Friday, February 01, 2019

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  Washington's Blog

  • The Russian Peace Threat

    3 hours ago" in the halls of imperial power in Washington D.C., the threat from Russia is clearly more one of peace than war." Tragic, innit ! "The U.S. and Russian governments blame each other for violating the INF Treaty. But Gorbachev had wanted to go much further and get rid of all of the nukes. Reagan (or, rather, the people around him who decided everything) refused. The INF Treaty was the best that Russia could get the United States to do. "
  • A lot more energy is invested by people in theorizing what respectable and corrupt influences motivate members of the U.S. Congress than at least some members of the U.S. Congress...

  • The Alt-Media Has Way More Fun than the Mainstream Media

    7 hours ago
  • It’s not exactly news that the Alternative Media is under assault: skeptical inquiry and dissenting narratives are smeared as “fake news,” and new suspiciously corporate...

  • Congress Finds its War Powers and Weaknesses

    a day ago
    • It’s possible that the U.S. Congress will for the first time use the War Powers Resolution of 1973 to end a war — the one on Yemen. This would be wonderful. There are some caveats...

      The Vintage News

  • Since 2009, a culinary debate regarding putting pineapple on pizza has haunted the internet and continues to divide pizza lovers all over the world. An army of haters spawned numerous...

  • Ancient Egyptian Wine Cellars Uncovered in the Nile Delta

    11 hours ago
  • Wine production flourished in the days of ancient Egypt. Grapes but also other fruits such as figs or pomegranate were all exploited for winemaking purposes. Now, archaeologists...

  • These Peculiar Aztec ‘Swords’ Struck Fear Into the Hearts of the Conquistadors

    12 hours ago
    • When the Spanish conquistadors landed in Mexico, they were confronted with a civilization that was powerful, sophisticated and characterized by an elite warrior culture. While...

      Utopia – you are standing in it!


  • But @oxfam @greenpeace are anti-growth

    3 hours ago

  • The Age of Exploration

    7 hours ago

    •   TARPLEY.net

  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Thursday, January 31, 2019 Senate Votes 68-23 to Rebuke Trump’s Cut and Run Doctrine for Syria and...

  • Trump Touts Dow Back over 25,000 as Fed Promises to Avoid Interest Rate Hikes, but Brexit, China Conflict, More Government Shutdowns and Global Economic Contraction Threaten to End January Bear Market Rally!

    2 days ago
  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Wednesday, January 30, 2019 Don’s Promises of Foxconn Job-Creation Bonanza for Wisconsin Turn...

  • UK Premier May Gets Mandate from Rubber-Stamp Parliament to Renegotiate Her Brexit Deal, Despite Brussels’ Refusal to Re-Open Agreement!

    3 days ago
    • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Tuesday, January 29, 2019 French President Macron and Top Eurocrat Verhofstadt Repeat That Negotiations...

      Sustainable Pulse

  • After mass opposition, Syngenta has withdrawn its patent on tomatoes. As a consequence, the European Patent Office (EPO) now has officially revoked patent EP1515600. In its patent...

  • US Judge to Allow Controversial Evidence in Roundup Cancer Trials

    2 days ago
  • A federal judge overseeing lawsuits alleging Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based Roundup weed killer causes cancer on Monday tentatively allowed pieces of controversial evidence...

  • New Study Claimed to Show Safety of CRISPR Shows the Opposite

    2 days ago
    • A new study by Chinese researchers has been hailed in a lobbying post as showing that plant gene editing via CRISPR is precise, predictable, and controllable. In fact, however...

      sunshine hours

  • The good news about the cold: DULUTH, MN — When it’s so cold your face hurts, and it’s hard to talk, it’s easy to forget there are actually some positives that come with these...

  • Cold Waves in the Eastern USA Are Down

    6 hours ago
  • Cold waves in Eastern USA are down according to Dr Roy Spencer. As can be seen in the plot below, there is no evidence in the data supporting the claim that decreasing Arctic sea ice…...

