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Trump drinking water turned into a Photoshop battle real quick
How else are we meant to react to political discourse if not with
jovial image editing? SEE ALSO: Patrick Stewart happily picking apples
is ripe for a Photoshop battle Upon his return from Asia, President
Donald Trump gave a speech summing up his accomplishments on the trip.
During this speech he took a swig from a bottle of water. Let battle
commence... Image: JIM LO SCALZO/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterst
Serena Williams shares intimate moment from her wedding day
Tennis star Serena Williams and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian tied
the knot at a private wedding ceremony at the Contemporary Arts Center
in New Orleans on Thursday. The intimate and star-studded event was
apparently Beauty and the Beast themed, with major names like Beyonce,
Jay-Z, Kim Kardashian West, and Anna Wintour in attendance. Williams
shared a personal moment to her Instagram account
Your nerdy love of sci fi could save the world! Announcing… TASAT
Here’s a Major Announcement of a project that's been in my thoughts for
a long time. A way that you -- yes you -- can be part of an action team
of science fiction readers who might someday use your powers of SF'nal
story memory to help save the world! Bear with me while I explain.
Fretting about potential threats to civilization, members of the
Protector Caste (intel agencies and all that) keep i
Unknown Miocene mystery where CO2 didn’t fit models, *Solved*
Strap yourself down – a puzzle you never knew existed has finally been
solved! Nov 16, 2017: Scientists Solve 22 Million-Year-Old Climate
Puzzle –”Paleoclimate Events Can Predict Earth’s Future” Solved
yesterday, settled today! That’s a rapid fire consensus… (they actually
use the word “settled” in the title of the paper) Study Settles
prehistoric puzzle, confirms modern link of carbon dioxide an
Airliners And F-15s Involved In Bizarre Encounter With Mystery Aircraft Over Oregon
Via:
The Drive: Something quite out of the ordinary occurred in the skies
over Oregon on October 25th, 2017. A mystery aircraft was flying in
daylight hours among the steady stream of airliners that traverse from
south to north, between locales in California and Nevada and cities like
Portland and Seattle and beyond. The incident […]
Say Hello to $3 Trillion in Forgotten Debt
Via:
Bloomberg: Companies have been on a borrowing binge, but you wouldn’t
always know the full scale of their liabilities by looking at the
balance sheet. This makes it hard for investors to compare businesses
that fund their activities in different ways. Happily though, that’s
about to change. How come? The answer is buried in […]
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Owning a dog cuts risk of heart attacks and other fatal diseases, study shows
Health benefits of a pet dog are greatest for those who live alone,
lowering the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease by 36%, say
scientists Never mind the chewed slippers, the hair on the sofa, and the
inexplicable barking at 3am. Having a dog in the home substantially
reduces the risk of heart attacks and other fatal conditions, a major
study has shown. Researchers found that dog ownership
A Navy Pilot Drew This Giant Dick in the Sky
It was a Thursday like any other in Okanogan, a small town of about
2,500 souls in central Washington, until 2 PM rolled around. Up in the
sky, a jet dragged contrails through the air like a brush on canvas. As a
few locals gazed up in wonder, the plane finished its portrait. And
thus, this masterpiece was born: According to local CBS affiliate KREM ,
the Picasso behind the stunt turned out to be
Ireland threatens to block progress of Brexit talks over border issue
PM Leo Varadkar says UK must give written guarantee of no hard border
with Northern Ireland before negotiations can move on Ireland has issued
a stark warning that it will block progress of the Brexit negotiations
in December unless the UK gives a formal written guarantee that there
will be no hard border with Northern Ireland. In sharp remarks before a
breakfast meeting with Theresa May, the Iri
Al Franken must go: It’s the right way to help women and protect Democrats
Al Franken (Credit: Getty/Saul Loeb) As sexual harassment allegations
against Sen. Al Franken, a Democrat from Minnesota, consumed Thursday’s
news cycle — pushing far more serious allegations against Republican
Senate candidate Roy Moore out of the headlines — many people started to
smell Republican skulduggery. Before the allegations became public,
notorious dirty trickster Roger Stone sent out
The Shocking Math of the Republican Tax Plan
Adam Davidson writes about how the latest Republican tax plan will benefit corporations at the expense of the middle class.
