3 August - iGoogle Portal Tab 9

  Washington's Blog

• Swamp Infrastructure Construction Kinetics

  16 hours ago

  By David Swanson, director of World BEYOND War Now being planned and built in Washington, D.C., which is already just about coated in monuments to wars and particular warriors, are...
  

• The 21st Century Misery Index: Labor’s Share of the Economy and Real-World Inflation

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  In the late 1970s and early 1980s, an era of stagflation, the Misery Index was the unemployment rate plus inflation, both of which were running hot. Now those numbers are at 50-year...
  

• A Deeper Exploration of the Supremacist Origin of Our Common Culture

  2 days ago

  Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org The AP headlined on July 27th “#MeToo reaches Vatican as nuns denounce abuse from priests” and reported that the Vatican...
  

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  The Vintage News

• Electromagnetic Discovery in the Great Pyramid: Could it Concentrate Energy in Certain Chambers?

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  As the last remaining landmark of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Great Pyramid of Giza is not only a tremendous sight but a holder of mysteries. No one is sure when Giza was...
  

• The Original Vampire: Before Count Dracula there was Lord Ruthven

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  From an obscure folklore myth to blockbuster movies like The Twilight Saga, vampires have come a long way, becoming a common trope in popular culture of today. While it is impossible...
  

• Were Camels Native to North America? The Evidence Says Yes.

  2 days ago

  During the Pleistocene epoch, approximately 12,000 to 2.5 million years ago, and well before the Conquistadors ever set foot on North American soil, bringing their Spanish horses...
  

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  Utopia – you are standing in it!

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• An “Oldie” Worth Remembering

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  Originally posted on American Elephants: As long as I’m doing Constitutions and what people believe, here is an oldie but goodie, with the late Milton Friedman explaining the most...
  

• Milton Friedman interview on methodology, popular writing vs academic writing, his influences and many more things…

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  Originally posted on Mostly Economics: We just had Prof Milton Friedman’s 106th birthday on 31 July. I came across this interesting interview of the late Prof which has some interesting...
  

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The Truthseeker

• The Holocaust and its Deniers

  3 hours ago

  If the Holocaust left Jews with a mission to fix the world, the Jewish State has done the opposite. Gilad Atzmon explains
  

• New York Times Admits it Hired Editor Despite Knowing About Her Horrifically Racist Tweets

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  To gauge the full depth of Jeong's bigotry just exchange the word "White" for "Black" or worse "Jew".
  

• South Africa Is On The Road To Barbarism

  4 hours ago

  Paul Craig Roberts on how the strategy of divide and rule is being used to undermine and dominate Western society
  

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  TARPLEY.net

• Iran Starts Naval Drill in Straits of Hormuz, Raising Risk of Desperate Wag the Dog Gambit by Tenant of Oval

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  United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Thursday, August 2, 2018 Leaderless Group of National Security Chiefs Pledges to Defend 2018 Vote...
  

• Obstruction in Plain Sight!

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  United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Wednesday, August 1, 2018 Trump Orders Sessions to Stop Mueller Investigation; Move Could Shield...
  

• Lock Him Up and Drain the Swamp!

  2 days ago

  United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Tuesday, July 31, 2018 Tax Evasion Trial Starts for Trump Campaign Chairman Manafort, with Jury Chosen...
  

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  Sustainable Pulse

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  Center for Food Safety Sues Trump Administration over GMO Labeling Delay

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  On Wednesday, Center for Food Safety (CFS) filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration for failing to abide by the mandatory deadlines Congress set in the 2016 genetically...
  
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  European Court of Justice: Gene-Editing Will be Regulated in Same Way as GMOs

  9 days ago

  The European Court of Justice (ECJ) today published its ruling on the legal status of food and feed crops derived from certain new genetic modification techniques. It gave clear...
  
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  Genetically Modified Food to Be Labeled in Iran

  10 days ago

  Iran’s Food and Drug Administration has obliged food manufacturers and importers to label food products that contain ingredients which are derived from genetically modified...
  

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  sunshine hours

• Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 213 – 2018

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  South / North
  

• Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 211 – 2018

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• Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 210 – 2018

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  South / North
  

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  Stumbling and Mumbling

• The Marxist Bank of England

  2 days ago

  Does capitalism maximize the life-chances of working people? This old Marxian question is the context in which we should judge the Bank of England’s interest rate decision tomorrow...
  

• Lying for Money: a review

  3 days ago

  Just as they tend to over-glamourize murders, so TV dramas over-glamourize fraud: remember the BBC’s rather good Hustle? In the real world, though, both have something in common...
  

• The politics of discovery

  6 days ago

  Here’s a theory. There are two different ways of thinking about politics and policy which are insufficiently distinguished; we can call them politics as imposition versus politics...
  

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  Stagecraft and Statecraft

• US sanctions policy risks alienating India

  19 hours ago

  After hitting New Delhi with Russia and Iran measures, Washington seeks to limit their impact. Brahma Chellaney, Nikkei Asian Review When the U.S. slaps a nation with punitive sanctions...
  

