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Does MMT need a mathematical model? Or greater self-awareness?
Noah Smith has a very good post discussing MMT models on the economy. Here’s how he concludes: I’m not confident in my ability to answer these and other important questions by reading L. Randall Wray blog posts, or long online explainers, or wordy MMT papers. I want to be able to read a concrete, formal, […] The post Does MMT need a mathematical model? Or greater self-awareness? appeared first on Econlib.
MMR Vaccine’s Poison Pill: Mumps After Puberty, Reduced Testosterone and Sperm Counts
This article represents Part I of a two-part series on mumps. Part II will delve further into the mumps vaccine’s spillover effects on fertility. By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Chairman of the Board, Children’s Health Defense Across the country, frenzied legislators are responding to the pharmaceutical industry’s orchestrated fear campaign around measles by seeking […] The post MMR Vaccine’s Poison Pill: Mumps After Puberty, Reduced Testosterone and Sperm Counts appeared first on Children's Health Defense.
The Feds 9,000 “Opportunity Zones” Will Allow Law Enforcement To Spy On 35 Million People
By MassPrivateI Is there no end to Big Brother’s desire to turn America into a mirror image of China? An article in Go Erie, revealed how... more »
Human, all too human!
*THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2019The ways we help Trump survive:* Earlier, we suggested that the New York Times' treatment of Stuyvesant High helps explain why Donald J. Trump may win re-election next year. For another example, consider the very first remark as the staff of New York magazine discusses why Elizabeth Warren hasn't caught on in the polls. For ourselves, we don't know why Candidate Warren hasn't caught on in the polls. For ourselves, we tend to think that she's strong on policy, but we're also inclined to think that she's a terrible politician in several major ways. Is that ... more »
GOP Senate Invokes “Nuclear Option” to Clear Backlog of Judicial Appointees
[image: gop-senate-invokes-nuclear-option-to-clear-backlog-of-judicial-appointees] Running out of both time and patience with Democrat obstructionism in confirming some 130 of President Trump’s judicial appointees, Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell invoked the “nuclear option” on Wednesday.
Rutgers Professor: Time Is the White Man’s Weapon to Oppress Blacks
[image: rutgers-professor-time-is-the-white-man-s-weapon-to-oppress-blacks] Brittney Cooper, an associate professor at New Jersey’s Rutgers University, divulged the shocking revelation that time is a construct of the white patriarchy in a Ted Radio Hour on National Public Radio.
Is the U.S. Economy Veering Toward a Fed-Induced Recession?
By Stefan Gleason For months, the Trump administration has been touting low unemployment numbers as evidence of a strong underlying economy. But if the economy... more »
Has North Korean Kim Jong-Un Fired His Top Nuclear Negotiator
Trump and Kim Yong Chol pose in the Oval Office after Trump accepted the letter. Trump told reporters afterwards that it was a 'nice letter' but then said he hadn't yet read it *WNU Editor:* As this blog predicted after the failure of the Hanoi summit with U.S. President Trump, Kim Kong-un is getting rid of his top negotiators .... *Report: Top negotiator Kim Yong Chol 'out' in North Korea* (UPI). With the exception of his sister, expect a lot of new faces in the next South - North Korean summit, and in talks with U.S. officials in the future.
How Abusive Partners Use Sexual Assault as a Form of Control
How Abusive Partners Use Sexual Assault as a Form of Control Byline: Mallory Black, Diné, Communications Manager, StrongHearts Native Helpline Censored News Sexual violence can be difficult to talk about. Some people feel uncomfortable when the subject comes up, which – intentionally or not – sends a message to survivors of sexual abuse and sexual assault that they won't
Boston Dynamics’ Creepy Ostrich “Handle” Bot Set To Replace Warehouse Workers
By Aaron Kesel Boston Dynamics has a new robot, entitled “Handle,” which aims to be the replacement for warehouse workers loading pallets. In a new YouTube... more »
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/42019
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Politics “But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?” –James Madison, Federalist 51 “They had one weapon left and both knew it: treachery.” –Frank Herbert, Dune 2020 Biden (1): “Abrams on Biden: ‘We cannot have perfection as a litmus test'” [The Hill]. • “I’m […]
Cesium-137 in Fukushima Fish, Alaskan Currents and our Babies' Hearts?
Radioactive cesium in Fukushima fish detected above allowable level: Radioactive cesium above legal limit detected in fish caught off Fukushima. (2019, Feb2) The Japan Times, https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/02/02/national/science-health/limit-cesium-detected-fish-caught-off-fukushima/#.XIky66B7nFI FUKUSHIMA - Radioactive cesium exceeding the state limit has been detected in fish caught off Fukushima Prefecture for the first time in about four years, the prefecture’s fisheries cooperatives association has said. The cesium level of 161 becquerels per kilogram, exceeding the li... more »
Did Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Claim Walls Could Not Be Built in Mountains?
Republican Iowa Congressman Steve King shared an unsourced meme that attempted to ridicule his colleague from New York.
Is the Malabar Giant Squirrel a Real Animal?
It's big, furry, and very colorful.
Are Russians Too Poor To Buy Shoes?
Dick Thomas Johnson / Flickr (CC BY 2.0) *Moscow Times*: *Official Poll Shows Russians Too Poor to Afford Shoes, Puzzling Kremlin* An official survey on the extent of economic hardship that Russians currently face — including their inability to afford new shoes — has left the Kremlin scratching its head. An extensive State Statistics Service, or Rosstat, survey said that four-fifths of Russian families had a hard time making ends meet — and one-third of households could not afford to buy a second pair of shoes. “Why shoes? Why one-third? Where are these figures from?” Kremlin spo... more »
If Truth Be Told: Pregnancy Vaccines Are Not Tested For Carcinogenesis, Mutagenesis, Impairment of Fertility Proof In Vaccine Package Inserts
By Catherine J. Frompovich Carcinogenesis: capable of causing cancer(s) Mutagenesis: capable of causing birth defects Impairment of Fertility: the ability to interfere with reproduction What... more »
Global Debt Continues To Rise
*DW:* *Global debt on the rise, Africa hit hardest* Debt has been rising around the world and according to a new report, the trend is unlikely to stop anytime soon. Some African countries are so indebted that they don't even bother trying to service their debt anymore. The "Debt Report 2019," presented by Jubilee Germany in Berlin on Wednesday, paints a dark picture of global debt. The organization, which is comprised of civic and church groups, is engaged in efforts to end the problem. The report claims that low interest rates and cheap credit are motivating poorer countries to b... more »
U.S. Vice President Pence Warns That China Will Be One Of NATO's Greatest Challenges In The Coming Decades
U.S. vice president Mike Pence speaking at a conference Wednesday about 70 years of NATO. Photo: DPA *Newsweek:* *Forget Russia, Mike Pence Warns China Will be One of NATO’s Greatest Challenges in Coming Decades* The rise of China is one of the greatest challenges that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will face in the coming decades, Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday during an event to mark the 70th anniversary of the military alliance. “Adjust we must. Determining how to meet the challenge of Chinese 5G technology, meet the challenge of the easy money offered ... more »
Poland's Place in NATO and the European Union
*Adam Bielan* *Security, Europe* [image: Reuters] Warsaw sees the alliance as the embodiment of its transatlantic bond and an irreplaceable system of security. Last year we commemorated the one-hundredth anniversary of Poland regaining its independence. Like a phoenix, Poland was reborn from the ashes of European empires that went to war in 1914. We had been partitioned and did not have independence for 123 years. As a steadfast advocate of Poland’s cause, President Woodrow Wilson addressed the U.S. Congress in April 1917 proclaiming that “there should be a united, independent, a...more »
Watch These Russian Jets Run a "Simulated Attack Profile" on a Navy Destroyer
*WarIsBoring* *Security, * What happenned? For two days in April 2016, Russian fighter-bombers and helicopters buzzed an American destroyer in the Baltic Sea, according to the top U.S. military command in Europe. These incidents are just the latest in a series of provocative moves by Moscow’s aircraft near American and European forces in international waters and airspace. You can see the video here. On April 11, two Su-24 Fencer fighter-bombers made several low and dangerously close passes near the USS *Donald Cook*, an *Arleigh Burke*-class destroyer. Then on April 12, a Ka... more »
Inside the Chaos Surrounding Britain's Brexit Boondoggle
*Peter Harris* *Politics, Europe* [image: Reuters] Members of Parliament can’t even succeed at making up Brexit as they go along. Britain’s departure from the European Union and the forging of a new cross-Channel relationship was supposed to be one of the “easiest” deals “in human history.” It has, instead, turned out to be a national nightmare and an international embarrassment. At first, Britain was supposed to leave the European Union on March 29. But with the House of Commons repeatedly refusing to endorse Prime Minister Theresa May’s negotiated exit deal, the date got pushe... more »
