New in thwap's schoolyard
Random Thoughts on Canadian Political Scene
Rabble's Karl Nerenberg has a fair and balanced piece on why Trudeau
needed to apologize for an all-expenses paid vacation at the Aga Khan's
island: The Aga Khan himself does not do business with Canada. The Aga
Khan Development Network (AKDN) does. It functions, in the Canadian
context, as a non- governmental organization (NGO), receiving Government
of Canada funding to provide services in the d
New in Vagabond Scholar
Jon Swift Roundup 2017
(The
Best Posts of the Year, Chosen by the Bloggers Themselves) (A Jon Swift
lolcat for a little fun. After all, Godwin's "law" was never meant to
shut down serious discussion.) Welcome to the 2017 edition! It's been a
bizarre year. This tradition was started by the late Jon Swift/Al
Weisel, who left behind some excellent satire and would have had a
wealth of material this year. He was also
New in Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!)
(Special
Ops Rules Over All?) Bye Bye Reliable Internet & Monitor WSJ for
Reporting by Comcast & Spectrum? (WAR! What/Who Is It Good For?)
Analysis-Suppressing Mental Munchkin (Flim-Flammery of Tax Cuts) Leda
& the Swan Redux? (How It All Happened) Dubya Is Still Either the
Dummy or the Smarty (The Enemy of One's Enemy Is . . .?)
Donald
Trump's First Year Sets Record for US Special OpsAmbassadors of the
traditional kind? Who needs them? Diplomats? What a waste! The State
Department? Why bother? Its budget is to be slashed and its senior
officials are leaving in droves ever since Donald Trump entered the Oval
Office. Under Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, hiring is frozen, which
means those officials are
New in What Is Sustainable
The Inner Life of Animals
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,
Kitchi-Gami
In the Ojibway language, Kitchi-Gami means Lake Superior. Johann Georg
Kohl (1808-1878) was a German travel writer, geographer, and
ethnologist. In 1855, he spent six months visiting trading posts and
missions in Ojibway country near Kitchi-Gami, mostly at the Apostle
Islands off the north coast of Wisconsin, and at the settlements at the
base of Keweenaw Bay, in northern Michigan. Kohl’s book, K
Kitchi-Gami
In the Ojibway language, Kitchi-Gami means Lake Superior. Johann Georg
Kohl (1808-1878) was a German travel writer, geographer, and
ethnologist. In 1855, he spent six months visiting trading posts and
missions in Ojibway country near Kitchi-Gami, mostly at the Apostle
Islands off the north coast of Wisconsin, and at the settlements at the
base of Keweenaw Bay, in northern Michigan. Kohl’s book, K
Kitchi-Gami
In the Ojibway language, Kitchi-Gami means Lake Superior. Johann Georg
Kohl (1808-1878) was a German travel writer, geographer, and
ethnologist. In 1855, he spent six months visiting trading posts and
missions in Ojibway country near Kitchi-Gami, mostly at the Apostle
Islands off the north coast of Wisconsin, and at the settlements at the
base of Keweenaw Bay, in northern Michigan. Kohl’s book, K
New in WWF - Latest News
Bulgarian government silently moves to open almost half of Pirin National Park to construction despite public concerns
Sofia, 29 December 2017 - In a surreptitious move, the government of
Bulgaria approved on Thursday alarming new changes to the Pirin National
Park management plan that could allow construction in up to 48 per cent
of the park, a World Heritage site home to bears, chamois, wolves and
centuries-old pine forests. The decision, announced a few days before
Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Eur
WWF welcomes China's national carbon emission trading system
Beijing, 21 December 2017 – China's nationwide carbon emission trading
system, launched on 19 December, marks an important step toward
promoting a low carbon transition in the world's leading emitter of CO 2
, according to WWF. Szeping LO, CEO of WWF-China , says the emissions
trading system (ETS) could provide new impetus for China's low carbon
development and the country's transition toward a l
TRAFFIC Study: Japan's ivory market must close
Well-organized transnational criminal networks and a poorly regulated
domestic market are among the factors making Japan a lucrative target
for procuring ivory products for illegal export. In the continued
absence of effective regulation and law enforcement, WWF and TRAFFIC are
calling for the closure of Japan's domestic ivory market pursuant to
CITES [1]. Japan remains one of the world's largest
New in A Different Perspective
Holder's "Five-Page Report" - Updated
Carmon Marano Let’s try this one more time. I had found a reference to a
five-page report written by Captain Richard T. Holder in a letter
written by Dr. James McDonald. When searching for the documentation, I
was using a Xerox copy of the Project Blue Book file, which, I have
learned, was somewhat jumbled. I was interested in this five-page report
because I could find no such report in the Blue
Holder's Five-Page Report on the Socorro UFO Landing
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.
