Wednesday, November 18, 2020

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  • From https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00779954.2010.492575

    • Originally posted on European Royal History : Infante Felpie of Spain was unhappy at the conditions imposed on him in his marriage to Queen Mary, but he was ready to agree for the sake...

  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Monday, November 16, 2020 In Sharp Break from Trump’s Meetings for Plutocrats Only, Biden and Harris...

  • Decapitated US Government Leaves Window of Vulnerability Wide Open on World Stage; Pompeo Eyed with Suspicion by Macron, Who Promises to Keep Biden Informed of All that Transpires...

    • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Thursday, November 12, 2020 Homeland Security Still Fighting, Despite New Wave of Purges by Trump...

  • The Environmental Protection Agency released an assessment last week finding that the endocrine-disrupting pesticide atrazine is likely to harm more than 1,000 of the nation’s...

  • On Thursday, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) violated core environmental laws in approving the GMO salmon...

    • Environmental groups will be heading to the Federal Court of Appeal in support of a case related to the Pest Management Regulatory Agency’s (PMRA) decision to continue registration...

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      Stagecraft and Statecraft

  • But Partnership With New Delhi Is Not Guaranteed By Brahma Chellaney Foreign Affairs journal President-elect Joe Biden will inherit a U.S.-Indian relationship that is nearer...

  • Beijing’s debt-trap diplomacy likely to cost it dearly over the long term Brahma Chellaney, Nikkei Asia Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and author of nine books, including...

    • Despite US President Donald Trump’s undermining of US alliances, his administration has made significant progress in bringing together the Indo-Pacific’s leading democracies...

      Ramani's blog

  • One of the readers has taken pains to get a reference text in Mysuru, published in the year 1900!My gratitude to him. I am providing the communication from him...

  • Two Ancient Empires of Mespotamia are Sumerian and Akkadian.These two coexisted, some opine Akkadians preceded Sumerians. These two empires were preceded by Ubaid Period belonging...

    • # During my visit to UK in April 2019, I visited the Museum to check the information contained in this article. I was informed by the curator that the artifact was returned to the private...

  • As the coronavirus surges across the nation, infections are returning to the east coast cities and states that hoped they were done with it. After New York City suffered more deaths...

  • Mayor de Blasio has wavered about when and how to open the schools since the pandemic began. Now he has drawn a line in the sand and threatens to close all the city’s schools if the city...

    • Arthur Camins, retired science and technology educator, knows that Democrats must do a better job of reaching out and persuading nearly half of voters that we all have a stake in a better...

      NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

  • By Paul Homewood   h/t John Smyth   So much for that wonderful “Green Energy”!   The river flows into the Foyle catchment which has EU protection as an important salmon habitat...

  • By Paul Homewood     h/t Robin Guenier         New cars and vans powered wholly by petrol and diesel will not be sold in the UK from 2030, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said. But...

    • By Paul Homewood   h/t Philip Bratby   A dose of reality from Bjorn Lomborg:     . In a move to burnish Britain’s green credentials, Boris Johnson is to announce a ban on the sale...

  • Early in 2011, NTZ readers and I entered a climate bet with Rob Honeycutt and climate warming dogmatist Dana Nuccitelli. The bet, which I dubbed the Honeycutt Climate Bet for Charity...

  • The German transformation to green energies will fail due to wind power By Prof. Fritz Vahrenholt, Die kalte Sonne Not going to work, says German energy expert Prof. Fritz Vahrenholt...

    • Reconstructions of past temperatures show much colder periods with higher CO2 levels or as-warm or warmer periods with much lower CO2 levels. A new study (Paus, 2020) indicates modern...

  • Nancy Bailey’s Education Website: Kindergarten Pandemic Learning Fears Should Not Be Tied to Screen Time and Rigid Drilling Kindergartners and their parents and teachers struggle...

  • Shanker Blog: One Page Summaries of Your State's School Finance System For the past few years, the Shanker Institute has been collaborating with Bruce Baker and Mark Weber of Rutgers...

    • VAMboozled!: New Teacher Evaluation Report Released by the Network for Public Education A new report on current teacher evaluation systems throughout the US was just released by...