• Japan’s Pivotal Role in the Emerging Indo-Pacific Order

  20 days ago

  Brahma Chellaney, Asia-Pacific Review, Volume 25, 2018 – Issue 1 ABSTRACT The imperative in the Indo-Pacific region is to build a new strategic equilibrium pivoted on a stable...
  

• Why Moon is courting India

  24 days ago

  India gains importance for Seoul as South Korea’s ‘miracle economy’ starts to face major new challenges Brahma Chellaney, The Times of India South Korean President Moon...
  

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  Socio-Economics History Blog

• Russian, Iranian Top Diplomats Discuss Nuclear Deal, Preparations for Caspian Summit

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  Russian, Iranian Top Diplomats Discuss Nuclear Deal, Preparations for Caspian Summit by http://tass.com/ Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart...
  

• Jews Not Related to Biblical Hebrews, Originated in South Russia! Israeli Scientists Proved that Modern Jews’ “Y Chromosome” Related to Kurds, Asiatic People NOT Semitic People!

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  “Israeli scientists have been trying to prove that they are genetically related to the Palestinians. The purpose is to try and justify their claim over the territory. However...
  

• Israel Tightens Blockade Over Gaza Strip

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  Israel Tightens Blockade Over Gaza Strip by https://www.telesurtv.net/ The Gaza Strip has suffered from a tight blockade imposed by Israel since 2006. Israel defense minister...
  

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  Socialist Economic Bulletin

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  Jeremy Corbyn is right - manufacturing matters

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  By Tom O’LearyThe multi-faceted attack on Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Labour Party continues to include unjustified attacks on his economic policy. The liberal press...
  
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  The crisis in the NI economy never really ended

  8 days ago

  By Tom O’LearyThe latest release of key data for Northern Ireland (NI) has had business organisations wringing their hands about the weakness of the economy. The CBI said the economy...
  
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  Economic lessons from the left governments in Latin America – and a comparison to China

  11 days ago

  By John RossNote:This article is based on Marxist economic theory and macro-economic study of Latin American countries combined with two primary direct experiences:· The author...
  

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  Ramani's blog

• Nine Ocean Temples Nava Samudra Sthalas Tamil Nadu

  a day ago

  Five Elements Temples, (Panchabootha Sthalas), Panchakrosa Sthalas, Pancha Peeta Sthalas, Pancha linga Sthalas, Shakti Peeta Sthalas, Pancha Asana Sthalas(Five Seats) Tri(three)Sthalas...
  

• Homa Cleans Environment Rids Microbes 3870°C Athirathra Study

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  Yagnyas need not involve Fire,for example Brahma Yagnyas,whereas Homas involve Fire ,Agni. Homas are performed with specific purpose in mind,like personal or welfare of the society...
  

• Chatur Masya Details Vishnu Awakening Probhidini Ekadashi

  4 days ago

  Many of us would have experienced this twilight zone between Sleep and Wakefulness. What is Wakefulness and Sleep? Article follows. As the Protector,Vishnu can not afford to Sleep,nor...
  

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  Diane Ravitch's blog

• Trump Officials Warn about Russian Election Attacks, Trump Says It’s a Hoax

  5 hours ago

  Whom should we believe? The people Trump appointed to head the FBI, the CIA, Director of National Intelligence, abs Secretary of Homeland Security? They all held a joint press conference...
  

• Help Needed: If You Are a Teacher or Parent Leader in Jeffco or Dougco, Please Contact Me

  15 hours ago

  I am in search of people who were involved in the elections in Jefferson County and Douglas County in Colorado in 2016. I am looking for a brief write up by a participant about how these...
  

• Education Law Center and ACLU Fight Michigan Law to Allow Public Funding of Private Schools

  17 hours ago

  Betsy DeVos and her husband Dick DeVos sponsored a referendum to change Michigan’s State Constitution in 2000 so that the state could fund vouchers for religious schools. Their...
  

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  P U L S E

• Morbid Symptoms: A Conversation with Gilbert Achcar

  14 days ago

  Last week I had the pleasure of sitting down with the Lebanese scholar Gilbert Achcar for a conversation about the complex situation in the Middle East and various myths about the...
  

• Forum on Yassin al-Haj Saleh’s The Impossible Revolution: Making Sense of the Syrian Tragedy

  2 months ago

  On June 6, I moderated a panel discussion in Chicago on Yassin al-Haj Saleh‘s momentous book The Impossible Revolution: Making Sense of the Syrian Tragedy. The event was presented...
  

  Pasco Phronesis

• Science and Technology Guests on Late Night, Week of July 16

  7 days ago

  For the second week in a row, Kate the Chemist is the name of note.  She appeared on the July 20 edition of The Wendy Williams Show.  However, as best as I can tell, the July 20 episode...
  

• Science and Technology Guests on Late Night, Week of July 9

  13 days ago

  Even if there weren’t a lot of repeats, the highlight the week of July 9th-13th in late night was certainly the July 13th edition of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.  He did science...
  

