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German wind industry “threatening to implode” as subsidies end wiping out half or more of new plants
In Germany as 20 years of wind subsidies comes to an end in 2020, half to three quarters of the industry may disappear. So many parallels with Australia. The Germans have had wind subsidies for 20 years, but even after two decades of support, the industry is still not profitable on a stand-alone basis. In 2016, some 4600MW of new wind plants were installed, but that may drop to one quarter as much
Miniature versions of real furniture will let you create a tiny version of your house for your cat
If only the best will do for your four-legged friend, this furniture collection is for you. Japanese craft collective Okawa Kagu have produced a line of high quality, miniature furniture just for cats. SEE ALSO: Ikea has launched a new furniture collection just for your pets The pieces produced are also miniature versions of actual pieces for humans that already exist, so you and your cat can get
Someone has created a guide to ghost fashion and it's horrifyingly brilliant
Just because you're no longer alive and you have to travel around in a white sheet doesn't mean you can't also look your best, right? At the end of the day, ghosts have feelings too. And on a special occasion like Halloween where they're in the spotlight, they're going to want to look as fabulous as possible. SEE ALSO: These illustrations perfectly sum up the reality of living with anxiety and de
When you die you are aware that you are dead
A new study has suggested that the mind can still be active even after the body stops showing signs of life. The research, which was led by Dr Sam Par...
Huge 50km-long cave discovered on the Moon
The Japanese space agency JAXA has announced the discovery of a cave hidden beneath the lunar surface. Picked up by Japan's orbiting Selenological and...
Catalonia Crisis: Spain Moves to Suspend Autonomy
Via: BBC: Spain is to start suspending Catalonia’s autonomy from Saturday, as the region’s leader threatens to declare independence. The government said ministers would meet to activate Article 155 of the constitution, allowing it to take over running of the region. Catalonia’s leader said the region’s parliament would vote on independence if Spain continued “repression”. […]

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Demented Slovenian 'artist' who breast-fed dog and fertilized one of her eggs with a dog cell wins award
A Slovenian "artist" breastfed her dogs and fertilized one of her eggs with a dog cell as part of an award-winning three-month art project. Maja Smrekar lived in seclusion with her dogs as part of the lengthy artistic experiment, which was titled "K-9_topology." During that time, she triggered her body to produce breast milk by systematic breast pumping. She then breastfed her puppy Ada to explore
Jacinda Ardern to be New Zealand's next prime minister after Labour coalition deal
Kingmaker Winston Peters has announced his New Zealand First party will throw its support behind the Labour party Jacinda Ardern has said she is “privileged and humbled” to become New Zealand’s next prime minister 26 days after the country’s electorate cast their votes. At an eagerly awaited press conference on Thursday, the kingmaker Winston Peters announced that his New Zealand First party woul
Calls for UK-wide ban on smacking children after Scottish move
Children’s commissioners of all four nations welcome confirmation Scotland will give minors same legal protection as adults The children’s commissioners of Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland are calling for a UK-wide change in the law after the Scottish government confirmed its support for a ban on smacking children. Scotland is to become the first part of the UK to introduce an outrig
Trump just publicly accused the FBI of having conspired against him
The tweet is not only false, but creepily authoritarian. As president, Donald Trump is in charge of the FBI. Which makes it incredibly striking that, in a Thursday morning tweet, Trump accused the bureau of having conspired to spread false intelligence about him during the 2016 election: Workers of firm involved with the discredited and Fake Dossier take the 5th. Who paid for it, Russia, the FBI
A Florida brewery really wants a Richard Spencer boycott
Richard Spencer (Credit: Getty/Chip Somodevilla) As Gainesville, Florida, braces for a scheduled speaking event to be delivered by Richard Spencer, a local brewery is offering free beer to make sure Spencer speaks to as many empty seats as possible. Alligator Brewing Co., is offering customers a free beer for every two tickets traded in — all of which they say will be destroyed — creating empty s
Sick Modern 'Art' Depicting Bestiality Installed Near Paris Louvre
The controversial "Domestikator" sculpture, which many say appears to depict a human being performing a sex act on a four-legged animal, has found a new home after being deemed too "provocative" and "risque" by the Louvre. The large walk-through sculpture was created by Dutch artist Joep Van Lieshout. It houses several smaller sculptures and a bed and was set to be installed in the Tuileries Garde

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Black butterfly wings offer a model for better solar cells
(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with California Institute of Technology and the Karlsruh Institute of Technology has improved the efficiency of thin film solar cells by mimicking the architecture of rose butterfly wings. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, the group explains their inspiration for studying the butterfly wings and the details of their improved solar cells.
FDA Approves Second CAR-T Treatment for Cancer
The pricey therapy is designed for adults with advanced lymphoma -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
FDA Approves Second CAR-T Treatment for Cancer
The pricey therapy is designed for adults with advanced lymphoma -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Fossil coral reefs show sea level rose in bursts during last warming
Scientists have discovered that Earth's sea level did not rise steadily when the planet's glaciers last melted during a period of global warming; rather, sea level rose sharply in punctuated bursts.
Scientists pinpoint jealousy in the monogamous mind
Scientists find that in male titi monkeys, jealousy is associated with heightened activity in the cingulate cortex, an area of the brain associated with social pain in humans, and the lateral septum, associated with pair bond formation in primates. A better understanding of jealousy may provide important clues on how to approach health and welfare problems such as addiction and domestic violence,
Eating broccoli may fight ‘leaky’ gut
Eating broccoli may help promote a health gut, new research indicates. “Keeping your gut healthy and making sure you have good barrier functions so you’re not getting this leaky effect would be really big.” In a study, when mice ate broccoli with their regular diet, they were better able to tolerate digestive issues similar to symptoms of leaky gut and colitis than mice that were not on a broccol