  • Arctic Sea Ice Volume 01-Feb-2019

    7 hours ago
    •   From DMI

      Stagecraft and Statecraft

  • The just-announced “agreement in principle” between the US and the Taliban should be called what it is: a Faustian bargain that will lead to still more violence in the region...

  • China’s lonely rise: After decades of heady growth, Beijing is suddenly facing resistance at home and abroad

    7 days ago
  • Xi Jinping’s word may be law, but faced with difficult choices on China’s new challenges, he now finds himself under pressure By Brahma Chellaney, The National, January 25...

  • Indigenous groups are the world’s endangered environmental guardians

    9 days ago
    • Waiapi people pose in Manilha village in Amapa state, Brazil, Oct. 15, 2017. Brahma Chellaney The Globe and Mail Brazil’s new President, Jair Bolsonaro – known for his misogynistic...

      Socio-Economics History Blog


  • BREAKTHROUGH: Thought-to-Speech Tech Will Transform Lives

    a day ago
  • RT America Published on Jan 31, 2019 Engineers at Columbia University have created a breakthrough device that they say can translate human thought into accurate and intelligible...

  • If You Don’t Think QE4 & QE5 Are Coming, You’re Smoking Something – Mike Maloney

    a day ago

    •   Ramani's blog

  • There seems to be information when we attempt to interpret them in the light of our present knowledge. I have been able to relate Indian temple architecture to Astronomy,Mantras to...

  • Rama With One Wife Krishna With More What is Morality

    4 days ago
  • Is this not a contradiction? What ,then, is Morality? Which is morally correct? Concepts of Hinduism are complex and it needs a thorough understanding of its concepts...

  • Growth of Child In Womb Stage by Stage Description Shrimad Bhagavadham Hindu Text

    14 days ago
    • Here below I am providing Slokas from the Bhagavadham,that list the stage by stage development of the Egg in the Womb. 'SB 3.31.1 — The Personality of Godhead said: Under the supervision...

      Diane Ravitch's blog

  •   Blogger Andy Spears reports that an admitted sex offender in the legislature has a key role in shaping education policy. He wrote: Yesterday, the House Education Administration...

  • Dutch Historian Tells Davos Elite That Biggest World Problem is Failure of Rich to Pay Taxes

    9 hours ago
  •   Dutch historian Rutger Bergman stunned the super-elite at the World Economic Forum at Davos by telling them that the biggest problem in the world today is the refusal of the richest...

  • Jack Schneider: Betsy DeVos Should Stop Making Stuff Up About America’s Schools

    10 hours ago
    •     Jack Schneider, historian of education, urges Betsy DeVos to stop telling lies about our nation’s schools.  Schneider offers a capsule of education history and concludes...

      Pasco Phronesis

  • The third week of 2019 dipped slightly in terms of science and technology bookings and content.  Sonequa Martin-Green continues her promotion of Star Trek: Discovery with her January...

  • Science and Technology Guests on Late Night, Week of January 14

    12 days ago
  • Last week started off strong, with Sonequa Martin-Green appearing on the January 14 edition of The Late Show.  She plays the lead (and a scientist) on Star Trek: Discovery, which...

  • Science and Technology Guests on Late Night, Week of January 7

    18 days ago
    • While it’s too early to call a trend for 2019, the first full week of the year was encouraging for science and technology related guest bookings.  And, as per usual, The Daily Show...

      NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

  • By Paul Homewood     The US version of Jeremy Corbyn thinks that cold winters are due to global warming!      https://twitter.com/ewarren/status/1091035931770003456   Perhaps...

  • NOAA’s Failed Winter Outlook

    12 hours ago
  • By Paul Homewood   h/t Joe Public     https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-47088684     While much of  the US continues in the grip of a brutally cold winter, we can...

  • Texas town’s environmental narcissism makes Al Gore happy while sticking its citizens with the bill

    2 days ago
    • By Paul Homewood     I covered this story of Georgetown last month here. But there is more detail emerging on just how much local citizens are having to pay for their mayor’s green...

      NoTricksZone

  • Charismatic Swiss meteorologist Jörg Kachelmann posted a comment at Twitter where he wondered what flagship German ZDF television was thinking when its evening news announced...

