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What did the Rhodes/Milner secret society actually gain from the First
World War? What do we really know about American funding of the Russian
revolution? What books shine light on what World War One was really
about? Don't miss this edition of Questions For Corbett as James dips
into the mailbag (and the comments) for questions regarding The WWI
Conspiracy.
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What did the Rhodes/Milner secret society actually gain from the First
World War? What do we really know about American funding of the Russian
revolution? What books shine light on what World War One was really
about? Don't miss this edition of Questions For Corbett as James dips
into the mailbag (and the comments) for questions
This week on the New World Next Week: the controlled demolition of
Brexit proceeds apace; the World Bank gets a new corporate slavemaster;
and the police can’t force you to unlock your phone.
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terror. Sit down I tell you. The ABC tells us that you should “Grab a
latte while you still can”. Coffee beans |Image wiki Hesham Raouf In
full, the true catastrophe is that if the models that are always wrong
get something right, some wild coffee relatives, but not actual coffee
crop plants, might go extinct. We don’t use them for coffee but you
never know, we might one day use them as breedi
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While the debate over immigration and a border wall between the United
States and Mexico has helped grind the U.S. federal government to a
halt, Mexico's national airline, AeroMexico, is trolling Americans with a
new ad called "DNA Discounts." The ad features purported residents of
Wharton, Texas, a town about 60 miles southwest of Houston, professing a
variety of opinions about Mexico and its ci
On Thursday, actor/comedian Betty White celebrated her 97th birthday.
White is nothing short of a legend in the industry, and as a result she
had no shortage of messages from fans. SEE ALSO: 69 times Ryan Reynolds
was hands down the funniest actor on Twitter Ellen DeGeneres and Mindy
Kaling were among the celebrities who tweeted to wish her a happy
birthday. Happy birthday, @BettyMWhite ! You wil
The
legendary Star Trek actor had a question for NASA recently following
the release of new footage from Mars. The short video, which was taken
by the...
A
recent expedition to the depths of a giant marine sinkhole in Belize
has revealed some intriguing finds. The spectacular natural wonder,
which appea...
Via:
DailyBeast: Dozens of college-age men dead from ‘accidental’
drownings—but a team of retired detectives say the boys were drugged and
killed by a shadowy gang with a sinister symbol.
Via:
ABC: The largest single group of asylum seekers ever to cross into the
U.S. tunneled beneath the border wall near San Luis, Arizona, on Monday,
voluntarily turning themselves into Customs and Border Protection,
according to the agency. Migrants can be seen marching toward Border
Patrol agents by the hundreds, according to video obtained by […]
Labour MP’s spokesperson claims she was mocked and interrupted more
than other panellists Diane Abbott has accused BBC Question Time of
legitimising racist abuse after claims that the shadow home secretary
was singled out before and during Thursday night’s episode of the
political discussion programme. The Labour politician claimed she had
been unfairly mocked in the warm-up and had been interrup
Facebook
has removed hundreds of pages, groups, and accounts on its Facebook and
Instagram platforms that the U.S. company says were part of two online
disinformation operations targeting users across the former Soviet
space. "The two operations we found originated in Russia, and one was
active in a variety of countries while the other was specific to
Ukraine," Facebook's head of cybersecurity pol
Late Thursday night, BuzzFeed News published a report that, if true,
could prove historic: President Donald Trump allegedly directed his
then–personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, to lie to Congress about a
real-estate deal he was pursuing in Moscow during the 2016 election.
Trump immediately denied the story, but for many Democrats, including
those who had previously cautioned against impeaching the p
California Gov. Gavin Newsom called the Department of Labor's guidance
that states not allow furloughed workers to collect unemployment
"jaw-dropping." (Image credit: Rich Pedroncelli/AP)
If Donald Trump instructed his attorney Michael Cohen to lie under oath
to Congress about planning a Trump real estate development in Moscow in
the midst of the presidential campaign, he is almost certainly a felon.
As attorney general nominee William Barr testified earlier this week in
response to a question from Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey
Graham, suborning perjury in the midst
Ukrainian
lawmakers have passed a law on church property changing hands after
last-minute changes to its most controversial parts, such as the
arbitrary seizure of churches which has been made a bit more difficult.
The legislation, passed by the Ukrainian parliament on Thursday, was
filed in 2016 and was widely perceived to be part of Kiev's campaign to
curb the influence of the Ukrainian Orthodox
An explosive new report from Buzzfeed News makes the impeachment of Donald Trump not just possible, but likely.
Shutdown will cast a long shadow over research Shutdown will cast a
long shadow over research , Published online: 18 January 2019;
doi:10.1038/d41586-019-00207-9 The sudden halt to US government
functions leaves me worried about the effects on science for years to
come, says Anne Jefferson.
We won’t get science-based policies unless our political system permits them -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
We won’t get science-based policies unless our political system permits them -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Oxygen—it's
a basic necessity for animal life. But marine biologists recently
discovered large schools of fishes living in the dark depths of the Gulf
of California where there is virtually no oxygen. Using an underwater
robot, the scientists observed these fishes thriving in low-oxygen
conditions that would be deadly to most other fish. This discovery could
help scientists understand how other ma
An
international research team led by physicists from the University of
Cologne has implemented a new variant of the basic double-slit
experiment using resonant inelastic X-ray scattering at the European
Synchrotron ESRF in Grenoble. This new variant offers a deeper
understanding of the electronic structure of solids. Writing in Science
Advances, the research group have now presented their results
Veterans Today
The
Milgram Experiment Understand the infamous study and its conclusions
about human nature By Elizabeth Hopper/ThoughtCo In the 1960s,
psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted a series of studies on the
concepts of obedience and authority. His experiments involved
instructing study participants to deliver increasingly high-voltage
shocks to an actor in another room, who would scream and More..
Jim
W. Dean - Reuters is reporting that a government source has said the
investigation involves PressTV being an unregistered foreign agent for
Iran, a strange twist indeed.
Despite
flaws, a top rated expose' of America's fake history, presented by what
we now know to be America's military intelligence establishment as part
of their first salvo against the Deep State
Trump is clearly compromised. This is why we all see the changing story lines from him and his assigns.
Health
Editor’s Note: You have probably seen this scenario at least once on a
TV show or in a movie. A character is in convulsions, unconscious,
foaming at the mouth, etc. and someone brings out a syringe and thrusts
the needle into the person, usually through clothing which is weird to
me since that would More..
by
Gordon Duff, VT Sr. Editor, …and New Eastern Outlook, Moscow – Today’s
film is “Vice,” a film that rips apart Dick Cheney. We might ask why
something like this is important, are we apologizing for America’s
rampage around the world killing millions, using psychopath Cheney as an
excuse? Are we warning the world that More..
Ellen sent Michael Bublé to pose as a cashier at a local grocery store,
where he chatted with unsuspecting customers about bubly sparkling
water, all while Ellen was telling him what to say through an earpiece!
Find out what happened when the singer accidentally checked groceries
for a celebrity shopper, "Modern Family" star Eric Stonestreet. Brought
to you by: bubly #TheEllenShow #MichaelBublé #
Teen detective Nancy Drew is back to solve a brand new mystery in
“Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase.” Produced by Ellen and starring
Sophia Lillis as Nancy, the film follows Nancy and her friends as they
set out to solve a mystery, make new friends, and establish their place
in the community. Find out what happens when “Nancy Drew and the Hidden
Staircase” hits theaters March 15th! From: TheEl
Lithium makes up only 0.002% of the Earth's crust, but has become a
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properties of lithium, how those properties allow lithium to be
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A pyramid schemer's dark night of the soul in Atlantic City. Written
and directed by Chris Osborn Starring David Warshofsky and Michael James
Shaw OFFICIAL SELECTION: Indie Memphis Film Festival (Audience Award -
Narrative Short) Maryland Film Festival New Orleans Film Festival New
Hampshire Film Festival Atlantic City Cinefest St. Cloud Film Festival
Dallas International Film Festival * Produced
On a mission to share their discoveries with the world, scientists at
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How much do we really want others to know about us and what do we want
to know about them? A mockumentary about the aftermath of a disaster
causing everyone to loose their perception filters. Cast: Tara
The Corbett Report
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Today we are joined once again by Gerry Docherty, co-author with Jim
MacGregor of Hidden History: The Secret Origins of the First World War
and Prolonging the Agony: How the Anglo-American Establishment
Deliberately Extended WWI. In this conversation we cover the remarkable
suppressed history of Herbert Hoove
Remember
how the conspiracy peddlers in the mainstream press freaked out over
the super secret Russian microwave technology that was frying diplomats
brains in Cuba. Well, it turns out that was just a tad exaggerated. So
what was the real culprit? Find out in this week's edition of
#PropagandaWatch.