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Pombo Loves You
A distant father confronts a heroic but troubled past-life as an ’80’s TV show mascot named Pombo. "Pombo Loves You" is this week's Staff Pick Premiere! Read more about it here: vimeo.com/blog/post/staff-pick-premiere-pombo-loves-you Cast: Steve Warne , Ina Remme , Alistair Little , filipsijanec and Jojo Erholtz
Ellen Says #MeToo
Ellen joined the millions of people who have come forward as part of the #MeToo movement, and applauded their courage for speaking out. From: TheEllenShow
First Rings Found Circling Weird World Near Pluto | National Geographic
Astronomers have discovered the first known dwarf planet to host a ring system. This animation shows the 43-mile-wide ring of particles and debris that encircles the planet. The egg-shaped world, called Haumea, is located in the Kuiper belt, beyond the orbit of Neptune. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's premium destination for
Gravitational Waves 101 | National Geographic
What are gravitational waves and how are they detected? These ripples in space-time, sometimes caused by neutron stars colliding, were recently recorded in the groundbreaking LIGO-Virgo observation. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientis
Ellen Meets Wildfire Survivor and 9-Year-Old Amputee Lilly Biagini
Ellen sat down with 9-year-old amputee Lilly Biagini and her mom Jessica, who lost everything they had including Lilly's wheelchair and prosthetic legs â in the Northern California wildfire. To help victims of the wildfires, donate to Ellen's GoFundMe campaign here: gofundme.com/theellendegeneresshow. From: TheEllenShow
Lakota in America
Genevieve Iron Lightning is a young Lakota dancer on the Cheyenne River Reservation, one of the poorest communities in the US. Unemployment, addiction, alcoholism, and suicide are all challenges for Lakota on the reservation. For nearly a hundred years, it was illegal to practice Lakota customs. Now, the Cheyenne River Youth Project is working with young people like Genevieve to create a stronger

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Interview 1310 – Ernest Hancock on Pirates Without Borders
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2017-10-18%20Broc%20West.mp3"][/audio] James joins Ernest Hancock on Declare Your Independence to discuss "Why Big Oil Conquered The World." When the topic of solutions comes up, they discuss Ernest's PirateWithoutBorders.com and the above-the-grid answers to the oiligarchs' plans.
Behind the Scenes on “Why Big Oil Conquered the World”
Corbett Report video editor Broc West joins James for a debriefing on the "Why Big Oil Conquered The World" documentary. They talk about the work that went into the project and how people can help to spread this information.
Interview 1308 – James Corbett on The Last American Vagabond
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2017-10-17%20James%20Corbett.mp3"][/audio] James Corbett appears on The Last American Vagabond to discuss How & Why Big Oil Conquered The World.
Interview 1309 – How Broc West Conquered Big Oil
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2017-10-18%20Broc%20West.mp3"][/audio] Corbett Report video editor Broc West joins James for a debriefing on the "Why Big Oil Conquered The World" documentary. They talk about the work that went into the project and how people can help to spread this information.
Interview 1307 – James Corbett on Fault Lines
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2017-10-12%20Fault%20Lines.mp3"][/audio] Today James joins Garland Nixon and Lee Stranahan of Sputnik Radio's Fault Lines to discuss the rise of independent online media and the decline of the dinosaur media paradigm.

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Murder of Retired Couple Chills Fellow Environmental Activists in Turkey
Killing of two advocates who successfully campaigned to shut down marble mine stokes fear that others will kill to protect profits
Governments Need to Take A Hard Stand Against Illegal Fishing Industry
Recent shark hunts by China-based company highlights need for independent monitoring by NGOs, says Sea Shepherd activist
Planned Rail Line Would Intersect Kenya’s Nairobi National Park
Conservationists worried Chinese-backed project will threaten safety of wildlife, integrity of ecosystem
In Conversation with Cascadia’s Shannon Wilson
Veteran forest defender discusses 30 years of ecosystem advocacy
Development Banks Continue to Sink Billions into Fossil Fuel Projects
Public financing for oil and gas estimated at $9 billion in 2016 fiscal year alone, much of it after Paris Agreement
The Energy East Pipeline is Dead, but Three Tar Sands Pipeline Projects Remain
Anti-pipeline activists celebrate victory, caution against complacence

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Know your Rights as a Human Being
In 1948 “The Universal Declaration of Human Rights” was created by the United Nations, to provide a global understanding of how to treat all Human beings. This Declaration is inclusive of 30 basic Human Rights drafted by representatives from different cultural and legal backgrounds from all over the world. This document is seen as a milestone in the history of Human Rights and states a common sta

