Saturday, December 29, 2018

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  Washington's Blog



  • Our apologies for the down time.  It took our internet service provider a couple of days to figure out the problem. Comments are now back up … Thanks for your patience!...

  • Corrupt Spineless Iraqi Legislators Are Right

    2 days ago
  • You’ve got 5,000 armed foreign troops stationed in your country. You don’t say a word until the idiot foreign emperor stages a surprise visit. Then you’re outraged principally...

  • Charlottesville As Cartoon

    2 days ago

    • Here in Charlottesville, as in most places, we like our stories simple. Most books by local author John Grisham have good guys and bad guys. When a UVa sports team wins, everybody says...

      The Vintage News



  • Lenny Bruce was a controversial American comedian during the 1950s and 1960s. As Bruce gained fame and popularity, he moved on from doing stand-up comedy at small strip clubs to performing...

  • She Won Gold and Broke World Records – After Being Told She Would Never Walk

    16 hours ago
  • On June 23, 1940, Wilma Rudolph was born to Blanche and Ed Rudolph. She was Ed’s 20th child, a product of his second marriage. Wilma was small, weak, and frail, but she was also born...

  • 8 Historical Facts That Will Distort Your Perception of Time

    16 hours ago

    • History is a place inhabited with some pretty weird and bizarre stories. When we study history, whether in school or for our own interest, we tend to focus on one topic at a time. But have...

      Utopia – you are standing in it!




  • 20 years after the fall of the Berlin wall

    6 hours ago

  • Kevin Murphy: Economic Analysis of Healthcare, Part 3 – Differentiation Based on Qualities Other Than Age

    6 hours ago


    • The Truthseeker



  • America has become, a nation of too many totalitarian-minded sheep who don’t even know they’re being manipulated into destroying their own country...

  • As This is the Solstice, Happy Birthday, Great Master, Jesus the Christ

    8 days ago
  • Today, writes Les Visible, I'm celebrating the birth of one of my greatest heroes

  • Call To Declare War With Russia Tabled In Ukrainian Parliament

    8 days ago

    • If the resolution is passed it will give Poroshenko a pretext to call off the upcoming presidential election in March 2019, which he’s expected to lose by a wide margin...

      TARPLEY.net



  • After a Week of Trump’s Shutdown, Chaos Will Continue Past Jan. 3 into 116th Congress; Perception Grows That Impeachment Has Become Inevitable; Legal Scholars Tribe, Katyal...

  • In Drugged Market, Dow Loses 611 Before Closing Up 260; Wednesday’s Action Big in Point Terms, but Mere 5% Gain; Beware Bear Market Rallies Based on Short Covering and Low Volume!

    2 days ago
  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Thursday, December 27, 2018 Consumer Confidence Index of Conference Board Declines Sharply in Harbinger...

  • Mobilized by Mnuchin Call, Plunge Protection Team Triggers Biggest Dead Cat Bounce in Dow History; Damage from Resulting Short Squeeze Unknown!

    3 days ago

    • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Wednesday, December 26, 2018 Putin Threatens U.S. with “Avangard” Hypersonic Secret Weapon...

      Sustainable Pulse



  • A new disclosure rule issued today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture will not help consumers easily identify food that has been genetically engineered or that contains genetically...

  • Kyrgyzstan Parliament Orders 100% Organic Agriculture within 10 Years

    12 days ago
  • Kyrgyzstan is set to become only the second country in the world to change their entire nation in to a 100% organic farming paradise, 24.kg reported last week. The move by Kyrgyzstan...

  • China Set to Shock Markets with Low Glyphosate Residue Limits in Food Imports

    19 days ago

    • China is set to introduce maximum residue limits (MRLs) of 200 parts per billion (ppb) or lower for glyphosate in all imported final food products and raw materials including grains...

      sunshine hours



  • Wow An aerial view of Anak Krakatau volcano during an eruption on Dec. 23 Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano island — which erupted and collapsed a week ago, triggering a deadly...

  • Air Pollution Has Put a Brake on Global Warming?

