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FAVORITES
Is Your Perfume Sustainable?
The EnvironmentaList / 7h
Perfumery may seem benign, but ingredients derived from plants and animals can come with serious environmental and ethical toll
BLOGGER-FOLLOWING
‘The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society’ is the perfect appetizer to the 'Downton Abbey' movie
Right this very instant, somewhere out there the Downton Abbey movie is being made. Perhaps the Crawley family is having a hushed conversation as cameras circle in. Or maybe the cast and crew are on a dainty craft services break! Regardless, the Downton Abbey movie is happening. And we have no release date. SEE ALSO: Netflix's 'Insatiable' looks like it does more, and worse, than fat-shame Lucky
Paris residents are pissed over rather public eco-friendly urinals
New supposedly eco-friendly urinals in Paris have (literally!) pissed off locals, due to their rather public nature. Installed on the Île Saint-Louis sitting on the Seine river, the uritrottoir (the combined French words for urinal and pavement) boxes have reportedly been deployed as an odorless "eco solution to public peeing," designer Laurent Lebot told Reuters . SEE ALSO: San Francisco introdu
This TEDx Talk Attempts to Normalize Pedophilia
A TEDx talk held in May argued that “pedophilia is an unchangeable orientation” in a bizarre attempt to rationalize and normalize this abomination. On May 5th 2018, a TEDx event entitled “Future of Societys” was held at the University of Würzburg in Germany and featured a lecture by medical student Mirjam Heine on the subject of […] The post This TEDx Talk Attempts to Normalize Pedophilia appeare
An 11-Year-Old Changed Election Results On a Replica Florida State Website in Under 10 Minutes
Via: PBS: An 11-year-old boy on Friday was able to hack into a replica of the Florida state election website and change voting results found there in under 10 minutes during the world’s largest yearly hacking convention, DEFCON 26, organizers of the event said. Thousands of adult hackers attend the convention annually, while this year […]
'Green News Report' - August 14, 2018
IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Trump Administration using California wildfires to undermine endangered species and push for more aggressive commercial logging; Amid record heat, Glacier National Park is now on fire; PLUS: Federal court orders Trump's EPA to ban a dangerous pesticide... All that and more in today's Green News Report! Listen online here, or Download MP3 (6 mins)... Link: Embed: Got comme
NEWS
Investigative Journalist found dead in D.C. hotel room weeks after reporting Bill Clinton to FBI & DHS for allegedly raping boy
Investigative Journalist Jen Moore was found dead in a suburban Washington D.C. hotel room Monday, according to police and shocked and distraught friends and colleagues. Moore died of an apparent seizure. Police are closely investigating the cause of death after former FBI Agent Robyn Gritz, a friend of Moore's, made inquiries with homicide detectives Monday afternoon in Prince Georges County, Mar
Report Reveals Widespread Sexual Abuse By Over 300 Priests In Pennsylvania
A long-awaited grand jury investigation into clergy sexual abuse details decades of misconduct and cover-up in six of the state's eight Roman Catholic dioceses. (Image credit: Jessica Kourkounis/Getty Images)
The Corbyn wreath ‘scandal’ is just an exercise in hypocrisy | Owen Jones
Showing solidarity with Palestinians courts condemnation, while complicity in the Israeli occupation is seen as acceptable In November 2004, Britain’s foreign secretary Jack Straw laid a wreath at the grave of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. How might this have been framed with the current Labour leader? Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon saw Arafat as a “Jew murderer”. According to th
Australian senator calls for 'final solution to immigration problem'
Crossbencher Fraser Anning widely condemned for speech praising white Australia policy and pushing for plebiscite on Muslim immigration An Australian crossbench senator has invoked the term “the final solution” in an inflammatory speech calling for a plebiscite asking voters whether they want to end all immigration by Muslims and non-English speaking people “from the third world”. Fraser Anning,
Teen activists' power play: Unite on gun control, then get out the vote
Student activism is growing, but it's not happening in a vacuum. Young people say that to make lasting changes, they have to speak with a united voice.
Italy Bridge Collapse Leaves 26 Dead
Buildings and vehicles were crushed by the collapse in Genoa, while some people somehow survived. An official said that the bridge had shown previous “signs of problems.”
SCIENCE
Scientists find way to make mineral which can remove CO2 from atmosphere
Scientists have found a rapid way of producing magnesite, a mineral which stores carbon dioxide. If this can be developed to an industrial scale, it opens the door to removing CO2 from the atmosphere for long-term storage, thus countering the global warming effect of atmospheric CO2. This work is presented at the Goldschmidt conference in Boston.
