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White supremacist rally ends early in Boston as counter-protesters show up in huge numbers
A few dozen attendees showed up for Saturday's planned "free speech"
rally in Boston. But counter-protesters showed up in the thousands. Per
local news reports , over 10,000 people gathered at Boston Commons to
protest the right-wing gathering, which quickly fell apart after it
became clear the planned speaking schedule would not come to fruition.
In fact, police were seen taking down rally flags
Hackers just sent us practically all of HBO's social media passwords
The leaks just keep coming. The hackers responsible for the massive
breach of HBO haven't let up, and reached out to Mashable to share their
latest exploits. And while the latest data dump doesn't include any
Game of Thrones spoilers, it definitely contains some information that
the network wouldn't want out in the open. SEE ALSO: The HBO hackers
just hit us with another huge data dump Specifical
'Apocalyptic' cloud hangs over town in Brazil
Residents
of Teixeira de Freitas were treated to a rather unusual and unnerving
spectacle this week. The menacing-looking phenomenon, which appeared
o...
USS Indianapolis wreck found 70 years on
The
wreckage of a cruiser sank by a Japanese submarine 70 years ago has
finally been discovered. During the final days of World War II, the USS
Indian...
The odd case of spontaneously shattering bathroom glass
This used to be black glass, now it’s a sinkless, shattered crazed
basin and bench. Who knew tempered glass could suddenly fracture and in
some cases explosively? We have a bathroom basin and countertop of
moulded thick black glass. For about five years it was happy, then late
one night this week, for no reason, it shattered — the sink fractured
into 100 pieces and fell into the towels below. The
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Robert Webb: ‘I was never very good at being a boy’
In this extract from his new memoir, the comedian and actor revisits a
village childhood overshadowed by the violent temper of his father and
the premature death of his mother. Below, he talks to Alex Clark My
first home was a house called Slieve Moyne in the village of Woodhall
Spa, in Lincolnshire. In later years I would think of the place as
Tatooine, the planet Luke Skywalker imagines to be f
Some Liberty University Grads Are Returning Their Diplomas To Protest Trump
A group of alumni from one of the nation's most influential evangelical
Christian universities is condemning their school's president for his
continued alignment with President Trump. (Image credit: Alex Wong/Getty
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The only 4 spaghetti recipes you'll ever need
In an exclusive extract from his new cookbook Made at Home, Giorgio
Locatelli suggests four classic store-cupboard pasta dishes that will
never fail Interview with Giorgio, plus more recipes from Made at Home
These spaghettis are not just convenient, quick and easy dishes; they
can also be seductively brilliant, a perfect example of how a dish can
be so much more than a sum of its parts. Continue
Donald Trump’s True Allegiances
Who could have predicted the President’s latest outrage? Barack Obama and anyone, really.
Iraqi Forces Start Offensive to Retake Tal Afar From ISIS
Tal Afar is one of the last big cities in Iraq still under control of extremists.
Brexit and Ireland: Britain’s troubled relationship with the island next door is a problem again
British troops clash with demonstrators in Belfast, Northern Ireland in
1981. (Credit: AP) The border between the Republic of Ireland and the
British province of Northern Ireland stretches for 310 miles, cutting in
half the rivers, farms, roads and even homes in its path. Traveling
from one side of the border to the other, you would barely notice that
you had crossed an international boundary. Of
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Wow, 'Terminator 2' in 3-D Is a Bad Idea
Twenty-six years later, the ultimate action flick is back in multiplexes—but did it need to be baaaaack?
In Turkey, Schools Will Stop Teaching Evolution This Fall
When Turkish children head back to school, something will be missing
from their textbooks: any mention of evolution. The government is
phasing in what it calls a values-based curriculum. (Image credit: Gokce
Saracoglu/NPR)
Tips for Safe Eclipse Viewing…from Someone Who Learned the Hard Way
Get out and enjoy the solar eclipse on Aug. 21, but be sure to protect your eyes, or suffer potentially devastating effects.
