Scottish Labour
Theresa May herself set out to portray the Scottish Council Elections
as a test of opinion on a second Independence referendum, and followed
that up by an attack on the very principle of devolution and a stark
re-assertion of the desirability of Westminster control. She did so in
the – not unreasonable – expectation that the Tories will make gains in
Scottish councils from an extremely low base.
Why is Melanie Phillips Mainstream Acceptable?
I have often pointed to Melanie Phillips to illustrate the fact that
while left wing radical thought is excluded from mainstream media, you
can be as completely mad, raving off the wall right wing as you wish,
and yet still get invited onto every BBC panel or discussion series in
existence. She still justifies the Iraq War. She thought Saddam did
indeed have those WMDs and they were hidden in sec
The Disappearing Prime Minister
Even Gordon Brown had a honeymoon period. The temporary popularity of a
new Prime Minister evaporates as a morning mist searched out by strong
sunlight. The budget tax increases, combined with fierce pre-planned
benefit cuts, are evaporating May’s popularity before our eyes. The
reality of Brexit debacle will shortly hit very hard, and people will
start to notice she is not actually very good. I
New in David Climenhaga's Alberta Diary
Education Minister deserves high marks for ordering recalcitrant religious schools to obey GSA law, but more is needed
PHOTOS: Alberta Education Minister David Eggen. Below: Edmonton lawyer
Dan Scott, Kristopher Wells of the U of A’s Institute for Sexual
Minority Studies and Services and Brian Coldwell of the Independent
Baptist Christian Education Society. Sometimes a government just needs
to do the right thing and let the chips fall where they may. Alberta
Education […] The post Education Minister deserves high
Now that he can’t be Mr. Congeniality any more, is Saskatchewan’s Brad Wall eyeing the exit?
You have to admit it was sort of clever of Brad Wall to try to sneak
his sales tax increase and the rest of his mean-spirited Saskatchewan
provincial budget in under the cover of the federal Liberals’ national
budgeting effort yesterday. Too bad federal Liberal Finance Minister
Bill Morneau’s budget was so bland that news […] The post Now that he
can’t be Mr. Congeniality any more, is Saskatchewa
Nuala: A Fable, by Alberta author Kimmy Beach, tops Audreys Books Edmonton Bestseller List this week
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in
Edmonton for the week ended March 19, 2017, compiled on March 21, 2017,
by Audreys Books and provided by the Book Publishers Association of
Alberta. EDMONTON FICTION BESTSELLERS 1. Nuala: A Fable – Kimmy Beach*†
2. The Lonely Hearts Hotel – […] The post Nuala: A Fable, by Alberta
author Kimmy Beach, tops Audreys Books Edmonton
Cue the balalaikas! Tory MLA hears the Red Army tramping across the Steppes of Central Alberta
PHOTOS: Calgary-Fish Creek MLA Richard Gotfried, at right, and an
unidentified friend. (Photo grabbed from Mr. Gotfried’s Facebook page.)
Below: Mr. Gotfried with Progressive Conservative Party Leader Jason
Kenney and PC Vermilion-Lloydminster MLA Richard Starke. Social
democracy in Alberta? Pretty much the same as the Russian Revolution!
Really! I’m not making this up! Just ask […] The post Cue
International Women’s Day turns into a major embarrassment for Alberta’s tone-deaf opposition
PHOTOS: Wildrose Opposition Leader Brian Jean – nothing to do with us,
really. Below: Health Minister Sarah Hoffman, Environment Minister
Shannon Phillips and former PC leadership contender Sandra Jansen, all
New Democrats. It’s International Women’s Day and, whatever Alberta’s
two right-wing Opposition parties would rather be doing, one doubts it’s
insisting they have nothing to […] The post Int
Something for the NDP to think about: How about bringing Alberta’s labour laws into the 20th Century? (Never mind the 21st)
PHOTOS: Alberta Labour Minister Christina Gray. Below: Gil McGowan,
president of the Alberta Federation of Labour, Athabasca University
Labour Studies Professor Bob Barnetson and Ontario Premier Kathleen
Wynne. The CBC says the province’s businesses are “spooked.” The Chamber
of Commerce is deeply worried by the prospect of “sweeping reforms.”
Naturally, the Chamber also says they’re […] The post
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Gordon Keirle-Smith - Genesis Antarctica - The Secret Origins of Humanity
In 1974-5, artist and copywriter Gordon Keirle-Smith wrote a treatment
for a trinity of novels called Genesis Antarctica: The Secret Origins of
Humanity and submitted it (unsuccessfully) to a publisher. In 1962 a
cache of ancient urns was discovered in Antarctica dating back tens of
thousands of years. They contained writings proving our ancestral myths
and lore are actually rooted in the history
Ridley Scott - Covenant poster - Aliens vs Engineers
"You want aliens, I'll give you aliens," that's what Ridley Scott said
in response to the dirth of alien material in his so-called prequel to
his classic Alien (1979). And boy has he given us aliens (vs engineers)
in this new Alien Covenant poster from Fox.
