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  • People mistake Spirituality for Religion and visa verse. It is often mistaken for some mysterious supernatural occurrence or a sect. When, in fact, spirituality is not mystic, nor...
  • Many people mistake detachment as a form of aloofness. Detaching oneself doesn’t mean that you should be a hermit. It does not mean that you are removing yourself from peoples lives...

    • Have you dealt with a Narcissist before? Narcissists are the Kings of communication. A narcissist uses the spoken word as their weapon. They turn words around, same as putting words...

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  • Chemotherapy drugs, such as methotrexate, are one of the first-line treatments for people with rheumatoid arthritis. These drugs can help relieve symptoms and prevent further...
  • Some people find that eating gluten can trigger rheumatoid arthritis (RA) symptom flares. In this article, we discuss the link between gluten and RA, foods to eat and avoid, and when...

    • Depression is a common and serious mental health condition that can often take its toll on relationships. However, supporting a partner with depression, both emotionally and practically...

  • Earl Jaques is abusing his position as Chair of the House Education Committee while Speaker of the House Pete Schwartzkopf sits back and lets it all go down.  But Schwartzkopf will...
  • After the News Journal reported yesterday that Design Thinking Academy was closing a week earlier than expected, new documents showcase the amount of cover-up that was going on at...

    • State Rep. Kim Williams is on a roll today!  House Bill #182 would get rid of foreign languages as a requirement for a high school diploma in Delaware. This Act eliminates a barrier...

  • TweetAcross the country, white residents are moving into areas they’ve long stayed away from. They’re arrival is driving up housing costs and displacing the neighborhoods’...
  • TweetFrom Bernie Sanders on charter schools and segregation to Cory Booker stating, once again, that he is a believer in public education, to higher pay for teachers and free-er college...

    • TweetHigh-end for-profit private schools are a growing segment of the education ‘marketplace.’ In this episode, we’re joined by Mike Levy, former curriculum director at...

      Din Merican: the Malaysian DJ Blogger



  • Trump’s ‘America First’ philosophy has created a less stable world by Dr.Fareed Zakaria https://fareedzakaria.com/columns/2019/5/16/trumps-america-first-philosophy-has-created-a-less-stable-world...
  • Malaysia’s Greatest Crisis: Loss of National Pride and Unity   May 13, 2019 by Murray Hunter Malaysia’s Greatest Crisis: Loss of National Pride and Unity Love him or hate him...

    • National service can mend the country The following column is adapted from Fareed Zakaria’s commencement address at Ohio State University on May 5, 2019. It’s graduation season...

      Chicago Boyz



  • It profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world … but for Wales, Richard?- From A Man for All Seasons I have been following the Oberlin/Gibson Bakery trial with the same...
  • Mice in a Maze

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  • Arnade, Chris. Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America. Penguin Publishing Group, 2019. Chris Arnade certainly seems to have been called, and may well have been chosen, to help...

    • China’s intelligence services appear to be using LinkedIn, with profile pictures generated artificially, for the recruitment of agents. Chinese intrusion into US affairs has...

      Centinel2012



  • Armstrong Economics Blog/Monetary Reform Re-Posted Jun 20, 2019 by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: I am confused. Is it true that only the Federal Reserve can create money and not...
  • Armstrong Economics Blog/Stock Indicies Re-Posted Jun 20, 2019 by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Central banks around the world are currently purchasing equities. If they continue...

    • Armstrong Economics Blog/AI Computers Re-Posted Jun 20, 2019 by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Hi Marty ! How can we really expect politicians to make any kind of decisions when even...

      The BRAD BLOG



  • IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Trump EPA replaces Obama's Clean Power Plan with deadly scheme to prop up polluting coal industry; Sorry, Mr. President, but US air pollution is measurably...
  • On today's BradCast, after what seems like a too-long absence, we're joined again today by Slate legal reporter MARK JOSEPH STERN for insight on the first batch of U.S. Supreme Court...

    • I've had a lot of legal questions swirling through my head in recent weeks as Trump and his minions have expanded their attempts at blocking all Congressional investigations of his...

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  • A lollypop is lurking somewhere in this collection of ice cream cones. See if you can find it.


  • Bumper snickers

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  • A new series on nuclear power on the USA Today newspaper network, includes an indepth story in the Asbury Park Press about the future for the New Jeresey region around the closed but...
  • It was supposed to be the "flagship" new reactor design and a French nuclear feather in EDF's cap. Instead, the EPR -- absurdly dubbed the Evolutionary Power Reactor during its short...

    • Writes Karl Grossman on Counterpunch today: “Shoreham Action is One of the Largest Held Worldwide,” was the headline in The New York Times about an event which happened 40...

  • Geneticist Craig Venter is a pioneer in the field of synthetic biology. In 2010 the media hailed his team’s success in creating “the first self-replicating species we’ve...
  • The Ruling Elites’ Chattering Classes still haven’t absorbed the key lesson of the 2016 U.S. presidential election: the percentage of the populace that’s becoming wealthier...

    • The Intercept‘s bombshell about Brazilian corruption is being ludicrously spun by the country’s media and military as a “Russian conspiracy,” writes Pepe Escobar...

  • By Matthew Warren. Teachers were just as likely to be "essentialist" believers in learning styles as other participants.
  • By Christian Jarrett. The researchers said their findings are timely for a society that is becoming increasingly diverse.

    • By Emma Young. Does loneliness lead to a problem with smile mimicry or is it the other way around?

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  • Since 1984, Indian and Pakistani forces have been occupying posts on or near the Siachen Glacier, a 47-mile-long glacier in the Himalayas. And despite a ceasefire in 2003, tensions...
  • Potawatomi Chief Wahbememe (White Pigeon) was one of the signers of the 1795 Treaty of Greenville. Among other things, this treaty allowed unfettered access to Great Lakes forts...

    • Located near the busiest train station in the world, a tiny alley of around 60 small bars and restaurants linked by a narrow street just wide enough for two to pass stands in a stark contrast...

      Accidental Deliberations



  • This and that for your Thursday reading.- Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood offers an electoral primer for voters who want to avert a climate breakdown in this fall's federal election. And...
  • Miscellanous material for your mid-week reading.- David Dayen interviews Elizabeth Warren about the role of government in ensuring that the needs of people take precedence over...

    • This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Farhana Yamin discusses the need to answer the imminent threat of climate breakdown with direct action to force politicians to develop an...

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