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Time for a truce in Gaza!
United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|May 17, 2021 Peace action urgent before existing conflict degenerates into wider war; dangers shown in 1972 Kippur War, when rapid escalation loomed; US must...
Israel close to sectarian civil war as communal violence flares!
Netanyahu goes berserk in Gaza City, attacking TV tower with offices of BBC, Associated Press, al Jazeera, and other international media; Israel absurdly claims Hamas military intelligence was major tenant; goal includes leaving world...
United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|May 12, 2021 Colonial pipeline starts pumping again, but adequate gasoline is several days away; Biden orders shift to preventive defense; reckoning with Russian...
Sustainable Pulse
Glyphosate Herbicides Significantly Associated with Preterm Births – University of Michigan Study
Exposure to a chemical found in the weed killer Roundup and other glyphosate-based herbicides is significantly associated with preterm births, according to a new University of Michigan study published Wednesday. The study, published...
Glyphosate Raises Malaria Risk through Damage to Insect Immune Systems – New Study
The chemical compound glyphosate, the world’s most widely used herbicide, can weaken the immune systems of insects, suggests a study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Glyphosate is the active ingredient...
EU Court of Justice Rejects Bayer Attempt to Overturn Bee-Killing Pesticide Ban
The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled last week that the European Commission was right to ban the use of three bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides – imidacloprid, clothianidin and thiamethoxam. The court rejected Bayer’s...
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Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 129 – 2021
A long way to zero . South / North
Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 124 – 2021
A long way to zero. . South / North
Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 123 – 2021
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Stagecraft and Statecraft
Why is China making a permanent enemy of India?
Brahma Chellaney, Nikkei Asia When India, currently fighting a devastating second COVID wave, was similarly distracted a year ago with enforcing the world’s strictest coronavirus lockdown, China took advantage to stealthily infiltrate...
Colonization by other means: China’s debt-trap diplomacy
Brahma Chellaney, The Hill American statesman John Adams, who served as U.S. president from 1797 to 1801, famously said, “There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country: One is by the sword; the other is by debt.” China, … Continue...
The Lurid Orientalism of Western Media
By trafficking in images of death, suffering, and private acts of mourning, Western media coverage of the COVID-19 crisis in India has broken one of the first rules of journalism. And while a Western double standard is nothing new, applying...
Ramani's blog
120 Million Years 3 D Map
Daksha Prajapati, progenitor of Mankind. 3 D Map of the world by him. A podcast.
Thirumoolar Pranayama Improves Immune System Suppresses Malignant Tumour Growth
Pranayama as explained by Thirumoolar steps up Immunity and regards grouth og Malignant Tumour. Scientific study.
Inconvenient Questions On Covid? Video
Some questions on Covid by experts. Video.
Diane Ravitch's blog
Jeff Bryant: The Story of a School That Beat Back a State Takeover and Thrived
Jeff Bryant reports here on the inspiring example of a so-called “failing school” in North Carolina that not only succeeded in blocking a state takeover, but then heightened community collaboration to turn the school into a community...
Steven Singer: Pennsylvania Governor Wolf Fires State Charter Appeals Board
Stephen Singer describes how Governor Tom Wolf solved a knotty problem. The state Charter Appeals Board was appointed by his Republican predecessor seven years ago. When local districts rejected charter applications, the disappointed...
Arizona: Election Officials Object to Private Audit of 2020 Ballots
Election officials, most of them Republicans, sharply criticized the audit of 2020 ballots in Arizona’s Maricopa County. Trump apparently hopes that the findings, gathered by a private, pro-Trump firm called Cyber Ninjas, will enable...
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Joe Root Leaves His Brain In His Kit Bag!
By Paul Homewood h/t Ian Magness Heaven help us all!! England captain Joe Root says it is "scary" to think that cricket may not be played outdoors in certain parts of the world in 30 years’ time because of the impact of climate change...
British Geological Survey Warns Of Climate-Related Subsidence
By Paul Homewood h/t Ian Magness It is sad to see what used to be a serious, scientific body prostitute itself to global warming scaremongering: New maps launched by the British Geological Survey (BGS) reveal how climate change is likely...
EPA’s Updated Climate Change Data Shows Global Warming’s Impacts Are Already Here
By Paul Homewood h/t Dennis Ambler We’ve known for a long while, but this proves the EPA is not an objective, scientific organisation, but a purely political one: The Environmental Protection Agency has revived its dashboard of key climate...
NoTricksZone
Amazing Results: A La Niña Begins When 22-Year Solar Cycle Ends… Now 6th Consecutive Time Since 1960!
A new, shattering study by scientists shows natural El Niño Southern Oscillations (ENSO) are undoubtedly linked to the 22-year Hale solar cycle – far beyond any coincidence. NOTHING TO DO WITH CO2. German climate news site Die Klimaschau...
Keeping The Alarm Level High? UFZ Simulations Show “Exceptional Drought” Even After Soaking Rains
Drought monitoring charts from Germany’s Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (UFZ) are beginning to raise eyebrows as they continue to show now rain-soaked Germany as still being under “severe or exceptional drought conditions”...
Dramatic Warming In The North Atlantic Since 2016! It’s Now Almost As Warm As 1890!
Sea surface temperatures in the subpolar North Atlantic increased by nearly 1°C from 2015 to 2018 according to a new study (Desbruyères et al., 2021). As of 2020, this region is now almost as hot as it was in 2007, 1930, and 1890 (Birkel et...
NEPC Blog Post of the Day
AlterNet: How a Florida School Improved Test Scores With a Simple but Powerful Community Approach
AlterNet: How a Florida School Improved Test Scores With a Simple but Powerful Community Approach "What I'm working on—like making sure students have access to food, clean clothing, and streetlights—may not look like what I'm working...
