Wednesday, January 01, 2020

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  • Life is wonderful, but sadly it doesn’t last forever! 2019 saw its fair share of historical greats shaking off this mortal coil in the arts and entertainment fields , with many iconic...
  • Shannon Lee, Bruce Lee’s daughter, is suing a Chinese fast food chain for $30M. Real Kungfu has been using an image that greatly resembles Bruce Lee since 2004. Their restaurants...
    • Human origins and evolution seem to take leaps and strides every year, and 2019 was no exception. When the year is drawing to a close, it’s pretty common for various media sources...

      Utopia – you are standing in it!


  • Originally posted on ThinkMarkets: by Arash Molavi Vasséi In a previous post, Andreas refers to George Selgin’s recent discussion of the place of fractional reserve banking...
    • Originally posted on Spontaneous Finance: (Update: Following Scott Fullwiler’s comment, I published an update here, in which I provide extra clarifications and introduce what...
  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Tuesday, December 31, 2019 As Putin Marks 20th Anniversary of Moscow Apartment Bombings That Helped...
  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Monday, December 30, 2019 An Attempted Thermidor in Struggle to Oust Trump: Washington Post, New...
    • Corporate Media Pushing Big Lie of Trump’s “Booming Economy”; Wall Street Bubble Depends on Stock Buy-Backs Funded by 2017 GOP Tax Scam; Yearend Fed Injection of $500 Billion...
  • In the West African country of Togo, it is now prohibited to ‘import, market or use glyphosate and any product containing it ‘. The decision was formalized just before Christmas...
  • The disgraced Chinese scientist who led the genetic editing of human babies was sentenced to three years in prison today for undertaking illegal medical practices. Source: Daily...
    • Sustainable Pulse interview with Axis Farms’ Partner, Mark Sanders, discussing the future of wheat farming in Canada and why they decided it is important to certify their harvest...
  •   South / North
  • South / North
    • “Meine Oma ist ne alte Umweltsau” (My grandma is an environmental scumbag) Greta’s Generational Supremacists: Indoctrinated German Girls Sing: “My Grandma Is An Environmental...

      Stagecraft and Statecraft

  • BRAHMA CHELLANEY, Project Syndicate International law today is powerful against the powerless, and powerless against the powerful. As long as this is true, a rules-based global...
  • Brahma Chellaney, The Hindustan Times Whereas India-China and Japan-China ties are unlikely to become non-adversarial in the near future, the forthcoming summit between prime...
    • Since China began damming the Mekong, droughts have become more frequent and intense in downriver countries By diverting river water to its mega-dams, China has emerged as Asia’s...
    • Nelspruit Nature Reserve. An ancient Hindu worship site which dates back 1,800 years, and is still in use today.
  • I just opened my email and discovered this brilliant post by Audrey Watters, whose critical voice on EdTech is indispensable. Watters lists the 100 biggest EdTech debacles of the...
  • I recently subscribed to Garrison Keillor’s daily “Writer’s Almanac.” He sends poems and interesting stories. Here is one from today’s missive:   Today is New Year’s...
    • Bob Shepherd writes, tongue in cheek: New Years Resolutions, 2020: A Report from Trumplandia Peace derives, of course, from within—from detachment of the kind I seek in my daily...
  • With Christmas landing mid-week, the late night shows were in repeats this week, if not pre-empted. Of the repeats, one that comes close to being included here is Friday’s (December...
  • With the end of the year fast approaching, most shows wrapped their new episodes for the week last week.  As has been the case the last couple of years, the pickings were slim. A segment...
    • Before I discuss last week’s science and technology content on late night, a note about the week of December 2.  I missed an appearance by Kevin Delaney on The Tonight Show.  Delaney...

      NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

  • By Paul Homewood   You’ll be pleased to learn if the Siberian climate does not get you this year, nuclear conflict, mega-droughts, famine and rioting most certainly will! After...
  • By Paul Homewood   Matt Ridley launches the counter attack on the BBC and the vexatious Bob Ward, with this piece in Reaction: I was asked to appear on the Today program on Saturday 28...
    • By Paul Homewood   h/t Philip Bratby     Just to confirm what I was saying about Mark Carney’s latest intervention, Bob Dudley reminds us just why BP won’t be shutting up shop...
  • 2019 science: Absolutely no climate alarm  No alarm on every aspect: stable polar ice, normal sea level rise, no consensus, growing snow cover, less tropical storms, tornadoes...
  • CO2 concentrations rose from 345 ppm to 398 ppm in the 29 years from 1985 to 2014. Mainstream scientists sympathetic to the anthropogenic global warming (AGW) paradigm have nonetheless...
    • Child abuse by German WDR 2 public broadcasting? Young schoolgirls taught to hate, made to sing “My grandma is an old environmental scumbag” because she drives an SUV, eats meat...

