Friday, February 01, 2019

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  • One of the most common causes of stress stems from the way you think and behave. Do you worry about bad things that might happen even though you know you can’t do anything about it? Do...
  • Kjell Inge Røkke, a Norwegian billionaire, is the third-wealthiest Norwegian by net worth in his country. He is a majority stakeholder in Aker, a shipping and offshore drilling...
  • Signs Of A Soulmate

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    • During our lifetime we encounter different types of Soulmates. Everyone has their own version of a Soulmate. “The minute I heard my first love story I started looking for you, not...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today

  • Bipolar disorder is a long-term mental health condition. Although there is currently no cure, there are many treatments available that can reduce symptoms. Learn more here...
  • A benign esophageal stricture is a gradual narrowing of the esophagus that has no medical links to cancer. Learn more about the condition here.
    • A study of how natural and synthetic nanoparticles in food can impact gut bacteria offers useful information for medicine and the food industry.
  • By Hilary Hurd Anyaso24 January 2019(Northwestern Now) – Despite a scientific consensus, citizens are divided when it comes to climate change, often along political lines, and...
  • ( Ignored among the lies flung about with great abandon is the one of 'scientific consensus.' If there was any such, how can it be a mere 3% who oppose such a statement ? Usually 100% of scientists agree "Science is not a popularity contest" )
  • By Justin Worland29 January 2019 (TIME) – President Trump has been a longtime opponent of taking action on climate change, as evidenced by everything from his accusation that the...
    • By Claudia Boyd-Barrett7 January 2019(Ventura County Star) – 2018 was a tough year for monarch butterflies.Each year, monarchs in the western United States migrate from inland...
  • The left has been salivating over the prospect of voting Donald Trump out of office in 2020, but now something has happened that could change everything...
  • As heinous as New York’s new abortion law is, allowing for unborn babies to be legally murdered right up to the point of birth, it’s actually a whole lot worse than that...
    • Governments must ramp up their readiness to respond...
  • Ron Russo, the former Head of School at the Charter School of Wilmington, launched The BOLD Plan today on Facebook.  Using the tag “Education is a business”, Russo managed...
  • Okay, that wasn’t the headline you ever expected to come out of me on here!  There is a distinct reason why this bill bothers me so much.  House Bill #48 came out on Thursday and like...
    • In essence, administrator counts are being determined by units of pupils, as opposed to the number of personnel under their span of responsibility. State Rep. Earl Jaques and Senator...
  • TweetIn the latest episode of Have You Heard, Jack and Jennifer discuss some lesser-talked-about aspects of the recent strike by Los Angeles teachers, and what the strike means for...
  • TweetIn the latest episode of Have You Heard, Jack and Jennifer dig into five—make that six—education news stories that deserved more attention in 2018. From Betsy DeVos’...
    • Tweet In 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...

      Din Merican: the Malaysian DJ Blogger

  • January 31,2019 Hoping for a vibrant, noble monarchy Opinion  | by Nathaniel Tan https://www.malaysiakini.com Published: 25 Jan 2019, 6:35 pm  |  Modified: 25 Jan 2019, 6:35...
  • January 31, 2019 Everything You Know About Global Order Is Wrong If Western elites understood how the postwar liberal system was created, they’d think twice about asking for its...
    • January  31, 2019 ‘Old Malaysia’ in Cameron Highlands OPINION  |  Dr.Bridget Welsh Published: 30 Jan 2019, 8:50 pm www ,malaysiakini.com   COMMENT | Although not...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today

  • Bipolar disorder is a long-term mental health condition. Although there is currently no cure, there are many treatments available that can reduce symptoms. Learn more here...
  • A benign esophageal stricture is a gradual narrowing of the esophagus that has no medical links to cancer. Learn more about the condition here.
    • A study of how natural and synthetic nanoparticles in food can impact gut bacteria offers useful information for medicine and the food industry.

