The Labor Shortage Is Real
10 hours ago
Is
there a labor shortage in the U.S.? Employers are shouting
“yes.” Economists keep looking for wage increases as evidence of a labor
shortage, and since wage increases are...
No to an 18th Year of War on Afghanistan
18 hours ago
The Vintage News
Piloting
an airplane is a responsible job, and being a pilot requires a lot of
training and knowledge. However, with today’s advanced technology, it’s
easy to imagine that the...
As
many hairstyle trends come and go, there seems to be one that
resurfaces with a vengeance like the seasonal flu. The mullet features
close-cropped hair on the sides and long flowing...
Utopia – you are standing in it!
Originally
posted on Tallbloke's Talkshop: Credit: NASA Meet ‘The Goblin’. This
body’s maximum distance from the Sun is a massive 2300 times further out
than Earth’s. A...
Having
failed in Syria, the U.S. is switching to an option set up by the Obama
administration in 2014 as a potential flashpoint for confrontation with
Russia...
“Satanic Cult Awareness” Training Guide
8 hours ago
Found
in the archives of the U.S. Department of Justice, this 1988 document
confirms that satanic mind controls methods are not the stuff of fiction
The Streets of Paris
8 hours ago
United
Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System
Network|Tuesday, October 2, 2018 Republicans Demand Report Be Kept
Secret from Public; Farcical FBI Background...
United
Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System
Network|Monday, October 1, 2018 White House Lawyer McGahn Puts Just Four
Names on Witness List, and Trump Lies...
Sustainable Pulse
Brazil’s
federal public prosecutor has filed a public civil action requiring the
suspension of commercial release of three GM maize seed varieties:
Monsanto’s MON87411...
The
Environmental Working Group, joined by food and nutrition companies
including MegaFood, Ben & Jerry’s, Stonyfield Farm, MOM’s Organic
Market, Nature’s Path, One...
sunshine hours
South / North
South / North
Stumbling and Mumbling
Jeff
Sparrow accuses the left of being smug elitists who dismiss ordinary
people as being dopes and fools. I don’t doubt that there is an element
of superciliousness within the left...
When detail matters
3 days ago
Chris
Giles says that in predicting that a no-deal Brexit will cause house
prices to fall 35%, Mark Carney’s has fallen “into the trap of giving
his audience precise numbers at...
The neoliberal constraint
6 days ago
Stagecraft and Statecraft
Russia,
China and Iran now backing Taliban and stymieing U.S. peace efforts
Brahma Chellaney, Nikkei Asian Review Not for the first time, the U.S.
is showing signs of desperation...
" making allies pay their fair share for defense."
Too funny. Puppet governments are unable to pay more for 'defense' than their national budget. Cost comes from bombing the poor from large aircraft with atrocious operating expenses and ridiculous outlay for ordnance. And if Trump is referring to anyone else - foreign adventures are a matter of 'defense' only to the geographically challenged.
" making allies pay their fair share for defense."
Too funny. Puppet governments are unable to pay more for 'defense' than their national budget. Cost comes from bombing the poor from large aircraft with atrocious operating expenses and ridiculous outlay for ordnance. And if Trump is referring to anyone else - foreign adventures are a matter of 'defense' only to the geographically challenged.
The China Backlash
5 days ago
US
President Donald Trump’s headline-grabbing trade war with China should
not obscure a broader pushback against the country’s mercantilist trade,
investment, and lending...
Socio-Economics History Blog
PressTV Published
on Oct 2, 2018 On the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, the sun does not
rise for four months of the year and it is so cold that no trees grow
there. end...
The Militarization Of The US/China Trade War
12 hours ago
RonPaulLibertyReport Streamed
live 9 hours ago As often happens, the US trade war with China is
heating up and spilling over to the military realm. Recent skirmishes in
the South...
Ramani's blog
Though considered an Avatar of Siva he composed hymns on Devi,Subrahmanya,Ganesha,Vishnu
It
is quite sometime that I stopped writing about other
Religions,excepting to draw comparative analysis. And about Politics.
Reason is that my readers felt that I should write on...
Diane Ravitch's blog
Commonweal,
the highly respected Roman Catholic Magazine, posted an editorial
opposing the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh because of his
“injudicuousness.” The editors...
The
Network for Public Education Action Fund endorses Vangie Williams for
Congress in Virginia! Vangie Williams is running in Virginia’s First
Congressional District. She is...
P U L S E
Julian
Assange barely even knows the far-right, Holocaust-denying Russian kook
with six different names, the latest being “Israel Shamir.” That was
the line in March 2011...
Nader
Hashemi and I have an essay titled “Playing with Fire: Trump, the
Saudi-Iranian Rivalry, and the Geopolitics of Sectarianization in the
Middle East” in the Mediterranean...
Pasco Phronesis
Given
the week in politics in the United States, it’s not that surprising
that there was little this week in science and technology bookings
during late night. Thankfully, not...
It
was a weak week for late night science and technology guests, as my
only draw is a doctor. Freddie Highmore plays the title character on
The Good Doctor, which started its second...
NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT
DMI confirm that the average Arctic sea ice extent during September was
the fourth highest since 2006, and the greatest since 2014.
http://ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/icecover_30y.uk.php...
By
Paul Homewood Silly season continues at the BBC: Insects will be at
the heart of worldwide crop losses as the climate warms up, predicts a
US study. Scientists estimate the pests...
Next time, buy a proper car, Isabel!
