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FAVORITES

How to hide 30,000 Polar Bears
JoNova: Science, carbon, climate and tax / 10h
A new book from Susan Crockford and published by GWPF looks interesting. It’s called The Polar Bear Catastophe That Never Happened but maybe it could have been called “How to hide 30,000 Polar Bears” which the Green-Scare Machine has apparently done under a mountain of smear and indignation. This is a story of the concealment and the backlash — the failure of science. “Polar bear numbers could eas
Children Make Perfect Propaganda Props – #PropagandaWatch
The Corbett Report / 19h
Need to push through a propaganda campaign to utterly transform society? Want people to not only accept but actively embrace their own impoverishment? Well just get yourself some youthful true believers to do your propagandizing for you!
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BLOGGER-FOLLOWING

Man returns to his car to find a koala chilling in air-conditioned comfort
Mashable / 12h
Air conditioning is a gift — one that belongs to humans and koalas alike. Tim Whitrow , an Australian winemaker, was recently visiting a vineyard and left his car door open with teh air conditioning on to help keep his dog cool in the heat. When he returned to the vehicle he found a Koala chilling in the back seat. It took a little bit for Whitrow to finally get the koala to leave. "As I was movi
Stephen Colbert calls out Trump's thin response to New Zealand terror attack
Mashable / 19h
The world is still coming to terms with the tragedy of the Christchurch terror attack, including New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. However, The Late Show host Stephen Colbert noted that Ardern "made it clear that her country was united," after the attack by a white supremacist on two mosques in which 50 Muslim worshippers were killed. After the attack, Ardern said she had spoken with Pre
The Ex-Model Who Claimed Silvio Berlusconi Hosted Satanic Rituals in His House Died From “Apparent Poisoning”
The Vigilant Citizen / 4h
Imane Fadil, the ex-model who claimed to have witnessed "demonic rituals" at Silvio Berlusconi's mansion died mysteriously on March 1st at age 34. She was writing a book called "I Saw the Devil". The post The Ex-Model Who Claimed Silvio Berlusconi Hosted Satanic Rituals in His House Died From “Apparent Poisoning” appeared first on The Vigilant Citizen .
Why do Egyptian statues have missing noses ?
Unexplained Mysteries / 14h
Tomb robbers may have deliberately defaced statues and artwork to prevent spirits from seeking revenge. One of the most curious things about ancient E...
Second U.S. Jury Finds Bayer’s Roundup Caused Cancer
cryptogon.com / 1h
Via: Reuters: A U.S. jury on Tuesday found Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based Roundup weed killer caused cancer, a blow to the company eight months after another jury issued a $289 million verdict over similar claims in a different case.

NEWS

CIA turning refugee camps in eastern Syria into ISIS hotbeds - Turkish press
Signs of the Times / 10h
The CIA is conspiring with ISIS commanders in northeastern Syria supplying them with fake documents and then transferring them to Iraq, according to reports in Turkish pro-government media. About 2,000 ISIS members were questioned in the areas of Kesra, Buseira, al-Omar and Suwayr in Deir Ezzor province and at least 140 of them then received fake documents. Some of the questioned terrorists were t
Venezuela: US-bound oil may be diverted to Russia and China
Signs of the Times / 8h
Sanctions-hit Venezuela may reroute crude initially destined for the US to other countries, according to the country's top energy official, adding that shipments could go to Russia and China. Venezuela's oil minister and president of state-run oil company PDVSA, Manuel Quevedo, told a meeting of OPEC and other oil ministers in Azerbaijan on Monday that Caracas is going to diversify its crude shipp
Monsanto: Roundup substantial factor in man’s cancer, jury finds in key verdict
The Guardian / 3h
Federal jury’s decision in case of man who said he used weedkiller for decades could affect hundreds of other plaintiffs A federal jury in San Francisco found Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide was a substantial factor in causing the cancer of a California man, in a landmark verdict that could affect hundreds of other cases. Edwin Hardeman of Santa Rosa was the first person to challenge Monsanto’s Roun
Let This Man Build a Huge Wood Bong for the Town of Woodenbong, You Monsters
VICE / 10h
Paul Pearson is a simple man with a simple dream. It is a humble dream; an achievable dream; a dream he shares, by his estimation, with " hundreds and thousands " of other noble dreamers. It is the dream of a humongous bong. Pearson lives in the small town of Woodenbong, Australia, a town that, inexplicably, does not yet have a namesake wooden bong standing proudly in its town center. Thankfully,
NZ leader vows to deny notoriety to mosque gunman
Christian Science Monitor / 9h
New Zealand's prime minister Jacinda Ardern wants the gunman forgotten. She refuses to say his name and has clamped down on the distribution of his video. She has urged the public to avoid giving the shooter the fame he seeks from his horrific act.
New Zealand Is Loath to Use Suspect’s Name to Avoid Amplifying His Cause
NYT > World / 19h
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she will not name the suspected gunman in the Christchurch massacre in an effort to deny him notoriety and publicity for his views.

