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NEW IN BLOGGER-FOLLOWING

Everyone loves Morgan Freeman and Peter Dinklage lip syncing in this Super Bowl ad
Mashable / by Laura Vitto / 1d
I mean...would you actually be surprised to hear that the internet has lost its mind for a commercial in which Peter Dinklage and Morgan Freeman lip sync to Busta Rhymes and Missy Elliott? No, of course you wouldn't. The ad's a delight! SEE ALSO: Peter Dinklage calls final 'Game of Thrones' episodes 'heartbreaking' The commercial, a collaboration between Doritos Blaze and Mountain Dew Ice, made i
Here are some very satisfying photos of Tom Brady looking sad
Mashable / by Brian Koerber / 1d
With five Super Bowl wins in his career, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is widely hated for his success. So, when the Pats lost to the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LII on Sunday after Tom Brady was sacked with just two minutes left in the game, plenty of people were very pleased to see him sulking on the sidelines. SEE ALSO: Selfie kid was the best part of the Super Bowl halftime
Spider with a tail found preserved in amber
Unexplained Mysteries / 12h
Scientists have identified a species of long-tailed proto-spider dating back over 100 million years. For those terrified of spiders - be thankful that...
Before climate change: Falling rocks set fire to 10% of land, trigger mini ice age for 1000 years
JoNova: Science, carbon, climate and tax / by Jo Nova / 15h
Another day, another apocalypse. Life in a perfect climate Poor sods. After 90,000 dismal cold years things were finally just warming up when a bunch of comet fragments from a a 62 mile-wide comet, crashed into our atmosphere. It was around 13,000 years ago, and the fireballs started the ultimate black Saturday blaze which converted 10 million square kilometers of wilderness into unauthorized carb
China Deploys Experimental Railgun Aboard Warship
cryptogon.com / by Kevin / 5h
Via: news.com.au: WANT to win a war? Build a better gun. Now China appears to have taken a huge stride ahead of the United States with the first experimental deployment of a new ‘supergun’ aboard a warship. The first images began circulating on the internet last week. They showed a Chinese amphibious assault ship — […]
Vahana 'flying car' passes first flight test
Unexplained Mysteries / 19h
The autonomous flying passenger drone has taken to the skies for the first time at a test site in Oregon. Developed by aerospace giant Airbus, the fut...

NEW IN NEWS

Boycott the Republican Party
The Atlantic / by Jonathan Rauch / 18h
A few days after the Democratic electoral sweep this past November in Virginia, New Jersey, and elsewhere, The Washington Post asked a random Virginia man to explain his vote. The man, a marketing executive named Toren Beasley, replied that his calculus was simply to refuse to calculate. “It could have been Dr. Seuss or the Berenstain Bears on the ballot and I would have voted for them if they we
Trump Considering Firing Dow Jones Industrial Average
Everything / by Andy Borowitz / 11h
Andy Borowitz jokes that Donald Trump is considering firing the Dow Jones Industrial Average for treating him “very unfairly.”
DPD courier who was fined for day off to see doctor dies from diabetes
The Guardian / by Robert Booth / 1d
Don Lane’s widow says he was afraid of getting fined if he did not ensure his round was covered A courier for the parcel giant DPD who was fined for attending a medical appointment to treat his diabetes collapsed and died of the disease, it has emerged. Don Lane, 53, from Christchurch in Dorset, missed appointments with specialists because he felt under pressure to cover his round and faced DPD’s
11-year-old’s anti-Trump cartoons are taking the internet by storm
Salon: in-depth news, politics, business, technolo... / by Charlie May / 14h
(Credit: Getty/Justin Sullivan) The age of President Donald Trump has certainly brought a lot of things along with it, many of them bad, but there are always silver linings, and that may be the best way to describe the Instagram page of an 11-year-old who draws anti-Trump cartoons. The Instagram profile, @ant.trump.cartoons, is run by an 11-year-old who calls himself a “resister” who draws “caric
Meet the dogs of Chernobyl – the abandoned pets that formed their own canine community
The Guardian / by Julie McDowall / 18h
Hundreds of stray dogs have learned to survive in the woods around the exclusion zone – mainly descendants of those left behind after the nuclear disaster, when residents were banned from taking their beloved pets to safety We are in the woods behind the Chernobyl plant when the dog runs at us. It is thin, with brindle fur and yellow eyes. Igor, our guide, makes a lunge and clamps his hands over
Terrifying Things Heard on the Philadelphia Police Scanner After the Eagles Won the Super Bowl
Stories from Slate / by April Glaser / 1d
10:20 p.m. “Thousands going south on Broad Street from Spring Garden.”

