Thursday, July 04, 2019

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  • On 3 July 2019, Woolworths Group (Australia) announced the combination of its Endeavour Drinks retail business (including BWS and Dan Murphy’s retail outlets) and its ALH hotels...
  • Entries for the 2019 Australian Food Awards (AFA) have closed for another year as The Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria (RASV) now begin processing the thousands of entrants...

    • When it came to The Craft & Co’s attention that other countries around the world are celebrating a “National Wine & Cheese Day” later this month, it begged the question...

  • Why are top officials in both the United States and Russia suddenly being pulled into emergency meetings?  At this moment rumors are flying all over the Internet, and we have very...
  • What if what you have been told over and over again is not really the truth?  For weeks, the mainstream media has been telling us that Iran is getting dangerously close to having nuclear...

    • All over the planet, nature is starting to behave in some very unusual ways.  And unfortunately for us, a lot of the changes that we are witnessing in nature are quite detrimental for...

  • If you didn't think BAC could make the Mono any better, you were wrong.
  • Play a few battle royale games while taking a break from binging the third season.

    • These are some of the best deals on the best games during the current Steam summer sale. We'll keep this updated with new picks daily.

  • by William Blum Writer, Dandelion Salad Originally published July 5, 2010 July 4, 2019 Some thoughts on “patriotism” written on July 4 Most important thought: I’m sick and...
  • with Michael Hudson Writer, Dandelion Salad July 3, 2019 Left Forum 2019 Essential Dissent on Jun 30, 2019 Panelists: David Harvey, Bertell Ollman, Michael Hudson Climate change...

    • Dandelion Salad with Chris Hedges, Kali Akuno and Richard D. Wolff Left Forum 2019 A century ago, Lenin led the world’s first revolution against capitalism that successfully established...

  • If you go visit Japan, I guarantee that you won’t see a single person defecating on the sidewalk.  It just doesn’t happen over there, or in most other highly civilized nations...
  • Even though most people don’t seem to realize it yet, we are in the midst of a major extinction level event.  And even though it is happening in slow motion, given enough time we would...

    • Let me warn you right up front – the information in this article might freak you out.  If what some experts are telling us is true, a global food crisis appears to be inevitable. ...

  • The Declaration of Independence, celebrated each July Fourth, does not speak of creating a powerful new government. Instead, it challenges
  • Let us reject Trump’s notion of how to celebrate America — not with tanks and missiles that glorify war, not

    • Yay! It’s the Fourth of July! Time to blow some fingers off with firecrackers and laugh at the poor dumb

  • Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org Destructive weather, crop loss, declining economies and job cuts, all are accelerating. How many understand the full extent of what...
  • Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org Power and profit continue to be the primary motive of so many in industrialized societies, even over the obviously essential need...

    • Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org How do we retain our health in an increasingly contaminated environment? Though there are countless forms of contamination from...

  • Tunisian authorities are investigating two Belarusian men who were found to be in possession of several forged passports and electronic surveillance equipment...
  • An Islamic State militant who blew himself up in the Philippines last week was probably history’s first-ever Filipino suicide bomber, according to police officials...

    • In a rare public appearance, the director of the Mossad spy agency said that the Middle East is witnessing a historic shift of alliances as many Arab states are forming tacit pacts with...

      Joniopolis



  •           Don’t even get me started on graffiti. Okay, too late. I’m on a roll. There are about 12 billion reasons why I hate graffiti. Think I’m exaggerating? It costs 12...
  •          A friend of mine just bought a new vacuum, read the entire instruction booklet, learned how to take it apart, how to clean the filters, how to check for blockages, etc. and...

  • A Doggone Dilemma

    16 days ago

    •           Have you ever noticed that no dogs are actually named Fido, Rover, or Spot? I’ve been studying pet names, okay my whole life, I know, I know, which makes it sound like I need...

  • Pindostan is using SWIFT as a kind of ‘billy club’ in its foreign policy RT.com, Jul 2 2019 Trump at a Made in Pindostan product showcase with Pence (Photo: Carlos Barria/Reuters)...
  • oink, oink

    3 days ago
  • Australian PM refused to raise persecution of Assange with Trump Oscar Grenfell, WSWS, Jul 2 2019 Donald Trump and Scott Morrison at the G20 [Photo: Dan Scavino Jr] PM Scott Morrison...

    • Pindo Border Patrol agents joke about immigrant deaths in secret Facebook group with 9,500 members George Marlowe, WSWS, Jul 2 2019 A report published Monday by ProPublica revealed...

