Thursday, November 08, 2018

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  Eyes on Trade



  • 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...

    • A Critical Tool to Address Currency Manipulation and Stem Record-Setting Trade Deficits Has Been Shirked by the Trump Administration, a New Public Citizen Analysis Shows The Trump...

  • The gemstones and crystals can not only make ornaments beautiful. Rather, some of them can harness some positive vibes and power in your life. This reality being is known for a thousand...
  • It’s never too late to have a happy childhood … By Aletheia Luna I stood staring at the crumpled, wind-battered flyer on the noticeboard. Something had stopped me in that moment...

    • In order to establish one’s energetic year cycle, you would have to add the day and month of birth to current year … Example: 20 + 5 + 2019 = 10 = 1 Energetic year cycle 1 = New beginnings...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today



  • Aseptic technique is a set of best practices that healthcare professionals use to prevent the transfer of germs in clinics and hospitals and protect patients from infection. Learn...
  • Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA) are two conditions that cause pain and stiffness in the joints. They have different causes and treatments. Learn about the differences...

    • New research has examined the effect of cardiogenic shock on long- and short-term mortality risk among people with broken heart syndrome.

  • By Stefania Costa 24 September 2018(Imazon) – In August 2018, SAD detected 545 square kilometers of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, an increase of 199% in relation to August...
  • By John Aidan Byrne22 September 2018 (New York Post) – Ten years ago, it was too-easy credit that brought financial markets to their knees. Today, it could be a global debt of $247...

    • By Laura Zuckerman24 September 2018PINEDALE, Wyoming (Reuters) – A federal judge on Monday ordered Endangered Species Act protections restored to grizzlies in and around Yellowstone...

  • In a testament to the neglect and abuse suffered by inmates at the hands of police, a woman in Chino, California—in dire need of medical attention for a mental health problem—was...
  • No blue wave. More like blue hallucinations and propaganda.

    • The United States of America is in an advanced state of decline, and we just got more evidence of that fact on Tuesday night.

      Exceptional Delaware 2017



  • As the News Journal reported the other day, the Delaware House and Senate met tonight to choose the leadership for each caucus.  This was met with scrutiny by some because this is normally...
  • In January, 2019, Delaware will embark on the 150th session of the General Assembly.  Yesterday’s election changed the face of our legislative body in a big way!  Who runs Delaware...

    • It is looking like ALL Delaware statewide offices are now Democrat.  While districts are still reporting, the trends are looking like the blue wave has hit Delaware.  There is good...

  • 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...

    • TweetIn the latest episode of Have You Heard, Jennifer and Jack talk to Anand Giridharadas about his best-selling new book, Winners Take All: the Elite Charade of Changing the World...

      Din Merican: the Malaysian DJ Blogger



  • November 8, 2018 Malaysian Education System Reform: Time for Urgent Action–The cut-and-paste rhetoric about Malaysia’s education revamp has to stop.  by Dr. Sharifah Munirah...
  • November 8, 2018 Argument We Are All Isaiah Berliners Now The political theorist and historian Isaiah Berlin on Oct. 23, 1992. (Sophie Bassouls/Sygma via Getty Images) Nationalism...

    • November 8, 2018 Mahathir on Malaysia’s Foreign Policy

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today



  • Aseptic technique is a set of best practices that healthcare professionals use to prevent the transfer of germs in clinics and hospitals and protect patients from infection. Learn...
  • Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA) are two conditions that cause pain and stiffness in the joints. They have different causes and treatments. Learn about the differences...

    • New research has examined the effect of cardiogenic shock on long- and short-term mortality risk among people with broken heart syndrome.

      Chicago Boyz



  • Some of the pre-election commentary, especially from the Left, reminds me once again of an interesting Chesterton passage from 1908: The modern world is not evil; in some ways the...
  • Elections coming. Bad or worse – not good or bad – Is the real question. —- New Google inbox Maximizes confusion. But, Google knows best. —- Social media: People at each other’s...