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This week on the New World Next Week: the controlled demolition of
Brexit proceeds apace; the World Bank gets a new corporate slavemaster;
and the police can’t force you to unlock your phone.
The Rules of Exposition
At Merriam-Webster: Is Singular 'They' a Better Choice? The awkward
case of 'his or her' "Everyone should do his or her best in whatever
situations he or she happens to find himself or herself in?" That's
awkward. Perhaps everyone should just do their best in the situations
they find themselves in. Even if their best involves they as a singular
pronoun. Awkward, indeed. But singular 'they' is wro
By
Denis Rancourt First published here:
https://dissidentvoice.org/2019/01/stability-and-dynamics-of-individual-personality-in-a-dominance-hierarchy/
In this article, I develop a physics model of the bimodal personality
of the social animal. The model uses free-energy barrier-crossing theory
and provides a new and testable paradigm of individual behaviour and
perception in a dominance
Amused Cynicism
A recent story that caught my eye is Steven Pinker’s discussion of the
response to his recent book, Enlightenment Now. One reaction was from
people who seem to be psychologically committed to believing progress
hasn’t happened: [Critics say:] All those numbers showing that the world
has been getting better must have been cherry-picked. This is
topsy-turvy, and comes from an incredulity at the ver
Today the government lost the vote on May’s Brexit deal by 230 votes.
This is the worst government defeat ever in British parliamentary
history. Based on this, my analysis is the most likely outcome is that
Brexit won’t happen, with a probability of 61%. With May’s deal
scrapped, what will happen now? The possibilities are: No deal Brexit.
Unlikely because most MP’s believe it would be hugely dam
Jon Worth has updated his Brexit diagram: Edit: Shitty WordPress has
shittily resized the image, making it hard to read. The original is at
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DwupPSNWkAAR7s2.jpg . BTW Fediverse .
Job Worth has created a flowchart with all the twists and turns Brexit
might take over the coming months. As you can see, it’s rather
complicated:
ArmsControlWonk
Quote
of the week: “Small nuclear weapons are like northern Mississippi:
there is no such thing, except in a detached theoretical sense.” —
Herbert York Herb York is one of the founding fathers of the practice of
nuclear arms control. He gained prominence at a very young age as
Ernest Lawrence’s choice to become the …
Generally,
KCNA and other North Korean media outlets identify the locations where
Kim Jong Un (and, before him, Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung) conduct
inspections and provide “on the spot” guidance. These visits are a
routine way to signal the regime’s interests and priorities, to show off
its achievements, and to highlight the …
Lyric
of the week: Standing in the middle of nowhere Wondering how to begin
Lost between tomorrow and yesterday Between now and then And now we’re
back where we started Here we go round again Day after day I get up and I
say I better do it again” — The Kinks, “Do It Again” …
Lyric
of the week: And the men who spurred us on Sit in judgement of all
wrong They decide and the shotgun sings the song … Pick up my guitar and
play Just like yesterday Then I’ll get on my knees and pray We don’t
get fooled again — The Who, “Don’t Get Fooled Again” …
Jeffrey
and Aaron return from the holidays to talk about … North Korea. Kim
Jong Un gave his traditional New Year’s Day speech. On the first day of
2017, Kim signaled the ICBM test that was to come. And on the first day
of 2018, he hinted at the diplomatic thaw that would bring “love …
Quote
of the week: “We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our
hand — and melting like a snowflake.” — Sir Francis Bacon Note to ACW
Readers: With apologies and gratitude to Bob Dylan, whose ten-year old
Tennessee bourbon, Heaven’s Door, is worth sampling. Come gather ‘round
lobbyists Wherever you roam And admit …
There is NEVER room for racist attacks or racial valuations in Canadian
politics! It's appropriate the the Liberal Candidate has withdrawn her
candidacy in this key byelection! Press Progress
"During an appearance on the political show CTV Question Period, Singh
appeared to be unaware of a news story that made a lot of headlines last
week. Singh was asked how he would respond, if elected prime minister,
to the recent statement by China’s Canadian ambassador Lu Shaye, that
Canada and its Western allies’ calls for the release of two Canadians
detained in China is rooted in 'white suprem
Did You Know
There is a lot of information about this product. It is something
everyone world wide should know about. For years we have been told it
was safe. Turns out it is not so safe after all. It is making people
sick. It is doing a great deal of damage to the health of animals and in
many cases they die. Many products have been tested and found to have
Glyphosate in them.Glyphosate is in Round Up. It ki
Fighting Law Enforcement Brutality While Living with Trauma in a World
of Impunity A few months ago, I was asked to do a piece on what it is
like to live with intergenerational trauma, for a special issue of the
Genealogy Journal , on Indigenous peoples and intergenerational trauma.
Here is the essay: Fighting Law Enforcement Brutality While Living with
Trauma in a World of Impunity https://www.m
Greg Mankiw's Blog
If you are an economist and want to support a carbon tax and dividend plan, click here .
T hose with an interest in the history of economic thought might want
to consider this summer program . I have been told that the program is
designed primarily for students in graduate programs in economics,
though students in graduate school in other fields as well as newly
minted PhDs will also be considered.
I just arrived at the ASSA meetings in Atlanta. Readers of this blog
might be interested in the following public events that I am involved
with. First, I will have a book signing to celebrate the publication of
the 10th edition of my intermediate macro text. It is Saturday at 2:10
pm at the Worth Publishers booth. (I understand that copies are already
going fast, so if you want one, you might sto
Click here to read my column in Sunday's NY Times .
A Christmas message (be sure to check out the mouse-over text).
Land Destroyer
January 15, 2019 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - An "independent national
institute founded by Congress and dedicated to the proposition that a
world without violent conflict is possible," would be the last place you
would expect to find calls for continued war. Yet the United States
Institute of Peace (USIP) is just the place to go for exactly that. In a
recent article appearing on the USIP website
Editor's Note: This article was written just before Israel carried out
attacks on Syria on Christmas day. December 25, 2018 ( Tony Cartalucci -
NEO ) - The US suddenly and unexpectedly announced the withdrawal of US
troops from Syria after years of illegally occupying the country. The
US presence aimed at ousting the Syrian government, boosting militant
groups the US and its partners have armed a
December 22, 2018 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - The latest bid to keep
Washington's desperate Russiagate conspiracy theory alive has energized
distilled segments of the public still convinced of Moscow's global
omniscience and its role in manipulating and undermining virtually every
aspect of their daily lives. But recent "revelations" are simply the
same accusations made against a Russian-based cl
December 20, 2018 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - Rarely is irony and
hypocrisy so thoroughly combined as it was when the US House of
Representatives passed resolution 1035 - " Expressing opposition to the
completion of Nord Stream II" (.pdf) . Bloomberg in its article, " U.S.
House Passes Resolution Opposing Russian Gas Pipeline ," would report:
The U.S. House of Representatives approved a largely s
December 31, 2018 ( Joseph Thomas - NEO ) - In recent months, American,
Commonwealth and European media have taken aim at China. From
fabricated stories of interment camps with "1 million" Uyghir Muslims
being detained in them to a more recent New York Times article claiming
to have "secret plans" revealing the military dimension of its One Belt,
One Road initiative (OBOR), the barrage has been h
January 4, 2019 ( Joseph Thomas - NEO ) - Fortify Rights is one of
several fronts posing as nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) operating
across Asia. Such fronts are in actuality extensions of US and European
"soft power." Fully funded by the US, British and various European
governments as well as US and European corporate foundations like
convicted financial criminal George Soros' Open Society
Left I on the News
Click here to listen to this week's segment on Loud & Clear Radio .