NEW IN SCIENCE

Bob Mueller’s Investigation Is Larger—and Further Along—Than You Think
Feed: All Latest / by Garrett M. Graff / 8h
We speak about the “Mueller probe” as a single entity, but it’s important to understand that there are no fewer than five separate investigations under the broad umbrella of the special counsel’s office.
Remarkable spider with a tail found preserved in amber after 100 million years
Phys.org - latest science and technology news stor... / 15h
An extraordinary new species of arachnid, resembling a spider with a tail, has been discovered in amber from Myanmar (formerly Burma), of mid-Cretaceous age, around 100 million years ago.
A little alcohol may keep brains ‘clean’
Futurity / by Mark Michaud-Rochester / 1d
Low levels of alcohol consumption may reduce inflammation and help the brain clear away toxins, including those associated with Alzheimer’s disease, new research suggests. “Prolonged intake of excessive amounts of ethanol is known to have adverse effects on the central nervous system,” says Maiken Nedergaard, co-director of the Center for Translational Neuromedicine at the University of Rochester
These beautiful, terrifying maps show how hot we'll get in 2090
Popular Science / by Sara Chodosh / 18h
Environment It’s easy to be apathetic about rising global temperatures, but difficult when you imagine your own future backyard. It can be hard to get too worked up over climate change, even if we know intellectually that it’s a huge problem.
Falcon Heavy's Debut Flight Tomorrow Hailed as a 'Changing Moment' in Spaceflight
Space.com / 13hSpaceX Falcon Heavy
Tomorrow is a very big day for private spaceflight, and for space exploration in general.
Researchers demonstrate graphene as a source of high-speed light pulses
Phys.org - latest science and technology news stor... / 17h
One of the key requirements of future optical communications technologies is a nanoscale light source capable of emitting ultrafast light pulses. In a new study, researchers have shown that graphene may be an ideal candidate for such a light source, by demonstrating graphene-based devices that emit light pulses with a bandwidth of up to 10 GHz and pulse durations of less than 100 picoseconds (or 1

NEW IN YOUTUBE

Exclusive: Intel's new smart glasses hands-on
The Verge on Youtube / by The Verge / 18h
Intel's Vaunt smart glasses won't make you look like a Glasshole. Dieter Bohn got an exclusive look at Intel's latest gadget. By shining a low-powered laser into your retina, the glasses can get all sorts of information without pulling out your phone. Subscribe: https://goo.gl/G5RXGs Check out our full video catalog: https://goo.gl/lfcGfq Visit our playlists: https://goo.gl/94XbKx Like The Verge
shy kids - I was in New York
Vimeo / Vimeo Staff Picks / 14h
a tale of two cities --- directed by shy kids + karly mccloskey animation by karly mccloskey --- from our upcoming record 'in a state' out feb 23 http://www.shy-kids.com @shykids_ on insta @shykids on tweets Cast: shy kids Tags: music video , canada , film , illustration , animation , stop motion , toronto and new york city
Journey Birds
Vimeo / Vimeo Staff Picks / 1d
Personal stories fuse together as man and bird in a cinematic commentary on immigration. ---------- An animated documentary by Daphna Awadish. Music: Ady Cohen Sound design: Erez Eyni Graphic design: Danielle Peleg ---------- Awards and festivals: Mobile Motion Film Festival, Switzerland: Grand Jury Award Best animation Honorable Mention from the 2015 Anim!Arte - 12th International Student Animat
Melissa McCarthy's New Dogs Are Pretty, But Not That Smart
The Ellen Show / by TheEllenShow / 17h
The always hilarious Melissa McCarthy talked with Ellen about dealing with her two new "Golden Retriever horses." Plus, the Emmy winner chatted about her new movie "Life of the Party" and making out with her hunky co-star on her real-life wedding anniversary. From: TheEllenShow
Nintendo Labo hands-on: how these cardboard add-ons work
The Verge on Youtube / by The Verge / 2d
Nintendo Labo is the newest accessory kit for the Switch, which involves building your own cardboard Toy-Cons to play a variety of mini-games. It uses an ingenious combination of infrared cameras and IR sensing stickers to open up a world of possibilities using the versatility of cardboard. We got to build our own Toy-Cons to get a closer look at the tech behind it all. Subscribe: https://goo.gl/
This Man Turned His Life Around by Mastering Falconry | National Geographic
National Geographic (uploads) on YouTube / by National Geographic / 2d
Hear the remarkable story of Rodney Stotts, an ex-drug dealer who turned his life around to become a master falconer. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journalists, and filmmakers, Nat Geo gets you closer to the st