Someone's Been Launching Weed over the Border with a Giant Bazooka
It isn't all that easy to smuggle drugs into the US. Strapping it to
your body doesn't seem to work, the underwater tunnel method is a little
risky, and customs agents appear to have caught on to the whole
drugs-disguised-as- produce -and- dick-candles scheme. So drug
traffickers have recently taken to trying to fling their products over
the border. One drug smuggler—and apparent medieval siege w
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Keystone Pipeline Leaks 210,000 Gallons of Oil in South Dakota
The
spill in South Dakota comes just days before Nebraska regulators will
decide on a permit needed for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline
Dog ownership linked to lower mortality rate
A
team of scientists have used national registries of more than 3.4
million Swedes aged 40 to 80 to study the association between dog
ownership and cardiovascular health. Their study shows that dog owners
had a lower risk of death due to cardiovascular disease or to other
causes during the 12-year follow-up.
What Does Tesla's Automated Truck Mean for Truckers?
Well, that kind of depends on what you mean by "trucker."
No, there has not been a successful human head transplant
Health And the whole story is extremely fishy. By 2017, the surgeon
swore, he'd conduct a human head transplant. If you’ve been paying
attention to headlines today, you might think he’s followed through.
What in the World? Flat-Earthers Gather at First Conference
A
conference aimed at disputing the idea that the world is round just
wrapped up in North Carolina. Here's what they talked about.
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Tesla Semi truck and Roadster event in 9 minutes
Elon Musk unveiled Tesla's new Semi truck and (in a surprise) a
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charge, while the Roadster is said to achieve 620 miles. Watch the full
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Lin-Manuel Miranda and Macey Hensley Face Off in Historical Trivia
"Hamilton" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda may have met his match as he
faced off against kid presidential expert Macey Hensley in Founding
Fathers trivia! From: TheEllenShow
Ellen’s Adorable 4-Year-Old Globe Expert is Back
Noah Ascano, Ellen’s favorite globe expert, is back for another visit.
He talks turning 4, and shows off all the countries, states, and bodies
of water he knows. For more Shutterfly moments, go to:
https://www.ellentube.com/campaigns/shutterfly.html From: TheEllenShow
Life Below the Ocean Surface | StarTalk
Neil deGrasse Tyson speaks with oceanographer Sylvia Earle about the
ocean as a living system. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡
STARTALK WITH NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON AIRS SUNDAYS 11/10c. About StarTalk:
Host Neil deGrasse Tyson brings together celebrities, scientists and
comedians to explore a variety of cosmic topics and collide pop culture
with science in a way that late-night televisio
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An unassuming woman visits a teenage boy in the hospital following his
failed suicide attempt. In the waiting room she meets the boy’s
grief-stricken music teacher who discovers she may not be just another
well-wisher. OFFICIAL SELECTION: Maryland Film Festival New Orleans Film
Festival Festival Angaelika Sidewalk Film Festival Director Anu Valia
Written By Will Janowitz and Hari Leigh Produced B
La Nuit Je Danse avec la Mort
The psychedelic, violent and liberating experience of young man who
takes a drug at a party. Prix ❊ ANIMA - Córdoba International Animation
Festival (Argentine) : Best Animation - Non narrative - Abstract Prize
Sélections ❊ 3D Wire (Espagne) ❊ Balkanima - European Animated Film
Festival (Serbie) ❊ KDIAF - Kuandu International Animation Festival
(Taiwan) ❊ TAF - Thessaloniki Animation Festival (Gr
New in The Corbett Report
Episode 323 – The Saudi Purge is a Global Crisis
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mp3="https://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/episode323-lq.mp3"][/audio] The
House of Saud is in crisis as MBS consolidates his hold on the kingdom
and prepares to transform Saudi Arabia in his image. But what is behind
the purge, and how does it relate to the future of the world monetary
system. Join James for a classic Corbett Report debriefing on the Saudi
purge and the rise of the petroyuan.
EU Army, Biden Gaga, Digital Pills – New World Next Week
This week on the New World Next Week: the EU superstate gets its army;
Biden and Gaga team up for sexual assault trauma centers; and the
digital pill comes to a schizophrenic near you.