• Science and Technology Guests on Late Night, Week of July 2

  24 days ago

  Last week the holiday reruns were in full effect.  Two of them featured science and technology-themed guests.  The July 6 repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! featured Evangeline Lilly...
  

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  NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

• UK’s Hot Summer Linked To Cold Atlantic

  14 hours ago

  By Paul Homewood I reported last week that many experts believe this summers persistently anti cyclonic, and therefore hot, weather in the UK is inextricably tied in with a large pool...
  

• Climate change threatens puffin colony–BBC Fake News

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  By Paul Homewood      Well, the BBC said it, so it must be right!!   https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/44815636 Meanwhile, off the Welsh coast puffins are continuing...
  

• New Moorside Nuclear Plans May Be Shelved

  2 days ago

  From the Mail: Plans for £10billion nuclear plant to provide 7% of Britain’s electricity may be shelved after talks with foreign buyers collapse Japanese owner Toshiba and South...
  

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  NoTricksZone

• 108 Graphs From 89 New Papers Invalidate Claims Of Unprecedented Global-Scale Modern Warmth

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  During 2017, there were 150 graphs from 122 scientific papers published in peer-reviewed journals indicating modern temperatures are not unprecedented, unusual, or hockey-stick-shaped...
  

• Thermal Imaging Shows Japan’s Recent Record High Temp An Artefact Of Urban Heat Sinks!

  2 days ago

  The media like the New York Times here hyperventilated over Japan setting a new all-time record high temperature on Monday. According to the Times, the temperature hit a high of close...
  

• Germans Like Talking “Climate Protection”, Yet Very Few Willing To Walk It

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  Today I have an anecdote or two about climate protection and the real willingness among Germans to do it. Over the end of last week and last weekend I was out on a 4-day trek in the Bavarian...
  

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  NEPC Blog Post of the Day

• VAMboozled!: New Mexico Loses Major Education Finance Lawsuit (with Rulings Related to Teacher Evaluation System)

  17 hours ago

  VAMboozled!: New Mexico Loses Major Education Finance Lawsuit (with Rulings Related to Teacher Evaluation System) Followers of this blog should be familiar with the ongoing teacher...
  

• Answer Sheet: No, Private Schools Aren't Better at Educating Kids Than Public Schools. Why This New Study Matters.

  2 days ago

  Answer Sheet: No, Private Schools Aren't Better at Educating Kids Than Public Schools. Why This New Study Matters. Despite evidence showing otherwise, it remains conventional...
  

• Janresseger: AFT Sums Up Ten Years of Public School Underfunding and Neglect with Details from Each State

  3 days ago

  Janresseger: AFT Sums Up Ten Years of Public School Underfunding and Neglect with Details from Each State The new report from the American Federation of Teachers (AFT),  A Decade...
  

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  Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers

• The American Art of Renewal

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  Victor Davis Hanson // National Review ‘Make America Great Again” is the oft-caricatured slogan of the Donald Trump presidency. When Trump was elected, he boasted of jump-starting...
  

• Mueller’s Problem Is Not Trumpers’ Zeal — but the Perception of Inequality under the Law

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  Victor Davis Hanson // National Review What is disturbing about the Mueller investigation is not per se that a special counsel is looking into charges of wrongdoing known as “collusion,”...
  

• Victor Davis Hanson Reveals The Nature of History, Politics and The Left

  3 days ago

  Watch Victor Davis Hanson on a new episode of Whiskey Politics. Ep. 128 – Victor Davis Hanson joins Dave Sussman at the Whiskey Politics “Malibu Studio” where they discuss whether...
  

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The Moderate Voice

• Mayhem Is Our President

  5 hours ago

  A manchild at the wheel, a raccoon gnawing at the nation’s wires, a walking calamity that lurks around every corner The post Mayhem Is Our President appeared first on The Moderate...
  

• Media Accosted (Cartoon, Column and Video)

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  Donald Trump took his traveling freak show to Tampa Tuesday night and it was a coming out party for the worst of us. He continued his war against the media, where he’s labeled them in...
  

• The deep cynicism of Bernie Sanders’ chief strategist

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  ASHINGTON — Tad Devine, during his run as chief strategist for the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign, railed against the corrupting influence of money in politics. He repeatedly...
  

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  Marginal REVOLUTION

• Are economists really extroverted?

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  Consistent findings across studies were that students of arts/humanities and psychology scored high on Neuroticism and Openness; students of political sc. scored high...
  

• What I’ve been reading

  a day ago

  1. Annie Lowrey, Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World.  A very good book, one of the hot books of the year, and...
  

• Applying physics to gdp forecasting

  4 hours ago

  Models developed for gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecasting tend to be extremely complex, relying on a large number of variables and parameters. Such complexity is not...
  

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  Lloyd Lofthouse

• “Democracy”: The Attack on Our Democracy, Hidden in Plain Sight

  19 days ago

  Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: A blogger who identifies as “democracy” posted this comment, with which I agree. The bottom line is that Trump has lots and lots of Russian...
  

