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You’ve
got 5,000 armed foreign troops stationed in your country. You don’t say
a word until the idiot foreign emperor stages a surprise visit. Then
you’re outraged principally...
Lenny
Bruce was a controversial American comedian during the 1950s and 1960s.
As Bruce gained fame and popularity, he moved on from doing stand-up
comedy at small strip clubs to performing...
On
June 23, 1940, Wilma Rudolph was born to Blanche and Ed Rudolph. She
was Ed’s 20th child, a product of his second marriage. Wilma was small,
weak, and frail, but she was also born...
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
After
a Week of Trump’s Shutdown, Chaos Will Continue Past Jan. 3 into 116th
Congress; Perception Grows That Impeachment Has Become Inevitable; Legal
Scholars Tribe, Katyal...
United
Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System
Network|Thursday, December 27, 2018 Consumer Confidence Index of
Conference Board Declines Sharply in Harbinger...
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...
12 days ago
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...
19 days ago
Wow
An aerial view of Anak Krakatau volcano during an eruption on Dec. 23
Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano island — which erupted and collapsed a
week ago, triggering a deadly...
I
was reading this article. “the earth would be 0.5 to 1.1 degree C (0.9
to 2 degrees F) warmer if that pollution were to suddenly disappear.”
Like this USA data? Or Europe? Clean...
“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...
Governments
must tackle environmental degradation as it threatens region’s future
Brahma Chellaney, Nikkei Asian Review Many Asian cities will ring in the
New Year with high...
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...
World
Alternative Media Published on Dec 28, 2018 Josh Sigurdson talks with
author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the continued crash of
Deutsche Bank as the once major...
Merkel:
EU States Must Prepare to Hand National Sovereignty Over to Brussels by
Virginia Hale, https://www.breitbart.com/, 23 Nov 2018 German
Chancellor Angela Merkel has said...
Based
on research,it transpires that people do live in towns inside Mount
Sastha. One of the explorers,who had been going there often was missing!
His reports are available...
This
type of worship is called Saguna Upasna, Worship of Reality with
Attributes. Lord Krishna explains to Arjuna that He(Krishna) appears and
grants the wishes of His Devotees in...
Peter
Greene believes that Arizona’s proposed gag law is part of a national
reaction to teacher activism. If you can’t beat ’em, silence them, is
the mantra. He traces the trend...
Linda
Lyon writes a blog called “Restore Reason.” She lives in Arizona, after
a successful career in the military, and she just stepped down as
President of the Arizona School...
As
expected with the Christmas holiday, late night programs were in
repeats, if not pre-empted, this past week. Of the repeats, one of note
is Jeffrey Wright on the December 28 edition...
Last
week was the last week most shows aired all new episodes in 2018.
Regrettably, none opted to book science and/or technology related
guests. As I write this, the Science Channel...
By
Paul Homewood h/t Philip Bratby The BBC is getting more desperate to
scare the public about climate change. They are now having to resort
those famous climate scientists at Christian...
By
Paul Homewood From GWPF: Scientists from James Cook University have
just published a paper on the bleaching and death of corals on the Great
Barrier Reef and were surprised that...
German
Green Party leader Annalena Baerbock appeared on German talk show
Maybritt Illner (30:59 mark) on December 13, 2018, where she
confidently told before a national audience...
By
Kirye in Tokyo We constantly hear from the untrustworthy media how
polar ice is melting rapidly – due to human-induced global warming. But
when we look at the real data, we understand...
Curmudgucation:
Defining Reformy Terms is Everything EdChoice has released their annual
report about education, with a particular focus on reformy stuff. It's a
survey of teachers...
2 days ago
Answer
Sheet: There are No Low-Track Courses at This High-Poverty School.
Instead, There are Strong Supports and a Focus on Learning. At Seaside
High School in California, teacher...
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...
The post Cartoon: The Wall appeared first on The Moderate Voice.
What we have been watching for the last 3 years has been a sort of
post-modern presentation of Shakespeare. We’ve had treachery, greed,
unquenchable narcissism, and a degree...
A
meal naturally brings people together, but does the way a meal is
served and consumed further matter for cooperation between people? This
research (n = 1476) yielded evidence that...
I
interview Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, not a Conversation but
nonetheless a conversation, they were both in top form. Here is the
link. The post a16z Podcast: Talent, Tech...
Originally
posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Lots of readers of this blog don’t like
to hear what conservatives, Republicans, or pundits like Thomas
Friedman have to say. I disagree...
Originally
posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Racism and segregation are our nation’s
greatest sin, written into our founding and our history. We live with
their consequences every...
In
the latest example of leftists behaving badly, a climate-change expert
apparently created a very dangerous climate in his own apartment: He
allegedly attacked his fiancée...
8 hours ago
Isn't
climate change supposed to lead to more violent and more frequent
storms? Tornadoes, it seems, are refusing to follow that narrative.
10 hours ago
As
the US prepares to pull out of Syria, we revisit Sarah Abed's account
of the US campaign to foment regime change in the country." The post The
Decade-Long U.S. Campaign To Foment Syria’s...
Not
unlike the Palestinian people whose stance against Zionism is anchored
in historical and moral rights, the Haredi community's heroic stance on
military conscription is anchored...
I
interview Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, not a Conversation but
nonetheless a conversation, they were both in top form. Here is the
link. The post a16z Podcast: Talent, Tech...
1.
The next generation of Indian intellectuals? Is the list maybe a bit
too high-falutin’? 2. How some of China’s spies operate. And update on
Chinese CRISPR patients, lots...
Ultima
Thule: Nasa prepares to explore most distant world ever probed by
humankind (tags: space ) Steve Jobs hired a career juggler to teach
programming to developers (tags: software...
2 days ago
Donald
Trump Reveals Covert U.S. Navy SEAL Deployment During Iraq Visit (tags:
usa military twitter republicans OhForFucksSake ) The effects of face
shape on CEO pay, and why it's...
3 days ago
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...
In
1986 Ukrainian nuclear experienced the Chernobyl nuclear incident. And
there resulting nuclear winter. Nuclear power responded by protesting
'at least we don't cause global...
13 hours ago
I
was sceptical about HD TV. But I needed a new television, and the
price difference was only £200. So I was happy watching BBC 1. That the
digital signal was not very good. So I...
16 hours ago
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...
Just
saw Aquaman. It was not bad, it was fun, it was a typical superhero
movie with almost non-stop fighting and some cool special effects. I’d
rate it as a “wait for it to come...
Nostalgia
is an admission of memory loss. When I see people waxing nostalgic
about old fashioned phones, or record players, or typewriters, I don’t
get it. I do, a bit. I...
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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