Wednesday, March 20, 2019

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  Washington's Blog


  • Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org During the period of 17 September to 11 December of 2016, the United States and its allies carried out a massive operation...
  • In this era of fake news and deep-fake digital recordings and images, it’s important to use unedited images. With this firmly in mind, here is an unedited photo of Federal...

    • This week, war industry employee Hans Binnendijk claimed in the weapons-advertisement conveyance Defense News that we all get five big benefits from NATO: 1) Russia refrains from...

  • In 1964, a curious scientific paper was published by one Gordon C. Creel, featuring a description of an extinct species of crab, discovered in a salt water spring east of Estelline...
  • Forrest Gump, starring Tom Hanks, is one of the classic films of the last 30 years, a critical and popular favorite that earned more than $300 million worldwide and won six Oscar awards...

    • The grimy industrial underworld of the BBC’s hit period drama Peaky Blinders may not be entirely accurate, but the truth is just as deadly. Peaky Blinders, which began airing in...

  • From https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2019/03/has-the-labor-share-declined-maybe-not.html#comment-159920859

  • Interesting chart

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  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Tuesday, March 19, 2019 Warren Rejects Jake Tapper’s Hyping of Increasing Gas Tax, Showing How...
  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Monday, March 18, 2019 Biggest Loser Is Tenant of Oval, Since Trump Regime and Brexit Are Two Sides...

    • Trump and May Join to Oppose Free Elections in Form of Second Brexit Referendum; Parliament Will Vote for Third Time on May’s Hated Secession Plan; GOP Hill Lockstep Eroding; New...

  • A California federal jury found Tuesday that Monsanto‘s Roundup weedkiller was likely a substantial factor in causing a man’s cancer, delivering a major blow to the Bayer...
  • Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) introduced legislation Friday to dramatically limit American children’s exposure to glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup...

    • According to new research carried out by Testbiotech, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has already given non-regulated status to more than 20 plants genetically...

      sunshine hours



  • The answer is yes. Weather forecasters know that some models work better than others in specific situations, and they tend to rely on the versions that work best, depending upon the...
  • South / North

    • From DMI

      Stagecraft and Statecraft



  • Beijing’s support protects Islamabad from global pressure to suppress militants Brahma Chellaney, Nikkei Asian Review International calls for Pakistan to take concrete...
  • The international community should call Pakistan’s fiscal bluff: Pakistan has long employed not just nuclear blackmail but also fiscal blackmail — help us financially or face...

    • Brahma Chellaney, an internationally syndicated column from Project Syndicate Once again, an attack on India by a Pakistan-based terrorist group has raised the specter of a major...

      Socio-Economics History Blog



  • X22Report Published on Mar 19, 2019 European banks are in a doom-loop, the same loop that Lehman was in. Core US Factory orders slide once again, the entire world is slowing, this is...
  • RT America Published on Mar 18, 2019 The Pentagon wants to spend 25 billion on nuclear weapons to compete with China’s growing arsenal. Investigative journalist Ben Swann joins...

    • RT America Published on Mar 18, 2019 Amid stalling talks with Turkey, European allies and US-backed Kurds, reports have emerged that the Pentagon now intends to leave as many as 1,000...

  • Another piece of evidence that Sanatana Dharma was present in the South East is that the Secondary flag of the Thai King Rama IV, had the mount of Indra, Chief of Devas,Airavata , white...
  • Philosophy attempts to answer questions that are not attempted to be answered by other disciplines, like Science. However the answers are not complete. And at times one prefers to...

    • When Sugreeva directs his army to search for Sita, who was abducted by Ravana, he directs them by explaining the Geographical features of each land.

  • Shawgi Tell is a professor of education at Nazareth College in Rochester, New York. In this post, Shawgi Tell describes the massive misuse of standardized tests created by mega-corporations...
  •   Last Saturday, I attended a forum on public schools organized by Jackson Heights Parents for Public Schools. Thanks to the appearance of superstar Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes...

    •   Ed Johnson fights day after day to try to budge the Atlanta School Board, which is following the disastrous path of corporate reform, which has failed everywhere. The Atlanta School...

  • A bit of a curveball this week.  The Hummingbird Project is a recent release in the United States that focuses on high-frequency trading.  While that’s the core of what is essentially...
  • I’ll start with a rare mention of a politician on The View.  Washington Governor Jay Inslee, who is running for President on a single issue campaign over climate change, was on the...

    • It’s now almost surprising when I have items of substance to pass along here.  But this week I can do more than just post about those who play doctors on TV (Ellen Pompeo from Grey’s...

      NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT



  • By Paul Homewood     The Mail really is getting awful these days!   If winter seemed unseasonably warm this year, it’s not just a coincidence, according to the National Oceanic...
  • By Paul Homewood     Water shortage? Why not blame it on global warming!   Within 25 years England will not have enough water to meet demand, the head of the Environment Agency is warning...

    • By Paul Homewood     https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-47584093   A lot of words have been written about the schools’ climate strikes, so I don’t intend to revisit...

  • Good news for skiers: winters at Austria’s Ischgler Idalpe have become colder over the past 30 years By Die kalte Sonne (Text translated by P Gosselin) New report shows Austrian...
  • Laurent Alexandre: “Greta Thunberg instrumentalized by militant extremists“ In a stinging commentary at Le Figaro here, Dr. Laurent Alexandre, surgeon-urologist, a graduate...