• The Taste of Joy and the Sound of Winning

  a month ago

  The winning roar from thousands of voices is a powerful force. Continue reading →
  

• Thank You, Wealthy Robber Barons, for the Freedom to be a Free Rider!

  a month ago

  Originally posted on gadflyonthewallblog:   ? Wow! I now have a real choice when it comes to my union! ? At least, that’s what the email I got from the Mackinac Center says! ? Now that...
  

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  Ninth Circuit: Trump Can’t Defund Sanctuaries

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  The radical left’s judiciary arm has again usurped the federal government’s ability to enforce immigration law.
  
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  “State of Palestine” to Run Massive G77 Bloc at United Nations

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  The largest group of governments and dictatorships within the United Nations, dubbed the “Group of 77 Plus China” or G77 + China, has unanimously selected the “State of Palestine”...
  
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  British Activist Tommy Robinson Freed From Prison

  12 hours ago

  As activist Tommy Robinson is released from prison, Great Britain may be forced to face a few uncomfortable facts about itself.
  

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  MintPress News

• Librarians in Oregon Trained to Administer Drug Used to Prevent Deaths

  5 hours ago

  A pilot effort at five libraries is training managers to administer naloxone, a drug that reverses the effects of an opioid overdose. The post Librarians in Oregon Trained to Administer...
  

• UN Envoy: Yemen Peace Talks Set for September

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  Speaking at a meeting of the UN Security Council, Griffiths said it is time to resume a political process in Yemen to resolve the crisis, alluding to previous peace talks that failed...
  

• Worker Charged With Sexually Molesting Eight Children at Immigrant Shelter

  5 hours ago

  The allegations against the Southwest Key youth care worker are the latest in a series of serious accusations of sexual abuse inside the government’s immigrant youth shelters...
  

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  Marginal REVOLUTION

• Applying physics to gdp forecasting

  4 hours ago

  Models developed for gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecasting tend to be extremely complex, relying on a large number of variables and parameters. Such complexity is not...
  

• Good advice from Patrick Collison

  6 hours ago

  Here is the whole post, here is one excerpt: If you’re 10–20: These are prime years! Go deep on things. Become an expert. In particular, try to go deep on multiple things...
  

• Paul Krugman Explaining Macroeconomics on a Roller Coaster

  14 hours ago

  No, I am not kidding. His first roller coaster. Paul’s expression at the end is priceless. I haven’t seen him so ready to throw up since he debated Ron Paul. Personally, I’d prefer...
  

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  Made from Truth and Lies

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  Interesting Links for 02-08-2018

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  Councils preparing for social unrest amid Brexit uncertainty (tags: uk Europe doom ) Baby-talk aids language development (tags: babies language ) Northern trains are fucked and...
  
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  Interesting Links for 01-08-2018

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  "What Happened When I Tried Talking to Twitter Abusers" Which shows how pointless it is to engage with vile people.(tags: Twitter abuse ) Ministers misleading public after denying...
  
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  Interesting Links for 31-07-2018

  3 days ago

  Germany gripped by #MeTwo racism debate (tags: racism society germany ) Fear of litigation is a key factor in decision to perform C-sections (tags: childbirth lawsuit healthcare...
  

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Featured Health News from Medical News Today

• Medical News Today: Flu: People with obesity may be contagious for a longer time

  3 hours ago

  New research suggests that it takes longer for people with obesity to shed the influenza virus, which may raise the risk of contagion.
  

• Medical News Today: Do health and lifestyle factors make a difference to penis size?

  3 hours ago

  Some penises expand more than others when transitioning from a flaccid to an erect state. Can any factors predict if, and how much, a penis will expand?...
  

• Medical News Today: What is explosive diarrhea?

  17 hours ago

  Explosive diarrhea is a forceful form of loose or liquid stool. This severe type of diarrhea can result from infection, food intolerance, or certain medications, among other causes...
  

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  Jon's Text

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  Best cancer medicine

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  High-Intensity UltraSound. e.g. 8 W 1 MHz ultrasound from a massage device externally applied clears any cancer. HIUS for 30 seconds each side the chest clears HIV and leukaemia.1Mhz...
  
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  Tesla is funded by power generation

  15 hours ago

  It lost 745,000,000 pounds last year. And nobody is really bothered. The power generation guys see Electric Power is as a way he to sell megawatts.Really the electricity companies...
  
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  Your GP struck off

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  2002 the Moffitt cancer centre used High Intensity Ultrasound to clear cancer at one appointment. No biochemistry was involved. No prescriptions all doctors required. Doctors...
  

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  www.gurukalehuru.com

• Left and Right

  13 hours ago

  The left-right dichotomy is world-wide, it is fundamental, and it has been around for a very long time. It is basically those who believe “we’re all in the same boat” vs. those...
  

• Stung

  2 days ago

  I got stung by a jellyfish today, so that was a first in my lifetime experience.  At least, I assume it was a jellyfish, as that’s the only thing I know of that stings in the ocean. ...
  

