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NEW IN BLOGGER-FOLLOWING

Marvel hasn't ever seen a success like 'Black Panther' before
Mashable / 12h
In its opening weekend, Black Panther broke records. But in its second weekend, Marvel's latest showed us it's here to stay. Black Panther 's estimated three-day box office total in the United States for Friday-Saturday-Sunday comes out to $108 million. After 10 days in theaters, its domestic box office total (i.e. only here in the U.S.) is $400 million. SEE ALSO: 5 reasons why ‘Black Panther’ sc
Mystery surrounds zoo lioness with a mane
Unexplained Mysteries / 14h
Zoologists have been left puzzled by a female lion that has mysteriously sprouted mane-like head and neck hair. The lioness in question, an 18-year-ol...
Sony's smartphone comeback starts with the Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 Compact
Mashable / 51minXperia XZ2 Sony
Samsung's not the only phone maker announcing a flagship phone at Mobile World Congress . Sony used the mobile-focused technology show to unveil two new Android phones: the Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 Compact. And for the first time in a long time, we're not collectively yawning. These phones actually look pretty good inside and out. SEE ALSO: The world of Android is about to change in a big way After yea
Sunday Toons of the 'Lacking Gunsense' Moment
The BRAD BLOG / 18h
Trump hit Florida golf course amid funerals of shooting victims Some facts about the life of Billy Graham * * * Perry Dorrell blogs as PDiddie at Brains and Eggs , usually on topics concerning the strange brew of Texas politics. He's also on Twitter @PDiddie .
CDC Epidemic Intelligence Officer Left Work Feeling Ill, Hasn’t Been Seen Since
cryptogon.com / 17h
Via: NBC: A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employee was last seen 11 days ago, when he left work early after complaining that he felt unwell, Atlanta police said Friday. Timothy Cunningham, 35, works as a commander in the U.S. Public Health Service and has responded to the Ebola virus and the Zika virus […]
Apple Moves to Store iCloud Keys in China, Raising Human Rights Fears
cryptogon.com / 1d
Via: Reuters: When Apple Inc begins hosting Chinese users’ iCloud accounts in a new Chinese data center at the end of this month to comply with new laws there, Chinese authorities will have far easier access to text messages, email and other data stored in the cloud. That’s because of a change to how the […]

NEW IN NEWS

People are starting to realize the GOP tax bill was a massive scam
Salon: in-depth news, politics, business... / 19h
Paul Ryan (Credit: AP/Susan Walsh) President Donald Trump and the Republicans sold their slapdash effort at tax reform as a boon to the middle class. As the law goes into effect, however, new polling suggests that most Americans are struggling to see any benefit at all in their paychecks. A survey from Politico and Morning Consult found that only 37 percent of employed people have seen an increas
China Moves to Let Xi Stay in Power by Abolishing Term Limit
NYT > World / 22h
The Communist Party has proposed revising the nation’s Constitution to end a two-term limit, which would allow Xi Jinping to remain president, perhaps indefinitely.
BEST OF THE WEB: Teacher at Florida school shooting: 'Shooter was in full metal garb, helmet, face-mask, bulletproof armor, shooting a rifle I have never seen before'
Signs of the Times / 8h
How does the purported shooter exit his Uber ride, put on full body dress, helmet, assemble his rifle, load it and start firing at targets within two minutes? Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School teacher Stacy Lippel was grazed by a hot bullet which left the chamber of the shooter's gun as she closed the door to her classroom after letting a number of students file into what would presumably be sa
The terrifying phenomenon that is pushing species towards extinction
The Guardian / 1d
Scientists are alarmed by a rise in mass mortality events – when species die in their thousands. Is it all down to climate change? There was almost something biblical about the scene of devastation that lay before Richard Kock as he stood in the wilderness of the Kazakhstan steppe. Dotted across the grassy plain, as far as the eye could see, were the corpses of thousands upon thousands of saiga an
'It's not a hairstyle, it's a lifestyle': scenes from Australia's first mullet festival
The Guardian / 54min
Kurri Kurri, a mining town west of Newcastle, lets its hair down for Mulletfest 2018 “Last call for rangas! Rangas, last call!” Word goes round the front bar of the Chelmsford hotel, an old-style beer barn on the corner of Kurri Kurri’s main street, and there’s a flurry of activity. The third round of the inaugural mullet festival is about to begin, and contestants and spectators are ready to get
Court Finds John Oliver Has the Right to Hire a Giant Squirrel Named “Mr. Nutterbutter” to Insult Coal Barons
Stories from Slate / 1d
West Virginia judge Jeffrey Cramer is dismissing a defamation lawsuit against John Oliver stemming from a segment in which a giant squirrel named “Mr. Nutterbutter” told coal baron Robert Murray to eat shit, according to the Hollywood Reporter . HBO and Partially Important Productions had asked that the suit be dismissed because the facts in Oliver’s segment were based on government reports, and

