Saturday, December 22, 2018

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  Washington's Blog


  • U.S. President Donald Trump has announced his intention to remove all U.S. troops from Syria. If that happens it will fulfill part of the demand that World BEYOND War has been making...
  • Eric Zuesse At 11:52AM on Wednesday, December 19th, CBS News headlined “White House orders Pentagon to pull troops from Syria immediately” and reported that, “Rep. Adam Kinzinger...

    • Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org On 30 December 2009, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sent a cable (subsequently released to the public by WikiLeaks)...

  • The recent passing of Stan Lee at 95 years of age has inspired a plethora of stories about the artist who helped create many of the comic book characters that have entertained us since...
  • Attempting to imprison Vlad the Impaler might seem an awfully risky move, but in the 15th century that is exactly what one Hungarian leader is believed to have done, keeping Vlad in...

    • The Battle of Hastings in 1066 marked the start of William the Conqueror’s rule over England when he defeated the Anglo-Saxon King Harold II on the battlefield. Less than 20 years...

      Utopia – you are standing in it!




  • Originally posted on Jane Clare Jones: Two main things turned up in my timeline this morning. One was the fall-out of Rachel McKinnon’s egregious and unconcealed bullying of Martina...


  • The Truthseeker



  • America has become, a nation of too many totalitarian-minded sheep who don’t even know they’re being manipulated into destroying their own country...
  • Today, writes Les Visible, I'm celebrating the birth of one of my greatest heroes

    • If the resolution is passed it will give Poroshenko a pretext to call off the upcoming presidential election in March 2019, which he’s expected to lose by a wide margin...

  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Thursday, December 20, 2018 White House Fails to Consult Pentagon, Congress, or Coalition Partners...
  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Wednesday, December 19, 2018 Fed Hikes Interest Rates by One Quarter per Cent, Keeps Quantitative...

    • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Tuesday, December 18, 2018 Greenspan Advises Investors: “Run for Cover”; BIS Warns That Sharp...

  • A new disclosure rule issued today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture will not help consumers easily identify food that has been genetically engineered or that contains genetically...
  • Kyrgyzstan is set to become only the second country in the world to change their entire nation in to a 100% organic farming paradise, 24.kg reported last week. The move by Kyrgyzstan...

    • China is set to introduce maximum residue limits (MRLs) of 200 parts per billion (ppb) or lower for glyphosate in all imported final food products and raw materials including grains...

      sunshine hours



  • A couple of videos of a meteor near Sacramento. I found it funny that all of a sudden a bunch of brake lights went on.  
  •   From DMI

    • South / North

      Stumbling and Mumbling



  • “The trouble with you son” said Bill Shankly once to a struggling young player “is that your brains are all in your head.” The great man had a point, and not just about football...
  • Here’s a nice contrast. On the one hand, Tim Stanley says: Britain's still absolutely fine, by the way, probably better off than its ever been. It's just politics that's a mess. If...

    • I can understand why some reasonable people want to leave the EU. What’s more puzzling is why so many think it is worth the bother. Is it worth dividing the country, triggering a political...

      Stagecraft and Statecraft



  • Brahma Chellaney, The Hindustan Times From Richard Nixon to Barack Obama, successive US presidents, as a matter of policy, aided China’s rise in the naïve hope that a more prosperous...
  • Weaponizing water

    6 days ago
  • Brahma Chellaney, DNA newspaper Just as China has changed the status quo in the South China Sea through an island-building strategy, it is working to re-engineer cross-border flows...

    • BRAHMA CHELLANEY SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL In clear reprisal for Canada’s U.S.-sought arrest of the daughter of Huawei’s founder, China has detained two Canadians on charges...
      ( Bwahahahaha. Canada led with its chin )

      Socio-Economics History Blog






    • PressTV Published on Dec 21, 2018 Tension has intensified between Lebanon and Israel along Lebanon’s southern border after Israeli forces installed barbed wire fences in the...

      Socialist Economic Bulletin



  • - includes articles by regular SEB contributors John Ross and Tom O'Leary + many more  Get your copy here.Ten years on from the near-collapse of the global financial system...

    • By John RossThe new US GDP growth data released by the US last Friday entirely confirms the earlier analysis of ‘US growth under Trump is the slowest under any US President since World...

      Ramani's blog



  • There is another Shiva temple near Chennai. The Shiva lingam has ,as His Accoutrement,a Stem,which resembles the Stem of Lotus.
  • But apart from Vedas, there are other tools of Knowledge, Vedas come under the Tool Sabda. And veda ,as Sabda, is based on Intuition. Intution is also accepted as a tool of Knowledge...

