Sunday, September 08, 2019

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  • Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org In the U.S.-and-allied nations, the standard way of interpreting wars and international relations is archetypally exemplified...
  • Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org On August 31st, the brilliant anonymous German intelligence analyst who blogs as “Moon of Alabama” headlined “Syria...

    • The implicit narrative of the latest rally in stocks is that this is just another normal rally in the ongoing 10-year long Bull market. Nice, but do these three charts look “normal”...

      The Vintage News



  • Chins are something uniquely human. Yet a visit to any monkey house at any zoo in the world would also confirm one thing: we are remarkably like our ape ancestors in many distinct ways...
  • The history of Corn Flakes, and breakfast cereal itself, has some truly surprising beginnings. Nowadays the spheres of mainstream medicine and organized religion are viewed as...

    • Chinese scientists and researchers discovered a potentially new substance on the moon when its lunar rover, Yutu-2, was roaming over the moon’s surface, one official suspected...

      Utopia – you are standing in it!







  • Senior Labour Ministers Tell Corbyn to Set Election Day in November; Labour Brands BoJo as “Manifest Liar,” Says First Priority Must Be to “Stop No Deal”; EU Signals That...
  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Thursday, September 5, 2019 The Roots of Trump’s Demagogy in the Writings of Graeco-Roman Sophist...

    • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Wednesday, September 4, 2019 BoJo’s Demand for Oct. 15 Snap Election Is Also Defeated; His Debut...

  • Thrive Market, working in coordination with The Detox Project, announced Wednesday that they have become the first retailer to include the Glyphosate Residue Free certification...
  • Scientific analysis finds that the European Food Safety Authority’s opinion on Monsanto’s MON810 Bt maize was unsound and concludes EU Commission should withdraw cultivation...

    • Germany will ban the use of the weedkiller glyphosate – the subject of billion-dollar U.S lawsuits over claims it causes cancer – from the end of 2023 and limit its use before then...

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      Stagecraft and Statecraft



  • India is wedged between two nuclear-armed allies that routinely defy fundamental international rules and norms. Until China and Pakistan stop trying to undermine its territorial...
  • Today, with the specter of Asian power disequilibrium looming, the China factor has gained greater salience in the equations between and among the major Indo-Pacific powers. Brahma...

    • Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) is a core issue of national security and secular identity for India. Its changed constitutional status marks a watershed for India. To advance J&K’s...

  • It is interesting to note that Lord Ranganatha,The presiding deity at Sri Rangam,is attired in Muslim tradition with Lungi,and the offering to Him are Roti and Butter. And there is...
  • Sandalwood paste and saffron are used to maintain the body and no other chemicals are added. Twice a year, a coat of camphor mixed with saffron, which produces ochre/orange tint on...

    • The term Nachiar is very special in Tamil. In social traditions now,the term is used to denote the Lady of the house belonging to Thevar Community. The are, mostly ,are Saivaites. In...

      Diane Ravitch's blog



  • Shani Robinson is one of the teachers who was convicted of cheating in the infamous Atlanta case. In her absorbing book None the Above: The Untold Story of the Atlanta Public Schools...
  • In an insightful article in the Washington City Paper, Rachel Cohen describes how the charter industry in the District of Columbia has organized campaigns to prevent any accountability...

    • Technology in the classroom has become so ubiquitous that the use of papers and pencils or pens seems innovative. The Wall Street Journal published a front-page story about the high-powered...

  • For most shows, last week was the last hurrahs of summer vacation.  Nearly all will be back this Tuesday.  The repeat of note is a program I missed when it originally aired this past...
  • Many of the late night programs have decided to punt the last part of August and go on vacation.  Expect repeats and/or pre-emptions until after Labor Day. The repeats of note are singular...

    • August is sometimes referred to as the ‘dog days’ of summer, and that can mean a few things besides uncomfortable heat.  The aspect of ‘dog days’ that applies to the science...

      NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT



  • By Paul Homewood   h/t Mr GrimNasty From Maritime Bulletin: Arctic tours ship MS MALMO with 16 passengers on board got stuck in ice on Sep 3 off Longyearbyen, Svalbard Archipelago...
  • ( Arctic ice ? It is not too many years since 'climate warriors' were caught in Antarctic ice - that supposedly was melting )
  • By Paul Homewood   h/t Dennis Ambler   Remember how many times we have been told that climate change was wiping out the poor puffins? The Sunday Times reveals the real story:   Puffins...