    10 hours ago
  • I was reading this article. “the earth would be 0.5 to 1.1 degree C (0.9 to 2 degrees F) warmer if that pollution were to suddenly disappear.” Like this USA data? Or Europe? Clean...

  • UK: Wind farm turbines last only 12-15 years

    12 hours ago

    • They sell you a dream of wind turbines lasting 25 years and they really last 12. And make you pay and pay and pay for them. What a con. The analysis of almost 3,000 onshore… More...

      Stumbling and Mumbling



  • “The trouble with you son” said Bill Shankly once to a struggling young player “is that your brains are all in your head.” The great man had a point, and not just about football...

  • When bad government matters

    17 days ago
  • Here’s a nice contrast. On the one hand, Tim Stanley says: Britain's still absolutely fine, by the way, probably better off than its ever been. It's just politics that's a mess. If...

  • Brexit's irrelevant cost

    19 days ago

    • I can understand why some reasonable people want to leave the EU. What’s more puzzling is why so many think it is worth the bother. Is it worth dividing the country, triggering a political...

      Stagecraft and Statecraft



  • Governments must tackle environmental degradation as it threatens region’s future Brahma Chellaney, Nikkei Asian Review Many Asian cities will ring in the New Year with high...

  • U.S. sheds its blinkers on China

    11 days ago
  • Brahma Chellaney, The Hindustan Times From Richard Nixon to Barack Obama, successive US presidents, as a matter of policy, aided China’s rise in the naïve hope that a more prosperous...

  • Weaponizing water

    14 days ago

    • Brahma Chellaney, DNA newspaper Just as China has changed the status quo in the South China Sea through an island-building strategy, it is working to re-engineer cross-border flows...

      Socio-Economics History Blog



  • World Alternative Media Published on Dec 28, 2018 Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the continued crash of Deutsche Bank as the once major...

  • Merkel: EU States Must Prepare to Hand National Sovereignty Over to Brussels

    a day ago
  • Merkel: EU States Must Prepare to Hand National Sovereignty Over to Brussels by Virginia Hale, https://www.breitbart.com/, 23 Nov 2018 German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said...

  • Inside the Temple of Covert Propaganda: The Integrity Initiative and the UK’s Scandalous Information War

    a day ago

    • Inside the Temple of Covert Propaganda: The Integrity Initiative and the UK’s Scandalous Information War by Mohamed Elmaazi and Max Blumenthal, https://grayzoneproject.com/...

      Socialist Economic Bulletin


    • - includes articles by regular SEB contributors John Ross and Tom O'Leary + many more  Get your copy here.Ten years on from the near-collapse of the global financial system...

      Ramani's blog



  • Based on research,it transpires that people do live in towns inside Mount Sastha. One of the explorers,who had been going there often was missing! His reports are available...

  • Farmer Shiva Temple Sun Rays Fall Thirukkozhundeeswara.

    2 days ago
  • This type of worship is called Saguna Upasna, Worship of Reality with Attributes. Lord Krishna explains to Arjuna that He(Krishna) appears and grants the wishes of His Devotees in...

  • Height of Thirupathi Balaji

    8 days ago

    • In Thirupathi there are Three. And the Height of the Idol is  9' 9" Nine feet nine inches.

      Diane Ravitch's blog



  • Peter Greene believes that Arizona’s proposed gag law is part of a national reaction to teacher activism. If you can’t beat ’em, silence them, is the mantra. He traces the trend...

  • Linda Lyon: Arizona Legislators Want to Punish Teachers Instead of Funding Schools

    12 hours ago
  • Linda Lyon writes a blog called “Restore Reason.” She lives in Arizona, after a successful career in the military, and she just stepped down as President of the Arizona School...

  • Welcome to China’s Coming Digital Dictatorship

    13 hours ago

    • China is perfecting a system of digitized observation that will track every person every day and monitor every movement they make. Citizens will get “social credit” for good...

      Pasco Phronesis



  • As expected with the Christmas holiday, late night programs were in repeats, if not pre-empted, this past week.  Of the repeats, one of note is Jeffrey Wright on the December 28 edition...

