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Chicago Boyz

• Starbucks and Patty Murray

  In Washington State, candidate Tiffany Smiley is running a strong campaign against Democrat incumbent Patty Murray.  WSJ writer Kim Strassel reports that three corporations…the Seattle Times, the Seattle Seahawks, and Starbucks…have...

  5 hours ago

• Rigid Conformity

  I suppose to me personally that the additional tragedy with regard to so-called “trans kids” is the absolutely unyielding and rigid characterization of tastes and preferences as being specifically either male or female. This tragedy...

  a day ago

• Retrotech Event

  The New England Wireless & Steam Museum is having is annual steam-up this coming Saturday. I was hoping to go up there this year, but won’t be able to make it.  Sounds like a great event for anyone interested...

  2 days ago

Centinel2012

• Matteo Renzi Defends Rival Giorgia Meloni

  Armstrong Economics Blog/Italy Re-Posted Sep 30, 2022 by Martin Armstrong The media is clearly in the wrong when politicians from the other end of the spectrum are coming out to condemn fake news. Former Italian PM Matteo Renzi (2014 to …...

  7 hours ago

• CBO: Student Loan Forgiveness will Cost $400B Over Next 30 Years

  Armstrong Economics Blog/Politics Re-Posted Sep 30, 2022 by Martin Armstrong The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is a nonpartisan agency that simply calculates the numbers. The Biden Administration is constantly at odds with the CBO...

  7 hours ago

• Biden’s Brain is Deteriorating

  Armstrong Economics Blog/Politics Re-Posted Sep 30, 2022 by Martin Armstrong President Joe Biden recently thanked Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN) for her recent work. “Jackie, are you here? Where’s Jackie?” he asked. “She must not...

  8 hours ago

The BRAD BLOG

• Keeping Up With Hurricane Ian and With Trump's GOP Election Fraudsters: 'BradCast' 9/29/2022

  On today's BradCast, we try to keep up with the damage caused both by Hurricane Ian and by the former President's team of fraudsters. [Audio link to full show follows below this summary.] We begin with a quick update on the still-unfolding devastation...

  21 hours ago

• 'Green News Report' - September 29, 2022

  IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Hurricane Ian causes widespread damage, smashes records as it pummels Florida; Sen. Joe Manchin's controversial permitting reform bill collapses in the U.S. Senate; PG&E under investigation for sparking...

  a day ago

• Kansas Abortion Referendum Voting Data Suggest Women Being Under-Counted in Midterm Polling: 'BradCast' 9/28/2022

  Today on The BradCast: Our cruel climate crisis Summer continues, as we head toward a more hopeful Fall...maybe... [Audio link to full show follows below this summary.] First up, Hurricane Ian crashed ashore on the southwestern coast of Florida...

  2 days ago

bluebird of bitterness

• It’s a dog’s life

  A man took his dog to a talent agency and told the agent that the dog could talk. The agent looked skeptical. “No, really,” said the man. “Watch this. What’s on the top of a house?”  “Roof!” said the dog.  The agent was unimpressed. ...

  3 hours ago

• Friday happy dance

  8 hours ago

• Find the sun!

  The sun lurks somewhere among the leaves. See if you can find it. The solution will appear in the comments section later today.

  a day ago

BlackListed News

• More Evidence Points to US-NATO Sabotage of Nordstream

  Increasingly, there is little doubt who is behind the Nordstream pipeline leaks, now numbering four. The corporate media is lamely attempting to blame Russia for blowing up its own multi-billion dollar pipeline and its expensive cargo...

  18 hours ago

• Biden approves an additional $1.1 billion in security assistance for Ukraine

  he Biden administration announced $1.1 billion in additional security assistance for Ukraine on Wednesday, bringing the U.S. commitment to more than $16.2 billion since Russia’s invasion in late February...

  2 days ago

• Digital dollar and digital euro will not be anonymous

  Before these comments were made, the US had increasingly embraced the idea of a digital dollar and the EU had outlined its plans for a full rollout of the digital euro by 2026. Other countries, including the United Kingdom (UK) and Canada, have...

  2 days ago

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.

  3 months ago

• 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.

  3 months ago

• 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.

  3 months ago

Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places

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  Wauba Debar’s Grave in Bicheno, Australia

  Wauba Debar is an Aboriginal Tasmanian and her grave tells a story of both tragedy and heroism. Born in 1792, she belonged to the Paradererme tribe of Oyster's Bay and was kidnapped from her family and enslaved by whalers and sealers who had began...

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  Cell of the Anchoress of Shere in Shere, England

  Outside St. James Church in Shere, you will find a metal plaque marking the site of the cell of Christine Carpenter, Anchoress of Shere 1329. Inside the church, close to the altar, you will find further evidence of the anchoress. An anchoress...

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  How One Tiny Bead Can Reveal A Global History

  Jessica Thompson was looking for bones, not beads. But as the Yale archeologist sifted through the fertile soil of Kasitu Valley in northern Malawi in the mid 2010s, she kept finding small glass orbs, many about the size of grain of rice. Some...

  2 hours ago

Accidental Deliberations

• Truth & Reconciliation Day Links

  Some material for learning and reflection on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.- The Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action can be found here, And Peter Zimonjic reports on the limited progress that's been made...

  4 hours ago

• Thursday Afternoon Links

  This and that for your Thursday reading.- Andrew Nikiforuk writes about the growing recognition that COVID-19 may have severe and long-term effects on the brains of people who get infected, while Hannah Devlin reports on research showing...

  a day ago

• Tuesday Evening Links

  This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Marina Hyde laments Liz Truss' decision to hit the gas pedal on free money for the people who need it least while most of the UK struggles to make ends meet due to her party's mismanagement. - Jessica Silver-Greenberg...

  3 days ago