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NEW IN BLOGGER-FOLLOWING

Woman requests time off for mental health, boss sends the perfect reply
Mashable / by Sam Haysom / 6h
The world can be such a grim place sometimes that it's great when a story comes along that's just — well, just nice. Madalyn Parker is a web developer from Ann Arbor, Michigan. A couple of weeks back she shared an exchange she'd had with her CEO after she emailed her team to tell them she was taking time off for mental health reasons. SEE ALSO: This adorable chatbot wants to talk about your menta
So, this guy checked in a single can of beer as luggage for his flight
Mashable / by Johnny Lieu / 8h
Here's perhaps a story that'll help you keep the faith in baggage handlers. An Australian man who wishes to be only known as Dean, caught a Qantas flight from Melbourne to Perth on Saturday and claimed he was able to successfully check-in a single can of Emu Export beer as part of his luggage, purely for the fun of it. SEE ALSO: The Beer Can Regatta could surely only happen in Australia "It hones
Scientists have recreated an extinct virus
Unexplained Mysteries / 9h
Scientists at the University of Alberta have managed to recreate a relative of the deadly smallpox virus. The idea that mankind could be wiped out by ...
Turkey can’t get free money from US, decides climate is safe, Paris unneccessary
JoNova: Science, carbon, climate and tax / by Jo Nova / 4h
Ergodan does his own climate maths — decides that the most significant inflatable cash cow has disappeared from the sky. The global climate suddenly looks clearer, and so Turkey pulls back from Paris accord: (Reuters) The U.S. decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement means Turkey is less inclined to ratify the deal because the U.S. move jeopardizes compensation promised to developing c
Wind and Solar So Cheap the U.S. Will Meet Paris Commitments Even if Trump Withdraws
cryptogon.com / by Kevin / 5h
Disclosure: I sell solar power systems in New Zealand. — Via: Quartz: Research analysts at Morgan Stanley believe that renewable energy like solar and wind power are hurtling towards a level of ubiquity where not even politics can hinder them. Renewable energy is simply becoming the cheapest option, fast. Basic economics, the analysts say, suggest […]
DARPA Wants Bidirectional Brain Implants, 1 Million Neuron Resolution a “Starting Point”
cryptogon.com / by Kevin / 6h
Via: IEEE: DARPA is known for issuing big challenges. Still, the mission statement for its new Neural Engineering Systems Design program is a doozy: Make neural implants that can record high-fidelity signals from 1 million neurons. Today’s best brain implants, like the experimental system that a paralyzed man used to control a robotic arm, record […]

NEW IN NEWS

The Donald Trump Jr. emails change everything
Vox - All / by Andrew Prokop / 2h
It is no longer possible to dismiss the Russia scandal as fake news. The June 2016 email thread in which Donald Trump Jr. was offered Russian government help for the Trump campaign has now been released, and it is utterly damning. In the thread, publicist Rob Goldstone writes clear as day that a prosecutor in Russia met a client of his, and offered to give the Trump campaign incriminating informa
America hits peak anti-intellectualism: Majority of Republicans now think college is bad
Salon: in-depth news, politics, business, technolo... / by Sophia Tesfaye / 10h
(Credit: AP/Steven Senne/Getty/Molly Riley) Has America hit peak anti-intellectualism? Aside from the election of Donald Trump, a businessman born into wealth whose only notable expertise is in reality television, there is now more evidence that the right-wing’s long game of denigrating U.S. institutions to reshape political discourse is succeeding. A new Pew Research Center poll released on Mond
Don Trump Jr.’s Emails Are the Smoking Gun
Slate Articles / by Michelle Goldberg / 13min
So now we have it: the smoking gun in the Trump-Russia scandal. It has emerged, fittingly, in a bizarre Twitter outburst by a member of the Trump family. On Tuesday morning, Donald Trump Jr., apparently aware that the New York Times was about to run a story based on his email exchanges with an intermediary for Russia, published the email chain himself. It’s hard to conceive of why he did this; pe
New study blows global warming 'greenhouse theory out of the water'
Signs of the Times / 4h
'All observed climatic changes have natural causes completely outside of human control' A new scientific paper contends the entire foundation of the man-made global-warming theory - the assumption that greenhouse gases warm the atmosphere by trapping heat - is wrong. If confirmed, the study's findings would crush the entire "climate change" movement to restrict CO2 emissions, the authors assert. S
“I love it”: Trump Jr.'s response to meeting about “Russia and its government's support”
Vox - All / by Zack Beauchamp / 3h
Donald Trump Jr., in a series of tweets , has released the emails concerning his meeting with a Russian attorney who claimed to have information on Hillary Clinton. They are even more damning than they sounded when the New York Times reported on their existence Monday night: It is now clear that Trump Jr. knew the information on offer came from the Russian government’s efforts to support his fath
Is Donald Trump Jr. Guilty of Treason?
Slate Articles / by Dahlia Lithwick / 41min
On Tuesday, Donald Trump Jr. and the New York Times released emails showing he’d been promised information that “would incriminate Hillary and her dealings with Russia and would be very useful to your father.” In the event there was any lingering doubt about where this material was coming from, the emails offered clarification: “[T]his is obviously very high level and sensitive information but is