Huawei Will Damage American Security and Prosperity
*Daniel Wagner* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] Chinese companies have a long history of doing Beijing's bidding. The Huawei saga has served to illustrate that, just as Beijing and Washington are crafting two stark political alternatives for the world to consider, they are doing the same in the technology and communications arena. China and the United States are in the middle of trade and national security battles, but they are also jostling to determine who will control the future of technology and communications. The Huawei dispute is as much about who has access to and—... more »
How to Create a Baltic Bulwark Against Russia
*John Dale Grover* *Security, Eurasia* [image: Reuters] Baltic allies must be prepared to defend their country without sufficient American or European forces readily available to back them up. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was founded on April 4, 1949. Unfortunately, today European members of NATO repeatedly fail to maintain their militaries. However, some of them have not forgotten history and the importance of self-defense. America would be wise to press the Baltics and NATO-Europe to do more to fortify themselves. Seventy years ago, the Soviet Union forcibly deported... more »
It's Time to Rethink America’s Foreign Alliance Commitments
*Ted Galen Carpenter* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] The strategic environment in which America joined NATO and signed the Taiwan Relations Act was different than the one it is grappling with today. This April is the month for notable milestones in two major U.S. security commitments. NATO marks its seventieth anniversary on April 4, and the Taiwan Relations Act turns forty on April 12. Predictably, there will be much celebrating among supporters of the two measures. But these anniversaries should be occasions for reflection and reconsideration, not mindless endorsements.... more »
Making Sense of Our Russiagate Failure
*George Beebe* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] Healthy skepticism took a back seat to a story that too many were too eager to believe. The most consequential function of journalists is not reporting facts, but establishing a narrative framework for making sense of those facts. In the wake of the Mueller investigation’s whimper-like conclusion, it is apparent that the roots of the Trump-Russia failure—and there is no question that the vast majority of media coverage merited some sort of reverse Pulitzer prize—lay in a collective refusal to subject the story’s broad narrative... more »
No Shooting Star: Why Russia's Space Shuttle Failed
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * What could have been. *The Buran program was judged a success and would likely have continued had the Cold War carried on. Unfortunately it suffered from poor timing: the Soviet Union had already begun a serious, ultimately fatal economic decline, and Buran never flew again.* The intense rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union pushed the two countries to compete, not only on Earth but throughout the solar system. Good ideas, or perhaps more accurately good ideas at the time, were frequently imitated as long as they garnered prestige f... more »
"Economic Slowdown Confirmed: Here Are 14 Very Alarming Numbers That Reveal The Current State Of The Economy"
*"Economic Slowdown Confirmed: Here Are 14 Very Alarming* * Numbers That Reveal The Current State Of The Economy"* by Michael Snyder The economic numbers just continue to get worse and worse, and at this point it has become exceedingly clear that an economic slowdown is happening. In fact, even the chair of the Federal Reserve is using the term “slowdown” to describe what is taking place. But of course many are still hoping that the U.S. economy can pull out of this slump and avoid the sort of crippling recession that we experienced in 2008. Unfortunately, that may be really tough b... more »
Satellite images reveal aftermath of the Israeli attack on Aleppo
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:10 P.M.) – The Israel-based Image Satellite International company released several satellite photos on Thursday that revealed the aftermath of the Israeli attack on Aleppo city last week. In the first satellite photo, Image Sat Intl. shows one of the hangars and buildings in Aleppo’s Sheikh Najjar District that were targeted by the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
The Daily Brief 2019-04-02
This is a summary of 10 AMN articles on the following subjects: Israeli, Palestinian Killed, West Bank, Hama, Syria, Baghdadi, Iraq, ISIS, Guaido, Venezuela, France, Idlib, Afrin, Aleppo, Kurds, Turkey, China, Russia, US. Let us know how you like this brief in the comments below. — The AMN Live Team Categories in this brief: Middleeast, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Three More Women Accuse Biden Of ‘Inappropriate Touching’
All three women told WaPo that Biden's unwillingness to apologize for his behavior in his grand mea culpa video had offended them. The post Three More Women Accuse Biden Of ‘Inappropriate Touching’ appeared first on The Duran.
THERE MAY BE FEWER READABLE WORDS IN THE REDACTED MUELLER REPORT THAN IN THE BARR LETTER
To know what Republicans are thinking, sometimes it pays to go to the right-wing media. Here's the lead paragraph of a *Washington Times* story about the Mueller report: Every page of special counsel Robert Mueller’s final report may contain confidential grand jury information, limiting how much it the public may ultimately see, a Justice Department spokeswoman said Thursday. The story doesn't elaborate on the statement from Justice's Kerri Kupec, but I think it's a signal that William Barr intends to redact the bejesus out of the report -- possibly (as I said in my last post) treat... more »
Elaine J. Cohen : Pilgrims’ process
Japanese pilgrims bearing 30,000 paper cranes visit WWII internment site, meet up with Austin Sanctuary Movement. By Elaine J. Cohen | The Rag Blog | April 4, 2019 AUSTIN — It has been over two years since I wrote about … finish reading Elaine J. Cohen : Pilgrims’ process
smugglers using kidnapped children
4-4-19 Human traffickers are using “child recycling rings” to smuggle people across the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, according to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen. *Nielsen told Fox News* that the practice essentially uses the kidnapping and passing around of children as a way to skirt U.S. immigration laws. When an adult enters the country with a kidnapped child, it allows them to lie and claim they are a family, and use immigration laws that are lenient towards families to get released by authorities into the interior of the United States. ...Nielsen summ... more »
World News Briefs -- April 4, 2019
An aerial view shows military vehicles on a road in Libya, April 4, 2019, in this still image taken from video. Reuters TV via REUTERS *Reuters:* *Eastern Libyan commander orders forces to move on Tripoli* TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI (Reuters) - Eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar ordered his troops on Thursday to march on the capital Tripoli, taking his conflict with the internationally recognized government to a dangerous new level. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who is in Tripoli trying to push an international peace deal, called for restraint. When asked about Haftar’s sta... more »
Success for the New Paradigm Requires a Full Expose of British "Character" of Russiagate
Success for the New Paradigm Requires a Full Expose of British "Character" of Russiagate Video of Success for the New Paradigm Requires a Full Expose of British "Character" of Russiagate In reviewing the leading events of the week, Helga Zepp-LaRouche came back repeatedly to the unbridgeable divide between the imperial nature of the collapsing system, which is driving the world toward war, and the emerging New Paradigm, which has been brought into focus over the last fifty years by Lyndon LaRouche. As the anti-Trump coup plotters continue with their efforts to remove th...more »
Taping Potentially Controversial and/or Threatening Phone Calls
*Cassette Tape Recorder* J*eeeezz! * When was the last time you telephoned a bank, a cable company, or any large corporation and you* didn't *hear a disembodied voice repeating the words: *"Please be advised that this conversation will be recorded for quality assurance and/or employee training purposes."?* It's *SOP* in the corporate world now to record conversations in the business environment. Nobody questions it....and nobody hangs up the phone in shock or disgust. But just two days ago we heard the Prime Minister of Canada feigning outrage at the former Attorney General of C... more »
Planning a Niagara revival for years, it’s time for Cuomo to help Milstein, Trevino
No area businessman has been more dogged in his pursuit of Niagara Falls’ economic revival than Roger Trevino, the former NFL sports agent from Texas who now manages Manhattan billionaire Howard Milstein‘s real estate interests in the Cataract City. That
Resistance Strategies for Black Graduate Students in Higher Education
Being a Black woman at a predominantly White institution (PWI), I experience simultaneously racialized and gendered encounters that leave me feeling anxious and incensed. The social justice spaces that I found in graduate school help me to navigate challenging experiences and to speak truth to power. I share this brief composition as a testament to the strategies of resistance that my peers, colleagues, faculty and I use to persist in higher education.