NEW IN SCIENCE

Zero Dollars for Marine Mammals?
Scientific American / 1h
The president's proposed budget would eliminate an agency that has been protecting crucial species for more than 40 years -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Food for Thought: Was Cooking a Pivotal Step in Human Evolution?
Scientific American / 1h
The dietary practice coincided with increases in brain size, evidence suggests -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Zero Dollars for Marine Mammals?
Scientific American Content: Global / 1h
The president's proposed budget would eliminate an agency that has been protecting crucial species for more than 40 years -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Food for Thought: Was Cooking a Pivotal Step in Human Evolution?
Scientific American Content: Global / 1h
The dietary practice coincided with increases in brain size, evidence suggests -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Plants evolve away from obsolete defenses when attacked by immune herbivores, study shows
Phys.org - latest science and technology... / 30min
Do you know what caused soldiers to stop wearing chainmail and steel plate armor? Evolution.
More than half of U. S. gun owners do not safely store their guns
Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily / 8h
More than half of gun owners do not safely store all their guns, according to a new survey of 1,444 U.S. gun owners.

NEW IN YOUTUBE

Samsung Galaxy S9 hands-on
The Verge on Youtube / 15h
The new Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus look familiar, but there are a few new things that make them worth checking out. Top of the list is a brand new camera that lets you change the aperture of the lens, and Samsung has fixed the placement of the fingerprint sensor. Both phones will be available in March. Subscribe: https://goo.gl/G5RXGs Check out our full video catalog: https://goo.gl/lfcGfq Vis
Live a Day in the Life of King Tut | National Geographic
National Geographic (uploads) on YouTube / 16h
Ever wonder how Egyptian royalty lived 3,000 years ago? In 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter’s discovery of an intact tomb revealed a wealth of artifacts and information that turned King Tut into a household name, and perhaps the most famous Egyptian to ever live. In this video, learn everything we know about “The Boy King,” from his education to his expensive fashion. ➡ Subscribe: http:/
Sony XZ2 and XZ2 Compact hands-on
The Verge on Youtube / 36min
The new Sony XZ2 has a new design and finally trims down the bezels. Inside, it's got Qualcomm's Snapdragon 845 processor and a vibration motor that rumbles when you're playing media or games. But will it be enough to make Sony a serious mobile contender again? Subscribe: https://goo.gl/G5RXGs Check out our full video catalog: https://goo.gl/lfcGfq Visit our playlists: https://goo.gl/94XbKx Like
Kid Dancer Tavaris Charged a Cover for His Birthday Party
The Ellen Show / 2d
Kid dancer Tavaris Jones took the stage and also told Ellen about his recent 6th birthday party... for which he charged his guests a $5 cover! From: TheEllenShow
This Is What a Perfect Day on a Frozen Lake Looks Like | Short Film Showcase
National Geographic (uploads) on YouTube / 1d
When Lake Lotawana freezes over each winter, the icy surface becomes a playground for young and old. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Get More Short Film Showcase: http://bit.ly/ShortFilmShowcase About Short Film Showcase: The Short Film Showcase spotlights exceptional short videos created by filmmakers from around the web and selected by National Geographic editors. We look for work
Moment of Truth
Vimeo / Vimeo Staff Picks / 2d
Individuality threatens an environment that demands conformity. Soloist: Nicole Ishimaru Performers: Adam Vesperson, Alexia Meyer, Aliyah Zolina, Alyssa Allen, Andrea Bess, Andrea Dobbins, Angel Mammoliti, Ari Libertore, Aubry Mason, Audrey Case, Baden Silva, Briana Morrison, Brianna Dexl, Bridget Krouse, Brooke Brady, Cardo Wanzer, Carly Blaney, Chelsea Jennings, Cierra Crowley, Clarice Ordaz, C

NEW IN THE ENVIRONMENTALIST

Washing Away
The EnvironmentaList / 2d
The disappearing islands of Chesapeake Bay
We’re Not Individuals, We’re Colonies
The EnvironmentaList / 3d
Our existence is part of a continuum shared by many other beings that exist outside our bodies
Red Cloud’s Revolution
The EnvironmentaList / 4d
How the Oglalla Sioux are freeing themselves from fossil fuels
Courts Call Out Trump’s Blitzkrieg on Environmental Rules
The EnvironmentaList / 5d
A cascade of courtroom standoffs are beginning to slow EPA rollbacks thanks to the administration’s ‘disregard for the law’
Study Finds 73% of Deep Water Fish Ingested Microplastics
The EnvironmentaList / 6d
The sampled fish may have originated from a particularly polluted patch of the Atlantic Ocean
Dramatic Decline in Borneo’s Orangutan Population as 150,000 lost in 16 years
The EnvironmentaList / 9d
Fresh efforts needed to protect critically endangered animals from hunters and habitat loss as population more than halves