NEW IN SCIENCE

Physicists transmit data via Earth-to-space quantum entanglement
Phys.org - latest science and technology news stor... / 6h
(Phys.org)—Two teams of researchers in China have advanced the distance that entangled particles can be used to send information, including encryption keys. In their papers, both uploaded to the arXiv preprint sever, the two groups outline their work and suggest their achievement represents an essential step toward the development of a global-scale quantum internet.
Why the "You" in an Afterlife Wouldn't Really Be You
Scientific American Content / by Michael Shermer / 7h
Memories, points of view and the self -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Why the "You" in an Afterlife Wouldn't Really Be You
Scientific American / by Michael Shermer / 7h
Memories, points of view and the self -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Better than Star Wars: Chemistry discovery yields 3-D table-top objects crafted from light
Phys.org - latest science and technology news stor... / 3h
A scientist's dream of 3-D projections like those he saw years ago in a Star Wars movie has led to new technology for making animated 3-D table-top objects by structuring light.
Plants Turn Caterpillars into Cannibals
Scientific American / by Laura Castells / 5h
Chemical produced by tomato plants in response to pest attack can change insect behavior -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Plants Turn Caterpillars into Cannibals
Scientific American Content / by Laura Castells / 5h
Chemical produced by tomato plants in response to pest attack can change insect behavior -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

NEW IN YOUTUBE

A Camera Filmed a Tree for a Year—Here's What It Saw | National Geographic
National Geographic (uploads) on YouTube / by National Geographic / 7h
A camera set up in Molise National Park, Italy, filmed a tree for 365 days. A myriad of animals visited the spot including bears, deer, wild boar, wolves, and badgers. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journalists,
Exclusive: Inside Airbus' modular concept plane | Next Level Ep. 1
The Verge on Youtube / by The Verge / 6h
In our season premiere of our new video series Next Level with senior technology editor Lauren Goode, we got the exclusive first look inside what multinational aviation company Airbus has been working on in its Silicon Valley labs: modular airplane cabins, ones that can be swapped out in less than an hour to give commercial flyers the experience of spas, gyms, and day care centers while they’re i
Bizarre 'Legless' Lizard Has T-Rex Arms | National Geographic
National Geographic (uploads) on YouTube / by National Geographic / 4h
If you guessed this was a snake or a worm, you would be wrong. It's actually a Mexican mole lizard, a type of legless lizard. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journalists, and filmmakers, Nat Geo gets you closer t
The Original Naked Chef
The Ellen Show / by TheEllenShow / 6h
There’s a new chef in town — and he’s naked. But he’s not the first one to make the kitchen so much hotter! Watch the Naked Chef cook with Ellen! (LINK: http://ellentube.com/videos/0-9cer29vz/ From: TheEllenShow
Always Love: Joanna Fang
Vimeo / Vimeo Staff Picks / 3h
In celebration of Pride, "Always Love" is a three-part documentary series by WeWork profiling New York-based LGBTQI creators. We believe that the first step to doing what you love is loving who you are. In this episode, meet foley artist Joanna Fang, the first openly transgender woman to win a Primetime Emmy Award. Featuring Joanna Fang Director: Brenna Perez Producers: Zachary Fuhrer and Jesse O
Classic Games Updates
The Ellen Show / by TheEllenShow / 1d
Monopoly is paving the way for classic games to get some modern updates. From: TheEllenShow

NEW IN THE ENVIRONMENTALIST

Advocates Plan Solar Installations Along Keystone XL Route
The EnvironmentaList / 2h
Environmental groups hope to block pipeline’s path, promote renewable energy as Nebraska ponders pipeline approval
Just 25 Companies Responsible for More Than 50 Percent of Global Emissions, Report Says
The EnvironmentaList / 1d
Small set of fossil fuel producers may be key to tackling climate change
Indigenous Storytelling at Standing Rock
The EnvironmentaList / 4d
A conversation with Myron Dewey, co-director of Awake, A Dream from Standing Rock
Renewable Energy Projects Are Uplifting Maasai Women
The EnvironmentaList / 27d
Solar panel and clean cookstove programs are reducing emissions, electrifying remote parts of Kenya and Tanzania
Setting Free the Urban Tomato
The EnvironmentaList / 19d
Swiss project has city dwellers enthusiastically farming rare vegetable varieties while producing free seeds for all
A Million Plastic Bottles Are Bought Around the World Every Minute
The EnvironmentaList / 12d
World's plastic binge 'as dangerous as climate change,' say campaigners