  • Victor Davis Hanson // The Patriot Post I once wrote that whenever Donald Trump exits office, he will likely leave as a “tragic hero.” Over two millennia ago, the Athenian tragedian...

    • An article by my Hoover colleague Dr. Paul Gregory in The Hill Vladimir Putin is mortal. Russia, sooner or later, will have to navigate the transition from his 20-plus years of rule...

  • One of the most interesting aspects of political psychology concerns the gap between the reasons people give for their political opinions and the real causes of their holding those...

  • [Title and photo caption adapted from the Military Times.] The Presidential Medal of Freedom, established by President John F. Kennedy in 1963, is the Nation’s highest civilian...

    • Washington (AFP) – Donald Trump on Tuesday fired the government’s top election security official, who had rejected the president’s unsubstantiated claims of “massive”...

      Marginal REVOLUTION

  • 1. Rob Schneider likes Mises. 2. Nakamura’s life and income. 3. Where are the Covid deaths in Europe?  Some people had been wondering.  And cross-immunities from Asian history? ...

  • It was excellent throughout, here is the audio, video, and transcript, here is part of the summary: Jimmy joined Tyler to discuss what happens when content moderation goes wrong...

    • A very important result from Ahmed, Hoddinott, Abedin and Hossain in The American Journal of Agricultural Economics. Bt eggplant offers a 51% increase in yield, a 37.5% decrease...

  • Will Donald Trump attempt to pull of a coup through the Electoral College? Continue reading →

  • Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: This editorial was published yesterday. Donald Trump’s presidency has been a horror show that is ending with a pandemic that is out of...

    • Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: In this post, Bill Moyers conducts an important interview with investigative journalist Anne Nelson, who talks about her new book, SHADOW...

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  • A 15-member South Asian trade agreement that includes China and Japan has put the West on notice that its influence in the region is waning and possibly done for. The post Our House...

  • As allegations of election fraud continue to swirl almost two weeks since the 2020 election, the contours of a galvanized bipartisan ruling class in America are beginning to emerge...

    • Cuba is already a medical powerhouse, and if it can successfully navigate the minefield of US sanctions, it could supply much of Latin America with a COVID vaccine. The post Cuba Could...

      Made from Truth and Lies

  • Glasgow among areas placed into Scotland's toughest Level 4 coronavirus restrictions(tags:Glasgow pandemic Scotland )By the way, Donald Trump could still launch nuclear weapons...

  • My Tuesday

    a day ago
  • I was describing my day to a friend, and realised that many of my days seem like this one - one event after another, and that it didn't seem terribly exciting to me (if it weren't my life)...

    • Moderna: Covid vaccine shows nearly 95% protection(tags:vaccine pandemic GoodNews )Firms agree Scotland to England renewable energy 'superhighway'(tags:UK electricity renewables...

      www.gurukalehuru.com

  • I’ve been writing quite a few short poems lately, often just a sarcastic response to somebody on the internet, and only about half are interesting enough in their own right to post...

  • Now, do not get me wrong. In my considered opinion of history, Maggie Thatcher was a horrible person who caused great suffering to working class Brits, and serious long-term damage...

  • Vikings

    4 days ago
  • My latest binge-watch is a show called Vikings, and I give it a big thumbs up. Where I’d put it on a scale of 10, I’m less certain. It’s got beautiful scenery, super hot women all...

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    The Perfect Home

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  • We live in a society of unreasonable and sometimes extreme expectations. Billboards, television, magazines, social media, and websites with countless advertising ads offer us...

  • Have you been in a relationship where your partner is cheating on you? One of your first thoughts is, what have I done wrong, or what am I doing wrong!? After about 15 years of experience...

    • Some things can ruin your relationship once and for all. These habits might seem like they are not that big of a deal. Yet they are powerful enough to destroy even the happiest of relationships...

  • TweetLong before the Hoover Institution was casting doubt on masks, its ‘experts’ were undermining the case for investing in public education. Special guest Bruce Baker joins...

  • TweetOur long-awaited book, A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door, is finally (almost) out. To celebrate its publication, and the 100th episode of Have You Heard, we asked an expert—a...

