oldephartte(in training)

Monday, December 11, 2017

11 December - igoogle portal - old - 1 of 2

"Please switch to new iGooglePortal.com, this OLD Portal will be retired on December 1, 2016. Thank you." Good to know. Snort. And why would I not want these links ? That said, there is some duplication from the new pages....and some sites I could not reload.

(5) American Water Intelligence Project Tracker

Guadarrama Basin WWTPs 1 minute(s) ago

Tacloban City north water supply project 1 minute(s) ago

Layyah SWRO stage 2 1 minute(s) ago

Tseung Kwan O 1 day(s) ago

Antioch BWRO, CA 1 day(s) ago

(5) Fark.com RSS

Saudi Arabia is going to test the Theory of Slippery Slopes by allowing movie theaters, women to dri 1 minute(s) ago

Photoshop this couple necking [Photoshop] 1 minute(s) ago

There's surge pricing and then there's yougottabefarkingkiddingme pricing [Fail] 1 minute(s) ago

California wildfires are now larger than Boston and New York City, but how many Rhode Islands is tha 1 minute(s) ago

Explosion at Manhattan bus terminal. On the left, not much information. Jumping to conclusions on th 1 minute(s) ago

(5) The Guardian World News

No 10 accepts EU bill amendment giving MPs new rights to demand votes on Henry VIII powers - Politic 1 minute(s) ago

New York explosion: police name injured suspect as Akayed Ullah – live updates 1 minute(s) ago

Keith Chegwin, TV presenter, dies aged 60 1 minute(s) ago

Excitement as trial shows Huntington's drug could slow progress of disease 1 minute(s) ago

Three children die in suspected arson attack on house in Salford 1 minute(s) ago

(5) Democracy Now!

"The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump": Psychiatrist Dr. Bandy Lee on Growing Mental Health Concerns 2 day(s) ago

No Democracy Here: Ousted Honduran Pres. Zelaya Says 2009 U.S.-Backed Coup Led to Election Crisis 2 day(s) ago

Headlines for December 8, 2017 2 day(s) ago

High-Profile Women Break the Silence on Sex Assaults, But Low-Wage Workers Still Vulnerable to Abuse 3 day(s) ago

"Settlers in the White House": Palestinians Denounce Trump Jerusalem Order & Protest in Day of R 3 day(s) ago

(5) BBC News - Home

Jerusalem: Netanyahu expects EU to follow US recognition 1 minute(s) ago

New York explosion at Manhattan bus terminal 1 minute(s) ago

Huntington’s breakthrough may stop disease 1 minute(s) ago

Russia's Putin visits Syria airbase and orders start of pullout 1 minute(s) ago

Young women on sexual harassment in the workplace 7 hour(s) ago

(5) SPACE.com

Image of the Day 1 minute(s) ago

Blue Origin Preparing to Resume Test Flights from West Texas 1 minute(s) ago

President Trump to Sign Space Policy Directive Today 1 minute(s) ago

In-Space Manufacturing Is About to Get a Big Test 1 minute(s) ago

Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks This Week! How to See Year's Best Meteor Display 1 minute(s) ago

(5) News

In Effort To Court Drivers, Lyft Offering Education Discounts 1 minute(s) ago

1 Suspect In Custody After 'Low-Tech' Explosion At Manhattan Subway Stop 1 minute(s) ago

Saudi Arabia Announces Opening Of Cinemas For First Time In 35 Years 1 minute(s) ago

Venezuela's Ruling Socialists Sweep Mayoral Races Amid Opposition Boycott 1 minute(s) ago

(5) LobeLog.com

Time to Take Trump at His Word on Israel-Palestine 1 minute(s) ago

Trump’s Jerusalem Decision: A Fatal and Fateful Blow 18 hour(s) ago

What Does Kazakhstan’s New Military Doctrine Reveal About Relations With Russia? 1 day(s) ago

Europe and Iran’s Threat Perception 2 day(s) ago

A Pakistani-US Collision in the Making 2 day(s) ago

(5) The Star Online : Nation Feed

Nine arrested at protest against demolition of houses in Subang 68 day(s) ago

Cop lied, so court frees Korean student of cannabis trafficking charge 68 day(s) ago

