Tuesday, April 09, 2019

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  • The world’s worst negotiating tactics, the equivalent of handing the other side a loaded gun while waving a squirt gun around, are: 1. Declare a de facto political deadline for a...

  • What Obama Had Wanted to Be His Chief Achievements: TTIP & TPP

    2 days ago
  • I have done a number of articles about Obama’s aspiration to be the most successful of all global leaders in establishing a global mega-corporate dictatorship by international...

  • Here’s What It’s Like To Be a Bear in a Rigged Market

    3 days ago

    • It’s not just tough being a Bear in a market rigged by trade deal rumors, Federal Reserve dovishness, a tsunami of Chinese liquidity and $270 billion in stock buy-backs in the first...

      The Vintage News



  • Mummified humans are a familiar discovery in Egypt, and recently come to light are mummified cats, dogs, and falcons. But mice? Yes, dozens of preserved mice were among the artifacts...

  • That Awkward Time President LBJ Gifted the Pope a Bust of Himself for Christmas

    a day ago
  • Gift giving is a wonderful thing: getting something you’ve always wanted, sometimes you get to see someone’s joy upon opening what you got them. But what about when gift giving...

  • Earth has Another Continent Called Zealandia – Only 6% of it is Above Water

    a day ago

    • Every school child learns that the Earth has seven continents: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia/Oceania. What most people don’t...

      Utopia – you are standing in it!



  • Originally posted on Why Evolution Is True: I have to say that I’ve been pretty disappointed the past few days with those readers who have said that Nazi and white supremacist speech...

  • Ken White on free speech and hate speech

    4 hours ago
  • Originally posted on Why Evolution Is True: Ken White, who’s identified as “a 1st Amendment litigator and criminal defense attorney at Brown White & Osborn LLP in Los Angeles” writes...

  • From the good old days

    4 hours ago


    •   TARPLEY.net



  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Monday, April 8, 2019 UK Commons, Lords, and Queen Approve Binding Emergency Law to Prolong Brexit...

  • Brexit Fanatics Face Wipeout as EU President Tusk Offers London 12-Month Extension – Time for People’s Referendum, Repeal of Article 50, New Leaders; Defeated Plutocrat Rees-Mogg Threatens to Sabotage EU!

    2 days ago
  • 56% of Britons Want to Stay; Collapse of Brexit Spells Shipwreck for Trump’s Foreign Policy as His Regime Reels from Defeats on a Dozen Fronts; 4 Steps for Negotiating with Barr to...

  • Two Weeks After Crude Barr Note, Trump Faces Grim Panorama of Defeat, Starting with Collapse of Barr’s Bid to Gaslight Mueller Report in Don’s Favor!

    4 days ago

    • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Thursday, April 4, 2019 Forced to Back Off on Closing Mexican Border; No Replacement for Obamacare...

      Sustainable Pulse



  • When François Peaucellier talks about soil, he sounds like a sommelier. “It’s full of little leaves,” says the French farmer, holding up a clod from his field. “The earth...

  • Bavaria to Pass ‘Save the Bees’ Petition into Law in Landmark Move

    4 days ago
  • Bavaria has announced that it will pass into law a popular “save the bees” petition that promises drastic changes in farming practices – without putting it to a referendum first...

  • Malawi Bans Import of Glyphosate Herbicides after US Cancer Verdict

    4 days ago

    • Malawi’s Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development has announced the suspension of import permits for glyphosate-based herbicides following the recent...

      sunshine hours



  • I referenced this  paper a few days ago. This blog post extrapolates the numbers to Canada. After collecting reams of data, and performing careful calculations, the researchers...

  • Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 97 – 2019

    20 hours ago
  • South / North

  • Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 96 – 2019

    a day ago

    • Big drop in Arctic. But the Missing column has a value which means the data is incomplete. We’ll find out tomorrow. Possibly. South / North

      Stagecraft and Statecraft



  • If Tibet is at the heart of the China-India divide, water is at the centre of the Tibet-India bond. Brahma Chellaney, The Hindustan Times Wars in space are not just Hollywood fiction...