Headlines with an * are the ones we managed to fit in in our allotted
time slot. ‘No different from my original statements’: Trump denies
changes to Syria exit plan
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/no-different-from-my-original-statements-trump-denies-changes-to-syria-exit-plan/2019/01/07/d93922f2-128f-11e9-
Click here to listen to this week's segment on Loud & Clear Radio .
Headlines with an * are the ones we managed to fit in in our allotted
time slot. Worst, Most Misleading & Funniest Headlines for Jan. 4,
2019 *A rare moment of praise to start the show for this headline:
“Trump falsely claims Mexico is paying for wall, demands taxpayer money
for wall ahead of meeting with Democrats” https://www.w
Click here to listen to this week's segment on Loud & Clear Radio .
Headlines with an * are the ones we managed to fit in in our allotted
time slot. *WORST: After a week of Russian propaganda, I was questioning
everything
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/after-a-week-of-russian-propaganda-i-was-questioning-everything
First of all, isn’t questioning everything a *good thing*, *especially*
if you’
Click here to listen to this week's segment on Loud & Clear Radio .
Headlines with an * are the ones we managed to fit in in our allotted
11 minutes. Worst, Most Misleading & Funniest Headlines (WMMFH) for
Dec. 21, 2018 *Uber driver, 27, 'who tried to attack police with a
Samurai sword outside Buckingham Palace' tells court he became angry
after watching TV channel Russia Today https://www.dailym
News From Atlantis.
March 25, 2008 Feeding the Obesity Epidemic By David Zinczenko For
decades, Americans have squabbled over the role of a powerful
organization known as the NRA. To supporters, the NRA defends the right
of individuals to enjoy a pastime — and businesses to sell their wares —
free of government interference; to critics, the NRA is a political
organization promoting products that kill tens of thousan
So 2019 is here. Happy New Year to everyone. The first act of 2019 has
been to respect the outcome of the request for the forum to be saved or
closed. Everyone left on the forum was emailed to ask if it should
continue, and a public request was made on here. The response (albeit a
silent one!) was not for it to be continued, (so unlike the UK
government's refusal to respect the wishes of the peop
History
does have benchmarks, big things do happen which shape the world for
decades and centuries to come. Sometimes the benchmarks are obvious,
recognized by […]
In
a surprising political move, House Democrats, whose majority controls
the House of Representatives for the 116th Congress, extended the
Stivers Rule in the House […]
With
the partial federal shutdown in progress and quickly approaching
record-breaking territory, President Trump recently said that the
shutdown is actually a “strike.” I’ve been […]
On
January 4th, after a meeting with the new Congressional leaders,
President Trump held a spontaneous press conference. (Click to view the
hour long press […]
A
family member, who is on the cutting edge of IT product development and
marketing every year was telling me about his business. He is […]
The
early discussions of pedigreed conservative intellectuals immediately
following Trump’s election reveals some very disappointing things about
the wide cavern between this nation’s conservative intellectuals, […]
Northern Reflections
It's more than ironic that Jerry Falwell Jr. is one of Donald Trump's
strongest supporters. Christine Emba writes in The Washington Post : On
New Year’s Day, Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. defended
his unwavering support of President Trump with a thoroughly confused
reading of the Gospel. Speaking to The Post, the evangelical leader
claimed that it was a distortion of Christ’s tea
Art Cullen is from Iowa. That's Steve King country. And, even though
King proudly waves his white nationalist credentials, Trump's war on
Mexican migrants isn't playing well there: In Storm Lake, we have come
to understand what our neighbors have been through and appreciate that
they are here, buoying a rural community that otherwise would wither
with the rest. But the main narrative is that refu
We like to think that we put an end to slavery one hundred and fifty
years ago. But it's alive and well -- all over the world. Crawford
Killian writes : Slavery doesn’t include just forced labour. According
to the Global Slavery Index, “modern slavery covers a set of specific
legal concepts including forced labour, debt bondage, forced marriage,
slavery and slavery-like practices, and human traff
It looks like 2019 will be the worst year of Donald Trump's life. As
Lawrence Martin sees it, there could be six possible outcomes: We’ll
start with his worst, a public hanging. It foresees the Democrats having
enough ammunition with the findings of the Robert Mueller probe to
launch impeachment proceedings. To succeed, they would need a two-thirds
majority in the Senate. That would require about
We're having an election this year. And Leyland Cecco writes in The
Guardian that the environment will be -- among all the issues -- front
and centre: When Canadians cast their votes next October, they will do
so amid standard electoral issues: jobs, the economy and foreign policy.
But in a country largely dependent on resource extraction, a pair of
politically fractious additions have risen to t
David Leonhardt writes , in this morning's New York Times , that the
number one story of the year has been climate change. It's been a year
where the evidence of climate change has been everywhere: I’ll start
with the alarming parts of the story. The past year is on pace to be the
earth’s fourth warmest on record, and the five warmest years have all
occurred since 2010. This warming is now starti
Obsidian Wings
by wj Article II, Section 3 of the US Constitution requires the
President to annually "give to the Congress Information of the State of
the Union”. President Washington did so with an address to Congress. But
President Jefferson changed the practice to a written report. And so it
remained until President Wilson re-established the practice of an
address in 1913. The way this works is, a formal inv
by liberal japonicus I've got a bunch of stuff to put in the previous
thread, but I wanted to open up another thread about this interview with
Rick Perlstein about AOC. A pull quote Well, I don’t think they’re
afraid so much for the Democratic Party as they’re afraid for
themselves. This is obviously a changing of the guard. When I watch
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez operate with such aplomb and skill
by russell I read this piece in the Washington Post with a mix of pride
and affection. Affection for the people portrayed here, who remind me
of my own mother's people, immigrants and plain old American poor people
clawing their way into the middle class in 20th C Brooklyn and Queens
and New Jersey. Affection for the many people I know who left behind
often quite successful lives in other places
by liberal japonicus A discussion about learning languages briefly
broke out after the subject of immigrants learning English came up.
While I'm not going to be the thread police here, I'm starting this
thread to talk about how you and others learned/are learning/used to
learn languages rather than societal issues that are involved. Pointless
rambles about the nature of language, writing and lear
by liberal japonicus Not sure if this is something that is being
followed or is even interesting to people here, but the foreign
community here in Japan has been watching the Carlos Ghosn saga closely.