Industry trumps peer-reviewed science at US environment agency
Industry trumps peer-reviewed science at US environment agency Industry trumps peer-reviewed science at US environment agency, Published online: 14 August 2018; doi:10.1038/d41586-018-05946-9 Critics outraged over changes to chemical-safety review guidelines.
Liquid battery could lead to flexible energy storage
A new type of energy storage system could revolutionise energy storage and drop the charging time of electric cars from hours to seconds.
Surfer's Monster, 80-Foot Wave Came from a Hidden, Underwater Canyon
There's a massive underwater landform creating extreme surfing conditions in Portugal.
Lego's Voltron Is Wonderful Proof That Fans Are Sometimes Worth Listening To
Photo: Andrew Liszewski (io9) Listening to what customers want is crucial for any company to survive, but in 2008 Lego took that idea farther than most by enlisting its dedicated fanbase to actually help it design new sets. The approach has led to some of the company’s most memorable creations to date, including a towering new Voltron set that might be the ultimate mashup of childhood nostalgia.
Health Care Is Broken. Oscar Health Thinks Tech Can Fix It
Mario Schlosser, the CEO of Oscar Health, wants technology to cure what ails the health care industry. And now Alphabet, Google's parent company, is betting $375 million on this digital panacea.
YOUTUBE
Youngest Face Transplant Recipient in U.S. | National Geographic
Follow one family's journey through the agony of waiting for a donor, a 31-hour surgery, and the prospect of a long road to recovery. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journalists, and filmmakers, Nat Geo gets you
See The Red Tide That Is Devastating Florida's Sea Life | National Geographic
A deadly algae bloom off the coast of Florida has killed thousands of sea creatures. It first started in October 2017, and is the region’s worst in over a decade. Similar blooms occur around the world and are known as "red tides" for their frequent rust-red coloration. The algae’s toxins have killed many varieties of fish, as well as manatees, dolphins, turtles, and more. The cause of Florida’s i
Melt Down
Melt Down was my senior year film at Pratt Institute. It's a surrealist narrative story about a body-less boy who doesn't want to go outside, among other wacky characters in a world where people melt from stress. Design & Direction Amy Xu Composer Brian Hall Sound Design Natalie Huizenga Brandon Jiaconia Noah Woodburn Mix Noah Woodburn Cast: Amy J. Xu Tags: narrative , surreal and animated short
Ellen Has a Few Questions for the Psychic Banana
The gender of Kate Middleton and Prince William's baby was correctly predicted by a psychic banana, but will the fruit work when Ellen asks it questions? From: TheEllenShow
Play a Round of One of Ellen's Favorite Games – 'Epic or Fail'
Let's play one of Ellen's favorite games, "Epic or Fail"! Flip your paddles when the video pauses to guess whether it's Epic or a Fail. From: TheEllenShow
THE ENVIRONMENTALIST
Europe’s Nuclear Reactors Fall Victim to the Heat
Closures raise questions about viability of nucelar power in a warming world
One Man’s Suffering Exposed Monsanto’s Secrets
The EnvironmentaList / 1d
Company’s own records revealed damning truth of glyphosate-based herbicides’ link to cancer
Venezuela’s Mining Crisis Gains Regional Attention
The EnvironmentaList / 5d
Latin American section of Society for Conservation Biology urges protection of environment and human rights in Mining Arc
Of Earth, Wind, and Birds
The EnvironmentaList / 6d
With a changing climate come changing winds, and implications for feathered riders of the breeze
Mendocino Complex Wildfire Becomes Biggest in California History
The EnvironmentaList / 7d
Thousands of firefighters battle blaze as it destroys homes and forces evacuations
THE CORBETT REPORT
Episode 344 – Problem Reaction Solution: Internet Censorship Edition
[audio mp3="https://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/episode344-lq.mp3"][/audio] Don't be an idiot! The government is NOT going to be the neutral arbiters of the internet and the big tech companies are NOT monopolies unless YOU choose to make them into monopolies. The answers to the social media crackdown are already here and it is your choice whether the alternatives that already exist thrive or die. I
Good News This Week!
It's summer! Let's turn off the 24/7 doomporn newsfeed and tune in to some good news for a change. From game-changing legal decisions to the turn away from zombie tech, here's all the news that's actually fit to print.