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The pause after "but"
I first noticed it while watching Star Trek: Next Generation. Every time Mr. Worf used the word "but" in a sentence, the pause came after the "but". These days, everybody says it that way. The pause after "but" implies a comma after "but" in the writing. A pause before "but", where it should be, implies a comma before "but" in the writing. THIS but THAT That's how I see it. THIS but THAT That's ho

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An open letter to my Facebook friends on the occasion of this morning's bit of bother
First, time to get honest about our relationship. Mostly we aren’t really friends, are we? I’m connected to 2,400 Facebook “friends,” and it might be a stretch to imagine that even five per cent of them are genuine friends of mine. So how about we think of each other as “connections” instead, all of us with our various reasons for deciding who we connect with on this odd thing we know as Facebook

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Catalonia will become independent
Spanish police are using violence to prevent people from voting in Catalonia’s independence referendum, which Spain describes as “illegal”. Here’s some Spanish riot police about to fire into protestors: From the Guardian: More video footage of police brutality against voters in Barcelona has appeared. The video shows police hitting people in the crowd with batons while voters hold up their hands.
Internet rage caused by inability to understand probability
Some people don’t get probability, and this leads to Internet rage. Here’s Scott Alexander, on IQ : If you really understand the idea of a statistical predictor – if you have that gear in your brain at a fundamental level – then social science isn’t scary. You can read about IQ, or heredity, or stereotypes, or gender differences, or whatever, and you can say – ah, there’s a slight tendency for on
Can the USA survive tribalism?
Andrew Sullivan wonders whether the USA can survive tribalism : Over the past couple of decades in America, the enduring, complicated divides of ideology, geography, party, class, religion, and race have mutated into something deeper, simpler to map, and therefore much more ominous. I don’t just mean the rise of political polarization (although that’s how it often expresses itself), nor the rise

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A3 Newsletter: Vincent Simmons, Leonard Peltier, Non-Unanimous Jurys and more
A3 Newsletter, Sept 27, 2017: Continuing the Struggle to Free Political Prisoners Albert and Robert continue tirelessly traveling around the country and the world, bringing attention to other cases and issues around the criminal "in"justice system here in the USA and in other countries that they visit. Last month, they traveled to Washington DC for the Millions for Prisoners Human Rights March. P

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Rightwing "Fake News" This Week: "Fake Boobs" For Boobs
I've noticed all of these rightwing "news" story's this weekend, so I know what Rush LimpDick, WILKuKluxKlan (insert your local KKK Entercom AM radio channel), FOX, "news", Mark Lice (lol), Luke Warm Waterski, Aaron DYKE (lol DYKE), etc,...Breitbart, all those big,tough, bald fat guys with CPAP and go to CPAC, they have LIFELOCK, RED/WHITE/BLUE backgrounds everywhere, on their books, etc...they i

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How NOT to be a patriotic American, i.e., One who believes anything claimed as fact by the so-called "mainstream media" …particularly regarding current foreign affairs.
Published by Stephen Lendman at October 9, 2017 How to Succeed in Western Media Without Really Trying by Stephen Lendman ( stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Most important is loyalty to monied interests, war-profiteers, and the imperial state – serving as their press agents, abandoning fundamental journalistic principles, learning how to lie well, along with leaving honesty and integri
How to be a patriotic American. Think you know how? I bet you don't, but you should learn how ...before it's too late.
Patriots and Protesters Should Take a Knee for the Constitution By John W. Whitehead “Seems like in the past 15 years or so the idea of patriotism has changed some. More polarized, more tied to political or ideological views. I’ve never seen patriotism or the flag connected to either ; I see the flag more as the symbol of a nation that allows the freedom to express those ideas. That alone deserve

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Moving the Media on Fake Clinics
Lost in all the Rachael Harder/Status of Women Committee brouhaha is a very important shift in media reporting on abortion, specifically on what criteria is used to designate someone as anti-choice. From Global News , a rather blithe statement. The issue of who would lead the committee came to a head last week when Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer chose to nominate Rachael Harder, an Alberta MP w

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Tomar una rodilla en Honor de un sordo
Taking a knee for a deaf man http://www.truth-out.org/speakout/item/42185-taking-a-knee-for-a-deaf-man In Spanish below Beyond cultural and demographic genocide (Are Mexicans Indigenous?) this is about a low intensity genocide against this same community, though it is actually bigger against communities of color as a whole. Here is the column on this topic in Spanish. Please share as you see fit.
Los Mexicanos Y Centroamericanos Son Nativos O Indijenas?
This column has apparently struck a nerve and gone viral. There is also a forthcoming part 2 to this column. Here it is in Spanish below, translated per what I originally wrote, which is slightly different from what was published in Truthout at: http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/42193-are-mexicans-indigenous Please read and share. ¿Los Mexicanos y Los Centroamericanos son Nativos o Indígenas?
Are Mexicans/Central Americans Indigenous and who decides?
As many US states and municipalities have begun to eschew the colonial tradition of "Columbus Day" in favor of adopting Monday's holiday as "Indigenous Peoples' Day," one might wonder where people of Mexican heritage fit in. For some, this is a controversial question due to hundreds of years of mestizaje , or mixture, and also due to hundreds of years of colonialism and colonized thinking. For oth
Indigenous Studies and Consciousness Generationally Delayed
I've long-wondered why an Indigenous consciousness exists among some Mexicans/Chicanos/Central Americans and other peoples from this continent, while not in others, considering that all are generally products of colonization? This phenomenon is often most stark when many reject the notion of celebrating a "Hispanic heritage" at the expense of subjugating their primarily Indigenous-African and mix

