THE RULES OF EXPOSITION
VIVA BOLIVIA
Fake News From America
Viva Bolivia / 5d
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
OBSIDIAN WINGS
Who disabled an unmarked unit, with a banana? Op. Thr.
Obsidian Wings / 2h
by Ugh Random movie quotes have been popping into my head lately and the number one thing I realized is that none of them are from a movie post-2000. Either I'm old or my movie watching habits have declined. Probably both. I was going to put up a thread about how one of the great political "branding" campaigns of the past 30+ years is the GOP labeling the estate tax as the "death tax." Not that t
what i learned from drumming, so far
by russell time for a break from politics? I've been thinking about what I have learned from drumming. About drumming, about music in general, about life in general. Maybe it's of interest on its own terms, maybe it will make you think of what you have learned from the things you do. I started playing when I was 10, so it's over 50 years now. As an online friend once observed, "Playing drums is n
Thread Thread Thready Thread
Obsidian Wings / 7d
by Ugh Because why not, eh? I forget who said that capitalism needs to be kept safe from the capitalists, but gee ABC, what did you think you were getting? Also, too, I'm spending way too much time on the twitters, and encountering some very special people. My kids are casting Harry Potter spells on each other and I feel old. Me me me, it's all about me! Thread of openness.
Enough
Obsidian Wings / 16d
by wj As I noted in a comment earlier, one of my political goals would be 1) equality of opportunity, 2) NOT equality of outcomes, 3) adequate support for those who are struggling, funded by money from those who have been most successful. But how do we get there? I think that first we have to accept the concept of Enough . When you have income, what do you spend it on? First, you need food on the
Open thread - hidden worlds
Obsidian Wings / 19d
by JanieM russell’s post on drumming has reminded me that there are worlds and worlds that I know nothing about, and sometimes it’s fun to peek into them. For instance – long ago a carpenter friend who worked in stained glass as a sideline took me to pick out some glass for a window he was helping me make. We went to a rundown neighborhood in Boston, then into a shabby-looking two-story house. In
Dear God Make it Stop, Open Thread
Obsidian Wings / 27d
by Ugh Today in what must be the eleventy-billionth article on the subject, the WaPo makes the rugged, overland, sometimes I'm sure dangerous, journey to the restive provinces to find out just why Trump voters voted for Trump and what Trump voters think of Trump now that Trump has been Presidenting. Farming, lamb processing, and a John Deere hoodie make appearances. Also: “I think Trump brought o
VAGABOND SCHOLAR
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Blowing Things Up
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
PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK
A bumpy ride for Minnesota bees
As the Minnesota legislature adjourned last week, I was left with mixed feelings of disappointment and hope for Minnesota pesticide legislation. Going into this legislative session PAN and our allies knew that we would be playing a tough game of defense. What we didn’t expect? While legislators had a field day attacking clean water, air, and pipeline protections, we witnessed some key tone shifts
McDonald's, you’ve got a pesticide problem
McDonald’s has a long history of employing business practices that are devastating to the lives of workers and their communities. Key among these: the fast food chain continues to source potatoes grown with drift-prone pesticides that put the health of nearby rural and Indigenous communities at risk, despite claiming “sustainability priorities” and “responsible sourcing.” In the weeks leading up
Farm Bill opposition couldn't be ignored
This blog is the third in our Farm Bill series focusing in on key issues of concern to those in our network. HR 2, the House version of the 2018 Farm Bill, went to the House floor for a vote on May 18, and failed. PAN was one of more than 500 organizations who voiced opposition to the House bill, including farmer organizations, advocates for rural communities and hunger and social justice groups.
Farm Bill: How could it work for farmers?