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Ivan'S Need
Ivan has an obsession for kneading dough. 'Ivan's Need' is this week's
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Funny Flowers
Ellen found some flowers that can only be described as one-of-a-kind. From: TheEllenShow
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An environmental activist has a plan against an international oil firm.
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James Corbett on Learned Helplessness and Learned Optimism
In this clip from the BFP Roundtable on "Why Are Americans So
Apathetic?" James Corbett gives a short lesson on learned helplessness
and learned optimism.
Interview 1293 – James Corbett on The Gary Null Show
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James Corbett appears on The Gary Null Show for a detailed conversation
on the history, function, and future of The Federal Reserve system.
James and Gary discuss the history of the Fed as detailed in Century of
Enslavement: The History of the Federal Reserve, dissect the Fed's role
in creating the financial c
The Library of Babel – Film, Literature and the New World Order
The universe is the internet is the library is the internet is the
universe. Or is it? And if so, who are the librarians? And if we have
all the information we can ever want, does that mean we have knowledge
or wisdom? If not, how do we make it? Or who will make it for us? Join
James this month for a Film, Literature and the New World Order
examination of “The Library of Babel” by Jorge Luis Borg
You Are Being Gamed
In this classic Corbett Report podcast from 2010, James opens up the
virtual Skinner box and peers into the future of gaming in the world of
ubiquitous computing. When our daily life consists of interactions with
computers, will there be any way to avoid amusing ourselves to death?
The Past, Present and Future of the Federal Reserve
James Corbett appears on The Gary Null Show for a detailed conversation
on the history, function, and future of The Federal Reserve system.
James and Gary discuss the history of the Fed as detailed in Century of
Enslavement: The History of the Federal Reserve, dissect the Fed’s role
in creating the financial crisis as it exists today and point to the
real solution to this crisis.
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Experts Hope Total Solar Eclipse Will Reinvigorate National Interest in Science and Nature
Citizen scientists across US will be collecting data on once-in-a-lifetime event
Preschool in the Forest
Children at Pacific Northwest school spend their days — rain, shine, and snow — in nature
Embracing Roadside Ecology
Highways pose dangers to wildlife, but roadside spaces can also provide valuable habitat
Bolivia Approves Highway Through Amazon Biodiversity Hotspot
National park that is home to thousands of Indigenous people loses protected status to allow for construction of 190-mile road
Four Pacific Marine National Monuments Face Threat Under Trump Order
Fishing interests push to roll back the world's biggest set of ocean reserves as Secretary Zinke prepares recommendations
Life without Fossil Fuels: Slow and Satisfying
A visit to a Missouri homestead serves as a reminder that the one constant of life is change
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Human Rights while at Jail
Human Rights are the basic rights and freedoms that all human beings
are entitled to. For example, the right to life and liberty, freedom of
speech, expression and thought, civil and political rights, the right to
food, etc. Naturally, going to jail or prison involves the curtailing
of a persons’ rights. That does not mean inmates are without basic human
rights. All persons deprived of their libe
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Homelessness is still a problem. Gee, go figure
Ten years ago now, I was part of a major initiative to address
homelessness in Victoria. The Mayor's Task Force on Breaking the Cycle
of Mental Illness, Addictions and Homelessness brought together some of
the most informed, passionate people in the country to look into the
issue of people living on our streets and what needed to be done about
it. In four intense months, the task force put togeth
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The X-PHOBIA CATASTROPHE must be reversed
Opinion
/ Denis Rancourt Beyond a simple political-correctness meltdown, North
American society is in the midst of an X-phobia catastrophe. North
America is following a RECIPE FOR SOCIETAL DISASTER: Let governments,
institutions, and special-interest lobbies make the definitions of
racism, antisemitism, misogyny, X-phobia... as broad as possible and
then prosecute everyone for
Separation Between Work And Person
Opinion
/ Denis Rancourt The rule regarding employer information-mining of
social media should be strict. None of it should be allowed. Tenure or
no tenure, full-time or part-time, boss or shop-floor... no one in any
employment should ever lose his/her job for any views expressed as a
person (as opposed to spokesperson). The employer should have an onus to
satisfy a high threshold that the
Whether Trump or Obama: AIPAC houses (Congress, Senate) must be reined in
Opinion
/ Denis Rancourt In the face of the reality of emerging Eurasia, seen
on every front including the Middle East, the USA has two nonexclusive
options: Act in a reasonable and responsible manner to avoid the next
conflicts that could accelerate its downfall, or Push ambitious
civil-unrest and military campaigns for perceived regional gains or to
satisfy rogue allies such as
When does "antifa" become pro-totalitarian?