NEW IN THE CORBETT REPORT

Venezuela’s New Cryptocurrency Is A Scam
The Corbett Report / 17h
Why Economists Are Always Wrong
The Corbett Report / 18h
The state of affairs in economics is not just embarrassing, it’s downright perplexing. Economics is a science, right? It must follow some ironclad laws of the physical universe then, mustn’t it? But somehow we always end up asking the same question: Why Are Economists Always Wrong?
Interview 1347 – The Hagmann Report on Social Media and Psych Warfare
The Corbett Report / 42min
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2018-02-23%20Hagmann%20Report.mp3"][/audio] James Corbett joins The Hagmann Report once again to discuss the use and abuse of social media to shape the public into smartphone-addicted lab rats in a giant social engineering experiment.
Shut Up, Burglary Theorist!
The Corbett Report / 5d
What?! You believe in burglaries?! Oh no, you're just another crackpot, tinfoil hat-wearing nutjob, aren't you? You're a burglary theorist!
Episode 331 – Why Economists Are Always Wrong
The Corbett Report / 1d
[audio mp3="https://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/episode331-lq.mp3"][/audio] The state of affairs in economics is not just embarrassing, it's downright perplexing. Economics is a science, right? It must follow some ironclad laws of the physical universe then, mustn't it? But somehow we always end up asking the same question: Why Are Economists Always Wrong?
Interview 1346 – New World Next Week with James Evan Pilato
The Corbett Report / 3d
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2018-02-22%20James%20Evan%20Pilato.mp3"][/audio] This week on the New World Next Week: Florida sheriff calls for power to detain over social media posts; Congo slides back into bloodshed as new mining royalty law comes in; and Lockheed is in the money with another $35 billion from American taxpayers last year.

NEW IN WWF - LATEST NEWS

Project Extraordinary: A novel challenge to 'make sustainability sexy'
WWF - Latest News / 2d
The word 'sustainability' may bring a lot of adjectives to one's mind but 'desirable' or 'sexy' is rarely one of them. Sustainability is not often seen as a 'must have' and yet as we use and consume resources as if we had 1.7 earths, there is an urgent need for each of us to rethink how we can feed, fuel and power our society differently. On 21 February 2018, WWF-New Zealand and WiLD Studios (the
Hong Kong Ivory Ban is Now Law: WWF Says it's Time to Close All Asian Illegal Wildlife Markets
WWF - Latest News / 23d
[HONG KONG – 31 January 2018] - A ban on the domestic ivory trade with no compensation by 2021 and an increase in the maximum penalty for wildlife crime offences to 10 years was approved today by the Legislative Council. WWF welcomes the new legislation and would like to thank all the supporters that helped to make this happen. "A ban on ivory sales with heavier penalties in Hong Kong shows a cle

NEW IN ACTIVIST TEACHER

Academic Freedom? How Nasty Can a University Be?
Activist Teacher / 6d
By Denis Rancourt (First published at Dissident Voice.) The present era of reactionary institutional responses to violations of political correctness is exposing the fact that “academic freedom”, of both professors and students, does not really mean much, except what it has always meant. In the concluding paragraphs of her chapter on academic freedom in her 1986 book No Ivory Tower,
Can the principle of freedom of expression be used in propaganda that supports censorship?
Activist Teacher / 21d
Stephen Pollard By Denis Rancourt, PhD Yes it can. Here is a good example.In this article, "[a]s editor of the country’s leading Jewish newspaper, The Jewish Chronicle," Stephen Pollard, pays lip service to freedom of expression by being critical of “snowflakes”. Snowflakes are not the state. Snowflakes do not use lethal violence to silence dissidents and political participation in the
Denis Rancourt's letter to president Jacques Fremont of the University of Ottawa, Canada
Activist Teacher / 8d
By Denis Rancourt READ MY LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA, CANADA (Direct link to the PDF file is here) I'm not going to stop seeking and speaking the truth as I see it, regarding science, society, and institutional malfeasance; including helping students, teachers and others who suffer the consequences of speaking out or acting to change things. But we who resist the

