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Love those 30 year old coal and nuclear plants — nothing gives cheaper electricity
The
gold-plated stars of our national grid are the old coal plants we’ve
built and paid off. A US report (thanks Lance) shows how fantastically
cheap and bountiful old coal and nuclear plants are. The LCOE or the
Levelized Cost of Electricity includes the costs of the concrete,
turbines, car parks and coal, plus the maintenance and salaries. It
reveals that thirty year old, and even fifty year old
A Fracking Firm’s Return to Balcombe Could Be One of the Industry’s Last Mistakes
In
2013, the residents of this small British village rallied to head off
this threat. Now they are getting ready to fight it off again.
UPDATE – China to start paying yuan for oil
No
sooner had I penned my editorial on how "The Petroyuan Was Born This
Week" then the next piece of the puzzle arrived: China is set to start
buying oil directly with yuan this year. You may not know it, but this
could be one of the most important stories of the decade.
BOM homogenization errors are so big they can be seen from space
It’s
just not cricket. And in so many ways. Shame to let a perfectly good
dataset go to waste… Australian data comes from some of the longest
stations running in the Southern Hemisphere; it could be useful. Instead
we get more evidence here that the BOM’s magical and secret
homogenization adjustments can take poor data and spread false signals
into better data. Homogenisation errors are already vi
blogger-following
Parkland students react to mandatory clear backpack rule: 'Almost as transparent as the NRA’s agenda'
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students are returning to campus
after the March For Our Lives and a week-long Spring Break, but they
have yet to adjust to the new security measures put in place. After a
mass shooting on Feb. 14 killed 17 people at the school, increased
security precautions are being taken to ensure no acts of gun violence
occur in the future. As of Monday, all students are
Indonesia has no qualms about blocking Facebook amid privacy issues
As governments kindly ask Facebook to please explain itself following
that data scandal , Indonesia isn't up for compromise. According to a
Bloomberg report, the country's communications minister Rudiantara has
threatened to shut down access to the platform if there's evidence of
personal data being harvested, or if it's being used to influence
Indonesia's upcoming elections. SEE ALSO: How data s
Retailers Race Against Amazon to Automate Stores
Via:
New York Times: A global race to automate stores is underway among
several of the world’s top retailers and small tech start-ups, which are
motivated to shave labor costs and minimize shoppers’ frustrations,
like waiting for cashiers. They are also trying to prevent Amazon from
dominating the physical retail world as it does online […]
Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs From 2020, Replacing Intel
I’m
very worried that Apple will, essentially, give up on general purpose
computing. The company is already mostly dependent on its mobile
oriented iOS ecosystem and people like me have been worried that macOS
would eventually be merged into iOS. I would like to believe that Apple
is going to aim to beat Intel in […]
news
'Being cash-free puts us at risk of attack': Swedes turn against cashlessness
Sweden’s central bank governor has called for public control over its
payment system. Others say a fully digital system is vulnerable to fraud
and attack It is hard to argue that you cannot trust the government
when the government isn’t really all that bad. This is the problem
facing the small but growing number of Swedes anxious about their
country’s rush to embrace a cash-free society. Most con
Markets fall as China-US tariffs spat fuels trade war fears - business live
All the day’s economic and financial news, as European markets fall
following last night’s Wall Street rout Latest: UK factory growth
stable, but eurozone slows Donald Trump has unnerved the markets The
agenda: Traders anxious after US stocks fall Coming up: Spotify IPO
9.38am BST Just in: Britain’s manufacturing has just posted its slowest
quarter growth in a year. But it’s not all bad -- growth
South Africa Says Australia Retracted Claim of ‘Persecuted’ White Farmers
Australia
has disavowed its home minister’s view that white farmers needed refuge
in a “civilized country,” South Africa’s top diplomat says.
Steve Bannon reveals plans to visit Sweden to “learn from” the nation’s far-right party
Steve Bannon (Credit: AP/J. Scott Applewhite) Steve Bannon revealed to a
Swedish newspaper that he will be visiting the country to “learn from”
the Sweden Democrats (SD), an anti-immigration, anti-Muslim party
attempting to rebrand away from its neo-Nazi roots . In seeking
alliances with Sweden’s most prominent right-wing party leaders, Bannon
is trying to dig himself out of the political irrelev
Trump’s recycling program: War crimes and war criminals, old and (potentially) new
(Credit: AP) A barely noticed anniversary slid by on March 20th. It’s
been 15 years since the United States committed the greatest war crime
of the twenty-first century: the unprovoked, aggressive invasion of
Iraq. The New York Times, which didn’t exactly cover itself in glory in
the run-up to that invasion, recently ran an op-ed by an Iraqi novelist
living in the United States entitled “Fifteen
Implausible deniability: How could Skripal's poisoning happen right under Britain's nose unless they were involved?