    • For those serious about taking concerted action to combat climate change, implications from a 2018 study suggest that the widespread abandonment of  smartphone use — which is...

  • Mike Rose's Blog: New Report from UCLA: “School and Society in the Age of Trump” Schools are porous institutions—what happens in society at large plays out in classrooms and...
  • Janresseger: Momentum Grows for Desperately Needed Regulation of Charter Schools Last summer the Schott Foundation and the Network for Public Education’s published a fine report...

    • Gadfly on the Wall Blog: I Assign My Students Homework Despite Scant Research It Does Any Good In academic circles the debate over homework rages on. Does it actually help students...

      Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers



  • Victor Davis Hanson // CNN CNN)Progressives wonder how in the world could anyone still support President Donald Trump. So here are ten reasons why more than 40% of the electorate probably...
  • Victor Davis Hanson // National Review A  number of liberal bastions are daily being hammered — especially the elite university and Silicon Valley. A Yale and a Stanford, or...

    • Conservative Resurgence returns with a video adaptation of Victor Davis Hanson’s latest column, “Waging War Against the Dead.” Watch the full video on American Greatness...

    The Moderate Voice



  • Amazon is convinced that I am a Dog Brush. If you don’t believe me, just go to their website and type in the words “Doug Bursch.” I’ll wait…. What you’ll find, unless this...
  • It’s kind of unusual in the new normal that George Conway is a Republican who is still a Republican and not a member of the Trump cult, as the guy is a fierce critic of Donald Trump. What’s...

    • "I just want to lay it on the line, that the country deserves better, the McCain family deserves better, I don’t care if he’s president of United States, owns all the real estate...

      Marginal REVOLUTION



  • Black lawmakers and activists are blocking a push to legalize recreational marijuana in New York, warning that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s proposal could perpetuate the racial inequality...
  • 1. Drones as NZ sheep dogs. 2. Why is classical music paired with villainy? 3. “For centuries, senders used folds, slits, and wax seals to guard correspondence from prying eyes.” ...

    • The Spirit Level by Wilkinson and Pickett made a big splash a decade ago by showing many correlations between inequality and various problems. In a recent talk, Pickett summarized...

      Lloyd Lofthouse



  • The United States should not be allowed to spend more than twice with the European Union or China spends on defense. Continue reading →
  • Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: ? ? TESTIMONY OF MICHAEL D. COHEN COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND REFORM U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 27, 2019 Chairman Cummings...

    • I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Continue reading →

  • Proving again that “the eye altering alters all,” a Pennsylvania high-school girl recently found a boy’s lustful eye fixed upon her in her locker room — then was told her only...
  • Brazil's new president visited Washington on Tuesday, and he and President Trump appear to have hit it off.  But the mainstream media hates it.

    • Andrew Yang, a successful entrepreneur seeking the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, has some novel proposals, such as giving every American $1,000 a month...

  • Miko Peled highlights the campaign by pro-Israel groups to overwhelm the Labour Party into submission and bring about the fall of Corbyn by using a barrage of anti-Semitism accusations...
  • Over the last hundred years Washington has interfered in the internal affairs of at least 50 countries for a total of 130 individual cases. As for the last three decades, there have...

    • Corporate media today is highly concentrated and fully international. Their primary goal is the promotion of product sales and pro-capitalist propaganda through the psychological...

      Marginal REVOLUTION



  • Black lawmakers and activists are blocking a push to legalize recreational marijuana in New York, warning that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s proposal could perpetuate the racial inequality...
  • 1. Drones as NZ sheep dogs. 2. Why is classical music paired with villainy? 3. “For centuries, senders used folds, slits, and wax seals to guard correspondence from prying eyes.” ...

    • The Spirit Level by Wilkinson and Pickett made a big splash a decade ago by showing many correlations between inequality and various problems. In a recent talk, Pickett summarized...

      Made from Truth and Lies



  • A sample of Brexit emails received by an MP(tags:politics europe uk )Average Retiree Grows Bored After Just One Year(tags:work boredom )??4bn 'trackless tram' to reduce congestion...
  • "Safe When Alone, Yet Lost In Their Aloneness" - What It's Like To Live With Avoidant Personality Disorder(tags:psychology personality )Foods from agricultural lifestyles may...

    • Nile shipwreck discovery proves Herodotus right - after 2,469 years(tags:archeology Egypt history boats )Analysis of what really is happening on the Boeing 737 Max issue(tags:airplanes...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today



  • Dandruff is a common skin problem that affects the scalp. Learn how to get rid of dandruff with natural remedies including tea tree oil and lemongrass...
  • Arthritis mutilans most often occurs in people with psoriatic arthritis, though it is very rare today because of advances in medications for psoriatic arthritis. Arthritis mutilans...

    • Another study has linked chronic periodontitis to higher dementia risk. However, it is the first to show that the link is independent of lifestyle factors...



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  • The rabbit is happily chewing away at straw inside her cage, and everyone else is asleep and I am at a complete loss over what to write about. Bernie supporters are enraged and calling...
  • That’s just the way it is.  Parents say it to their children.  Bosses say it to their employees.  People who have no imagination and can’t see solutions to problems say it to...

    • O.K., I don’t think I’ve written about the college admissions scandal as yet, so here are a few of my thoughts on that. I’m not terribly surprised.  Once you’ve had the revelation...

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