Rescue from the Climate Saviors
Is the “Global Climate” really in Danger? By Klaus Ermecke Politicians want to save the world and spend the money of their countrymen. We ask: Is the “global climate” in any real danger? Introduction If one believes politicians and the media, the world is in danger: the earth is heating up – catastrophe will result …
Has global warming already arrived?
C.A.Varotsos, M.N.Efstathiou Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics Volume 182, January 2019, Pages 31-38 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2018.10.020 Highlights • The global warming during 1978–2018 was not more enhanced at high latitudes near the surface. • The intrinsic properties of the lower stratospheric temperature are not related to those in the troposphere. • The results obtained do not …
NATO At 70 - Time For The Zombie To Die
If NATO were a person, it would be five years past retirement age. In fact NATO should have retired back in the early 1990s when its reason for existence - the Warsaw Pact - ceased to exist. Instead, new missions had to be created and new enemies had to be made to justify the massive behemoth that provides lush jobs for the well-connected and vast fortunes for the weapons makers. NATO must die and the sooner the better. Tune in to today's Liberty Report:
What Monroe Doctrine?
[image: undefined] Because there is a presidential election coming up next year, the Donald Trump Administration appears to be looking for a country that it can attack and destroy in order to prove its toughness and willingness to go all the way in support of alleged American interests. It is a version of the old neocon doctrine attributed to Michael Ledeen, the belief that every once in a while, it is necessary to pick out some crappy little country and throw it against the wall just to demonstrate that the United States means business. “Meaning business” is a tactic whereby the a... more »
"Crash Alert"
*"Crash Alert"* By Bill Bonner GUALFIN, ARGENTINA – "First, a report from CNBC: "Jobs in the U.S. grew by 177,000 in June, the report said, while economists polled by Thomson Reuters expected a gain of 190,000. June also marked the fourth straight month of jobs growth below 200,000. Jobs growth for the previous month, however, was revised up by 11,000 to 189,000." Meanwhile, February retail sales suggest the same thing: that the tax cut led to a brief and ill-advised fling with spending. But it’s over. Retail sales began a sharp drop in December 2018 and now, adjusted for inflation... more »
Government admits consultation came after social media laws were introduced
Communications Minister Mitch Fifield concedes the Government had already introduced new laws that impose heavy fines for failing to remove violent content to Parliament before consulting social media companies.
Greater Skills Equals Greater Ability to Combat Leprosy
Global Issues News Headlines - 11 hours ago
MAJURO, Apr 04 (IPS) - It's a Friday morning and Dr. Ken Jetton, the only doctor who treats leprosy in Majuro, the capital of the Marshall Islands, is seeing a patient recently cured of the disease. Read the full story, “Greater Skills Equals Greater Ability to Combat Leprosy”, on globalissues.org →
Freshwater Canada’s Dirty Water Secret
Global Issues News Headlines - 11 hours ago
WASHINGTON DC, Apr 04 (IPS) - Marcos Orellana is the environment and human rights director at Human Rights Watch.While residents across Prince Rupert, British Columbia are once again able to get safe drinking water from their taps, the boil-water advisory lifted there in late January should not be forgotten. Canada is a freshwater-rich country, but the time for complacency on essential water issues has long passed. Most people living in Canada have access to safe water. But drinking water advisories in the country about unsafe water have been concentrated in First Nation communiti... more »
Latin America Resets Its Strategy against Femicides
Global Issues News Headlines - 11 hours ago
RÃ O DE JANEIRO, Apr 04 (IPS) - Several initiatives are seeking to strengthen the fight against femicides in Latin America, a region which, despite growing popular mobilisation and pioneering legislation against gender-based murders, still has the world's worst rates in what has been described as a "silent genocide," says U.N. Women. Read the full story, “Latin America Resets Its Strategy against Femicides”, on globalissues.org →
Invested in Gender Diversity
Global Issues News Headlines - 11 hours ago
WASHINGTON DC, Apr 04 (IPS) - RAKHI KUMAR is a senior managing director and head of ESG Investments and Asset Stewardship at State Street Global Advisors.* Across the investment industry, asset owners and asset managers push to enhance gender diversity at all leadership levelsOver the past decade, there has been mounting evidence that greater levels of gender diversity can have a positive impact on corporate performance and economic growth. Read the full story, “Invested in Gender Diversity”, on globalissues.org →
Ambitions Are Affordable for Asia and the Pacific
Global Issues News Headlines - 11 hours ago
BANGKOK, Thailand, Apr 04 (IPS) - Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana is United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).Three years of implementation of the transformative 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific shows the region has some catching up to do. Despite much progress, the region is not on track to reach the 17 Sustainable Development Goals set out in the United Nations *2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development*. We are living in a time of booming prosper... more »
NATO Head Invokes ‘Russia Threat’ in Speech to US Congress
*21WIRE + Antiwar.com* | Watch what happens when this globalist instrument of war addresses the US Congress. Cue the applause... more »
Little Ice Age Summary at WUWT
What’s Natural? By Jim Steele Extreme scientists and politicians warn we will suffer catastrophic climate change if the earth’s average temperature rises 2.7°F above the Little Ice Age average. They claim we are in a climate crisis because average temperature… Continue reading →
Congressional legislation reintroduced to protect state-legal marijuana markets
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the U.S. House and Senate reintroduced legislation Thursday to protect states’ ability to enact their own marijuana policies while resolving long-standing banking and taxation issues. The States Act – which is expected to face tougher sledding in the Republican-controlled Senate versus the Democratic-controlled House – would create an exemption in the […] Congressional legislation reintroduced to protect state-legal marijuana markets is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
World To End In 12 Years
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usIXDp2eUrI
Perfect Data Tampering
“With four parameters you can fit an elephant to a curve; with five you can make him wiggle his trunk” – John von Neumann Measured US temperature data provides no evidence of warming over the past century, so NOAA alters … Continue reading →
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- April 4, 2019
*Euronews*: *NATO at 70: what does the future hold for the military alliance?* The Second World War had been over for barely a year when former British prime minister Winston Churchill stepped on a podium at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. There he thundered: "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent." On March 5, 1946, at this tiny rural college, Churchill announced the dawn of the Cold War. In this now famous Sinews of Peace speech, he also called for the creation of a military force for "the grand pacif... more »
‘Chill the F**k Out!’: Good Cop Stops Fellow Cops as They Horrifically Beat 3 Innocent Men
[image: cop]A cop was arrested and charged with felony assault for beating an innocent man and likely would've done far more damage had a fellow cop not stepped in to stop him.