As
more and more outlandish and implausible details of the alleged
poisoning of the Skripals by an alleged Russian nerve agent emerge, and
the already miniscule possibility that the Kremlin was somehow
responsible is reduced to a vanishing point, our focus needs to turn to
examining the details of what really happened here. It is all too easy
to be drawn into this circus show, which almost seems t
science
Finding order in disorder demonstrates a new state of matter
Physicists
have identified a new state of matter whose structural order operates
by rules more aligned with quantum mechanics than standard thermodynamic
theory. In a classical material called artificial spin ice, which in
certain phases appears disordered, the material is actually ordered, but
in a "topological" form.
Farewell, Tiangong-1: Chinese Space Station Meets Fiery Doom Over South Pacific
Tiangong-1
is no more. China's prototype space station, whose name translates as
"Heavenly Palace 1," met a fiery end in Earth's atmosphere today (April
1), breaking apart and burning up in the skies over the Pacific Ocean.
Calling Car Pollution Standards ‘Too High,’ E.P.A. Sets Up Fight With California
The
agency announced a plan to relax Obama-era greenhouse gas rules and
signaled that it aimed to make California, which sets its own standards,
fall in line.
Legalized medical cannabis lowers opioid use, study finds
U.S. states that have approved medical cannabis laws saw a dramatic reduction in opioid use, according to a new study.
DNA tests for IQ are coming, but it might not be smart to take one
Scientists have linked hundreds of genes to intelligence. One psychologist says it’s time to test school kids.
Oil to solar: Saudis push to be renewable energy powerhouse
Saudi
engineers whip up a simulated sandstorm to test a solar panel's
durability at a research lab, the heart of the oil-rich kingdom's
multibillion dollar quest to be a renewable energy powerhouse.
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東京 Eyes On The City – Tokyo
The fourth chapter of Eyes On The City explores the streets of Tokyo
and the Japanese tuning scene through the eyes of Akira Nakai.
eyesonthe.city/ Director – Federico Mazzarisi Creative Director –
Roberto Merlini Production Company – BASEMENT DP – Tommaso Terigi
Executive Producer – Francesco Crespi Line Producer – Mio Nishitani
Brand Producer - Lorenzo Osti 1AC – Keivan Salehpour 2nd Camera Ope
Ellen Welcomes Transcendental Meditation Expert Bob Roth
Ellen sat down with Bob Roth, who talked about the benefits of adding
transcendental meditation to your daily routine. From: TheEllenShow
Got a Baby? Then You'll Love 'Baby Bowling'
First there was curling. Then there was downhill crawling. Now Ellen
recruited adorable babies for a round of "Baby Bowling"! From:
TheEllenShow
||Where Are The African Gods|| Film by: Rodney Passé
NOWNESS: Poetic License: Where are the African Gods? Lyricist Abbey
Lincoln’s words are brought to life in this meditative portrait of black
masculinity A moving recording of the late writer and renowned jazz
singer Abbey Lincoln is captured in this new film from Brooklyn-born
director Rodney Passé, who has previously worked with powerhouse music
video director Kahlil Joseph. Reading from her own
This Transylvanian Salt Mine is Now an Amusement Park | National Geographic
Closed as a salt mine in 1932, the site of Salina Turda has been in use
since antiquity. Now, it is an amusement park. ➡ Subscribe:
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2018 New York Auto Show: top 9 cars
The New York International Auto Show opens to the public this weekend,
and upon entering the Javits Center attendees will be bombarded with new
cars, SUVs, trucks and even a handful of supercars that will most
likely be out their price range. Phil Esposito breaks down the biggest
announcements at this year's show. Subscribe: https://goo.gl/G5RXGs
Check out our full video catalog: https://goo.gl/l
The Corbett Report
Fact checking Newsbud’s “Syria Under Siege” Video
James fact checks Newsbud's recent "Syria Under Siege" video and comes to some unfortunate conclusions.