You Are Powerful And We Are Winning
You
are weak! You are powerless! You don't control your own life!...is what
the powers-that-shouldn't-be want you to believe. In reality, the thing
they are most afraid of is you discovering your own power and taking
control of your life. And as a new study shows, even a small number of
alternative, non-mainstream sources can redirect the national
conversation. So why aren't we using this power to
Interview 1323 – Chuck Ochelli Sorts Through the JFK Dump
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mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2017-11-15%20Chuck%20Ochelli.mp3"][/audio]
The squirt of JFK documents from the government archives that I
reported on earlier became a veritable dump last week when 13,000 more
documents were released. Joining us to sort through this mess is host of
The Ochelli Effect, Chuck Ochelli, aka The Blind JFK Researcher.
Interview 1324 – New World Next Week with James Evan Pilato
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This week on the New World Next Week: the EU superstate gets its army;
Biden and Gaga team up for sexual assault trauma centers; and the
digital pill comes to a schizophrenic near you.
New in The EnvironmentaList
Bonn Climate Summit Makes Progress But Leaves Much To Do
UN negotiations lay the groundwork for implementing the landmark Paris deal, though difficult decisions lay ahead
Trump Administration Reverses Ban on Elephant Trophy Imports
Campaigners condemn reversal, fear it will set back global efforts to stem the ivory trade
Miniature Robots Could Cut Pesticide Use on Farms in the Future
Robots
could also reduce food waste and help harvest crops, but they may not
be commercially available for some years to come, say experts
See a Jaguar, Save a Jaguar
Conservationists ponder pay-to-protect program to safeguard South America’s biggest cat
US Switches Focus of its Bonn Event from Clean Energy to Fossil Fuels
One of US’s only public events, originally billed as promoting clean energy, now favors coal and nuclear power
New in A Closer Look: Jody Paterson
On joy: Reflections on finding happiness even when life does its best to get in your way
I
had the opportunity to write this reflection on joy for Victoria's YAM
Magazine's November-December issue. It was one of the most moving
stories I've worked on, taking in people's stories of strength in the
face of significant adversity. My only regret is that I
over-interviewed, ending up with so many stories that everyone here
literally gets a few paragraphs and no more. You'll just have to ta
OK, #MeToo, and almost certainly #YouToo if you're female
My old newspaper stomping grounds lured me out of column retirement
this week to write a piece launching their #MeToo series. Here it is.
You can find the Times Colonist version here . *** I admit, the first
day of the #MeToo phenomenon was a pretty brutal day to be on Facebook.
So many terrible stories, though I felt genuinely heartened by the
heartfelt, stunned response from men who clearly had
New in A.E.Brain
And now for something completely different
The
Red Baron. Freiherr Manfred von Richthofen's early career, and the
aircraft he flew in. MvR first joined Fliegerabteilung 69 (FA69) in
April 1915. The Albatros C.I, B.I were both used by FA69 in the East
between April and August 1915. During the time, MvR was an observer.
Missions included recon and some inffectual ground attack of the rather
chaotic Russian forces. From August through to Octo
New in Amused Cynicism
Pirates come third in Czech election
Czechia had a general election: Party Votes % +/– Seats +/– ANO 2011
1,500,113 29.64 +10.98 78 +31 Civic Democratic Party 572,962 11.32 +3.59
25 +9 Czech Pirate Party 546,393 10.79 +8.13 22 +22 Freedom and Direct
Democracy 538,574 10.64 NEW 22 +22 Communist Party of Bohemia and
Moravia 393,100 7.76 -7.15 15 -18 Czech Social Democratic Party 368,347
7.27 -13.09 15 -35 KDU-ČSL 293,643 5.80 -0.98 10
New in Cherchez la Verite
Members
of the Congress and the military/security complex together with the spy
agencies of the CIA want the US to become a police state. Whereas,
Abraham Lincoln once said "The people are the masters of both the
Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to
overthrow the men who pervert it!" Who will win?
Washington Stomps on Civil Liberty November 3, 2017 | Categories:
Articles & Columns | Washington Stomps on Civil Liberty Paul Craig
Roberts The insouciant American electorate is so inattentive that it
routinely elects enemies of civil liberty to represent the public in
Congress. Last Wednesday Rep. Adam Schiff (D, CA), Rep. Trey Gowdy ( R,
SC), Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D, CA), Sen. Mark Warner (D,
I
guarantee that the stock markets will crash sometime between now and
maybe a year from now. The market is run by rich people who borrow money
to run up the entire market. They are confident that they will continue
to make big money, because the FED keeps reporting that 95+% of all
working age American have jobs. However, to get that number, the FED
treats all those without jobs for longer than a month or so are treated
as though dead. Whereas, the truth is that, by now there are between 24%
(definitely), and likely closer to 50%, of all working-age Americans
can no longer find a decent job. And even those who are counted as
having jobs are likely to have menial ones, and so they can’t buy the
rich people's products. Thus, when the fat cats finally realize that the
game is over, much of their wealth will go down together with their
rigged stock markets. And, boy, do they ever deserve it.
