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World's first water park for people with disabilities is literally the coolest thing ever created
Water parks are the definitive location for cooling off in hot-as-hell
summer weather. But the hot spots for fun in the sun are notoriously
inaccessible to people with disabilities. A new water park called
Morgan’s Inspiration Island was designed for people with a wide range of
disability identities — and it's mind-blowingly accessible. The park,
which opens June 17 in San Antonio, Texas, is full
All-girl engineer team invents solar-powered tent for the homeless
As Daniela Orozco picks off excess plastic bordering a 3D-printed box,
she recalls how many homeless people she saw on her way to school when
she was a high school freshman. Just one. Four years later, the number
has multiplied. People live on a main thoroughfare near the school, at a
nearby park, and below the off-ramps and bridges in her hometown of San
Fernando, which is about 20 miles northwe
Finkel report destroys baseload coal power economics
Demand
enough renewables and you might as well ban coal There’s a lesson
Australia needs to learn from South Australia. When intermittent
renewables reach a certain percentage of daily average supply they make
baseload power unfeasible. The situation develops into an impossible
dead end that can only be solved with container-ships of cash. The
intermittent supply of wind and solar is the immoveabl
NC Racial Gerrymandering Highlight's GOP 'Justice Delayed, Justice Denied' Strategy
In his April 1963 Letter from a Birmingham Jail , Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr., lamented: "Justice too long delayed is justice denied". No
case underscores the civil rights icon's assertion better than the years
long fight by North Carolina Republicans to keep unlawfully
gerrymandered state and Congressional district maps in place, long after
they've been repeatedly found by courts to be in violat
Expanded Anti-Trump Witch-Hunt
Expanded
Anti-Trump Witch-Hunt by Stephen Lendman Sacked former FBI director
Comey said he (unethically and maybe illegally) leaked information about
his private conversations with Trump so a special prosecutor would be
appointed to investigate possible ties between his team and Russia -
besides what Congress does separately. Special counsel (former FBI
director) Robert Mueller expanded
Taiwan’s Foxconn, Assembler of iPhones, Considering Wisconsin Plant
I
wonder if they’ll use the suicide prevention nets on the buildings?
Thank you, thank you. I’ll be here all week. Don’t forget to tip your
waitress. On a more serious note, my guess is that the plant will be
centered around robotic manufacturing and the thousands of workers thing
is being thrown out there […]
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Lobbyist for Russian interests says he attended dinners hosted by Sessions
Richard Burt contradicts Jeff Sessions’ testimony that he didn’t
believe he had contacts with lobbyists working for Russian interests
during Trump’s campaign An American lobbyist for Russian interests who
helped craft an important foreign policy speech for Donald Trump has
confirmed that he attended two dinners hosted by Jeff Sessions during
the 2016 campaign, apparently contradicting the attorne
Southern Baptists reach consensus, denouncing ‘alt-right’ movement
At their annual convention, Southern Baptists voted to formally
denounce the 'alt-right' political movement. The resolution comes after a
day-long disagreement over the wording of the statement, but resulted
in a standing ovation from the convention’s 5,000 members.
Serbia gets its first female – and gay – prime minister
President Aleksandar Vučić announces appointment of Ana Brnabić, 41, a
graduate of the University of Hull A gay woman has been appointed prime
minister of Serbia in a double first for the EU-candidate state. Ana
Brnabić, 41, a graduate of the University of Hull in England, is the
Balkan nation’s first gay PM and first female PM. Continue reading...
