Sunday, September 08, 2019

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  • Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org In the U.S.-and-allied nations, the standard way of interpreting wars and international relations is archetypally exemplified...

  • How Syria Defeated the 2012-2019 Invasion by U.S. & Al-Qaeda

    2 days ago
  • Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org On August 31st, the brilliant anonymous German intelligence analyst who blogs as “Moon of Alabama” headlined “Syria...

  • These Are Not Signs of a Healthy Market

    2 days ago

    • The implicit narrative of the latest rally in stocks is that this is just another normal rally in the ongoing 10-year long Bull market. Nice, but do these three charts look “normal”...

      The Vintage News



  • Chins are something uniquely human. Yet a visit to any monkey house at any zoo in the world would also confirm one thing: we are remarkably like our ape ancestors in many distinct ways...

  • Corn Flakes were Invented to Cure a Certain Type of “Self-Gratification”

    17 hours ago
  • The history of Corn Flakes, and breakfast cereal itself, has some truly surprising beginnings. Nowadays the spheres of mainstream medicine and organized religion are viewed as...

  • Mysterious Gooey Substance Found on Moon Could Change Everything

    18 hours ago

    • Chinese scientists and researchers discovered a potentially new substance on the moon when its lunar rover, Yutu-2, was roaming over the moon’s surface, one official suspected...

      Utopia – you are standing in it!




  • Stigler and why economists have so little influence on public policy

    an hour ago

  • The Wire – Lester’s Just the Police

    4 hours ago


    •   TARPLEY.net



  • Senior Labour Ministers Tell Corbyn to Set Election Day in November; Labour Brands BoJo as “Manifest Liar,” Says First Priority Must Be to “Stop No Deal”; EU Signals That...

  • UK Premier and Trump Clone BoJo Reeling After Two Days of Rout; Even His Own Brother Quits Cabinet Team, Saying BoJo Violates National Interest; House of Lords Won’t Filibuster Bill Outlawing No-Deal Brexit; Tory Splits Brewing; Labour Opposition Must Block Approval of All Bills to Schedule Snap Election Until After October 31; BoJo Demanded Five Weeks with No Parliament, So Let Him Stew in His Own Toxic Juices Until After Halloween!

    3 days ago
  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Thursday, September 5, 2019 The Roots of Trump’s Demagogy in the Writings of Graeco-Roman Sophist...

  • In Major Defeat for Trump Clones, UK House of Commons Outlaws BoJo’s Disastrous No-Deal Brexit Policy by All-Party Vote of 327-299; London Will Ask EU for Extension of Departure Deadline Until at Least January 31; Measure Now Faces Obstructionism by Reactionaries in House of Lords, Where It Must Be Approved Before BoJo Sends Parliament Home on Monday; BoJo Says He Will Defy Law!

    4 days ago

    • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Wednesday, September 4, 2019 BoJo’s Demand for Oct. 15 Snap Election Is Also Defeated; His Debut...

      Sustainable Pulse



  • Thrive Market, working in coordination with The Detox Project, announced Wednesday that they have become the first retailer to include the Glyphosate Residue Free certification...

  • EFSA Gives Low Quality Scientific Advice on GMOs – New Study

    3 days ago
  • Scientific analysis finds that the European Food Safety Authority’s opinion on Monsanto’s MON810 Bt maize was unsound and concludes EU Commission should withdraw cultivation...

  • Germany to Ban Use of Glyphosate from End of 2023

    3 days ago

    • Germany will ban the use of the weedkiller glyphosate – the subject of billion-dollar U.S lawsuits over claims it causes cancer – from the end of 2023 and limit its use before then...

      sunshine hours



  •     South / North

  • Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 249 – 2019

    a day ago
  •     South / North

  • Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 248 – 2019

    3 days ago

    •     South / North

      Stagecraft and Statecraft



  • India is wedged between two nuclear-armed allies that routinely defy fundamental international rules and norms. Until China and Pakistan stop trying to undermine its territorial...

  • Changes on the Indo-Pacific’s Geopolitical Chessboard

    9 days ago
  • Today, with the specter of Asian power disequilibrium looming, the China factor has gained greater salience in the equations between and among the major Indo-Pacific powers. Brahma...

  • On Jammu and Kashmir, India must bear short-term pain for long-term gain

    16 days ago

    • Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) is a core issue of national security and secular identity for India. Its changed constitutional status marks a watershed for India. To advance J&K’s...

      Ramani's blog



  • It is interesting to note that Lord Ranganatha,The presiding deity at Sri Rangam,is attired in Muslim tradition with Lungi,and the offering to Him are Roti and Butter. And there is...

  • Mortal Remains Without Chemicals Well Preserved 881 Years Sanctum Ramanujarcharya Srirangam

    14 days ago
  • Sandalwood paste and saffron are used to maintain the body and no other chemicals are added. Twice a year, a coat of camphor mixed with saffron, which produces ochre/orange tint on...

