Sunday, January 28, 2018

28 January - My Feedly! 2 of 2

NEW IN WIDE ASLEEP IN AMERICA

Citations Needed, Episode 22: Trumpwashing -- How the Media Uses Trump to Launder Our Criminal Past
Wide Asleep in America / by Nima Shirazi / 15d
The unique threat and vileness of Donald Trump’s presidency can’t be overstated. Since he took office a year ago, he’s increased civilian deaths in Afghanistan by 50%, increased civilian deaths in Syria and Iraq (surpassing Obama’s death toll in just under 7 months), issued dozens of nuclear threats against North Korea, unraveled the Iran deal, bombed Hezbollah, Iranian and SAA positions in
Citations Needed, Episode 21: Quantifying Negative Media Portrayals of People of Color
Wide Asleep in America / by Nima Shirazi / 23d
According to one 2014 study, 75% of white Americans don’t have any non-white friends. Put another way, white people’s perception of African Americans and other people of color comes primarily from media representations rather than actual interactions. As such, how communities of color are portrayed in the media – from news and opinion pages to movie and TV screens – is tremendously important.

NEW IN WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE

The Horse in Human History
What Is Sustainable / 14d
Our ancestors evolved on the savannahs of tropical Africa, arid grasslands home to herds of large herbivores. Later, some ancestors migrated out of Africa, into non-tropical Eurasia, a cooler climate for which evolution and experience had not carefully prepared them. They discovered northern grasslands, called steppes, home to herds of gazelles, argali sheep, saiga antelope, reindeer, and wild ho
The Inner Life of Animals
What Is Sustainable / 25d
In his bestselling book, The Hidden Life of Trees , Peter Wohlleben revealed the fascinating magic and mystery of trees. He spent his childhood close to nature, where he was fascinated by the family of life. In his adult years, he has been a forest manager in Germany, continually striving to nurture the health of the land, and minimize harms. He has spent much of his life outdoors. Consequently,

NEW IN MANIFESTO JOE'S TEXAS BLUES

Joe's 2018 Predictions::Kenya Won't Get Nuked
Manifesto Joe's Texas Blues / by Manifesto Joe / 6d
Hi, folks. Sorry I haven't been blogging much lately, but 20`7 was a pretty wild year for me, including a bankruptcy, and other worries. Four months into recovery from surgery, I've been having trouble just seeing, let alone blogging. Following are some predictions for 2018: Kenya won't be instantly vaporized in a nuclear first strike, the Kushners will have a family reunion in federal prison, Vla

NEW IN A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE

Curse of Oak Island - They Reach the Bottom of the Money Pit?
A Different Perspective / by KRandle / 13h
The Money Pit? Let me see if I have this straight. They drilled a huge hole using the best and most modern equipment available. They drilled it right where they had told us all season the original money pit had been dug. They defeated the water traps. The got all the way down to the bedrock. They couldn’t drill any deeper (well, probably they could but it doesn’t seem to be worth the effort and m
Holder's Five-Page Report on the Socorro UFO Landing
A Different Perspective / by KRandle / 26d
Those of you who have followed this research know that I had found a reference to a five-page report written by Captain Richard Holder about the Socorro landing. There was, in the Project Blue Book files, a single-spaced report that covered about half a page. The bottom was blank and it was clear that the pages that followed were not those written by Holder and not part of that five-page report.
Fake News and La Madera
A Different Perspective / by KRandle / 13d
The UFO community has had to put up with fake news for much more than a century. In 1897 there were a number of Great Airship stories that were printed by newspapers. The reporters and editors had to know that some of them were fake, but the interest was there, the stories were there and the bottom line is that newspapers need to make money. Hype a story that doesn’t deserve it, add details that
Moonlight in Socorro, April 24, 1964
A Different Perspective / by KRandle / 22d
Yes, this is something of an exercise in futility... Since the question came up about the available moonlight on the Socorro landing site on April 24, 1964, I thought, for fun, I'd see if I could find the data. Took about five minutes, but for those of you interested in such things, here it is. Sun and Moon Data for One Day U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications Department Socorro, Soco
Tom DeLonge, Disclosure and an Analytical History of UFOs
A Different Perspective / by KRandle / 27d
It would seem that Tom DeLonge’s program has had some success and I wonder if his status as a member of Blink 182 didn’t provide him with access to some high-level people that the rest of us might not have enjoyed. At any rate, just recently, those he had been working with, and who talked about a sighting along with gun camera film made by Navy fighter pilots, was confirmed by the Pentagon. In fa
Socorro UFO Landing - Fused Sand and More
A Different Perspective / by KRandle / 28d
There have been questions raised about aspects of this case that are buried in documentation that can be found in many locations. Given the questions about Mary Mayes and the "fused sand," I thought I would publish some of that documentation to prove its existence and let others bring their own interpretations to it. First up is from The A.P.R.0. Bulletin of May, 1964, and provides one of the hin