After executing unarmed couple with 137 shots over a traffic violation, cops get their jobs back
The
five Cleveland cops who took part in the 137-shot, execution-style
fusillade that killed an unarmed couple over a traffic violation will
all get their jobs back. In what can only be referred to as a travesty
of justice and a disgrace to the integrity of police departments
nationwide, five officers who took part in the 137-shot, execution-style
fusillade that killed an unarmed couple — will get
The Standing Rock Sioux Claim ‘Victory and Vindication’ in Court
A federal judge ruled in favor of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe on
Wednesday, handing the tribe its first legal victory in its year-long
battle against the Dakota Access pipeline. James Boasberg, who sits on
D.C. district court, said that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers failed
to perform an adequate study of the pipeline’s environmental
consequences when it first approved its construction. In a
John McCain makes a striking admission: America was better off with President Obama
(Credit: AP Photo/Kevin Hagen) Trump’s Twitter attack on London Mayor
Sadiq Khan, in the wake of a terrorist attack no less, came just one
week after the president’s first foreign trip and days after pulling out
of the Paris Agreement on June 1. Now even prominent Republicans are
beginning to wonder whether the president is ruining America’s standing
with the rest of the world. “What do you think
New in science
Early life stress confers lifelong stress susceptibility in mice via ventral tegmental area OTX2
Early life stress increases risk for depression. Here we establish a
"two-hit" stress model in mice wherein stress at a specific postnatal
period increases susceptibility to adult social defeat stress and causes
long-lasting transcriptional alterations that prime the ventral
tegmental area (VTA)—a brain reward region—to be in a depression-like
state. We identify a role for the developmental trans
No Universe without Big Bang
According
to Einstein's theory of relativity, the curvature of spacetime was
infinite at the big bang. In fact, at this point all mathematical tools
fail, and the theory breaks down. However, there remained the notion
that perhaps the beginning of the universe could be treated in a simpler
manner, and that the infinities of the big bang might be avoided. This
has indeed been the hope expressed sin
Pre-clinical study suggests Parkinson's could start in gut endocrine cells
A
potential new mechanism has been identified in both mice and human
endocrine cells that populate the small intestines. Inside these cells
is a protein called alpha-synuclein, which is known to go awry and lead
to damaging clumps in the brains of Parkinson's patients, as well as
those with Alzheimer's disease.
Our sun likely had a twin called ‘Nemesis’
When our sun was born 4.5 billion years ago, it was almost certainly
part of pair—but that’s true of every other sun-like star in the
universe. Many stars have companions, including our nearest neighbor,
Alpha Centauri, a triplet system. Astronomers have long sought an
explanation. Are binary and triplet star systems born that way? Did one
star capture another? Do binary stars sometimes split up
Study confirms lightning more powerful over ocean than land
People
who live and work along coasts and coastlines everywhere may be more
likely to experience a super-charged lightning strike, according to new
research from Florida Institute of Technology that shows lightning can
be much more powerful over the ocean than land.
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WATCH LIVE: Explorers Festival, June 15 | National Geographic
The National Geographic Society celebrates exploration every day of the
year, but during Explorers Festival we’re bringing together the most
fascinating and innovative scientists, conservationists, explorers, and
storytellers to share—with one another, and with the world—how their
discoveries and ideas are creating change for the better. Join the
conversation on Twitter and Facebook with #NatGeoF
IBM ThinkPad 701 | Walt Mossberg's gadget museum
The IBM ThinkPad 701 is one of the most iconic laptop designs in
history — so much so that it’s sitting in New York’s Museum of Modern
Art. Walt Mossberg, who is retiring this year, shows us his original
Thinkpad and what made it so unique. Subscribe: https://goo.gl/G5RXGs
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Meet a Beautiful Beetle That Loves to Eat Poop | National Geographic
Watch an entomologist search beneath piles of bison poop for rainbow
scarabs, a beautiful dung beetle native to North America. ➡ Subscribe:
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Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploration,
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Mixed Reality - THEORIZ - RnD test 002
Second test of our currently in research and development technology for
audiovisual production, using in house tracking system (Augmenta) and
Vive VR tracking technologies with real time video and projection
mapping in space. There is no post-production on this video. More stuff
very soon, so stay tuned :) ! theoriz.com Cast: THÉORIZ Tags: research ,
mixed , reality , virtual , vr , theoriz , dig
Kendall Jenner on Her Modeling Career
The famous family member chatted with Ellen about what it's like being
one of the most photographed faces on the planet. From: TheEllenShow
Leo and Laura
Leo and Laura traveled the world together, but now in their 90's it's
become much smaller. Director + Editor: Paul Hairston Cinematographer:
David Vollrath Mix: Geoff Strasser Color: Irving Harvey Production:
Acres Client: Upworthy Cast: Paul Hairston , David Vollrath and Irving
Harvey
New in The Corbett Report
The Weaponization of Information in the War of Terror
In
the wake of London and Manchester, politicians around the world are
trying to convince the public that the free flow of information on the
internet is a terror threat. In reality, independent online media are
exposing the real terrorists: the politicians and their deep state
handlers who are funding, arming, aiding and enabling false flag terror.
This is the GRTV Backgrounder on GlobalResearch.
Interview 1281 – New World Next Week with James Evan Pilato
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This week on the New World Next Week: CNN/CFR FakeNews Amanpour is
called out by Aleppo Boy's father; Japan passes an anti-conspiracy law
that criminalizes everyone; and an Ontario township defends its lemonade
stand takedown.