SCIENCE

Abel Prize for maths awarded to woman for first time
Phys.org / 14h
The Abel Prize in mathematics was on Tuesday awarded to Karen Uhlenbeck of the United States for her work on partial differential equations, the first woman to win the award, the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters said.
Levitating objects with light
Phys.org / 14h
Researchers at Caltech have designed a way to levitate and propel objects using only light, by creating specific nanoscale patterning on the objects' surfaces.
Karen Uhlenbeck is first woman to win prestigious maths Abel prize
New Scientist - News / 16h
Karen Uhlenbeck has won the Abel prize, often called the Nobel prize of mathematics, for work that laid the foundations for major breakthroughs in theoretical physics
Karen Uhlenbeck Is First Woman to Win Abel Prize for Mathematics
NYT > Science / 16h
Dr. Uhlenbeck helped pioneer geometric analysis, developing techniques now commonly used by many mathematicians.
Dead whale found with 40 kilograms of plastic in its stomach
New Scientist - News / 14h
A dead whale found in the Philippines with 40 kilograms of plastic inside its body is the latest example of the problem of plastic pollution
Sneaky Meteor Evades Earthling Detection, Explodes with Force of 10 Atomic Bombs
Space.com / 12h
On Dec. 18, 2018, a school bus-size meteor exploded over Earth with an impact energy of roughly 10 atomic bombs. But no one saw it.

VETERANS TODAY

War Council to Expel Kurds from Syria
Veterans Today / 1h
Military leaders from Iraq, Iran and Syria met in Deir Ezzor to discuss military operations against Kurdish units that have settled in, along with ISIS, along the oil rich border between Syria and Iraq, over 400 miles from the nearest Kurdish settlement. Thus far, at the pressure of Russia, the 3 nations have held off […]
US Stealth Drones Fly Against Russian Targets in Syria – Report
Veterans Today / 1h
Translated from Russian to Arabic to English According to the site “Lenta Row” Russian, that stealth aircraft unmanned, can carry out the tasks of detection and damage in areas protected by Syrian and Russian air defense. A Russian site said that US intelligence secretly sent to the Syrian airspace a few ghost planes of […]
Was UK paying White Helmets to produce Syria ‘chemical weapon’ PR as cover for Jaish Al Islam?
Veterans Today / 1h
By Vanessa Beeley for Russia Today As controversy rages over the alleged April 2018 Douma “chemical weapon attacks” that signaled the end of Jaish Al Islam’s occupation, life in the Syrian city gradually returns to peace and stability. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons’ (OPCW) interim report and final report have thrown the […]
NJ OpEd: Multi-Headed Dragon Monster Homonids on Earth, Persist
Veterans Today / 1h
Freeman Ure, Ph.D. New York U.S.A. ( a curse on all free manure, Pile higher and deeper monsters out there) Whilst we may each confessedly fit temporarily into a part of the evil (im-) personality prolife flushed out below, nonetheless, most of us make every consciousness effort to counterbalance such heinous habits or […]
Marijuana is a Lot More Than Just THC
Veterans Today / 2h
Marijuana is a lot more than just THC – a pharmacologist looks at the untapped healing compounds Assorted cannabis bud strains. Roxana Gonzalez/Shutterstock.com Mike’s comments: Marijuana is a very controversial topic that has been the subject of debate since it was listed as a schedule 1 narcotic basically as a weapon against Mexican immigrants in […]
Awesome Elephant Queen, R.I.P.
Veterans Today / 5h
Health Editor’s Note: I have included, at the end of this article, a picture of a big tusker who was murdered in Kenya for his tusks. He was killed with poison, possibly poison arrows. They caught the poachers. Shame on humans!….Carol Incredible Photos Capture Last Glimpse of Long-Tusked ‘Elephant Queen’ By Mindy Weisberger, Senior Writer […]

