Philosophical Comment
It is a recognised challenge of my research field, bioethics, to
include and empower researchers and institutions from low- and
midlle-resource settings. Since a few years, the leading journal of
Bioethics , runs the side journal Developing World Bioethics to address
this issue, and over the past few years a number of journals have
appeared, based at institutions outside of the most affluent part
I have posted two times ( here and here ) about the deeply misguided
decision by the editorial management team of the Indian Journal of
Medical Ethics not to retract a fraudulent, obviously "antivaxx"
propaganda piece, article . On invitation, I have also summarised my
opinion on this matter at the Daily Nous philosophy blog. In all of
these posts, I have strongly underscored the otherwise very p
Only the other day, I posted about "highly problematic" publication
ethical decisions of the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics , and even
more problematic positions taken when challenged. After having raised
the issue in some closed facebook groups in my field, the initial
concerns I had about the direction taken by the journal, have now
deepened considerably. First, the entire managing editorial
Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home
There
are two big stories in the headlines involving employee speech and the
consequences thereof. If you haven't heard of both, welcome back from
the coma. The most recent was Roseanne Barr's racist tweet rant , which
resulted in the cancellation of her number 1 rated TV show, Roseanne.
Then there has been the ongoing saga of NFL players kneeling during the
national anthem in protest over the ext
In
the land of what-the-heck-were they thinking , I give you page 10 of
Harvey Weinstein's contract, Paragraph i, which is basically an
admission that the company's board and management were aware of his
propensity to sexually harass. I can't believe they put this in, and
I'll be shocked if a judge and/or jury doesn't slap them hard with
punitive damages and some personal liability. necessary to f
The
video of the guy heaping abuse on a restaurant's employees for speaking
Spanish that went viral made me wonder: what did the restaurant do
after this? A company's duty to keep the workplace free of national
origin and immigration status harassment extends to protecting its
employees from customer abuse and discrimination. The most common case
comes when a customer demands the company engage in
Syria Comment
It Would Have Been Preferable Not to Militarily Intervene in Syria; It
Has Turned Out to Be a Disaster By Ambassador Dr. Nikolaos van Dam @
nikolaosvandam Interviewed by Mohsen Abdelmoumen Originally published
June 03, 2018 on American Herald Tribune Mohsen Abdelmoumen: You are a
diplomat and you know very well the Middle East region where you have
been Ambassador of the Netherlands in several co
Juliette El-Mir Saadeh: Gender politics and women in armed conflict By
Christopher Solomon June 9, 2018 – For Syria Comment Juliette El-Mir
Saadeh, the wife of Syrian Social Nationalist Party founder Antoun
Saadeh, set a trend for the political and social norms for gender
politics in the Levant. The red five-pointed star on the yellow flag of
the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) evokes the
U.S. Involves itself Ever Deeper in Middle East with No Clear Strategic
Interest By Sam Farah For Syria Comment – June 6, 2018 On May 8,
President Trump announced that he was pulling the U.S. out of the Iran
deal. On May 12, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced his 12 points
demanding total capitulation of Iran to the U.S. government. In doing
so, he effectively putting the U.S. on a war path
The Duck of Minerva
This post in the Bridging the Gap series come from Sara Plana and
Rachel Tecott, doctoral candidates in the Department of Political
Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (Sara is also an
alumna of BtG’s New Era Workshop .) They are the founders of the Future
Strategy Forum and co-organized the Future of Force conference held in
May 2018. Follow them on Twitter @saracplana and @rac