WATCH: Cops Dump 16 Rounds into Unarmed Man for Walking Down the Sidewalk
[image: walking]Disturbing video captured the moments multiple cops surrounded an unarmed man and dumped 16 rounds into him like a firing squad attempting an execution.
Independence and impartiality of arbitrators in investor-state arbitration: perceived problems and possible solutions
bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
04-Apr-2019 The principle that adjudicators must be independent and impartial is at the core of any adjudicatory mechanism. It plays an important role in Investor-State arbitration, where arbitrators typically sit for a short amount of time and are not career judges.
2019: USTR takes aim at European countries over pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement policies
bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
04-Apr-2019 In its latest report on foreign trade barriers, the USTR, prompted by the pharmaceutical industry, takes aim at the pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement policies in the European Union.
Negative list makes debut in FTA talks
bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
04-Apr-2019 China used the negative list system for the first time to conduct negotiations on service trade and investment during the second phase of China-South Korea Free Trade Agreement talks.
China's construction binge spreads to Americas, rattles US
bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
04-Apr-2019 China's expansion in Latin America of its Belt and Road initiative to build ports and other trade-related facilities is stirring alarm in Washington over Beijing's ambitions in a region that American leaders since the 19th century have seen as off-limits to other powers.
CETA: Demande de transparence en matière de coopération réglementaire votée à l'unanimité
bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
04-Apr-2019 Le Parlement de Wallonie a adopté une proposition de résolution amendée relative à la transparence en matière de coopération réglementaire dans le traité de libre-échange entre l'Union européenne et le Canada, le fameux CETA.
Indonesia blocks imports, EU scrambles
bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
04-Apr-2019 In a dramatic escalation in the war over palm oil, Indonesia has upped the stakes and this week tightened imports of European spirits as a direct response to the Renewable Energy Directive Delegated Act.
Can oil spills be cleaned up with magnets?
Magnets are good for posting up photos and little reminders on your refrigerator. But can they also be used for cleaning up oil spills on our oceans? The post Can oil spills be cleaned up with magnets? appeared first on CFACT.
Trump Misstates Country of His Dad’s Birth
President Donald Trump is confusing his father and grandfather when it comes to his German ancestry.
Iowa Sen. Grassley: Trump Wind Turbine Comments ‘Idiotic’
Trump, at the National Republican Congressional Committee’s annual spring dinner, said noise from wind turbines causes cancer.
Australia Could Jail Social Media Execs for Showing Violence
The conservative government introduced the bills in response to the mosque attacks in Christchurch.
Cats React to Sound of Their Name, Study Says
Scientists said they've provided the first experimental evidence that cats can distinguish between words people say.
Yabba Dabba Don’t: California Town Rejects Flintstones House
The latest battle in the war between government rules and property rights is playing out in a posh San Francisco suburb, where a retired publishing mogul has installed an elaborate homage to “The Flintstones” family.
Stacey Abrams Weighs Presidential Decision, Defends Biden
She is also considering whether to run for the Senate.
Commander in Cheat? New Book Recounts Golf Misdeeds by Trump
Donald Trump’s alleged misdeeds on and around the golf course are the subject of a new book by former Sports Illustrated columnist Rick Reilly, “Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump.”
Police: Twice-deported Honduran Murdered Nanny. ICE Collars MS-13 Killer, Deports Indian Murder Suspect
[image: police-twice-deported-honduran-murdered-nanny-ice-collars-ms-13-killer-deports-indian-murder-suspect] Immigration and Customs Enforcement locked up an illegal-alien killer last month in New York on charges of re-entering the United States. He’s also an MS-13 member. ICE also deported an illegal-alien murder suspect back to India.
Pelosi Says Mexico Must Reform Labor Laws Before Dems Vote on USMCA
[image: pelosi-says-mexico-must-reform-labor-laws-before-dems-vote-on-usmca] House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Mexico must pass domestic labor reform before the USMCA vote in Congress.
Our country has gone completely bonkers...
*insane, and crazy.* Starting the day with commie Empty Cortex cramming popcorn, like, ya know, in her mouth while speaking (in her best little girl voice), and like sipping wine, and showing off her apartment devoid of furniture - ya know. Like, seriously? *BUTTigieg and his "husband"* Moving on to abortion supporting homosexual mayor of South Bend, Pete Buttigieg, questioning Trump's belief in God. There is just too much to unpack here, so I'll let you figure it out. Presidential hopeful, Kamala Harris, wants Congress to hire a bunch of illegals. WTHell? Minnesota muzzie Omar... more »
Put Bernie Sanders' Face on those Joe Biden Photos, Then Imagine What Party Leaders Would Be Saying
*Jon Stewart as Biden: "Hey girl, you seem tense. Is it the stress of me groping you for 28 straight seconds?" * *by Thomas Neuburger* An interesting thing is happening around Joe Biden's #MeToo moment. Even though Al Franken was almost immediately rousted from the Senate by now-presidential candidate Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and others for unwanted touching and kissing, handsy kissy Joe Biden is being held to a very different standard. Why? *The Democratic Party Reaction to Joe Biden* Let's start with Kirsten Gillibrand's reaction. Recently I asked, "Does Kirsten Gillibrand Cons... more »
Déjà vu
Ms Unsworth Every four years or so a senior BBC figure ends up sending out an email to BBC staff telling them to stop tweeting personal views. In 2010 it was Helen Boaden. In 2014 it was Mary Hockaday. And in 2019 it's Fran Unsworth. In an email to all staff leaked to the *Guardian*, she says: We all have personal views, but it is part of our role with the BBC to keep those views private. Our editorial guidelines say BBC staff must not advocate any particular position on a matter of public policy, political or industrial controversy, or any other ‘controversial subject’. That appli... more »
CO2 levels at their highest for 3 million years.
https://edition-m.cnn.com/2019/04/04/health/co2-levels-global-warming-climate-intl/index.html?utm_term=link&utm_source=fbCNNi&utm_content=2019-04-04T14%3A44%3A11&utm_medium=social Advertisements
The ‘world’s loneliest frog’ went on a date after decade in isolation
https://www.businessinsider.com/worlds-loneliest-frog-went-on-date-after-decade-isolation-2019-4?IR=T
SpaceX’s ‘Starhopper’ Starship Prototype Just Aced Its 1st Hop, Elon Musk Says.