Think you know how to “End The Fed”? Take the #FedChallenge
James
Corbett responds to Jerry Day's Federal Reserve challenge. If "End the
Fed" is to be anything more than a mantra, then we must have a plan in
place for how to actually end the fed and what we do after it's gone.
Find out James' response in this edition of The Corbett Report.
How The CIA Runs The Nuclear Black Market
...In
fact, as we now know, Khan and his network were known, identified,
surveilled, funded and even protected by the CIA from its very
inception.
What We Didn’t Learn At Bilderberg 2017
What
do we know about the secret, behind-closed-door globalist soiree that
was Bilderberg 2017 in Chantilly, Virginia? Only what the Bilderbergers
told us, and we know they're lying to us about who is in attendance so
why should we trust them about anything? This year James breaks down
what we were and weren't told about what was happening at Bilderberg,
and what other globalist conferences might
New in The EnvironmentaList
Renewable Energy Projects Are Uplifting Maasai Women
Solar panel and clean cookstove programs are reducing emissions, electrifying remote parts of Kenya and Tanzania
Europe’s Last Major Primeval Forest on ‘Brink of Collapse’
State-sanctioned logging in UNESCO world heritage site may be pushing Poland's Białowieża forest ecosystem to point of no return
Trump Administration Has Taken a Hatchet to Climate Language Across Government Websites
Here are several of the more egregious examples
US Army Veterans Find Peace in Protecting Rhinos from Poaching
In South Africa, former soldiers are fighting both the illegal wildlife trade and the twin scourges of unemployment and PTSD
How Our Freedom to Eat Whatever We Want Violates the Animals We Consume
Constraints on Farm Animal Freedoms: Confronting the Surreal
World’s Largest Protected Marine Zone Threatened By Trump Order
Papahānaumokuākea Marine Monument is the largest fully protected marine zone in the world
New in The Rules of Exposition
Paul Romer
From Writing : There are many reasons why we must write clearly. The
one that is relevant here is that clear writing is a commitment to
integrity... The problem with vague writing is that it lets an author
convey a false impression yet retain plausible deniability when someone
tries to verify the claim... My favorite book on editing recommends
looking at the “the first seven or eight words in a s
New in A Closer Look: Jody Paterson
Lives Lived: Helen Paterson (and damn, she would have loved it if she'd made it to the Globe and Mail)
Mom loved this 2015 photo from the Chow reunion, which miraculously
captured all but one of her kids, spouses and grandchildren in one
place. I sent this little piece on my mom to the Globe and Mail, hoping
to make the cut for a Lives Lived feature. But I haven't heard back in
more than a month and they tell me that means no go, so I'll make it a
blog post instead. (No one who makes a living writ
New in A Different Perspective
MJ-12 - New Documents, Old Story
(Blogger's Note: Normally I would take more time o edit this, but there
is pressure to get something posted. This is my opinion based on what I
have seen, read, and researched since I was alerted to the documents at
4:18 p.m. CDT on June 14. Excuse the typos...) The field where Mack
Brazel is alleged to have found the metallic debris. Photo copyright by
Kevin Randle. Okay, I’ve had time to review
John Ventre, MUFON and Racism
(Blogger’s Note: Yes, I’m late to the table with this, but the
information kept shifting. I wanted to be sure that I had been fair to
all those involved and that I had the latest information. For example, I
had Jan Harzan’s original statement several days ago, but it was only
in the last couple of days that he sent me the latest information. Given
that, I wanted to know Nick Redfern’s attitude no
X-Zone Broadcast Network - Nick Redfern, The Roswell UFO Conspiracy
Nick Redfern. Photo by Kevin Randle. This week I talked with Nick
Redfern about his new book The Roswell UFO Conspiracy: Exposing a
Shocking and Sinister Secret because it would let people know about his
new book, open up a discussion about an alternative explanation for the
Roswell crash and it would give me a chance to promote my book, Roswell
in the 21 st Century . Although I had suggested tha
X-Zone Broadcast Network - John Greenewald
For those of you who tuned in to hear James Clarkson, he bailed on the
show, but John Greenewald, of the Black Vault, was kind enough to fill
in. We began by talking about a recent announcement of a government
document, published in this century, that suggested an interest in UFOs.