Let’s All Move to Taxlandia! – #PropagandaWatch
So how much taxation is too much? And how much is too little? And how much is juuuuuust right? Don't worry if you don't know, the European Union is here to educate you (and your children) on the right answer to these questions with their latest propaganda indoctrination "game," Taxlandia! Happy gaming!
The Coming Wave of Internet Censorship
We've all seen the latest moves to de-platform independent voices online, but how many people can see beyond their immediate reaction to the way they are being programmed to embrace the coming wave of government censorship? James Corbett joins Garland Nixon and guest host Eric Ladny on Radio Fault Lines to discuss this pressing issue.
Episode 343 – Debunking A Century of War Lies
[audio mp3="https://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/episode343-lq.mp3"][/audio] In the modern age of democracy and volunteer armies, a pretense for war is required to rally the nation around the flag and motivate the public to fight. That is why every major conflict is now accompanied by its own particular bodyguard of lies. From false flag attacks to dehumanization of the enemy, here are all the examp
WWF - LATEST NEWS
WWF- Russia to release 10 bisons into the wild in North Ossetia
WWF - Latest News / 6d
WWF- Russia would be releasing ten bisons into the wild in North Ossetia during August. The restoration of bisons in North Ossetia is a part of a strategy to re-introduce the animals in the country. The first six bisons arrived in Caucasus from the Oksky nature reserve (Ryazan region) today, after a 2000 km travel. The new arrivals include purebred two male and four female bisons. The animals wer
Protected areas could help boost Brazil's national economy, study finds
WWF - Latest News / 6d
Brazil's protected areas (Pas) such as the Amazon and Caatinga are known globally for the incredible biodiversity treasures they hold. In 2016, there were approximately 17 million visitors in Brazilian protected areas and according to a new study published this week, greater investment in the environmental management of these areas could help yield even more economic gains for the country. The bo
ALL THINGS PAKISTAN
Prime Ministers of Pakistan: Numbered Days
Only 3 Prime Ministers of Pakistan were in office for more than 4 years, seven PM's were in office for less than a year. Zia ul Haq and Ayub Khan were in power longest, but Nawaz Sharif's cumulative days as PM outnumber Musharraf's days of power! The post Prime Ministers of Pakistan: Numbered Days appeared first on ALL THINGS PAKISTAN .
AMUSED CYNICISM
Britain No Longer Wants Brexit
Amused Cynicism / 3d
The following is taken from the article The Country Does Not Want Brexit by Reasons2Remain. There is now a significant turning point in UK attitudes to Brexit, writes Professor Adrian Low. The pollster YouGov has completed 70 polls since the referendum, asking whether it was the right or wrong decision to vote to leave the EU. They have also asked the public eighteen times if there should be a se
New Ladybird Books Give Practical Advice for Brexit
Amused Cynicism / 10d
Ladybird have launched a new series of 6 books giving practical advice on how to cope with Brexit and its aftermath: A seventh book is also on its way, entitled “Practical Cannabalism: 101 Recipes For Cooking With Humans”. I’ve already pre-ordered my copy.
ANGOLA 3 NEWS
A3 Newsletter: Why Are We Not Surprised?
Angola 3 News / 18d
Why are we not surprised that children are ripped from their immigrant parents' arms? Could it be because this has been happening for decades in U.S. jails and prisons - not to mention, with increasing frequency as the population of women prisoners grows? Please read the article below from the July issue of the Coalition for Prisoners' Rights Newsletter, entitled "Cries of Children Echo Thru Year
ARMSCONTROLWONK
South Korean Missile Tracking
In today’s podcast, Aaron and Jeffrey discuss the geolocation work that underpinned Jeffrey’s research for his novel and how open source investigations can be leveraged to inform analysis. Links of Note: Previous Arms Control Wonk Podcast episodes on South Korea’s missile arsenal: South Korea’s Missile Arsenal Expands The Hyunmoo-2C: South Korea’s 800km Missile Jeffrey’s new …
The Perils of Small-Group Thinking
Quote of the week: “I have nowhere to go and nowhere to go when I get back from there.” — A.R. Ammons, “Still” Creativity can be a singular expression or can be nurtured in small groups. The longer the workplace corridor and the more authorizations required, the more creativity can be rubbed out. Creativity can …
On the 73rd Anniversary of Hiroshima
The imprint on public consciousness of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, which occurred 73 years ago today, has faded greatly. The hibakusha, or survivors of the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which killed more than 130,000 and left tens of thousands of others with horrendous injuries, have been the most ardent proponents of nuclear …
Putin and Trump Meet at Helsinki
Quotes of the week: “When America does not lead malign actors fill the void to the disadvantage of the United States” — Trump administration National Security Strategy, December 2017 “We will compete and lead in multilateral organizations so that American interests and principles are protected.” — Trump administration National Security Strategy, December 2017 “We must upgrade our …
