Thursday, August 08, 2019

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  Washington's Blog


  • Eric Zuesse On Tuesday, August 6th, the Trump Administration helped to lead a meeting In Lima Peru, of representatives from around 60 governments that have joined U.S. President...

  • The Most Reliable Simple Way to Identify the Best Democratic Presidential Candidates

    a day ago
  • Eric Zuesse Can one reasonably trust the campaign promises of Presidential candidates? Not at all! This isn’t only because the candidate might not be able to achieve his promises...

  • Long After Hiroshima

    2 days ago

    • Remarks August 6, 2019, at Hiroshima to Hope in Seattle, Washington How do we honor victims? We can remember them and appreciate who they were. But there were too many of them, and too...

      The Vintage News



  • Could Snow White have been real? We often imagine that fictional stories contain within them at least a grain of truth; perhaps the setting shares a likeness to the author’s home...

  • Body of 1930s Hoodlum John Dillinger to be Exhumed and DNA Tested

    15 hours ago
  • John Dillinger is back in the news under extraordinary circumstances. His family wants to exhume his body, which they have doubts is actually of their relative, and use DNA testing...

  • People Seeking the Abandoned ‘Into the Wild’ Bus Don’t Always Return

    2 days ago

    • It is a treacherous journey to reach the ‘Into the Wild’ bus. But for some brave souls, it’s worth it. In May 1990, a young man named Cristopher McCandless graduated from college...

      Utopia – you are standing in it!




  • Can Cities Sue Oil Companies for Climate Change? [POLICYbrief]

    an hour ago

  • Acemoglu and Robinson on the geography hypothesis

    3 hours ago


    •   TARPLEY.net



  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Wednesday, August 7, 2019 Trump Appeases Xi by Branding Protests as “Riots,” Says Looming Crackdown...

  • Beijing Rulers Mass Troops Near Hong Kong in Preparation for Massacre of Mass Movement of Pro-Democracy Protesters; U.S. Must Issue Solemn Warning That Nuremberg War Crimes Precedents Are Still Valid and Will Be Enforced Against Xi Clique and PLA Officers!

    2 days ago
  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Tuesday, August 6, 2019 Trump Refuses to Provide for the Common Defense by Disarming Violent Domestic...

  • As General Strike Grips Hong Kong, Beijing Devalues Chinese Yuan Below 7 to Dollar; Dow Falls 767, with Monday Evening Futures Pointing to 500 More Points on Downside; Massive Flight into U.S. Treasuries Drives Interest Rates Down!

    3 days ago

    • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Monday, August 5, 2019 Has China Run Out of Dollars Needed to Prop Up Overvalued Currency They Hoped...

      Sustainable Pulse



  • 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...

  • Tasmania Extends Ban on GMOs

    18 hours ago
  • The Tasmanian Government has extended its ban on the introduction of genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) into the island state until 2029. Source: Grain Central Tasmania introduced...

  • Insects Face Boom in Agriculture Toxicity with Neonics as Main Culprit – New Study

    2 days ago

    • A new peer-reviewed study shows an explosion in the toxicity of U.S. agriculture for insects over the past 25 years since neonicotinoid pesticides were introduced. The study found...

      sunshine hours



  • South / North

  • Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 216 – 2019

    3 days ago
  • South / North

  • Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 214 – 2019

    5 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

    a day 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

    6 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

    22 days 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

    23 days 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



  • Trump cannot perform one of the basic roles of a president: Showing empathy for others who are in pain. He cannot console anyone. Consolation and empathy are not part of his emotional...

  • Harold Meyerson: Walmart and Guns, 2

    6 hours ago
  • AUGUST 8, 2019 Meyerson on TAP Walmart and Guns, Part II. In my Tuesday On Tap, I noted that a number of Walmart employees, in the wake of the mass murder at an El Paso mega-store, had begun...

  • Bill Phillis: Online For-Profit Charters Are Corrupt

    10 hours ago

    •   ‌ ‌ ‌ Oklahoma’s Epic Charter Schools seems to be as creative in fraud as Ohio’s ECOT Epic gave the State Superintendent $23,000 in campaign donations. The Education...