NEW IN NOLANCHART.COM

Governing by crisis – A Democrat – RINO tactic that must end!
NolanChart.com / by Mark Vogl / 5d
You know every month I wait for the paycheck to roll in, and then I sit down to pay the bills. If unplanned expenses occurred, […]
Darkest Hour – a must see – brilliant telling of history!
NolanChart.com / by Mark Vogl / 15d
History is the menu of the future. What does that mean? It means that everything we face today has been faced before, and the do’s […]
President Trump brings transparency to DACA – Securing the border, and Immigration!
NolanChart.com / by Mark Vogl / 18d
President Donald Trump showed political brilliance with a full and open meeting, bring the leadership of both parties and both Houses of Congress to a […]
The new tactic for Democrats, Liberals, Progressives, and the Ruling Elite!
NolanChart.com / by Mark Vogl / 18d
The Democrats, in “collusion” with the main stream media owned by the Ruling Elite, have clearly found a new tactic to create and sustain the […]
For future historians, the mortal blow to the concept of America
NolanChart.com / by Mark Vogl / 23d
It is January, 2018, and the United States of America is being destroyed from the inside. The enemies of the American Republic and the Constitution […]

NEW IN PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK

Dicamba forecast 2018
Pesticide Action Network / 2d
With the 2018 growing season approaching, agricultural states across the country are stepping up to ensure farmers don’t experience the same pesticide drift epidemic that wreaked havoc on farmland last summer. Application of the drift-prone herbicide in question, dicamba, led to an estimated 3.6 million acres of crop damage last year after a rushed approval of Monsanto’s new dicamba-resistant see
Pesticides threaten salmon & whales, too
Pesticide Action Network / 2d
A new, national report shows that organophosphate pesticides (OPs) threaten the health of aquatic wildlife, notably orca and salmon . Researchers at the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) evaluated malathion, diazinon and the controversial pesticide chlorpyrifos . Chlorpyrifos was slated for a national ban at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last spring, due to known health harms t
Do the crime, pay the fine
Pesticide Action Network / by Andrew Olsen / 4d
California lawmakers take steps to add stricter penalties for pesticide drift violations, signaling support for the health and safety of the state's farmworkers and farming communities. Learn more Slideshow Category: Flex Slider
A city goes 'organic'
Pesticide Action Network / 16d
In early January, the City Council of Portland, Maine unanimously passed a tough ban on synthetic pesticide use in the city, leading many Portland residents to applaud their city’s new “organic” status. The ordinance comes in as one of the strongest pesticide use reduction policies in the country. A strong city ordinance Beginning July 1, 2019, residents and city workers of Portland won’t be usin
Do the crime, pay the fine
Pesticide Action Network / 16d
On Tuesday, California lawmakers took steps to add stricter penalties for pesticide drift violations in the state. With a 5-0 vote, members of the Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee moved AB 1419 forward , signaling support for the health and safety of California farmworkers and farming communities. Protections for farmworkers The bill , which was authored by Assemblymember Bill Q
A city goes 'organic'
Pesticide Action Network / by Andrew Olsen / 11d
Portland, Maine unanimously passed a tough ban on synthetic pesticide use in the city, leading many residents to applaud their city’s new “organic” status. Learn more Slideshow Category: Flex Slider

NEW IN THE RULES OF EXPOSITION

Simple
The Rules of Exposition / by The Arthurian / 18d
Eric Hoffer : There is no reason why the profoundest thoughts should not make easy and exciting reading. A profound thought is an exciting thing — as exciting as a detective's deductions or hunches. The simpler the words in which a thought is expressed the more stimulating its effect.
'words dilute meaning'
The Rules of Exposition / by The Arthurian / 23d
Eric Hoffer : Wordiness is a sickness of American writing. Too many words dilute and blur ideas. There is not an idea that cannot be expressed in 200 words. But the writer must know precisely what he wants to say. If you have nothing to say and want badly to say it, then all the words in all the dictionaries will not suffice.
Apparently I'm out of the loop
The Rules of Exposition / by The Arthurian / 25d
These days, words seem to change faster even than technology. I was at Forbes trying to read Adam Ozimek amid all the flashy things on the screen. In the sidebar, Star Wars caught my eye: Star Wars, and the bare arms below it: How to make your side... My side? How to make your side hustle... Hustle? I was expecting something like How to make your side pain go away... Does my side hustle? Does my s

NEW IN MIDDLE CLASS POLITICAL ECONOMIST

Amazon scores two more $5+ billion bids
Middle Class Political Economist / by Kenneth Thomas / 5d
A non-blogging friend points me to the announcement today of Maryland's subsidy bid that puts Montgomery County into one of the 20 finalist slots . Shockingly, Governor Larry Hogan (R-MD) put in a bid that would pay Amazon almost the entire cost of its facility, depending on what you think a proper discount rate should be now (hint: low). "HQ2," which Amazon has stated will amount to an eventual $
Amazon moves closer to breaking the bank with "HQ2"
Middle Class Political Economist / by Kenneth Thomas / 9d
Yesterday (Jan. 18), Amazon announced the 20 finalists for its "HQ2" project, that will supposedly create a second headquarters ( why ?) for the company somewhere in North America, most likely in the United States. With an alleged 50,000 jobs and $5 billion in investment, this development attracted 238 bids from cities and counties in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The finalists: Atlanta,