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An Exercise for My Readers
There has been a lot of discussion lately about how much a cut in the tax on capital will increase wages. So I thought I would pose a relevant exercise for my readers. A small open economy has the production function y = f(k), where y is output per worker and k is capital per worker. The capital stock adjusts so that the after-tax marginal product of capital equals the exogenously given world inte
More on the Economics of Healthcare
Back in July, I wrote a NY Times column about the economics of healthcare. Yesterday, my friend John Cochrane posted a lengthy response . I won't take the time to reply to all of John's points, but like everything John writes, his post is provocative and thoughtful. So I would encourage people to read it and decide for themselves. John is certainly correct when he speculates about my motivation in
A Talk from the CEA Chair
Kevin Hassett speaks at the Tax Policy Center; click here for video . Click here to read the text .
What I am reading
Two of my favorite young macroeconomists (and former students) have a new essay on Identification in Macroeconomics .
Still #1
Harvard undergrads show their wisdom in course selection .

New in Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology

Mexico: Remembering the Puebla UFO Crash (1977)
Our friend and colleague Alfonso Salazar, a UFO researcher and aviation expert whose accounts have been featured over the years, shares with us these vintage photographs from the defunct Contactos Extraterrestres magazine. "The incident took place on July 29, 1977, when a UFO crashed into the Puebla mountain range. The Mexican military conducted a search and photographs of the object's remains we
Argentina: A Triangular UFO in Mendoza (1976)
A lively UFO symposium known as the Café Ufológico de Mendoza is held on a regular basis in this Argentinean city's Café Five Stars, representing a source of "real time" information exchanges among students and witnesses of the phenomenon. The most recent such meeting was held on September 27, 2017 and was joined by Raúl Díaz, Ariel Godoy, Daniel Hendryk, Martín Fuentes, Alejandro Asalgado, Laura
Mexico: A Mothership Over Nuevo León?
Mexico: A Mothership Over Nuevo León? Researcher Ana Luis Cid sends us the following: "This video was sent to me by Efrén Sauceda Tello. Dozens of spheres seemingly issue from a very large object at 19:30 hours. This was recorded in Escobedo, Nuevo Leon, Mexico using a Sony TRV 380 camera [The percipient] was driving his car when his niece Claudia called his attention to something she could see.
HOAX: The Corrientes Humanoid
Source: Orbita Cero Mendoza (Argentina) Date: 09.21.2017 HOAX: The Corrientes Humanoid As could well be expected, the photo of the humanoid entity supposedly photographed by police before it took a plunge into the Paraná River has turned out to be less than meets the eye. Argentina's Orbita Cero Mendoza reported in its blog that the CIFAD center of the province of Corrientes had "uncovered the fr
Mexico: More on the Acayucan "Lights"
Mexico: More on the Acayucan "Lights" By Scott Corrales The following is a brief transcription of a presentation by Roberto Montalvo of the Diario Vanguardia newspaper on the Expediente Punto Cero radio show hosted by Yohanan Díaz Vargas . Roberto Montalvo says the following: "Between 8;30 and 9:30 pm the 911 line received phone calls requesting help from the manager of Rancho "El Sinaí" - a ranc
Colombia: UFO Present at the Calbuco Eruption?
Source: PLANETA UFO and Diario del Cauca Date: September 24, 2017 Colombia: UFO Present at the Calbuco Eruption? The Calbuco Volcano (in Chile) began erupting on April 22 [2017] sending aloft a plume of gas and ash over 15 kilometers tall. A video shows the exact moment of this brutal eruption and also shows an image that remains a mystery to this day. According to the Gran Epoca website, it coul

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The 2017 Census Report
During the last week of September 2017, the Census Department began releasing the result of the 2017 census survey. Abu Bakr el Guindi, director of the Census Department, stated that the population increase in Egypt is the most dangerous threat society is facing. At present, Egypt population exceeds 104.2 million people, close to 10 million are living outside of Egypt. Egypt’s rate of population
The Problem of Illiteracy in the Arab World
The UN has designated the month of September of each year to work towards the elimination of world illiteracy. It calls for governments that have a high rate of illiteracy to reexamine their educational strategy and introduce new methods to help to lower the illiteracy rates. Illiteracy in the Arab world is still very high. It is estimated that half of the nearly 400 million people cannot read or
The UN Human Right Report
The UN Human Rights organization has recently issued its annual report. It revealed that Turkey and Israel are the most abuser of human rights. It also listed China, India, Pakistan, Minimar and Venezuela are also abuser of human rights (Al Nahar Newspaper,9/22/2017). Andrew Gilmore, Assistant Director of Human Rights organization, stated in the Report that there are cases individual kidnapping,

