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Utopia – you are standing in it!

• Daniella Lock: Three Ways the Bill of Rights Bill Undermines UK Sovereignty

  Originally posted on UK Constitutional Law Association: The Bill of Rights Bill is framed by the Government as necessary to ensure ‘meaningful democratic oversight’ of human rights protection in the UK, with Conservative MPs keen to...

  2 hours ago

• Kiri warms towards tougher party funding restrictions (perhaps encouraged by the Nats warning of the “chilling effect”)

  Originally posted on Point of Order: Buzz from the Beehive The National Party’s strong objection to plans to overhaul New Zealand’s political donations regime, expressed in submissions on the Government’s proposed sweeping changes...

  9 hours ago

• ERIC CRAMPTON, YOU ROCK!

  Originally posted on No Minister: A piece of posting that will never be seen by almost each and every one of the vainglorious sycophants who decline in many special ways to inform themselves of the degree dysfunction as an integral part of the...

  11 hours ago

TARPLEY.net

• In orgy of tyranny, Supremes strike down Roe, attack New York gun law, and weaken Miranda;

  Trump-backed court majority seeks nothing less than total fascist dictatorship, with warning that more human rights will be trampled as GOP’s nightmare scenario unfolds; Task now is to galvanize a United Front of the American people for...

  2 days ago

• Momentum for indictment of Trump & Co. builds across American society in context of House January 6 hearings

  Dramatic testimony by famed jurist Judge Michael Luttig leaves no doubt that Trump faction must be seen as “clear and present danger” for 2024; If Trump cannot take the presidency under color of law, forecasts Luttig, he will attempt a...

  9 days ago

• 20 million watch hearings of House January 6 committee, as Fox News contorts to keep its pathetic dupes in the dark!

  US moves toward November showdown of democracy vs dictatorship at polls; Trump portrayed as kingpin in coup conspiracy for violent overthrow of government to thwart the will of the voters; Gripping coup drama has potential to shift mass psychology...

  16 days ago

Sustainable Pulse

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  US Supreme Court Declines Bayer Bid to Challenge Glyphosate Cancer Rulings

  The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a bid from Bayer-owned Monsanto that aimed to challenge thousands of lawsuits claiming its weedkiller Roundup causes cancer – a potentially costly ruling, AFP reported Tuesday. Source...

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  US Appeals Court Forces EPA to Reassess Glyphosate on Health and Environmental Impact

  In a historic victory for farmworkers and the environment on Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit sided with Center for Food Safety (CFS) and its represented farmworker and conservation clients by overturning the Environmental...

  9 days ago
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  Glyphosate Causes Fatal Damage to Bumblebee Colonies

  Bumblebee colonies exposed to low levels of the weed killer glyphosate are unable to adequately regulate nest temperature, imperiling the next generation of bumblebees and long-term colony growth and survival. This latest finding, published...

  19 days ago

sunshine hours

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  Drought? What about the Dustbowl?

  2 months ago

• Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 100 – 2022

  . South / North

  3 months ago

• Eagles Die

  https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/us-firm-fined-8m-after-150-eagles-die-its-wind-farms-1699331

  3 months ago

Stagecraft and Statecraft

• India’s front-line battle against autocracy more important than ever

  The risk of renewed skirmishes with China is growing Brahma Chellaney, Nikkei Asia Two years after nighttime hand-to-hand combat with Indian troops resulted in China’s first combat deaths since its 1979 Vietnam invasion, the Chinese...

  4 days ago

• Why is Biden appeasing China?

  BRAHMA CHELLANEY, The Hill President Biden is yet to make his long-anticipated China strategy speech to define his approach to a country that has emerged as the greatest rival that the United States has ever faced. Instead, Secretary of State Antony...

  5 days ago

• India should invite Myanmar’s foreign minister to ASEAN meet

  Giving Naypyitaw the cold shoulder is not in New Delhi’s interests Brahma Chellaney, Nikkei Asia India not only shares long land and maritime borders with Myanmar, but it also sees the country as a strategic corridor to Southeast Asia...