• Everything’s Different From Everything Else, but Some Things Are Kind of the Same

  3 days ago

  It was a lovely, lazy day on the island of Vis.  We spent all morning swimming and snorkeling at one beach, a good part of the afternoon at another, but noticed that there are little pockets...
  

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  Fragments from Floyd

• Common But Commonly Overlooked: Horsehair Worms

  a day ago

  The FB post a few days ago about the Siberian worms (nematodes) that revived after 30k years in permafrost made me remember, back in my teaching days, of seeing similar-looking horsehair...
  

• Plant Ballistics: Mountain Laurel’s Explosive Pollen Bullets

  15 days ago

  The intricate design of the Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia) was a marvel for me in 1970 when I was a student on a field trip to the Smokies from Auburn University. Systematic Botany...
  

• Not New To Science But To Me: Spikenard

  16 days ago

  I was alerted of a low tire by the pressure sensor dashboard light before I reached the hardtop one day last week. So I pulled off at the next wide place along our gravel road and plugged...
  

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3 August - iGoogle Portal Tab 8

  Eyes on Trade

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  U.S. Trade Deficit for First Half of 2018 Likely to Be Largest Recorded in Years, With China Deficit on Track to Be Highest First-Half Ever Recorded

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  Contrary to Donald Trump’s claim last week that he has reduced the trade deficit by $52 billion, the United States is on track to post a record high goods trade deficit for the first...
  
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  Will the U.S. and EU Revive the Damaging Pro-corporate, Anti-people TTIP Agenda?

  7 days ago

  Trump promised a new approach on trade policy that would fix past damage to working people. But what his administration and European Union officials said this week in their joint statement...
  
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  Today’s D.C. Visit by Top Mexican Trade Officials May Reveal Whether a Renegotiated NAFTA Deal Can Be Signed in 2018

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  Statement of Lori Wallach, Director, Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch Note: Today, the top Mexican trade officials of the current Peña Nieto and incoming López Obrador administrations...
  

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• Man Adopts 22 HIV-Positive Children Who Were Abandoned By Their Parents

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  Just when you think there is no hope for mankind, a beautiful story like this one comes along and helps restore one’s faith in Humanity. Rajib Thomas, known better as Papa Reji, is...
  

( A radically different perspective on HIV is given in a video near the bottom of

https://healthimpactnews.com/2017/german-federal-supreme-court-upholds-biologists-claim-that-measles-virus-does-not-exist/ )

• Telepathy How To Communicate Telepathically | The Guide

  4 days ago

  Telepathy allows you to convey words, emotions or images to someone’s mind. In the past telepathy occupied the realms of science fiction or the paranormal. It was considered to...
  

• The 5 Most Effective Ways To Sharpen Your Intuition

  4 days ago

  It’s so natural, you probably haven’t even realized that you do this already. Intuition is a skill we are all born with but drown out over time in busy modern lives. It is the 6th sense...
  

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Featured Health News from Medical News Today

• Medical News Today: Flu: People with obesity may be contagious for a longer time

  3 hours ago

  New research suggests that it takes longer for people with obesity to shed the influenza virus, which may raise the risk of contagion.
  

• Medical News Today: Do health and lifestyle factors make a difference to penis size?

  3 hours ago

  Some penises expand more than others when transitioning from a flaccid to an erect state. Can any factors predict if, and how much, a penis will expand?...
  

• Medical News Today: What is explosive diarrhea?

  17 hours ago

  Explosive diarrhea is a forceful form of loose or liquid stool. This severe type of diarrhea can result from infection, food intolerance, or certain medications, among other causes...
  

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  Desdemona Despair

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  References to “climate change” removed from USAID report

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  24 July 2018 (Silencing Science Tracker) – The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) removed references to “climate change” in its 2017 sustainability report...
  
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  Greenhouse gases emitted by degrading plastic

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  By Marcie Grabowski1 August 2018(UH News) – Several greenhouse gases are emitted as common plastics degrade in the environment, according to researchers from the University...
  
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  Trump administration revokes fuel economy standards

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  By Paul A. Eisenstein2 August 2018(NBC News) – The White House announced Thursday that it is moving ahead on its much-anticipated plan to roll back the fuel economy mandate set by...
  

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  The Daily Sheeple

• Scientists Detected Mysterious Radio Signal From Deep Space

  13 hours ago

  Scientists in Canada have picked up a brief burst of radio which was sent by an unknown source in deep space.  Could this be the evidence needed that extraterrestrials are out there?...
  

• New Ebola Outbreak Declared In Democratic Republic Of The Congo

  15 hours ago

  A brand new Ebola outbreak has been declared in the African country of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Just one week after the most recent Ebola outbreak in the DRC was declared...
  

• Scientists Claim They’ve Solved The Bermuda Triangle Mystery

  17 hours ago

  Have scientists finally solved the mystery of the Bermuda triangle?  The infamous body of water in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean stretches 270,271 square miles...
  

