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The proteins that domesticated our genomes

EPFL scientists have carried out a genomic and evolutionary study of a large and enigmatic family of human
Land-based food not nutritionally sufficient for wild polar bears

A study, by San Diego Zoo Global conservationists, released this week (Sept. 12, 2016) is shedding new
Study links altered brain chemistry, behavioral impairments in fish exposed

Study Links Altered Brain Chemistry, Behavioral Impairments in Fish Exposed to Elevated CO2 Research team

WATCH: Voodoo and New Orleans

(Original air date: December 8, 2019) If you visit New Orleans...you’re likely to see voodoo shops, museums
WATCH: Smuggling from Mexico through tunnels

(Original air date: December 8, 2019) We’ve taken a lot of trips to our southern border to investigate at
WATCH: What is "populism" and why is it so....popular?

(Original air date: December 8, 2019) On our world travels, we’ve discovered a global trend— popular

Lawyer: Ghislaine Maxwell Won’t Name Powerful Figures Involved in Epstein

Victim’s lawyer Lisa Bloom says that Ghislaine Maxwell is unlikely to “sing like a canary” by naming other
Bank of England Governor Signals Central Bank Digital Currency is Coming

As confirmed by several economic outlets, including Bloomberg, Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey took
Epstein Collaborator Ghislaine Maxwell Hides Details About Secret Husband

Ghislaine Maxwell, widely alleged to be the accomplice of deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, has revealed

Links 7/16/2020
New Study Slams Public Pension Funds’ Alternative Investments as Drag on

A new paper shows that public pension fund investment in "alts" like real estate and private
The European Union’s Fateful Choices for Recovery – An Italian Perspective

To fight COVID-19, the European Union must recognize that spending restraints have to go.

Shanker Blog: Five Things Not To Do When Schools Re-open

Shanker Blog: Five Things Not To Do When Schools Re-open This post is part of our series
Mike Klonsky’s Blog: The AAP’s School Guidance Principles Don’t Align with

Mike Klonsky’s Blog: The AAP’s School Guidance Principles Don’t Align with Trump/DeVos Mandated Reopening.
Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Facing Uncertainty

Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Facing Uncertainty: Opening Schools During a Pandemic

Gasoline prices resume decline after weeks of increases

Gasoline prices in the Houston area have declined by nearly 3 cents in the past week, breaking a string of
U.S. oil and gas rig count losses moderate

The number of operating oil and gas rigs fell slightly in the 17th straight week of losses.
Sources: Venezuela wooed Texas Republican to ease sanctions

MIAMI (AP) — Venezuela's socialist government tried to recruit then-Congressman Pete Sessions to broker

'How the hell are we going to do this?' The panic over reopening

The CDC issued additional guidance this week on safely reopening schools, with infections spiking in the
Florida reports record number of coronavirus cases amid nationwide surge

Health experts fear coronavirus cases will continue to climb after the July 4 weekend.
Coronavirus threatened to make a mess of Kentucky’s primary. It could be a

The state scaled up absentee voting and challenged its primary turnout record despite the coronavirus

Mexican cartel shows its might as president visits its heartland

A video depicting a sprawling military-style convoy of one of Mexico's most powerful drug cartels circulated on social networks on Friday just as President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador visited the group's heartland. The cry was a salute to their leader, Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera, one of the country's most-wanted drug lords. "They are sending a clear message... that they basically rule Mexico, not Lopez Obrador," said Mike Vigil, a former chief of international operations for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

Reuters
Trump's campaign channeled nearly $400,000 to his private business in 2 days

Documents showed that the campaign channeled $380,000 to the president's personal business over 43 transactions, David Fahrenthold reported.

Business Insider
Twitter Users Think Biden Should Use Nikki Haley's Tweet As A Campaign Ad

Many people wonder if the former GOP governor was actually working for the former vice president.