  • 265 Papers Published Since 2017 Subvert The Claim That Post-1850s Warmth Has Been Unusual, Global

    2 days ago
  • Modern Climate Warming Is Not Dangerous, Unprecedented, Globally Pervasive Image Source: Lansner and Pepke Pedersen, 2018 The Hockey Stick Fails  The  PAGES 2k Consortium...

  • Solar Cycle 24 Going Down As Quietest In Almost 200 Years, May Put The Brakes On Warming

    2 days ago
    • The sun in December 2018 Von Frank Bosse und Fritz Vahrenholt (German text translated / edited by P Gosselin) Our sun was also very sub-normally active in December last year. We are...

      NEPC Blog Post of the Day

  • Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Tuning Out: What Happens When You Drop Facebook? (Krysten Crawford) (Guest Post by Krysten Crawford) Krysten Crawford is a freelance...

  • 10th Period: What Coulda Been (And Still Could Be) ...

    a day ago
  • 10th Period: What Coulda Been (And Still Could Be) ... This school year is the 10th since I was the Chairman of the Primary and Secondary Education Subcommittee on the House Finance...

  • The Conversation: Community Schools Score Key Victory in LA Teachers Strike

    2 days ago
    • The Conversation: Community Schools Score Key Victory in LA Teachers Strike Parents accompany their children to school on the first day back after a teachers’ strike in Los Angeles. AP...

      Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers

  • Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness The news obsesses over the recent government shutdown, the latest Robert Mueller arrest and, of course, fake news—from the BuzzFeed...

  • On Assimilation

    a day ago
  • Victor Davis Hanson // National Review The idea of rapid assimilation, integration, intermarriage, and Americanization was once melting-pot clear. Immigrants arrived in the...

  • The Progressive Race to the Bottom

    3 days ago
    • Victor Davis Hanson // National Review The old Democratic party championed the working classes, wanted secure borders to protect middle-class union wage earners, and focused generous...

    The Moderate Voice

  • The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is planning to honor the nation’s brave and loyal military working dogs with a new booklet of 20 stamps The post Our Postage Stamps Are ‘Going to the...

  • Black History Month 2019: Sojourner Truth

    7 hours ago
  • Black History Month 2019 begins with the Google website honoring Sojourner Truth with a doodle. Here is an excerpt from the Biography.com entry about Sojourner Truth: Sojourner...

  • Need a laugh? Then listen to this.

    13 hours ago
    • Need a laugh? Then listen to this. From Scooby Mania : Shaggy Incarnate: Matthew Lillard Some actors do Shakespeare. Other actors have farting contests with imaginary dogs. Actor...

      Marginal REVOLUTION

  • 1. “Grant abstracts that are longer than the average abstract, contain fewer common words, and are written with more verbal certainty receive more money from the NSF (approximately...

  • San Francisco fact of the day

    11 hours ago
  • San Francisco has more drug addicts than it has students enrolled in its public high schools, the city Health Department’s latest estimates conclude. There are about 24,500 injection...

  • Biotech on the Blockchain?

    12 hours ago
    • Bloomberg: In a novel approach for the biotechnology industry, small-cap company Agenus Inc. is aiming to raise $50 million to $100 million by issuing digital securities backed...

      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

    a month 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?

    a month 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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  • Many people have been shocked by the prenatal-infanticide developments in New York and, more recently, Virginia. They shouldn’t be. Oh, disgust is certainly warranted. But anything...

  • Snopes Lies About California’s Plan To Teach 5-Year-Olds Transgenderism

    2 hours ago
  • The far-left perverts and fraudsters running the website “Snopes” dishonestly styling itself a “fact-check” operation have shown yet again why they have no credibility...

  • Trump vs. the Spy Chiefs: Who’s Right?

    2 hours ago
    • While it’s not unusual for a president and the intel community to diverge on the gravity of threats, what is astonishing is that the intel leaders would declare a president to be flat-out...