NEW IN VAGABOND SCHOLAR

Casual Inhumanity
Vagabond Scholar / 29d
Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a date picked because of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in 1945. This year, I wanted to look again at the work of Primo Levi and his great Holocaust memoir, If This Is a Man (Se questo è un uomo), typically known in the U.S. as Survival in Auschwitz. (A 2010 post featured Levi's accounts of storytelling, human

NEW IN WMTC

in which i finally give up my blackberry
wmtc / 19h
Well, I finally did it. I gave up my BlackBerry, and got a Samsung Galaxy phone. Yeah, I know, welcome to the 21st Century. Goodbye, old frenemy I previously only used my phone for talk, text, and organizer functions (calendar, contacts), and still felt -- still feel -- that nothing beats the physical keyboard. But now my Nexus mini tablet is dying, and there's no good low-cost replacement. Which
listening to joni: #5: for the roses
wmtc / 6d
For The Roses , 1972 Front Cover For The Roses is often overlooked, sandwiched as it is between two masterpieces. Fans who missed it might be surprised at its richness -- musically, lyrically, and emotionally. It has always been one of my favourites. For the Roses sits between Blue and Court and Spark not only chronologically, but musically. There are the rich, deep piano chords of Blue , but her
streaming update: we add appletv to the mix
wmtc / 29d
We've added something new to our streaming capabilities: AppleTV. I never thought I'd own an Apple product, but one app made it irresistible: CraveTV. Crave is a Canadian streaming service that has exclusive rights to HBO and Showtime content, shows that will never appear on Netflix. And Crave, in turn, has an exclusive deal with AppleTV. Researching this, I could see that Crave won't be available

NEW IN AMUSED CYNICISM

Brexit “won’t be like Mad Max”
Amused Cynicism / 1d
Mad May:
Coase, Carillion, and the Perils of Outsourcing
Amused Cynicism / 22d
The Yorkshire Ranter writes about Ronald Coase’s Transaction Cost Theory and how it relates to the disaster that struck Carillion, and other failures of outsourcing. There are two ways to run an economy: a market economy, where individual economic actors are free to agree amongst themselves what to buy/sell to each other and at what cost, and a command economy, where someone at the top gives orde
Unelected Elites
Amused Cynicism / 15d
Why Star Wars is Crap
Amused Cynicism / 16d
Charlie Stross has the same aversion to Star Wars as I do: When George Lucas was choreographing the dogfights in “Star Wars”, he took his visual references from film of first world war dogfights over the trenches in western Europe. With aircraft flying at 100-200 km/h in large formations, the cinema screen could frame multiple aircraft maneuvering in proximity, close enough to be visually disting
Royal Mail Announces Commemorative Brexit Stamps!
Amused Cynicism / 25d
The Royal Mail initially weren’t going to issue any commemorative Brexit stamps , but after a valiant campaign led by patriotic Brexiters, the Daily Express and the Daily Mail , they have now relented. The Royal Mail said: We are proud to be celebrating the momentous occasion of the UK freeing itself from the shackles of the EU. These contemporary gifts are likely to be highly sought after by col

NEW IN ANGOLA 3 NEWS

Albert Woodfox’s Release: Celebrating and Reflecting Upon the Two-Year Anniversary --An Interview With Law Professor Angela A. Allen-Bell
Angola 3 News / 7d
(PHOTOS: Albert's 71st Birthday party held this weekend at his home in New Orleans. Happy Birthday, Albert!) Albert Woodfox’s Release: Celebrating and Reflecting Upon the Two-Year Anniversary --An Interview With Law Professor Angela A. Allen-Bell By Angola 3 News On February 19, 2016, following 43 years in solitary confinement, Albert Woodfox of the Angola 3 was released from prison on his 69th b