NEW IN THE ENVIRONMENTALIST

First Nations Face Off against Open-Pen Salmon Farms in British Columbia
The EnvironmentaList / 13h
Protesters have been occupying offshore aquaculture facilities in their waters for five months fighting license renewals
By Logging Wetland Forests for Corporate Profit, the American South Is Losing Its Backyard
The EnvironmentaList / 3d
A wetland forest left standing is worth 15 times more than a forest cut for timber
The Chilly Work of Saving Ontario’s Algonquin Wolf
The EnvironmentaList / 4d
Researchers don snowshoes and brave freezing temperatures to learn more about the threatened species
Eel River Diversions Sustain California Wine Country, but Are Killing Salmon
The EnvironmentaList / 5d
With two dams up for relicensing, fish advocates and farmers face off over water use
Living in the Shadow of Colombia’s Largest Coal Mine
The EnvironmentaList / 6d
Indigenous communities in one of country's poorest provinces say El Cerrejón is harming health and environment
Volkswagen Under Fire for Testing Diesel Fumes on Monkeys and Humans
The EnvironmentaList / 7d
Carmaker condemned for experiments that involved humans and monkeys breathing toxic car fumes for hours at a time

NEW IN THE CORBETT REPORT

New Study PROVES Liberals Are Smarter Than Conservatards!!!
The Corbett Report / by Corbett / 18h
Take that, Repugs!
Episode 329 – The First Annual REAL Fake News Awards
The Corbett Report / by Corbett / 3d
[audio mp3="https://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/episode329-lq.mp3"][/audio] You've seen the GOP's version, but now it's time for the REAL fake news awards. Join James for this special edition of The Corbett Report where he hands out dinos to some of the biggest propoganda poisoners and fake news stinkers of 2017!
“Merry Christmas” is a Hate Crime! Now Give Us More Money!!!
The Corbett Report / by Corbett / 6d
The Southern Poverty Pimp Center is at it again with their "hate tracker," helping to whip up moral outrage over innocuous Twitter hashtags like #MerryChristmas to drum up more business for their hate racket. Don't know about the SPLC and their hate pimping? Well get into the show notes, because, boy, do I have a story for you!
Interview 1340 – New World Next Week with James Evan Pilato
The Corbett Report / by Corbett / 4d
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2018-02-01%20James%20Evan%20Pilato.mp3"][/audio] This week on the New World Next Week: the military imposes GPS blackout over western US during exercise; algorithms will soon take over sentencing in the court room; and a new study proves community-created ISPs are better than corporate monopolies.
The Corbett Report (Is Not On Facebook) – Lunartrax Remix
The Corbett Report / by Corbett / 6d
I'm not sure if you know this, but just in case there's any confusion I thought I'd use this opportunity to make it clear that The Corbett Report is not on Facebook. Thanks to Lunartrax - Steve Carlisle for the remix. Check out his work at http://lunartrax.com
Fake News of the Year: Honorable Mentions
The Corbett Report / by Corbett / 2d

NEW IN ACTIVIST TEACHER

Can the principle of freedom of expression be used in propaganda that supports censorship?
Activist Teacher / by Denis Rancourt / 1d
Stephen Pollard By Denis Rancourt, PhD Yes it can. Here is a good example.In this article, "[a]s editor of the country’s leading Jewish newspaper, The Jewish Chronicle," Stephen Pollard, pays lip service to freedom of expression by being critical of “snowflakes”. Snowflakes are not the state. Snowflakes do not use lethal violence to silence dissidents and political participation in the
Benjamin Zander on how to give an A (video)
Activist Teacher / by Denis Rancourt / 29d
David F. Noble has a friend. Here is Benjamin Zander explaining his student-grading method, and harmful effects of rank ordering.

NEW IN WMTC

streaming update: we add appletv to the mix
wmtc / by laura k / 9d
We've added something new to our streaming capabilities: AppleTV. I never thought I'd own an Apple product, but one app made it irresistible: CraveTV. Crave is a Canadian streaming service that has exclusive rights to HBO and Showtime content, shows that will never appear on Netflix. And Crave, in turn, has an exclusive deal with AppleTV. Researching this, I could see that Crave won't be available
listening to joni: #4: blue
wmtc / by laura k / 12d
Blue , 1971 Front Cover The back cover is solid blue. Inside, only lyrics and credits. Ask people their favourite Joni album, and you are very likely to hear Blue . In my experience, this is especially true of older fans who discovered the album in real time. Blue is a masterpiece; there is no doubt of that. It is also the masterpiece that is more straightforward and accessible. When a Joni fan n
rip fred bass, who gave nyc a priceless gift
wmtc / by laura k / 29d
Is there a New Yorker alive who hasn't spend time in The Strand? A New York City tourist who didn't thrill to their first visit to The Strand? The man who gave NYC this unique gift died recently at the age of 89. Although his father founded the store, Fred Bass made it the book-lovers' mecca that it came to be. Here you can see the ever-present he outdoor shelves. I won't recount my memories of t