      Inter Press ServiceInter Press Service



  • Marian Starkey is Senior Director of Publications at Population Connection. She has an MSc in Population and Development from the London School of Economics. The post Zero Population...
  • As the focus of Australian politics shifts away from refugee and asylum-seeker policies, the government avoids accountability for inhumane actions. Despite clear concerns that...

    • A military strike on a detention centre for migrants in Libya that claimed dozens of lives on Tuesday Jul. 2 has reignited a debate over the poor treatment of the mainly African people...

    The Moderate Voice



  • For what should've been an obvious disaster, Child's Play expertly crafted its own story and kept the entertainment consistent from beginning to end without ever dragging on...
  • TMV wishes all of you and yours a wonderful 4th of July as all of us enjoy this holiday and reflect on its traditional meaning. Image by Jill Wellington from Pixabay The post HAPPY INDEPENDENCE...

    • We do not need a frivolous display of military might –- especially one reminiscent of those in Russia, China and North Korea -- to remind us of what our military have been doing and...

  • When it comes to climate change research, most studies bear bad news regarding the looming, very real threat of a warming planet and the resulting devastation that it will bring upon...
  • Lunchtime Photo

    7 hours ago
  • I spent last Sunday up in LA, and among other things I went out to Rodeo Drive to take pictures of the beautiful people as the sun was going down. Here was my strategy: I sat down in a chair...

    • Adapted from How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States. America, as a shorthand for the United States, has a way of raising hackles around the globe. The Americas...
    • ( Likely I have ideas which irritate some. The country south of Texas is The United States of Mexico. The country north of Mexico does not have a unique name of its own. Why ? )
    • World Resources Institute / Andres Flores Montalvo, Juan Carlos Altamirco, Fernando Olea, Andrea Zafra, Jeffrey Rissman https://bit.ly/2MrrHDg [Forbes] Mexico pledged to...

      RSS Feed for Author: Paul Craig Roberts



  • This coming September it will have been 18 years since 9/11 and we still do not have from the US government a believable explanation of the event.
  • The working class is under attack for being "white supremacists." This is the way to shut them up, while sympathy is directed to the poor male who has declared himself transgendered...

    • When power systems go down, nuclear reactors can overheat and produce Fukushima meltdowns. Try to image the consequences of a large number of such meltdowns. Yet, we have adopted...

      Unexplained Mysteries



  • One Bali resident got the fright of his life when he discovered this strange critter on the ceiling of his home. Hari Toae described the peculiar crea...
  • Scientists are attempting to prove the existence of parallel universes by firing neutrons at a solid wall. The idea that we live in one of a practical...

    • Modern forensic techniques have been applied to an ancient fractured skull found in a cave in Romania. Discovered by phosphate miners in Cioclovina ca...

      The Watchers - Editor's Picks



  • Tropical Depression "Mun" made landfall in Thai Binh Province of Vietnam between 21:30 and 22:00 UTC on July 3, 2019 (04:30 and 05:00 UTC on July 4), after passing over Hainan Island...
  • Yellowstone's Steamboat geyser continued smashing record in June 2019. At this rate, the annual record for eruptions will fall this summer. During the month, 7 water eruptions occurred...

    • Valentina Zharkova's article confirming the next Grand Solar Minimum titled, 'Oscillations of the baseline of solar magnetic field and solar irradiance on a millennial timescale'...

  • Targeted hygiene means intervening with kids and their environment, but only when you can stop the risk of infection
  • The findings stem from a survey of 1,000 people who use marijuana in Colorado, where it is legal. Of the 65% who said they use pot to quell pain, 80% said it was very or extremely helpful...

    • This new study included nearly 19,000 patients who received radioactive iodine for hyperthyroidism (mainly Graves' disease) between 1946 and 1964. None of them had cancer at the...

  • Reading Time: 6 minutes We’re taught the proud history of a land built by welcomed immigrants. But the truth about their reception is more complicated. The post Fourth of July Reminder...
  • Reading Time: 2 minutes Analysis Says We Need to Stop Building Fossil Fuel Plants ; Kobach's 'Reverse Midas Touch' ; and More Picks 7/3 The post Gun Rights Groups Sue California to Challenge...

    • Reading Time: 6 minutes Your online devices may be broadcasting more about you than even your psychiatrist knows — and this private information is being used by people who want your...