#deletetwitter
In case you didn't catch it yesterday, this is why I am no longer on
Twitter. Maybe you'll consider joining me in this exodus. #deletetwitter
A Moment for Wonder
Have you heard "Quiet and Other Songs" yet? Maybe not, but you can. And that is a wondrous thing.
Interview 1352 – Dr. Paul Connett on the Case Against Fluoride
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Today we talk to Dr. Paul Connett of the Fluoride Action Network
(fluoridealert.org) about Food & Water Watch Inc., et al. v. United
States Environmental Protection Agency, a lawsuit that could bring an
end to the practice of water fluoridation in the United States. We
discuss the Toxic Substances Control Act u
The EnvironmentaList
The Sea in Our Veins
“No
matter how high and dry the mountaintop, no matter how secluded and
modern the retreat, we sweat and cry what is basically seawater”
Are Environmentalists Prepared for a Post-Brexit UK?
Withdrawing from the EU has massive implications for Britain’s national environmental regulations
A New Golden Age for Big Oil or A Golden Goodbye?
Oil firms’ best chance of commercial survival is to rapidly diversify from fossil fuels into alternative technologies
How the Global Warming Information Mode Scrambles Ecological Understanding
Data dumps inhibit a more genuine way of handling ecological knowledge
Starbucks Cafe Opens in Yosemite, to Delight and Dismay
To many, the cafe represents a trend of commercialism and 25,000 people petitioned to stop it from opening
The Rules of Exposition
"at least I mean what I say"
IZQuotes Which two of these statements mean the same? Every draft is a
Bill of Exchange Every draft is not a Bill of Exchange No draft is a
Bill of Exchange Number 2 means the same as number 3. Number 1 means the
opposite. Easy, right? You'd think so. How bout this: Some drafts are
Bills of Exchange. Some drafts are not Bills of Exchange. Not every
draft is a Bill of Exchange. All three are equiv
A Closer Look: Jody Paterson
Martyn Brown: Say Wha-a-a-a-t?
People change. I get that. But I still feel a flash of furious
disbelief every time I see one of my soft-left acquaintances embracing
the writing of a man who not so long ago was the powerful architect of a
most terrible era in BC - one that we're still trying to recover from.
Martyn Brown is the former chief of staff of former BC premier Gordon
Campbell. Everything that right-minded people hated
A Different Perspective
Why I'm Beginning to Dislike the UFO Field - Part Three
Almost from the moment that Kenneth Arnold’s “flying saucer” (yes, I
know he was describing the motion and not the shape) hit the newspapers,
this field has been plagued with fakers, liars, charlatans and hoaxers.
They have made up their experiences, their expertise, their military
service and they have been believed by millions, even when exposed for
the frauds they are. Which is, of course, one
Stan Friedman Retires
For those of you behind the power curve, or sometimes don’t follow all
the news in the world of the UFO, Stan Friedman has announced his
retirement from the field. Stan has been around, it seems, forever,
lecturing all of us on the reality of alien visitation. I have known
Stan for decades, having met him back around 1990, I think. We shared
information about the Roswell UFO crash, and Don Schmit
BELGIUM IN UFO PHOTOGRAPHS. Volume 1 (1950-1988) By Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos and Wim van Utrecht.
In the course of a day or so, I receive a number of requests that I
provide information about various UFO related books. Rarely do I publish
the information on this blog, unless, of course, I believe that
important information is included in the book, and that the writer is
someone who has an interest in the truth. Given that, and the fact that I
know there is interest in the Belgium UFO photogra
Project Horse Fly and Operation Blue fly
Yes, I was working on something else and as I was looking through
Project Blue Book administration files when I found something
interesting. Not all that long ago, I mentioned a project called Horse
Fly. You can read about it here:
http://kevinrandle.blogspot.com/2017/10/project-horse-fly-documents.html
and here:
http://kevinrandle.blogspot.com/2017/08/arthur-exon-and-investigative-teams.html
Now
Adacama Mummy and DNA
Some 15 years ago or so, a small, tiny really, skeleton was found in
the Atacama Desert in Chile. It was only six inches tall, thought to be
six to eight years old, was humanoid and looked like something that
might have come from another world. And that was what a number of people
believed. They had found the remains of creature from another world.