This interview with Churdan, Iowa farmer Patti Naylor is the second blog in our series focusing on key issues of concern in the Farm Bill to those in our network. In this blog, Patti focuses on her vision for a Farm Bill process that better serves her farm and community. Many provisions in the Farm Bill legislation introduced in the House of Representatives will be harmful to farmers, rural commu
Chlorpyrifos ban imminent in Hawaiʻi
Pesticide Action Network / 23d
The Hawaiʻi legislature has made a momentous decision to pass a bill that would ban the neurotoxic pesticide chlorpyrifos. Now it's on the Governor's desk. Learn more Slideshow Category: Flex Slider
EU bans neonics; U.S. bees not so lucky
Pesticide Action Network / 23d
After years of strong scientific evidence and even stronger advocacy, European officials decided to make a temporary ban on three bee-harming pesticides permanent. Learn more Slideshow Category: Flex Slider
PHILOSOPHICAL COMMENT
Highly Problematic Stance on Fake "Antivaxx" Authorship By of the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics
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
Welcome Retraction Decision from the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics, and Hopefully Future Policy Revisions to Be Announced
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
Indian Journal of Medical Ethics Troubles Deepen as Editorial Team Responds to Criticism
Philosophical Comment / 15d
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
THWAP'S SCHOOLYARD
Stupid Justin Trudeau Sucks Ass On Venezuela
thwap's schoolyard / 8d
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
Why the ONDP Should Win
thwap's schoolyard / 12d
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
Justin Trudeau vs Free Speech Part III
thwap's schoolyard / 16d
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
stephen harper Slithers Back
thwap's schoolyard / 21d
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
SCREW YOU GUYS, I'M GOING HOME
Roseanne, the NFL, and Employee Free Speech at Work
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
Customer Heaping Racist Abuse On Employees? Employer Must Stop It Or Risk Suit
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
Senate Democrats Seek To Ban Noncompetes
It won't pass, but a group of Democrats in the U.S. Senate have proposed a bill that would ban noncompete agreements . The Workforce Mobility Act would prohibit the use of non-compete agreements and require employers to notify employees that these agreements are illegal. It would also allow the U.S. Department of Labor to enforce the ban with fines on the employer. Here are the key provisions: 3.
SYRIA COMMENT
U.S. Involves itself Ever Deeper in Middle East with No Clear Strategic Interest – By Sam Farah
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
Turkey’s Afrin Operation Stokes Syrian Yazidi Fears and Fuels Displacement — by Sylvain Mercadier
Following the Yazidi Genocide that began Aug. 3, 2014 in Sinjar, most awareness of the Yazidis has centered on Iraq’s Yazidi community. Syria also has many Yazidi villages located in Kurdish areas. These homelands have been inhabited by Yazidis for centuries, but their populations have become increasingly vulnerable, first with the Syrian Civil War and now with Turkey’s invasion of Kurdish areas.
Iran in Syria: “Cognitive Empathy” and Interests
By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi How should Iran’s intentions in Syria be understood? The question is all the more relevant in light of the recent exchange of missile fire on the border between the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and Syria. Writing in The Intercept back in March 2018 , Robert Wright argued that DC think-tanks “warp our vision” and prevent us from applying “cognitive empathy” when it come
THE STRAIGHT GOODS
The Brainwash Machine: We’Re All In It.
The Straight Goods / 11d
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
WWF - LATEST NEWS
Mountain gorilla numbers climb upwards
WWF - Latest News / 1d
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
Mountain gorilla numbers surpass 1,000 despite challenges
WWF - Latest News / 7d
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
A seachange needed in fisheries to give dolphins, whales and porpoises a chance
WWF - Latest News / 16d
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
Environmental and indigenous rights activist to receive WWF's top youth conservation award
WWF - Latest News / 30d
Cartagena, 8 May 2018 - Nina Gualinga, an indigenous woman leader of the Kichwa community of Sarayaku in the Ecuadorian Amazon, is the recipient of this year's WWF International President's Youth award. An advocate for climate justice and indigenous rights since the age of eight, the award recognizes Nina's relentless efforts to protect nature and communities in the Amazon at a time when the regi
THE ERGOSPHERE
When physics is on the line, face-palm edition
The Ergosphere / 12d
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 DUCK OF MINERVA
What We Learned at the Future Strategy Forum
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
Seven Reasons We Use Annotation for Transparent Inquiry (ATI)
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
MIDDLE EAST TODAY
International Outrage over Gaza’s Killing
Middle East Today / 20d
Since the creation of the Jewish state in 1948, Israel’s political strategy has been consistent, to drive the Palestinians from their land in order to implement Eretz Israel or greater Israel. More than five million Palestinians were driven out of their homes and were classified as refugees. In addition, more than 500 villages were demolished so that none of those refugees could come back to thei
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Supreme Court sides with Christian baker...
during the month set aside to celebrate sodomy. The justices, in a 7-2 decision, faulted the Colorado Civil Rights Commission's handling of the claims brought against Jack Phillips, saying it had showed a hostility to religion. In doing so, the commission violated his religious rights under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. But the court did not issue a definitive ruling on the circum
Mark Levin: Mueller Probe Unconstitutional...