2 days ago
A
recent study by Xiong et al titled Holocene sea-level history of the
northern coast of South China Sea tells us that sea level rise today is
total within the range of natural variability...
6
New Papers Link Arctic/North Atlantic Climate Changes To Natural
Factors 1. Natural variability/NAO/AMO “predominantly force ocean
temperatures” and Greenland ice sheet...
NEPC Blog Post of the Day
Shanker
Blog: Weaning Educational Research Off of Steroids Our guest authors
today are Hunter Gehlbach and Carly D. Robinson. Gehlbach is an
associate professor of education...
Larry
Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Whatever Happened to
Detracking? About one-third of 8th graders now take algebra. Thirty
years ago, about 16 percent took...
Victor
Davis Hanson // National Review Michael O’Hanlon presented recently a
persuasive argument why Defense Secretary James Mattis should stay on
the job for at least the duration...
Victor
Davis Hanson // National Review Conventional wisdom suggests that, if
confirmed, Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh forever will be “smeared” and
stained by past frenzied...
Angry Reader 10-02-2018
10 hours ago
Did
you know Brett Kavanaugh likes beer? You would be forgiven if you
didn’t catch Kavanaugh’s like for beer during last Thursday’s
confirmation hearing before the Senate...
Great Music – Chapter 34
17 hours ago
For
this week’s Great Music, I am returning to probably my favorite
composer – Chopin. Since I written about Chopin before, I’ll just remind
you that he was born in Poland and...
How the mafia uses violence to control politics
19 hours ago
Donna
Strickland (at right) was on Tuesday named one of the three winners of
the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics. Many have noted that she is the first
woman in 55 years to win the prize. The BBC...
Wednesday assorted links
6 hours ago
1.
Why do snipers open their mouths when about to shoot? 2. The left-wing
case against tenure. 3. Current policies to promote car pooling often
increase social cost. 4. Register for...
Lloyd Lofthouse
Originally
posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: In a column by Post opinion writer
Helaine Olen, she points out the “staggering hypocrisy” of Brett
Kavanaugh. He has said he doesn’t...
Originally
posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Charles Foster Johnson is a pastor, a
supporter of public education, and a great advocate for separation of
church and state. He founded...
Azusa
Pacific University reversed — or at least made a strategic retreat from
— its recent decision to allow same-sex romantic relationships on
campus...
California’s
Democratic Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a bill that would have mandated
public universities in California to provide the abortion pill to
students...
MintPress News
The
latest attack comes just hours after Saudi Arabia admitted that its
forces have committed what it called “certain mistakes” in Yemen, after
increasing pressure from international...
The
UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on Monday examined the Saudi
record on compliance with a treaty protocol on children in armed
conflict, and repeatedly raised the issue of...
Marginal REVOLUTION
…led
by Pat Bajari, Amazon has hired more than 150 Ph.D. economists in the
past five years, making them the largest employer of tech economists.
In fact, Amazon now has several...
That was then, this is now
2 days ago
Negotiations
for the preliminary agreement would be conducted under a new process,
which the State Department, employing classic bureaucratic jargon,
called “the selective...
Sunday assorted links
3 days ago
DUP
's Arlene Foster says Good Friday Agreement not 'sacrosanct' (tags: uk
NorthernIreland Ireland doom ) U.S. to partners of U.N. LGBTQ staff: Get
married, or get out (tags: marriage...
Nicolas
Cage: ‘If I don’t have a job to do, I can be very self-destructive’
(tags: acting movies ) Postman Pat and… the law of merchandise (tags:
merchandising law contracts...
Why
is it so hard to choose sometimes? Researchers explain what happens in
the brain during this process, and what the ideal number of choices may
be.
New
research suggests that adding a virtual reality headset to your workout
could boost your performance and reduce your perception of pain.
- Psoriasis and ringworm both cause red, scaly rashes to appear on the skin. Learn how to tell psoriasis and ringworm apart, plus how to identify other common skin rashes, here...
InvestmentWatch
These
guys have some dank charts: fred.stlouisfed.org Here are a few neat
ones: fred.stlouisfed.org/series/HTRUCKSSAAR
fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PERMIT fred.stlouisfed.org/series/UNRATE...
PespiCo
CFO Hugh Johnston told CNBC on Tuesday the company will look
“critically” at investing in cannabis. Cannabis federally illegal in the
U.S., but it is legal in Canada...
www.gurukalehuru.com
I
was pretty jazzed when I read that Amazon was giving all its workers
big raises, at least all those in the U.S. and the U.K., even part time
and seasonal employees. “Damn,” I thought...
It’s the Perjury
2 days ago
I
hate to be writing about the Kavanaugh case again, but a quick perusal
of Facebook, my usual source for news, indicates that nothing else of
significance is happening in the world. ...
We
3 days ago
Fragments from Floyd
In
an earlier column I confessed my (and my hapless wife’s) checkered
association with snakes and so I suppose it’s a short step to admit that
I also have an inordinate admiration...
WHY SWEAT THE INVASIVES?
a month ago
It
disturbs me not a little that Japanese Stilt Grass, Autumn Olive,
Oriental Bittersweet, Garlic Mustard and (Alabama horror come true)
Kudzu is invading Floyd County. As a biology...
Hotter Than It Was: Not Your Imagination
a month ago
- …or a liberal hoax after all. Granted, human memory can be a leaky sieve and the tendency to make things markedly WORSE or BETTER “when I was a boy” is pretty common. But here is...
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