Threats to beer festival ‘not made up,’ says IGP 68 day(s) ago

Video of military trainees being kicked goes viral … but it’s two years old 68 day(s) ago

Bung Mokhtar's wife laments his forgetful nature 68 day(s) ago

(5) Trend.Az - All news

Tehran Stock Exchange adds 0.39% 1 minute(s) ago

Tashkent airport to buy breathalyzers 1 minute(s) ago

Program summary: Iran IRINN TV economic news, Dec. 11 1 minute(s) ago

Kazatomprom ups its share in Inkai JV 1 minute(s) ago

Baku to get 350 new buses 1 minute(s) ago

(5) Obama Conspiracy Theories

Cold Case Posse disbanded 324 day(s) ago

The mathematics of date stamp angle similarities–Part 2 327 day(s) ago

The mathematics of date stamp angle similarities–Part 1 328 day(s) ago

Reince Priebus on challenges to Obama’s legitimacy 329 day(s) ago

Inclined dates 331 day(s) ago

(5) Total Eclipse of the Apps Script

Expanding our partner ecosystem with managed services providers 1 hour(s) ago

Getting the most out of shared postmortems — CRE life lessons 2 day(s) ago

How to get real-time, actionable insights from your Fastly logs with Looker and BigQuery 3 day(s) ago

OAuth whitelisting can now control access to GCP services and data 4 day(s) ago

With Google Kubernetes Engine regional clusters, master nodes are now highly available 5 day(s) ago

(5) Science This Week in Science TOC RSS Feed

The flight of the narwhal 3 day(s) ago

Gaining a foothold on kidney disease? 3 day(s) ago

Conditions in a black hole outburst 3 day(s) ago

Watching electrons lose steam in graphene 3 day(s) ago

FAK directs tumor immune evasion 3 day(s) ago

(5) WebMD Health

Window Blinds: A Silent Killer in Your Home 1 minute(s) ago

New Gene Therapy May Be Cure for 'Bubble Boy' Disease 1 day(s) ago

Another Gene Therapy Breakthrough Against Hemophilia 1 day(s) ago

Recall: ALDI Chocolate Bars For Nut Risk 2 day(s) ago

Staring at Solar Eclipse Burned Holes in Woman's Retinas 2 day(s) ago

(5) Yahoo! News - Top Stories

North Korea Renews 'Dotard' Insult For Donald Trump Over Jerusalem Move 1 day(s) ago

North Korea reignited its feud with President Donald Trump on Saturday.

Travel troubles: snow cancels flights along the East Coast 1 day(s) ago

Atlanta’s airport -- the nation’s busiest -- experienced the bulk of today’s travel troubles after a ...

White Nationalists Have Been Saying 'Diversity Is Not Our Strength' For Years 1 day(s) ago

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) has again flirted with being an open white nationalist.

Swedish PM condemns attempted arson attack at synagogue as three arrested 9 hour(s) ago

Three people were arrested early on Sunday after an attempted arson attack at a synagogue in the Swe ...

Opera student raises $40,000 in performance for college tuition 1 day(s) ago

Drew Anthony raised enough money in a single opera performance to pay for a year of college tuition. ...

(5) The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines

One person in custody after New York City subway explosion 1 minute(s) ago

'What are you saying?' Malcolm Turnbull in heated clash over indigenous MPs Ken Wyatt and Linda Burn 1 minute(s) ago

Retail Food Group's shares plunge to five-year low 1 minute(s) ago

Coalition risks its majority in rush to skewer Bill Shorten over Sam Dastyari 1 minute(s) ago

Chinese tourists pump millions into ACT economy 1 minute(s) ago

(5) Washington Post - Breaking News

One person in custody after explosion near Manhattan bus terminal 1 minute(s) ago

The rapid rise and dramatic fall of the Trump adviser at the center of the Russia probe 1 minute(s) ago

GOP sacrifices precision for speed as it rushes tax bill ahead 1 minute(s) ago

The Finance 202: Senate to draw a red line on estate levy as part of tax negotiations 1 minute(s) ago

Trump makes a late push for Moore but sway over Senate race is unclear 1 minute(s) ago

(5) CNN.com - Top Stories

A pipe bomb may have malfunctioned or didn't go off as planned, New York police source tells CN 1 minute(s) ago

Police respond to blast near Port Authority bus terminal 1 minute(s) ago

Police are responding to reports of a possible explosion on the A, C and E subway lines near 42nd S ...

