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"I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned" Richard Feynman
"The penalty good people pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by people worse than themselves."
- Plato, Greek philosopher.
The
Ruling Elites’ Chattering Classes still haven’t absorbed the key lesson
of the 2016 U.S. presidential election: the percentage of the populace
that’s becoming wealthier...
If
you’re free, if you’re not locked behind bars (and I do realize that
this is true of a smaller percentage of people in the so-called Land of
the Free than anywhere else on earth)...
Martin
E. Hellman is Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering at Stanford
University. His work spans cyber security, reducing the risk of a
nuclear disaster, and peace. His...
The
“First Lady of American Cinema” Lillian Gish has had her name removed
from a university theater and it’s not sitting well with many movie
buffs. More than 50 film industry...
The
“General Lee” from the TV show Dukes of Hazzard fame was back in a
chase evading the law again. Though this time it wasn’t Boss Hogg it was
escaping from it was the Florida police...
Almost
a century ago, a small herd of bison was supposedly transported to the
island of Catalina, 22 miles off the coast of Los Angeles, to be in the
background of a 1924 silent film being...
United
Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System
Network|Wednesday, June 19, 2019 Bolton and Pompeo Still Pressing for
Iran War; No Fed Rate Cut Today, but Greed...
United
Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System
Network|Tuesday, June 18, 2019 Trump Promises All the Horrors of Mass
Deportations as Election-Year Stunt...
United
Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System
Network|Monday, June 17, 2019 Bernie Sanders Should Drop Absurd Defense
of “Socialism”; If You Want to...
Sustainable
Pulse exclusive interview with the Director of Poisoning Paradise,
Keely Shaye Brosnan. Poisoning Paradise: Journey to the seemingly
idyllic world of Native Hawaiians...
Austria
has dramatically upped the stakes in Europe’s long-running glyphosate
battle by putting itself on track to become the first EU country to
fully ban the controversial herbicide...
The
vitamin A precursor beta-carotene is only present at low levels in GM
golden rice, when compared to carrots and green leafy vegetables. But it
rapidly degrades to even lower levels...
The
Modi government should strengthen ties with the US without allowing
itself to be bullied by Trump, who is trying to arm-twist India into a
closer but prescriptive partnership...
The
30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre is a reminder that
the free ride China has enjoyed internationally in recent decades is
ending. It should also serve as a warning...
Brahma
Chellamey, Nikkei Asian Review Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has
hit the ground running after shocking the country’s liberal chattering
classes by returning to...
Sahasranama
addressed to Jina and Buddha. In this connection,it may be of interest
to know that there is a Sahasranama addressed to Vishnu in Sikhism. Sikh
scripture “Sundar Gutka”...
This
Kingdom coexisted with the most ancient Kingdoms of India,that is the
Mahajanapadas,the Sixteen Kingdoms of India,which is mentioned in the
Vedas. The astonishing fact is...
What
we perceive intially,when we come into contact with objects, is a
jumble of various inputs conveyed to us by various organs like
Eyes,Ears... This reaches the Mind as unconnected...
The
Washington Post has a story today about America’s first gay first lady.
She was Grover Cleveland’s sister Rose, who acted as his first lady
because he was elected without a...
Governor
Gretchen Whitmer wrote a letter to the Benton Harbor school board,
letting them know that it was up to them to accept the state’s offer,
which meant the state would forgive...
Jitu Brown is leader of the Journey for Justice and a national civil
rights leader. In this interview, he explains why he opposes school
closings, charter schools, and vouchers...
While
I often bemoan the lack of science and technology content on the late
night television, it’s only rarely that I have nothing to post from the
past week. This past week was one...
Some
shows remained off last week in connection with the Memorial Day
holiday in the United States. Of last week’s repeats, I want to call
out the June 4th Late Late Show repeat. ...
With
the Memorial Day holiday starting the week, repeats were the order of
the day for most shows this past week. Maggie Siff, who plays a
psychiatrist on Billions, made two repeat...
By
Paul Homewood h/t Joe Public I’ve been away cycling in Norfolk for
the last few days, even though it was apparently shut! While away, this
familiarly hysterical story appeared...
By
Paul Homewood h/t Joe Public One of the areas worst affected by
recent heavy rainfall has been Wainfleet in Lincolnshire: High volume
pumps are being used to lower water levels...
