New in Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home
Your Spouse Criticizes Your Boss On Social Media: Can You Get Fired For That?
The
story about Kellyanne Conway's husband criticizing her boss, President
Trump, on social media made me think about an issue that arises off an
on in my employment practice: whether you can be fired for something
your spouse does. If you are one of my regular readers, you probably
aren't surprised that the answer is: of course you can. Unless you have a
contract or collective bargaining agreemen
9th Circuit Decision Proves Need For Laws Banning Prior Salary Inquiries
A
few weeks ago I wrote that some states are passing laws banning
prospective employers from asking applicants about their salary history.
The reason lawmakers give for this law is that basing salary on an
applicant's pay with another employer locks in discrimination. This
practice particularly impacts women. A recent case out of the normally
very liberal 9th Circuit demonstrates the need for laws
Can Litigation Last 27 Years? If You're Suing Government, Yes
This
case out of Washington, DC is a good example of why I have been
refusing to handle cases against government for many years. My last case
against government lasted 10 years. After that, I was done. So when
people ask me why I don't handle cases against government, I can start
using this sexual harassment case as Exhibit A. Bottom line with
government is that it isn't their money. So whereas co
Will My Employment Law Claim Show Up In A Background Check?
I'm
constantly asked about whether certain actions against employers for
discrimination and other issues will show up in a background check.
Other than a lawsuit, most probably will not. And now, even with a
lawsuit, a court just allowed a plaintiff to go forward with a sex
discrimination suit as "Jane Doe" so her reputation would not be
damaged. So, what kinds of actions will and won't show up on
New in Syria Comment
Nationalism Between Europe and The Middle East – By Sam Farah
Nationalism Between Europe and The Middle East By Sam Farah For Syria
Comment – June 9, 2017 Steven Bannon, the man behind the nationalist
policy in the Trump administration, is quoted as saying, “I think strong
countries and strong nationalist movements in countries make strong
neighbors. And that is really the building blocks that built Western
Europe and the United States, and I think it’s wha
Farewell to Ibrahim “Abe” Soliman: A Syrian-American Who Worked for Peace between Syria and Israel – By Geoffrey Aronson
Farewell to Ibrahim “Abe” Soliman: A Syrian-American Who Worked for
Peace between Syria and Israel By Geoffrey Aronson For Syria Comment –
June 10, 2017 Abe Soliman, Jeff Aronson in middle, and Alon Liel at the
Bnot Yaacov Baily bridge over the Jordan River “Hey, it’s Akiva. Who was
the old guy with you?” The “old guy” was Ibrahim “Abe” Soliman. He and I
had just finished a meeting with Ron Proso
The End of the PKK in Sinjar? How the Hashd al-Sha’bi Can Help Resolve the Yazidi Genocide
This article was published May 30, 2017 by NRT, a media service in
Iraqi Kurdistan. The original article is available here . Photos and
Images have been added to this re-post that were not present in the
original. by Matthew Barber Sinjar is at a pivotal moment of transition
and the next phase of its future will likely be determined by what
happens over the next few weeks. This environment of cha
The SSNP’s Military: The Eagles of the Whirlwind & Their Emblem – By Jesse McDonald
The SSNP’s Military: The Eagles of the Whirlwind By Jesse McDonald For
Syria Comment – June 5, 2017 Nusur al-Zawba’a and Some Figures from
Syria Since 2016 The Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP), like many
political parties in the region, also possesses an armed wing. In this
case, the SSNP’s military wing is called Nusur al-Zawba’a which
translates to ‘Eagles of the Whirlwind.’ The Whirlwind
New in The Duck of Minerva
Writing Women Back In
This is a guest post from Anjali K. Dayal (Assistant Professor, Fordham
University), Madison V. Schramm (PhD Candidate, Georgetown University),
Alexandra M. Stark (PhD Candidate, Georgetown University) The gender
citation gap in international relations is an important part of today’s
disciplinary conversations about diversity : research indicates that
scholarship by women is less cited in academi
Duck Forum on Paris Withdrawal
With the news that the Trump Administration has signaled its intent to
withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement, I reached out to a
number of leading experts on global climate governance and U.S. climate
policy for advanced comment. Contributors include Jessica Green ,
Jennifer Hadden , Thomas Hale , Matthew Hoffmann , Angel Hsu , Joanna
Lewis , Johannes Urpelainen , and Stacy VanDevee
Emancipation through Song: What Can We Learn from Rock Music?