Witness: Dozens of ambulances in the area 1 minute(s) ago

CNN's David Foote describes the scene following an explosion at the Port Authority bus terminal in ...

Anatomy of an explosion 1 minute(s) ago

Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains the most common types of injuries caused by a bomb.

Explosion in extremely busy area during rush hour 1 minute(s) ago

Police are responding to an explosion at the New York Port Authority bus terminal.

(5) The Times of India

Jaitley counters Manmohan on Pak-Cong meet, says 'explain need' 1 minute(s) ago

Union minister Arun Jaitley on Monday hit out at the Congress, demanding to know why it had felt the ...

Manmohan responds to PM on Pak meddling charge 1 minute(s) ago

Former PM Manmohan Singh lashed out at PM Modi for allegedly spreading "falsehood and canards" to "s ...

New York explosion: One person in custody, several injured 1 minute(s) ago

An explosion rocked New York's Port Authority, one of the city's busiest commuter hubs in midtown Ma ...

Virat Kohli, Anushka Sharma tie the knot in Italy 1 minute(s) ago

After a long run of rumours and speculations making rounds on social media, Bollywood's quintessenti ...

Manmohan responds to PM on Pak meddling charge: 'Reject falsehoods' 1 minute(s) ago

Former PM Manmohan Singh lashed out at PM Modi for allegedly spreading "falsehood and canards" to "s ...

(5) PCWorld Tech News

HP patches hundreds of laptops to remove hidden keylogger 1 minute(s) ago

Cambridge Audio CXUHD 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player review: A classy chassis with Dolby Vision 1 minute(s) ago

Eaton Halo RL56 review: Upgrade your existing canisters to smart and efficient LED lighting 1 minute(s) ago

The best free video editing software: Great tools for YouTube stardom and more 1 minute(s) ago

MSI Trident V3 Arctic review: Looks like a console, runs like a high-end desktop 1 minute(s) ago

(5) Top NBCNews headlines

Authorities respond to explosion at major NYC bus terminal 1 minute(s) ago

What did President Trump know about Flynn and when did he know it? 1 minute(s) ago

Pollsters, pundits say Alabama Senate race impossible to predict 1 minute(s) ago

1 in 5 kids facing mental health risk in U.S. 15 hour(s) ago

Rocker Josh Homme apologizes for kicking photographer in the face 7 hour(s) ago

(5) WSJ.com: What's News US

General Electric's Power Division to Cut 12,000 Jobs 3 day(s) ago

GM's Latest Weapon in Pickup Truck Wars: Carbon Fiber 4 day(s) ago

Law Schools Say: Please Come, No LSAT Required 4 day(s) ago

Behind the Murdochs' Sale Talks: Scale, Price and Family Dynamics 5 day(s) ago

Law Schools Say: Please Come, No LSAT Required 4 day(s) ago

(5) Wired Top Stories

When Your Fitbit Goes From Activity Tracker to Personal Medical Device 1 minute(s) ago

The US Flirts With Geoengineering to Stymie Climate Change 1 minute(s) ago

You Give Up a Lot of Privacy Just Opening Emails. Here's How to Stop It 1 minute(s) ago

Las Vegas Casinos Are Now Testing Covert Gun-Sensing Technology 1 minute(s) ago

Justice Democrat Candidates Have Been Denied Access to DNC Voter Data 1 minute(s) ago

(5) National Geographic News

Scientists Fight to List Cheetahs as Endangered 1 minute(s) ago

Geminids 2017: How to See One of the Year's Best Meteor Showers 3 hour(s) ago

Extremely Endangered Tiger Losing Habitat—and Fast 1 day(s) ago

3,500-Year-Old Tombs Uncovered in Egypt. One Has a Mummy 1 day(s) ago

These Imaginary Islands Only Existed on Maps 2 day(s) ago

(5) Top Stories - Google News

This RSS feed URL is deprecated 37 day(s) ago

May issues grades on Trudeau government, plans to stay on as leader in 2019 - CTV News 38 day(s) ago