  • The looming specter of Asian space wars

    11 days ago
  • Brahma Chellaney, Nikkei Asian Review When China demonstrated its antisatellite weapon capability in 2007, it spurred international concern and criticism over the potential...

  • Pakistan, China and terrorism

    20 days ago

    • Beijing’s support protects Islamabad from global pressure to suppress militants Brahma Chellaney, Nikkei Asian Review International calls for Pakistan to take concrete...

      Socio-Economics History Blog



  • RT Published on Apr 8, 2019 Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini launched his campaign to build a populist voting block in the EU, kicking off the initiative Monday by hosting...

  • Fresh Saudi Airstrike Claims Lives of 13 Schoolgirls

    5 hours ago

  • In Gold We Trust: China Boosts Bullion Reserves as Part of Beijing’s Anti-Dollar Push

    5 hours ago

    • In Gold We Trust: China Boosts Bullion Reserves as Part of Beijing’s Anti-Dollar Push by https://www.rt.com/ The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) increased its gold holdings for...

      Ramani's blog



  • However lot of Manuscripts have found their way into Foreign Museums, Smithsonian, Gallery of Arts, UK, The Louvre , Paris, Vatican. ….

  • Our Forgotten Past My Lecture Bradford UK

    11 days ago
  • I have been sharing what I have read, studied and what I found interesting, for the past ten years, through Ramanis blog. After a couple of months into writing I found that, 1. History...

  • Twenty four Rishis Meters Devatâs of Gayatri Mantra Details.

    13 days ago

    • People of three dispositions ,Brahmana, Kshatriya and Vaisya are enjoined to Chant it as a part of Sandhya Vandhana , thrice a day. Sandhya Vandhana has the following components...

      Diane Ravitch's blog



  •   Jaime Franchi, a journalist, met Joe Biden at a  political event on Long Island, New York. He touched her. He touched almost everyone in the room, either with a handshake, a pat on...

  • Vice News: The “Illegal” Teachers’ Strikes Revived the Labor Movement

    20 hours ago
  •   Vice News says that the labor movement, which was declining, is bouncing back to life, thanks to teachers, who organized walkouts in states where strikes are illegal. The number...

  • Nellie Bowles: “Human Contact is Now a Luxury Good”

    21 hours ago

    •   Nellie Bowles is a technology reporter for the NewYork Times. I really like reading whatever she writes. She does not shill for the tech industry. She takes their claims with a large...

      Pasco Phronesis



  • The previous week got me all excited, but I was hoping the crash wasn’t going to be so soon.  To butcher the old saying, March went out like a lion for science and technology related...

  • Science and Technology Guests on Late Night, Week of March 25

    8 days ago
  • Sure, I’m counting the repeats, but this past week was a welcome break from the relative lack of science and technology guests I’ve noticed over the last two years. Several programs...

  • Science and Technology Guests on Late Night, Week of March 18

    16 days ago

    • A rare appearance in these posts of The Tonight Show.  Malcolm Gladwell visited the program on March 18, promoting a documentary film called Autonomy.  The film focuses on self-driving...

      NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT



  • By Paul Homewood     From Phys.org     Melting glaciers causing sea levels to rise at ever greater rates by University of Zurich Melting  ice sheets in Greenland and the Antarctic...

  • Butterflies bounce back in heatwave summer

    15 hours ago
  • By Paul Homewood   Latest news from Butterfly Conservation:     UK butterflies bounced back in 2018 following a string of poor years, thanks in part to last year’s heatwave summer...

  • Attenborough’s Netflix Nonsense

    18 hours ago

    • By Paul Homewood     Attenborough’s new Netflix series is out. I have not watched it, but someone has sent me some notes of his claims:   It seems to be going on big on the idea that...

      NoTricksZone



  • An empirical analysis using 2005-2015 data from 15 EU countries indicates that as more renewable energies (i.e., solar PV) are deployed, energy costs increase, household poverty...