A quick summary. Carlos Ghosn, who was able to revive the fortunes of
Renault, came in when Renault bought a stake in Nissan and turned Nissan
around in a even more spectacular fashion. However (an
by liberal japonicus Well, getting back to it, this article seemed
interesting and a bit strange. Why Trump has spared Pelosi from his
personal vitriol--so far His decision so far not to go after Pelosi
personally, even as his top aides have blamed her for the shutdown,
hasn’t gone unnoticed in the Capitol. Pelosi’s allies have viewed
Trump’s restraint toward the incoming speaker as a sign that h
Pesticide Action Network
Find out how a group of community members fought back, and won, against
their local water department's use of the herbicide Roundup. Learn more
Slideshow Category: Flex Slider
Stopping the use of Bayer’s (Monsanto) flagship herbicide Roundup might
be perceived as a David and Goliath fight against a multi-billion
dollar company, but when your local water department defends its use,
the issue becomes personal and contentious in a small community . Chris
Moran shares the story of how she and a dedicated group of community
members fought back against glyphosate use in thei
Mai Nguyen (they/them) is a grain farmer, the California Organizer with
the National Young Farmers Coalition (NYFC), and a founding member of
the California Farmer Justice Collaborative (CFJC). PAN’s Farmer Justice
Fellow Moretta Browne recently talked with Mai about co-organizing the
California Farmer Justice Collaborative. How were you involved with
co-founding the California Farmer Justice Col
Christina Perez expands on how farming has changed her way of thinking
and where she looks for solutions with the Social Justice Learning
Institute. Learn more Slideshow Category: Flex Slider
Momentum is building in support of farming models that are regenerative
instead of extractive, that build healthy soil, crop diversity — and
thriving communities. Learn more Slideshow Category: Flex Slider
This post is part of an ongoing project by PAN Farmer Justice Fellows
who are working to uplift the many different voices of farmers in
California. The mission of this work is to broaden the narrative of what
it means to be a farmer participating in the state ’ s agricultural
system by sharing the wide spectrum of relationships that growers have
with land. Note: This farmer wishes to remain anony
Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home
Every
once in awhile someone tells me they were constructively discharged, so
they want to sue. They're surprised when I say, "For what?" That's
because there’s no such cause of action or claim. Just because you were
constructively discharged, that doesn't automatically equal a lawsuit
any more than being fired equals a lawsuit. Constructive discharge is
where an employee quits work for good cause
The
viral video of the woman being physically attacked by a customer at
McDonalds over an anti-straw law drew much applause from folks who
admired the way the cashier defended herself. However, she's now
suspended and faces being fired for not allowing herself to be beaten
up. Should you be able to defend yourself if attacked at work? Common
sense says yes, but at-will laws say no. Most employers
I
predicted that 2018 would not be a good year overall for employees, and
I was right. Here's how my predictions turned out. Sexual harassment : I
predicted that, despite all the brouhaha on #MeToo and sexual
harassment, no new legislation would pass and that there would be
backlash, and lots of it. There was no way I could predict Kavanaugh
though. On the federal level, there was no new legislati
The Duck of Minerva
This is a guest post, the first of two, by Eric Parajon, Richard
Jordan, and Marcus Holmes. Eric Parajon is a recent graduate of William
& Mary and currently a Project Manager for the Teaching, Research,
and International Policy Project. Richard Jordan is an assistant
professor at Baylor University. He researches game theory, security, and
leadership. Marcus Holmes is an associate professor of Go
There was some interesting/concerning information hidden at the end of
the New York Times coverage of Secretary of State Pompeo’s Cairo speech.
After criticizing Obama’s foreign policy and calling for action on
Iran, Pompeo mentioned the progress Egyptian President al-Sisi had
apparently made on religious freedom, specifically protecting
Christians. Some may dismiss this as cynicism or a sign of
The United States is the safest country in the world. It has vast ocean
moats to the east and west and weak friendly neighbors to the north and
south. It has sufficient resources to shun global trade should it so
choose. It is also the wealthiest and strongest country the world has
ever seen. The heaviest foreign policy costs it has paid in the 20th and
21st centuries have come from self-inflicte
This is a guest post from Brent Sasley, Associate Professor at the
University of Texas at Arlington and chair of the ISA Online Media
Caucus. ISA 2019 is coming up fast, so it’s time to start thinking about
the Duckies! A lot has happened in the last year, and scholars and
researchers have been more active than ever in trying to help us figure
it all out. Let’s recognize their efforts! The Online
One of the basic claims I make as a poli sci professor is that my goal
is to help the next generation become more informed citizens, so that
they understand their interests, and can vote accordingly. So, when I
see a a guy getting upset that his business is hurt by tariffs, I want
to scream. I wish more voters had intro to International Relations.
Trump kept his promise on trade and it has had pr
I’m not much for New Year’s resolutions, but I just listened to Pod
Save America’s resolutions podcast . Ana Marie Cox was a guest and
talked about her approach to New Year’s resolutions. She talked about
“intentions” rather than resolutions since resolutions have the air of
failure about them: you either completed the task or you didn’t.
Intentions has a quality that is less judgmental and more
The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage
I have posted the following comment to an article on the Conservative
Treehouse site, in response to another comment about Islam, and its
incorrect, and entirely wrong-headed, description as "the religion of
peace". I post it here only because the new/old science I have
uncovered, and which will be the next paradigm in both science and
religion, is particularly and critically needed now: We are l
I don't feel there is anything of scientific value (other than as
illustration of scientific incompetence of the "experts", and mass
delusion on the part of the public) in the ongoing political climate
debates, but in the interest of informing the many who still do not
understand the most basic underpinnings of the debate (or war), I have
made the following response, on the American Thinker site,
The Ergosphere
Comedian
Owen Benjamin has decided that the USA never put men on the moon. (Why?
Well... he's a comedian, not an aerospace engineer. There's a lot
that's common knowledge in the field that someone so far from it just
isn't going to know, and may have great difficulty understanding.) So I
have issued him this challenge (in the comments of the video, though
said comment does not appear to be
Dear
Dell Computer, We used to have a good relationship. I've purchased Dell
laptops several times, as well as one well-loved monitor which met an
ugly end in a moving accident. My main machine 2 computers ago was a
Dell laptop on which I installed some flavor of Linux I've long since
forgotten. It installed from an ISO I downloaded and ran like a dream
for years until it experienced some
The High-fat Hep C Diet
It was good to see this well-researched burst of sunscreen scepticism
doing the rounds this (southern) summer - Is Sunscreen the New
Margarine? * I was particularly struck by the unintentionally ironic
title, because margarine's role in this story goes well beyond that of a
handy analogy for a misguided public health initiative. When I first
read the Nanji and French research - countless rat expe
thwap's schoolyard
I think Bernie Sanders is too old to run again. I'm on record as saying
that I want Elizabeth Warren and Tulsi Gabbard to run. [Neither of them
are perfect but Warren with power will be great on economic policy and
Gabbard's commitment to not wasting military lives for the petro-state
will be an improvement on foreign policy. They would be a big step in
the right direction. And, it's most likely
Vagabond Scholar
(The
Best Posts of the Year, Chosen by the Bloggers Themselves) (A Jon Swift
lolcat.) Welcome to the 2018 edition! I hope this year ends on a
hopeful note. This tradition was started by the late Jon Swift/Al
Weisel, who left behind some excellent satire, but was also a nice guy
and a strong supporter of small blogs. As usual, I'll quote Lance
Mannion, who nicely explains: Our late and much
What's
to be done about American conservatives and the Republican Party? For
decades, they've stood for plutocracy and bigotry, and using the latter
to achieve the former. Almost none of their policies help Americans as a
whole; instead, their policies benefit a select few, most often those
who are already rich and powerful. Conservatives and Republicans serve
their donors, not the majority of
Weekly Geo-Political News and Analysis
Dear Ben: The war against the cabal will lead us either to survival or
ruin, and therefore we have to fight on all fronts. That is why I invite
you and your readers to participate in the RETURN OF LIGHT mass
meditation on January 21st at 12:11 AM EST in New York. There are occult
reasons behind Cabal’s rituals, and now we have an opportunity to
anchor more positive energy onto the surface of this
Now that top-level satanic Khazarian cabalists have fallen, second-rank
officials like Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, World Bank
chief Jim Yong Kim, and Serena Rothschild (widow of Jacob Rothschild)
are being removed as the war to liberate humanity continues. Ginsburg
“has gone missing and may be dead or still in NY hospital, missing two
weeks of oral arguments at the Supreme Court, o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCq8_HKbad8&feature=youtu.be On The
GoldFish Report No. 323, Louisa hosts a special Dragon Interview with
the Red Dragon Ambassador and the spokesperson for the White Dragon
Society, Benjamin Fulford. Joining her to co-host is YouTuber Tim Emslie
in Australia. This report focuses on the world financial system and the
geopolitical and financial changes that are pres
The Bundy Ranch villain and traitor, former Senate Majority Leader
Harry Reid, is going to join John McCain and George Bush Sr. and be
executed for treason, Pentagon sources say. Like McCain, Reid will
officially die of cancer and be allowed, as condemned men are, the right
to a few last words, the sources say. Reid chose to badmouth U.S.
President Donald Trump. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2
Many signs indicate that 2019 will be a breakthrough year in the battle
against the satan-worshiping Khazarian mafia. Not only have mass
arrests begun, but the mass-murdering part of the pharmacidical/medical
establishment is finally being taken out as well. Another obvious sign
it is no longer business as usual comes from the fact that the U.S.
military is being withdrawn from Syria, Afghanistan
Many signs and confirmations from highly placed sources indicate that a
reboot of Western civilization is being planned for 2019. The shutdown
of the U.S. government over the holidays, for example, has nothing to do
with building a wall, and everything to do with a financial reboot and
upcoming military tribunals. However, what is coming is about much more
than just rounding up the criminals who
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The
"New York Times," having run out of countries to find WMD in, has now
determined that Bernie Sanders is the most likely target this election?
