Monday, February 11, 2019

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  Washington's Blog


  • Among the many trends currently in play, Gordon Long and I discuss three that will matter as 2019 progresses: 2019 Themes (56 minutes) 1. Final stages of the debt supercycle 2...

  • John Helmer Reports Apparent Termination of Constitutional Rule and Democracy in Russia

    20 hours ago
  • Eric Zuesse The highly trustworthy and independent Moscow reporter John Helmer recently reported that a putsch or coup by the Russian Orthodox Church supported by the Russian President...

  • Why Venezuela’s People Are Suffering

    a day ago

    • Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org INTRODUCTION The case that will be documented here is that Venezuela’s people are suffering from a tragic national situation...

      The Vintage News



  • The sci-fi worlds of Jules Verne, Hugo Gernsback, and H.G. Wells were initially inspired by the Industrial Revolution in the late 19th century, while their books sparked the imagination...

  • A Radical Author’s Eerie Premonition of Book Burning a Century Before it Happened

    10 hours ago
  • Born in 1797, what connection could an author have with the second world war? His premonition of the horrors to befall 20th century Europe are eerie to say the least. Heinrich Heine...

  • A Brilliant Way to Evade Radar Detection was Invented by a Woman

    11 hours ago

    • As time goes on, more contributions by women in the field of science are slowly becoming public knowledge. One such under appreciated woman is Joan Curran. Born and raised in Wales...

      Utopia – you are standing in it!




  • The Socialist Calculation Debate — Dr. Peter Boettke, 9/23/2013

    22 minutes ago

  • Caplan Hanson Debate: Robots will eventually dominate the world

    4 hours ago


    •   TARPLEY.net



  • Iran-Contra Coverup Artist Barr Is Next, with Abuse of Executive Privilege Now Worst Since Nixon; In Virginia, Attempted Coup by Disgruntled GOP Fanatics Must Be Turned Back; Keep...

  • Trump’s New Mantra of “Presidential Harassment” Is Demand to Stand Above the Law; Democratic House Finally Starts Herculean Labor of Oversight, Like Cleansing Augean Stables of Years of Filth!

    4 days ago
  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Thursday, February 7, 2019 Whitaker Demands Freedom to Evade Questions from House Judiciary Committee...

  • Trump SOTU Silent on State of Emergency, but Threat of Wag the Dog Military Action Against Iran or Venezuela Is Growing; In Repeat of Nixon in January 1974, He Demands End to “Ridiculous Partisan Investigations”!

    5 days ago

    • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Wednesday, February 6, 2019 In Virginia, Efforts Afoot to Oust Dem Governor, Lieutenant Governor...

      Sustainable Pulse



  • French and German farmers have been forced to dig up thousands of hectares of rapeseed fields after authorities found an illegal GMO strain mixed in with the natural seeds they’d...

  • Sri Lankan Experts Receive Top Scientific Award for Revealing Lethal Truth about Glyphosate

    7 days ago
  • Two public health researchers who battled powerful corporate interests to uncover the deadly effects of industrial herbicides, solving a medical mystery and protecting the health...

  • French Media Destroys Bayer/Monsanto with New Lobbying, Fake News and Bullying Revelations

    8 days ago

    • In a weekend of fury against Bayer/Monsanto the French media has gone on the attack against the powerful company’s lobbying, fake news and bullying tactics. Glyphosate: How Monsanto...

      sunshine hours



  •   From DMI

  • Global 1,000,000sqkm Above 2018 – Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 41 – 2019

    3 hours ago
  • South / North

  • Arctic Sea Ice Volume 09-Feb-2019

    a day ago

    •   From DMI

      Stagecraft and Statecraft



  • Brahma Chellaney, The Hindustan Times This year is Afghanistan’s 40th year in a row as an active war zone. Betrayal, violence and surrender have defined Afghanistan’s history...

  • India’s Pakistan policy adrift

    3 days ago
  • Brahma Chellaney, DailyO Consider two developments in recent days that speak volumes about India’s Pakistan policy: Just as the United States moved to unilaterally withdraw...

  • Shackles of history in the world’s largest democracy

    7 days ago

    • Brahma Chellaney History helps shape national perceptions and perspectives and undergirds national security. However, the boundary between historical fact and fiction is more...