This is a guest post from Sean Kay , Robson Professor of Politics and
Government, and Director of International Studies, at Ohio Wesleyan
University. The interview quotes appear in his new book Rockin’ the Free
World! How the Rock & Roll Revolution Changed America and the World
(2017). There is power in rock and roll – an art form that has
modernized American values and helped them to ripple arou
Trump’s Unpopularity and What It Means for NATO
In the aftermath of Trump’s visit to Brussels one dynamic has been
overlooked. It starts with a basic reality of NATO: when there is a
mission, countries are not obligated to hand over military units for the
effort . Instead, what happens is this (see chapter two of Dave and
Steve’s book ), as one officer told us that “ force generation is
begging :” The officers at the NATO military headquarters
Trolling Me Softly
While the Russia probe is expanding to include naïve 36-year old
Harvard graduates , pundits all over the world have been worried about
elections in other countries. The massive WikiLeaks dump (pun intended)
on Emmanuel Macron’s campaign in France did not work, so the next
troublesome case seems to be Germany (the UK is fine, they are already
leaving the EU). As Quattrociocchi et al. note , the s
Gauging Public Opinion in the Age of Trump
This a guest post from Robert M. Eisinger , a political science
professor at Roger Williams University. He is the author of The
Evolution of Presidential Polling (Cambridge University Press). Many of
us recall reading the website 538 just prior to election day, and noted
that there was a 71.4% probability that Hillary Clinton would garner
more than 270 Electoral College votes than Donald Trump. D
New in The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage
The Bigotry of Radiative Transfer Believers
I received the following comment this morning, submitted to the
November 2010 "Venus: No Greenhouse Effect" post. The commenter was
apparently too impatient to notice that comments were closed to that
post a long time ago, and readers directed to submit any further
comments to the May 2015 "Venus No Greenhouse Effect Comments Overflow"
post. From "Anonymous": "I suspect you got no response becaus
No Clear Thinking Among "Climate" Scientists
I have submitted the following comment to a post about the "global
warming pause" on Dr. Roy Spencer's site (the link may not work, if Dr.
Spencer did not allow it to appear): "...when the next big warm El Nino
occurs, the zero trend will end. And that’s exactly what happened, with
the 2015-16 El Nino. A trend is very sensitive to what happens at the
end of a time series, and a big (natural) warm
New in The Ergosphere
New comment moderation policy at The Energy Collective
TEC
editors decided to moderate (and often edit, without notice or
attribution) all comments on the site. This was done without making any
announcement, and nobody responds to e-mails. Discussion is open here.
Schooling an idiot
Some
wag once wrote to the effect of "Never argue with an idiot; people may
not be able to tell which is which." On the other hand, if nobody
bothers to school idiots publicly the public may begin to take their
nonsense seriously. And on that note.... Over at The Energy Collective a
clown calling himself Joe Deely says that the exercise of analyzing
California's daily load and generation
New in The Existentialist Cowboy
The Existentialist Cowboy: Life, Logic and Meaning:
The Existentialist Cowboy: Life, Logic and Meaning : "An ancient
problem is unresolved by 21st Century technology: how can we as human
beings learn to think better, to free ourselves from superstition and
prejudice, to achieve the full potential implied in our very 'humaness'?
Plato espoused an ideal Republic ruled by 'philosopher kings'. However,
we don't live in an ideal society. We live in a i
New in The High-fat Hep C Diet
Gilbert's Syndrome - a user's guide
Last week I received some liver test results from my last follow-up
visit to Auckland Clinical Services after clearing HCV genotype 3 in the
Phase 3 Epclusa trial mentioned here . ALT and AST were gratifying low
at 12 and 15 U/L respectively, albumin healthy at 45 g/L, but total
bilirubin was high at 23 umol/L despite direct bilirubin being low at 3
umol/L. The normal reference range for total bi
Fruit and Diabetes - some evidence
It's a commonly discussed paradox of sorts - how can fruit have a
negative association with diabetes in epidemiology when it's full of
sugar? Two recent papers from China go some way towards clearing this up
in my opinion. One is a prospective study of Type 2 Diabetes risk, in
which a difference is seen between different classes of fruit; apples
are good, tropical fruits - pineapples, mangos, and
New in The Straight Goods
John Horgan and Andrew Weaver, British Columbia's New Government, Closer To The Heart
Written by Grant G ( With a little help from Rush) " And the men who
hold high places... Must be the ones who start... To mold a new
reality.. Closer to the heart .. Closer to the heart" By the end of July
John Horgan and Andrew Weaver will be the architects of not only a new
government but creators of a new governance model, at least new to
British Columbia...one molded in cooperative progress f
John Horgan, Andrew Weaver...BC's New Government
Grant G and Canadian......BC's hottest political talk...
