Sunday, January 06, 2019

6 January - iGoogle Portal - Tab 9



  Washington's Blog


  • Eric Zuesse Polling on the border wall shows that Trump’s proposal is very unpopular amongst the American electorate, especially amongst the people who live near the Mexican border...
  • “She’ll cut your head off.” That’s Nancy Pelosi’s daughter’s praise for her mother. I guess you’re supposed to imagine it always being somebody else’s head and...

    • Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org An article by the BBC on “The world’s most nutritious foods” ranks the healthfulness of foods on the basis of an article...

  • Mexican archeologists claim they have a significant discovery at hand. The country’s National Institute of Anthropology and History shared on January 2 that they’ve found...
  • The Greatest Showman is Hollywood’s latest musical blockbuster, with Hugh Jackman taking a star turn as Phineas Taylor Barnum, the 19th century American showman, politician...

    • There is a very curious leather-bound book on display at the National Library of Sweden in Stockholm, called Codex Gigas, or better known as The Devil’s Bible. It contains 310 pages...

      Utopia – you are standing in it!






    • From David Romer’s graduate macroeconomics textbook

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

    • 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...

  • An Epiphany for Pelosi: With Nuclear Launch Codes Still Controlled by Deranged Individual 1, Democrats Must Pursue Impeachment to Prevent Imminent Harm; Threat of Multi-Year Government...
  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Thursday, January 3, 2019 Democrats Should Learn from 2007-2011, Set Aside Global Warming Austerity...

    • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Wednesday, January 2, 2019 Damage Done by #TrumpShutdown Escalates After 12 Days of No Funding: Mortgage...

  • The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), including the countries of Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Belarus, has introduced clear GMO labeling on all food and supplement...
  • 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 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...

      sunshine hours



  • Bjorn Lomborg has been trying to quell the hysteria about forest fires in the USA. As Lomborg writes on Facebook: Some people have pointed out that the National Interagency Fire Center...
  •   From DMI

    • South / North

      Stumbling and Mumbling



  • Labour’s ambivalence towards Brexit is coming under attack from good people. Simon Wren-Lewis says it would be an “historic error” for Labour to enable Brexit, and Chris Bertram...
  • “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...

    • 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...

      Stagecraft and Statecraft



  • Brahma Chellaney, The Hindustan Times, January 5, 2018 China is emphasizing public diplomacy to help soften Indian public opinion and mute Indian concerns over an increasingly...
  • 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...

    • 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...

      Socio-Economics History Blog



  • Israeli Forces Injure at Least 23 Palestinians in Gaza Protests by https://www.presstv.com/ Israeli forces have attacked anti-occupation protests along the border between...



  •   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



  • It is altogether possible that the Vedic theory, if thoroughly researched, poses a threat to many of the concepts of modern civilization and the current worldview .'...
  • It would be interesting to note that World Time Zones Concept was devised in ancient. India by Baskaracharya,12th Century AD, in his  Siddhandha Siromani. The West devised this...

    • The purpose of this article is to explain the scientific basis on which Indian culture, languages evolved. Tamil,as I wrote earlier,backed by evidence,dates back to between 30,000...

  • Ohio Governor John Kasich once again demonstrates his cluelessness about and hostility towards educators by apoointing four businesspeople to the state board of education. Apparently...
  • This is the first of a three-part series. Last spring, Oklahoma experiences a mass teacher walkout to protest underfunding of public schools. John Thompson, historian and retired...

    • Nancy E. Bailey is turning into a superstar of education blogging. She is a retired teacher and she has a firm understanding of corporate reform and its dangers. In this post, she reviews...

  • 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...
  • 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...

    • 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. ...

  • By Paul Homewood h/t Patsy Lacey   Labour’s John McDonnell is plotting a tax hike on plane tickets and getting rid of duty free at airports, the Treasury warned last night. The Shadow...
  • By Paul Homewood More fake climate disaster claims from Christian Aid:   https://mediacentre.christianaid.org.uk/download?id=4170&pn=21e38f435ea050ce63ac6b7e52c58d72-pdf...

    • By Paul Homewood    h/t Patsy Lacey    From the Express: A GREEN MP has called on Parliament to impose a tax on meat to cut greenhouse gas emissions and reduce climate change. Caroline...

  • Markus Somm of the Swiss Baseler Zeitung (BaZ) here has an interesting commentary on why Spiegel and CNN-award wining journalist Claas Relotius had been able to get away with...
  • Iran has a water problem. Although activists and alarmist scientists like to place the blame on climate change, Iran’s water problems are due to public planning mismanagement...