Curmudgucation: Accountability Whiplash
Curmudgucation: Accountability Whiplash It's one of the little inconsistencies in the reformster movement. Some will point at charts showing that spending on public education has increased steadily (in constant dollars) and ask, "What...
Teacher in a Strange Land: Student Appreciation Week
Teacher in a Strange Land: Student Appreciation Week So here we are, once again ‘celebrating’ Teacher Appreciation Week, with all the teachers saying—no, no, don’t get me a $10 Starbucks card or (better yet) a $50 bottle of champagne...
Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers
Historian’s Corner: The Firebombing of Japan
Victor Davis Hanson // Private Papers Part One: The Question On the evening of March 9th, 1945 over 334 B-29 heavy bombers came in low over Tokyo, Japan, on the orders of Gen. Curtis LeMay. They were carrying over 2,000 tons of napalm. In short...
VDH: Oil and Gas are facing the “perfect storm”–Fox News
How To Ensure a Middle East War in Five Easy Steps
Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness More than 2,500 rockets have landed in Israel over the past week. Some Arab Israeli citizens are terrorizing Jewish Israelis. Apparently, as the rockets fall, these citizens are to be Arab Islamic...
The Moderate Voice
World’s worst pandemic leaders: 5 presidents and prime ministers who badly mishandled COVID-19
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko visits a hospital for COVID-19 patients, unmasked, in Minsk on Nov. 27, 2020. Andrei Stasevich\TASS via Getty Images Sumit Ganguly, Indiana University; Dorothy Chin, University of California...
TRUMP DEVOURING HIS PARTY (CARTOON)
The post TRUMP DEVOURING HIS PARTY (CARTOON) appeared first on The Moderate Voice.
Capitol attack commission advances in Congress amid Republican resistance
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A proposal to create a 9/11-style commission to investigate the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack by a mob of Donald Trump’s supporters advanced in Congress on Tuesday even as one key Republican announced...
Marginal REVOLUTION
Wednesday assorted links
1. Project Starline. 2. The Yale Review. 3. Endowing plants with the capacity for autogenic nitrogen fixation. The post Wednesday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.
My Conversation with Pierpaolo Barbieri
Here is the audio, visual, and transcript. Here is part of the summary: Pierpaolo joined Tyler to discuss why the Mexican banking system only serves 30 percent of Mexicans, which country will be the first to go cashless, the implications...
Born to be Managers?
The paper’s subtitle is “Genetic Links between Risk-Taking and the Likelihood of Holding Managerial Positions.” It is hard for me to verify or assess this kind of result, but I pass it along for its interest: Do genes determine who...
Lloyd Lofthouse
Michael Gerson: The Only Republican in Good Standing Must Be a Liar or Resign
Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Michael Gerson has been active in Republican politics for many years. He is appalled now that national and state leaders have created a loyalty test based on the Big Lie, the lie that…...
Election Reform: Now and Twenty Years Ago, A Personal Story
Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Republican-controlled legislatures across the nation are planning to enact legislation that would have the effect of suppressing the vote. Georgia passed a law to restrict access to voting, known...
Why did America’s Founders include this Oath in the U.S. Constitution?
U.S. Constitution: Article II, Section 1, Clause 8: “Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:–I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President...
MintPress News
Abby Martin on the Israeli Onslaught and Gaza’s Fight for Freedom
Journalist, activist and filmmaker Abby Martin joins Mintcast to discuss Israel, the United States, and the latest situation in Gaza. The post Abby Martin on the Israeli Onslaught and Gaza’s Fight for Freedom appeared first on MintPress...
Chris Hedges: Israel, the Big Lie
Israel is not exercising “the right to defend itself” in the occupied Palestinian territories. It is carrying out mass murder, aided and abetted by the U.S. The post Chris Hedges: Israel, the Big Lie appeared first on MintPress News...
Trained by Years of Guerilla War, Yemen’s Houthis Want to Export Thier Revolution to Palestine
Ansar Allah, who has enjoyed staggering success in staving off the wholesale invasion of their country by the U.S.-backed Saudi military, is eager to export its resistance mentality and battlefield knowledge to Palestine. The post Trained...
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Interesting Links for 19-05-2021
The Limits Of Humanity - The Final Border We Will Never Cross(tags:space video thefuture viaSwampers )Another media acquisition? This one would involve Amazon, MGM, and ~$9B(tags:Amazon movies business )St James Quarter: Edinburgh's...
All family organiser apps are terrible - can you suggest something better?
I have been using a nice simple to-do list to keep track of the things I need to do around the house, and make sure they all get done (feed the cat, brush my teeth*, get the laundry on, make sure I have biscuits in my pocket before I pick Sophia up from...
Interesting Links for 18-05-2021
Want To Know Whether A Movie Or Book Will Be A Hit? Look At How Emotional The Reviews Are(tags:emotion reviews psychology movies books advertising )Try This One Weird Trick Russian Hackers Hate(tags:russia language hacking )Fungi are more...
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An Argument Against the Existence of God
In the argument about whether or not there is a God, I look at it very much the same way I look at the Grandfather Paradox in time travel, i.e. there is no such thing as time travel, therefore there … Continue reading →...
Where is the Line?
I like to write poetry, although some would say I write doggerel, which is fair. I tend to adhere to strict rhyme schemes, and my poems are often short. I’m cool with that criticism. I like children’s books, and advertising … Continue reading...
The Power of Lying
What do Donald Trump, the internet, America’s insanely lax gun laws, Black Lives Matter, capitalist greed and the corporate ownership of the U.S. government, the rigging of the Democratic primaries in 2016, Brexit, and what’s currently...
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