Moonlight in Socorro, April 24, 1964
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
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
Lonnie Zamora as the Hoaxer*
We have talked about the possibility of a hoax in the Socorro UFO
landing case. We have, or at least I have, thought that the idea of a
student hoax has been rejected as implausible. There were way too many
moving parts that required way too many unpredictable actions to be a
reasonable scenario. From the very beginning, it required Lonnie Zamora
to react in a way the students needed him to react
Socorro UFO Landing - Fused Sand and More
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 A Very Public Sociologist
Toby Young and the Taming of Higher Education
It's good to see meritocracy alive and well. I mean these days you can
get yourself appointed to an august body overseeing "value for money" in
Britain's universities without any experience of the higher education
sector at all. You can do so even after blagging your way into one of
the country's top establishments and sneering at the working class
students who, you know, actually had to work to
What is the Brexit Stamp Collection?
Oh there are plenty of other things you can call Boris Johnson, a
repertoire that has now grown thanks to digging done by Adam Bienkov.
But on this occasion this blog is not chiming to the melodious infamy of
Johnson's self-importance, instead it's the substance of the miserable
article (above) from your snoreaway currant bun: the Brexit stamp
collection. You can see for yourself. The Sun are "ca
The NHS Crisis and Stubborn Tory Voters
You know it, I know it, the government tacitly admits it . The NHS is
in crisis. In fact, it's in permanent crisis thanks to funding not
meeting demand. What we are witnessing are ebbs and flows in how acute
the crisis is. Let's recap: all non-urgent operations (some 55,000!) and
hospital appointments have been cancelled, and the targets which the
(often private) providers who run A&Es have to me
Top 100 Independent Tweeting Bloggers 2017
Cue the Pearl & Dean music. Yes, another year has gone and the
beginning of the next calendar coincides with a reflection on who's hot
and who's not in the world of independent political blogging, at least
as far as Twitter is concerned. In case you're a newbie, here are the
rules. This is not a "best of". This is not a reflection of people I
agree with, think write well, or another arbitrary cla
How to Predict Politics: A Sociological Approach
After the year from politics (and celebrity) hell that was 2016,
understandably I gave up the trying-to-predict-politics game. Then
something weird started happening. The new year brought us some right
shockers - the delights of the Stoke Central by-election and the
surprise election (and its more surprising outcome) - but some forecasts
I had made came true. I suppose you might say the collapse
Three Things Stoke Got Wrong with its City of Culture Bid
And so Coventry is the City of Culture for 2021, which more or less
knocks Stoke-on-Trent out of the running for 2025 too. Would you award
the accolade to a West Midlands city twice on the trot? Nope, and so the
time is now to pick over Stoke-on-Trent's bid. There were three very
obvious things the Stoke team got so very wrong future entrants would do
well to learn from. Whether they made much of
New in Adrienne's Corner
CNN's Jake Tapper gets his ass kicked by Stephen Miller...
Fire and Fury a "grotesque work of fiction." I watched almost 100% of
the Trump rally's. It was always a good rally when Miller was one of the
opening speakers. He is a dynamo. Until about about the six minute mark
Miller is calm and then he cranks up and starts to tap dance on
Tapper's skull. Finally, Tapper, unable to contain the "Miller Time"
outrage cuts him off in petty fury. I have a few qu
President Trump Camp David Press Conference 1/6/18...
"Michael
Wolff is a fraud" "Sloppy Steve" I have two things to say: It's sad to
see Steve Scalise on crutches, but I guess it's better than the
alternative. and I think Donald needs to join me at Weight Watchers. We
need to keep him healthy. MAGA
Trump art of the deal on immigration reform...
let's get it done! Tucker Carlson cautioned Republican lawmakers about
agreeing to a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) fix without
getting real and long-term immigration reform in return. “Now trying to
cut a deal is reasonable but amnesty should only be given in return for
real and long-term immigration reforms, Otherwise it will amount to
another betrayal, the kind that voters have
President Trump signs the tax bill...
MAGA (16:21) Q Mr. President, as you mentioned, no Democrats have
supported this tax cut legislation. Will they regret it? THE PRESIDENT: I
think the Democrats will really regret — the Democrats already regret
it. You know, they have their typical thing — “It’s for the rich.” They
know that’s not true. And they’ve been called out on it by the media,
actually. But the Democrats very much regret it
Christmas Day Yorkshire Pudding...
no words necessary (except cluck cluck) All sorts of after Christmas
deals at Amazon Sending thanks to everyone who shops through my
affiliate links to Amazon. I receive small commission at no additional
cost to you. How cool is that??
