Tuesday, April 09, 2019

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A VERY PUBLIC SOCIOLOGIST

Hellfire for the MegaDrive/Genesis
A Very Public Sociologist / 14h
Brexit doesn't have to suck the life out of everything else. Well, not when there's a brief interregnum in proceedings anyway. And besides, Hellfire - a beloved slice of early 90s nostalgia - is suddenly on point with its narrative of taking wing against a robotic tyrant and its works. Code the evil Super Mech as either Theresa May or the Brussels machinery, Hellfire is a game whose ideological c
Is a New Conservative Party Possible?
A Very Public Sociologist / 1d
What links the difficulties Dominic Grieve had with his Conservative Association, CHUKa's application to become a proper political party, and the resignation of Nick Boles? It might not be anything. Conversely, it could be everything. You don't need me to tell you mainstream politics is in crisis. Or let me rephrase that, bourgeois politics is in a state of panic. Liberalism as a movement of elit
Critiquing "Gender Critical" Feminism
A Very Public Sociologist / 3d
An excellent video from Natalie Wynn, AKA ContraPoints.
The Newport West By-Election
A Very Public Sociologist / 3d
Have the good electors of Newport West sent British politics a message? This is what personages with far more esteem than I have scratched their heads about over the last couple of days. And the unsatisfying answer is ... it doesn't tell us anything we didn't already know. The result , which saw Labour's Ruth Jones retain the seat on a reduced turn out was always the certain outcome. But that has
Spreading the Pain
A Very Public Sociologist / 4d
Would you take Theresa May in good faith? Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice shame on me and all that. Yet there hasn't been a peace time Tory Prime Minister in a predicament quite as bad as hers. Pivot to no deal? The party is as good as dead to anyone under the age of 50. Secure a deal with a customs union attached? Major ructions, to the point of MPs defecting to Nigel Farage's bandwago
New Blogs April 2019
A Very Public Sociologist / 2d
Another round up of new(ish) left wing blogs you say? Why not? If they keep popping up, I'm gonna plug them. Here's what made it into the in tray since February. 1. Jewish Dissident 2. Labour Hub ( Twitter ) 3. Peach Tree, Pear Tree ( Twitter ) 4. The Little Leftie ( Twitter ) 5. Universal Credit Sufferer ( Twitter ) If you know of any new(ish) blogs, podcasts or YouTube channels that haven't fea

ADRIENNE'S CORNER

Mayor Pete Buttigieg flunked Theology 101...
Adrienne's Corner / 19h
and Beto O'Rourke of the flailing arms thinks Bebe Netanyahu is a racist. But, of course. So Pete - a guy who has sexual relations with other guys, a vision that most straight people don't like to entertain, and is a firm supporter for women to slaughter their offspring, slams Evangelicals who voted for Trump, questions Trump's belief in God, and thinks Mike Pence is a really bad Christian becaus
Great way to start the weekend...
Adrienne's Corner / 3d
Happy Friday everyone! Gleefully swiped from my friend, LSP. President Donald Trump 2020 trailer. A sneak peak of the upcoming 2020 election pic.twitter.com/QZXePmcj6r — Wojciech Pawelczyk 🇵🇱 (@PolishPatriotTM) April 5, 2019
Our country has gone completely bonkers...
Adrienne's Corner / 4d
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.
How was Unplanned the movie?...
Adrienne's Corner / 13d
if everyone in this country would see Unplanned , all people would storm Washington demanding an immediate end to abortion. It's that good. I Bought the Lie Until I was about 30 years old I thought it was "just a blob of cells" and abortion was liberating for women. They call the devil the "Father of Lies", which explains why someone who was raised a good Catholic girl could stray so far. I was n
FAKE NEWS! New Zealand shooter NOT a Trump supporter...
Adrienne's Corner / 24d
as the MSM swings into action. Good luck finding the manifesto from the wack job. I did - finally, and read the entire 74 pages. I also copied and pasted it into Word since soon you will not be able to find a copy anywhere. It's quite clear he is not a Trump supporter, but that isn't going to stop the MSM from screeching, "Trump, Trump, Trump." So far the only thing the MSM has right is the guy i
We're coming for you commie libtards...
Adrienne's Corner / 10d
I could watch this a hundred times - even though I watched the entire rally. And the crowds outside were darn near as big. MAGA A yuuuuuge thank you to my friend Astroserf over at the world famous home of MOTUS who told me how to embed this. Forever grateful! The Trump Rally Tonight in Michigan looks (and sounds) like the Super Bowl. After being absolved of two years of baseless slander - it migh

ARMSCONTROLWONK

Heroes of Arms Control
ArmsControlWonk / 22h
Quote of the week: “Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.” — Lewis Mumford Building something of lasting importance is hard work; tearing it down is comparatively easy. In this troubled time when the nuclear safety net is being shredded, let us briefly pause to give tribute to its master …
Burn Notice
ArmsControlWonk / 6d
February and March of 2019 have been very busy for Iran's solid fuel missile team at Shahrud.
Disappearing Act
ArmsControlWonk / 5d
It’s a flood of apocalyptic proportions! No I’m not talking about Noah and the ark, or even Offut Air Base. Hi, I’m Grace Liu. Here’s your local Iranian weather for the week. *walks in front of green screen* The skies over Semnan in north-central Iran were mostly cloudy, with significant rainfall on March 20, 21, …
Norms of Responsible Nuclear Stewardship
ArmsControlWonk / 15d
Quotes of the week: “Baseball is what we were. Football is what we have become.” — Mary McGrory “It may be that baseball is, under close analysis, pointless. What seems apparent to me is that close analysis is pointless. The game is there. It is the best game there is. That’s all you need to …
Norms of Responsible Nuclear Stewardship (cont.)
ArmsControlWonk / 8d
Quote of the week: “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” — Theodor Seuss Geisel, “The Lorax” Last week, I offered seven norms for taming dangerous nuclear deterrence strategies: The norm of not using nuclear weapons in warfare. The norm of not threatening to use …
George Kennan on the Bomb
ArmsControlWonk / 22d
Quote of the week: To my mind, the nuclear bomb is the most useless weapon ever invented. It can be employed to no rational purpose. It is not even an effective defense against itself.” — George Kennan George Kennan holds the distinction of being the only person to publicly and accurately predict both how the …

