Wednesday, November 21, 2018

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  • Statement of Lori Wallach, Director, Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch A lot of corporate lobbyists and congressional Republicans were downright scornful of U.S. Trade Representative...
  • Contrary to Trump’s Campaign Pledges to Speedily Reduce the Deficit, Nine-Month Data Show Largest Deficit Ever Recorded With China and Largest With NAFTA Nations in a Decade Government...

    • Deficit for Nine Months of 2018 Likely to Be Largest Ever Recorded With China and Largest With NAFTA in a Decade as Imports from Mexico Grow The United States is on track to post a record...

  • Before diving into how your reality is generated, and it’s three layers let’s do a quick review of the true nature of yourself and your reality — what you are and what you are a part...
  • Kundalini Yoga is the science to unite the finite with Infinity, and it’s the art to experience Infinity in the finite. – Yogi Bhajan A few months ago my wife asked me to join her for...

    • Our Divine Guidance is a very important aspect of our life, whether we are aware of it or not. We are never truly disconnected from Source, from our Higher Self, but it can definitely...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today



  • Licorice root may offer potential health benefits, such as fighting infection, preventing tooth decay, and relieving stomach discomfort. Learn more about the possible benefits...
  • People with low testosterone can increase their levels by eating certain foods. Learn about eight of the best testosterone-boosting foods here.

    • Milk of magnesia is a common over-the-counter medication for constipation relief. Learn about the uses, dosage, risks, and interactions here.

  • By Abrahm Lustgarten20 November 2018(The New York Times) – The fields outside Kotawaringin village in Central Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo, looked as if they had just been...
  • 19 November 2018 (Desdemona Despair) – In August 2018, it was "environmental terrorist groups" causing California’s forest fires. Before that, it was water regulations. Now...

    • By Jessica Taylor 19 November 2018(Evening Standard) – Distressing photos have emerged online of a beached whale in Indonesia that was found to have almost six kilograms of plastic...

  • U.S. District Court Judge Emmet G. Sullivan ruled on Thursday that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has 30 days to answer additional questions about her email scandal...
  • A federal judge in California issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the Trump administration’s new asylum rules early Tuesday morning.

    • A third of all Americans cannot even afford “the basics” each month, and 13 million households are officially considered to be “food insecure”...

  • At the end of the Christina School District Board of Education meeting last week, State Representative Paul Baumbach spoke before the board.  He thanked the board and the district...
  • The Red Clay Board of Education meeting the other night was one for the record books!  The highlight of the meeting was the Charter School of Wilmington renewal discussion.  Dr...

    • On Facebook tonight, former Delaware State Education Association President Mike Matthews talked about his resignation from DSEA in light of the “uncovering” of blog posts...

  • TweetThe latest episode of Have You Heard is inspired by a brand new, and must read book: Ghosts in the Schoolyard, by sociologist Eve Ewing. Ghosts excavates the long backstory...
  • TweetPerhaps no issue is as deserving of ‘zombie’ status in the great education debates as schools of education and their myriad failures. [Insert specific criticism here]...

    • TweetTeachers are running for office in unprecedented numbers. And that’s not the only thing that makes this wave of teachers-turned-candidates unique. In the latest episode...

      Din Merican: the Malaysian DJ Blogger



  • November 21, 2018 Decoupling the US from Asia Author: Editorial Board, ANU ww.eastasiaforum.org/2018/11/19/decoupling-the-us-from-asia/#more-155952   ...[D]ecoupling...
  • November 20, 2018 Advancing a Free and Open Indo-Pacific Region https://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2018/11/287433.htm   Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC November...

    • November 20, 2018 “Look East” to  Japan –MAKE Agriculture  exciting and profitable for an ageing Malaysia –FIMA Group 2.0 Opinion by Phar Kim Beng http://www.malaysiakini.com...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today



  • Licorice root may offer potential health benefits, such as fighting infection, preventing tooth decay, and relieving stomach discomfort. Learn more about the possible benefits...
  • People with low testosterone can increase their levels by eating certain foods. Learn about eight of the best testosterone-boosting foods here.