NEW IN ARMSCONTROLWONK

Justice and the Bomb
ArmsControlWonk / 4d
Quotes of the week: “Come senators, congressmen Please heed the call Don’t stand in the doorway Don’t block up the hall For he that gets hurt Will be he who has stalled There’s a battle outside And it is ragin’.” — Bob Dylan, “The Times They Are A-Changin’” “There is no justice. The rich win; …
Nuclear Posturing
ArmsControlWonk / 18d
Quote of the week: “If deterrence were really stable… it would cease to deter. If the probability of nuclear weapons going off were zero, they would not deter anybody.” — Kenneth Boulding The Trump administration’s Nuclear Posture Review, as advertised, is devoid of new diplomatic initiatives to reduce nuclear dangers and endorses new, low-yield nuclear …
Crises between India and Pakistan: The Basics
ArmsControlWonk / 26d
Quote of the week: “Clearly, five major crises within a twenty-year period indicate a fundamental structural problem… This region has not been stable and peaceful despite the common cultural and geopolitical heritage of its two dominant states.” — Stephen P. Cohen and Sunil Dasgupta, Arming without Aiming: India’s Military Modernization, Brookings (2010) Crises on the …
KCN-eh? December and January’s Other North Korean Developments
ArmsControlWonk / 18d
A Canadian reviews the last two months’ North Korea news with a special guest. Andrea talks to Scott LaFoy for a whirlwind tour of December and January’s developments. They cover Kim Jong Un’s New Years Address, the Vancouver Foreign Ministers Meeting, and those pesky ship-to-ship transfers the North Koreans are so fond of these days. …
Public Speaking Tips for Aspiring Wonks
ArmsControlWonk / 11d
Quote of the week: “Speech is the index of the mind.” — Seneca Three of the keys to professional success to reduce nuclear dangers are sharp analytical, writing, and pubic speaking skills. One way to sharpen your public speaking skills is to prepare talking points — guideposts for the listening journey you want to take …

NEW IN BUCKDOG

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Buckdog / 3d
'Guilty until proven innocent' Has NOT Been A Policy of The New Democratic Party Until Jagmeet Singh's Leadership
Buckdog / 13d
T en days after NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh suspended MP Erin Weir, details on the 'investigation' and timeline have finally revealed on CTV's 'Question Period'. While no allegations against Mr. Weir had been received by Mr. Singh, a personal attack by a fellow caucus member saw the suspension of Mr. Weir from Caucus meetings. Mr. Weir is my MP, I voted for him and tried to help with his election. I
Jagmeet Singh's 'Amateur Hour' In The Federal NDP Caucus Office ....
Buckdog / 16d
Those of us who are closely following the story concerning allegations against Erin Weir are asking the following questions of Leader Jagmeet Singh: -what is being investigated? -who is conducting the investigation? -what is the delay in concluding the investigation? -Do you have any idea of what you are doing sir??

NEW IN THWAP'S SCHOOLYARD

A Word On "Ideological Purity" and Hillary Clinton
thwap's schoolyard / 25d
Would you like this deranged homicidal maniac to violently stab you to death, or would you like Hannibal Lector to do it with finesse over a period of a couple of days? Or, are you one of those extremists who would prefer neither? A healthy individual would say "neither." A healthy, intelligent society, when faced with a similar choice would say "neither" as well. If that healthy, intelligent soc
John Ibbitson; Fluffer
thwap's schoolyard / 27d
I first came across the word "fluffer" while reading a Dan Savage sex advice column. Apparently some hot girl had a hot boyfriend and some twink asked her if he could join them in a threesome wherein said twink would consign himself to sucking her boyfriend's cock between her boyfriends shtupping her. Savage said (I think) to go for it and to send him some pictures afterwards. But he also talked

NEW IN CHERCHEZ LA VERITE

In the Western World Lies Have Displaced Truth January 28, 2018 | Categories: Articles & Columns | In the Western World...
Cherchez la Verite / 28d
In the Western World Lies Have Displaced Truth January 28, 2018 | Categories: Articles & Columns | In the Western World Lies Have Displaced Truth Paul Craig Roberts Last year I was awarded Marquiss Who’s Who In America’s Lifetime Achievement Award. This did not prevent a hidden organization, PropOrNot , from attempting to brand me and my website along with 200 others “Putin stooges or agents” for

NEW IN CRAIG MURRAY

Scared of my Own Thoughts
Craig Murray / 15d
In Doha last week I watched on TV an utterly contemptible speech by Theresa May in which she grasped for ideas to shore up the increasingly eroded Establishment control of the political zeitgeist. Yet more pressure would be put on the social media companies to curtail the circulation of unauthorised truths as “fake news”. Disrespectful questioning of the political class will be a new crime of “in
All Pretence is Over in Persecution of Assange
Craig Murray / 11d
The “judge” who dismissed Assange’s case yesterday was “Lady Arbuthnot of Edrom”, wife to Tory peer, former Tory junior Defence Minister and government whip Lord James Arbuthnot. Arbuthnot was naturally Eton educated, the son of Major Sir John Sinclair Wemyss Arbuthnot. Of course Lady Arbuthnot’s children were all sent to Eton too. At the first hearing, I was stunned by reports of completely inap
Assange Judge’s Husband Runs Security Firm With Ex Head of MI6
Craig Murray / 11d
“Security Intelligence Consultancy” SC Strategy Ltd has only three directors . One is the husband of the judge in yesterday’s Assange ruling. One is the former Head of MI6, Sir John Scarlett, who is synonymous with crooked security operations and personally wrote the notorious dossier of lies on Iraqi WMD, thus causing the subsequent deaths of millions of people. One is Lord Carlile, who was nota

NEW IN DAMMIT JANET!

