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All the info later on Sunday Australia time, first thing in the morning for most of the world. Just in time for the IPCC report Monday. Do come back. :- ) This will be the unthreaded line til then. Rating: 10.0/10 (4 votes cast) Rating: 10.0/ 10 (4 votes cast)
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Susan Collins , a Republican senator from Maine, announced Friday in a long-winded, tone-deaf speech that she'd vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. The decision may be the biggest mistake of her political career. Before she announced her support, a crowdfunding campaign to unseat Collins in 2020 should she vote for Kavanaugh had already reached $1.8 million. Soon after she began
Which is more artful: The painted work, preserved forever on canvas; or the carefully orchestrated act of destroying said canvas? Banksy implicitly asked that very question on Friday. An auction of the artist's popular work, "Girl With Balloon," ended with the shocking display of the the piece shredding itself immediately after the winning bid of 1.04 million pounds was cast. It wasn't an acciden
Eerie footage of a one-legged ghost of Thai mythology has recently been viewed over 3.5 million times. In Thailand, the 'Gong Goi' is a mythological c...
A rock used to prop open a door for more than 30 years has been identified as a rare type of meteorite. The owner of the space rock, who wishes to rem...
Teleology is a quality of humans -- the pattern-seeking animals -- to ascribe foregone destiny to both history and the future. Yes, I admit there are some undeniable historical patterns, like the tendency for groups of males who have an advantage -- muscles, swords, money or persuasive voices -- to take advantage... using it to cheat, crushing fair competition by giving their sons overwhelming, i
Via: Beta News: Microsoft made its latest Windows 10 feature update available to download on Tuesday, and shortly afterwards the problems started. It didn’t play nicely with some Intel CPUs, Edge and Windows Store apps didn’t work for some users and, most damningly, the update was found to be deleting personal files. In the face […]
The British street artist Banksy appeared to pull off one of his most spectacular pranks on Friday night, with a frame that shredded his “Girl With Balloon” after it sold.
Senate votes 50-48 to approve Donald Trump’s nominee Kavanaugh’s passage tilts America’s highest court to the right ‘I feel outraged, exhausted, betrayed’ – the feminist response The US Senate has voted to confirm judge Brett Kavanaugh to the supreme court, handing Donald Trump a major victory and America a bench expected to tilt to the right for the next generation. Related: 'I feel outraged, ex
A contract for the delivery of five S-400 systems, one of Russia's most advanced anti-aircraft weapons, has been signed between Moscow and New Delhi, the Kremlin has confirmed. India signed a $5.43 billion deal to purchase five advanced S-400 surface-to-air missile systems from Russia, defying threats of potential sanctions from Washington. The deal was finalized after Indian Prime Minister Narend
Canvas of Girl With Balloon passes through shredder in frame shortly after £1m sale Banksy has played what could be one of the most audacious pranks in art history, arranging for one of his best-known works to self-destruct after being sold at auction for just over £1m. Girl With Balloon was the final item in an auction at Sotheby’s in London on Friday night and its sale price equalled the artist
The volume of trade between Russia and India exceeded $9 billion last year and is set to grow further with the nations aiming to boost trade and encourage investments, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin. "We have set a target of increasing trade turnover to $30 billion... and increasing investments to $15 billion by 2025," Putin said during a press conference with Modi on Friday. The Ru
The federal appeals court judge was confirmed after a narrow Senate vote largely along party lines. He will be sworn in later Saturday so that he can begin work immediately, the Supreme Court said. (Image credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of Gardasil 9, a vaccine against nine strains of the human papillomavirus for older age groups.
Sporting a trendy brown bob, a humanoid robot named Erica chats to a man in front of stunned audience members in Madrid.
Aziraphale and Crowley having a nice little aperitif before the end of the world. Image: Amazon Studios While our actual reality might feel like these are the end times, the very first trailer for Amazon’s live-action adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Good Omens is here to remind us all that, ironically, the actual apocalypse would be much, much more lighthearted. The Anti-Christ walks amongst us in th
SpaceX will attempt to launch and land a rocket on the West Coast Sunday, and the USAF wants Californians to know in advance so they won't worry.