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/canadianglen/2017/06/01/liberals--they-win-some-the-people-win-some
the first 25 minutes is Canadian Glen on Nova Scotia's May 30th
election, then after a short technical issue I join Glen in slicing and
dicing BC's political hot potato.....Who is gunning for Christy Clark,
how long will BC Libs be lost in the w
John Horgan, Born to Lead!
originally posted March 11th 2010 ___________ Time to talk class, time
to talk about a born leader, someone willing to speak to the truth,
someone who puts common sense before political points, a rebel in his
own party, a man who is not afraid to rock the boat, lets talk John
Horgan. It`s absolutely amazing, John Horgan made an appearance on CFAX
radio on Vancouver island, John horgan was asked a
Breaking news....New NDP Leader...A re-run of an earlier post....Lets have an election !
Originally posted Dec 5th 2010 _____________ What a shocker,the
complete story here......... Vancouver Sun March 15/2010 NDP Press
conference shocker, John Horgan in Carole James out Story by Vawn
Pawlmer In a hastily put together press conference, in attendance was
John Horgan, Carole James and a handful of other NDP MLAs and all the
media, a blockbuster announcement by Carole James followed by
John Horgan, A Man On A Mission
Originally posted Jan 10th 2011 What an interesting day, what are we to
talk about, how about the leadership campaigns, last week Dana Larsen
announced he was running for leader of the NDP, the pundits all laughed,
then Harry Lali threw his hat in the ring and still the politicos
laughed, then Nicholas Simons joined the race and still the media
laughed and giggled like school girls.... Yes indeed
John Horgan, A Cut Above the Rest
originally posted Jan 10th/2011 Well well well, the big gun is throwing
his hat in the ring tonight, perhaps our island readers will want to
join his rally....The place..7:00 pm in Langford... For those not
familiar with John, he is the current energy critic for the NDP, nobody
knows more about what is going on with run of river than Horgan, buy
high and sell low, our rivers, our water, our salmo
New in thwap's schoolyard
10,000 BC
"10,000 BC" is a silly movie. It's got an 8% rating on "Rotten
Tomatoes" (meaning it's ROTTEN). I bought it for a few bucks back when I
liked to get high and watch CGI. I have a bunch of such DVDs and I now
only pull them out when the internet is down or so fucking slow that it
might as well be down. I have stuff playing in the background as i work
on my comics. And I'm usually high when I'm draw
Terrorism in the UK
So, apparently there was a terrorist attack on London Bridge carried
out with a van and knives. A suicide attack. Then there was the
Manchester concert bombing. Now, we know that the alleged perpetrator of
the Manchester bombing was the member of a family of anti-Qaddafi
Islamic extremists and that their war against the Libyan dictator was
aided and abetted by British intelligence. This was "blow
Oh Those Fucking "Conservatives"!
I'd never heard of Katie Hopkins before. Apparently she's a British
right-wing racist scribbler, known for her "outrageous" outbursts of
stupid bigotry. (A UK version of uber-hypocrite shit-stain Ann Coulter.)
But she took it too far when in the wake of the Manchester concert
bombing she tweeted a call for a "Final Solution" to the "problem" of
the existence of Muslim people. Supposedly she came
Operation Medusa
Recently, hysterical Liberal Party hack Montreal Simon had been
swooning about attacks against Liberal Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan.
Apparently Sajjan wilfully overstated his role in the planning of one of
the Canadian Forces' biggest operations; "Operation Medusa." Now, some
political columnists who I tend to respect (and you can check this blog
and find out that I do respect several of them)
New in Toward a Bioregional State
Geographic Nationalism Solves the Problems of Ethnic Nationalism, Globalism, and Degradation Combined
I want to address two points that have been making the rounds on the
web as of late. Both deal with the ideas or policy recommendations of
"sustainability nationalism," to coin a phase. Sustainability
nationalism is a recent ideology that has a false dichotomy at its core.
On the one hand of this dichotomy, people argue that "nationalism (read
as ethnic, religious, or linguistic homogeneity) is t
New in Vagabond Scholar
Memorial Day 2017
Memorial
Day is meant to remember those who died in military service. I watched
the Memorial Day Concert from the U.S. Capitol on PBS, as I often do.
I'm not a fan of schmaltzy stuff, and there's plenty of that, but I do
appreciate that for the past several years the concert has told some
not-rosy wartime stories and has covered subjects such as PTSD, suicide,
and recovering from severe injuries
New in Weekly geo-political news and analysis
Weekly
Geopolitical News and Analysis 20170612 Khazarian mafia will make
several more tries to start WW3 before their final defeat
Notice to readers Because I will be off the grid in Bougainville this
week this report was written three days earlier than usual and will thus
not capture all the latest news However as compensation there should be
plenty of interesting stuff to report from Bougainville next week The
Khazarian mafia, still unable to comprehend their ongoing historic
defeat, are fanatically trying yet again to sta
Hundreds of trillions of dollars worth of gold now available to help planet
This Saturday a delegation from the White Dragon Society, including
this writer, will be heading to Bougainville in the Solomon Islands to
meet with King David Peii II to discuss how to reopen the Panguna mine,
which contains about $170 trillion worth of gold and copper.