CENSORED NEWS

Art and Literature on Tohono O'odham Nation -- The Power of Words and Presence
Censored News / 11h
Ofelia Rivas, O'odham, Photo by TD Garcia Photo by Brenda Norrell O'odham, Dine' and Pawnee shared their poetry of corn and rain, words of inherent sovereignty and research, at the Tohono O'odham Museum this afternoon. Please check back for the story. -- Brenda Norrell, Censored News
Speaking from the Heart -- Apache Wendsler Nosie's Words in Paris, Part I
Censored News / 3d
WENDSLER NOSIE SR. IN PARIS, PART ONE: ABOUT HIS FAMILY, THE CHIRICAHUA APACHES AND THE SAN CARLOS RESERVATION Photo by Christine Prat By Christine Prat Censored News On March 23rd, 2019, we were honored by the visit in Paris of Wendsler Nosie Sr. The gathering was organized by the CSIA (Committee for Solidarity with the Indians of the Americas). Mr. Nosie introduced
How Abusive Partners Use Sexual Assault as a Form of Control
Censored News / 4d
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
Those absurd rants about closing the border. Good luck with that.
Censored News / 9d
Longhorn Grill near Arizona Border photo Brenda Norrell By Brenda Norrell Censored News I've been trying to come up with a funny cartoon about Trump's rants about closing the border. Most of the border looks like just another clump of sagebrush, creosote, rock or sand. I know because I foolishly decided to drive the 1,954 mile US Mexico border. It started out poorly, with wildfires
Colorado -- Blue Skies, Sunshine and Snow -- Longest Walk Photos by Bad Bear 2019
Censored News / 9d
. Now, Saturday afternoon, walkers are at Monarch Pass in the Rocky Mountains. . . . LONGEST WALK 2019 Photos by Longwalker Carl Bad Bear Sampson, Western Shoshone, March 29 and 30, 2019.
Colorado -- Blue Skies, Sunshine and Snow -- Longest Walk Photos by Bad Bear 2019
Censored News / 9d
. LONGEST WALK 2019 Photos by Longwalker Carl Bad Bear Sampson, Western Shoshone, March 29 and 30, 2019.

CENTAURI DREAMS

HR 8799e: A New Level of Exoplanet Imaging
Centauri Dreams / 4d
A method for enhanced exoplanet investigation takes center stage today as we look at the GRAVITY instrument, a near-infrared tool aided by adaptive optics that brings new precision to exoplanet imaging. In operation at the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) at Paranal Observatory in Chile, GRAVITY works with the combined light of multiple telescopes to prod
Shaping the TESS Target List
Centauri Dreams / 5d
Picking up on TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite), one of whose discoveries we examined yesterday, comes news of a document called the “TESS Habitable Zone Star Catalog.” The work of Cornell astronomers in collaboration with colleagues at Lehigh and Vanderbilt, the paper has just been published in Astrophysical Journal Letters (citation below), where we find 1,822 stars where TESS may fi
White Dwarf Debris Suggests a Common Destiny
Centauri Dreams / 3d
An iron and nickel-rich planetesimal is apparently all that survives of a planet following the death of its star, SDSS J122859.93+104032.9. We are talking about an object in an orbit around a white dwarf so tight that it completes a revolution every two hours. Significantly, spectroscopic methods were used to make the identification, the first time a solid body has been found around a white dwarf
Hayabusa2 Impactor Deployment
Centauri Dreams / 23h
Putting a crater on an asteroid is no small matter, for it allows us to gather samples to further nail down the object’s composition. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has achieved the feat on asteroid Ryugu using the Small Carry-on Impactor (SCI) carried by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft. Confirmation of the crater and details about its size will be forthcoming, but fortunately the spacecr
TESS: A ‘Hot Saturn’ & Asteroseismology
Centauri Dreams / 6d
It’s good to see TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, producing early results. We’re coming up on the one year anniversary of its launch last April 18, with the spacecraft’s four cameras doing month-long stares at 26 vertical strips of sky, beginning with the southern hemisphere. Two years of such scanning will produce coverage of 85 percent of the sky. The focus on bright, nearby sta
A SETI Search of Earth’s Co-orbitals
Centauri Dreams / 17d
One objection to SETI is that it is not falsifiable — there is no point at which a lack of signals can prove that extraterrestrial civilizations do not exist. But there are some aspects of SETI that can be falsifiable. Consider a class of objects near enough for us to investigate not only with listening efforts but with probes, one small enough to be thoroughly covered, and one most people know a

