oldephartte(in training): 25 April

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

25 April - My Yahoo! 1 of 2

Council surprised by BIA director’s removal

In a surprise announcement during Tuesday’s Navajo Nation Council spring session, delegates were informed
Council OK’s spending plan for Sihasin Fund

It was a late night Tuesday as lawmakers passed a $100 million expenditure plan for capital outlay projects
Pay for prez hasn’t changed for 30 years

As candidates begin to campaign for the job of Navajo Nation president, the salary they will get if they

The Legends And Mysteries Of The ‘Devil’s Tower’

It’s the first declared National Monument of the United States, and it is shrouded in myths, legends,
The “Solway Firth Spaceman”—One Of The Most Inexplicable Images Ever Taken

More than 50 years ago, more precisely in May of 1964, a man called Jim Templeton snapped an image that
Aliens May Be Real, But Are Probably Trapped On Their Planets Say

Scientists analyzed in two different scientific papers how hard it would be for aliens living on Super

Prime minister’s credibility at stake as dividend memo debate heats up

Prime minister Mark Rutte and finance minister Eric Wiebes faced a stormy debate in parliament on Wednesday
Man involved in Grindr date attacks is arrested for grooming

One of the two Dordrecht men who was threatened by a gang of youths after arranging to meet someone via...
Amsterdam, other EU cities, urge Brussels to act on holiday rentals

Amsterdam is among 12 European cities which have written to the European Commission asking for a meeting to

Behind the scenes, prosecutor lobbies wield immense power

District attorneys' associations wield enormous influence with legislatures, often aided by public
Lunch links: Louisiana attorney general approves of arresting people who

Plus: California cops spray car with bullets in Walmart parking lot, in first two months of 2018 Chicago
What white people can learn from the Starbucks arrests

Black people have always complained about such incidents. Perhaps it's time to start believing them.

6 Alternative Browsers That Aren't Chrome or Firefox

Although Chrome and Firefox are very popular, it doesn't mean you have to use them. Depending on your
Microsoft Releases Two New Windows Updates Containing New Spectre 2

Microsoft released yesterday two new Windows Update packages meant to fix the Spectre v2 vulnerability. [..
Europol Shuts Down World's Largest DDoS-for-Hire Service

It’s the End of the World… As They Know it

One of the hypotheses posited on this blog is that the preoccupation with the end of the world is in
Ask a Stupid Question

A premise of democracy that I believe is worth defending is that it is incumbent on those seeking either
The Grimey “Science” of Conspiracy Theories

David Robert Grimes has emerged from Lewandowsky’s shadow, again, to go forth increase and multiply

1 dead 3 injured as meteorite hits southern India (27 flags)

And it has created a record. First recorded human fatality due to a meteorite. Can someone bring up the
Donald Trump: Id bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding (25

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/06/donald-trump-waterboarding-republican-debate-torture
Iowans claim instances when Sanders was shorted delegates (20 flags)

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2016/02/06/iowans-claim-instances

J. D. Vance Dissed at Appalachian Studies Association

The author of Hillbilly Elegy , the New York Times bestseller about growing up in Appalachia, was disrupted
Requiem For No Child Left Behind

The education policy of the administration of former President George W. Bush is one we've always
Nittany Lions Cannot Play Outside

Penn State is actually cutting back on the number of healthy activities their students can engage in.

Light pollution undermining search for other planets

We know all about the pollution of our water, air, and soil, but how much have you thought about light
Chemical inspectors reach second site of Douma 'gas attack'

Evidence gathered during five days of inspections will be brought to The Netherlands for testing and
Collapse of North Korea nuclear site threatens fallout: report

Researcher tells Hong Kong-based daily collapse of Mount Mantap site may be reason for the North's

Top Products in Two Decades of Tech Reviews

Walt Mossberg on the dozen personal-technology products that were the most influential over two decades of
Diabetes Data Beamed to Your Phone

New meters from iHealth and LifeScan are small steps toward better diabetes care.
Two Houses, One Cable TV Bill

Walt answers questions from readers about streaming TV from one house to another and the search for

Israel begins work on new settlement homes for ex-soldiers on Palestinian

Construction workers build illegal settlements in East Jerusalem Israeli authorities have begun work on new
HRW: Israel’s demolition of Palestinian schools in West Bank is ‘war crime’

Palestinian students have their lessons inside a tent after Israeli forces demolished a primary school in
Second Palestinian journalist dies covering Gaza marches

Palestinian journalist Ahmed Abu Hussein Palestinian journalist Ahmed Abu Hussein today succumbed to his

Assault and Battery

One of the unfortunate consequences of rising early is the extended interview slot on ABC News Radio
High efficiency coal still cheaper than renewables

Yes, despite all the technology that must go into HELE (high efficiency, low emission) coal fired power
Climate Institute shuts today

Long before the term fake news was even thought of, the activists at the Climate Institute, headed up by

Macron attacks nationalism in speech to US Congress

The French president does not dodge differences with Donald Trump, on climate, Iran and trade.
Kim Wall murder: Danish inventor Peter Madsen given life sentence

The Danish inventor is given life in prison for killing the Swedish journalist on his submarine.
Madrid leader quits amid 'cream theft' claim

First accused of faking a master's degree, Cristina Cifuentes has now been hit by shoplifting claims.