    • In 2018,  over 500 scientific papers were published that cast doubt on the position that anthropogenic CO2 emissions function as the climate’s fundamental control knob…or...

      NEPC Blog Post of the Day



  • Have You Heard: What’s so Funny About Education Reform? In the latest episode of Have You Heard, we talk to Roxanna Elden, author of the smart and hilarious new novel Adequate Yearly...
  • Diane Ravitch's Blog: Nancy Carlsson-Paige: Online Preschool Stinks! Nancy Carlsson-Paige, an early childhood education expert who taught for many years at Lesley College in...

    • Jersey Jazzman; NJ Court Strikes Down Graduation Test; An Opportunity to Re-Think Testing? Miss me? Yesterday, a New Jersey appellate court struck down regulations that required...

      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...
  • 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...

    • 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



  • Yeah, if you have an issue with a congresswoman saying MF’er but you were silent the multiple times Trump used vulgarity, you’re an MF’ing hypocrite. This is a bonus cartoon...
  • Jessica Gottlieb, Texas A&M University and Katrina Kosec, Johns Hopkins University The 2018 U.S. midterm elections were fierce, expensive and full of upsets, with political...

    • The post Cartoon: Humpty Trumpty appeared first on The Moderate Voice.

      Marginal REVOLUTION



  • From Lingwei Wu and Xinyu Fan at AEA: What are the origins of gender-biased social norms? As a painful custom that persisted in historical China, foot-binding targeted girls whose...
  • The vast majority of life on Earth depends, either directly or indirectly, on photosynthesis for its energy. And photosynthesis depends on an enzyme called RuBisCO, which uses carbon...

    • January 28, San Francisco, 5:30, register here. So what should I ask Sam Altman? The post My Conversation with Sam Altman appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION...

  • 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...
  • 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...

    • 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 →...

  • Senator Ted Cruz and Representative Francis Rooney have introduced companion bills to add an amendment to the Constitution to limit congressional terms of office. According to...
  • While newly minted House member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's "Green New Deal" seems like a fanciful propostion, it tells us exactly the direction that Democrats and globalists wish...

    • With Congress and the president locked in a battle over his requested appropriation to build a border wall, the question has been raised: Does Trump have the authority to build the...

  • Ahead of the imminent US troop withdrawal, the US is sending large shipments of weapons to Kurdish rebel groups who have recently requested a no-fly zone be established over parts...
  • Warren’s views on countries in the crosshairs of the US State Department largely conform to those of her colleagues on Capitol Hill: Iran is a “bad actor,” Russia and China “are...

    • Like the proverbial general always fighting the last war, liberals remain trapped in the past, unable to adapt to rapidly unfolding kinetic developments. The problem is that not...

      Marginal REVOLUTION



  • January 28, San Francisco, 5:30, register here. So what should I ask Sam Altman? The post My Conversation with Sam Altman appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION...
  • Sunday assorted links

    13 hours ago
  • 1. Ann Coulter. 2. Why Indian forms dominated Chinese forms in southeast Asia. 3. The Federalist Society (NYT). 4. Entry fees for Venice? 5. The Congo elections where things stand. ...

    • Using the economic theory of contests, Gross and Bergstrom modeled a controversial alternative: awarding grants instead by partial lottery. Under a partial lottery system, funds...

      Made from Truth and Lies



  • LEGO Porsche crashing in slow motion with 1000 fps (tags: slowmotion car lego video viaFanf ) Ministry Of Justice Staff Called A Journalist "Crazy" And A "Bitch" After She Published...
  • Here's a discussion about Harry Potter you'll never unsee... (tags: harrypotter faeces wtf ) The “Bowie Bonds” (tags: DavidBowie finance investment ) This AI hid data from its...

    • New Horizons’ first hi-res imagery of Ultima Thule (tags: space ) A new law in California requires pet stores to sell only rescue animals (tags: pets California usa ) Things Junior...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today



  • A recent study demonstrates that being bullied can have long-lasting effects on the structure of the brain, raising the risk of mental health problems...
  • Millions of adults in the United States believe that they have a food allergy, but new research suggests that only around half of them actually do.

    • A new study reveals that contrary to popular belief, having recently given birth may result in a slightly higher risk of breast cancer.

      Jon's Text



  • On entry Medical Service every GP promises to be aware of, validated and they use the new medicine. In 2002 the Moffitt cancer centre published 100 per cent double blind trial on high...
  • In the Jurassic photosynthesis was less evolved, and the one periods had twice the level of carbon dioxide in. In the modern Epoch only 2 parts per 1,000,000 carbon dioxide is left in...