  19 days ago

Ramani's blog

• Sri Lalitha Sahasranama Introduction Lecture

  Explanation from The six Systems of Indian philosophy, Vedas and interpreting the ancient texts in modern scientific terms including Quantum.To join WhatsApp+919480591538

  20 days ago

• Introduction To Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Audio

  If you would like to join please click the link above or contact ramanan50@gmail.com or Whatsapp+919480591538

  24 days ago

• Vedas Upanishads Sahasranama Courses Online

  The six Systems of Indian philosophy,Vedas and interpreting the ancient texts in modern scientific terms including Quantum theory.Hence the classes are more of dialogues with question and answers.Questions are posted in the relevant...

  a month ago

Diane Ravitch's blog

• Slate: How Christian Conservatives Use Fear to Build the Home School Movement

  Molly Olmsted wrote in Slate about the role of Christian conservatives in promoting the home school movement. Their blunt instrument is fear. Public schools, they warn, will expose your children to all sorts of dangers: secular education...

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• NYC: Officials Stunned by Supreme Court Gun Rights Decision

  The U.S. Supreme Court struck downNew York’s century-old concealed-carry gun law Thursday, removing restrictions on carrying guns in public and delivering a win to gun enthusiasts. The 6-3 ruling, which has been anticipated in the...

  a day ago

• NY Times: How the Proud Boys Organized and Led the 1/6 Insurrection

  The New York Times created a 17-minute video showing conversations and actions among the leaders of the odious Proud Boys as they directed the mob on 1/6/21. The PB referred to the other members of the mob as “normies,” people who were naively...

  a day ago

NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

• Bee-eaters in Norfolk ‘worrying sign of climate change’

  By Paul Homewood   h/t Joe Public       Rare "rainbow birds" trying to breed in the UK was a "worrying sign of how our climate is changing", the RSPB said. The charity said bee-eaters had been making nest burrows in a small quarry at Trimingham...

  4 hours ago

• BP Energy Outlook 2022

  By Paul Homewood BP’s Energy Outlook 2022 is now out: https://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/energy-economics/energy-outlook.html Here’s the highlights: It’s based around three scenarios. They stress these are not in any...

  19 hours ago

• Shepherd’s Bush fire: Apartment blaze near Grenfell Tower sparked by e-bike

  By Paul Homewood   h/t Ian Magness If a small electric bike battery can do this, heaven help anybody living near an electric car charger!       An e-bike sparked a fire on the 12th floor of a West London tower block, less than a mile away from Grenfell...

  a day ago

NoTricksZone

• Extreme Weather In The Past: Germany’s Great Drought Of 1947 And Its “Catastrophic” Consequences

  Some regions in Central Europe have been suffering from a shortage of rain this spring and summer, so not surprisingly the media are blaming manmade climate change, often implying that droughts in Germany never happened before. But of course...

  19 hours ago

• Distinguished Professor: “Fed Up” With “Religious Climate Claptrap”…”Green Energy Fantasies”

  Prof. Dr. Knut Löschke, (photo above) Member of the University Council at the University of Leipzig, Member of the Board of Trustees of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, came out and stated at Facebook not so long ago...

  2 days ago

• Glaring Inconsistency In Estimating CO2 vs. Solar Forcing Suggests CO2 Impacts Are Wildly Exaggerated

  From about 11,000 to 9,000 years ago the summer solar irradiance absorbed by the Earth’s surface has been estimated to be 40-60 W/m² greater than today from latitudes 40°N to 70°N (Ullman et al., 2015). These values seriously undermine...

  4 days ago

NEPC Blog Post of the Day

• Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Kids and Screen Time (Part 2)

  Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Kids and Screen Time (Part 2) Part 1 revealed that most toddlers through teenagers watch multiple screens during the day and night. This time on devices, experts say, may have harmful effects...

  4 days ago

• Gary Rubinstein's Blog: TFA Podcast Celebrates Denver Students Who Fought Reforms That TFA Once Supported

  Gary Rubinstein's Blog: TFA Podcast Celebrates Denver Students Who Fought Reforms That TFA Once Supported If you want to know which way the wind is blowing in education politics, watch what TFA is doing. In the 2010s when ‘Waiting For Superman,’...

  5 days ago
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  Curmudgucation: The (Not a) Mystery of Class Size

  Curmudgucation: The (Not a) Mystery of Class Size The most fundamental issue of education in this country, the issue that underlies virtually all other issues, is that we want to have it and we want it to be good, but we do not want to pay for it...