A
new scientific paper affirms “all the long-term-trend (LTT) tide gauges
of the world consistently show a negligible acceleration since the time
they started recording in the...
Dry
Summers Like 2018 Were Common in the Middle Ages Dry summers were not
rare 1000 years ago. Researchers from the University of Greifswald’s
research group ‘Landscape Ecology...
In
the first 5½ months of 2019, over 200 scientific papers have been
published that cast doubt on the position that anthropogenic CO2
emissions function as the climate’s fundamental...
Janresseger:
In Florida’s Tangled Mess of School Privatization, Students Rights are
Trampled, Tax Dollars Wasted An old friend in Florida recently asked me
why I haven’t been...
Shanker
Blog: Does College Matter? Of Course (Guest post by Stan Litow) Our
guest author today is Stanley Litow, adjunct professor at Duke and
Columbia Universities. At Duke, he also...
Larry
Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: In Classrooms: Social
Justice Humanitas Academy (Part 5) Brenda Arias teaches chemistry first
period of the day—from 8:30...
Victor
Davis Hanson // Nationals Review President Trump and Secretary Pompeo
have worked the U.S. into an advantageous position with a consistent
policy toward bad actors. We are...
Victor
Davis Hanson // National Review ‘Third World” is now an anachronistic
geographical term of the old Cold War. But after 1989, “Third World” was
reinvented from a political...
Victor
Davis Hanson // American Greatness Donald Trump is many things. But one
thing he is not is a defender of the 2009-2016 status quo and accepted
progressive convention. Since...
The
top news thus far today is that Iran has – and the U.S. Central Command
has confirmed – shot down a U.S. surveillance drone that allegedly
violated its airspace near the Strait...
Can
Trump win using the same tactics and strategy from 2016? In his first
rally of the 2020 campaign in Orlando which was held on Tuesday, it
seemed as if he didn’t stray from his previous...
WASHINGTON
— President Trump was up early the day he formally kicked off his
re-election campaign, contemplating the issue that has consumed much of
his presidency. He was thinking...
That
is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column, here is one excerpt on the
empirical side: It is also worth keeping in mind a number of empirical
points. First, the ECB has not historically...
1.
Map of medieval trade routes. 2. Japanese TV show about working
overtime, or trying not to (NYT). 3. Do the banks want Libra? (FT,
gated, very good piece). 4. New pro-social media...
Mike
Chase, author of the excellent twitter feed @CrimeADay, has now written
the illustrated handbook, How to Become a Federal Criminal. In truth, a
handbook wasn’t necessary...
Since
Donald Trump won the Electoral College vote in 2016, the Republican
Party lost six percent of its registered voters, and the Democratic
Party grew by eight percent. Continue...
Originally
posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: ? This article by Senator Bernie
Sanders appeared in the New York Times. ? My father came to this country
from Poland at the age of 17 with barely...
In
a highly anticipated case, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that
Maryland’s 40-foot “Peace Cross” memorial does not violate the First
Amendment’s Establishment Clause...
On
Wednesday, the U.S. House passed a Labor and Health and Human Services
appropriations package that included the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits
federal funding for abortions...
The
number of illegal “migrants” crossing the border will decrease in June,
one news report says, but Border Patrol agents are still facing an
unprecedented deluge of poor, sick...
Almost
two-thirds of the Palestinian territory, including most of its most
fertile and resource-rich land, is under full Israeli control and about
400,000 Jewish settlers living...
According
to Dr Gwynne Dyer who has served as a Reserve Naval Officer in the
Royal Canadian Naval Reserve, US Naval Reserve, and British Royal Navy
Reserve for a total of 17 years, alleged...
Ten
years after a US-backed coup handed Honduras over to big business, the
country is rising up. A leader of deposed President Manuel Zelaya’s
party explains to The Grayzone what’s...
That
is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column, here is one excerpt on the
empirical side: It is also worth keeping in mind a number of empirical
points. First, the ECB has not historically...
1.
Map of medieval trade routes. 2. Japanese TV show about working
overtime, or trying not to (NYT). 3. Do the banks want Libra? (FT,
gated, very good piece). 4. New pro-social media...
Mike
Chase, author of the excellent twitter feed @CrimeADay, has now written
the illustrated handbook, How to Become a Federal Criminal. In truth, a
handbook wasn’t necessary...