There was DNA that could be examined, and in 201
Why I'm Beginning to Dislike the UFO Community - Part Two
Last night, while flipping around the cable because there didn’t seem
to be much of interest on, I came across another UFO show. Only a small
part was devoted to abductions, and frankly, I didn’t see much of that
either. I mention this because we were treated to the same lame
arguments supporting the idea that some people have been abducted by
alien creates. What was annoying was that the argumen
Amused Cynicism
Don’t send England football team to Russia, hold alternative tournament instead
I’ve written a petition for the parliament petition site: Don’t send
England football team to Russia, hold alternative tournament instead In
view of the nerve agent attack in Salisbury, we shouldn’t sent the
England team to the 2018 FIFA world cup. Instead we should persuade FIFA
to hold the tournament in another country. If that isn’t possible, we
and our allies should hold our own rival tournam
Twitter gets message order wrong
Imagine you were designing an online messaging system. On your system,
people could write messages, and other people could reply to them. And
people could reply to the replies, and so on. So imagine you had a
sequence of 5 messages, [1] to [5], where each is a reply to the last.
In what order would you display them on the screen? I’d like you to
think about that for a bit before you scroll down…
Angola 3 News
A3 Newsletter: Angola 3 Spring Update
A3 Newsletter, March 28, 2018: Where Common Ground Began --Help Malik
Save Lubertha's Home Featured below is a fundraising appeal from
longtime Angola 3 supporter and former Black Panther Malik Rahim, who is
shown in the photo above, alongside Robert King and Albert Woodfox. The
Angola 3 have long been involved with and supported Malik in his
efforts with Common Ground and multiple other projects
Please Support Herman Bell - Four Things to do Right Now!
We are reposting this call to action released by supporters of Herman
Bell. Please do what you can! Dear friends, Last week the New York State
Board of Parole granted Herman Bell release. Since the Board’s
decision, there has been significant backlash from the Police Benevolent
Association, other unions, Mayor De Blasio and Governor Cuomo. They are
demanding that Herman be held indefinitely, the
Buckdog
I NEVER Thought I Would Have To Look For Reasons To Remain In the Federal NDP ....
I've voted New Democrat in all Federal elections since 1972 with
membership since 1981. With the woeful inexperience and bad judgement of
the current Leader, I don't feel comfortable in the Federal Party
anymore. Under his short leadership, major Party issues have been
sidelined by 'Khalistan & Palestine'. Ongoing affiliation for me is
very shaky. I am actively looking for reasons to stay. As wel
Cherchez la Verite
A good question Paul. And, yes, from my point of view, the US Goverment is indeed Criminally Insane! How about you?
Is the US Government Criminally Insane? March 21, 2018 | Categories:
Guest Contributions | Is the US Government Criminally Insane? Read these
articles and make up your mind:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/49037.htm
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2018/03/21/russian-military-warns-major-war-in-syria-imminent.html
https://www.uawire.org/lavrov-us-british-french-and-other-number-of-
DAMMIT JANET!
Anti-Choice Is a Fringe Position
One
of the best things about the new attestation for the Canada Summer Jobs
program -- besides cutting off funding to anti-choice and anti-LGBTQ
organizations -- is that it represents a strong message that respect for
women's and LGBTQ rights is NOT a matter of opinion. It is the norm.
And the corollary is that anti-choice is a fringe position. Anti-choice
seeks to deny and rescind rights that the
GEEZERPOWER
Bob Dylan - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (Audio)
ZZZZZzzzzzz.....
See Video on Newsmax Also, in the interview, Holy Joe mentions: “I’ve been a Democrat all my life. I got rejected by th...
See Video on Newsmax Also, in the interview, Holy Joe mentions: “I’ve
been a Democrat all my life. I got rejected by the Democratic Party in
2006 and went on as an independent, and thank God and the people of
Connecticut, I got re-elected. “So I’m up again in 2012. I probably will
run again. I’ve got to make that decision by the end of this year, I
would say. You know, it’s possible. I haven’t de
Greg Mankiw's Blog
A T-shirt for the Times
Perfect for wearing when you teach Chapter 9 of my favorite textbook . (Make sure to check out the image on the back.)
What I've Been Watching
The End of the F***ing World . A compelling coming-of-age/crime/love
story, like a merger of The Breakfast Club and Bonnie and Clyde . On
Netflix in eight brief episodes. Most definitely binge-worthy.