Salford fatal fire: Mum out of coma and told of children's deaths

Michelle Pearson, who was in a coma for four months, learns her four children died in a house fire.
Abraham Badru Hackney murder: Son shooting was 'revenge'

Abraham Badru's mother believes her son was shot because he saved a girl from being gang-raped.
Royal wedding: Pampered Mirfield dog gets £5,000 kennel

The hand-painted kennel made for 10-year-old lhasa apso Archie is based on Windsor Castle.

A Media Note on the Toronto Suspect’s Facebook Page

BBC News reports: A van driver accused of killing 10 people in Toronto posted to Facebook minutes before
New Bible Edition Aims to Encourage Christians to Support Israel

From the Religion News Service: A new Hebrew-English Bible with a distinctly Israeli flavor will be
The Times Highlights “SyriaHoax” Academics

Satuday’s front-page splash at The Times: Apologists for Assad working in British universities Top

In response to the NYTimes articles on antidepressant withdrawal

Some of us have been on the front lines figuring out this stuff years before anyone was publicly
What does it mean to heal?

Healing to me does not mean returning to what one was before something went wrong. Wholeness does not
“How did this happen? You’re the most resourced person I know. “

"How did this happen? You're the most resourced person I know. " That was one of my friend

US Supreme Court: Israelis cannot sue Arab Bank in America

America’s Supreme Court ruled yesterday that Israelis cannot prosecute the Arab Bank in the US as foreign
Appliance Companies Are Lobbying to Protect Their DRM-Fueled Repair

Three letters obtained by Motherboard show that Dyson, LG, and Wahl are fighting the right-to-repair
Australian Gov't Scooped Up Tons Of Cell Site Location Data To Track

A couple of years after it happened, Australian citizens are finally being (indirectly) informed their

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Hovercraft Parenting: Damaging a Generation

We have reached a time in history where helicopter parenting is no longer an adequate description for an
5 Things That’ll Make You Hate Your Kids

Here are 5 basic things (throughout your child’s life) that you can do to ensure you grow to hate

We Need to Talk about Sandy Hook

Originally posted on COALITION OF THE OBVIOUS : This is the definitive and most informative documentary on
#OBEEZY
Mowing the Lawn in Gaza

By Volaar “When thy intelligence shall cross beyond the whirl of delusion, then shalt thou become

Christmas Past: but what about it’s future?

NOTE: I started writing this post a little before Christmas, intending to post it on the day itself. Life
Life in the “Constitution-Free Zone”

I.C.E. encourages ratting out your neighbors Did you know that you may be living in a “Constitution-Free
Trump’s Border Wall Fantasy

Both Sides Now… Artists protest Trump’s “Big Beautiful Wall” So, what’s up

Research Note: DACA Boosts Education, Lowers Teen Births, Study Finds

Among DACA-eligible Hispanic youth, high school completion by age 19 rose 15 percent, the
Maryland Likely to Expand EITC to Young Workers Without Kids

Maryland lawmakers this month passed, and Governor Larry Hogan is expected to support
JCT Highlights Pass-Through Deduction’s Tilt Toward the Top

Some 61 percent of the benefit from the 2017 tax law’s 20 percent deduction for pass

ELECTIONS CAN BE RIGGED: Vote fraud expert Bev Harris exposes electronic

Black Box Voting, founded in 2003, performs nonpartisan investigative reporting on elections in an attempt
Hillary Clinton’s “Sudden Move” Of $1.8 Billion To Qatar Central Bank Stuns

Hillary Clinton (left) with Qatari Sheik Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor Al (right) The international reporter
Why Obama bought a $ 4.9 million Mansion in Dubai, a country where there is

By Bill Still of the STILL REPORT According to a Russian Foreign Intelligence non-classified report,

This Simple Tesla Production Trick Could Cost Taxpayers An Additional Half

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Activist Government vs. Emergent, Bottom-Up Solutions

From Engadget, on rental scooters in SF: San Francisco is a city where companies frequently like to try out
US Trade Deficit: Foreigners Are Consuming US Goods, But Consuming Them in