Valentine's Day
Dammit Janet! / 11d
Some Valentines. (A little late, I know.)
How to ID a Fake Clinic
Dammit Janet! / 12d
What they do Fake clinics, or "crisis pregnancy centres," exist to dissuade pregnant people from having abortions. They pretend to be medial clinics or helpful advice agencies. They are not. They are the front line of anti-choice. Too often they are literal Christian missions out to deny pregnant people's rights, and ultimately to ban abortion. They lie. About the stage of pregnancy ("too late to

NEW IN THE HIGH-FAT HEP C DIET

My first podcast interview, over at Break Nutrition
The High-fat Hep C Diet / 26d
Raphi Sirt of Break Nutrition interviewed me last week for a podcast. This was a far-ranging interview that took me to some unexpected places - but was a chance to expand on the big-picture stuff and the unanswered questions around the situational hypercholesterolaemia that marks the lean mass hyper-responder phenotype and the lessons about insulin resistance hidden in statin trials. http://breakn

NEW IN FREE PLANET

Jeremy Corbell - Patient Seventeen - not from this GALAXY
Free Planet / 5d
Patient Seventeen is out there; I'm not concerned how you see it, just see it. In this rivetting documentary from film-maker Jeremy Corbell, a thing is pulled from a patient's leg by surgeon Dr Roger Leir r.i.p. and it contains a wierd hotch-potch of sometimes ultra-poisonous metals in isotopic ratios that are just 'not from this planet' nor (it seems) from this part of our galaxy. Find it, and wa
Tutankhamun - Tuthmose - where's the difference?
Free Planet / 6d
Buried in a woman's tomb? this is almost brilliant.
Electrical Engineers - Electric Universe - Dark Matter and Dark Energy
Free Planet / 7d
it's about time Standard Cosmology and Astrophysical Scientists start investigating the Electric Universe, now. Maybe the Electrical Engineers can help them see the REAL universe for what it is...
Bukkakeworld - Planet of the Owls - Tenth Anniversary Editions...
Free Planet / 9d
published in 2008 as trade paperbacks by Silverthought Press of N.Y., rights were returned to Chimericana Books a couple years after and re-editioned in new covers. Bukkaworld: a book about YOU, the corporate lackey, the indentured, the subordinate. Stuck in a job you cannot stomach, under a manager you want to annihilate, in a corporation that wants to grind you into nothing more than human grea
Brien Foerster - Paracas elongated skulls of Peru - mitochondrial DNA results are in
Free Planet / 18d
trade winds suggest a logical route below Australia? about 3,000 years ago, elongated skull people from (wait for it) GEORGIA between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, made their way to the Indian Ocean and then the Pacific Ocean and arrived on the coast of Peru. They have very large eye sockets, no sagittal suture in the skull like normal humans, different mother pelvis arrangment, and a strang
this look so cool - Han Solo - teaser trailer
Free Planet / 19d
I thought we were in trouble there for a second there, but it's all good....

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

U N C !!!!!!
Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Agai... / 17d
(BEATS DOOK!)
Wells Fargo Wept? Nah. Don't Be Silly, It's Just a Timeout (Trumpists Eerily Quiet on Debt) Steve Wynn LLC Pays Off Accuser (Russia Confirms Su-25 Downed in Syria) Amazon Food Hells? (Wall St. Made Bank on Trump) Dark Money Trumps (Collusion) Trump's Financial Arsonists
Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Agai... / 19d
Lee Camp is never that subtle when depicting how ignoring global climate change will screw up our lives. Permanently. Although he does exhibit a tad more discretion when pointing out that entities (like the oil/gas/coal/nuclear vampires and Hillary) that are pushing the full-scale destruction of fracking on our way of life are the full-blooded villains of today. With not a hint of sarcasm or
State of Our Disunion
Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Agai... / 24d
I don't know about you but this is how I've been feeling. Politics has become the new ball and chain. Who'd have believed it would surpass romance? I couldn't stomach viewing the State of the Union address by the greatest President evah, but one of my buddies did, and he did a much better job of evaluating it than many I've seen so far. I watched as much of Trump’s speech to the Reichstag
Happy Birthday, Edith and Virginia! Happy End of War on Terror Everybody Else? We'll See If It's Just More Exciting Propaganda
Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Agai... / 29d
Happy Birthday, Edith and Virginia! Edith Wharton, "A Backward Glance," 1934 “The real marriage of true minds is for any two people to possess a sense of humor or irony pitched in exactly the same key, so that their joint glances on any subject cross like interarching searchlights.” Virginia Woolf, "The Letters of Virginia Woolf: Volume Three," 1980 “I am reading six books at once, the