Person Who Deleted Trump's Twitter Account Said to Be Contractor - New York Times 37 day(s) ago

No prison time for Bowe Bergdahl - CTV News 37 day(s) ago

Quebec woman sentenced to 7.5 years in Australian prison for smuggling cocaine - Globalnews.ca 37 day(s) ago

(5) NYT

Port Authority Bus Terminal, Donald Trump, N.F.L.: Your Monday Briefing 1 minute(s) ago

New York Today: New York Today: An Explosion in Times Square 1 minute(s) ago

California Today: California Today: A Weekend of Fires 1 minute(s) ago

The Daily: Listen to ‘The Daily’: The Alabama Senate Race 1 minute(s) ago

New York Explosion Empties Port Authority; Suspect Is in Custody 1 minute(s) ago

(5) Reuters: World News

EU tells Netanyahu it rejects Trump's Jerusalem move 1 minute(s) ago

U.S. citizen on the run after busting out of Bali prison 1 minute(s) ago

Russian military chief criticizes U.S., Japan and South Korea drills 1 minute(s) ago

Buoyed by mayoral votes, Venezuela socialists eye presidency race 1 minute(s) ago

Putin, in Syria, says mission accomplished, orders partial Russian pull-out 1 minute(s) ago

(5) India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Times of India

SC agrees to examine plea to bar politicians from contesting from two seats 1 minute(s) ago

Arun Jaitley asks Congress to 'explain need' for meeting with Pakistani representatives 1 minute(s) ago

India, Russia, China resolve to step up counter-terror co-operation 1 minute(s) ago

PM Modi congratulates Rahul Gandhi on election as Congress president 1 minute(s) ago

BJP's campaign in Gujarat 'beyond bizarre', says Chidambaram 1 minute(s) ago

(5) SPACE.com

Image of the Day 1 minute(s) ago

Blue Origin Preparing to Resume Test Flights from West Texas 1 minute(s) ago

President Trump to Sign Space Policy Directive Today 1 minute(s) ago

In-Space Manufacturing Is About to Get a Big Test 1 minute(s) ago

Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks This Week! How to See Year's Best Meteor Display 1 minute(s) ago

(5) CBC | Canada News

'He got away with everything': Woman says court cared more about abuser's future than her safety 1 minute(s) ago

Canadians Christopher Plummer, Jean-Marc Vallée earn Golden Globe nods 1 minute(s) ago

'It was just a fluke that I saw him': Man tracked down by thankful teen he saved in 1986 car crash 14 hour(s) ago

Cryptocurrency fraud doubled to $1.7M in Canada this year 1 minute(s) ago

Happy Valley-Goose Bay mayor suffers gunshot to the face while out trapping 22 hour(s) ago

(5) BBC News - UK

Murder inquiry after children die in fire 1 minute(s) ago

Keith Chegwin: Television presenter dies aged 60 1 minute(s) ago

UK snow: Bad weather hits air, rail and sea travel 1 minute(s) ago

Harassment survey: 'I'm a waitress but I feel like a sex worker' 2 hour(s) ago

Manchester derby: Jose Mourinho has water & milk thrown at him in row, Mikel Arteta cut 1 minute(s) ago

11 December - igoogle portal - From Opera

Since Opera Community - and the oldephartte blog there with RSS feeds - has been shuttered since Mar 1,2014, that gives you an idea how long these sources have been tracked

Australian Food News

Retail Food Group defends itself against allegations
The Retail Food Group has rejected allegations that it is not supporting its franchise partners.
A2 Milk Company & Lion settle over A2 protein claim dispute
The A2 Milk Company and Lion Diary and Drinks have reached a settlement regarding a dispute over the use of A2 protein claims.
Thankyou Group to stop producing food
The Thankyou Group will be phasing out all of its food products by April 2018.

