oldephartte(in training): 18 August - My Yahoo! - 1 of 2

Sunday, August 18, 2019

18 August - My Yahoo! - 1 of 2

Phishing Equilibria in E-Commerce: Shopping Sites and Dark Patterns

Dark Patterns are tricks used in websites and apps that make you do things that you didn't mean to
Links 8/18/19
China’s Ultimate Play For Global Oil Market Control

The main driving issue is the realization by the Saudis that, irrespective of the reassuring rhetoric of

Janresseger: When Traditional Public School Educators Set Public Policy and

Janresseger: When Traditional Public School Educators Set Public Policy and Speak for Public Schools, It
The Conversation: Curious Kids: Is Homework Worthwhile?

The Conversation: Curious Kids: Is Homework Worthwhile? There’s a huge debate about homework
Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Bread Crumbs and

Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Bread Crumbs and School Reform In the

Saudi Arabia's oil price promise just doesn't add up

Saudi Arabia isn’t as willing to do whatever it takes to support oil prices as it would have us believe
Oil posts weekly gain as Trump signals possible trade detente

Oil halted a two-week losing streak as trade tensions between the U.S. and China showed signs of easing
Drilling rig count ticks up slightly

The number of active drilling rigs in the country rose by one this week, but there were larger swings

Joe Biden’s boom and bust online campaign

Biden’s online fundraising has tailed off, suggesting problems generating grassroots enthusiasm, a POLITICO
‘People don’t want to be stupid twice’: Foreign diplomats brace for Trump

The expectation that Trump will win could affect how allies and adversaries approach negotiations with the
Republican challengers rushing to unseat Ocasio-Cortez

Fox News contributor: Trump is 'only president who actually starts to look younger in office'

Former "Real World" star turned Fox News contributor Rachel Campos-Duffy said Trump "has so much energy."

Yahoo TV
Twitter Bursts With 'Sitty' Love For Palestinian Grandmas After Israel Bans Rashida Tlaib

Emotional grandchildren honor strong Palestinian women in continuing fallout after Israel bars two Democratic congresswomen.

HuffPost
Texas Officers Who Led Black Man By Rope Won’t Face Criminal Probe, State Says

The two Galveston officers have reportedly also returned to work.

HuffPost

Officer on admin leave after shooting

A Navajo Nation Police officer is on administrative leave after shooting a suspect in a domestic violence
Navajo police officer involved shooting in Alamo

A Navajo Nation Police officer was involved in a shooting in Alamo, New Mexico, this evening. The post
Baited into buffalo ride, Begay takes the purse

Riding a buffalo was no easy feat for professional team roper Derrick Begay. The post Baited into buffalo

Archaeologist barred from Syria describes the outrage as history and

When we think of war, we naturally and understandably measure losses in lives, but its also important to
Astronomers detect eight new radio signals that may indicate alien life in

It’s one of the great unknowns that man has contemplated for centuries: Are we alone in the universe,
Why do these ancient depictions of ‘Lord of the Animals’ appear all over

By now, everyone who even casually observes ancient art notices that the same patterns, symbols, and motifs

Six-way tie for Eredivisie lead as Utrecht and AZ drop first points

Ajax are top of the Eredivisie on goal difference after Utrecht and AZ Alkmaar both dropped their first
Hundreds of deer living on small Zeeland island to be culled

Forestry Commission staff in Zeeland are to begin shooting hundreds of fallow deer which have made their
More rail passengers as NS warns of looming capacity problems

Dutch railway company NS carried 4.6% more passengers in the first half of 2019 – more than double the

Steam Accounts Being Stolen Through Elaborate Free Game Scam

An elaborate scam is underway that pretends to be a free game giveaway site, but instead hacks a user's
Windows 10 v1809 KB4512534 Update Released With VB Fix and More

KB4512534 advances the system to Windows 10 Build 17763.720 and fixes Visual Basics issues that Microsoft
'Coordinated Ransomware Attack' in Texas Hits 23 Local Governments

Texas is currently fighting an unprecedented wave of ransomware attacks that has targeted local government