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  Exceptional Delaware 2017

• Governor Carney Salutes Bunting For Work On Regulation 225 But Ignores Her Lies About Patrick Miller

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  Wow!  Delaware Governor Carney came out with a press release regarding the recent decision to kill Regulation 225.  In his statement, he actually praises Delaware Secretary of...
  

• Regulation 225 Is Dead But Bunting Is Still Secretary Of Education

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  The Delaware Department of Education officially announced Regulation 225, which dealt with discrimination of transgender students will not move forward.  I find the timing on...
  

• My Challenge To Secretary Bunting

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  Over the past few weeks, I’ve written several articles about Patrick Miller and Dr. Susan Bunting.  As sources continue to give me more information, the news from Governor Carney...
  

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  Have You Heard

• Janus and the Future of Teachers Unions

  15 hours ago

  TweetWhat will the Supreme Court’s recent Janus ruling mean for teachers unions? Jon Shelton, author of the recent (and excellent) book Teacher Strike! Public Education and the...
  

• The Problem with Fear-Based Education Reform

  16 days ago

  TweetDid you hear the one about how schools should be run more like businesses? In the latest episode of the Have You Heard podcast, Jennifer and Jack are joined by business journalist...
  

• What the Sordid Saga of a Silicon Valley Start-Up Tells Us About #EdReform

  a month ago

  TweetWhile Have You Heard co-host Jack Schneider is off doing whatever academics do during months without an ‘r,’ Jennifer has been tearing through a blockbuster new book on...
  

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  Din Merican: the Malaysian DJ Blogger

• Thailand’s Coups Politics

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  August 3, 2018 Thailand’s Coups Politics by Pithaya Pookaman http://www.asiasentinel.com There have been 18 military coups d’etat in Thailand, of which 12 were successful...
  

• Book Review: Teck Ghee’s Challenging Malaysia’s Status Quo

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  August 3, 2018 Speaking Truth to Power by Ooi Kee Beng@Penang Institute The easy access to information that the digital revolution has brought us has altered how we handle facts and...
  

• Remembering America’s James Baldwin and What he stood for

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  August 3, 2018 Remembering America’s James Baldwin and What he stood for Letter from a Region in My Mind By James Baldwin Photograph by Bettmann / Corbis Take up the White Man’s...
  

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Featured Health News from Medical News Today

• Medical News Today: What is explosive diarrhea?

  17 hours ago

  Explosive diarrhea is a forceful form of loose or liquid stool. This severe type of diarrhea can result from infection, food intolerance, or certain medications, among other causes...
  

• Medical News Today: How does weight loss 'fix' type 2 diabetes?

  18 hours ago

  A recent trial has shown that weight loss can send type 2 diabetes into remission. Now, researchers explain why it happens, and why it doesn't always work...
  

• Medical News Today: Ovarian torsion: Everything you need to know

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  Ovarian torsion is when an ovary twists around its own ligaments. This can cause severe pain, nausea, and abdominal tenderness. People should seek urgent medical care for ovarian...
  

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  Fast Company

• Qualcomm confirms that Intel will provide all modems in future iPhones

  9 days ago

  A gripping tech comeback story that began back in 2014 is now complete: Intel has completely beaten out Qualcomm to provide the modem chips inside of iPhones. Fast Company has reported...
  

• Facebook stock hammered after earnings miss, slow growth forecast

  9 days ago

  Poof. There goes a quarter of really impressive stock gains. Over the last month, Facebook’s stock reflected investors’ apparent lack of concern about potentially damaging...
  

• These InfoWars videos banned by YouTube are still alive on Facebook

  9 days ago

  YouTube announced today that it had removed four videos—which express hatred toward liberals, Muslims, and trans children—by right-wing bullshit artist (proper media reference...
  

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  Chicago Boyz

• Context: Trump and William Loeb

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  Cross-posted at Assistant Village Idiot I spoke with a somewhat younger friend who has some familiarity with my opinions about controversial topics, but wanted to know more exactly...
  

• Too Pessimistic

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  The Origins of Our Second Civil War by Victor Davis Hanson. The first half of this VDH piece seems over-the-top. Would the intermarriage and cultural assimilation that he cites in...
  

• On Trusting Experts…and Which Experts to Trust

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  August 1, 1914. As Europe moved inexorably toward catastrophe, Kaiser Wilhelm II was getting cold feet at the prospect of a two-front war. When a telegram arrived suggesting that...
  

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  Centinel2012

• President Trump Massive MAGA Rally – Wilkes-Barre, PA – 7:00pm Livestream…

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  Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on August 2, 2018 by sundance Tonight President Donald Trump is holding another MAGA campaign style rally at the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey...
  

• Understanding Phase II of the U.S. -vs- China Trade Confrontation….

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  Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on August 2, 2018 by sundance President Trump has moved into Phase II of the U.S./China confrontation.  Part of that confrontation is...
  

• Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross Discusses U.S. -vs- China Confrontation Phase II…

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  RE-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on August 2, 2018 by sundance Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross appears on Fox News this morning to discuss Phase II in the economic confrontation...
  