Amazon recently announced significant hourly pay increases—but it’s also cutting some benefits that employees say matter to their overall compensation.
The Sun’s future is going to change the status quo -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Supreme Court Kavanaugh Battle Highlights Irreconcilable Values Divide
The white Chicago police officer who shot black teenager Laquan McDonald 16 times in an encounter captured on dashcam video has been found guilty of second-degree murder. After a second day of deliberation, the jury brought a verdict that eased anxieties about public disturbance in a city struggling to overcome racial tension between black communities […]
Health Editor’s Note: Here is my analysis of the book written by P.A.L. Greenhalgh, Early Greek Warfare-Horsemen, and Chariots in the Homeric and Archaic Ages……Carol Analysis of Early Greek Warfare- Horsemen and Chariots in the Homeric and Archaic Ages written by P.A.L. GreenHalgh New York: Cambridge University Press, 1973 Introduction This book attempts to trace […]
TEHRAN (FNA)- Lieutenant Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Brigadier General Hossein Salami blasted the Israeli prime minister for fabricating the realities on the ground and promoting Iranophobia, and said that Benjamin Netanyahu will take his dreams to grave. “Netanyahu should know that there is no way for him except fleeing the region […]
TEHRAN (FNA)- Over 20 people, including militants and civilians, were killed and wounded in a huge explosion in the town of A’azaz in Northern Aleppo, sources said, adding that infighting among terrorists has also intensified in the town of al-Bab in the same province. Field sources reported on Saturday that a bomb-laden car was detonated […]
Tim thinks he might just have found the girl of his dreams...again! A short 4 minute comedy film directed by Jess Scott-Hunter from a story by Paul Simms. Screened internationally at festivals including London Short Film Festival, Palm Springs Shortsfest, LA Comedy Festival among many others. Cast: Jess Scott-Hunter
Ellen sat down for a candid conversation with Busy Philipps, who explained why she opened up about being sexually assaulted as a teen. Ellen also shared her personal story, while encouraging others to speak their truth. #BusyPhilipps #TheEllenShow #MeToo From: TheEllenShow
Celebrate the heroes who make a difference in their students’ lives, both in and out of the classroom. These amazing teachers deserve to be celebrated 365 days a year. #WorldTeachersDay #TheEllenShow #Ellen From: TheEllenShow
It’s a life of extremes for Antarctic fur seals. Bulls fight to the death for breeding rights, while seal moms work to raise their adorable pups. And National Geographic wildlife filmmaker Bertie Gregory was there to capture it all—follow his adventure in new episodes of Wild_Life: Resurrection Island every Thursday! ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Follow Bertie's Adventures on Insta
What is cancer, and how does it start? Find out how genetics play a role, which types of cancer are the most prevalent, and what is being done to fight this deadly disease. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journal
We’re All Going To Die takes on the simple task of exploring the meaning of life. Through colour, imagination, humour and fart jokes, Director Stefan Hunt asks you to look at the what ifs, the why nots and the oh wells that might flash before your eyes when paid a surprise visit by Death. With your internal monologue played by Jared Jekyll and Death played by Hugo Weaving (The Matrix, Lord of the
Protests were planned ahead of San Francisco climate summit this week
Not only is there an ecological need to act on climate change there is a financial one too
The good folks at Lockheed Martin kindly invited you to submit your photos of their wonderful products . . . until they realized that wasn't such a good idea. Because they're blithering idiots. Don't be afraid to laugh at them.
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2018-10-04%20James%20Corbett.mp3"][/audio] James Corbett joins Dr. Joanne Conaway on The Power Hour to discuss how technology is spying on you in the digital age.
