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Chicago Boyz

• Jiggery Pokery, Whackadoodle Wokery

  My daughter and I have a local writer friend who teaches at the elementary school level – a local quasi-magnet type school which advertises itself as offering a challenging college prep curriculum, and she is discouraged beyond words over...

  15 hours ago

• A Talking Dinosaur, for Adults

  …not just any adults, but national leaders.  The Global Climate Conference was visited by Frankie the Talking Dinosaur, who warned the attendees (and viewers around the world) about the danger of extinction. Reminded me of Neal Stephenson’s...

  17 hours ago

• Book Bleg – German Occupation of France

  I am taking some (well deserved) time off around the Holidays, and would like to read up on the German occupation of France during WW2. I know it is a big subject but just let ‘er rip. Thanks in advance...

  21 hours ago

Centinel2012

• Judge Blocks Chicago Police Vaccination Mandate, Deadline for End of Year Vaccination Removed

  Posted originally on the conservative tree house on November 1, 2021 | Sundance | 70 Comments A major win for police union members in the Chicago area.   Citing an irrevocable harm that has no possibility for reversal if enacted...

  7 minutes ago

• HERE’S THE MOVE – Joe Manchin Says NO DEAL, Pass the Preexisting Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, and Then Give Details on the BBB Social Spending Deal

  Posted originally on the conservative tree house on November 1, 2021 | Sundance | 282 Comments West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin held a press conference moments ago to say he’s done with the insufferable chicanery within the legislative...

  37 minutes ago

• G20 Mickey Mouse Club

  Armstrong Economics Blog/Vaccine Re-Posted Nov 1, 2021 by Martin Armstrong Harvard Business School, which has a virtual 100% vaccinated obedient staff raising serious questions about hiring people who do not question government, had...

  19 hours ago

The BRAD BLOG

• 'Watching Democracy Die': 'BradCast' 11/1/2021

  The through-line for today's BradCast comes courtesy of Meathead. Actor and director Rob Reiner was arguing, via Twitter over the weekend, that "until Donald Trump is prosecuted for leading a deadly Insurrection to overthrow the Government...

  13 hours ago

• Sunday Frightful Toons

  Please support the work of editorial cartoonists here. * * * Perry Dorrell blogs as PDiddie at Brains and Eggs, usually on topics concerning the strange brew of Texas politics. He's also on Twitter @PDiddie...

  2 days ago

• Are Manchin and Sinema Trying to Kill the Bill?: 'BradCast' 10/29/2021

  Rogue Republicans and rogue Democrats on today's BradCast. [Audio link to full show is posted below this summary.] First up, the rogue --- and really dumb --- Republican in Michigan's Adams Township. The Township Clerk there, Stephanie Scott...

  4 days ago

bluebird of bitterness

• Happy birthday, Carl

  In honor of the birthday of Austrian composer Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739-1799), here is the third movement of his harp concerto, played by harpist Marisa Robles and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields...

  2 hours ago

• Senior moments

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• Monday chuckles

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BlackListed News

• Malfeasance Behind the FDA Vax OK for Children

  The FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted 17 to 0, with one abstention, to give a green light allowing Emergency Use Authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech experimental mRNA to children between 5 and...

  11 hours ago

• People in UK Who Post “False Information” About Vaccines Could be Jailed For Two Years

  New law criminalizes “knowingly false communication.”

  a day ago

• Global Health: Changing Definitions to Change Perceptions

  The phrase “follow the science” becomes empty and meaningless when “science” itself is manipulated and altered to fit and promote a prevailing agenda. This article will recap some of the definitions that have been changed in order...

  a day ago

Research Digest

• “Frenemies” Both Help And Harm Each Other At Work

  By Emma Young. Overall, ambivalent relationships are more beneficial than negative relationships, team concludes.

  4 hours ago

• Black, But Not White, Families Talked More About Race After The Murder of George Floyd

  By Emily Reynolds. Black parents were more willing to engage in questions of race than White parents and more willing to explore issues of injustice after the traumatic event.

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• Young People Around The World Report High Levels Of Climate Anxiety

  By Emma L. Barratt. Participants also report concerns about climate change impact their daily functioning.

  4 days ago

Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places

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  Will Plans for Boston's Long Island Erase Its Indigenous Past?

  Today, Boston Harbor’s Long Island is a quiet place, visited mostly by seabirds. The skinny, low-lying island is home to a picturesque church, the ruins of a Cold War-era Nike missile launch site, and a cluster of vacant brick buildings once...

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  Wikingerdorf Flake (Flake Viking Village) in Kochel am See, Germany

  When looking for old Viking towns, one expects to find them in Scandinavia or maybe the northern United Kingdom, but oddly enough, it is possible to find one near the German Alps in Bavaria. Flake is a fictional town from the adventures of "Vicky...

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  The Art of Dr. Seuss in New Orleans, Louisiana

  Theodor Seuss Geisel, more popularly known as Dr. Seuss, is known around the world for his classic children's books filled with whimsical tales and illustrations. While longtime fans are familiar with his popular books, most have not seen...

  2 hours ago

Accidental Deliberations

• Monday Morning Links

  Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Trevor Howlett warns not to treat a short-term drop in case numbers from an alarming peak as an excuse  to stop taking COVID-19 seriously. And Alexander Quon and Bonnie Allen offer a look at the painful...

  a day ago

• Sunday Morning Links

  This and that for your Sunday reading.- Fiona Harvey reports on the warning from climate scientists that a 1.5 degree target is non-negotiable. Adam Tooze explains why we shouldn't let fossil fuel flacks convince us to mistake a temporary...

  2 days ago

• Saturday Afternoon Links

  Assorted content for your weekend reading.- PressProgress offers a timeline of Saskatchewan's fourth wave of COVID-19 (and the choices by Scott Moe which precipitated it), while Arthur White-Crummey reports that approval of the Sask Party's...

  3 days ago