Will President Trump Take The Blame When the Stock Markets Crash? Stock
markets continue to reach record high levels, but it’s only a matter of
time before they crash back to earth. When they do, there will be a lot
of finger pointing at those deemed to be responsible for the crash.
Given the current political climate, President Trump will undoubtedly
come in for criticism. But will that be a fai
New in DAMMIT JANET!
"Fake Opposition" Flees Abortion Vote
Back
here , we were crowing about how the media has shifted choice-ward in
how it identifies anti-choicers, specifically by noting which
politicians support fake clinics . And now with the nearly unanimous
passage of the Ontario "Safe Access to Abortion Services Act, 2017" , or
the "Fuck Off Clinic Bulliers Act," we see another fault-line in
today's politics. Even hard-line, self-avowed anti-choic
New in Dr Cintli
The next several years will see a number of 50-year commemorations of the events that helped to launch the historic Chi...
The next several years will see a number of 50-year commemorations of
the events that helped to launch the historic Chicano Movement of the
1960s and 1970s. For some, the movement was a series of legal actions,
strikes or huelgas , civil rights protests, and mass rallies and
marches, all challenging the permanent dehumanization of Mexican peoples
in the United States. For others, the movement was
Dia De Lls Muertos En Las Tierras De Los Muertos
HOW AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT DEATH Roberto Dr Cintli Rodriguez October,
like every month, has been an especially deadly month for people of
color in the United States. I focus on people of color because my
research tells me that the killings of POCs are not random, but rather,
as a result of dehumanization and the patrolling of bodies and
communities of color, especially that of red-black-brown pe
New in Greg Mankiw's Blog
Furman on Tax Reform
I don't agree with all of it, but these slides from a recent talk by Jason Furman make a lot of good points.
The Dynamic Furman Ratio
There has been a lot (maybe too much) commentary on my simple
pedagogical exercise . To move the discussion forward, let me offer a
challenge to readers: What is the dynamic Furman ratio in such a
model--that is, the ratio the wage increase to the dynamic revenue loss,
which I will call dw/dz? Note that dz = - d[t*f '(k)*k] but now we take
into account that k and f '(k) will change with t. Furman
Taxing Higher Ed
One
of the most surprising parts of the proposed tax bill is its tax on
university endowments . If my rough calculations are correct, the tax
would cost schools like Harvard between $1,000 and $2,000 per student
every year. Is there a good argument for this policy? Not that I can
see.
My Latest
Click here to read "Friedman’s Presidential Address in the Evolution of
Macroeconomic Thought," an essay I just finished writing with Ricardo
Reis for the Journal of Economic Perspectives .
The Good, the Bad, and the Fixable
Click here to read my column in Sunday's NY Times on the Trump tax plan.
New in Middle Class Political Economist
Now Amazon wants to break the bank
On
Thursday (October 19), the first stage of the Amazon sweepstakes for a
second headquarters, dubbed "HQ2," was completed as cities submitted
their bids to the Internet giant. With a possible $5 billion investment
and eventually 50,000 jobs at salaries over $100,000, this is one of the
very best economic development projects to come along in a long time.