    • TweetThe hosts of your favorite education podcast have written a book! A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door will be out on November 17 and is available for pre-order now. If America’s public...

      Chicago Boyz

  • Another horrific gaffe in retail marketing –  one which falls into the category of “grotesquely bad retail marketing decisions which will become a cautionary lesson in future...

  • My brother sent this link to three engineers from three different party backgrounds who have examined the patterns in Michigan precincts. They seem quite sure that an algorithm has...

    • There are always radioactive words in any society.  Some are mostly forbidden, some are completely forbidden, some are conditionally forbidden, and some are secretly encouraged...

      Centinel2012

  • Look Obama’s Solar System Sized Ego Re-Posted from GrrrGraphics.comNOV 17, 2020 Look Obama’s Solar System Sized Ego Meet Barack Obama. He is addicted to basking in the limelight...

  • Armstrong Economics Blog/Disease Re-Posted Nov 18, 2020 by Martin Armstrong COMMENT: As of 12:01 am Thursday, 19 November 2020 South Australia time, the whole of the state of South...

    • Armstrong Economics Blog/Politics Re-Posted Nov 18, 2020 by Martin Armstrong Rebel News has uncovered thatTides, the Soros funded leftist organization shares the floor in the...

  • On today's BradCast, we open with the breaking news about the longest serving Senator in Congress. 87-year old Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley from Iowa has tested positive for the...

  • IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Hurricane Iota, the most powerful storm of 2020 (and the record-smashing 30th!) hits Central America; Hurricanes pushing further inland than ever before...

    • On today's BradCast: Dozens of top, bi-partisan experts in government, national security and media predicted this moment last Summer, as they gamed out the various scenarios that...

      bluebird of bitterness

  • American democracy is in limbo after the long-anticipated, contested election has finally come to pass. More than a week removed from November 3, Democrats and Republicans peddle...

  • A law in Denmark that would have given authorities the power to forcibly inject people with a coronavirus vaccine has been abandoned after nine days of public protests...

    • China got round a no-live-shots agreement during a border stand-off in the Himalayas by deploying microwave weapons to “cook” enemy troops from India, a Beijing-based academic...

  • By Matthew Warren. Study is one of first to work with industry to obtain real data about people's playing habits.

  • By Emma Young. Similar acoustic features found in lullabies across cultures may explain the effect.

    • By Emily Reynolds. People who saw pessimistic messages had a heightened emotional response, which led to greater risk perception and beliefs that they could fight climate change...

      Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places

  • Tony Glover, in the estimation of at least one esteemed critic, was one of the best harmonica players in all Minneapolis, where an impressive folk music scene had emerged by the 1960s...

  • “Tell me where your grandmother came from and I can tell you how many kinds of pie you serve for Thanksgiving,” the food writer Clementine Paddleford surmised in her 1960 book...

    • The Lemp family is probably one of the most prestigious American families you've never heard of. The hard-working German immigrants made their fortune as beer brewers in 19th-century...

      Accidental Deliberations

  • Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Dan Zakreski reports on Shannon Grant Tompkins' effort to share the stories of the people suffering from the spread of COVID-19...

  •  Smushed cats.

    • This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Andrew Nikiforuk discusses how a "COVID zero" strategy has been successfully executed elsewhere - and could be achieved in Canada as well...

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  • Nintendo's highly anticipated hack-and-slash crossover misses too much of what makes Zelda: Breath of the Wild a masterpiece.

  • The former Yahoo CEO wants to build a better address book on your phone. Does anyone want it?

    • The tracker-blocking company will soon launch a privacy-friendly desktop browser as well.

  • In a big setback for the city’s recovery, the nation’s largest district will return to all-remote learning.

  • The toll exceeds the number Dr. Anthony Fauci predicted in March, with no sure end in sight. Here’s the latest.

    • A meal at the French Laundry? A junket to Maui? California’s Democratic leaders have put strict measures in place. If only they would follow them.

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

  • "The defence of the realm must come first," the PM says as he increases military spending by 10%.

  • The Duke of Cambridge says the investigation announced by the BBC is "a step in the right direction".

    • Rules could be relaxed for a few days, with people urged to travel by car and not hold big gatherings.