https://www.space.com/spacex-starhopper-prototype-first-hop.html
Routine HPV vaccination linked to dramatic reduction in cervical disease among young women
https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2019-04-routine-hpv-vaccination-linked-reduction.html
Scientists discover a frog with glowing bones
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/04/scientists-discover-frog-glowing-bones?utm_campaign=ScienceNow&utm_source=JHubbard&utm_medium=Facebook
The UN just unveiled a design for a new floating city that can withstand Category 5 hurricanes.
https://www.businessinsider.in/The-UN-just-unveiled-a-design-for-a-new-floating-city-that-can-withstand-Category-5-hurricanes/articleshow/68713984.cms
A New Vision for #5G Networks
https://www.vmware.com/radius/a-new-vision-for-5g-networks/?utm_campaign=q120-radius-radius&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=networking-article9_itpros-copy2-image1
Carbon dioxide levels highest in 3 million years, shows unprecedented computer simulation
https://m.phys.org/news/2019-04-carbon-dioxide-highest-million-years.html
IBM AI can predict with 95 percent accuracy which employees will quit
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/04/03/ibm-ai-can-predict-with-95-percent-accuracy-which-employees-will-quit.html
IBM AI can predict with 95 percent accuracy which employees will quit
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/04/03/ibm-ai-can-predict-with-95-percent-accuracy-which-employees-will-quit.html
Reports: More Russian Troops To Be Deployed To Venezuela
*Reuters:* *Venezuelan deputy minister says more Russian troops could arrive - Interfax* MOSCOW, April 4 (Reuters) - Venezuela's deputy foreign minister Ivan Gil said on Thursday he does not rule out that more Russian military personnel may arrive in Venezuela under agreements already concluded with Russia, Interfax news agency reported. The deputy minister also said Russian forces will stay in Venezuela as long as needed, and that there is no set period for their stay. "The group of military specialists is (in Venezuela) in the context of our agreements and contracts for militar... more »
Measles, Measles, Everywhere!
While government and media are turning Nazi on “anti-vaxxers” for the latest outbreak, Ghost Ship Media looks at the thousands of documented ER visits of children with fevers, seizures and rashes from measles vaccine virus. Public health erases cases of “vaccine-associated measles” from outbreak data. And did you know that vaccine measles virus is in […] The post Measles, Measles, Everywhere! appeared first on Children's Health Defense.
Oil Giant Petrobras Was Most Profitable Company in Brazil in 2018
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Petrobras was the most profitable company in 2018, with a reported profit of R$25.8 billion, according to a survey conducted by Economatica. The government-run oil giant was followed by mining company Vale, which registered a profit of R$25.7 billion. “Petrobras’ performance in 2018 was […] The post Oil Giant Petrobras Was Most Profitable Company in Brazil in 2018 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Brazil’s Education Ministry to Change 1964-85 History in Textbooks
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s Minister of Education, Ricardo Vélez Rodriguéz, said that the federal government will start to apply gradual changes in history textbooks to change how the coup d’etat of 1964 has been portrayed. The declaration by Vélez Rodriguez is just the latest controversy involving one […] The post Brazil’s Education Ministry to Change 1964-85 History in Textbooks appeared first on The Rio Times.
‘It’s All True’ Documentary Film Festival Returns to Rio next Week
By Jack Arnhold, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – This Monday, April 8th, the Estação NET Botafogo and the Instituto Moreira Salles in Gávea are hosting the 24th edition of the international documentary festival ‘É Tudo Verdade’ (It’s All True). This year’s festival will feature 66 films, all showing for free. The competition will […] The post ‘It’s All True’ Documentary Film Festival Returns to Rio next Week appeared first on The Rio Times.
Rio Nightlife Guide for Thursday, April 4, 2019
We have the top three picks for this Thursday, and below there is a list of bars and lounges that are always a good option. PARTY: Baile Funk-se @ Spaço Fractal (Lapa) – This looks set to be a super night for fans of the uniquely carioca genre of ‘baile funk.’ Prepare to hear all […] The post Rio Nightlife Guide for Thursday, April 4, 2019 appeared first on The Rio Times.
New York Times Is Claiming That The Barr Summary Of The Mueller Report Is Incomplete
*Business Insider:* *Mueller's team reportedly believes its findings are more dangerous to Trump than Barr indicated* * Some members of the special counsel Robert Mueller's team reportedly view their findings as more damaging to President Donald Trump than Attorney General William Barr has indicated. * According to The New York Times, Mueller's team had put together several summaries of their final report, and they believe Barr should have included more information from their summaries in the four-page letter he sent to Congress laying out his "principal conclusions" of Mueller's f... more »
Hunter dad and son who slaughtered hibernating mother bear and her cubs both jailed
In early April of 2018, Andrew Renner, 41, and his son Owen, 18, skiied onto Esther Island in Prince William Sound in the Gulf of Alaska. Once there they found a remote bear’s den, full of a sleeping momma black bear and her two cubs, and needlessly slaughtered them all. The teenager shot and killed the mother bear […] The post Hunter dad and son who slaughtered hibernating mother bear and her cubs both jailed appeared first on Health Nut News.
Heavy screen time changes children’s brains
Most people today live in a sea of radio frequencies emitted from wireless technologies of all kinds, from routers to smartphones, tablets, baby monitors, TVs, appliances, smart meters and many more. RELATED STORY: New study shows time on social media can make you lonely and depressed According to many experts, chronic, heavy exposure could have […] The post Heavy screen time changes children’s brains appeared first on Health Nut News.
The Little Ice Age
The Little Ice Age (LIA) was most likely the coldest period of the Holocene Epoch. In Central Greenland it was roughly the same temperature as it was during the Bølling-Allerød glacial interstadial. The modern rise in atmospheric CO2 lagged behind the warm up from the LIA. The LIA clearly appears to be related to a […]
Health Care Head Fakes
As I guessed that it would a week ago, President Trump's threat to kill Obamacare via some reactionary judges went nowhere fast. It was a diversionary tactic designed to make us forget about the still-secret Mueller report, of which he no doubt has gotten an exclusive sneak peak. Though exonerating Trump of plotting an electoral conspiracy with Russia, it is reportedly none too flattering to him. Trump's bluster was bound to be short-lived, because the Republican senate majority doesn't want to risk trashing the Affordable Care Act so close to the 2020 election. In their heart of he... more »
Ex-Marine Busted for Phony Charity
*Task and Purpose* *Security, Americas* [image: By Lance Cpl. Shane S. Keller - https://web.archive.org/web/http://www4.army.mil/armyimages/armyimage.php?photo=9012, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=584402] Dishonorably discharged and arrested, he faces 20 years. John Shannon Simpson claimed he was a retired from the Marine Corps master sergeant with as much as 20 years experience as an elite Recon Marine and drill instructor, and that his charitable organization was raising money to help recent Marine recruits and their families visit Disneyland. I... more »
The Air Force Has a New Cyber Security Defense Plan
*Kris Osborn* *Technoloy, Americas* [image: jaydeep_ [CC0]] Adversaries who want to steal American data should beware. The Air Force is refining new cloud-oriented cybersecurity technologies to safeguard vulnerable data networks and strengthen defenses against increasingly sophisticated AI-enabled cyber attacks. Air Force cloud migration, designed to reduce a hardware footprint, enable broader data access and engender greater levels of combat interoperabiity, is seeking to benefit from various technical upgrades to keep pace with fast-evolving new cyber threats. This includes de... more »
Warship Wonders: 5 'Battleships' That Changed Naval Warfare Forever
*Robert Farley* *Security, * Experiments on the high seas. *Not every experimental ship works out.* Earlier this week the *Zumwalt** (DDG-1000) began sea trials*. The first of a probable three ships, *Zumwalt* once represented the future of U.S. naval surface warfare. Budget shortfalls, changed priorities and predictable cost overruns cut the projected purchase from a fleet-sustaining thirty-two units to an experimental trio of ships. *(This first appeared in late 2014.)* Still, *Zumwalt* represents a technological marvel, including an array of innovations that set her apart f... more »
Democrat presidential hopefuls seek a stoned America
A stoned nation would be subservient to having all its liberties stripped away by a powerful government. Perhaps that is the plan. The post Democrat presidential hopefuls seek a stoned America appeared first on The Duran.