NEW IN THE CORBETT REPORT

Lyn Ulbricht Updates Us On Ross Ulbricht
The Corbett Report / by Corbett / 5h
Lyn Ulbricht, mother of Ross Ulbricht, joins us today to discuss the arrest, conviction and unconscionable double life plus 40 year sentence of her son in the Silk Road case. We discuss the case against Ross and the exculpatory information that was withheld from the jury (and sometimes even the defence) during his trial. We also talk about the loss of his appeal in the 2nd District court and wher
New Study: Chemotherapy Can Help Spread Cancer, Cause More Aggresive Tumors
The Corbett Report / by Corbett / 3h
According to a new study published in Science Translational Medicine, some types of chemotherapy can increase aggressivity in cancer, causing malignant cells to migrate and triggering more dangerous tumors. But don't worry, the same research team found a drug that might mitigate some of the effects of the chemotherapy treatment! Join James for today's Thought For The Day as he explores the history
The Ugly Truth About the Minimum Wage
The Corbett Report / by Corbett / 2d
Interview 1285 – Lyn Ulbricht Updates Us On Ross Ulbricht
The Corbett Report / by Corbett / 1d
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2017-07-10%20Lyn%Ulbricht.mp3"][/audio] Lyn Ulbricht, mother of Ross Ulbricht, joins us today to discuss the arrest, conviction and unconscionable double life plus 40 year sentence of her son in the Silk Road case. We discuss the case against Ross and the exculpatory information that was withheld from the jury (and sometimes even the defence) during hi
CNN Goes COMPLETELY INSANE, Threatens to Dox Reddit User Over Meme
The Corbett Report / by Corbett / 6d
There are no words for how insane the dinosaur lapdog establishment mouthpiece mockingbird media is getting. Case in point: remember that "infamous" meme of Trump wrestling CNN to the ground that the teleprompter-in-chief tweeted last weekend? Well after days of wall-to-wall pearl clutching coverage from the MSM, they've finally tracked down the vile reddit user who created it! And they're threate
Interview 1284 – James Corbett on How the “Alt” Media Got Trumped
The Corbett Report / by Corbett / 4d
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2017-07-07%20James%Corbett.mp3"][/audio] Another November has come and gone and as the (s)election fallout has cleared we have seen the exact same swamp dwellers steering the ship of state (aka the USA Titanic) in the exact same way as always. So why did the supposedly "alternative" and "independent" online media fall hook, line and sinker for yet anot

NEW IN ACTIVIST TEACHER

Rainbows can be toxic
Activist Teacher / by Denis Rancourt / 6d
"Goodness", "green thought" and rainbows can be toxic. Knee-jerk "progressiveness" is irresponsible and harmful. Pinkwashing includes when Israel's on-going brutal war crimes (a la Geneva Conventions) are covered up by Israel's alleged queer friendliness. Greenwashing includes when devastating exploitation by global finance structures is covered up by promotion of CO2 policy managed by
A message to Naomi Klein
Activist Teacher / by Denis Rancourt / 7d
A message to Naomi Klein about her recent garbage for the progressive mind "No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need." Casting the mass criminal actions of the USA Industrial-military-security-finance-congressional-lobby-media complex as exacerbated by Trump serves the said complex. "Putting forward a credible alternate plan" is a (self-serving)
Intl. Quds Day marks a global awakening leading to Palestine's liberation
Activist Teacher / by Denis Rancourt / 20d
This article is reprinted from its original publication at khamenei.ir. Intl. Quds Day marks a global awakening leading to Palestine's liberation Jun 20, 2017 Print Palestine is holding strong, and the world is
Culture revolution for aboriginal apartheid in Canada
Activist Teacher / by Denis Rancourt / 23d
By Denis G. Rancourt, PhD Authentic culture trickles up not down... Left progressives correctly reject the economic trickle down fantasy. Why then do they accept the justice and equity trickle down model, in which state-increased access and advantages for collaborating professional class individuals ("role models") would solve the aboriginal apartheid by some unknown magic contrary to
Geopolitical Trajectories
Activist Teacher / by Denis Rancourt / 26d
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
Activist Teacher / by Denis Rancourt / 27d
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

NEW IN WPB/NYC AND ANYTHING ELSE; A GREEN RIGHTS COLLECTION

The Hamilton Mixtape: Immigrants (We Get The Job Done)
WPB/NYC and Anything Else; A Green Rights Collecti... / by Barbara Ann Levy / 12d

NEW IN ALLEN L ROLAND'S WEBLOG

Happy Summer
Allen L Roland's Weblog / by Allen L Roland, Ph.D / 23d
Summer Fields Summer How green and bright they are! How still they lie! The summer fields out-stretching in the sun: An emerald glory, sharp as any cry, Dipping beneath the racing winds that run Across the summer day on swift light feet, To silver the little leaning, laughing grass, To gild the tossing beads of ripening wheat. Here is peace to store within the breast Against the days of tumult an
Connected / When We Demand Change ~ The World Will Change Through Unity Consciousness
Allen L Roland's Weblog / by Allen L Roland, Ph.D / 26d
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