North Korea’s Continuing Missile Production
Ellen Nakashima and Joby Warrick have a bombshell story about North Korea producing one, possible two, Hwasong-15 ICBMs at its Sanumdong facility. Aaron and Jeffrey discuss the role that MIIS and open source played in corroborating the report. This episode brought to you by Jeffrey’s new novel, The 2020 Commission Report. Links of Note: …
Tom Schelling, Mini-Nukes and the Nuclear Taboo
Quote of the week: “The most spectacular event of the past half century is one that did not occur. We have enjoyed sixty years without nuclear weapons exploded in anger. What a stunning achievement – or, if not achievement, what stunning good fortune.” — Thomas Schelling, Nobel Prize acceptance speech, December 8, 2005 Tom Schelling …
CRAIG MURRAY
The Ubiquity of Evil
My world view changed forever when, after 20 years in the Foreign Office, I saw colleagues I knew and liked go along with Britain’s complicity in the most terrible tortures, as detailed stunningly in the recent Parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee Report. They also went along with keeping the policy secret, deliberately disregarding all normal record taking procedures, to the extent
Not Content with Constant Anti-Scottish Output, the BBC is Extending its Reach to Anti-Scottish Censorship.
The BBC’s success in taking down Wings Over Scotland’s YouTube channel – and Youtube’s complacent compliance with the BBC instruction – has a very dodgy foundation in law. Excerpts of copyright material may be published for purposes of “criticism, review or quotation” provided the source is acknowledged. As Wings would only use BBC material for review and criticism – they are hardly repeating it
The Silence of the Whores
The mainstream media are making almost no effort today to fit Charlie Rowley’s account of his poisoning into the already ludicrous conspiracy theory being peddled by the government and intelligence agencies. ITV News gamely inserted the phrase “poisoned by a Russian nerve agent” into their exclusive interview with Charlie Rowley, an interview in which they managed to ask no penetrating questions
Liberal Comfort Blankets
Carole Cadwalladr posted a nonsensical tweet today showing the swing of opinion from Remain to Leave during the EU referendum campaign and claiming this as evidence that the Leave advertising worked. This is a ludicrously childish assumption of cause and effect by Cadwalladr. Consider this graph showing the even more spectacular leap of support by Labour during the 2017 general election campaign.
Wow! Did We Really Just Do That?
The Levellers Play Doune the Rabbit Hole I find it hard to get my head round the fact that this is the little festival Jamie started nine years ago with a group of his schoolfriends and the money from an endowment life insurance I took out for him the day he was born. 2018 was the year Doune the Rabbit Hole finally attained critical mass, and everything went right. As the years go by, I have beco
Detente Bad, Cold War Good
The entire “liberal” media and political establishment of the Western world reveals its militarist, authoritarian soul today with the screaming and hysterical attacks on the very prospect of detente with Russia. Peace apparently is a terrible thing; a renewed arms race, with quite literally trillions of dollars pumped into the military industrial complex and hundreds of thousands dying in proxy w
DAMMIT JANET!
Lawless Abortion: No, We Do Not Need a Law
We Need a Law, the astroturf wing of Dominionist group Association for Reformed Political Action* , has put up its first billboard in Dartmouth, NS. No doubt to the group's delight, it is causing controversy. Pattison Outdoor, which rents the space, says it has received complaints, but will not take it down unless instructed to by Ad Standards . So, friends of truth and choice, we need to complai
WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE
A History of the Swedish People
What Is Sustainable / 18d
Vilhelm Moberg was born in 1898, in a remote village where remnants of the peasant way of life persisted. He wrote A History of the Swedish People , which spanned two volumes: (1) before the Renaissance, and (2) after. Moberg’s writing has been translated into 20 languages, and Swedes have bought six million copies of his books. Most histories focus on the big shots, the decision makers, the conq
DR CINTLI
The Border: The 500-Year Open Veins Of The Americas
Dr Cintli / 18d
A few weeks ago, Truthout published a shorter and different version of this story under a different name. Here is the original and longer version, with the original opening. A few of the comments that had been omitted are found here. This is done in the spirit of the many hundreds of children who remain separated and or detained with their families: https://xicanation.com/the-border-500-year-open
FREE PLANET
Eileen McKusick - Human Bioelectricity - Electric Universe Model
Free Planet / 2d
while she appears to be working on the purely INTUITIVE level, Eileen McKusick is integrating her thesis-research on how a tuning fork can map the human magnetic field and how it relates to MEMORY into Wal Thornhill and David Talbott's ELECTRIC UNIVERSE and THUNDERBOLTS OF THE GODS cosmological model. Sounds like 'those corporations who pushed wireless broadband and cell phones technology upon us'
Star Citizen - identity crisis - still doesn't know what it is...