NEW IN NORTHERNTRUTHSEEKER

Monika Schaefer, Imprisoned In Germany By The Thought Police: Update On Her Situation
Northerntruthseeker / 7h
I have indeed been waiting for some new information concerning Canadian citizen, Monika Schaefer, who presently is sitting in a German prison on the ridiculous charges of "Holocaust Denial".... It is still an outrage to me that there has been little being done by the criminal Trudeau regime in Ottawa about this Canadian citizen being held illegally in Germany for nothing more than expressing her f
The Syrian War To Free Itself From The US/Israel/NATO Scourge: Updates on Situation In Syria - Facing Defeat, The Criminals Are NOW Pushing Another One Of Their Ludicrous "Peace Proposals"!
Northerntruthseeker / 1d
The conflict has now turned into one of desperation for the US backed Kurdish criminals operating in and around the towns of Afrin and Manjib in northern Syria that are facing the continuing onslaught of the Turkish army.... Apparently all of the recent reports coming out of both the alternative media and the Jew spew media are saying much the same in that the US has now "abandoned" the Kurds in t
The Syrian War To Free Itself From The Evil US/Israel/NATO Scourge: SAA Pushing Deeper Into Idlib Province, While Turks Shrink PKK/YPG Pocket Around Afrin
Northerntruthseeker / 2d
I had someone ask me why I changed my titles for my Syrian updates from "criminal cabal" to "scourge", and I will state clearly that the entire cabal is nothing but a "scourge" on all humanity.. Therefore this minor change fits perfectly with these articles... OK, Where to begin... I have been watching the reports pouring in about the Turkish attacks against the US backed criminal PKK/YPG "Kurdish
Canada's Burgeoning Immigration Crisis: Immigration And The End Of Canadian Culture
Northerntruthseeker / 4d
As a true red blooded Canadian, I am absolutely disgusted by the actions of the criminal Justin Trudeau regime in Ottawa that has basically opened Canada's borders wide open to the most disgusting criminal and illegal filth that comes from every shithole across the globe..... I am not here to be "politically correct" and I will spell it out like it is; These illegal migrant workers are absolutely
The Syrian War To Free Itself From The Evil US/Israel/NATO Scourge: Sowing War And Chaos - US Continues Meddling In Syria Through The Kurds!
Northerntruthseeker / 4d
I am continuing to watch what has been happening in Syria over the last week, and especially how matters have taken a further turn thanks to the Turkish invasion of northern Syria.... It does appear that the American attempt to dismember Syria through their diabolical plan of using the Kurds to create an illegal state carved out of Syria may be turning into a disaster..... I have been watching and
The Hawaiian Nuclear Alert "False Alarm": Even More Speculation That We Just Averted Nuclear War!
Northerntruthseeker / 4d
I have had my naysayers come out and attack me over the last week about my reports concerning the Hawaiian Islands "False Alarm" nuclear alert that lasted (very strangely) for some 38 minutes, and left many of the islanders in sheer panic.... I have been continuing to look at all of the reports since that "incident" of January 13th, 2018 with a lot of skepticism.... Being of course a long time cri

NEW IN OBSIDIAN WINGS

Bright the hawk's flight
Obsidian Wings / by SuperUser / 4d
by Doctor Science Ursula K. LeGuin has died . The SFF community knew she was fading, but we hoped, illogically, that there would be a reprieve, time for more encores. For so many of us, she was our mother, our teacher, our grandmother. An icon of what we might do, and even more of what we might strive to be. She was always aware that SFF is the most political of genres and also the most religious
Again
Obsidian Wings / by liberal japonicus / 1d
Bailey Holt and Preston Cope The 11th school shooting since 1 Jan, and the 50th this academic year.
Tsunami Warning
Obsidian Wings / by SuperUser / 10d
by wj Yesterday, in Wisconsin, there was a special election . Governor Walker had nominated a prominent state senator to be his agriculture secretary, so this was to fill his (safe) seat. It wasn't a big deal . . . except it was. The previous (Republican, obviously) state senator was a popular guy. And the Republican assemblyman running to succeed him was also popular. Nothing resembling a Roy Mo
MLK
Obsidian Wings / by russell / 12d
by russell One of his last speeches , an address to the Conference on New Politics, entitled The Three Evils of Society. King's three evils were war, racism, and poverty. It's pretty long, about 45 minutes, but worth a listen IMO. This speech represents some of King's later thinking, when he had broadened the scope of his analysis from racism and race-related civil rights issues, to a broader con
Ur American Sh1thole Values NFL Open Thread
Obsidian Wings / by Ugh / 15d
by Ugh More Trump because why not? Eh. I've seen responses to the latest sharted eruption from POTUS saying that it "does not represent American values," to which my response of late is "Are you sure?" Almost 63 million people voted for this waste. There is a long history of American racism in immigration (and obviously other) matters that continues to this day, apparently. So, who are we kidding
Personal Fears Semi-Open Post
Obsidian Wings / by Sebastian / 22d
--Sebastian In this time of Trump, it seems almost indulgent to worry about personal fears of unverifiable things, but we can't let Trump be our only source of misery now can we? My paternal grandmother had a particularly nasty descent into Alzheimer's disease about 10 years before her death. The signs started earlier, but she had a long bitter spiral downward. One of her only great joys was bird

