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Links 8/4/19
Neoliberalism: Political Success, Economic Failure

Now, after nearly half a century, the verdict on neoliberalism is in.
Links 8/3/19

Jersey Jazzman: What's Really Happening in Camden's Schools?

Jersey Jazzman: What's Really Happening in Camden's Schools? This latest series on
Shanker Blog: The Role of States in Teacher Pay Gaps

Shanker Blog: The Role of States in Teacher Pay Gaps We recently published a research brief
VT Digger: William Mathis: Who Likes School Test Scores? Almost No One

VT Digger: William Mathis: Who Likes School Test Scores? Almost No One The latest release of

Basic Energy Services launches new water midstream company with Permian

Fort Worth oilfield services company Basic Energy Services is launching a new subsidiary that will focus on
Crude ends week lower after largest dip in more than four years

Oil finished down for the week as positive U.S. jobs news wasn't enough to erase a plunge triggered by
Rig count dips as Oklahoma continues its slump

Another dip in drilling activity in Oklahoma led to the ongoing decline in nationwide drilling to continue.

Governor follows Trump script in reelection brawl

Republican Matt Bevin is clinging as tightly as he can to the president in an attempt to overcome his own
‘The numbers are going up’: El Paso massacre stuns Dem presidential forum

Beto O'Rourke returns home from Las Vegas gathering, where candidates listened in horror to reports of
Texas governor: 20 dead in El Paso shopping-complex shooting

El Paso shooting: 21-year-old suspect Patrick Crusius ‘espoused racist tropes and voiced support for Christchurch mosque gunman’

The suspected gunman behind the El Paso shooting that has left at least 20 people dead is believed to be a 21-year-old white man called Patrick Crusius. Though Crusius was not named by law enforcement as the shooter, local media reported his name and published what it said were CCTV images of the suspect armed with a rifle.The Texas city’s police chief said the assault on a Walmart store on Saturday, which left another 26 people wounded, was being investigated as a potential hate crimePolice officially identified a 21-year-old white male from Allen, Texas, a Dallas suburb some 650 miles east of El Paso.The attack came just minutes after a far-right manifesto appeared online. Senior law enforcement officials told NBC News they were “reasonably confident” the document had been posted by the shooting suspect on online message board 8chan. If authentic, it would make it the third mass shooting this year announced in advance on the website, which often features far-right and racist content. El Paso police chief Greg Allen said authorities were examining the manifesto, which indicated “there is a potential nexus to a hate crime”. Officials declined to elaborate and said the investigation was continuing.The racist four-page document, titled “The Inconvenient Truth”, calls the Walmart attack “a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas” and expresses support for the gunman who killed 51 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand earlier this year.He rails against automation, the “destruction of our environment” and immigration, and says his views were influenced by the so-called “Great Replacement”, a white supremacist conspiracy theory that claims people of European descent are being overwhelmed.The 2,300-word diatribe expresses hatred of “race mixing” and suggests the US should be split up into different regions for different ethnicities.His opinions on immigration, he writes, predate “Trump and his campaign for president”, though the author repeatedly uses talking points often wielded by the US president, including the claim “illegals” are “invading” the country, and that the mainstream media publishes “fake news”. CNN reported the FBI has opened a domestic terror investigation into the shooting.At least two Democratic presidential candidates, Pete Buttigieg and El Paso native Beto O’Rourke, drew connections to a resurgence in white nationalism and xenophobic politics in the US.“America is under attack from homegrown white nationalist terrorism,” Mr Buttigieg said at a candidates forum in Las Vegas.Mr O’Rourke partially blamed Donald Trump’s racist rhetoric, which “fundamentally changes the character of the country – and it leads to violence”.On Twitter, Mr Trump branded the shooting “an act of cowardice”, adding, “I know that I stand with everyone in this country to condemn today’s hateful act. There are no reasons or excuses that will ever justify killing innocent people”.The carnage ranked as the eighth-deadliest mass shooting in modern US history, after a 1984 shooting in San Ysidro, California, that claimed 21 lives.It came just six days after the last major outbreak of US gun violence in a public place – a food festival in California where a teenager killed three people with an assault rifle and injured a dozen others before taking his own life in a hail of police gunfire.Just hours after the El Paso attack, a gunman shot dead at least nine people outside a bar in Dayton, Ohio, early on Sunday morning.“We are going to aggressively prosecute it both as capital murder but also as a hate crime, which is exactly what it appears to be,” Texas governor Greg Abbott told reporters of the Walmart attack, adding, “I don’t want to get ahead of the evidence”.Refusing to call for tightening gun control measures, Mr Abbott said it was time to “focus more on memorials before we start the politics”. In an emotional statement, El Paso county sheriff Richard Wiles railed against those “jumping in front of the cameras and offering prayers and condolences as things just keep getting worse”. “It’s time to rise up and hold our representatives accountable at all levels. I want representatives who will stand up to racism. Who will stand up and support the diversity of our nation and our state,” he said. Additional reporting by Reuters