Via Don Boudreaux: Greg Ip writes that “The U.S. runs a trade deficit because it consumes more than it

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The Occupation of the American Mind (must-see)

Dandelion Salad Warning This video may contain images depicting the reality and horror of war/violence and
Chris Hedges: Hard Work and Ambition Are Not the Secrets of Success

Dandelion Salad with Chris Hedges RT America on Apr 23, 2018 Khalil Muhammad, professor of history, race
Why Interest Rates Are Rising by Ellen Brown

by Ellen Brown Writers, Dandelion Salad The Web of Debt Blog April 22, 2018 The Fed is aggressively raising

UFO CLASSIFIED

UFO CLASSIFIED by Robert Guffey on April 22 via Cryptoscatology: On Friday, April 20th, I appeared on Erica
Was Modern Society Forged From Angelick Communiqué?

As a guy who’s been channeling sometimes verifiable intel from what most would erroneously refer to
Straight Outta Peru: You Fuck with Our Shamans, You Get Iced

I gotta be honest, I have a really hard time believing this bro didn’t have it coming, but I hope

Three-month snapshot shows expanding use of armed drones

Over the past few years States, international organisations and civil society groups have expressed concern
Cost of UK air and drone strikes in Iraq and Syria reach £1.75 billion

Analysis of figures released in response to Freedom of Information requests by Drone Wars UK indicate that
New FoI data release on UK air and drone operations in Iraq and Syria

After a lengthy delay in responding to our FoI requests, the MOD has now provided data on UK air operations

The proteins that domesticated our genomes

EPFL scientists have carried out a genomic and evolutionary study of a large and enigmatic family of human
Study links altered brain chemistry, behavioral impairments in fish exposed

Study Links Altered Brain Chemistry, Behavioral Impairments in Fish Exposed to Elevated CO2 Research team
First accurate simulation of a virus invading a cell

For the first time, scientists know what happens to a virus' shape when it invades a host cell, thanks

Can love end the gender wars?

The Jian has only one wing. Unless a male and female pair lean on each other and act as one, they’re
Bitcoin: now our mad markets are burning away resources

Bitcoin and its cousins are the latest symptom of the cancerous growth of our financial system. Once useful
Ignore the froth. This is the core of the gender wars.

Until we understand the nature of the gender war, coalitions to make reforms are impossible. Here is my

Syrian children talk about their futures on the way to school in Jordan

In Jordan’s Azraq Camp where over 45,000 Syrian refugees are seeking shelter from the conflict across the
World Press Freedom Day 2018

The theme for the 25th celebration of World Press Freedom Day is “Keeping Power in Check: Media, Justice
Myanmar Unlikely to Resolve Rohingya Problem Without International Help

Trevor Wilson is a retired Australian diplomat who served as Australian Ambassador to Myanmar from 2000-03,

The Devil is what we Thought was Real, When we Forgot that God is all that

Dog Poet Transmitting……. Recently I have been hearing people talking about their Bucket List
Smoking Mirrors | Death by Hypocrisy and Demon Worship; the Israeli Way.

Dog Poet Transmitting……. Please forgive the use of bad language to punctuate bad behavior
Visible Origami | The Confinements of Complexity and the Freedom of

Dog Poet Transmitting……. Lawd! Lawd… I got 99. Every day, you ask yourself, or at least I

The US’s Ongoing War Preparations Against Russia

Arkady Savitsky While the world’s attention is riveted on Syria, the US is significantly boosting its
Colombia Jails 30 Social Leaders Who Support Peace Process

Zoe PC , The Dawn News Sara Quiñonez and Naka Mandinga of PCN in 2016 denouncing the human rights situation
What is Chavism? The Democratization of Happiness

Ignacio Ramonet A revolutionary humanism Is it pertinent to pose the question: ‘what is Chavism?’, when

Alignment
Woven Stone

From Ohau, New Zealand, Woven Stone 2017 Sauvignon Blanc is superb.
Utopian Notions

Daniel Rich at Peter Blum Gallery.

Crop Breeding for High Production, Water Use Efficiency & Albedo

It's a good way to confront mankind's growing need for food and the water needed to produce it
Biospheric Productivity (Global: The Recent Past) -- Summary

Since 1980 the Earth has weathered three of the warmest decades in the instrumental temperature record, a
Catastrophic Floods of Dartmoor, South West England

Are they few and far-between? ... or are they growing ever more frequent ... and ferocious?