This is a guest post from Paul Musgrave , Assistant Professor of
political science at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and
Sebastian Karcher , Associate Director of the Qualitative Data
Repository at Syracuse University. Recently, the Qualitative Data
Repository launched “Annotation for Transparent Inquiry (ATI)” as a
method to add transparency to scholarly research. ATI is a new approach
The Ergosphere
Via
a correspondent who asked to remain anonymous and unquoted, I received
some screenshots of panels from a brand-new comic called Alt*Hero. Story
authorship is "Vox Day", the pen-name of one Theodore Beale. He claims
to have a 150-ish IQ and refers to Aristotle regularly. I'm passingly
familiar with this guy; he comes up with clever expressions. He used to
get held up as an example of
The Straight Goods
Justin Harper, Stephen Trudeau … at the Helm Written by Robin Mathews ,
June 2018 Those of us who said (2016) that the Paris Climate Accords
were grossly insufficient and a Public Relations Sham … have been proved
correct. Justin Trudeau’s enthusiasm for eco-justice - churned into
froth among his make-believe ‘middle class’ supporters - burned to a
crisp in a matter of weeks. His real policies ar
Written by Robin Mathews People like Anna Maria Tremonti of CBC(IA) and
Margaret Wente of ‘Canada’s National Newspaper’ (The Globe and Mail)
are put in place - more and more people are coming to believe - to write
and speak vivaciously, pointedly, colourfully about anything but the
most serious issues facing Canada. Experts on “Me Too”, the sexual
equality battle, and what Ms. Wente calls “the vi
thwap's schoolyard
Ah! "Democracy"! Well, we don't have a democracy in Canada. We elect
representatives to negotiate from a position of weakness with the
oligarchy. At the best of times. Then, here in Ontario, there are times
like this, when less than 60% of the electorate votes and almost half
vote out of ignorance, delusion, greed, stupidity or bigotry. (Or some
combination of these.) And in so doing, elect a par
It's a good thing that I've long give up hope for this country and its
people. Otherwise the victory of the Stupid, Ignorant, Greedy Party of
Ontario would have come as quite a blow. Hegemony. The hegemony of a
certain set of values, beliefs and prejudices is what allows something
like Doug Ford and his Gang of Idiots, with their corruption,
incompetence, lying, evasion, boorishness, sleaze, etc.
Liberal, Tory, Same old story! Linda McQuaig in the Toronto Star
provides the analysis: In terms of foreign policy damage, whatever harm
Justin Trudeau did by parading around India in colourful outfits is a
nothing-burger compared to the severe hardship he is inflicting on
Venezuela. And yet media commentators have been full-throttle in
denouncing the prime minister’s alleged wardrobe malfunction
Kathleen Wynne isn't that bad a person I don't think. But the Ontario
Liberals are corrupt. The gas plant scandal/pay for
access/public-private-partnerships ... etc., etc., . This is a party
that's been in power too long. As premier, Wynne did put through some
decent policies. Just like McGuinty the robot created the Green Belt.
But the problem with the Ontario Liberals is the problem with libera
People are probably going: "thwap! When are you going to mention Justin
Trudeau?!? You've typed two long posts already [ I & II ] and you
haven't mentioned him once!" To which I reply: Hold your horses! I'll
get to him in my own good time. It's my blog and nobody reads it anyway.
I'm talking to myself. I was thinking the other day about how the
Powers That Be like to condemn China for its Great I
The Glib n' Stale endorsed enemy of Canadian democracy is back , making
farting and gurgling noises about how maybe he'd like to lead Canada
again. Yes, it appears that stephen harper has had enough time crying
and shivering, getting drunk and pissing himself whilst raging against
his imaginary god almighty, begging for wingnut welfare and masturbating
to internet porn in various offices where hi
Town Called Dobson
Vagabond Scholar
Today
is Memorial Day, which is meant for remembering those who died in
military service. It's also a good day to reflect on war in general.