    • I’ll confess to always having had a bit of cynicism about the professional national media orgs; this dating from my several turns in military public affairs and being one of those...

      Centinel2012



  • Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on November 7, 2018 by sundance This phrase: “The Truth Has No Agenda” has been at the center of The Conservative Treehouse mission...
  • Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree house on November 7, 2018 by sundance Republican Representative Jim Jordan (Ohio) announced today his intention to run for House Minority Leader...

    • Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on November 7, 2018 by sundance No idea why the White House just doesn’t revoke Jim Acosta’s press credential...

  • On today's BradCast: Some brakes --- some --- may now finally be applied to our ongoing Trump-induced national emergency, in the wake of his election two exhausting years ago. [Audio...
  • On today's BradCast: Who could have foreseen it? Oh, yeah, we did. For months. Years, actually. At this point, even decades. [Audio link to show follows below.] American voters finally...

    • IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: U.S. Supreme Court allows kids' landmark climate trial to proceed; New study finds 90% of world's children breathe highly polluted air; Plastic pollution...

  • A few years ago I ran across Steve Lee online. Our paths crossed on social media and we exchanged information on how each of us was actively engaged in various climate actions. At the...
  • I’ve been a climate activist for over a decade now. I often ask myself if I’m having any impact at all in the fight to save our warming planet from catastrophic climate change. Is...

    • Prime Minister Trudeau’s announcement of a federal tax on carbon at Humber College, located in Premier Doug Ford’s Toronto riding, may prove to be political gold for his government...

  • From The Babylon Bee. U.S.—In a move to lower educational standards even further, the College Board announced Wednesday the organization would be eliminating the scoring system...



  • Rail-sized cask shipment of highly radioactive irradiated nuclear fuel.The nuclear power industry, and its friends in government, have proposed multiple dump-sites for high-level...
  • Mary Lou Dauray is a California painter and world traveler who had specialized in landscapes. But melting glaciers, the site of coal-laden rail cars, and the news of the Fukushima...

    • Villagers are suffering debilitating illnesses, animals die and crops wither. Yet tailings waste from the nearby uranium mine continues to be dumped into waterways. The toxic mess...

  • At least 13 people, including a sheriff's deputy and the suspected shooter, have been killed, while multiple others were injured during a shooting at the country western dance hall...
  • WHEN A COMPANY called HawkEye 360 wanted to test its wares, it gave an employee a strange, deceptive task. While the worker stood in Virginia, he held the kind of transceiver that...

    • According to The South China Morning Post, "some of China's smartest students have been recruited straight from high school to begin training as the world's youngest AI weapons scientists."...

  • By Emma Young. The findings could lead to new treatment approaches for Charles Bonnet syndrome.
  • Our presenter Ginny Smith hears about the importance of food presentation, pairing and sequencing, and how our perception of food is a multi-sensory experience...

    • By Alex Fradera. Understanding the neural correlates of psychotherapy could help enhance its effectiveness.

      Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places



  • Nicknamed “concrete cigars” or “sugar beet heads,” about 200 of these pointy cone-shaped air raid shelters were built in Germany during World War II. The highest concentration...
  • Howard Neal "Bud" Rice was a commanding personality in Budville (his namesake), a tiny community along a quiet stretch of Route 66, 46 miles west of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Beginning...

    • On a bright and colorful archway in the courtyard of a contemporary art complex hangs a simple sign denoting "John Lennon Street," with a big blue arrow pointing to the sky. This unique...

      Accidental Deliberations



  • This and that for your Thursday reading.- Jovanka Beckles writes that the housing crisis in California - like those elsewhere - needs to be addressed through public investment in...
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  • Here, on how the U.S. midterms show the political risks of putting corporations over people - and how Saskatchewan citizens should take a hint as to who deserves to be voted out of office.For...

    • Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Merran Smith and Dan Woynillowicz comment that the new climate denial involves denying that any solutions are possible. Blake...

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