As we know from the political puppets and their mouthpieces in the controlled corporate media, Syrian President Basher al-Assad is a bloodthirsty monster responsible for the wanton slaughter of (fill in the number) of his own citizens, and he particularly enjoys dropping chemical weapons on women and children despite knowing that this is the one thing that will bring him universal condemnation and
Imagine you're a high school student doing a homework assignment on the Federal Reserve. You go to YouTube and type in "Federal Reserve" in the search bar and find "Century of Enslavement: The History of the Federal Reserve." The horror! Luckily, you don't have to worry about that, because now that MSNBC and Mother Jones have ganged up, it's being scrubbed from the search results! Welcome to the w
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2018-09-14%20James%20Corbett.mp3"][/audio] In this video, Luke Rudkowski of WeAreChange gives you the latest breaking news on the China World Order and why it is here on purpose. We talk about the real news while exposing fake news media censorship on the topic of China with James Corbett of the Corbett report.

The Rules of Exposition

I wrote one the other day for my econ blog . The topic was "demand deposits". Reviewing it the next day, I paused to double-check the definition of the term. Google says a deposit of money that can be withdrawn without prior notice. You know, like your checking account. Among the results, I found a link to What is the difference between a checking account, a demand deposit account, and a NOW (nego
Almost three years since my last post! Yikes. I have decided to bring this blog back from the dead, per suggestion of my momma. Coming soon! Pura vida.

Amused Cynicism

Theresa May is planning a festival of Brexit after we leave the EU. Attractions on offer include these:
The FT reports that Britain is being offered a worse open skies deal with America than it already has as a member of the EU: The US is offering Britain a worse “open skies” deal after Brexit than it had as an EU member, in a negotiating stance that would badly hit the transatlantic operating rights of British Airways and Virgin Atlantic. British and American negotiators met secretly in January fo
Do vaccines cause autism? No, but autism causes vaccines :
And the prize for the best thing I’ve read on Twitter this week goes to :
A3 Newsletter: Important Hearing This Week for Angola Prisoner Vincent Simmons After a relatively quiet Summer, now Fall is starting out with a bang. Last week, King and Albert made their first presentation of the new season in Montgomery, Alabama for a group of Norwegian lawmakers on a fact-finding mission about the U.S. criminal justice system. As part of their trip to Montgomery, they visited
Everything that has ever happened in the ranks of the New Democratic Party of Canada before his arrival, is of no interest to Jagmeet Singh. 'Rolex socialism' and 'out-cooling' Justin Trudeau are his primary concerns ... What a sad day for the New Democratic Party of Canada. Every Member of the Federal NDP Caucus who remains silent on his comments are complicit with Mr. Singh's reckless negligenc
Many pragmatic, experienced veterans of the New Democratic Party of Canada are preparing for the Party to be nearly obliterated in the upcoming 2019 Election under the leadership of Jagmeet Singh. The reasons are many, but none more public than Singh's handling of the Erin Weir and Christine Moore harassment allegations in the Federal Caucus. Singh has also managed to ignite an outright battle wi
JAGMEET SINGH!!! Just resign so that New Democrats can repair the damage your inexperience and stubbornness has created before the next Federal Election!! https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-troubled-ndp-faces-its-do-or-die-moment-in-bc-caucus-meetings-this/
Weir and Moore Demonstrate Singh / NDP Stunning Hypocrisy September 9th, 2018 · 2 Comments So much for the federal NDP’s pretense of being the party of fairness, equality and even reconciliation. The differences between leader Jagmeet Singh’s and the federal party’s internal handling of two “inappropriate conduct” cases involving two NDP MPs recently are staggering … and horribly hypocritical. Sas