The Independent
El Paso shooting: 20 dead in ‘evil act of violence’ at Texas Walmart as police probe ‘hate crime’

Authorities in Texas are quizzing a 21-year-old white man – suspected of posting a racist “manifesto” online – believed to be responsible for a gun attack on a shopping centre that killed 20 people and which police said was the “nexus of a hate crime”.Video phone footage taken inside a mall in El Paso showed people running in fear for their lives after the shooter entered a Walmart store with a semiautomatic weapon and opened fire. In addition to the 20 fatalities, at least two-dozen people were injured in the latest incident of gun violence to scar the nation.It appears the suspected shooter – named by multiple media accounts as Patrick Crusius – drove up to ten hours from Alen, a town near Dallas, to target the store in El Paso, a city on the border with Mexico that has long been a home to immigrants. An online posting apparently written several days ago, said the attack was a response to the “Hispanic invasion of Texas”.
El Paso shooting: Some victims too scared to seek medical help for ‘fear over immigration status’

Some of the victims of the El Paso Walmart mass shooting avoided seeking medical treatment because they were worried about their immigration status, it is feared.Three weeks ago, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials carried out mass raids on the homes of migrants in a crackdown by Donald Trump on those in the country without documentation.Juliette Kayyem, formerly of the Homeland Security Department, told CNN: “This is a concern.“It’s clear that there are people not unifying with their family and that there are people who are worried or injured that did not go to hospitals likely because of their immigration status.“That’s something El Paso should probably get ahead on.”Authorities say they are investigating the massacre at the Texas border city supermarket as a race-hate crime.

Delegate wants action on climate change

The “Climate Adaptation Plan for the Navajo Nation,” prepared by the Department of Fish and Wildlife, has
Police find ‘baseball size amount of meth’

An early morning report of a man sleeping at the wheel and blocking the driveway of a home prompted Navajo
Council: Head Start can use tribal funding to pay bills

If the president signs a bill passed by the Navajo Nation Council, Navajo Head Start will be allowed to

Study reveals complex genetic history of Amazonian peoples in South America

Geneticists are working to understand the complex genetic history of Amazonian peoples in South America
Japan OKs human-animal hybrid experiments using stem cells

Japan has OK’d research for scientists who want to study the collective human psyche, among other things
U.S. intelligence agencies built Sentient, an ‘artificial brain,’ to

They call it Sentient, an apt name for an artificial intelligence program that’s been in production

Jeroen Dijsselbloem loses out in race to take over at IMF

Former finance minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem has lost out to Bulgaria’s Kristalina Georgieva in the
Box hedges facing knockout blow as parasitic moths fly in

The box hedge, an archetypal feature of Dutch garden design, is on the brink of dying out following the
Dutch competition authority rejects Ryanair claim about KLM and Schiphol

The Dutch cartel watchdog ACM said on Friday it had found no evidence that KLM and Schiphol airport were