  • Thulukka Nachiar ,Melkote Vishnu’s Consort Ghazanvi Masud ‘s Daughter

    21 days ago

    • The term Nachiar is very special in Tamil. In social traditions now,the term is used to denote the Lady of the house belonging to Thevar Community. The are, mostly ,are Saivaites. In...

      Diane Ravitch's blog



  • Shani Robinson is one of the teachers who was convicted of cheating in the infamous Atlanta case. In her absorbing book None the Above: The Untold Story of the Atlanta Public Schools...

  • District of Columbia: Rachel Cohen Explains How Taxpayers Fund an Army of Charter School Lobbyists

    13 hours ago
  • In an insightful article in the Washington City Paper, Rachel Cohen describes how the charter industry in the District of Columbia has organized campaigns to prevent any accountability...

  • Wall Street Journal: Schools Invest Zillions in Technology, Parents Push Back

    14 hours ago

    • Technology in the classroom has become so ubiquitous that the use of papers and pencils or pens seems innovative. The Wall Street Journal published a front-page story about the high-powered...

      Pasco Phronesis



  • For most shows, last week was the last hurrahs of summer vacation.  Nearly all will be back this Tuesday.  The repeat of note is a program I missed when it originally aired this past...

  • Science and Technology Guests on Late Night, Week of August 19

    16 days ago
  • Many of the late night programs have decided to punt the last part of August and go on vacation.  Expect repeats and/or pre-emptions until after Labor Day. The repeats of note are singular...

  • Science and Technology Guests on Late Night, Week of August 12

    19 days ago

    • August is sometimes referred to as the ‘dog days’ of summer, and that can mean a few things besides uncomfortable heat.  The aspect of ‘dog days’ that applies to the science...

      NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT



  • By Paul Homewood   h/t Mr GrimNasty From Maritime Bulletin: Arctic tours ship MS MALMO with 16 passengers on board got stuck in ice on Sep 3 off Longyearbyen, Svalbard Archipelago...
  • ( Arctic ice ? It is not too many years since 'climate warriors' were caught in Antarctic ice - that supposedly was melting )

  • Puffins starve as Danes grab UK sand eels

    11 hours ago
  • By Paul Homewood   h/t Dennis Ambler   Remember how many times we have been told that climate change was wiping out the poor puffins? The Sunday Times reveals the real story:   Puffins...

  • Yes, We Have No Bananas!

    2 days ago

    • By Paul Homewood   h/t Dennis Ambler     Today’s scare story is about bananas:   http://www.climateaction.org/news/climate-change-could-cause-significant-decline-in-banana-production...

      NoTricksZone



  • Two recent scientific publications underscore how mass extinction events are associated with global cool-offs, glaciation and sea level fall, and NOT warmer climates. Life thrives...

  • Surprising Parallels Found Between Solar Activity And Hurricane Development

    2 days ago
  • Cat 5 Hurricane “Dorian” showed a development parallel to a solar storm lasting several days, which reached the earth from 27 August to 4 September 2019. By Snowfan The strength...

  • Leading Economist: “Only Sure Way To Reduce CO2 Emissions Is To Make People Poor”!

    2 days ago

    • In and interview with flagship German business daily Handelsblatt here, Danish economist Björn Lomborg warned of the “inefficiency in climate protection” and says Germany...

      NEPC Blog Post of the Day



  • Answer Sheet: Some ‘No-Excuses’ Charter Schools Say They Are Changing. Are They? Can They? A couple of months ago, some education researchers wrote a commentary in Education...

  • Gotham Gazette: Why It’s Time to Re-Think Bloomberg Era Gifted & Talented Programming in New York City

    4 days ago
  • Gotham Gazette: Why It’s Time to Re-Think Bloomberg Era Gifted & Talented Programming in New York City Last week, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s School Diversity Advisory Group...

  • Ed in the Apple: Is the Opposition to Phasing Out Gifted Classes Based on Research or Implied Bias?

    4 days ago

    • Ed in the Apple: Is the Opposition to Phasing Out Gifted Classes Based on Research or Implied Bias? You wake up in the middle of the night, sweating, a nightmare and you realize; only...

      Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers



  • The Monroe Doctrine: Guide to the Future Please read a new essay by my colleague, Williamson Murray in Strategika. The Monroe Doctrine, which purports to warn other states from...

  • From Icon to Just a Con

    2 days ago
  • Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness Most of us who came of age in the 1970s revered the university—even as it was still reeling from 1960s protests and beginning a process that...

  • Israel’s Good and Bad New Realities

    3 days ago

    • Victor Davis Hanson // National Review One of the most radical changes in the labyrinth of the Middle East is the near cessation of the old formal hostility of the Arab nations to Israel...

    The Moderate Voice



  • Excuse me! Photo by Natasha Kasim on Unsplash, CC BY-SA Clare Collins, University of Newcastle Curious Kids is a series for children. If you have a question you’d like an expert to...