DAVID CLIMENHAGA'S ALBERTA DIARY

The Prodigal Roughneck returns – Bernard the Roughneck throws his hardhat into the ring for FCP in Grande Prairie
David Climenhaga's Alberta Diary / 18d
The good news for Alberta’s Freedom Conservative Party is that it’s recruited a national figure as one of its candidates. The bad news for the FCP may be the national figure in question is Neal Bernard Hancock, better known as “Bernard the Roughneck.” A three-paragraph news story on Mr. Hancock’s nomination appeared on the Everything GP online news site yesterday, with a quote from FCP Leader and
Rachel Notley accepts nomination; accuses Jason Kenney of coolly lying about ‘Kamikaze Campaign’
David Climenhaga's Alberta Diary / 22d
Based on what we’ve learned in the past 24 hours, it’s hard to dispute Premier Rachel Notley’s blunt assessment at her nomination meeting in the Edmonton-Strathcona riding yesterday that Opposition Leader Jason Kenney has been coolly lying about the role of his 2017 leadership campaign in the so-called “Kamikaze Mission” to sink his rival to lead the opposition United Conservative Party. Accusing
The medium is the message: Rachel Notley calls an election for April 16
David Climenhaga's Alberta Diary / 20d
The medium is the message. And in March and April 2019, the medium and the message will be Rachel Notley. Rachel Notley, premier of Alberta, personally popular but leading a New Democratic Party that has trailed its conservative rival in recent polls, called an election this morning. Albertans will go to the polls on April 16, in accordance with the province’s fixed-election-period law bequeathed
Never mind the Throne Speech, yesterday’s excitement was still about the Kamikaze Campaign
David Climenhaga's Alberta Diary / 21d
Never mind the Throne Speech. Yesterday’s excitement all took place in the basement media room of the Alberta Legislature Building an hour afterward. The afternoon Speech from the Throne by Alberta’s NDP Government was pretty much what you’d expect under the circumstances, which are that Premier Rachel Notley is expected to call an election any day now. That is to say, the speech read by Lieutena
Alberta Election Day 2: Will UCP scandals keep traction once parties start rolling out their policies?
David Climenhaga's Alberta Diary / 19d
Premier Rachel Notley’s NDP clearly hopes to make Opposition Leader Jason Kenney’s character the ballot box issue for voters in the April 16 provincial election, but will the United Conservative Party’s scandals have as much traction now that the election writ has been dropped? The risk for the NDP strategy, even if daily reminders of the UCP leader’s flawed character and his party’s problem with
Disintegrate/Dissociate, poetry by Arielle Twist, tops Audreys Books Edmonton Fiction Bestseller list
David Climenhaga's Alberta Diary / 17d
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton during the week ended March 17, 2019. The lists are compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the Book Publishers Association of Alberta. EDMONTON FICTION BESTSELLERS 1. Disintegrate/Dissociate – Arielle Twist 2. The Silent Patient – Alex Michaelides 3. The Tattooist of Auschwitz – Heather Morris 4. The Silence of th

FROM THE WILDERNESS' PEAK OIL BLOG

From Jenna Orkin Mysterious Infection Spanning the Globe in a Climate of Secrecy The number of leaks of classified info...
From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog / 42min
From Jenna Orkin Mysterious Infection Spanning the Globe in a Climate of Secrecy The number of leaks of classified information that were reported as potential crimes by federal agencies reached record high levels during the first two years of the Trump Administration, according to data released by the Justice Department last week. You elected them to write new laws. They’re letting corporations d
From Jenna Orkin American Trees Are Moving West, and No One Knows Why On his granny’s secret service: Prince William in...
From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog / 23h
From Jenna Orkin American Trees Are Moving West, and No One Knows Why On his granny’s secret service: Prince William interns at MI5, MI6 and GCHQ " This is not the first time the prince has enjoyed a spell of work experience. Before he attended Sandhurst, he did three weeks interning at several City institutions including the Bank of England, the London Stock Exchange and Lloyds of London." Flori
From Jenna Orkin House Democrats Voted for a Natural Gas Future, and Nobody Noticed Gender Bias in Saving the Environme...
From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog / 2d
From Jenna Orkin House Democrats Voted for a Natural Gas Future, and Nobody Noticed Gender Bias in Saving the Environment Why Don't You Want Kids? Because, Apocolypse Daughters Don't Let Their Mothers Watch Fox News I thought this was an April Fool's post but in fact it's from July, 2016. Vaccines: Gateway Drugs by Design A wave of Islamic countries started to stand up to China over its persecuti
From Jenna Orkin WHAT NEXT FOR JULIAN ASSANGE? WIKILEAKS FOUNDER EXTRADITION EXPECTED 'WITHIN HOURS OR DAYS' Brussels B...
From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog / 2d
From Jenna Orkin WHAT NEXT FOR JULIAN ASSANGE? WIKILEAKS FOUNDER EXTRADITION EXPECTED 'WITHIN HOURS OR DAYS' Brussels Becomes First Major City to Halt 5G Due to Health Effects This week the U.S. Navy abruptly terminated its own scientific advisory group, depriving the service of a source of internal critique and evaluation. The Naval Research Advisory Committee (NRAC) was established by legislati
From Jenna Orkin A glacier the size of Florida is on track to change the course of human civilization. Vandana Shiva: W...
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From Jenna Orkin A glacier the size of Florida is on track to change the course of human civilization. Vandana Shiva: We Must Fight Back Against the 1 Percent to Stop the Sixth Mass Extinction Glyphosate use in the spotlight at Wodonga New Zealand parliament votes overwhelmingly in favor of new gun laws Taiwan threatens to 'forcefully expel' Chinese fighters that get too close after rare incident
From Jenna Orkin $80M Roundup Verdict Is Only $2.5M After Taxes, New IRS Math Climate change could melt decades worth o...
From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog / 7d
From Jenna Orkin $80M Roundup Verdict Is Only $2.5M After Taxes, New IRS Math Climate change could melt decades worth of human poop at Denali National Park in Alaska Bear too, surely? NYC’s fire engine staff will be cut, leaving firefighters in ‘great danger’: officials Flights Grounded Across US As Airlines Report Mass System Outages Beijing Orders 200 Ships To Spratly Islands, Provoking Panic I

GLOBALOVE THINK TANK

Ansel Adams Mt. Williamson
GlobaLove Think Tank / 12h
Do It Again Steely Dan
GlobaLove Think Tank / 1d
Surrealism
GlobaLove Think Tank / 2d
MAN
GlobaLove Think Tank / 3d
Never Die Easy
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dying's part of living
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GOVERNMENT AND TAXES