1 dead 3 injured as meteorite hits southern India (27 flags)

And it has created a record. First recorded human fatality due to a meteorite. Can someone bring up the
Donald Trump: Id bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding (25

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/06/donald-trump-waterboarding-republican-debate-torture
Iowans claim instances when Sanders was shorted delegates (20 flags)

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2016/02/06/iowans-claim-instances

Facing Budget Deficit, Eastern Michigan University Buys Out 142 Employees

Facing a budget deficit, Eastern Michigan University bought out 142 employees, most of whom will voluntary
Sex Education Changes are Coming to Red States, Too

NBC News posted an article which praised changes in sex education curriculum across the country, citing pro
Illinois Public Schools To Incorporate LGBT People When Teaching American

An Illinois law requires public schools to incorporate information about the “roles and contributions” of

UN appeals for more aid for Venezuelan refugees

The UN and NGOs put out a humanitarian appeal for $770m at the start of the year and have received less
Iceland bids farewell to first glacier lost to climate change

Scientists fear all the island country's 400 glaciers will be gone by 2200.
Is Donald Trump in a rush to withdraw from Afghanistan?

The US president hints at a deal with the Taliban that could end Washington's longest military

Top Products in Two Decades of Tech Reviews

Walt Mossberg on the dozen personal-technology products that were the most influential over two decades of
Diabetes Data Beamed to Your Phone

New meters from iHealth and LifeScan are small steps toward better diabetes care.
Two Houses, One Cable TV Bill

Walt answers questions from readers about streaming TV from one house to another and the search for

‘ISRAEL’ DEMOLISHES WATER TANK IN JORDAN VALLEY FOR BEING “BUILT WITHOUT

Jordan Valley (QNN)- Israeli occupation forces destroyed on Sunday a water tank, which has been used by
‘May God ruin Trump’, Tlaib’s grandmother says

Ninety-year-old Muftia Tlaib and US congresswoman Rashida Tlaib Sitting under an olive tree in the Israeli-
Jordan reprimands Israeli envoy over Al-Aqsa ‘Violations’

Israeli forces attack Palestinian worshipers, who wanted to stop fanatic Jews’ raids, in Jerusalem’s

No-deal Brexit dossier is 'worst-case scenario'

A no-deal Brexit will bring "bumps in the road", Michael Gove admits, as a leaked government
Hong Kong protests: Huge crowds rally peacefully

Hundreds of thousands stage a pro-democracy protest amid warnings from Beijing authorities.
Iran tanker row: Gibraltar rejects US request to detain ship

The oil tanker is due to leave Gibraltar later on Sunday, Iran's ambassador to the UK says.

Staffordshire Police Says Complaint Against VIP Abuse Accuser Esther Baker

From the Daily Mail: Detectives are investigating claims that a second alleged abuse victim lied about sex
A Note on Alan Dershowitz’s Accuser and a Mail on Sunday Journalist

From the Daily Beast, a few days ago: Lawyer Alan Dershowitz claims an email buried in a mountain of just
A Note on Carl Beech, Peter Saunders and NAPAC

In 2016, David Aaronovitch wrote about the climate in which the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse

My body is my meditation practice

There is a freedom, vast and beautiful, when one comes to know how insignificant ones importance in the
Heavy metals

Heavy metals are just one really heinous environmental toxin that gets into the nervous system and
A little bit of everything…

Coming to love our "negative" feelings is part of the deal when we're healing. The parts we

SWEET Act would end the federal subsidy to the sugar industry

Sugar subsidies (found in the Program section of the table on pg. 4 of 44) will cost taxpayers an estimated
Foreign Policy Goes Into Propaganda Overdrive: 'White Supremacists Want

The media is recycling the same propaganda they used to lie us into the war in Iraq but now they've
Forensic Pathologist, Dr. Cyril Wecht, On Epstein “Suicide”

Slav Mom Cooking

This is NOT medical advice. Please consult your doctor before you eat food. Low fat, high carb, high sugar
Advice For Women Who Want Kids