NEW IN AMUSED CYNICISM

Ha! Anal!
Amused Cynicism / by cabalamat / 6d
Effective vs. Harmful Anti-war Activism
Amused Cynicism / by cabalamat / 22d
This : A lot of activism comes too late to be productive Stopping adaptation at the bottom of an adaptive valley is bad Activism which is not deeply intellectual and versed in real politics is a blunt instrument which may take away globally optimal policies as options inside democracies Policy is complex, the history of anti-war activism is not only good, there are times it has caused harm and su

NEW IN ANGOLA 3 NEWS

We Stand With the Prisoners Human Rights March
Angola 3 News / by angola3news / 26d
( 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

NEW IN BUCKDOG

Trumps Travel Ban is protecting Americans from Afghan girls Science Fair team !!
Buckdog / by leftdog / 6d
American Trump supporters can sleep more secure in their beds tonight with the knowledge that Donald Trump's Travel Ban has successfully prevented an Iranian girls robotics science fair team from entering the USA.

NEW IN CHERCHEZ LA VERITE

The greedy, ignorant U.S. government combined with the lying “mainstream media” is moving toward a nuclear war, which would kill most, or all, human kind. I have written before that there is now an “Iron Curtain” around Russia. But it is not the one put up by Stalin. No, it’s been put up by the U.S. military/security complex, which has been the guiding force of the U.S. government for many decades, and is now getting ready to play “Doctor Strangelove.” Ironically, during my last decade (1991-2001) as a mid-level researcher at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC, I discovered that the over-payed military “specialists” rarely got the right answers to questions they sought. Thus, some were directed to me …and frequently I gave them the right answers (in one case they even used my information as patent belonging to them). In the meantime, I have used the internet to learn about Russia’s weaponry …and found that they are a full decade ahead of us. This means that if the West…
Cherchez la Verite / by David L Griscom / 19d
Another Step Toward Devastating War June 19, 2017 | Categories: Articles & Columns | Another Step Toward Devastating War Paul Craig Roberts An idiot American pilot shot down a Syrian fighter that was attacking ISIS, thus confirming that Washington is not fighting ISIS, as Washington claims, but is protecting ISIS, its agent sent to Syria by Obama and Hillary to overthrow the Syrian government. Ge
Paul Craig Roberts tells it like is. We are all enslaved. How lucky we are to be so beloved by our Great Democratic Government. Indeed, the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) has issued an all points bulletin urging its members to wake up and to urge their US Senators “to oppose the American Health Care Act passed by the House. This harmful bill gives billions of dollars to special interests while sticking ordinary Americans with huge premium hikes. It includes an age tax that would force older Americans to pay thousands of dollars more for their health insurance. it weakens Medicare and removes protections for people with pre-existing conditions." Therfore it is urged that you represent your own interests—not those of the drug and insurance companies.
Cherchez la Verite / by David L Griscom / 7d
Once Only Blacks Were Enslaved, Now We All Are July 2, 2017 | Categories: Articles & Columns | Once Only Blacks Were Enslaved, Now We All Are Paul Craig Roberts The 4th of July is upon us. We will hear all sorts of patriotic BS about how wonderful we are and how thankful we are to our brave military which defends our liberty. Not a word will be said about the destruction by the Bush and Obama reg

NEW IN CREEKSIDE

Coyne : You gotta give them an F- on this.
Creekside / by Alison / 11d
Transcript of Coyne interview on Trudeau's broken promise of electoral reform, Coyne, who voted Liberal in the 2011 election: "You gotta give them an F- on this. There could not have been a more unequivocal promise in that election platform among all those other promises but this one was in black letters designed to be believed. There's a reason they put it in the platform - it was to try to attr

NEW IN WMTC

in which telehealth sends me to the emergency room and i wonder why. or, what's the deal with telehealth?
wmtc / by laura k / 2d
I used Telehealth for the first time this past week, Ontario's call centre for health questions. I thought it was a great service, but now that I've spoken to others about my experience, I'm confused. Is it true Telehealth sends everyone to Urgent Care or the Emergency Room? USians, you may marvel at the beauty of universal public health care. * * * * It was the Monday after Canada Day, and I had
a must-read if you're responding to ignorance and bigotry about omar khadr's settlement
wmtc / by laura k / 2d
In case everyone hasn't seen this yet. From someone named Ben Feral Selinger. July 6 Okay, I'm fucking sick of the idiocy and done with writing a diatribe every single time a friend posts about how they're upset that Trudeau is giving a terrorist $10m. You people are.... wilfully ignorant and hypocritical. Here's why. (And I thoroughly suggest reading the entire post. If you know me, you know I'm
adventures in streaming: tubi, dick cavett, and the manster
wmtc / by laura k / 3d
The Roku streaming device gives you access to thousands of apps... most of which are completely useless. That doesn't mean I don't love Roku. I do! But we use it almost exclusively to watch Netflix and the Red Sox, and to access downloaded files on the TV. We've also installed a few other apps, most of which we rarely or never touch: PBS, Democracy Now!, Google Play, National Film Board, a cooking
happy strike-iversary!
wmtc / by laura k / 4d
The City of Mississauga has a community recognition program , through which community groups can have their banner fly at City Hall for a day. When the program was announced, I said to a few of my union sisters, "I know a flag I'd like to see there...". I was only joking -- but they took me seriously! This morning, to the astonishment of many, the beautiful pink CUPE 1989 banner is flying beside
the politics of the hardboiled detective novel
wmtc / by laura k / 5d
I love these old covers! Last year, I blogged about a wonderful essay by Raymond Chandler called " The Simple Art of Murder ", written in 1950. Reading that, I realized that I knew the work of both Chandler and Dashiell Hammett -- the originators of the hardboiled detective genre -- only through film adaptations. I hadn't read any of their novels. To remedy that, I borrowed several titles by each
the great whole foods experiment of 2017
wmtc / by laura k / 6d
In our home, shopping at Whole Foods was once reserved for special dinners or used a stop-gap during an extremely busy week. Then slowly, over time, it became habit -- and a big one. For a long time now, we've had two regular shopping days each week, one at Loblaws and one at Whole Foods. Sometimes we end up at Whole Foods multiple times in one week. This has been expensive, of course, but I felt