Land Destroyer
US National Security Advisor John Bolton Backs Terrorists
March 31, 2018 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - Talk surrounding US
President Donald Trump's move to appoint John Bolton as his new National
Security Advisor has focused on Bolton's role in promoting the 2003
US-led invasion of Iraq and the profound contrast his appointment
signifies in light of President Trump's 2016 campaign promises to "drain
the swamp." However, Bolton's appointment carries with i
Why a Russia-based Security Firm Fell Victim of US Sanctions
March 28, 2018 ( Vladimir Platov - NEO ) - Last December, US President
Donald Trump signed a decree banning the use of Kaspersky Lab software
within US government agencies. This latest iteration of anti-Russian
sanctions demanded all individuals employed by Washington to wipe the
world-renowned anti-virus software off their computers within 90 days of
the decree’s signing. However, as the latest
Hypocrisy: US, Europe Meddle in Russian Elections
March 28, 2018 (Guest Post - Jack Anderson) - Tensions have escalated
between the United States and Russia. These tensions have also appeared
in various parts of the world, including Syria, the Mediterranean, the
Baltics, and the Crimean Peninsula. As time passes, the battlefield
between the United States and Russia becomes wider. European countries,
too, have directly gotten involved in the comp
WMD Lies Strike Again: The Skripal Incident
March 16, 2018 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - As the West rallies around
recent allegations by the UK against Russia regarding the alleged
poisoning of former Russian military intelligence officer-turned British
spy - Sergei Skripal - it is crucial to point out the alarming lack of
actual evidence involved. It is also important to point out the history
of the accusers predicating entire wars on alle
US Seeks to Intentionally Prolong Syrian Bloodshed
A 2012 US policy paper admittedly sought to "bleed" the Syrian
government, and with it the Syrian people. Today in Syria, the
consequences of America's depraved foreign policy is being blamed by
Western special interests on the very victims it targeted. March 5, 2018
( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - From the beginning of Syria's conflict the
United States presented to the world its unyielding ultimatu
Exposing and Stopping the Danger of US "Soft Power"
March 21, 2018 ( Joseph Thomas - NEO ) - US soft power is included in
US policy papers and promoted by US politicians and diplomats on a
regular basis. It is also included as the admitted purpose of US, UK and
European international programmes like Chevening and Fulbright
scholarships. Foreign Affairs magazine, published by big-business-funded
US policy think tank, the Council on Foreign Relation
Left I on the News
Headlines for Friday, March 30, 2018
Here's my today's "Worst and Most Misleading Headlines" segment from
Loud & Clear radio. The headlines we covered were: US challenged by
China's navy in South China Sea Pentagon grapples with a thorny question
after Niger ambush: What next in Africa? Why Houthis have added fuel to
fire with missile attacks on Saudi Arabia Bernie’s Russia Problem (
Subhead: “Sanders needs to address the role Russi
The two big lies: "A few big apples" and the "Blue Wall of Silence"
At
first glance, this story headlined "Brooklyn man wins nearly $1M
lawsuit after NYPD cop tried to frame him on DWI charge" might almost
seem like a feel-good story. A cop in a marked SUV ran a stop sign and
crashed into another car. What did the cop do? Being one of those "few
bad apples" we often hear about, he of course arrested the guy for DUI!
Alas, he made one critical mistake — the guy he
Middle East Today
The Egyptian Presidential Elections - 2018
The Egyptian presidential elections started on the 26 the of March and
ended on the 28 th of March. The Election Committee stated that as of
March 28 th more than 25 million Egyptians casted their voted. President
El Sissi received 92% of the votes. It was reported that during the
election more than 650 foreign journalists were present, in addition to
65 foreign observers were allowed to watch th
Recent Reforms in Saudi Arabia
Very important political and cultural changes were introduced in the
past few months in Saudi Arabia, which is considered the most
conservative Arab and Islamic state. The changes were introduced by
prince Mohamed bin Salman. Such changes were considered as quite daring
political reforms. The new political reforms are as important if not
more than the Spring Revolution of 2010-2011, which took pl
Morton's Musings
Small Claims Court
Under section 23 of the Courts of Justice Act the Small Claims Court
has a limited jurisdiction. The CJA provides Small Claims Court has
jurisdiction in any action for the payment of money or for the recovery
of possession of personal property up to a value of $25,000. The recent
Newfound decision in Baker v Harmina, 2018 NLCA 15 deals with a similar
jurisdiction in a curious case involving the o
NolanChart.com
The Culture War is the decisive field of America’s future!