Furthermore, there are six other mine sites under the control of King
David and his people on the Island meaning that many hund
US and Russia to put the squeeze on Rothschild controlled France and Germany
The split in the Western power structure between the meritocratic
gnostic illuminati and the Khazarian bloodline families was put out for
all to see during last weekend’s G7 meeting. For those who follow normal
diplomatic protocol, the war of words at and after the meeting, between
the Germans and the French on the one side and the British and the
Americans on the other, was unprecedented in the
The old guard simply refuses to hand over the financial system so it will have to be replaced
The old guard that hijacked the world’s financial system is stubbornly
refusing to cede control over the process of creating dollars, euros and
yen to the people of the planet earth. This was evident when Rothschild
lawyer and Mossad agent Michael Greenberg visited the Japanese Emperor
last week to demand unlimited funds for him and his fellow Khazarian
gangsters, according to sources close to th
New in Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!)
(Goodbye
No Angel Gregg) Democratic Party Elites Don't Have Ideals (Republicans
Do - Very Bad (Criminal) Ones) Real History of First Black President?
(BLS BS) Social Security Always In Black (Rule-Breaking Trumped?) Never a
Left-Wing Alternative? (Known Con Man Leads Polls) US World Domination
End Seen? (Necessity of Cover Stories) JFK at 100 Tremors (False Flags
Bragging Material?) Terrorism & Dot-Com Bubble 2.0
Did
someone forget to pay the Saudis their bribe on time? I've said early
and often that Obama always seemed more like someone who was chosen than
someone who made the hard choices. Paul Street fills us in on the real
history of our first black president. “In Chicago…we’ve gotten a
foretaste of the new breed of foundation-hatched black communitarian
voices; one of them, a smooth Harvard
Embarrassed
Enough Yet? It Was a Good Plan (Calling Roger Stone!) Please, Drink the
Koolaid (Really. It's Not Soma) There Is No Such Thing As Cyber
Security
First
off, in self defense, seriously consider this: Truth Has Become
Un-American That peace with Russia and China would undermine the
justification of the $1,000 billion military/security budget, and that
the military/security complex is the American government, is too much
truth for most writers to state. Truth is the most rare element in the
Western world, and we will not be permitted to
New in What Is Sustainable
Hunting Strategies in Central Europe
Hunter-gatherer cultures differed widely in their dependence on
technology. The persistence hunters of the Kalahari used almost none,
while those inhabiting cold regions required huge survival toolboxes —
weatherproof shelters, warm hearths, fur clothing, canoes, specialized
weaponry, food storage. In the far north, hunting clans also required
dozens of large sled dogs, and feeding them required
Pleistocene Hunting in Europe
Humankind is confronted with an enormous and perplexing riddle. We’ve
developed a way of life that is ecologically super-idiotic (but look at
our awesome phones!), and pounding the vitality of the natural world
(and soon we’ll have self-driving cars!). The great riddle is how did we
get into this mess? Can we get out of it? Who are we? Where did we come
from? Many books reveal important clues. Bo
New in wmtc
what i'm reading: words on the move by john mcwhorter
John McWhorter is changing my mind about language. And that is no easy
thing to do. I'm a grammarphile. Word nerd, language junkie, spelling
nut, stickler -- whatever you want to call it. I appreciate proper
spelling and good grammar, and I cringe at all the bad grammar all
around us. Apostrophe abuse drives me insane. Same for unnecessary
quotation marks . Misspelled words on websites, signs, fl
"what kind of dog is that?" part 2: in which we learn more but feel like we know less
You
may recall, we decided to have Diego's DNA examined to see what breed
mix he is. Here's what the folks at DNA My Dog have determined.
Supposedly Diego is 37-74% German Shorthaired Pointer, 20-36% German
Shepherd , and 1-9% Collie . I just don't get it. Diego looks nothing
like a German Shorthaired Pointer . Other than his prick ears, he looks
and behaves nothing like a German Shepherd. He does
"what kind of dog is that?"
At the beach! Diego's favourite place. What kind of dog is that? People
ask this all the time. All our dogs have been rescues, but most had
recognizable breed markers. We could answer "white Shepherd-Husky cross"
or "Lab-Shepherd mix" or "Jack Russell-Fox Terrier cross". Of course
those dogs probably had many other breeds in the mix. When you think
about it, unless a dog is actually the product o
authors i keep wanting to read but don't
My
book list is extremely long, so long that I don't call it a reading
list or a to-read list, because I will never read even half the books on
the List. It's more like books I would read. A list to narrow down the
universe of books to a smaller universe of books to choose from. Working
in a library has increased this likelihood that I won't read even a
majority of these books -- or decreased the
what i'm reading: the new jim crow by michelle alexander
When I first heard the incarceration of African Americans in the United
States referred to as a "new Jim Crow," I thought it must be hyperbole.
