Saturday, December 29, 2018

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  Eyes on Trade



  • On NAFTA’s Quarter-Century Mark, Data Reveal a Wide Gap Between 1993 Rosy Promises and 2019 Realities As the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) marks a quarter century...
  • With the signing of the renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on Nov. 30 as the migrant crisis at the border escalates, the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement...

    • The NAFTA 2.0 text that is being signed contains some improvements that progressives have long demanded, some damaging terms we have long opposed and some important unfinished business...

  • To combat the constant overwhelm, the modern world imprints on an Empath, they need to protect themselves and work to stay grounded. Nowadays, with the constant bombardment...
  • Spiritual Masters are guides on our individual journeys, they discover the real peace within. Throughout life, every person is going to be travelling a different path on their spiritual...

    • Empath overwhelm is often caused by being “peopled”. Every Empath experiences it at some point and it is one of the most challenging aspects of being Sensitive. The overwhelm endured...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today



  • Over recent years, it has been clear that coffee protects against Parkinson's disease. A recent study tries to pin down the exact molecules involved.
  • New research suggests that physical activity may treat depressive symptoms in bipolar disorder, as scientists find a link between motor activity and mood...

    • I had what appeared to be the perfect life. Then my life spiralled into substance abuse and depression. This is the story of my addiction and my recovery...

  • By José Arcia24 December 2018(Mongabay) – From the air one can observe the destruction wrought by an open-pit mining project in Cerro Petaquilla and on the ground people talk about...
  • 12 December 2018 (Center for Biological Diversity) – On Tuesday the Trump administration offered more than 150,000 acres of public lands for fossil-fuel extraction near some...

    • By Scott Johnson21 December 2018 (Climate Feedback) – This video of a talk by author and speaker Steve Goreham, posted by the YouTube channel “Friends of Science” has been viewed...

  • At this point it is very easy to imagine a scenario in which this shutdown extends into February, and when food stamp benefits get cut off we could truly see a national temper tantrum...
  • The new law also outlines what are considered to be violations of federal hemp regulations such as cultivating cannabis plants without a license or producing plants that contain...

    • Within the past twenty years, studies have been showing that girls and boys are beginning puberty earlier in life than at any other time in history. Not coincidentally, the world has...

      Exceptional Delaware 2017



  • Television is very different than it was when I was a kid.  There are so many platforms to watch TV shows these days!  2018 was one of the best years ever for those who regularly watch...
  • These were my favorite tunes for 2018!  One band appears often on this list for the simple reason they came out with the best album of the year.  It was an awesome year for new music in...

    • 2018 had some colorful characters here in Delaware.  I covered some of them in Part 1 and Part 2.  As we close in on the final cast of players it is important to know that 2019 will continue...

      Have You Heard



  • TweetCan listening to the Beatles “When I’m 64” make you younger? In a word, no. But listening to the latest episode of Have You Heard will definitely make you smarter. Education...
  • 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]...

      Din Merican: the Malaysian DJ Blogger



  • December 29, 2018 Call me racist but Malays are in decline and it’s our fault – Dr. M https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/458169 Malays were lagging behind economically but...
  • December 30, 2018 HAPPY AND PEACEFUL 2019 TO ALL, FAR AND NEAR FROM CAMBODIA-LAND OF WONDER       Phnom Penh by Tonle Sap

    • December 29, 2018  

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today



  • Over recent years, it has been clear that coffee protects against Parkinson's disease. A recent study tries to pin down the exact molecules involved.
  • New research suggests that physical activity may treat depressive symptoms in bipolar disorder, as scientists find a link between motor activity and mood...

    • I had what appeared to be the perfect life. Then my life spiralled into substance abuse and depression. This is the story of my addiction and my recovery...

      Chicago Boyz



  • We currently have a “partial government shutdown” which no one seems to notice. Most of the appropriations bills were passed and signed. The Homeland Security budget became...
  • Christmas 2018

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  • Newgrange is an ancient structure in Ireland so constructed that the sun, at the exact time of the winter solstice, shines directly down a long corridor and illuminates the inner...

    • Cathy Young, writing in Quillette, has caused me to rethink Aleksandr. Solzhenitsyn: The Fall of a Prophet. I have long been an admirer, and even when his nationalism seemed a misplaced...

  • Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on December 28, 2018 by sundance With the congressional year now effectively over Bob Goodlatte and Trey Gowdy are retired.  With...
  • Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on December 28, 2018 by sundance Incoming Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has selected corrupt former DOJ career embed, Douglas...

    • Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on December 28, 2018 by sundance Incoming chief of staff Mick Mulvaney gives an impromptu press briefing to the media highlighting...

      The BRAD BLOG



  • if (window.document.getElementById('post-12835')) window.document.getElementById('post-12835').parentNode.className += ' adhesive_post';It has been an exhausting...
  • Every great Reality TV show needs a dramatic and gripping season finale. So too, apparently, does does every horrible Reality TV Presidency! [Audio link is posted below] Today is...

    • IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Climate change is expensive, particularly for the U.S. military; 2018 on track to be fourth costliest year in U.S. history for weather disasters; Polls show...

      bluebird of bitterness



  • Good people all, this Christmas time, Consider well and bear in mind What our good God for us has done In sending His beloved Son. With Mary holy we should pray To God with love this Christmas...

  • Caturday funnies

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    • Angels, from the realms of glory, Wing your flight o’er all the earth; Ye who sang creation’s story, Now proclaim Messiah’s birth. Gloria in excelsis Deo! Shepherds in the field...

  • Legal counsel for Beyond Nuclear (Diane Curran, of Harmon, Curran, Spielberg, & Eisenberg, L.L.P. of Washington, D.C.; and Mindy Goldstein and Caroline Reiser of the Turner...
  • Opposition to consolidated interim storage facilities (CISF) for irradiated nuclear fuel, targeted at the Southwest, persists. On Dec. 17, a coalition of environmental groups...

    • Yucca Mountain, NevadaCongressional Republicans, such as U.S. Rep. Fred Upton from southwestern Michigan, have been trying hard to attach a rider to year-end budget legislation...

  • The reputation of the meat industry will sink to that of big tobacco unless it removes cancer-causing chemicals from processed products such as bacon and ham, a coalition of experts...
  • In this day and age, risqué can be risky. But Cynthia von Buhler is bringing sexy back to NYC.

    • Among the more notable geopolitical events that took place last week, and which was swept away by the chaos in the capital markets, was Thursday's surprising announcement of a Saudi...

      Research Digest



  • By Christian Jarrett. People experience love in many situations beyond just romantic relationships.
  • By Emma Young. The implications for the real-world experience of stress is far from clear.

    • By Christian Jarrett. This is one of the first studies to look at learning styles in the context of primary age education.

      Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places



  • The Classics Museum, located in the heart of the Australian National University campus, is a small, well-maintained museum that's open to the public. But though the museum is indeed...
  • In the first half of the 20th century, tens of thousands of Japanese people sought opportunity abroad. Many ended up putting down roots in a tropical new home, and now, Brazil sports...

    • Prognostication is a risky business, but it's also a ton of fun. Just ask that Nostradamus guy. Or us! After reflecting on the highs and lows of 2018, we've assembled some niche trend...

      Accidental Deliberations



  • Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Joe Vipond and Noel Keough highlight the gap between the global impetus to avoid climate breakdown and the narrow self-interest of the...
  • Musical interlude

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  • Matthew Good - Bad Guys Win

    • Assorted content to end your week.- Matt McGrath and Dahr Jamail each point out some of the most important immediate effects of climate change. And Kate Marvel discusses the challenge...

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