John said that while there had been some very recent interest in the
document, he’d had it on his website for a numb
Fake News, ABC and the Bermuda Triangle
I have to wonder about ABC News. When I heard that an airplane had
vanished on a flight from Puerto Rico to Miami, I knew it wouldn’t be
long before someone had to mention it was another mysterious
disappearance in the Bermuda Triangle. A solution for that mystery has
been available for decades and some of the planes listed as having
vanished, in fact, did not. Wreckage has been found. I mentione
X-Zone Broadcast Network - Larry Lawson
This week I tried something a little different, or more accurately,
Larry Lawson of Paranormal Stakeout and I did something a little
different. Lawson was on my show and we talked about UFOs and the
paranormal but then, later, I was on his show and talked about the
paranormal with a smattering of UFOs involved. We wanted to have two
shows connected by the paranormal but exploring that topic from
New in Activist Teacher
Geopolitical Trajectories
As
I see it... The USA wants continuous instability and violence because
global stability and respect for national sovereignty (the very basis of
the UN Charter) imply the natural development and independence of
Eurasia, Latin America, Africa... and the natural loss of USA hegemony.
Likewise, Israel wants continuous war and conflict in the Middle East to
assert its military and
UN legalistic final sanitization plan for the post-genocide phase of the global aboriginal problem
The
real face of "cultural appropriation" By Denis G. Rancourt, PhD
(Originally a status post on the Facebook page of the Ontario Civil
Liberties Association.) The latest United Nations (UN) Western-world-led
globalist scam plan is upon us: Criminalization of "cultural
appropriation": < Cultural appropriation: Make it illegal worldwide,
Indigenous advocates say - Delegates in Geneva from
War With Iran - Trump Insanity
Trump
is turning out to be a dangerous clown, one that has been a gift for
climate and political-correctness critics, but a dangerous clown
nonetheless. The USA is truly frightening, no matter which clown it puts
in the window. But the shift towards a more loving USA embrace of Saudi
and Israel may well be a preparation for war against Iran, under the
pretext of fighting terrorism.
Does Israel teach a culture of love for murder?
There
is some evidence that Israel may at times be teaching, not hate, but a
culture of celebratory love for murder, as per the four quotes below.
< On Thursday this week (18 May 2017, an Israeli settler distributed
chocolates to “celebrate” the killing of a Palestinian youth, Muataz
Shamsa (23). The Israeli settler can be seen, in a video posted online,
saying: “We killed a
Can't leave scientists alone with science
By
Denis G. Rancourt, PhD (This article was first published on my climate
blog.) If the generalized global warming fever and "climate change"
hysteria has taught societal observers anything it is that you cannot
leave scientists alone with science. The scientific enterprise is
embedded, and scientists are manufactured service intellectuals. Two
outcomes are possible. In the first extreme
Want to be oppressed fairly
Here is how I would put it: Most of us want to be oppressed fairly more than we want freedom, and that explains a lot.
New in Allen L Roland's Weblog
Connected / When We Demand Change ~ The World Will Change Through Unity Consciousness
Despite today's shooting in Virginia against Republicans ~ reflecting a
deep anger which permeates much of our electorate ~ we must also be
aware in our internet connected world where we are gradually feeling our
collective innate urge to connect and unite ~ which is the principle
property of a Unified Field of love and soul consciousness. This state
of unity consciousness is also seen in our inn
Trump/Bannon Scuttle Paris Agreement / Go Rogue, Destroy Establishment And Media
What's next , Steve ? Now that Trump has abdicated his leadership of
the free world ~ by scuttling the Paris climate accords ~ we may well be
witnessing the next self- destructive step in the Bannon/Trump long
range agenda which Bannon once described as " We want to bring
everything crashing down and destroy all of today's establishment "
which is now one step closer including the Trump administr
A Deep State Versus Deeper Reality ~ Radical Love And Unified Field Of Soul Comsciousness
T he American system of representative government has been overthrown
by a profit-driven, militaristic corporate deep state bent on total
control and global domination through the imposition of a looming police
state here at home and fermenting wars abroad but in the process ~
however, many have also become gradually aware of a far deeper choice
and a soul based reality of a Unified Field that de
Special Counsel Robert Mueller / A Path To The Truth Through A Minefield Of Deception
In a shifting sea of lies and a constant undertow of fabrications, a
possible path to the truth is the selection of special counsel Robert
Mueller ~ who is not only deeply respected by both parties ~ but a
needed reminder that t here would be no special counsel if Trump had not
fired James Comey (allegedly after asking him to end the FBI’s
investigation into Michael Flynn) and then confessed that
New in AMERICAN KABUKI
Heather Ann Tucci-Jarraf - Original Factualized Trusts
Heather Ann Tucci-Jarraf Original Factualized Trust Email Subject:
Original now visible...and the universal "financial system" that has
always all ways been..."Original"...and paperless :) ...bear with me...i
have to refine the website , but i posted the pdf attachments there (on
the "home" page lol)... as is my usual protocol... www.unidynomics.info
Original "financial system"...Original "system
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The Young Vote
Whatever the result of the election — and the BBC are currently
forecasting a Tory minority government with 322 seats — is it looks like
young people have turned out in greater numbers in this election that
they have done in previous ones. This is likely to have a big long-term
effect on politics. In the past parties have cared about older voters,
because they actually turn out to vote, and not c
BBC exit poll: Con 314
The BBC exit poll puts the Conservatives on 314 seats. This means they
would lose their majority, and they would get 31 seats less than I
predict (345, giving them a majority of 40). I hope the BBC are right,
because I don’t want another 5 years of Tory government, but I expect my
prediction will be a damn sight closer to the result than the BBC’s.
