Monday, February 01, 2021

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  • To be misunderstood is painful. It can leave you feeling angry, shameful, and helpless, especially at the person you want to share something with. You recognize that feeling when...

  • The zodiac signs are one of the oldest universal symbolical languages. Each sign reflects the sun’s position when you were born. Yet little is known about the specific origins of...

  •   Have You Heard

  • TweetHave You Heard wades into the pitched debate about reopening schools. We hear from an epidemiologist, then tour the land to talk to parents and teachers who are trying to navigate...

  • TweetWhat does the selection of Miguel Cardona for Secretary of Education portend for K-12 education? Kevin Welner, head of the National Education Policy Center, joins Jack and...

    • TweetIn the latest episode of Have You Heard, we talk to Rick Perlstein, author of the monumental new history Reaganland, about America’s ‘right turn’ against public education...

      Chicago Boyz

  • William Shirer, on his experiences in Germany during the early Nazi era: I myself was to experience how easily one is taken in by a lying and censored press and radio in a totalitarian...

  • I have been rewarded with many correct calls so far while watching the botched and hilarious clownshow that is the vaccination rollout. Just about every single thing I predicted would...

    • We read this with much amusement earlier in the week in the Daily Mail– the lamentations of one Brett Alder, a California sales exec who moved his family to Austin apparently in haste...

      Centinel2012

  • Armstrong Economics Blog/Q&A Re-Posted Feb 1, 2021 by Martin Armstrong COMMENT #1: Nobody is suggesting that we should “destroy all capital”. Right wing nonsense. We...

  • Re-Posted from GrrrGraphics.com JAN 30, 2021 AT 8:48 AM The big-footed hedge funds thought it would be easy as usual. They planned to stomp GameStop into the ground. They were...

    • A DIFFERENT TYPE OF SECESSION IS ALREADY HAPPENING IN THE USA Re-Posted from the Canada Free Press By Jeff Crouere —— Bio and Archives—January 30, 2021 Lately there has...

      The BRAD BLOG

  • Please read this essay by Jack Reilly about the slow demise of political cartooning.  And support the craft if you can. * * * Perry Dorrell blogs as PDiddie at Brains and Eggs, usually...

  • NOW CELEBRATING THE BRAD BLOG'S 17th ANNIVERSARY!WE WELCOME YOUR ANNIVERSARY SUPPORT/DONATIONS HERE! We're off today, but we've got a BradCast 'RECOUNTED' for your listening...

    • NOW CELEBRATING THE BRAD BLOG'S 17th ANNIVERSARY!WE WELCOME YOUR ANNIVERSARY SUPPORT/DONATIONS HERE! Some pretty huge news on today's BradCast, for the American economy and for...

      bluebird of bitterness

  • An archaeologist was digging in the Negev Desert and came upon a casket containing a mummy. After examining it, he called the curator of a prestigious museum. “I’ve just found a...

  • “Ständchen” was one of the last compositions of the prolific but short-lived Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828). Originally composed for piano and vocal soloist, it...

  • Transparency International has released its 2020 Corruption Perceptions Index which gauges levels of perceived public sector corruption in 180 countries and territories...

  • BGI Group, the world’s largest genomics company which provided COVID-19 tests worldwide including India, has been exposed as a front for the Chinese military. According to Bill...

    • A dozen people were arrested after armed protesters attempted to forcibly take over the Red Lion Hotel in Olympia, Washington. A SWAT team cleared out the hotel and escorted guests...

  • Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web

  • By Emily Reynolds. Among people who felt relatively deprived, greater hope was related to less risk-taking behaviour.

    • By Emma Young. American kids were more likely than adults to say they'd save the life of a dog or pig over that of a human.

      Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places

  • This story is excerpted and adapted from Megan Rosenbloom’s Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin, published in...

  • Editors' note: This story contains images of metal badges depicting human genitalia. In medieval Europe, Christian pilgrims walked all the way from England to Spain (with a brief...

    • Serve spaghetti and meatballs to an Italian, and they may question why pasta and meat are being served together. Order a samosa as an appetizer, and an Indian friend might point out...

      Accidental Deliberations

  • This and that for your Sunday reading.- Linda Geddes discusses the problem with people approaching COVID-19 restrictions based on the question of what's permitted (or worse yet...

  • Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Jerusalem Demsas discusses the strong popular support for affordable social housing even as governments continually fail to provide...

    •  Joywave - Doubt

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