New in ArmsControlWonk
The Donald and The Nuclear VI: Pushin’ My Buttons
We
usually avoid chasing Trump’s tweets but when the President of the
United States says his button is bigger than Kim Jong Un’s … well, we’re
not made of stone. Aaron and Jeffrey talk about whether Trump is
bluffing and what the disarray in the White House says about policy
process issues. Links of …
Up Close and Personal with Iranian Drones
Ambassador
Nikki Haley gave quite the presentation a few weeks ago. Standing in
front of two Qiam/Burkan-2H missile pieces, the US Ambassador the UN
called out Iran for its proliferation activities in the Middle East. Two
weeks, Aaron and Jeffrey talked at length about the missile. In this
episode, Aaron circles back to the other …
Utilizing Article XIV Conferences to Boost the Two Norms that Matter Most
Quote
of the week: “The hope of civilization…lies in international
arrangements looking, if possible, to the renunciation of the use of the
atomic bomb.” — Harry S Truman Testing nuclear weapons and using them
in warfare are linked: testing demonstrates resolve and confirms the
military effectiveness of battlefield use. Conversely, the norms of not …
Fantasyland
Quote
of the week: “The easiest thing of all is to deceive oneself; for we
believe whatever we believe.” — Demosthenes How did half of my beloved
country get swept up by Donald Trump? How did a reality-based Democratic
Party with sensible five point plans lose almost complete touch with so
much of the vast …
Crisis Management Gets More Complicated between Pakistan and India
Quotes
of the week: “The ability to win a local war cannot be translated into
the ability to fight it safely and therefore cannot provide a firm
foundation for either deterrence or coercion.” — Robert Jervis, The
Meaning of the Nuclear Revolution (1989) “The problem…is not that one’s
own nuclear weapons might prove insufficiently frightening …
Up Close and Personal with the Qiam
U.S.
Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley gave a dog-and-pony show
with debris from the recent Houthi missile strikes against Saudi Arabia.
Jeffrey and Aaron go over the debris, explaining why the U.S. thinks
the Yemeni Burkan-2H is actually the Iranian Qiam and asking what that
means. Links of Note: DVIDS Hub link to …
New in CENSORED NEWS
Second Felony Conviction from Man Camp Action: 'Rape of Mother Earth, Rape of Our Women'
Water
Protector Erica Gonzalez during her trial in Mandan, ND. Second Felony
Conviction From Man Camp Action Posted on January 5, 2018 By Water
Protector Legal Collective Censored News “When they’re raping our mother
earth, they are also raping our women.” MANDAN, North Dakota -- The
second group of trials from the Standing Rock action in commemoration of
missing and murdered
Zapatistas International Gathering for Women in Struggle, Chiapas, March, 2018
Read
message from Zapatistas
http://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/2018/01/03/convocation-to-the-first-international-gathering-of-politics-art-sport-and-culture-for-women-in-struggle/
Sundance and Vision Maker Media: New films on Standing Rock, Lakota, Dineh, Seneca and Alaska Natives
.
Kanahus Manuel, "This January I will be heading to the Sundance Film
Festival for the world premiere of Akicita: The Battle of Standing Rock,
directed by Cody Lucich, which I am honored to be featured in. With
construction beginning for the 1000+ km Kinder Morgan pipeline, here in
#uncededSecwepemc Territory and the resistance continuing to grow, this
battle here in my homelands is being
Mnn. 1997 Nys Attack Of Onondaga In U.S. Supreme Court
Mohawk
Nation News 1997 NYS ATTACK OF ONONDAGA IN U.S. SUPREME COURT 1997 NYS
ATTACK OF ONONDAGA IN U.S. SUPREME COURT Please post and circulate. JAN.
3, 2018. Remember when the New York State "Indian Detail" attacked the
Onondaga ... Read article at Mohawk Nation News
.http://mohawknationnews.com/blog/2018/01/03/
Zapatistas Words on Anniversary, January, 1, 2018
Zapatistas
in Sonora, Mexico. Words of the Clandestine Revolutionary Indigenous
Committee-General Command of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation,
on January 1, 2018. Espanol:
http://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/2018/01/01/
New in Centauri Dreams
KIC 8462852: A Dusty Solution?