    • By Paul Homewood   h/t Dennis Ambler     Today’s scare story is about bananas:   http://www.climateaction.org/news/climate-change-could-cause-significant-decline-in-banana-production...

  • Two recent scientific publications underscore how mass extinction events are associated with global cool-offs, glaciation and sea level fall, and NOT warmer climates. Life thrives...
  • Cat 5 Hurricane “Dorian” showed a development parallel to a solar storm lasting several days, which reached the earth from 27 August to 4 September 2019. By Snowfan The strength...

    • In and interview with flagship German business daily Handelsblatt here, Danish economist Björn Lomborg warned of the “inefficiency in climate protection” and says Germany...

  • Answer Sheet: Some ‘No-Excuses’ Charter Schools Say They Are Changing. Are They? Can They? A couple of months ago, some education researchers wrote a commentary in Education...
  • Gotham Gazette: Why It’s Time to Re-Think Bloomberg Era Gifted & Talented Programming in New York City Last week, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s School Diversity Advisory Group...

    • Ed in the Apple: Is the Opposition to Phasing Out Gifted Classes Based on Research or Implied Bias? You wake up in the middle of the night, sweating, a nightmare and you realize; only...

      Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers



  • The Monroe Doctrine: Guide to the Future Please read a new essay by my colleague, Williamson Murray in Strategika. The Monroe Doctrine, which purports to warn other states from...
  • Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness Most of us who came of age in the 1970s revered the university—even as it was still reeling from 1960s protests and beginning a process that...

    • Victor Davis Hanson // National Review One of the most radical changes in the labyrinth of the Middle East is the near cessation of the old formal hostility of the Arab nations to Israel...

    The Moderate Voice



  • Excuse me! Photo by Natasha Kasim on Unsplash, CC BY-SA Clare Collins, University of Newcastle Curious Kids is a series for children. If you have a question you’d like an expert to...
  • WASHINGTON — This doesn’t qualify as earth-shattering news at this point, but President Trump showed us again this week how spectacularly ignorant, vainglorious and obsessive...

    • Joe Biden has long been adept at talking with a foot in his mouth, so perhaps it’s no surprise lately he has overdosed on whoppers. Nevertheless, it has unnerved many Democrats to...

      Marginal REVOLUTION



  • “My colleague spends two hours a day making herself up,” my wife says, on her way to the department store where she works. “She wants everyone to look at her?” “No.  She wants...
  • Sunday assorted links

    12 hours ago
  • 1. It hurts AI students when AI professors leave a school (NYT).  Paper is here (pdf). 2. Progress Studies: a moral imperative. 3. “North Korea, for example, has over the past decade...

    • Ethan Pollock, Without the Banya We Would Perish: A History of the Russian Bathhouse. The title says it all, noting that without the banya I for one would not perish. George Weigel...

      Lloyd Lofthouse


    • Originally posted on The Soulful Veteran's Blog: Mental Health America says, “Writing down your thoughts can be a great way to work through issues. Researchers have found that...

  • Former FBI director Robert Mueller repeatedly helped Saudi Arabia escape scrutiny for its role in the 9/11 attacks, a lawsuit by 9/11 survivors alleges...
  • Investors are betting real money on Warren, not Biden, to face Trump in the 2020 presidential election.

    • Iceland used Vice President Mike Pence’s recent visit to protest his opposition to same-sex marriage and gay rights.

  • Following another catastrophic mass shooting or crisis event, Orwellian “solutions” are set to be foisted on a frightened American public by the very network connected, not...
  • According to Yemenis in Aden, the victims of the fighting are always Yemeni, not citizens or soldiers from Saudi Arabia or the UAE, and are part of a larger Saudi-UAE strategy to keep...

    • It is hard to imagine what it means to be to the “right of the Likud” or the “right of Netanyahu.” However, Matan Kahana claims that he and his party are just that and so a vote for...

      Made from Truth and Lies



  • There is no majority for any deal. There is also no majority for no deal. And there is no majority for revoking Article 50. There is therefore, no majority for anything.By default, without...
  • A story about 1,000 baby praying mantises.(tags:insects viaFJM )Ukraine and Russia exchange prisoners in landmark deal(tags:Ukraine russia )Lib Dems: Why is the party's LGBT+...

