Sunday, January 06, 2019

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  Eyes on Trade



  • On NAFTA’s Quarter-Century Mark, Data Reveal a Wide Gap Between 1993 Rosy Promises and 2019 Realities As the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) marks a quarter century...

  • As Battle Over NAFTA 2.0 Heats Up, New Report Documents 25 Years of NAFTA's Disproportionate Damage to U.S. Latino and Mexican Working People

    a month ago
  • 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

    a month 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...

      



  • To combat the constant overwhelm, the modern world imprints on an Empath, they need to protect themselves and work to stay grounded. Nowadays, with the constant bombardment...

  • 6 Traits of Spiritual Masters

    14 days ago
  • Spiritual Masters are guides on our individual journeys, they discover the real peace within. Throughout life, every person is going to be travelling a different path on their spiritual...

  • 5 Easy Ways to Stop Empath Overwhelm

    19 days ago

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

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today



  • A recent study demonstrates that being bullied can have long-lasting effects on the structure of the brain, raising the risk of mental health problems...

  • Medical News Today: How common are food allergies, really?

    21 hours ago
  • Millions of adults in the United States believe that they have a food allergy, but new research suggests that only around half of them actually do.

  • Medical News Today: Childbirth may increase risk of breast cancer

    2 days ago

    • A new study reveals that contrary to popular belief, having recently given birth may result in a slightly higher risk of breast cancer.

      Desdemona Despair



  • By Kaamil Ahmed4 January 2019 (Mongabay) – A pair of “French spies” had infiltrated India by sea to commit a “treasonous conspiracy,” an Indian minister claimed in late...

  • Devastating wildfires force California’s largest utility to plan sale of gas assets

    12 hours ago
  • By Eric Westervelt4 January 2019(NPR) – Facing staggering liability costs for its potential culpability in a series of deadly wildfires, the parent company of California's largest...

  • Antarctic sea ice is “astonishingly” low this melt season

    a day ago

    • By Eric Holthaus3 January 2019(Grist) – Right now, on the shores of Antarctica, there’s open water crashing against the largest ice shelf in the world. The annual ice-free season...
    • ( Maybe they should send scientists down on an icebreaker to study this phenomenon. The last time this essentially Urban Legend was trusted the lot needed rescuing )

      The Daily Sheeple



  • Just hours after being sworn into Congress on Thursday, Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib promised to go after President Donald Trump, telling a group of left-wing supporters...

  • WHAT? New Study: Fast Food Can Make Your Penis Smaller?

    3 days ago
  • A new published study found that a chemical commonly found on fast-food wrappers and non-stick frying pans could seriously have a significant impact on male penis endowment...

  • 2019: It Is Going To Be Much Worse Than You Think…

    3 days ago

    • Our world is in turmoil, and it is going to get even worse in 2019.  So put on your seatbelts and get ready, because it is going to be a bumpy ride.

      Exceptional Delaware 2017



  • Sources around Legislative Hall are speaking loudly about a very unusual committee assignment in the Delaware Senate.  It appears to be a sure thing that a rookie Delaware State...

  • Delaware House Committee Lists Of All Members

    2 days ago
  • No sooner do I write about not seeing who is on the Delaware House of Representative Committees than it appears before my very eye in my email!  Apparently the Delaware Senate Committees...

  • Mike Ramone Wants Street Cred With Bill That Proposes 20 Year Term Limits For Delaware General Assembly

    2 days ago

    • In a bill filed today, House Bill #33, State Rep. Mike Ramone is proposing ALL members of the Delaware General Assembly, be they a State Representative or State Senator, be limited...

      Have You Heard



  • TweetIn the latest episode of Have You Heard, we talk to Roxanna Elden, author of the smart and hilarious new novel Adequate Yearly Progress. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll...

  • Unreal Results in Education Research

    a month ago
  • 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?

    2 months 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...

      Din Merican: the Malaysian DJ Blogger



  • January 6, 2019 Letter from Trump’s Washington Is Optimism Dead in the Trump Era? The Trump Effect meets the January Effect. By Susan B. Glasser January 6, 2019 The sense of possibility...

  • Marrying the Thai monarchy and modernity

    a day ago
  • January 6, 2019 Marrying the Thai monarchy and modernity by Pavin Chachavalpongpun   https://www.newmandala.org/marrying-thai-monarchy-modernity/ The royal wedding between...

  • On Anwar’s fitness for the highest office

    2 days ago

    • January 5, 2019   January 5, 2019 On Anwar’s fitness for the highest office COMMENT by Terence Netto@ www. malaysiakini.com “Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look; He thinks...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today



  • A thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels test helps diagnose or monitor common disorders of the thyroid gland. It is a simple test that is similar to a standard blood test. Learn...

  • Medical News Today: A guide to eating a balanced diet

    2 days ago
  • A balanced diet fulfills all of a person’s nutritional needs and includes foods from the five essential food groups. Learn more about building a healthful, balanced diet here...