HuffPost

Workers urged not to travel to areas affected by virus

The possibility that the virus could affect a Navajo citizen is very real – especially if they travel to
Obituaries for March 5, 2020

This week: Raymond H. Smith, Kee Logg, Flora Ann Parker, Lilly C. Sandoval, and Eugene Wesley Delgai. The
Nation monitors, preps, plans for virus

The COVID-19 virus, commonly referred to as coronavirus, is being monitored very closely by the Navajo Area

Pentagon, U.S. Finally Gov Releases Navy UFO/UAP Footage: What’s next?

Back in 2004, the Navy captured footage of “unexplained aerial phenomena.” Translation, Navy
Archaeologists uncover Celtic smelting furnace in Poland that pre-dates

Archaeologists in Poland made a delightful and exciting find near the city of Warkocz by excavating a
Fox News Host Tucker Carlson doesn’t believe Trump’s answers about UFOs

Controversial Fox News’s Tucker Carlson appeared on the History Channel’s Ancient Aliens

Dutch may have rights to resume nationality after Brexit – but will Brits?

Dutch nationals who have lost their nationality after Brexit may be able to restore it, under a back-up
Green house ruled ‘too bright’ for Den Helder

A lime green house in Den Helder will have to be painted in a more neutral shade after Ineke van...
Covid-19 infections rise slightly, some local clusters

There were 534 new Covid-19 infections and eight deaths in the past week, according to the latest weekly

Microsoft fixes Word, Skype hangs in July Office 2020 updates

Microsoft released the July 2020 non-security Microsoft Office updates with improvements and fixes for
Risky blogspot.in domain for sale after Google fails to renew it

Google's registration of the Blogspot domain expired recently, and the domain was immediately purchased
DOJ indict Fxmsp hacker for selling access to hacked orgs, AV firms

The US Department of Justice has indicted a hacker known as 'Fxmsp' for hacking into and selling

1 dead 3 injured as meteorite hits southern India (27 flags)

And it has created a record. First recorded human fatality due to a meteorite. Can someone bring up the
Donald Trump: Id bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding (25

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/06/donald-trump-waterboarding-republican-debate-torture
Iowans claim instances when Sanders was shorted delegates (20 flags)

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2016/02/06/iowans-claim-instances

Arizona State University revokes job for dean over microaggression

Arizona State University revoked a job offer for an incoming dean after former students claimed she used
Montgomery County Public Schools holds LGBTQ town hall

One of the largest Maryland public school systems held a virutal LGBTQ town hall to discuss LGBTQ activism
China Expert Warns of Communist Chinese Coronavirus Deception

Bill Gertz, a noted national security correspondent who has covered Chinese geopolitics for several decades

Coronavirus cases in the US exceed 3.5 million: Live updates

Florida reported the largest one-day rise in deaths since the pandemic began and its second-largest
India: Pakistan broke agreement on 'unimpeded' access to 'spy&#

India said its diplomats protested, left a meeting with Indian 'spy' sentenced to death on charges
Arrests made on fourth day of Detroit summer school protests

A group has been protesting against the programme, saying officials are putting people at risk, 11 have

Top Products in Two Decades of Tech Reviews

Walt Mossberg on the dozen personal-technology products that were the most influential over two decades of
Diabetes Data Beamed to Your Phone

New meters from iHealth and LifeScan are small steps toward better diabetes care.
Two Houses, One Cable TV Bill

Walt answers questions from readers about streaming TV from one house to another and the search for

Fresh complaint submitted to ICC over US-Israel war crimes in Palestine

The court has been asked to investigate senior Israeli and US officials, including Donald Trump, Benjamin
Remembering the handover of ‘one Palestine, complete’

On this day in 1920, the first High Commissioner for Palestine Herbert Samuel, was handed the
After 12 Months In Administrative Detention, Israel Releases Young

The Israeli authorities released, Monday, a young Palestinian woman, a mother, identified as Shorouq

Coronavirus: Russian spies target Covid-19 vaccine research

The UK, US and Canada say state-backed hackers tried to steal coronavirus vaccine research.
IS woman can return to UK to fight for citizenship

The 20-year-old, who joined the Islamic State group in Syria, has been denied a fair hearing, judges say.
Summers could become 'too hot for humans'

Rising global temperatures could see summers that are too hot to work in.

