Wednesday, December 05, 2018

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  • 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...

  • Signing of NAFTA 2.0 Does Not End Fight for Progressive Improvements to the Agreement

    6 days ago
  • 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...

  • How the Midterm Election Affects the Fate of NAFTA Renegotiations

    a month ago
    • 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...

      

  • Our ancestors also tried decoding the meaning of a dream. It is often believed that the decisions of our lives and things that we want to see manifest into a dream. Our ancestors also...

  • Revealing the Secrets of Tibetan Inner Fire Meditation

    9 days ago
  • I have had great results practicing inner fire and it has been one of my main meditation practices for over 10 years. The title is not click bait, the instructions I am about to share with...

  • An Empath’s Guide To Living In The World

    9 days ago
    • Learning to set energetic boundaries is, of course, a given for those of a Sensitive nature… Living in this heavily populated world, Empaths are faced with many challenges. If it’s...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today

  • My name is Carrie Gale, and I am an Emmy-nominated graphic designer and writer. I also have bipolar II disorder. This is my story.

  • Medical News Today: What role do brain lipids play in Parkinson's disease?

    3 hours ago
  • Researchers studying the connection between lipids and toxic protein levels have uncovered a new potential therapeutic target for Parkinson's disease.

  • Medical News Today: Differences between HIV-1 and HIV-2

    4 hours ago
    • HIV-1 and HIV-2 are the two main types of HIV. Most people with HIV have HIV-1. Genetic differences between the two viruses mean that diagnosis and treatment of HIV-1 and HIV-2 can be...

      Desdemona Despair

  • By Damian Carrington4 December 2018 KATOWICE, Poland – Action to fight global warming is coming whether world leaders like it or not, school student Greta Thunberg has told the...
  • Corollary : Our children are deluded into thinking they are leaders.

  • No relief for Queensland bushfire crisis – “We have never seen this in our state before”

    5 days ago
  • By Robyn Wuth30 November 2018(Australian Associated Press) – There is no relief in sight for Queensland's bushfire crisis as extreme heatwave conditions continue to grip the...

  • Sarah Sanders: U.S. climate change report “not based on facts”

    5 days ago
    • By Brett Samuels27 November 2018(The Hill) – White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday dismissed the findings of a government report that warned of the impending...
    • As I said in Comments - she is exactly correct ! Models do not provide measurements.

      The Daily Sheeple

  • An increasing number of Americans believe that an economic downturn is coming, and they are taking actions consistent with that belief. As a result, they are actually helping to produce...

  • Anti-Gun Bill Would Require Social Media History and Internet Search History of Prospective Buyers

    a day ago
  • In New York (the state, not just the city) there’s a rather Orwellian gun bill on the table that would require would-be firearm purchasers to turn over 3 years of their social media...

  • Michigan Becomes First Midwest State To Legalize Recreational Use Of Marijuana

    a day ago
    • Michigan has become the first state in the Midwest to legalize recreational use of marijuana, allowing citizens at least 21 years of age to light up and toke...

      Exceptional Delaware 2017

  • Capital School District, located in Dover, DE, will be going out for a referendum next year to help build two new middle schools in the district.  Tomorrow night the district will...

  • Christmas At Exceptional Delaware

    4 days ago
  • This will be the 5th Christmas season I’ve posted on here.  I thought I would put up ALL the links to the crazy Christmas posts I’ve put up.  Some are from the heart and some are from...

  • Love

    7 days ago
    • I spent the other night watching one of my favorite Christmas movies, “Love Actually”.  If you haven’t seen the Richard Curtis romance, I highly recommend it.  That, along...

      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...

  • In a Gentrifying City, Are Some Students Expendable?

    20 days ago
  • 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...

  • The Zombie: The Undying Attacks on Schools of Education

    a month ago
    • 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

  • The ‘Next America’ How do we govern in the age that will begin with the 2020 election? By Thomas L. Friedman Opinion Columnist Dec. 4, 2018     CreditSteven Senne/Associated...

  • Ethics in Governance: The dethroning of our value system

    7 hours ago
  • Ethics in Governance: The dethroning of our value system by Firoz Abdul Hamid “So I have just one wish for you – the good luck to be somewhere where you are free to maintain the kind...

  • Are we at ‘peak America’?

    10 hours ago
    • December 5,2018 Are we at ‘peak America’? by Dr. Fareed Zakaria https://fareedzakaria.com/columns/2018/11/29/are-we-at-peak-america The Group of 20 summit in Argentina...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today

  • A fever may be one of the initial symptoms of an acute HIV infection soon after exposure to the virus. In this article, learn about an HIV fever and other early symptoms...

  • Medical News Today: What is the difference between multiple sclerosis and fibromyalgia?

    6 days ago
  • Multiple sclerosis and fibromyalgia both involve the nervous system, and they can cause similar symptoms, such as pain and fatigue. However, there are crucial differences. Here...

  • Medical News Today: What to know about itching and MS

    6 days ago
    • Itching is one type of dysesthesia, or abnormal sensation, that occurs in people with multiple sclerosis. In this article, learn about why it occurs, as well as how to get relief with...