Back in May 2017, John Quiggin of Crooked Timber made a good observation
about Trump bombing Syria and the pundits this impressed. Quiggin:
Blowing things and people up is seen as a demonstration of clarity and
resolve, unless someone is doing it to us
Viva Bolivia
Fake
news is used often against leaders; Evo Morales has to contend with it
in Bolivia and from other nations' journalists. Donald Trump is also a
victim of fake news. The monster that the press had made Trump out to be
has been so scary that it impeeds relations and damages international
cooperation. Which is the aim of certain intel agencies: divide and
conquer. Making a mess by deception. Last
What Is Sustainable
In history classes, students struggle to memorize and regurgitate the
names, dates, and places essential to our glorious myth — the sacred
journey that brought us to the miracle of today. For many, this parade
of dusty factoids is the story they will believe for the rest of their
days. What I was taught about Christopher Columbus resembled a
kindergarten fairy tale — the courageous hero succeeds.
Steven Johnson’s book, The Ghost Map , is a thoroughly researched, very
interesting, and well written historical detective story. It describes
how Dr. John Snow proved that cholera was a waterborne disease, during
an 1854 epidemic in London. In those days, nobody knew that tiny
invisible life forms, in a nice cool glass of water, could pull the
curtains on your existence in a most unpleasant way.
Wide Asleep in America
LIFE
magazine, January 1, 1970 “Baby Boomers are bloating the social safety
net!” “GenXers are changing the nature of work!” “Millennials are
killing the housing market!” The media endlessly feeds us stories about
how one generation or another is engaging in some collective act of
moral failing that, either explicitly or by implication, harms another
generation. It’s a widely-mocked cliché
Former
U.S. government officials are consistent features of cable news
punditry. I joined Al Jazeera English's The Listening Post to discuss.
*****
A
pillar of the community. A straight-A student who dreamed of becoming a
doctor. A loving father. Here through no fault of their own. She was
hysterical and out of control. He was no angel. The press, both local
and national, humanizes some victims of state or corporate violence,
while demonizing others. Despite good intentions and seemingly without
noticing, the media all too often create
I
had the honor of returning to the Radio Dispatch airwaves to discuss
the history and potential future of the Iran Deal with the great John
Knefel. Listen to it below or download it here. Your browser does not
support this audio And be sure to check out John and Molly Knefel's
amazing archive of past shows here. And listen to the show from now on.
C'mon people. *****
For
decades, Canada has been a go-to point of reference for American
progressives as a country the United States can and should strive to be.
And while there are many parts about Canadian society that are
measurably preferable, leftists in Canada find their country's glossy,
socialist paradise image to be overblown and often a barrier to
meaningful change. This episode examines this tension,
WWF - Latest News
The online pet trade has emerged as a pressing threat to otters in
Southeast Asia with a new TRAFFIC-IUCN Otter Specialist Group (OSG)
study revealing hundreds of the animals for sale on Facebook and other
websites over a four-month period. The Illegal Otter Trade in Southeast
Asia, released today, revealed a high demand for juvenile live otters in
the region, with over 70% of the animals offered
5 JUNE 2018, SINGAPORE – To shift Asia's financial flows towards
sustainable economic, social and environmental outcomes, the World Wide
Fund for Nature (WWF) has announced the launch of the Asia Sustainable
Finance Initiative (ASFI). Based in Singapore, this multi-stakeholder
platform will bring together industry, government, civil society and
academia to develop and coordinate science based bes
Results from a two-year survey in the transboundary Virunga Massif, one
of the two remaining habitats of the mountain gorilla, show numbers of
the critically endangered species are on the rise. Released last week,
the latest estimates from the Virunga Massif put mountain gorilla
numbers at 604 from an estimated 480 in 2010, including 41 social
groups, along with 14 solitary males in the transboun
Rubavu, Rwanda, 31 May 2018 - Numbers of critically endangered mountain
gorillas are on the up, following conservation efforts in the
transboundary Virunga Massif, one of the two remaining areas where the
great ape is still found. Survey results released today reveal that
numbers have increased to 604 from an estimated 480 in 2010, including
41 social groups, along with 14 solitary males in the t
Dolphins, whales and porpoises (cetaceans) are fascinating animals that
continue to capture the imagination of humans as evidenced by the
increasing number of whale watchers taking to the seas in search of a
glimpse of these majestic creatures. They are amongst the most
intelligent animals on our planet and play a critical role in
maintaining marine ecosystem health and therefore human health. Ye
A Very Public Sociologist
Not long ago, Morrissey said he couldn't listen to Smiths songs any
more. Following his endorsement of Anne Marie Waters, For Britain, and
defence of Tommy Robinson, a lot of fans will be thinking the same. And
this is not the first time Morrissey has expressed racist sentiments
either. Never a massive fan, but as a 90s indie kid I paid my respects.