    4 July - iGoogle Portal - Tab 10



      In5D Esoteric, Metaphysical, and Spiritual Database



  • by Gregg Prescott, M.S. Founder, Webmaster, & Editor, In5D.com Today’s High Pitched Frequencies D Sharp: (Also called D#, E Flat Major, or E♭ Major, the cusp of D and E) D=...
  • by Morag, Contributing writer, In5D.com Traveler teams assemble. Links are being made. Cybernet communication lines established in a chaotic, crumbling matrix. Your gag has been...

    • by Gregg Prescott, M.S. Founder, Webmaster, & Editor, In5D.com In5D’s Gregg Prescott talks about recurring and prophetic dreams, the psychology of sleep and dreams, dream...

  • Tunisian authorities are investigating two Belarusian men who were found to be in possession of several forged passports and electronic surveillance equipment...
  • An Islamic State militant who blew himself up in the Philippines last week was probably history’s first-ever Filipino suicide bomber, according to police officials...

    • In a rare public appearance, the director of the Mossad spy agency said that the Middle East is witnessing a historic shift of alliances as many Arab states are forming tacit pacts with...

      INTERNATIONALIST 360°



  • Reinaldo Iturriza On February 20, 2009, Chávez was taken by surprise at the house of Nohemí, in the community of El Cayude, about ten minutes beyond the town of Tocuato, on the road...
  • We spoke to Alpacino Mojica from the organization Los Azules del Oriente to understand more about the context and the importance of the upcoming elections in Bolivia. Mojica speaks...

    • The Address | Benghazi – Libya Major General Muhammad al-Manfour, commander of the air force of the Libyan National Army (LNA), issued a statement categorically denying accusations...

      Unexplained Mysteries



  • One Bali resident got the fright of his life when he discovered this strange critter on the ceiling of his home. Hari Toae described the peculiar crea...
  • Scientists are attempting to prove the existence of parallel universes by firing neutrons at a solid wall. The idea that we live in one of a practical...

    • Modern forensic techniques have been applied to an ancient fractured skull found in a cave in Romania. Discovered by phosphate miners in Cioclovina ca...

  • A guest post from Dean Zerbe, a whistleblower advocate and former tax counsel for the Senate Finance Committee. Tax whistleblowers had good news the other day with the Taxpayer...
  • “An employee of the Department of Housing and Urban Development may not ask his secretary to type his personal correspondence during duty hours.” That is one example in the federal...

    • The Department of Justice announced last week that Encompass Health Corporation, formerly known as HealthSouth Corporation, has agreed to pay $48 million to resolve allegations...

      Ù„ماذا غزة؟ Why Gaza?



  • My friend, Sally-Alice Thompson, is a long-time peace activist. She’s a retired WWII Navy veteran approaching 96 years old. So she’s seen a lot in her day, and she’s always been...
  • My Coddiwomple

    17 days ago

    • Coddiwomple – to travel in a purposeful manner towards a vague destination. Kabir (a 15th-century Indian mystic poet and saint, whose writings, according to some scholars...

    4 July - iGoogle Portal - Tab 9



      Washington's Blog



  • By David Swanson, Executive Director, World BEYOND War, July 3, 2019 Ending bigotry has gone mainstream among the enlightened people of the developed world. Did you spot the acceptable...

    • Marc Mauer is the executive director of The Sentencing Project, a national organization based in Washington, D.C. that promotes criminal justice reform. His books include The Meaning...

  • Betsy Ross is the focus on this Fourth of July, but perhaps not the way most people would have predicted. Nike created a shoe with a version of the “Betsy Ross Flag”–a U.S. flag...
  • After a drought caused water levels to recede dramatically in an Iraq reservoir, a 3,400-year-old palace was temporarily revealed that was hailed as an “archaeological sensation.”...

    • Olivia de Havilland, who starred in The Adventures of Robin Hood, Captain Blood, Gone With the Wind, and The Heiress, celebrated her 103rd birthday on July 1, 2019. Born in Tokyo in...





  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Wednesday, July 3, 2019 Heavy Thunderstorms in DC Holiday Forecast May Rain on Don’s Parade; To...
  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Tuesday, July 2, 2019 Pence Cancels New Hampshire Trip and Rushes Back to White House; Putin Cleared...

    • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Monday, July 1, 2019 Don and Kim Stage Inane Dog and Pony Show at Korean DMZ; No Apparent Purpose Beyond...

