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Accidental Deliberations7 hours ago
Saturday Afternoon LinksAssorted content for your weekend reading. - David Dayen discusses how manufacturing monopolies have produced the U.S.' shortage of baby formula. And Alyssa Rosenberg recognizes that any reasonably-governed country would be moving heaven and earth to ensure infants don't suffer due to corporate greed. - Meanwhile, Nina Lakhani exposes how meat packing giants and the Trump administration sacrificed workers' lives rather than allowing any health and safety protections to be applied even in the face of a deadly virus. And Nora Loreto asks why we still don't have anything remotely ap... read more
Kangaroo Court of Australia7 hours ago
Fugitive Australian journalist Shane Dowling talks about being on the run and Australia dropping to #39 on the world press freedom indexFugitive Australian journalist Shane Dowling (me) has been on the run since the 3rd of September 2021, in Queensland, from an arrest warrant issued by Justice Kelly Rees in the NSW Supreme […] The post Fugitive Australian journalist Shane Dowling talks about being on the run and Australia dropping to #39 on the world press freedom index appeared first on Kangaroo Court of Australia. read more
The Last Refuge7 hours ago
Neil Oliver, W.H.O Assembles Pandemic Treaty to Control Global Human ParasitesComrade dissidents, in his weekly monologue Neil Oliver draws attention to the World Health Organization (WHO) effort to assemble the Global Pandemic Response Treaty, a collective pact with the industrious mission to control the threat of human parasites. As Oliver notes, the objective of the W.H.O. mission is to coordinate a whole-of-planet approach, by giving […] The post Neil Oliver, W.H.O Assembles Pandemic Treaty to Control Global Human Parasites appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
Econlib8 hours ago
The problem with fiscal policy
Most fiscal policy consists of adjustments in taxes and transfers. However, the effects of this type of fiscal policy are largely offset by changes in monetary policy, at least when the Fed is doing its job. Defenders of fiscal policy respond that changes in real government spending can directly boost output even when there is […] The post The problem with fiscal policy appeared first on Econlib. read more
SOMEONE SOMEWHERE9 hours ago
Only Halfway There with Sudden Infant Death SyndromeFor more than 10% of pediatric deaths in the United States, a specific cause of death is never established, despite mandated autopsies and investigations when any child dies unexpectedly. Most of these deaths occur among babies and are attributed to … Continue reading → read more
SOMEONE SOMEWHERE9 hours ago
Lipid-lowering drugs more effective in adults with high cardiovascular riskZetia and proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 inhibitors may reduce nonfatal myocardial infarction and stroke in adults with high or very high cardiovascular risk, according to findings published in The BMJ. These adults must also be receiving maximally tolerated statin therapy or … Continue reading → read more
SOMEONE SOMEWHERE9 hours ago
Amid questions about cost and access, proton therapy set for ‘big moment of change’More than 3 decades after receiving FDA approval, proton beam radiation therapy has failed to find a footing as a go-to treatment for many cancers in the United States. About three dozen proton therapy facilities are in operation nationwide — … Continue reading → read more
SOMEONE SOMEWHERE9 hours ago
As proton beam therapy use for cancer increased, ‘so did the racial disparity in receipt’Use of proton beam therapy increased significantly among patients with cancer in the U.S. between 2004 and 2018, but Black individuals had a lower likelihood of receiving the therapy than their white counterparts. Researchers presented the findings of two cross-sectional … Continue reading → read more
SOMEONE SOMEWHERE9 hours ago
No increase in atrial arrhythmias, more activity, less sleep with coffee consumptionHealthy adults experienced no increase in atrial arrythmias and less supraventricular tachycardia on days they consumed vs. abstained from caffeinated coffee as well as an increase in wearable-measured physical activity in the CRAVE study. Results presented at the American Heart … Continue reading → read more
SOMEONE SOMEWHERE9 hours ago
HF appeared independently associated with insomnia symptomsHF may be an independent predictor of insomnia symptoms, according to a presentation from the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions. “Several factors contribute to insomnia symptoms in heart failure, including advancing age, depression, comorbidities, symptom burden and pain,”Rida Gharzeddine, PhD, … Continue reading → read more
SOMEONE SOMEWHERE9 hours ago