BUT IS IT?* I have a hard time understandi
New in Middle East Today
Al Nahda Dam and Its Impact on Egypt
There is a saying by Herodotus known to Egyptians that the Nile is the
gift to Egypt. Without the Nile, Egypt cannot survive. Dr. Noor el Din,
an Egyptian water expert pointed out that Egypt need at least 93,000
cu.m of water per year. The water available to Egypt presently is 62,000
cu.m. to use per year ( Sada el Watan, 11/14/2017). During the past
three years, the water ministers of Ethiopia,
Qatari Government’s Support of Terrorism
On May 21, 2017, an Arab Islamic American Summit was held in Saudi
Arabia. Among the discussed topics was about the Qatari government role
supporting, with money and arms, terrorist organizations such as ISIS,
and Al Nusra among others. President Trump stated during that Summit
meeting, that was the beginning of the end of a Qatar’s role in
supporting terrorists On July 27, 2017, four Arab states
New in Pesticide Action Network
Pruitt's (polluter) priorities
We saw this coming with Scott Pruitt. Long before he became
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), his
allegiances to industry were clear. And with new policies at the agency,
he's paving the way for even more corporate sway over how our air,
soil, water and communities are protected (or not). In his latest move,
Pruitt recently announced that scientists receiving EPA funding
A win! Buffer zones around CA schools
After years of pressure from communities across California, the state's
Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) finally took action last week
to protect schoolchildren from agricultural pesticide exposure. While
not all that we'd hoped for, state officials announced new rules that
establish a buffer zone for agricultural pesticides around public
schools and daycare centers. Among other safeguard
Positive pesticide news
In the midst of uncertain times, I’m finding comfort in an array of
good news regarding pesticide bans and restrictions from around the
world. Difocol Last week, PAN Staff Scientist Emily Marquez returned
from the scientific committee meeting of the Stockholm Convention in
Rome where several key pesticides were being discussed for potential
global bans. Up for discussion was one of the pesticides
It's Farm Bill time again
Approximately every five years the U.S. Congress passes a multi-billion
dollar set of policies collectively known as the Farm Bill — although
it really should be called the “Food and Farm Bill” since about 80% of
funds support food access and nutrition programs. Other policies include
crop insurance and subsidies to large commodity crop growers (like corn
and soybean), as well as a variety of sma
Big news! Clovis is out
Sam Clovis — controversial nominee for the top scientist post at the
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) — withdrew his name from
consideration. Clovis has come under increasing scrutiny for his
inflammatory statements and lack of science credentials, going so far as
to decry climate change research as "junk science" that is "not
proven." On top of being clearly unqualified for the position, ne
A step toward equity for California farmers
Farmers and farmer allies recently celebrated the signing of two new
bills by Governor Jerry Brown. Both will provide much-needed support for
farmers, and one specifically seeks to address the historic barriers
that farmers of color have faced — a particularly noteworthy policy
amidst the national dialogue on race and racism. Toward farmer equity
The Farmer Equity Act by Assemblymember Aguiar-Cur
New in Real History Blog
HSCA investigator Dan Hardway discusses imminent release of JFK assassination files
Dan
Hardway read many of the documents that are about to be released during
his role as an investigator for the House Select Committee on
Assassinations in the 1970s. As such, he can tell us a great deal more
than the average person about what this release may prove. Here is his
"for release" comment on these, "rush job - proofed only once". - - -
WHAT WERE THEY HIDING AND WHAT SHOULD WE LOOK
New in Sandra Guzman
Three Ways To Know If You Are Addicted To Struggling
There are many forms of addiction: drugs, shopping, food, and sex are
among the most common. But there is one addiction that we hardly ever
talk about: the addiction to struggle. In her beautiful tiny book on
daily meditations for people of color, "Acts of Faith," Iyanla Van Zant
reminds us that for some reason, we believe that struggle is noble that
somehow it brings special rewards. And that Go
New in Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home
HR And Management-Side Lawyers Need To Change If We Are To End Sexual Harassment Culture
Someone
recently asked me what could be done to change what is clearly a
culture of sexual harassment in this country. Not just how do we enforce
the law, but what do we have to do above and beyond the law to end the
harassment epidemic. It's a tough question, but I do have some thoughts.
The first and largest problem is that the victims are afraid to come
forward. And there's good reason for that
Insurance Open Enrollment is Now Through Dec. 15. Be Persistent. Spread the Word.
The
open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act/ObamaCare started
yesterday and continues through December 15. You may not have heard
about it because the Trump Administration cut advertising by 90% . So
please tell a friend. Send the URL to this article to anyone you know
who needs health insurance. Here are some things you need to know. The
site will shut down periodically : This is why I
#MeToo: Most Women Have Been Sexually Harassed. Let's Start Believing Them.
You're
probably familiar with the "Me Too" campaign on Twitter and Facebook
where women are posting #metoo if they have been sexually harassed or
sexually assaulted. I'm one of those who posted. Yes, even an employment
lawyer who handles sexual harassment cases has been sexually harassed.