      Socio-Economics History Blog



  • “In 2001, Dr. Ariella Oppenheim, of Hebrew University, a biologist, published the first extensive study of DNA and the origin of the Jews. Her research found that virtually all...

  • Russia-Led Free-Trade Zone Will Soon Include 5 More Countries — De-Dollarization

    19 hours ago
  • See also: – Russia-led Eurasian Union notches up major success in dumping dollar in favor of national currencies Dollar-free monetary union: Russia-led free trade zone may adopt...

  • Israeli Troops Kill Palestinian Teenagers in Latest Gaza Protests

    19 hours ago

    • Israeli Troops Kill Palestinian Teenagers in Latest Gaza Protests by https://www.dw.com/ Palestinian protests along the fence separating Israel and Gaza are in their 46th week...

      Ramani's blog



  • The Americas can be identified through ancient Tamil groups as well. People of Cameroon speak Tamil, a language of India, even today.

  • Kaaba Jerusalem Wall Elllora Kailash Angkorvat Mahabodhi Alignment Pi

    11 days ago
  • There seems to be information when we attempt to interpret them in the light of our present knowledge. I have been able to relate Indian temple architecture to Astronomy,Mantras to...

  • Rama With One Wife Krishna With More What is Morality

    14 days ago

    • Is this not a contradiction? What ,then, is Morality? Which is morally correct? Concepts of Hinduism are complex and it needs a thorough understanding of its concepts...

      Diane Ravitch's blog



  •   We will have more commentary on the Denver teacherss’ strike. Here, Fred Klonsky reminds us of the much-ballyhooed, but ultimately failed merit pay called ProComp, that substituted...

  • Virginia: #Red4Ed Fights a Valiant Uphill Battle

    3 hours ago
  •     While the state of Virginia is engulfed in a crisis of leadership, friends of public education are pushing to launch  a statewide protest on behalf of public education, reports...

  • Fred Smith: More Reasons for Parents in New York to Opt Out Again

    4 hours ago

    •   Fred Smith is a testing expert in New York who worked for the NYC Board of Education for many years. He advises the opt out movement. He writes: “For five years, 2012 – 2016, Pearson...

      Pasco Phronesis



  • Sometimes when the science and technology guest listings are light, I can count on certain people or certain programs representing.  The Big Bang Theory is one of those programs...

  • Science and Technology Guests on Late Night, Week of January 21

    14 days ago
  • The third week of 2019 dipped slightly in terms of science and technology bookings and content.  Sonequa Martin-Green continues her promotion of Star Trek: Discovery with her January...

  • Science and Technology Guests on Late Night, Week of January 14

    21 days ago

    • Last week started off strong, with Sonequa Martin-Green appearing on the January 14 edition of The Late Show.  She plays the lead (and a scientist) on Star Trek: Discovery, which...

      NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT



  • By Paul Homewood     https://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2019/02/05/met-office-update-there-is-no-update/   Time to take a closer look at the new Met Office decadal forecast...

  • Relax the rules on earthquakes to let fracking expand, say scientists

    4 hours ago
  • By Paul Homewood   From The Times:     Almost 50 geoscientists have urged the government to commission an urgent review of the fracking earthquake limit, which they suggest should...

  • Kids To Strike For The Climate!

    9 hours ago

    • By Paul Homewood   h/t Joe Public/Patsy Lacey/Robin Guenier     Shock news from the Guardian – Children want to bunk off school for the day!   The school climate strikes that have...

      NoTricksZone



  • Is Greenland’s Ice Disappearing? Image Source: AVweb, August 2018  I. Emergency Landing In 1942 In July, 1942, a squadron of six U.S. P-38 fighter planes and two B-17 bombers embarked...

  • Japan’s Northern Island Of Hokkaido Shock-Freezes…”Coldest Air Mass Ever Recorded”!

    a day ago
  • Record cold temperatures, transportation disrupted, fire extinguishers freeze as “coldest air mass ever” sweeps over Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido. By Kirye    ...

  • Coal [Non]Exit Debacle…Germany’s Coal Burning Could Rise Around 16% By 2030!

    2 days ago

    • Some critics have slammed Germany’s decision to exit coal power by the year 2038. For example the Wall Street Journal here called Germany’s energy policy “the world’s dumbest”...

