Friday, August 16, 2019

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  Washington's Blog


  • Let’s start by stipulating that the Jeffrey Epstein story is so sordid and outlandish that it’s like a made-for-TV movie about the evil proprietor of a nightmarish enclave...

  • POLL: Biden & Sanders Both Beat Trump in Texas

    2 days ago
  • No Other Democratic Candidate Does. Eric Zuesse Emerson College polls are rated B+, well above average but not great, in the 538-dot-com carefully tabulated rankings of 497 polling...

  • David Swanson: Nukes- What Are They Good For?

    3 days ago


    •   The Vintage News



  • Of all the things to come out of the Chernobyl catastrophe, a new vodka might be the strangest. Vodka is Russia’s national drink, much like wine is France’s and bourbon is the southern...

  • Alaskan Man Finds 50-yr-old Message in a Bottle from Russia

    a day ago
  • Over fifty years ago a sailor from Russia threw over a message in a bottle. He was on the refrigerated cargo fishing ship, the Sulak and put a letter in a bottle and tossed it overboard...

  • Glistening “Treasure Trove” of Ancient Sorcerer Discovered at Pompeii

    a day ago

    • Beads, amulets, skulls, and other treasure of a sorcerer have been found in Pompeii. Every once in a while, circumstances occur in which some ancient historical site is left in much...

      Utopia – you are standing in it!




  • The Wire – Valchek Goes Ballistic

    4 hours ago

  • MILTON FRIEDMAN Free To Choose: “Who Protects the Worker?”

    6 hours ago

    • Originally posted on Right From Yaad: Unions sometimes protect some workers – their members – but usually at the expense of other workers. Government protects its employees...

      TARPLEY.net



  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Thursday, August 15, 2019 Indian Premier Modi Unwisely Abrogates Constitutional Guarantee of Autonomous...

  • Worst Day of 2019 on Wall Street as Major Indices Fall 3%; Traders See #TrumpRecession Ahead Due to Inverted Yield Curve as Interest Rates on Short-Term Treasuries Exceed Returns on Longer-Term T-Bonds for First Time Since 2007 on Eve of Subprime Panic; Massive Flight to Safety as Long Bond Yield Hits Record Low of 2.015%; Canada and UK Bond Yields Inverted; German 10-Year Rate Goes More Negative!

    2 days ago
  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Wednesday, August 14, 2019 World Contraction of Real Economy: After UK, Germany Posts Decline in...

  • Trump Reports Beijing Regime Is “Massing Troops on the Border with Hong Kong”; He Grovels in Abject Appeasement, Calling the “Hong Kong Thing … a Very Tough Situation … I Hope It Works Out for Everybody, Including China”; This Greenlights the Looming Crackdown, Making Immediate Impeachment Mandatory; Tax Wall Street Party Calls on Beijing to Refrain from Violent Repression, Grant Freedom of Assembly and Free Elections!

    3 days ago

    • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Tuesday, August 13, 2019 Benedict Donald in Craven Retreat on Tariff Front, with Duties on Key Chinese...

      Sustainable Pulse



  • The U.S. law firm of Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman added 100+ new documents to the Monsanto Papers on Thursday. The new Monsanto Papers documents are available for review...

  • Monsanto’s Campaign against U.S. Right to Know Uncovered

    7 days ago
  • Internal Monsanto documents released in August 2019 via litigation against Monsanto describe Monsanto’s campaign to counter a U.S. Right to Know investigation into its business...

  • Home Depot and Lowe’s Face Roundup Lawsuits over Lack of Cancer Warning

    8 days ago

    • Home Depot on Monday was hit with a proposed class action in California federal court over sales of Monsanto’s weedkiller Roundup, saying the retail giant fails to warn of its cancer...

      sunshine hours



  • South / North

  • Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 220 – 2019

    7 days ago
  • South / North

  • Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 217 – 2019

    10 days ago

    • South / North

      Stagecraft and Statecraft



  • Brahma Chellaney, The Hindustan Times A final deal between the US and the Pakistan-reared Afghan Taliban appears imminent, with the Taliban saying major differences have been resolved...

  • Trump’s Pakistan concessions only provoked India’s Kashmir move

    9 days ago
  • BRAHMA CHELLANEY SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL India’s action in revoking the special status of the mountainous northern region known as Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) was driven...

  • Damming the Mekong Basin to Environmental Hell

    14 days ago

    • Dam construction on the Mekong River poses a serious threat to the region’s economies and ecosystems. The only way to mitigate that threat is to end defiant unilateralism and embrace...

      Ramani's blog



  • After completing the chanting of the divine sloka,the Boy,still holding a much surprised Le Vellian’s hands,closed his eyes for a few moments and silently offered his personal...

  • Vyakthaa Self Manifested Vishnu Temples Astakshara Temples

    a month ago
  • These are called Vyaktha Kshetras,that is where Lord Vishnu makes Himself available as Idol and thus becomes Describable. There are also called Astakshara Temples as they represent...