      MintPress News

  • While Facebook claims impartiality in its crackdown on “coordinated inauthentic behavior,” the loyalties of the man charged with carrying out that mission. if his resume is...

  • The Real Target of the Huawei Sanctions and the Trade War

    4 hours ago
  • The U.S.-China trade war isn’t actually about soybeans and steel. Washington fears its iron grip over the post-Soviet world is waning thanks to China’s new global initiatives...

  • “Largest Land Grab Since 1948” — Israel to Expel 36,000 Palestinians From Negev

    5 hours ago
    • Given the Israeli state’s rejection of their existence, government officials have called the Palestinians living in these villagers “violators” and “squatters” –...

      Marginal REVOLUTION

  • 1. “Grant abstracts that are longer than the average abstract, contain fewer common words, and are written with more verbal certainty receive more money from the NSF (approximately...

  • San Francisco fact of the day

    11 hours ago
  • San Francisco has more drug addicts than it has students enrolled in its public high schools, the city Health Department’s latest estimates conclude. There are about 24,500 injection...

  • Biotech on the Blockchain?

    12 hours ago
    • Bloomberg: In a novel approach for the biotechnology industry, small-cap company Agenus Inc. is aiming to raise $50 million to $100 million by issuing digital securities backed...

      Made from Truth and Lies

  • My Daily Link Poster has gone from "Will generate posts, but can't reach Dreamwidth to post them, so I have to manually copy/paste them into the DW Update page" to "Will not generate...

  • Interesting Links for 24-01-2019

    8 days ago
  • Have Phones Become Boring? Well, They’re About to Get Weird (tags: phones thefuture design ) Scottish Conservatives to block post-Brexit trade role for Scottish Government (tags...

  • Interesting Links for 23-01-2019

    10 days ago
    • MP asks for a foreign government to intervene so as to frustrate a potential UK government policy. (tags: UK europe OhForFucksSake ) Matthew's experiment changed his family's attitude...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today

  • Bipolar disorder is a long-term mental health condition. Although there is currently no cure, there are many treatments available that can reduce symptoms. Learn more here...

  • Medical News Today: What is a benign esophageal stricture?

    7 hours ago
  • A benign esophageal stricture is a gradual narrowing of the esophagus that has no medical links to cancer. Learn more about the condition here.

  • Medical News Today: Nanoparticles in food can alter the behavior of gut bacteria

    8 hours ago
    • A study of how natural and synthetic nanoparticles in food can impact gut bacteria offers useful information for medicine and the food industry.

      InvestmentWatch

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      www.gurukalehuru.com

  • Some people think I do nothing but argue politics on Facebook all day every day and that’s not entirely true.  There is some truth to it, of course, I spend way more time arguing politics...

  • The Effect of a ‘Town Hall’

    2 days ago
  • I must say, I have been surprised many times over the past few years at how deeply corporate interests are embedded in American politics, and how fiercely they will fight to keep their...

  • Cold Snap

    3 days ago
    • Last year was a pretty bad year for hurricanes, as was the year before that.  And, last summer was extremely, at time painfully, hot.  After the summer came wildfire season, and a...

      Fragments from Floyd

  • His name would be Scout. This dog just looked like he should have that name. I think the notion came from some old 50s cowboys and Indians TV show stored deep in childhood memory. Forget...

  • Finding Old Yeller

    2 days ago
  • Read Part One: Outside of A Dog… Gandy, a week before she died on Valentines Day last year, was able to jump into the back of my truck while we unloaded wood. She always helped by selecting...

  • Outside of a Dog

    3 days ago
    • This could get complicated, seeing as how I have not spoken in public places about “the dog situation” in some months. I was forbidden to, so fraught with potential guilt in giving...

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    1 February - iGoogle Portal - Tab 8

  • One of the most common causes of stress stems from the way you think and behave. Do you worry about bad things that might happen even though you know you can’t do anything about it? Do...

  • Billionaire’s Billions Goes To Saving The Ocean From Plastic

    2 days ago
  • Kjell Inge Røkke, a Norwegian billionaire, is the third-wealthiest Norwegian by net worth in his country. He is a majority stakeholder in Aker, a shipping and offshore drilling...