  • Medical News Today: Effect of temperature on lifespan depends on genes

    2 days ago

    • Using tiny aquatic animals, scientists tested the idea that colder temperatures extend lifespan and found that it depends on individual genetic makeup...

      Chicago Boyz



  • Reposted from Assistant Village Idiot July 2010. I had a lot of fun with this eight years ago. Part I I am reconsidering an idea I rejected years ago. New England was a peculiarly fertile...

  • Aunt Sally versus Huck Finn

    2 days ago
  • A thoughtful article at The Wall Street Journal.

  • Four Great-Grandmothers

    3 days ago

    • I hope this is fun. I started one of the books I got for Christmas, about the Indo-Europeans, which challenged in the first chapter that we all have four great-grandmothers, but we seldom...

      Centinel2012




  • 3:24 / 13:06 Jobs & Wages Jump: Can Growth Tide Lift Trump?

    10 hours ago
  • Bill Whittle Published on Jan 5, 2019 SUBSCRIBED 120K The Labor Department surprised economists and the stock market with robust job and wage growth in December. Will this turn...

  • Trump paid $130K to Daniels – Clinton paid $350k to Jones

    11 hours ago

    • Armstrong Economics Blog/Politics Re-Posted Jan 6, 2019 by Martin Armstrong Paula Corbin Jones was the former Arkansas state employee who sued U.S. President Bill Clinton for sexual...

      The BRAD BLOG



  • if (window.document.getElementById('post-12835')) window.document.getElementById('post-12835').parentNode.className += ' adhesive_post';It has been an exhausting...

  • 'Trump, The Presidency'! Thrilling Season Finale!: 'BradCast' 12/20/2018

    17 days ago
  • Every great Reality TV show needs a dramatic and gripping season finale. So too, apparently, does does every horrible Reality TV Presidency! [Audio link is posted below] Today is...

  • 'Green News Report' - December 20, 2018

    17 days ago

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

      bluebird of bitterness




  • Musical offering for Epiphany

    15 hours ago
  • We rode all night through fields of darkness, Our guiding light, the eastern stars; We came to Bethlehem, we all were weary: We’d travelled far that night, we’d travelled far...

  • Musical offering for the twelfth day of Christmas

    2 days ago

    • My favorite version of the much-parodied song. If you like music, and suspect that you could get along just fine without a bunch of milkmaids and leaping lords and all that poultry...

      Home



  • Legal counsel for Beyond Nuclear (Diane Curran, of Harmon, Curran, Spielberg, & Eisenberg, L.L.P. of Washington, D.C.; and Mindy Goldstein and Caroline Reiser of the Turner...

  • Resistance against high-level radioactive waste CISFs continues

    17 days ago
  • Opposition to consolidated interim storage facilities (CISF) for irradiated nuclear fuel, targeted at the Southwest, persists. On Dec. 17, a coalition of environmental groups...

  • Vigilance needed to block federal funding for Yucca dump

    17 days ago

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

    BlackListed News



  • China has embarked on an ambitious space program - surpassing the United States in orbital launches last year (primarily for satellites), and now landing their own lunar rover on...

  • Facebook Knows How to Track You Using the Dust on Your Camera Lens

    a day ago
  • Facebook has long said that it doesn’t use location data to make friend suggestions, but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t thought about using it.

  • The New Congress And The Rolling Catastrophe Of The US Body Politic

    a day ago

    • Bathed in the soothing waters of the Blue Wave, such that it was, a new US Congress was baptized on January 3rd. But what portends when “Mad Dog” Mattis, arch racist Jeff Sessions...

      Research Digest



  • By Christian Jarrett. If you're a regular runner and wondering whether it's worth progressing to taking part in organised races, these findings suggest it's worth a try...

  • Researchers Have Identified An Area of The Dog Brain Dedicated To Processing Human Faces

    4 days ago
  • By Christian Jarrett. The special human-canine relationship is reflected in the workings of the dog brain.

  • Now John Bargh’s Famous Hot-Coffee Study Has Failed To Replicate

    5 days ago

    • By Jesse Singal. The replication attempts involved participant samples triple the size of the original research.

      Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places



  • During the war, the city of Rotterdam was completely destroyed then hastily re-built resulting in the construction of standard concrete buildings lacking aesthetic appeal...

  • Roque de los Muchachos in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

    2 days ago
  • The island of La Palma was once inhabited by several indigenous tribes collectively known as the Benehoaritas. Having lived on the island for hundreds of years before the Spanish...

  • Davenports Magic Shop in London, England

    2 days ago

    • The world’s oldest family-run magic shop is hidden below a bustling London street, tucked within an underground shopping arcade. The small shop is basically a magicians’ mecca...

      Accidental Deliberations



  • This and that for your Sunday reading.- Paul Krugman examines the economics of a higher tax rate on extreme high-income individuals:Diamond, in work with Emmanuel Saez — one of...

  • Saturday Morning Links

    2 days ago
  • Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Dennis Gruending writes about the difference between genuine populism focused on the interests of the public at large, and the discriminatory...

  • Musical interlude

    2 days ago

    • CHVRCHES - Warning Call
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