Free Planet / 16d
six years down the line, and (while No Man's Sky is suddenly looking full-bodies and finished and proper ) Star Citizen from CIG with ten times the number of devs in L.A., Texas, Frankfurt and Wilmslow is languishing in FIH or first-iteration hell. FIH means all its current gaming features implemented to first-functionality level. Nothing seems to have been thought out further than this initial t
film trailer BLOOD MACHINES please don't be shit
Free Planet / 21d
I know, I know, but I so wanna see this film now.
Hecate - rocking hell - from sunny Finland
Free Planet / 21d
Hecate aka Rachael Kozak , has just been interviewed on SCORE -- click that . A couple of years ago, Hecate and my writing persona Hertzan Chimera nearly wrote a novel together. It was going to be called VENOM if I remember, and would have been as vicious as fuck. Time evaporated. Space folded. The parent branch parted into its child branches. Life went on...
Electric Universe - positions of the invading planets - simulation of arrival
Free Planet / 25d
where they live today... this is an Electric Universe enigma that needs answering, "Based on where the planets are right now, their orbits, orientations, distances from sun and local spins, where did the proto-Saturn cluster come from?" and by this I mean: the pre-Earth-arrival star we now call the sun had Jupiter orbiting it and Mercury Uranus Neptune ... and maybe some other planets we no longe
GREG MANKIW'S BLOG
What I have been reading
Great book by UCLA economist Sebastian Edwards about a key moment in American economic history. Many economists believe that the most important thing FDR did to help the economy recover from the Great Depression was to go off the gold standard. As part of that policy, he pursued laws that rewrote many bond contracts, annulling gold clauses. It was controversial then (and surely would be again if
Thumbs up for DAFs
Today's NY Times has a long but ultimately unconvincing article about Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs). The headline and tone of the article suggest something nefarious is going on. But unless you think that future charitable spending is less admirable than current charitable spending, nothing of the sort is the case. True, the money managers make some money from these funds, but they do for every pool
Singer, Songwriter, Central Banker
A friend emails me: I’ve just been listening to Rich Clarida’s CD, Time No Changes . It’s on Spotify. Might be an amusing item for your blog! The press has been talking about the fact that Goldman’s David Solomon is also DJ D-Sol, but it’s equally unusual to have a singer-songwriter as nominated Vice Chair of the Fed. I recall seeing Rich perform years ago when he was a grad student at Harvard. (I
WELCOME TO POTTERSVILLE 2 (BLOGGING AGAINST FASCISM!)
