Saturday, October 05, 2019

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  Washington's Blog

  • Eric Zuesse The Netherlands Government is resisting an effort by Dutch victims’ families to find out why Ukraine’s Government, on 17 July 2014 — when the Malaysian airliner...

  • Democracy Is Now a Hindrance to the Imperial State

    11 hours ago
  • If we step back from the histrionics of impeachment and indeed, the past four years of political circus, we have to wonder if America’s democracy is little more than an elaborate simulation...

  • Is Peace Possible?

    2 days ago

    •   The Vintage News

  • A fossil of a prehistoric sea dinosaur, the Ichthyosaurus, has finally been revealed after staying hidden for 170 years by God-fearing individuals who didn’t want to make any waves...

  • Scientists Now Believe They Know Why Neanderthals Went Extinct

    3 hours ago
  • Why did the Neanderthals go extinct? A new study points the blame at their ears. The path of human evolution is far from straight, and over the course of time several different versions...

  • The ‘Cuff’ and ‘Link’ Turtles from Rocky are still Alive and still with Stallone

    a day ago
    • The turtles from the original Rocky are alive and well, now “over the hill” and still living with Sylvester Stallone. Rocky still packs a punch, even forty-odd years after its...

      Utopia – you are standing in it!


  • Hitler and the Art of the Deal – WW2 – 058 – October 5 1940

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  • Pascal’s Precautionary Wager: The Logic of Fear

    4 hours ago
    • Originally posted on The Risk-Monger: When I wrote the Poison of Precaution earlier this year, one piece was missing from that puzzle. What was the logic behind the acceptance that...

      TARPLEY.net

  • Enhanced Security Now Mandatory as Unhinged Trump Escalates Threats and Calls in Hostile Intelligence Agencies; Wall Street Fear of Antitrust Action and Wealth Tax Adds to Threat...

  • Tax Wall Street Party Demands Immediate Secret Service Protection for Elizabeth Warren in Climate of Increasing Harassment by Pro-Trump Fanatics and Hostility of Wall Street Legions Of Greed; Demand Action from Secret Service Director James M. Murray and DHS Acting Secretary Kevin McAleenan at (202)-282-8495; Ultimate Responsibility Rests with Trump!

    2 days ago
  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Thursday, October 3, 2019 Trump Demands 2020 Meddling from China and Ukraine; Prima Facie Case for...

  • Stock Market Down 800 Points in Worst Fourth Quarter Opening Since World Derivatives Panic of 2008; Manufacturing Slows, Confirming Economic Contraction; Market Downdrafted as U.S. Stock Buybacks Decline After Record $1 Trillion Pace in 2018; New York Fed’s Emergency Liquidity Injections To Prop Up Repo Money Market Already Approaching $1 Trillion; New York City Residential Real Estate Market in Free Fall

    3 days ago
    • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Wednesday, October 2, 2019 UAW Strike Against General Motors in Seventeenth Day, Longest Walkout...

      Sustainable Pulse

  • A newly published study adds to the ever-growing pile of evidence in support of the cancer-causing potential of the weedkiller active ingredient glyphosate. Glyphosate herbicides...

  • Nestle Steps Up Testing After Weedkiller Found in Coffee Beans

    9 days ago
  • Nestle SA is increasing checks on the coffee it buys, after recent tests showed beans from some countries had levels of the weedkiller glyphosate that are close to a regulatory limit...

  • Gene-Edited Farm Animals Pose Serious Risks to Human Health, the Environment and Animal Welfare

    18 days ago
    • A new report from Friends of the Earth and Logos Environmental reveals that the use of gene editing in farm animals poses risks to human health, the environment and animal welfare. ...

      sunshine hours

  • South / North

  • Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 276 – 2019

    a day ago
  • South / North

  • Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 275 – 2019

    2 days ago
    • South / North

      Stagecraft and Statecraft

  • Washington’s pressure on New Delhi benefits America’s adversaries Brahma Chellaney Nikkei Asian Review When U.S. President Donald Trump last Sunday joined visiting Indian...

  • How America’s Af-Pak policy has imposed enduring security costs on India

    18 days ago
  • Brahma Chellaney, The Hindustan Times When US President Donald Trump joins Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 50,000-strong public rally in Houston, it will showcase the strength...

  • Changing Security and Power Dynamics in East Asia

    a month ago
    • Brahma Chellaney, China-US Focus Japan has been shaken out of its complacency by the rise of an increasingly muscular and revisionist China vying for regional hegemony. But America’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

    a month 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

    2 months 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

  • Politico Playbook by Anna Palmer and Jake Sherman reports on the latest sightings of Donald Trump’s mind. He seems to think that the transcript of his phone call with the Ukrainian...

  • Kentucky: New School Rating System is Likely to Identify Schools with High-Poverty Enrollments

    11 hours ago
  • Kentucky launched its new school rating system, based on federal law requiring states to rate schools and identify the “lowest” 5 percent.  Instead of letter grades (the Jeb...