Sad. NO NO NO PAYGO!!!!!!!!! In a wealthy first-world nation, no one
thinks hard about some of the employees making off with a few bucks now
and then. Today's situation, trillions missing, unaccounted for, and
unlooked for, is straining the
That's
just horribly wrong. For the business boys. As for the children and the
poor . . . . The horror! Steve, Gary: Couldn’t you just put a new tax
on food stamps or check-cashing? You’re killin’ us. This could not
possibly get worse, except if you hadn’t just engaged in the biggest
transfer of wealth in the wrong direction in human history. Whaaaa, it
can? Under the new tax law,
What Is Sustainable
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[Note: This is the sixth sample from my rough draft of a far from
finished new book, Wild Free & Happy . I don’t plan on reviewing
more books for a while. My blog is home to reviews of 199 books, and you
are very welcome to explore them. The Search field on the right side
will find words in the full contents of all rants and reviews, if you
are interested in specific authors, titles, or subjects.
[Note: This is the fifth sample from my rough draft of a far from
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books for a while. My blog is home to reviews of 199 books, and you are
very welcome to explore them. The Search field on the right side will
find words in the full contents of all rants and reviews, if you are
interested in specific authors, titles, or s
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What did the Rhodes/Milner secret society actually gain from the First
World War? What do we really know about American funding of the Russian
revolution? What books shine light on what World War One was really
about? Don't miss this edition of Questions For Corbett as James dips
into the mailbag (and the comments) for questions regarding The WWI
Conspiracy.
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What did the Rhodes/Milner secret society actually gain from the First
World War? What do we really know about American funding of the Russian
revolution? What books shine light on what World War One was really
about? Don't miss this edition of Questions For Corbett as James dips
into the mailbag (and the comments) for questions
This week on the New World Next Week: the controlled demolition of
Brexit proceeds apace; the World Bank gets a new corporate slavemaster;
and the police can’t force you to unlock your phone.
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full, the true catastrophe is that if the models that are always wrong
get something right, some wild coffee relatives, but not actual coffee
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While the debate over immigration and a border wall between the United
States and Mexico has helped grind the U.S. federal government to a
halt, Mexico's national airline, AeroMexico, is trolling Americans with a
new ad called "DNA Discounts." The ad features purported residents of
Wharton, Texas, a town about 60 miles southwest of Houston, professing a
variety of opinions about Mexico and its ci
On Thursday, actor/comedian Betty White celebrated her 97th birthday.
White is nothing short of a legend in the industry, and as a result she
had no shortage of messages from fans. SEE ALSO: 69 times Ryan Reynolds
was hands down the funniest actor on Twitter Ellen DeGeneres and Mindy
Kaling were among the celebrities who tweeted to wish her a happy
birthday. Happy birthday, @BettyMWhite ! You wil
The
legendary Star Trek actor had a question for NASA recently following
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DailyBeast: Dozens of college-age men dead from ‘accidental’
drownings—but a team of retired detectives say the boys were drugged and
killed by a shadowy gang with a sinister symbol.
Via:
ABC: The largest single group of asylum seekers ever to cross into the
U.S. tunneled beneath the border wall near San Luis, Arizona, on Monday,
voluntarily turning themselves into Customs and Border Protection,
according to the agency. Migrants can be seen marching toward Border
Patrol agents by the hundreds, according to video obtained by […]
Labour MP’s spokesperson claims she was mocked and interrupted more
than other panellists Diane Abbott has accused BBC Question Time of
legitimising racist abuse after claims that the shadow home secretary
was singled out before and during Thursday night’s episode of the
political discussion programme. The Labour politician claimed she had
been unfairly mocked in the warm-up and had been interrup
Facebook
has removed hundreds of pages, groups, and accounts on its Facebook and
Instagram platforms that the U.S. company says were part of two online
disinformation operations targeting users across the former Soviet
space. "The two operations we found originated in Russia, and one was
active in a variety of countries while the other was specific to
Ukraine," Facebook's head of cybersecurity pol
Late Thursday night, BuzzFeed News published a report that, if true,
could prove historic: President Donald Trump allegedly directed his
then–personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, to lie to Congress about a
real-estate deal he was pursuing in Moscow during the 2016 election.
Trump immediately denied the story, but for many Democrats, including
those who had previously cautioned against impeaching the p
California Gov. Gavin Newsom called the Department of Labor's guidance
that states not allow furloughed workers to collect unemployment
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If Donald Trump instructed his attorney Michael Cohen to lie under oath
to Congress about planning a Trump real estate development in Moscow in
the midst of the presidential campaign, he is almost certainly a felon.
As attorney general nominee William Barr testified earlier this week in
response to a question from Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey
Graham, suborning perjury in the midst
Ukrainian
lawmakers have passed a law on church property changing hands after
last-minute changes to its most controversial parts, such as the
arbitrary seizure of churches which has been made a bit more difficult.
The legislation, passed by the Ukrainian parliament on Thursday, was
filed in 2016 and was widely perceived to be part of Kiev's campaign to
curb the influence of the Ukrainian Orthodox
An explosive new report from Buzzfeed News makes the impeachment of Donald Trump not just possible, but likely.
Shutdown will cast a long shadow over research Shutdown will cast a
long shadow over research , Published online: 18 January 2019;
doi:10.1038/d41586-019-00207-9 The sudden halt to US government
functions leaves me worried about the effects on science for years to
come, says Anne Jefferson.
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Oxygen—it's
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discovered large schools of fishes living in the dark depths of the Gulf
of California where there is virtually no oxygen. Using an underwater
robot, the scientists observed these fishes thriving in low-oxygen
conditions that would be deadly to most other fish. This discovery could
help scientists understand how other ma
An
international research team led by physicists from the University of
Cologne has implemented a new variant of the basic double-slit
experiment using resonant inelastic X-ray scattering at the European
Synchrotron ESRF in Grenoble. This new variant offers a deeper
understanding of the electronic structure of solids. Writing in Science
Advances, the research group have now presented their results
Veterans Today
The
Milgram Experiment Understand the infamous study and its conclusions
about human nature By Elizabeth Hopper/ThoughtCo In the 1960s,
psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted a series of studies on the
concepts of obedience and authority. His experiments involved
instructing study participants to deliver increasingly high-voltage
shocks to an actor in another room, who would scream and More..
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W. Dean - Reuters is reporting that a government source has said the
investigation involves PressTV being an unregistered foreign agent for
Iran, a strange twist indeed.
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flaws, a top rated expose' of America's fake history, presented by what
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Trump is clearly compromised. This is why we all see the changing story lines from him and his assigns.
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Gordon Duff, VT Sr. Editor, …and New Eastern Outlook, Moscow – Today’s
film is “Vice,” a film that rips apart Dick Cheney. We might ask why
something like this is important, are we apologizing for America’s
rampage around the world killing millions, using psychopath Cheney as an
excuse? Are we warning the world that More..
Ellen sent Michael Bublé to pose as a cashier at a local grocery store,
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set out to solve a mystery, make new friends, and establish their place
in the community. Find out what happens when “Nancy Drew and the Hidden
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Lithium makes up only 0.002% of the Earth's crust, but has become a
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How much do we really want others to know about us and what do we want
to know about them? A mockumentary about the aftermath of a disaster
causing everyone to loose their perception filters. Cast: Tara
The Corbett Report
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Today we are joined once again by Gerry Docherty, co-author with Jim
MacGregor of Hidden History: The Secret Origins of the First World War
and Prolonging the Agony: How the Anglo-American Establishment
Deliberately Extended WWI. In this conversation we cover the remarkable
suppressed history of Herbert Hoove
Remember
how the conspiracy peddlers in the mainstream press freaked out over
the super secret Russian microwave technology that was frying diplomats
brains in Cuba. Well, it turns out that was just a tad exaggerated. So
what was the real culprit? Find out in this week's edition of
#PropagandaWatch.