when has that ever stopped the commie/marxist/libtards? I shall be missing for a day or two after my first cataract surgery tomorrow. The doctors insist I chill for a day or two afterwards. I'm looking forward to better sight, and I thank everyone who has helped out with donations to help to defray the additional out-or-pocket costs of over $2000.00. More: Joe Hoft: HERE IT IS=> Top 10 Reasons Wh
Friday Edition: Things to Not Care About...
thy name is legion. Foul mouthed "feminist" Samantha Bee losing sponsors Equally foul mouthed "feminist" Sally Field out-foul-mouthing Samantha Bee Roseanne Barr sounding stupid - in a foul mouthed way Kim Kardashian meeting with Trump (no idea if there was any foul mouthing going on during the meeting) Google listing "Nazism" as the ideology of the California Republican party (now that's pretty
Today is Dog and Pony Show Day at Starbucks...
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
ARMSCONTROLWONK
KCN-eh? May’s other North Korea Developments
A Canadian reviews the last month’s news with a special guest. Andrea talks to Hamish Macdonald from NK News about what went boom at Punggye-ri, recaps the diplomatic rollercoaster ride that was May, and ponders the Max Thunder joint military exercises (during an actual thunderstorm). Links of note: Will Ripley’s Instagram snaps from his visit to Wonsan …
“A New and Useful Rocket Apparatus”
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 …
Snooping on Denuclearization
This post is co-authored with David Schmerler. We read a lot of newspaper stories, some of which seem … unreliable. NORTH KOREA’S NUCLEAR TEST MOUNTAIN COLLAPSED. NORTH KOREA WILL ABANDON ITS ICBMS. FRANCE GETS ALL THE BOMBS. One of the reason we like OSINT, especially satellite images, is that we can actually see things that …
Friendship without Benefits: North Korea Doesn’t Want Uncle Sam’s Dollars
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 …
The Libya Model and North Korean Nukes
What is going on with the Trump-Kim summit following the recent cancellation of a DPRK-ROK meeting? Will Trump and Kim meet? And how does John Bolton fit into all of this? Today, Aaron and Jeffrey discuss the latest twists and turns in the run-up to the Singapore summit, and raise broader questions about denuclearization and …
Whiffs of Grapeshot
Quote of the week: “Angels and ministers of grace defend us!” – William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act I, Scene IV The master of self-inflicted wounds has done it again. This time, President Donald Trump is walking away from meaningful, verifiable limits on Iran’s bomb program. The constraints on Iran’s nuclear program embedded in the 2015 Joint …
NORTHERN REFLECTIONS
Spoiling For A Fight
Northern Reflections / 1h
Donald is coming to Canada, and he's spoiling for a fight. Julian Borger and Ashita Kassam writ e in The Guardian : This year’s conclave, opening on Friday, is being referred to as the G6 plus one, or the G7 minus one. It promises to be a showdown between the US president and everyone else. Usually by this point the sherpas, diplomats who prepare for the summit, are working on the punctuation in
And Thereby Hangs A Tale
Northern Reflections / 1d
Robert Kennedy died fifty years ago today. It seems so long ago. 1968 was a tumultuous year in the United States. Two months before Kennedy's death, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. Two months after his death, the Streets of Chicago erupted in revolution. At home in Montreal, I listened to Pierre Elliot Trudeau say things like: Perhaps the rediscovery of our humanity, and the potential of
One Big, Happy Family
Northern Reflections / 2d
The Ontario election took yet another weird turn yesterday, when Renata Ford -- Rob Ford's widow -- sued her two brothers-in-laws for $16.5 billion dollars. Kevin Donovan writes in The Toronto Star : The widow and children of former Toronto mayor Rob Ford are suing his brother Doug Ford, alleging he has deprived them of millions of dollars, including shares in the family business and a life insur
The Ghost Of King George
Northern Reflections / 3d
Michael Harris writes that the ghost of King George III stalks the White House. Soon he will float into Quebec: King George III is in the Oval Office and he’s not playing cards. You know, Old Georgie? The mad 18th century British monarch famous for his blue urine and losing America on his watch. Trump’s latest insanity is to put a ruinous tariff on steel and aluminum imports — 25 percent on steel
Now, That Was Unexpected
Northern Reflections / 4d
Yesterday, Kathleen Wynne dropped a bombshell. She announced that she knew her party could not win the election; and she asked Ontario voters to give her party a place in a coalition government. Things are looking grim for the Liberals. Some projections have the party winning as few as two seats. They have to win at least eight to retain official status in the legislature. It's really hard to dec
The Uglist American Of All
Northern Reflections / 5d
That's the title of a best selling book about Donald Trump by David Corn and Michael Isikoff. Former American Ambassador Bruce Heyman writes that Trump is playing the same game with Canada. He puts the relationship between Canada and the United States into perspective: With a border of 5,525 miles, the US and Canada share the world’s longest unmilitarized border and also boast the largest balance
FROM THE WILDERNESS' PEAK OIL BLOG
From Jenna Orkin Amazon just rocked home insurers on reports it'll enter the industry — Here are the 6 times it's panic...