I'll tell one of my stories in a minute. People keep asking me why all
these women have been so silent for so
New in Syria Comment
Assessing Nikolas Van Dam on Syria’s Fate – by Steven Heydemann
Assessing Nikolas Van Dam on Syria’s Fate By Steven Heydemann – @
SHeydemann Smith College for Syria Comment , November 17, 2017 Over the
course of his long and distinguished career as scholar and diplomat,
Ambassador Nikolas Van Dam, who most recently served as the Netherlands’
Special Envoy for Syria, earned a well-deserved reputation as a deeply
knowledgeable specialist on Syrian politics and
Syria: Who will win the future? – By Nikolaos van Dam
Syria: Who will win the future? BY Nikolaos van Dam – @ nikolaosvandam
Henriëtte van Lynden Lecture, Amsterdam, 9 November 2017 [1] We all know
that the situation in Syria has become a disaster. And one can ask
oneself whether this disaster could have been foreseen and prevented. I
personally am convinced that the main developments in Syria could have
been foreseen , certainly as far as the behav
Who Will Usher the Middle East Into an Era of Peace? – By Sam Farah
Sam Farah Who Will Usher the Middle East Into an Era of Peace By Sam
Farah – @ txtwxe Syria Comment, Oct 23, 2017 In his book Skin in the
Game, Nassim Taleb offers a piercing observation: “The entire growth of a
society, whether economic or moral, comes from a small number of
people. […] Only a few people suffice to disproportionately move the
needle.” This critical insight can be revolutionary w
“No Justice for Khan Sheikhoun,” by Aron Lund
On November 7 —that’s tomorrow or tonight, depending on where you
are—the UN Security Council will get together for a shouting match about
the nerve gas attack in Khan Sheikhoun last April. A new UN-OPCW report
has blamed that attack on Bashar al-Assad’s government, but, as you
might expect, Russia does not agree. The Century Foundation has just
published my new report on what the UN says happene
New in The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage
The Dark Side of Science And Religion
I have posted the following comment to an American Thinker article on
"The Dark Side of Science": Both science and religion -- as practiced by
human beings, who are ignorant of far more than they are knowing -- may
be classified as "fake news" (to take advantage of a current idea):
Science as practiced is not necessarily good reasoning, and religion as
practiced is not necessarily good in spirit
My Venus/Earth Comparison Should Not Even Have Been Needed
I received a comment (from one Chris Carter) yesterday ( on this post
), agreeing with, and emphasizing, my continual refrain with respect to
my November 2010 Venus/Earth temperature vs. pressure comparison, that
the close (or rather, precise) agreement between the Standard Atmosphere
for Earth's atmosphere, and the actual profile of Venus's atmosphere
over the same range of tropospheric pressure
Venus, Once More: Is Anybody Out There Seeking the Truth?
Just a sentence or two to add to my 2010 Venus/Earth temperature vs.
pressure comparison . My Venus/Earth comparison, which strongly and I
believe definitively disproves the consensus "global warming greenhouse
effect" of increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, is routinely
dismissed, basically on the grounds that its precise agreement, between
the unchanging Standard Atmosphere model of Ear
The Underlying Problem of Our TIme (and of All Known History)
I have responded to a comment to an article on the American Thinker
site. The comment referred to Nietszche and Hegel, recognized as modern
philosophers, and the more ancient Plato, and the following is my
response: Philosophy has not advanced since its "beginnings" in Plato;
Aristotle was known in Plato's Academy as a master of Rhetoric
(compelling argumentation, or debating points), not Philoso
New in The Ergosphere
Don't mess with the engineers when physics is on the line
This
is an open letter to Brandon Schollenberger, also sent by e-mail. I
received a pointer to your essay. No, lying is not OK. Neither is
spouting off in utter ignorance. TL;DR You're not right. You're not even
wrong. You wrote a mish-mash of conceptual nonsense that is
cringeworthy to every student who scraped out a passing grade in AP
Physics, and quite a few who never made it that far.