    • All cancers at one session. I was published by three medical professors at the Moffitt cancer centre. Medics protest "we don't understand!" It doesn't matter. There are professional...

      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...
  • 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...

    • 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



  • Disclosure:  I haven’t always been anti-Israel.  I’m half Jewish (the half that  counts) and in my youth I was quite the little Zionist.  I spent quite a bit of time in Israel...
  • Surplus Poems

    a day ago
  • The other day, while I was browsing through my old blogs, because I’m planning a ‘best of’ book, I came across a poem I’d posted, as a blog entry for  the day, some time in the...

    • A few comments on the incoming congress.  I  hate to totally give up all hope on them on the first day, but only 3 -Tulsi Gabbard, Ro Khanna, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez- voted against...

    6 January - 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...
  • 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...

    • 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...
  • 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...

    • 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



  • A recent study demonstrates that being bullied can have long-lasting effects on the structure of the brain, raising the risk of mental health problems...
  • Millions of adults in the United States believe that they have a food allergy, but new research suggests that only around half of them actually do.

    • A new study reveals that contrary to popular belief, having recently given birth may result in a slightly higher risk of breast cancer.

  • By Kaamil Ahmed4 January 2019 (Mongabay) – A pair of “French spies” had infiltrated India by sea to commit a “treasonous conspiracy,” an Indian minister claimed in late...
  • By Eric Westervelt4 January 2019(NPR) – Facing staggering liability costs for its potential culpability in a series of deadly wildfires, the parent company of California's largest...

    • By Eric Holthaus3 January 2019(Grist) – Right now, on the shores of Antarctica, there’s open water crashing against the largest ice shelf in the world. The annual ice-free season...
    • ( Maybe they should send scientists down on an icebreaker to study this phenomenon. The last time this essentially Urban Legend was trusted the lot needed rescuing )

  • Just hours after being sworn into Congress on Thursday, Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib promised to go after President Donald Trump, telling a group of left-wing supporters...
  • A new published study found that a chemical commonly found on fast-food wrappers and non-stick frying pans could seriously have a significant impact on male penis endowment...

    • Our world is in turmoil, and it is going to get even worse in 2019.  So put on your seatbelts and get ready, because it is going to be a bumpy ride.

  • Sources around Legislative Hall are speaking loudly about a very unusual committee assignment in the Delaware Senate.  It appears to be a sure thing that a rookie Delaware State...
  • No sooner do I write about not seeing who is on the Delaware House of Representative Committees than it appears before my very eye in my email!  Apparently the Delaware Senate Committees...

    • In a bill filed today, House Bill #33, State Rep. Mike Ramone is proposing ALL members of the Delaware General Assembly, be they a State Representative or State Senator, be limited...

      Have You Heard



  • TweetIn the latest episode of Have You Heard, we talk to Roxanna Elden, author of the smart and hilarious new novel Adequate Yearly Progress. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll...
  • 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...

    • 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...

      Din Merican: the Malaysian DJ Blogger



  • January 6, 2019 Letter from Trump’s Washington Is Optimism Dead in the Trump Era? The Trump Effect meets the January Effect. By Susan B. Glasser January 6, 2019 The sense of possibility...
  • January 6, 2019 Marrying the Thai monarchy and modernity by Pavin Chachavalpongpun   https://www.newmandala.org/marrying-thai-monarchy-modernity/ The royal wedding between...

    • January 5, 2019   January 5, 2019 On Anwar’s fitness for the highest office COMMENT by Terence Netto@ www. malaysiakini.com “Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look; He thinks...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today



  • A thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels test helps diagnose or monitor common disorders of the thyroid gland. It is a simple test that is similar to a standard blood test. Learn...
  • A balanced diet fulfills all of a person’s nutritional needs and includes foods from the five essential food groups. Learn more about building a healthful, balanced diet here...

    • Using tiny aquatic animals, scientists tested the idea that colder temperatures extend lifespan and found that it depends on individual genetic makeup...

      Chicago Boyz



  • Reposted from Assistant Village Idiot July 2010. I had a lot of fun with this eight years ago. Part I I am reconsidering an idea I rejected years ago. New England was a peculiarly fertile...
  • A thoughtful article at The Wall Street Journal.

    • I hope this is fun. I started one of the books I got for Christmas, about the Indo-Europeans, which challenged in the first chapter that we all have four great-grandmothers, but we seldom...

      Centinel2012




  • Bill Whittle Published on Jan 5, 2019 SUBSCRIBED 120K The Labor Department surprised economists and the stock market with robust job and wage growth in December. Will this turn...

