Sunday, May 12, 2019

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  Australian Food News


  • Almost 4 million Australians are using digital catalogues alone rather than hard copy versions saying they are a useful tool and stress-free way to window shop, according to the latest...

  • There are enough fish in our seas – don’t lock us out!

    2 days ago
  • Seafood Industry Australia (SIA), the national peak-body representing the Australian seafood industry, welcomes the latest rebuttal to the tale of doom and gloom put forward by...

  • Aussie Start-up, Edward’s Oil Launches Australian Made and Chemical Free Cold Pressed Canola Oil

    2 days ago

    • Aussie Start-up, Edward’s Oil Launches Australian Made andChemical Free Cold Pressed Canola Oil Edward’s Oil, the new Australian start-up, is excited to announce the launch...

      The American Dream



  • It has been quite a year.  In March, catastrophic flooding in the Midwest absolutely crippled thousands of farms and “as many as a million calves” were lost in Nebraska alone. ...

  • The Most Medicated Country In The World: 46% Of Americans Have Taken A Pharmaceutical Drug Within The Last 30 Days

    4 days ago
  • If it seems like about half the country is on drugs, that is because it is actually true.  According to a new survey from the National Center for Health Statistics, almost half of all...

  • On The Brink Of An Apocalyptic War With Iran, And Most Americans Don’t Seem To Care

    5 days ago

    • This is the closest that the U.S. has been to a war with Iran in decades, and yet most Americans are either clueless or they don’t seem to believe that it could actually happen.  And...

      CNET



  • Users were so annoyed with OnePlus, some took to Reddit to petition.

  • Google Maps doesn't want you walking around in AR - CNET

    3 hours ago
  • Goodbye, Mr Fox. Google's dropping the whimsy from its AR Maps.

  • These monster fire trucks have airport safety in mind - Roadshow

    4 hours ago

    • The new firefighting vehicles at Oakland International Airport are ginormous, yellow and awesomely powerful.

      Dandelion Salad



  • Dandelion Salad with Chris Hedges RT America on May 11, 2019 Chris Hedges continues his discussion with reporter, Matt Taibbi, about the deep rot in American journalism. See also...

  • Humanitarian Aid Blocked from Entering Venezuelan Embassy in Washington D.C. by David Swanson + Medea Benjamin: Venezuelan Embassy’s Power Cut

    2 days ago
  • by David Swanson Writer, Dandelion Salad Let’s Try Democracy May 10, 2019 Two months ago, I heard a story. You heard it too, if you went anywhere near a television or a newspaper in...

  • Albert Einstein: Why Socialism?

    4 days ago

    • Dandelion Salad “For the sake of simplicity, in the discussion that follows I shall call “workers” all those who do not share in the ownership of the means of production—although...

      The Economic Collapse



  • As expected, trade negotiations with China concluded on Friday with no trade deal in sight.  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin called the negotiations “constructive”, and...

  • The Deadline Passes And Trump Brings Down The Tariff Hammer – China Immediately Promises To Retaliate

    2 days ago
  • At 12:01 AM eastern time on Friday, President Trump followed through on his threats and hit China with a massive tariff increase.  As you will see below, China immediately pledged...

  • Trump Spooks Global Markets: China “Broke The Deal. They Can’t Do That, So They’ll Be Paying.”

    3 days ago

    • It sure looks like nothing can stop the trade war now, and that could potentially be absolutely disastrous for the global economy.  The last major trade war began in 1930, and it turned...
    • ( China obviously has no respect. Then again, what respect has the US for Iran and the EU these days ?  Is the US banking on the strength of its debt to restrain China ? All the rest of the 'paying' has been from American consumers buying Chinese goods. )

      Eurasia Review



  • It has been an uninspiring election, punctuated by occasional moments of madness on the part of various candidates. Their sin

  • Swiss Start-Ups Hope To Slow Climate Change With Cow Burps

    11 hours ago
  • By Tara Giroud Could changing what cows eat help keep the planet from warming? Several Swiss companies have created feed

  • Sri Lanka Government Begins Paying Compensations For Easter Sunday Terror Victims

    11 hours ago

    • The families of 103 victims killed in the Easter Sunday bombings on April 21 have received Rs 47 million in

      Geoengineering Watch



  • Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org What price has the planet paid for the “American Dream”? The unsustainability of modern industrialized militarized society will...