YOUTUBE

Ellen Meets Motivational Speaker Jay Shetty
The Ellen Show / 14h
Life coach and vlogger Jay Shetty sat down with Ellen to talk about his journey from being a monk to becoming one of the most popular motivational speakers in the world. #JayShetty #TheEllenShow #Ellen From: TheEllenShow
Elementary School Staff Faces Off in ‘Taste Buds’
The Ellen Show / 14h
Staff members at Gibbs Elementary in Corryton, Tennessee are huge “Game of Games” fans and decided to play a “Taste Buds” tournament at their faculty meeting. Ellen sent Jeannie to surprise them and give them a chance to play “Taste Buds” for a huge prize, thanks to Shutterfly. For more Shutterfly moments, go to: https://www.ellentube.com/campaigns/shutterfly.html #TheEllenShow #Ellen #EllenDeGen
Shark Encounter in 180: Worth More Alive | National Geographic
National Geographic (uploads) on YouTube / 15h
Come face to face with several species of sharks at Tiger Beach, while on expedition with conservationist Jim Abernethy. Shark diving generates millions of dollars every year in the Bahamas, where the apex predators are protected by the government and there is a $5,000 fine for shark fishing. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's
BLUE HANDS
Vimeo / Vimeo Staff Picks / 8h
In an abstract journey about grief and denial a woman tries to escape the ghosts of her past, but they catch up to her on a night-bus to Nowhere. a film by diyala muir sound by marian mentrup OFFICIAL SCREENINGS: Playback Festival, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, March 2018. InShort Film Festival, London, September 2018. Encounters, Bristol, September 2018. Mobile Animation Film Festival,
He Tastes Water Like Some Taste Wine. Meet a Water Sommelier | Short Film Showcase
National Geographic (uploads) on YouTube / 2d
Martin Riese is part of a very small pool of sommeliers who have made a profession out of tasting and judging water. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Get More Short Film Showcase: http://bit.ly/ShortFilmShowcase About Short Film Showcase: The Short Film Showcase spotlights exceptional short videos created by filmmakers from around the web and selected by National Geographic editors. W
THIS is why your phone is so damn expensive
The Verge on Youtube / 1d
Phones are more expensive than ever. Flagship devices from Apple, Samsung, Google, and other top manufacturers can now cost hundreds of dollars more than they did just a couple years ago. With extra storage, many of them reach well above $1,000. And with the arrival of foldable phones, which are being priced around and above $2,000, it looks like the upper limit for phone prices is going to keep

THE CORBETT REPORT

Mother Nature Demands Child Sacrifice – #PropagandaWatch
The Corbett Report / 6d
The propagandists are in overdrive shoving "climate grief" down our collective throats. And the next step in that indoctrination, the acceptance of climate eugenics to atone for our climate sins, is almost here. Join James for this week's important edition of #PropagandaWatch dissecting the dangerous lies that are being pushed in the name of the environment.
Interview 1426 – New World Next Week with James Evan Pilato
The Corbett Report / 5d
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2019-03-14%20James%20Evan%20Pilato.mp3"][/audio] This week on the New World Next Week: Bibi sweats over looming indictment; Venezuela's blackout follows a regime change NGO plan; and SXSW gears up for the biometric rollout.
Bibi Bribery, Venezuela Blackout, SXSW Biometrics – New World Next Week
The Corbett Report / 4d
This week on the New World Next Week: Bibi sweats over looming indictment; Venezuela's blackout follows a regime change NGO plan; and SXSW gears up for the biometric rollout.
Episode 353 – The Crisis of Science
The Corbett Report / 25d
[audio mp3="https://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/episode353-lq.mp3"][/audio] In recent years, the public has gradually discovered that there is a crisis in science. But what is the problem? And how bad is it, really? Today on The Corbett Report we shine a spotlight on the series of interrelated crises that are exposing the way institutional science is practiced today, and what it means for an increa
Corbett Report Documentaries
The Corbett Report / 15d

A CLOSER LOOK: JODY PATERSON

In the beginning: A history of Howard the Gnome
A Closer Look: Jody Paterson / 8d
Howard the Gnome needs a new home , not to mention $15,000 to fix his rotting base . The recent news out of Nanoose Bay, where Howard has lived for more than two decades as one of the last of Vancouver Island's classic roadside attractions, prompts me to dig out my 1999 story on the gnome, who had yet to be named Howard at that time and was in the news for a whole other reason. Howard had yet to
The immensely irritating but effective way that climate-change deniers do battle
A Closer Look: Jody Paterson / 16d
I'm seeing a pattern in my social media spaces right now, where I post some article or opinion piece on climate change and a climate-change denier emerges to comment in that way that the deniers always comment - which is to say, via distraction. It's a technique that people used regularly to try to shut me down back when I was writing newspaper columns and they didn't like what I was saying. Men
Flying over Fish City: The Movie
A Closer Look: Jody Paterson / 29d
Apart from the sunshine, heat, nice people and good food down here in Honduras, where we are vacationing until March 10, I am mad for the snorkelling. Utila is a small, rustic island (think Hornby Island, if you're from BC) on the Caribbean coast. It's the remarkably less touristy sister island to Roatan, and one of my favourite places in the world for chilling out for a few weeks in the dead of w