NEW IN PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS

Turkey/Syria & Afrin: Syrian Trops Not Targets, Reconcilliation Council & More
Penny for your thoughts / by Penny / 1d
Frankly, I'm still a bit flummoxed at the suggestions that the move into Afrin was an entirely unexpected move. Turkish FM Cavusoglu says...... ....Afrin to Be Handed Over to It’s Real Owners Turkish foreign minister on Friday said the Afrin region in Syria would be handed over to Syrians once it was cleared from terrorists through Operation Olive Branch. "After clearing them [terrorists], we wil
Turkey's Near Century Distrust of the US = Rational Basis for Afrin Move
Penny for your thoughts / by Penny / 3d
From the Atlantic How the Past...... In the 19th century, Britain, France, and Russia occupied or fostered the independence of Greece, Serbia, Romania, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Tunisia, and Egypt—each one part of the Ottoman Empire. In 1920, the victors of World War I forced the Ottomans to sign the Treaty of Sèvres, which detached what would become Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Israel from the House
Brand New US Warship Trapped in Icy Water in Montreal, Canada
Penny for your thoughts / by Penny / 3d
Canada’s harsh winter weather is just too much for this ship . “Global Warming”? As previously stated Mother Nature didn’t get the memo. US Warship Trapped in Montreal USS Little Rock The Canadian climate is apparently too harsh for the US Navy, as one of its state-of-the-art vessels found itself trapped in ice in Montreal waterway and may spend the whole winter there before it can set sail again
Unless Erdogan Stops Spitting in Trumps Face the US/Turkey Alliance Will End?
Penny for your thoughts / by Penny / 4d
Noah Feldman is quite the spin doctor! “The U.S. needs to start imagining NATO without Turkey. The latest reason is Turkey’s assault against the Syrian Kurds. The same Kurds who, with U.S. training and support, have borne the brunt of the fighting against Islamic State. Turkey is coordinating its attacks with Iran and Russia -- the very countries the North Atlantic Treaty Organization exists to o
NATO Saves Face as UN Security Council Refrains From Condemning Turkey
Penny for your thoughts / by Penny / 5d
Below are the article's I've read today: Daily Mail- This has a whole lot to do with the potential to shatter the NATO alliance. As mentioned yesterday France was going to take this issue to the UN The UN Security Council discussed Turkey's intensifying offensive against Kurdish militias and the worsening humanitarian crisis in Syria on Monday but did not condemn or demand an end to the sensitive
Update: Operation Olive Branch- Turkey's Operation Against US Backed Kurdish Proxies in Syria
Penny for your thoughts / by Penny / 6d
It is France that called for an ‘urgent’ UN meeting - Earlier there were claims that Russia was going to do that. Claims, quite frankly I did not believe. Since I hold the opinion Russia green lighted this operation. As did Iran. As did Syria. It seems self evident despite all the cheap talk. US Broken promises trigger Afrin operation *Arming PKK/YPG Kurds *Broken US promise to have their kurdish

NEW IN NORTHERN REFLECTIONS

A Circular Firing Squad
Northern Reflections / by Owen Gray / 19h
Perhaps Ontario's Progressive Conservatives have been in the wilderness for so long because they have a talent for screwing things up. Martin Regg Cohn thinks so. They elected a leader yesterday and then decided to have a lightning leadership race. Cohn writes : A day after the party’s public self-immolation, with ex-leader Patrick Brown publicly tarred and feathered for alleged sexual transgress
Trump Digs A Deeper Hole
Northern Reflections / by Owen Gray / 1d
The New York Times reports that, back in June, Donald Trump tried to fire Robert Mueller. Trump has denounced the report as "fake news." Vox reports that Mueller has been aware of this story for a some time. He wants to talk to Trump and Don McGahn, Trump's White House counsel, who threatened to resign if the order was carried out. Apparently, the threat worked. The Times has set up a "perjury tr
Gone -- But Not Completely
Northern Reflections / by Owen Gray / 2d
Kellie Leitch has existed -- stage right. But, Stephen Maher writes , her constituency is still out there: Pollster Frank Graves, who recently completed a polling project for the Canadian Press to explore the prospects for northern populism, sees a shift in Canadian attitudes about the economy, immigration and trade that could provide an opening for someone like Leitch. “I think Kellie Leitch was
On The Verge
Northern Reflections / by Owen Gray / 3d
We live in a complex civilization, writes George Monbiot. And we are on the verge of tearing it apart: Certain western governments are engaged in a frenzy of self-destruction. In an age of phenomenal complexity and interlocking crises, the Trump administration has embarked on a mass de-skilling and simplification of the state. Donald Trump may have sacked his strategist, Steve Bannon, but Bannon’
Trump's Unreliability
Northern Reflections / by Owen Gray / 4d
The back and forth during the recent government shut down proves one thing; Donald Trump is utterly unreliable. Paul Krugman writes : Two weeks ago, Trump declared that if Congress came up with a plan to protect Dreamers — undocumented immigrants brought here as children — while enhancing border security, he would sign it. Two days later, a bipartisan group of senators brought him a plan doing ju
Democracy Depends On It
Northern Reflections / by Owen Gray / 5d
Michael Harris has watched Steven Spielberg's new movie, The Post, the story of The Washington Post's decision to publish the Pentagon Papers. He writes : When the Washington Post printed the story of the Pentagon Papers, it was still owned by the Graham family. One person, Katherine Graham, ultimately decided to press the red button to start the printing presses. No small decision, since it coul