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
From Jenna Orkin Max Blumenthal Reveals Surveillance Program in Yemen Run by Cambridge Analytica Parent Company SCL Gro...
From Jenna Orkin Max Blumenthal Reveals Surveillance Program in Yemen Run by Cambridge Analytica Parent Company SCL Group Trump's hawkish security adviser may have tried to sabotage the Kim Jong Un summit — and now he's out of the talks The US has a secret plan for AI to hunt down North Korea's nukes — but it could make war more likely Executives from investment banks including Citi and Deutsche
From Jenna Orkin Shortly before Trump announced tariffs, his former adviser dumped millions in steel-related stocks Eme...
From Jenna Orkin Shortly before Trump announced tariffs, his former adviser dumped millions in steel-related stocks Emergency Declared in Hawaii video . Bayer to Retire Monsanto Name Russia Set To Double Gold Mining, Becoming World's 2nd Biggest Gold Producer Barbed Wire & Bullion: South African Officials Scramble To Block 1000s From Gold Rush Frenzy Anti-Immigrant Party Wins Slovenian Elections
From Jenna Orkin Trump Breaking Environment Beyond Repair - Boston Globe 25 Killed by an erupting volcano in Guatemala ...
From Jenna Orkin Trump Breaking Environment Beyond Repair - Boston Globe 25 Killed by an erupting volcano in Guatemala Bill Clinton says every US state should return to 'some sort of paper ballot system' to stop elections from being hacked China Reportedly Lining Up Countries Against US in Pending Trade War Italy's new government: 'Party is over' for Migrants, Italy will no longer be 'Europe's re
From Jenna Orkin New California Law Limits How Much Water People Can Use Big Money As Private Immigrant Jails Boom Havi...
From Jenna Orkin New California Law Limits How Much Water People Can Use Big Money As Private Immigrant Jails Boom Having sex and reproducing in space comes with serious scientific and ethical problems. We may need to create a new species of human to make it work. Calling All Broke Millennials: Vermont Will Give You $10,000 To Move There And Work From Home Retired Green Beret: 7 Ways To Stay Aliv
From Jenna Orkin Electrocution, cardiac pain, and a miscarriage: Amazon warehouse investigation reveals 600 ambulance c...
From Jenna Orkin Electrocution, cardiac pain, and a miscarriage: Amazon warehouse investigation reveals 600 ambulance calls for injured workers 'An enormous, long-standing Ponzi scheme': A court rules that a Saudi business empire was complicit in defrauding more than 100 banks A Carlsberg-backed brewery in Sweden is launching a beer made from purified sewage water Record 95.9 Million Americans Ar
NORTHERNTRUTHSEEKER
51 Years Ago Today, The Criminal State Of Israel Attacked The USS Liberty!
Northerntruthseeker / 2min
Recently I got into a semi- "heated" argument with an associate over who was responsible for so much evil on our planet... I stated to that person that when you dig deep enough, you will come across the criminal Jews and their lust for world domination.. I of course came under immediate attack from that person who called me every thing under the sun, and after the name calling and slurs, asked me
The Sad Saga Of The F-35 Flying POS "Fighter" Continues - US Government Auditors State "No Money For F-35" Due To Its Outrageous Deficiencies!