    • There is a temple near Kumbakonam,Tamil Nadu for relief from poisonous bites and life threatening fever.

      Diane Ravitch's blog



  • Just released by the United Teachers of Los Angeles: MEDIA ADVISORY Contact: Anna Bakalis 213-305-9654 UTLA calls for immediate cap on charter school growth in Los Angeles and to...
  • Tommy Chang was a top assistant to John Deasy in Los Angeles. After Deasy was pushed out in Los Angeles following a billion-dollar iPad bungle, Chang landed a job as superintendent...

    • D.C. Muriel Bowser, hoping to build on the legacy of Michelle Rhee and Kaya Henderson, selected Indianapolis Superintendent Lewis Ferebee as the District’s new chancellor. However...

  • Where science and technology on late night are concerned, 2018 is looking to go out with a whimper, and certainly not a bang. For this past week I can find little to note in this post. ...
  • The past week was, regrettably, yet another loser for science and technology content on the late night programs.  The one note of merit is Jeff Goldblum’s appearance on The Late...

    • The week following Thanksgiving saw some shows in repeats, or airing ‘specials’ pre-taped before the holiday.  Once such case was the November 27 edition of The Late Show. ...

      NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT



  • By Paul Homewood h/t Trevor Shurmer   https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-46628832/the-texas-town-running-on-renewables   Trevor sent me this BBC link, and...
  • By Paul Homewood   The sad decline of the Mail continues apace, with this latest juvenile story:   Forecasters warn 2019 is expected to be one of the hottest years of all time. The Met...
  • Do Fish Smell?

    2 days ago

    • By Paul Homewood   h/t Patsy Lacey   The Climate Silly Season is still going full blast!   Salmon are losing their powerful sense of smell because of carbon dioxide being absorbed...

  • It’s doubtful Spiegel whether will ever recover its credibility now that it was revealed one of its star reporters had been fabricating stories for years. The extent of the news...
  • Newly published science indicates glaciers in the High Arctic Svalbard/Barents Sea region have rapidly advanced in the last decade — surging 16 kilometers since 2008, which is...

    • Jochem Marotzke, Director of Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPIM), says we would have to wait 20 years before seeing any impact on climate from CO2 reductions...

  • Diane Ravitch's Blog: Mauritania: Report on Privatization and Commercialization of Education This came to my email. I thought you might want to know that the battle against privatization...
  • Answer Sheet: Can Charter Schools Be Reformed? Should They Be? In 2013, I published a post with this headline: “Why charter schools need better oversight.”The author of the...

    • Living in Dialogue: Slouching Toward Technopoly: A Lesson Plan In his recent novel, Purity, Jonathan Franzen nearly kills off an expert hacker who is addicted to a video game that...

      Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers



  • Victor Davis Hanson // National Review There was likely never going to be “comprehensive immigration reform” or any deal amnestying the DACA recipients in exchange for building...
  • Victor Davis Hanson // National Review The near-destruction of ISIS in a matter of months (losing 99 percent of its landed caliphate), the restoration of sound defense budgeting...

    • Victor Davis Hanson // National Review The great culture wars on the campuses of the 1980s were largely lost by traditionalists. And the question then became not if but when the liberal...

  • CNN’s Don Lemon on the resignation of Secretary of Defense James Mattis and what it means. The post CNN’s Don Lemon: If you are worried, you should be (Video) appeared first on The...
  • by Marc A. Thiessen Washington Post Writers Group Columnist WASHINGTON — During his time in CIA custody, 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed told his interrogator something...

    • Will Congress avert another shutdown? AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Scott R. Baker, Northwestern University President Donald Trump and Congress are once again on the verge of a partial...

      Marginal REVOLUTION



  • 1. Rethinking economics, by Eshe Nelson. 2. Ken Regan on Tom Lehrer. 3. Blockchain for Babies, new book. 4. Man who demolished famed San Francisco house must build replica. 5. AEI best...
  • “Go to More Parties? Social Occasions as Home to Unexpected Turning Points in Life Trajectories” Reviving classical attention to gathering times as sites of transformation...

    • As measured by page views the most popular MR post this year was my post on how there is one law for the police and another for the rest of us, Get Out of Jail Free Cards. Second was Tyler Cowen’s...

      Lloyd Lofthouse



  • How many times did Hillary Clinton invoke the 5th amendment during her testimony during the Benghazi invitation and for the private e-mail server witch hunt? Continue reading →...
  • Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Russian government operatives used social media in 2016 to help the Trump campaign. A sophisticated effort targeted African Americans...

    • Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Daniel Dale is a reporter for the Toronto Star. This article appeared in the New Zealand Herald. He is obsessed with fact-checking Trump...