I joined the federal New Democrats in November, 1981 and after 37 years of continuous membership, I had my membership in the Federal NDP cancelled in the spring of 2018 specifically because of the horrible performance by new leader, Jagmeet Singh. So,as a result, I will not receive a copy of the Federal NDP's survey. Allow me to once again communicate with the Federal NDP and tell them how Jagmee
New school year, new challenges and questions. For parents and students alike. In Ontario, the Fraud government is trying to axe the "new" sex ed curriculum and is running into more trouble than it expected. In Calgary, the school board has severed ties with a fake clinic that taught sex ed in PUBLIC schools . A couple of other school boards in Alberta have done the same. @ABProchoice tweeted a th
UA-MAS WOMEN'S PLAZA HONOREES ( https://mailchi.mp/041d6123a4f6/l6scyiofvs ): The fundraising campaign continues. The Raza Studies struggle in Arizona produced many narratives. One rarely heard was the role of the young women - from middle school students (who got arrested May 12, 2010, along with 11 others, mostly students) to high school and college students who took over the school board (Apri
Please support Spring 2019 Maya-Maiz Living Roots Raza Studies Conference at the University of Arizona! This is the active link here: https://www.uafoundation.org/netcommunity/sslpage.aspx?pid=493&fid=Ar8Qg1Ky8nk%3d&fdesc=5tGaT3D3zD630judWyFfjNu0TvtKikii
I've been asking the people who run the Electric Universe and are involved in the Thunderbolts Project for an alternative timeline for planet Earth, as we call it. According to their concept of how galaxies, stars and planets form, and based on observations noted down in mythology of an alien electric sky and its gods, Earth might not be the slow-accretion slow-sedimentation slow-evolution rock th
So, games like Eve Online, Elite Dangerous, Dual Universe, Star Citizen and No Man's Sky... what are they hoping to achieve, gameplaywise? They're all set in space ... and SPACE IS VERY verrrrry BIG . To strip the fuck out of the newly-discovered universe. Even the mostly-positive No Man's Sky is an evil asset strip of every innocent planet a player finds. Same with Star Citizen, it's a fucking u
Jacob Gable is re-creating archetypal plasma formations in his low-pressure jars in his 'lab'. Snakes digging for food. Craters cratering the rims of craters. Dualism of Birkeland circuit pairs reigning supreme.
chiming the sound of silence Gah, how utterly fucking disgusting and cynical, mainslime media here in UK, I'm talking about BBC and SKY obvz, is regurgitating the time-worn corporate message of 19 arabs flying two planes into three buildings and VOMIT HORROR BULLSHIT story later, I'm still as stunned as I am every fucking 9/11 anniversary. How can these people sleep at night, knowing (or at least
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The ABC Chopper 7 footage has recently been added to Youtube by WTCFOIAVideos. The fireball doesn't appear on the replay although the explosion can be seen at the very beginning. View on Youtube for more information. ZZZZZzzzzzz.....
The Truth, these days seems to be debatable, even when discussing age old facts, such as the solar system, With all of the new technology available to us, we see it used as an argument for such ignorant concepts as a "flat Earth". No wonder that we now see a comic book villain as the leader of the US, with an unbelievable mixture of religion, politics, and criminal behavior. Soon there will be no
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Fox 5 News breaking news on 911 This is a screen capture of a fade out transition from the morning show to the breaking news This is a clip from Fox 5 News at 8:52 am on September 11, 2001. Although reported as breaking news it is clearly edited and has a fade in transition between their morning show and the news coverage. of the World Trade Center disaster. They show that the footage is courtesy
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Christine Lagarde Appoints Gita Gopinath as IMF Chief Economist . A great choice.
I will be talking at the annual conference of the National Economics Teaching Association, to be held October 25-26, 2018, in Phoenix, Arizona. If you are interested in learning more about the meeting, click here for more information.
How can you not after this story ?