AMUSED CYNICISM

What to do when Brexit turns out to be a Titanic Success
Amused Cynicism / 17d
Brexcellent!
Amused Cynicism / 22d

ANGOLA 3 NEWS

Albert Woodfox's Book Released Today: "Solitary: Unbroken by four decades in solitary confinement. My story of transformation and hope."
Angola 3 News / 13d
(To learn more about Solitary, including the latest information about Albert's book tour, please visit here .) Today, Albert Woodfox's autobiography hit the news-stands and went on sale around the world. The release of Solitary: Unbroken by four decades in solitary confinement. My story of transformation and hope , has been marked by significant news coverage. National Public Radio featured both
A3 Newsletter: So Much to Celebrate
Angola 3 News / 28d
( PHOTO: Guests of King and Kenyatta's home-warming last month. From left to right, General Rico, Deidre, Donna, Robert, Angela, Albert, Gwendolyn and Malik .) A3 Newsletter: So Much to Celebrate Happy Anniversary! At long, long, long last... From 1998 to 2016, we sent a newsletter annually commemorating another year that King, Herman and Albert remained in prison. It is such a great joy to be ab

BUCKDOG

Senator Dave Tkachuk (former Principal Secretary to Saskatchewan Premier Grant Devine) Calls For Liberals To Be Killed
Buckdog / 26d
There is something VERY wrong with Right Wing thinking in Canada .. it is becoming more extreme, more violent and more intolerant of democracy. Here is Saskatchewan Conservative Senator Tkachuk demanding that protesting truckers KILL members / supporters of the Liberal Party of Canada!! This is totally unacceptable in our Canadian society & democracy!!! Senator Tkachuk was the former Principal Sec

DR CINTLI

Donation info for the Maya Maiz April 24-28 Conference
Dr Cintli / 16d
If you would like to make a tax-deductible donation for the Maya Maiz April 24-28, please go to and inficate that it is for the Maya Maiz Conference: https://www.uafoundation.org/netcommunity/sslpage.aspx?pid=493&fid=Ar8Qg1Ky8nk%3d&fdesc=5tGaT3D3zD630judWyFfjNu0TvtKikii If it is not hyperlinked, please cut and paste. Thnx
Maya Maiz Conf March 1 Event: Yazmin Novelo & Online art auction
Dr Cintli / 28d
The featured artwork today in support of the Maya Maiz Conference on April 24th-28th in Arizona is "Maizyolotl" by Mario Chacon. Chacon is an educator and a long time Chicano movement activist going back to the 1960s. After going to school at UCLA, he later moved to San Diego where he has been painting for many, many years. This particular piece pays homage to the sacred Maiz of this continent. I

FREE PLANET

Star Citizen - march pictorial megathread - back to the basics...
Free Planet / 5d
another dead rock in space lightning storms already turn off internal lights while flying yes, you're carrying A BOX I want to DO something in my hab or why are they there? spend subscriber funds here not MISSION givers, story furnishers
Star Citizen - march pictorial megathread - civilian interface, babes and city gameplay
Free Planet / 10d
Star Citizen - sandbox gaming vs scripted gaming
Free Planet / 26d
CIG asleep at the wheel... ..why the hell are the makers of Star Citizen not spotting this? They've got telemetry, server-time, play-styles and preferred content of EVERYONE WHO'S IN THE 'VERSE right now. And why are they not seeing that Sandbox Gameplay run by the Players for the Players is the only thing the majority of them are interested in? 50-man battles. Pirate-bounty missions. Drug courie

GREG MANKIW'S BLOG

Reflections of a Textbook Author
Greg Mankiw's Blog / 8d
Click here to read my most recent essay.
Passing the Baton
Greg Mankiw's Blog / 13d
Former ec 10 students might be interested in hearing this news .
If you are in North Carolina...
Greg Mankiw's Blog / 24d
...you can hear me speak on Wednesday of this week. Click here for information .
Econ Theory Summer Camp
Greg Mankiw's Blog / 24d
Graduate students with an interest in economic theory and/or finance will be interested in this opportunity , run by my colleague Eric Maskin.
A Clue in Today's Jeopardy!
Greg Mankiw's Blog / 28d