  6 days ago

The Moderate Voice

• Trump’s Lasting Legacy

  Excluding Trump’s role in changing America’s relationship with NATO and other nations, his largest and lasting domestic impact is and will be his three appointees to the Supreme Court. These appointments transformed the Court from...

  an hour ago

• OUR DYSTOPIAN FUTURE

  OUR DYSTOPIAN FUTURE 16 Votes The people who argue that you can’t ban guns because people will still get guns are the same troglodytes who support banning abortion. But you don’t ban abortion, you just outlaw it. This is a momentous occasion...

  21 hours ago

• With Roe overturned, U.S. Democrats turn abortion battle to November midterms

  Published by Huff Viral WASHINGTON, June 24 (Reuters) – Leading Democrats sought to turn Friday’s Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade into a rallying cry for the November elections, warning of grim consequences for women...

  a day ago

Marginal REVOLUTION

• What should I ask Hanif Abdurraqib?

  It will be a conversation, though not a recorded CWT.  Here is Wikipedia on him: Hanif Abdurraqib is an American poet, essayist, and cultural critic. He is the author of 2016 poetry collection The Crown Ain’t Worth Much (published as Hanif...

  2 hours ago

• What I’ve been reading

  1. Andrea G. McDowell, We the Miners: Self-Government in the California Gold Rush.  An important law and economics study of an “anarchistic” episode, going much deeper than some earlier accounts on matters involving Native Americans...

  9 hours ago

• How much pilot training should be required?

  [Derek} Thompson: To what extent do you think regulatory policy is making America’s airlines particularly fragile to the sort of problems we’re currently experiencing? [Scott] Keyes: One of the front-and-center issues discussed...

  20 hours ago

Lloyd Lofthouse

• Traitor Trump’s Conspiracy to Dodge Justice for his Crimes

  This 21st century traitor will not stop until he is the U.S. President for life or in prison. With support from his fascist worshiping MAGA enablers that adds up to about two-thirds of the Republican Party, it’s apparent that this traitor...

  4 days ago

• A growing Army of Public School teachers is fighting to save Pub-Ed

  Originally posted on Crazy Normal - the Classroom Exposé: Yes, there is an army of public school teachers across the United States already fighting to save public education from greedy, autocratic billionaires like Bill Gates and Betsy...

  13 days ago

• Nekulturny – A Poem

  Originally posted on Plus Ultra: Say it with me: Ne-kul-tur-ny The Russians look down on us—they claim we in Asia are boorish, uncivilized And yet, Ours is not the nation that bends to the will of a rabid madman Manufactures frozen conflicts...

  a month ago

MintPress News

• Lina Hidalgo and the Arnolds: Billionaire Influence Network Crafts Lockdowns Across US

  With policies crafted by the nationwide influence network of billionaire couple John and Laura Arnold, Lina Hidalgo has turned the Houston area into a laboratory for the emergent biosecurity regime. The post Lina Hidalgo and the Arnolds...

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• A Lemming Leading the Lemmings: Slavoj Zizek and the Terminal Collapse of the Anti-War Left

  The left has sunk a long way since the Iraq war. The renowned public intellectual Slavoj Zizek is the latest recruit to the war hawk camp The post A Lemming Leading the Lemmings: Slavoj Zizek and the Terminal Collapse of the Anti-War Left appeared...

  4 days ago

• Cognitive Warfare: Israel Targets Journalists Who Threaten Its Reality-Creation Tactics

  When Karl Rove was alleged to have said how the United States is now “an empire, we make our own reality,” he was not just making a hubristic statement. Rather, it can be seen as an indication that he was aware of how powerful a “cognitive...

  4 days ago

www.gurukalehuru.com

• Thoughts on Fermi and Drake

  I read an article a week or so ago which got me thinking, and I don’t recall where I read it and I’m too lazy to look it up, but the idea was that and developed, global society, certainly any … Continue reading →...

  3 days ago

• Don’t Hold Your Breath

  Yeah, there’s a lot of talk about the January 6th hearings. But don’t expect anything to come of them.For one thing, that’s January 6th, 2001. It’s an event that took place a year and a half ago. Most people have … Continue reading →...