BWorld 311, MORE ride-hailing competition
Government and Taxes / 21h
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last April 05, 2019. The ride-hailing, food- and cargo-delivery, other technology-based service sector is a modern and fast-rising one in the Philippines and in Asia. It helps people and companies conduct their travels and businesses become more convenient and safe. The sector should get further Market-Oriented Reforms for Efficiency (MORE) to aid further mod
Presentation in 2009 in the US, Tear down our wall
Government and Taxes / 22h
I dug an old presentation in 2009 in one of the Atlas events. Well, it was the last Atlas event where they gave me a travel grant. Here are portions of that 28-slides ppt. I thanked Jo Kwong, then Atlas VP for Institute Relations, for finding resources to make me participate in that conference. Jo resigned from Atlas in 2010, and Atlas gave me zero travel grant since that year until today. Oh wel
BWorld 310, MORE stable electricity and competition
Government and Taxes / 1d
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last April 3, 2019. In a September 2017 paper, “Implementing the 10-point Socio-Economic Agenda,” the Arangkada Philippines Project (TAPP) made 22 recommendations for the power sector, among which are: (1) Support and approve the massive energy investments, (2) Increase the system reserve requirement to 25% of peak demand vs the current 17%, and (3) Formulate
Energy 122, TAPP roundtable on the power sector
Government and Taxes / 1d
Last Tuesday, April 2, I participated in a roundtable on "Challenges Facing the Philippine Power Sector" organized by The Arangkada Philippines Project (TAPP) and the US Chamber of Commerce, at Amcham office, Makati. Participants were from Amcham, Quezon Power, Aboitiz Power, Alternergy, GE, PIPPA, IEMOP, ECCP, GPDP, NGCP, DREAM, MBC, MAP, PCCI, PCFR, PSPA, PhilExport, USAID, etc. way to reduce p
BWorld 309, MORE local government responsibility
Government and Taxes / 4d
* This is my column in BusinessWorld on April 01, 2019. The official campaign period for local and Congressional candidates for the May 2019 started last Friday, March 29. Tens of thousands of candidates plus their supporters went out on the streets and reached out to media to get the support of the undecided. Also last Friday, I attended the “Benchmarking Cities: A roundtable discussion on infra
On NAIA air traffic congestion
Government and Taxes / 4d
Yesterday, our plane flying Manila to Cebu left the terminal 8.35am on time. Then we were stuck at the tarmac for about 1 hour and 5 minutes before we got the go signal to fly, the usual airport congestion. It's boring inside the plane, the pilots and crew too should be bored while the airline spends huge volume of gasoline even if the plane is not flying. Government – via CAAB, MIA, etc -- colle

IN THESE TIMES

Chicago’s Elections Brought a Lot of Good News for Progressives—and Democratic Socialists
In These Times / 4d
On Tuesday night, former federal prosecutor Lori Lightfoot won Chicago’s run-off election, becoming the city’s first openly gay black female mayor. She beat out Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle in a landslide, and ran on a broadly progressive platform, though she faced opposition from some grassroots activists who questioned Lightfoot’s commitment to police reform. At the city council
Black Women, Let Your Anger Out
In These Times / 13d
It is an infuriating reality that Black women are encouraged to repress our anger even when we have so much to be angry about. When I sit weeping from anger in the office of a white male supervisor gaslighting me out of my job, when I show up as a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle at an International Women’s Day event and am directed to the catering staff entrance (despite wearing a press
Beto O’Rourke Swings and Misses with Working-Class Michigan Voters
In These Times / 14d
Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke visited Michigan last week. Shirtsleeves carefully rolled up, he stood on tabletops across metro Detroit and delivered his stump speech. “He’s really good at his stump speech,” says local union activist Diana Hussein, who seemed unimpressed. “If Trump is the Twitter president, Beto is the Pinterest candidate.” Indeed, many of the rumblings from O’Rour
Brazil’s Labor Unions Prepare for War with Far-Right President Jair Bolsanaro
In These Times / 20d
FLORIANÓPOLIS, BRAZIL—On a gray afternoon in early February, 60 local leaders from roughly 40 unions meet at the tan, seven-story headquarters of the Santa Catarina State Commerce Workers Federation to discuss how to move forward under Brazil’s new, far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro. They represent metalworkers, teachers and just about everything in between. Similar meetings have been held arou
The Case for Opening Our Borders
In These Times / 18d
Democrats and Republicans have long forged a de facto policy consensus on immigration. Yes, Democrats condemn Trump’s wall and his family separation policy, but they pivot to talk about security and control in ways indistinguishable from GOP talking points. On January 3, their first day in power, House Democrats passed a spending bill that included $1.3 billion in new border fencing, which House
As War on Yemen Hits the 4-Year Mark, Here’s a Brief History of U.S. Involvement
In These Times / 14d
On the fourth anniversary of the War in Yemen, this brutal and ongoing onslaught has taken the lives of more than 60,000 Yemenis and left half the population—14 million people—on the verge of famine . What began as a civil war in Yemen escalated into what the United Nations calls the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Yemen became an international killing field, with Saudi Arabia leading a viciou