Opinion
/ Denis Rancourt I noticed some angry "antifa" activists advocating in
favour of the recent "hate speech" criminal charges against social-media
pundit Kevin Johnston. (See OCLA petition for background.) Their stance
does not strike me as a sterling example of logical consistency. I'm
against Fascism if this means opposing the evident and fast-pace
government-corporate march towards
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Contra Munroe on Free Speech
There’s a popular xkcd cartoon explaining free speech : I think Randall
Munroe (who writes xkcd) is wrong here, or at least not entirely right.
Munroe thinks of free speech in terms of laws : you have free speech if
the government won’t punish you for saying something. But free speech
isn’t about laws, it’s about social norms : you have free speech if you
live in a society where people are not af
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Plantations
Were Prisons: Mobilizing for the Aug. 19 Millions for Prisoners Human
Rights March in Washington DC --Part One of an interview with Law
Professor Angela A. Allen-Bell
(VIDEO: 2011 Amnesty International interview with Robert H. King,
entitled "Slavery Still Reigns in US prisons .") Plantations Were
Prisons: Mobilizing for the Aug. 19 Millions for Prisoners Human Rights
March in Washington DC --Part one of an interview with Law Professor
Angela A. Allen-Bell By Angola 3 News Robert H. King and Albert Woodfox
of the Angola 3 are issuing a call to everybody concer
July 29: Join Albert Woodfox and Robert King in Austin Texas
(Note: this event was originally scheduled for earlier this month)
Grand Opening of Robert King and Rose Smith's Community Center in Austin
Texas ( PHOTO: Robert King and Rose Smith ) On Saturday, July 29th
Robert King and Rose Smith (joined by Albert Woodfox) will launch the
Grand Opening of their venue! It is located at 7901 Cameron Rd. Bldg.. 3
Ste 205 Austin, Texas. 78754. They have partnered
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The Trump Effect
Quote
of the week: “Alas! Lonely sits the city Once great with people! She
that was great among nations Is becoming like a widow; The princess
among states Is become a thrall.” — The Book of Lamentations Muslim
extremists aren’t the only ones using moving vehicles as instruments of
death and injury. A neo-Nazi has …
The More You KN-0w About North Korean Missiles
A
guest post from my colleague Matt Korda (Scott came up with that pun;
I’m not nearly that funny) Whether you’ve been wonking on North Korea
for awhile or just tuned in, chances are you’ve heard of a missile
called the KN-08. You might have also heard of something called a
Hwasong-13. And maybe you’ve seen …
Modern Man is Obsolete
Quote
of the week: “It is such a supreme folly to believe that nuclear
weapons are deadly only if they’re used. The fact that they exist at
all, their presence in our lives, will wreak more havoc than we can
begin to fathom. Nuclear weapons pervade our thinking. Control our
behavior. Administer our societies. Inform …
Is Space the Final War-Fighting Frontier?
Quote
of the week: “ASATs possess considerably greater capacity for
transforming a crisis into a war, and for enlarging wars, than they do
for assisting in military missions or enhancing deterrence.” —Kurt
Gottfried and Richard Ned Lebow, “Anti-Satellite Weapons: Weighing the
Risks,” 1985. There are two generic kinds of failure in the arms control
and …
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bog standard, gold standard
Is this thing still on? Apparently so Anyway, i'm making a flying visit
to talk Corbyn and Euroscepticism. Was he really a Brexiteer all along?