Turkey slaps Pence: ‘US must choose between Turkey and terrorists’
Turkey has long insisted that, as a sovereign nation, it has the right to choose its trade partners and arms suppliers. The post Turkey slaps Pence: ‘US must choose between Turkey and terrorists’ appeared first on The Duran.
Joe Biden & Son exposed in massive Ukraine fracking corruption scandal (Video)
The Duran Quick Take: Episode 130. The post Joe Biden & Son exposed in massive Ukraine fracking corruption scandal (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
Russian security forces crack down on fraud tied to Scientology churches (Video)
The Duran Quick Take: Episode 129. The post Russian security forces crack down on fraud tied to Scientology churches (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
Top U.S. Marine General Leaked Emails To The Press That Questions President Trump's Border Plan
US Marine Corps commandant Robert Neller. US Marine Corps/Cpl. Shawn Valosin *Newsweek: **Top Marine General Let Emails Leak Amid Border Funding Fight so Service Families Would Not Be Forgotten: Sources* The Marines’ top general allowed internal memos to leak out of the Pentagon to bring attention to service families living among hurricane-ravaged military installations as the Trump administration tries to bankroll the southwest border with defense funds at the expense of combat readiness. General Robert Neller, the commandant of the Marine Corps, let two internal Defense Departm... more »
Oil Exports Down But Profits Up For Iraq In March 2019
(Oil Change International) In March 2019 Iraq experienced the paradox of declining oil exports for the third month in a row, yet its revenues climbed due to an increase in prices. Last month Iraq exported an average of 3.377 million barrels a day in petroleum. The flow of oil has gone down since December when Iraq reached the mark of 3.726 million barrels. After that it went to 3.649 million in January and 3.621 million in February before hitting 3.377 million in March, the lowest figure since November 2018. There were two causes for the drop in exports. One was that bad weather ... more »
This Day In Iraqi History - Apr 4
1927 UK official wrote ForSec Chamberlain saying UK got Mosul by trick Promised 25 yr Iraq Mandate Now pushing Iraq independence 1939 King Ghazi’s death publicly announced PM Said resigned 1941 British called new Gaylani govt illegal and distributed copies of message by Regent to resist 1941 Ultra intel in UK intercepted message from Italian amb in Tehran that Rome and Berlin were going to send arms to Iraq via Syria 1941 UK Chiefs of Staff asked Middle East cmdr Gen Wavell how many troops he could spare for Iraq (Musings On Iraq article on 1941 coup) (Musings On Iraq book revie... more »
Let’s read the street check report together
It’s been a week since the street check report was released. Despite all the politicians and police board members and police leaders being so “shocked and saddened” by the statistics, unsurprisingly, here we are a week later with politicians derailing action by talking about ending quotas that never formally existed and the police don’t admit […]
How many pink shirts will it take to fix this?
News 1. How many pink shirts will it take to fix this? A few days ago, the news broke that two former NDP cabinet members had complained about Zach Churchill’s behaviour while they were in office. One was Ramona Jennex, but the other wasn’t named. Now we know who it is: Denise Peterson-Rafuse (formerly my […]
Boeing Has High Hopes For The Super Hornet
Front to back, an EA-18G Growler, an F/A-18F Super Hornet, and an F/A-18E Super Hornet. Boeing Warzone/The Drive: Here's Where Boeing Aims To Take The Super Hornet In The Decades To Come *The Block III program will take deliveries of new and revamped jets out to 2033 and Boeing also sees big potential for export sales and more upgrades.* Last time we checked in with Boeing about the state of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet program, the company had already laid out an impressive plan for the jet’s future based around the new Block III configuration, which promises to significantly expan... more »
NO EXCUSE LEFT BEHIND: It's money and test prep, Mara Gay says!
*THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2019The Others rob us blind:* Why do so few black kids get admitted to Gotham's Stuyvesant High? You're asking a very important question. In our view, if you want to know why Donald J. Trump may well get re-elected next year, we'll suggest that you consider the way Slate chose to approach this important question last week. Last Tuesday, Slate published a 19-minute discussion between its own Mary Harris and the New York Times' Mara Gay. Why are so few black kids admitted to Stuyvesant High? Through this pair of headlines, Slate chose to frame this question in t... more »
The Plot Of The Week - ATLAS Dilepton Resonance Search
For the tenth anniversary of this blog being hosted by Science20, which is coming in a few days, I decided to reinstall the habit I once had of weekly picking and commenting on a result from high-energy physics research, a series I called "The Plot Of The Week". These days I am busier than I used to be when this blog started being published here, so I am not sure I will be able to keep a weekly pace for this series; on the other hand I want to make an attempt, and the first step in that direction is this article. read more
NATO Preparing To Guarantee Free Passage Of Ships Via The Kerch Strait
*TASS: **NATO set to guarantee free passage of ships via Kerch Strait — US envoy* A package of measures will be approved during a two-day conference to begin in Washington on Wednesday WASHINGTON, April 3. /TASS/. NATO is set to guarantee the safe passage of ships via the Kerch Strait, connecting the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, and to step up aerial surveillance in the area, US envoy to NATO told foreign journalists on Tuesday. US Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Ambassador Kay Bailey Hutchison, said that a package of measures will be approv... more »
Take Two!
By Paul Homewood Daily Express – 29th March 2019: https://www.express.co.uk/news/weather/1106832/UK-weather-April-forecast-spring-2019-hottest-Easter-latest Daily Telegraph – 4th April 2019: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/04/04/black-ice-warning-issued-snow-falls-across-uk-commuters-braced/
German Courts Weigh Legal Responsibility for U.S. Drone Strikes
Predator Drone (Source: Wikimedia/Noaa.gov) On March 13 and 14, a German court considered two challenges to the U.S. drone program in the Middle East and East Africa. Both cases, brought before the Higher Administrative Court of North Rhine-Westphalia in Münster, assert that Germany bears legal responsibility for the consequences of U.S.-led drone strikes in Yemen and Somalia that were conducted from the U.S. Air Force’s Ramstein base, located in southwestern Germany. The court in the Yemeni case found on March 19 that Germany is responsible for ensuring that U.S. operations cond... more »
The Little Ice Age (LIA) was most likely the coldest period of the Holocene Epoch
This is a comment by David Middleton from Jim Steele’s post on Watts Up With That: David Middleton April 4, 2019 at 5:38 am The Little Ice Age (LIA) was most likely the coldest period of the Holocene Epoch. In Central Greenland it was roughly the same temperature as it was during the Bølling-Allerød glacial […]
The Little Ice Age – Back to the Future
Reblogged from Watts Up With That: Guest Blogger / April 4, 2019 What’s Natural By Jim Steele Extreme scientists and politicians warn we will suffer catastrophic climate change if the earth’s average temperature rises 2.7°F above the Little Ice Age average. They claim we are in a climate crisis because average temperature has already warmed […]
Take Two!