The Smiths put out great songs in their day and
It was just over a year ago that we experienced the greatest election
upset since the war. From 20 points behind, an impregnable Prime
Minister with the organs of opinion behind her and, seemingly, the
voting public was humbled in the most electrifying and exciting campaign
of my life time. In defiance of political gravity, at least according
to the learned Newtonians of the press and the Parliam
They don't come harder than this. You can't tell a book by its cover,
but seeing this gaggle of bastards edge on shows they mean business.
Newly minted and almost pristine, their homes on the book shelf are
getting prepped. But tomes, especially these are not ornaments. Inside
are some of the most explosive ideas, mind boggling arguments and, if
you want Roger Scruton's opinion, unreadable nonsen
This, from Emily Thornberry , is a powerful statement. “We condemn
unreservedly the Israeli government for their brutal, lethal and utterly
unjustified actions on the Gaza border, and our thoughts are with all
those Palestinians in Gaza whose loved ones have been killed or injured
as a result. “These actions are made all the worse because they come not
as the result of a disproportionate over-rea
Consider the Italian crisis that blew up this last week. As the right
populist Northern League and the Five Star Movement, perhaps the most
pristine example of petit bourgeois radicalism seen anywhere, were
negotiating the arrangements for coalition government, Matteo Salvini of
Lega Nord couldn't resist the theatre of political grandstanding. He
goaded the establishment by nominating Paolo Savan
What does misinterpretation mean, particularly in hard-to-follow
arguments about the complex and often counter-intuitive ways social
dynamics work? Often, it can be an honest mistake, of not approaching a
position with sufficient nuance or not having a complete picture about
the theoretical project of which it is part. It can be a result of one's
own assumptions, that because term x has a certain
a purely rhetorical question. While the passing of anyone is always sad
for the people left behind, a person who commits suicide is
particularly hard to comprehend. Anthony Bourdain, a celebrity chef,
took his own life by hanging at the age of 61. I've never watched his
program and confess to barely knowing anything about him. From reports
I'm skimmed it seems he was rather contentious and unhapp
you will be missed. Some of my readers may remember frequent commenter
and blogger who most often went by "Mark in Spokane." Mark was a
professor of law at Gonzaga University in Spokane and about a year and a
half ago moved to Olympia where he was a senior legal analyst for the
Administrative Office of the Courts. He had his own blog for a few years
and then wrote for The Imaginative Conservative
which grabs the headlines? If having a potty mouth is all it takes to
capture headlines around the globe , my picture should be on the front
page on the NYTimes, LA Times, and UK Daily Mail. Yes, dear readers, I
have had a bit of a potty mouth since being a wee girl. It's not
something I'm proud of and I have no idea of how I came to have such an
affliction. I certainly didn't inherit it from my
a photo that leaves me speechless. Only us olden type peeps with long memories get the real significance of this. MAGA
Tired of apologizing for being Catholic? Sick of every other religion
in the world being praised while yours is condemned? Weary of hearing
about the rights of man, with no thought given to the rights of God and
His Church? Done with CINOs (Catholics In Name Only)? Here's the answer.