October 1, 2018 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - In 2012, the US State Department would delist anti-Iranian terrorist group - Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) - from its Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) list. Yet years later, MEK has demonstrated an eager desire to carry out political violence on a scale that eclipses the previous atrocities that had it designated a terrorist organization in the first plac
September 7, 2018 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - The United States has raised tensions further amid Syria's ongoing conflict. It has issued a threat in the form of a "warning" against Damascus against retaking the northern region of Idlib. More specifically, the US has accused Damascus of preparing chemical weapon attacks as part of its alleged strategy to retake the territory. No evidence has been
September 19, 2018 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - Western and Russian media sources have reported an alleged joint Israeli-French strike on Syria on September 17. The attack included Israeli warplanes and French missile frigates operating in the Mediterranean off Syria's coast. Amid the attack, a Russian Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft with 14 service members aboard disappeared. The attack immediately
September 24, 2018 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - While China builds roads, rail, pipelines, airports, seaports, and factories across Africa, the United States finds itself resigned to selling weapons and stirring up conflicts between and within African states to disrupt the rise of the continent independent of Western hegemony. Part of stirring up conflict involves political subversion. In Uganda,
September 12, 2018 ( Joseph Thomas - NEO ) - Media headlines claim an independent UN report is calling for genocide charges against Myanmar officials. Qatari state media outfit Al Jazeera in its article, " UN report calls for genocide charges against Myanmar officials ," claims: Myanmar's senior military officials must be prosecuted for genocide and war crimes against the Rohingya and other ethni
September 24, 2018 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - A terrorist attack on a military parade targeting civilians and military personnel alike left at least 29 dead and up to 70 more wounded in Iran's southwest region of Ahvaz. At the same time, in New York City, US political figures including US President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudolph Giuliani attended and expressed open support for "revolution" in Ira

Left I on the News

Click here to listen to this week's segment on Loud & Clear Radio . Headlines with an * are the ones we managed to fit in in our allotted 11 minutes. Worst, Most Misleading & Funniest Headlines (WMMFH) -- Oct. 5, 2018 CANDIDATES FOR “WORST”/”MOST DISGUSTING”: The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-10-04/the-big-hack-how-c
Click here to listen to this week's segment on Loud & Clear Radio . Headlines with an * are the ones we managed to fit in in our allotted 11 minutes. Worst, Most Misleading & Funniest Headlines (WMMFH) -- Sept. 28, 2018 CANDIDATES FOR “WORST”/”MOST DISGUSTING”: *Trump at the U.N.: Undiplomatic? This Time, Aides Fear the Opposite https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/23/us/politics/trump-united-nations-
Click here to listen to this week's segment on Loud & Clear Radio . Headlines with an * are the ones we managed to fit in in our allotted 11 minutes. Worst, Most Misleading & Funniest Headlines (WMMFH) -- Sept. 21, 2018 CANDIDATES FOR “WORST”/”MOST DISGUSTING”: *No, Trump Doesn't Have an 'Anti-Palestinian Agenda' https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/09/14/no_trump_doesnt_have_an_anti-p
Click here to listen to this week's segment on Loud & Clear Radio . Headlines with an * are the ones we managed to fit in in our allotted 11 minutes. Worst, Most Misleading & Funniest Headlines (WMMFH) -- Sept. 14, 2018 CANDIDATES FOR “WORST”/”MOST DISGUSTING”: This week’s “Fake News By Omission”: YouTube shuts down pro-Syrian government channels https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2018/09/youtube
Click here to listen to this week's segment on Loud & Clear Radio . Headlines with an * are the ones we managed to fit in in our allotted 11 minutes. Worst, Most Misleading & Funniest Headlines (WMMFH) -- Sept. 7, 2018 CANDIDATES FOR “WORST”/”MOST DISGUSTING”: *U.S. Accuses North Korea of Plot to Hurt Economy as Spy Is Charged in Sony Hack https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/06/us/politics/north-kore
by Servalan It's been years since I wrote about Dinos being fake. Giant flying lizards! New species being found every day and always by dino hunters, sometimes their kids? Yesterday another new species(missing link) was found by some dino hunters, it was called Wy-Lie-I. Apparently it's the tip of a discovery iceberg and it should be a bumper year for dino experts!!!!! I wrote this recently when t