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If NFL players can protest at work, we can bring our Bibles, and crosses and Confederate flags to work!
America is supposed to be about equality. So, if football players can protest while they work, than everyone can! Conservatives, whether they be Christians, or […]
Is all conservative radio plagued with liberal Left Wing ABC news?
Right here in East Texas, KTBB, a conservative, locally owned radio station is plagued by ABC News. They claim they are not, but you don’t […]
A Seemingly Endless Cycle Intensifies
Premeditated gunman kills over fifty, Smoking automatic weapons fill his hotel room. Trump speaks with programmed words, Divorced from a heart of proven stone. CNN […]
ROLL TIDE, AMERICA WINS BIG IN ALABAMA LAST NIGHT! Senator Roy Moore soon to be!
She did it again! Sarah Palin has done it again. When Momma Grisly speaks, you best listen…she picks winners every time! And the Republican candidate […]
The NFL and the Kneel
Anyone who follows the NFL knows players and teams have been kneeling rather than standing during the playing of the national anthem prior to the […]
What can I do to promote America heritage? Five things you can do!
There is an all-out attack by an as yet to be identified “force” against the spiritual heart of the United States of America. At present, […]

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Sadly, not the weirdest moment in my newspaper career (Spoiler alert: Charges were stayed)
Newspaper pleads not guilty RED DEER, Alta. (CP) — The Red Deer Advocate has pleaded not guilty to incitement to commit a criminal offence, a charge that resulted from a controversy over abstract metal sculptures one resident described as “piles of rusted out snowplow blades.” The Advocate was charged last month under a rarely used section of the Criminal Code as a result of a column June 30. The

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Monsanto's playbook, revealed
Monsanto executives will not be happy about Carey Gillam's new book. Released last week, Whitewash documents the corporation's aggressive efforts to establish, promote and protect their RoundUp Ready seed and pesticide empire. Through investigative reporting, Gillam unveils Monsanto's dubious playbook , from bankrolling supportive scientists to blackballing critics and strong-arming regulators. I
Farmer Equity Act signed into law
California governor Jerry Brown signs landmark legislation that will require California officials to focus on and address the challenges facing farmers of color. Learn more Slideshow Category: Flex Slider
Managing mosquitoes without poisoning people
Concern about "vector-borne" diseases like Zika, West Nile virus and malaria are top of mind right now in the U.S., thanks to the deluge and devastation brought by recent hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria. Mosquitoes can carry these diseases, and those troublesome insects thrive in wet, warm conditions. In an attempt to address the possibilities of increased mosquitoes and disease, agencies are e
Celebrating Dolores
At age 87, political activist Dolores Huerta is getting some long-overdue recognition for the central role she's played for years in the farmworker movement. It's a role well worth celebrating. The documentary film Dolores , produced by director Peter Bratt, is now in theaters. The film puts Huerta's decades of organizing front and center where it should be, rather than portraying her as a "sidek
Science for Solutions: Healthy soil for the win!
This post is part two in our “Science for Solutions” blog series that amplifies scientist voices and underscores the importance of independent science as the foundation for evidence-based policymaking and narrative shifts. In these troubled times I’m eager to find rays of hope. In the world of food and farming, one such glimmer is the growing recognition by gardeners and farmers, consumers and po
PAN UK report shows schoolkids at risk
A report released earlier this month from Pesticide Action Network (PAN) UK found that children across England are exposed to significant pesticide residues in the government’s “School Fruit & Veg Scheme.” Food for Thought documents more than 123 different pesticides on school produce, and calls on officials to source more local, organic produce to protect schoolchildren’s health. The report draw

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Is It Time To Quit Your Job? There's No Shame In Ending A Bad Situation
Let's say you hate your job. Maybe you've told colleagues that your employer-provided house is a dump . You've opined that your job was like being in prison . The job is causing you so much stress that you're losing your temper a lot. Colleagues and friends are starting to recommend that you seek help from a mental professional . You're just not good at what you do. Maybe it's time to call it quit
Job Or Self-Employment Lost Because Of Hurricane? You May Qualify For Disaster Unemployment Assistance
Folks who normally don't qualify for unemployment assistance, such as business owners, may qualify for Disaster Unemployment Assistance if they are unable to work due to one of the hurricanes that hit the U.S. Even if you only lost your job for a short time, you should look into this. It's your money, after all. This is part of what your payroll taxes have been paying for. Here's what the Benefit
OSHA Protects You From Dangerous Working Conditions Post-Hurricane
I'm getting lots of calls and emails about employers making employees work in conditions they deem unsafe. Here's what OSHA says about workplace safety: You have the right to a safe workplace . The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) was passed to prevent workers from being killed or seriously harmed at work. The law requires that employers provide their employees with working con