  15 days ago

• Hustle

  People talk a lot of smack about Netflix, because 90% of the stuff they have is garbage, they haven’t added a great, or even very good, TV series for a while and the sequels mostly lack the charisma of the … Continue reading →...

  19 days ago

27 June - iG Tab - 8

 

Chicago Boyz

• Abuse of Authority

  If you are a teacher or professor, you have a legitimate sphere of authority concerning teaching methods, classroom discussion, grades, etc.  But you do not have legitimate authority to focus class time on selling students on your own personal...

  2 days ago

• Industrial Distribution Supply Chain Update

  I began these updates back when the Chinese Commie Crud (tm Sgt. Mom) started and it’s time for another one. I’ll put it below the fold to spare those who aren’t interested. For those who don’t know, I own a HVAC distributor, and HVAC is...

  2 days ago

• Bleg: How to Read Old Spreadsheet Files?

  Can anyone recommend a way to convert .FCS spreadsheet files generated by the 1980s software suite PFS:First Choice into an Excel-readable format? Alternatively, can anyone recommend a way to read the data and formulas from .FCS files? Thanks...

  5 days ago

Centinel2012

• Sunday Talks, World Bank President Discusses Global Solution to Inflation, Food Shortages – Western Government’s Need to Reverse Direction

  Posted originally on the conservative tree house on June 26, 2022 | Sundance World Bank President David Malpass appears on CBS with media propagandist Margaret Brennan, a woman of exceptionally low intelligence, to discuss the current...

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• A Very Dangerous Time Inside Ukraine as U.S. Officials Admit CIA and Pentagon Conducting Proxy War Effort from Kyiv

  Posted originally on the conservative tree house on June 26, 2022 | Sundance  We must always keep focus on the context for information that comes from the U.S. State Dept and the Central Intelligence Agency to the media.  Yesterday...

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• Obama Called the Gas Tax Holiday a Gimmick

  Armstrong Economics Blog/Politics Re-Posted Jun 26, 2022 by Martin Armstrong President Joe Biden is calling for a three-month gas tax holiday to lower the price at the pump. Interestingly, former President Obama opposed a gas tax holiday...

  a day ago

The BRAD BLOG

• Sunday 'Supremely Unjust' Toons

  Support a disappearing craft with a subscription to a political cartoonist. * * * 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...

  a day ago

• SUPREME CORRUPTION: 'BradCast' 6/24/2022

  On a dark and historic day in America (and, apparently, on The BradCast), I offer a few thoughts on how unelected, radical, extremist, activists Justices (who are not "conservative" by any stretch of the imagination, please stop calling them...

  3 days ago

• JAN. 6 HEARINGS (Day 5): Trump's Failed DoJ Coup and 'How Close We Came to Losing it All': 'BradCast' 6/23/2022

  Yes, we heard him correctly! Rep. Bennie Thompson, Chair of the bipartisan U.S. House Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, opened today's 5th day of public hearings by noting that Donald Trump tried to "steal" the 2020...

  3 days ago

bluebird of bitterness

• Monday chuckles

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• The Babylon Bee presents: Read the Cheesecake Factory menu in a year plan

  From The Babylon Bee. It’s a big book, but reading it is an important part of our spiritual walk. From morning devotionals to more in-depth studies, everyone needs to carve out a little time in their day to crack open that sacred tome and spend...

  20 hours ago

• Sunday musical offering

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BlackListed News

• 'There Was No Plan To Attack': Oath Keepers FBI Interviews Contradict Indictment Charges

  An Indiana Oath Keepers leader who was in charge of security operations for the group in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021, was indicted by a federal grand jury on June 24 on five counts related to violence at the U.S. Capitol...

  10 hours ago

• Police State Madness — Man Given Traffic Ticket for Not Having a Seatbelt ON HIS DOG

  Police State Madness — Man Given Traffic Ticket for Not Having a Seatbelt ON HIS DOG

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• Utah Ritualized Sexual Abuse Investigation: Is There A History Of Ritual Abuse In Utah?

  In the nearly 4 weeks since the Utah County Sheriff’s Office announced an investigation into allegations of “ritualized child sexual abuse” in three Utah counties, they have received more than 120 tips in the form of phone calls, texts...

  a day ago

Research Digest

• National narcissists are more willing to conspire against their fellow citizens

  By Emma Young. Collective narcissists particularly willing to target typical but disloyal in-group members.