On Pentecost weekend in France, nearly 20,000 Catholics from all over
the world--of every race and color, men and
where white people will be told they're racists. Here's the scoop. All
the company owned stores will close this afternoon. The white workers
(I've heard a rumor blacks do not have to attend since only white people
are racist ) will be herded into a room and be assaulted with charges
of implicit bias. Explain to me why Starbucks would expect a positive
outcome by forcing people to confess to impli
While
we’re waiting for the Singapore Summit to produce whatever it produces,
it may be useful to ponder the record. There’s now more than a
quarter-century’s worth of statements by North Korea and various other
parties that have addressed Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions in one way or
another. Taken together, they offer a yardstick for Singapore. …
Jeffrey
spent the past week making Singapore Slings but it didn’t help dull the
pain. The conversation then turned to the summit and ended with a
conversation about the sustainability of summits without substance and
what the two sides can do in the future to settle on an actual agenda
for talks. Jeffrey …
In
post-summit comments, the President indicated that the DPRK had agreed
to destroy a “missile engine testing site,” which the U.S. identified
“because of the heat.” This has brought up the question of which site
does he mean? Dave Schmerler did an excellent thread about this on
twitter, but I’m nothing if not stubborn and I …
This
is a full end-to-end OSINT episode, buckle up. Using satellite imagery,
SAR data, Farsi-language television coverage, one rocket scientist’s
favorite color, and one very important box, the team at CNS/MIIS tracked
down a second solid-propellant rocket production facility in Iran. We
suspect it may be moving towards ICBM research. Scott ventures out to
California …
Matt
Korda, fellow Canuck and master of North Korean missile puns, submitted
this piece on publicly available missile patents. It’s wonderfully in
the weeds, but then again we are called Arms Control “Wonk” for a
reason, right? ______________ When I’m bored, I sometimes like to scroll
through the latest patents listed on Google. It’s the …
Korean
Workers’ Party Vice Chairman Kim Yong Chol is in New York today to see
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in what seems to be a pivotal moment for
determining whether a June 12 date for a U.S.-North Korean summit is
within reach. A symbolic, “goodwill” meeting ought to be possible by
that date, but …
CENSORED NEWS
.
U.S. Rep. Tom O'Halleran, D-Ariz., (middle), listens as President
Russell Begaye speaks during a uranium town hall meeting May 30 in
Cameron. PRESIDENT BEGAYE: NO URANIUM EXPLORATION, EXTRACTION OR
TRANSPORTATION ON NAVAJO LANDS By Navajo Nation President Begaye Press
Office Censored News WINDOW ROCK—President Russell Begaye is applauding
the U.S. House of Representatives for
Earl
Tulley, Dine' of Blue Gap, with Ofelia Rivas, O'odham Ofelia Rivas,
O'odham, and Earl Tulley, Dine', Reflections on the Sacredness of Life
Article by Brenda Norrell Censored Video by Govinda Dalton, Spirit
Resistance Radio (watch below) DILKON, Navajo Nation -- Ofelia Rivas,
Tohono O'odham, and Earl Tulley, Dine', discuss the cultural lifeways
and spiritual foundations of their people
NATIVE
YOUTH STOP MCK MARIJUANA GROW-OP Posted on June 10, 2018 Please post
& distribute. MNN. JUNE 10, 2018. Kahnawake Survival School students
and community members stopped the survey for a 47,000 square foot
multi-purpose building in the old grove forest adjacent to their school.
It’s on busy risky highway 138 for a reason. Once marijuana is legal in
Canada, this plot of land is
LIPSTICK
ON THE PIG! Posted on June 12, 2018 Please post & circulate. MNN.
June 12, 2018. Get ready! Get Set! Youth are the majority among native
people. According to the kaianerekowa everyone including small children
have rights in ALL decisions. We are all survivors of the
wa-si-ra-ko-se-tah, the biggest holocaust in all humanity. Read article
at Mohawk Nation New http://
The
canopy going up today for Dine' CARE's Peoples Convention Photo by
Brenda Norrell Dine' Citizens Against Ruining our Environment Peoples
Convention Begins Friday noon with registration and camping set up.