Poorer sleep health associated with elevated CVD riskPoor sleep health was associated with increased risk for experiencing CVD, according to data published in Scientific Reports. Researchers reported that for each component (regularity, satisfaction, alertness, efficiency, duration and sleep actigraphy) of a composite sleep health measure, participants experienced an … Continue reading → read more
SOMEONE SOMEWHERE9 hours ago
More severe obstructive sleep apnea may increase risk for incident venous thromboembolismPatients with more severe obstructive sleep apnea, measured by the apnea-hypopnea index, were more likely to have incident venous thromboembolism, researchers reported in Chest. “We found that VTE was more common in patients with OSA, as we expected. However, much of … Continue reading → read more
SOMEONE SOMEWHERE9 hours ago
Chronic respiratory symptoms in young adulthood increase risk for later-life CVD, mortalityChronic respiratory symptoms in young adulthood were associated with increased risk for cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality in midlife, independent of CV risk factors, smoking and lung function, researchers reported in Chest. “Little evidence currently exists regarding the association between chronic respiratory … Continue reading → read more
SOMEONE SOMEWHERE9 hours ago
Genetics, environment, lifestyle influence risks for food allergy early in lifeGenetic, environmental and lifestyle factors influence the risk for food sensitization and food allergies during the first thousand days of life, according to a literature review published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. Erin C. Davis, PhD, postdoctoral fellow in the … Continue reading → read more
Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 26 hours ago
"Life Is An Illusion: Playing Your Part "
*"Life Is An Illusion: Playing Your Part "* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM "Having the wisdom to know that life is but a dream does not mean that we ignore living. As children, most of us sang that mesmerizing, wistful lullaby that ends with the words, 'Life is but a dream.' This is a classic example of a deep, sophisticated truth hiding, like an underground stream, in an unlikely place. It winds its way through our minds like a riddle or a Zen koan, coming up when we least expect it and asking that we consider its meaning. Many gurus and philosophers agree with this mysterious obs... read more
Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 27 hours ago
The Daily "Near You?"
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. Thanks for stopping by! read more
Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 27 hours ago
"Crabs in a Bucket"
*"Crabs in a Bucket"* by Sarah Robinson "When I was a little girl, I lived very close (an hour and fifteen minutes) to the Florida panhandle beaches. Which meant we spent a TON of time there. Early evening was one of my favorite times to walk the beach with my mom and my older brothers. We were all clean and fed and slightly sun weary but still desperate to be outside. So, we would grab flashlights, dip nets and a bucket and search the ocean’s edge for crabs. We would catch a bucket full in an evening and drag them back home where my mom or my grandmother would cook them up into so... read more
Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 27 hours ago
The Poet: Mary Oliver, "White Owl Flies Into and Out of the Field "
*"White Owl Flies Into and Out of the Field "* "Coming down out of the freezing sky with its depths of light, like an angel, or a Buddha with wings, it was beautiful, and accurate, striking the snow and whatever was there with a force that left the imprint of the tips of its wings - five feet apart - and the grabbing thrust of its feet, and the indentation of what had been running through the white valleys of the snow - and then it rose, gracefully, and flew back to the frozen marshes to lurk there, like a little lighthouse, in the blue shadows - so I thought: maybe death isn't darkness, ... read more
21st Century Wire7 hours ago
INTERVIEW: Robert Inlakesh on the situation in Palestine and Middle East
*ACR Radio* | An in-depth discussion about the critical situation facing Palestine, and a rapidly changing political landscape surrounding this decades-long conflict. read more
balance108 hours ago
Untitled
While many men idle away hours in developing their negatives (that is, their human tendencies much in the same manner in which a photographer develops a photographic plate), mankind would do well to use instead every method which God affords whereby they may transmute, heal and bless the Book of their Life (their own etheric memory body. To begin again—to begin anew countless times—is better by far than to be blown off- course or to follow the whims of those blind leaders of the blind who refuse to hearken to the voice of conscience or to listen to the voice of God! Truly the labore... read more