      Sustainable Pulse



  • Lawmakers in Austria’s lower house of parliament voted to ban all uses of controversial herbicide glyphosate on Tuesday, as the substance faces a slew of lawsuits in the US...
  • Use of Bayer’s contested weedkiller glyphosate, the subject of more than 10,000 lawsuits in the US over claims it causes cancer, will eventually die out, German Chancellor Angela...

    • Glyphosate, the most heavily used pesticide in the U.S., should be added to the list of toxic chemicals the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regularly measures...

  • South / North
  • The Arctic trend from 2010 is flat on day 183. South / North

    • South / North

      Stagecraft and Statecraft



  • Monetary incentives to waste pickers and an environmental tax on plastics can help stem the problem. Brahma Chellaney, The Times of India A G-20 environmental meeting on June 16 failed...
  • Brahma Chellaney, The Hindustan Times Narendra Modi’s rise as the dominant force in Indian politics cannot obscure the daunting foreign-policy challenges he faces, including...

    • 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...

  • 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...

  •   Charles Foster Johnson, leader of Pastors for Texas Children, reflects on the meaning of citizenship:   America is not a geography. Or nationality. Or ethnicity.    America...
  •   The Boston Globe has a daily feature called Fast Forward written by Teresa Hanafin. I enjoy reading whatever she writes. Here she is in Trump’s parade: All I wish on this Fourth...

    •   Fred Klonsky proclaims his agreements with NY Times columnist Thomas Friedman.  “If Democrats can choose a nominee who speaks to our impending challenges, but who doesn’t...

  • June goes out with a whisper, not even a whimper, where science and technology content on late night is considered.  The best I can offer this week is from the repeats.  The June 27...
  • The summer doldrums continue for science and technology late night content.  No repeats to note for last week, and one new guest of note.  Simon Pegg, occasionally found in these...

    • 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...

      NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT



  • By Paul Homewood     Meanwhile back in the UK, daytime temperatures have been average at best:   As for rainfall, despite hysterical claims a week or two ago, there have been several...
  • By Paul Homewood   An excellent rebuttal by meteorologist Robert Endlich of extreme weather claims in the US:   In describing the errors in the Fourth National Climate Assessment...

    • By Paul Homewood   Roy Spencer’s take on the French heatwave:   News reporting of the recent heat wave in France and other European countries was accompanied with the usual blame...

  • In 1517, a 33-year-old theology professor at Wittenberg University walked over to the Castle Church in Wittenberg and nailed a paper of 95 theses to the door, hoping to spark an academic...
  • A new paper appearing in the journal Earth Sciences here authored by Hermann Harde of the Helmut-Schmidt-University, Hamburg Germany, is stirring up more controversy among the...

    • History shows French heat waves used to be far deadlier. The year 1911 saw an uninterrupted scorching summer and tens of thousands of lives lost. As is the case with modern reports claiming...

  • Answer Sheet: What Research Really Says about Closing Schools — and Why It’s a Bad Idea for Kids Paul Robeson Public High School in the Englewood neighborhood of South Side Chicago...
  • Jersey Jazzman: The Facts About Newark's Schools: An Update Thanks to, among other things, Cory Booker's presidential campaign, Newark's schools remain in the spotlight. Back...

    • Janresseger: As Ohio Budget Negotiations Drag On, Conference Committee Should Leave State School Takeovers Out of the Budget This morning, July 1, marks the beginning of a new fiscal...

      Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers



  • Victor Davis Hanson // National Review In the current American–Iran stand-off are a number of global players. That is hardly new, but what is novel is that, for the first time in decades...
  • Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness We are now in the fourth year of an anti-Trump mania, and about reaching the point of caricature. The Left should have learned something after...

    • Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness President Trump recently ordered and then called off a retaliatory strike against Iran for destroying a U.S. surveillance drone. The U.S...

    The Moderate Voice



  • For what should've been an obvious disaster, Child's Play expertly crafted its own story and kept the entertainment consistent from beginning to end without ever dragging on...
  • HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY

    10 hours ago
  • TMV wishes all of you and yours a wonderful 4th of July as all of us enjoy this holiday and reflect on its traditional meaning. Image by Jill Wellington from Pixabay The post HAPPY INDEPENDENCE...

    • We do not need a frivolous display of military might –- especially one reminiscent of those in Russia, China and North Korea -- to remind us of what our military have been doing and...