Speakers at 4:30 p.m. Full day of great speakers Saturday, and again on
Sunday. June 1 -- 3, 2018 Dilkon Fairgrounds, Navajo Nation Govinda,
Spirit Resistance Radio, setting up to
Found
the Connection, Searching for a Signal, Dilkon Spirit Resistance Radio
on Dineh and Hopi Lands (Photo above) Govinda searching for a signal for
Spirit Resistance Radio at Dilkon on the Navajo Nation, as we prepare
to broadcast live Dine' CARE's Peoples Convention and 30 Year
Anniversary. Wonderful to back in the Homelands! Dilkon, Navajo Nation
Dilkon, Navajo Nation
Centauri Dreams
Chasing New Horizons , by Alan Stern and David Grinspoon. Picador
(2018), 320 pp. Early on in Alan Stern and David Grinspoon’s Chasing New
Horizons , a basic tension within the space community reveals itself.
It’s one that would haunt the prospect of a mission to Pluto throughout
its lengthy gestation, repeatedly slowing and sometimes stopping the
mission in its tracks. The authors call it a ‘bas
I’ve always had a great interest in Iceland, stemming from my studies
of Old Norse in graduate school, when we homed in on the sagas and
immersed ourselves in a language that has changed surprisingly little
for a thousand years. There’s much modern vocabulary, of course, but the
Icelandic of 1000 AD is much closer to the modern variant than
Shakespeare’s English is to our own. Syntactically and m
One of the benefits of having Alpha Centauri as our closest stellar
neighbor is that this system comprises three different kinds of star. We
have the familiar Centauri A, a G-class star much like our Sun, along
with the smaller Centauri B, a K-class star with about 90 percent of the
Sun’s mass. Proxima Centauri gives us an M-dwarf, along with the (so
far) only known planet in the system, Proxima
The longer we can keep a mission going in an exotic place, the better.
Sometimes longevity is its own reward, as Curiosity has just reminded us
on Mars. After all, it was only because the rover has been in place for
six years that it was able to observe what scientists now think are
seasonal variations in the methane in Mars’ atmosphere. Thus the news
that Juno will remain active in Jupiter space
When life first arose in the universe is a question to which we have no
answer. A key problem here is that without knowing how rare — or common
— life’s emergence is, we can’t draw conclusions about where (or when)
to find it. One thing that is accessible to us, though, is information
about when stars began the process of producing the elements beyond
hydrogen and helium that are constituents of
Ronald Bracewell’s name doesn’t come up as often in these pages as I
might like, but today James Jason Wentworth remedies the lack. Bracewell
(1921-2007), active in radio astronomy, mathematics and physics for
many years at Stanford University, developed the concept of autonomous
interstellar probes. Such a craft would be capable not only of taking
numerous scientific readings but of communicatin
Craig Murray
I apologise for the silence. I am perfectly well, thanks for all the
queries, but am on the site of the Eden Festival and working rather too
hard. The post Silence is Sort of Dirty Bronzeish appeared first on
Craig Murray .
133,612 edits to Wikpedia have been made in the name of “Philip Cross”
over 14 years. That’s over 30 edits per day, seven days a week. And I do
not use that figuratively: Wikipedia edits are timed, and if you plot
them, the timecard for “Philip Cross’s” Wikipedia activity is
astonishing is astonishing if it is one individual: The operation runs
like clockwork, seven days a week, every waking hour
The true face of the organisation calling itself “Labour Friends of
Israel” has been revealed today, in truly disgusting victim-blaming
tweets reacting to the massacre of over fifty Palestinians – including
yet more children – by the Israeli Defence Force in Gaza. No Israelis
were injured and no “border communities” attacked. This amplification of
the worst extreme right wing zionist propaganda b
On the day the Israeli Defence Force massacred dozens of unarmed
Palestinians in Gaza and maimed over 400 more, our media has carefully
avoided the use of the word massacre. Here is a Google search of News I
did five minutes ago on the word “massacre”. A massacre occurred today
in which more people were killed than at Glencoe. All of them were
unarmed and the majority were well over a hundred yar
The Guardian has today published a whole series of attack piece
articles on Julian Assange which plainly exult in the fact he has now
been silenced by the cutting of his communication with the outside
world. They also include outright lies such as this one by Dan Collyns:
In fact Julian Assange was questioned for two days solid in the Embassy
by Swedish procurators and police in November 2016. Th
It was happy to see Yulia alive and looking reasonably well yesterday,
if understandably stressed. Notably, and in sharp contrast to
Litvinenko, she leveled no accusations at Russia or anybody else for her
poisoning. In Russian she spoke quite naturally. Of the Russian Embassy
she said very simply “I am not ready, I do not want their help”.