There seem to be some shall we say hyper-extended theories based
loosely on his voting record but mainly on the desire of those who
dislike him to indulge in supervillain fantasies. Between 1998 and 2002 I
worked part time as a media aide for Mick Hindley
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I
have been a follower of Paul Craig Roberts since the turn of the turn
of the century. Here he describes him self as "one of the most respected
columnists in the alternative media. His syndicated articles can be
seen on many leading alternative news websites including Lew Rockwell,
Infowars, Counterpunch, InformationClearingHouse and countless others.
Roberts scores huge points in the credibility department having been the
former head of policy at the Department of Treasury under Reagan, and
an editor of the Wall Street Journal — among a long list of other
accolades. His research is impeccable and his vision of how the world
really operates is second to none. He knows why and when the global
chess pieces are moving, and has the incredible talent to communicate
difficult concepts to the general public. He has written several books
including The Tyranny of Good Intentions and How the Economy was Lost.
His many interviews can be seen on Russia Today and Prison Planet TV.
Roberts is also…
In America Propaganda Has Vanquished Truth August 15, 2017 |
Categories: Articles & Columns | In America Propaganda Has
Vanquished Truth Paul Craig Roberts In Durham, North Carolina, the seat
of Duke University, a gang of largely white males destroyed public
property by pulling down a statue of a Confederate soldier. Perhaps they
took their cue from the neo-Nazis installed in Ukraine by Obama and
In
my previous blog, Paul Craig Roberts presents two columns with very
differing conclusions. In his first one, he decides that “Trump Is Being
Moved Aside So That Conflict with Russia Can Proceed.” And he further
states that the U.S. Congress is doing two bad things: One is serving
their campaign contributors in the military/security complex by being
tougher with Russia, thus keeping alive the threat that Americans denied
health care may no longer get it …with the massive military/security
budget sopping up all the money that might otherwise might have gone to
health care. PCR also noted that leading Europeans have finally realized
that they have been more damaged than Russia. And the latest horrific
decision of the US Congress will certainly greatly damage Europe’s
economy. Moreover, in France their recent election was actually stolen
in favor of Macron. Don’t believe it? Well, scroll down in my blog to
the 7th one below (if you lose your place, make sure it is the one with a
copy…
July 28, 2017 Collateral Damage: U.S. Sanctions Aimed at Russia Strike
Western European Allies by Diana Johnstone Do they know what they are
doing? When the U.S. Congress adopts draconian sanctions aimed mainly at
disempowering President Trump and ruling out any move to improve
relations with Russia, do they realize that the measures amount to a
declaration of economic war against their dear Euro
Here,
Paul Craig Roberts presents two columns with very differing
conclusions. In his first, he decides that “Trump Is Being Moved Aside
So That Conflict with Russia Can Proceed.” Further on he states that
Congress is doing two bad things. One is that Congress is serving their
campaign contributors in the military/security complex by being tougher
with Russia, thus keeping alive the threat that Americans denied health
care may no longer get it, with the massive military/security budget
sopping up all the money that might otherwise might have gone to health
care. If Trump vetos this encroachment on presidential power, Congress
and the presstitute media will present the veto as absolute proof that
Trump is a Russian agent and is protecting Russia with his veto. If he
doesn’t veto the bill, Trump will have thrown in his hand and accepted
that he cannot reduce the dangerous tensions with Russia. Two days ago,
PCR heard a staged “interview” between two women on NPR’s “All Things…
Trump Is Being Moved Aside So That Conflict with Russia Can Proceed
July 26, 2017 | Categories: Articles & Columns | Trump Is Being
Moved Aside So That Conflict with Russia Can Proceed Paul Craig Roberts
What is the Congress up to with their stupid bill that imposes more
sanctions and removes the power of President Trump to rescind the
sanctions that President Obama imposed? Congress is doing two
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Americans, Irish, Uzbeks, Ukrainians, Pakistanis – They All Have More Balls Than We Scots
The fascist violence in Charlottesville was in defence of prominent
public statues to those who fought to uphold slavery. History should not
be destroyed, and there is a place for such statues in appropriate
explained context in museums. But public celebration of advocates of
slavery ought to end. People always throw off the monuments of their
oppressors, and so they should. The statues should be
Of Venezuela and Hypocrisy
Hugo Chavez’ revolutionary politics were founded on two very simple
tenets: 1) People ought not to be starving in dreadful slums in the
world’s most oil rich state 2) The CIA ought not to control Venezuela
Over the years, Chavez racked up real achievements in improving living
standards for the poor and in providing health and education facilities.