LEFT I ON THE NEWS

Headlines for March 15, 2019
Left I on the News / 4d
Click here [check back later for link] 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 March 15, 2019 *Video: The U.S. Blamed Maduro for Burning Aid to Venezuela. New Video Casts Doubt. https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/americas/100000006385986/the-us-blamed-
Headlines for March 8, 2019
Left I on the News / 11d
Click here [link not active until 4 pm PST] 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 March 8, 2019 *Juan Guaidó: If Maduro arrests me, it ‘would be a coup d’etat’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/juan-guaido-if-maduro-arrests-me-it-would-be-a-coup-
Headlines for March 1, 2019
Left I on the News / 18d
Click here [link not active until 4 pm PST] 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 March 1, 2019 Why Venezuela’s Chavistas are fiercely loyal to Maduro, despite economic crisis https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-venezuelas-chavistas-are-fiercely-loy
Headlines for Feb. 22, 2018
Left I on the News / 25d
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 Feb. 22, 2019 *Threatening U.S., Putin Promises Russians Both Missiles and Butter https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/world/europe/russia-missile-threat.html “doubling down on threats against the United

NEWS FROM ATLANTIS.

Don't follow the herd
News From Atlantis. / 7d
by Mrs Rufus, Voting for a certain political party exists to give the impression that choice and freedom are actually a part of everyday life. The fact is, ALL politicians are corrupt, and all have the exact same agenda. Each party lies in order to gain votes, however it seems that whichever party is destined to next be in power is broadcast more so than the other parties - posted on billboards a
Summary Of The “Swine Flu” Criminal Case
News From Atlantis. / 18d
By Jane Burgermeister There is evidence that shows that there presently exists an international corporate criminal syndicate that, in violation of the RICO Act (18 USC sec 1961-1969), is intent upon embarking upon a cascading event of genocide within the United States, in the UK, and in other countries around the world, most likely in Autumn 2009/Winter2010, using as their weapon an enforced prog

NOLANCHART.COM

Spreading Trump Cancer?
NolanChart.com / 3d
There was corruption, inequality, cynicism, racism, narcissism, xenophobia, and lack of integrity before Donald J. Trump, but – in a celebrity-based, for-profit media world — […]
America, and citizens, pay attention to BREXIT and the European Union
NolanChart.com / 5d
Our own American Civil War has lessons applicable to the future of the United States. But given, the intellectual black hole of slavery, which tends […]
Ridding Ourselves of the Orange Menace
NolanChart.com / 12d
Questions regarding ridding ourselves of the orange menace! With enough investigations will he just go away – resign? It doesn’t seem likely. Donald J. Trump […]
America First should replace the Republican Party
NolanChart.com / 12d
Donald Trump is an expression of a large segment of America’s population, in excess of forty percent, that simply no longer are represented by the […]
There is a national emergency, and the Judiciary should expedite its role!
NolanChart.com / 29d
The fuse on this issue has been burnning for more than a score of years. While the explosion has yet to occur, aspects of the […]

NOT QUITE UNHINGED

It's harder to quit then I thought....
Not Quite Unhinged / 28d
Once you kick the Twitter habit, you realize how much of a habit it really was. It's ingrained in me to look for the (now deleted) Twitter app on my phone, launch a twitter tab in my web browser, etc. etc. I still catch myself doing it over 72 hours later. Another surprising effect. I am sleeping better. I've now had 4 straight nights of good solid sleep. I can't remember the last time that

OBSIDIAN WINGS

Digital Tax Avoidance Among the Masses
Obsidian Wings / 3d
by Ugh Warning : some free form thoughts on online social media platforms, tax policy and tax avoidance. Individual countries around the world have begun enacting specialized tax regimes targeted at "digital" businesses. These include things like digital services taxes, digital advertising taxes, a tax on digital transactions, and various other taxes aimed at the usual suspects, Google, Facebook,
what (R)'s want
Obsidian Wings / 8d
by russell They want all the cookies . They want to cut taxes, especially on the wealthy. And they want to either annihilate or privatize any and all outflows of public money to.... the public. Deficits don't matter, said Reagan, according to Cheney. But, actually they do matter. They give (R)'s their pretext for taking stuff away. From you. Remember the dude who wanted "government out of his Med
i wore an onion on my belt....
Obsidian Wings / 12d
by russell "it was the fashion at the time". surely, seizing upon opportunities to point and laugh at the youngsters is among the foremost signs of incipient geezerhood. nonetheless, I am willing to say that I found this hilarious. now all of you fluffy-bearded, beanie-wearing, flannel-shirted lumberjack wanna-be's get offa my lawn! open thread y'all.
collusion
Obsidian Wings / 17d
by russell The various controversies and plots and sub-plots and schemes and counter-schemes that seem to swarm around Donald Trump and his administration are, admittedly, hard to keep track of. So much winning! But there is a core issue that seems, to me, utterly unambiguous. And, it's also the issue that Trump himself and his supporters seem most intent on refuting. And that is whether or not t
Reparations
Obsidian Wings / 21d
by wj I’d been thinking about a post on the topic. Both the more usual (relatively speaking) position on concerning blacks for slavery, and Senator Warren’s recent comment regarding Native Americans. Then 538 came along and gave me a hook to hang it on: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-americans-think-about-reparations-and-other-race-related-questions/ The first, obvious, and generally i
Some thoughts on anthem protesting
Obsidian Wings / 24d
by liberal japonicus Of course, right after Russell posts, I get an article that pushes me to post. Never fails. Eight players from the Ole Miss men's basketball team knelt during the national anthem before Saturday's home game against Georgia in response to a Confederacy rally near the arena. We've never had a discussion about the whole kneeling during the anthem thing, partly because sports isn