Research into Boyajian’s Star, otherwise known as KIC 8462852 or
‘Tabby’s Star,’ has continued in robust fashion even as many of us were
distracted by that other curiosity with a faint SETI potential, the
interstellar asteroid `Oumuamua. In both cases, a highly interesting
object provoked speculation as to its origins, with Boyajian’s Star
getting the lion’s share of attention because the unusual
3200 Phaethon: Arecibo Back at Work
With the holidays behind us (alas), I want to be sure to cover the
Arecibo observations of asteroid 3200 Phaethon, not only for their
intrinsic interest but as a nod to the restoration of operations at the
Puerto Rico observatory. We are fortunate indeed that the structural
damage Arecibo suffered on September 20 because of hurricane Maria was
relatively minor. Radio astronomy work was back in pr
2017 from an Interstellar Perspective
The recent burst of interest in interstellar flight has surely been
enhanced by the exoplanet discoveries that have become almost daily
news. Finding interesting planets, some of them with the potential for
water on their surfaces, inevitably raises the question of how we might
find a way to get there. We can only imagine this accelerating as
missions like the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellit
The Plasma Magnet Drive: A Simple, Cheap Drive for the Solar System and Beyond
Can we use the outflow of particles from the Sun to drive spacecraft,
helping us build the Solar System infrastructure we’ll one day use as
the base for deeper journeys into the cosmos? Jeff Greason, chairman of
the board of the Tau Zero Foundation, presented his take on the idea at
the recent Tennessee Valley Interstellar Workshop . The concept captured
the attention of Centauri Dreams regular A
Interstellar Communication Using Microbes: Implications for SETI
Mention Robert Zubrin’s name and the planet Mars invariably comes up,
given his long-time work on finding ways to establish a human presence
there. Dr. Zubrin is the originator of Mars Direct, the author of The
Case for Mars , and founder of the Mars Society. But his work on
interstellar matters is likewise significant, including the analysis,
with Dana Andrews, of the Bussard ramjet, which taugh
A Pulsar Habitable Zone?
Life and pulsars don’t seem to mix. But science fiction hasn’t shied
away from making the connection, as witness Robert Forward’s Dragon’s
Egg (Ballantine, 1980). In the novel, a species called the cheela live
on the surface of a neutron star, coping with a surface gravity 67
billion times stronger than that of Earth. An interesting consequence:
The cheela live at an accelerated rate, going from
New in David Climenhaga's Alberta Diary
New Year’s bitter Twitter attacks on fact-checking economists suggest UCP will try to make 2018 the Year of the Big Chill
PHOTOS: University of Alberta economist and professor Andrew Leach.
Below: Calgary-Fish Creek United Conservative Party MLA Richard Gotfried
(Photo: Mr. Gotfried’s Facebook page), UCP Leader Jason Kenney, and
University of Calgary economist and professor Trevor Tombe (Photo: U of
C). New Year’s in Alberta blew in on a bitter winter wind. That was the
weather. […] The post New Year’s bitter Twitte
Those lame green coroplast arrows point to one thing: the UCP’s cozy relationship with the Canadian Taxpayers Federation
PHOTOS: United Conservative Party MLA Wes Taylor with his notorious
green coroplast arrow. Below: An example of the fun made of Mr. Taylor
by Internet wags; Porky the Waster Hater, the Canadian Taxpayers
Federation’s mascot; Wildrose MLA Derek Fildebrandt and Wildrose Leader
Brian Jean in happier times with their lame CTF-style signage; and UCP
Leader […] The post Those lame green coroplast arrow
Impact of growing opioid crisis on life expectancy in the United States is more evidence that neoliberal austerity kills
PHOTOS: This scene is in Paris. It could be anywhere in our
“globalized,” that is, neoliberalized world. (Photo: Eric Poulhier,
Wikimedia Commons.) Below: Rundown but dignified Havana, high-profile
U.S. economist Paul Krugman (Photo: Flickr, Commonwealth Club) and
political economist Alan Nasser (Photo: Evergreen State College). Will
Mexico eventually decide it wants to pay to build […] The post
Donald Trump: He’s bad, but I’m here to tell you he’s not the worst president our neighbours have ever had
PHOTOS: Donald J. Trump. Never mind what you think. He’s not the worst
American president ever. Actually, he’s probably about the 7th worst …
so far. (Photo: Gage Skidmore, Creative Commons.) Below: Worse
presidents James Buchanan, Warren G. Harding, Andrew Johnson, Andrew
Jackson (in his dotage), Franklin Pierce and Millard Fillmore. People,
I’m here to […] The post Donald Trump: He’s bad, but I
Saskatchewan’s War on Licence Plates: Is Brad just mad because he’s been upstaged by a woman, and an NDP woman at that?