Scottish
alcohol sales at lowest level in 25 years after price
controls(tags:alcohol scotland )No, we can't expel EU citizens after
three months if they can't find a job(tags:Jobs...
The
CIA Spied on People Through Their Samsung Smart TVs(tags:tv spying
surveillance cia )Nigel Farage milkshake attacker pleads guilty to
assault and criminal damage(tags:assault...
Why
Mazda is purging touchscreens from its vehicles(tags:cars design ux
control )Millions at risk of retiring on incomes below living
wage(tags:pensions uk doom )Domino's will...
Chemotherapy
drugs, such as methotrexate, are one of the first-line treatments for
people with rheumatoid arthritis. These drugs can help relieve symptoms
and prevent further...
Some
people find that eating gluten can trigger rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
symptom flares. In this article, we discuss the link between gluten and
RA, foods to eat and avoid, and when...
Depression
is a common and serious mental health condition that can often take its
toll on relationships. However, supporting a partner with depression,
both emotionally and practically...
Investment Watch
Spreading the truth. Empowering the people. FITTON: BIGGER: LA County Begins Process to Remove Up to 1,592,066 Inactive Names from Voting List!
June 20, 2019, 4:20 PM
by TFittonJW Heavy lifting by Judicial Watch gets huge results — again. A giant mailing by LA County and other actions required by the settlement should result in the immediate ... Read more Bill Murphy: There Are Signs The Manipulation IS ENDING NOW!
June 20, 2019, 3:13 PM
Bill Murphy interviewed on Reluctant Preppers Overt smackdowns of gold as it persistently and repeatedly tests a 6-year resistance & support limit are becoming more obvious, more desperate, and eventually will be ... Read more Weird how anti-American regimes so often wind up needing US dollars to to keep their regimes afloat.
June 20, 2019, 3:13 PM
LATE-STAGE SOCIALISM: Venezuela Is Now Awash in U.S. Dollars. We used to catch only rare glimpses of them in public. A waiter willing to risk jail time might be persuaded to ... Read more KINSLEY GAFFE: Kamala Harris accidentally admits why Dems are fighting to keep people in the US illegally.
June 20, 2019, 3:13 PM
via twitchy: Cloward, Piven and the Labour Party smile. h/t ED MICHAEL TOMASKY: The Democratic Civil War Is Here.
June 20, 2019, 3:12 PM
via thedailybeast: If one of these two quarrels is going to metastasize into something ugly, it’ll be Sanders, who remains apart from the party whose nomination he’s running for. Donald Trump ... Read more The FINAL Days Of YouTube – THIS Is Just The Beginning!
June 20, 2019, 3:10 PM
Josh Sigurdson reports on the recent claims by Google CEO Sundar Pichai that YouTube will eliminate about 99% of what they consider “bad” in the near future. He claimed that ... Read more Fund Manager: Might Take A Debt Jubilee For All Households For Fed To Save Economy
June 20, 2019, 3:09 PM
by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics “The latest University of Michigan consumer confidence report noted that its index tracking those who think it’s a good time to buy a home has fallen ... Read more It’s Real Simple: Your Central Bank Does NOT Serve Your Interests.
June 20, 2019, 3:08 PM
by Raúl Ilargi Meijer Gustave Courbet The village maidens 1852 I intentionally start writing this mere minutes away from Fed chair Jay Powell’s latest comments. Intentionally, because the importance ascribed to those ... Read more Significant Activist Hedge Fund Activity (Last 7 Days)
June 20, 2019, 3:07 PM
by badpauly These are the latest Schedule 13D forms filed by activist investors in the last 7 days. Activist investors are investors that make an investment with the intention of ... Read more US Mortgage Market Should Brace for Turmoil, Says QE Architect
June 20, 2019, 3:07 PM
Plunging government bond yields could complicate the Federal Reserve’s plans to exit the US mortgage market, according to one of the pioneers of the central bank’s bond-buying programme. The central ... Read more The Startling Consequences of Monetary Policy
June 20, 2019, 3:06 PM
via jugglingdynamite: Stephanie Pomboy, founder and president of Macro Mavens, sits down with Grant Williams to discuss her global outlook after the Fed’s recent course-reversal. Pomboy and Williams take a deep ... Read more There’s Not Much the Fed Can Do to Address a Liquidity Crisis
June 20, 2019, 3:06 PM
via fuw.ch: Danielle DiMartino Booth is a vocal critic of the Federal Reserve. The former analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas condemns the devotion of the unelected academics to ... Read more Upstate NY Clerks Refuse to Grant Illegal Aliens Driver’s Licenses Despite New Democrat Law
June 20, 2019, 3:05 PM
Some upstate New York county clerks are taking a stand against the state’s controversial new lawgranting driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants. Clerks in Erie, Rensselaer, Niagara and Allegany counties have said ... Read more
Just
came back from the poetry reading at beautiful Cafe Centrala, just
across the Vltava river. It is practically line of sight from this
neighborhood to that, but getting there...