The
threats to America are many: a rising China, a loud Russia, radical
Islam, illegal immigration, a flood of illegal drugs and the crime and
[…]
The case for the America First Party – replacing one of the major political parties
Both
political parties have failed America, both are highly unpopular, and
neither are free and independent of the Ruling Elite Globalists. The
great majority of […]
Mueller investigation has a purpose, an evil one.
Mueller
has not just wasted 46 million dollars, and confused the world about
America’s President, it is an ongoing operation to sustain a narrative
in […]
America is under attack — foreign and domestic
In
a few years, will we see image replacements for the proud panoply of
America’s geographical and cultural diversity, often characterized by
the lyrics, “From […]
Township Obstructs Auditor Access to Records
The
elected township auditor’s role is to act as a fiscal watchdog for the
citizens of the township. One duty in Article IX of the […]
An Introduction to Unschooling
It
is not terribly hard to find many faults with compulsory
government/public schooling. Incredible taxation levels, standardized
testing, one-size-fits-all curriculum, one-size-fits-all approaches to
learning, one-parent […]
Obsidian Wings
Ice and Unpredictability
by JanieM I live across the road from the northern end of a lake that’s
about five miles long, maybe a mile wide at its widest, over a hundred
feet deep in spots. The lake is a year-round playground: swimming,
fishing, jet-skiing, a bit of water-skiing in the summer; snowmobiling
and ice fishing in the winter. Ice fisherfolk tell me they’ve measured
as much as two feet of thickness deep in the se
Brainstorming my Hugo nominations: Best Novel and Best Series
by Doctor Science Hugo nominations have to be in by Friday, so I'm
going to put up my longlist and hope the process of writing helps me
make up my mind. I'm resurrecting my goodreads account to better keep
track of what I've read (and what I started but did not finish , and
why). I thought I had already written and posted reviews of most of
these, but apparently I wrote many only in my head. Way
The Stupidest Environment Imaginable - Open Thread
by Ugh Holy flippin' Jeebus, do things just get stupider and stupider,
with a side of the crazy, also a bit o' scary. Honestly, can we please
just shut this whole simulation down for abject ludicrousness and dumb
plot twists? I mean, CNN had a chryon just now entitled something like
"The Playmate, the Porn Star and the President" I sh1t you not. Stop
mailing it in show runners! Meanwhile, apparen
Silence
Silence . Also .
Why the Heck Not? – Weekend Open Thread
by wj It occurs to me that, since an Open Thread is desıgned to wander
around multiple topics, why shouldn’t the post do so as well. So this
one is going to start with technology and end up at politics. This past
year, I’ve been working on a project with ICANN (Internet Corporation
for Addresses, Names, and Numbers). These are the folks who keep track
of things like domain names – so you can’t go
Musical Titanic Cabinet Torture Chairs
by Ugh Tillerson out! He very much wanted to stay, apparently. Wasn't
told, doesn't know why. Mike Pompeo to State. Some wag on twitter notes
that with access to both the CIA and State Department files, Pompeo can
surely get to the bottom of....Benghazi! Gina Haspel will lead the CIA,
she was directly involved in the, um, wonderful torture regime run by
the prior republican president who took off
Paying attention
My Tyee column: Why the new health tax makes sense
Winners are always champions of the status quo. Like Liberal leader
Andrew Wilkinson. He was asked whether it was fair that employers had
paid MSP premiums for 40 per cent of workers, while the rest had to pay
the premiums out of their own pockets. “Fairness is always a matter to
be sorted out in the marketplace,” he said. “That’s what employers have
to do is compete for good workers and pay them
Real History Blog
Preview of the cover of my new book, A Lie Too Big to Fail!