  • Signs Of A Soulmate

    3 days ago
    • During our lifetime we encounter different types of Soulmates. Everyone has their own version of a Soulmate. “The minute I heard my first love story I started looking for you, not...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today

  • Bipolar disorder is a long-term mental health condition. Although there is currently no cure, there are many treatments available that can reduce symptoms. Learn more here...

  • Medical News Today: What is a benign esophageal stricture?

    6 hours ago
  • A benign esophageal stricture is a gradual narrowing of the esophagus that has no medical links to cancer. Learn more about the condition here.

  • Medical News Today: Nanoparticles in food can alter the behavior of gut bacteria

    7 hours ago
    • A study of how natural and synthetic nanoparticles in food can impact gut bacteria offers useful information for medicine and the food industry.

      Desdemona Despair

  • By Hilary Hurd Anyaso24 January 2019(Northwestern Now) – Despite a scientific consensus, citizens are divided when it comes to climate change, often along political lines, and...
  • ( Ignored among the lies flung about with great abandon is the one of 'scientific consensus.' If there was any such, how can it be a mere 3% who oppose such a statement ? Usually 100% of scientists agree "Science is not a popularity contest" )

  • Trump tweeted “we need” global warming to deal with record cold temperatures. Here’s why that doesn’t make sense

    2 days ago
  • By Justin Worland29 January 2019 (TIME) – President Trump has been a longtime opponent of taking action on climate change, as evidenced by everything from his accusation that the...

  • Monarch butterfly numbers plummet 86 percent in California – “It’s been the worst year we’ve ever seen”

    3 days ago
    • By Claudia Boyd-Barrett7 January 2019(Ventura County Star) – 2018 was a tough year for monarch butterflies.Each year, monarchs in the western United States migrate from inland...

      The Daily Sheeple

  • The left has been salivating over the prospect of voting Donald Trump out of office in 2020, but now something has happened that could change everything...

  • New York Democrats just legalized murdering children who survive failed abortions… pure EVIL

    a day ago
  • As heinous as New York’s new abortion law is, allowing for unborn babies to be legally murdered right up to the point of birth, it’s actually a whole lot worse than that...

  • Ebola Outbreak In DRC Continues To Worsen: “It Is Absolutely Vital That We Are Prepared”

    2 days ago
    • Governments must ramp up their readiness to respond...

      Exceptional Delaware 2017

  • Ron Russo, the former Head of School at the Charter School of Wilmington, launched The BOLD Plan today on Facebook.  Using the tag “Education is a business”, Russo managed...

  • The Latest Basic Special Education Funding Bill Really Ticks Me Off!!!

    6 days ago
  • Okay, that wasn’t the headline you ever expected to come out of me on here!  There is a distinct reason why this bill bothers me so much.  House Bill #48 came out on Thursday and like...

  • Delaware School Administrator Funding Analysis Reveals A Hot Mess!

    8 days ago
    • In essence, administrator counts are being determined by units of pupils, as opposed to the number of personnel under their span of responsibility. State Rep. Earl Jaques and Senator...

      Have You Heard

  • TweetIn the latest episode of Have You Heard, Jack and Jennifer discuss some lesser-talked-about aspects of the recent strike by Los Angeles teachers, and what the strike means for...

  • These Education Stories Didn’t Get Enough Attention in 2018

    15 days ago
  • TweetIn the latest episode of Have You Heard, Jack and Jennifer dig into five—make that six—education news stories that deserved more attention in 2018. From Betsy DeVos’...

  • What’s so Funny About Education Reform?

    a month ago
    • Tweet In 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...

      Din Merican: the Malaysian DJ Blogger

  • January 31,2019 Hoping for a vibrant, noble monarchy Opinion  | by Nathaniel Tan https://www.malaysiakini.com Published: 25 Jan 2019, 6:35 pm  |  Modified: 25 Jan 2019, 6:35...