PAYING ATTENTION

My Tyee piece: Budget’s inequality measures a start, but more progress depends on us
Paying attention / 26d
Governments don’t talk about inequality much these days. The B.C. government’s Throne Speech didn’t even include the word. And while the provincial budget took useful steps to address growing inequality, it also showed how decades of anti-tax rhetoric have limited governments’ options — at least if they hope to get re-elected. Take the BC Child Opportunity Benefit, the initiative most clearly tar

SARDONICKY

Neoliberal Bioethics: Just Die Already
Sardonicky / 13h
Ezekiel Emanuel, health policy adviser in the Obama administration, lists his current credentials as oncologist, bioethicist, and vice provost of the University of Pennsylvania. His idea of ethics is writing a propaganda piece in The Atlantic which insinuates that Bernie Sanders's Medicare For All ("messy care") proposal is politically impossible, because Americans are like battered women trapped
Fan of a Pretty-Faced Murderer
Sardonicky / 8d
The barrage of bipartisan gaslighting finally seems to have gotten to Ilhan Omar, the newly elected congresswoman from Minnesota. While steadfast and brave in the face of charges of anti-Semitism for her critique of the right-wing government of Israel's outsize influence on American politicians, she appears, at first glance anyway, to have collapsed under the weight of all the shocked reaction to
Hillary 3.0
Sardonicky / 12d
Hillary Clinton is not running for president. But she may very well be sauntering for president. Still the same politician who told Goldman Sachs bankers during a paid speech that she has "a public position and a private position," she denies publicly that she is running for the highest office in the land while at the same time vowing to "stay relevant" and letting it be known that sure, she stil
America's Lousy Unreality Show
Sardonicky / 14d
"Would some Power the gift to give us / To see ourselves as others see us!"--Robert Burns, To A Louse Judging from two recent national polls, Americans do not see the United States as the rest of the world sees it. "People around the world see U.S. power and influence as a major threat to their country," reveals a Pew Research Center report issued last month. But a nearly simultaneously-released
Adventures in New York Times Commenting
Sardonicky / 16d
It's time once again for another semi-regular dump of my New York Times comments. Because of the corporate media's steady diet of "all Trump all the time", I have been somewhat constipated of late as far as my commenting contributions to the Gray Lady are concerned. It's hard to comment on articles in a paper which I sometimes go entire days without reading. The virtue and sanctimony on offer is
America Loves a Mob Boss
Sardonicky / 19d
The comparisons of Trump World to the hit mafia TV series The Sopranos intensified Wednesday with the testimony, before the House Oversight Committee, of the president's convicted former fixer, Michael "The Rat" Cohen. Although not nearly as bloody or profanity-ridden as the HBO drama, the seven-hour spectacle tried its hardest to titillate, as members of the committee (with the possible exceptio

SCREW YOU GUYS, I'M GOING HOME

9 Ways A DUI Can Destroy Or Damage Your Career
Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home / 4d
I saw at least six stories last month about people being fired for having a DUI. See here here here here here and here . Oddly, the majority were police officers, who should know better. If you are arrested for a DUI, the consequences go way beyond possible jail time. You may not be aware that a DUI can have a devastating impact on your job. Here are 9 ways a DUI can destroy or damage your career:
I Think I'm About To Be Fired! What Do I Do?
Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home / 18d
With layoffs happening in droves right now, many people are wondering what to do if the axe falls. While this is a stressful time, it’s also an opportunity to prepare. Here are some things to think about if you are about to be fired or laid off: Potential claims : If you think you’re being singled out due to race, age, sex or national origin, start writing down the ways you believe you’ve been tre
I'm Being Fired! What Do I Do Now?
Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home / 11d
You're called into a meeting with HR and your boss. You know the axe is falling. Here some do’s and don’ts to consider if you are called into a meeting and fired: DO'S 1. Do work as long as you can. If they are giving you the option to work for a few more weeks or months, do say yes. It's way easier to get a job when you have a job. Take that time to send out resumes and pound the pavement. Just m
Can My Employer Enforce A Noncompete Agreement I Never Signed?
Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home / 25d
Many times, employees ask me if their employer can enforce a noncompete or nonsolicitation agreement they never signed. The short answer is no, at least in Florida. The Florida noncompete statute says: (1) Notwithstanding s. 542.18 and subsection (2), enforcement of contracts that restrict or prohibit competition during or after the term of restrictive covenants, so long as such contracts are reas