INEXPLICATA-THE JOURNAL OF HISPANIC UFOLOGY

Bolivia: Cattleman and Cowboys Insist on a UFO Presence Over a Property
Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufol... / 1d
Source: RED UNO Bolivia (www.reduno.com.bo) and Planeta UFO (Argentina) Date:04.07.2019 Article by Diego Seas Bolivia: Cattleman and Ranch Hands Insist on UFO Presence Over Property Notivision reached the ranch in Guarayos to hear the story of the cattleman and his ranch hands about this sighting. SANTA CRUZ, BOLIVIA - The sighting of at least 20 'unidentified flying objects' over a cattle farm l
Bolivia: Concern in Guarayos Over UFOs in the Sky
Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufol... / 1d
Source: El Deber (Bolivia) and PLANETA UFO (Argentina) Date: 04.08.2019 Article by Désther Agreda Bolivia: Concern in Guarayos Over UFOs in the Sky Cattleman states unidentified flying objects have been seen over his property. The story broadcast by some television stations regarding an alleged sighting of luminous objects over a cattle ranch caused alarm and curiosity in more than one resident o
Mexico: UFOs a Persistent Presence in Southern Baja California
Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufol... / 1d
Source: Noticias La Paz (Mexico) and Planeta UFO Date: 04.08.2019 An article by Gilberto Ortega Avilés Mexico: UFOs a Persistent Presence in Southern Baja California A strange green light was seen falling very close to the city on April 3rd; there were numerous witnesses. A series of strange sightings that coincided with blackouts throughout the state in September of las year caught the attention
Chile: Report on a Chupacabras Encounter
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Source: Noticiero Ufologico Autonomo (NOUFA) No.54 Date: March 2019 Chile: Report on a Chupacabras Encounter From the Files of Raul Gajardo Lepold, Researcher First Case Angol, 11.26.2006 IEA(*) Eyewitness Account [ (*) IEA stands for Intruso Esporádico Agresivo - Sporadic Aggressive Intruder, an acronym used in South America to designate the paranormal predator known more commonly as the Chupaca
Argentina: A "Bigfoot" Reported in San Luis?
Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufol... / 19d
Source: La Arena (newspaper) and Fundación Argentina de Ovnilogía (FAO) Date: March 12, 2019 By Avances Newsroom - A "Gorilla" On The Loose in San Luis? Argentina: A "Bigfoot" Reported in San Luis? A situation has been causing concern in the community of Quines, located in northern San Luis. The environmental police appears to be seeking a "gorilla" in the Banda Este region, a rather rural locati
Luis Burgos Radio Interview on FM Vorterix – 91.7 MHz (Argentina)
Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufol... / 19d
Source: Lucía Lopez and Fer Pacheco – Fundación Argentina de Ovnilogía (FAO) Date: March 20, 2019 Luis Burgos Radio Interview on FM Vorterix – 91.7 MHz (Argentina) Burgos : […] the president you’re referring to is Jimmy Carter. Who told the media in 1976 that he had seen a UFO in his native Georgia. Well, the story was subsequently debunked, some say it was a cover up, but evidently, for example,

MAJIA'S BLOG

Raining out Radionuclides after Chernobyl (and Fukushima)?
Majia's Blog / 3d
I mentioned in a previous post that I'm enamored with Kate Brown's Manual for Survival: A Chernobyl Guide to the Future (post here ). In an op-ed yesterday in The Guardian , Dr. Brown describes how the Soviets cloud-seeded using silver iodide to wash out the gaseous radionuclides from the plume of pollutants spewed by the meltdown at Chernobyl in 1986: Kate Brown (2019, April 4). Chernobyl’s disa
Cesium-137 in Fukushima Fish, Alaskan Currents and our Babies' Hearts?
Majia's Blog / 4d
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
The Power of Grassroots Organizing Against Nuclear and the Green New Deal
Majia's Blog / 8d
A former US Nuclear Regulator has stated there is simply no place for nuclear in a Green New Deal: Former Head of US Nuclear Safety says there's no space for nuclear in the Green New Deal. Bloomberg. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2019-02-11/finding-room-for-nuclear-energy-in-the-green-new-deal-video Of course the global nuclear industry has strategized their survival around "low carbon em
Kate Brown: A Manual for Survival in ACCELERATED DESTRUCTION
Majia's Blog / 12d
I had the good fortune of meeting Dr. Kate Brown some years back at a conference. She is an amazing person and formidable intellect. Her latest book A Manual For Survival sits on the table before me and I highly recommend it: https://books.wwnorton.com/books/Manual-for-Survival/ Dear Comrades! Since the accident at the Chernobyl power plant, there has been a detailed analysis of the radioactivity
Fukushima Daiichi Looks Odd on Cam 1 Today
Majia's Blog / 20d
I've been noting that units 1 and 2 at Fukushima Daiichi (visible on the TEPCO Webcam 1) have been looking rather steamy. Today, the view from Cam 1 is quite distinctive because the illumination has been changed and the vent tower is brightly illuminated, as illustrated in these screenshots below: March 17, 2019 Today, March 19 I've seen this change in lighting before but what is new is the brigh
Nuclear Plants and Rising Rivers
Majia's Blog / 21d
Hat Tip: TS The latest news is flooding in the Midwest as levees are breached in Iowa and Nebraska: Homes flood as Missouri River overtops, breaches levees in Iowa and Nebraska However, reports indicate that the Cooper Nuclear Plant still hasn't shut down because it projects the river will remain below 91.5 feet: the plant's official "cut off" level: Cooper Nuclear Station threatened, but not shu

NOLANCHART.COM

Corporate Republicans do not want good government
NolanChart.com / 15h
If our republic survives Donald P. Trump and partisan Republicans, Trump will, without doubt, be documented as the most damaging, the most incompetent, the most […]
Ending Women’s poverty by social reformers, economist or socialist?.
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My argument in this article is a series of statements to present a conclusion to ending women’s Poverty. Thus, I have outlined in this article […]
Democrat establishment turns on Joe Biden
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76 year old, white Joe Biden is in the cross hairs of at least a good portion of the ruling elite within the Democrat Party. […]
Improving higher income, capitalism or socialism?
NolanChart.com / 3d
I am focusing on this article about the importance of the specific requirements for higher incomes. I demand to focus how I can specify economies […]
Deep State Intelligence Agencies are betraying America…
NolanChart.com / 6d
Does anyone believe the caravans forming in Central America are spontaneous? Who is behind the organizing of the caravans. Who is paying for the logistical […]
Evolution and a market economy
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I want to stress in this article how Increasing the development will increase the production rate? How it will increase the commodities produced and delivered?. […]