  • Athi Venkateswara Different Musical Notes From Hanuman Vanmutti

    a month ago

    • This temple has the Idol made of Athi Tree as the one in Kanchipuram Varadaraja Perumal temple. The moolavar is Lord Vishnu and the Utsavar is Yoga Narasimha,which is a rarity...

      Diane Ravitch's blog



  •   Last night I watched Anthony Scaramucci on CNN, who said to Erin Burnett that Trump is “not a racist,” but is “transactional,” meaning that he will say or do anything to get...

  • New Orleans: Test Scores Stall Below State Average, Teacher Retention At Crisis Level

    5 hours ago
  • The New Orleans myth continues to crumble, despite efforts by privatizers to call it a miracle. The latest state scores (LEAP) were released, and the scores in New Orleans stalled...

  • New Orleans: How a Student Graduated Although She Could Not Count or Read

    6 hours ago

    •   The parents of a student in New Orleans were dismayed when they realized that their daughter would graduate from high school even though she could neither count nor read. She was...

      Pasco Phronesis



  • August now marks the expansion of Friday reruns to more of the late night shows, meaning science and technology opportunities on late night decrease further.  The only repeat sort...

  • Science and Technology Guests on Late Night, Week of July 29

    10 days ago
  • Last week marked a new entry in the U.S. late night landscape.  Comedy Central has premiered Lights Out with David Spade.  Aside from Spade’s comedic sensibilities the focus...

  • Science and Technology Guests on Late Night, Week of July 22

    16 days ago

    • In last week’s repeats there was another plug for the documentary Science Fair, which was first mentioned on Last Call with Carson Daly back in September 2018.  The directors’...

      NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT



  • By Paul Homewood   h/t Dave Ward     Bjorn Lomborg has picked up on this story from the German news site, Taz:   https://twitter.com/BjornLomborg/status/1162311408144531457?s=20...

  • India’s Monsoon On Track

    6 hours ago
  • By Paul Homewood   From the Guardian:     https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/14/india-flood-alert-monsoon-kerala   Unfortunately, as the Guardian states at...

  • Onshore Wind Company’s Legal Challenge Against CfD Auction

    7 hours ago

    • By Paul Homewood     A story emerged the other day that a judicial review application had been made against the government’s latest Contracts for Difference auction, due to be...

      NoTricksZone



  • Climate poster child Greta’s is sailing across the Atlantic instead of flying – in order to minimize the climate impact. Teenage climate rescue warrior Greta Thunberg. Image...

  • Natural Variability Domination: Defying Models, Scientists Find LESS Extreme Precipitation In Recent Decades

    a day ago
  • Higher frequencies of drought and extreme rainfall are assumed to be associated with modern climate change. But long-term studies in both hemispheres indicate extreme precipitation...

  • Slow Hurricane Season No Surprise As Tropical Storm Trends Defy Climate Alarmist Warnings

    2 days ago

    • Recently NTZ published a post on a study which examined Vietnam tropical cyclone activity. The study found that for Vietnam “none of the meteorological trends such as frequency...

      NEPC Blog Post of the Day



  • Janresseger: State Takeovers: When Traditional Public School Educators Set Public Policy and Speak for Public Schools, It Makes a Difference If you are a proponent of the Jeb Bush-“Chiefs...

  • The Conversation: Curious Kids: Is Homework Worthwhile?

    a day ago
  • The Conversation: Curious Kids: Is Homework Worthwhile? There’s a huge debate about homework and whether it helps kids learn during the school year. But everyone agrees that...

  • Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Bread Crumbs and School Reform

    2 days ago

    • Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Bread Crumbs and School Reform In  the Hansel and Gretel fairy tale, the Grimm brothers’ version had the children taken...

      Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers



  • Victor Davis Hanson // National Review Some 80 years ago, on August 23, 1939, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, formally known as the “Treaty...

  • The Strange Case of ‘White Supremacy’

    2 days ago
  • Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness Any majority population must be careful not to revert to pre-civilized tribalism and oppressing minority groups. The United States, like...

  • How Robert O’Rourke Became ‘Beto’

    2 days ago

    • Victor Davis Hanson // National Review A  great deal of controversy has continued the past few days over Robert Francis O’Rourke’s longtime use of a nickname given to him at...

    The Moderate Voice



  • "'As we have stated, Greenland is not for sale,' a spokesperson for the Danish government said on Friday. 'We have noted, however, that during the Trump regime, pretty much everything...

  • 5 Interesting Questions About the Future of Cryptocurrency

    3 hours ago
  • As Bitcoin celebrates its 10th anniversary, there’s no better time to look back and reflect on the world’s first digital currency. How has it evolved, and how is it likely to change...

  • #MoscowMitch Putin Parrot (Cartoon)

    4 hours ago

    • The post #MoscowMitch Putin Parrot (Cartoon) appeared first on The Moderate Voice.

