Tuesday, September 11, 2018

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  Eyes on Trade



  • Statement of Lori Wallach, Director, Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch Note: The Trump administration gave notice to the U.S. Congress on Friday, Aug. 31 of its intent to sign...

  • U.S. Trade Deficit for First Half of 2018 Likely to Be Largest Recorded in Years, With China Deficit on Track to Be Highest First-Half Ever Recorded

    a month ago
  • Contrary to Donald Trump’s claim last week that he has reduced the trade deficit by $52 billion, the United States is on track to post a record high goods trade deficit for the first...

  • Will the U.S. and EU Revive the Damaging Pro-corporate, Anti-people TTIP Agenda?

    2 months ago

    • Trump promised a new approach on trade policy that would fix past damage to working people. But what his administration and European Union officials said this week in their joint statement...

      



  • Have you ever had the feeling that the same numbers keep showing up over and over again? Your morning coffee at your corner cafe cost $2.22. You have two missed calls on your mobile from...

  • 3 Ways To Empower Your Solar Plexus Chakra And Find Personal Power

    20 days ago
  • Having a balanced solar plexus chakra is of utmost importance because it’s the balancing point of all the 7 chakras. Your solar plexus chakra is the seat of your personal power that...

  • 11 Inspiring Stories Of People Who Gave The Planet A Second Chance And Did Miracles

    20 days ago

    • For the past century, planet Earth has been seriously damaged. More and more of us realize that our world is in danger. However, some people are actually doing something about it. People...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today



  • While many women know that they should avoid sushi during pregnancy, they may wonder whether or not sushi is safe to eat while breastfeeding. There is no reason to avoid eating sushi...

  • Medical News Today: What makes aggressive brain cancer 'immortal?'

    3 hours ago
  • Aggressive brain cancer cells are able to prolong their own lifespans indefinitely. How does this happen, and what strategy might curb this mechanism?

  • Medical News Today: What do gut decisions reveal about us?

    6 hours ago

    • A new study compares the psychological effects of intuitive decisions based on the proverbial gut feeling with decisions made after careful deliberation...

      Desdemona Despair



  • By Ellen Knickmeyer and John Raby4 September 2018GRANT TOWN, West Virgina (AP) – It’s coal people like miner Steve Knotts, 62, who make West Virginia Trump Country.So it was no...

  • Trump eases U.S. methane rules as Colorado claims its own work

    5 days ago
  • By Dan Elliott31 August 2018 DENVER (AP) – The Trump administration is rolling back some U.S. regulations on climate-changing methane pollution, calling them expensive and burdensome...

  • We asked 11 climate scientists where they’d live in the U.S. to avoid future natural disasters — here’s what they said

    5 days ago

    • By Aria Bendix1 September 2018(Business Insider) – 2017 was a record year for natural disasters in the US, with 16 severe weather events causing at least $306 billion in damages...

      The Daily Sheeple



  • It has been 100 years since the Spanish Flu (also known as the 1918 flu pandemic) spread across the globe, infecting 500 million people and causing the deaths of 50 million – which...

  • CLINTON CAMPAIGN FINANCE SCANDAL EXPOSES MEDIA DOUBLE STANDARD

    12 days ago
  • Know what else is extraordinary? Hillary Clinton’s well-documented $84 million campaign finance scandal, which the liberal media simply refuses to cover. That’s right...

  • Researchers Are Offering $300 Each For 1,000 People To Eat Avocados Daily

    13 days ago

    • Researchers at American universities are offering 1,000 people $300 each to eat an avocado every day. Participants are required to eat one avocado every day for six months as a part...

      Exceptional Delaware 2017



  • As many are dealing with the ramifications of the Delaware Primary, one reader felt there were reasons for how some votes were cast.  Without further ado, Eric Morrison from Newark...

  • 16 Very Tough Questions With Capital School District About In-School Alternative Placements

    20 hours ago
  • A month ago, I posted an article about an In-School Alternative Program the Capital School District Board of Education would be voting on at upcoming board meeting. When I read the...