NEW IN AMUSED CYNICISM

Coase, Carillion, and the Perils of Outsourcing
Amused Cynicism / by cabalamat / 2d
The Yorkshire Ranter writes about Ronald Coase’s Transaction Cost Theory and how it relates to the disaster that struck Carillion, and other failures of outsourcing. There are two ways to run an economy: a market economy, where individual economic actors are free to agree amongst themselves what to buy/sell to each other and at what cost, and a command economy, where someone at the top gives orde
Royal Mail Announces Commemorative Brexit Stamps!
Amused Cynicism / by cabalamat / 5d
The Royal Mail initially weren’t going to issue any commemorative Brexit stamps , but after a valiant campaign led by patriotic Brexiters, the Daily Express and the Daily Mail , they have now relented. The Royal Mail said: We are proud to be celebrating the momentous occasion of the UK freeing itself from the shackles of the EU. These contemporary gifts are likely to be highly sought after by col

NEW IN ANGOLA 3 NEWS

'Soledad Brother' John Clutchette Granted Parole; Will CA Governor Jerry Brown Reverse the Decision? --An interview with Law Professor Angela A. Allen-Bell
Angola 3 News / by angola3news / 18d
(Photo of the Soledad Brothers, with John Clutchette on the left, reprinted for a 1970 poster .) 'Soledad Brother' John Clutchette Granted Parole; Will CA Governor Jerry Brown Reverse the Decision? --An interview with Law Professor Angela A. Allen-Bell By Angola 3 News On January 12, 2018, the California Board of Parole Hearings granted parole to an elderly inmate named John Clutchette. However,
'Soledad Brother' John Clutchette Granted Parole; Will CA Governor Jerry Brown Reverse the Decision?
Angola 3 News / by angola3news / 18d
(Photo of the Soledad Brothers, with John Clutchette on the left, reprinted and used for a 1970 poster created by supporters.) 'Soledad Brother' John Clutchette Granted Parole; Will CA Governor Jerry Brown Reverse the Decision? --An interview with Law Professor Angela A. Allen-Bell By Angola 3 News On January 12, 2018, the California Board of Parole Hearings granted parole to an elderly inmate na

NEW IN ARMSCONTROLWONK

Crises between India and Pakistan: The Basics
ArmsControlWonk / by Michael Krepon / 6d
Quote of the week: “Clearly, five major crises within a twenty-year period indicate a fundamental structural problem… This region has not been stable and peaceful despite the common cultural and geopolitical heritage of its two dominant states.” — Stephen P. Cohen and Sunil Dasgupta, Arming without Aiming: India’s Military Modernization, Brookings (2010) Crises on the …
The Most Dangerous Aspect of Trump’s Nuclear Posture
ArmsControlWonk / by Michael Krepon / 13d
Quote of the week: “Labor to keep alive in your bread that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.” — From “110 Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation,” (Rule #110), compiled by French Jesuits in 1595. George Washington copied these by hand as a pedagogical exercise at age 16. Concerns about …
The Vancouver Meeting on North Korea: What Should We Expect?
ArmsControlWonk / by Andrea Berger / 21d
On 16 January, Canada and the US are jointly hosting a group of foreign ministers in Vancouver to discuss the North Korea issue. For background on the meeting, I wrote an earlier piece for the Canadian International Council at the time the event was announced. I’m pleased the initiative got off the ground, that Canada …
Reviewing the Nuclear Posture Review
ArmsControlWonk / by ACW Podcast / 20d
A draft of the Trump Administration’s Nuclear Posture Review has leaked — and its a doozy. Aaron and Jeffrey discuss the history of these reviews and recommendations to develop a new sea-launched cruise missile and a variable yield warhead for the Trident D5 submarine launched ballistic missile. Links of Note: The Huffpost article that originally leaked the …
Rupture and Betrayal
ArmsControlWonk / by Michael Krepon / 19d
Quote of the week: “We will insist that Pakistan take decisive action against militant and terrorist groups operating from its soil.” –Trump Administration’s “National Security Strategy of the United States of America,” December 2017 Another rupture, another sense of betrayal. U.S.-Pakistan relations have once again reached a low point with the Trump administration’s decision to …
Agonizing over the Agni
ArmsControlWonk / by ACW Podcast / 12d
India launched the Agni-V intermediate-range ballistic missile. Launch a missile, get a pod. Aaron is skiing in Vail, so The Diplomat‘s Ankit Panda joins Jeffrey to discuss India’s nuclear and missile programs from rail mobile missiles to the guy who flooded India’s only ballistic missile submarine. Links of Note: Ankit’s Twitter thread on Agni test imagery. Ankit and …

NEW IN WIDE ASLEEP IN AMERICA

Citations Needed, Episode 22: Trumpwashing -- How the Media Uses Trump to Launder Our Criminal Past
Wide Asleep in America / by Nima Shirazi / 24d
The unique threat and vileness of Donald Trump’s presidency can’t be overstated. Since he took office a year ago, he’s increased civilian deaths in Afghanistan by 50%, increased civilian deaths in Syria and Iraq (surpassing Obama’s death toll in just under 7 months), issued dozens of nuclear threats against North Korea, unraveled the Iran deal, bombed Hezbollah, Iranian and SAA positions in