      Marginal REVOLUTION



  • The sponsors of SB 50 seem to recognize that the state’s housing problems are at least partially man-made. Indeed, California is a leader in regulating just about everything —...
  • 1. Elad Gil on industry towns. 2. Art Carden reviews *Big Business: A Love Letter to an American Anti-Hero*. 3. Modern-day dandy dresses as an 1820s (?) gent. 4. YouTube is underrated...

    • As a free agent, he is being courted by his current team, the Toronto Raptors, as well as the Los Angeles Clippers and the Los Angeles Lakers (now the team of LeBron James). And the internet...

  • U.S. Representative Justin Amash, the libertarian-minded Republican who thinks President Trump should be impeached, has quit the GOP.   NOT EDITED.
  • Biden took it on the chin in the first Democratic Party debate. Whether he does better in the next debate could determine whether he gets the chance to be the nominee to challenge President...

    • The Gallup Poll found that Democrats' feelings of pride in the country are largely affected by election returns, while with the Republicans, not so much...

  • A critical reading between the lines of a Reuters article confirms that Washington has failed to cobble together a united opposition in Venezuela that is popular enough to win in the...
  • Eva Bartlett visited refugees in Syria escaping the horrid conditions in the Rukban Refugee Camp, a desolate outpost in the US administered deconfliction zone. What she found was...

    • Netanyahu’s diplomatic conquests in Africa have been celebrated by Israeli media as “historic”, while the Palestinian leadership remains oblivious to the rapidly changing...

      Marginal REVOLUTION



  • The sponsors of SB 50 seem to recognize that the state’s housing problems are at least partially man-made. Indeed, California is a leader in regulating just about everything —...
  • 1. Elad Gil on industry towns. 2. Art Carden reviews *Big Business: A Love Letter to an American Anti-Hero*. 3. Modern-day dandy dresses as an 1820s (?) gent. 4. YouTube is underrated...

    • As a free agent, he is being courted by his current team, the Toronto Raptors, as well as the Los Angeles Clippers and the Los Angeles Lakers (now the team of LeBron James). And the internet...

      Made from Truth and Lies



  • An astrobiologist tries cooking in Antarctica at -70ºC.(tags:viaFanf antarctic cooking temperature )I Don't Think a Woman is Electable In 2020 Because Last Time Around the...
  • Boris Johnson avoids Scotland as he brands Westminster an 'England parliament'(tags:England politics UK scotland )Survival of the Richest - How the elites are planning to cope...

    • Boeing's 737 Max Software Outsourced to $9-an-Hour Engineers(tags:engineering design software outsourcing airplanes )The Conservatives are suffering entryism from Brexit...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today



  • The glycemic index (GI) scores foods according to how quickly they raise blood sugar. This scoring system can help people with conditions such as diabetes make positive dietary choices...
  • Scientists have shown that programming bacteria to help the immune system fight cancer can shrink tumors and increase survival in mice.

    • Working with animal models and analyzing human genetic information, researchers discover how one gene may be key to the development of autism.

      InvestmentWatch



  • by Brandon Smith Technology can be dazzling but also debilitating to real human progress, and when I say “progress” I do not mean advancements in the world of machines but advancements...
  • by: Lance D Johnson   (Natural News) It has been five and half years since Colorado first legalized recreational marijuana and began taxing its consumption. Even though the state...

    • By Nick Cunningham U.S. natural gas prices have collapsed since the end of winter, even as inventory levels remain below average levels for this time of year. Henry Hub prices spiked in...

      www.gurukalehuru.com



  • And on it goes.  Trump continues to shock everybody, with his infantile parade but more so with the revelations that conditions in the conversation camps along the U.S. Mexico border...
  • Happy Fourth of July!

    7 hours ago
  • Happy Fourth of July, I suppose.  It’s the national holiday of the United States, and every country has the right to celebrate its national holiday, right?  Of course. The problem...
  • Bratty Brits

    2 days ago

    • The most infantile and misdirected protest I’ve seen recently, maybe ever, is the British delegates to the European Parliament turning their backs during the European Anthem...

      Fragments from Floyd



  • It seemed simple enough. On the Blue Ridge Parkway on the way back from an oil change yesterday, and in no particular hurry. I pulled off to the shoulder of the road and grabbed my camera...
  • One of my favorite features on the trip to town along 221 this time of year is the wildflower assortment, the “unplanted garden” in which yellow is disproportionately well represented...

    • You’ve known people, surely, that if they had to keep their hands in their pockets, they couldn’t tell a story. I’ve just realized that part the reason for the dearth of blog posts...