NEW IN MAJIA'S BLOG

Ring of Fire Active
Majia's Blog / 1d
Newsweek is reporting that the "ring of fire" has been activated as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions mount http://www.newsweek.com/earthquakes-volcanoes-ring-fire-california-alaska-792005 I have a global earthquake alert system that I track and I've been amazed at how many 5.0 scale and above earthquakes have occurred over the last 5 days. For example, there was a 7.9 earthquake in Alaska on Tu
6.2 Earthquake in Japan off Honshu
Majia's Blog / 3d
See the story here: https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/979dd63e-3e3e-3fef-8704-5dc8af96b5db/ss_japan-hit-by-6.2-earthquake.html The quake appears to have been far north of Fukushima. Map here: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/6-2-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-off-japan-usgs-9892074 Daiichi looks unchanged, at least, above ground: Who knows what is going on underground. TEPCO has not been
Simple Error or Calculated Revisionism?
Majia's Blog / 4d
I was reading a Mainichi news story this morning on airborne radiation levels near Fukushima Daiichi, which remain quite elevated. What struck me about the reported story is the assertion that the government set the radiation exposure level at 1 millisievert a year after the accident: Airborne Radiation Near Fukushima Nuke Plant Still Far Higher Than Gov’t Max. (Jan 18, 2018) The Mainichi https:/
Fukushima Unit 2 in the News Again
Majia's Blog / 5d
TEPCO tells us they have identified the remains of "part of a nuclear fuel assembly" scattered at the bottom of unit 2's containment vessel: CHIKAKO KAWAHARA January 20, 2018 Melted nuclear fuel seen inside No. 2 reactor or at Fukushima plant. The Asahi Shimbun http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201801200017.html A remote-controlled camera captured what appears to be melted fuel inside a reactor
7 Strategies for a Radioactive Wasteland
Majia's Blog / 8d
One of the commentators at this blog observed that there is a concerted effort underway to turn the world into a radioactive wasteland, if we've not already achieved that outcome. I agree and have outlined here the 7-point strategy aimed at this outcome: 1. Strategy One is to reinvigorate uranium mining: Uranium Miners Pushed Hard for a Comeback. They Got their Wish. (2018, January 13). The New Y
Now this is simply getting weird
Majia's Blog / 10d
First Hawaii received a false alarm about incoming ballistic missiles, then Japan when a NHK broadcaster inadvertently issued a similar false alarm: Anna Fitfield (2018, January 16). First Hawaii, now Japan sends a false alarm about incoming North Korean missile. The Washington Post, SEOUL — Japanese public broadcaster NHK mistakenly sent an alert Tuesday warning that North Korea had fired a miss

NEW IN SARDONICKY

Neocon Democrats Already Blaming Russia For Shutdown Mess
Sardonicky / by Karen Garcia / 5d
If the Democrats are pressured into striking a deal with the bad guys to keep the government chugging along for awhile longer, they want you to know it was all the Russians' fault. David Leonhardt (see previous post) will be so disappointed when he finds out! The Democratic veal pen now known as HuffPo has collaborated with the new neocon think tank, Alliance for Securing Democracy , to spread th
The Artifice of the Deal
Sardonicky / by Karen Garcia / 1d
I almost expected the squadron of military helicopters to start strafing panic-stricken Alpine tourists as it bore Donald Trump to his Davos destination the other day. The sight of the droning machines on the bleak Swiss horizon has been aptly compared to famous opening scene of Apocalypse Now . The highly scripted scene lacked only the Wagnerian soundtrack augment the sense of looming shock and
Ursula K. Le Guin
Sardonicky / by Karen Garcia / 3d
The grand dame of imaginative literature has died , aged 88. Acclaimed author of such socialistically-oriented fantasy masterpieces as The Dispossessed and The Left Hand of Darkness , Ursula Le Guin confined herself to social commentary and yes, blogging, in her later years. As a matter of fact, I was in the middle of a collection of her often hilarious essays when I got the New York Times alert
That Old Weimar Feeling
Sardonicky / by Karen Garcia / 5d
David Leonhardt of the New York Times is at it again. Barely a few hours into the government shutdown, and he already wants the Democrats to settle with the Republicans for the good of the party. A culture war over immigration replays the racialized debate that dominated the 2016 presidential campaign. As much as it saddens me to say it, the evidence is pretty clear that a racialized debate helps
Censorship Is As Censorship Does
Sardonicky / by Karen Garcia / 9d
The mass media just can't get enough of Donald Trump's ludicrous "fake news" awards, posted on Wednesday night only to almost instantaneously crash due to all that eager traffic. That, and other important stories like #GirtherGate and Congress's annual contrived government shutdown threat, have apparently filled the news-holes so densely that there was no room to cover the Wednesday Senate hearin
Gray Lady Wants You To Cool the "Race-talk"
Sardonicky / by Karen Garcia / 11d
How can you tell when the ruling elites inhabit a moral cesspit? When the Paper of Record, acting on behalf of the Democratic Party, warns voters not to talk about Donald Trump's or anybody else's racism past a certain, self-serving point. You see, it's not about doing or saying what's right. It's about doing or saying whatever it takes for your political party to win. Calling out the evil of rac

NEW IN SCHOOLS MATTER

My Interview with Sean Stone on Watching the Hawks-Part 1
Schools Matter / by Doug Martin / 15h
by Doug Martin Here is segment 1 of my RT TV interview with Sean Stone, Oliver Stone’s son, on “Watching the Hawks.” It deals with my book Hoosier School Heist, national school privatization, etc., and starts around 14:43 in the video.
A Community of Resistance: Building Sanctuary Part 6
Schools Matter / by phila.ken / 15h
from Wrench in the Gears January 27, 2018 When I started writing this story, a few people suggested I include some hope in it; good organizing comes when you have anger, hope, and a plan. I’ll admit that hope is hard for me. I tend towards the dire, the energetically dark even. I know too much. My preference, of course, is that you all read this, and we begin to organize and resist to avoid full
AP History Indoctrination
Schools Matter / by Jim Horn / 1d
Vermilion Teacher escorted out of school board meeting in handcuffs
Schools Matter / by Jim Horn / 18d
Cuffs, really? This is what happens in Louisiana when you ask about the superintendent's $38,000 raise.
China Leads the Way to Total Surveillance "Stable" Societies
Schools Matter / by Jim Horn / 18d
When "deep learning" is entirely "data driven :" Smart technology backed by artificial intelligence will be a tool to assist the police forces of the future. Chinese IT and telecoms giant Huawei says its Safe Cities technology has already helped Kenya bring down urban crime rates. But who's a criminal? In China, documents for the Police Cloud project unearthed by Human Rights Watch list "petition
Trump, the 'Very Stable Genius,' Is Falling Apart as Mueller Seeks Interview @alternet
Schools Matter / by Jim Horn / 17d
Trump, the 'Very Stable Genius,' Is Falling Apart as Mueller Seeks Interview @alternet : New revelations raise the question: Is he a crook, or is he nuts? The tide of discussion of President Trump’s mental competence is rising along with the alarm of the president’s lawyers.