He was widely popular and both he and his success
Culloden and our Stolen History
Imagine that today’s Scottish Independence movement fades away to
nothing – and then J K Rowling and Euan McColm get to write the history
that defines what the Independence movement was, and what the
Independence movement stood for. Then imagine the effect of 250 years of
teaching the Rowling/McColm version in schools, universities and media
narrative, until everybody absolutely “knew” that the 2
The Real Problem With the BBC
Mainstream media debate this summer focused on the fact that some
extremely overpaid women at the BBC are not overpaid to quite the same
extent as some extremely, extremely overpaid men. This is reminiscent of
the fuss over the US having a male kleptocratic president, when it
could have had a female kleptocratic president. Personally I support the
notion that pay should be equalised at the BBC –
Supreme Court Judges Defy Reason to Protect Tony Blair
Today’s judgement by the Supreme Court that there is no crime in
English law of waging aggressive war for which Tony Blair might be
prosecuted – or at least that there was not in 2003 – is truly
appalling. I have not yet seen the full judgement, but newspaper reports
indicate that part of the decision was dependent on the idea that the
crime of waging aggressive war was not incorporated into inte
Is it the BBC, or is it Me?
I love sport, and I have been watching the World Athletics
Championships. This has left me genuinely uncertain. Has BBC sports
coverage always been this harshly, stridently British nationalist, and
do I just notice it now as my own sensibility has changed? Or has there
genuinely been a shift away from any pretence of impartiality? Apart
from analysis focusing almost entirely on the prospects of t
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The Plan by Singapore to destroy the Muslim Shrine of world famous saint of Islam, Sayyid Habib Noh.
The Plan by Singapore to destroy the Muslim Shrine of world famous
saint of Islam, Sayyid Habib Noh. The Zionist Emirate of Singapore
announced on Monday, 17 th July 2017 (23 Shawal 1438) the imminent
destruction and desecration of 35,000 Muslim graves and that of around
42,000 Buddhist/Taoist graves at the Choa Chu Kang Cemetery in
Singapore. All this is to make way for an ultra modern multi bil
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The Spanish Inquisition Lives On in Arizona's Ban on Mexican American Studies
The Spanish Inquisition Lives On in Arizona's Ban on Mexican American
Studies Friday, August 11, 2017 I have always viewed Arizona's effort to
eradicate Mexican American Studies (MAS) as something akin to an unholy
Inquisition. For some, that will sound hyperbolic; not for me. US
district Judge Wallace Tashima is expected to make a decision soon on
whether the 2010 Arizona House Bill 2281 legisla
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Does this make my Hamilton tickets a deductible business expense?
Economic Lessons from the Musical Hamilton , by Matthew C. Rousu and
Courtney A. Conrad, discusses how the great musical can be used to teach
economic principles in the classroom.
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Costa Rica: Pilot Records UFO
Source: PLANETA UFO and Peru.com Date: 08.16.2017 Costa Rica: Pilot
Records UFO Impressive! A video recorded in Costa Rica has gone viral on
YouTube. What is the reason for this? It turns out that an airline
pilot captured the very moment at which the UFO flew in the distance.