NEW IN DR CINTLI

Law Enforcement Violence in 2017 "Normalized"
Dr Cintli / by Roberto Rodriguez / 1d
by Roberto Rodriguez The recent exoneration of the Anaheim and Bakersfield, California police officers, respectively, who killed Adalid Flores , who was carrying a cell phone, and 73-year-old Francisco Serna , who was carrying a crucifix, drives home the mantra of “no convictions” that has been made by criminal justice activists. In three recent high-profile trials involving the officers who kill
The Mas Trial: A Civilizational War
Dr Cintli / by Roberto Rodriguez / 6d
The Arizona Daily Star: The Mexican American Studies trial is underway in Tucson’s federal court, and yet the historic trial will never receive the national coverage it merits. The trial will determine whether the 2010 anti-Ethnic Studies HB 2281 legislation, which resulted in the elimination of Tucson’s highly successful K-12 Raza Studies Department, and which was initiated by former state school

NEW IN FREE PLANET

Wal Thornhill - Juno Mission - The Hollow Anatomy of Jupiter
Free Planet / by Mike Philbin / 5d
is this how ALL PLANETS look i.e. hollow inside? Electric Universe chief science adviser Wal Thornhill explores the latest data from NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter through the filter of the Electric Universe which places 'intergalactic electric-plasma Birkeland currents' on a more prominent and pervasive cosmological footing than 'some Creationist gravity-defying mega-moment'. Thornhill suggests
Grand Solar Minimum - atmospheric compression - impact on food production, location and energy
Free Planet / by Mike Philbin / 10d
NASA admits it's going to be a long-term sunspot activity minimum, but what does this really mean? Food impacted. Locations impacted. Energy production impacted. Basically, you'll pay more for less in the coming decades - and the Grand Chess Game economic game theory amoral corporate monsters KNOW THIS - the 2030s are gonna be a very interesting time, and we know what the Chinese say about 'inter
Dr. Pierre-Marie Robitaille - solid Hydrogen lattice - data supports pseudo-metallic sun
Free Planet / by Mike Philbin / 13d
c/o Robitaille 2014 and when you think of how Saturn or Jupiter are supposed to have been made, it all might make sense. Brown dwarfs are plasmas ejected from stellar bodies, they quickly lose their high-red-shift values and start to glow based on electrical input from their surroundings. Matter condenses and brown dwarfs extinguish when they no longer have the electrical input of the entire univ
Electric Universe - proto-Saturn - Ruler of Aquarius
Free Planet / by Mike Philbin / 26d
Saturnian configuration prior to Solar incursion in 10,000 BC before the Crescent of the Sun marked Saturn's eye the obvious (mainstream) question, "Why Saturn? Why now?" Good morning, readers of the Free Planet blog, as you can all see my love/hate relationship with this " brown-dwarf proto-Saturn was our ancient Sun " aspect of the Talbott/Thornhill electric universe continues... Why Saturn? We
Mike Philbin abstract art - Wix site overhaul - 2016 and 2017 content update
Free Planet / by Mike Philbin / 30d
I realised this morning that I hadn't updated my WIX art website for most of 2017, so I spent a few lunchtime hours on Sunday adding new categories, arrangments and content. The newer, shinier, smashingier Mike Philbin abstract art site , cheers wixy .
David Talbott - Thunderbolts Project - Saturn Ra Solar Battles
Free Planet / by Mike Philbin / 30d
David Talbott , director of the Thunderbolts Project needs to put together a believable TIME-FRAME for his contention that, "Saturn was once our primary Sun." How far back do we have to travel before our ancient Sun i.e. proto-Saturn, was captured by our current Sun. Are we talking aeons or millennia? Not millions, but thousands of years. These dramatic sky transitions were, after all, recorded b