NORTHERN REFLECTIONS

The Alberta Election
Northern Reflections / 23h
Things are getting interesting in Alberta. Last week's leaders' debate provided a clear contrast. Robin Sears writes : Rachel Notley may not flaunt the swaggering charisma of a Trudeau, but as she demonstrated in this week’s leaders’ debate, she sure wins on character. She conveys as well, a deep determination to fight for a politics of values, as she laced her opponent over and over for his wobb
President Dithers
Northern Reflections / 1d
Ten days ago, Donald Trump threatened to close the American-Mexican border. Then he reversed himself, saying he would give Mexico a year to comply with his demands -- but he held out the prospect of 25% tariffs on cars imported from Mexico. Max Boot writes : The good news: Trump did not carry out an ill-advised ultimatum. The bad news: The president of the United States has once again been expose
And A Fool
Northern Reflections / 2d
This week, students across Ontario walked out of their classes. Martin Regg Cohn writes : On Thursday, more than 100,000 students walked out of schools across the province, not to cut class but to protest class cuts. They rallied against $851 million in foregone funding, which will force students into larger classes as thousands of teaching positions are eliminated by late 2022 — supplemented by
A Shout Out From Brooks
Northern Reflections / 3d
This morning, in The New York Times, David Brooks gives Canadians a shout out. He writes : According to recently released data, between 2015 and 2017, Canada reduced its official poverty rate by at least 20 percent. Roughly 825,000 Canadians were lifted out of poverty in those years, giving the country today its lowest poverty rate in history. We did it, Brooks believes, because we approached pov
The Forest And The Trees
Northern Reflections / 4d
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 Can
Going Her Way
Northern Reflections / 5d
Jody Wilson-Raybould is gone. And she left in a huff. Susan Delacourt writes : Maybe there have been other politicians who turned a cabinet demotion into a three-month-long crisis for their governments, though none spring to mind. Perhaps there are other ministers who have spent days warning their bosses not to move them out of their jobs. But no one in Canada, until Wilson-Raybould, appears to h

NORTHERNTRUTHSEEKER

Important Health News: Faster And Deadlier? What Are The Negative Side Effects Of 5G Technology?
Northerntruthseeker / 2h
Just last month, the biggest telecommunications company in Canada, Bell Canada, formally announced that they were going to go all in on putting 5G cellular technology in place in all major cities right across this formerly free nation... I was absolutely appalled by this announcement, for I have known for years about the dangers of 5G electromagnetic fields in the Terahertz frequency range and how
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, April 7th, 2019
Northerntruthseeker / 1d
Sunday.... And time once again for my weekend rant... It has now been one full week since the criminal Justin Trudeau regime in Ottawa basically forced their odious "carbon tax" on the gullible Canadian public.... Gasoline prices have in fact sky rocketed in this part of central Canada thanks to that bullshit "tax", and most people here are now becoming painfully aware that their very lives will
Exposing The Global Warming Fraud: Interesting Video Shows World In Midst Of Carbon Dioxide Drought
Northerntruthseeker / 2d
First... I want to let everyone know that I have been a bit "under the weather" these last few days...My better half caught one heck of a weird 'cold' from her work and brought it home to spread it to myself and our son... I got hit hard on Thursday evening and basically have been laid up these last few days... I was stubbornly able to fire off one article yesterday, while I should have been rest
The Truth About Vaccines: The REAL History Of Polio - 20 Things You Did Not Know!
Northerntruthseeker / 3d
I do consider myself an "anti-vaxxer" for the fact that I am absolutely dead set against the usage of vaccines in our societies.... People have been brainwashed for over a century at least with the notion that "vaccines" are needed to combat a wide variety of diseases, but the reality is proving again and again that most of these "diseases" are actually man caused, and the solution to so many of t
NATO: Seven Decades Of Lies, War, And Blood
Northerntruthseeker / 4d
Today marks the 70th anniversary of that fateful day way back in 1949 when many nations in western Europe, along with the United States and Canada, all sat down and hammered out an agreement that formerly formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or "NATO" for short.... The original assumption and what was sold to the world at that time was that this "alliance" was necessary to "stop Communist
Must Listen Podcast: The Realist Report Interview With Monika Schaefer
Northerntruthseeker / 4d
Many people have asked me over the years about what ever happened to John Friend, an American patriot, and someone whom I respected for years.... Well, a few years ago, John and I had a falling out, primarily due to John's association at that time with some other so called 'truth seekers' that I deemed at the time as being suspect... John finally rid himself of those "associates" and has come a lo

