Thursday, August 27, 2020

27 August - iGoogle Portal - Tab 9

  • You may now find yourself in the midst of a glorious hotel room in a French castle. A mother and daughter have taken on the ultimate property renovation challenge! There’s old world...
  • The Bronze Age has been unearthed in Scotland. The land of Scots is famous for plenty of things – bagpipes, haggis, and some pretty fine whisky. But coming upon a cache of 3,000 year...
    • An ancient 12th century church in East Yorkshire, England is welcoming stone sculptures from Narnia. 14 characters from C.S. Lewis’s enduring fantasy saga – including Aslan...

      Utopia – you are standing in it!



    • Originally posted on Books & Boots: The reign of Charles I The 1620s King James I died on 25 March 1625 and was succeeded by his son, Charles I. A month and a half later Charles married...
  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Wednesday, August 26, 2020 In DC, Ultra-Left White Sectarians and Anarchists Harass Friendly Outdoor...
  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Tuesday, August 25, 2020 Gaslighting in Review: Nikki Haley Suggests Kim’s Love Letters Prove...
    • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Monday, August 24, 2020 Regime’s Hand-Picked Postmaster General Louis DeJoy Defies House Oversight...
  • The Florida Keys Mosquito Control District (FKMCD) approved Tuesday the first-ever U.S. release of genetically modified mosquitoes. Despite public outcry and scientific dispute...
  • Sustainable Pulse interview with Justin Mares, Founder at Kettle & Fire, on the only Glyphosate Residue Free certified bone broth brand on the market. Where did the idea for Kettle...
    • A new study from Argentina, which used the methodological criteria of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC), has identified a relationship between...
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      Stagecraft and Statecraft

  • BY BRAHMA CHELLANEY, The Hill China’s expansionist drive, from the East and South China seas to the Himalayas and the southern Pacific, is making the Indo-Pacific region more...
  • Brahma Chellaney, The Hindustan Times By occupying key vantage points in eastern Ladakh in an operation backed by tens of thousands of troops in the rear, China has entered a dangerous...
    • Tokyo should respond to future incursions by disabling ships and detaining crew Brahma Chellaney, Nikkei Asian Review Beijing’s stealth aggression against India along the Himalayan...

      Ramani's blog

  • Mind.. What is it?Is it simply the Brain? What is Intellect?What is consciousness?What is awareness? Are we aware because we are conscious?Or is it the other way around?...
  • Therefore, Ashokasundari, daughter of Siva and Parvati is related to Rama and Krishna by matrimonial alliance.
    • One finds that the Tamil Kings have descended from Turvasu ,second son of Yayati.The land alloted to them was what is now Bay of Bengal. This also tallies with Lemuria,the Land of Tamils...
  • The New York Times published a detailed investigation that explained how the Trump administration, acting through the Treasury Secretary, took control of the United States Postal...
  • Leonie Haimson writes here about Bill Gates and his successful efforts to buy positive media coverage for himself and the projects he funds. She read the excellent investigative...
    • John Thompson is a historian and retired teacher in Oklahoma. He writes: The McAlester Public Schools are in the Oklahoma county where COVID is now #1 in the state in per capita COVID...

      NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

  • By Paul Homewood The price of flour and bread is set to rise after what could be the worst UK wheat harvest in 40 years, the industry is warning. Farmers say that the extreme weather over...
  • By Paul Homewood   h/t Robin Guenier     Compare and contrast!     https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/08/26/storm-ellens-winds-79mph-set-record-highest-ever-share-wind/...
    • By Paul Homewood   Matt McGrath is finding out there is no such thing as a free lunch!!       Technologies that can remove carbon dioxide from the air could have huge implications...
  • During the last Grand Solar Minimum (17th century), global surface temperatures dipped to the coldest of the last 10,000 years – about 1.4°C colder than today. Dr. Zharkova, an...
  • The city of Berlin has taken another step towards shutting down the fundamental rights of German citizens. Earlier today the city’s socialist-green administration announced...
    • German scientists claim that global warming could lead to higher male infertility as higher temperatures might reduce sperm quality – but conclude further studies are needed. ...
    • ( Scare du jour. Sperm counts are already down - no waiting necessary. Adulterated air, food and water and junk/processed food diets plus vaccination as a public good to be indulged in at all and every opportunity must have repercussions in public health - even before shutting down access to fresh air, sunshine and exercise and promoting hypoxia.....masks. )
  • Have You Heard: Pandemic Pods: Parents, Privilege, Power and Politics Private pandemic “pods” are the latest edu-craze to sweep the land. But turns out there’s nothing new...
  • Janresseger: Network for Public Education Releases New Report on Charter School Closure, Churn, and Instability Last week the Network for Public Education (NPE) released a fine...
    • Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Online Instruction for All Even the most fervent advocate for online instruction would be surprised. For those who predicted...

      Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers

  • Victor Davis Hanson // National Review So we can expect the following from our postmodern state government. There are the now-normal raging wildfires in the coastal and Sierra foothills...
  • Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness If nothing else, the architects of the 2020 Democratic Convention appeared to be ignorant of irony. Either that, or they know irony so well...
    • The following article is from my colleague, Paul Roderick Gregory, in The Hill Aleksei Navalny, the founder of the Anti-Corruption Foundation headquartered in Moscow, is one...

    The Moderate Voice

  • And President Augustus Gloop must be there to lap up all the chocolaty goodness of TV camera attention. The post The Festival of Mendacity™ — Law & Order Edition appeared first...
  • In lieu of a platform, the Republican National Committee built an altar. My deep state sources furnished me with the original draft. WHEREAS, The Republican National Committee (RNC)...
    • As we learned with great sadness last night, John D. LeDell, a great contributor and benefactor to The Moderate Voice, unexpectedly passed away Wednesday, August 19. Along with all...

      Marginal REVOLUTION

  • 1. Comedy outside in the park (NYT).  And comics cannot tell what is funny without an audience (WSJ).  So what exactly is the best way of describing their quite unique skill? 2. Profound...
  • In his new book China’s Gilded Age: The Paradox of Economic Boom and Vast Corruption, Yuen Yuen Ang presents four reasons: 1. Access money dominates. More concretely, politicians...
    • To be clear, this paper is quite one-sided, since it does not recognize that the more individualistic cultures are also the leaders in science.  Nonetheless there is an important...
  • Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: The Washington Post published an explosive story based on audios supplied by Donald Trump’s sister, Maryanne, a retired federal judge...
  • Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Bill McKibben writes frequently about the environment, climate change, and rural life for the New Yorker.. Here he writes that Trump’s...
    • Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Barack Obama was president of the United States for eight years without a single scandal. None of his aides were arrested and jailed. I disagreed...
  • I will not be voting for a man or a personality. I will vote in hopes of regaining adherence to the principles upon which this nation was built — less government, not more...
  • Following on the heels of USA Today’s smear piece thinly disguised as an op-ed article comparing the John Birch Society to the wide-ranging conspiracy theories of QAnon, the New...
    • Government education bureaucrats in Tennessee are under fire again after asking parents to sign a form pledging not to watch their children's online public-school classes, drawing...
  • A child care crisis is in the offing both in the United States and around the world as school-age children stay home for the new school year and working parents face the prospect of more...
  • Just as with the last three major Israeli incursions into Gaza, Israel’s stated motive – to stop incoming projectiles – conceals a long-term ambition: to seize more land with...
    • They found a way to detect cancer years before symptoms arise. Hypothetically this could save millions upon millions of lives. So why is it not plastered all over our nightly news?...

      Made from Truth and Lies

  • The Scots Wikipedia admins are looking for help from people who speak the language(tags:language Scotland Wikipedia )The daydream that never stops - When does living in a fantasy...
  • The proctologist will see you now. Original is here on instagram. Original post on Dreamwidth - there are comments there.
    • Debugging Bluetooth butt plugs safely is tricky in a Covid world.https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1298096736095711232.html(tags:sextoys bluetooth technology pandemic...

      www.gurukalehuru.com

  • Not only has the murderous, racist cop who shot Jacob Blake in the back, point blank, seven times, not been arrested, the press is barely talking about him at all. I have heard the name...
  • The New Look

    2 days ago
  • For a couple of days I’ve been hearing from Facebook friends about how much they hate the new layout of Facebook and I was a bit mystified because I didn’t see any changes.Then, about...
    • It’s happened again. A white officer killed a black man. It was completely unprovoked. It was recorded on film. The officer’s face was clearly visible in the video. Yet he has not...

      Fragments from Floyd


    We had 3 widely-spaced friends (read that as you will) over for a porch visit yesterday evening to become reacquainted as the good friends we had been before covid. And what we rediscovered...

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