Strangely this is again translated in the Reuters subtit
David Climenhaga's Alberta Diary
A photograph of last weekend’s G7 conclave in Quebec showing several
national leaders apparently trying to persuade U.S. President Donald
Trump to act like a grownup was doing the rounds on social media in the
aftermath of the post-summit trainwreck. With the G7 gathering in La
Malbaie already nearly universally acknowledged as a debacle thanks to
Mr. Trump’s erratic behaviour and bizarre attacks
While thousands, perhaps tens of thousands, were taking part in Pride
events throughout Edmonton today, Jason Kenney’s United Conservative
Party held a private, conservatives-only “Pride Breakfast” a few blocks
from the route of the parade along fashionable Whyte Avenue on the
city’s south side. This reflects the unique problem Mr. Kenney and the
UCP have with Pride. Mr. Kenney is a social conser
Premier Doug Ford. You have our hopes and prayers, Ontario. Our hopes
and prayers. And I’m sorry for my friends and readers in Ontario … so
sorry to have gotten your hopes up by saying I thought the Ontario NDP
would win. You should have known better than to listen to some guy from
Alberta prognosticating about Ontario politics. As for the Tory Tweeters
who are gloating at me tonight, enjoy yours
I blame Stephen Harper. Face it, Canada’s latest trade troubles
wouldn’t have happened without him! If Mr. Harper hadn’t spent $30
million or so of our tax money “commemorating” the War of 1812, who
would’ve known our side burned down the White House and sundry other
buildings in Washington, D.C., in August of that year? Certainly not a
lummox like Donald Trump, the current occupant of the buildi
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in
Edmonton for the week ended June 3, 2018, compiled by Audreys Books and
provided by the Book Publishers Association of Alberta. EDMONTON FICTION
BESTSELLERS 1. On Chesil Beach – Ian McEwan 2. Full Disclosure –
Beverley McLachlin 3. Midnight Line – Lee Child 4. Warlight – Michael
Ondaatje 5. Glass Houses – Louise Penny 6. The Co
Good news for Alberta taxpayers! The University of Alberta has not
sought, is not seeking, and will not seek a “bailout” – or anything like
a bailout – from the taxpayers of Alberta. Let’s say it again: Hasn’t
happened. Isn’t happening. Won’t happen. I mention this because of the
startling headline on a Canadian Taxpayers Federation news release that
showed up on social media yesterday morning: “
From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog
From Jenna Orkin Iran and 9/11: Down the Rabbit Hole of Blame - Kristen
Breitweiser Washington State Only Place in US with Net Neutrality A
senior White House aide is reportedly sharing fake stories with staffers
to identify who's leaking to the press Nevada is weighing a ban on
brothels as the state's most famous legal pimp runs for office This
Swedish burger chain is now offering 'the world's f
From Jenna Orkin Iranian Official: We Protected Al-Qaeda Terrorists
Before 9/11 And away we go. How much raw material goes into the foods
you eat and products you use on an everyday basis Trump arrives in
Singapore for the unprecedented US-North Korea summit after bombshell G7
blowup A migrant father separated from his wife and child at the
US-Mexico border had a breakdown at a Texas jail and too
From Jenna Orkin Gene-Edited Supercrops To Be Grown in UK for First
Time Ah, the benefits of Brexit. Amazon Using Over 100,000 Warehouse
Robots Longevity Extension in Drosophila Through Gut-Brain
Communication, by Susan Westfall, Nikita Lomis & Satya Prakash
Microsoft Sinks Data Center Off Orkney Footsteps, Pressure Sensors, and
AI: The Next Step in Airport Security She Was Kidnapped by Guerrilla