    • Biological age markers of humans reversed by years(tags:age research )What Statistics Can and Can't Tell Us About Ourselves (tags:statistics viaSwampers )Etsy's free shipping...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today



  • New research finds biomarkers for myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune condition, that may help diagnose it and create individualized treatments in the future...
  • According to newly published research, a drug that helps eradicate fear could boost the effectiveness of a common PTSD treatment.

    • A new study concludes that a vegetarian diet reduces the risk of ischemic heart disease. It also finds a small but surprising increased risk of stroke...

  • by DCG Headline One: E-cigarette deaths climb as officials confirm some illnesses caused by oil in lungs from vaping marijuana Headline Two: Oregon is one step closer to being...
  • In #LionelNation there’s only truth. Verity. Bold, brash and naked. There are no political parties, no predetermined direction or cause. Just truth. We’re not conspiracy theorists...

    • June 25, 2019 – Tristan Harris @ The Senate Commerce Committee. How technology companies use algorithms and machine learning to influence the public. Insight into companies...

      www.gurukalehuru.com



  • Yes, it is Bernie Sanders birthday and he is very old, except that doesn’t matter because he’s in super good shape and plays baseball and basketball, none of that weenie golf shit...
  • Secrecy

    2 days ago
  • I just saw the headline “Republican Something-or-Other Say Government is Covering Up UFOs.” I didn’t bother reading the article because I doubted that it would contain any...

    • What Whoopi Goldberg said to Bernie Sanders, when he appeared the other day on “The View” was so gob-smackingly ignorant that it is worthy of note.I do not recall the exact words...

      Fragments from Floyd



    • That’s not exactly right. FUTURE status UNK, but when is that not the case? Just sometimes more UNK than others. And we are in one of those times, I suppose, on Goose Creek and on Planet...

    8 September - iGoogle Portal - Tab 8


  • More than 20 states could be making a bipartisan effort to initiate an antitrust investigation into big tech companies. The investigation would focus on companies such as Apple...
  • University of Texas incoming freshmen who are interested in joining one of the two conservative groups on campus are being met with social media threats by a far left-wing group. In...
  • A Kentucky print shop owner who refused to make a gay pride T-shirt argued before the Kentucky Supreme Court that he shouldn’t be compelled to promote messages that go against his...

  • Featured Health News from Medical News Today



  • New research finds biomarkers for myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune condition, that may help diagnose it and create individualized treatments in the future...
  • According to newly published research, a drug that helps eradicate fear could boost the effectiveness of a common PTSD treatment.

    • A new study concludes that a vegetarian diet reduces the risk of ischemic heart disease. It also finds a small but surprising increased risk of stroke...
    • Over the past couple of weeks, Red Clay Consolidated School District Board of Education member Jason Casper has been a lightning rod of controversy over Facebook posts supporting...

      Have You Heard



  • TweetIn the latest episode of Have You Heard we go back to school. And not to the idealized, romantic notion of school but to the harsh reality that awaits too many students and teachers...
  • TweetStep one: become an expert in the regulations governing (and more importantly, not governing) charter schools in your state. Step two: recruit as many students as possible...

    • TweetIn the latest episode of Have You Heard, economist Marshall Steinbaum talks free college, human capital theory, educationism and why it’s time to disrupt the individualized...

  • King George III and Lord North have been blamed for botching negotiations with the American colonies. Now, the same Conservative Party seems determined to botch another negotiation...
  • Rain

    • This series, set in the (fictional) French town of Villeneuve during the years of the German occupation and afterwards, is simply outstanding – one of the best television series...

      Centinel2012



  • Real Climate Science Erasing Americas Hot past http://www.realclimatescience.com/erasing-americas-hot-past/ The US used to have many very hot summers, with the worst being...
  • The Heritage Foundation Published on Jun 17, 2019 Moderated by: Ryan Williams President, The Claremont Institute Panelist: Michael Anton Lecturer and Research Fellow, Hillsdale...
  • Reality and the Sacred

    11 hours ago

    • Jordan B Peterson Published on May 18, 2013 This public lecture, recorded by TVO, describes the way the world is portrayed in deep stories, such as myths and religious representations...

      The BRAD BLOG



  • * * * Perry Dorrell blogs as PDiddie at Brains and Eggs, usually on topics concerning the strange brew of Texas politics. He's also on Twitter @PDiddie...
  • We catch up on a whole bunch of stuff on today's BradCast, from Trump's ransacking of military hurricane recovery funds in order to pay for his border wall --- as Hurricane Dorian slams...