UK General Election Prediction: Con maj 40 seats
This UK general election is harder to predict than most. Polls vary
between a Labour lead or 1 point and a Tory lead of 13 points. (1)
polling organisations don’t know how bit the “shy Tory” effect will be
and therefore don’t know how much to compensate for it, and (2) nor it
is known what the turnout of younger voters will be — there have been
reports of a million people registering to vote in r
New in Angola 3 News
We Stand With the Prisoners Human Rights March
( PHOTO: Robert King and Albert Woodfox with a former Los Angeles
Panther named Hakim, taken at the Los Angeles premiere of Cruel and
Unusual ) A3 Newsletter, June 14, 2017: We Stand With the Prisoners
Human Rights March Angola 3 stands strong with the upcoming Prisoners
Human Rights March on August 19th in Washington D.C. Robert King will be
a featured speaker at the Aug. 19 event and encourages
VIDEO: Watch Albert Woodox speaking in Montreal on May 19, 2017
The video embedded above is from a May 19, 2017 talk given by Albert
Woodox in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. View the announcement for the event
as well as the report published afterwards . Special thanks to our
friends in Montreal for hosting Albert!
New in Cherchez la Verite
This
is article was first posted by Paul Craig Roberts about a month ago.
PCR is only one year younger than me, and we both have PhDs after 6
years of postgraduate work, mine in Physics from Brown University and
his in Economics from the University of Virginia and two other
universities including his final year at Oxford. Most of my research was
carried out at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington DC
(1967-2001), where my position description was to carry out self-guided
basic research …and by doing so that I accrued 9 national and
international honors. More impressively, PCR became US Treasury
Department Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy (1981-93) and
subsequently held four different Congressional Staff positions
(1975-78). Subsequently, he was a Columnist for Business Week and later
an Editor of the Wall Street Journal, and he has written many books on
the demise of America. My Jan-2001 exit from NRL was mainly to take up
unexpected invited professorships of research…
Are You Ready to Die? May 11, 2017 | Are You Ready to Die? Paul Craig
Roberts “Fifty years ago, the streets of Leningrad taught me one thing:
If a fight is inevitable, you must strike first.” Vladimir Putin In
George Orwell’s 1949 dystopian novel, 1984 , information that no longer
is consistent with Big Brother’s explanations is chucked down the Memory
Hole. In the real American dystopia in which
The
poor French. Like the average American they can't believe their
elections are rigged (see my preceding post). Macron, like Trump in the
U.S, is using his high place in France to ship French workers jobs
elsewere ...while personally pocketing some of the loot. Who needs
"democracies" whose "gardians" are cleptocrats? Wake up France, and wake
up America!
Macron: An American Trojan horse in the Elysee Palace Wayne MADSEN |
17.05.2017 | WORLD The new French president, Emmanuel Macron, who was
thrust into the French presidential race as a pro-European Union
counterweight to prevent the election of National Front leader Marine Le
Pen, appears to have more than a casual relationship with the United
States. While he worked within the Ministry of the Ec
The
American neocons and their European vassals are stealing the French
vote lest the workers take command and expel the west. The second French
Revolution may finally be on the horizon. Liberte, egalite, fraternite!
Marine Le Pen: The French Election Was Rigged May 9, 2017 Baxter Dmitry
News , World In France, if a ballot is damaged, it cannot be cast. So
the political establishment, who are desperate to prevent Le Pen from
taking office, arranged for the destruction of millions of Le Pen
ballots. Up to one third of all ballots sent out to voters, an estimated
60% of Le Pen ballots, were destroyed at the tim
New in Creekside
Liberal MPs who voted NO to electoral reform May 31 2017
h/t Anita Nickerson for above graphic Here's the Vote details 21 Liberal MPs who did not vote : .
New in DAMMIT JANET!