This series contains candid advice for young women who know they want a family.
Hovercraft Parenting: Damaging a Generation

We have reached a time in history where helicopter parenting is no longer an adequate description for an

We Need to Talk about Sandy Hook

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Mowing the Lawn in Gaza

By Volaar “When thy intelligence shall cross beyond the whirl of delusion, then shalt thou become

In Case You Missed It…

This week at CBPP, we focused on immigration, family income support, food assistance
Immigrants Contribute Greatly to U.S. Economy, Despite Administration’s

The Department of Homeland Security’s recently finalized “public charge” rule directs
Making America Stronger: The U.S. Food Stamp Program

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Democrats Pounce

Republicans, not completely without justification, frequently argue that papers like the New York Times and
Sometimes I Wonder If People Just Need to Have An Enemy

I find this depressing: We seem to NEED an enemy. We hop from one enemy to another -- Soviet Union to Iraq
This Isn't A Map of Global Warming, It's A Map of Corrupted

Kevin Drum published this map on his blog, which he says was originally from the Washington Post. He does

Fascism: A False Revolution by Michael Parenti

by Michael Parenti Writer, Dandelion Salad Originally published Sept. 27, 2007 August 18, 2019 Fascism is a
Chris Hedges and Max Blumenthal: International Jihadism

Dandelion Salad with Chris Hedges RT America on Aug 17, 2019 Host Chris Hedges talks to author and
The Occupation of the American Mind (must-see)

Dandelion Salad Previously posted April 24 2018 Warning This video may contain images depicting the reality

See how climate science becomes alarmist propaganda

Here is an example of how this happens, the news equivalent of turning gold into straw.
How fast is the world warming? Is it burning?

Let's take a break from political bickering to see how fast the Earth is warming.
The government solves the fatherhood crisis!

The government's efforts show the seriousness of the crisis, and how far we are from imagining a

Inter Press Service

Russia and Syria in the Spotlight for Latest Idlib Medic Deaths

Medical aid groups have again blasted Russian and Syrian government forces this week for an ever-growing
A Key Role for 1.8 Billion Youth in UN’s 2030 Development Agenda

The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) is convinced that the world’s 1.8 billion adolescents and youth– a
Establishing a Science & Technology Park is No Walk in the Park

Tengfei Wang is Economic Affairs Officer, Trade, Investment and Innovation Division, UN Economic and Social

Open Arms and the Refugee Crisis: The Legal Slave Trade of NGOs

Eder Peña The African refugee crisis in Europe is wreaking havoc on humanity (Photo: Archive) In the midst
Rebuilding the Hegemony of Chavismo: A Conversation with Gerardo Rojas

Cira Pascual Marquina Gerardo Rojas is a Barquisimeto‐based organizer, intellectual and blogger. His work
The Delegates of the Transnationals that Make Up the Fake Government of

Misión Verdad Transnational corporations pull the strings of the false government of Juan Guaidó (Photo

Crop Breeding for High Production, Water Use Efficiency & Albedo

It's a good way to confront mankind's growing need for food and the water needed to produce it
Biospheric Productivity (Global: The Recent Past) -- Summary

Since 1980 the Earth has weathered three of the warmest decades in the instrumental temperature record, a
Catastrophic Floods of Dartmoor, South West England

Are they few and far-between? ... or are they growing ever more frequent ... and ferocious?

Thousands join Scotland pro independence march in Aberdeen City

Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Aberdeen in a pro-independence
Macri reshuffles cabinet: Argentina has a new Economy minister

Argentine Economy Minister Nicolas Dujovne resigned on Saturday, capping a week of
Steel has been cut for the Royal Navy’s second Type 26 frigate, HMS Cardiff

The ceremony held at BAE System’s shipyard in Govan this week, on the River Clyde

Wind farm, county officials face lawsuit #TX

Over the past several months Wildcat Creek Wind Farm LLC has been under discussion within many area
‘Tilt-fell’ wind tower removal gets new life #IL

PRINCETON – Bureau County Board on Tuesday reconsidered last month’s vote that prevented Big Sky Wind
Another Voice: Wind turbine farms do not belong in Lake Erie #NY

In April, I attended a meeting with Diamond Wind where the company presented a proposal to place 50 wind

This Week in Europe: Greenland, Migrants and Polish Priests

Members of the TNF team recount big events from Europe from the past week, and point attention to news that
Travel experiences gone wrong: Schengen or no Schengen?