  • Alabama: Reconstituted Charter Commission Grills Proposed Gulen Charter School

    12 hours ago
    •   For some reason, the Gulen charter chain thought that it would be a good idea to open a charter in a rural county in Alabama. Residents of Washington County were outraged, and the charter...

      Pasco Phronesis

  • Once again The Daily Show brings it for late night science and technology content.  On the September 24th edition, California Governor Gavin Newsom discussed the fight between...

  • Science and Technology Guests on Late Night, Week of September 16

    12 days ago
  • Last week marked the debut of a new late night show, A Little Late with Lilly Singh.  Singh takes over the 1:37 a.m. spot held by Carson Daly and Last Call for many years. Edward Snowden...

  • Science and Technology Guests on Late Night, Week of September 9

    17 days ago
    • For the first time in a while, there’s a bit of meet in the previous week’s science and technology late night content.  The source should be no surprise. Last week The Daily Show...

      NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

  • By Paul Homewood     h/t Dave Ward     Energy firms have been accused of potentially misleading customers with claims about their ‘green tariffs’. Some firms that claim their...

  • Farmers — tired of being blamed for climate change — drive tractor convoy to The Hague, causing record-breaking rush hour in the Netherlands

    10 hours ago
  • By Paul Homewood    What’s Dutch for Gilets Jaune?   Farmers in the Netherlands are ticked off over claims that they should be held responsible for nitrogen oxide emissions...

  • Hols

    18 hours ago
    • By Paul Homewood    We’re off to Scotland this week, so, assuming we don’t get blown away, moderation will be slow,

      NoTricksZone

  • What follows is a field report from Hanover, Germany, by AGW skeptic organization KlimaKontroverse, who have attempted on multiple occasions to seek a rational dialogue with FridaysforFuture...

  • “Climate Protection” Obsession Moves From Depression To Insanity…”Need To Eat Humans, Babies!”

    2 days ago
  • (UPDATE: 5 October 2019) It was a well executed hoax. https://cliscep.com/2019/10/04/aoc-trolled-by-swiftian-satire/ (Note: A number of US Democrats and activists support...

  • 55 New (2019) Scientific Papers Link Solar Activity To Climate Change

    3 days ago
    • In the last few years, hundreds of peer-reviewed scientific papers have been published linking changes in solar activity to Earth’s climate (2016, 2017, 2018). The evidence for...

      NEPC Blog Post of the Day

  • Radical Eyes for Equity: Unsweet Tea: On Tokenism, Whiteness, and the Promise of Culturally Relevant Teaching I stood as I have many times in front of the two tea dispensers at a chain...

  • Mike Rose's Blog: Small Thoughts on Giving Money Away: A Modest Proposal for Educational Philanthropy

    2 days ago
  • Mike Rose's Blog: Small Thoughts on Giving Money Away: A Modest Proposal for Educational Philanthropy I am reading letters of appreciation with a friend of mine who directs a small...

  • Code Acts in Education: EdTech Resistance

    4 days ago
    • Code Acts in Education: EdTech Resistance Prepared for EdTech KnowHow conference, Stavanger, Norway, 26 September 2019 One month ago I set a Twitter mob against a team of young researchers...

      Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers

  • Victor Davis Hanson // National Review Expect more desperate Iranian efforts to prompt a U.S. military response in the Persian Gulf. Trump’s sanctions have cut off 90 percent of...

  • Impeachment Coup Analytics

    4 days ago
  • Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness Aside from the emotional issue that Democrats, NeverTrumpers, and celebrities loathe Donald Trump, recently Representative Al Green...

  • Why the Impeachment Frenzy May Only Strengthen Trump

    5 days ago
    • Victor Davis Hanson // National Review Contrary to suggestions by some, most Trump supporters are not automatons or blind supporters. What bothers them, and should bother others...

    The Moderate Voice

  • “I’ll be darned. I may still see my movie. When the day comes, I’ll be there for the showing even if I have to crawl out of here.” - John Tschirhart The post Of Flying Fortresses...

  • Why Not India?

    2 days ago
  • If our current trade war with China continues and escalates, we could be getting an economic divorce from China. Many pundits think that this divorce will plunge the world into a deep...

  • Is THE FAR SIDE comic strip really returning?

    2 days ago
    • Is Gary Larson’s The Far Side comic strip really returning? Will the world once again be subjected to Frankencows with sheep brains? The official The Far Side website proclaims...

      Marginal REVOLUTION

  • Moreover, hypersonic gliders are actually at a speed disadvantage compared with ballistic missiles of the same range. Ballistic missiles are also boosted to high speed by large...