  • Analysis Of 7 California Stations Shows No Precipitation Trend Change

    2 days ago
  • By Kirye and P. Gosselin We often hear how the climate is changing everywhere, like in California. Listening to the media we get the impression that the Golden State is drying out and...

  • Newest Climate Model Still Useless, German Scientist Says. And: Green Energy Turning Into An Ecological Disaster

    3 days ago

    • One of the fathers of the German environmental movement, Prof. Fritz Vahrenholt, comments on models, Friday school strikes and the environmental destruction by green energies...

      NEPC Blog Post of the Day



  • Our Schools: 3 Questions That 'Created Havoc' in Betsy DeVos' Department of Education U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is famous for giving a nonresponse to fairly straightforward...

  • Janresseger: Scathing New Report Demands Moratorium on New Grants from Federal Charter Schools Program

    4 days ago
  • Janresseger: Scathing New Report Demands Moratorium on New Grants from Federal Charter Schools Program The Network for Public Education has released Asleep at the Wheel: How...

  • Living in Dialogue: Will Oklahoma Rein In Epic Charter Failure?

    5 days ago

    • Living in Dialogue: Will Oklahoma Rein In Epic Charter Failure? As the Network for Public Education documents a billion dollars wasted on failed charter schools, the national...

      Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers



  • Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness Right after the 2016 election, Green Party candidate Jill Stein—cheered on by Hillary Clinton dead-enders—sued in three states to...

  • Angry Reader 04-04-2019

    5 days ago
  • From An Angry Reader: Sir: I thought you were supposed to be an intellectual. Hoover Institution and all that. Then you go off on an illegal immigrant killing an American. That’s...

  • With Mueller Hopes Gone, So Goes Progressive Unity

    5 days ago

    • Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness The Democratic Party has lots of radical new ideas, and lots of radical presidential candidates and politicos. But the common hatred of...

    The Moderate Voice



  • So many people have staggered away from Donald Trump’s smoking wreckage, via resignation or removal, that it’s tempting to employ black humor – to quip, for instance, that...

  • An analysis of nearly 4 million pitches shows just how many mistakes umpires make

    12 hours ago
  • Umpire Quinn Wolcott signals a strike out during an at-bat by Toronto Blue Jays’ Josh Thole. AP Photo/Ted S. Warren Mark T. Williams, Boston University Baseball is back, and fans...

  • No Vacancy (Cartoon)

    12 hours ago

    • The post No Vacancy (Cartoon) appeared first on The Moderate Voice.

      Marginal REVOLUTION



  • Camden NJ has thrice been named the most dangerous city in America. Camden suffered not only from high crime but from poor policing under a rigid union contract. Jim Epstein described...

  • *Big Business: A Love Letter to an American Anti-Hero*, publication day

    3 hours ago
  • I view this work as an antidote to many of the less than stellar arguments circulating today.  It looks like this: Table of contents 1. A new pro-business manifesto 2. Are businesses...

  • Genes, income, and happiness

    18 hours ago

    • Significant differences between genetic correlations indicated that, the genetic variants associated with income are related to better mental health than those linked to educational...

      Lloyd Lofthouse



  • Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Democracy is under attack, not only in D.C., but in the state capitols. To understand just how serious this attack is, how insidious it is...

  • Why the British Don’t Like Trump

    8 days ago
  • Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Bon Shepherd posted this explanation of why the British don’t like Trump: character counts. ? Someone on Quora asked “Why do some British...

  • The Greatest Generation

    11 days ago

    • What does Make America Great Again really mean? Continue reading →

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  • It would be great if Venezuela ousted its socialist dictator, but is it wise for the United States to send troops to get that done? 
  • ( Why would anyone believe reports of conditions in Venezuela filtered through  US presstitutes ? The US has made its wishes clear. Lying is standard operating procedure.  )

  • “Unplanned” Continues to Soar at Box Office Despite Media Hostility and Liberal Opposition

    16 hours ago
  • Planned Parenthood, Hollywood, Big Media, and Big Social Media have failed to kill Unplanned, the little film that speaks truth to power.