NOT PC

"Under pressure, democracies have a nasty habit of acting like panicked crowds, suppressing anything frightening or just different in a search for security and conformity... a grim illustration of just how vulnerable the "liberal" element of liberal democracy can be." BONUS #QotD
Not PC / 13h
"Under pressure, democracies have a nasty habit of acting like panicked crowds, suppressing anything frightening or just different in a search for security and conformity... "In the wake of [the brutal mass murders committed at two mosques in Christchurch], the country's government has succumbed to blind reaction by restricting speech, depriving innocent people of arms, and heightening domestic s
"It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself." #QotD
Not PC / 15h
"Galileo was sent to the Inquisition for affirming that the earth was a sphere; the government had declared it to be as flat as a trencher, and Galileo was obliged to abjure his error. This error, however, at length prevailed, the earth became a globe, and Descartes declared it was whirled round its axis by a vortex. The government in which he lived was wise enough to see that this was no questio
"If this thing you call 'hate speech' is banned, and it is you who effectively defines what this 'hate speech' is, then you may effectively ban whatever sort of speech and speakers you yourself dislike. It's a beautiful thing, censorship, when you're the one holding the whip." QotD
Not PC / 1d
"'Hate speech' is so amorphous a thing it cries out for definition. "And this is the real point of this term: precisely that it is so hard to define . This is the true beauty of this anti-concept. Because if this thing you call 'hate speech' is banned, and it is you who effectively defines what 'hate speech' is, then you may effectively ban whatever sort of speech -- and speakers! -- you yourself
"I would define terrorism as deliberately targeting innocent non-combatants with the aim of influencing an audience. The goal might be ‘freedom.’ But terrorists slip over the moral line when they deliberately target the innocent." #QotD
Not PC / 4d
"Q: How would you define terrorism, because often people say one man’s terrorist is another person’s freedom fighter? "A: I would define terrorism as deliberately targeting innocent non-combatants with the aim of influencing an audience. The goal might be ‘freedom.’ But terrorists slip over the moral line when they deliberately target the innocent." ~ International terror expert Jessica Stern, re
Gun buyback: Correlation is not causation
Not PC / 5d
THE LABOUR-LED GOVERNMENT'S compulsory 'gun buyback' legislation is said by the Deputy Prime Minister to cost somewhere around $300 million. That would buy a lot of policemen. So clearly the Labour-led Government, along with everyone else in Parliament except ACT's David Seymour, has concluded that this compulsory buyback will keep New Zealanders a lot safer than a lot more policemen will. That d
"What does it mean to protect individual rights? It means banning the use of physical force, fraud, and coercion against human beings." #QotD
Not PC / 5d
"What does it mean to protect individual rights? It means banning the use of physical force, fraud, and coercion against human beings." — @CraigBiddle , speaking in the Free Market Road Show in Bulgaria on 'What is the .............. Proper Role of Government?' . Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is granted, with link and attribution.

PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS

Libya: Haftar pushes towards Tripoli Hoping to Up the Ante at Upcoming Peace Conference
Penny for your thoughts / 15h
Don't miss from earlier today: Erdogan & Putin Talk Despite US Warnings: Dis-illusionment TASS MOSCOW, April 8. /TASS/. The purpose of the Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar-led Libyan National Army’s push towards Tripoli may be to up the ante ahead of a national conference on the political settlement of the crisis, due in the middle of April, analyst Grigory Lukyanov, of the international discussion c
Erdogan & Putin Talk Despite US Warnings: Dis-illusionment
Penny for your thoughts / 23h
Because no one can speak unless the US approves of the discourse. Euronews The two leaders will meet in Moscow and are expected to discuss a Turkish military operation in Syria as well as Turkey's purchase of a Russian-built surface-to-air missile system. It is the third time this year the two leaders will meet. TASS Ankara is fully ready to launch a new military operation in Syria, Turkish Presi
Turkey/US Falling Out- Can't Be Avoided When It's In Your Face
Penny for your thoughts / 3d
I’ve been talking here for years about the US/Turkey fall out. The slightest bit of extra attention paid to the discourse between the two nations would have made their dispute obvious to a wider audience. Instead we all to read endless rubbish about what was "going on" promoted by the perception managing media. Alt and mainstream aided by on line disinformers. Finally. When it can’t be ignored an
2 Interviews: The Hard Road to Technocracy- Patrick Wood
Penny for your thoughts / 4d
First: Tim Kelly & Our Interesting Times Second: James Corbett/ Corbett Report
SNC- Lavalin (Rayboud/Philpott Update) & Libya’s Great Man Made River Project
Penny for your thoughts / 5d
We’re doing a blast from the past... The Great Man Made River Project in Libya . How many Canadians are aware of the SNC Lavalin’s role in getting this massive project built. One that greatly enriched the lives of ordinary Libyans. One that led to the corruption charges, which appear to have been ones of political expediency, all things considered . Drilling in Tazerbo "It is difficult to imagine
US Sanctions Venzuelan Gold Mines: Bolton- Regime Change Gaining Momentum
Penny for your thoughts / 20d
Link The U.S. on Tuesday blacklisted Venezuela's state-owned gold mining company CVG Compania General de Mineria de Venezuela CA, or Minerven, in its latest effort to clamp down on the country's gold trade. Minerven President Adrian Antonio Perdomo Mata was also designated in a pair of actions the Treasury Department said are aimed at curtailing Venezuela's "illicit gold operations that have cont

