Wednesday, September 19, 2018

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  • 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...

  



  • Spirituality is a major part of being human, and we need leadership in order to cultivate the best virtues within ourselves. But something has gone wrong. “Most religions do not...

  • A Magnetic Pole Shift Is Right Around The Corner

    6 days ago
  • “When there is the shifting of the poles; or a new cycle begins.” – American clairvoyant Edgar Cayce on a pole shift. Some astrological events are bigger and older than all of...

  • Chakra Connection Between Two People

    7 days ago

    • Chakra communicates by transmitting the energy from the right side and receiving it on the left side. When this happens, the flow remains balanced. However, it is not always necessary...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today



  • A large multinational cohort study finds that eating foods with a low nutritional quality on a regular basis is linked with a heightened risk of cancer...

  • Medical News Today: What are the best foods to avoid during a Crohn's disease flare-up?

    14 hours ago
  • The symptoms of Crohn’s disease can worsen after eating certain foods, while other foods can help improve symptoms. The best foods to eat and avoid differ during a flare-up, however...

  • Medical News Today: Non-insulin drugs for treating type 2 diabetes

    15 hours ago

    • Type 2 diabetes prevents the body from responding to insulin correctly, leading to high levels of blood sugar. Some people require insulin injections, but others can manage the condition...

      Desdemona Despair



  • By Thomas Page18 September 2018(CNN) – They look lifted from the pages of science fiction: like industrial monoliths from Blade Runner, or the Martian pods in "War of the Worlds."...

  • Trump administration rolls back Obama-era methane pollution rule that aimed to help combat climate change

    10 hours ago
  • By Matthew Brown18 September 2018BILLINGS, Montana (AP) – The Trump administration on Tuesday rolled back an Obama-era rule that forced energy companies to capture methane —...

  • Trump administration accelerates push to export fracking to Argentina

    11 hours ago

    • By Joseph Siess17 September 2018(DeSmogBlog) – In June, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry traveled to Bariloche, Argentina, for a G20 Summit where he expressed his desire to...

      The Daily Sheeple



  • As reported by Consumer Reports, drugs such as ketamine, phenylbutazone and chloramphenicol are all found in the U.S. meat supply.

  • As Families Become Outlaws to Treat Epilepsy with Cannabis, Colorado Kids Can Now Bring It To School

    2 days ago
  • A fourth grader is now allowed to take his cannabis in school for his epilepsy as kids in states across the country would be arrested for the same thing...

  • LATIN AMERICAN RIGHTS GROUP ALLEGES COVER-UP OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT DEATH, ADMITS NO PROOF

    2 days ago

    • A Latin American civil rights organization claimed that guards in a Texas federal detention center beat a group of illegal immigrant inmates so severely that one inmate died, but...

      Exceptional Delaware 2017



  • I’m done. This is the last article from Exceptional Delaware.  This is why. I have to go back to the pretend world.  Some folks confuse this with the real world.  The places we live...

  • Breaking News: Red Clay CFO Jill Floore Named Interim Superintendent Effective November 1st

    7 days ago
  • I didn’t see this one coming!  The Red Clay Consolidated School District Board of Education just unanimously approved an Interim Superintendent effective November 1st.  Jill...

  • Did Delaware Design Lab Submit A Modification To Change Their Name To Design Thinking Academy?

    7 days ago

    • As announced by Jessica Bies with the News Journal last week, Delaware Design Lab High School is now Design Thinking Academy.  The charter school did submit a major modification...

      Have You Heard



  • TweetAre you a graduate student whose research on K-12 or higher education is ready for the podcast limelight? Then we have 30 minutes of prime audio real estate with...

  • Fast, Cheap and Out of Control: The Long (and Very Lucrative) Search for Short Cuts in American Education

    13 days ago
  • 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...

      Din Merican: the Malaysian DJ Blogger



  • September 19, 2018 Anwar family’s credibility gap is troubling by Terence Netto A perception of nepotism would still be justified even if the reformasi movement, triggered by...

  • Malaysia: In Defense of the PD Route to Power

    12 hours ago
  • September 19, 2018 Malaysia: In Defense of the PD Route to Power by S. Thayaparan@Malaysiakini.com “Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look; He thinks too much: such men are dangerous”–―...

  • ASEAN and the challenge of a multipolar world

    19 hours ago

    • September 18, 2018 ASEAN and the challenge of a multipolar world by Ja Ian Chong, NUS   At no time since the Cold War has there been a greater demand for an effective, functioning ASEAN...

    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?'

    8 days 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?

    8 days ago

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

      Chicago Boyz



  • Or maybe “The Matrix” would be more accurate.  I’m not that conversant. Part of me feels some obligation to weigh in on the accusations against Brett Kavanaugh. Because of...

  • Indy-Writing Scene; 2018

    15 hours ago
  • The indy-author scene is not the only thing which has radically changed over the last decade; just the one that I know the best, through having the great good fortune to start as an indy...