  6 hours ago

• Fans of horror movies are just as kind and compassionate as everyone else

  By Matthew Warren. Horror fans scored higher on some measures of empathy, and were just as willing to donate money to others.

  3 days ago

• We don’t trust extraverts more than introverts

  By Emily Reynolds. Instead, agreeableness seems to be key to gaining trust in social situations.

  4 days ago

Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places

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  Three Valley Gap in British Columbia

  This famous and colorful historical ghost town was built over the years by rescuing and restoring historical buildings.  The ghost town is not hard to find on the eastern shore of Three Valley Lake, right off the Trans Canada Highway. Strolling...

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  Podcast: Tiny Doors ATL

  Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit a number of tiny, mysterious doors scattered throughout Atlanta, Georgia, which ask viewers to...

  2 hours ago
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  Puzzle Monday: Indigenous Fare Crossword

  Atlas Obscura's fortnightly puzzle—and the first from Gastro Obscura—comes to us from creators Stella Zawistowski and Brooke Husic, and editor Laura Braunstein, members of Inkubator. Founded in 2018, the organization publishes...

  5 hours ago

Accidental Deliberations

• Sunday Morning Links

  This and that for your Sunday reading.- Geoff Thompson reports on new research showing that the cognitive decline caused by COVID-19 is worse than previously known, while the European Academy of Neurology finds a greater risk of neurodegenerative...

  a day ago

• #SKNDPLDR Roundup

  A brief roundup of news and coverage from the Saskatchewan NDP's leadership campaign as Sunday's convention approaches.- There's been some more media coverage at a high level, including Adam Hunter offering an overview of the campaign...

  2 days ago

• Saturday Morning Links

  Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Mary Ziegler and Scott Lemieux both warn of the many other rights in imminent danger due to both the fact of the elimination of abortion rights by the Republican-dominated U.S. Supreme...

  2 days ago

27 June - iG Tab - 7 - MSM

WIRED

• The Best Sunglasses for Every Outdoor Adventure

  Protect your eyes in style while you lounge, run, paddle, or work on your computer outside.

  28 minutes ago

• How to Use Microsoft Defender on All Your Devices

  If you use a mix of Apple, Android, and Windows gadgets, you're in luck: The security tool is now available to any Microsoft 365 subscriber.

  2 hours ago

• Before Starbucks Baristas Had Unions, They Had Coworker Petitions

  A platform called Coworker has helped effect change for nearly a decade. As the coffee chain’s workers organize, its role has evolved in kind.

  2 hours ago

NYT > Home Page

• In Florida, California and Beyond: Both Sides Mobilize Over Abortion

  On Monday, plaintiffs will ask a judge to block Florida’s law banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. It is set to take effect on Friday.

  4 hours ago

• Pride March in New York Infused With New Sense of Urgency

  The annual parade included joyous celebration, but the Supreme Court’s abortion ruling and the threat to gay rights cast an undeniable shadow.

  14 hours ago

• Under Court’s Shadow, N.Y. Governor Candidates Lob Final Pitches

  Rulings on abortion and guns shape the final weekend of campaigning before Tuesday’s primary.

  14 hours ago

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

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  PM Modi highlights India's efforts for green growth, clean energy at G7 summit session

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  Victory of Bal Thackeray's Hindutva: Eknath Shinde on SC relief

  Rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde on Monday termed the relief by the Supreme Court to him and other dissident Sena lawmakers as the victory of Bal Thackeray's Hindutva and the ideals of his mentor Anand Dighe...

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  Centre using its agencies against those speaking the truth: Mamata Banerjee

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BBC News - UK

• Ethan McCourt: Tributes paid after Castledawson crash

  Ethan Michael McCourt died in hospital following a one-vehicle crash in County Londonderry a week ago.

  3 hours ago

• Barristers walk out of courts in strike over pay

  Dominic Raab urged barristers to agree the pay rise but there are concerns junior lawyers will still leave the profession.

  3 hours ago

• Birmingham explosion: Woman found dead and man seriously hurt

  The gas explosion completely destroyed one house and damaged others in north Birmingham.

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