PHOTOS: No press releases about Texas plates? Saskatchewan Premier Brad
Wall didn’t used to have a problem with out-of-province tags on work
trucks, at least when they were being used to undermine publicly owned
Crown corporations, as this photo posted on social media by Saskatchewan
Federation of Labour President Larry Hubich illustrates. Below: Mr.
Hubich, […] The post Saskatchewan’s War on Lic
Discomfort about UCP Leader Jason Kenney’s relationship with the truth winkles into respectable circles
PHOTOS: Jason Kenney, leader of the United Conservative Party and, if
things go as expected on Thursday, leader of the Opposition soon
thereafter. Below: Alberta commentators Susan Wright, a blogger, and
Graham Thomson, one of Postmedia’s political columnists, and U.S.
political essayist Frank Rich (Photo: Twitter). There’s a growing
discomfort among those who pay attention […] The post Discomfor
New in FREE PLANET
Electric Universe - 2018 truths emerge - universe is electric
magnetic
fields are formed by electric currents flowing through cold space
plasmas R.I.P. nuclear stars, big bang creationism and black hole
nonsense, now let's move on researching this electric universe...
dreams - within one hour - 4, 5, 6 storey pub
I don't know how the human mind does this, "Between the hours of 7 a.m.
and 8 a.m.," I had this dream about a small (or rather compact) pub. It
was at least a four or five storey, but maybe a six storey, pub with a
wooden staircase winding up the centre of it. Decorated in a stained
wooden panelled fashion. Filled to the brim, rammed to the gills, with
hundreds of revellers. A bar on each floor,
UFOs - Secure Team 10 - something unloads over California
I
know of them, but I don't think I've ever featured one of SecureTeam10
's supposed UFO or ORB or UAV videos... until now . Filmed in infra-red a
week or so ago over California.... this is VERY INTERESTING .
Star Citizen - Star Map - MobiGlas - getting it off my chest!
Star Citizen - Star Map - MobiGlas Star Citizen, right... it's in
Alpha. Yeah, we know. Why you worry so much about this game, Mike? It'll
all be fine once it's released... right? I got this message from CIG
the other day, "It's in alpha, it'll all be fine once it's out." Well,
yeah. That's probably true, they'll address the bugs and sort out the
fps, but will it be NEAT and will it be CLEAN? Mob
Electric Universe - Thunderbolts of the Gods - Lightning Scarred Planet Earth
Electrical
phenomena are totally scalable, from the activity of an electron around
an atom's core (should such a machine exist) to the width of an
electrical discharge pulsating through space birthing galaxies and
stars. On Earth, erosion has been given too much credence when all you
need is a decent electrical charge to hit the surace of the planet to
form some quite spectacular geological featur
Luc Besson - Valerian - all the critics are wrong!
what
did Luc Besson remember when he made Valerian ? ...spell-binding... he
remembered to allow us to love EVERY FUCKING MOMENT that these creatures
were on screen. And for that he deserves all the accolades 'the
critics' forgot to heap upon this gloriously lovely film about man's
IDIOCY IN SPACE .
New in From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog
From Jenna Orkin Bloomberg's Guide To The World ' Iran's Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Arrested For Inciting Unr...
From Jenna Orkin Bloomberg's Guide To The World ' Iran's Former
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Sea Wind Power Hub to supply renewable energy to 80 million The FBI
quietly released documents from the 2016 Orlando nightclub massacre —
and the shooter's wife made a stunning admission China Is Building Its
Second Foreign Military Base In Pakistan Amid US Dipl
From Jenna Orkin pls note: having computer problems. if no post, that'll be the reason. thanks. NHS hospitals ordered t...
From Jenna Orkin pls note: having computer problems. if no post,
that'll be the reason. thanks. NHS hospitals ordered to cancel all
routine operations in January as flu spike and bed shortages lead to
A&E crisis Provincetown flood - FB Peter Thiel Planning Launch Of
Conservative News Outlet With Mercer Family After Bannon Fiasco When you
see the words, "Mercer family," pay attention. Why Germans
From Jenna Orkin French President Macron Demands Anti-Fake-News Law "To Protect Democracy" Children Forced To Freeze, A...
From Jenna Orkin French President Macron Demands Anti-Fake-News Law "To
Protect Democracy" Children Forced To Freeze, As Baltimore Schools Open
With No Heat New Pipeline Doubles Russian Crude Oil Supply To China NYC
Apartment Sales Collapse 25% In Q4 As Trump Tax Plan Takes Its Toll Is
Facebook Enabling The African Exodus To Europe? However not? China
Orders Media To Stop Reporting Iran Unrest, D
From Jenna Orkin 6 Trillion Divested from Oil Companies video . Oil-Rich Venezuela Is Out Of Gasoline Long-dormant bact...