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  The BRAD BLOG

• 'The Government Is Not Going to Save Us. WE Are Going to Save Us.': 'BradCast' 8/2/2018

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  On today's BradCast, if you're waiting for the government to save us by protecting elections --- or anything else --- that's not going to happen. But you can save us, as I explain today...
  

• 'Green News Report' - August 2, 2018

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  IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: 2017 shattered another global heat record; Firefighters begin to gain ground against deadly California wildfires; Global heat wave rages across Northern...
  

• Admin Scheme Would Bypass Congress for $100B More in Tax Cuts for Rich: 'BradCast' 8/1/2018

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  On today's BradCast: Tax cuts by executive fiat? It may depend on what the definition of "cost" is. Republicans used to pretend to oppose "Imperial Presidencies" --- at least when...
  

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  Below 2C

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  Will Kinder Morgan Be the Next Pipeline to Nowhere

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  Remember the Northern Gateway pipeline? How about the Energy East pipeline? Neither got built. Both projects got quashed due primarily to public resistance. As opposition and resistance...
  
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  Limiting Beliefs Damage Our Environment, Health and Future

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  When I jog in my neighborhood and see the little knoll ahead, I often think This is going to be hard. Running begins to feel like a chore, and I consider slowing to a walk. Sometimes...
  
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  Big Oil Contends Climate Change Is Our Fault

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  “Courts are a new front line of climate action with cases against governments and oil firms spiralling, and while victories have so far been rare, the pressure for change is growing,”...
  

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  bluebird of bitterness

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  Everyone interested in time travel, meet here yesterday

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• Wednesday weirdness

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  It’s the birthday of Francis Scott Key (1779-1843), who would be rolling over in his grave if he could hear Tim Hawkins imagining his greatest hit as sung by various pop music...
  

• Today’s little-known historical fact

  3 days ago

  Everyone knows about William Tell’s accomplishments as an archer. However, historians have recently learned that in addition to archery, Tell also excelled at bowling, a sport...
  

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  Home

• Palisades nuclear plant being sold as decommissioning approaches

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  As reported by MLive/Kalamazoo Gazette. The article quotes Beyond Nuclear's Kevin Kamps: Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear said he has concerns about the planned sale, and questions...
  
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  Largest elephant population under threat from uranium mine

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  The Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania -- a World Heritage Site -- has been left unprotected from plundering uranium mining companies. A major uranium mine is now projected for the park...
  
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  The two Russians who have taken on Rosatom

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  Journalist, Fedor Maryasov and lawyer, Andrey Talevlin aren't afraid to challenge Rosatom, even though their activities have resulted in the two Russians being labeled "extremists"...
  

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BlackListed News

• Apple Breaches $1 Trillion Stock Market Valuation

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  Apple Inc became the first $1 trillion publicly listed U.S. company on Thursday, crowning a decade-long rise fueled by its ubiquitous iPhone that transformed it from a niche player...
  

• Radio host Art Bell died of accidental drug overdose

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  Longtime Pahrump radio personality Art Bell died of an accidental overdose from a cocktail of prescription drugs, the Clark County coroner’s office said Wednesday...
  

• Netanyahu Threatens to Deploy Israeli Military to Yemen

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   On Wednesday, during a speech at a naval parade in Haifa, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to deploy the Israeli military to Yemen if the country’s...
  

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  Research Digest

• The most effective teachers turn to their colleagues for advice (while weaker teachers don’t bother)

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  The better a teacher performed, the more likely they were to go out and obtain feedback on how to be even better. By Bradley Busch
  

• The “beautiful mess” effect: other people view our vulnerability more positively than we do

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  The researchers argue their findings are important given earlier research showing the benefits of expressing vulnerability. By Christian Jarrett
  

• New evidence for the “propinquity effect” – mere physical closeness increases our liking of desirable people and things

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  This new evidence for the “propinquity effect” is welcome, but mysteries remain about why it occurs. By Emma Young
  

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  re: The Auditors

• Speaking Engagements/Conferences

  2 months ago

  Lots planned for the fall including another visit to Ohio State and a return to DC by the Baylor MAcc program. Also on the agenda CalCPAs and a wonderful gig on October 9, 2018 for Grant's...
  

• Mick Mulvaney, the CFPB and a “thing”

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   Warning:  Coarse language, because we may get a lot of snow in Chicago but we’re no snowflakes. Last week I went to an American Bankers Association Conference for bank government...
  

• Update: KPMG: The Indictments

  3 months ago

  Just a reminder to my readers: The mystery outside consulting firm that helped KPMG analyze the data Brian Sweet andCynthia Holder allegedly brought over from the PCAOB is still a...
  

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  Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places

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  Kräftskiva

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  When you arrive at a Swedish kräftskiva, or crayfish party, the first thing you'll need to do is put on your party hat. These cone-shaped crowns are often adorned with cheery images...
  
