oldephartte(in training): 14 May

Saturday, May 14, 2022

Chicago Boyz

Of Agriculture and Ideology
In Arthur Koestler’s 1940 novel Darkness at Noon, the protagonist is an Old Bolshevik who has himself been arrested by the Stalinist regime for political deviations and is facing likely execution. During his imprisonment, he muses about...
2 days ago
Worthwhile Reading and Viewing
Much political anger is based on attributing to opponents views that they don’t actually hold, according to this study, summarized and discussed on twitter here. Paul Graham, who himself writes some interesting essays, says: No one who...
7 days ago
The Invasion of Safe Spaces
The most disgusting post on Twitter – among a whole library of disgusting posts created by the largely insane freaks who inhabit that archipelago of the Internet – was a picture of a hulking guy in a dress, boasting of his achievement as a...
9 days ago

Global COVID Summit Declaration IV
A Joint Statement, representing 17,000 Physicians and Medical Scientists to End the National Emergency, Restore Scientific Integrity, and Address Crimes Against Humanity Robert W Malone MD, MS22 hr ago 1,516104 The time is now. As most...
16 hours ago
Loose Tweets Destroy Fleets
Armstrong Economics Blog/War Re-Posted May 13, 2022 by Martin Armstrong The Office of War Information (OWI) was created under Franklin D. Roosevelt to act as a propaganda machine for World War II. Americans were wary of the agency until the...
16 hours ago
Australia Launches Booster Shot Marketing Campaign
Armstrong Economics Blog/Vaccine Re-Posted May 13, 2022 by Martin Armstrong The Australian government is spending millions on an ad campaign to encourage citizens to take a third COVID vaccine. Their method of marketing is quite surprising...
17 hours ago

Seeking Accountability for Attempted Stolen Election, Stolen Documents, and Yes, Murder: 'BradCast' 5/12/2022
It's another one of those BradCasts where our disgraced former President casts a very long shadow. We've got way too much breaking news, as one accountability story after another broke today. Theoretically, that's a good thing. But you may...
a day ago
'Green News Report' - May 12, 2022
IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Australia's Great Barrier Reef hit with another mass coral bleaching event; Global warming a key factor in the emergence of new diseases, study confirms; Interior Dept. cancels offshore oil and gas lease sales; PLUS...
2 days ago
It Ain't the Supply Chain or War. It's the Greed: 'BradCast' 5/11/2022
Today on The BradCast: Sure, the supply chain was, and occasionally still is, a problem. So is Russia's war on Ukraine, obviously. But it's the greed of billionaires and the cowardice (or corruption) of public officials to do anything about...
2 days ago

Friday chuckles — zoological edition
14 hours ago
Friday happy dance
In honor of the birthday of Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900), here’s a lively song-and-dance number from The Pirates of Penzance.
21 hours ago
Find the heart!
A heart lurks among the flowers. See if you can find it. The solution will appear in the comments section later today.
2 days ago

Baby Formula Shortages? Bill Gates Supported “BIOMILQ” Under Development
A North Carolina startup called BIOMILQ may have whipped up a nutritionally comparable alternative to human breast milk — except this milk isn’t produced in a mammary gland, but in a bioreactor.
a day ago
Mark Middleton Dead at 59 – Bill Clinton’s Special Advisor ‘Who Let Epstein Into White House 7 Times’ Dies
PRESIDENT Bill Clinton’s former special advisor, Mark Middleton passed away Saturday at the age of 59 as confirmed by his family.
a day ago
ADL Defames Ruby Ridge’s Randy Weaver Less than 24 Hours After his Death
Even after you die, these people will continue to defame you.
a day ago

Episode 30: The psychology of superstitions
Why do we have superstitions? Where do they come from? And are they helpful or harmful? Find out in the latest episode of PsychCrunch.
a day ago
A religious upbringing strengthens children’s belief in divine miracles, but not magic
By Emily Reynolds. Religious exposure has a "domain specific" effect on kids' understanding of the world
2 days ago
Here’s how actors differ in their ability to read their own bodily signals
By Emma Young. Actors are no better than the rest of us at reading their own internal signals - but they are better at knowing whether or not these judgements are accurate.
3 days ago

Native Societies Harvested Billions of Oysters Sustainably
Mound Key, an uninhabited island off the coast of southwest Florida, rises more than 30 feet above the shallow waters of Estero Bay. Save for the occasional tourists who paddle out here, relatively few people visit its thickly forested shores...
12 hours ago
An Ancient Roman Cult's Rituals Included Feasting, Fire, and Floor Cleaning
Inside the chamber it is dark, and the flickers of torchlight play across the features of the men gathered. The meal over, they sit relaxed on long stone benches that face each other in the narrow nave. Their god has left them for the time being...
14 hours ago
In Japan, School ‘Intruder’ Drills Are Full-Contact and Unpredictable
“A man with a knife will come to the school today.” It’s not exactly the greeting one expects upon showing up to work. But this is what the vice-principal said on my arrival at the junior high school where I taught in rural Gunma Prefecture...
14 hours ago

Musical interlude
Arcade Fire - Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)
12 hours ago
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Phil Tank offers a reminder that Saskatchewan's citizens shouldn't follow the lead of its government in wrongly pretending the COVID-19 pandemic is over. Sumathi Reddy writes about the growing recognition...
18 hours ago
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Danny Halpin reports on new research showing that people who have suffered from long COVID are at far greater risk of blood clots, while Mary van Beusekom discusses how COVID-19 and other severe respiratory...
2 days ago