Monday, June 14, 2021

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  • In Sanskrit, ‘Purushartha’ is the word for ‘human goals.’ It is a combination of the two words’ Purusha’, which means a human being, and ‘Artha,’ which means wealth or security.  It’s said in the scriptures that there...

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  • Think about the moments in your life, from when you were a very young child until now when you encountered shame. Notice how your body language might change to feeling heavy or that unpleasant feeling you get in the pit of your gut. Do you feel shame when...

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  • Every single person faces the difficulty of making new friends at some point in their life. To build good friendships and develop interpersonal skills, you firstly need to be able to make friends. This applies to our personal as well as our professional...

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Have You Heard

  • TweetCommunity colleges get a bad rap. But recent graduates of Maryland’s Frederick Community College say that stigma is undeserved. These new and soon-to-be-teachers make a powerful case for learning – and teaching – close to home...

    12 days ago
  • TweetThe public school culture wars are raging more intensely than at any time since the Reagan era. Fueled by intense political polarization and the continued fallout from pandemic school closures, the culture wars now threaten public...

    a month ago
  • TweetInefficient. Ineffective. Outdated. Outmoded. Unrepresentative. Sure, local school boards are deserving of all of these criticisms (and more), but they are also seedbeds of local democracy at a time when democracy is under attack...

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Chicago Boyz

  • A teacher’s letter of resignation. Of course, not all students are true believers. Many pretend to agree because of pressure to conform. I’ve heard from students who want to ask a question but stop for fear of offending someone. I have heard...

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  • The Daughter Unit and I, with Wee Jamie the Grandson Unit, made a road trip last Saturday – a completely enjoyable outing, even with the necessity of stopping several times to change Wee Jamie’s diapers on the hour-and a half drive to Kingsland...

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  • A fellow I’ve known slightly for many years is editor of the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honorary society magazine, The Pharos. He has a lead editorial in The current issue It is titled “Now is the time to enact a US Healthcare System. Now, don’t...

    4 days ago

Centinel2012

  • Armstrong Economics Blog/Politics Re-Posted Jun 14, 2021 by Martin Armstrong Who in his Administration wrote that speech? Perhaps they are on the payroll of Kerry and Klaus Schwab

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  • Armstrong Economics Blog/Great Reset Re-Posted Jun 14, 2021 by Martin Armstrong The interesting thing about small dogs is they do not realize they are small. We need to think the same way. For years I have watched the pros focus … Continue...

    10 hours ago
  • Armstrong Economics Blog/Tyranny Re-Posted Jun 14, 2021 by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Regarding the G7, which committed us to more stimulus, I can totally see where this is going. You are the historian. Do you not think this is where we end...

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The BRAD BLOG

  • Federal judge overturns California's 32-year-old ban on assault weapons Support the work of political cartoonists here. * * * Perry Dorrell blogs as PDiddie at Brains and Eggs, usually on topics concerning the strange brew of Texas politics...

    9 days ago
  • While the nation claws its way out of a pandemic and the Republican party continues to crack up --- or carry out its slow-motion attempted coup, take your pick --- a landmark moment occurred for the planet a week or so ago, which has left the fossil...

    10 days ago
  • We're old enough on The BradCast to remember the days when the news got really slow during the summer months after Memorial Day. These are no longer those days. [Audio link to full show follows summary below.] Among the many and various stories...

    11 days ago

bluebird of bitterness

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  • Herbie was a regular visitor at the racetrack. One day he witnessed something unusual. Right before the first race, a Catholic priest visited one of the horses in the stable and blessed it. Herbie watched the race, and the horse the priest had...

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BlackListed News

Research Digest

Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places

  • On a sunny Monday morning in May, veteran arborist Eric Ong makes his rounds across the island of Singapore. Lean and tanned from years under the sun, Ong drives toward the city center. Along the way, before he’s even out of the car, Ong studies...

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  • The Truckee River flows out of Lake Tahoe, in the Sierra Nevada of California, and ends at Pyramid Lake in Nevada. For much of its length, it is paralleled by Interstate 80 with Reno, Nevada at about the halfway point. Before Euro-American settlers...

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  • This sculpture created by the artist Shane A. Johnstone was first erected in 2005. Though it was initially met with disdain by locals, the statue has now become a beloved part of the Morecambe Promenade. It was erected to commemorate the 24 cockle...

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Accidental Deliberations

  • This and that for your Sunday reading.- Tom Parkin calls out Jason Kenney's defence of genocide and its architects in an attempt to keep his party's white supremacist base onside. And PressProgress notes that Kenney's insistence on turning...

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  • Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Ed Yong discusses the preventable dangers created by a shift in COVID-19 messaging from one of public protection to one of individual choice. Moira Wyton offers some suggestions from experts as...

    2 days ago
  • Foo Fighters - Shame Shame

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