RULED BY MONSTERS? Stop Reading Now If You Don't Want to Believe It
If you've been lucky enough to not be paying attention to your coming demise, economic and physical, don't stop now. Because if you watch the following short video, you will catch up. And they are not kidding. In fact, if you watch the "News" coverage put out by any of the major networks, you will have absolutely no idea what is, and has been for years, happening to your pocketbook (and
A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE
The Very End of Oliver Lerch
As you all know, I like to chase footnotes. Sometimes that pans out and you read the results here. Sometimes it goes nowhere and there is no reason to publish it here. And sometimes someone will send me a note that launches a bit of a search that leads to a footnote chase that was initiated by someone else. That is the case here. But, before we get to that, let me say that I was interested in the
The Decline of Roswell
Back in 1988, when Don Schmitt and I began our investigation into the Roswell case, there were no documents available, other than newspaper articles and a single report from the FBI. The newspaper reports were less than accurate with misspellings of names, and descriptions of the debris. The FBI document, which was based on an interview with Major Kirton (misspelled as Curtan in the FBI report) s
Ed Ruppelt and Thomas Mantell
I have said it before and I’ll say it again. Ed Ruppelt did us no favors. And as you all know, I have been reexamining the Mantell case and found a few problems in the way it has been reported in the past. I don’t think there is anything nefarious in those mistakes, it’s just that I have access to information that they might not have had. Donald Keyhoe didn’t have the case file or the accident re
The Atacama Desert Alien
Some time back, when all this broke about the Atacama Desert skeleton, I learned that some seven percent of the DNA had not been identified. The other 93% was human. I didn’t want to draw a conclusion then, about this, because, well, all the evidence wasn’t Dr. Steven Greer Photo copyright by Kevin Randle in. Oh, it was fairly conclusive, but I thought, since additional testing is being scheduled
Thomas DuBose and the Switched Roswell Debris
Let’s chase a footnote or two, something we haven’t done for a while. I was reading a paper that was discussing the debris displayed on the floor in Brigadier General Roger Ramey’s office. Photographs of the debris were found decades ago and some of the Brigadier General Roger Ramey and Thomas DuBose (seated) looking at the material on the floor in Ramey's office. negatives are housed in the Spec
Treasure Quest - Season Three
Last Sunday (July 29), I blundered into the reruns of Season Two of Treasure Quest – Snake Island . In the last broadcast of the night, they were diving near a waterfall with a series of holes worn in the rock. As we left the team, they emerged with several artifacts, one seeming a gold sunburst of Inca design and several small, metallic llamas. Since llamas weren’t native to that area of South A
LEFT I ON THE NEWS
Headlines for Aug. 10, 2018 — The "lost episode"
Left I on the News / 4d
This week's "Headlines" segment on Sputnik's Loud & Clear was pre-empted by a Russiagate segment, as Brian, John and I discuss the latest news about the Steele dossier and the role in played in launching the investigation. You'll have to content yourself with reading my notes below about the headlines we would have discussed if we had gone ahead with the normal segment. Worst and Most Misleading
Media misses (or tries to hide) the big takeaway from Rick Gates' testimony
Left I on the News / 6d
Coverage of Rick Gates’ testimony at the Paul Manafort trial leads the news tonight. Almost all of it is about the titillating aspects — tax evasion, Gates embezzling money from Manafort (!), etc. But the most *significant* aspect of that testimony is not only being ignored, it’s being deliberately hidden. See the screen cap from tonight’s ABC News, which is the framework we’ve bee presented sinc
Killing Gaza: A review
Left I on the News / 11d
Last night I watched the new documentary from journalists Dan Cohen and Max Blumenthal, "Killing Gaza". If you want to have your heart ripped out and torn into shreds, watch this film. If you like feeling totally devastated, watch this film. Nobody likes those things. But you should still watch this film. Because it is an utterly devastating indictment of the brutality, the barbarity, with which
Headlines for Aug. 3, 2018
Left I on the News / 11d
Click here to listen to this week's segment on Loud & Clear Radio . Headlines with an * are the ones we managed to fit in in our allotted 11 minutes. Worst and Most Misleading Headlines (WAMMH) -- August 3, 2018 Yesterday was the 15th anniversary of this blog. It’s interesting to look back on his very first blog post from Aug. 2, 2003, and see how "plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose" (the m
Headlines for July 27, 2018
Left I on the News / 18d
Click here to listen to this week's segment on Loud & Clear Radio . Headlines with an * are the ones we managed to fit in in our allotted 11 minutes. Worst and Most Misleading Headlines (WAMMH) -- July 27, 2018 CANDIDATES FOR “WORST”/”MOST DISGUSTING”: *MSNBC has done 455 Stormy Daniels segments in the last year — but none on U.S. war in Yemen https://www.salon.com/2018/07/25/msnbc-has-done-455-s
Headlines for July 20, 2018
Left I on the News / 25d
Click here to listen to this week's segment on Loud & Clear Radio . Headlines with an * are the ones we managed to fit in in our allotted 11 minutes. Worst and Most Misleading Headlines (WAMMH) -- July 20, 2018 CANDIDATES FOR “WORST”/”MOST DISGUSTING”: *U.S.-Led Coalition or Partners May Have Hit Syrian Area: Spokesman https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2018/07/13/world/middleeast/13reuters-mideast-
WEEKLY GEO-POLITICAL NEWS AND ANALYSIS
China’s AI “Goddess” and the East/West AI competition
Notice to readers: This is the last of our three pre-written reports. We will return to our usual weekly news format next week. Your patience and understanding have been appreciated. Last year, Russian President Vladimir Putin said whoever leads in AI (Artificial Intelligence) “will control the world.” The Chinese took these words seriously and are investing huge sums of money in an effort to cre
Will the Jews finally be freed from Khazarian mafia slavery as Israel is liberated?