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? ? ?Daily Express? – 29th March 2019: https://www.express.co.uk/news/weather/1106832/UK-weather-April-forecast-spring-2019-hottest-Easter-latest ? ? ? Daily Telegraph – 4th April 2019: ? ?https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/04/04/black-ice-warning-issued-snow-falls-across-uk-commuters-braced/
Notice from the California Public Utilities Commission
As a PG&E customer, I received this email from the California PUC today (my bold): What is the California Climate Credit? A Message from the California Public Utilities Commission This month your utility bill will include a credit identified as the “California Climate Credit.” Your household and millions of others throughout the state will receive […]
2 Interviews: The Hard Road to Technocracy- Patrick Wood
*First: Tim Kelly & Our Interesting Times* *Second: James Corbett/ Corbett Report *
Reflections on James Hughes’ Problems of Transhumanism (Part 2)
Ethical Technology - 13 hours ago
“The dominant trajectory of Enlightenment thought over the last three hundred years has been towards atheism. Most transhumanists are atheists. But some transhumanists, like many of the original Enlightenment thinkers, are attempting to reconcile naturalism and their religious traditions. Some transhumanists even believe that the transcendent potentials of intelligence argue for a new form of scientific theology.” (James Hughes, 2010)
Doofus Of The Day #1,039
Today's award goes to two inebriated idiots in Arkansas. Charles Ferris, 50, and Christopher Hicks, 36, were drinking Sunday night on the back deck of Ferris’s residence when they came up the bright idea to shoot themselves. Ferris, who was wearing a bulletproof vest, told Hicks to shoot him, according to the affidavit. Hicks obliged, firing a single round from a .22 caliber rifle into Ferris’s chest. While the vest stopped the bullet, Ferris was left with a painful welt on his chest. Hicks then donned the vest. Ferris, who would later tell cops that he was “pissed” about being sh... more »
MIT bans Huawei from campus after US government threatened federal funding
Just In - 13 hours ago
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) says it has severed ties with Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corp as US authorities investigate the Chinese firms for alleged sanctions violations.
Terms Of Asylum And Distraction: Moreno’s Assange Problem
Political asylum is an accepted if often ignored right. It is also at the mercy of those interests that grant it. Ecuador’s repeated insistence on conditioning Julian Assange’s stay in its London abode is tantamount to corroding the idea of asylum to vacuity. You are granted asylum as a political […] The post Terms Of Asylum And Distraction: Moreno’s Assange Problem appeared first on OrientalReview.org.
Cop Still Working at School Despite Video of Him Smashing School Girl’s Head into a Table
[image: school]Parents and community members are outraged after a cop was recorded brutalizing a restrained girl and was not only not fired but still working at the school.
"Are the Rise of Social Media and the Decline of Social Mobility Related?"
*"Are the Rise of Social Media and the * *Decline of Social Mobility Related?"* by Charles Hugh Smith "Social media offers hope of achieving higher online social status without having to succeed financially in a winner-take-most economy. I've often addressed the decline of social mobility and the addictive nature of social media, and recently I've entertained the crazy notion that the two dynamics are related. "Why Is Social Media So Toxic?" I have long held that the decline of social mobility--broad-based opportunities to get ahead financially and socially--is part of a larger dyn... more »
Arctic Sea Ice Continues To Grow
The volume of Arctic sea ice is very close to the median over the past 12 years, and continues to grow. There has been no trend in Arctic sea ice extent or volume over the past twelve years. Spreadsheet The … Continue reading →
Gallop Poll: Record Number of Russians Want to Emigrate
Anton Kardashov / Moskva News Agency *Moscow Times: **Record Number of Russians Want to Emigrate – Gallup* A record one-fifth of Russians would like to leave the country if they could, a threefold increase from five years ago, the Gallup pollster said Thursday. Public polling inside Russia has indicated in recent years that between 17 and 20 percent of Russians were willing to migrate. Official data, which has been criticized for downplaying immigration figures, says Russia’s emigration numbers have reached a six-year record. In Gallup's 2018 poll, 20 percent of Russian responden... more »
"The Way You Carry It..."
"It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it." - Lena Horne
The Media Endlessly Talks About Interest Rates—Are They Even an Effective Economic Tool at This Point?
Interest rates are a poor substitute for fiscal spending and as we've seen, over-reliance on monetary policy produces speculative booms and busts. More and more people recognize this formula isn't working, but what will it take to change course?
Congressional oversight is at the heart of America's democracy
Derek W. Black, Professor of Law, University of South Carolina at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 14 hours ago
The Constitution gives Congress the power over the executive branch, which it's free to flex.
Voter ID laws don't seem to suppress minority votes – despite what many claim
Rebekah Herrick, Professor of Political Science, Oklahoma State University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 14 hours ago
States may have passed these laws with the aim of reducing turnout. But new evidence suggests that they have a minimal or nonexistent effect.
Venezuela's power struggle reaches a tense stalemate, as human suffering deepens
David Smilde, Professor of Sociology, Tulane University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 14 hours ago
As rival factions vie for control over Venezuela, many of the country’s 31 million people are suffering prolonged power outages, food and water shortages, and limited access to medicine.
Allan Bloom, Gilbert Ryle, and Plato’s Republic
Allan BloomI have found an interesting war of words between Gilbert Ryle and Allan Bloom. Ryle did a nasty review (titled “If Plato Only Knew,” November 6, 1969, NYT) of Bloom’s book *The Republic of Plato*. On Bloom’s interpretive essay, Ryle says in his review: “Bloom also provides 130 pages of an “Interpretive (sic) Essay.” This Essay is not a bit satisfactory. It has the outward appearance of a running précis of the Republic, but it constantly slides, without signals, into speculative elucidations, into objections, and into expressions of Bloom’s own sentiments, including some ... more »
Sin is a Made-Up Religious Marketing Scheme
*Caitlin Johnstone* - What people think of as “sin” is a lot like Listerine’s halitosis marketing ploy.
The Forest And The Trees
For two months, we have been obsessed with the SNC Lavalin Crisis. But, Thomas Walkom writes that we've been focused on the wrong crisis: The climate apocalypse is fast approaching. That’s the word from federal government scientists who Monday issued an alarming report on climate change in Canada. They say that even in the unlikely event that the world meets its global carbon emission targets Canada is at high risk of extreme temperatures, drought and flooding. The evidence keeps piling up, and our political leaders keep ignoring it. Justin Trudeau's carbon tax isn't enough to c... more »
"A Lie Too Big To Fail: The Real History of the Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, by Lisa Pease"
*"A Lie Too Big To Fail: The Real History of the* * Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, by Lisa Pease"* by Edward Curtin "'We're all puppets', the suspect [Sirhan Sirhan] replied, with more truth than he could have understood at that moment." – Lisa Pease, quoting from the LAPD questioning of Sirhan "When Senator Robert Kennedy was assassinated on June 5, 1968, the American public fell into an hypnotic trance in which they have remained ever since. The overwhelming majority accepted what was presented by government authorities as an open and shut case that a young Palestinian America... more »
Commando Mission-Creep: Time for Change in U.S. Special Operations Command?