NEW IN GEEZERPOWER

GEEZERPOWER: Israel has been using drones for surveilance since 1973
Geezerpower / by Geezer Power / 28d
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

NEW IN GREG MANKIW'S BLOG

Hamilton Tickets Redux
Greg Mankiw's Blog / by Greg Mankiw / 29d
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
Report from the NFF
Greg Mankiw's Blog / by Greg Mankiw / 19d
It is now that time of year when I am enjoying the Nantucket Film Festival. My wife and I today saw The Big Sick . Despite the not very enticing title, we loved it. The film is based on the real-life romance of the two screen writers, emphasizing the difficulty of bridging cross-cultural expectations. It is more heartfelt than a standard rom-com, more comedic than a drama, more earnest than standa

NEW IN WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE

Great Leaps
What Is Sustainable / 4d
It’s fascinating to explore the deeper roots of our family tree. They reveal a lot about the path that led us to today. Homo sapiens emerged in Africa, somewhere between 300,000 and 130,000 years ago, depending on which expert you read. DNA mapping asserts that the oldest surviving human group is the San people of South Africa and Namibia (also known as Khoisan, Bushmen, or !Kung). Their genes ar
Aurochs
What Is Sustainable / 24d
It’s Aurochs Appreciation Week. Aurochs were the wild ancestors of today’s herd of 1.3 billion domesticated cattle. They were huge, strong, and fierce — the opposite of the passive cud-chewing manure makers of today. In regions having ideal conditions, bulls could grow up to 6 feet (180 cm) tall at the shoulder, and weigh up to 3,300 pounds (1,500 kg). Their horns were much longer than cattle, an

NEW IN WELCOME TO POTTERSVILLE 2 (BLOGGING AGAINST FASCISM!)

Fourth of July Fab Fireworks? (North Korea in Sights) Sarin Gas Attack Attacked? (Trump's Staged TV Propaganda) White Helmets Follies (Won't Read President Risk Taker) More Fake Attacks Planned? (What Justifies Downing Syrian War Plane) Trump M-I-C Prisoner? (Neanderthals Sighted) Sy Hersh Speaks Internationally
Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascis... / by Cirze / 6d
Gee - if only it didn't look like this Fab Fireworks Fourth was planned to be coincident with the start of the next world war (see North Korea coverage on Fox News, etc.). And who paid for that million-dollar fireworks display? And why? (Surely not the country already in trillions of dollars of debt, which evokes almost instantaneous explosive anger in every so-called conservative in

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The Trumps Need to Keep Talking
Welcome Back to Pottersville / by jurassicpork / 19h
Just about the only good thing we can say about the verbal diarrhea of the Trumps is that, like a nugget of gold in a pile of ore, once in a while they'll shoot themselves in the foot. They do this for two reasons: They think they're above the law and, as with their father, the unholy trio of spawn that's currently running wild on Capitol Hill when they're not jet-setting to China to Trump-brand
Penn-ing in the Democratic Party
Welcome Back to Pottersville / by jurassicpork / 5d
(By American Zen ’s Mike Flannigan, on loan from Ari) M ark Penn and his cronies represent everything that is wrong with the Democratic Party, or what's left of it. There. It's out. I said it, because somebody had to. Because today, money launderer Penn wrote and published in the NY Times today a typically clueless op-ed that one can expect from anyone as well-snuggled in bed with the Clintons as
Independence Day, 1854
Welcome Back to Pottersville / by jurassicpork / 7d
My newest novel, GODS OF OUR FATHERS , concludes with an epilogue on the 4th of July. Narrated by my protagonist Vesey Van Zant, what follows is an edited version of his thoughts on Independence Day. As you may surmise, little has changed since 1854: W hat Independence Day means to a body devolves on the color of the skin wrapping it. The black bunting on the day of Burns’s ejection from Boston h
The Durability of Crime Fiction and Why It's Bigger Than Ever
Welcome Back to Pottersville / by jurassicpork / 8d
O ne out of every three books sold in the UK is a crime novel. I just discovered that today and, as a crime novelist myself, that fact both heartened and startled me. And while I'm sure the ratio of crime novels bought by the US reading public is somewhat more modest, it's undeniable that crime/detective fiction is big in virtually in every nation on earth. This is especially true in post Stieg L
New Book Trailer
Welcome Back to Pottersville / by jurassicpork / 12d
This is the new book trailer for my historical thriller, Gods of Our Fathers , courtesy of my Facebook friend, Catalina (MCV) Egan. My goal this year is to relaunch as many of my backlisted titles as possible and I'd appreciate it if you would pay more attention than you have to them in the past. So far this year, I've unofficially relaunched Tatterdemalion through two interviews focused on it. I
Good Cop, Bad Cops
Welcome Back to Pottersville / by jurassicpork / 12d
(By American Zen ’s Mike Flannigan, on loan from Ari) ( Disclaimer : The proprietor of this blog and Mr. Wilson have an ongoing years-long friendship, in which the former has benefited on several occasions by the generosity of the latter. However, that in no way, shape or form has influenced the blog owner’s decision to post an article about his case nor the content of what is written below.) Int