      Pasco Phronesis



  • 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

    8 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’...

  • Science and Technology Guests on Late Night, Week of July 15

    17 days ago

    • The late night programs ended their Independence Day related summer breaks this past week, but that did not result in a burst of new science and technology related bookings.  Last...

      NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT



  • By Paul Homewood     h/t Joe Public   You may have seen this claim:   CO2 emissions in China may peak up to a decade earlier than the nation has pledged under the Paris Agreement, according...

  • Committee On Climate Change Budget Rose By 36% Last Year

    a day ago
  • By Paul Homewood  How much does it cost to run the Committee on Climate Change? The latest accounts for 2018/19 have just been published, and reveal just how much taxpayers’ money...

  • Silly Jilly’s “Battery Boom”

    2 days ago

    • By Paul Homewood     Silly Jilly has not got any better since she joined the Guardian:   The UK risks being left behind in Europe’s home battery boom because of a controversial tax...

      NoTricksZone



  • Yet another region of the globe has not warmed (net) for the last 333 years. The authors of a new study (Jiao et al., 2019) point out that temperature changes in the Tianshan mountains...

  • German Agency For Disaster Preparedness Calls On Citizens To “Be Ready For Widespread Blackouts”

    a day ago
  • The President of the German Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz und Katastrophenhilfe (Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief, abbreviated BKK) is calling on...

  • Expensive Especially For Home Owners! Wind Turbines Can Decrease Property Values By Up To 23%, German Study Finds!

    3 days ago

    • Wind energy is not only an eyesore in the middle of what is often times an idyllic landscape and an unreliable source of power, but it is also expensive – especially if you are a homeowner...

      NEPC Blog Post of the Day



  • Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: How Do Teachers Teach–Then and Now Most policymakers, researchers, and parents believe that good teachers and teaching are...

  • Janresseger: State Takeovers: Radical Seizure of School Districts vs. Organic, Community Grounded School Improvement

    a day ago
  • Janresseger: State Takeovers: Radical Seizure of School Districts vs. Organic, Community Grounded School Improvement We are in the midst of a wave of state school takeovers. On...

  • Cloaking Inequity: New Study Released: Are Charter Schools More Intensely Segregated?

    2 days ago

    • Cloaking Inequity: New Study Released: Are Charter Schools More Intensely Segregated? We are honored today to release a new study entitled Choice without inclusion?: Comparing...

      Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers



  • Victor Davis Hanson // National Review Half of the Democratic 20-person primary field in the debates appeared unhappy, shrill, and self-righteous, and determined that no candidate...

  • The Dream Team Loses to the Nobodies

    a day ago
  • Victor Davis Hanson // National Review When figurehead Robert Mueller likely allowed Andrew Weissman to form his special counsel team to investigate so-called charges of Russian...

  • Angry Reader 07-31-2019

    5 days ago

    • From An Angry Reader: I have known hypocrite God mocking scum like you my entire life. Your cynical article mocking the suffering of the BRAVE German people and glorifying the demonic...

    The Moderate Voice



  • Americans’ support for immigration is at record highs – but the government is out of sync with their views Polls show that Americans feel more welcoming toward immigrants than...

  • What are Republicans afraid of?

    7 hours ago
  • By CATHERINE RAMPELL Washington Post Column It’s almost funny, in a twisted sort of way. Election after election, Republicans have based their core political appeal on fear. And...

  • Joe Biden: Trump ‘Has Fanned the Flames of White Supremacy’ (Updated)

    a day ago

    • Joe Gandelman on Monday published the statement made by former President Barack Obama mourning the victims and grieving with the families of the latest mass shootings in El Paso and...

     


      Lloyd Lofthouse


    • 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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  • I expect that most backers of Congresswoman Omar sent her to Congress without knowledge of just how radical she truly is.