NEW IN IN THESE TIMES

Bernie Sanders Just Sidestepped Corporate Media to Promote Medicare for All to 1 Million Viewers
In These Times / by Theo Anderson / 3d
The revolution will not be televised, but it might be live-streamed. “It ain’t gonna be on CBS, it ain’t gonna be on NBC,” Sen. Bernie Sanders said on Tuesday evening, near the end of a “Medicare for All Town Hall” that was streamed to an estimated audience of more than a million people over three social media outlets—Now This, Attn: and The Young Turks Network (YTN). Sanders was referring specif
Wall Street Isn’t the Answer to the Pension Crisis. Expanding Social Security Is.
In These Times / by Doug Henwood and Liza Featherstone / 4d
State and local public pension funds across the country are in political and economic crisis. At stake is a comfortable and deserved retirement for millions who have spent their lives serving the public—teaching our children, picking up our garbage, running our libraries. The crisis could also profoundly affect the budgets of state and municipal governments, already weakened by decades of austeri
Trump’s Dreamer “Deal” Reads Like a White Nationalist Wish List
In These Times / by Miles Kampf-Lassin / 14h
On Thursday, the Trump administration unveiled its latest immigration plan during a call with Republican staffers and Trump allies hosted by White House senior advisor Stephen Miller. While many media outlets described the plan as an “offer” to protect 1.8 million Dreamers, including current DACA recipients, the plan represents a hardline crackdown on immigration that would tear apart families wh
The Planet Is Burning and Neoliberalism Is Not the Answer
In These Times / by Scott Edwards / 3d
With the Republican Party in full control of the federal government, much of the energy of the anti-Trump resistance has shifted to the state level, especially in places where Democrats hold considerable power. But when it comes to climate and energy policies, we must resist the temptation to embrace half-measures and failed market schemes. Unfortunately, these false climate solutions are being p
Houston Is Being Rebuilt on a Foundation of Wage Theft
In These Times / by Bryce Covert / 5d
To gird themselves against Houston’s freakish sub-40-degree weather, the jornaleros , or day laborers, draw the hoods of their sweatshirts so tight that just their noses peek out. Huddled in groups of four or five across a Home Depot parking lot, the clusters disintegrate when Maurico “Chele” Iglesias approaches. Although Iglesias, an organizer with the Workers Defense Project , has been coming t
Does the Natural World Needs Its Own Bill of Rights?
In These Times / by Dayton Martindale / 3d
rights • of • na•ture noun 1. The ethical principle that the living world—individual organisms as well as the ecology and geography that shelters and sustains them—has inherent worth 2. Legal protections for ecosystems “Some people will say it’s pretty strange to give a natural resource a legal personality. But it’s no stranger than family trusts, or companies or incorporated societies.” —New Zea

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Great Acts Are Made Up Of.....The Wisdom of Lao Tzu
Stranger in a Strange Land / 1d
A Plea From The Farmers Of South Africa to The Citizens Of The United States In Help To Contact The White House
Stranger in a Strange Land / 3d
#DailyAttacks #SavagesRoaming and preying upon innocent White people The productive, peaceful #Farmers and their hardworking families... subjected to gov't sanctioned violence. #Targeted for termination in the most vile and evil manner #SaveTheBoere Join us to get the #WhiteHouse talking about this in public. #DefendEuropeanHeritage ... Everywhere. https://nationunderassault.weebly.com/campaign.h
Narcissist Bosses - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins
Stranger in a Strange Land / 5d
One cannot go from Zero to boss overnight Narcissist bosses © 2018 M.N. Hopkins Note: The inspiration came to me to write this poem after watching a video about the elite who run our world and seeing a news show with high level politicians from several political parties in Sweden and wondering if they could be so stupid to believe the words coming out of their mouths or if they were just liars fo
Balance Is The Key - A Quotation from M.N. Hopkins
Stranger in a Strange Land / 6d
To be truly human, one must be truly Divine. To be truly Divine, one must be truly human. Balance is the key. © M.N. Hopkins
After This Life - The Wisdom of Emanuel Swedenborg
Stranger in a Strange Land / 9d
Third Density Life - A Poem by Mud
Stranger in a Strange Land / 12d
Note: Mud is a gifted poet from Australia. To learn more about Mud, please click on the link provided below: https://www.minds.com/Mudduck

