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No Greenhouse Effect Here

• In a previous article, I determined the average surface temperature of Earth without an atmosphere using a

Is Virology Pseudoscience? 2

• Continuing from my last post on the topic … please inform and decide yourself from watching these 2

Shrinking GH Effect Closer to Reality

• In a previous article, I attempted to figure out a more accurate surface temperature for an imaginary Earth

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Most recent blog entries

Gulags Rising

•   From the Moscow Times: A prominent opera singer from Russia’s North Caucasus has been sentenced to 10

Bukovsky: Power Depends on Public Obedience and the Willingness to Submit

•   The old jailers used to sigh: "You're hopelessly spoiled. Now, twenty years ago . . . "

Snapshot in Time

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Sharyl Attkisson

POLL: Biden's disapproval holding at his all-time worst

• President Biden's job approval stands at 37% with disapproval at 61% of likely US voters. That's

(READ) Watchdog seeks financial records on Dr. Fauci's spouse

• The watchdog Judicial Watch is suing the Dept. of Health and Human Services for failing to turn over

Confidence in newspapers and TV news at all time lows

• The following is an excerpt from Gallup WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Americans' confidence in two facets of the

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BlackListed News

badcop: Florida beachgoer with skin cancer fined $116 for using an umbrella

• No umbrellas allowed at the beach! That’s an actual rule in Belleair Shore. Now, some beachgoers are

Digital Authoritarianism: AI Surveillance Signals the Death of Privacy

• Nothing is private. We teeter on the cusp of a cultural, technological and societal revolution the likes of

US Treasury Just Published a Working Paper Pushing for Central Bank Digital

• The Office of Financial Research (OFR) is the independent bureau within the United States Department of the

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NEPC Blog Post of the Day

10th Period: Ohio School Privatization More Expensive Than Public Schools

• 10th Period: Ohio School Privatization More Expensive Than Public Schools After taking a

Brattleboro Reformer: William J. Mathis: The Insurrection -- Will the

• Brattleboro Reformer: William J. Mathis: The Insurrection -- Will the Center Hold? They say

Cloaking Inequity: Latest Paper Focuses on School Finance Policy and Civil

• Cloaking Inequity: Latest Paper Focuses on School Finance Policy and Civil Rights By  Amanda

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Energy

Offshore wind farm proposed for Gulf of Mexico near Galveston could power

• Two proposed wind farms off the Texas and Louisiana coasts would join offshore oil drilling rigs in the

Texas power company could potentially make $10 million per hour during

• A Morgan Stanley report updated Monday states that retail energy generation company Vistra is seeing huge

Researchers connect oilfield activity to earthquakes in Texas

• Researchers are increasingly linking oilfield activity and seismic activity, with a new report from the

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Politics, Policy, Political News Top Stories

‘His life was threatened.’ But Pence isn't talking about it.

• The former VP avoided the subject of Trump, except to praise administration policies, in an Arizona swing

5 takeaways from Steve Bannon's trial

• Did the former Trump White House adviser get bad legal advice or the advice he was looking for?

Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon found guilty for refusing to testify to

• Bannon faces up to two years in prison on the contempt-of-Congress charges and has indicated he intends to

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Navajo Times

• Nez touts success of ARPA spending plan

  In his state of the nation address on Monday, President Jonathan Nez began by touting the success of his

• Guest Column | No funding shortfall for Navajo veterans

  On behalf of the Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President, we thank all Navajo veterans for

• Capital Briefs | Senate committee supports Tso as IHS director

  The U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on July 13 voted to confirm Roselyn Tso, a member of the Navajo

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The Ancient Code

• Woolly Mammoth ‘Proxy’ Could One Day Roam the North American Tundra

  The woolly mammoth may have gone extinct as recently as 4,000 years ago on Wrangel Island near

• NASA’s Bill Nelson Pushes for Scientific UFO Research 1 Month into Office

  Bill Nelson, 78, the former Florida senator and spaceflight veteran, became the NASA Administrator on 

• Veteran Combat Pilot Alex Dietrich Describes Tic Tac UFO Encounter

  Retired Navy Lt. Commander Alex Dietrich, a veteran combat pilot, gave an eye-witness account of a Tic Tac

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DutchNews.nl

• Rhea on the road: owner takes pet bird for a city centre stroll

  Police and the animal ambulance service in Amsterdam say they have been inundated with phone calls after a

