Chicago Boyz
Brian Deese — The Musical Tribute Continues
I first heard of Brian Deese during the Obama administration, when he was appointed as one of the ‘Czars’ for the auto industry…and I was inspired to write this little song. (with apologies to Gilbert & Sullivan) I see that Mr Deese–now...
Advanced Incompetence
The grim and cynical judgment is that advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from deliberate malice. I am certain that grimmer and more cynical commenters than me have long since concluded that the advanced and mind-boggling incompetence...
Very Nicely Put
The Constitution is not the law that governs us, it is the law that governs those who govern us. –Randy E Barnett, quoted here.
Centinel2012
The Georgia Guidestones Destroyed
Armstrong Economics Blog/Conspiracy Re-Posted Jul 8, 2022 by Martin Armstrong Who is the mysterious R.C. Christian who erected the Georgia Guidestones in March 1980? These four nearly 20-feet monuments were mysteriously built decades...
Putin: G7 Leaders Undressing Would be a “Disgusting Sight”
Armstrong Economics Blog/Humor Re-Posted Jul 8, 2022 by Martin Armstrong Here is a bit of humor on a Friday. The G7 Summit turned into a middle school playground when world leaders began mocking Russian President Vladimir Putin for taking...
Gold Discovery in Uganda Rocks the World
Armstrong Economics Blog/Gold Re-Posted Jul 8, 2022 by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: OK. How did Socrates know that they would find 31 million tonnes of gold in Uganda to create a bear market? I really want to hear this one. Thanks DH ANSWER: I...
The BRAD BLOG
Fresh Air...
Meant to say as much previously, but had trouble logging in from the road ... We're taking a much needed mental health break over this shortened holiday week. While we're gone, we're re-running our Special Coverage episodes from the blockbuster...
Sunday 'Read the Room' Toons
Support a disappearing craft with a subscription to a political cartoonist. * * * 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...
WARNING: SCOTUS Takes Up Case to Legitimize Fringe 'Independent State Legislature' Doctrine!: 'BradCast' 7/1/2022
We have a very serious warning for voters about elections and American democracy and the corrupt U.S. Supreme Court on today's BradCast. Please tune in and listen! [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] To quickly summarize my half-hour...
bluebird of bitterness
Friday chuckles
Friday happy dance
Find the coconuts!
Three coconuts are hidden among the bears. See if you can find them. The solution will appear in the comments section later today.
BlackListed News
Japan: Ex-PM Abe Assassinated While Making Election Campaign Speech
Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving leader, died on Friday hours after he was shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, shocking a country in which political violence is rare and guns are tightly controlled...
Millions Of Barrels From US Emergency Oil Reserve Sent Abroad, Including To China
With a growing number of people realizing that the Biden administration has drained more oil from the US strategic petroleum reserve, which is meant to be used during real emergencies not fake, made up ones such as Democrats facing a catastrophic...
How the Media Used Russiagate Conspiracy Theories to Create a News Cartel
In the fall of 2019, Facebook announced that it would be writing selected media outlets some very big checks. The launch of Facebook News was billed as a way to give consumers more access to information, but it was actually an attempt at appeasing...
Research Digest
Most of us don’t have a desire for unlimited wealth
By Emily Reynolds. Study challenges common economic assumption that we all want unlimited resources.
Racial biases shape the way people interpret body poses
By Emma Young. White participants saw Black, but not White, people as more aggressive when in Superman pose.
People with no mind’s eye have less vivid and detailed memories
By Matthew Warren. People with aphantasia also show deficits when describing hypothetical future events.
Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places
Criollito in Tlacolula de Matamoros, Mexico
Every summer, Liliana Palma Santos’s parents would take the family from Los Angeles, where Palma Santos was born and raised, back to their homeland: the small rural town of Tlacolula, Oaxaca. There, she roamed the family milpas, where corn...
The Winemakers Bringing Viticulture Back to Venice
Across the 118 islands within the Venetian lagoon, drinking wine has always come more naturally to locals than producing it. For much of its 1,600-year history, Venice has instead prioritized reaping the bounties of the sea: In an old dialectal...
Taksim Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey
Istanbul is a huge city with thousands of mosques, many of which were built over 500 years ago. Today, more modern mosques have been constructed around the city. Taksim Mosque is among the newest. Located in Taksim Square, the mosque was officially...
Accidental Deliberations
Musical interlude
Lost Synths - Don't Mind
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Benjamin Mazer writes that of all the other public health analogies, COVID-19 may prove most similar to smoking in the systematic failure of governments to take readily-available steps to prevent widespread...
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Chas Danner writes about the arrival of the BA.5 COVID-19 surge in the U.S. Nora Loreto writes about the thousands of Canadians who died of COVID acquired in hospitals - and the many people...
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