SCHOOLS MATTER

Big Win Over KIPP in California Privatization Fight
Schools Matter / 18h
Big, big victory in Los Angeles over proposed KIPP mega-charter : By Jared Hamil | April 8, 2019 Centro CSO press conference announcing defeat of KIPP charter school, victory for public education (Fight Back! News/staff) Los Angeles, CA - Centro CSO (Community Service Organization) along with teachers, parents and students from several East Area schools announced a historic victory, April 4. Afte
NZ Privacy Commish: FB "morally bankrupt pathological liars"
Schools Matter / 22h
From Huffington Post : New Zealand’s privacy commissioner is holding no punches in his criticism of Facebook in the wake of the deadly mosque shootings in Christchurch, part of which was livestreamed by the gunman on the social media platform. Calling the tech giant “morally bankrupt pathological liars,” John Edwards said on Twitter on Sunday night that Facebook “cannot be trusted.” The social me
DeVos Is A Symptom of the Planned Devolution
Schools Matter / 12d
The brittle crone billionairess, Betsy Devos, went before a House committee this week to answer questions regarding her bullish support for a 12 percent cut to the federal education budget that has been proposed by the sado-conservatives now in charge at the White House. Included in the cuts are after-school programs and mental health services for America's poorest communities. Because the progra
Improving foreign language competence in the US by reading
Schools Matter / 12d
Submitted to the NY Times,March 26, 2019 To the editor: Bénédicte de Montlaur (“ Do you speak my language? You should.” March 26, 2019) is right: There has been a move toward “holistic” foreign language education. This development is based on solid research done over the last four decades published in numerous scientific journals and books. These studies show that we acquire language when we unde
The Mind Trust’s Neo-colonial War on Parents: Part One
Schools Matter / 29d
I am busy finishing my new book--a follow-up to Hoosier School Heist that will be released next year--and will be blogging again this summer. Please read John Harris Loflin's new and significant piece posted below. Thanks! Doug Martin The Mind Trust’s Neo-colonial War on Parents: Part One By John Harris Loflin Due to the Mind Trust’s (MT) view that urban schools are broken and need fixing, this J
NYC Keeps Access to Top High Schools Away from Black Kids
Schools Matter / 20d
Ten years ago Catherine Rampell published a piece in the NYTimes that showed ever so clearly how standardized tests continue to protect the privileged and to punish the poor. This chart sums up the connection between standardized test scores and family income. The same correlations will be found, regardless of the standardized test used: In 2019, the same standardized exclusion instruments are st

STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND

Art Cannot Measure Up To The Beauty Of The Creator - A Quotation from M.N. Hopkins
Stranger in a Strange Land / 4d
Art cannot measure up to the beauty of the Creator. Neither human hand, canvas and brush or photography can truly capture the beauty of Mother Earth. © 2019 M.N. Hopkins
Through Our Pain And Joy - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins
Stranger in a Strange Land / 7d
Through our pain and joy Countless centuries we strive We are human(e) yet © 2019 M.N. Hopkins Note: This poem was inspired, written and published today for the first time on my blog, the 2nd of April 2019. I wrote it in the haiku style of poetry.
I Just Am - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins
Stranger in a Strange Land / 14d
I am not a man I am not a woman I just am I am not young I am not old I just am I am not positive I am not negative I just am I am not lost I am not found I just am I am not happy I am not sad I just am I am not angry I am not content I just am I am not love I am not hate I just am I am not life I am not death I just am I am not emotion I am not thought I just am I am not matter I am not energy I
Connect The Dots To Educate Yourself About 5G
Stranger in a Strange Land / 17d
You might wish to click on the click below for more information about this subject: http://mnhopkins.blogspot.com/2019/03/health-effects-of-wireless-technology.html
To Whom Do You Serve? - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins
Stranger in a Strange Land / 21d
Oh, such tenderness Within the human spirit To whom do you serve? © 2019 M.N. Hopkins Note: The first two verses of this poem were inspired and came directly to me a few days ago after watching a movie in which one of the main characters was a very sweet, sensitive and kind person which is a rarity in our world of socially engineered mental illness and a long list of genders. I tried 4 different
11 Quotations from Bruce Lee
Stranger in a Strange Land / 23d
11 Fantastic Pieces Of Advice From Kung Fu Master Bruce Lee InspireMore Staff 11 January 2015 Bruce Lee was not only a karate master, he had a pretty good outlook on life. Here are some of his best quotes. 1. Be Yourself. “Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.” 2. Admit Your Mistakes. “Mistakes are alway

THE DAILY HOWLER

Drum is annoyed with 60 Minutes!
the daily howler / 18h
MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2019 He may have missed the key point: Our favorite blogger, Kevin Drum, is annoyed with 60 Minutes. Angry headline included, we'll let him explain his pique: DRUM (4/8/19): When It Comes to Student Debt, Doctors Are the Least of Our Worries Last night 60 Minutes ran a segment about the massive loans that med school students have to take out —and the “radical” solution that NYU f
Hong and Hong explain Kierkegaard's mission!
the daily howler / 22h
MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2019 Gloomy Dane was doing anthropology, perhaps not unlike us: In recent weeks, we've gone back and tried, once again, to figure our Kierkegaard out. This has taken us back to a puzzling text, The Sickness unto Death. Four years ago, we let you gaze on the puzzling way Hong and Hong's standard translation starts. In the past week, we started reading their "Historical Introductio
THE "NO EXCUSES LEFT BEHIND" FILE: Digest of reports!
the daily howler / 23h
MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2019 Starting tomorrow, The seven percent illusion: Let's talk about the vast majority of black kids in New York City. We refer to the many good, decent kids who won't be going to Yale. No one in the pseudo-liberal world cares about these kids. That's especially true at the famously upper-class newspaper, the Hamptons-based New York Times. But it also seems to be true within the
The God-Awfullest Story Ever Told!
the daily howler / 2d
SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 2019 The New York Times' two "solutions": Have we mentioned the fact that last week's discussion at Slate between Harris and Gay may have been the worst conversation ever conducted by humans? Right from Harris' opening statement, the discussion dove into the Slough of Despond . That statement went exactly like this: "One of the best high schools in the country is on the edge of
NO EXCUSE LEFT BEHIND: "A lot of people are focused on bettering, so to speak, all the schools!"
the daily howler / 3d
FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 2019 Most clueless remark of them all: In fairness to Slate's Mary Harris and the New York Times' Mara Gay, neither one is an education specialist. This may explain the 19-minute conversation they recorded for Slate last week. The conversation concerned the operation of the New York City Public Schools. At no point did either participant offer even the slightest sign of knowing w
We must hope for indictments by somebody else!
the daily howler / 16d
SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 2019 The propaganda war moves on: The Mueller report has been dropped! The Mueller report has been dropped! Last evening, a wave of Paul Reveres rode through the streets of cable news making this 
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