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Martin Bormann Spilled Vital Secrets to Soviets
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(Bormann, right, with Hitler) Nazi Party Secretary Martin Bormann was at the heart of the Nazi apparatus. He signed Hitler's paycheck. Louis Kilzer examined the wire traffic between the spy known as "Werther" and Moscow and determined that only Bormann had access to this information. "The Soviets were able to ask very detailed questions about Nazi defenses and intentions. The result was the decis
Nazis Rescued Leader of Jewish Supremacist Cult. Why?
henrymakow.com / 4d
(Trump, his father, Hitler and Chabad leadership have Masonic hand sign in common) Does Chabad, a satanist Jewish supremacist cult secretly control world events? The fact that both the Nazis and the US State Dept. made an exception for Chabad leader Josef Schneerson suggests it does. Is Chabad the "head of the Illuminati snake?" by Henry Makow Ph.D In January 1940, Gestapo members were bewildered
Chabad-Lubavitch and the Globalist Prophecy Deception (Disclaimer- I post this for interest sake. It is not an endorsem...
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Chabad-Lubavitch and the Globalist Prophecy Deception (Disclaimer- I post this for interest sake. It is not an endorsement.) by Ken S (henrymakow.com) As we watch the inexorable and seemingly inexplicable march towards high-intensity war in Korea and the Middle East, and as we observe the controlled elements of the alt-media promoting Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin as our nascent saviors from th
Men Must Pay Child Support Even When Tricked
henrymakow.com / 2d
Below, a family lawyer describes how men are forced to pay child support even when the woman claimed she was on the pill. "You play; you pay," the judge ruled. This is another reason why "hook up" culture is dangerous for both men and women. Men tend to forget that sex is not a recreational pastime but the act of procreation. We tend to forget that motherhood is the agenda of many women e ither f
More People Realize the "Enemy" is Within
henrymakow.com / 19d
The largely positive reaction to Mohammed Moorad's article Muslim to "Red Necks" - We are Not Your Enemy suggests more people are cluing into the fact that Muslims are not the enemy. The Illuminati is. The mainspring of the Illuminati is the central banking cartel which controls business, government, media, education, law and the military using Organized Jewry (Zionism) and Freemasonry as instrum
"War of Civilizations" is a Zionist Scam - Muslim
henrymakow.com / 18d
A British Muslim reader explains the Saudi role in the Zionist (Masonic) plan to start a war between The West (Christianity) and Islam. He exposes the online facilitators of this agenda, Alex Jones and Jeff Rense. by Ash (henrymakow.com) To bring about the Albert Pike's World War 3, the Satanists had to create a violent bloodthirsty "Islamic" cult. The British establishment found an ancient sect,

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BWorld 181, Effects of Supreme Court TRO on RCOA
Government and Taxes / by Nonoy Oplas / 6d
* This is my column in BusinessWorld last January 18. “The real bosses, in the capitalist system of market economy, are the consumers… The entrepreneur profits to the extent he has succeeded in serving the consumers better than other people have done.” — Ludwig von Mises, Bureaucracy Geographical monopolies in electricity distribution are among the last remaining state-created monopolies in the c
WHO must go back to basics
Government and Taxes / by Nonoy Oplas / 6d
I am reposting this good article by a friend, Philip Stevens, published in BusinessWorld last Thursday, January 18. ------- To maintain relevance, WHO must go back to basics AS one of 34 executive board members of the World Health Organization (WHO) meeting in Geneva next week, the Philippines shares a pivotal role in setting the global health agenda for the next year. The WHO’s work has never be
Pictures from UP Diliman, 1985-1987
Government and Taxes / by Nonoy Oplas / 9d
Mula sa baul ni Fidel Nemenzo at ibang mga friends sa UP, these photos strike nostalgia and happy memories. Below, in one of the group photos of the Independent Student Alliance (ISA) student party during the UP University Student Council (USC) elections. Among the people here: Agnes Camacho, Rowena Alvarez, Alan Ortiz, Marie Sharon Guerrero, Sheila Espine Villaluz, Doby Pineda, Jay Batongbacal,
BWorld 180, Has East Asia liberalized its trade enough?
Government and Taxes / by Nonoy Oplas / 9d
* This is my column in BusinessWorld last January 11. Under a system of perfectly free commerce, each country naturally devotes its capital and labour to such employments as are most beneficial to each. By rewarding ingenuity… it distributes labour most effectively and most economically: while, by increasing the general mass of productions, it diffuses general benefit, and binds together by one c
Interaksyon shutting down
Government and Taxes / by Nonoy Oplas / 9d
Interaksyon's "Fat-Free Economics" column was my other home for two years, early 2012 to mid-2014. I wrote several dozen articles there with the support of my editor and friend, Arnold Tenorio. Am sad with this news... My first article in interaksyon, March 2012, Fat-Free Econ 1: Macroeconomics for Micro Concerns My concluding paragraph: "Main lesson: BIG government is bad for the economy. More t
IPR and innovation 40, WHO health alarmism and IPR tinkering
Government and Taxes / by Nonoy Oplas / 12d
Seven years ago, I briefly surveyed the various offices under the UN and I was surprised to see about 100+ different agencies. See UN bureaucracies -- too many! (December 20, 2010). Among the huge and wide UN offices and bureaucracies is the World Health Organization (WHO). On its website, Media Center, News Releases 2017, these stories seem like we are still in the 90s or even the 80s, or the 70