      Chicago Boyz

  • I see that the fallout from Covington is still falling – well, admittedly not on the front pages of the Establishment National Media (the ENM for short) – but I hear the echoes quite...
  • Anecdote

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  • Appliance delivery, carrying refrigerators up and down stairs, hard work for not much money. I ask the guy where he’s from, he says he came here two months ago from Venezuela. I try...
    • John Hussman on valuations The saga of Broker Joe, from 2007
  • Bill Whittle Published on Jan 31, 2019 SUBSCRIBED 121K Is the Pledge of Allegiance a nativist, white nationalist creed? A Progressive California professor says so. He wants it...
  •   Bill Whittle Published on Jan 31, 2019 SUBSCRIBED 121K January job numbers jump, beat economists expectations again. The new jobs boom comes despite the government shutdown...
    • Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on February 1, 2019 by sundance Another unsourced leak of a congressional hearing transcript to The Epoch Times highlights the...
  • On today's BradCast: Some encouraging news for democracy (at least in Georgia), some predictable lies from the Senate Majority leader, a gentle rebuke for Trump from both parties...
  • IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Record extreme cold shuts down parts of the U.S. --- and it still doesn't disprove climate change; Trump Administration seems to concede that Venezuela intervention...
    • On today's BradCast: Baby, it's COLD outside in much of the Midwest and Northeast. Record cold, in fact, with wind chills dipping near an unfathomable 60 degrees below zero in some...

      bluebird of bitterness

  • A group of Canadians, stuck in a massive traffic jam, make the most of the situation. (Thanks to my blogging buddy Will for this one.)
  • Friday happy dance

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  • A comprehensive report -- in English -- has been published by Greenpeace France, taking an in-depth look at the growing, unending and unsolved problem of radioactive waste. A team...
  • In a move that will still make nuclear war in Europe more likely, the US is today expected to suspend its compliance with the INF Treaty (Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty...
    • The US Department of Energy secretly shipped about half a metric ton of weapons-grade radioactive plutonium to Nevada last November without informing state authorities. Court...
  • Twitter has announced that it took down about 2,000 accounts in Venezuela, most of which it claimed were “engaged in a state-backed influence campaign.” This comes amid accusations...
  • It sounds like something out of a Philip K. Dick science fiction novel: a system that uses artificial intelligence to translate people’s thoughts into intelligible, recognizable...
    • In an analysis published by POLITICO Magazine, Frida Ghitis, a contributing columnist for CNN.com and the Washington Post, defended Democrats who support President Donald Trump’s...
  • By Emma Young. The findings could help the development of new insomnia interventions.
  • By Christian Jarrett. Even when compared against other populist leaders, Trump came out as having the lowest scores of all on agreeableness, conscientiousness and emotional stability...
    • By Tomasz Witkowski. A review and meta-analysis of 426 publications on offender profiling from 1976 to 2016 does not give much cause for optimism.

      Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places

  • Rising like the grey-colored humps of hippo wallowing in muddy water, Kubu Island is a fitting name for the mounds of rock that lie almost smack bang in the middle of Botswana’s Makgadikgadi...
  • It started with suet. Some say camp administrators decided that Italian internees should cook with suet instead of olive oil to cut costs. Others say lower ranking internees, who...
    • A short distance off the southwest coast of South Manitou Island lie the weathered remains of the SS Francisco Morazan. First launched in June of 1922, the steel-hulled Liberian freighter...

      Accidental Deliberations

  • Assorted content to end your week.- Both Eric Levitz and Brian Beutler write that U.S. Democrats need to highlight and fight the class war being waged by the rich, rather than shying...
  • There are already more than enough galling stories circulating in Alberta's political scene to emphasize why Jason Kenney and his party are grossly unfit to exercise any power. But...
    • This and that for your Thursday reading.- Chris Hedges points out how the obscenely rich few are trying to distract from their accumulation of wealth in order to avoid what would stand...

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