Chicago Boyz
Humor and Seriousness
Katherine Boyle is a partner at the VC firm Andreessen Horowitz and she is a thoughtful writer on many topics. See her post The Case for American Seriousness at Bari Weiss’s substack; also, her posts at her own substack, The Rambler, especially...
The Raid on Mar-a-Lago.
The FBI raid on Trump’s residence is unprecedented in American history. The pretext for the raid and the refusal to allow Trump’s lawyers to witness what was done is also a gross deviation from normal behavior. Conservative Treehouse...
Things Missing – Supply Chain and Groceries
I have had some first world problems for a while now. Last night at the grocery store (Kroger chain) there was no iceburg lettuce. Zero. I resigned myself to paying the fifty cents more for the leaf lettuce. Iceberg lettuce has been of pretty poor...
Centinel2012
Is There Another FBI Spy In The Trump Orbit? (Ep. 1828) – The Dan Bongino Show
The Dan Bongino Show Published originally on Rumble on August 11, 2022 Is there another spy in Trumps friends and associates? Or could this be a Trump set up?
IRS Seeking Agents Willing to “Use Deadly Force”
Armstrong Economics Blog/Corruption Re-Posted Aug 12, 2022 by Martin Armstrong The enhanced police state is turning tax accountants into the Gestapo. The IRS was forced to remove its job description after creating a buzz across the internet...
Monkeypox is Not the Next Pandemic
Armstrong Economics Blog/Disease Re-Posted Aug 12, 2022 by Martin Armstrong The Biden Administration declared a public health emergency over monkeypox. This is not an airborne virus, and it is fairly difficult to catch as skin-to-skin...
The BRAD BLOG
WARRANT REVEALS TRUMP ESPIONAGE PROBE; HOUSE ADOPTS 'TRANSFORMATIVE' CLIMATE BILL: 'BradCast' 8/12/2022
On some days, there is more huge news than others. This is about 10 of those days. With not one, but two absolute blockbuster stories jammed into today's BradCast. [Audio link to full show posted below this summary.] On Friday, a federal judge...
Before FBI Search, Grand Jury Subpoenaed NatSec Docs Trump Stole from White House: 'BradCast' 8/11/2022
Today on The BradCast: We are now learning even more about what Trump didn't bother to tell his followers when he played the victim card on Monday following the FBI's search at his Mar-a-Lago compound in Florida. It's becoming difficult to avoid...
'Green News Report' - August 11, 2022
IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: South Korea the latest victim of climate-intensified deadly flash floods; July was one of the hottest ever recorded; Republican state treasurers coordinating to block climate action by private companies; PLUS...
bluebird of bitterness
Puppy love — good old days edition
Friday happy dance
Find the fish!
See if you can find the fish in this picture (starfish and seahorses don’t count). The solution will appear in the comments section later today.
BlackListed News
WEF Playbook: Collapse Sri Lanka Today, the West Tomorrow?
Unless you’re reading this from Belarus or North Korea, safely outside of the WEF clutches (for now), your state is losing its sovereignty right in front of your eyes.
Ukraine Defense Ministry Threatens to Bomb Russian Civilians in Crimea
The Ukrainian government is threatening to commit war crimes again.
Government involvement in content moderation raises serious human rights concerns in every context
When sites cooperate with government agencies, it leaves the platform inherently biased in favor of the government’s favored positions. It gives government entities outsized influence to manipulate content moderation systems for...
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
Jackson M. Abbott Wetland Refuge in Alexandria, Virginia
Driving along Pole Road on the outskirts of Alexandria, Virginia one might easily miss this obscure suburban wetland, named for the only person ever to be awarded both first and second place in the Federal Duck Stamp contest in the same year...
Chelyabinsk Meteorite in Chelyabinsk, Russia
On February 15, 2013, an asteroid was hurtling toward Earth. The celestial object measured an estimated 20 meters (65 feet) wide and weighed approximately 12,000 tons. When the asteroid reached our planet's atmosphere, it was moving at a...
Old Irontown in Cedar City, Utah
Known as Utah's first ghost town, the ruins of Old Irontown can be found 22 miles from Cedar City. Southern Utah saw a population boom in the 1850s as Mormon pioneers were called to populate the area by Brigham Young after iron was discovered there. ...
Accidental Deliberations
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Irini Osaeivi et al. study the effects of long COVID and find that it continues to result in vascular damage for 18 months (or more) after infection. - Carly Weeks discusses how the combination of COVID...
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- David Quammen writes about the ongoing race between scientific discovery and an evolving coronavirus. And Heidi Sheehan reports on new research showing a similarity between long COVID and myalgic...
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Maggie Mills discusses how an antisocial public health policy in the midst of an ongoing pandemic is producing a disastrous human cost (particularly for vulnerable people), while Pamela...
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