SYRIA COMMENT

A look back at Kamal Jumblatt and the Progressive Socialist Party
Syria Comment / 3d
As Syria’s Druze seeks out a balance with the Assad regime, the history of the Lebanese Druze’s Progressive Socialist Party and its leader, Kamal Jumblatt, from the Lebanese Civil War era may yield insights into post-war Syria. The status of Syria’s Druze community has drifted in and out of the West’s attention during the long slog of the conflict. Talal el-Atrache’s recent article highlighted th

THE EARTH AND MAN: SETTING THE STAGE

Time Out: A Glitch, or Suppression? I Must Have Openness
The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage / 5d
When I first started to try to get public attention for my unprecedented scientific discovery, of what I have called the Great Design of the "gods", I knew its revolutionary uncovering of the single, objective origin of all the popularly-called ancient mysteries would be likely ignored by anyone in authority. I therefore (after a few attempts to engage with scientific journals, and individual sci
Climate Alarmism Is But a Symptom of the Failed Uniformitarian Paradigm
The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage / 15d
I have submitted the following comment to the American Thinker site, in response to another commenter who averred that the climate change debate was politics, not science. My concern is with the science, so I responded: It has been about politics, or political propaganda -- a Big Lie -- since 1988 or so, when it became a UN movement (to "redistribute wealth", as they have lately admitted) but bef

THE ERGOSPHERE

Electric alcohol
The Ergosphere / 10d
The re-appearance of the ORNL direct electrocatalytic conversion of CO2 to ethanol and other products in news about ReactWell piqued my curiousity about this process. The paper describes the yields in terms of "Faradaic efficiencies" which is an unfamiliar term, but appears to relate to Coulombic efficiencies by a direct conversion factor; one Faraday is a mole (6.023*1023) of electrons, while a

THE HIGH-FAT HEP C DIET

Two important new papers on climate change.
The High-fat Hep C Diet / 28d
People in the LCHF community can be resistant to considering climate change and greenhouse gas levels because this argument can be used to shift the goalposts in a clumsy, overt fashion in order to sidestep the evidence on health and keep everyone eating nutrient-poor diets. Our critics even use these manufactured opportunities to resuscitate their zombie saturated fat and TMAO hypotheses, knowin

THE STRAIGHT GOODS

SNC-Lavalin: The Tip Of An Enormous “Deep State” Iceberg.
The Straight Goods / 16d
SNC-Lavalin: The Tip Of An Enormous “Deep State” Iceberg. Written By Robin Mathews . March 2019 SNC-Lavalin, the large Canadian engineering firm at the center of the present Liberal government crisis engendered by the treatment of former Attorney General/Minister of Justice and Minister of Veterans Affairs, Jody Wilson-Raybould , is merely the tip of an enormous iceberg. The gyrations of SNC-Lava
Sounds of the Orca........A Straights Goods Muse
The Straight Goods / 24d
Written by grant G Sometimes even slushy wet snow can send one's mind to drift, to times of youth, to times with family. .. Friday morning, too much unexpected snow, with regular visitors and a long steep path down to the house snow-clearing was a must, yikes, even cleared and salted the snow overwhelms.... 4 inches of snow between morning and noon, enough to keep me hopping then it stops in a bl
Steelhead LNG is Wanting the BC Government to Build them a pipeline to Vancouver Island's Westcoast using taxpayer dollars
The Straight Goods / 28d
Written by Grant G As many of you must have heard......Steelhead LNG has stopped all activity at their proposed "Floating LNG plant" Sarita Bay location. This is not a surprise, this proposal was always a ponzi scheme, a pump and dump operation... Contrary to media reports, Steelhead LNG is NOT an LNG company, they have no assets, no lng infrastructure, they have no part of any energy operation,