NEW IN MIDDLE CLASS POLITICAL ECONOMIST

Republicans help pass Illinois budget over Rauner's veto
Middle Class Political Economist / by Kenneth Thomas / 4d
For the second time in as many months , legislative Republicans have turned on their Republican governor for his refusal to back tax increases to help balance the budget. Last month, supermajority Kansas Republicans revolted against Sam Brownback's six-year tax-cutting experiment, which brought the state persistent budget problems and two credit downgrades. Tonight (July 6) enough Republicans join
Senate healthcare bill costs 15 million their health insurance next year, 22 million by 2026
Middle Class Political Economist / by Kenneth Thomas / 14d
One consequence of electing the popular vote loser is that the official winners act as if they have a mandate for the most extreme version of their policies. Thus, we have proposed legislation, the misleadingly titled Better Care Reconciliation Act, that will not only roll back Obamacare's expansion of Medicaid, but impose further large cuts on the program in addition. In total, the Medicaid cuts
Video series for "Rethinking Investment Incentives"
Middle Class Political Economist / by Kenneth Thomas / 22d
As regular readers will recall, I contributed to the Columbia Center for Sustainable Investment's book , Rethinking Investment Incentives: Trends and Policy Options (Columbia University Press, 2016). Now, the editors have put together a series of video teasers for most of the individual chapters, all of which can be seen here . As I wrote before, the book offers the perspectives of numerous expert

NEW IN MORTON'S MUSINGS

Limits on Summary Judgment? Lesenko v. Guerette, 2017 ONCA 522
Morton's Musings / by James C Morton / 18d
[30] Used appropriately, summary judgment motions are an important tool for enhancing access to justice and achieving proportionate, timely and cost-effective adjudication: Hryniak v. Mauldin , 2014 SCC 7, [2014] 1 S.C.R. 87. In my view, this motion for summary judgment was premature and should not have been brought until the positions of the parties and the issues were well defined. It was uncle
Expert Evidence
Morton's Musings / by James C Morton / 24d
Bruff-Murphy v. Gunawardena, 2017 ONCA 502: [34] In White Burgess , a decision released shortly before the judgment under appeal, the Supreme Court of Canada provided clarity and guidance regarding challenges to experts on the basis of bias and lack of independence. Cromwell J., writing for the court, stated at para. 19 that the basic structure for the law relating to the admissibility of expert
Supreme Court Doubles Down on Jordan
Morton's Musings / by James C Morton / 25d
R. v. Cody, 2017 SCC 31: Constitutional law — Charter of Rights — Right to be tried within a reasonable time — Pre ‑ Jordan delay of more than five years between charges and anticipated end of trial — Whether accused's right to be tried within reasonable time under s. 11 (b) of Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms infringed — Framework for determining s. 11 (b) infringement set out in Jordan a

NEW IN A CLOSER LOOK: JODY PATERSON

Stop Operation Northern Spotlight. Stand up for sex workers' rights
A Closer Look / by Jody Paterson / 5d
I'm adding my voice to what I hope will be an ever-larger chorus of British Columbians asking that police departments in BC refuse to participate in the ill-informed Operation Northern Spotlight campaign to "stop sex trafficking," which has been conducted off and on elsewhere in Canada for a number of years and is modelled on a similar U.S. police strategy. As you will see from the letter below f

NEW IN NEWS FROM ATLANTIS.

The neo-nutzis exposed - by one of their own.
News From Atlantis. / by Knowledge Is Power / 26d
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

NEW IN NOLANCHART.COM

Will gun violence continue?
NolanChart.com / by ocjim / 26d
Living in contemporary American culture, you are accustomed to violence in many forms, not just in all forms of entertainment, including video games, television and […]
America in the 21st Century – a citizen’s thoughts on the economic challenges we face.
NolanChart.com / by Mark Vogl / 13d
Rush Limbaugh is clear; capitalism is NOT about creating jobs. Limbaugh is consistent on this point, and has been for many years. According to Rush, […]
Matt Bruenig on “Taxation is Theft”
NolanChart.com / by George J. Dance / 16d
The other day, while searching for new writing by my favorite progressive troll, Washington lawyer and online pundit Matt Bruenig, I stumbled across this blog headline: […]
Steve McQueen coming to America, 28 September, 2017!
NolanChart.com / by Mark Vogl / 18d
Steve McQueen is a global icon, an actor who took up the mantle of championing the role of man in movies. Steve McQueen starred in […]
PACIFIC CRUCIBLE by Ian W. Toll, an excellent read
NolanChart.com / by Mark Vogl / 25d
There is no doubt the Pacific and Asia will rise in the 21st Century. The populations are massive, and as technology digs itself even further […]
When Worlds Collude: Hoppe, Bruenig, and their shared vision of the libertarian future (II))
NolanChart.com / by George J. Dance / 30d
Paleolibertarian economist Hans-Hermann Hoppe, and progressive lawyer and internet troll Matt Bruenig, would appear to have little in common; yet they both have the same […]