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Trump’s Iran Policy is More about Rollback Than Nukes; It Will Cause More Failed States – by Joshua Landis
Trump’s Iran Policy is More about Rollback Than Nukes; It Will Cause More Failed States by Joshua Landis Syria Comment – Oct 14, 2017 The renewed US offensive against Iran is not so much about its nuclear capability or even its missile program; it is about Iran rollback and hobbling its economy. Ever since President Obama signed the Iran agreement, howls of disapproval were heard from both Israel
What the KRG’s Loss of Kirkuk Means for Iraq
Iraqi forces tear down a portrait of Masoud Barzani in Southern Kirkuk (Ahmad Al-Rubaye / AFP) By Max J. Joseph Too many takes on Kirkuk have left me cringing. From Kurds, Arabs, Westerners and pretty much everyone else. Observing the mixture of hysteria and celebration was profound and jarring enough to provoke me into this small piece of commentary. This piece won’t be focused on the small deta
Iraqi Minorities Face a Dilemma in Kurdish Independence
By Saad Babir After gaining control of much of Iraq and Syria, the Islamic State jihadist movement (IS) and other Sunni extremists committed grave atrocities and international human rights violations against non-Sunni minorities, including perhaps the most extreme crime of all, the genocide that was perpetrated against Yazidis, Christians, and Shia Muslims. As IS is gradually defeated on the batt
KRG Targets Minorities Ahead of Kurdistan Independence Referendum — Part Two: Annexing Christian Lands
Part One of this two-part series, on the exploitation of the Yazidi Genocide for political purposes, can be accessed here . By Matthew Barber On the same day that the Kurdistan referendum on independence was held, the Assyrian Confederation of Europe (ACE) released a report (primarily authored by Reine Hanna but to which I also contributed) on the situation of Iraq’s Assyrian Christians. Over 100
Kurdish Independence and the Unheard Yazidi Voice — by Murad Ismael
This article was originally published Sept. 22, 2017 on al-Arabiya and can be accessed here . by Murad Ismael Yazidis have a population of about a half million people in Iraq. Their voting power in the upcoming independence referendum in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) marks nearly ten percent of eligible voters, which would suggest that the beleaguered minority group has an important politica
Will the U.S. Abandon the Kurds of Syria Once ISIS is Destroyed? by Landis, Itani, Simon
Will the U.S. Abandon the Kurds of Syria Once ISIS is Destroyed? by Joshua Landis, Faysal Itani, Steven Simon For Syria Comment , 1 October 2017 Faysal Itani , a Senior Fellow at the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, questioned whether the United States would stand by the Kurds of north Syria, a prediction that I made in a recent interview with Avery Edelman at Syria Direct. This is what F

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The Scientific Paradigm Must Change
The backreaction site of physicist Sabine Hossenfelder has a post asking "Is the Inflationary Universe a Scientific Theory?" (and answering "no", which is notable in this era of scientific dogmatism in favor of the "consensus"). After reading the comments there, the following was my response: All of this is in vain. JimV's comment above, containing the key word "evolved", applied unquestioningly
My New Knowledge Explains the "Ancient Mysteries" and Overthrows Ignorant Modern Debates
The American Thinker site has a post on "Confusing the Evolution Debate". After reading it and the comments following it, my response: Everybody has an opinion, and the opinions are, so far, hopelessly divided. I am a hard scientist, who has made the greatest discovery in history, of what I call "the Great Design of the 'gods'". As such, I seek only to inform of the revolutionary new knowledge I

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Most people are idiots. Case in point:
I bring you to this page at arguments.com. Direct quote: The 12 flywheels employed by electricity users and utilities store about 77 MW of energy.If a presumptive energy blogger does not know the difference between MW and MWh, one should be removed directly from one's keyboard and publicly flogged. I can find no putative author or contact address on this blog. This is probably a good thing...

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How to get URL of commentator
We sometimes get questions about how to get the web address/URL of a commentator in our blog. Blogger.com has not provided any way to do that. However, there is a way to guess, depending how high traffic, specific circimstances, sometimes quite accurately, the URL if you have www.statcounter.com installed for visitors statistics. First, sign into www.statcounter.com and navigate to your project (b

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Bob Mackin, Canadian Glen....and yours truly for 2 must listen to hours, Blogtalk Radio, Wednesday October 18th, 6:00 pm..pst
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/canadianglen/2017/10/19/season-7-of-tvuh-kicks-off-with-a-bc-roundup-of-the-sad-crazy-new-drab-fab I've been silent as of late....giving Horgan a chance to govern, a day to day grading will not be my purview....at least not now.. Under the radar, known by few, ....maybe that's best, ....when I started this website/blog....never did it for reward, or fame, was never pr
RCMP, Stephen Harper, False Flag Operation...Will Justin Trudeau clean house, or will the bulge beneath the rug continue to grow?
Gleichshaltung in Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, [ Justin.trudeau@parl.gc.ca ] (and through him all members of the federal Liberal Party Caucus), federal Minister of Justice, Jody Wilson-Raybould, [ Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca ], B.C. Premier John Horgan [ john.horgan.mla@leg.bc.ca ] (and through him all members of the B.C. NDP Caucus), B.C. Minister of Justice David Eby [ david.eby.ml
Where is John Horgan?...Affordability in Canada, Seniors Living in Poverty, Provincial Clawbacks and Medical Necessities
Written by Grant G I received an email from a regular reader of The Straight Goods.... The man, a senior in a residential government run carehome emailed me...asking me to talk to John Horgan about an issue that affects many low income seniors....The man's frustration was on two fronts...the first being, clawbacks....there are many seniors in British Columbia who are on, classified as disabled,..