Misconfigured JIRA Servers Leak Info on Users and Projects

Misconfigured Jira servers from big names in the tech industry exposed information about internal projects
The Week in Ransomware - August 2nd 2019 - More of the Same

This week the biggest news was attackers breaking into Iomega NAS devices, wiping the drives, and then
Windows 10 WSL2 Now Allows You to Configure Global Options

Microsoft recently released a new feature for the Windows Subsystem for Linux version 2 (WSL2) that allows

1 dead 3 injured as meteorite hits southern India (27 flags)

And it has created a record. First recorded human fatality due to a meteorite. Can someone bring up the
Donald Trump: Id bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding (25

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/06/donald-trump-waterboarding-republican-debate-torture
Iowans claim instances when Sanders was shorted delegates (20 flags)

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2016/02/06/iowans-claim-instances

Penn State GSE Post: PreK-12 Teachers Should Ask Which Gender Pronouns

Some individuals and institutions within American academia reject the fundamental male-female dichotomy and
Dr. Walter Williams Discusses Taxation, Tyranny & Personal Liberty

When young people join the ranks of American taxpayers annually soaked by Uncle Sam, they encounter the
Study Claims Trump’s Election could have Affected Rise in Latina Preterm

A recent study by Johns Hopkins University researchers claims that Trump's 2016 election led to more

Zimbabwe cricketers not giving up after ICC suspension

Country's national team is fighting to stay alive after International Cricket Council suspends its
El Paso shooting: 20 killed, 26 wounded in Texas Walmart attack

Police probing possibility shooting near US-Mexico border was a hate crime after anti-immigrant screed
Dayton shooting: Nine killed, 26 wounded, shooter also dead

Dayton police say shooter is dead, in incident coming hours after mass shooting in El Paso kills at least

Top Products in Two Decades of Tech Reviews

Walt Mossberg on the dozen personal-technology products that were the most influential over two decades of
Diabetes Data Beamed to Your Phone

New meters from iHealth and LifeScan are small steps toward better diabetes care.
Two Houses, One Cable TV Bill

Walt answers questions from readers about streaming TV from one house to another and the search for

Lebanon actress calls for burning Palestinians in Hitler’s ovens

Lebanese actress Soha Kikano seen in an image uploaded on July 20, 2019 Lebanese actress Soha Kikano has
Israel Health Ministry ‘worried’ halt in Palestinian transfers will hurt

A Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance is seen at an Israeli checkpoint Israel’s Health Ministry has
Palestinian Prisoners’ Center for Studies Report : 420 Arrests in July

02 AUG 11:36 PM The Palestinian Prisoners’ Center for Studies (PCBS), released a report on August 1, 2019

Texas Walmart shooting: El Paso attack 'appears to be hate crime'

The suspect may have written an online tract expressing white supremacist and racist views, officials say.
Dayton shooting: Nine confirmed killed, gunman also dead

Police say nine people are dead and at least 26 injured in the second US mass shooting in 24 hours.
From child refugee to president: Latvia's Vaira Vike-Freiberga

The first woman to lead an ex-Soviet bloc country fled Latvia as a child and returned decades later.

Maggie Oliver Appears on Richie Allen Show Conspiracy Podcast

A blurb for a recent episode of the Richie Allen Show: Richie is joined by former Detective Chief Constable
Therapists Warn Against “Anger” aimed at Tom Watson, Police and Carl Beech

Signers include author of “The Satanist Cult of Ted Heath” In a letter to the Guardian, a group
After the Conviction: Some Carl Beech Media Clippings

Numerous articles, comment pieces and “long reads” have appeared in the wake of the conviction

Healing means owning oneself

Healing means owning oneself. I contain multitudes. I suppose more accurately healing is letting go of the
Paradox rules: life on the razor’s edge (updated)

My healing process is intense and relentless. I hit crises with some regularity and I go into an altered
Love and such….

We are all entitled to love. we have no control over how it comes to us, however. ...