      NEPC Blog Post of the Day



  • Jersey Jazzman: The Failure of State Control in Camden, NJ In my last blog, I wrote about the NJ Auditor's report on Camden's "Renaissance" schools. These charter-district hybrids...

  • Janresseger: Portfolio School Governance Creates Unstable Charter Sector with Too Many School Closures

    3 days ago
  • Janresseger: Portfolio School Governance Creates Unstable Charter Sector with Too Many School Closures In an important brief from the National Education Policy Center, William...

  • 10th Period: The Fabrications of a Charter School Zealot

    4 days ago

    • 10th Period: The Fabrications of a Charter School Zealot In a recent post by the usually sound Aaron Churchill, the Fordham Institute researcher takes some significant pot shots...

      Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers



  • From An Angry Reader: You, sir, are a traitor, To call the FBI and the representatives of the United States “Bolsheviks” when the POTUS you seek to defend consistently lies about...

  • Remodeling America

    6 days ago
  • Victor Davis Hanson // National Review By mid 1793–4, the radical Jacobins had successfully completed their hijacking of the French Revolution. Jacobinism They openly enacted...

  • Progressives pulling a bait-and-switch with ‘Medicare for All’

    6 days ago

    • Please read this piece by my colleague Paul Roderick Gregory in The Hill Politicians are known to misrepresent themselves to get elected, but Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is supposed...

    The Moderate Voice



  • If you can’t trust the people who are supposed to heal you, who can you trust? Billionaire drug baron John Kapoor of Insys Therapeutics stands accused of bribing doctors to prescribe...

  • one and one

    19 hours ago
  • Can our one and one equal eleven? pause disbelief laughter Seven? pause alright I get it Can our one and one equal two? The post one and one appeared first on The Moderate Voice...

  • Trump Briefings (Cartoon)

    a day ago

    • Mike Slosberg is a cartoonist and novelist. He lives with his wife and hundreds of drawing pens on the Upper Westside of Manhattan, New York. You can see more of his cartoons and learn...

      Marginal REVOLUTION



  • A UBI would direct much larger shares of transfers to childless, non-elderly, non-disabled households than existing programs, and much more to middle-income rather than poor households...

  • Monday assorted links

    4 hours ago
  • 1. “…the relatively recent increasing gender parity in association presidents of ASA and PAA but not AEA.”  and “…socialization at home can explain a non-trivial part...

  • Strict ID Laws Don’t Stop Voters: Evidence from a U.S. Nationwide Panel

    6 hours ago

    • U.S. states increasingly require identification to vote – an ostensive attempt to deter fraud that prompts complaints of selective disenfranchisement. Using a difference-in-differences...

      Lloyd Lofthouse



  • Someone from SiriusXM called and asked me what happened to my new 2018 Kia Niro plug-in hybrid, that they couldn’t find/track it. Continue reading →...

  • Cory Booker: What Educators and Parents Need to Know

    5 days ago
  • Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: ? ? Mitchell Robinson of Michigan State University explains why he could not support for Cory Booker for the Democratic nomination in 2020...

  • SPLC: Debtors’ Prison in the United States

    8 days ago

    • Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: ? The Southern Poverty Law Center reports that people in some states areimprisoned because they can’t afford to pay fees and fines. The...

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  • VIDEO - CALGARY, Canada--Free markets, private property, and the prosperity they produce are not just good for people, but they protect the environment as well, explained Committee...

  • Green New Deal a “Recipe for Mass Suicide,” Says Greenpeace Co-Founder

    an hour ago
  • VIDEO - CALGARY, Canada--In this exclusive interview with The New American, Greenpeace co-founder Dr. Patrick Moore warns that the "Green New Deal" proposed by congressional...

  • “Migrants” Bringing in Communicable Disease; Seven With Mumps in Houston

    3 hours ago

    • More than a few of the illegal-alien Central Americans who have trudged north through Mexico are sick — very sick, with communicable viral or bacterial diseases...


      MintPress News



  • The Democratic Majority for Israel, in the words of its president, wants to make sure that the pro-Palestinian-human-rights trend doesn’t “metastasize into a bigger problem...