THWAP'S SCHOOLYARD

The Fake Scandal and the Toxic Trudeau Haters Part II
thwap's schoolyard / 8d
When I first heard about the accusations that Jody Wilson-Raybould had been removed as Attorney General because she insisted on prosecuting SNC-Lavalin, rather than allow the corporation to have a Deferred Prosecution Agreement, my ears perked up. You see, it's a pet-peeve of mine the way corporate criminals and fraudsters are almost never held accountable for their actions in this country. Billi
The Fake Scandal and the Toxic Trudeau Haters Part I
thwap's schoolyard / 9d
We are hard-wired to be indulgent to good-looking people. But adults understand that an attractive package is meaningless. It's depressing what's happened to Montreal Simon. Perhaps he was so traumatized by the revolting, anti-democratic regime of stephen harper that his mind snapped and now he won't hear anything bad about the guy who finally defeated him, Justin Trudeau. But how a guy can blog
Exciting (Futile) Times
thwap's schoolyard / 15d
So, Roger Cohen is testifying against Donald Trump. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's questioning of him created several leads for Congress to follow in order to expose the "con-man for life" Donald Trump's corruption. If Trump is impeached it'll be a good thing. That will, of course, bring us President Michael Pence, which would be worse. Although he'll only have a year. Then, the Presidency would prob
The SNC-Lavalin "Non-Scandal"
thwap's schoolyard / 20d
Just so we're clear: The "Deferred Prosecutions Agreements" thing was quietly slipped into a Liberal omnibus bill and received no public scrutiny. DPA's were desired by SNC-Lavalin : There, a giant engineering multinational — SNC Lavalin — is engaged in a campaign to import deferred agreements into Canada. Why? Well, for one thing, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has charged the SNC Lavalin and
Dupes n' Super Radicals
thwap's schoolyard / 21d
I liked this recent CounterPunch essay by Patrick Walker: " Venezuelan Coup Democrats Vomit on Green New Deal. " In it, Walker argues that any activist group that utlilizes electoral politics in its campaigns needs to call-out those politicians when they support such abominations as regime change in Venezuela. For those of us leftists who put faith in politically oriented movements—like the Sunri

VAGABOND SCHOLAR

St. Patrick's Day 2019
Vagabond Scholar / 2d
Happy St. Patrick's Day! Ireland has a wealth of songs. This year, I thought I'd feature "The Parting Glass," which has Scottish origins but also a long history in Ireland, with the melody used for another Irish song. Several musical groups have used this one to end concerts, and it's also a popular pick for funerals. The High King's version is very good: Liam Clancy and Tommy Makem's

WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE

Wild Free and Happy Sample 11
What Is Sustainable / 4d
[Note: This is the eleventh 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 subj
Wild Free and Happy Sample 10
What Is Sustainable / 18d
[Note: This is the tenth 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 subject

WIT'S END

Methane Mania
Wit's End / 17d
When it comes to abrupt climate change, the ominous prospect of massive, sudden, catastrophic methane release from melting permafrost and explosive pingos is dramatic and daunting; meanwhile, a more humble but current source of dangerous intensification is flying under the radar even as it constitutes a profoundly existential threat. On the first of March, the LA Times published a story about the

WMTC

"if you don't act like adults, we will": thank you climate strikers. thank you, thank you, thank you.
wmtc / 2d
Friday's global student protest brought me so much joy. And also sadness, because I often feel so cynical about our ability to stop climate change. And also hope, because I won't succumb to that cynicism. I will fight it, and fight it, and fight it. Because our cynicism is the perfect weapon to be used against us. No evil genius could invent something more powerful than our own inaction. This pho
in which i am a local celebrity
wmtc / 3d
Impudent Strumpet wondered if Allan and I were now locally famous. Well, apparently we are. Things I heard at the library : "I want to do a story on you." The customer who said this is the owner, publisher, writer, and editor of the North Island Eagle, a community newspaper here. Instead of a story about me, I suggested a piece on some of the exciting things going on in our library. She one-upped
what i'm reading: solitary raven: the essential writings of bill reid
wmtc / 20d
I'm supposed to be writing about the Jackie Robinson biography, which I finished weeks ago, but so far I haven't been motivated to do so. I finished another Wallander mystery -- my "in between" book -- but the next bio on my list , the new one about Frederick Douglass, hasn't come in yet. So I looked for something on my own bookshelf that I've been meaning to read, and found this: Solitary Raven:
walking the walk: if canada is serious about reconciliation, the senate must pass bill c-262
wmtc / 23d
Canadians, contact the Senate. Urge them to work together to pass Private Member's Bill C-262 , "An Act to ensure that the laws of Canada are in harmony with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ". My own letter included at the end of this post, in the hope that it will help you write your own. * * * * Is Canada serious about reconciliation? The Truth and Reconciliat

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