Friday, January 17, 2020

17 January - iGoogle Portal - Tab 9

  • There’s new deputy sheriff in town… actor Lou Ferrigno! Those thinking he might be a little green for this line of work are right, though that comes from his iconic TV role as the...
  • The oldest ever illustration of Venice has been discovered. Made by a traveling friar in the 14th century, it’s finally been brought to light in the 21st century. Dr Sandra Toffolo...
    • What was thought to be a Viking ring has turned out to be something else entirely. Even highly-trained professionals sometimes see what they expect to see, instead of what’s actually...

  • Originally posted on Science Matters: Juliana et al. Vs US Federal Government is Dismissed. A federal appeals court on Friday threw out a lawsuit by children and young adults who claimed...
    • Originally posted on Climate Science: Roger Pielke Sr.: There continues to be a lack of clarity as to the distinction between changes in the heat content of the climate system  (global...
  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Thursday, January 16, 2020 In Blockbuster Interview, Former Giuliani Operative Lev Parnas Asserts...
  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Wednesday, January 15, 2020 Exhibit a for Demanding Witnesses and Documents in Trump’s Senate...
    • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Tuesday, January 14, 2020 Pro-Trump Lockstep Collapses Among Senate Republicans; White House Demand...
  • The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is in the process of becoming the first country to ban the use of the substance glyphosate in herbicides. Source: Press release by Luxembourg’s Ministry...
  • As reported by U.S. Right to Know last May, court documents showed that a domestic policy advisor at the White House said, ‘We have Monsanto’s back on pesticides regulation.’...
    • Over 170,000 litres of a weedkiller officially classified as a probable cause of cancer have been widely used by local authorities across Scotland in the last five years, an investigation...
  • South / North
  • South / North
    • South / North

      Stagecraft and Statecraft

  • Brahma Chellaney, The Hindustan Times Critics of US President Donald Trump had been slamming his foreign-policy approach of relying solely on economic levers by rebuffing the American...
  • 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...
  • There is yet another temple where the Shiva Linga absorbs entire Oil when abhisheka is performed.
    • The original name of the place was Kadai+Chilambu+Endhal, meaning 'the place where the Anklet was held in Hands for the last time' I am unable to find the photo of the house...
  • Garrison Keillor posted this on his very engaging website “A Writer’s Almanac.” The daily newsletter is delightful, it’s free, and I recommend it. I was chastised by a reader...
  • James Hatch, Navy Seal, applied to Yale University and was accepted as a freshman at the age of 52. He was wary about how he would fit in. Were the students the “liberal snowflakes”...
    • John Merrow learned about the latest trending idea in teacher training. Give a teacher a script, put a “bug” in his or her ear, and let the teacher follow instructions. This is what...
  • The first full week of the new year brought the first new episodes of most late night (and other) talk shows.  For those repeats that did air this past week, of note is the January 10 (Friday)...
  • As is usually the case, most programs were off for the year-end holidays.  Of the repeats this past week, I draw attention to the New Year’s Day edition of The Late Late Show.  Neil...
    • With Christmas landing mid-week, the late night shows were in repeats this week, if not pre-empted. Of the repeats, one that comes close to being included here is Friday’s (December...
  • By Paul Homewood   Ross Clark had a sceptical article in the Telegraph the other day, so it is good seeing him follow it up with this in the Spectator. It is behind a paywall, but you can...
  • By Paul Homewood   h/t Robin Guenier   The BBC long ago gave up any pretence of impartiality and objectivity when it comes to climate change. Now they have unashamedly become advocates...
    • By Paul Homewood     A quick round up of some interconnected news items: First up, greens are up in arms at suggestions that the government will reform or even abolish Air Passenger...
  • By Kirye and P. Gosselin Yes, climate change is real. But what they don’t tell us is that in many places that change has gone in the opposite direction of what alarmists like to have...
  • The onslaught of paleoclimate evidence for warmer-than-now Mid-Holocene climates – when the Earth’s sea levels were meters higher than they are today –  stormed through...
    • At his German news commentary site, Gabor Steingart reports on the results of the latest ARD German public broadcasting trend analyses. Here it’s clear that German citizens are...