*David Axe* *Security, * Since the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the U.S. military's Special Operations Command has gained manpower and money as well as responsibility for an ever-wider range of missions. But now Congress is beginning to question, and push back against, the commando mission-creep. Since the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the U.S. military's Special Operations Command has gained manpower and money as well as responsibility for an ever-wider range of missions. But now Congress is beginning to question, and push back against, the commando mission-creep... more »
All of the Crazy New Gear the U.S. Army Wants to Smash the Enemy
*WarIsBoring* *Security, * Any guesses? In 2014, having withdrawn from Iraq and looking to end its official combat mission in Afghanistan, the U.S. Army started to assess the impact of more than a decade of almost exclusively fighting insurgents and terrorists. In that time, it had trained its troops primarily for that mission and bought gear specifically for those nebulous conflicts. But the world seemed to be getting more complicated and troops would need new weapons and gear to help deal with these threats. So, the ground combat branch went on a modernization blitz. *(This ... more »
Nazi Germany Never Happens: Meet the Man Who Could Have Killed Hitler
*WarIsBoring* *Security, * Henry Tandey regretted not pulling the trigger during World War I On Sept. 28, 1918 on a battlefield in France, a wounded German soldier shuffled right into the line of fire of a British soldier named Henry Tandey. Tandey raised his rifle. But when he understood the German was hurt and could not fight back, Tandey *lowered *his weapon. The German soldier realized he was in the crosshairs. He nodded thanks to his potential slayer—then scurried away. The German soldier was Adolf Hitler, then 29 years old. In 1938, British prime minister Neville Chamberl... more »
Dumbest Idea Ever: A 'Small' Nuclear War
*WarIsBoring* *Security, * Millions would die. *It just takes one nuclear weapon to start Armageddon. * In the event of a rapidly escalating conflict with the Russians, should the United States conduct a “limited” nuclear strike to coerce the enemy to back down? Or, in Cold War nukespeak, should the United States “escalate to deescalate” the situation? *(This first appeared in 2016.)* Believe it or not, that is a real question that is being debated in the Pentagon today. And the answer is no. Thinking we can use nuclear weapons in a “limited” way without inviting nuclear catas... more »
Russian military not ruling out more troops to Venezuela amid increased tensions with US
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:30 P.M.) – The Deputy Foreign Minister of Venezuela, Ivan Gil, stated on Thursday that his nation does not rule out the arrival of more Russian military personnel. According to Gil, the Venezuelan government has not ruled out the deployment of more Russian military personnel as part of an agreement with Moscow. “The […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Russian Defense Report Claims That Their Elite Soldiers Have Mastered Telepathy
Armed men, believed to be Russian servicemen, walk outside a Ukrainian military base in Perevalnoye, near the Crimean city of Simferopol, March 14, 2014. Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters *Moscow Times:* *Russian Military Deployed ‘Combat Telepathy’ in Chechnya, Report Claims* The Russian military tested the telepathic effects of parapsychology in its wars in Chechnya in the 1990s and the early 2000s, a news magazine run by the Defense Ministry has claimed. The techniques reportedly allowed soldiers to wiretap conversations, disrupt software, identify potential terrorists and read forei... more »
WATCH: Global Junk Food | The Movie
We absolutely know that a large part of our health problems, come from the food we eat. Literally, “You are what you eat.” Check out the full-length movie below about what junk food is doing to us on a global scale: “In Europe, food manufacturers have signed up to ‘responsibility pledges’, promising no added sugar, preservatives, artificial […] The post WATCH: Global Junk Food | The Movie appeared first on Health Nut News.
A witch hunt against parents of unvaccinated children
By Vera Sharav, Children’s Health Defense Contributing Writer, Original Article Published Here. Measles Outbreaks: How a Witch Hunt* Against Parents of Unvaccinated Children Was Unleashed We are witness to an orchestrated frenzy that has been revved-up by vaccine stakeholders – i.e., those who have a direct or indirect financial stake in vaccines– through the corporate/academic […] The post A witch hunt against parents of unvaccinated children appeared first on Health Nut News.
Brussels becomes first major city to halt 5G due to health effects
Great news. A Belgian government minister has announced that Brussels is halting its 5G plans due to health effects The statement was made by Céline Fremault, the Minister of the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region, responsible for Housing, Quality of Life, Environment and Energy. From an interview last Friday, with L’Echo: “I cannot welcome such […] The post Brussels becomes first major city to halt 5G due to health effects appeared first on Health Nut News.
College Board's AP Rate Hike Backlash
The College Board, the company behind the dreaded SAT and popular AP courses has made changes to the registration for the AP exams. AP courses and the exams that go with them are supposed to provide students with a leg up on college applications. Though the changes, which amount to an increase in cost, were announced over a month ago, they now add to the conversation the nation is suddenly having about the college admissions process. The new policy (to be implemented next school year) calls for students to register in November for the AP test. But in November, students are barely one... more »
Regarding North Korea: the Permanent State and Corporate Media Push Lies for a Reason
Our governmental and media institutions have long been known to lie about other countries, from Syria to Venezuela to Russia to numerous others. But since the propaganda about North Korea is so ubiquitous, even the most critical thinkers have been persuaded to believe it. To educate myself and my readers on the lies we’ve believed about the DPRK, I recently talked with an expert on the subject: Shane Lawrence Pick, a Zone Delegate of the… The post Regarding North Korea: the Permanent State and Corporate Media Push Lies for a Reason appeared first on The Ghion Journal.
New Report Claims Russia Uses GPS Spoofing To Hide The Location Of President Putin
Valery Sharifulin / TASS *GPS World:* *Russia practices widespread spoofing* The Russian Federation is growing and actively nurturing a comparative advantage in the targeted use and development of GNSS spoofing capabilities to achieve tactical and strategic objectives at home and abroad. A new report titled “Above Us Only Stars: Exposing GPS Spoofing in Russia and Syria,” presents findings from a year-long investigation ending in November 2018 on an emerging subset of electronic warfare (EW) activity: the ability to mimic, or spoof, legitimate GNSS signals to manipulate PNT data.... more »
After Losing Big On Collusion, Democrats Are Now ‘Inventing A Coverup’: WSJ
The post After Losing Big On Collusion, Democrats Are Now ‘Inventing A Coverup’: WSJ appeared first on The Duran.
UK MoD Vows To Investigate Video Of British Army Soldiers Using Jeremy Corbyn Poster For Target Practice
The post UK MoD Vows To Investigate Video Of British Army Soldiers Using Jeremy Corbyn Poster For Target Practice appeared first on The Duran.
How Brzezinski’s Chessboard Degenerated Into Brennan’s Russophobia
The post How Brzezinski’s Chessboard Degenerated Into Brennan’s Russophobia appeared first on The Duran.
A few initial thoughts about the first round of the Ukrainian Presidential election
The post A few initial thoughts about the first round of the Ukrainian Presidential election appeared first on The Duran.
The Ukraine Elections 2019
The post The Ukraine Elections 2019 appeared first on The Duran.
What Monroe Doctrine?
The post What Monroe Doctrine? appeared first on The Duran.
Bienvenidos PROSUR: a Return to Fascist Oligarchies in South America
The post Bienvenidos PROSUR: a Return to Fascist Oligarchies in South America appeared first on The Duran.
$7 Billion in Equipment Looted From Former US Base in Afghanistan
The post $7 Billion in Equipment Looted From Former US Base in Afghanistan appeared first on The Duran.
Same old, same old. Whether Iraq, Libya, or wherever - ISIS resupply is made from 'regular' forces abroad.
Belt and Road Initiative in Full Swing in Europe
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