  • Science and Technology Guests on Late Night, Week of December 17

    4 days ago
  • Last week was the last week most shows aired all new episodes in 2018.  Regrettably, none opted to book science and/or technology related guests. As I write this, the Science Channel...

  • Science and Technology Guests on Late Night, Week of December 10

    14 days ago

    • Where science and technology on late night are concerned, 2018 is looking to go out with a whimper, and certainly not a bang. For this past week I can find little to note in this post. ...

      NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT



  • By Paul Homewood h/t Philip Bratby   The BBC is getting more desperate to scare the public about climate change. They are now having to resort those famous climate scientists at Christian...

  • Coral Reefs Can Take The Heat, Unlike Experts Crying Wolf

    a day ago
  • By Paul Homewood From GWPF:   Scientists from James Cook University have just published a paper on the bleaching and death of corals on the Great Barrier Reef and were surprised that...

  • BBC’s Climate Activist Page

    2 days ago

    • By Paul Homewood   h/t stewgreen       https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-46623772/i-m-not-having-children-to-help-fight-climate-change We know that...

      NoTricksZone



  • German Green Party leader Annalena Baerbock appeared on German talk show Maybritt Illner  (30:59 mark) on December 13, 2018, where she confidently told before a national audience...

  • Arctic Ice Volume Shames Climate Experts …Antarctic Stations Show Cooling, Not Warming

    2 days ago
  • By Kirye in Tokyo We constantly hear from the untrustworthy media how polar ice is melting rapidly – due to human-induced global warming. But when we look at the real data, we understand...

  • 92 New Papers (2018) Link Solar Forcing To Climate . . . Some Predict Solar-Induced Global Cooling By 2030!

    3 days ago

    • Global Cooling On The Horizon? Image Source: Abdussamatov, 2012 When it comes to the Sun’s influence on climate, one conclusion is certain: there is no widespread scientific...

      NEPC Blog Post of the Day



  • Curmudgucation: Defining Reformy Terms is Everything EdChoice has released their annual report about education, with a particular focus on reformy stuff. It's a survey of teachers...

  • Answer Sheet: There are No Low-Track Courses at This High-Poverty School. Instead, There are Strong Supports and a Focus on Learning.

    2 days ago
  • Answer Sheet: There are No Low-Track Courses at This High-Poverty School. Instead, There are Strong Supports and a Focus on Learning.   At Seaside High School in California, teacher...

  • Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: “Personalized Learning”: Oversold and Underused: Software in Schools (Thomas Arnett) (Guest Post by Thomas Arnett)

    4 days ago

    • Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: “Personalized Learning”: Oversold and Underused: Software in Schools (Thomas Arnett) (Guest Post by Thomas Arnett) Earlier...

      Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers



  • Victor Davis Hanson // National Review There was likely never going to be “comprehensive immigration reform” or any deal amnestying the DACA recipients in exchange for building...

  • The Departure of Mattis and Engagements in the Middle East

    8 days ago
  • Victor Davis Hanson // National Review The near-destruction of ISIS in a matter of months (losing 99 percent of its landed caliphate), the restoration of sound defense budgeting...

  • The Liberal Arts Weren’t Murdered — They Committed Suicide

    11 days ago

    • Victor Davis Hanson // National Review The great culture wars on the campuses of the 1980s were largely lost by traditionalists. And the question then became not if but when the liberal...

    The Moderate Voice



  • The post Cartoon: The Wall appeared first on The Moderate Voice.

  • THE MOUSETRAP

    a day ago
  •   What we have been watching for the last 3 years has been a sort of post-modern presentation of Shakespeare. We’ve had treachery, greed, unquenchable narcissism, and a degree...

  • Trump’s reckoning is well underway

    a day ago

    • WASHINGTON — For the new year, critics of President Trump should resolve not to be intimidated by the potential wrath of his vaunted political base. The only one who should cower...

      Marginal REVOLUTION



  • A meal naturally brings people together, but does the way a meal is served and consumed further matter for cooperation between people? This research (n = 1476) yielded evidence that...