Northerntruthseeker / 13h
I am still amazed that the majority of the American people are not even aware that they are being screwed royally by their own government due to several outrageous expenditures... I noted over a week ago about how the US Government just approved the 2019 US Military Budget which is slated to waste some 717 BILLION DOLLARS for military hardware and illegal US wars world wide, and to me that alone i
The Fraud Of Climate Change: The Wall Street Journal States That It Has "Run Its Course"! (But Not Due To It Being A Lie)
Northerntruthseeker / 19h
In over 10 years of writing articles at this blog, one of my major pet peeves has been the continuing LIE that this planet is somehow "overheating" and that we must do something to 'save the planet from ourselves'... I have always known that the concept of man caused "global warming" or what the criminal fraudsters behind that lie eventually morphed it into "climate change" is utter nonsense.. Eve
Zionist Versus Jew
Northerntruthseeker / 3d
I am still under periodic attack from those that continue to claim that the problem in our world is not the fault of the JEWS but just a select few of these tribe members called "Zionists"..... They continue to claim that I should not blame the entire tribe but just that radical part of Judaism.... When I first became "Jew wise" some 30+ years ago, I honestly thought that the entire tribe could no
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, June 3rd, 2018
Northerntruthseeker / 3d
Sunday once again.. The first Sunday of June... And time again for my weekly rant.. I first want to inform everyone who has been asking about the status of my mother... She is getting ready to leave the hospital this week and move back to her senior citizen residence.. Her hip has healed and she is able to move about without much help... She has been finally eating some sensible foods and has gai
The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: Still Going Strong, And New Reports Surface About Cancer, Leukemia, And Heart Attacks Associated With Fukushima Radiation!
Northerntruthseeker / 4d
I was asked the other day through an email as to why I have not reported anything new concerning the still ongoing Fukushima nuclear disaster..... I figured I was time that I got around to getting a new article out about that disaster that is still going as strong as ever for everyone to see here..... The truth about what is happening at Fukushima Japan with the nuclear plant disaster that first o
GLOBALOVE THINK TANK
Mark Twain
GlobaLove Think Tank / 2d
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." Mark Twain
The Grace of Kathleen Wynee
GlobaLove Think Tank / 4d
After 15 years in power all the sludge had filled the pump but looking back\ some solids no coal power generation the greenbelt the green act eveyone might have some complaints about the details but history will prove her right I have never heard\ of anyone a week before saying NO MAS in a political situation Yet she did making sure Dooogie will not win thank you Kathleen for being a leader and f
Hi I am Steve and I come from Ontario, lets prove Canada is not ruled by Rubes
GlobaLove Think Tank / 6d
We got an election in this most populous province a province that is the undisputed engine of Canada in culture, economy and wealth if California's influence on America was magnified a thousand times it would Ontario in Canada except of course Quebec who thank goodness stubbornly remains relentlessly Joe da Vie The big thing I I am trying to communicate is that Ontarions do not recognize the tag
NOT PC
Q: Do you have the right to refuse service to anyone?
Not PC / 16h
A: Yes. Yes you do. And for any reasons you choose. Because as the man says, we have a right to be wrong: doing what is right is a personal responsibility, not a legislative one. Law gives you the moral space in which you can do right. Or wrong. And it affords us the moral space to judge you for it. . Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is granted, with link and attribu
Bonus QotD: Climategate, the hack that failed
Not PC / 1d
"Climategate is a name that will stick ... [But] Climategate is only like Watergate because previously unknown information was released. Beyond that, the events diverge profoundly because of the cover-ups.... "Watergate involved political actions for a political agenda ... [yet] the biggest sin and the reason it became exposed was that the cover-up failed. Climategate was a perversion of science
QotD: "The determination and attribution of sea-level change lies at the very edge of knowledge and technology."
Not PC / 1d
“At best, the determination and attribution of global-mean sea-level change lies at the very edge of knowledge and technology. Both systematic and random errors are of concern, the former particularly, because of the changes in technology and sampling methods over the many decades, the latter from the very great spatial and temporal variability. It remains possible that the database is insufficie
It's really a philosophy for living on earth ...
Not PC / 2d
... and explained here in just two minutes: . Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is granted, with link and attribution.
Q: "What is a classic book?"
Not PC / 4d
Writer Italo Calvino had fourteen answers to what makes a book a classic. These are my favourites: The classics are books that exercise a particular influence, both when they imprint themselves on our imagination as unforgettable, and when they hide in the layers of memory disguised as the individual's ... unconscious. A classic is a book which with each rereading offers as much of a sense of dis
QotD: “We do not learn for school but for life.”
