Thursday, April 18, 2019

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  • A new study by the Australian Barramundi Farmers Association has uncovered nearly half of Australians (41%) don’t know whether their seafood is local or imported, prompting questions...
  • 2019 has well and truly arrived and we think this year might be the year for dairy to take charge when it comes to product innovation. The dairy category in general has been trending ever...

    • Following a significant technological investment by Pacific Gold Macadamias (PGM), the company’s 2019 incoming harvest will be the first nuts from the company to be processed...

  • When I originally heard that a small town mayor named Pete Buttigieg was running for president, I truthfully didn’t think that he had a prayer of actually being a serious contender...
  • Bernie Sanders is on a roll, and this is absolutely terrifying many establishment Democrats.  He has raised far more money that any of the other Democratic candidates, he just took...

    • The entire world was absolutely shocked by the massive fire that engulfed the Notre Dame cathedral on Monday.  We are being told that the structure of the cathedral has been saved...

  • Our Galaxy Fold screen is in good shape, and the ongoing review continues.
  • The all-new clicker responds to voice commands and even talks back.

    • Stage builder was a mistake.

  • by David Swanson Writer, Dandelion Salad Let’s Try Democracy April 17, 2019 I was more surprised that your commission contacted me with a kind-of, sort-of invitation to speak than...
  • by Will Griffin Writer, Dandelion Salad The Peace Report April 16, 2019 The Peace Report on Apr 15, 2019 Jonny Lewis is the writer and director of Antiwar Comedy Shorts Jonny Lewis approaches...

    • Dandelion Salad with Chris Hedges RT America on Apr 12, 2019 The arrest of Julian Assange eviscerates all pretense of the rule of law and the rights of a free press. Joining Chris Hedges...

  • Are you ready for the biggest non-event in recent American political history?  The mainstream media is treating Thursday’s release of the Mueller report as an event of critical...
  • If the U.S. economy is in good shape, why have retailers already shuttered more stores than they did in all of 2018?  Not only that, we are also on pace to absolutely shatter the all-time...

    • Once upon a time, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle were three of the most beautiful cities on the entire planet.  I know that this is hard to imagine today, but there was a time...

  • By Marvin C. Ott* (FPRI) — In an ever more complex, interconnected, and dangerous world, the value of high quality
  • “But no matter the destruction, the spirit of what it means to be a cathedral can and does survive such

    • Political commentators have almost unanimously spelled out doom for Malaysia’s stumbling Pakatan Rakyat government from the three by elections the

  • Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org As the saying goes, sometimes it must get worse before it gets better. We would do well to consider this premise as climate intervention...
  • Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org How much effort is the power structure applying in the attempt to keep the US population pacified and complacent on countless fronts?...

    • Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org Extremely powerful ground based microwave transmission facilities are being used in conjunction with the ongoing atmospheric aerosol...

  • German intelligence officials appear to be dismissing Washington’s warning that it will limit security cooperation with Berlin if China’s Huawei Telecommunications is allowed...
  • Authorities in Spain have returned material that was stolen from the embassy of North Korea in Madrid by a group of raiders in February, according to a source that spoke to the Reuters...

    • The former director of Venezuela’s military spy agency, who is wanted in the United States for facilitating international drug trafficking, has been arrested in Spain and may...

      Joniopolis



  •           Once again I have been duped in my garden. I feel like Jack-and-the-Canola-stock, but I’ll come to that later.First, I want you to look at this pathetic little beet...
  •           Ah, Chemo, the gift that keeps on giving. We are now (the royal we) at the hair loss stage. And, as you might imagine, it is not without its surprises.         ...

    •           Pretend, for a moment, that you are a special effects person in the movie industry. You need an actor to foam from the mouth, and then die. Here is the exact product you would...

      Niqnaq



  • Julian Assange’s extraordinary record of investigative journalism Oscar Grenfell, WSWS, Apr 18 2019 The illegal arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange inside Ecuador’s...
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  • Britain’s SWP renews “rape allegations” witch-hunt of Julian Assange Chris Marsden, WSWS, Apr 18 2019 Just one day after WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was seized by a police...

    • Vetoing Congressional resolution, Trump reaffirms Pindo support for Toad slaughter in Yemen Niles Niemuth, WSWS, Apr 18 2019 Pres Trump vetoed a Congressional resolution Tuesday...