NEW IN CHERCHEZ LA VERITE

In the Western World Lies Have Displaced Truth January 28, 2018 | Categories: Articles & Columns | In the Western World...
Cherchez la Verite / by David L Griscom / 8d
In the Western World Lies Have Displaced Truth January 28, 2018 | Categories: Articles & Columns | In the Western World Lies Have Displaced Truth Paul Craig Roberts Last year I was awarded Marquiss Who’s Who In America’s Lifetime Achievement Award. This did not prevent a hidden organization, PropOrNot , from attempting to brand me and my website along with 200 others “Putin stooges or agents” for

NEW IN CRAIG MURRAY

Ecuador and Assange
Craig Murray / by craig / 25d
It is for the government of Ecuador, not the UK, to determine who is an Ecuadorian citizen. It is for the government of Ecuador, not the UK, to determine who is an Ecuadorian diplomat. It is not in the least unusual for Julian Assange to become an Ecuadorian citizen. Having been granted political asylum, and having lived for over five years under Ecuadorian jurisdiction, naturalisation is a perfe
Return
Craig Murray / by craig / 27d
I have spent only eight days in the UK in around the last five months. Driving from Heathrow to Edinburgh yesterday, we listened to BBC Radio 4 for over seven hours. In continued reports and bulletins on the Cabinet reshuffle throughout the day, the numerous people invited to comment on it were, without a single exception, Conservative Party politicians or avowedly conservative political journali
The Russians are Coming! The Russians are Coming!
Craig Murray / by craig / 14d
The complete and unmitigated irrationality of the current epidemic of Russophobia does nothing to reduce its incredible virulence as it continues to infect the entire political and media class. There is a zero chance that Russia will launch an attack on the UK, yet the entire corporate and state media is leading today with the “need” to spend billions against that most unlikely threat, as propoun
PFI – A Cautionary Tale
Craig Murray / by craig / 15d
Here is my personal experience of the great push for the public sector to use the Private Finance Initiative. When I was Deputy High Commissioner in Accra, the British government was paying a very large sum to rent over 80 residential properties in a city where rents are very high for quality properties. However the British government owned a lot of land there, and it was an obvious saving to bui
Thatcher – and Many Still Active Tories – Did Support Apartheid
Craig Murray / by craig / 12d
I am delighted that Sir Patrick Wright, former head of the Diplomatic Service, has confirmed that Margaret Thatcher did support apartheid. There has been a polite media airbrushing of this aspect of Tory history. For the first two years of my life in the FCO I spent every single day trying to undermine Thatcher’s support for apartheid. As I published last year of the FCO’s new official history: S
The Way We Live Now
Craig Murray / by craig / 22d
Theresa May is one of over 50 Tory MPs who received very heavy Christmas gift boxes from the Saudis. So next time you see photos of Yemeni children murdered by British bombs and missiles, be consoled that at least Tory politicians are doing very well out of it. The post The Way We Live Now appeared first on Craig Murray .

NEW IN DAMMIT JANET!

Toronto Right to Life: An "Educational" Charity
Dammit Janet! / by noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) / 19d
I had never heard of Toronto Right to Life before this "abortion clause" (I hate the phrase, but that's what it's being called) kerfuffle . It is a registered charity. It's been in the news as one of the three anti-choice groups (with Guelph Right to Life and Canadian Centre for Bioethical Reform, aka Fetal Gore Gang) that successfully pressured the government to release Canada Summer Jobs funding
Strip All Anti-Choice Orgs of Charitable Status
Dammit Janet! / by noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) / 23d
Last week, Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC) released more results of an ongoing investigation by volunteers into the public filings by anti-choice groups . These filings are required by the Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA) in order for organizations to maintain their very valuable charitable status. ARCC reported details on the (deliberate?) errors and omissions by many such charities espec

NEW IN WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE

Children of the Sun
What Is Sustainable / 4d
All life requires energy to survive, and our primary source of energy is the sun, a fireball of nuclear fusion. On Earth, the plant people absorb this energy and convert it into simple carbohydrates. Humans and other animals extract these nutrients from edible plants, and/or from the flesh of plant eating animals. Alfred Crosby’s book, Children of the Sun , presents a history of how humans access
The Horse in Human History
What Is Sustainable / 23d
Our ancestors evolved on the savannahs of tropical Africa, arid grasslands home to herds of large herbivores. Later, some ancestors migrated out of Africa, into non-tropical Eurasia, a cooler climate for which evolution and experience had not carefully prepared them. They discovered northern grasslands, called steppes, home to herds of gazelles, argali sheep, saiga antelope, reindeer, and wild ho

NEW IN GEEZERPOWER

In Trump We Trust n ZZZZZzzzzzz.....
Geezerpower / by Geezer Power / 30d
In Trump We Trust n ZZZZZzzzzzz.....

NEW IN WELCOME TO POTTERSVILLE 2 (BLOGGING AGAINST FASCISM!)