Turkey to use F-35 missiles in locally made combat jets

Air-to-surface missiles developed for the F-35 fighter jet could be used with Turkey’s locally-developed
Millions of ‘slaves’ around the world still making stuff we buy today

There were 40.3 million people living in conditions of slavery in 2018, mostly women, a recent report by
Iran seizes another tanker in the Gulf, media say

Iran has seized another foreign tanker in the Gulf, Iranian state media say. A Revolutionary Guard Corps

Slav Mom Cooking

This is NOT medical advice. Please consult your doctor before you eat food. Low fat, high carb, high sugar
Advice For Women Who Want Kids

This series contains candid advice for young women who know they want a family.
Hovercraft Parenting: Damaging a Generation

We have reached a time in history where helicopter parenting is no longer an adequate description for an

We Need to Talk about Sandy Hook

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Mowing the Lawn in Gaza

By Volaar “When thy intelligence shall cross beyond the whirl of delusion, then shalt thou become

In Case You Missed It...

This week at CBPP, we focused on the federal budget and taxes, health, food assistance
NAP After Hurricane Maria: Vidnalys Villegas

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NAP After Hurricane Maria: Keishla Santiago Santana

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The Coming College Adversity Score Scam

As I wrote before, the College Board is going to award "adversity" scores to its college-bound
Is Home Ownership An Unalloyed Positive?

Tyler Cowen pointed out this article on the widening gap between white and black home ownership rates
On Tribalism and Discourse -- The Best Paragraph I Have Read For Quite A

Today on Twitter I sought to give our Senator Krysten Sinema some support for her opposition to tariffs

Chris Hedges: The Integrity Initiative: British Government Psyops

Dandelion Salad with Chris Hedges RT America on Aug 3, 2019 On Contact host Chris Hedges and investigative
In Praise of Honey Bees by Shepherd Bliss

by Shepherd Bliss Writer, Dandelion Salad Sebastopol, California August 2, 2019 I attended a honeybee
Will Griffin: US Veterans Poll: Wars Not Worth Fighting + Sara Flounders

by Will Griffin Writer, Dandelion Salad The Peace Report August 1, 2019 The Peace Report on Jul 14, 2019

The future called the Marine Corps. It refused.

After 9/11 the USMC had an opportunity to become great but refused, putting them on a dead-end path.
The core competence of America’s generals

After 18 years of war, let's ask what went wrong. It is time to hold our generals accountable.
Hobbs and Shaw has it all: hypermasculinity, babes, & cars

Here is what you need to help you decide if you want to see H&S, and what you'll miss if you don&#

Boom or Bust -Education Will Determine Africa’s Transformation

August 12, marks International Youth Day, and the theme for this year is ‘making education more relevant
Extreme Weather Events are Just the Tip of Rapidly Melting Icebergs

António Guterres , Secretary-General of the United Nations, in an address to the world body. The post
UNRWA Faces Donor Backlash Amidst Charges of Sexual Misconduct & Nepotism

The UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which has been undermined by a sharp cut in US contributions, has

The LNA Details the Reasons for the Saddada Air Strike South West of

In an interview with Almarsad.co, Major General Al-Mabrouk al-Ghazwi of the Libyan National Army (LNA
Rebuilding the Hegemony of Chavismo: A Conversation with Gerardo Rojas

Cira Pascual Marquina and Gerardo Rojas Gerardo Rojas is a Barquisimeto‐based Chavista intellectual and
Keys to Understanding Chavismo, a Movement that is Much More Than the

Marco Teruggi Chavismo is more than the government. Reinaldo Iturriza, Venezuelan sociologist, analyzes the

Crop Breeding for High Production, Water Use Efficiency & Albedo

It's a good way to confront mankind's growing need for food and the water needed to produce it
Biospheric Productivity (Global: The Recent Past) -- Summary

Since 1980 the Earth has weathered three of the warmest decades in the instrumental temperature record, a
Catastrophic Floods of Dartmoor, South West England

Are they few and far-between? ... or are they growing ever more frequent ... and ferocious?