Snopes.com8 hours ago
‘Multiple People’ Shot at Buffalo, New York, SupermarketThe alleged shooter reportedly was in custody. read more
The New Dark Age8 hours ago
Will Shireen Abu Akleh’s Murder Mark a Turning Point in the Liberation of Palestine?This particular targeted killing of a journalist – not the first and sadly, probably not the last – touched us all. And the response of the Zionist establishment in occupied Jerusalem, as well as in Washington, is cold and full of excuses. read more
Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 29 hours ago
The Poet: Charles Bukowski, "Roll The Dice"
*“Alea Iacta Est”* “Alea iacta est is a Latin phrase attributed by Suetonius to Julius Caesar on January 10, 49 B.C. as he led his army across the Rubicon river in Northern Italy. With this step, he entered Italy at the head of his army in defiance of the Senate and began his long civil war against Pompey and the Optimates. The phrase, either in the original Latin or in translation, is used in many languages to indicate that events have passed a point of no return. The historian Frances Titchener has given a stylized description of the context of Caesar’s pronouncement: “We know f... read more
Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 29 hours ago
"The Long Dark"
*"The Long Dark"* by Chris Floyd "We are in the Long Dark now. Both hope and despair are the enemies of our survival. We must live in the awareness that we might not see the light come back, without ceasing to work - with empathy, anger and knowledge - for its return. We must be here, in the moment, experiencing its fullness (whatever its horrors or joys), yet be elsewhere, removed from the madness pouring in from every side, the avalanche of degradation. We must be here, now, but also in a future we can’t see or even imagine. We must see that we are lost, with no clear way forwar... read more
Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 29 hours ago
Untitled"The Grand Inevitability of Unavoidable Endings" by Doug “Uncola” Lynn "It is true people are known by their actions. We are what we do. Or, more specifically, we are what we do and not what we say we’ll do. Actions speak louder than words. It means if the swamp were to be truly drained, there would have been a steady progression of media revelations indicating genuine results during the Trump administration. Therefore, to quantify any progress of swamp draining, I collated headlines in a series of articles posted in the spring and summer of 2018. The objective at that time was t... read more
The Last Refuge9 hours ago
The Pentagon Testified Assessing Ukraine and No One NoticedAs we contemplate the massive $40 billion transfer of U.S. taxpayer funds to Ukraine, a few things need to be emphasized. First, congress has decided to pay the salaries, benefits and pensions of Ukraine political officials and citizens. As U.S. citizens try and figure out how to afford housing, gasoline, food and basic goods, congress […] The post The Pentagon Testified Assessing Ukraine and No One Noticed appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 29 hours ago
“Albert Camus on Strength of Character and How to Ennoble Our Minds in Difficult Times”
*“Albert Camus on Strength of Character* *and How to Ennoble Our Minds in Difficult Times”* by Maria Popova “In 1957, Albert Camus (November 7, 1913–January 4, 1960) became the second youngest laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature, awarded to him for work that “with clear-sighted earnestness illuminates the problems of the human conscience in our times.” (It was with this earnestness that, days after receiving the coveted accolade, he sent his childhood teacher a beautiful letter of gratitude.) More than half a century later, his lucid and luminous insight renders Camus a timel... read more
Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 29 hours ago
“Are You Sane?”
*“Are You Sane?”* by Charles Hugh Smith “A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.” – Kurt Vonnegut, “Welcome to the Monkey House” “Madness has engulfed the entire world, with a concentration of power in the hands of a few psychopathic financial elite wielding an inordinate and dangerous expanse of power over the lives of the common man. They are a modern day version of Al Capone, except their weapons of choice aren’t machine guns, but a printing press, peddling debt, creating derivatives of mass destruction, and peddling heaping doses of disinformation. The contemporar... read more
NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT9 hours ago
If Chevron, Exxon and Shell can’t get Gorgon’s carbon capture and storage to work, who can?