The American Dream

This Has Been The Worst Year For California Wildfires In The History Of The State
We have never seen a year like this in the history of the state of California. Yes, there are large wildfires in California every year, but this is...
Our Dec. 31st Federal Fundraising Deadline Is At The End Of The Month, And We Desperately Need A $30,000 December Miracle
December 31st is the most important deadline that our campaign for Congress has faced so far. All over the country people will be watching to see how...
46 Earthquakes Have Shaken California Over The Past 24 Hours
It appears that something unusual is happening along the California coastline. Over the past 24 hours, California has been hit by 46 earthquakes. ...

Opinion: Canada must win exemption from NAFTA's proportionality rule
June 27, 2017 - 11:57amOp-ed by Gordon Laxer, published in the Vancouver Sun, June 23, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump is known for tweeting...

CNET

The 37 best holiday shopping deals right now: Dec. 11 update - CNET
With just two weeks until Christmas, some better-than-Black Friday deals are starting to pop up.
Aston Martin rebuild history with the DB4 G.T. Continuation video - Roadshow
Take a trip back to the late 50s with the Aston Martin DB4 G.T. A car that may look like it's sixty years old but is in fact made entirely in the 21st...
Uber's London license appeal slated for April 2018 - CNET
The ride-hailing service lost its license in September, and won't find out whether it can be reinstated until April or June next year.

The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel: Sci, Space, Tech

Today's "Planet Earth Report" --Octopus' Alien DNA, History's Most Influential Photo, New Physics 'Holy Grail' Particle
December 11, 2017: Today's links to headline stories from around the world on the threats, opportunities, and dangers facing our fragile planet...
Behemoth the Size of 800 Million Suns--"Discovery a Clue to How Black Holes Grew So Big So Fast In the Early Universe"
Astronomers have profound questions about the first billion years of the universe: what burned off the fog of the cosmic dark ages? Was it the...
The Alien Observatory: Earth-Sized Planets Orbiting Ultra-Cool Jupiter-Sized Stars --"New Hotspots in the Search for Life" (VIDEO)
“Systems around these tiny stars are the only places where we can detect life on an Earth-sized exoplanet with our current technology,” said the...

Dandelion Salad

Chris Hedges: Bring Down the Israeli Apartheid State
Dandelion Salad with Chris Hedges RT America on Dec 10, 2017 Mohammad Saba’aneh, Palestinian Cartoonist, discusses the Israeli occupation of Palestine...
Global Crises Demand Cooperation Not Competition by Graham Peebles
by Graham Peebles Writer, Dandelion Salad London, England December 9, 2017 The natural instinct of human beings is towards cooperation and sharing,...
Chris Hedges: A Recipe for an Emerging Dystopia + Q&A + Transcripts
Dandelion Salad with Chris Hedges mediasanctuary on Dec 1, 2017 Journalist, author and war correspondent Chris Hedges spoke at The Sanctuary for...

Disclose.tv RSS Feed

Universal Basic Income In A Nutshell
Too many people see this as giving money to those who don't work, while instead of asking yourself what other people would or wouldn't do with a UBI,...
Trevor Moore Tells Kids What Really Happened On 9/11
I think everything he said is more than likely true. The only conspiracy here is that I have never seen that! This was recorded back in 2009. Yes, it...
Disgusting Hooters Kitchen Filmed By Customer
Shut this place down! The customer says: "I proceeded to sit at the far end of the bar next to where servers receive food and drinks from behind the...

The Economic Collapse

Bitcoin Futures Begin Trading – Let The Madness Commence!
One of the things that I love about Bitcoin is that the fun never seems to end. On Sunday, Bitcoin futures began trading on the Chicago Board Options...
Our Dec. 31st Federal Fundraising Deadline Is At The End Of The Month, And We Desperately Need A $30,000 December Miracle
December 31st is the most important deadline that our campaign for Congress has faced so far. All over the country people will be watching to see how...
Bitcoin Bubble: Is Bitcoin Going To $1 Million Or Is it Going To Zero?
The price of Bitcoin continues to rise at an exponential rate, and the financial world is in a complete state of shock. Just yesterday, I marveled...

Eurasia Review

Diplomacy And Papacy: How Do The Twain Meet? – Analysis
This paper analyses the challenges that Pope Francis confronted during his trips to Myanmar from 27 to 30 November 2017 and Bangladesh from 30...
Turkey: Future Of Solar Energy – OpEd
Total installed power in Turkey country is expected to b 82GWe by the end of 2017. We expected that the share of renewable energy plants in total...
China Leverages Belt And Road Investment To Shape Pakistan’s Political Environment – Analysis
A Chinese decision to redevelop criteria for the funding of infrastructure projects that are part of the $50 billion plus China Pakistan Economic...

