Thursday, April 23, 2020

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  • Don’t ever give up on your dreams!  It is never too late to be successful, whether it’s material or financial success. Follow your dreams. You can still achieve what matters to...
  • Your true partner in life will never allow any harm to come to you. They linger on your words, which has meaning to them. It is very seldom that you find the right person at your first attempt...
    • Have you been on a safari tour? If you have or haven’t, you will love the photographs below. A safari tour guide has an important role and is the most crucial part of the whole safari...
  • TweetThe gaps between the Internet haves and have-nots have never been more glaring. Christopher Mitchell of the Institute for Local Self Reliance helps us understand the origins...
  • TweetWhat do you want to know about education in a time of pandemic? We put that question to Have You Heard listeners, then rounded up an all-star cast of experts with answers. Should...
    • TweetThis isn’t the first time schools have shuttered in the wake of a pandemic. Resident education historian Jack Schneider on what we can learn from school closures past. Meanwhile...

      Chicago Boyz

  • Waiting for Good Dough.  Excerpts of some thoughts on central banking and monetary policy, from a newsletter issued by Paul Singer’s hedge fund, Elliott Management.  Best post/article...
  • A short one here. I run a small business here in the hinterlands of this great country and many years ago I had the opportunity to poke a Fortune 500 CEO in the eye, repeatedly. To this day...
    • During a recent conversation I was reminded of our fabulous “25 Stories About Work” series here on the blog and thought I would share one with you. This post is going to be fairly...
  • Posted originally on The Conservative Tree House on April 22, 2020 by sundance Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin calls in to Stuart Varney to provide updates on congressional...
  • Posted originally on The Conservative tree House on April 22, 2020 by sundance Comrades, after the Meridian cornavirus enforcement police received several calls from compliant...
    • AOC Cheers Oil Crash, “You absolutely love to see it” Then Deletes tweet U.S. oil futures, known as West Texas Intermediate or WTI, traded negative for the first time in history...
  • We've got a whole lot jammed into one single hour of The BradCast today. So let's take this one step at a time and hope for the best. You may wish to stay away from anything that is breakable...
  • On today's BradCast: Desperate to salvage Donald Trump's re-election chances, the White House and several GOP Governors are apparently now set on putting hundreds of thousands...
    • IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Oil prices plunge into historic negative territory; Trump EPA rolls back rules on toxic mercury pollution; PLUS: 50th anniversary of Earth Day and climate...

      bluebird of bitterness

  • Professional whistler Geert Chatrou performs “Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen” (“Hell’s vengeance boils in my heart”) from The Magic Flute...

    • How to maintain both social distancing and proper etiquette. See also: How to Pass the Salt While Maintaining Proper Social Distance
  • Please help us secure more in-person public comment meetings, by urging both your U.S. Senators, and your U.S. Representative, to demand one from NRC in your state/congressional...
  • A long, hard-fought victory for all who have campaigned for many years to close Indian Point! Watch this video -- aptly called Beyond Indian Point -- about the closure, and what's next...
    • Immediate release: 21 April 2020 Contact: Marylia Kelley, 925.255.3589 : marylia@trivalleycares.org The thirty-six member organizations of the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability...
  • Banks handling the government’s $349 billion loan program for small businesses made more than $10 billion in fees — even as tens of thousands of small businesses were shut out...
  • Migrant areas of Paris were hit with a 3rd consecutive night of rioting following an accident in which a motorcyclist was seriously injured after a confrontation with police...
    • Police in Jerusalem are investigating a possible terror attack after a massive fire broke out at Jerusalem's City Hall on Wednesday afternoon. Given multiple building at the sprawling...
  • By Tomasz Witkowski. Insecure narcissists particularly likely to be cultural omnivores, study finds
  • By Emily Reynolds. Ultrarunners are more resilient and better at reframing situations in a positive way, although direction of effects is unclear.
    • By Emily Reynolds. Information Preferences Scale offers insight into why we might avoid learning about personal medical risk or how we're perceived by others...

      Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places

  • Anagni is a small medieval town southeast of Rome. It's probably best known for the four Popes who hailed from the city in the 12th and 13th centuries, as well as its stunning cathedral. Medieval...
  • Indira Ghandi Planetarium is tucked amidst anonymous concrete residential high rises, near the Gomti River that zigzags through downtown Lucknow, India. At first sight, the...
    • Under normal circumstances, hundreds of people pass through Castelbouc Cave in the south of France each year, many seeking to become more experienced cavers by training in the labyrinthine...

      Accidental Deliberations

  • It's certainly understandable to try to maintain hope that a public address will produce some desperately-needed improvements to the lives of Saskatchewan's essential workers...
  • Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Patricia Cohen discusses how the COVID-19 lockdown has exposed the precarious financial position of most Americans - but in...
    • Couch cat.

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