      Marginal REVOLUTION



  • 1. How the life sciences actually work, very interesting. 2. Prophets of the Marginal Revolution: last month I suggested acquiring Greenland. 3. Exponents: a new neoliberal on-line...

  • David Wright interviews me

    4 hours ago
  • Dave is an actuary, super-talented, and one of my very favorite interviewers and best prepared interviewers in the whole wide world (do say yes if he offers to interview you for his...

  • The importance of economic growth for Italy

    6 hours ago

    • That is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column, they chose an appropriate image, here is one excerpt: Decay is another problem faced by Italy, including decay of its natural and cultural...

      Lloyd Lofthouse



  • Originally posted on The Soulful Veteran's Blog: Mental Health America says, “Writing down your thoughts can be a great way to work through issues. Researchers have found that...

  • November 3, 2020 will be a Single issue Election

    a month ago

    • Every vote in 2020 will be a vote for Donald Trump or the U.S. Constitution; no other issue counts. Continue reading →

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  • VIDEO - C. Mitchell Shaw joins Top Headline to discuss the attacks that have happened at an ICE facility, where windows were shot at, and employees were threatened by protesters...

  • It’s Not Biden’s Gaffes but His Age That Concerns Democrats

    3 hours ago
  • Age is catching up with Joe Biden, and the critical independent voters are catching on.

  • Will Ghislaine Maxwell, Accused of Procuring for Epstein and Found in L.A., Be Indicted?

    4 hours ago

    • Alleged Epstein procurer Ghislaine Maxwell was spotted at an In-N-Out Burger in Los Angeles on Monday. She is very likely a target of the federal prosecutors who indicted Epstein...

      MintPress News



  • The Honduran corruption canard keeps the focus on police resources and individuals rather than on the pangs of privatization, and so it is often the line favored by the U.S. State Department...

  • Aloha from Dr. Martin Luther King and Tulsi Gabbard

    a day ago
  • “Aloha,” says Gabbard, “is a powerful force that motivates us to take action for the well-being of others and our country.”  In King’s famous words, “The arc of the moral...

  • Manifestos of Hate: What White Terrorists Have in Common

    2 days ago

    • Crusius, Tarrant and many such white terrorists are connected through a deep bond that exceeds the supposed claim of mental illness into something truly sinister.  The post Manifestos of...

      Made from Truth and Lies



  • WeWork, frankly, looks like a giant scam(tags:business fraud )WeWork isn't a tech company; it's a soap opera(tags:business fraud )The five ChangeUK MPs might not vote out the government(tags:UK...

  • Interesting Links for 15-08-2019

    a day ago
  • 13 Things Mentally Strong Parents Don't Do(tags:parenting advice )If Brexit undermines the Good Friday accord, there will be no chance of US-UK trade agreement passing Congress(tags:UK...

  • Interesting Links for 14-08-2019

    2 days ago

    • How white boys are being recruited by the alt right(tags:propaganda fascism boys internet )Russian nuclear-powered cruise missile blows up, creating "mini-Chernobyl"(tags:nuclearweapons...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today



  • The toes can turn red because of cold weather, injuries, infections, or other health issues. Learn more about the causes and treatments here.

  • Medical News Today: How to improve your memory: 8 techniques to try

    a day ago
  • Brain function and memory naturally decline slightly as a person ages, but there are many techniques people can use to improve memory and prevent its loss. Learn about them here...

  • Medical News Today: 8 natural supplements to help fight inflammation

    a day ago

    • Inflammation is the body’s defense mechanism, but it can be painful and damaging when chronic. As well as medication, people can try natural supplements to relieve inflammation...

      InvestmentWatch



  • Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter House prices dropped again – and ironically the most in San Francisco and Silicon Valley. In the San Francisco...

  • Luxury Market Chaos: The Global Mansion Bust Has Begun

    8 hours ago
  • via Zerohedge: Global real estate consultancy firm Knight Frank LLP has warned that the global synchronized decline in growth coupled with an escalating trade war has heavily...

  • Gold Nears Record Highs In Euros as Deutsche Falls To New Record Low Showing Bank Contagion Risk

    8 hours ago

    • by GoldCore 16, August * Gold has consolidated on recent gains this week and has crept higher in all major currencies (see LBMA prices below) and is nearing all time ... Read more...

      www.gurukalehuru.com



  • So, you say you want a candidate who can beat Trump? Well, there are two.Here’s how it breaks down: If it’s Biden vs. Trump, the election will be about who gropes women more and who...

  • Cup of Tea

    2 days ago
  • I’ve been waiting to write this for a while, but today is the day: my latest book of poetry, entitled “Cup of Tea” is published, that is it is available for purchase on Amazon and...

  • Bernie and the Press

    2 days ago

    • The headline read “Daily Kos Presidential Primary Poll: Corn-Free Edition” and the picture showed the table where the kernel poll – in which everybody over the age of 18 can...

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