So did Michelle Alexander, a fact she discloses in the introduction to
her book. As Alexander researched the concept, the more she learned, the
more she changed her mind. She changed my mind, too. In The New Jim
Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colo
what i'm reading: leaving lucy pear
The year is 1917. A teenage girl from a wealthy family is pregnant, the
result of rape -- by a man who her mother pushed her to pursue for
marriage. Now the girl is being forced to surrender her baby to an
orphanage. She has met the person who runs the orphanage, and she cannot
bear the thought. The girl devices a plan, a way she can leave her
infant daughter to be found by a large family who wil
New in WWF - Latest News
First UN Ocean Conference signals global goal out of reach without major new action
New York, 9 June 2017 – On the concluding day of the first ever United
Nations Ocean Conference, WWF calls for unprecedented action to achieve
the agreed Ocean sustainable development goal. This comes as member
states prepare to endorse a call for action that acknowledges the
serious threats to the ocean from overexploitation and climate change,
and the need for much greater ambition. John Tanzer
Leaders in U.S. Economy Say "We Are Still In' on Paris Climate Agreement
WASHINGTON, DC -- The broadest cross section of the American economy
yet assembled in pursuit of climate action, today declared their intent
to continue to ensure the U.S. remains a global leader in reducing
carbon emissions. Together, these leaders are sending a strong signal to
the international community and the 194 other parties to the Paris
Agreement about the continued commitment of the U.S
US Intent to Withdraw from Paris Agreement Triggers Renewed Call to Action
GLAND, Switzerland (1 June, 2017) – President Donald Trump today
announced his intent to withdraw the United States from the historic
Paris Agreement, the world's first global plan to address climate
change. This announcement is a call to action to national and local
governments, businesses and people worldwide to step up their
commitments to address climate change. The historic agreement, approv
World leaders forge ahead on Paris Agreement despite uncertain United States
TAORMINA, Italy (27 May, 2017 ) – Six of the world's largest economies
today reaffirmed their support for the Paris Agreement and its continued
implementation at a meeting of the G7 in Taormina, Sicily. The meeting
was attended by heads of all G7 member nations, and ends today. While
the leaders reached consensus on the need to harness economy
opportunities and job creation offered by the clean e
G7 must act with urgency to meet climate commitments – and then do more
ROME, Italy (25 May, 2017 ) – Leaders of the world's seven big
economies must show the way on climate action by fulfilling the
commitments they made in the Paris Agreement, and then doing more.
Commenting on the upcoming meeting of the Group of 7 (G7) in Sicily,
WWF's global Climate & Energy Practice leader Manuel Pulgar-Vidal ,
said it was incumbent on the G7 members to accelerate decarbonisatio
Harnessing Nature to Manage Rising Flood Risk
WASHINGTON, D.C. (24, May 2017 - 8:00am ET) – Worldwide, flood risk
will continue to rise as cities grow larger and rainstorms become more
intense, making conventional engineering insufficient as the sole
approach to flood management. " Natural and Nature-Based Flood
Management: A Green Guide " released today by WWF, introduces an
integrated framework for flood management, drawing on policy, gree
New in A Very Public Sociologist
The Grenfell Tragedy is Class War
The victims of yesterday’s fire at the Grenfell tower in north
Kensington are casualties of the class war. There is no other frame, no
other explanation that can convincingly thread together the answers to
questions about how this unnecessary and entirely avoidable tragedy
happened, and why it was allowed to happen . Consider the circumstances:
Grenfell residents had repeatedly complained to the
Labour and 21st Century Class Politics
It's taken me almost a week to write about Labour's result, that's how
shocked I was. Just as that exit poll plunged millions of Labour
supporters into gloomy depression in 2015, the one from last Thursday
was an occasion of such jubilation that it will live on in the party's
collective memory forever. I know it's been said, but it should always
be said : we have not seen such an upset since 1945
2017 Far Left UK General Election Results
Forget Labour's surge, the Tory advances in Scotland, the collapse of
Theresa May's majority and her arrangement with the Democratic
Unionists. Only one set of results mattered on Thursday, and they were
the far left's. As we saw , the bulk of the far left decided to steer
clear of the field for a change. In England and Wales, the Communist
Party of Britain, the Socialist Party (via TUSC), and th
Touring Tory Turmoil
If you listen hard enough, you might hear echoing off the hills the
curdling screams of a Tory party in distress. I cannot lie, as a
socialist, a labour movement person, and a Labour Party member I have
waited a long, long time to see some proper blue-on-blue action. And
what makes it all the sweeter is that a left wing leader on a left wing
manifesto administered the initial kicking. With a conf
Advice for the 2017 Labour Intake
Taking a break from politics for a night because. However, it hasn't
escaped my notice that 36 new Labour MPs were elected to the Commons
last Thursday (well, 35 if you take of Chris Williamson as he is a
repeat offender). That means I get to dust this down this (lightly
edited) advice again from earlier in the year. Readers may recall its
appearance in the wake of Labour's victorious by-election
Are the Tories in Terminal Decline?