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  Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness Study Area in Bloomfield, New Mexico

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  With its muted colors and striking geology, this unusual landscape feels like a martian planet. Pale, mushroom-shaped hoodoos loom above the rocky earth like enormous alien trees...
  
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  Vinárna Čertovka in Prague, Czechia

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  Vinárna Čertovka is touted as the narrowest street in Prague. The 19.6-inch-wide path is really more of a staircase than a proper street, but that hasn’t stopped people from celebrating...
  

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  Accidental Deliberations

• New column day

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  Here, examining David Macdonald's latest report on wealth concentration in Canada - and the availability of more ambitious solutions than what's been on offer in most recent political...
  

• Thursday Morning Links

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  This and that for your Thursday reading.- Annie Lowrey points out the massive amounts of money being directed toward stock buybacks in the U.S., with the predictable effect of further...
  

• Wednesday Morning Links

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  Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Peter Gowan discusses UK Labour's push for greater social control over economic development. And Rainer Kattel, Mariana Mazzucato...
  

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  WIRED

• You Won't Miss Brookstone, But You Should

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  Brookstone has declared bankruptcy, and will shutter its 101 retail locations in malls across the United States.
  

• It's Never Too Late to Be a Reader Again

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  No matter how long the hiatus, you're just one book away from reconnecting with reading—and the key might just be a failure past.
  

• The DNC Enlists Kids in Its Fight Against Hackers

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  NYT & Home Page

• Europe Edition: Pope Francis, Trade War, Apple: Your Friday Briefing

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  Here’s what you need to know to start your day.
  

• Apple’s $1 Trillion Milestone Reflects Rise of Powerful Megacompanies

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  Apple is part of a group of giant companies that dominate the United States economy. That is good for financial markets, but not necessarily for everyone else...
  

• Apple Is Worth $1 Trillion; 21 Years Ago It Was on the Brink of Bankruptcy

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  Steve Jobs said Apple was 90 days from bankruptcy in 1997. Now it is worth $1 trillion.
  

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  India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Ti

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  Sharad Yadav slams Centre, MP government for crime against women

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  India, Kazakhstan agree to further strengthen defence cooperation

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  Sushma Swaraj, who is on a three-nation tour to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, held delegation-level talks with her Kazakh counterpart Kairat Abdrakhmanov. They held...
  
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  Political talk in Alwar veers towards cows

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  “It’s not the reality of Rajasthan, it’s the reality of the world,” Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje said recently.
  

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  BBC News - UK

• Carney: No-deal Brexit risk 'uncomfortably high'

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  The Bank of England chief says the risk of the UK leaving the EU with no deal is "uncomfortably high".
  

• Low levels of air pollution linked to changes in the heart

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• Baby girl, 12 days old, has tooth removed

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  National Geographic News

• A Running List of How President Trump Is Changing Environmental Policy

  3 days ago

  The Trump administration has promised vast changes to U.S. science and environmental policy—and we’re tracking them here as they happen.
  

• What Do Wild Animals Do in Wildfires?

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  Big wildfires, like those tearing through Northern California, can actually benefit some animals—while others escape, and many are hurt.
  

• A Running List of How President Trump Is Changing Environmental Policy

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  The Trump administration has promised vast changes to U.S. science and environmental policy—and we’re tracking them here as they happen.
  

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  Reuters: World News

• Bangladesh student protest spurs warning against opposition meddling

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  A massive student protest in Bangladesh triggered by the death of two teenagers run down by a speeding bus in the capital has worried the government ahead of a general election and prompted...
  

• Top China, U.S. diplomats meet amid trade tensions

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• China says willing to resolve differences with U.S.

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  The Chinese government's top diplomat, State Councillor Wang Yi, said on Friday that cooperation between China and the United States is the only right choice and China is willing...
  

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SPACE.com

• SpaceX's Dragon: First Private Spacecraft to Reach Space Station

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  The Dragon spacecraft first reached the International Space Station in 2012.
  

• 1st Crewed Flights of Private Space Taxis Slip to 2019

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  SpaceX and Boeing won't be flying crewed test flights until well into 2019, according to a new schedule NASA released today (Aug. 2).
  

• Boeing CST-100 Starliner: Next-Generation Spaceship

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  The aviation giant aims to take astronauts to the International Space Station in a capsule that is similar to Apollo spacecraft.
  

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  CBC | Canada News

• Family of Taylor Toller, allegedly killed by boyfriend, says she was 'admired and loved'

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  The family of Taylor Toller, one of three people found slain on Tuesday in Calgary, says she was "a kind and beautiful soul who touched many lives." Police have said little about the...
  
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  2 Hamilton paramedics charged in 2017 death of Good Samaritan

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  Two Hamilton paramedics have been charged in the 2017 death of a 19-year-old Good Samaritan who police say was killed after trying to stop an altercation...
  
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  'Good progress' being made on Parry Sound 33 fire due to change in wind direction

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  A change in wind direction is helping crews battle a massive forest fire in northeastern Ontario, but it's bigger than originally thought and smoke continues to be a problem...
  

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