From Jenna Orkin 6 Trillion Divested from Oil Companies video .
Oil-Rich Venezuela Is Out Of Gasoline Long-dormant bacteria and viruses,
trapped in ice and permafrost for centuries, are reviving as Earth's
climate warms Everything You Need To Know About Blockchain But Were Too
Embarrassed To Ask The Farmer Who Planted 11000 Trees video . Arizona
National Guard Deployed To Cuba To Support Guantana
From Jenna Orkin Sea creatures in deepest parts of ocean found to have plastic fibres in their stomachs for first time ...
From Jenna Orkin Sea creatures in deepest parts of ocean found to have
plastic fibres in their stomachs for first time U.S. Just Burned the
Most Natural Gas Ever “Trump, the Deep State, and the Risks of War:”
Tikkun interviews Peter Dale Scott You Can Now Buy A Private Prison On
Craigslist For Only 88 Bitcoin Assange Tweets Mysterious Encryption Key
At 3AM; Sparks Rumors About His Safety, New Lea
From Jenna Orkin Ireland issues record number of passports amid Brexit Ministers consider using volunteers to guard UK ...
From Jenna Orkin Ireland issues record number of passports amid Brexit
Ministers consider using volunteers to guard UK borders Kunstler:
Forecast 2018 — What Could Go Wrong? Epic Corruption: Unsealed Court
Documents Show How Prosecutors Tried To Rig The Bundy Trial Police
Fatality Rate Drops To Second Lowest Level In 50 Years Weiner Laptop
Doc: Assange Warrant Issued 2 Weeks After Swedish Electio
New in Government and Taxes
Energy 105, When both world oil prices and domestic oil taxes are rising
Dutertenomics' tax-tax-tax implementation is off to bad timing. Raising
oil taxes on already high global oil prices is insensitive. But then
again, even if the tax hike is P20 or P50/liter, the "money will go to
the poor" naman daw is always a convenient, hollow, cavalier and
opportunistic alibi. "Diesel tax will increase from zero in 2017 to
P2.50/liter in 2018, P4.50 in 2019, and P6.00 in 2020.
BWorld 177, On MMDA car towing and impounding
* This is my column in BusinessWorld last December 29, 2017. “Little
else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence
from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes and a tolerable
administration of justice: all the rest bring about by the natural
course of things.” — Adam Smith, lecture in 1755; author of The Wealth
of Nations (1776) This is the continuation of my article, “
Climate tricks 64, Bitter cold and snow are caused by AGW
Al Gore the planet saviour. Less rain or lots of rain, less snow or
more snow, less cold or bitter cold, the planet is in danger from
anthropogenic (man-made) global warming (AGW) so we should send him and
the UN more money. :-) rom Dr. Roy W. Spencer : My imagined conversation
with Al Gore: MR. GORE: This cold wave and snowstorm are just what
global warming predicted! ME: And what if the weather
BWorld 176, Road trips and PPP projects
* This is my column in BusinessWorld last December 28, 2017. For the
third straight year, I drove my family from Makati City to Iloilo City
via roll-on roll-off (RoRo) vessels during the holidays. The road trip
came with its own set of inconveniences that were nevertheless offset by
several benefits: It allowed my family to carry more cargo (compared to
flying) and also allowed my two daughters t
More on MMDA towing
My article on MMDA towing of my car last December 21, 2017 was popular,
it was #2 most read article that weekend, then became #1 the next week,
Monday to Wednesday. There were many shares and re-shares in fb, other
social media. Many readers were angry at the MMDA but a few directed
their ire against me. Like this woman who commented on Mahar Mangahas'
wall when Mahar shared my article. Then on t
BWorld 175, Trends in global and Philippine trade
* This is my column in BusinessWorld last December 27. Global
merchandise trade has slowed down recently despite low oil prices and
less political and economic instability. After recovering from the
2009-2010 global financial turmoil, merchandise exports reached $18.3
trillion in 2011, $19 trillion in 2014, declined to $16.5 trillion in
2015, and fell further to $16 trillion in 2016. The top 5 ex
New in henrymakow.com
Muslim to "Red Necks" -- We are not your Enemy
(left, the author) M.S. Moorad, 44, (left) is a single plumber who
lives in South Africa. He has traveled widely, including visiting many
cities in the USA. He comments on the slave mentality of the goyim in
the west who prefer to advance Zionist world tyranny rather than their
real national interests. This was a response to "Charlottesville: A
Marcher's Perspective." By M.S. Moorad (henrymakow.c
MI-5 Used Terror Groups to Assassinate Leaders