The world is headed for a new age, not a New World Order. As a part of this, the Jewish people—high-level slaves of satan-worshipping Khazarian gangsters—are about to be freed from thousands of years of Babylonian slavery. That is why the rogue state of Israel is now under full martial law as the Khazarian-controlled government there faces an ultimatum to surrender and free their Jewish and Arab
The secret history of the planet Earth from 2000 to 2018
Notice to readers: For the next three weeks, barring some unprecedented news event, the reports will be pre-written as I take my annual sabbatical off the grid and off the Internet. Your understanding is appreciated. As we prepare for what may be the final autumn offensive that finally overthrows the Khazarian mafia cabal, it’s a good time to look at the big picture to understand why a secret bat
Khazarian mafia doomed as a result of Putin/Trump secret agreement
These days, reading The New York Times and other Khazarian mafia corporate propaganda is like reading Pravda just before the fall of the Soviet Union. Nobody believes their lies. Yet even they are being forced to report that the Soviet Socialist European Union is in deep trouble. That’s because U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed their common enemy is the
Secret societies, secret services and religions: The current balance of power
Notice to readers: This is the second of three pre-written reports as we continue our summer “digital detox.” The secret war for the planet earth has been intensifying and is headed for some sort of climax. For that reason, before the autumn battles begin, it’s a good time to look at some of the world’s most important secret societies and the governments, religions, and agendas they are associate
Earth Alliance Cryptocurrency Report, Q3 2018
Follow us on Twitter: @generalmilan It has been some time since our last reports ( Q1-2018 and Q4-2017 ). That’s okay—we are strong believers in taking a long-term approach to investing. It’s well documented that overactive trading is detrimental to investors’ financial health, let alone their mental health. The best thing to do is often… nothing. Patience is a virtue. Tech entrepreneur Naval Rav
MIDDLE EAST TODAY
El Sessi Official Visit to Sudan
Middle East Today / 9d
Egypt relies on the import of 60% of its wheat. Due to the meager availability of water, Egypt cultivates only 5 to 6 million feddans, of acres. Sudan, on the other hand, has regular rain. It was estimated that the regular annual rain fall in Sudan was estimated to be 1000 billion cu.m., in addition to rivers water. Hence, both Egypt and Sudan complement each other regarding cultivation. Egypt po
NEWS FROM ATLANTIS.
Ten Years of blogging! Thanks to you all. And a special thank you to Paul Dutton for marking this anniversary with his original manuscript
News From Atlantis. / 13d
In the process of writing on this blog I have had the pleasure of meeting many interesting people. This month is a bit of an achievement for this blog. It is now ten years since I wrote the first post on here. Regular readers will have seen my many meanderings in the realms of conspiracy theories, politics and the like. As the blog passes the ten year mark, it is fitting to thank all those I have
A CLOSER LOOK: JODY PATERSON
Don't you be calling me adorable: A reflection on ageism
These are times of calling people on their shit. So I’m going to call out ageism, and more specifically that insidious kind I think of as “compliment-based ageism,” which I’m now experiencing in my own life. Some recent examples: I scrambled up the rock at my favourite Upper Thetis swimming hole a few days ago and a woman watching me from the top told me what a good climber I was. When travelling
A garbage read. No, really
Just be glad you don't live in Kolonnawa, Sri Lanka, where 800 tonnes of garbage is added to this dump every day. I'm reposting a 2002 story of mine on recycling here, and never mind that I quietly roll my eyes at my many photographer friends who trot out their old photos as "new" and repost them on Instagram. But here's the thing: it's such an interesting subject, what we do with our garbage, an
THWAP'S SCHOOLYARD
Trump Derangement Syndrome and Russia-gate
thwap's schoolyard / 27d
I've mentioned this before but I'll say it again: Critics of the moronic george dubya bush were often accused of suffering from "bush derangement syndrome" [bDS] by his supporters. To whit; pointing out he was stupid , that his case for the invasion of Iraq was based on lies , that he was a craven servant of the plutocracy , that he stole elections , was " deranged ." But all of those things turn
THE STRAIGHT GOODS
Is It ‘Reporting’ or ‘Creative Writing’ in the province of Alberta?