      Inter Press ServiceInter Press Service



  • Jonathan Rozen is Africa Research Associate at the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) The post ‘You Cannot Muzzle the Media’: Nigerian Journalists on Press Freedom under...
  • Pakistan, which has been listed as the 7th most vulnerable country affected by climate change, is now seriously tackling the vagaries of weather, both at the official as well as non-official...

    • A year since Nicaragua spiralled into a socio-political crisis, human rights leaders have called on the country to refrain from violence and uphold the human rights of its citizens...

  • ...third parties have not been “very successful.” But that comes with an important caveat. In a spoiler role, third party candidates have at times been very successful at influencing...
  • Barr Sinister

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  •                 On the eve of the revelation of the Mueller Report, as futzed with  by Attorney General William Barr, be prepared for  politically motivated edit leaving out...

    • The U.K. used to be properly regarded as a representative democracy built on broad principles of liberty. As of 8 April 2019, that is no longer the case, and Britain’s situation is...

  • How worried should we be about all the dissension among progressives these days? We have Nancy Pelosi vs. AOC. We have centrists vs. lefties. We have Bernie bros vs. CAP. We have purists...
  • This is obviously not the place to go if you want an instant response to the release of the Mueller report tomorrow, but I’ll try to keep up with the latest news. Today the Washington...

    • Democrats are not happy with the Justice Department. At a press conference Wednesday night, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) criticized Attorney General...

      RFF Library Blog



  • McKinsey & Co. https://mck.co/2u3zcEI …Based on our analyses, an OEM [Original Equipment Manufacturer] could expect to break even in cost with EVs compared to ICE [internal-combustion...
  • Congressional Budget Office https://bit.ly/2IfEVQz [Climate Wire, sub. req’d] The Congressional Budget Office doubled its estimate of annual hurricane costs, finding that...

    • Environmental Research Letters (Feb. 7, 2019, v14 n2) / by Moinul Islam, Keiichiro Kanemoto and Shunsuke Managi https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aaf688/meta...

      RSS Feed for Author: Paul Craig Roberts



  • As Washington's sanctions and currency manipulations constitute geopolitical crimes, Zayas asks what reparations are due to the victims of sanctions. He recommends that the International...

    • The approval rating of Putin and the Medvedev government dropped sharply in response to the recent increases in the retirement age and value added tax.Russia's economic problems...

      Unexplained Mysteries



  • A small army of Boston Dynamics' dog-like robots have been filmed hauling a truck through a parking lot. Known as SpotMini, this four-legged contrapti...
  • Scientists have revealed that a meteor from another star system may have collided with the Earth 5 years ago. There was much excitement in the scienti...

    • Scientists in Siberia have succeeded in retrieving blood from the well-preserved remains of an extinct horse. The foal, which is thought to belong to...

      The Watchers - Editor's Picks



  • A lightning bolt struck Athen's famous Acropolis on April 17, 2019, injuring two tourists and two guards. A statement released by the country's Culture Ministry said the lightning...
  • New activity/unrest was reported for 3 volcanoes from April 10 to 16, 2019. During the same period, ongoing activity was reported for 15 volcanoes. New activity/unrest: Asosan...

    • Activity at Hawaiian Mauna Loa volcano has risen to levels comparable to a higher period of activity between 2014 and 2017, HVO scientists said. The last eruption at the volcano took...

  • A team of scientists say they have treated 10 "Bubble Boy' babies born with the disease called X-linked combined severe immunodeficiency, or SCID-X1, using a combination of gene...
  • Compared with their peers who spent no more than a half-hour in front of a screen each day, 5-year-olds who logged over two hours were six times more likely to have "clinically significant"...

    • Rates of major birth defects were similar for children of deployed and non-deployed veterans. And there was no difference in major birth defects among children whose mothers were...

      WhoWhatWhy



  • Coast Guard Officer Won't Face Terrorism Charges ; Inside Ivanka's Dreamworld ; and More Picks 4/17 The post Wall Street Reckons With Climate Science appeared first on WhoWhatWhy...
  • The annual Ridenhour Prizes are the one day whistleblowers get their due . The post Soros, DHS Whistleblowers Urge More Truth-Telling appeared first on WhoWhatWhy...

    • Capitalism and Climate Change ; Fox News Is Obsessed With AOC ; and More Picks 4/16 The post Senate Bill Takes Aim at ‘Evergreening’ by Drug Companies appeared first on WhoWhatWhy...

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