( Charles Haughey was Irish Prime Minister "Taoiseach" from 1979-1982
&1987-1992) MI-5 tried to assassinate Irish Prime Minister in 1985
"Everyone with half-a-brain knows that Israel, the US, and Britain have
used front groups like Isis and Al Nusra Front to wreak carnage in the
Muslim world on behalf of Anglo-Zionist interests, but the same
interests have long used western terror groups to get r
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev - A Patsy's Progress
(Does this look like a terrorist to you? The head of central casting
should be fired.) Can a "great nation" stoop any lower than framing an
innocent 20-year-old man and sentencing him to death after brutally
slaughtering his brother? Convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar
Tsarnaev, 24, is now at the supermax prison in Florence, Colorado, known
as the "The Alcatraz of the Rockies,'' according t
Your Life Before & After This One
Michael Berg, 32, discovered that our life between lives can be
accessed through hypnosis, among other techniques. Understanding the
nature of our existence as an immortal soul and the purpose of life, can
help us with self-healing and help us deal with the social ills of our
present world more effectively. "Death is not the end of anything. It is
just the beginning. Death is a natural path we al
Truther is Triggered by Fox-TV Talk Show
FoxNews Show "The Five" Is Just An Illuminati Brainwashing Clique Aki
Liao has written here about how he has felt "bullied by Jews" all his
life. The Fox News show "The Five" is reawaking the trauma of high
school persecution by a clique of rich Jewish bullies. In a weird way,
society is starting to resemble that experience. Aki Liao describes what
triggered his adolescent nightmare. [ Editor's N
Marriage-Minded Young Women are "Depressed & Anxious"
(From her best friend's wedding, AZ is second from the right) AZ has
been aware of the social engineering since college. "I'm 31 now. I grew
up in a Christian family and as soon as I went to college noticed how
corrupt people and the values were. I inherently knew from a young age
all I wanted was a husband and family. Yet I was always ridiculed or
told I'm "too sensitive" as a woman. I wish I wa
New in In These Times
Move Over, Corporate Democrats. A New Wave of Left Populists Is on the Rise.
In spring 2016, a U.S. presidential candidate made the above prediction
to Businessweek. That candidate was none other than Donald Trump, and
he was speaking of the GOP. His words seem ludicrous, but Trump’s
anti-corruption pose, populism and vaguely left-sounding economic
rhetoric would ultimately take him all the way to the White House. Trump
was also openly racist, misogynistic and unencumbere
The War on Drugs Is an Abject Failure. Jeff Sessions Just Ramped It Up.
The U.S. tide is clearly turning in favor of marijuana
decriminalization. Twenty-nine states and Washington, D.C. have
legalized medical marijuana. On January 1, California joined Alaska,
Colorado, Nevada, Oregon and Washington in legalizing the sale of
recreational pot. A Gallup poll completed in October found that, for the
first time, a majority of Republicans (51 percent) support legalizing
po
Meet the Chicagoans Who Are Opening Their Homes to Abortion-Seekers
CHICAGO—Once a month, Morgan Malone prepares to host a stranger in her
South Side home. She consults a thorough email about her guest’s needs,
shops for snacks and cooks meals. She checks that there are clean sheets
on the guest bed, a journal and plenty of sanitary pads. Her guest is
traveling to Chicago for an abortion. When a friend sent her a link to
the Midwest Access Coalition and asked her
Don’t Thank Democrats. A Tradition of Black Radical Organizing Paved the Way for the Alabama Upset.
Roy Moore lost in Alabama because Black people—in particular, Black
women—turned out in unprecedented numbers to vote against the accused
serial sexual assaulter who has publicly defended the era of slavery.
Leading pundits and politicians are celebrating the upset by Democrat
Doug Jones with deracialized platitudes about the “triumph of decency.”
But racial justice organizers say credit should g
It’s Time to Nationalize the Internet
Defying widespread popular objection , on December 14 the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) voted to repeal net neutrality. The
principle regulates broadband as a utility, thus forbidding cable
companies and Internet service providers (ISPs) from throttling,
blocking or otherwise discriminating against online traffic. While net
neutrality was only enacted in early 2015 , it swiftly proved a
The Tax Bill Just Opened a New Front in the Class War. In 2018 We Must Make the Super Rich Pay.