From Jenna Orkin The Years Project: Big Oil Knew What the oil majors
knew about climate change fifty years ago. Argentina looks set to get a
$50 billion bailout — the biggest loan in the IMF's history This FBI
agent says terrorists are plotting to wipe out the 911 emergency system
in an attack 'only limited by your imagination' Leaker Crackdown Begins:
Top Senate Staffer Arrested In Leak Probe; N
From Jenna Orkin The flying car backed by Google's cofounder just got a
big update, and people can pilot it with less than an hour's training
The secretive Bilderberg Group is meeting in Italy this weekend — and
the rise of populism is at the top of their agenda Driver Rams Gate Of
US Embassy In Seoul "Dollar Is King": Indonesia Joins India In Begging
Fed To Stop Shrinking Its Balance Sheet Ameri
From Jenna Orkin Amazon just rocked home insurers on reports it'll
enter the industry — Here are the 6 times it's panicked investors in
other companies Ivanka Trump may soon be in the crosshairs of FBI and
congressional investigators Rainstorms are now up to 70% stronger and
wetter than they were in the 1950s — and this is only the beginning
One-third of US military injuries in Iraq and Afghanist
GlobaLove Think Tank
Government and Taxes
America First Energy Conference (AFEC 2018) in Hilton Riverside Hotel,
New Orleans, Louisiana, August 7. The 1st AFEC 2017 was also organized
by Heartland and was held at JW Marriott Houston, Texas on November 9,
2017. I attended that successful conference, seems I was the only Asian
in the big room and I have written some proceedings in my column in
BusinessWorld last year, US energy policies an
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last Wednesday, June 6. The
summit meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korea leader
Kim Jong-Un (KJU) this coming June 12, 2018 in Singapore is marked with
several paradoxes. For one, the US is the biggest economy in the world
with a GDP size of $19.39 trillion in 2017 while the North Korean
economy is very small with an estimated GDP size of
This is good. Zero tariff, keep non-tariff barriers/measures to the
minimum. EU, Japan, Canada, China, dare -- game?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-pitches-tariff-free-trade-zone-to-g-7-allies-1528556581
“We should at least consider no tariffs, no barriers — scrapping all of
it,” Trump said, according to officials who were listening and taking
notes. Trump floated the idea — which was
* This is my column in BusinessWorld last June 04, 2018. “To cease
smoking is the easiest thing I ever did, I ought to know because I’ve
done it a thousand times.” — Mark Twain On May 29, 2018, I attended the
“Health for Juan and Juana” conference on universal health care (UHC) at
the PICC, jointly sponsored by the DoH, ADB, PHAP, MeTA, Havas, AC
Health, others. It was a big event with many parti
Debates if not fights among climate negotiators and planet saviours
over climate money is a perennial, annual characteristic of the annual
UN FCCC talks. As admitted by this article from
http://climatetracker.org/climate-finance-stumbling-block-negotiations-cop23/
. The range of climate money being expected to be redistributed from
rich to developing countries is from $100 B/year starting 2020 (j
Go Trump, Mattis. Communists by nature are 100% bullies and dictators.
They bully their own citizens, they bully their weaker and smaller
neighbors. Someone should show them they cannot bully everybody. May 30,
2018, 3:14 PM Pentagon chief says U.S. to continue operations in South
China Sea By Idrees Ali, Reuters
http://www.interaksyon.com/pentagon-chief-says-u-s-to-continue-operations-in-south-c
( Hm. That sounds suspiciously like saying 'Americans' are communist. )
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