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This week on the New World Next Week: the controlled demolition of
Brexit proceeds apace; the World Bank gets a new corporate slavemaster;
and the police can’t force you to unlock your phone.
The Rules of Exposition
At Merriam-Webster: Is Singular 'They' a Better Choice? The awkward
case of 'his or her' "Everyone should do his or her best in whatever
situations he or she happens to find himself or herself in?" That's
awkward. Perhaps everyone should just do their best in the situations
they find themselves in. Even if their best involves they as a singular
pronoun. Awkward, indeed. But singular 'they' is wro
By
Denis Rancourt First published here:
https://dissidentvoice.org/2019/01/stability-and-dynamics-of-individual-personality-in-a-dominance-hierarchy/
In this article, I develop a physics model of the bimodal personality
of the social animal. The model uses free-energy barrier-crossing theory
and provides a new and testable paradigm of individual behaviour and
perception in a dominance
Amused Cynicism
A recent story that caught my eye is Steven Pinker’s discussion of the
response to his recent book, Enlightenment Now. One reaction was from
people who seem to be psychologically committed to believing progress
hasn’t happened: [Critics say:] All those numbers showing that the world
has been getting better must have been cherry-picked. This is
topsy-turvy, and comes from an incredulity at the ver
Today the government lost the vote on May’s Brexit deal by 230 votes.
This is the worst government defeat ever in British parliamentary
history. Based on this, my analysis is the most likely outcome is that
Brexit won’t happen, with a probability of 61%. With May’s deal
scrapped, what will happen now? The possibilities are: No deal Brexit.
Unlikely because most MP’s believe it would be hugely dam
Jon Worth has updated his Brexit diagram: Edit: Shitty WordPress has
shittily resized the image, making it hard to read. The original is at
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DwupPSNWkAAR7s2.jpg . BTW Fediverse .
Job Worth has created a flowchart with all the twists and turns Brexit
might take over the coming months. As you can see, it’s rather
complicated:
ArmsControlWonk
Quote
of the week: “Small nuclear weapons are like northern Mississippi:
there is no such thing, except in a detached theoretical sense.” —
Herbert York Herb York is one of the founding fathers of the practice of
nuclear arms control. He gained prominence at a very young age as
Ernest Lawrence’s choice to become the …
Generally,
KCNA and other North Korean media outlets identify the locations where
Kim Jong Un (and, before him, Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung) conduct
inspections and provide “on the spot” guidance. These visits are a
routine way to signal the regime’s interests and priorities, to show off
its achievements, and to highlight the …
Lyric
of the week: Standing in the middle of nowhere Wondering how to begin
Lost between tomorrow and yesterday Between now and then And now we’re
back where we started Here we go round again Day after day I get up and I
say I better do it again” — The Kinks, “Do It Again” …
Lyric
of the week: And the men who spurred us on Sit in judgement of all
wrong They decide and the shotgun sings the song … Pick up my guitar and
play Just like yesterday Then I’ll get on my knees and pray We don’t
get fooled again — The Who, “Don’t Get Fooled Again” …
Jeffrey
and Aaron return from the holidays to talk about … North Korea. Kim
Jong Un gave his traditional New Year’s Day speech. On the first day of
2017, Kim signaled the ICBM test that was to come. And on the first day
of 2018, he hinted at the diplomatic thaw that would bring “love …
Quote
of the week: “We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our
hand — and melting like a snowflake.” — Sir Francis Bacon Note to ACW
Readers: With apologies and gratitude to Bob Dylan, whose ten-year old
Tennessee bourbon, Heaven’s Door, is worth sampling. Come gather ‘round
lobbyists Wherever you roam And admit …
There is NEVER room for racist attacks or racial valuations in Canadian
politics! It's appropriate the the Liberal Candidate has withdrawn her
candidacy in this key byelection! Press Progress
"During an appearance on the political show CTV Question Period, Singh
appeared to be unaware of a news story that made a lot of headlines last
week. Singh was asked how he would respond, if elected prime minister,
to the recent statement by China’s Canadian ambassador Lu Shaye, that
Canada and its Western allies’ calls for the release of two Canadians
detained in China is rooted in 'white suprem
Did You Know
There is a lot of information about this product. It is something
everyone world wide should know about. For years we have been told it
was safe. Turns out it is not so safe after all. It is making people
sick. It is doing a great deal of damage to the health of animals and in
many cases they die. Many products have been tested and found to have
Glyphosate in them.Glyphosate is in Round Up. It ki
Fighting Law Enforcement Brutality While Living with Trauma in a World
of Impunity A few months ago, I was asked to do a piece on what it is
like to live with intergenerational trauma, for a special issue of the
Genealogy Journal , on Indigenous peoples and intergenerational trauma.
Here is the essay: Fighting Law Enforcement Brutality While Living with
Trauma in a World of Impunity https://www.m
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I just arrived at the ASSA meetings in Atlanta. Readers of this blog
might be interested in the following public events that I am involved
with. First, I will have a book signing to celebrate the publication of
the 10th edition of my intermediate macro text. It is Saturday at 2:10
pm at the Worth Publishers booth. (I understand that copies are already
going fast, so if you want one, you might sto
Click here to read my column in Sunday's NY Times .
A Christmas message (be sure to check out the mouse-over text).
Land Destroyer
January 15, 2019 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - An "independent national
institute founded by Congress and dedicated to the proposition that a
world without violent conflict is possible," would be the last place you
would expect to find calls for continued war. Yet the United States
Institute of Peace (USIP) is just the place to go for exactly that. In a
recent article appearing on the USIP website
Editor's Note: This article was written just before Israel carried out
attacks on Syria on Christmas day. December 25, 2018 ( Tony Cartalucci -
NEO ) - The US suddenly and unexpectedly announced the withdrawal of US
troops from Syria after years of illegally occupying the country. The
US presence aimed at ousting the Syrian government, boosting militant
groups the US and its partners have armed a
December 22, 2018 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - The latest bid to keep
Washington's desperate Russiagate conspiracy theory alive has energized
distilled segments of the public still convinced of Moscow's global
omniscience and its role in manipulating and undermining virtually every
aspect of their daily lives. But recent "revelations" are simply the
same accusations made against a Russian-based cl
December 20, 2018 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - Rarely is irony and
hypocrisy so thoroughly combined as it was when the US House of
Representatives passed resolution 1035 - " Expressing opposition to the
completion of Nord Stream II" (.pdf) . Bloomberg in its article, " U.S.
House Passes Resolution Opposing Russian Gas Pipeline ," would report:
The U.S. House of Representatives approved a largely s
December 31, 2018 ( Joseph Thomas - NEO ) - In recent months, American,
Commonwealth and European media have taken aim at China. From
fabricated stories of interment camps with "1 million" Uyghir Muslims
being detained in them to a more recent New York Times article claiming
to have "secret plans" revealing the military dimension of its One Belt,
One Road initiative (OBOR), the barrage has been h
January 4, 2019 ( Joseph Thomas - NEO ) - Fortify Rights is one of
several fronts posing as nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) operating
across Asia. Such fronts are in actuality extensions of US and European
"soft power." Fully funded by the US, British and various European
governments as well as US and European corporate foundations like
convicted financial criminal George Soros' Open Society
Left I on the News
Click here to listen to this week's segment on Loud & Clear Radio .
Headlines with an * are the ones we managed to fit in in our allotted
time slot. ‘No different from my original statements’: Trump denies
changes to Syria exit plan
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/no-different-from-my-original-statements-trump-denies-changes-to-syria-exit-plan/2019/01/07/d93922f2-128f-11e9-
Click here to listen to this week's segment on Loud & Clear Radio .
Headlines with an * are the ones we managed to fit in in our allotted
time slot. Worst, Most Misleading & Funniest Headlines for Jan. 4,
2019 *A rare moment of praise to start the show for this headline:
“Trump falsely claims Mexico is paying for wall, demands taxpayer money
for wall ahead of meeting with Democrats” https://www.w
Click here to listen to this week's segment on Loud & Clear Radio .