• Police officer faces criminal probe over farm protest shooting

  The police officer who shot at a 16-year-old boy during a farmers’ protest earlier this month is now the

• Electric mopeds are becoming more popular: Bovag

  The Dutch bought more powerful electric mopeds than petrol-driven ones for the first time in the first six

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BleepingComputer

• Hacker selling Twitter account data of 5.4 million users for $30k

  Twitter has suffered a data breach after threat actors used a vulnerability to build a database of phone

• Digital security giant Entrust breached by ransomware gang

  Digital security giant Entrust has confirmed that it suffered a cyberattack where threat actors breached

• SonicWall: Patch critical SQL injection bug immediately

  SonicWall has published a security advisory today to warn of a critical SQL injection flaw impacting the

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Book Reviews – Accuracy In Academia

• Faculty group suffers legal setback in lawsuit about college viewpoint

  Florida is a battleground state when it comes to education, where parents, politicians, teachers’ unions

• LGBTQIA high school students protest for co-ed sex education classes

  Today’s parents are no strangers to the ongoing gender identity culture wars in society and, in particular,

• Oregon training teachers in “anti-racism” ideology

  Anti-racism is one of the latest buzzwords circulated by the Left in education, and it has made its way

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altahrir, news of Islam, Muslims, Arab Spring and special Palestine

• Israeli Colonizers Cut Olive Trees Near Ramallah

  On Friday, illegal Israeli colonizers cut Palestinian olive trees in an orchard in Tormos Ayya town

• Soldiers Shoot A Palestinian At A Military Roadblock Near Hebron

  On Friday, Israeli soldiers shot a Palestinian worker at the Tarqoumia military roadblock, west of Hebron,

• Israeli Soldiers Abduct Three Palestinians In Jenin

  On Thursday night, Israeli soldiers abducted three Palestinians, including siblings, from their homes in

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BBC News - Home

• Ukraine war: Deal signed to allow grain exports to resume by sea

  The agreement will allow millions of tonnes of grain, trapped in Ukraine by the war, to be exported.

• Pizza delivery man saves children from burning house

  Nicholas Bostic saved five people from the home, and was hailed as a hero by the police chief.

• Steve Bannon: Trump ally guilty of contempt of Congress

  An unofficial adviser to Donald Trump, Mr Bannon refused to co-operate with the 6 January committee.

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Bartholomew's Notes

• Court Finds For Former MP in Counterclaim Against “VIP Sex Abuse” Accuser

  From the Daily Mail: A former Liberal Democrat MP is to receive libel damages from an alleged fantasist who

• Sandy Hook Conspiracism: A Note on Moon Rock Books

  From CBS News, in June: The father of a victim of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre has won a

• BBC News Probes “Annie Tacker”

  This one is being widely reported – from Phil Kemp at BBC News: There are many unanswered questions

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CBPP Comprehensive Reports and Blog Posts

• In Case You Missed It…

  This week at CBPP, we focused on housing, health, family income support, and the economy. On housing, Peggy

• Priced Out: The State of Housing in America

  The nation’s most pressing housing problem centers on the millions of people with low incomes who are not

• TANF Can Be a Critical Tool to Address Family Housing Instability and

  Promoting safe and stable housing is foundational to children’s well-being and is consistent with TANF’s

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Coyote Blog

• Buying and Selling a Business

  Since a number of folks have asked me via email: yes, I am OK and would someday like to get back to active

• Christmas Wonder, with Penguins

  I always enjoy Christmas day with the family.  But no matter how good a day we have together, it can never

• Regional Variations in COVID are SEASONAL, not Correlated with Party of the

  If you want a pointer towards the seasonality of the COVID virus, check out the NY Times per capita case

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Dandelion Salad

• The Chris Hedges Report: Breaking the Cycle of American Violence, with

  Dandelion Salad with Chris Hedges TheRealNews on Jul 22, 2022 Chris Hedges speaks with the Psychiatrist Dr.