  • Climate Change Advocates Ignore Geoengineering

    3 days ago
  • Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org Collective efforts are essential If we are to have any chance of exposing and halting global climate engineering operations in time to...

  • Geoengineering Watch Global Alert News, May 4, 2019, #195

    8 days ago

    • Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org Are more now beginning to comprehend the destruction being created from industrialized militarized societies? Will a significant...

      intelNews.org



  • An untypical high-level meeting was convened at the headquarters of the United States Central Intelligence Agency last week to discuss Iran, according to NBC News. The meeting...

  • Intel that prompted US to deploy aircraft carrier to Middle East ‘came from Israel’

    3 days ago
  • The sudden decision by the United States to deploy significant firepower to the Middle East was partly in response to intelligence that was given to Washington by Israeli officials...

  • US lifts sanctions on Venezuelan ex-spy chief, calls on others to defect

    4 days ago

    • In an effort to persuade senior members of the Venezuelan government to defect, the United States has lifted punitive financial sanctions on the country’s intelligence director...

      Joniopolis



  •           Lately St. Bob has experienced a windfall. Check after check has been pouring in from his Game Show days (you do know that he hosted and announced game shows, right? That...

  • A Vile Situation

    12 days ago
  •           Can I please be in the Vial Olympics? I don’t expect to be in the real ones. Heck, I doubt they’d even give someone this unathletic a seat on the back row.         ...

  • A Hoot and a Half

    19 days ago

    • For all you irony lovers, this is a topper. (And that last word was for all you pun lovers). I just got billed for a Groupon to HOOTER’S.  Yes, folks, an establishment where I have never...

      Niqnaq



  • Israel’s choice in Gaza Maureen Clare Murphy, Electronic Intifada, May 10 2019 A school in Gaza City, destroyed on May 8. (Photo: Ashraf Amra/ APA) Will Israel opt for another war...

  • mistress of open source intelligence

    a day ago
  • Sources on ground in #Idlib informed me that UK & US experts have enabled & provided equipment for establishment of Nusra Front (HTS) chemical weapon factories in #KhanSheikhoun...

  • as if war with iran & china were not enough, we can anticipate war with venezuela & russia, too

    a day ago

    • Venezuelan Navy wards off Coast Guard ship ‘close’ to territorial waters RT.com, May 2019 The Coast Guard cutter James, one of the US Navy’s most technologically advanced...

      Inter Press ServiceInter Press Service



  • More people are displaced inside their own countries than ever before, and only higher figures can be expected without urgent long-term action, a new report found. Launched by the...

  • South Africans Look to Re-elected Government to Rebuild a Stagnant Economy

    2 days ago
  • Millions of South Africans headed out in large numbers, some braving cold and wet weather to cast their ballot in the country’s sixth democratic elections this week. The 2019 election...

  • The Age of the Internet Calls for Younger Leaders

    2 days ago

    • Days before Algeria’s 82-year-old strongman president Abdelaziz Bouteflika was ousted from power, the country made one last ditch attempt to keep control: it shut down the internet...

    The Moderate Voice



  • The post Global Extinction (Cartoon) appeared first on The Moderate Voice.

  • Will Trump’s use of executive privilege help him avoid congressional oversight? It didn’t help Richard Nixo

    12 hours ago
  • On Aug. 9, 1974, Richard M. Nixon resigned and left the White House. AP/Chick Harrity Ken Hughes, University of Virginia Like Donald Trump, Richard Nixon tried to stonewall congressional...

  • The danger of dabbling in protectionism

    12 hours ago

    • By GEORGE F. WILL Washington Post Columnist WASHINGTON — A man who worked in a boxer’s corner in a 1962 match against Cassius Clay, as he still was known, explained why the referee...

