Friday, February 28, 2020

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  • Melbourne University conducted a study which concludes that our personality does affect not only our outlook on life but also the way we perceive reality. As it turns out, having...
  • Oh, no! – Mercury is about to retrograde again. Mercury is going Retrograde on February 17, 2020, in Pisces and will go directly on in Aquarius on March 4 till the range of March 10...
    • When Narcissists engage and talk in social groups, they are usually like by all. However, you should beware as the narcissist have many faces, each more cunning than the former. Generally...

      Have You Heard

  • TweetHave You Heard heads to fast-growing north Texas for a first-hand look at how support for public education is upending the state’s politics. Spoiler: GOP candidates are scrambling...
  • TweetThe raging debate about whether public money should fund private religious education is a very old one. What’s new is the increasingly complex education landscape and the...
    • TweetWhat are students learning about American history in these hyper-polarized times? That’s what New York Times reporter Dana Goldstein wanted to know. And so she set off on...

      Chicago Boyz

  • SARS-CoV2/COVID-19 Update 2-27-2020
  • As I mentioned on these pages a few days ago, there will be supply chain issues with the Co-Vid 19 event, whether you think it is the next Black Plague, or just another version of the flu...
    • SARS-CoV2/COVID-19 Evening Update 2-25-2020
  • Posted originally on The Conservative Tree House on February 27, 2020 by sundance The media is attempting to initiate panic about the Coronavirus in 2020 the same way the media...
  • Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on February 27, 2020 by sundance The media is attempting to initiate panic about the Coronavirus in 2020 the same way the media attempted...
    • Posted originally on The Conservative Tree House on February 27, 2020 by sundance The media is attempting to initiate panic about the Coronavirus in 2020 the same way the media...
  • On today's BradCast: If you think the coronavirus is worrisome now, just wait until voters in jurisdictions where they are forced to vote on unverifiable --- and germy --- TOUCHSCREEN...
  • IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: CBS News ignores the climate crisis in South Carolina Democratic debate, but candidates don't; JPMorgan economists warn climate change threatens human...
    • On today's BradCast: Seven Democratic Presidential candidates turned up the volume --- and on each other (especially against current front-runner Bernie Sanders) --- at Tuesday...

      bluebird of bitterness


  • Hog heaven

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  • Wednesday weirdness

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  • As reported by South Carolina's Aiken Standard. This is a remarkably fast policy reversal-reversal (sic), even for the Trump administration! Trump tweeted that the Yucca dump was...
  • In the decades-long "game" of radioactive waste whack-a-mole, when the Yucca dump goes down (see related entry, below), proposed consolidated interim storage facilities (CISFs)...
    • This includes the State of New York, the Town of Cortlandt, Village of Buchanan, and Hendrick Hudson School District, Riverkeeper, and Safe Energy Rights Group. These intervenors...
  • Defendants in the United States sit with their counsel. They are not held in a “secure dock” in a manner that physically removes them from proceedings. Yet, in the United Kingdom...
  • A couple of years ago I posted an article that gave a brief overview of the Trilateral Commission, quoting directly from numerous former members of the institution and how their overarching...
    • A video posted to Tik Tok shows a drag queen dancing suggestively in front of a girl no older than 6 as adults in the room applaud and cheer.
  • Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web
  • By Emily Reynolds. Body maps show certain moral violations are experienced differently, but “there are more commonalities than differences”.
    • By Emma Young. Results could help us understand why some children are more prone to bullying — or being bullied.

      Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places

  • American highways have something for everyone. Lots of litter. License plates galore. And, if you take the right route, a dinosaur car wash, or a supper club in the biggest fish you’ve...
  • Now a nature reserve, Coole Park was the country estate of Irish writer and folklorist Lady Augusta Gregory, who also co-founded the famous Abbey Theatre in Dublin. Lady Gregory...
    • The southern coast of Britain has long been stocked with a wide array of military defenses, in response to the various nations that have threatened invasion from across the channel...

      Accidental Deliberations

  • This and that for your Thursday reading.- Ezra Klein discusses the socialist ethic behind Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign. And Umair Haque writes that the antidote to Donald...
  • Propped-up cats.


  • This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Saeed Kamali Dehghan reports on a new World Health Organization study showing the utter lack of progress toward sustainable development...

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