• Michael Hudson: Finance Capitalism’s Self-Destructive Nature

  by Michael Hudson Writer, Dandelion Salad July 21, 2022 Empire of Inflation: Economist Michael Hudson on

• Our Climate Crisis Paralysis: How, in the Face of Unprecedented Signs of

  by Andy Worthington Writer, Dandelion Salad Andy Worthington website, July 19, 2022 July 20, 2022 Last week

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Inter Press Service

• Time for a UN Human Rights Leader

  The writer is Editor-in-Chief at CIVICUS, the global civil society alliance. He is one of the lead authors

• UN to Host Over 190 World Leaders & Delegates — Despite Threats from a

  The United Nations is planning to host a high-level “in-person” General Assembly session, September 20-26,

• Zimbabwe Turns to Boreholes Amid Groundwater Level Concerns

  Faced with cyclical droughts and low water levels in supply dams, Zimbabwe is turning to boreholes for

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INTERNATIONALIST 360°

• Russia and Africa: A Future-Bound Partnership

  Sergey Lavrov On the eve of my visits to several African countries, I would like to share my reflections on

• U.S. Imperialism’s Supremacist Ideology Can Be Defeated by Liberation

  Rainer Shea The pitch that the U.S. empire makes is one of a shared conquest. Or, to put it more bluntly, a

• Moscow, Kiev and Ankara Reach Grain Agreement in Istanbul

  Observateur Continental Negotiations on the export of Ukrainian grain from the part of the Black Sea

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New Content on CO2 Science

• Crop Breeding for High Production, Water Use Efficiency & Albedo

  It's a good way to confront mankind's growing need for food and the water needed to produce it

• Biospheric Productivity (Global: The Recent Past) -- Summary

  Since 1980 the Earth has weathered three of the warmest decades in the instrumental temperature record, a

• Catastrophic Floods of Dartmoor, South West England

  Are they few and far-between? ... or are they growing ever more frequent ... and ferocious?

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MercoPress

• Police raid leaves at least 18 dead in Rio de Janeiro favela

  At least 18 people died Thursday following a police raid in the Alemao favela in

• Chilean women paid less than men in 2021, study showed

  Chilean women earned 21.7% less than men during 2021, according to a study released

• Argentine Navy to auction decommissioned ships

  The Argentine Navy has announced it will auction seven vessels that have already

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National Wind Watch: Wind Energy News

• Responsibly-sited wind projects? #VT

  Renewable Energy Vermont (REV) is promoting more wind energy to be built in Vermont. They are calling for “

• County eyes temporary moratorium of wind farms #KS

  During a discussion of county “Commercial Renewable Energy” regulations and special use permits, county

• Environment minister seeks moratorium on new wind farms to probe impact on

  Seven new wind turbines that will tower over the Golan at the height of Tel Aviv skyscrapers were given the

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The New Federalist

• Divide and Democracy: Policy to Prevent Power Politics in the United

  The crisis in Ukraine has exposed the weaknesses of international law, undermining the principles of

• The return of history, and Europe's place in it

  This article has been approved by the JEF Belgium winter federal committee as an official position paper of

• The UK-Rwanda deal and the bleak scope of refugee rights

  In April this year, the UK government announced a deal with the government of Rwanda in which any person

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Online Cancer Blog

• The Survival Rate of Each Lung Cancer Stage

  We all know that there are many stages of lung cancer and you might be wondering how each stage is like and

• Chocolates Help Fight Cancer- Myth or Truth?

  How amazing (and difficult) is it to love something that is also supposed to do you a world of good

• Top 6 Symptoms That Indicate Breast Cancer

  Cancer is one of the fastest growing cause of deaths in the world. The most common type of cancer include &

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Signs of the Times

• Border Patrol pushes back on Mayorkas claim that southern border is secure:

  Multiple Border Patrol agents are pushing back against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas'

• Israel military admits it uses armed drones

  Israel's military censors have lifted a ban on reporting the country's use of armed drones, an

• 10 British pedophiles deported from Poland, they claimed to be there to

  British sex offenders were tracked going to refugee-laden Poland in the early weeks of war, seemingly to

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Stuff.co.nz - Stuff

• Lane open but congestion remains after two-car crash on Wellington's

  One person was taken to hospital with moderate injuries, and at one point southbound traffic was backed up

• Protesters stop motorway traffic in Auckland, cause disruption in

  Activists from the Freedoms & Rights Coalition are causing traffic disruption as part of a march against

• Failure not the first time Wellington has gone a year without fluoride

  Data showed the water supply often dropped below recommended levels since 2016 – on three occasions not

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Freethought Blogs

• We must learn to channel our inner pocket gopher

  Biomimicry is a fascinating concept in a lot of ways. The basic idea is pretty straightforward –

• Brutal crackdown begins in Sri Lanka

  Less than 24 hours after he was sworn is the new president of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremesinghe set in motion

• Poetry Advice?

  Just in case I get hit by a bus before august of 2023 (feeling imminent bus hit vibes at the moment for

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