No funding for rights-denying outfits
Volunteers
for Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC) are continuing their
research that we reported on here into the funding of rights-denying
anti-choice organizations. Specifically, we are looking for public money
— government, arms’-length granting bodies — going to these gangs.
Remember DJ!'s success in getting an Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF)
grant rescinded from Lambton Crisis Pregn
En Garde, or, This Is Our Chance to Bury Anti-Choice
Andrew
Scheer, former and worst-ever Speaker of the House, has won the
Conservative Party leadership. But as several people have pointed out,
Michael Harris among them, Scheer has a BIG debt to pay. To social
conservatives, aka, anti-choice, anti-gay, anti-trans, anti-assisted
dying, anti-comprehensive sex-ed dinosaurs. These social conservatives
worked their hearts out for Stephen Harper for ten
New in Dr Cintli
The X In Latin-X
Twenty years ago, I wrote “The X in La Raza,” a political essay I
referred to as an “anti-book.” I did so at a time when people were
beginning to write Chicano or Chicana with an X as in Xicano or Xicana.
Though “The X in La Raza” was not a response to this development,
rather, it was a response to myself, an essay I had written in 1981,
titled “Who declared War on the Word Chicano? For the rest
Affirming a Macehual or Gente de Maiz Identity. Part I of 2
A couple years ago, someone from California wrote me to tell me that:
“Mexicans are taking over Chicano Studies.” Apparently, the person did
not know I was born in Mexico. And they knew less about what this topic
triggers within me. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, I did become
part of the Chicano Movement, and thus identified as such during that
time, though throughout most of my life, my
Arizona Court to Decide What We Can Learn
by Roberto Rodriguez Not sure that most people know that as a result of
draconian legislation, it has been in effect “illegal” to teach ethnic
studies in Arizona since 2010. It is one of the twin laws that we in
Arizona will never recognize as laws, regardless of what anyone says or
however the courts rule. However, in about a month (June 26-30 and July
17-21), the constitutionality of the anti-e
New in Fort McMurray Adventures
100
I hit a milestone after work this evening with the sighting of my 100th
bird in Fort McMurray. As I closed in on 100 I found myself playing a
mental game imagining just what it might be. I secretly hope for
something unique but I figured it would likely end up being something I
had seen before but just not locally. As it turned out, it was a
completely new species to me and one that isn't all tha
New in GEEZERPOWER
GEEZERPOWER: Israel has been using drones for surveilance since 1973
By 1969, the Israeli Air Force was using drones to photograph and
monitor Egyptian, Syrian, and later, Jordanian troops. Israel Military
Intelligence: Intelligence During Yom Kippur War (1973) Jewish Virtual
Library by Doron Geller The Yom Kippur War of October 1973 was a
terrible surprise, which put Israel's security - and even survival - in
jeopardy. By the end of the war, Israel had turned the
Nathan Yahoo, in spite of his posturing, can hardly contain himself over the newly installed cabinet of the Mein Trumpf...
Nathan Yahoo, in spite of his posturing, can hardly contain himself
over the newly installed cabinet of the Mein Trumpf regime. The Golan
Heights comes to mind... TABLET is a daily online magazine of Jewish
news, ideas, and culture. Launched in June 2009 WILL TRUMP AND NETANYAHU
MAKE THE AMERICA-ISRAEL RELATIONSHIP GREAT AGAIN? PEOTUS is stacking
his cabinet with friends of the Jewish State, but
New in Greg Mankiw's Blog
Hamilton Tickets Redux
James Stewart takes a look at theater tickets on Broadway, a topic I
discussed last year . I love his ending: Dynamic pricing and
super-premium prices may be relatively new, but the scarcity of tickets
for hit shows has a long tradition. Mr. Schumacher cited “My Fair Lady,”
the “Hamilton” of the 1955-56 Broadway season. As Broadway lore has it,
a man in the audience turned to his neighbor, an old
Why people prefer unequal societies
A friend points out that this paper is related to some themes I have
written about . The abstract (emphasis added): There is immense concern
about economic inequality, both among the scholarly community and in the
general public, and many insist that equality is an important social
goal. However, when people are asked about the ideal distribution of
wealth in their country, they actually prefer u
A New Mankiw Publication
This one I am particularly proud of, though I cannot claim to fully understand it.
Economists for Hassett
An open letter supporting Kevin Hassett's nomination as CEA chair .
On Taxes and Deficits
Click here to read my column in Sunday's New York Times .