By Paul Homewood h/t Dennis Ambler Back to the drawing board!! 27 April 2022 (IEEFA): At a cost of more than A$3 billion, Gorgon, the largest carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the world has failed to deliver, underperforming its targets for the first five years of operation by about […] read more
International Bird Rescue9 hours ago
Blue-Banded Brown Pelican N89 Spotted With Baby
Nearly four years after release from our Los Angeles wildlife center, a former patient – a blue-banded Brown Pelican – was spotted on Santa Barbara Island, caring for a young pelican. The post Blue-Banded Brown Pelican N89 Spotted With Baby appeared first on International Bird Rescue. read more
Snopes.com10 hours ago
Actor Fred Ward, of ‘Tremors,’ ‘The Right Stuff’ Fame, DiesNo cause or place of death was disclosed per the family’s wishes. read more
The Last Refuge10 hours ago
Republican Senate Leadership Travel to Kyiv, Ukraine to Inspect the TreasuryComrade taxpayers, as the glorious and esteemed senate move through the procedural hurdles to pass a massive $40 billion spending bill for the U.S. altruistic Ukraine money laundering operation, a fabulous diplomatic envoy consisting of Mitch McConnell, John Barrasso, John Cornyn and Susan Collins travel to Kyiv to meet the magnanimous defender of the international […] The post Republican Senate Leadership Travel to Kyiv, Ukraine to Inspect the Treasury appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
Small Dead Animals10 hours ago
The Globalist Agenda, Part TwoNeil Oliver gives his take on the new WHO amendments. read more
null10 hours ago
Americans Aren’t Buying ‘Putin’s Price Hike’[image: undefined] Americans are reeling from surging gas prices, food prices, and the price of rent – all of which have steadily risen since the start of the pandemic. US President Joe Biden has chosen to blame Russian President Vladimir Putin for the situation, dubbing it “Putin’s price hike” – but people aren’t buying it. In addition to mile-high inflation, the US economy risks stagnating as consumers are unable to pay the higher costs of basically everything from gas to essential groceries. The logistical supply chain crisis and shortage of transportation workers – already seri... read more
null10 hours ago
Where is the $56 Billion 'to Ukraine' Actually Going?[image: undefined] The United States has now delegated some $56 billion in new money to debase the currency “for Ukraine,” but hardly any of it is actually going to the Ukrainian people. Due to President Trump, the D.C. war machine spent 2016 to 2020 starving for a monetary replenishment. And now that they have their man in the White House, along with easy consensus in the legislature, it’s time to cash in. Wherever your opinion resides on this proxy war/inter-slavic spat 5,000 miles away on the Russia-Ukraine border region, reality cannot be denied. The $56 billion and counting in... read more
Global Issues News Headlines10 hours ago
First Person: ‘I rescued over 1000 trafficking victims’A human trafficking expert at the United Nations has told UN News how she was instrumental in saving over 1000 trafficking victims, mainly in eastern Europe and Central Asia. Reda Sirgediene works for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) as the Regional Adviser on Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling for Central Asia after serving for more than 20 years in the Lithuanian police force. Read the full story, “First Person: ‘I rescued over 1000 trafficking victims’”, on globalissues.org → read more
Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 211 hours ago
"Are Putin And Xi Gray Champions?" (Excerpt)
*"Are Putin And Xi Gray Champions?"* by Jim Quinn *Excerpt: *“Long, long may it be, ere he comes again! His hour is one of darkness, and adversity, and peril. But should domestic tyranny oppress us, or the invader’s step pollute our soil, still may the Gray Champion come. Who is this gray patriarch? That stately form, combining the leader and the saint…could only belong to some old champion of the righteous cause, whom the oppressor’s drum had summoned from his grave.” - Nathaniel Hawthorne, "The Gray Champion" "There is a misunderstanding regarding the Gray Champion of this Fourth ... read more
MUSINGS ON IRAQ11 hours ago
This Day In Iraqi History - May 14 Pres Bakr brought Communists into National Front govt to co-opt Baath’s largest opponent
(Wikipedia) 1935 Iraqi army and air force began campaign to bomb tribal areas Destroy towns and burned crops to put down tribal revolt in Rumaitha (Musings On Iraq review *Wings of Iraq, Volume 1: The Iraqi Air Force, 1931-1970*) 1941 British force from Palestine took Rutba Strafed by Iraqi plane 1941 PM Churchill authorized British air force in Iraq to attack German planes in Syria (Musings On Iraq interview with Prof Boich World War II In Iraq and Syria) 1941 2 British fighters flew out of Iraq and attacked 2 German bombers in Syria damaging them 1941 German war planes ... read more
Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 211 hours ago
"It Is Only When..."