NEW IN VERITAS 6464

Hi Honey, I'm home... Over a kilometre, this brave man, I know for whom he fights and why, irrelevant, he carried his ba...
Veritas 6464 / 9d
Hi Honey, I'm home... Over a kilometre, this brave man, I know for whom he fights and why, irrelevant, he carried his badly wounded comrade over his shoulder at a slow laboured trot, every second of those several minutes he was under fire from Heavy and Medium machine-guns, in the vid you can see the strikes kicking huge dust clouds up around his feet, the P.O.V. sounds of firing is loud and conti

NEW IN GRASS BASED HEALTH

Podcast Roundup
Grass Based Health / 21d
It occurred to me that I should assemble a list of the podcasts that I've appeared on. Here's as complete a list as I can produce. If I've omitted one, I sincerely apologize. Please let me know and I'll add it. Thank you to all the hosts who asked me to be a part of your programs! Here's the first part of a conversation I had with Jimmy on his Inner Fire Podcast (Jan 3, 2018) - http://innerfirepo

NEW IN GREG MANKIW'S BLOG

Summer Camp at Hoover
Greg Mankiw's Blog / 4d
A weeklong program for undergrads .
Wisdom about Bitcoin
Greg Mankiw's Blog / 29d
The Case for Free Trade
Greg Mankiw's Blog / 9d
Click here to read my column in Sunday's NY Times .
Still Number One
Greg Mankiw's Blog / 26d
From The Harvard Crimson : Economics 10B: “Principles of Economics” topped the charts in undergraduate enrollment for the fifth consecutive spring semester, boasting 585 students as of Monday morning, according to the Registrar’s office of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences....[It] enrolls 200 more students than the next most popular course on campus. FYI, here are this semester's guest lecturers:

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The Militias in Iraq, From Popular Mobilization to Political Interference
Syria Comment / 15d
Hashd al-Sha’bi militia fighters parading after the liberation of al-Qaim village, Nov. 3, 2017 By Sylvain Mercadier and Araz Muhamad Arash The Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) or Hashd al-Shaabi in Arabic, formed in 2014 following a fatwa by Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, played a major role in countering the expansion of the Islamic State and in bringing about its ultimate demise in Iraq. As t
“When the SDF was shocked”- Azaz Opposition Activist’s Analysis of Russian-Turkish Relations, Afrin, & Why US Will Dump Kurds for Turkey
Syria Comment / 26d
When the SDF was shocked” – An Azaz Opposition Activist’s Analysis of Russian-Turkish Relations, Afrin, & Why US will Dump the Kurds for Turkey Abd al-Qadir Abu Yusuf interviewed by Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi Syria Comment – Jan 31, 2017 Abd al-Qadir Abu Yusuf of Northern Storm. (On right, leaning on his elbow) Taken by Aymenn while on a visit to Northern Storm in Dec 2014. See Special Report: Northe
Follow-Up and Correctives on Hashd al-Sha’bi Article
Syria Comment / 10d
By Sylvain Mercadier and Elijah Magnier After the publication of my article “ The militias in Iraq, from popular mobilization to political interference ”, Al Rai chief international correspondent and analyst Elijah Magnier commented on the article and provided some additional observations that either supplement or contradict some information presented in it. The following are points provided by M

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My #1 Prediction For 2018: More Shootings. Here's How We Can Stop Them.
Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home / 10d
I promised that my next post would be my employment law predictions for 2018. Frankly, I've been putting it off because it's so depressing. However, in light of yesterday's shootings only a few miles from my home, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, I had to weigh in. Not only will there be more school shootings this year, but there will be more workplace shootings. That is a 100% certainty.

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The Forgiveness of Nature
What Is Sustainable / 16d
I grew up in the battered remains of a once vast hardwood forest in Michigan. I was lucky to spend my childhood wandering in a small surviving remnant. My forest was a sacred place. To me, the western plains felt dry, empty, bleak. But my oldest ancestors evolved on the arid savannahs of Mother Africa — grassland with scattered brush and trees. Grassland was where the big game hung out, and they
Children of the Sun
What Is Sustainable / 24d
All life requires energy to survive, and our primary source of energy is the sun, a fireball of nuclear fusion. On Earth, the plant people absorb this energy and convert it into simple carbohydrates. Humans and other animals extract these nutrients from edible plants, and/or from the flesh of plant eating animals. Alfred Crosby’s book, Children of the Sun , presents a history of how humans access