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Learn From Chairman Mao!
So, I'm reading Ross Terrill's biography of Mao, and the many chapters describing his career up to becoming the unquestioned leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Yan'an made me think about my own trials and tribulations. To whit; ... that in retrospect it is obvious that any revolution in the foreseeable future in early-20th century China would require the peasantry, because they made u
Suicide Epidemic
Wasn't there supposed to have been a meeting between the federal government and the provinces about the suicide epidemic this past September? Wouldn't you think that something should have been done about the conditions that have produced this epidemic? Especially since it's been going on for YEARS?
Humanity Is Doomed: Part 636,898
Here's a deluded Hillary-Bot at "Montreal Simon" blog : I worry though, the "both sides are equally bad" progressive zombies are starting up, aided by a con media. Someone replies: I'm not sure, but I may be a progressive zombie. If I am, do I still get to be a snowflake? How about a cuck? Anonymous deluded Hillary-Bot answers: Do you think Hillary Clinton's flaws were so bad that the world needs
Late September Heat Wave
To hear the global warming experts tell it; We're going to COOK man! We're going to FRY! Methane is rising up from the bottom of the Arctic Ocean. The permafrost will melt and more methane will explode out of the earth. Shrinking polar ice will mean less white reflecting the Sun's rays back into space and more dark ocean water absorbing heat. The eco-systems of the oceans will be devastated and s
Instant Gratification
You can't get the things you want instantly. You can't have a big protest and then expect that the powers that be will magically see the light, act against their self-interest and grant you all your demands. It takes sustained campaigns that inflict actual damage on elite structures and power and etc., ... before anything important will happen. You know, a BIG reason why politicians have been sla

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Is the Childhood Vaccine Schedule Safe?
Posted 10/01/2017 By Barbara Loe Fisher Is the childhood vaccine schedule safe? 1 In 1953, health officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control told doctors to give children 16 doses of four vaccines by age six. 2 In 1983, it was 23 doses of 7 vaccines by age six. 3 In 2013, it was 69 doses of 16 vaccines by age 18, with 50 doses given by age six. 4 With infants and children in America getting

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U.S. Cares Nought for Its Citizens - Watch Out Puerto Rico! And VI and Guam!!! (Merkel and Hillary Out? Not Far Enough!) Germany Out of the EU? (Senate Refuses to Stop Endless War) Venezuela Stops Accepting $$$ (Shut Up Jamie Dimon!) J.P. Passes (Dems A Joke?) Seth Rich Never Going Away (Bannon Still Skunking) Exotic "New" Trump Plague? (SMASH the Duopoly!)
Imagine, if you will, how much money has been taken off the table of jobs-creation to pay for these "stars." Who said there were no good jobs being created? Cree Dangles Millions in Incentives for Its New CEONaomi Klein strikes again. Or is it just that U.S. "leadership" can only get their policies passed during "manufactured" crises? Or will today's natural ones suffice for those no longer

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The Last of the Nomads
Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to introduce you to Yatungka and her husband Warri, the last two Mandildjara people to live in the traditional way on the Western Gibson Desert of Australia. William Peasley wrote their saga in The Last of the Nomads . Aborigines have one of the oldest continuous cultures on Earth. They have lived in Australia for at least 40,000 years, some say 60,000. Nomads f
The Life and Adventures of William Buckley
William Buckley was born in Cheshire, England in 1780. He was trained to be a bricklayer, but the monotonous work bored him. He joined the militia and was a soldier for four years. Then, he met some scruffy lads, and got busted for receiving stolen property. In 1803, he was rewarded for his mischief with a one-way nine-month pleasure cruise to a luxurious resort for white trash in Middle of Nowhe
Against the Grain
James C. Scott teaches political science and anthropology at Yale. He’s a smooth writer and a deep thinker. A while back, he decided to update two lectures on agrarian societies that he had been giving for 20 years. He began studying recent research and — gasp! — realized that significant portions of traditional textbook history had the strong odor of moldy cultural myths. So, a quick update proj

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Citations Needed, Episode 11, Part I: The Deficits Racket - The Single-Payer Propaganda War
The idea that the United States is "running out of money" and have to "tighten our belts" is a common trope in American media; the premise that the US government is like a household that must balance its books is largely taken for granted by liberal and right-wing outlets alike. But is this premise correct? Is it true that the United States is over-budget and ready to explode with insolvency?
Citations Needed, Episode 12: The New Atheists - Celebrity Crusaders for Empire
Bill Maher and Sam Harris on HBO's Real Time On this week's episode of Citations Needed, Adam and I discuss the particular breed of liberalism known as “New Atheism,” with guest Luke Savage. While the New Atheist movement is hardly a monolith, it has at its core features of liberal chauvinism, anti-"political correctness," “science,” secularism, and a general deference to U.S. foreign policy
Citations Needed, Episode 11, Part II: The Deficits Racket - Racist Media as Barrier to Government Spending
If broad government programs are so popular, why don’t we just vote them into existence? One of the primary barriers to democratic socialism - or spending, in general - is racist media coverage and racist attitudes about how government programs are administered. In this episode of Citations Needed, we explore how media-fueled racism and means-tested nickel-and-diming makes radical change that
Citations Needed, Episode 10: Ableism and the Ethics of Calling Trump “Crazy”
Rolling Stone ran an article by Matt Taibbi called, "The Madness of Donald Trump," accompanied with this artwork by Victor Juhasz. "Insane." "Crazy." "Batshit." "Totally fucking nuts." Trump's mental health and cognitive capacity is the subject of much speculation, joke-making, and earnest concern. But how should the subject be approached by the media? On this week's episode of Citations
Citations Needed News Brief: Morgan Freeman vs. Putin Almighty
On the latest Patrons-Only Citations Needed News Brief, Adam and I look at the embarrassing launch of a new Red Scare group called the Committee to Investigate Russia (CIR). Their inaugural video features an extremely earnest Morgan Freeman fear-mongering about the Russian "attack" on Amurica and the necessity to now "save democracy." The CIR Advisory Board boasts at least four hard-right,