Not PC / 6d
Non scholae sed vitae discimus (“We do not learn for school but for life.”) ~ saying by Seneca, quoted by Oliver Hartwich in his latest op-ed 'Education Is More Than Useful Knowledge' . Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is granted, with link and attribution.
GOVERNMENT AND TAXES
BWorld 218, Tobacco taxation, smuggling and plain packaging
Government and Taxes / 22h
* 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
Climate Tricks 68, High demand for climate money
Government and Taxes / 4d
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
China Watch 29, Pentagon will keep challenging CN at the SCS
Government and Taxes / 5d
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
BWorld 217, Dutertenomics, TRAIN and high inflation
Government and Taxes / 5d
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last Wednesday, May 30. “There is no art which one government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people.” — Adam Smith, The Wealth Of Nations (1776), Book V, Chapter II, Appendix to Articles I & II. Two columns in BusinessWorld on May 28 jointly defended Dutertenomics’ Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN)
PH stockmarkets 2nd worst performing in the world in 2018
Government and Taxes / 6d
The PH Stock Exchange (PSE) is the 2nd worst performing stockmarket in the world this year (-12.4%) next to Turkey (-12.7%). Dutertenomics is lousy at encouraging more investments, good only at tax-tax-tax, loans-loans-loans especially from China. Over the last 52 weeks, PSE is also the worst performing in the Asia Pacific. Over the last 3 years (May 2015 vs May 2018), PSE has contracted. The gai
EFN Asia 67, Program of Conf 2006, KL
Government and Taxes / 6d
I rediscovered this while cleaning my inbox of old emails. I remember very well that conference because (a) it was my first time to go to Malaysia, (b) a day before there was a one-day forum by Atlas also on trade and I was one of the presenters, and (c) the subject of unilateral liberalization was articulated by several speakers like Aco Patunru (Indonesia) and Barun Mitra (India). Here's the pr
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Louise Benally of Big Mountain, live from Dine' CARE's Peoples Convention
. Louise Benally of Big Mountain recorded live by Govinda, Spirit ResistanceRadio, Dine' CARE's Peoples Convention, Dilkon, Navajo NationJune 3, 2018Photo by Brenda Norrell, Censored NewsWatch video below
Live! Dine' CARE Peoples Convention, Navajo Nation, June 2, 2018
Adella Begaye, wife of the late Leroy Jackson, cofounder of Dine'Citizens against Ruining our Environment Photos by Brenda Norrell The Legacy of the Chuska Mountains, Defending the Old Growth Forests In Memory of Leroy Jackson Robyn Jackson, Adella Begaye, Dine'CARE with Bruce Baizel, Earthworks Article and photo by Brenda Norrell Censored News, with Spirit Resistance Radio
LIVE! SPIRIT RESISTANCE RADIO, DINE' CARE'S Peoples Convention
Photos by Brenda Norrell Dine' CARE's Western Peoples Convention, Dilkon, Navajo Nation, Day 1 http://spiresradio.com Listen! Spirit Resistance Radio Censored News . Photos by Brenda Norrell Dine' CARE founding board members today. Adella Begaye Earl Tulley Lori Goodman Anna Frazier In case you missed it earlier today: Today, founding board members described how
LIVE! Dine' CARE Western Peoples Convention, Dilkon, June 3, 2018
Photos by Brenda Norrell Censored News Video by Govinda, Spirit Resistance Radi Dine' Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment, Standing Strong for 30 Years, Founders and Board Members Reflect at Dine' CARE Peoples Convention By Brenda Norrell Censored News DILKON, Navajo Nation -- Dine' Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment founders and board members, Standing Strong for 30 Years,
'Eating Green' Dine' CARE's Peoples Convention
Photo by Brenda Norrell Thank you to the cooks and servers, especially for the blue cornmeal mush, blue corn pancakes, fresh veggie stirfry, salads, watermelon, and peaches! Dine' CARE Peoples Convention, keeping it real!
The Cage on Tohono O'odham Nation -- U.S. 'Dog Kennels' Imprison Migrants and Water Protectors
Photo copyright Ofelia Rivas, O'odham, March 22, 2006, south of Sells on Tohono O'odham Nation. Cages used to imprison migrants and water protectors in the United States Article by Brenda Norrell Photo by Ofelia Rivas Censored News This photo is of The Cage, the sweltering inhumane outside detention center used by the US Border Patrol on the Tohono O'odham Nation in the Sonoran Desert,
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