Time to return to a recurring theme of this blog: that the Conservative
Party is an organisation in long-term decline. On its weight among the
British electorate, the demographic profile of its support -
particularly along the lines of age, and its long slide from a
membership in the couple of million to somewhere between 130k-150k
today, the tendency is pronounced and obvious. How does this argu
New in Adrienne's Corner
Tucker Carlson and Mark Steyn speak for me...
and I thank them. Yesterday has left me very shaken and gotten me
thinking some very uncharitable thoughts. Dehumanize and Depersonalize
This is what Hitler did with the Jews. Using propaganda he
depersonalized and dehumanized them until it became acceptable to beat
and kill them and cart them off in cattle cars. Now you have libtards,
you know - the ones who espouse love, kindness, fairness, div
Comey the Cowardly...
lies to protect himself and his "friends." Friends is in quotes,
because people like Comey don't really have any friends. I sat through
the entire session yesterday. Admittedly, I did not pay strict attention
as I was flitting about the internet while Comey droned on about his
"feelings." He "felt" Trump may not be honest. He "thought" he had to
document his discussions with Trump to protect hims
This isn't about Sandy Hook, Megyn Kelly, or Alex Jones...
this week's outrage in full bloom. As the "Russian" hack keeps us all
occupied with it's nonsensical attacks on Trump, we're being diverted by
the latest Megyn Kelly dust-up over her interview with Alex Jones. An
interview, I might add, that is reported to have been snipped and
clipped to make Alex Jones look like a complete fool and tries to tie
him to Trump. Admittedly, Alex doesn't need a whol
Voting Open for 5th Annual Paul Revere Award...
take a moment to vote. From Curmudgeon of Political Clown Parade: The
number of small conservative blogs nominated since the inaugural award
presentation in 2013 has tripled. We here at Political Clown Parade are
indebted to everyone who took the time to submit the names of blogs who
are the modern-day offspring of the American Revolution’s
pamphleteers—the brave and resolute men and women who fe
Trump hating Bernie supporter is shooter...
but somehow it's all Trump's fault. What the heck happened to "Love
Trumps Hate?" There are actually people on his Facebook page
congratulating him for a job well done. Doesn't make him any less dead,
though. Yep - no name, no picture. He doesn't deserve any recognition.
I'm going to go pull weeds and contemplate the state of our country.
Prayers for Steve Scalise, Zachary Barth, and the others w
Newt Gingrich: “Look, this is a frenzied, almost a death behavior by the left...
because they’re in such trouble and Trump potentially represents the
end of their world." But first, since everyone else has something to say
about Kathy Griffen, I guess I'll throw in my opinion. Many years ago I
watched a video of an actual beheading carried out by muslim scum. I
thought long and hard before deciding that by refusing to watch it I was
deliberately avoiding the truth of a situat
New in ArmsControlWonk
Sechser & Fuhrmann: Deterrence Yes; Coercion No.
Quote
of the week: “How can we suppose that something so monstrously powerful
would not, after forty years, compose our identity? The great golem we
have made against our enemies is our culture, our bomb culture—its
logic, its faith, its vision. … Is it possible that the bomb, in its
inventions and reinventions, is not …
Brixey-Williams on the legal implications of the nuclear ban
This
is a guest post by BASIC Project Leader Sebastian Brixey-Williams. The
legal implications of the nuclear ban: separating fact from fiction The
nuclear ban treaty’s draft text is out, and the arms control community
is beavering away trying to understand what it all means. I observed the
first round of UN negotiations in March, …
North Korean WMD: A Guide to Online Resources
North
Korea’s nuclear and missile programs are the topic du jour in the WMD
world, but if you’re trying to get smart about the subject, where should
you turn? The amount of material never gets any smaller, and you’ve
nearly got to be an expert in your own right to judge what’s what. I
won’t try to catalogue and …
Daniel Salisbury: A Malaysian Shipyard with North Korean Connections?