Geoengineering Watch

Geoengineering Watch Global Alert News, December 9, 2017, #122
Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org Industrialized / militarized civilization can only be rationally described as an ongoing train wreck of total...
California Firestorms: Geoengineered Catastrophe
Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org Yet another round of extreme firestorm catastrophes are hitting California. Like the recent Santa Rosa fire...
Geoengineering Watch Global Alert News, December 2, 2017
Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org A new science study further confirms the part that aluminum is playing in the epidemic neurological diseases...

intelNews.org

Defector claims US agreed to let thousands of Islamic State fighters leave Raqqa
A senior former commander of one of Syria’s largest Kurdish rebel groups, who recently defected to Turkey, has accused the United States of agreeing...
Polish counterintelligence chief questioned over alleged deal with Russia
The former director of Poland’s military counterintelligence agency has been questioned by the country’s military police, over allegedly illegal...
Turkey issues warrant for ex-CIA officer over alleged role in 2016 coup
The Turkish government has issued a warrant for the arrest of a former officer in the United States Central Intelligence Agency, which Ankara claims...

Joniopolis

And to All a Good Night...
If ever you need to feel better as a parent, look no further than this blog. It is loaded—loaded, I tell...
Thanksgiving Gone Haywire
You already know our family does this holiday, shall we say, a bit differently. Yes, we love a grand feast,...
The Grinch is Writing Fortune Cookies
Those of you who know me, know that I shop all year for Christmas. I keep a list and tuck things away,...

Niqnaq

intrigue, CIA fronts
State Dept pays think tank nearly $1m to work with Venezuelan opposition Franco Ordoñez, Kyra Gurney, McClatchy DC, Dec 7 2017 FASCHINGSTEIN – A...
back to syria
SAA push towards Idlib province Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Reuters, Dec 10 2017 AMMAN – The SAA stepped up a military campaign against rebels in eastern...
we’re just waiting for the balloon to go up, actually
Pindostan wants world to isolate NK: What does that mean? PBS Newshour, Dec 10 2017 FASCHINGSTEIN — When Pres Trump’s UN ambassador recently urged the...

Inter Press ServiceInter Press Service

Major collapse in Houthi militias’ defences, says Arab Coalition Forces Commander
By WAMADEN, Dec 11 2017 (WAM)Brigadier-General Abdul Salam Al-Shehhi, Commander of the Arab Coalition Forces on the west coast of Yemen, has stated...
ICRC: UAE judicial systems conform with International Human Rights Law
By WAMABU DHABI, Dec 11 2017 (WAM)The International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, has praised the UAE’s commitment to protection of human rights...
Are Value Chains a Pathway to Nutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Raghav Gaiha is (Honorary) Professorial Research Fellow, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, England; and Shantanu Mathur is Lead...

NEWS JUNKIE POST

One Year of Demonetization’s Failure in India
Last year, just a few days before the dreaded November 8, the day on which Modi’s decree on demonetization came into effect, I was so tired and...
Saudi Arabia: Mirage of Reform in Wahhabism’s Absolute Monarchy
Crown Prince Mohamed bin-Salman is such a darling of the global mainstream media that many call him, affectionately, by his initials MBS. The new...

The Moderate Voice

Best ‘Star Wars’ Ever? ‘The Last Jedi’ Reactions Are In
Our institutional crisis is upon us
WASHINGTON — Our democratic republic is in far more danger than it was even a few weeks ago. Until this point, there was an underlying faith in much...
The Ultimate Unthinkable Of Unthinkables: Trump Axes Mueller & Gets Away With It
Will Donald Trump fire Robert Mueller? In an era when the unthinkable occurs with numbing regularity, it looks increasingly likely that he will. ...