State of Our Disunion
Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascis... / by Cirze / 4d
I don't know about you but this is how I've been feeling. Politics has become the new ball and chain. Who'd have believed it would surpass romance? I couldn't stomach viewing the State of the Union address by the greatest President evah, but one of my buddies did, and he did a much better job of evaluating it than many I've seen so far. I watched as much of Trump’s speech to the Reichstag
Happy Birthday, Edith and Virginia! Happy End of War on Terror Everybody Else? We'll See If It's Just More Exciting Propaganda
Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascis... / by Cirze / 9d
Happy Birthday, Edith and Virginia! Edith Wharton, "A Backward Glance," 1934 “The real marriage of true minds is for any two people to possess a sense of humor or irony pitched in exactly the same key, so that their joint glances on any subject cross like interarching searchlights.” Virginia Woolf, "The Letters of Virginia Woolf: Volume Three," 1980 “I am reading six books at once, the
(America!) Nothing to see here. Move along. (Smoking Gun Proof of Massive Collusion) Republicans Agree to Hate Knowledge, Democracy and Hippies (Kiss His Ring at Davos?) CFPB Orwellian Rebranding (Lee Camp Exposes) Rose Is A Rose Is A Rose (Being Protected by MSM with Fluff News) Feinstein Dumps Fusion GPS (Get Well Soon, Bob, We Miss You!)
Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascis... / by Cirze / 25d
“Oh My God, This Is So F---ed Up:” Inside Silicon Valley’s Dark Side Really? Large Green Bird clarifies this American moment: From the normally rational Digby:"The released transcript of Simpson's testimony contains a good deal of interesting information, all of which will be gone over with a fine-toothed comb in the press." Ha ha. Whatever on the face of the earth could make you think

NEW IN GRASS BASED HEALTH

Podcast Roundup
Grass Based Health / by Pete B / 1d
It occurred to me that I should assemble a list of the podcasts that I've appeared on. Here's as complete a list as I can produce. If I've omitted one, I sincerely apologize. Please let me know and I'll add it. Thank you to all the hosts who asked me to be a part of your programs! Here's the first part of a conversation I had with Jimmy on his Inner Fire Podcast (Jan 3, 2018) - http://innerfirepo

NEW IN GREG MANKIW'S BLOG

Still Number One
Greg Mankiw's Blog / by Greg Mankiw / 6d
From The Harvard Crimson : Economics 10B: “Principles of Economics” topped the charts in undergraduate enrollment for the fifth consecutive spring semester, boasting 585 students as of Monday morning, according to the Registrar’s office of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences....[It] enrolls 200 more students than the next most popular course on campus. FYI, here are this semester's guest lecturers:
Measuring Bias, or Reflecting Reality?
Greg Mankiw's Blog / by Greg Mankiw / 25d
The above graphic, from today's NY Times , is intended to show bias in economics textbooks. I am not so sure that is the right interpretation. In the world, only 4 percent of CEOs (of Fortune 500 companies) are women, so does the figure of 6 percent shown above demonstrate underrepresentation of women in textbooks or an accurate reflection of reality? Similarly, policymakers mentioned in texts ar
Wisdom about Bitcoin
Greg Mankiw's Blog / by Greg Mankiw / 9d
Robert Barro on the Tax Bill
Greg Mankiw's Blog / by Greg Mankiw / 23d
My colleague Robert Barro is enthusiastic about the recently passed tax bill. You can read his analysis of it here . His bottom line: I estimate that the total tax package will create extra GDP growth of 1.1% a year through 2019. The main effect (0.8%) comes from changing the individual tax code, with the remainder from the corporate reform. Over the following eight years, the projected growth rat
A Decline in Brand Value
Greg Mankiw's Blog / by Greg Mankiw / 20d
The University of Chicago's Allan Sanderson alerts me to this story about the Chicago real estate market: Condos in Trump International Hotel & Tower sold for an average of $747 a square foot in 2017....That's down almost 12 percent from 2016....In the same period, prices in the downtown condo market overall rose by 2.8 percent.
Industrial Organization Summer Camp
Greg Mankiw's Blog / by Greg Mankiw / 12d
Organized by my colleagues Eric Maskin and Ariel Pakes and aimed at graduate students, information here .