The pilot, whose name is Jose Daniel Araya, wanted to record the sunset
over Costa Rica on his cellphone without thinking
Argentina: The Argentinean X-Files - An Interview with Ruben Lianza
Source: Planeta UFO and www.perfil.com Date: 08.16.2017 Article by
Enrique Garabeytan Argentina: The Argentinean X-Files - An Interview
with Ruben Lianza A debate arose 70 years ago that is still ongoing: In
1947, the sighting of a "fleet of flying saucers" and the "Roswell
incident" in the New Mexico desert became the kickoff points for the UFO
(unidentified flying object) phenomenon. There are
Spain: UFO Reported Over Brenes (Seville)
Source: PLANETA UFO and José Manuel GarcÃa Bautista El Correo Web -
http://elcorreoweb.es/extra/misterioso-ovni-visto-en-la-localidad-sevillana-de-brenes-JI3219579
Date: August 2, 2017 Spain: UFO Reported Over Brenes (Seville) Several
witnesses saw an oval-shaped object that put forth considerable light
with bright flashes, moving parallel with the horizon. The summer of
2017 has been particularl
Spain: Ministry of Defense Investigated at Least 8 UFO Cases in 70s-80s
Source: Planeta UFO and Alicante Press Date: July 21, 2017 Spain:
Ministry of Defense Investigated at Least 8 UFO Cases in 70s-80s The
Ministry of Defense was aware of at least eight strange phenomena in
Alicante's airspace during the 1970s and 1980s. These cases were part of
the Spanish Air Force's (Ejército del Aire) UFO Files. Today, 80 of
those files, which include the events at Aitana, may b
Argentina: Spectacular Bolide Stuns Onlookers
Source: Planeta UFO Date: 7.24.2017 Argentina: Spectacular Bolide Stuns
Onlookers An intensely bright light was seen in the heavens over many
aprts of the country. Theories emerged and the we now have the answer.
What was it? The skies over Argentina were illuminated for a few
seconds, startling people who were able to see it from various parts of
the country. Was it a UFO, a shooting star? peopl
Spain: UFO Sighting in Alicante
Source: PLANETA UFO and Grupo Investigación Insólita Date: 04/30/2017
Spain: UFO Sighting in Alicante Spain's Grupo de Investigación Insólita
has circulated photographs taken on 30 April 2017 by an unnamed witness.
The text, written by "Miguel Angel" (no surname given) indicates the
witness in question was asleep and upon waking, saw it was daylight.
Looking through her bedroom window, she saw st
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John Kelly's Mission Impossible: You Can't Fix Stupid
By
Manifesto Joe In a previous blog post, I made the mistake of
overestimating Resident Donald Rump. I wrote that he isn't stupid in the
classic sense. I absolutely take it back. He is not only batshit crazy
like Nixon, he lacks Nixon's intelligence. He's quite possibly dumber
than Il Doofus (Bush 43), and that's saying plenty. We've had crazy
presidents before, and we've had profoundly stupid one
Rump Lies, Hypocrisy Know No Bounds
By
Manifesto Joe Resident Donald Rump declared this week "Made in America"
week, again showcasing the lies and hypocrisy on which his entire
political career has been built. In his alternative universe, Obama was
born in Kenya, a record crowd attended his inauguration and at least 3
million people voted illegally in the 2016 presidential election. Now he
has the nerve to declare "Made in America"
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Foxconn cashes in for $3 billion plus - analysis
Foxconn
hit the jackpot with Wisconsin on Wednesday, when CEO Terry Gou and
Governor Scott Walker signed a memorandum of understanding for the
company to invest $10 billion in southeastern Wisconsin in return for $3
billion in state subsidies and an undetermined amount of local
incentives in the form of tax increment(al) financing (TIF).* The basic
outline of the deal, sent to me by John Haynes of
Why subsidize protectionism motivated foreign investors?
The
already infamous case of Foxconn in Wisconsin illustrates a dynamic we
are likely to witness more before we are rid of the illegitimate Trump
regime. One of the regime's hallmarks has been a set of unpredictable
trade policies with a definite protectionist tilt. The United States was
withdrawn from the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement on January 23.
On May 19, the regime officially announce
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International Ranking of Basic Education in Egypt
Recently the International Economic Council evaluated the quality of
basic education in 138 contires as of 2016, Egypt ranked 134 out of the
138 countries. Such low ranking reveals that the Egyptian government is
not considering basic education as number one priority, despite of the
fact that more than one third of the 94 million Egyptians are classified
as illiterates. There are a number of fact
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Will no one think of the poor racists?
by Ugh It's 2017, do you know where your neo-Nazis are America?