  • Everything You Know About Global Order Is Wrong

    18 hours ago
  • January 31, 2019 Everything You Know About Global Order Is Wrong If Western elites understood how the postwar liberal system was created, they’d think twice about asking for its...

  • Old Malaysia’ in Cameron Highlands

    2 days ago
    • January  31, 2019 ‘Old Malaysia’ in Cameron Highlands OPINION  |  Dr.Bridget Welsh Published: 30 Jan 2019, 8:50 pm www ,malaysiakini.com   COMMENT | Although not...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today

  • Bipolar disorder is a long-term mental health condition. Although there is currently no cure, there are many treatments available that can reduce symptoms. Learn more here...

  • Medical News Today: What is a benign esophageal stricture?

    6 hours ago
  • A benign esophageal stricture is a gradual narrowing of the esophagus that has no medical links to cancer. Learn more about the condition here.

  • Medical News Today: Nanoparticles in food can alter the behavior of gut bacteria

    7 hours ago
    • A study of how natural and synthetic nanoparticles in food can impact gut bacteria offers useful information for medicine and the food industry.

      Chicago Boyz

  • I see that the fallout from Covington is still falling – well, admittedly not on the front pages of the Establishment National Media (the ENM for short) – but I hear the echoes quite...

  • Anecdote

    a day ago
  • Appliance delivery, carrying refrigerators up and down stairs, hard work for not much money. I ask the guy where he’s from, he says he came here two months ago from Venezuela. I try...

  • Financial Markets Commentary

    2 days ago
    • John Hussman on valuations The saga of Broker Joe, from 2007

      Centinel2012

  • Bill Whittle Published on Jan 31, 2019 SUBSCRIBED 121K Is the Pledge of Allegiance a nativist, white nationalist creed? A Progressive California professor says so. He wants it...

  • BOOM! Jobs Jump for Trump Even with Government Shutdown

    7 hours ago
  •   Bill Whittle Published on Jan 31, 2019 SUBSCRIBED 121K January job numbers jump, beat economists expectations again. The new jobs boom comes despite the government shutdown...

  • Another Leaked Transcript: Bill Priestap “Closed” Testimony Conflicts With James Comey “Open” Testimony….

    7 hours ago
    • Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on February 1, 2019 by sundance Another unsourced leak of a congressional hearing transcript to The Epoch Times highlights the...

      The BRAD BLOG

  • On today's BradCast: Some encouraging news for democracy (at least in Georgia), some predictable lies from the Senate Majority leader, a gentle rebuke for Trump from both parties...

  • 'Green News Report' - January 31, 2019

    a day ago
  • IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Record extreme cold shuts down parts of the U.S. --- and it still doesn't disprove climate change; Trump Administration seems to concede that Venezuela intervention...

  • Big Chill, Big Denial, Big Security Threats and Lies, and Big Pharma: 'BradCast' 1/30/2019

    2 days ago
    • On today's BradCast: Baby, it's COLD outside in much of the Midwest and Northeast. Record cold, in fact, with wind chills dipping near an unfathomable 60 degrees below zero in some...

      bluebird of bitterness

  • A group of Canadians, stuck in a massive traffic jam, make the most of the situation. (Thanks to my blogging buddy Will for this one.)

  • Friday happy dance

    9 hours ago

  • Signs of the times

    a day ago

    •   Home

  • A comprehensive report -- in English -- has been published by Greenpeace France, taking an in-depth look at the growing, unending and unsolved problem of radioactive waste. A team...

  • US set to suspend compliance with the INF Treaty today

    9 hours ago
  • In a move that will still make nuclear war in Europe more likely, the US is today expected to suspend its compliance with the INF Treaty (Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty...

  • Trump administration secretly shipped radioactive plutonium to Nevada despite state’s opposition

    a day ago
    • The US Department of Energy secretly shipped about half a metric ton of weapons-grade radioactive plutonium to Nevada last November without informing state authorities. Court...

    BlackListed News

  • Twitter has announced that it took down about 2,000 accounts in Venezuela, most of which it claimed were “engaged in a state-backed influence campaign.” This comes amid accusations...

