Sunday, September 08, 2019

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  • 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 freshmen threatened with doxing if they join conservative groups on campus

    14 days ago
  • 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...

  • Kentucky Supreme Court hears case of print shop owner that refused to print Gay Pride t-shirts

    16 days ago
  • 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...

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  • New research finds biomarkers for myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune condition, that may help diagnose it and create individualized treatments in the future...

  • Medical News Today: People with PTSD could benefit from fear reducing medication

    21 hours ago
  • According to newly published research, a drug that helps eradicate fear could boost the effectiveness of a common PTSD treatment.

  • Medical News Today: Vegetarian heart health: Study identifies benefits and risks

    2 days ago

    • A new study concludes that a vegetarian diet reduces the risk of ischemic heart disease. It also finds a small but surprising increased risk of stroke...

      Exceptional Delaware 2017


    • 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...

      Have You Heard



  • TweetIn the latest episode of Have You Heard we go back to school. And not to the idealized, romantic notion of school but to the harsh reality that awaits too many students and teachers...

  • Anatomy of a Charter School Fraud

    25 days ago
  • TweetStep one: become an expert in the regulations governing (and more importantly, not governing) charter schools in your state. Step two: recruit as many students as possible...

  • The Case for Making College Free

    a month ago

    • TweetIn the latest episode of Have You Heard, economist Marshall Steinbaum talks free college, human capital theory, educationism and why it’s time to disrupt the individualized...

      Chicago Boyz



  • King George III and Lord North have been blamed for botching negotiations with the American colonies. Now, the same Conservative Party seems determined to botch another negotiation...

  • New! – Your Chicagoboyz Friday Weather Pic

    2 days ago
  • Rain

  • Summer Rerun– Video Review: A French Village

    3 days ago

    • This series, set in the (fictional) French town of Villeneuve during the years of the German occupation and afterwards, is simply outstanding – one of the best television series...

      Centinel2012



  • Real Climate Science Erasing Americas Hot past http://www.realclimatescience.com/erasing-americas-hot-past/ The US used to have many very hot summers, with the worst being...

  • America’s Cold Civil War

    10 hours ago
  • The Heritage Foundation Published on Jun 17, 2019 Moderated by: Ryan Williams President, The Claremont Institute Panelist: Michael Anton Lecturer and Research Fellow, Hillsdale...

  • Reality and the Sacred

    11 hours ago

    • Jordan B Peterson Published on May 18, 2013 This public lecture, recorded by TVO, describes the way the world is portrayed in deep stories, such as myths and religious representations...

      The BRAD BLOG



  • * * * Perry Dorrell blogs as PDiddie at Brains and Eggs, usually on topics concerning the strange brew of Texas politics. He's also on Twitter @PDiddie...

  • 'Cheeto Christ Stupid Czar' and Other Relevant Facts of the Political Moment: 'BradCast' 9/6/2019

    2 days ago
  • We catch up on a whole bunch of stuff on today's BradCast, from Trump's ransacking of military hurricane recovery funds in order to pay for his border wall --- as Hurricane Dorian slams...

  • CNN's Shockingly Interesting and Informative Democratic Presidential Climate Crisis Town Hall: 'BradCast' 9/5/2019

    3 days ago

    • It's a very green BradCast today, but don't let that scare you away from hearing Bernie Sanders shout "DUUUHHH!" at Anderson Cooper. [Audio link to show follows below.] As the twisted...

      bluebird of bitterness




  • Happy National Grandparents Day

    11 hours ago

  • Happy birthday, Antonín

    16 hours ago

    • In honor of the birthday of Czech composer Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904, here are Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Seiji Ozawa, and the Boston Symphony with the Humoresque No. 7 in G-flat...

      Home



  • Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healy and the public interest group Pilgrim Watch are calling for a "stay" of the issuance of a federal license transfer of the Pilgrim nuclear...

  • ATTEND, COMMENT: Decommissioning Meetings across the country

    4 days ago
  • NRC announced 11 public meetings (this link also has details on past meetings) regarding establishment of local community advisory boards (CABs). These meetings run from August...

  • Washington Post slams Sanders's anti-nuclear stance. Beyond Nuclear responds

    5 days ago

    • On August 25, 2019, the Washington Post published an editorial condemning Independent Vermont senator, Bernie Sanders, also a Democratic presidential candidate, for, among other...

    BlackListed News



  • Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan says Ankara and Washington do not see eye to eye regarding a planned “safe zone” in northern Syria, where an alliance of Kurdish and Arab militants...

  • Joi Ito, director of MIT Media Lab, resigns over ties to Jeffrey Epstein

    a day ago
  • New reports allege that Ito actively solicited funding from Epstein and systematically tried to cover up the connection.

  • Camera Footage of Epstein’s Cell “Unuseable”?

    a day ago

    • The latest on the Jeffrey Epstein case is that authorities now claim that footage from his cell has been deemed unusable. This, even as media organizations have stepped up the effort...

      Research Digest



  • By Matthew Warren. Overall, people tend to respond more to negative news coverage — but there is a huge amount of variation between different people...

  • How People Judge Your Personality Based On Your Name

    4 days ago
  • By Matthew Warren. Names with 't' and 'k' sounds rated as more extraverted, while those with 'm' and 'l' sounds judged to be agreeable.

  • Giving People Simple “Moral Nudges” Encourages Them To Donate Much More To Charity

    6 days ago

    • By Emma Young. Morally-nudged participants also showed greater cooperative behaviour.

      Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places



  • After the thrill of hiking Pai Canyon or visiting the nearby Pam Bok waterfall, head over to this tranquil bamboo walkway to recharge, restore, and clear the mind. Handcrafted by local...

  • Scientists Just Geolocated a Victorian-Era Butterfly Using Its Genome

    2 days ago
  • On July 13, 1871, Theodore Mead found a butterfly. An American naturalist and entomologist, Mead snared the specimen—which would eventually be known as the western branded skipper...

  • Veliki Tabor Castle in Hum Košnički, Croatia

    2 days ago

    • This fully preserved castle (which is also a museum) is one of the most impressive fortresses in Croatia. Some sources claim that the construction of the oldest part of the castle began...

      Accidental Deliberations



  • This and that for your Sunday reading.- Derrick O'Keefe highlights how Canada's election would look if coverage focused on the issues which feature strong public support, rather...

  • Musical interlude

    2 days ago
  • Metric - Risk

  • Friday Morning Links

    3 days ago

    • Assorted content to end your week.- Giri Savaraman and Jim Stanford point out the importance of a more collaborative and inclusive economy, even as Australia's right-wing government...

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