This
is a guest post by CNS Postdoctoral Fellow Daniel Salisbury. The
assassination in February of Kim Jong Un’s half-brother Kim Jong Nam at
Kuala Lumpur airport has turned international attention to North Korea’s
other shady activities in Malaysia. A Reuters investigation has already
revealed that a North Korean company has been marketing military radios
…
U.S. Leadership on the Rocks
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inflaming half-wits. His whole career was devoted to raising these
half-wits against their betters, that he himself might shine… What
animated him from end to end of his grotesque career was simply ambition
– the ambition of a …
The 1st Nuclear Ban Draft is Out
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allowing me to contribute. The president of the negotiations for a
nuclear weapons ban convention has just released her first draft of the
proposed treaty. As will become readily apparent, I am not an expert on
international law, but I am a keenly-interested …
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Economic
News , Data & Views....June 15 , 2017....Quicks Hits For Thursday
-1) Markets : Asia- Economic Calendar For Friday , Market Moving Data
And News ; US - Stock Indexes All End In The Red , But Well Off Lows ,
Gold & Oil Fall Once Again , Treasury Yields Move Upward Today In
Contrast To Manic Plunge Yesterday ; Bitcoin Price Takes Another Sharp
Plunge today. 2) US Politics : Congressman Scalise Undergoes Another
Surgery , Remains In Critical Condition ; Booz Allen Hamilton Under
Probe By DOJ - Civil & Criminal Investigation ; Congressional Russia
Probes & Special Counsel Investigation Updates ; Seamy , Dangerous
Side Of Political Life Emerges - Georgia Congressional Candidate
Receives Threats & Suspicious Package At Home ; US-Qatar ( State
Department Not Holding Gulf-Dispute Summit ) ; Senate Passes Sanctions
Bills On Iran & Russia Today ; 16 Additional Individuals Hit With
Criminal Charges In Connection With Violence Outside Turkish Embassy ;
Additional Items Of Note. 3)
Markets..... Asia... ForexLive @ForexLive 5h 5 hours ago On the
calendar for Asia - its Bank of Japan day ForexLive @ForexLive 51m 51
minutes ago Singapore May trade data: NODX down 1.2% y/y ForexLive
@ForexLive 3h 3 hours ago NZ data - BusinessNZ Performance of
Manufacturing Index: 58.5 (prior 56.8) US.... ForexLive @ForexLive 5h 5
hours ago Forexlive Americas FX news wrap: Dollar rises
Economic
News , Data & Views......June 14 , 2017.....Quick Hits For
Wednesday -1) Markets : Asia - Economic Calendar For Thursday , Market
Moving Data & News ; US - FOMC "Dovish Hike " Today , Dow ( + 46.09
Points ) & Nasdaq ( -25.48 Points ) Diverge While S&P Just Off
Modestly , Oil & Gold Sell Off Today , US Treasuries Yields Fall
Today Even Before Fed Decision But Plummet Even More After Decision ;
Additional Items Of Note. 2) US Political Round Up : Big Story Today -
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise ( As well as Congressional Aides &
Capital Policemen ) Shot & Wounded At Baseball Practice This
Morning , Shooter Shot & Killed , Definitely A Sign Of The Times :
Swampland News - Round Up Of Additional Political News Of Note today. 3)
Europe : Greece - Pessimistic Tone Before Eurogroup Meeting Thursday ;
UK - Grenfell Towers Inferno , Politics For Today Touching On UK ; Italy
- Update On Status Of Veneto Bank Rescue ; Local News From France ,
Germany & Spain. 4) Qatar- KSA…
Markets..... Asia.... ForexLive @ForexLive 2h 2 hours ago Economic
data due from Asia today - NZ GDP, Aussie jobs report ForexLive
@ForexLive 6m 6 minutes ago NZ Q1 GDP due soon - preview 4 ForexLive
@ForexLive 18m 18 minutes ago Recap of the China credit data http://
news.forexlive.com/!/recap-of-the -china-credit-data-20170614 … US.....