  • Saturday assorted links

    11 hours ago
  • 1. Knur and Spell: the creative destruction of bygone sports. 2. Is The Sheraton censoring Taiwan? 3. Bank of Jamaica uses reggae music to teach monetary policy (WSJ). 4. The origins...

  • Which thinker from the past would you resurrect?

    16 hours ago
    • The Scholar’s Stage writes: If I were to resurrect one person to comment on our current dilemmas, that person would be Hannah Arendt.  What issue of importance today did she not...

      Lloyd Lofthouse

  • Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:   James Hohmann of the Washington Post yesterday  described Trump’s defense when his hand was caught in cookie jar in broad daylight...

  • George Conway III and Neal Cathay: Ukraine Seals the Case for Imprachment

    10 days ago
  • Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: ? George Conway III and Neal Catyal are lawyers. Conway is married to Kellyanne Conway; Catyal is a former Acting Solicitor General of the...

  • Jack Hassard: Trump’s Outrageous War on Science

    23 days ago
    • Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Jack Hassard Taught science education for many years. He used to write a blog called “The Art of Teaching Science,” but became so upset...

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  • One might say something here about the “best laid plans of mice and men,” except that there was nothing well conceived about Europe’s recent years’ admittance of waves of...

  • Reports: Whistleblower Is a Democrat and Former Obama Aide. Schiff Tweeted Ukraine Narrative in August

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  • The anonymous whistleblower who claimed Trump tried to cut a deal with Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden is a Democrat who worked on Ukraine issues for the National Security Council...

  • Is China the Country of the Future?

    2 days ago
    • The question for America’s statesmen is how to cope with the rising challenge of China while avoiding a war that would be a calamity for all mankind...

      MintPress News

  • Israel has successively driven a wedge between African countries, which, at one point, were united in their unconditional support of the Palestinian struggle against Israeli military...

  • A Generation Deleted: American Bombs in Yemen Are Costing an Entire Generation Their Future

    2 days ago
  • As a new school year begins in Yemen, Ahmed AbdulKareem investigates the impact that American weapons have had on the war-torn country's schoolchildren. The post A Generation Deleted...

  • Former Israeli Intel Official Claims Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell Worked for Israel

    3 days ago
    • A recent interview given by a former high-ranking official in Israeli military intelligence has claimed that Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual blackmail enterprise was an Israel intelligence...

      Made from Truth and Lies

  • Elon Musk Wanted Dirt On A Cave Rescuer He Called A "Pedo Guy," So He Hired An Ex-Felon To Find It(tags:ElonMusk OhForFucksSake )Star Wars Le Creuset cookware looks amazing(tags:cooking...

  • Interesting Links for 04-10-2019

    2 days ago
  • IPv4 Address Pricing: 2019 and Beyond(tags:ip internet technology business )The world's oldest love poem.(tags:love prehistory poetry funny viaSwampers )Protesters lose control...

  • Interesting Links for 03-10-2019

    3 days ago
    • Johnson's Brexit plan: No viability, no decency, no hope(tags:UK Europe NorthernIreland borders Doom )What Really Happens After the Apocalypse | Tor.com(tags:apocalypse behaviour...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today

  • Parenting teenagers can be challenging. A recent study investigates the importance of tone of voice when interacting with 14- and 15-year-olds.

  • Medical News Today: Is this how fructose worsens the effect of high fat diets?

    20 hours ago
  • A new mouse study reveals that adding fructose to high fat diets disrupts fat burning in the liver through effects on fat oxidation genes and mitochondria...

  • Medical News Today: What to do when baby temperature is low

    a day ago
    • A baby with temperature that is low may be healthy, but it is important to take steps to return their temperature to a normal range. Learn about causes of low temperatures in babies...

      InvestmentWatch

  • Which explanation is the right one? A combination of the second and the third. Yes, we had a massive buying panic this summer – and yes, the bond market is the ... Read more...

  • California To “Solve” Homeless Problem By Throwing Homeless People In Prison

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  • This article was written by Matt Agorist and originally published at Free Thought Project There is no doubt that California is experiencing a homeless crisis. In certain parts...

  • Gerald Celente – More Monetary Methadone to Juice the System and Censorship 2020

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    •   www.gurukalehuru.com

  • This is the best article I have read re Bernie’s health condition. I recommend reading it, of course, otherwise I wouldn’t have linked to it, but the short version is that we Bernie...

  • Blue No Matter Who People Can Fuck Right Off, They are Worse than Jehovah’s Witnesses

    13 hours ago
  • I lost my temper on a Facebook thread a few minutes ago and told somebody to fuck off. Perhaps that was a bit rude of me, but he was being quite condescending, so I’m sorry but not sorry...

  • Chinese Takeaway

    2 days ago
    • This is why I think ‘narrow focus’ is a ridiculous way to conduct an impeachment inquiry. Nancy Pelosi and (unfortunately) Tulsi Gabbard have called for just that.I guess maybe...

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