Meanwhile, the NYTimes is showing us their terrific editorial balance on
the issue by letting Erick Fncking Erickson write an op-ed on
yesterday's events. Erick. Fncking. Erickson. Not gonna link. Both
sides, people, both sides. U! S! A! Jesus. Open Thread.
Lost in the Noise -- Weekend Open Thread
by wj It can be all too easy, it the flood of stuff happening these
days, to overlook something which would be stunning in other times. I
wonder what all there might be.... For example, consider these tweets
from last week: Events in Charlottesville unacceptable & musnt be
tolerated @USNavy forever stands against intolerance & hatred... --
Admiral John Richardson, Chief of Naval Operations No pla
Meanwhile, back at the ranch...
by JanieM and apologies to Janie for retitling her post, which was
While everyone’s obsessing over Russian influence… I couldn't resist...
lj Here’s a gem : Following concerns from civil liberties advocates,
Rep. Joe Kennedy’s office says he is reviewing an anti-boycott bill he
cosponsors. Kennedy is among 63 Democrats and 174 Republicans supporting
a House bill, which currently would make suppor
The Bandwagon
by JanieM bobbyp in the electric cars thread: For some strange reason, I
found myself re-reading some of this thread. Hint hint? Here's an open
thread, with a prompt for a possible topic very much off the top of my
head: A bunch of candidates have already declared that they're running
to replace Paul LePage as governor of Maine next year. So far there are
seven Democrats, one officially declared
Re-re-re-re-reading
by JanieM In 1966, the summer I was sixteen, the Saturday Evening Post
published an article entitled, "The Hobbit-foming World of J.R.R.
Tolkien ." The subheadline called The Lord of the Rings "the
hottest-selling item in U.S. campus bookstores." I would like to think I
was drawn in by the description of the story itself, not just by the
desire to be cool like the college kids, and subsequent his
Electric Cars – Weekend Open Thread
by wj Friday, Nissan and Mazda announced that they would work together
to develop electric vehicle technologies. work together to develop
electric vehicle technologies . And to build a $1.6 billion assembly
plant in the U.S., which will have a capacity to produce 300,000 cars a
year and provide jobs for about 4,000 people. However, the moves by the
car industry and some European governments contr
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Where are those Public Accounts? Delay should worry Liberals
The
Liberals should be getting nervous about the long delay in releasing
the Public Accounts and the Auditor General's review of government
finances. As part of the Liberals'W self-destructive bid to hang on to
power, then finance minister Mike de Jong broke precedent by releasing
unofficial results for the fiscal year ending March 31. He claimed a
$2.8 billion surplus, $1.3 billion higher than bu
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In case of (dicamba) drift
Pesticide drift is a severely underreported problem in rural,
agricultural communities. And now we're in the middle of an epic summer
of drift thanks to Monsanto’s new dicamba-resistant seed line, Xtend.
Expanded planting of Xtend soy and cotton are leading to more spraying
of the herbicide. As a result, farmers in southern and midwestern states
are reporting extensive and debilitating crop damag
Congress steps up where EPA failed
Earlier this week I had a chance to be on Capitol Hill in Washington,
DC when legislation was introduced to ban chlorpyrifos . If these bills
become law, millions of children and workers in the U.S. and around the
world will no longer be exposed to this brain-harming pesticide. This is
very good news. But what I found most inspiring was the group that
gathered to support the legislation. Farmwork
California, stop the drift
Pesticide drift regularly occurs in California agricultural
communities, and too often it flies under the radar. But in the past
several months there have been four major drift incidents that bring the
problem into sharper focus. The findings are in Earlier this week, Kern
County officials released a report detailing a drift incident on the
outskirts of Bakersfield in May, and the findings are st
Guest Blog: Equity for farmers of color in California
Most Californians would be surprised to learn there are over 700
African American farmers in the state. African American farmers are
largely undetectable in California’s 580 farmers markets, except the
Freedom Farmers’ Market in Oakland . As one of the organizers of the
Freedom Farmers’ Market, I celebrate a new state policy , AB 1348, which
would create more opportunities for African American fa
Indigenous solidarity, today & every day
August 9 is the U.N. International Day of the World's Indigenous
Peoples . Today, PAN stands with the estimated 370 million Indigenous
peoples around the world in their struggles to gain justice and obtain
full cultural, economic, social and political rights. The U.N.