As
many of you know, I've been researching the assassinations of the 1960s
for more than 25 years now. I've had a particular interest in the
assassination of Robert Kennedy. I started and stopped this book a
couple of times over the last ten years, but got really serious about
writing it over the last three and a half. Here is a preview of the
cover. Jim DiEugenio was kind enough to write a
Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home
Dear Employees and Job-Seekers: Stop Making These Career-Killing Mistakes
As
someone who has handled employee-side employment law for many years, I
run into the same frustrating mistakes over and over again. I thought
I'd touch on a few that are common so that maybe I can stop you (or a
friend or family member) from destroying their career. Here are the most
common career-killing mistakes I see in my practice: Complaining about
harassment : This is really the number one
Avoid Employers With White House Level Turnover
As
much as potential employers might try to lure you in with big promises,
one major red flag that indicates an employer to avoid is high
turnover. Bad employers will give all kinds of excuses for why so many
have left or been fired, and none of it was their fault, of course. It's
all bad luck, bad employees, bad fit, but never, ever, that they're a
bad employer. I mention this, of course, in ligh
Inclusion Riders Are A Good Idea In All Types Of Employment Agreements
Frances
McDormand made an impassioned plea during her Oscar speech for more
diversity. She mentioned the term, "inclusion rider" at the end of her
speech. So what is an inclusion rider , and can it be used in
non-Hollywood employment agreements? The idea of the inclusion rider is
that stars with lots of negotiating power can help those with little or
now power by protecting them in the stars' cont
Syria Comment
Foreign intervention in Syria: Isn’t it time to admit that the war against the Syrian regime is lost? – By Nikolaos van Dam
Foreign intervention in Syria: Isn’t it time to admit that the war
against the Syrian regime is being lost? By Nikolaos van Dam Lecture
presented at the Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue, Vienna 7
March 2018 & published on Syria Comment Tonight, the 7 th of March
2018, it is exactly 55 years ago, that a group of young Syrian Ba’thist
officers secretly mobilized their military support
Intervention
in Syrien: Sollten wir eingestehen, dass der Krieg gegen das syrische
Regime verloren ist? – By Nikolaos van Dam @nikolaosvandam
Intervention in Syrien: Sollten wir eingestehen, dass der Krieg gegen
das syrische Regime verloren ist? By Nikolaos van Dam – @ nikolaosvandam
Vortrag gehalten am 7 März 2018 am Bruno Kreisky Forum für
Internationalen Dialog, Wien Veröffentlicht am 8 März auf Syria Comment
Übersetzung der Rede in Englisch by Dr. Ann Vogel, a German sociologist,
who did her Ph.D. at University in Washington, Seatt
The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage
Easter Once Again
I have posted the following Easter comment on American Thinker : Roman
Catholicism, the original "universal" Christianity, appropriated many
popular beliefs of earlier, so-called "pagan" religions, which were
clasped tightly and unquestioningly by their followers in happy
obedience to long, long tradition -- the colored eggs and new, green
grass filled baskets of Easter, for example. This was don
The Ergosphere
Mail broken. Thanks for nothing, Yahoo.
Once
more, good ol' Yahoo Mail has decided to screw things up totally. Their
new mail form does not work on desktop. At ALL. Here's a brief list of
problems: Mail is not marked as read when read. It remains unread. The
reply links (both of them) are non-functional. I cannot reply to mail.
The top-frame buttons to delete, mark read, etc. are non-functional. The
buttons to go to previous/next
The Straight Goods
I AM BRAINWASHED. YOU ARE BRAINWASHED. WE ARE BRAINWASHED....Part IV
I AM BRAINWASHED. YOU ARE BRAINWASHED. WE ARE BRAINWASHED. PART FOUR:
The Hosing of History: James Laxer (1941-2018) . Written By Robin
Mathews March 2018 James Laxer was an attractively warm Canadian who
made important Canadian history in the 1960s and 1970s … and then
slipped into the political shadows (relatively) until his death on
February 23, 2018. His large Obituary in the Globe and Mail (
Premier John "Prince of dithering and self-doubt" Horgan
Written by Grant G " a good plan today is worth more than a brilliant
idea tomorrow" .....For John Horgan, neither is true, there is no good
plan today and as for tomorrow, tomorrow will have to wait while Premier
Dithers hand out more homework assignments to his chosen "consultants"
....the delayers, the make cover for premier Dithers' decisions.... In
other words.....if this is leadership or vi
The European Union. Self-Destruction in Process.
The European Union. Self-Destruction in Process. Written by Robin
Mathews (March 2018) It didn’t come together quickly … and its collapse
won’t happen in a blinding flash. But the growing dissatisfaction among
European populations will grow. Misrepresented by the likes of Mario
Draghi, European Central Bank head – and former Goldman Sachs employee,
and Jean-Claude Junker, President of the Europea
"The Law’s delay, the insolence of office” (Shakespeare/Hamlet)
“The Law’s delay, the insolence of office” (Shakespeare/ Hamlet)
Written By Robin Mathews (March 2018) One of the most important legal
cases in the history of Canada is presently in shadows as three B.C.