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QotD: On haranguing dissenters [updated]
Not PC / by Peter Cresswell / 5d
"This interview [below] between Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson and UK Channel 4 interviewer Cathy Newman] is truly a work of art, and while one could probably write a treatise analysing it, one important [point], which I blogged about recently, is the phenomenon of the conceptual versus the anti-conceptual mind... .... "Newman demonstrates [the] anti-conceptual mentality by refusing to gra
QotD: On results, not wishful thinking
Not PC / by Peter Cresswell / 2d
"The left is so invested in the idea that they are helping the disadvantaged that they seldom bother to check the actual consequences of what they are doing." ~ Thomas Sowell . Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is granted, with link and attribution.
QotD: "Your group identity is not your cardinal feature..."
Not PC / by Peter Cresswell / 3d
"Your group identity is not your cardinal feature. That’s the great discovery of the west. That’s why the west is right . And I mean that unconditionally. The west is the only place in the world that has ever figured out that the individual is sovereign... And it’s the key to everything that we’ve ever done right.” ~ Jordan Peterson, quoted in The Guardian . Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com ©
Rising housing prices: It's frightening, and there are two leading causes ...
Not PC / by Peter Cresswell / 3d
“The tidal wave of cheap money from … central banks has to go somewhere, so now it is flooding into housing and making serfs out of the middle class.” ~ Tweeter 'Rudolph E. Havenstein,' quoting Ken Sherman , in reference to WSJ’s article: ' Meet Your New Landlord: Wall Street ' Houses are generally paid for by borrowing. Each time a borrower borrows, a bank creates a new debt. This is now new mon
Bastiat & the 'balanced trade' bugaboo
Not PC / by Peter Cresswell / 4d
With the announcement after all of a TPP deal that includes New Zealand, it's worth reminding ourselves, as this guest post by Marco den Ouden does, that trade exists because the parties to every trade see an advantage to doing so, not because it is "good for the country." _________________________________________________________________________________ "Trade protection accumulates upon a single
QotD: Mises on trade
Not PC / by Peter Cresswell / 4d
"In our age of international division of labour, free trade is the prerequisite for any amicable arrangement between nations." ~ Omnipotent Government , p. 6 "Imports are in fact paid for by exports and not by money." ~ The Theory of Money and Credit , p. 286 "It is a matter of indifference whether one produces foodstuffs and raw materials at home oneself or, if it seems more economic, obtains th

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From Jenna Orkin Scientists Hate the NIH’s New Rules for Experimenting on Humans Museum of Natural History urged to cut...
From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog / by Jenna Orkin / 18h
From Jenna Orkin Scientists Hate the NIH’s New Rules for Experimenting on Humans Museum of Natural History urged to cut ties with 'anti-science propagandist' Rebekah MercerMore than 100 scientists have urged the museum to sever its ties with Mercer, one of Donald Trump’s top donors Anti-science tech wizard. Air Force One Fridge Replacement To Cost $24 Million, Store 3,000 Meals Is This The World'
From Jenna Orkin No Representation Without Taxation video . Billionaires Earned Enough Money in 2017 to End Extreme Pov...
From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog / by Jenna Orkin / 1d
From Jenna Orkin No Representation Without Taxation video . Billionaires Earned Enough Money in 2017 to End Extreme Poverty Seven Times Over, Report Says The Doomsday Clock is now just 2 minutes to ‘midnight,’ the symbolic hour of the apocalypse Record rain across soggy France keeps Seine rising Melinda Gates battles to promote contraception in Burkina Faso Hundreds of children sickened, dead in
From Jenna Orkin The Post and the Pentagon Papers Informative opposing take by James DiEugenio Russian Submarine Seen E...
From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog / by Jenna Orkin / 2d
From Jenna Orkin The Post and the Pentagon Papers Informative opposing take by James DiEugenio Russian Submarine Seen Engulfed In Flames, Russian Navy Calls It An "Exercise" It's Official: 2017 Was Mexico's Most-Murderous Year Ever WW3 Preparations? Amidst Drought, North Korean Officials Raid Homes And Farms To Feed Army Estonia To Issue 'How To Prepare For War' Leaflets To 1.3 Million Citizens P
From Jenna Orkin Montana becomes first state to implement net neutrality after FCC repeal MDMA For PTSD Therapy Enters ...
From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog / by Jenna Orkin / 3d
From Jenna Orkin Montana becomes first state to implement net neutrality after FCC repeal MDMA For PTSD Therapy Enters Final Round of Trials, Could Be Approved In U.S. and Canada By 2021 Trump Fires Latest Shot In Trade Wars - Imposes 30% Tariff On Solar-Panel Imports Canadian Billionaire Couple Was Murdered, Private Investigators Say Billionaires Stuck: Davos Disrupted By Massive Snowfall, Avala
From Jenna Orkin An Oil Slick Off the Coast of China Has Tripled in Size Saudi Arabia's lawyer says families of 9/11 vi...
From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog / by Jenna Orkin / 4d
From Jenna Orkin An Oil Slick Off the Coast of China Has Tripled in Size Saudi Arabia's lawyer says families of 9/11 victims have no evidence in suit against kingdom And they're citing as evidence the 9/11 Commission Report which even its authors claim is flawed. Maybe they mean the part where it says they wouldn't look into the source for funding. Fed Up With Drug Companies, Hospitals Decide to
From Jenna Orkin Last three years hottest on record: UN Fake medicines flourish in Africa despite killing thousands How...
From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog / by Jenna Orkin / 5d
From Jenna Orkin Last three years hottest on record: UN Fake medicines flourish in Africa despite killing thousands How a tropical pathogen came to reside in the Pacific Northwest Booby-trapped messaging apps used for spying: researchers NSA deleted surveillance data it pledged to preserve Google Has An Actual Secret Speech Police Only one road in the world leads from Russia to North Korea — and
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