Time to flush the Jon
Over
at Atomic Insights, the resident troll went on a tirade (since
deleted). I didn't think to save the whole thing, but since I went to
the trouble to counter-troll him I figured I'd post it here. All
blockquoted material was posted under the name of Jon Hall. And a
reported $274,000 on twitter, to say nothing of the army of russian bots
posting anti-clinton tweets by the hundreds of
New in The Straight Goods
Site C......The BC Liberal Boondoggle.....A Straight Goods Special
Written by Grant G "garbage in, garbage out" Who is the champion for
the millions of ratepayers being saddled with the cost of paying for an
ill-conceived $12 billion Site C dam....? Shouldn't ratepayers be given a
voice? and a choice? Before we get into the nuts and bolts of the Site C
decision... Postmedia, ...Vancouver Sun and Province
newspapers.....they, Michael Smyth, Vaughn Palmer, ..there
Mary Mackie, Heart of Gold, A Canadian On Horseback
A Canadian on Horseback 9 July 1944 Memorialized in Bronze Written By
Mary Mackie Canadian and British troops liberated Caen after 33 days of
the bloodiest battles of the Normandy campaign. A small but dramatic
ceremony in the main square marked the historic first raising of the
French flag, but a Canadian artillery officer on horseback made the
moment symbolically Canadian too.. Although Caen wa
Mike De Jong Campaigns For Unfettered Name Calling in our BC Legislature
Written by Grant G Faggot, wetback, nips, lesbos, waps, ......there are
far too many derogatory names to cite here... in 2001 the NDP party was
reduced to two seats in our legislative house...Then Gordon Campbell
refused to recognize those two NDP MLAs as a political party...It was
petty politics then.. For 16 years BC Liberal appointed legislative
speakers allowed this disrespectful sickness to
False News. False Newsmakers. Untroubled Power.
False News. False Newsmakers. Untroubled Power. Written by Robin
Mathews, November 2017 In a colonial country as wealthy in raw materials
as Canada is… awakening can take decades, if not centuries. If Canada
had taken control and major ownership of Canadian fossil fuels (just for
instance), it might have no national or provincial debt. And, like
Norway (with fewer fossil fuel resources than Canad
New in thwap's schoolyard
Pierre Poilievre and the Paradise Papers
I haven't looked at the Paradise Papers or read any of the news stories
about them. I already know that the corporations and the rich hide
their wealth from the taxman in ways both legal and illegal. (And that
they strain mightily to make even the most blatant, unjustifiable, and
therefore illegal tax avoidance legal through their hirelings in
politics.) And I know from the results of the Panama
New in Vagabond Scholar
Armistice Day 11/11/17
(Click
on the comic strip for a larger view.) In 1959, Pogo creator Walt Kelly
wrote: The eleventh day of the eleventh month has always seemed to me
to be special. Even if the reason for it fell apart as the years went
on, it was a symbol of something close to the high part of the heart.
Perhaps a life that stretches through two or three wars takes its first
war rather seriously, but I still
The Battle of the Somme
The
eleventh of November is primarily known as Veterans Day in the United
States, but it's also known as Remembrance Day and Armistice Day. These
holidays typically dovetail well, but Armistice Day, commemorating the
end of the "Great War," is the part I've been pondering most. Veterans
Day honors military veterans, which is only right, but Armistice Day
seems to ask us to reflect on war and
New in Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!)
The
Real Why of Hillary Clinton's Loss (Oh, And U.S. Attacking Russia)
There's No 9/11 Here; Move Along (BitCoin Going to a Trillion Dollars?)
The
Billionaire Bonanza report stated: “Our wealthiest 400 now have more
wealth combined than the bottom 64 percent of the U.S. population, an
estimated 80 million households or 204 million people.” That’s more
people than the population of Canada and Mexico combined.IPS’s Chuck
Collins and Josh Hoxie know it is not a “natural phenomenon,” how the
rich got rich at the expense of the rest
(Roooskies!)
Time To Open Our Eyes and View the Damage? (Obama Exposed As Trumpists
Intensity Builds) Hefner Finally Dies, Will Playboy? (Affleck
Apologizes, McGowan Is Shut Down by Twitter?) Needing to Rebalance
Economy (With Nothing To Lose, Why Stay?) Building a More Equitable
World (Max, Stacy, Randy and Noam!)
Rooossia?
Hillbots? Bernbots? Trumpers? Whom to blame for the 2016 election
fiasco? As a former software "wiz" it's hardly a surprise to me. Many
were the days when I spent long hours at my desk "improving" the code,
and then being told by my managers (nonprogrammers) that I was wasting
my time, baby . . . get over it! And shit software will still remain
more profitable than software that
New in What Is Sustainable
The Mountain People
Anthropologist Colin Turnbull was born London in 1924, and raised in a
surreal upper class family, which he described in his important book,
The Human Cycle . World War Two jolted the pampered lad into the bloody
real world. In the 1950s, he spent lots of time in the Congo, with the
Mbuti Pygmies, who inspired his masterpiece, The Forest People . It was a
beautiful life-changing experience to liv
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
My mother, who was born in 1916, had a “sweet tooth.” When I was born,
she had dentures, no teeth. White flour and sugar were common
ingredients in many meals I consumed between childhood and into my 40s.