With
the Democratic party debates just a bit over a week away, I suppose
it’s time to make some predictions. We’ll see how I do. With 20
candidates participating, the odds are...
A
friend of mine has been having some problems with Facebook censorship
and it’s certainly not the first time I’ve seen this happen. I
understand that there has to be some kind of...
I
am having a spurt of organizational drive this week, and so I’m getting
around to doing a better job of books book keeping, of distributing my
books beyond Floyd, and getting back...
Back
in December, I was offered the opportunity to contribute a “500-700
word article on Southwest Virginia’s outdoors or nature” by the Crooked
Road folks. It now appears...
The
phrase “global syndemic” immediately drew my sustained attention when
it first appeared as a result of an initiative and study produced by the
science journal Lancet in January...
People
mistake Spirituality for Religion and visa verse. It is often mistaken
for some mysterious supernatural occurrence or a sect. When, in fact,
spirituality is not mystic, nor...
Many
people mistake detachment as a form of aloofness. Detaching oneself
doesn’t mean that you should be a hermit. It does not mean that you are
removing yourself from peoples lives...
Have
you dealt with a Narcissist before? Narcissists are the Kings of
communication. A narcissist uses the spoken word as their weapon. They
turn words around, same as putting words...
Chemotherapy
drugs, such as methotrexate, are one of the first-line treatments for
people with rheumatoid arthritis. These drugs can help relieve symptoms
and prevent further...
Some
people find that eating gluten can trigger rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
symptom flares. In this article, we discuss the link between gluten and
RA, foods to eat and avoid, and when...
Depression
is a common and serious mental health condition that can often take its
toll on relationships. However, supporting a partner with depression,
both emotionally and practically...
Earl
Jaques is abusing his position as Chair of the House Education
Committee while Speaker of the House Pete Schwartzkopf sits back and
lets it all go down. But Schwartzkopf will...
After
the News Journal reported yesterday that Design Thinking Academy was
closing a week earlier than expected, new documents showcase the amount
of cover-up that was going on at...
State
Rep. Kim Williams is on a roll today! House Bill #182 would get rid of
foreign languages as a requirement for a high school diploma in
Delaware. This Act eliminates a barrier...
TweetAcross
the country, white residents are moving into areas they’ve long stayed
away from. They’re arrival is driving up housing costs and displacing
the neighborhoods’...
TweetFrom
Bernie Sanders on charter schools and segregation to Cory Booker
stating, once again, that he is a believer in public education, to
higher pay for teachers and free-er college...
TweetHigh-end
for-profit private schools are a growing segment of the education
‘marketplace.’ In this episode, we’re joined by Mike Levy, former
curriculum director at...
Trump’s
‘America First’ philosophy has created a less stable world by Dr.Fareed
Zakaria
https://fareedzakaria.com/columns/2019/5/16/trumps-america-first-philosophy-has-created-a-less-stable-world...
Malaysia’s
Greatest Crisis: Loss of National Pride and Unity May 13, 2019 by
Murray Hunter Malaysia’s Greatest Crisis: Loss of National Pride and
Unity Love him or hate him...
National
service can mend the country The following column is adapted from
Fareed Zakaria’s commencement address at Ohio State University on May 5,
2019. It’s graduation season...
It
profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world … but for
Wales, Richard?- From A Man for All Seasons I have been following the
Oberlin/Gibson Bakery trial with the same...
Arnade,
Chris. Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America. Penguin Publishing
Group, 2019. Chris Arnade certainly seems to have been called, and may
well have been chosen, to help...
China’s
intelligence services appear to be using LinkedIn, with profile
pictures generated artificially, for the recruitment of agents. Chinese
intrusion into US affairs has...
