Thursday, August 27, 2020

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  • TweetTeachers unions are the biggest impediments to fixing schools and improving student achievement. That mantra has been at the heart of school reform efforts for more than a decade...

  • Pandemic Pods: Parents, Privilege, Power and Politics

    21 days ago
  • TweetPrivate pandemic “pods” are the latest edu-craze to sweep the land. But turns out there’s nothing new about privileged parents fleeing the public school system—or...

  • Making the Grade

    a month ago

    • TweetWhen the pandemic shuttered schools, it also put grades on hold, and exposed an underlying problem frequently ignored before the crisis: A-F grades serve several different...

      Chicago Boyz



  • …an interesting study from China.  There is a discussion thread at Grim’s Hall. The study indicates that the transmission rate to household members where there is an infected...

  • Excess Deaths

    a day ago
  • I will let others speak for me on this. First, the official, but not final, numbers on excess deaths over time. The final numbers will of course be even larger. Next, Lyman Stone, who...

  • Random Pic

    2 days ago


    •   Centinel2012



  • Land of Heroes By Right Side Broadcasting —— Bio and Archives—August 26, 2020 Wednesday, August 26, 2020: Watch LIVE coverage of day three of the Republican National...

  • America Stands in the Way of Global Governance

    25 minutes ago
  • Delusion that socialism works if it is tried the “right way” or by the “right people,” look at Cuba–it oozes poverty out of the pores of every decaying building; Look at Venezuela...

  • Indeed, we are enemies of Pelosi’s communist state

    an hour ago

    • Defenders of the Constitution will continue to be enemies of Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, the socialist fraudster “squad” and the whole maniacal democrat party’s vision of “state”...

      The BRAD BLOG



  • On today's BradCast we head back to Georgia --- yes, again! --- for yet more new evidence highlighting the state as offering arguably the worst --- and most racist --- voting system...

  • Be Afraid! Republican National 'Nightmare' Day 1: 'BradCast' 8/25/2020

    2 days ago
  • I'll be brief in today's BradCast summary, because I've got to head back into Day 2 of the bizarre dystopian nightmare known as Donald Trump's Republican National Convention. We're...

  • 'Green News Report' - August 25, 2020

    2 days ago

    • IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Twin storms pummel the Gulf Coast and Northern California fires rage out of control during the coronavirus pandemic; Trump Administration abruptly pauses...

      bluebird of bitterness




  • Friendly fire

    6 hours ago


  • Bumper snickers

    a day ago


    •   Home



  • NRC file photo of Duane Arnold atomic reactor.As reported by CBS 2 Iowa. Duane Arnold, a Fukushima Daiichi twin design (a General Electric Mark I Boiling Water Reactor), had long been...

  • Moody's warns of nukes downgrade due to climate risks

    7 days ago
  • According to a new report from Moody’s Investors Service, dozens of US nuclear power plants “will face growing credit risks” due to their physical vulnerability to the...
  • ( I'll predict that will aggravate the ongoing and growing energy shortage caused by 'green' erratic part-time power investment that yields a small fraction of nameplate capacity. All for speculation about an unprovable future. )

  • Explosives removed from nuclear site

    7 days ago

    • The Beirut explosion was frightening, and the damage devastating enough, resembling a scaled down atomic blast. But what if radioactive materials had been involved?  That was...

    BlackListed News



  • Once again, media outlets reveal Israeli cooperation with Gulf countries in the field of espionage and the sale of special capabilities and expertise that will help Gulf governments...

  • CovCath Attorney Lin Wood Offers to Help Kyle Rittenhouse For Free After GoFundMe Shuts Down Legal Defense Fund

    15 hours ago
  • Lin Wood, the famed attorney who successfully represented Covington Catholic's Nick Sandmann in multiple lawsuits against the media, graciously and heroically offered to help...

  • Vaccine Globalism: One Shot To Rule Them All

    15 hours ago

    • As Dr. Fauci denounces Trump’s Coronavirus vaccine, the World Health Organization has a plan to provide the globe with an “approved” shot.

      Research Digest



  • By Matthew Warren. Babies show state-dependent memory, which could help explain why we can't remember anything from our early years.

  • More Entitled People Get Angrier After Experiencing Bad Luck

    a day ago
  • By Matthew Warren. People higher in entitlement expected to have greater luck, and got more angry when that didn't pan out.

  • How Making Sacrifices For A Partner — Or Saying You Will — Affects Wellbeing

    2 days ago

    • By Emma Young. A willingness to sacrifice was linked to greater wellbeing - but when people actually made sacrifice, wellbeing decreased

      Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places



  • The story of Griffith Park dates back to 1882, when Welsh immigrant and self-styled “Colonel” Griffith Jenkins Griffith bought Rancho Los Feliz. He also leased some of the land...

  • Naval Mine in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland

    an hour ago
  • This naval mine is similar to those that were used by the Allied forces during World War II as a way of defending the coastal shores. These types of mines were self-contained explosive...

  • Found: A 1200-Year-Old Olive Oil Soap Factory in the Negev Desert

    2 hours ago

    • In the remnants of an ancient house in Rahat, a predominantly Bedouin city in what is now southern Israel, government archaeologists believe they have found the oldest known soap...

      Accidental Deliberations



  • I've noted before that Scott Moe's spring election posturing prevented Elections Saskatchewan from putting together a full postal balloting system for this fall's provincial...

  • On policy bubbles

    an hour ago
  • While Justin Trudeau is putting any economic planning in the hands of somebody with a vested interest in privatizing profits, it's also worth noting how his government is deliberately...

  • On conflicts of interest

    an hour ago

    • Just a couple of weeks ago, there was a flurry of speculation - and disapprobation - about the possibility that Mark Carney might pursue a political career after having been governor...
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