  • a16z Podcast: Talent, Tech Trends, and Culture

    7 hours ago
  • I interview Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, not a Conversation but nonetheless a conversation, they were both in top form.  Here is the link. The post a16z Podcast: Talent, Tech...

  • What were the questions I thought about most this year?

    2 days ago

    • As for background context, I’ve for years wondered why people get so bugged by each other on Twitter.  A second question is why political correctness — even if you think it is fully...

      Lloyd Lofthouse



  • Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Lots of readers of this blog don’t like to hear what conservatives, Republicans, or pundits like Thomas Friedman have to say. I disagree...

  • Sherrilyn Ifill: Racism is a National Security Concern

    7 days ago
  • Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Racism and segregation are our nation’s greatest sin, written into our founding and our history. We live with their consequences every...

  • Trump vs Hillary – are you keeping score?

    9 days ago

    • How many times did Hillary Clinton invoke the 5th amendment during her testimony during the Benghazi invitation and for the private e-mail server witch hunt? Continue reading →...

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  • In the latest example of leftists behaving badly, a climate-change expert apparently created a very dangerous climate in his own apartment: He allegedly attacked his fiancée...

  • Tornadoes Have Not Cooperated With Climate Alarmists in 2018

    8 hours ago
  • Isn't climate change supposed to lead to more violent and more frequent storms? Tornadoes, it seems, are refusing to follow that narrative.

  • Dead Illegal-alien Boy Had Flu; Father Thought Taking Him Would Help Keep Them in Country

    10 hours ago

    • Two more revelations about the eight-year-old illegal alien boy who died in a hospital on Christmas Eve further undermine the leftist narrative, promulgated by open-borders...

      MintPress News



  • As the US prepares to pull out of Syria, we revisit Sarah Abed's account of the US campaign to foment regime change in the country." The post The Decade-Long U.S. Campaign To Foment Syria’s...

  • How Israel’s Conscription Law Assaults its Own Ultra-Orthodox Community

    a day ago
  • Not unlike the Palestinian people whose stance against Zionism is anchored in historical and moral rights, the Haredi community's heroic stance on military conscription is anchored...

  • Help MintPress News Fight for Truth in the Face of Social Media Censorship

    a day ago

    • Our future depends on your support. We need your financial help to not only sustain MintPress operation costs but to help us make a comeback against the powers that be who are trying...

      Marginal REVOLUTION



  • I interview Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, not a Conversation but nonetheless a conversation, they were both in top form.  Here is the link. The post a16z Podcast: Talent, Tech...

  • Saturday assorted links

    11 hours ago
  • 1. The next generation of Indian intellectuals? Is the list maybe a bit too high-falutin’? 2. How some of China’s spies operate.  And update on Chinese CRISPR patients, lots...

  • Demographics matters more and explains more than you think

    14 hours ago

    • The US economy has undergone a number of puzzling changes in recent decades. Large firms now account for a greater share of economic activity, new firms are being created at a slower...

      Made from Truth and Lies



  • Ultima Thule: Nasa prepares to explore most distant world ever probed by humankind (tags: space ) Steve Jobs hired a career juggler to teach programming to developers (tags: software...

  • Interesting Links for 28-12-2018

    2 days ago
  • Donald Trump Reveals Covert U.S. Navy SEAL Deployment During Iraq Visit (tags: usa military twitter republicans OhForFucksSake ) The effects of face shape on CEO pay, and why it's...

  • Interesting Links for 27-12-2018

    3 days ago

    • The Science Behind Making Your Child Smarter (tags: children education intelligence iq ) The best free games of 2018 (tags: games review free ) Twitter is suspending Jewish people...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today



  • Over recent years, it has been clear that coffee protects against Parkinson's disease. A recent study tries to pin down the exact molecules involved.

  • Medical News Today: Bipolar: Physical activity may boost mood and energy

    21 hours ago
  • New research suggests that physical activity may treat depressive symptoms in bipolar disorder, as scientists find a link between motor activity and mood...

  • Medical News Today: Through my eyes: Addiction and recovery

    2 days ago

    • I had what appeared to be the perfect life. Then my life spiralled into substance abuse and depression. This is the story of my addiction and my recovery...