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples resonates strongly with
the work PAN’s Indigenous partners and allies are doing in
Getting this carcinogen out of California water
In late July, the California State Water Resources Control Board
approved a stringent "maximum contamination level" (MCL) for a
cancer-causing chemical in drinking water. This was a hard-fought and
important victory for public health. For 25 years,
1,2,3-trichloropropane (TCP) has been designated as a carcinogen in the
state, and the new mandate to keep it out of drinking water — or at
least belo
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The Private Company Behind the Muncie School Bus Fiasco
by Doug Martin As the Muncie, Indiana, privatized school bus fiasco
deepens, parents protest at bus stops, kids get lost on buses on the way
home, 911 calls are made, buses never show up or are late, school gets
cancelled for days because of the chaos, and the Indiana Department of
Education steps in to help clean up the mess, the local community needs
to know there were many red flags before Mun
NAACP Dumps Charter Moratorium And Wins Ravitch "Honor Roll" Status
Last October the NAACP adopted a resolution calling for a moratorium on
the authorization of new charter schools. Even though the new position
did nothing to help the millions of children already trapped and abused
in thousands of apartheid "no excuses" charter schools in 45 states, the
resolution was viewed as the beginning of a societal shift away from
the paternalistic "broken windows" school
NEA Continues Support for Charter Schools
NEA Continues Support for Charter Schools by Jim Horn Every year
American public school educators send approximately a billion and a half
dollars to the National Education Association and over half that amount
to the American Federation of Teachers. The NEA’s latest policy
statement on charter schools should make every teacher wonder why she is
sending in those hundreds of hard-earned dollars eve
Grit by any other name is torture
Angela Duckworth and her "academic" mentor Martin Seligman helped
develop torture models that the CIA uses in places like Iraq. The very
same elements of these torture models were taken from Duckworth et al.
to establish the horrific "no excuses" policies of corporate charter
school chains like KIPP . Both Duckworth and Seligman are monsters, and
that the corporate media continues to provide them
Bad Writer? Blame a Teacher, Says Goldstein
As journo-author of numerous pieces in her series, "Educational History
for Dummies Who Want to Remain That Way," Dana Goldstein has another
gem of a piece in the New York Times , where she regularly brings to
light the corporate education perspective on education issues. This time
Goldstein brings her corporate lens to examine the problem of bad
writing among school children, and it takes just a
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Can You Be Fired For Being A Racist A**hole? Yes. Well, Maybe. Probably.
So,
a Twitter campaign has been outing folks who attended the Nazi/white
supremacy/alt right rally outside the University of Virginia in which a
Nazi murdered a protester and injured many others by plowing into them
with a car. Some of those who have been outed were promptly fired. I've
been asked whether firing someone for attending a racist rally is legal.
The answer is yes. Well, maybe. Probabl
Will You Let Your Employer Microchip You? Just Say No!
And
so it begins. A Wisconsin company is implementing a "voluntary" program
where employees can be microchipped. They swear that they aren't using
GPS technology to follow the employees. However, they say it is a
convenience to the employees, allowing them to pay for things and get in
and out of the building quickly. What's the worst that could happen?
While this foray into treating employees like
Stupid HR Stuff: If You Don't Want Employees To See The Handbook, You're Doing It Wrong
I
hear this all the time: "I was required to sign a paper saying I
received the handbook. As soon as I signed, the HR folks snatched up the
handbook and didn't let me keep a copy." Or, "I was required to sign
saying I received the handbook, but I never actually saw it." What the
heck was the point of that? The whole point of having a handbook is to
let employees know what their responsibilities ar
Hey Florida Medical Marijuana Users - Gov. Scott Says You Can Be Fired
I've
previously written about Florida's medical marijuana law saying nothing
about protecting employees who are prescribed marijuana from
discrimination. That was bad enough. Now, it's worse. Gov. Rick Scott
recently signed into law a bill that very specifically says you can be
fired for using medical marijuana. The
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