      NEPC Blog Post of the Day

  • Curmudgucation: Fordham: Teachers Are Downloading Junk Fordham Institute, the right-tilted thinky tank and tireless ed reform advocacy group, just released a new study that actually...
  • The Conversation: 5 New Ways for Schools to Work with Families Text messages, email alerts, open houses, fundraising appeals, robocalls – parents know the drill. They are inundated...
    • Shanker Blog: The Structure of School Segregation in the D.C. Metro Area A few weeks ago, the Shanker Institute published an analysis of segregation by race and ethnicity in D.C...

      Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers

  • Victor Davis Hanson // Fox News Former FBI Director James Comey and Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, former CIA Director John Brennan and former Director of National Intelligence...
  • Victor Davis Hanson // National Review The three-year-long effort to abort the Trump presidency — now culminating with a manipulated impeachment effort — has warped U.S. foreign...
    • Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness When a party, an ideological movement, and an entire political agenda are based on hatred, people and policies become warped. The left-wing...
  • Some critics of this adaptation have commented that it's unlike the other Little Women films or that not everything that happens with this movie is exactly how the novel does it...
  • As the 'Teens come to an end, the 'Twenties are not looking very promising -- that is, to people into peace, health, prosperity, justice and equality. The post Some Housekeeping at...
    • I don't like to focus on the negative, but this year, it was too easy to narrow down a list for the worst movies of the year. Of course, this list is my opinion. Not everybody will agree and...
  • Having tracked the libertarian “movement” for much of my life, I believe it is now pretty much hollowed out, at least in terms of flow.  One branch split off into Ron Paul-ism and...
  • Markets in everything

    18 hours ago
  • …if you stay in the hotel bedroom created by Christopher Samuel, don’t rush to post a scathing review. He has actually designed it to be as annoying as possible (while remaining...
    • My picks and Trump and Greta Thunberg, in that order, as explained in my latest Bloomberg column. Excerpt: My choice for second place is Greta Thunberg. In little more than a year, Thunberg...
  • Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Today in the Washington Post,  Eric Holder criticized Bill Barr for his aggressive, partisan support of Trump. Holder was Obama’s...
  • Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Happy Thanksgiving! Today is a day when we pause and give thanks to whatever deity we worship (or not) for the blessings we enjoy: our freedom...
    • Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Paul Waldman of the Washington Post went down memory lane with prominent Republicans who called out Trump as a phony before he was elected...

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  • Opinions differ about the future. But hasn't that always been the case?
  • A news release from the U.S. Census Bureau said that the nation’s population growth is slowing, especially in California and New York, which may lose seats in Congress...
    • It turns out that Grafton Thomas, suspected of stabbing five people at a rabbi’s house in New York, is the child of an illegal alien who wangled an amnesty with millions other illegals...
  • While poverty, inequality and social and economic dislocation that breed fear and resentment of the other continue to grow, the problem of racist attacks is bound to increase. The...
  • In his column entitled “The Secrets of Jewish Genius,” Bret Stephens pondered the question why Jews had achieved so much despite constituting such a small part of the world’s...
    • Assange is kept in being kept in solitary confinement 23 hours per day, often sedated, in Britain's notorious Belmarsh Prison. The post Wikileaks Still Holding Powerful to Account...
      ( No 'cruel and unusual punishment' for him apparently )

      Made from Truth and Lies

  • Bushfires in Australia so big they generate pyrocumulonimbus starting more fires(tags:Australia weather fire Doom )Mansplaining convention coming to Orlando - charges women...
  • The Dazzling Designs of Alpine Lake Ice Formations(tags:Ice water beautiful Germany )Hard work and success - how interlinked are they?(tags:work success )Syd Mead, Blade Runner...
    • Girl, six, finds plea from Chinese prison slaves inside Tesco kitten Christmas cards(tags:Christmas slavery China Tesco uk )The problem with people but understanding how frosted...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today

  • A previously unknown autoinflammatory condition has come to the fore thanks to a team of global experts, who were also able to identify its root cause...
  • A new study finds an association between the Western dietary pattern, which is high in unhealthful fats and sugars, and age-related vision loss.
    • New research in mice investigates the possibility that MDMA, a potentially addictive drug, may help in the context of mental health therapy.

    Why Did the Blackout End?

    15 hours ago
  • It does, indeed, seem that the Bernie blackout is over, and this has led to a rash of speculation and paranoid theories. A lot of Sanders supporters seem to think that the evil forces...
  • Joe the Schmoe

    a day ago
  • Believe it or not, Biden’s statement that he would consider a Republican running mate was not the most damning, disqualifying thing he has said in the last couple of days.Sure, anybody...
  • Home Again

    2 days ago
    • Home again after driving all day and it’s nice to be typing this on my own computer v. Helena’s when we were in Poland, or on my phone when we were in the car which was even awkward just...

    1 January - iGoogle Portal - Tab 8

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    Featured Health News from Medical News Today

  • A previously unknown autoinflammatory condition has come to the fore thanks to a team of global experts, who were also able to identify its root cause...
  • A new study finds an association between the Western dietary pattern, which is high in unhealthful fats and sugars, and age-related vision loss.
    • New research in mice investigates the possibility that MDMA, a potentially addictive drug, may help in the context of mental health therapy.