NEW IN A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE

Fake News and La Madera
A Different Perspective / by KRandle / 22d
The UFO community has had to put up with fake news for much more than a century. In 1897 there were a number of Great Airship stories that were printed by newspapers. The reporters and editors had to know that some of them were fake, but the interest was there, the stories were there and the bottom line is that newspapers need to make money. Hype a story that doesn’t deserve it, add details that
Curse of Oak Island - They Reach the Bottom of the Money Pit?
A Different Perspective / by KRandle / 9d
The Money Pit? Let me see if I have this straight. They drilled a huge hole using the best and most modern equipment available. They drilled it right where they had told us all season the original money pit had been dug. They defeated the water traps. The got all the way down to the bedrock. They couldn’t drill any deeper (well, probably they could but it doesn’t seem to be worth the effort and m
Curse of Oak Island - A Mid-season Analysis
A Different Perspective / by KRandle / 22d
This is going to be rather short because there is really nothing new to report here. The Laginas boys are still digging up the island, but now they have another new, high-tech piece of equipment that will create a relatively huge hole in the island. This will make access to the bottom easier and maybe a little safer for the divers Boring operations a long time ago... and yes, I said "Boring opera
Holder's "Five-Page Report" - Updated
A Different Perspective / by KRandle / 29d
Carmon Marano Let’s try this one more time. I had found a reference to a five-page report written by Captain Richard T. Holder in a letter written by Dr. James McDonald. When searching for the documentation, I was using a Xerox copy of the Project Blue Book file, which, I have learned, was somewhat jumbled. I was interested in this five-page report because I could find no such report in the Blue

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Joe's 2018 Predictions::Kenya Won't Get Nuked
Manifesto Joe's Texas Blues / by Manifesto Joe / 15d
Hi, folks. Sorry I haven't been blogging much lately, but 20`7 was a pretty wild year for me, including a bankruptcy, and other worries. Four months into recovery from surgery, I've been having trouble just seeing, let alone blogging. Following are some predictions for 2018: Kenya won't be instantly vaporized in a nuclear first strike, the Kushners will have a family reunion in federal prison, Vla

NEW IN MIDDLE CLASS POLITICAL ECONOMIST

Amazon scores two more $5+ billion bids
Middle Class Political Economist / by Kenneth Thomas / 14d
A non-blogging friend points me to the announcement today of Maryland's subsidy bid that puts Montgomery County into one of the 20 finalist slots . Shockingly, Governor Larry Hogan (R-MD) put in a bid that would pay Amazon almost the entire cost of its facility, depending on what you think a proper discount rate should be now (hint: low). "HQ2," which Amazon has stated will amount to an eventual $
Amazon moves closer to breaking the bank with "HQ2"
Middle Class Political Economist / by Kenneth Thomas / 17d
Yesterday (Jan. 18), Amazon announced the 20 finalists for its "HQ2" project, that will supposedly create a second headquarters ( why ?) for the company somewhere in North America, most likely in the United States. With an alleged 50,000 jobs and $5 billion in investment, this development attracted 238 bids from cities and counties in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The finalists: Atlanta,

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Guilty Plea Not Always Leading to Mitigation of Sentence
Morton's Musings / by James C Morton / 15h
R. v. F.H.L., 2018 ONCA 83: [22] A plea of guilt does not entitle an offender to a set standard of mitigation. The amount of credit a guilty plea attracts will vary in each case. In R. v. Faulds (1994), 1994 CanLII 770 (ON CA), 20 O.R. (3d) 13 (C.A.), at para. 14, this court held that "[t]he effect of a guilty plea in setting the appropriate sentence will vary with the circumstances of each case.

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Bolivia, the US and MS 13
Viva Bolivia / by Carlos / 19d
2018 brings us a whole new era in US history. The presidency of Donald J. Trump, and the vicious attacks his critics make on him every day. No doubt he has his faults. But he is not the monster that the left wing extremists in the US make him out to be. For instance, one of his first acts was to sign legislation in support of gay rights. Then he gave away his entire pay on each pay day to a charit

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Yellow Journalism – a trade mark of modern main stream American Journalism
NolanChart.com / by Mark Vogl / 1d
A week or so ago, a young, white, intelligent woman with liberal leanings called the Rush Limbaugh Radio Show and asked Rush, “Where do I […]
Speculation about the Swamp in the State Department, Intelligence Community and the New World Order
NolanChart.com / by Mark Vogl / 1d
Why are the Justice Department, the State Department, the Central Intelligence Agency, and other Intelligence community people, and Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham and […]
American values. or not?
NolanChart.com / by Mark Vogl / 3d
The Culture War being fought in America, for the past seventy years, is all about replacing original American values. This battle is a fight for […]
Senator Manchin, West Virginia needs to change parties
NolanChart.com / by Mark Vogl / 4d
Senator Joe Manchin was the only Democrat to stand and applaud President Donald Trump during the State of the Union Speech! Manchin is up for […]
TRUMP STATE OF THE UNION – Best in a quarter of century!
NolanChart.com / by Mark Vogl / 5d
America is back! Last night’s State of the Union picked up from our last great President, Ronald Reagan! For too many years, America’s leaders from […]
Governing by crisis – A Democrat – RINO tactic that must end!
NolanChart.com / by Mark Vogl / 14d
You know every month I wait for the paycheck to roll in, and then I sit down to pay the bills. If unplanned expenses occurred, […]

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Simple
The Rules of Exposition / by The Arthurian / 26d
Eric Hoffer : There is no reason why the profoundest thoughts should not make easy and exciting reading. A profound thought is an exciting thing — as exciting as a detective's deductions or hunches. The simpler the words in which a thought is expressed the more stimulating its effect.