  • Trump Supporters Clean Up Baltimore; Leftist Paper Dumps on Them

    5 hours ago
  • Trump supporters picked up garbage — and then had garbage thrown at them in print. It’s what happens when doers meet doubters.

  • Fewer Illegals Jump Border in July, But More Than 1M Will Cross by Sept. 30

    7 hours ago

    • The number of illegal aliens who jumped the border or showed up at ports of entry in July dropped more than 20 percent from June, but illegals are still hitting the border at a rate of more...

      MintPress News



  • Why must Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard be smeared and attacked for questioning the mainstream narrative on Syria when even Barack Obama has done the same? The post Obama, Biden, Mattis...

  • To Flee or Not to Flee? In Honduras, A Child Braves Tear Gas to Sell Vinegar Bags

    13 hours ago
  • Public education and job opportunities have been stolen from Honduran youth by a U.S.-backed narco-state bent on privatizing the whole of society. Youth face the choice of suffering...

  • The War on Innocence: Palestinian Children in Israeli Military Court

    a day ago

    • Since the start of the Second Intifada, the popular uprising of 2000, some 12,000 Palestinian children have been detained and interrogated by the Israeli army.  The post The War...

      Marginal REVOLUTION



  • It turns out I will be there for a few days, unexpectedly.  I haven’t been in about fifteen years — what do you recommend? I thank you all in advance for your wisdom and counsel. The...

  • The clothing of the future

    10 hours ago
  • That is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column, and they chose an excellent photo to go with it.  Excerpt: A lot of current clothing innovations focus on gimmicks. There is a “Social...

  • Canadian jubilee

    10 hours ago

    • Finally, a good news story about credit card debt. U.S.-based Chase Bank is forgiving all outstanding debt owed by users of its two Canadian credit cards: the Amazon.ca Rewards...

      Made from Truth and Lies



  • Could a government of national unity stop a no-deal Brexit? (no, and we don't need one)(tags:politics uk )What's the current consensus on food and diets?(tags:psychology hunger...

  • Interesting Links for 07-08-2019

    a day ago
  • Supercentenarians are concentrated into regions with no birth certificates(tags:fraud age )Recursive language and modern imagination were acquired simultaneously 70,000...

  • Interesting Links for 06-08-2019

    2 days ago

    • India strips disputed Kashmir of special status(tags:india )The Autistic Self Advocacy Network Has Ended Partnership With Sesame Street(tags:SesameStreet autism OhForFucksSake...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today



  • Plantar calluses are hard, thickened areas of skin on the feet. Here, learn what causes them, treatments and remedies, and how to stop plantar calluses from forming...

  • Medical News Today: Is a urinary tract infection contagious?

    7 hours ago
  • Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are not contagious, but the bacteria that cause them can travel between people. Learn more about these infections and how they develop here...

  • Medical News Today: What to do about chin pimples

    8 hours ago

    • People can develop pimples almost anywhere on the skin, including on the chin. Remedies include washing the face regularly and using topical ointments. Learn more here...

      InvestmentWatch




  • You Have to Buy Bonds Even When Rates Are Low

    4 hours ago
  • By Jared Dillian Interest rates are currently low. That is by far the biggest concern among bond investors. They are drowning in worry about low interest rates and their effect on...

  • Corporate Debt Is at Risk of a Flash Crash

    4 hours ago

    • By John Maudlin The world is awash in debt. While some countries are more indebted than others, very few are in good shape. The entire world is roughly 225% leveraged to ... Read more...

      www.gurukalehuru.com



  • There is no doubt that the deck is stacked against Bernie Sanders. All of the billionaires oppose him, all of the biggest corporations oppose him, the press opposes him (because they...

  • Gravel’s Endorsement

    2 days ago
  • Mike Gravel thinks like I do. He has heaped words of praise on Tulsi Gabbard, and obviously thinks she would make a fine president, but he has given his official endorsement to Bernie...

  • Biden v. Trump

    3 days ago

    • Donald Trump again, because it is a day, has come out with something mind bogglingly stupid, when he offered his condolences to the people of Toledo, Ohio, on their recent mass shooting...

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