  • Georgetown, Texas, has been called a “city of the future” because of its commitment to 100-percent renewable energy. But if that's the case, then future cities can look forward...
  • Would it make sense to let McDonald’s franchises decide whether Burger King can do business in their areas? This is essentially the situation created, say critics, by a November...

    • A federal judge has ruled that school officials and police officers have no duty to protect students from violence such as the Parkland, Florida, school shooting...

  • While “Mad Dog” Mattis was by no means a “hero,” it is almost a given that his replacement will be far more pro-war and pro-intervention than the outgoing secretary of defense...
  • ”If [slain journalist Jamal] Khashoggi's sons ask or if they want us to demand their father's body [as part of the Saudi-Yemeni prisoner swap] then we will do it.” -- Mohammed Ali...

    • It’s difficult to tally the cost in civilian lives and mass destruction of an annual budget rapidly approaching the trillion-dollar mark, and that’s something that likely won’t...

      Marginal REVOLUTION



  • “Go to More Parties? Social Occasions as Home to Unexpected Turning Points in Life Trajectories” Reviving classical attention to gathering times as sites of transformation...
  • Philip sent me this email, and very generously allowed me to reproduce it: Tyler, I know you’ve been going back and forth recently on travel writing. I don’t read a ton of travel...

    • The problem with this paper is that it excludes, entirely, individuals and businesses who use Facebook as a (or The) e-commerce channel for their commercial activities. That’s...

      Made from Truth and Lies



  • Comparing Radical Feminism and Catholicism (tags: catholicism feminism ) Austerity results in 'social murder' according to new research (tags: austerity death UK OhForFucksSake...
  • Why “Just Google It” Is Now A Synonym For “Indoctrinate Someone” (tags: Google propaganda youtube OhForFucksSake ) Salazar Slytherin - Norman conqueror? (tags: harrypotter...

    • Polling for a future referendum continues to look very good (tags: UK europe referendum polls ) Women astronomers have had lower success rates with proposals to use the Hubble Space...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today



  • Sweating at night may be a sign of low testosterone in males or menopause in females. Treatment often involves supplementing the hormone to correct an imbalance. Learn more here...
  • Acanthosis nigricans is a common skin condition often caused by diabetes or hormonal conditions. Learn about the causes, symptoms, and treatments of acanthosis nigricans here...

    • Fibrocystic breast disease causes a person to have lumpy, and sometimes painful, breasts. It is a very common condition and not harmful. Learn more in this article...

      Jon's Text



  • As your heart beats your heart and arteries give off X-rays radiation in time with your pulse. The pressure waves caused by contracting heart does molecular nuclear fusion.1 H2O+P+TU->He+O+E2+X-ray...

  • Free carbon zero heat

    16 hours ago
  • Every lightening strike is a 1.5 KM by 2 cm steam plasma. Set up by heavy rain or snow and doing molecular nuclear fusion.1 H2O+TU->He2++O++3e- TU=turbulence So the turbulent interaction...

    • https://jonsthings.blogspot.com/2018/12/free-natural-gas-and-petrol.html We are used to the idea that natural gas burns in high pressure air. A gas and air mixture at low pressure...

      InvestmentWatch



  • technical defect of merkels plane via google translate: Technical problems in the government plane! On the way from Berlin to the G20 summit in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires...
  • Portfolio Wealth Global, Released on 11/29/18 Gregory Mannarino started his financial career working for the securities and trading arm of the now defunct Bear Stearns before the...

    • BY ROBERT ROSS “Jeff Sessions leaving office is a definite win for the cannabis industry.” That’s a quote from Jeffrey Zucker. He’s the president of Green Lion Partners...

      www.gurukalehuru.com



  • Now is the solstice, the darkest night of the year.  We don’t think about it much, living in cities the way  we do, and in houses with electricity so night does not hold the terror...
  • Headlines

    a day ago
  • Of all the headlines in all the news, the ones I like best are the ones that start with “Scientists Discover…”  It’s much more pleasant than some of the most common first two...

    • He’s still a wretched excuse for a human being.  He’s a morally decrepit, barely literate, socially retarded pathological  liar who is using  the presidency as a means to...

      Fragments from Floyd



  • Last night at the Floyd Country Store (and more at a new venue perhaps next year) we viewed the 38th movie in six and a half years of this SustainFloyd program of information-sharing...
  • There are some things about surface waters that are always true: They only flows downhill. Gravity decides the course. They cut through soft rock faster than harder rock. They carry...

    • Near Coles Knob in eastern Floyd County, many acres of former mature forest are being cut (down to what’s left of the topsoil) to create pasture to grow beef cattle. (Wood chips likely...

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