      Jon's Text



  • In 1986 Ukrainian nuclear experienced the Chernobyl nuclear incident. And there resulting nuclear winter. Nuclear power responded by protesting 'at least we don't cause global...

  • HT TV gives 3D

    13 hours ago
  • I was sceptical about HD TV.  But I needed a new television, and the price difference was only £200. So I was happy watching BBC 1.  That the digital signal was not very good.  So I...

  • Another dreary weather year

    16 hours ago

    • The idea of global warming was that every year global temperatures rose all over the earth. Due to the warming affect the carbon dioxide. But as any high school biology student knows...

      InvestmentWatch



  • technical defect of merkels plane via google translate: Technical problems in the government plane! On the way from Berlin to the G20 summit in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires...

  • GREG MANNARINO: The Central Banks Will KEEP You GUESSING, While They GET RICHER!

    a month ago
  • Portfolio Wealth Global, Released on 11/29/18 Gregory Mannarino started his financial career working for the securities and trading arm of the now defunct Bear Stearns before the...

  • If You Want to Safely Profit from the Global Cannabis Boom, Invest in the Beverage Industry

    a month ago

    • BY ROBERT ROSS “Jeff Sessions leaving office is a definite win for the cannabis industry.” That’s a quote from Jeffrey Zucker. He’s the president of Green Lion Partners...

      www.gurukalehuru.com



  • Just saw Aquaman.  It was not bad, it was fun, it was a typical superhero movie with almost non-stop fighting and some cool special effects.  I’d rate it as a “wait for it to come...

  • Methods of Communication

    a day ago
  • Nostalgia is an admission  of memory loss.  When I see people waxing nostalgic about old fashioned phones, or record players, or typewriters, I don’t get it.  I do, a bit.  I...

  • Purity is a Good Thing

    2 days ago

    • Whenever we (of the Berniecrat persuasion) say we will not vote for candidates who accept donations from oil companies, or pharmaceutical companies, or PACs who essentially are...

      Fragments from Floyd



  • Last night at the Floyd Country Store (and more at a new venue perhaps next year) we viewed the 38th movie in six and a half years of this SustainFloyd program of information-sharing...

  • Where Does Your Water Go?

    24 days ago
  • There are some things about surface waters that are always true: They only flows downhill. Gravity decides the course. They cut through soft rock faster than harder rock. They carry...

  • Field To Fork: Food Choices and the Future

    25 days ago

    • Near Coles Knob in eastern Floyd County, many acres of former mature forest are being cut (down to what’s left of the topsoil) to create pasture to grow beef cattle. (Wood chips likely...
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    29 December - iGoogle Portal - Tab 8


      Eyes on Trade



  • On NAFTA’s Quarter-Century Mark, Data Reveal a Wide Gap Between 1993 Rosy Promises and 2019 Realities As the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) marks a quarter century...

  • As Battle Over NAFTA 2.0 Heats Up, New Report Documents 25 Years of NAFTA's Disproportionate Damage to U.S. Latino and Mexican Working People

    a month ago
  • With the signing of the renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on Nov. 30 as the migrant crisis at the border escalates, the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement...

  • Signing of NAFTA 2.0 Does Not End Fight for Progressive Improvements to the Agreement

    a month ago

    • The NAFTA 2.0 text that is being signed contains some improvements that progressives have long demanded, some damaging terms we have long opposed and some important unfinished business...

      



  • To combat the constant overwhelm, the modern world imprints on an Empath, they need to protect themselves and work to stay grounded. Nowadays, with the constant bombardment...

  • 6 Traits of Spiritual Masters

    6 days ago
  • Spiritual Masters are guides on our individual journeys, they discover the real peace within. Throughout life, every person is going to be travelling a different path on their spiritual...

  • 5 Easy Ways to Stop Empath Overwhelm

    11 days ago

    • Empath overwhelm is often caused by being “peopled”. Every Empath experiences it at some point and it is one of the most challenging aspects of being Sensitive. The overwhelm endured...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today



  • Over recent years, it has been clear that coffee protects against Parkinson's disease. A recent study tries to pin down the exact molecules involved.