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Casual Inhumanity
Vagabond Scholar / by Batocchio / 9d
Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a date picked because of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in 1945. This year, I wanted to look again at the work of Primo Levi and his great Holocaust memoir, If This Is a Man (Se questo è un uomo), typically known in the U.S. as Survival in Auschwitz. (A 2010 post featured Levi's accounts of storytelling, human

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A Word On "Ideological Purity" and Hillary Clinton
thwap's schoolyard / by thwap / 5d
Would you like this deranged homicidal maniac to violently stab you to death, or would you like Hannibal Lector to do it with finesse over a period of a couple of days? Or, are you one of those extremists who would prefer neither? A healthy individual would say "neither." A healthy, intelligent society, when faced with a similar choice would say "neither" as well. If that healthy, intelligent soc
John Ibbitson; Fluffer
thwap's schoolyard / by thwap / 7d
I first came across the word "fluffer" while reading a Dan Savage sex advice column. Apparently some hot girl had a hot boyfriend and some twink asked her if he could join them in a threesome wherein said twink would consign himself to sucking her boyfriend's cock between her boyfriends shtupping her. Savage said (I think) to go for it and to send him some pictures afterwards. But he also talked
The US-American Thought and Behaviour Control Project
thwap's schoolyard / by thwap / 14d
Back in the day when Obama was running for president I thought that it was the genius of the US-American political system to convince jaded US-American voters that their political system wasn't a complete waste of time. After 8 years of Bill Clinton "triangulating" policy to capture right-wing "independent" voters, betraying the Democrats' progressive base over and over; and after 8 years of the
Black Holes
thwap's schoolyard / by thwap / 25d
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/1/8/16822272/black-hole-looks-like-what That is all.
(Unfinished) Book Review: "Radical Transformation"
thwap's schoolyard / by thwap / 27d
Kevin MacKay is a friend of mine, so I was very happy when his book Radical Transformations: Oligarchy, Collapse, and the Crisis of Civilization was published by "Between the Lines" press. Also, as a favour to Kevin, I've decided to post a review of the book here at the blog for my [officially] eleven "followers" and the half-dozen or so casual readers who might pop-in every month or so if there'

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California legislators get a food & farm report card
Pesticide Action Network / by Paul Towers / 4d
As the new legislative year kicked off in January, PAN joined food and farm groups across California in distributing a report card for California legislators, scoring them on their support of food & farming legislation from the previous year. And while nearly half of legislators earned a 100% ranking, the results belie efforts by legislators to advance more transformative policies. A collaborativ
A city goes 'organic'
Pesticide Action Network / 25d
In early January, the City Council of Portland, Maine unanimously passed a tough ban on synthetic pesticide use in the city, leading many Portland residents to applaud their city’s new “organic” status. The ordinance comes in as one of the strongest pesticide use reduction policies in the country. A strong city ordinance Beginning July 1, 2019, residents and city workers of Portland won’t be usin
Pesticides threaten salmon & whales, too
Pesticide Action Network / 11d
A new, national report shows that organophosphate pesticides (OPs) threaten the health of aquatic wildlife, notably orca and salmon . Researchers at the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) evaluated malathion, diazinon and the controversial pesticide chlorpyrifos . Chlorpyrifos was slated for a national ban at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last spring, due to known health harms t
Do the crime, pay the fine
Pesticide Action Network / 25d
On Tuesday, California lawmakers took steps to add stricter penalties for pesticide drift violations in the state. With a 5-0 vote, members of the Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee moved AB 1419 forward , signaling support for the health and safety of California farmworkers and farming communities. Protections for farmworkers The bill , which was authored by Assemblymember Bill Q
Dicamba forecast 2018
Pesticide Action Network / 11d
With the 2018 growing season approaching, agricultural states across the country are stepping up to ensure farmers don’t experience the same pesticide drift epidemic that wreaked havoc on farmland last summer. Application of the drift-prone herbicide in question, dicamba, led to an estimated 3.6 million acres of crop damage last year after a rushed approval of Monsanto’s new dicamba-resistant see
Pesticides threaten salmon & whales, too
Pesticide Action Network / by Andrew Olsen / 7d
A new, national report shows the threat aquatic wildlife, notably orca and salmon, face from organophosphate pesticides. Learn more Slideshow Category: Flex Slider

NEW IN THE STRAIGHT GOODS

Canada: Craven Colony Of The USA
The Straight Goods / by Grant G / 28d
part I ........The Media At Work Written by Robin Mathews , January 2018 David Walmsley, Editor-in-Chief of the Globe and Mail, printed a column on December 29, 2017 entitled “Your trust is the pulse of our journalism” (A13). Vowing to 
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