Scarlett Johannsen - Ghost in the Shell - first five minutes clip
MovieLad crop'd I'm not sure if this is chronologically the 'first five
minutes' of the new live-action Scar-Jo vehicle i.e. Ghost in the
Shell, but I still want to see this movie for myself ... I want to make
up my own mind about a celluloid/digital creation or
re-creation/re-imagining of a classic slice of Manga-land ... and not
listen to a load of politically-motivated whitewash-naysayers just
9/11 - Sydney White - Studies in Propaganda i.e. nothing just happens
in
her 'seventeenth year' delivering such material to her captive
audience, investigative journalist Sydney White talks 9/11 Studies in
Propaganda @ Truth Decay. Proper eye-opener...
dreams - goat-human hybrid - talking child
what
a wierd night of FOUR intense and visually/narratively memorable
dreams, in the fourth (on a walk) I happened upon the goat-human hybrid
child munching away on grass at the front of a residential property by
the roadside. The front door of the cottage was open - that imagery
again . I spoke to the woman about her lovely young animal outside,
munching away on grass. It started to nuzzle me and
Electric Universe - Kongpop U-yen - Space Weather Forecasting
"Stick
with it," that's what I'm saying... KongPop U-yen isn't the most
confident presenter ever but his post-storm earthquake-prediction theory
and his Space Weather news in general are second to none. Free Planet
Summary: while this is all well and good, "We still don't have a global
solution to catastrophism," and by this I mean that we're still building
'solid structures on solid ground' be th
New in From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog
From Jenna Orkin PER CAPITA OIL From engineer John Howe explaining the fundamental reasons underlying the cataclysmic c...
From Jenna Orkin PER CAPITA OIL From engineer John Howe explaining the
fundamental reasons underlying the cataclysmic changes going on today.
Lead Poisoning In "Dozens Of California Communities" Worse Than Flint,
Michigan Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak was freed from detention
Bernie Sanders: Gorsuch 'brought the confirmation process to a new low'
A shocking new study just disproved the 1
From Jenna Orkin Russian politician Denis Voronenkov shot dead in Kiev, Ukraine ... Arctic ice falls to record winter l...
From Jenna Orkin Russian politician Denis Voronenkov shot dead in Kiev,
Ukraine ... Arctic ice falls to record winter low after polar
'heatwaves' Two black holes collide, proving Einstein was right: video
Maddow Election Bombshell: FBI Agent at Center of Disproven Hillary
Email Scandal was Paid By Michael Flynn How the Westminster terror
attack in London unfolded Police raid 6 addresses and arres
From Jenna Orkin A man accidentally texted a Pennsylvania prosecutor about a drug swap Spinning sail technology is pois...
From Jenna Orkin A man accidentally texted a Pennsylvania prosecutor
about a drug swap Spinning sail technology is poised to bring back
wind-powered ships The world's deepest oil well is over 40,000 feet deep
Technology saving us from peak oil. This rogue planet contradicts what
we know about how planets form Judge Orders Google To Hand Over Data On
Anyone Who Searched For A Certain Name Sweden R
From Jenna Orkin Thousands of underground gas bulges, formed by thawing permafrost, set to 'explode' in Siberia Why We ...
From Jenna Orkin Thousands of underground gas bulges, formed by thawing
permafrost, set to 'explode' in Siberia Why We Desperately Need To
Bring Back Vocational Training In Schools F ox News analyst Judge
Napolitano reportedly suspended 'indefinitely ' 'Super-recognizers' may
be the key to improving passport-control and national security French
Presidential Race: Marine LePen Far Ahead Of Rivals
From Jenna Orkin Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is rising at the fastest rate ever recorded Another Senior Russian Of...
From Jenna Orkin Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is rising at the
fastest rate ever recorded Another Senior Russian Official Has Died
EXCLUSIVE: 9/11 families sue Saudi Arabia, accuse the U.S. ally of
complicity in the terrorist attacks New Zealand expelled a US diplomat
after an 'incident' left him with a black eye and broken nose : This is
what Google's incredible new campus will look like 'We
From Jenna Orkin How a private water company brought lead to Pittsburgh’s taps Japanese government held liable for firs...
From Jenna Orkin How a private water company brought lead to
Pittsburgh’s taps Japanese government held liable for first time for
negligence in Fukushima If a nuclear bomb is dropped on your city,
here's where you should run and hide : " you should probably leave for a
better shelter after roughly an hour (and maybe pick up some beers and
sodas on the way: A study in the '50s found they taste fin
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