Court Finds For Former MP in Counterclaim Against “VIP Sex Abuse” Accuser

From the Daily Mail: A former Liberal Democrat MP is to receive libel damages from an alleged fantasist who
Sandy Hook Conspiracism: A Note on Moon Rock Books

From CBS News, in June: The father of a victim of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre has won a
BBC News Probes “Annie Tacker”

This one is being widely reported – from Phil Kemp at BBC News: There are many unanswered questions

Sharing our truth vs. TMI (too much information)

I do it for myself but equally and sometimes more importantly I share as a role model for vulnerable people
Trauma is inter-generational. Racism is a trauma that has been with us for

If you're dealing with the trauma in your life and you're denying racism you're not really
Gluten, dairy and all the rest: Adding food back after elimination

I was on elimination diets for a long time and needed to be in order to quiet down the chaos in my body. I

"Moving Forward Act" Will Force Car Owners To Breathe Into A

In less than five years, the "Moving Forward Act" will require all passenger vehicles be equipped
'Predictive policing' could amplify today's law enforcement

Law enforcement in America is facing a day of reckoning over its systemic, institutionalized racism and
LA Orders Closure Of Beaches For July 4th Weekend, Sheriff Refuses To

The closure of Los Angeles beaches over July 4 weekend was ordered by county officials Monday “to prevent

Newborn is Here: Things to Have on Your Bed

This is not a list of baby “must-haves.” This is a list for the bedridden mothers. When a
10 Low Time Preference Parenting Tactics

Low time preference is a term generally used in economics or evolutionary psychology to describe an
Slav Mom Cooking

This is NOT medical advice. Please consult your doctor before you eat food. Low fat, high carb, high sugar

Next Stimulus Bill Should Include Volunteer Tax Assistance Funding

Policymakers gave the IRS additional funds in the CARES Act of March, acknowledging that
Policymakers Should Reject Calls to Make Business Tax Credits Refundable

Some policymakers are considering whether to make certain business tax credits temporarily
State Borrowing No Substitute for Additional Direct Aid to Help States

Borrowing is not a viable substitute for the substantial direct aid states need to offset

George Floyd, A Memo to Conservatives

A good many of my conservative friends are in shock at the reaction to the killing of George Floyd. "
George Floyd, A Memo to Progressives

I am not going to lecture serious Progressives on the arson and looting in the streets today -- if you don&
Another Climate-COVID Computer Modelling Similarity

In this post, I wrote about parallels between climate and COVID alarm and related issues of computer

Christian Sorensen: Military Contract Literacy

by Christian Sorensen Writer, Dandelion Salad July 3, 2020 C.P. Sorensen on Jun 27, 2020 I analyze three
Put Away The Flags by Howard Zinn

by Howard Zinn Writer, Dandelion Salad Originally published July 3, 2010 July 3, 2020 On this July 4, we
Deep State Bounty Hunters + Russia Bounty-Hunter Story Another Pulp Fiction

by Finian Cunningham Writer, Dandelion Salad East Africa Crossposted from Sputnik, June 30, 2020 July 2

We giggle while America burns.

News in the last years of the Second Republic (founded on the Constitution) is entertainment, as we watch
The Boomers see the ruin of their dreams

We have so much power, knowledge, and ideology. We lack only perspective on our situation. But that is
Fireworks for the mind on this July 4

Best wishes for a Happy 4th of July weekend. Here are thoughts about the Republic to enliven your

Crisis Hits Oil Industry and Energy Transition Alike

While it attempts to cushion the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, the Latin American and Caribbean
Unite Behind Environmental Science: Transforming Values and Behaviour is as

Restoring damaged ecosystems is vital to avoid the collapse of nature’s most valuable contributions to
Biological Diversity is Fundamental to Human Health

Today, May 22, marks the International Day of Biological Diversity. Experts say that conservation efforts

Bolivia’s Interim President Jeanine Áñez Is Waging a War on Women

Cindy Forster Self-proclaimed “interim president” Jeanine Añez, with a bible in hand on
Beware of Right Deviations That Have Emerged from the Three-Headed Crisis

Danny Haiphong Libertarianism, like all capitalist ideologies, is bound with white supremacy. “Mass
Without Family Farming We Would Not Survive a Pandemic

Ollantay Itzamná Hoe, a tool still in use in family farming. OI. Despite the apparent victory of the “

Crop Breeding for High Production, Water Use Efficiency & Albedo

It's a good way to confront mankind's growing need for food and the water needed to produce it
Biospheric Productivity (Global: The Recent Past) -- Summary

Since 1980 the Earth has weathered three of the warmest decades in the instrumental temperature record, a
Catastrophic Floods of Dartmoor, South West England

Are they few and far-between? ... or are they growing ever more frequent ... and ferocious?