Headlines with an * are the ones we managed to fit in in our allotted
time slot. *WORST: After a week of Russian propaganda, I was questioning
everything
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/after-a-week-of-russian-propaganda-i-was-questioning-everything
First of all, isn’t questioning everything a *good thing*, *especially*
if you’
Click here to listen to this week's segment on Loud & Clear Radio .
Headlines with an * are the ones we managed to fit in in our allotted
11 minutes. Worst, Most Misleading & Funniest Headlines (WMMFH) for
Dec. 21, 2018 *Uber driver, 27, 'who tried to attack police with a
Samurai sword outside Buckingham Palace' tells court he became angry
after watching TV channel Russia Today https://www.dailym
News From Atlantis.
March 25, 2008 Feeding the Obesity Epidemic By David Zinczenko For
decades, Americans have squabbled over the role of a powerful
organization known as the NRA. To supporters, the NRA defends the right
of individuals to enjoy a pastime — and businesses to sell their wares —
free of government interference; to critics, the NRA is a political
organization promoting products that kill tens of thousan
So 2019 is here. Happy New Year to everyone. The first act of 2019 has
been to respect the outcome of the request for the forum to be saved or
closed. Everyone left on the forum was emailed to ask if it should
continue, and a public request was made on here. The response (albeit a
silent one!) was not for it to be continued, (so unlike the UK
government's refusal to respect the wishes of the peop
History
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Northern Reflections
It's more than ironic that Jerry Falwell Jr. is one of Donald Trump's
strongest supporters. Christine Emba writes in The Washington Post : On
New Year’s Day, Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. defended
his unwavering support of President Trump with a thoroughly confused
reading of the Gospel. Speaking to The Post, the evangelical leader
claimed that it was a distortion of Christ’s tea
Art Cullen is from Iowa. That's Steve King country. And, even though
King proudly waves his white nationalist credentials, Trump's war on
Mexican migrants isn't playing well there: In Storm Lake, we have come
to understand what our neighbors have been through and appreciate that
they are here, buoying a rural community that otherwise would wither
with the rest. But the main narrative is that refu
We like to think that we put an end to slavery one hundred and fifty
years ago. But it's alive and well -- all over the world. Crawford
Killian writes : Slavery doesn’t include just forced labour. According
to the Global Slavery Index, “modern slavery covers a set of specific
legal concepts including forced labour, debt bondage, forced marriage,
slavery and slavery-like practices, and human traff
It looks like 2019 will be the worst year of Donald Trump's life. As
Lawrence Martin sees it, there could be six possible outcomes: We’ll
start with his worst, a public hanging. It foresees the Democrats having
enough ammunition with the findings of the Robert Mueller probe to
launch impeachment proceedings. To succeed, they would need a two-thirds
majority in the Senate. That would require about
We're having an election this year. And Leyland Cecco writes in The
Guardian that the environment will be -- among all the issues -- front
and centre: When Canadians cast their votes next October, they will do
so amid standard electoral issues: jobs, the economy and foreign policy.
But in a country largely dependent on resource extraction, a pair of
politically fractious additions have risen to t
David Leonhardt writes , in this morning's New York Times , that the
number one story of the year has been climate change. It's been a year
where the evidence of climate change has been everywhere: I’ll start
with the alarming parts of the story. The past year is on pace to be the
earth’s fourth warmest on record, and the five warmest years have all
occurred since 2010. This warming is now starti
Obsidian Wings
by wj Article II, Section 3 of the US Constitution requires the
President to annually "give to the Congress Information of the State of
the Union”. President Washington did so with an address to Congress. But
President Jefferson changed the practice to a written report. And so it
remained until President Wilson re-established the practice of an
address in 1913. The way this works is, a formal inv
by liberal japonicus I've got a bunch of stuff to put in the previous
thread, but I wanted to open up another thread about this interview with
Rick Perlstein about AOC. A pull quote Well, I don’t think they’re
afraid so much for the Democratic Party as they’re afraid for
themselves. This is obviously a changing of the guard. When I watch
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez operate with such aplomb and skill
by russell I read this piece in the Washington Post with a mix of pride
and affection. Affection for the people portrayed here, who remind me
of my own mother's people, immigrants and plain old American poor people
clawing their way into the middle class in 20th C Brooklyn and Queens
and New Jersey. Affection for the many people I know who left behind
often quite successful lives in other places
by liberal japonicus A discussion about learning languages briefly
broke out after the subject of immigrants learning English came up.
While I'm not going to be the thread police here, I'm starting this
thread to talk about how you and others learned/are learning/used to
learn languages rather than societal issues that are involved. Pointless
rambles about the nature of language, writing and lear
by liberal japonicus Not sure if this is something that is being
followed or is even interesting to people here, but the foreign
community here in Japan has been watching the Carlos Ghosn saga closely.
A quick summary. Carlos Ghosn, who was able to revive the fortunes of
Renault, came in when Renault bought a stake in Nissan and turned Nissan
around in a even more spectacular fashion. However (an
by liberal japonicus Well, getting back to it, this article seemed
interesting and a bit strange. Why Trump has spared Pelosi from his
personal vitriol--so far His decision so far not to go after Pelosi
personally, even as his top aides have blamed her for the shutdown,
hasn’t gone unnoticed in the Capitol. Pelosi’s allies have viewed
Trump’s restraint toward the incoming speaker as a sign that h
Pesticide Action Network
Find out how a group of community members fought back, and won, against
their local water department's use of the herbicide Roundup. Learn more
Slideshow Category: Flex Slider
Stopping the use of Bayer’s (Monsanto) flagship herbicide Roundup might
be perceived as a David and Goliath fight against a multi-billion
dollar company, but when your local water department defends its use,
the issue becomes personal and contentious in a small community . Chris
Moran shares the story of how she and a dedicated group of community
members fought back against glyphosate use in thei
Mai Nguyen (they/them) is a grain farmer, the California Organizer with
the National Young Farmers Coalition (NYFC), and a founding member of
the California Farmer Justice Collaborative (CFJC). PAN’s Farmer Justice
Fellow Moretta Browne recently talked with Mai about co-organizing the
California Farmer Justice Collaborative. How were you involved with
co-founding the California Farmer Justice Col
Christina Perez expands on how farming has changed her way of thinking
and where she looks for solutions with the Social Justice Learning
Institute. Learn more Slideshow Category: Flex Slider
Momentum is building in support of farming models that are regenerative
instead of extractive, that build healthy soil, crop diversity — and
thriving communities. Learn more Slideshow Category: Flex Slider
This post is part of an ongoing project by PAN Farmer Justice Fellows
who are working to uplift the many different voices of farmers in
California. The mission of this work is to broaden the narrative of what
it means to be a farmer participating in the state ’ s agricultural
system by sharing the wide spectrum of relationships that growers have
with land. Note: This farmer wishes to remain anony
Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home
Every
once in awhile someone tells me they were constructively discharged, so
they want to sue. They're surprised when I say, "For what?" That's
because there’s no such cause of action or claim. Just because you were
constructively discharged, that doesn't automatically equal a lawsuit
any more than being fired equals a lawsuit. Constructive discharge is
where an employee quits work for good cause
The
viral video of the woman being physically attacked by a customer at
McDonalds over an anti-straw law drew much applause from folks who
admired the way the cashier defended herself. However, she's now
suspended and faces being fired for not allowing herself to be beaten
up. Should you be able to defend yourself if attacked at work? Common
sense says yes, but at-will laws say no. Most employers
I
predicted that 2018 would not be a good year overall for employees, and
I was right. Here's how my predictions turned out. Sexual harassment : I
predicted that, despite all the brouhaha on #MeToo and sexual
harassment, no new legislation would pass and that there would be
backlash, and lots of it. There was no way I could predict Kavanaugh
though. On the federal level, there was no new legislati
The Duck of Minerva
This is a guest post, the first of two, by Eric Parajon, Richard
Jordan, and Marcus Holmes. Eric Parajon is a recent graduate of William
& Mary and currently a Project Manager for the Teaching, Research,
and International Policy Project. Richard Jordan is an assistant
professor at Baylor University. He researches game theory, security, and
leadership. Marcus Holmes is an associate professor of Go
There was some interesting/concerning information hidden at the end of
the New York Times coverage of Secretary of State Pompeo’s Cairo speech.