      Chicago Boyz




  • … oh, heck, everyone knows the rest of this: Do not mess with Texas. Even if – especially if —  you are a transient loner with a long record of offenses against the laws of man and...
  • Interesting remarks from Tim Harford, summarizing a study of friendships among college students: They found that students in a large, diverse campus sought out and befriended other...

    • I’ve always liked this passage from Thomas Pynchon’s great novel Gravity’s Rainbow. The setting: it is the grim winter of 1944, just before Christmas. The military situation...


      Centinel2012




  • PARTYING WITH PELOSI Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi loves money. That’s why she spends so much of her time fundraising. She is good at hitting up large corporations and wealthy...
  • Armstrong Economics Blog/Climate Re-Posted Dec 31, 2019 by Martin Armstrong Bangladesh has a subtropical monsoon climate characterized by wide seasonal variations in rainfall...

    • Armstrong Economics Blog/Interest Rates Re-Posted Dec 31, 2019 by Martin Armstrong   The Repo Crisis for year-end has had the Fed pumping in a staggering amount of about $234 billion...


      The BRAD BLOG




  • On today's BradCast, guest host NICOLE SANDLER looks back on the year 2019, shining a spotlight on some of the biggest stories along with some that deserved much more attention. So...
  • It's NICOLE SANDLER, today's guest host for another edition of the BradCast. There wasn't a whole lot of news to report, but I began the show with the latest. Then I settled in for a long...

    • * * * 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...


      bluebird of bitterness





  • Hail the blest morn! See the great Mediator Down from the regions of glory descend. Shepherds, go worship the Babe in the manger; Lo, for His guard the bright angels attend. Brightest...



  • Maryland.govOn December 17, 2019, Maryland’s Republican Governor Larry Hogan trumpeted his plan for a “Clean And Renewable Energy Standard” (CARES) which carves out state...
  • "The U.S. House of Representatives last week passed the $738 billion military policy bill that gives Trump his sought-for Space Force as he moves for what he terms 'American dominance...

    • Michigan.govControversy continues to brew following revelations of repeated shoreline collapses into the Detroit River of a property contaminated with uranium, PCBs and other...


  • Ghislaine has been widely accused of supplying a string of young and underage females to Epstein for his sexual gratification.
  • Iranian militia leader Hadi al-Amiri, one of several identified as leading an attack on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday, reportedly visited the White House in 2011 during the...

    • Dramatic footage over the US embassy in Baghdad as enraged protesters continue to encircle the compound with US Marines still inside, and reportedly with more Marines on the way from...


      Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places




  • Ötzi is the mummy that keeps on giving. Since the 5,300-year-old “Iceman”—the world’s oldest mummy—emerged from a high-altitude tomb, in 1991, he’s had just about...
  • At the end of a peculiar L-shaped turn off Houston’s bustling Richmond Avenue sits the nerdiest neighborhood gem in town. the Hobbit Café—so-named for its impressive array...

    • Jewish people have lived in Mazovia, a region in east-central Poland, since medieval times. In the 18th century, the Jewish community in the province grew in size, and made up a significant...


      Accidental Deliberations




  • Slumbering cats.
  • Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Damian Carrington reports on the large amount of microplastics raining down on residents of the world's cities. Geoffrey Morgan notes...

    • This and that for your Sunday reading.- Paul Thacker discusses the importance of addressing the climate crisis as a health issue. CBC takes a look at a few of the ways a deteriorating...

    1 January - iGoogle Portal - Tab 7 - MSM


  • Mayors across the world say we all need to consider how urban planning and climate intersect with well-being.
    ( First time in the new decade we hear politicians agitate in unison for action to fix future weather. That we don't know that it needs doing - no data - nor how to do it are unmentioned inconveniences. )
  • Get the ball rolling on a new year.
    • The California Consumer Privacy Act, which goes into effect today, gives state residents some new rights over their data.
  • The protesters, including members of Iranian-backed militias, largely withdrew after a few hours, but the situation remained volatile.
  • Administration officials say they are restoring “deterrence” against Iran, but the president’s reluctance to use force in the Middle East may be creating an opening for Tehran...
    • Months of antigovernment protests had centered on Iran’s influence in the country. A rocket attack and a series of airstrikes changed that.

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



    • Two soldiers lost their lives as army personnel battled heavily armed terrorists, foiling an infiltration bid on New Year's day along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district...
  • The mother of a woman convicted of lying about being raped says she believes Ayia Napa is unsafe.
  • In his new year message, Boris Johnson says he hopes the country can "move forward united".
    • Fireworks displays are held in London, Edinburgh and other major cities, as the UK rings in a new decade.

      Reuters: World News

  • Former Guinea-Bissau Prime Minister and ex-army general Umaro Cissoko Embalo won Sunday's presidential election with 54% of the vote, the electoral commission said on Wednesday...
  • The loser in Guinea Bissau's presidential election, Domingos Simoes Pereira, will contest the result with the Supreme Court, he told supporters on Wednesday...
    • Six Saudi Arabian prisoners held in Yemen have been returned home, state television broadcaster Ekhbariya said on Wednesday.