The Straight Goods / 2d
Is It ‘Reporting’ or ‘Creative Writing’ in the province of Alberta? Written by Robin Mathews , August 2018 Looking at the article “ Freedom and Loathing in Lethbridge” by Tadzio Richards for Alberta Views is a depressing undertaking. Dressed, apparently, in the clothing of serious investigation – the reality of its sham nature is disappointing … for there is no question that clear light needs to
SARDONICKY
New Litmus Test For Patriotism: Loyalty To the Police State
Treason is in the air. If you hate everything that Trump stands for, but still agree with him that #Russiagate is a fraud, then it naturally follows that you are just as much a traitor as he allegedly is. Hysteria is in the air. Trump betrayed the United States by meeting with Vladimir Putin, who did attack us, is attacking us, and will continue to attack us. If you don't believe it, then you wer
How Corporatism Is Co-Opting Socialism
Have you noticed that more and more corporate media pundits are paying some positive attention to socialism these days? If they can't beat such attractive upstarts as Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, they might as well at least pretend to join them in the pre-midterms interim. There'll be plenty of time after November to curb both their enthusiasm and ours. Color me skeptical, but when neoliberal scribe
What Stale Hell IsThis?
"He felt constantly unappreciated and harassed by others, was frequently suspicious of many of those around him... vindictive, seething with unfocused hostility". (He had) "a permanent "sense of insecurity and frustration... leading to frequently bungling attempts at compensation... and a need to show the world who was boss." (He filled his White House with) "big-bellied good natured guys who saw
Update From Hell
Sardonicky / 17d
So today I got my marching orders to vacate the flooded, incipiently moldy premises as of 3 p.m. Sunday so that Serve Pro can get on with making it like it never even happened. Granted, this was pretty short notice on the part of the landlord who had given me a date of a week from now to check into the hotel. But professionals that they hopefully are, Serve Pro found itself unexpectedly ahead of
A Personal Note
Sardonicky / 19d
One of the upstairs tenants in my apartment building had the bright idea of hanging a sweatshirt on one of the sprinkler heads in their unit. As a result there was a massive flood the likes of which this complex has never seen. Two or three apartments were destroyed along with all their contents. Several more (including mine) were discovered to have severe interior wall damage which will require
The Art of the Anti-Trump Dog Whistle
Sardonicky / 27d
What do Barack Obama and Queen Elizabeth have in common (besides, that is, being the carefully manufactured celebrity public images which mask and protectthe private pursuit of power and wealth by neoliberal capitalism at the public's expense)? They have perfected the fine art of dissing Donald Trump without ever having to stoop to mentioning his name. That would just be too, too untoward. Obama
SCHOOLS MATTER
Edu-Blocks Arrive in New Hampshire
Schools Matter / 1d
Roughly two months ago I discovered Southern New Hampshire University had become the first academic institution in North America to issue a diploma credential / education transcript on the Blockchain. It surprised me. I knew Learning Machine (MIT) was working on this in Malta, but I had no clue there was a domestic trial underway. I dove in, did a lot of research, and created the map below. To vi
Trump as "Triple T"
Treacherous Traitor Trump by Jim Horn Long before Donald Trump publicly aspired to be President of the United States, back in the day when he was just another sketchy real estate mogul from Queens selling apartments at Trump Tower to Russian gangsters and the moneyed American nouveau-gauche, he had, even then, a fascination with professional wrestling. Trump Casino and Resorts in Atlantic City ho
“Social capital” scrip? Fin-tech experiments with new forms of precarious “employment.”
from Wrench in the Gears July 20, 2018 I write this piece as a follow up to my post on self sovereign identity on Blockchain, the distributed ledger system designed to capture flows of data, and information about our lives. Supporters of Blockchain tout its ability to secure “transactions” into permanent, immutable records of activities, earnings, payments, and debt. As we shift to a cashless soc
Getting College Ready for the Kids
Schools Matter / 9d
For many past generations of college bound students, the years of elementary and high school focused on getting kids ready for a different kind of learning that focused on breadth and depth, analysis, synthesis, collaboration, perspective, nuance, and even taste. What young college aspirant of the past, including me, did not heard how it would be different "when you get to college." That was befo
SCREW YOU GUYS, I'M GOING HOME
Is It Legal To Record A Conversation At Work?
In light of Omarosa's recordings of conversations with her bosses at the White House, I thought I'd discuss a question I'm asked all the time in my law practice: Is it legal to record a conversation at work? Unfortunately, there's no easy answer to this question, and a mistake can land you in jail. Illegal tape recording can have both criminal and civil penalties. My advice is almost always: When
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