NEW IN THE RULES OF EXPOSITION

One cardinal rule
The Rules of Exposition / by The Arthurian / 23d
Isaac Asimov : I made up my mind long ago to follow one cardinal rule in all my writing — to be clear. I have given up all thought of writing poetically or symbolically or experimentally, or in any of the other modes that might (if I were good enough) get me a Pulitzer prize. I would write merely clearly and in this way establish a warm relationship between myself and my readers, and the professi

NEW IN WEEKLY GEO-POLITICAL NEWS AND ANALYSIS

Out of 20 G20 leaders 19 are fraud endorsing bankster slaves
Weekly geo-political news and analysis / by benjamin / 1d
Last weekend’s G20 meeting of so-called world leaders was very revealing because 19 out of 20 of them publicly endorsed the fraud based global warming scam known as the Paris accords. This happened despite the fact carbon-based global warming is being proved both legally and scientifically to be a fraud. Michael Mann, the author of the global warming “hockey stick” graph that is used by the UN en
New Payment System
Weekly geo-political news and analysis / by benjamin / 1d
Message from IT expert who has volunteered to help Dear Readers, As you know, Benjamin’s PayPal account was suspended due to an on-going struggle with the Japanese authorities. He has decided to switch over to a cryptocurrency donation-based system for payment. It is a spiritual honor system in which users pledge to donate an amount greater than or equivalent to the previous subscription cost ($8
Petrodollar doomed as Qatar breaks ranks and sells its oil in Yuan
Weekly geo-political news and analysis / by benjamin / 22d
The crisis in Qatar marks a major turning point in the battle against the Khazarian mafia. Ostensibly Saudi Arabia and other oil exporting states decided to try to blockade Qatar “because it was supporting terrorism.” In reaction to this move, US President Donald Trump showed the world he was not in charge of the US by first supporting the blockade and then being forced by the Pentagon to change
Clean up of Khazarian filth continues in US Japan and elsewhere
Weekly geo-political news and analysis / by benjamin / 7d
A comprehensive take-down of the Khazarian mafia continues around the world. The biggest developments were at the top ranks of the Vatican where the Vatican Finance Minister and Number 3 honcho, Australian Cardinal George Pell was suspended after being indicted for child rapes. As a result “the pedos are in full panic mode,” Pentagon officials say. Francis also removed another top honcho, Cardina
Weekly Geopolitical News and Analysis 20170612 Khazarian mafia will make several more tries to start WW3 before their final defeat
Weekly geo-political news and analysis / by benjamin / 29d
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
Historic changes in central Europe Asia and elsewhere as old order implodes
Weekly geo-political news and analysis / by benjamin / 15d
Sometimes historic changes are announced in obscure headlines such as this one: “Defense Ministers from Six Countries Focus on Cooperation in Prague.” http://www.radio.cz/en/section/news/defence-ministers-from-six-countries-focus-on-cooperation-in-prague A more accurate headline would read “Austro-Hungarian Empire revived after 100 year hiatus.” The story says Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria

NEW IN NOT PC

Quote of the Day: Sanity?
Not PC / by Peter Cresswell / 22h
“Sometimes I think that this is an era when sanity has become controversial.” ~ Thomas Sowell Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is granted, with attribution.
Quote of the Day: On ideas being immune to criticism
Not PC / by Peter Cresswell / 1d
"The moment you declare a set of ideas to be immune from criticism, satire, derision, or contempt, freedom of thought becomes impossible.” ~ Salman Rushdie Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is granted, with attribution.
Quote of the Day: On bludging sailors and subsidised Cups
Not PC / by Peter Cresswell / 8d
“It’s starting to look as if Grant Dalton is well-named, because he’s after another one. A grant. A handout. A reach-around from taxpayer to pocket -- the pocket being his and his colleagues, the lever to extract the dosh being the fear “we” may not have [an] America’s Cup [defence… “Because his America’s Cup programme is looking increasing like it’s just welfare for well-fed sailors. “If he and
Quote of the Day: On the problem with the Treaty industry’s “quasi-judicial inquiry” into NZ’s colonial past
Not PC / by Peter Cresswell / 7d
“But this is by no means a history of ‘fatal impact,’ in which European contact and colonisation lead unremittingly to the destruction of an indigeneous people that was throughout the innocent victim of European aggression and manipulation … “[My] emphasis on (bilateral) ‘outcomes’ rather than (unilateral) ‘impacts’ leads to a “dual agency’ view of settlement history – ‘Maori and Europeans sharin

NEW IN NOT QUITE UNHINGED

Where Are We, and How Did We Get Here?
Not Quite Unhinged / by Catelli / 8d
As Donald Trump, President of the United States of America, tweets us into the apocalypse, I cannot help but marvel with mouth open, at where we as a society are at. How did we arrive at this moment in time, where the world appears to be governed by absolute lunacy? I say we, because at this particular moment in 
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