ForexLive @ForexLive 2h 2 hours ago Stocks have vo
Economic
News , Data & Views....June 13 , 2017.....Quick Hits For Tuesday
-1) Markets : Asian Economic Calendar For Wednesday- China In Focus ,
Data & Market Moving News When Available ; US - Dow & S&P
Stock Indexes Hit New Record Closes , While Nasdaq Advances But Still
Repairing Damage From Recent Carnage , Private Oil Inventory Data ( API )
Shows Surprise Builds For Gasoline & US Crude ; Additional Items Of
Note. 2) US Politics : US CERT Issues Alert On North Korea Hacking
Activity Since 2009 ; AG Sessions Testifies Publicly Before Senate Intel
Committee Today ; US- Qatar Related Items ; Dem Leaders Try To Quell
Impeachment Push From Dem House Member ; Additional Russia Related
Concerns ; Additional Items Of Note. 3) Europe : Greece - Assessing
Monday's Earthquake Damage ; Items On The Economy ; Greece- Creditors
Items Before Thursday's Eurogroup ; Italy - Italian Bond Spreads
Continue To Narrow From Sunday Election Results , Veneto Bank Rescue
Still Undecided ; UK - State…
Markets.... Asia.... ForexLive @ForexLive 2h 2 hours ago Economic
data due from Asia today - China the focus ForexLive @ForexLive 30m 30
minutes ago China industrial production data due today - preview
ForexLive @ForexLive 23m 23 minutes ago New Zealand house price data
for May (REINZ) US.... ForexLive @ForexLive 2h 2 hours ago S&P and
Dow has record closes. Nasdaq still working on revers
Economic
News , Data & Views......June 12 , 2017.....Quick Hits For Monday
-1) Markets : Asia - Economic Calendar For Tuesday , Market Moving Data
& News ; US - US Stock Indexes End Red , But Well Off Lows Of Day ,
US Treasury Yields Trek Higher , Gold Off A Tad , US Crude Up A Tad ;
Additional Items Of Note. 2) US Politics Round Up : Trump & Full
Cabinet Meet - ISIS Strategy Coming In 2 Weeks , First POTUS Trip
Discussed , Legislation On Dumping Steel & Aluminum Coming Soon ; AG
Sessions To Testify Publicly Before Senate Intel Committee Tuesday ;
Ninth Circuit Rules Against Trump On Revised Travel Ban ; Trump Will Not
Testify Under Oath Before Congress ; Secret Service Denies Its Aware Of
Recording In White House By POTUS ; Additional Items Of Note. 3) Europe
In Focus - Key News Of The Day Touching On Greece , Italy , Germany
& France. 4) Syria War Updates - Focus Now On Both North Syria &
South East Syria. 5) Qatar- KSA Tiff ( Day 8 ) Updates Of Note For
Monday.6) Libya -
Markets....... Asia..... ForexLive @ForexLive 2h 2 hours ago Economic
data due from Asia today ForexLive @ForexLive 16m 16 minutes ago
Japan press - Mitsubishi to sell its interests in Australian coal mines
US...... ForexLive @ForexLive 2h 2 hours ago Stocks end down, but well
off lows... ForexLive @ForexLive 2h 2 hours ago ForexLive Americas FX
news wrap: BOC drops a bombshell *Walter Bl
Economic
News , Data & Views....June 11 , 2017.....Quick Hits For Sunday -1)
UK General Election Aftermath - On Saturday , An "Outline Of A Deal "
With DUP Was Announced , Which Now Has Been Placed In Dispute By DUP
Saying Talks With Tories Continue Next Week. How Does That Happen ?
Conservatives Discontent With May Continues. Labour's Corbyn Swells With
Confidence As He Not Only Dares Conservatives To Set Another Election ,
But Declares He Still Can Be Prime Minister Now. 2) France - National
Assembly First Round Election Today , 19.24 % Turnout At Midday , Macron
Shooting For Majority In National Assembly Vote. Recall When The French
Election Was Seen As The Big Controversy & Bellwether Contest For
2017 ? Instead The Big Election Story For 2017 Won't Be France But UK
Instead. 3) US Political Round Up : Trump , Russia & Former FBI
Director Comey - Items Dissecting The Week That Was ; US SoS Tillerson
Tries To Tamp Down Middle Tempest Between Qatar And Saudi Led BLOC ;
Additional…
UK.... fred walton @fredwalton216 7m 7 minutes ago fred walton
Retweeted PoliticsHome Government forced into a U-turn over claims a
deal reached w/ DUP, after the Northern Ireland party said talks would
“continue” next week. fred walton added, PoliticsHome Verified account
@politicshome Confusion as Downing St says no deal has been reached with
DUP http:// bit.ly/2riRIVy fred walton @fredwalt
Economic
News , Data & Views....June 10 , 2017.......Quicks Hits for
Saturday -2) UK Election Aftermath : Tories Sorting Things Out After The
General Election ; Two Key May Aides Resign ; May Vows To Power Forward
, But Doubts & Doubters Are Considering Alternatives. 3) France -
National Assembly Elections Set Fro Sunday ( First Round ) &
Macron's EM Party Set To Perform Well , Local News For France Today. 4)
US Politics - Round Up Of News For Saturday. 5) Odds & Ends - Iraq ,
Syria & Libya In Focus.
UK..... Should I stay or should I go ? fred walton @fredwalton216 48s
48 seconds ago fred walton Retweeted Guido Fawkes Saturday
refresher.... fred walton added, Guido Fawkes Verified account
@GuidoFawkes Saturday Seven Up: the most-read stories on the site in
election week https:// order-order.com/2017/06/10/sat
urday-seven-up-380/ … PoliticsHome Verified account @politicshome 9m 9
minutes a
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