Mother Jones

The Republican Overseeing the Alabama Election Doesn’t Think Voting Should Be Easy
This time last year, Alabama’s chief elections official landed in the national spotlight for delivering a screed against nonvoters that many people...
Legal Pot Is Coming to California in January. What Do You Want To Know?
You may have heard: Legal weed is coming to the Golden State. In November 2016, California passed Prop 64, or the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, making...
Republicans Really, Really Hate the Press
Here are a couple of interesting tidbits from the 2017 Poynter Media Trust Survey. We all know that trust in the press has been on a long downward...

RFF Library Blog

CLIMATE CHANGE: Information on Potential Economic Effects Could Help Guide Federal Efforts to Reduce Fiscal Exposure
U.S. Government Accountability Office http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-17-720 Climate-related impacts, such as coastal property damage, have already...
Pennsylvania’s Gas Decade Insights into Consumer Pricing Impacts from Shale Gas (2007- 2016)
University of Pennsylvania. Kleinman Center for Energy Policy / by Christina...
LNG Versus Solar Power: What is the Best Option for Island Power Markets?
Wood MacKenzie [free download with Scribd registration] https://www.scribd.com/document/362638510/Lng-vs-Solar-Insight [Axios] A new analysis from the...

RSS Feed for Author: Paul Craig Roberts

Join With Me and Let's Change the World
Who asked Google to transform itself from search engine to gatekeeper? Is there a conspiracy here against the First Amendment? What are Google's...
Avoiding Nuclear War Is Our First Priority
In the United States, and probably throughout the Western world, democracy simply does not exist. George Orwell predicted that this would be the case...
Can the American Left Be Resurrected?
With the working class marginalized, now it is the influence of the environmental movement that is being rolled back. Next it will be Social Security...

Unexplained Mysteries

NASA teases new extrasolar planet discovery
The space agency will be making an announcement on Thursday about its latest groundbreaking discovery. While details of what NASA will be revealing...
Shoes were hidden in walls to ward off witches
A growing number of old shoes have been discovered concealed inside the walls of British homes. The peculiar practice, which was thought to have been...
Mummy discovered in unexplored Luxor tomb
Archaeologists have uncovered an unidentified mummy within a previously unexplored tomb near Luxor, Egypt. The tomb, which was one of two discovered...

The Watchers - Editor's Picks

Earthquake swarm under Skjaldbreidur volcano, Iceland
An intense earthquake swarm is in progress at the southern end of Prestahnúkur volcanic system (Langjökull icecap) since early Saturday,...
Strong and shallow M6.1 earthquake hits State of Yap, 3rd M6+ within 48 hours
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.1 hit the State of Yap, Micronesia at 15:14 UTC on December 9, 2017. The agency is...
Snow is falling in Houston, TX, last measurable snow there was 8 years ago
Snow is falling across parts of northern Mexico and Texas, US on Friday, December 8, 2017, including Houston where the last measurable snow fell 8...

Water Online News

04.19.12 -- A 'How To' Guide For pH Sensors
04/19/12 Water Online Newsletter
04.30.12 -- Disinfection With A Twist: Lime Helps Clean Drinking Water
04/30/12 Water Online Newsletter
04.19.12 -- A 'How To' Guide For pH Sensors
04/19/12 Water Online Newsletter

WebMD Health

If Mom Has Rheumatoid Arthritis, Baby May, Too
The children born to women with the disease were almost three more likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis themselves, the study found.
Window Blinds: A Silent Killer in Your Home
Researchers found that between 1990 and 2015, nearly 17,000 U.S. children younger than 6 years landed in the ER for injuries related to window blinds.
New Gene Therapy May Be Cure for 'Bubble Boy' Disease
But after decades of research, doctors now believe they have created a cure for severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID).

WhoWhatWhy

Pennsylvania Political Consultant Lied to FBI
Putin Starts Syrian Troop Withdrawal on Surprise Air Base Visit (Trevin) On Monday, upon arrival at Hmeymim, Russia’s main air base in Syria, Putin...
Voters Are Left in the Dark By Alabama’s Election System
On Tuesday night, all eyes will be on Alabama to see who won the special election between Republican Roy Moore and Democrat Doug Jones. But with...
Voter Suppression Will Play Crucial Role in Alabama Senate Race
I still remember what I thought when I found out two years ago that Alabama planned to shut down 31 DMV offices, and that the closures would primarily...