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EPA weakens worker protections. Senators fight back.
Pesticide Action Network / 2d
In October 2015, we celebrated with farmworker unions and advocates when a much-improved Worker Protection Standard ( WPS ) was approved. The WPS is the only federal rule that protects farmworkers from exposure to hazardous pesticides on the job, and hadn't been updated in more than 20 years. Not surprisingly, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced that it is planning to put
Future of food? Ask farmers, not DowDuPont
Pesticide Action Network / 13d
What were they thinking over at The Atlantic ? Last week, the normally fact-focused magazine and media company hosted an event entitled " Harvest: Transforming the Food We Eat " in New York City — and the evening was wholly underwritten by the Agricultural Division of DowDuPont. Event promotional materials touted innovators who are “making the global food system more sustainable and productive.”
Native voices on food and farming
Pesticide Action Network / 3d
PAN board member Kyle Powys Whyte holds the Timnick Chair in the Humanities at Michigan State University. He is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Community Sustainability and a member of the Potawatomi Nation. PAN’s Executive Director Kristin Schafer recently chatted with Kyle about Indigenous food sovereignty and how PAN’s work intersects with his own. What brings you to PAN’s board? I’m pri
These are dark days for science
Pesticide Action Network / 18d
I try to be optimistic, but the past year hasn't been a great one for science. The "war on science" you hear people talking about? It's real, and we're already seeing its results. Without input from researchers on the leading edge of science, policymakers are less equipped to make informed decisions — and it's easier for industry lobbyists to get their way. Vacant posts, less advice The numbers t
Science for Solutions: Farmer-scientists driving social change
Pesticide Action Network / 17d
This post is part three in our “Science for Solutions” blog series that amplifies scientist voices and underscores the importance of independent science as the foundation for evidence-based policymaking and narrative shifts. On a brilliant day in July, twenty-some years ago, I stood ankle-deep in the cool mud of a fragrant rice field in central Thailand, listening to the farmers around me discuss
California legislators get a food & farm report card
Pesticide Action Network / 24d
As the new legislative year kicked off in January, PAN joined food and farm groups across California in distributing a report card for California legislators, scoring them on their support of food & farming legislation from the previous year. And while nearly half of legislators earned a 100% ranking, the results belie efforts by legislators to advance more transformative policies. A collaborativ

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Putin’s gamble is paying off big-time?
Left I on the News / 1d
The subject line, minus the question mark, is the title of a truly remarkable opinion article by Max Boot in the Washington Post. Remarkable, even if you were to believe (which is simply assumed in this column) that Putin was responsible for Russian “meddling” and that those efforts were responsible for Trump’s election, both remarkably dubious assertions. The article compares the pros and cons of
How important are political posts on the Internet anyway?
Left I on the News / 9d
Now that the horse has left the barn and everyone is all verklempt about Russian meddling in the election (and indictments have even just been issued against 13 Russians) along comes the New York Times with an article which finally makes clear that the importance of these things has been vastly overblown, thanks to a number of factors, including A) It's hard to change people's minds; B) Most peop
What lies behind the DNI warning that "the Russians are coming in 2018"?
Left I on the News / 10d
Earlier this week, the heads of the FBI, CIA, and NSA testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee, along with DNI head Dan Coats. They were testifying about the latest DNI report about "threats to the United States" but here's the interesting thing. The report is 28 pages long, and covers a wide variety of threats (or perceived or alleged threats). But virtually all the news coverage of tha
Colin Powell at the U.N., 15 years later
Left I on the News / 19d
15 years ago today, Colin Powell delivered his infamous speech at the U.N., the speech which cemented the support of the U.S. political and media establishments for the invasion of Iraq, under the pretext of "weapons of mass destruction". This blog came into existence in August, 2003, a few months later, as one of the very first (if not the first) radical left blogs on the internet (there were a f
Did Russian Twitter bots really jump on #ReleaseTheMemo
Left I on the News / 24d
The claim, widely repeated in the media (e.g., here ), is that “Russian bots” increased the use of the hashtag #ReleaseTheMemo by 233,000 percent! First, without knowing the numbers (from what to what), percent increases are meaningless. An increase from 1 to 2 is a 100% increase. Any low starting number (like 0, before the subject was even raised) can generate huge percentage increases. Nowhere
Fascist statues in Ukraine
Left I on the News / 26d
You get branded a Russian stooge in this country, or perhaps a "Putin puppet", if you dare to speak the truth that what happened in the Ukraine in 2014 was a neo-Fascist led, U.S.-supported (and, to an extent, organized) coup and not any 
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