Armstrong
Economics Blog/Monetary Reform Re-Posted Jun 20, 2019 by Martin
Armstrong QUESTION: I am confused. Is it true that only the Federal
Reserve can create money and not...
Armstrong
Economics Blog/Stock Indicies Re-Posted Jun 20, 2019 by Martin
Armstrong QUESTION: Central banks around the world are currently
purchasing equities. If they continue...
Armstrong
Economics Blog/AI Computers Re-Posted Jun 20, 2019 by Martin Armstrong
QUESTION: Hi Marty ! How can we really expect politicians to make any
kind of decisions when even...
IN
TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Trump EPA replaces Obama's Clean Power Plan with
deadly scheme to prop up polluting coal industry; Sorry, Mr. President,
but US air pollution is measurably...
On
today's BradCast, after what seems like a too-long absence, we're
joined again today by Slate legal reporter MARK JOSEPH STERN for insight
on the first batch of U.S. Supreme Court...
I've
had a lot of legal questions swirling through my head in recent weeks
as Trump and his minions have expanded their attempts at blocking all
Congressional investigations of his...
A
new series on nuclear power on the USA Today newspaper network,
includes an indepth story in the Asbury Park Press about the future for
the New Jeresey region around the closed but...
It
was supposed to be the "flagship" new reactor design and a French
nuclear feather in EDF's cap. Instead, the EPR -- absurdly dubbed the
Evolutionary Power Reactor during its short...
Writes
Karl Grossman on Counterpunch today: “Shoreham Action is One of the
Largest Held Worldwide,” was the headline in The New York Times about an
event which happened 40...
Geneticist
Craig Venter is a pioneer in the field of synthetic biology. In
2010 the media hailed his team’s success in creating “the first
self-replicating species we’ve...
The
Ruling Elites’ Chattering Classes still haven’t absorbed the key lesson
of the 2016 U.S. presidential election: the percentage of the populace
that’s becoming wealthier...
The
Intercept‘s bombshell about Brazilian corruption is being ludicrously
spun by the country’s media and military as a “Russian conspiracy,”
writes Pepe Escobar...
Since
1984, Indian and Pakistani forces have been occupying posts on or near
the Siachen Glacier, a 47-mile-long glacier in the Himalayas. And
despite a ceasefire in 2003, tensions...
Potawatomi
Chief Wahbememe (White Pigeon) was one of the signers of the 1795
Treaty of Greenville. Among other things, this treaty allowed unfettered
access to Great Lakes forts...
Located
near the busiest train station in the world, a tiny alley of around 60
small bars and restaurants linked by a narrow street just wide enough
for two to pass stands in a stark contrast...
This
and that for your Thursday reading.- Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood offers an
electoral primer for voters who want to avert a climate breakdown in
this fall's federal election. And...
Miscellanous
material for your mid-week reading.- David Dayen interviews Elizabeth
Warren about the role of government in ensuring that the needs of people
take precedence over...
This
and that for your Tuesday reading.- Farhana Yamin discusses the need to
answer the imminent threat of climate breakdown with direct action to
force politicians to develop an...
Iran’s
destruction of the high-altitude American drone surprised some American
Defense Department officials, who say it was in international airspace,
an assertion Iran disputes...
The
vote illustrated the deep divide between lawmakers and the
administration over Saudi Arabia and the president’s attempts to
circumvent Congress on national security decisions...
North
Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed that
amid "serious and complicated" international affairs, developing North
Korea and China's relationship...
U.S.
President Donald Trump played down Iran's downing of a U.S. military
surveillance drone on Thursday, saying he suspected it was shot by
mistake and "it would have made a big difference"...
Several
top U.S. House Republicans, including leader Kevin McCarthy, said on
Thursday the United States must undertake a "measured response" to Iran
after Washington accused Tehran...
An
Ariane 5 rocket successfully launched two new communications satellites
into orbit today (June 20) after a gorgeous sunset liftoff from the
Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French...
An
Ariane 5 rocket successfully launched two new communications
satellites, DirecTV 16 and Eutelsat 7C, into orbit on June 20, 2019. See
photos of the mission here!...
An
Ariane 5 rocket will launch two communications satellites from Kourou,
French Guiana today (June 20) at 5:43 p.m. EDT (2143 GMT). Watch it live
here!...
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