Tuesday, December 24, 2019

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  • Dick Van Dyke turned 94 on December 13th… and it seems he needed no help blowing out those birthday candles. The media spotted him on his birthday on a Malibu errand run, where Van Dyke...
  • Without grandmothers, human evolution would be quite different! They’re an important part of any family, but a new study shows grandmothers have actually shaped the destiny of...
    • A newly discovered Christian church in Ethiopia is changing our understanding of how Christianity spread. Many people know when and where Christianity began, but where and when...

      Utopia – you are standing in it!

  • Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? ? Whatever the progressives at the Guardian/BBC may say about wildfires, the…
  • Originally posted on Why Evolution Is True: On December 12 I reported on what has to get the award for Dumbest Pecksniffery of…
  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Monday, December 23, 2019 Whining Pundits Parrot Trump’s Line That This Does Not Feel Like Real...
  • Oval Office Is Mental Annex of Kremlin as Don Parrots Putin’s Slogans Against Ukraine; Ouster of Mulvaney Imminent as Vendetta Proceeds; Christianity Today Demands Removal of...
    • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Thursday, December 19, 2019 The Scaramucci Scenario as Told to BBC: Peel Off 4-5 GOP Senators and Get...
  • Sustainable Pulse interview with Axis Farms’ Partner, Mark Sanders, discussing the future of wheat farming in Canada and why they decided it is important to certify their harvest...
  • According the a new study, soybean production in South America now covers over 57 million hectares, more than on any other continent. The consequences for amphibians have been devastating...
    • A recent review of the scientific literature (see abstract below) has found that exposure to glyphosate, the active ingredient in glyphosate herbicides like Roundup, impairs the...
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      Stagecraft and Statecraft

  • BRAHMA CHELLANEY, Project Syndicate International law today is powerful against the powerless, and powerless against the powerful. As long as this is true, a rules-based global...
  • Brahma Chellaney, The Hindustan Times Whereas India-China and Japan-China ties are unlikely to become non-adversarial in the near future, the forthcoming summit between prime...
    • Since China began damming the Mekong, droughts have become more frequent and intense in downriver countries By diverting river water to its mega-dams, China has emerged as Asia’s...
    • Nelspruit Nature Reserve. An ancient Hindu worship site which dates back 1,800 years, and is still in use today.
  • Jeremy Mohler of the nonpartisan “In the Public Interest” wrote a clear summary of the reasons to be concerned about charter schools: The holidays are a time of joy and relaxation...
  • Stuart Egan, National Board Certified Teacher in North Carolina, is aware that he is surrounded by piety, not all of which is sincere. In this holiday season, he calls on his fellow...
    • Dr. Anika Whitfield is a leader of Grassroots Arkansas. She recently posted an open letter to key state officials, including Governor Asa Hutchinson and State Commissioner Johnny...
  • Before I discuss last week’s science and technology content on late night, a note about the week of December 2.  I missed an appearance by Kevin Delaney on The Tonight Show.  Delaney...
  • It was a light week for science and technology bookings on late night, much like this year has been.  You could have caught a repeat on The Late Late Show of Arnold Schwarzenegger promoting...
    • Most, but not all, late night programs were in repeats this past week due to the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States.  Of those repeats, the November 29 edition of The Late Show...

      NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

  • By Paul Homewood     Whatever the progressives at the Guardian/BBC may say about wildfires, the blokes actually fighting them understand the reality. This was what they had to say...
  • By Paul Homewood   https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/dec/24/home-affairs-warned-australian-government-of-growing-climate-disaster-risk-after-may-election...
    • By Paul Homewood     https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2019/12/20/lancets-latest-climate-report-is-full-of-errors/    You will recall I critiqued...
  • Enjoy one of my very favorites! Brings back a lot of wonderful memories. Wishing devoted readers a Merry Christmas!
  • For CO2 to be considered a driver of Earth’s temperatures, changes in CO2 that uni-directionally correlate with temperatures should not be an exceptional occurrence. Yet a causal...
    • German evolutionary biologist and physiologist Prof. Dr. Ulrich Kutschera told in an interview that “CO2 is a blessing for mankind” and that the claimed “97% consensus”...

      NEPC Blog Post of the Day

  • Curmudgucation: Fordham: Teachers Are Downloading Junk Fordham Institute, the right-tilted thinky tank and tireless ed reform advocacy group, just released a new study that actually...
  • The Conversation: 5 New Ways for Schools to Work with Families Text messages, email alerts, open houses, fundraising appeals, robocalls – parents know the drill. They are inundated...
    • Shanker Blog: The Structure of School Segregation in the D.C. Metro Area A few weeks ago, the Shanker Institute published an analysis of segregation by race and ethnicity in D.C...

      Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers

  • Victor Davis Hanson // Fox News Former FBI Director James Comey and Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, former CIA Director John Brennan and former Director of National Intelligence...
  • Victor Davis Hanson // National Review The three-year-long effort to abort the Trump presidency — now culminating with a manipulated impeachment effort — has warped U.S. foreign...
    • Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness When a party, an ideological movement, and an entire political agenda are based on hatred, people and policies become warped. The left-wing...

    The Moderate Voice

  • It's unlikely that I'll ever watch Cats again. What reason is there to watch it again? It's plotless, and there's no time to invest in what's taking place onscreen. The visual effects...
  • Although I am technically in my “no politics at Christmas moratorium” I’m going to take a brief break to offer the following Over the next couple weeks we will all be gathering...
  • Teenage Yoda

    a day ago
    • David Donar. All rights reserved. Copyright Donar, Political Graffiti The post Teenage Yoda appeared first on The Moderate Voice.

      Marginal REVOLUTION

  • 1. The penis-shaped ice rink culture that is Russia. 2. The Economist on Peter Chang and the revolution in Chinese cuisine.  Price variability is rising in the Chinese cuisine market...
  • Libya, Yemen, Equatorial Guinea, Greece, the Central African Republic, Sudan, East Timor, Lebanon, Greece, and Trinidad & Tobago.  In Syria and Venezuela data collection...
    • That was a question I asked someone while discussing the topic of careers, in this case academic careers but it applies more broadly.  Virtually by definition, the major pressures...
  • Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Today in the Washington Post,  Eric Holder criticized Bill Barr for his aggressive, partisan support of Trump. Holder was Obama’s...
  • Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Happy Thanksgiving! Today is a day when we pause and give thanks to whatever deity we worship (or not) for the blessings we enjoy: our freedom...
    • Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Paul Waldman of the Washington Post went down memory lane with prominent Republicans who called out Trump as a phony before he was elected...
  • Spain has become the most recent nation to threaten a Brexit-style exit from the European Union amid anger over EU meddling in its internal affairs.
  • A conference of state-selected religious leaders in China issued a directive that all religious works must be revised to conform to the Communist Party Line...
    • It's not paranoia to suggest that the war on private ownership of firearms has little to do with curbing gun violence.
  • The government estimates ending homelessness would cost around $20 billion, less than Americans spend on Christmas decorations, yet there appears to be little appetite to address...
  • At least 25 people have been killed in the protests and India's far-right government has banned gatherings in cities across the country. The post Millions Protest India’s Anti-Muslim...
    • Ahmed AbdulKareem recounts the story of Heramala and thousands of African migrants like him who make the harrowing journey across wartorn Yemen in hopes of a better life in Saudi Arabia...

      Made from Truth and Lies

  • Girl, six, finds plea from Chinese prison slaves inside Tesco kitten Christmas cards(tags:Christmas slavery China Tesco uk )The problem with people but understanding how frosted...
  • Cats is not Andrew Lloyd Webber's weirdest musical(tags:musicals trains )Future proofing the Afsluitdijk(tags:Netherlands Ocean architecture thefuture )Why Brussels Sprouts...
    • There's a baby asleep behind me. A baby with a cold.Every ten minutes or so she has a coughing fit and wakes herself up enough to make a pitiful whining noise.About every fifth time she...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today

  • Research in rats suggests that empathy may be an important element in the rodents’ remarkable ability to survive in difficult environments.
  • A new study focuses on DNA change to investigate why aspirin use is linked to different outcomes in different individuals after a breast cancer diagnosis...
    • There are many types of probiotic, and each has a different set of health benefits. In this article, learn about the best probiotics for various situations...
  • www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/12/tom-fitton-if-anybody-goes-on-trial-in-the-senate-it-should-be-adam-schiff-and-his-cohorts-video/
  • by bbennett36 I know most people don’t know the truth about The Federal Reserve. The truth is the people that the dems allowed to create the Federal Reserve were the ... Read more...
    • by CRESCAT CAPITAL Download PDF Version The highly probable and downright inevitable unwind of today’s trifecta of financial asset bubbles: stocks, corporate credit, and...

      www.gurukalehuru.com

  • It gets a little bit tiresome saying “A new low,” because we say it so often. We say it about Trump, the Tories in England, the press, the DNC, and oh so many others. But, as long as it...
  • Solstice

    2 days ago
  • And now the days are getting longer again, which is of course the reason for a major holiday at this time of year. It’s been called Christmas for the last thousand years or so, Yule before...
    • I just saw a thing, forgot the source and I’m not going to look for it, about how only 5 candidates have qualified for the January debate. Meaning Steyer and Yang would be out, and there...

      Fragments from Floyd

  • It is starting to sink in that this is not a drill. This is not the projection of some future possibility that one day, we would leave this place, dead or alive. This is an acceptance, almost...
  • On Commitment

    8 days ago

  • I’m beating the rush for New Year’s Resolutions, and thought I’d go ahead and start failing to keep mine ahead of schedule. I’ve realized that I have allowed myself to get too...

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