  • A Tragedy Mirroring a National Catastrophe: Conjoined Twins Die in Yemen Under Saudi Blockade

    2 hours ago
  • The death of a set of conjoined twins as a result of a Saudi blockade mirrors the humanitarian nightmare faced by most children in Yemen. The post A Tragedy Mirroring a National Catastrophe...

  • With 3.8 Million Yemenis Displaced Last Year, New Report Shows Country’s Crisis Growing Worse

    3 hours ago

    • The Saudi-led coalition’s choice to continue raining bombs down on key civilian infrastructure shows its determination, in their pursuit of regional geopolitical dominance...

      Marginal REVOLUTION



  • A UBI would direct much larger shares of transfers to childless, non-elderly, non-disabled households than existing programs, and much more to middle-income rather than poor households...

  • Monday assorted links

    4 hours ago
  • 1. “…the relatively recent increasing gender parity in association presidents of ASA and PAA but not AEA.”  and “…socialization at home can explain a non-trivial part...

  • Strict ID Laws Don’t Stop Voters: Evidence from a U.S. Nationwide Panel

    6 hours ago

    • U.S. states increasingly require identification to vote – an ostensive attempt to deter fraud that prompts complaints of selective disenfranchisement. Using a difference-in-differences...

      Made from Truth and Lies



  • Your Smart TV is a computer. Which means you don't really own it, and it breaks in unpredictable ways.(tags:tv Technology fail )City polite versus country polite(tags:politeness...

  • Interesting Links for 10-02-2019

    a day ago
  • Audiophile on the cheap (I did this, and am delighted by the quality)(tags:audio advice headphones )Japan is seeking tougher concessions from Britain in trade talks than it secured...

  • How my current linkposter is working

    2 days ago

    • Until I get a chance to get automatic posting back up and running I've hacked together a PowerShell script which I run each day around midday.If you're interested in doing likewise...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today



  • Obstructive lung disease describes a range of conditions in which a person’s airways are blocked. In this article, we look at its types, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment...

  • Medical News Today: Simple drug formula regenerates brain cells

    4 hours ago
  • Scientists have shown how a drug cocktail of four compounds can convert glia, or support cells, next to damaged neurons into new working neurons.

  • Medical News Today: Breast cancer screening saved over 27,000 lives in 2018

    5 hours ago

    • A new study estimates that breast cancer mortality rates have fallen by approximately half in the United States in 2018, thanks to screening and therapy...

      InvestmentWatch



  • BREAKING: Lindsey Graham, chairman of the committee responsible for oversight of the DOJ/FBI just announced he will be issuing subpoenas for anyone who signed or was involved in...

  • The REAL Cost of the War of Terror

    4 minutes ago
  • James Corbett from 2016. The cost of the U.S. “war of terror” overseas could be measured in the absurdly astronomical amounts of money spent on it since its inception over ... Read...

  • UNTRUSTWORTHY: Google Play caught hosting an app that steals users’ cryptocurrency.

    4 minutes ago

    • via arstechnica: Google Play has been caught hosting yet another malicious app, this time one that was designed to steal cryptocurrency from unwitting end users, researchers...

      www.gurukalehuru.com



  • I read an interesting article today, in a break between frenetically reading and responding to headlines, as I am wont to do, about the things people say when they are dying, not just...

  • The Green Fantasy

    2 days ago
  • I seem to be seeing a lot of right wing and provocateur trolls on Facebook lately.  I suspect somebody’s paying them, because I don’t think I’ve significantly changed my friend’s...

  • Bezos Exposes Pecker!

    3 days ago

    • Bezos Exposes Pecker! screamed the headline of the Washington Post which is (coincidentally, I’m sure) owned by world’s richest man and supervillain archetype Jeff Bezos...

      Fragments from Floyd



  • It was just a task that Scout took on–a way to let us know that we don’t always have to be responsible for his goings and comings. Besides, if we put the leash ON the dog when we brought...

  • Old Yeller Comes Home

    6 days ago
  • Part Five of Five And so in anticipation of these prolonged agonizing escaped-convict chases, we’d take two leashes, two walkie-talkies, and two containers of useless treats...

  • Coming to the End of Our Leash

    7 days ago

    • Part Four of Five… When Gandy died on Valentines Day last year, we vowed we would not have another dog in our lives. At this point, any dog we get is likely to need a foster home before...

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