  • Mind-Reading Technology Is Now Reality

    19 hours ago
  • It sounds like something out of a Philip K. Dick science fiction novel: a system that uses artificial intelligence to translate people’s thoughts into intelligible, recognizable...

  • Challenging The Liberal Case For Trump Administration’s Coup In Venezuela

    19 hours ago
    • In an analysis published by POLITICO Magazine, Frida Ghitis, a contributing columnist for CNN.com and the Washington Post, defended Democrats who support President Donald Trump’s...

      Research Digest

  • By Emma Young. The findings could help the development of new insomnia interventions.

  • Study Compares Trump’s Personality With Other Populist Leaders And Finds He Is An “Outlier Among The Outliers”

    2 days ago
  • By Christian Jarrett. Even when compared against other populist leaders, Trump came out as having the lowest scores of all on agreeableness, conscientiousness and emotional stability...

  • Are Criminal Profilers “Any Better Than A Bartender?” Not Necessarily, Suggests Review Of 40 Years Of Relevant Research

    3 days ago
    • By Tomasz Witkowski. A review and meta-analysis of 426 publications on offender profiling from 1976 to 2016 does not give much cause for optimism.

      Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places

  • Rising like the grey-colored humps of hippo wallowing in muddy water, Kubu Island is a fitting name for the mounds of rock that lie almost smack bang in the middle of Botswana’s Makgadikgadi...

  • When the U.S. Interned Italians in Montana, They Rioted Over Olive Oil

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  • It started with suet. Some say camp administrators decided that Italian internees should cook with suet instead of olive oil to cut costs. Others say lower ranking internees, who...

  • Wreck of the Francisco Morazan in Leland, Michigan

    an hour ago
    • A short distance off the southwest coast of South Manitou Island lie the weathered remains of the SS Francisco Morazan. First launched in June of 1922, the steel-hulled Liberian freighter...

      Accidental Deliberations

  • Assorted content to end your week.- Both Eric Levitz and Brian Beutler write that U.S. Democrats need to highlight and fight the class war being waged by the rich, rather than shying...

  • Say No to Bubble Boy

    a day ago
  • There are already more than enough galling stories circulating in Alberta's political scene to emphasize why Jason Kenney and his party are grossly unfit to exercise any power. But...

  • Thursday Morning Links

    a day ago
    • This and that for your Thursday reading.- Chris Hedges points out how the obscenely rich few are trying to distract from their accumulation of wealth in order to avoid what would stand...
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    1 February - iGoogle Portal - Tab 7 - MSM

  • The Curiosity rover is a social-media champ, and more.

  • Ditch the Super Bowl for a Who's Who of Superb Owls

    2 hours ago
  • Great gray owls! Great horned owls! There are many great—nay, superb—owl livestreams to enjoy on Sunday ... or whenever you'd like to see some head turners...

  • Backlash to the 10-Year Challenge and other Top Stories in January

    2 hours ago
    • Plus: The myth of the lone genius founder, and 25 movies we can't wait to see this year.

      NYT > Home Page

  • President Trump indicated he will most likely take action on his own when the talks officially end in two weeks.

  • As Trump Demands His Wall, Lawmakers Plead for Space to Negotiate

    a day ago
  • Lawmakers reacted with concern and bewilderment after President Trump again declared that a border security compromise would have to include a wall at the southwestern border...

  • Polar Vortex Updates: Extreme Cold Weather Spreads East

    a day ago
    • Temperatures remained near record lows in much of the Midwest for a second day on Thursday. The dangerous cold has been linked to at least eight deaths...

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


  • Opposition savages budget, says it’s Modi government's final jumla

    2 hours ago
  • Calling it the Budget an “exercise in rhetoric”, the Left parties accused the government of making false promises. “It has sought to use what is an interim budget to make promises...

  • Ensure paper trail in every booth, opposition to urge Election Commission

    2 hours ago
    • Congress president Rahul Gandhi said the parties will jointly approach the Election Commission on Monday. He said that the opposition parties have put together a document on EVMs...

      BBC News - UK

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