New in Middle Class Political Economist
Kansas Republicans abandon Brownback; raise taxes over his veto
Remember
Kansas's great tax-cutting experiment under Governor Sam Brownback?
(Me, sarcastic?) As always in Arthur Laffer and Stephen Moore La-La
Land, cutting taxes leads to economic nirvana. Except when it doesn't,
and it didn't in Kansas. I recently wrote about the idiocy of Investor
Business Daily 's criticisms of California, and Paul Krugman carried the
ball further, citing me and bringing in
New in Morton's Musings
Jordan analysis for Charter delay applications
R. v. Islam, 2017 ONCJ 335 is a useful case for POA prosecutions. Some
take aways includ S11(b) Jordan analysis applies to POA matters. Time
runs on Part 1 POA prosecutions from date of charge and not date
defendant took some step - that seems obvious but was argued. Cases are
not argued well and the parties should prepare properly and be concise -
" 43 . The court also ventures to state that par
Important Bail Case from Supreme Court of Canada
R. v. Antic (June 1), 2017 SCC 27 (S.C.C.) 67 Therefore, the following
principles and guidelines should be adhered to when applying the bail
provisions in a contested hearing: (a) Accused persons are
constitutionally presumed innocent, and the corollary to the presumption
of innocence is the constitutional right to bail. (b) Section 11( e )
guarantees both the right not to be denied bail without
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The neo-nutzis exposed - by one of their own.
I have rubbed shoulders with neo-nutzis. I will openly admit it. Why?
Because as someone who is aware of the deliberate destruction of the
traditional way of life, I felt that I had to 'do something', and so it
became natural to gravitate towards people who were also awake to the
impact of globalisation on the lives of ordinary people. My forays into
the 'far-right' turned out to be a waste of ti
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Postmodernism is bunk
If you want to know what’s wrong with the modern world, then most of
what’s wrong (apart from Geelong’s inability to play consistent
football) is due to bad philosophy. And most of that bad philosophy in
the modern world comes under the heading of postmodernism. Every student
at every institution will have encountered it, and then either absorbed
it (in whole or in part) or, if they’re particular
Bruce Goff's Crystal Chapel
Bruce Goff’s Crystal Chapel, designed in 1949 - unbuilt, but recently
modelled digitally so you too can see the genius … [Hat tip SOCIETY OF
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to republish is granted, with attribution.
The naked & the nudes
I spent the weekend with several dozen nudes. it was thrilling! There
were women and men, big and small, young and old. They were bathing,
washing, dancing. There were groups picknicking, drinking, playing. One
(or two?) were sitting strangely in armchairs . One was trying on hats .
Another caressing a dying young hero . One woman was even lying down as
a fish . And there was a couple kissing, or
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“Puerto Rico, Our Next State….”
by wj I remember, way back when I was in high school, watching the
Republican National Convention on TV. As they did the Roll Call of the
States, to nominate their Presidential candidate, they came eventually
to Puerto Rico. Like every other delegation, the island’s spokesman
included a local color catch phrase when announcing their votes. In this
case, Puerto Rico was characterized as “our next
Apple Blossom Time
by JanieM I was going to write a post about grandmas, but it veered off
into something else. The Wikipedia entry on Samhain says this : Wiccans
believe that at Samhain the veil between this world and the afterlife
is at its thinnest point of the whole year, making it easier to
communicate with those who have left this world. You might well ask why
I’m thinking about Samhain in May, and there actu
California -- What Happened?
by wj California has a reputation, especially from far away, as a
liberal bastion. But while it definitely is a solid blue state today,
how accurate is that liberal image really? Yes, there are highly visible
liberal areas: Los Angeles (city, not metro area), San Francisco,
Berkeley, West Hollywood. But overall? First, a bit of history. For the
first 40+ years of my life, there were two paths to
Romans and Greek elections
by liberal japonicus The title comes from Harold McMillan's line about
the British being the Greeks to the US Romans. He said it several times,
probably to make sure that we understood it, here is a longer version
from a letter to Richard Crossman (whose diaries inspired the Yes
Minister series) We, my dear Crossman, are Greeks in this American
empire. You will find the Americans much as the Gree
Liberal, Conservative, Whatever – Open Thread
by wj We are way overdue for an open thread, and this is it. No doubt
it will go off onto the testimony from ex-FBI Director Comey, once that
gets going. But perhaps it will give those of you in earlier time zones
(which is pretty much everybody else) something to talk about before
that starts.) Over the past few decades, we have seen increasing
divisions in our country. Team/partisan divisions.