    • Armstrong Economics Blog/Politics Re-Posted Jan 6, 2019 by Martin Armstrong Paula Corbin Jones was the former Arkansas state employee who sued U.S. President Bill Clinton for sexual...

      The BRAD BLOG



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

    • 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




  • We rode all night through fields of darkness, Our guiding light, the eastern stars; We came to Bethlehem, we all were weary: We’d travelled far that night, we’d travelled far...

    • My favorite version of the much-parodied song. If you like music, and suspect that you could get along just fine without a bunch of milkmaids and leaping lords and all that poultry...

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

    • 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...

  • China has embarked on an ambitious space program - surpassing the United States in orbital launches last year (primarily for satellites), and now landing their own lunar rover on...
  • Facebook has long said that it doesn’t use location data to make friend suggestions, but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t thought about using it.

    • Bathed in the soothing waters of the Blue Wave, such that it was, a new US Congress was baptized on January 3rd. But what portends when “Mad Dog” Mattis, arch racist Jeff Sessions...

  • By Christian Jarrett. If you're a regular runner and wondering whether it's worth progressing to taking part in organised races, these findings suggest it's worth a try...
  • By Christian Jarrett. The special human-canine relationship is reflected in the workings of the dog brain.

    • By Jesse Singal. The replication attempts involved participant samples triple the size of the original research.

      Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places



  • During the war, the city of Rotterdam was completely destroyed then hastily re-built resulting in the construction of standard concrete buildings lacking aesthetic appeal...
  • The island of La Palma was once inhabited by several indigenous tribes collectively known as the Benehoaritas. Having lived on the island for hundreds of years before the Spanish...

    • The world’s oldest family-run magic shop is hidden below a bustling London street, tucked within an underground shopping arcade. The small shop is basically a magicians’ mecca...

      Accidental Deliberations



  • This and that for your Sunday reading.- Paul Krugman examines the economics of a higher tax rate on extreme high-income individuals:Diamond, in work with Emmanuel Saez — one of...
  • Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Dennis Gruending writes about the difference between genuine populism focused on the interests of the public at large, and the discriminatory...
  • Musical interlude

    2 days ago

    • CHVRCHES - Warning Call

    6 January - iGoogle Portal - Tab 7 - MSM


      WIRED



  • Samsung shows off new televisions at CES, and says iTunes will soon join its smart TV offerings.
  • Plus, New York cancels a much-hyped subway shutdown, self-driving cars have an interesting 2018, and we ride an odd, three-wheeled electric vehicle.

    • Surely things on the internet will be better than they were in 2018, right? Oh, wait...

  • John R. Bolton, the national security adviser, said troops would remain until the Islamic State was completely defeated and Turkey guaranteed it would not strike Kurdish forces...
  • A native of Houston who sought a job teaching English for the Islamic State was one of two Americans said to have been captured on the battlefield by a United States-supported militia...

    • Military officials said they had determined that an American strike in Yemen last week had killed Jamal al-Badawi, who had escaped from prison twice.

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







  •   BBC News - UK



  • Darren Pencille, 35, is charged with the murder of Lee Pomeroy, 51, who was stabbed to death on a train.
  • Wayne Rooney's arrest for public intoxication was a result of feeling "disorientated" after taking sleeping tablets on a flight while drinking, according to his spokesman...

    • Theresa May warns of "uncharted territory" if MPs reject her agreement as she insists crunch vote will "definitely" go ahead next week.


      National Geographic News




  • Santa Claus, Father Christmas, St. Nick—no matter the name, everyone knows the story of this plump, jolly, bringer of gifts. Or do they?
  • The mortal remains of the 4th-century Greek bishop are likely scattered around the world as holy relics.

    • Find out how astronomy and meteorology differ on the definition, why solstices happen, and how the day is marked around the world.


  • U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that trade talks with China were going very well and that weakness in the Chinese economy gave Beijing a reason to work toward a deal...
  • A human rights group urged Thai authorities on Monday to halt plans to deport an 18-year-old Saudi woman who says she is fleeing abuse from her family and fears they will kill her if she...

    • Former Venezuelan Supreme Court Justice Christian Zerpa has fled to the United States to protest President Nicolas Maduro's second term that will begin with his inauguration this...


  • The private spaceflight company SpaceX has moved its first Dragon spaceship designed for astronauts to the launchpad ahead of an uncrewed test flight that's just weeks away...
  • Deep Space Industries (DSI), a company founded to pursue asteroid mining but which more recently has focused on smallsats, has been acquired by another space technology company...

    • In his first national security meeting as acting defense secretary, Patrick Shanahan said DoD should stay focused on the national defense strategy and the strategic competition...