IMF praises Argentina's latest debt offer to creditors

A spokesperson for the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday that Argentina’s
Bolsonaro catches the "little flu" and admits taking

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday he tested positive for the novel
World 2020 cereal production forecasted to reach new record

World cereal production is poised to reach a new record level of 2 790 million tons

Farmers say MidAmerican reneging on promise to pay for wind turbine

About two-dozen farmers and landowners in western Iowa say MidAmerican Energy is failing to fully pay them
New wind turbine project in Winnebago, Worth counties brings concerns #IA

The Winnebago County Board of Supervisors heard some concerns about a new wind turbine project in the works
Outrage over plans for 110km of power lines ‘threatening countryside and

An online petition has been launched to help save an area of outstanding natural beauty near Granada in

Beyond green waves and new governments: France's political landscape in

Madelaine Pitt and Théo Boucart examine the state of French politics in light of the recent local elections
Chinese aid to European Union countries: a new balance of power between

As early as November 2019, the first cases of coronavirus were detected in China. As the first country to
Turkey and the South Caucasus: between pluralism and extreme repression

Turkey and the Caucasus Republics (Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan) cannot be considered a uniform region

Where Are COVID Deaths Rising?

Chile, Peru, Brazil, and Mexico have experienced dramatic increases. So have New Jersey, Rhode Island, and
How Climate Trickery Infiltrated the AGU

11 presentations - based on private, agenda-driven research - were delivered to the world's largest
Fooling Us With Climate Trickery

An influential report aimed at business leaders re-labelled an implausible, far-fetched scenario as '

The Survival Rate of Each Lung Cancer Stage

We all know that there are many stages of lung cancer and you might be wondering how each stage is like and
Chocolates Help Fight Cancer- Myth or Truth?

How amazing (and difficult) is it to love something that is also supposed to do you a world of good
Top 6 Symptoms That Indicate Breast Cancer

Cancer is one of the fastest growing cause of deaths in the world. The most common type of cancer include &

Worth reading: Segregation, sexual harassment, and silencing scientists

Worth reading: Segregation, sexual harassment, and silencing scientists A few of the recent
It's October. What's Congress doing about healthcare?

It's October. What's Congress doing about healthcare? We made it to October without
More reasons to oppose the latest awful iteration of GOPcare

More reasons to oppose the latest awful iteration of GOPcare Many of us were cheered by

'This is an attack on the church.' Jesus statue beheaded at SW

A statue of Jesus Christ as the Good Shepherd that has been in the courtyard of a Kendale Lakes Catholic
The Great Reset Fraud

Like everyone, I would love to live in a pollution-free world. I would love to see human civilization
Adam Schiff just can't stop lying

Adam Schiff just can't stop lying. The California huckster was at it again when President Donald Trump,

Cook Strait ferries cancelled as 110kmh winds, big swells bear down on

Wellington in the firing line for big waves and big wind.
Rural fire brigade respond to 'pathetic' complaints about siren

The annoyance of a rural fire siren prompted expletive-laden abuse - but the brigade said people would
Kiwi friends rally around pregnant woman after death of partner over

Alana Smith was pregnant and far from home when her partner died

There goes the neighborhood

The white supremacists have opened a church just down the road from me, about 40 minutes down the road
White House press secretary inadvertently tells the truth

One of the things about the people in the Trump administration is that thought they may be corrupt and
Women Artists on YouTube – Violinist

In yesterday’s kerfuffle, I completely forgot this series. So, belatedly, a video from a Spanish