Sunday, September 01, 2019

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  The Daily Sheeple



  • More than 20 states could be making a bipartisan effort to initiate an antitrust investigation into big tech companies. The investigation would focus on companies such as Apple...
  • University of Texas incoming freshmen who are interested in joining one of the two conservative groups on campus are being met with social media threats by a far left-wing group. In...
  • A Kentucky print shop owner who refused to make a gay pride T-shirt argued before the Kentucky Supreme Court that he shouldn’t be compelled to promote messages that go against his...
  • A Monmouth University poll published Thursday shows a majority of Americans oppose attempts to impeach President Trump, while Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee move forward...

    • A senior correspondent for Business Insider investigated “the availability of guns at Walmart” by attempting to purchase a firearm, but proved unable to do so after failing...




    Featured Health News from Medical News Today




  • New research highlights some of the overall health benefits that alternate-day fasting has for healthy individuals who do not have obesity.
  • A study assessed whether whey or milk protein could boost muscle recovery after a workout. It concluded that neither were better than a sugary drink.

    • A pain response that scorpion toxin triggers may help researchers further their understanding of chronic pain and allow them to develop new therapies.


  • Over the past couple of weeks, Red Clay Consolidated School District Board of Education member Jason Casper has been a lightning rod of controversy over Facebook posts supporting...
  • In a unanimous vote, the Delaware State Board of Education placed Odyssey Charter School on probation until June 30th, 2020.  The main takeaway of their probation conditions is...




  • This post links to my Quora post on Colonel Hubert "Hub" Zemke's "Fighter Pilot Conspiracy" and how it won the battle for air supercity over Germany.
  • Here is an intriguing book concerned with the exponential advances in technology and the impact thereof on human society.  The author believes that the displacement of human labor...

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  • HooverInstitution Published on Aug 26, 2019 Recorded on April 18, 2019 Peter Robinson opens the session by discussing the major improvements that happened over the last one hundred...
  • OxfordUnion Published on Dec 18, 2013 Daniel Hannan gives his argument that Socialism does not work. SUBSCRIBE for more speakers ► http://is.gd/OxfordUnion Daniel Hannan opens...

    • Jack Petsche and his “friends” are attempting a political take over of the city of Brecksville. Why he might be doing this is somewhat strange as Brecksville is one of, if not the...


      The BRAD BLOG




  • He's probably not concerned about 'bad guys with guns' ... * * * Perry Dorrell blogs as PDiddie at Brains and Eggs, usually on topics concerning the strange brew of Texas politics. He's...
  • Like those who took part in the ill-fated maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic as it blindly traversed the Atlantic, many American citizens are rushing headlong towards a pivotal 2020...

    • It's NICOLE SANDLER, one more time, filling in for Brad and Desi on today's BradCast. After an update on the latest news, I'm joined by Blogger TOM SULLIVAN, aka BloggersRUs, who writes...


      bluebird of bitterness




  • German composer Franz Xaver Biebl (1906-2001) was born in Pursruck, studied music in Munich, and became a church musician and a teacher of choral music. He was drafted into the German...

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  • Caturday funnies

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  • Crimes Against The Future, a wide-ranging environmental documentary, will have its U.S. national broadcast premiere on Wednesday, September 4th, at 7 p.m. EST, on Free Speech...
  • The sub-headline of France Crowe's obituary in the New York Times reads: "The bombing of Hiroshima led her to devote her life to antiwar protests. She was arrested often, but when asked...

    • NRC announced 11 public meetings regarding establishment of local community advisory boards (CABs). These meetings run from August through October, 2019 and are in places where...


  • Palantir's technology was developed in warzones like Fallujah, where it was used to anticipate roadside bombs and attacks by insurgents. Now, it's being used on the streets of Los...
  • Walmart is unleashing their creepy robots throughout 350 stores this year - most of which will roam the aisles and look for items that are either out of stock or out of place, after...

    • Archaeologists have found a 3,500-year-old kingdom in one of world's oldest civilizations in northern Iraq.


  • By Matthew Warren. In contrast, acting like an introvert may cause decreases in wellbeing.
  • By Emma Young. We seem to instinctively associate variations in the "spectral centroid" of images and sounds with different levels of emotional arousal...

    • By Matthew Warren. Older sisters may provide better input to their younger sibling, the researchers say.


      Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places




  • The Queen Adelaide is a railway dining car from a different era. A white-tablecloth restaurant that is one of three eating options aboard the Ghan, a train line that traverses the Australian...
  • The majestic Haleakalā, meaning "House of the Sun" in Hawaiian, dominates the eastern side of the island of Maui. Though partially dormant today, Haleakalā was until recently...

    • A landmark for locals—who tend to call it the Albert Clock—is situated in Queen’s Square, close to the Lagan Weir. Like the more famous Royal Albert Hall in London, the clock...


      Accidental Deliberations




  • This and that for your Sunday reading.- David Lazarus writes about the fundamental dishonesty needed to keep purveying trickle-down spin in the face of all evidence. And Richard...
  • Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Greg Wilpert interviews Julia Wolfe about the contract between soaring incomes for CEOs, and stagnant ones for workers. And David Cooper...
  • Musical interlude

    2 days ago

    • Big Sugar - Dear Mr. Fantasy

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