  • Medical News Today: Bipolar: Physical activity may boost mood and energy

    21 hours ago
  • New research suggests that physical activity may treat depressive symptoms in bipolar disorder, as scientists find a link between motor activity and mood...

  • Medical News Today: Through my eyes: Addiction and recovery

    2 days ago

    • I had what appeared to be the perfect life. Then my life spiralled into substance abuse and depression. This is the story of my addiction and my recovery...

      Desdemona Despair



  • By José Arcia24 December 2018(Mongabay) – From the air one can observe the destruction wrought by an open-pit mining project in Cerro Petaquilla and on the ground people talk about...

  • Trump BLM auctions off 150,000 acres of public lands for fracking near Utah national parks – “This is a reckless fire sale of spectacular public lands for dirty drilling and fracking”

    5 days ago
  • 12 December 2018 (Center for Biological Diversity) – On Tuesday the Trump administration offered more than 150,000 acres of public lands for fossil-fuel extraction near some...

  • Popular “Friends of Science” video promoted by YouTube presents long list of climate myths – “This video is an embarrassment”

    5 days ago

    • By Scott Johnson21 December 2018 (Climate Feedback) – This video of a talk by author and speaker Steve Goreham, posted by the YouTube channel “Friends of Science” has been viewed...

      The Daily Sheeple



  • At this point it is very easy to imagine a scenario in which this shutdown extends into February, and when food stamp benefits get cut off we could truly see a national temper tantrum...

  • Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is a HERO for leading hemp legalization in recent farm bill

    3 days ago
  • The new law also outlines what are considered to be violations of federal hemp regulations such as cultivating cannabis plants without a license or producing plants that contain...

  • Warning: Chemicals Common in Toothpaste and Personal Care Items are Causing Early Puberty

    3 days ago

    • Within the past twenty years, studies have been showing that girls and boys are beginning puberty earlier in life than at any other time in history. Not coincidentally, the world has...

      Exceptional Delaware 2017



  • Television is very different than it was when I was a kid.  There are so many platforms to watch TV shows these days!  2018 was one of the best years ever for those who regularly watch...

  • The Top 40 Best Songs of 2018

    13 hours ago
  • These were my favorite tunes for 2018!  One band appears often on this list for the simple reason they came out with the best album of the year.  It was an awesome year for new music in...

  • The Movers And Shakers of 2018: Part 3

    14 hours ago

    • 2018 had some colorful characters here in Delaware.  I covered some of them in Part 1 and Part 2.  As we close in on the final cast of players it is important to know that 2019 will continue...

      Have You Heard



  • TweetCan listening to the Beatles “When I’m 64” make you younger? In a word, no. But listening to the latest episode of Have You Heard will definitely make you smarter. Education...

  • In a Gentrifying City, Are Some Students Expendable?

    a month ago
  • TweetThe latest episode of Have You Heard is inspired by a brand new, and must read book: Ghosts in the Schoolyard, by sociologist Eve Ewing. Ghosts excavates the long backstory...

  • The Zombie: The Undying Attacks on Schools of Education

    2 months ago

    • TweetPerhaps no issue is as deserving of ‘zombie’ status in the great education debates as schools of education and their myriad failures. [Insert specific criticism here]...

      Din Merican: the Malaysian DJ Blogger



  • December 29, 2018 Call me racist but Malays are in decline and it’s our fault – Dr. M https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/458169 Malays were lagging behind economically but...

  • HAPPY AND PEACEFUL 2019 TO ALL, FAR AND NEAR FROM CAMBODIA-LAND OF WONDER

    3 hours ago
  • December 30, 2018 HAPPY AND PEACEFUL 2019 TO ALL, FAR AND NEAR FROM CAMBODIA-LAND OF WONDER       Phnom Penh by Tonle Sap

  • Amos Oz, Israeli Author and Peace Advocate, Dies at 79

    15 hours ago

    • December 29, 2018  

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today



  • Over recent years, it has been clear that coffee protects against Parkinson's disease. A recent study tries to pin down the exact molecules involved.