"Happily men don't realize how stupid they are, or half the world would commit suicide. Knowledge is a will-of-the-wisp, fluttering ever out of the traveller's reach; and a weary journey must be endured before it is even seen. It is only when a man knows a good deal that he discovers how unfathomable is his ignorance. The man who knows nothing is satisfied that there is nothing to know, consequently that he knows everything; and you may more easily persuade him that the moon is made of green cheese than that he is not omniscient." - W. Somerset Maugham ○ “It takes considerable knowl... read more
PopularResistance.Org11 hours ago
The Chris Hedges Report: Ukraine And The Resurgence Of American MilitarismThe war in Ukraine, stoked in part by NATO expansion and the violation of promises made to Moscow at the end of the Cold War, now looks set to become a lengthy war of attrition—one funded and backed by the United States. What will be the consequences of the United States’s commitment to long-term conflict, and where will we be when the war finally ends? Andrew Bacevich explains in this interview how the end of the Cold War triggered a new bout of American military interventionism that has now spanned decades. Moreover, as Bacevich argues, if the fighting in Ukraine ceases without ... read more
Small Dead Animals11 hours ago
Yeah, This Is A Priority Right NowSure, lets give everything in Canada an Indian name. Of course because of Dear Leader’s policies, nobody can afford gas to drive over it anyway. read more
PopularResistance.Org11 hours ago
The Bizarre, Unanimous Democratic Support For The $40b War PackageAfter Joe Biden announced his extraordinary request for $33 billion more for the war in Ukraine — on top of the $14 billion the U.S. has already spent just ten weeks into this war — congressional leaders of both parties immediately decided the amount was insufficient. They arbitrarily increased the amount by $7 billion to a total of $40 billion, then fast-tracked the bill for immediate approval. As we reported on Tuesday night, the House overwhelmingly voted to approve the bill by a vote of 388-57. All fifty-seven NO votes came from Republican House members. Except for two missing... read more
Small Dead Animals11 hours ago
Headed for defaultA fiat monetary system characterized by exponentially rising debt is not a “healthy” economy, so no, it won’t tolerate half percent rises in interest rates without triggering an unmanageable collapse in asset values. These clowns need to stop promoting the “Goldilocks” narrative while they still have some credibility left. Responding to the worst inflation the… Continue reading → read more
PopularResistance.Org11 hours ago
Advancing Interconnected Solutions To The Food, Energy And Finance CrisesThe governing body of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) met in Rome on April 8, 2022 in an Extraordinary Session to examine the “impact of the Ukraine-Russia conflict on global food security and related matters under its mandate” and advise on how it should proceed. Meanwhile, just two days earlier, the Civil Society and Indigenous People Mechanism (CSIPM) at U.N. Committee on World Food Security (CFS) called for an Extraordinary Plenary Session of the CFS. We must consider these developments along with a new initiative from the U.N. and against the backg... read more
Real Climate Science11 hours ago
May 15, 1957 Tornado OutbreakOn May 15, 1957 a tornado killed twenty people in the Texas Panhandle. “the 28th straight day of violent weather in Texas. In April and May, beginning with a Dallas tornado which took II lives April 2. floods. tornadoes and … Continue reading → read more
PopularResistance.Org11 hours ago
New Gas Industry Astroturf Group ‘Fuelling Canada’In April, the Globe & Mail published an article on its website extolling the virtues of natural gas appliances in people’s houses. The story, headlined “Why natural gas is the smart choice for your new home,” has the look and feel of actual journalism. It includes statistics about Canada’s “reliable” gas industry, a photo of a young couple cooking on their gas range and quotes from Canadian homebuilders and makers of consumer products—such as grills and fireplaces—that use gas. It looks explicitly designed to appeal to first-time homebuyers. But even though natural gas is a major ... read more
PopularResistance.Org11 hours ago
Florida Teacher Fired For Speaking About SexualityCasey Scott, an elementary school art teacher at Trafalgar Middle School in Lee County, Florida, asked students to make flags to represent themselves as part of an art project. In their discussions about identity, several of her students expressed that they were gay, bisexual, and trans. Many of them wanted to represent themselves using the rainbow flag or the pink, blue, and white flag that represents trans rights. After she hung the flags up on her bulletin board, school administrators told Scott that it would be “in her best interest” to get rid of them immediately. The post Fl... read more
PopularResistance.Org12 hours ago
NY Times Shifts Prowar Narrative, Documents Failure Of US In UkraineThe New York Times has a job to do – and it has done that job spectacularly well over the past few months. The Times is a leader, in the opinion of this writer, the leader in spelling out the US narrative on the war in Ukraine, a tale designed to keep up morale, give the war a high moral purpose and justify the untold billions pouring from the taxpayers’ pockets into Joe Biden’s proxy war on Russia. Day in and day out in page after page of word and picture it has been instructing one and all, including politicians and lower level opinion shapers, exactly what to think about the w... read more
Real Climate Science12 hours ago
May 15, 1896 Tornado OutbreakOn May 15, 1896 tornadoes killed more than 100 people in Kansas and Texas. 16 May 1896, 5 – The Harvard Courier at Newspapers.com read more
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