      Chicago Boyz

  • …on identity politics.  Interview with Mark Levin.  Highly recommended.  

  • Is Paris Burning ?

    3 days ago
  • A famous request from Adolf Hitler was also the tile of a book about the liberation of Paris in 1944, and might be a question about the riots of this week by the “Yellow Vests” There...

  • Santa Arrives, Texas-Style

    3 days ago
    • Merry Christmas, ho, ho, ho, y’all!

      Centinel2012

  • Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on December 4, 2018 by sundance U.N. Ambassador Nikki Halley was visiting President Donald Trump in the White House today, ahead of a report...

  • And Then There Was None – Bill Priestap Resigns…

    34 minutes ago
  • Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on December 4, 2018 by sundance The only remaining FBI counterintelligence official at the center of all spygate and Clinton investigation...

  • White House Trade Adviser Peter Navarro Discusses G20 Dinner Between U.S. and China…

    an hour ago
    • Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on December 4, 2018 by sundance White House trade adviser Peter Navarro appears on Fox Business to discuss the possibility of trade deals...

      The BRAD BLOG

  • On today's BradCast: The GOP's utter contempt for democracy and voters is now on full display in several states where things did not go well for the party during the November midterms...

  • 'Green News Report' - December 4, 2018

    a day ago
  • IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: G20 meeting ends with separate statement on climate change for Trump and the U.S.; Only one G20 nation on track to reduce emissions; A warning for a "world at...

  • In Wake of George H.W. Bush's Death, a Thousand Points of GOP Corruption: 'BradCast' 12/3/2018

    2 days ago
    • On today's BradCast: The complicated death of a U.S. President during the Trump-era and fresh updates on several midterm election count controversies, fiascos and fraud investigations...

      bluebird of bitterness


  • Don we now our gay apparel

    a day ago

  • How to have a British Christmas

    a day ago
    • Bacon-wrapped pork sausages, flaming pudding, explosives at the dinner table… I could really go for this. (Oh, and I love Brussels sprouts. Yes, I know I’m weird.)...

      Home

  • Un Special Rapporteur, Baskut Tuncak, who has already criticized Japan's treatment of Fukushima "cleanup" workers, has urged Japan not to force Fukushima evacuees back to the accident...

  • As COP 24 climate talks begin, a reminder of why nuclear doesn't belong

    2 days ago
  • "How many times have you heard people say ‘I would much rather not have nuclear power but we need it to combat climate change’?" asks British activist, Linda Walker. She writes...
  • Preamble to the farce of posing part time unreliable generation by wind and Sun as 'progress'.

  • Beyond Nuclear opposing Second License Renewal for Peach Bottom reactors in Pennsylvania

    7 days ago
    • Beyond Nuclear is requesting that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) convene a public hearing and legal intervention into Exelon Generation’s application to extend...

    BlackListed News

  • The New York City Police Department announced its Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) program on Tuesday. Licensed NYPD officers of the Technical Assistance Response Unit will operate...

  • Facebook Struck Secret Deals To Sell Preferential User Data; Undermined Rivals Per Leaked Emails

    13 hours ago
  • A top UK lawmaker said on Wednesday that Facebook maintained secretive "whitelisting agreements" with select companies that would give them preferential access to vast amounts...

  • 15 Million People Were Just Blacklisted from Travel by China’s Social Credit Program and It’s Coming to America Soon

    13 hours ago
    • China’s social credit system is in full swing and has already blacklisted more than 15 million Chinese residents from travel. Is it coming soon to the U.S.?...

      Research Digest

  • By Jesse Singal. A new review aims to move on from past controversies but experts can't even agree on what they're arguing about.

  • A new review looks into the optimum exercise intensity, type and duration for boosting mood

    a day ago
  • By Christian Jarrett. Perhaps the most important lesson from this review is that we need more research into how different types and intensities of exercise affect our mood...

  • Explaining the power of curiosity – to your brain, hunger for knowledge is much the same as hunger for food

    2 days ago
    • By Christian Jarrett. Researchers provoked curiosity in their volunteers using magic and obscure trivia questions.

      Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places

  • Around Christmas and New Year's Eve, Welsh families might find themselves challenged by a decorated horse skull waiting for them on their doorstep. Adorned in colorful ribbons and...

  • Manzanares el Real Castle in Manzanares el Real, Spain

    an hour ago
  • In the sun-baked foothills of La Pedriza National park looms a magnificent castle that has not lost its pomp or grandeur despite the ravages of time.  This 500-year-old castle was...

  • Dunrobin Castle in Golspie, Scotland

    2 hours ago
    • A Castle in the Scottish Highlands that was redesigned in the French Chateau Style in 1845 by the architect, Charles Berry. The Castle was used as a Naval Hospital during World War I...

      Accidental Deliberations

  • Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Noah Smith writes that for all the recognition of poverty and precarity in the U.S., it may be home to even more material insecurity...

  • Tuesday Night Cat Blogging

    16 hours ago
  • Indoor cats.

  • Monday Morning Links

    2 days ago
    • Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Dean Baker responds to attempts to paint inequality as an inevitable result of market forces by pointing out the choices being how our...

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