Repression and protests in Nicaragua do not mitigate: Daniel Ortega as

“Ortega and Somoza are the same thing” protesters in Nicaragua yelled last week
Trump/Macron summit: much personal chemistry but not so in the Iran issue

President Trump vowed Tuesday to look for common ground with his French counterpart
The yield for 10-year US Treasury bonds breaks 3% yield rattling markets

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield has broken through the "psychologically

French Court of Audit slams green schemes #FRA

Renewable energy support schemes are not effective in driving the country towards its climate objectives
Winds of change calmed: PGC declares moratorium on wind turbines #PA

After rejecting 19 of 19 proposals for wind turbines since 2005, the Pennsylvania Game Commission on
‘It’s made my life hell’: Neighbour on a mission to get farmer’s wind

Damien Rice is in a race against time to get a giant wind turbine – which has no planning permission

What does it mean to study abroad?

Being a member of the European Union implies accepting economic and politic agreements. It implies to
This Week in Europe

Members of the TNF team recount big events from Europe from the past week, and point attention to news that
Developing European Citizenship

Imagine how citizenship engagement and participation would look like in the ideal European governmental

Why is Discrimination Against Asians OK?

Full-fledged racism is being practiced by the very institutions that claim to abhor it.
Invisible Scientific Debates

Scientific debate can't accomplish its purpose if we pretend there is no debate.
Self-Correcting Science: A Slow & Haphazard Process

The celebrated ability of science to self-correct is accompanied by some major caveats.

Can Males Encounter Breast Cancer?

Breast cancer in women is a common phenomenon and people are very well aware of its symptoms and treatment
Statistics in USA for Different Cancer

Cancer is a malignancy which affects most of the world and specially USA very severely. Cancer statistics
Effective and gentle prostate cancer treatment – with NanoKnife (IRE)

Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancer types in men. One man in six will get prostate cancer

TS Radio: Hospice Survivors & Victims With Carly Walden

Join us this evening April 24, 2018 at 7:00 pm CST! 5:00 pm PST … 6:00 pm MST … 7:00 pm CST
Abolishing Probate: Florida Legislative Claims Bill

Join us this evening April 23, 2018 at 7:00 pm CST! 5:00 pm PST .. 6:00 pm MST … 7:00 pm CST …
Would you want to be a pig with a human brain?

Would you want to be a pig with a human brain? by Jon Rappoport Stat news: “…Stanford University’s Dr

Study: Teen e-cigarette use associated with greater exposure to possible

With electronic cigarettes often touted as a safer alternative to traditional cigarettes, another study is
Healthcare providers and info on toxic chemicals: Is EPA wiggling away from

Congress directed EPA to disclose confidential business information to health professionals in certain
Kentucky screws miners who have black lung disease

A new law in Kentucky will make it even more difficult for coal miners with black lung disease to be

The government “can’t find” $20 trillion, while pension funds are tanking

The government “can’t find” $20 trillion, while pension funds are tanking Note: the missing $20 trillion
Would you want to be a pig with a human brain?

Would you want to be a pig with a human brain? by Jon Rappoport April 23, 2018 Stat news: “…Stanford
After mass shootings: they’re not just coming for guns, they’re coming for

After mass shootings: they’re not just coming for guns, they’re coming for brains by Jon Rappoport April 22

Harvey’s flooding blamed in major gasoline spill in Texas

The spill was first reported to state and federal officials on Aug. 31, but no volume was given at that
Fuelfix is moving. Here are the details.

Fuel Fix, the Houston Chronicle’s must-read source for energy industry news and analysis, is
Market Currents: Qatar’s energy exports

As pockets of geopolitical tension leave the crude market neither shaken nor stirred, hark, today we dig

Crooked Hillary gives speech supporting efforts to crack down on

We are well into 2018 and Hillary Clinton is still complaining about her failed 2016 presidential bid. On
Why a Wall Street plaintiff's law firm filed the DNC RICO lawsuit

If there's any plaintiff's law firm in America that should know racketeering when it sees it, it
Research reveals upright walking substantially predates modern humans

Ancient hominins were walking in a decidedly "human-like" manner some three million years before

Social media star Johnny Danger Bennett dies in Auckland motorcycle crash,

Social media star Johnny 'Danger' Bennett has died in a motorbike crash in north Auckland, friends
Supporters launch society to save Te Mata Peak track on Craggy Range in

A group of "unashamed supporters" have united to save the controversial Te Mata Peak track.
Boomerang Bags fly out of the crate in Eastbourne but don't come back

The Boomerang Bag craze around the world has hit Eastbourne in Lower Hutt - but there's one rather big

Marzipan Tits (Safe For Work)

I have baked this just for fun in 2015 for christmas.
Film review: Phantom Thread (2017)

This is a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad film. I cannot be clearer than that. Anyone who loved this
I Suppose “At Least We Weren’t Shooting People” Is An Excuse

The Baltimore Police have a huge problem. Not only has it turned out that the street cops are thugs that