  • Medical News Today: Bipolar: Physical activity may boost mood and energy

    21 hours ago
  • New research suggests that physical activity may treat depressive symptoms in bipolar disorder, as scientists find a link between motor activity and mood...

  • Medical News Today: Through my eyes: Addiction and recovery

    2 days ago

    • I had what appeared to be the perfect life. Then my life spiralled into substance abuse and depression. This is the story of my addiction and my recovery...

      Chicago Boyz



  • We currently have a “partial government shutdown” which no one seems to notice. Most of the appropriations bills were passed and signed. The Homeland Security budget became...

  • Christmas 2018

    5 days ago
  • Newgrange is an ancient structure in Ireland so constructed that the sun, at the exact time of the winter solstice, shines directly down a long corridor and illuminates the inner...

  • Solzhenitsyn Revisited

    7 days ago

    • Cathy Young, writing in Quillette, has caused me to rethink Aleksandr. Solzhenitsyn: The Fall of a Prophet. I have long been an admirer, and even when his nationalism seemed a misplaced...

      Centinel2012



  • Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on December 28, 2018 by sundance With the congressional year now effectively over Bob Goodlatte and Trey Gowdy are retired.  With...

  • Pelosi Names Corrupt Former Deep State DOJ Embed as House General Counsel To Lead Resistance…

    12 hours ago
  • Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on December 28, 2018 by sundance Incoming Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has selected corrupt former DOJ career embed, Douglas...

  • Mick Mulvaney Highlights Nancy Pelosi Position to Weaponize Government Shutdown as Part of Coordinated Resistance Agenda…

    12 hours ago

    • Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on December 28, 2018 by sundance Incoming chief of staff Mick Mulvaney gives an impromptu press briefing to the media highlighting...

      The BRAD BLOG



  • if (window.document.getElementById('post-12835')) window.document.getElementById('post-12835').parentNode.className += ' adhesive_post';It has been an exhausting...

  • 'Trump, The Presidency'! Thrilling Season Finale!: 'BradCast' 12/20/2018

    9 days ago
  • Every great Reality TV show needs a dramatic and gripping season finale. So too, apparently, does does every horrible Reality TV Presidency! [Audio link is posted below] Today is...

  • 'Green News Report' - December 20, 2018

    9 days ago

    • IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Climate change is expensive, particularly for the U.S. military; 2018 on track to be fourth costliest year in U.S. history for weather disasters; Polls show...

      bluebird of bitterness



  • Good people all, this Christmas time, Consider well and bear in mind What our good God for us has done In sending His beloved Son. With Mary holy we should pray To God with love this Christmas...

  • Caturday funnies

    15 hours ago

  • Friday happy dance / Musical offering for the fourth day of Christmas

    2 days ago

    • Angels, from the realms of glory, Wing your flight o’er all the earth; Ye who sang creation’s story, Now proclaim Messiah’s birth. Gloria in excelsis Deo! Shepherds in the field...

      Home



  • Legal counsel for Beyond Nuclear (Diane Curran, of Harmon, Curran, Spielberg, & Eisenberg, L.L.P. of Washington, D.C.; and Mindy Goldstein and Caroline Reiser of the Turner...

  • Resistance against high-level radioactive waste CISFs continues

    9 days ago
  • Opposition to consolidated interim storage facilities (CISF) for irradiated nuclear fuel, targeted at the Southwest, persists. On Dec. 17, a coalition of environmental groups...

  • Vigilance needed to block federal funding for Yucca dump

    9 days ago

    • Yucca Mountain, NevadaCongressional Republicans, such as U.S. Rep. Fred Upton from southwestern Michigan, have been trying hard to attach a rider to year-end budget legislation...

    BlackListed News



  • The reputation of the meat industry will sink to that of big tobacco unless it removes cancer-causing chemicals from processed products such as bacon and ham, a coalition of experts...

  • An inside peek at the erotic New Year’s Eve ‘Illuminati Ball’

    a day ago
  • In this day and age, risqué can be risky. But Cynthia von Buhler is bringing sexy back to NYC.

  • Brother Of Saudi Billionaire Prince Alwaleed Re-arrested

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