by Hexane. As Hitler was a jew put in place by greater Jewish leaders with the goal of forcing jews to go to Israel, we can understand the role of deportation camps. 1) The goal was to send a big part of European jews in areas which would be occupied by Soviet armies at the end of the war. Thus those jews would be trapped in the USSR. And what a hazard, USSR had suddenly become hostile to jews (af
by Helmsdale, 2011 It's from the Guardian, which is left-wing, but that is irrelevant here, this should be of interest to those from across the political spectrum: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/ ... employment Make young people study hard for a university degree so that they can fucking be forced to work for no pay (except a £50 payment once a week from the Job Centre?) The scum behind th
We've reached the stage of Jew-inspired degeneration where violent interventions by "good" countries like the United States, Britain and France can quite easily be arranged, so long as they're intended to promote "democracy" and "human rights", "benefit" persons with differing shades of brown skin, and result in no more than two million civilian casualties. But my last conscious thought before I n
I would like to see a form of universal nationalism whereby national boundaries are rewritten to correspond with ethnic realities. That would alleviate problems in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and North America. I believe in live and let live. I would love to see a form of political devolution in North America whereby non-whites areas are granted self-rule and removed from inclusion into the whi
Vap's confession from 2000. Found. A lot of things that have happened recently on these, and other boards have gotten me to thinking. I am a survivor or childhood sexual abuse. I was raped by my father repeatedly when I was young, both orally and anally, and was also beaten severely by him, as well as screamed and yelled obscenities and put down's constantly by him on a sometimes daily basis. The
Ever since his election to the Presidency in 2016, Donald Trump has become a polarizing influence in American society and in other societies around the […]
There is a great deal of reason to doubt that Republicans in control of the Kavanaugh confirmation process will be fair, impartial, reasonable and judicious […]
On Sep. 25th, KTBB Radio news reported that Mineola Independent School District is moving to create a Police Department for the school district. No one […]
Donald F. McGahn does not trouble himself with the ebbing tide of the American experiment in democracy. He is immersed in the conservative element of […]
The fact that we have to mechanize and mobilize all our creativity to state something about politics or our common contempt for Trump is the […]
I know millions, maybe tens of millions know that Rush Limbaugh predicted the “Kavanaugh conundrum” for the Republicans! For months Rush has said, the issue(s) […]

Pesticide Action Network

Well if it wasn’t clear before, it’s crystal clear now. This administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) isn’t protecting children. Yes, that’s a harsh charge. And yes, EPA officials are denying it, loudly protesting that children’s health remains a top priority. But the agency’s recent actions very clearly indicate otherwise. What brain-harming pesticide? Last week, the administration
In mid September, two large-scale climate events converged in the San Francisco Bay Area. Both were oriented around climate change and potential solutions, but the stakeholders involved and their visions for change were often quite different. The Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS), co-chaired by California’s Governor Jerry Brown, brought together many national & international actors on climate c
Bayer’s corporate record book isn’t clean, and the corporation tries to cover its misdeeds with "greenwashing" — spreading misleading information to promote themselves as champions of sustainability. Learn more Slideshow Category: Flex Slider
As the headlines of their corporate misdeeds pile up, the Monsanto name is becoming even more synonymous with shady dealings and the obfuscation of science, all at the expense of public health. Will the company’s recent mega-merger with fellow seed and pesticide giant Bayer erase Monsanto’s track record? Bayer seems to think so, as they made the decision to drop the Monsanto name completely post-
Rebuilding a fair and resilient farming system means giving voice to those who have often been left out. Historically underserved farmers are just that – historically and systematically shut out of financial resources, markets, and technical assistance, among other opportunities. A group of farmers and farm allies across California seeking to change that lent their voices to some events at the St
This week, the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) officially announced their hiring of the new Farm Equity Advisor (FEA), a position now filled by Thea Rittenhouse . The creation of this position was one of the main pieces included in the Farmer Equity Act of 2017 ( AB 1348 ) — legislation