  • Christina Teachers Don’t Like That MOU! Will The Board Agree?

    a day ago

    • I put up the new Christina MOU the other day.  Since then I have heard nothing but outrage from Christina teachers.  Everything from pay to a change in seniority.  Veteran Christina...

      Have You Heard



  • TweetIn the latest episode of the Have You Heard podcast (episode #49 to be precise), Jack and Jennifer explore the rich history of edu-preneurialism. Bob Hampel, author of Fast and...

  • A Star-Powered Promise: LeBron Takes a Shot at School Reform

    a month ago
  • TweetWhen LeBron James announced that he was opening a new school in his hometown of Akron, OH the crowd went crazy. James got cheers from public school advocates who applauded his...

  • Janus and the Future of Teachers Unions

    a month ago

    • TweetWhat will the Supreme Court’s recent Janus ruling mean for teachers unions? Jon Shelton, author of the recent (and excellent) book Teacher Strike! Public Education and the...

      Din Merican: the Malaysian DJ Blogger



  • September 11, 2018 How ASEAN can be resilient Borge Brende and Justin Wood / Khmer Times ASEAN has long been praised for its ‘open regionalism’ whereby it pursues economic integration...

  • What Termites Can Teach Us

    6 hours ago
  • September 11, 2018 In 1781, Henry Smeathman wrote a report for the Royal Society celebrating termites as “foremost on the list of the wonders of the creation” for “most closely...

  • Time for Malaysian Bar Council to act against Shafee Abdullah

    14 hours ago

    • September 11, 2018 Time for Malaysian Bar Council to act against Shafee Abdullah by Malaysiakini Arrogance is this outstanding lawyer’s Waterloo. I watched Tan Sri Shafee Abdullah...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today



  • New research reveals that, to fuel tumor invasion of nearby tissue, ovarian cancer cells recruit supporting cells to supply energy from glycogen.

  • Medical News Today: Why do we really smile?

    a day ago
  • Smiling is often an unconscious reaction, but what does it indicate? Researchers from the United Kingdom tried to answer this question in a recent study...

  • Medical News Today: Brain study shows why mindfulness eases pain

    a day ago

    • A new study delves into the neurological mechanisms that explain why people who are more mindful experience less pain than those who are not.

      Chicago Boyz


    • 25%

      10 hours ago

  • BSKing over at Graph Paper Diaries referenced an interesting study in her What I’m Reading September 2018 post, concerning tipping points in social conventions.  I could link...

  • Hate Crime Speech

    16 hours ago
  • When it first became politically trendy to back passage of ‘hate-crime’ legislation, I privately thought it a bad idea, while understanding completely why it was an appealing...

  • Summer Rerun: That Hideous Strength, by C S Lewis

    2 days ago

    • That Hideous Strength, by C S Lewis This was the first thing Mark had been asked to do which he himself, before he did it, clearly knew to be criminal. But the moment of his consent almost...

      Centinel2012



  • He’s back and conservatives should be delighted. Barack Obama is stumping for the Democrats and his arrogance and condescension are on full display. Obama’s recent speech provides...

  • Deep State Using Discredit Strategy to Drive Trump from Office to What End?

    21 hours ago
  • Armstrong Economics Blog/Politics Re-Posted Sep 10, 2018 by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: With Bob Woodward joining the plot to overthrow Trump, do you think he can survive? KA ANSWER...

  • Pattern Repeats – Political Imprisonment followed by Leadership

    21 hours ago

    • Armstrong Economics Blog/Greece Re-Posted Sep 10, 2018 by Martin Armstrong I really do not think people realize that they are just extras in a political film which is an endless struggle...

      The BRAD BLOG



  • We catch up with quite a bit on today's BradCast, after being buried for much of last week in the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearings for dishonest and disingenuous GOP operative...

  • Sunday Anonymous Toons

    2 days ago
  • Truth: Why the world is full of buttons that don't work * * * Perry Dorrell blogs as PDiddie at Brains and Eggs, usually on topics concerning the strange brew of Texas politics. He's also...

  • The Unsettling Truth About 'Settled Law', Brett Kavanaugh and Roe v. Wade: 'BradCast' 9/7/2018

    3 days ago

    • On today's BradCast: Some encouraging election news. More disturbing news about the Republican's "sham" rush rob to ram through another GOP activist onto the U.S. Supreme Court...