  • Victor Davis Hanson // Fox News Despite its cool Green parties and ambitious wind and solar agendas, Europe remains by far the world’s largest importer of oil and natural gas...
  • Is The Mediterranean Still Geo-Strategically Essential? Please read a new essay by my colleague, Barry Strauss in Strategika. The Mediterranean Sea is today, as it has always...
    • Victor Davis Hanson // National Review The Left sees Donald Trump’s comportment, rallies, and tweets as a new low in presidential behavior that justifies extraordinary countermeasures...
  • Trump just added two prominent lawyers to his impeachment defense team. Is this the A Team? WASHINGTON — President Trump plans on adding former independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr...
  • Robotics have simplified many processes for decades, but recent advancements are allowing businesses to use robots in far more applications than ever before. One such innovation...
    • The people who care for America’s elderly face numerous challenges daily, and getting paid for the labor they’ve performed shouldn’t be one of them. However, according to...

      Marginal REVOLUTION

  • …the B-ratio I proposed here, measured as the CEO pay over the total payroll of the firm, relates CEO pay to the salary of each employee and may be the most relevant and informative...
  • A video in which Brazil’s culture minister uses parts of a speech by Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Germany’s propaganda boss, has sparked outrage. In the clip posted on the ministry’s...
  • Friday assorted links

    13 hours ago
    • 1. John O. McGinnis on State Capacity Libertarianism.  And Ilya Somin on same. 2. Why is Japan so successful at returning lost property? 3. Some guy’s blog, covers manufacturing...
  • Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: I fear we are becoming insensitive to shock in the Trump era. And the very concept of “government ethics” seems to be an oxymoron in this...
    • 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...
  • A Monday rally in favor of gun rights in Richmond will include — alongside the NRA and other gun rights organizations — a local Richmond-based chapter of Antifa.    ...
  • Mimicking the attacks on President Trump, ultra-left Democrats and their Fake News allies have unleashed a massive campaign smearing Washington State Representative Matt Shea...
    • Mitch McConnell should let the House managers make their case, and then call for a vote to dismiss, and treat this indictment with the contempt it so richly deserves...
  • From bus drivers to ballet dancers, workers from across France have taken to the streets in opposition to President Emmanual Macron's attempts to reshape the country into a U.S.-style...
  • An analysis of peer-reviewed scientific papers found overwhelming consensus in the conclusion that Medicare for All would indeed save the American taxpayer money. The post 91%...
    • "This fire season has been a devastating wake-up call for many Australians. People who may have thought climate change was a vague, distant threat are now breathing bushfire smoke...

      Made from Truth and Lies

  • C Is Not a Low-level Language(tags:programming computers hardware software design )Christopher Tolkien has died(tags:Tolkien death france )'Watchmen': HBO won't continue...
  • Are you really at your most miserable at 47.2 years old?November 1st last year for me. It was a good day.(tags:happiness psychology )Here is a trailer for a really stereotypical Manic...
    • What it's like to freeze to death(tags:temperature weather death cold viaElfy )Who wants to know the rules to knife karaoke?(tags:rules music fighting )Star Wars 9's Original Story...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today

  • Ethmoid sinusitis is an inflammation of the ethmoid sinuses, which sit between the eyes. This article provides an overview of the condition.
  • Genes determine around 80% of a person's height, but environmental factors can also affect it. This article looks at how people can increase their height during development...
    • Dental implants are artificial structures that replace missing teeth. Learn more about the different types and implantation procedures.
  • “I remember, for some reason or another, being very excited when Fidel Castro made the revolution in Cuba,”     AC
  • by mapi Conference goers now have to be wary that robots will identify them everywhere they go. Corporations can now rent Chinese-made CloudMinds robots that can identify everyone...
    • As yet another streaming service enters the heavily saturated space, one Wall Street analyst says consumers might be starting to feel streaming fatigue. “I think you are starting...

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  • I hate to write about the same thing three blogs in a row but everybody’s still talking about it. And deservedly so.Sure, it’s not as important an issue as global warming, or raising...
  • Warren Digs Deeper

    2 days ago
  • I was as surprised as anybody to find out that there was audio of what was said between Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders after the debate. I figured if we didn’t hear it at the time...
    • The usual disclaimer: Did not stay up until 3 in the morning to watch the debate. This blog is just based on news accounts of the debate Two big losers from last night’s debate, as I see...

      Fragments from Floyd

  • My morning pages sometimes get out of hand. What can I say? I’m hearing conversations with inanimate objects now. So lock me up. They ended up, one atop the other, in the back of my car...


  • ► Current events: I knew not to and did it anyway: “click here so we know you’re a real person” it said on an ostensible news site that promised to show me news about a piece of software-in-development...

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