  • Summer Rerun: The Five-Pound Butterfly Revisited

    a day ago

    • Several years ago, the WSJ wrote about the tendency of many companies to do hiring based on a long string of highly-specific (and excessively-specific) requirements. One person...

      Centinel2012



  • Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on September 18, 2018 by sundance A few days ago, September 13th, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes was given the Keeper...

  • Representative Jim Jordan Introduction Remarks for Devin Nunes As Winner of The 2018 Keeper of The Flame Award…

    19 hours ago
  • Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on September 18, 2018 by sundance Representative Jim Jordan delivers poignant remarks and introduces HPSCI Chairman Devin Nunes to receive...

  • USA Declares it is not Subject to International Law

    20 hours ago

    • Armstrong Economics Blog/Rule of Law RE-Posted Sep 18, 2018 by Martin Armstrong The United States is on a major confrontational course with the International Criminal Court (ICC)...

      The BRAD BLOG



  • On today's BradCast, things are not looking good for Republicans and Donald Trump's second nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court. [Audio link to show is posted below.] But, first up, before...

  • 'Green News Report' - September 18, 2018

    18 hours ago
  • IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Florence continues to wreak havoc and death on the East Coast; The strongest storm of the year (so far) slams into the Philippines and Hong Kong; PLUS: Boston-area...

  • I Believe You, Christine: 'BradCast' 9/17/2018

    2 days ago

    • On today's BradCast, I (Angie Coiro) am sitting in for Brad and Desi! My guest is CHRIS HEDGES --- yes, that Chris Hedges --- journalist, minister, prison instructor, war correspondent...

      Below 2C



  • Driven by the burning of fossil fuels like coal and oil, our world is getting warmer and warmer – and real people’s lives are in danger. But not just from the searing heat, violent...

  • Canada’s Climate Politics: Trudeau’s Not-To-Do List

    9 days ago
  • “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

    15 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...

      bluebird of bitterness



  • Elsie had been adopted as a newborn, and when she was in her teens she learned that her birth mother had also placed twin boys for adoption. Eager to find her brothers, Elsie did some...

  • Advertisements from long, long ago– For the Children™ edition

    2 days ago

  • Sunday funnies

    2 days ago


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  • Kay Drey, Beyond Nuclear board presidentOp-ed by Kay Drey (photo, left), Beyond Nuclear's board president, in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Also see Kay's pamphlets about the West...

  • Permanent shutdown of Oyster Creek, NJ atomic reactor: 1 down, 99 more to go

    2 days ago
  • The oldest operating atomic reactor in the U.S., Oyster Creek, NJ, has finally, at long last, shut down, for good, after 49 years. The good news? No more risk of reactor meltdown at this...

  • Billions for Space Force; no clean water for Flint -- interview with Karl Grossman

    19 days ago

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

    BlackListed News



  • Long Beach police accused of using self-deleting messaging software to avoid disclosing incriminating evidence.

  • Who Bought the $1.47 Trillion of New US National Debt over the Past 12 Months?

    8 hours ago
  • Foreign private-sector investors and “foreign official” investors – central banks, governments, etc. – whittled down their holdings of US Treasury Securities by $21...

  • The FDA Is Launching An Anti-Juul Campaign That’s Like D.A.R.E. for Vaping

    a day ago

    • Gone are the days of “this is your brain on drugs.” A new public health campaign has its sights set on a more modern concern: vaping. The Food and Drug Administration announced on...

      Research Digest



  • By Alex Fradera. The results shed light on why people can be appear to be so wholly in the grasp of an eating disorder.

  • UK study finds children with maths difficulties (SLDM/dyscalculia) far less likely to receive an official diagnosis than their peers with dyslexia

    a day ago
  • By Christian Jarrett. The researchers said we need to raise the awareness of SLDM/dyscalculia among teachers and educational psychologists.

  • Who likes to be alone? Not introverts, according to a new paper on personality and the experience of solitude

    2 days ago

    • By Christian Jarrett. These results suggest we need to rethink our assumptions about introverts and extraverts and how they experience being alone.

      Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places



  • New Englanders and Long Islanders know and love the taste of beach plum jelly. Beyond the Northeastern coast of the United States, the sweet spread is almost completely unknown. Supermarkets...

  • Glirarium

    13 hours ago
  • Ancient Romans often featured dormouse on their feasting tables. With just a few rich, oily bites of meat covering each rodent, upper classes deemed the creatures a delicacy. Romans...

  • Hulk of the SS Good News in Mpulungu, Zambia

    14 hours ago

    • Forgotten and mostly buried in Kituta Bay on Lake Tanganyika lay the remains of the first steamship that launched on these waters, in 1885. After being shelled by a German warship...

      Accidental Deliberations



  • This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Emily Atkin offers a reminder that the people with the least stand to face the most severe costs of climate change. But lest we take that as a signal...

  • Tuesday Night Cat Blogging

    10 hours ago
  • Nosy cats.

  • Monday Morning Links

    2 days ago

    • Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Tracy Smith-Carrier comments on the importance of addressing poverty as an issue of human rights rather than charity:It is not a matter...

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