  • Trump’s bogus map embodies the man

    7 hours ago
  • WASHINGTON — This doesn’t qualify as earth-shattering news at this point, but President Trump showed us again this week how spectacularly ignorant, vainglorious and obsessive...

  • Has Trump Lowered the Bar for Biden’s Serial Gaffes?

    7 hours ago

    • Joe Biden has long been adept at talking with a foot in his mouth, so perhaps it’s no surprise lately he has overdosed on whoppers. Nevertheless, it has unnerved many Democrats to...

      Marginal REVOLUTION



  • “My colleague spends two hours a day making herself up,” my wife says, on her way to the department store where she works. “She wants everyone to look at her?” “No.  She wants...

  • Sunday assorted links

    12 hours ago
  • 1. It hurts AI students when AI professors leave a school (NYT).  Paper is here (pdf). 2. Progress Studies: a moral imperative. 3. “North Korea, for example, has over the past decade...

  • What I’ve been reading and browsing

    21 hours ago

    • Ethan Pollock, Without the Banya We Would Perish: A History of the Russian Bathhouse. The title says it all, noting that without the banya I for one would not perish. George Weigel...

      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...

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  • Former FBI director Robert Mueller repeatedly helped Saudi Arabia escape scrutiny for its role in the 9/11 attacks, a lawsuit by 9/11 survivors alleges...

  • Odds-makers Contradict Polls, Pick Warren to Face Trump in 2020

    9 hours ago
  • Investors are betting real money on Warren, not Biden, to face Trump in the 2020 presidential election.

  • Iceland Confronts VP Mike Pence With LGBT “Rainbow” Protest

    12 hours ago

    • Iceland used Vice President Mike Pence’s recent visit to protest his opposition to same-sex marriage and gay rights.

      MintPress News



  • Following another catastrophic mass shooting or crisis event, Orwellian “solutions” are set to be foisted on a frightened American public by the very network connected, not...

  • As Saudi and UAE Proxies Trade Blows in Southern Yemen, Yemeni Civilians Pay the Price

    5 days ago
  • According to Yemenis in Aden, the victims of the fighting are always Yemeni, not citizens or soldiers from Saudi Arabia or the UAE, and are part of a larger Saudi-UAE strategy to keep...

  • Matan Kahana: Will Ultra-Right Candidates Upset Netayahu’s Re-Election Plans?

    8 days ago

    • It is hard to imagine what it means to be to the “right of the Likud” or the “right of Netanyahu.” However, Matan Kahana claims that he and his party are just that and so a vote for...

      Made from Truth and Lies



  • There is no majority for any deal. There is also no majority for no deal. And there is no majority for revoking Article 50. There is therefore, no majority for anything.By default, without...

  • Interesting Links for 08-09-2019

    15 hours ago
  • A story about 1,000 baby praying mantises.(tags:insects viaFJM )Ukraine and Russia exchange prisoners in landmark deal(tags:Ukraine russia )Lib Dems: Why is the party's LGBT+...

  • Interesting Links for 07-09-2019

    2 days ago

    • Biological age markers of humans reversed by years(tags:age research )What Statistics Can and Can't Tell Us About Ourselves (tags:statistics viaSwampers )Etsy's free shipping...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today



  • 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...

      InvestmentWatch



  • by DCG Headline One: E-cigarette deaths climb as officials confirm some illnesses caused by oil in lungs from vaping marijuana Headline Two: Oregon is one step closer to being...

  • Why Leftwing Messaging Owns Every Medium and Platform and How They’ve Played the Rightwing As Chumps

    7 hours ago
  • In #LionelNation there’s only truth. Verity. Bold, brash and naked. There are no political parties, no predetermined direction or cause. Just truth. We’re not conspiracy theorists...

  • “The polarization of our society is actually part of the business model.” -Tristan Harris on the power of Social Media companies.

    7 hours ago

    • June 25, 2019 – Tristan Harris @ The Senate Commerce Committee. How technology companies use algorithms and machine learning to influence the public. Insight into companies...

      www.gurukalehuru.com



  • Yes, it is Bernie Sanders birthday and he is very old, except that doesn’t matter because he’s in super good shape and plays baseball and basketball, none of that weenie golf shit...

  • Secrecy

    2 days ago
  • I just saw the headline “Republican Something-or-Other Say Government is Covering Up UFOs.” I didn’t bother reading the article because I doubted that it would contain any...

  • Whoopi Goldberg, Average Voter

    3 days ago

    • What Whoopi Goldberg said to Bernie Sanders, when he appeared the other day on “The View” was so gob-smackingly ignorant that it is worthy of note.I do not recall the exact words...

      Fragments from Floyd



    • That’s not exactly right. FUTURE status UNK, but when is that not the case? Just sometimes more UNK than others. And we are in one of those times, I suppose, on Goose Creek and on Planet...
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