    • Milk of magnesia is a common over-the-counter medication for constipation relief. Learn about the uses, dosage, risks, and interactions here.

      Chicago Boyz



  • UPDATE: The results as of November 18. I’m not really writing about Broward County in Florida as that seems to be old fashioned Democrat fraud. In 2016, there was almost certainly...
  • True Colors

    5 days ago
  • We’ve known for at least a decade or so that the so-called “ruling class” here in the US (and possibly in formerly great Britain and Western Europe as well) look down snobbishly...
  • Coupling

    6 days ago

    • (No, this post is not about sex…sorry. Nor is it about electrical engineering, though it might at first give that impression.) The often-interesting General Electric blog has...

  • Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on November 20, 2018 by sundance President Trump, not necessarily the White House – but rather, President Trump, releases an absolutely...
  • Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on November 21, 2018 by sundance Interesting report from The Hill today quoting an interview with Representative Mark Meadows.  According...

    • Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on November 20, 2018 by sundance Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen holds a press availability on border security, enhancements...

      The BRAD BLOG



  • On today's BradCast, we fly through a mountain of incoming stories (with the help of a great guest!) as the news gods seem to be unleashing a tidal wave in advance of the Thanksgiving...
  • IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: A turn in the weather is good news and bad for California's wildfires; The state's disaster evacuees underscore affordable housing crisis; Trump Administration...

    • On today's BradCast: More races were called and more candidates conceded over the weekend, as the counting from the midterm elections gets still closer to finally wrapping up, and...

      Below 2C

    ( Afraid I'm sick of the farce. I don't have to enable it. This feed will be removed )



  • Climate deniers have delayed action on climate for decades. Most of the hard-core denialism has been financed by the fossil-fuel industry which has spent millions on public relations...
  • If you ask the average person, they will likely tell you that they want to do the right thing when it comes to the environment.  The problem is that the average person has little information...

    • As our world becomes warmer and warmer, our seas will continue to rise. That’s because the number one cause of sea-level rise is climate change. What is Sea-Level Rise? We can talk...

      bluebird of bitterness






  • Horsing around

    2 days ago


  • French energy minister Francois De Rugy has cast doubt on the construction of additional European pressurised reactor (EPR) nuclear reactors in France in an interview on French...
  • EDF, the embattled French nuclear utility, will soon initiate a series of "exhibitions in schools and colleges in the East of England, "to talk about the positive impact the project"...

    • On 20 November 2018, the House of Representatives adopted three motions that call on the Dutch government to give substance to its commitment to actively work towards a world without...

  • The New York Times on Sunday released a "chat bot" to guide their leftist NPC readers on how to talk to their "angry conservative uncle."
  • President Trump's chief of staff John Kelly signed a memo late Tuesday allowing troops stationed at the border to act in a law enforcement capacity and use lethal force, if necessary...

    • American farmers are struggling to find storage for crops that would usually be sold overseas, with some being forced to leave produce rotting in fields as a last resort, as the trade...

  • After nearly eight years educating and entertaining readers with his reports on the latest psychology research, our staff writer Dr…
  • By Jesse Singal. Students from 35 nations estimated their countries were, in sum, responsible for 1,156.4 per cent of human history.

    • By Christian Jarrett. The study's cross-sectional design means other interpretations are possible.

      Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places



  • Tucked away in a close adjacent to Edinburgh's Royal Mile, this small museum housed in a building from 1622 celebrates three legendary Scottish writers: Robert Burns, Sir Walter...
  • Because of a shortage of official documentation, the history of Pira Delal can be told only in speculative terms. Ancient Romans are credited with constructing of the first bridge...

    • America’s coasts sit 3,000 miles apart, and are separated by differences both geological and philosophical. But they sit under the same sky—and when disaster strikes on one...

      Accidental Deliberations



  • Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Sara Mojtehedzadeh reports that the Ford government's move to strip sick days away from workers was made without any attempt...
  • Enclosed cats.
  • Tuesday Evening Links

    21 hours ago

    • This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Katrina Miller writes that Canada's economic future lies in developing equitable and sustainable growth, not following the U.S. in its race...

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