  • Philippines’ President Duterte Tells China to “Lay Off” Thitu Island

    17 hours ago

    • Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to send troops on a “suicide mission” if the Chinese do not “lay off” the disputed Thitu Island in the South China Sea...

      MintPress News



  • “Ilhan Omar went to Washington to shake up the status quo, not to parrot it. So why is she trying to prove her bona fides by adopting the discredited ‘two-state solution,’ which...

  • Well-Known Zionist Settler-Activist Sees More Land Grabs and a “Greater Israel” as a Given

    an hour ago
  • With the annexation of the West Bank now set to take place in the not-so-distant future, it seems likely that Israelis that share Daniella Weiss’ vision will continue to push for...

  • Are Death Threats the New Norm for Zionists and the Rampaging Right?

    17 hours ago

    • Ilhan Omar is not the first prominent politician to challenge Zionism or its methods of shoring up support in the U.S. She is, however, the first Hijabi in Congress. The post Are Death...

      Marginal REVOLUTION



  • Camden NJ has thrice been named the most dangerous city in America. Camden suffered not only from high crime but from poor policing under a rigid union contract. Jim Epstein described...

  • *Big Business: A Love Letter to an American Anti-Hero*, publication day

    3 hours ago
  • I view this work as an antidote to many of the less than stellar arguments circulating today.  It looks like this: Table of contents 1. A new pro-business manifesto 2. Are businesses...

  • Genes, income, and happiness

    18 hours ago

    • Significant differences between genetic correlations indicated that, the genetic variants associated with income are related to better mental health than those linked to educational...

      Made from Truth and Lies



  • What are the equivalents of "once upon a time" in other cultures?(tags:language culture fairytale stories )Rehearsing for death: A pre-Kindergarten teacher on lockdown drills...

  • Interesting Links for 07-04-2019

    2 days ago
  • "Modern Monetary Theory" doesn't appear to be an actual coherent theory(tags:economics money )What happens when you buy a bunch of different fish and then test them to see what they...

  • Interesting Links for 06-04-2019

    3 days ago

    • Star Wars in Anglish (English if remove all words with non-germanic roots)(tags:language English German StarWars )I score 8/9 here. But not so strongly that it's debilitating...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today



  • Do we only empathize with and mirror others' behaviors in contexts calling for social cooperation? New research suggests taking the question further.

  • Medical News Today: Chili pepper compound may slow down lung cancer

    5 hours ago
  • New research in mice and human cells suggests that capsaicin, the compound that gives red peppers its spicy flavor, may slow lung cancer progression.

  • Medical News Today: What is the difference between a headache and a migraine?

    6 hours ago

    • While most people experience a headache occasionally, migraine is a condition that causes severe head pain and other symptoms. Learn more about the differences here...

      InvestmentWatch



  • Shake-up at Homeland Security goes beyond Nielsen’s exit WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and White House allies pressing for a harder line on immigration sped up their...

  • Would you feed your kids cancer-causing breakfast foods? Tests reveal many cereals contain the weed killer glyphosate

    an hour ago
  • by: Isabelle Z. (Natural News) Although many people tend to worry about pesticides mostly when they’re eating fruit and vegetables, the use of weedkillers like glyphosate is so...

  • U.S. government is committed to corporations, not the public: USDA dietary guidelines set by corn syrup lobbyists

    an hour ago

    • by: Vicki Batts (Natural News) The U.S. government is overrun with lobbyists and other special interests groups — and the addition of a corn syrup lobbyist to the USDA is ... Read...

      www.gurukalehuru.com



  • The Washington Post, which is owned by Jeff Bezos, richest man in the world (who just paid out $35 billion in a divorce settlement and is probably still the richest man in the world)...

  • Purity

    a day ago
  • Words are tricky things, and Barack Obama is a master of using them.  For example, let’s analyze this little gem of a quote: “One of the things I do worry about sometimes among progressives...

  • Dance Day

    3 days ago

    • It was a perfectly lovely little Spring Saturday.  Woke up early and went back to bed, but still had to be up and on the road by 9.  Isabel had a dance competition in Kadan, a town I’d...

     

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