Amazon deforestation: Bolsonaro ready to sack official who exposed him

The head of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research said on Friday he was
Fentanyl, the powerful synthetic opioid painkiller poisoning US/China

President Donald Trump has repeatedly hit out at China for failing to curb the
Record price for rare Assam tea: 2 kg of Maijan Orthodox Golden sold for US

A rare Assam tea has sold for a world record price at auction in India, highlighting

Fragile karst worries neighbors of proposed wind turbines #OH

YORK TOWNSHIP – To call Bellevue and its surrounding area Ohio’s sinkhole capitol is not too
Wind farm east of Muskegon met with lawsuits, recall attempts #MI

MUSKEGON COUNTY, MI – A proposed wind farm project at the border of Muskegon and Kent counties continues to
Farmersville Town Board to continue wind law discussions next week #NY

FARMERSVILLE – Members of the Farmersville Town Board reviewed a revised wind law during a special

On PSOE, Podemos and squandered opportunities

Three months after the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE – S&D) electoral victory, Sánchez's
A German mayor for a Romanian city?

And it's not Iohannis. For those of you who don't know: Klaus Iohannis, Romania's sitting
This Week in Europe: Ex-comedian scores election win, rapper detained and

Members of the TNF team recount big events from Europe from the past week, and point attention to news that

Why Academic Hoaxes are Deadly Serious

Tax dollars are being used to brainwash young people with arrant, dangerous nonsense.
Hoaxing Academic Journals Now Forbidden

Portland State University says submitting fake papers to journals explicitly to assess their rigour is an
My New Best Friend

I discover an awesome garden gadget.

The Survival Rate of Each Lung Cancer Stage

We all know that there are many stages of lung cancer and you might be wondering how each stage is like and
Chocolates Help Fight Cancer- Myth or Truth?

How amazing (and difficult) is it to love something that is also supposed to do you a world of good
Top 6 Symptoms That Indicate Breast Cancer

Cancer is one of the fastest growing cause of deaths in the world. The most common type of cancer include &

Worth reading: Segregation, sexual harassment, and silencing scientists

Worth reading: Segregation, sexual harassment, and silencing scientists A few of the recent
It's October. What's Congress doing about healthcare?

It's October. What's Congress doing about healthcare? We made it to October without
More reasons to oppose the latest awful iteration of GOPcare

More reasons to oppose the latest awful iteration of GOPcare Many of us were cheered by

Exit From The Matrix: unlimited power of imagination

by Jon Rappoport May 11, 2019 One way or another, 99.99999999% of the world’s “spiritual systems” get
The lure of a stimulus-response world

Shrinking-freedom is a Spiritual covert op by Jon Rappoport May 10, 2019 (To join our email list, click
The stone cold conservative socialist

by Jon Rappoport May 9, 2019 (To join our email list, click here.) “Is he a meth goony bird? He seems to be

9 killed as gunman opens fire in Dayton bar district, hours after Texas

Nine people have been killed in a mass shooting in downtown Dayton, Ohio while 26 others were injured. The
Japan rocked by 6.2 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Fukushima

Japan has been struck by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Fukushima where a mega tremor
Why I want to start a free speech trade union

Last April, the historian Niall Ferguson called for a NATO of the pen. Inspired by the 1949 North Atlantic

Feral cats, wallaby, urban deer on regional council pest hit list

Council to get tough on people feeding feral cats.
Report into toxic Waikanae library slams Kāpiti council and warns other

Dangerous toxic mould grew while the council turned a blind eye, report says.
NZ's sweet obsession: Why do we love $1 lolly mixtures so much?

The look, prices and origin of many of our lollies have changed. But our appetite for them remains. So why

Another solution

I approve of this strategy. Pretty much, yeah. pic.twitter.com/eN4iDJZsFj — Vics Summers
A few radical proposals

The traditional sacred American ritual was performed in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio this weekend. I
The indignities that pregnant women face

There are many stories of people being mortified when they ask someone, even someone they know, whom they