She got diabetes, and I did too. My first dentist said I had teeth like a
horse. They are crowded and crooked. All four of my wisdom teeth were
surgically removed, because they were growing side
New in Wide Asleep in America
Citations Needed, Episode 15: The Real Estate Page as Colonial Dispatch
Real
Estate sections of local papers and magazines feature mostly fun,
breezy profiles of the super rich buying up apartments, buildings, and
houses or remodeling the ones they already own. Harmless escapist fun?
Maybe. But how we write about real estate often reveals casually racist
and colonial attitudes that are rarely, if ever, examined.
Gentrification of American cities is often, if
Citations Needed, Episode 14: The Iran Deal Protection Racket
We
are told time and again from Republicans and nominal liberals alike
that Iran desperately wants to acquire nuclear weapons, was "racing
toward the bomb" before the implementation of the multilateral Iran Deal
- officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA),
and was merely months away from holding the world hostage with a nuclear
arsenal before being stopped by
Citations Needed, Episode 13: The Always 'Stumbling' U.S. Empire
"We
seem, as it were, to have conquered and peopled half the world in a fit
of absence of mind." - Sir John Robert Seeley, The Expansion of England
(1883) The media does a lot mind-reading when it comes to U.S. foreign
policy. The idea that the United States and, often, its allies operate
in “good faith” is taken for granted for most of the American press - so
much so that we don’t really
Boot On The Ground: Shameless War Hawk Feels the Burns on Vietnam While Calling on Trump to Attack Iran
This
is Max Boot, someone no one should ever listen to. Media analyst (and,
full disclosure, my Citations Needed podcast co-host) Adam Johnson has
deftly exposed the ubiquitous trope in the American press "that the US
military always goes to war reluctantly—and, if there are negative
consequences, like civilian deaths, it's simply a matter of bumbling
around without much plan or purpose."
New in Wit's End
Regent of the Hotel
A member of The Panic Room, who wishes to remain anonymous (I mean, who
would want to be publicly associated with this?) - Okay! That's not
even really me, it's me in my dwindling mind - skinny still, with lots
of hair remaining (and cats instead of Camus, whatevs) living out my
remaining days of shabby desperation in the silvery damask-walled room
of an abandoned hotel. Everyone knows I love dec
New in wmtc
things i heard at the library: an occasional series: #26
In library school, you learn that the most important part of the
reference transaction, or reference interview, is asking questions.
Customers, it seems, rarely know how to describe what they are actually
looking for. Most people ask for something entirely different than what
they want. Tonight was a classic example. Woman: Where would I find
paperback nonfiction? This is a bit of a strange quest
11.11: remembrance day readers' advisory
I've
posted 11 anti-war songs , and I've done Labour Day readers' advisory ,
but I don't think I've ever done anti-war readers' advisory. Here are
11 great books with an anti-war themes. 1. The Hunger Games, Suzanne
Collins 2. Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut 3. War Is a Force That
Gives Us Meaning, Chris Hedges (nonfiction) 4. Regeneration, Pat Barker
5. Johnny Got His Gun, Dalton Trumbo 6. Hir
the worst part of trump is not trump
The
freak show that is the Trump presidency gives us so many things to
lament, and mourn, and goggle at. But for one organization, it is a
singular gift, valuable beyond all measure: that is the Democratic
National Committee. For me, the worst part of the Trump presidency is
not Trump. It is the enormous setback to -- maybe the death of, in my
lifetime -- building a progressive alternative in the
the mysterious case of kars4kids: deceptive advertising for orthodox jewish proselytizing
When
I watch baseball, I always watch the "away" feed -- the Red Sox
broadcast -- and almost always choose local radio for the audio feed.
(Hooray for MLB streaming on Roku!) And while I always mute the ads
between innings, hundreds of ads are stuffed into the broadcast itself ,
so it's impossible not to hear and see a lot of advertising. One
advertising staple is something called "Cars for Kids".
listening to joni: a new wmtc feature
Two
new books about Joni Mitchell have come out, with -- strangely -- the
same title. Reckless Daughter: A Joni Mitchell Anthology , edited by
Barney Hoskyns, is a collection of stories about Joni* and reviews of
her work. It's part of an
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