Appeal Court justices weigh arguments in the Crown-appealed case (Jan.
15, 2018) against socially-challenged and recovering heroin addicts,
John Nuttall and Amanda Korody. Put simply – they were
thwap's schoolyard
Humanity is Doomed: Part LVXII
Of all the things you could be going after that degenerate Trump for,
you choose to go after his "maybe avoiding nuclear war with Russia"
thing. This is why I've given up. Humanity is simply TOO FUCKING STUPID
to survive.
Justin Trudeau vs Free Speech Part II
So, in Part I , I talked about the Russian-origin "fake news" that
supposedly destroyed Hillary Clinton's campaign (all on its own, with no
help from the fact that Clinton was a terrible, uninspiring candidate,
offering traditional Democratic voters more of the same rotten
status-quo; who pissed-off the progressive base of the party by stealing
the nomination from Bernie Sanders and then telling
Vagabond Scholar
2017 Film Roundup, Part 1: The Oscars and the Year in Reviews
(The
annual post-Oscar film roundup is a pre-blog tradition, delayed this
round. It comes in four parts – the other three coming later.) 2017 was a
decent year for films, with a solid crop of noteworthy movies. Many of
the best were genre pictures, including the usual superhero flicks, but
also a science fiction film, a western and a monster movie. Jimmy Kimmel
did a good job overall
St. Patrick's Day 2017
I've
posted this song before, but it's one of my favorite picks for the day.
Here's Dead Can Dance (with Lisa Gerrard singing) performing a striking
rendition of the 19th century Irish tune, "The Wind That Shakes the
Barley": My copy of the The Irish Songbook says: This is an excellent
example of many songs that serve both as love lyrics and rebel song. The
scene described refers to the 1783
Weekly Geo-Political News and Analysis
Cabalists plot anti-Trump counterattack in Tokyo
The Japanese Khazarian mafia slave government, desperate to survive, is
plotting the removal of U.S. troops from Japan as well as the end of
the regime of U.S. President Donald Trump, according to Japanese
right-wing sources close to the emperor. That is why former U.S.
President Barack Obama and former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra
were here last week, the sources say. The Japanese regi
Medical/pharmaceutical lobby group calls for emergency response to “Age Deficiency Syndrome”
April 1st, 2018, CNN* — The Institute for the Promotion of Cloning
(IPC), a medical/pharmaceutical lobbying group, has issued a report
calling for an emergency response to a crisis of what it calls “Age
Deficiency Syndrome” or ADS. According to the IPC, there are an
estimated 1.9 billion ADS victims worldwide. The IPC defines ADS victims
as anyone who is 5 or more years developmentally or chronol
The world is about to find out just how horrific the Khazarian mafia’s crimes were
The purge at the very tip top of the U.S. secret power structure is
nearly complete, meaning a much larger purge is now about to take place,
according to Pentagon, CIA, and other sources. The top leadership of
the White House, the CIA, the NSA, the FBI, the Pentagon, and other U.S.
agencies is now composed almost entirely of white hats. This means that
a systematic purge of the lower ranks is now
End game for cabal as Nuremberg II tribunals loom
The Khazarian mafia faction that has been trying to start World War III
and kill 90% of humanity is now on its last legs, multiple sources
agree. The clearest sign of this was an executive order and a 636-page
annex issued on March 1 by U.S. President Donald Trump and the
Department of Defense that prepares the way for Nuremberg-style
tribunals. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/201
Japan’s puppet government is next, as the dominoes keep falling
The final defeat of the Khazarian mafia is now visible on the horizon
as their world control grid continues to collapse. This is being seen
most recently with dramatic political events in Italy, Japan, Korea, and
the U.S. Soon we will also see change in the UK, France, Germany, and
Israel, multiple sources agree. The biggest news in the past week was
the announcement of a planned summit meeting b
It’s time to remind China of its place
The start today (March 26, 2018) of oil futures trading in gold-backed
Chinese yuan is being widely seen as a Chinese victory in the ongoing
financial war for control of the planet Earth. It is also a good time to
remind China that the world will NEVER swap Khazarian mafia control for
Chinese mafia control. The West will be eternally grateful for the help
provided by Asian
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