Abigail Adams and Me
by JanieM Some years ago I read Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams
, by Lynne Withey, and John Adams , by David McCullogh, in quick
succession. Unexpectedly, I ended up thinking a lot about communication.
John Adams took John Quincy to France when JQ was about ten years old.
The trip took more than three months , then it took three more months
for a letter to get back to Abigail saying that
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Trump's pick for top USDA scientist isn't one
We’ve been outraged by Pruitt , apprehensive about Perdue and now with
Trump’s latest nomination — this time for the U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s lead scientist position — we’re frankly baffled. Trump is
expected to tap Sam Clovis, co-chair of his presidential campaign, as
head of USDA’s Research, Education and Economics division. He appears to
be stunningly unqualified for the job. This high
Voices from the Frontline: Tiare Lawrence
This conversation is part three in our “Voices from the Frontline” blog
series that tells stories of how pesticides and industrial agriculture
directly affect the lives of people across the country. Tiare Lawrence
is a native Hawaiian community leader who focuses on environmental and
Hawaiian rights on Maui. She recently joined PAN as an on-the-ground
organizer to drive our work to protect childr
States step forward to trump climate catastrophe
On June 1, in a snub to science and the world, Trump announced he is
withdrawing the United States out of the Paris Agreement — the global
accord aiming to curb greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate climate
change. Almost immediately following the announcement, states, cities
and businesses began stepping up to make their own climate commitments.
At present, over 1,400 actors have pledged to indi
Buzz from the Minnesota capitol
As the dust settles on Minnesota’s 2017 legislative session, the push
for new pollinator protective policies has mostly wrapped up for the
year. The outcome? In a year when many, many issues we care about saw
major rollbacks, we managed to win a few small victories for pollinators
— and hold back the worst proposals that would’ve gutted our state’s
pesticide laws. But legislative leaders were rem
Farmers of color to get their fair share?
Last week, legislation to address historic racial inequities in
agriculture cleared a major hurdle in California. The Farmer Equity Act
passed with only two dissenting votes, 74-2. PAN has been supporting the
farmers leading the charge on this bill, following their lead on how to
begin addressing the long history of systemic racism in agriculture.
Given deep, historic inequities, it’s no surprise
EPA’s Pruitt disses worker protections
Scott Pruitt's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) — in yet another
subversion of justice — is bowing to industry interests to delay
implementation of two 2015 rules designed to better protect farmworkers
and their families from harmful pesticide exposure. How is that
"protection?" Long overdue In 2015, EPA finally improved the 20-year-old
federal Worker Protection Standard (WPS). The improveme
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Registration Open for Our Free of Charge Symposium on Ethics and Antibiotic Resistance!
As I reported before , the Centre for Antibiotic Resistance Research,
CARe, at the University of Gothenburg, is organising a free of charge
symposium this fall on the theme of Ethics and Value Challenges in
Antibiotic Resistance Management, Policy and Research . Participation is
free and open to professionals, officials, policy makers, researchers
and interested members of the public, but require
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There Is No Line
I think it is the job of a comedian to cross the line at all
times—because that line is not real. If you step out into that spotlight
and you’re doing the crazy things that [Mongo is] doing, we’re the last
line of defense. And really, the comedians are the last voice of truth
in this whole thing. It’s impossible to get away from it. I had a dream
the other night I was playing golf with Mongo. I w
Et Tu
Determined thespians are every night stabbing Mongo to death in the
park , and everywhere Roid bowels are loudly exploding. Mr. Eustis has
said he decided to schedule Julius Caesar as the first of this summer’s
Delacorte productions on election night in November. It was already his
favorite of the Shakespeare tragedies, and it did not take much of a
leap to envision the title role as a Trump prec
Stop Making Sense
“Yes, I’m angry. Yes, I’m outraged. Yes, I have thought an awful lot
about blowing up the White House.” — Madonna Louise Ciccone “I want to
burn the White House Down, find somewhere in Kurdistan to live. Ha-ha!” —
Reality Leigh Winner “But I know that this won’t change anything. We
can’t fall into despair. As the poet W.H. Auden once wrote on the eve of
World War II, we must love one another or d
Mongo Pee-Friend Vlad No Want Wimmins, Homos
Rockhead camera operator Oliver Hardy Stone is preparing to explode a
62-hour intestinal hemorrhage blatting endless encomiums to Vlad The
Impaler, the Mongo of the Urals. Several turdlets from this spastic
colon recently splashed into some tubes, and there we learned, once
again, that Mongo and his pee friend Vlad, they are indeed soul brothers
. For, like Mongo, Vlad lives in fear of the wimmin
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