After criticizing Obama’s foreign policy and calling for action on
Iran, Pompeo mentioned the progress Egyptian President al-Sisi had
apparently made on religious freedom, specifically protecting
Christians. Some may dismiss this as cynicism or a sign of
The United States is the safest country in the world. It has vast ocean
moats to the east and west and weak friendly neighbors to the north and
south. It has sufficient resources to shun global trade should it so
choose. It is also the wealthiest and strongest country the world has
ever seen. The heaviest foreign policy costs it has paid in the 20th and
21st centuries have come from self-inflicte
This is a guest post from Brent Sasley, Associate Professor at the
University of Texas at Arlington and chair of the ISA Online Media
Caucus. ISA 2019 is coming up fast, so it’s time to start thinking about
the Duckies! A lot has happened in the last year, and scholars and
researchers have been more active than ever in trying to help us figure
it all out. Let’s recognize their efforts! The Online
One of the basic claims I make as a poli sci professor is that my goal
is to help the next generation become more informed citizens, so that
they understand their interests, and can vote accordingly. So, when I
see a a guy getting upset that his business is hurt by tariffs, I want
to scream. I wish more voters had intro to International Relations.
Trump kept his promise on trade and it has had pr
I’m not much for New Year’s resolutions, but I just listened to Pod
Save America’s resolutions podcast . Ana Marie Cox was a guest and
talked about her approach to New Year’s resolutions. She talked about
“intentions” rather than resolutions since resolutions have the air of
failure about them: you either completed the task or you didn’t.
Intentions has a quality that is less judgmental and more
The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage
I have posted the following comment to an article on the Conservative
Treehouse site, in response to another comment about Islam, and its
incorrect, and entirely wrong-headed, description as "the religion of
peace". I post it here only because the new/old science I have
uncovered, and which will be the next paradigm in both science and
religion, is particularly and critically needed now: We are l
I don't feel there is anything of scientific value (other than as
illustration of scientific incompetence of the "experts", and mass
delusion on the part of the public) in the ongoing political climate
debates, but in the interest of informing the many who still do not
understand the most basic underpinnings of the debate (or war), I have
made the following response, on the American Thinker site,
The Ergosphere
Comedian
Owen Benjamin has decided that the USA never put men on the moon. (Why?
Well... he's a comedian, not an aerospace engineer. There's a lot
that's common knowledge in the field that someone so far from it just
isn't going to know, and may have great difficulty understanding.) So I
have issued him this challenge (in the comments of the video, though
said comment does not appear to be
Dear
Dell Computer, We used to have a good relationship. I've purchased Dell
laptops several times, as well as one well-loved monitor which met an
ugly end in a moving accident. My main machine 2 computers ago was a
Dell laptop on which I installed some flavor of Linux I've long since
forgotten. It installed from an ISO I downloaded and ran like a dream
for years until it experienced some
The High-fat Hep C Diet
It was good to see this well-researched burst of sunscreen scepticism
doing the rounds this (southern) summer - Is Sunscreen the New
Margarine? * I was particularly struck by the unintentionally ironic
title, because margarine's role in this story goes well beyond that of a
handy analogy for a misguided public health initiative. When I first
read the Nanji and French research - countless rat expe
thwap's schoolyard
I think Bernie Sanders is too old to run again. I'm on record as saying
that I want Elizabeth Warren and Tulsi Gabbard to run. [Neither of them
are perfect but Warren with power will be great on economic policy and
Gabbard's commitment to not wasting military lives for the petro-state
will be an improvement on foreign policy. They would be a big step in
the right direction. And, it's most likely
Vagabond Scholar
(The
Best Posts of the Year, Chosen by the Bloggers Themselves) (A Jon Swift
lolcat.) Welcome to the 2018 edition! I hope this year ends on a
hopeful note. This tradition was started by the late Jon Swift/Al
Weisel, who left behind some excellent satire, but was also a nice guy
and a strong supporter of small blogs. As usual, I'll quote Lance
Mannion, who nicely explains: Our late and much
What's
to be done about American conservatives and the Republican Party? For
decades, they've stood for plutocracy and bigotry, and using the latter
to achieve the former. Almost none of their policies help Americans as a
whole; instead, their policies benefit a select few, most often those
who are already rich and powerful. Conservatives and Republicans serve
their donors, not the majority of
Weekly Geo-Political News and Analysis
Dear Ben: The war against the cabal will lead us either to survival or
ruin, and therefore we have to fight on all fronts. That is why I invite
you and your readers to participate in the RETURN OF LIGHT mass
meditation on January 21st at 12:11 AM EST in New York. There are occult
reasons behind Cabal’s rituals, and now we have an opportunity to
anchor more positive energy onto the surface of this
Now that top-level satanic Khazarian cabalists have fallen, second-rank
officials like Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, World Bank
chief Jim Yong Kim, and Serena Rothschild (widow of Jacob Rothschild)
are being removed as the war to liberate humanity continues. Ginsburg
“has gone missing and may be dead or still in NY hospital, missing two
weeks of oral arguments at the Supreme Court, o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCq8_HKbad8&feature=youtu.be On The
GoldFish Report No. 323, Louisa hosts a special Dragon Interview with
the Red Dragon Ambassador and the spokesperson for the White Dragon
Society, Benjamin Fulford. Joining her to co-host is YouTuber Tim Emslie
in Australia. This report focuses on the world financial system and the
geopolitical and financial changes that are pres
The Bundy Ranch villain and traitor, former Senate Majority Leader
Harry Reid, is going to join John McCain and George Bush Sr. and be
executed for treason, Pentagon sources say. Like McCain, Reid will
officially die of cancer and be allowed, as condemned men are, the right
to a few last words, the sources say. Reid chose to badmouth U.S.
President Donald Trump. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2
Many signs indicate that 2019 will be a breakthrough year in the battle
against the satan-worshiping Khazarian mafia. Not only have mass
arrests begun, but the mass-murdering part of the pharmacidical/medical
establishment is finally being taken out as well. Another obvious sign
it is no longer business as usual comes from the fact that the U.S.
military is being withdrawn from Syria, Afghanistan
Many signs and confirmations from highly placed sources indicate that a
reboot of Western civilization is being planned for 2019. The shutdown
of the U.S. government over the holidays, for example, has nothing to do
with building a wall, and everything to do with a financial reboot and
upcoming military tribunals. However, what is coming is about much more
than just rounding up the criminals who
Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!)
The
"New York Times," having run out of countries to find WMD in, has now
determined that Bernie Sanders is the most likely target this election?
Sad. NO NO NO PAYGO!!!!!!!!! In a wealthy first-world nation, no one
thinks hard about some of the employees making off with a few bucks now
and then. Today's situation, trillions missing, unaccounted for, and
unlooked for, is straining the
That's
just horribly wrong. For the business boys. As for the children and the
poor . . . . The horror! Steve, Gary: Couldn’t you just put a new tax
on food stamps or check-cashing? You’re killin’ us. This could not
possibly get worse, except if you hadn’t just engaged in the biggest
transfer of wealth in the wrong direction in human history. Whaaaa, it
can? Under the new tax law,
What Is Sustainable
[Note: This is the seventh sample from my rough draft of a far from
finished new book, Wild, Free, & Happy. I don’t plan on reviewing
more books for a while. My blog is home to reviews of 199 books, and you
are very welcome to explore them. The Search field on the right side
will find words in the full contents of all rants and reviews, if you
are interested in specific authors, titles, or subjec
[Note: This is the sixth sample from my rough draft of a far from
finished new book, Wild Free & Happy . I don’t plan on reviewing
more books for a while. My blog is home to reviews of 199 books, and you
are very welcome to explore them. The Search field on the right side
will find words in the full contents of all rants and reviews, if you
are interested in specific authors, titles, or subjects.
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