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Declaración de WWF sobre el CPR (Conservación, Protección y Recuperación) de la vaquita
El 12 de octubre el Gobierno de México, con el apoyo de expertos y científicos internacionales, iniciará un esfuerzo sin precedentes para salvar a la vaquita, el mamífero marino más amenazado del mundo. El proyecto, conocido como CPR (Conservación, Protección y Recuperación), busca rescatar a las vaquitas que quedan y reubicarlas temporalmente en un santuario marino en el Alto Golfo de California
Healthy watersheds help stem deadly childhood diseases downstream
Children living in river basins whose watersheds have greater tree cover are less likely to experience diarrhoeal disease, the second leading cause of death among children under the age of five, according to a global study released today, supported by WWF. Studying 300,000 children in 35 countries across Africa, Southeast Asia, South America and the Caribbean, the University of Vermont-led resear
Artificial nests aim to increase Shy Albatross breeding success
Specially built mudbrick and aerated concrete artificial nests, airlifted on to Bass Strait's Albatross Island in a trial program aimed at increasing the breeding success of the Tasmanian Shy Albatross, appear to have been accepted by the vulnerable sea-birds, early monitoring is showing. A co-operative effort – which brought together wildlife and funding partners from WWF-Australia with support
The Mediterranean Sea: incomparable wealth in steep decline
Rome, Italy – Along its 46,000km coastline, the Mediterranean Sea supports around 150 million people living along its shores. The report Reviving the Economy of the Mediterranean Sea: Actions for a sustainable future , launched today, shows that the Mediterranean Sea plays a fundamental role in the region's economy but that the sea's underlying natural asset base – which supports much of the econ
French-led Global Pact for the Environment opportunity to strengthen momentum on climate action
NEW YORK (19 September 2017 ) – As climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental degradation continue to impact the wellbeing of millions worldwide, the Global Pact for the Environment, presented by French President Emmanuel Macron at the UN General Assembly today, should enjoy the support of all world leaders, urges WWF. The initiative, first announced at a conference in Paris in June, off

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But Whatabout the BBC?
Payments to guests and alleged Kremlin influence on @RTUKnews in #bbcdp debate with @afshinrattansi @Andrew_Adonis https://t.co/xlVAD2fCyx — Daily&SundayPolitics (@daily_politics) October 19, 2017 Afshin Rattansi was invited to defend “Putin’s mouthpiece” (RT) on Daily Politics with Jo Coburn and Andrew Adonis. Should politicians be allowed to appear on RT? Should they be paid for doing so? There
Norman Smith, sadly
( h/t a commenter at Biased BBC ) This lunchtime's BBC One News at One featured the following exchange, with the BBC's assistant political editor Norman Smith letting slip a word he ought not to have let slip: Sophie Raworth : Let's talk to Norman Smith, who is in Westminster. Well, we've got the OECD, the international think-tank, saying that a second referendum would have a positive, a signific
Gunpowder
A BBC radio programme I particularly enjoy is Radio 3's Free Thinking . It's like a higher-quality version of Radio 4's Start the Week , and it's usually on for five nights a week. Its presenters are excellent and the range of topics is wide. It goes pleasingly deep too. Catching up with the more promising-looking editions of last week's offerings I came across an interview with Ronan Bennett , t
Knickers in a twist
It seems to me that the entire blogosphere has cottoned on to the fact that the BBC is biased. The only entity that hasn’t noticed is of course the BBC itself. One might say the BBC is becoming increasingly isolated in this. It’s almost embarrassing, like they’ve come out of the washroom with their skirt tucked into their pants. I say washroom to avoid committing a non-binary gender offence. Perh
Open Thread
Here's a new Hillary-Clinton-approved open thread. Thank you in advance from me, Hillary and the team at Women's Hour for any comments you care to submit.
When the BBC banned Vera Lynn
Stalin and Suzie Klein Recommendation time: Tunes for Tyrants: Music and Power with Suzy Klein on BBC Four is superb. It's a sweeping three-part series that looks at the uses and abuses of music by the Nazis and the Soviets, as well its use by their democratic opponents. One section from the final episode taught me something I had no idea about: that some in authority thou

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