They say travel broadens the mind – not least because travelling means unexpected experiences. Madelaine
Antifederalists can critique the EU – but only federalists have viable

Juuso Järviniemi comments on Dirk Jörke and Jared Sonnicksen's paper “Towards an Antifederalist Theory

Green Idealists vs the Real World

There's unicorns, fairness & equity. Then there's what's possible.
Forget the Heroics, Just Pick Up the Trash

Recycling programs should make sense and be boring.
Google, Groupthink & the Media

The media fosters intellectual conformity. Is Google taking the same path?

The Survival Rate of Each Lung Cancer Stage

We all know that there are many stages of lung cancer and you might be wondering how each stage is like and
Chocolates Help Fight Cancer- Myth or Truth?

How amazing (and difficult) is it to love something that is also supposed to do you a world of good
Top 6 Symptoms That Indicate Breast Cancer

Cancer is one of the fastest growing cause of deaths in the world. The most common type of cancer include &

Worth reading: Segregation, sexual harassment, and silencing scientists

Worth reading: Segregation, sexual harassment, and silencing scientists A few of the recent
It's October. What's Congress doing about healthcare?

It's October. What's Congress doing about healthcare? We made it to October without
More reasons to oppose the latest awful iteration of GOPcare

More reasons to oppose the latest awful iteration of GOPcare Many of us were cheered by

Exit From The Matrix: unlimited power of imagination

by Jon Rappoport May 11, 2019 One way or another, 99.99999999% of the world’s “spiritual systems” get
The lure of a stimulus-response world

Shrinking-freedom is a Spiritual covert op by Jon Rappoport May 10, 2019 (To join our email list, click
The stone cold conservative socialist

by Jon Rappoport May 9, 2019 (To join our email list, click here.) “Is he a meth goony bird? He seems to be

The brain-gut connection - Traditional Chinese Medicine has known this for

Trusting your gut may be good advice, but it hardly qualifies as medical science. Or does it? Research
Russian teen slaughters his family with axe, to 'spare them the upset&#

A brutal murder has blindsided a Russian village after a local teenager, who had been the pride of his
"Medical common sense is full of lies": The best selling book by

"Lies!" "Nonsense!" What's true? What's not true? What's fake news? What

Ronnie van Hout's Quasi art installation makes a new home in Wellington

The controversial hand sculpture has been choppered into place on the roof of Wellington's City Gallery
Case of man accused of murdering 45-year-old woman in Kāpiti in court

The case of a Horowhenua man alleged to have stabbed a woman on a waterfront Paraparaumu street has been
Mindfulness and meditation a strategy for teenage mental health resilience,

There's a call for the Government to invest in initiatives to bring mindfulness to classrooms.

The strange, strange life and family of Ghislaine Maxwell

Now that Jeffrey Epstein has died, attention has shifted to his close associate and paramour-turned-pimp
This is what I look like when I’m dancing

Don’t call me mad. I was caught doing my thing at the Skeptiprom.
The Art of Book Design: Laura’s Holidays

via: The George Smithers Library, University of Florida Digital Collections

Spraying Antibiotics to Fight Citrus Scourge Doesn’t Help, Study Finds

Researchers found spraying oxytetracycline on orange trees didn’t halt a devastating infection called
Scientists Discover New Cure for the Deadliest Strain of Tuberculosis

Once, a diagnosis of extensively drug-resistant TB meant quick death. A three-drug regimen cures most
Older People Need Rides. Why Aren’t They Using Uber and Lyft?

Seniors need transportation alternatives more than ever, but many are intimidated by ride-hailing apps.

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