    • It's a very green BradCast today, but don't let that scare you away from hearing Bernie Sanders shout "DUUUHHH!" at Anderson Cooper. [Audio link to show follows below.] As the twisted...

      bluebird of bitterness






    • In honor of the birthday of Czech composer Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904, here are Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Seiji Ozawa, and the Boston Symphony with the Humoresque No. 7 in G-flat...

  • Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healy and the public interest group Pilgrim Watch are calling for a "stay" of the issuance of a federal license transfer of the Pilgrim nuclear...
  • NRC announced 11 public meetings (this link also has details on past meetings) regarding establishment of local community advisory boards (CABs). These meetings run from August...

    • On August 25, 2019, the Washington Post published an editorial condemning Independent Vermont senator, Bernie Sanders, also a Democratic presidential candidate, for, among other...

  • Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan says Ankara and Washington do not see eye to eye regarding a planned “safe zone” in northern Syria, where an alliance of Kurdish and Arab militants...
  • New reports allege that Ito actively solicited funding from Epstein and systematically tried to cover up the connection.

    • The latest on the Jeffrey Epstein case is that authorities now claim that footage from his cell has been deemed unusable. This, even as media organizations have stepped up the effort...

  • By Matthew Warren. Overall, people tend to respond more to negative news coverage — but there is a huge amount of variation between different people...
  • By Matthew Warren. Names with 't' and 'k' sounds rated as more extraverted, while those with 'm' and 'l' sounds judged to be agreeable.

    • By Emma Young. Morally-nudged participants also showed greater cooperative behaviour.

      Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places



  • After the thrill of hiking Pai Canyon or visiting the nearby Pam Bok waterfall, head over to this tranquil bamboo walkway to recharge, restore, and clear the mind. Handcrafted by local...
  • On July 13, 1871, Theodore Mead found a butterfly. An American naturalist and entomologist, Mead snared the specimen—which would eventually be known as the western branded skipper...

    • This fully preserved castle (which is also a museum) is one of the most impressive fortresses in Croatia. Some sources claim that the construction of the oldest part of the castle began...

      Accidental Deliberations



  • This and that for your Sunday reading.- Derrick O'Keefe highlights how Canada's election would look if coverage focused on the issues which feature strong public support, rather...
  • Musical interlude

    2 days ago
  • Metric - Risk

    • Assorted content to end your week.- Giri Savaraman and Jim Stanford point out the importance of a more collaborative and inclusive economy, even as Australia's right-wing government...

    8 September - iGoogle Portal - Tab 7 - MSM


  • Also, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had a very bad week and Walmart took a stand to curb gun violence.
  • Porsche’s battery-powered Taycan can go 0 to 60 in 2.6 seconds and features a two-speed gearbox that’s the first of its kind.

    • Italian design firm Pininfarina has designed the new rail cars with nearly floor-to-ceiling windows for a line in the Swiss Alps.

  • What would have been one of the biggest headline-grabbing moments of President Trump’s tenure was put together on the spur of the moment and then canceled on the spur of the moment...
  • There were many questions about why Mr. Trump suddenly scuttled talks with the Taliban just as they were nearing a conclusion.

    • Lawmakers plan to examine claims that the president dangled pardons to aides and that his resorts illegally profited from government business.

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






    • When P Chidambaram was home minister, the SC in Rajendran Chingaravelu vs RK Mishra [2010 (1) SCC 457] case had disapproved the tendency of investigating agencies to subject the accused...

  • No 10 is calling on Labour to go to the polls, but opposition MPs want to rule out no-deal Brexit first.
  • Twenty fire engines are called to a blaze which has engulfed a four-storey building.

    • London Luton and Manchester T3 also did badly in the survey by consumer magazine Which?.

    National Geographic does not have frequent updates - so I skipped that feed


      Reuters: World News




  • A South Korean cargo vessel carrying about 4,000 cars bound for the Middle East was listing heavily on Sunday off the coast of the southern U.S. state of Georgia, an official of operator...
  • The family of Zimbabwe founder Robert Mugabe is pushing back against the government's plan to bury him at the National Heroes Acre monument in Harare and wants him to be buried in his...

    • Zimbabwe will hold a state funeral for former president Robert Mugabe on Saturday, Sept. 14, before a burial ceremony on Sunday, Sept. 15, according to a government memo sent to diplomatic...