    Mother Jones



  • Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) said Sunday that the Unites States is potentially facing a constitutional crisis,echoing comments this week from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. “A...

  • More Than 20 Democrats Want to Be President. Only 2 Have a Climate Change Plan.

    6 hours ago
  • This story was originally published by the Guardian and is shared here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.  Of the nearly two dozen Democrats running for president...

  • Trump Now Says He Won in 2016 Because He Didn’t Release His Taxes

    19 hours ago

    • On Saturday, the president made his ire for the Democrats’ ramped up efforts to obtain his tax returns known on Twitter, where he claimed that he won the 2016 election in part because...

      RFF Library Blog



  • Congressional Budget Office https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55019 Expected annual economic losses from most types of damage caused by hurricane winds and storm-related flooding...

  • Making Electric Vehicles Profitable

    a month ago
  • McKinsey & Co. https://mck.co/2u3zcEI …Based on our analyses, an OEM [Original Equipment Manufacturer] could expect to break even in cost with EVs compared to ICE [internal-combustion...

  • Potential Increases in Hurricane Damage in the United States: Implications for the Federal Budget

    a month ago

    • Congressional Budget Office https://bit.ly/2IfEVQz [Climate Wire, sub. req’d] The Congressional Budget Office doubled its estimate of annual hurricane costs, finding that...

      RSS Feed for Author: Paul Craig Roberts



      Unexplained Mysteries



  • The Travel Channel has released a list of the US states in which you are most likely to encounter Sasquatch. Based on "never-before-released data" gat...

  • Mystery creature carcass discovered in Florida

    9 hours ago
  • The shrivelled-up remains of a mysterious four-legged creature were found recently on a property in Titusville. When Kelly Garrahan snapped a photogra...

  • Man tells cops Bigfoot attacked him with an axe

    a day ago

    • Officers in Klamath County, Oregon recently responded to what turned out to be a rather strange 911 call. The peculiar incident began late on Wednesda...

      The Watchers - Editor's Picks



  • Floods in Paraguay displaced approximately 40 000 people over the past two months and caused significant losses to the country's cattle industry. Some 10 000 people have been evacuated...

  • Oceanic plate next to Portugal seems to be peeling apart, creating a new supercontinent

    19 hours ago
  • A new study suggests that the oceanic plate next to Portugal could be peeling apart in a process that may result in the disappearance of the Atlantic Ocean and the creation of a new supercontinent...

  • Wettest 12-month period in recorded history, U.S.

    2 days ago

    • With 919.48 mm (36.20 inches) recorded from April 2018 to May 2019, the United States has set its new year-long rainfall record. The previous record was 908.81 mm (35.78 inches) recorded...

    WebMD Health



  • The robopets stimulate conversations and trigger fond memories of pets or past experiences, the study’s lead author said.

  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Signs Can Show Up Early

    2 days ago
  • Rheumatoid arthritis symptoms can include joint pain or swelling, but 40% of patients have symptoms that don't involve the joints, such as fatigue, fever and loss of appetite...

  • Do Doctors Give Better Care in the Morning?

    2 days ago

    • One researcher offered this theory for why care seemed more complete in the morning: As the day goes on, doctors often fall behind schedule, and may run out of time for cancer screening...

      WhoWhatWhy



  • Reading Time: 3 minutes Many western countries are experiencing a healthcare personnel shortage. Immigrants have stepped in to fill the void but populists and racists have used...

  • Immigrants! Who Needs Them?

    a day ago
  • Reading Time: 2 minutes The US is facing a physician shortage, and immigrants are ready to fill these vital positions — if the US government would only let them. The post Immigrants!...

  • Florida’s Governor Signs Bill Allowing More Armed Teachers

    2 days ago

    • Reading Time: 1 minute WA Aims for Zero-Carbon Electricity by 2045 ; Australia Misspells 'Responsibility' on New Bank Note ; and More Picks 5/10 The post Florida’s Governor Signs...

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