      Below 2C



  • “If you care about debt, you wouldn’t leave credit-card debt to your kids. That’s exactly what climate change is,” said Catherine McKenna (Minister of the Environment...

  • Staring Into the Face of Climate Change – Summer of 2018

    7 days ago
  • The summer of 2018 will be remembered as the first time global warming became front-page news around the world. “The impacts of climate change are no longer subtle. We are seeing...

  • Where is Canada’s Climate Leadership?

    11 days ago

    • During this summer of 2018, hundreds of millions of people around the world are suffering from the effects of global warming. The impacts of climate change are no longer subtle...

      bluebird of bitterness




  • Musical offering for Rosh Hashanah

    a day ago

  • Sunday funnies

    2 days ago

    • You might be in a country church if… …four generations of the same family sit together at worship. …people wonder why Noah let those two coyotes on the ark. …the preacher asks...

      Home



  • CounterSpin, the popular radio program created by FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting) features Beyond Nuclear board member, Karl Grossman, discussing President Trump's...

  • Locals on the march in India to protest nuclear power plant

    14 days ago
  • There has been almost no press coverage of a massive protest today (August 28) against the proposed massive French Jaitapur nuclear power complex in India. Pradeep Indulkar reports...

  • Australians fighting to stop four disastrous uranium mines

    15 days ago

    • Two articles today on Beyond Nuclear International, our story-telling blog site, each describing the devastating effect of four proposed uranium mines in Western Australia and...

    BlackListed News



  • The Bay Area may be the center of the global technology industry, but that hasn’t stopped one wealthy enclave from protecting itself from the future. The city council of Mill Valley...

  • New Mexico: National Solar Observatory Closed, Evacuated Due to “Security Issue”

    9 hours ago
  • The Sunspot Observatory is temporarily closed due to a security issue at the facility that’s located 17 miles south of Cloudcroft in the Sacramento Mountains Friday, an Association...

  • ARE NEW YORK’S FREE LINKNYC INTERNET KIOSKS TRACKING YOUR MOVEMENTS?

    9 hours ago

    • LINKNYC KIOSKS HAVE become a familiar eyesore to New Yorkers. Over 1,600 of these towering, nine-and-a-half-foot monoliths — their double-sided screens festooned...

      Research Digest



  • By Emma Young. Men took more shortcuts and reached their target location faster.

  • The first study to explore what cisgender kids think of their transgender peers

    4 days ago
  • By Christian Jarrett. Cisgender kids who categorised transgender children by natal sex also showed less liking of them, mirroring similar findings with adults...

  • Can hallucinations lead to post-traumatic growth?

    5 days ago

    • By Alex Fradera. The experiences of seven people who have lived with verbal or auditory hallucinations suggest that, amid the struggles, their journeys have taken them to some positive...

      Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places



  • The crispy, fried snack chips known as emping often win over visitors to Indonesia. On a trip to Jakarta in 2010, former U.S. president Barack Obama declared them enak ("delicious"). Every...

  • The Preamble in License Plates in Washington, D.C.

    15 hours ago
  • Mike Wilkins, an artist born in North Carolina in 1959, is best known for his unique and truly American piece of artwork created in 1987 for the bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution...

  • Luther Elkins Petroglyphs in Lillyhaven, West Virginia

    16 hours ago

    • Etched onto a rock that’s part of a cliff overhang in Wyoming County, West Virginia, is a set of controversial petroglyphs. If you have the nose for seeking out the pockets of hidden...

      Accidental Deliberations



  • Miscellaneous material to start your week.- David Roberts highlights the trillions of dollars in global benefits to transitioning to sustainable energy over the next decade-plus...

  • Sunday Morning Links

    2 days ago
  • This and that for your Sunday reading.- Andrew Jackson comments on the need for a national anti-poverty strategy which can actually meet its intended purpose:[The new Poverty Reduction...

  • Saturday Morning Links

    3 days ago

    • Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Oliver Bullough writes that the combination of increased wealth concentration and the free flow of money across borders to attacks currencies...
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