The American economy is about to undergo another shock. Yet this time
there will be no bursting bubbles, oil crises or collapsing financial
institutions to blame. The current economic status quo—with stock
markets soaring while wages remain flat and inequality widens—is both
unstable and unsustainable. The coming shock will only accelerate these
trends in order to benefit the wealthy, and it’s be
New in Majia's Blog
CDC Preparing for a Nuclear Blast
On the one hand, effective risk management is optimized when one plans
for a wide array of hazards, especially for low-probability but
high-impact events, such as an asteroid impact or nuclear attack: Brett
Molina (2018, Jan 5). The CDC is preparing for a nuclear blast. USA
Today
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/01/05/cdc-preparing-nuclear-blast/1007363001/
As tensions between
World's Oceans Imperilled So "Drill Baby, Drill!"
CROSSING THE RUBICON Today's headlines highlight two critical facts: 1.
The oceans are the main source of oxygen on earth 2. Oxygen levels in
the oceans are dropping alarmingly Mindy Weisberger (January 4, 2018).
The Ocean Is Suffocating, and It's Our Fault. Livescience,
https://www.livescience.com/61338-ocean-losing-oxygen. html A team of
scientists from the Global Ocean Oxygen Network, a group
The Politics of Representation and Radiation Risk
A commentator left a link to a very interesting article covering the
“excess mortality” produced by atmospheric testing in the US occurring
between 1951-1963: Tim Fernholz (2017, Dec 21). US nuclear tests killed
far more civilians than we knew. Quartz
https://qz.com/1163140/us-nuclear-tests-killed-american-civilians-on-a-scale-comparable-to-hiroshima-and-nagasaki/
When the US entered the nuclear
A TRIBUTE to Capt Clyde Stagner
My friend and mentor Clyde Stagner passed away as 2017 closed. I feel
deeply saddened, although he lived a very full life. I met Clyde through
this blog, as I have come to know so many of you reading it now. After
discovering my blog in 2011, Clyde reached out to me and shared his
knowledge, a body of knowledge acquired over a lifespan that extended
into his 90s. Clyde was there at the Chicago Pi
Population Oscillations OR Collapsing Ecosystem
Hat Tip: Thanks Dave The ongoing collapse of King Salmon in Alaska is
once again in the news: Nathaniel Herz (2017, Dec 29). Southeast
Alaska’s king salmon are disappearing, and fishermen are grappling with
the consequences. Anchorage Daily News. Available
https://www.adn.com/business-economy/2017/12/28/southeast-alaskas-king-salmon-are-disappearing-and-fishermen-are-grappling-with-the-consequenc
Russian Hacking and the "Permanent Emergency"
Sometimes I find a book, article, or poem that provides a catharsis
because it so resonates with my analysis of, and emotional tenor
towards, some critical issue of the day. The following analysis of the
Russian Hacking meme by Jackson Lears is one of those cathartic essays.
One must read it in full to appreciate the full scope of his analysis
but I will except a brief passage here: Lears, Jackso
New in Northern Reflections
In Full Panic
Kevin Drum writes that, earlier in the year, he worried that the United
States was slipping into autocratic hands. Now, he's more sanguine:
Republicans are in panic mode over the possibility that Robert Mueller
is about to start plowing relentlessly through the White House like a
bulldozer leveling an old shack. By the time he’s through, they’re
understandably afraid there might not be much left
Progresssive Internationalism
Chrystia Freeland has returned to her first profession. Susan Delacourt
writes : In The Economist’s special New Year’s issue, “The World in
2018,” Freeland has penned an article about how Canada plans to battle
global trends toward nationalism and protectionism. She calls it
“progressive internationalism” and describes how Canada will be pursuing
this idea in 2018 on two tracks: internationally,
We Can't Go Back
Justin Trudeau likes to proclaim that, "Canada is back." Paul Koring
writes that it's: a statement that evokes a vague, nostalgic yearning to
recreate a once-proud international reputation. In a way, it’s rather
like Donald’s Trump’s equally vague vow to “make America Great Again”;
neither leader seems capable of explaining what the slogans mean, but
both like the way the words sound. In Canada’s
So Much Damage
The world has taken the measure of Donald Trump. And the news is worse
than you might think. E.J. Dionne writes : Susan Glasser, writing in
Politico, offers frightening detail about how Trump’s stunning lack of
knowledge and his indifference to his own obliviousness have led
diplomats to label him “insane,” “catastrophic,” “terrifying,”
“incompetent” and “dangerous.” Glasser concludes: “When it c
Bannon's Bomb
You have to wonder if Donald Trump is beginning to re-evaluate his
personnel choices. A new book suggests that Steve Bannon is not acting
Trump's best interests. David Smith reports in The Guardian that the
book contains explosive information: Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump
White House, reportedly based on more than 200 interviews with the
president, his inner circle and players in and around th
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