One big government agency quietly admits renewables make electricity more expensive, and another big gov media agency hides it. The new AMEC report tells us renewables will make electricity prices go down a tiny 2% in the short run but make electricity more expensive in the long run due to forcing out cheap baseload players. What matters most to Australians — that we can expect our electricity cos

It's that time of year again, so I'm going to be busy with my family during the Christmas break. In the meantime, please help me choose your favourite Corbett Report videos from 2018 and I'll feature a different one on the home page of corbettreport.com every day from Boxing Day until I return in early January. Corbett Report members are encouraged to log in to corbettreport.com and leave your sug

Most Star Wars fans know John Boyega as Finn, hero of the Resistance. But among First Order Stormtroopers, he'll always be the traitorous FN-2187. Boyega got a sharp reminder of his status among the rank-and-file of the First Order during a recent visit to Disneyland. The actor was just wandering around, minding his own business, when he was accosted — and eventually arrested! — by the white-armo

There's trouble in iOS paradise. Apple's 12.1.2 iOS update, rolled out Tuesday, appears to be causing more problems than the fix was intended to solve. SEE ALSO: The best apps of 2018 Multiple users on Twitter are complaining that the iOS update is bricking their phones by cutting off cellular data. First reported by Forbes , there are now multiple user complaints on Twitter about their iPhones'

Despite the detection of methane in 2003 and 2014, the latest findings have revealed no evidence of it at all. ESA's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO), ...

Via: Boston Globe: President Trump signed the 2018 Farm Bill, which legalizes industrial hemp after decades of the crop being caught up in broader cannabis prohibition, into law on Thursday. The signing ceremony represents the culmination of a months-long debate over various provisions of the wide-ranging agriculture legislation. But after the House and Senate Agriculture […]

A woman in Ontario was recently arrested for witchcraft two days before the archaic law was set to be scrubbed. 33-year-old Tiffany Butch was charged ...

Residents of New Jersey were given a deadline to turn in their gun magazines or become felons overnight, and so far, no one is complying. Unless you've been under a rock lately, then you've likely seen the unprecedented push by all levels of government to separate law abiding Americans from their guns. No, this is not some conspiracy theory. The president himself ushered in a new level of gun cont

Volcanic activity believed to have sent a wave crashing into villages and hotels in a popular tourist area on the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra. Follow all the developments here Tsunami hits Sunda Strait beaches, leaving dozens dead in Indonesia 3.39am GMT Australia is ready to send aid and assistance to Indonesia in the wake of the tsunami. Prime minister Scott Morrison said the disaster

President Donald Trump took to Twitter Saturday night to dismiss as no big deal the resignation of Brett McGurk, the top U.S. envoy in the global coalition to defeat ISIS . The commander in chief said the media was making way too much of an insignificant move by a man who was going to leave soon anyway. “Brett McGurk, who I do not know, was appointed by President Obama in 2015. Was supposed to le

President Donald Trump increasingly feels like it’s him against the world. And he has fewer and fewer people at his side who he can trust. In a devastating New York Times piece , Peter Baker and Maggie Haberman write that the commander in chief is increasingly feeling isolated and paranoid. As a result, he is retreating to spending time alone, which means he is watching more television than ever.

Shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey says economic and social regeneration must be part of transition to low-carbon future A future Labour government would oversee an economic revolution to tackle the climate crisis, using the full power of the state to decarbonise the economy and create hundreds of thousands of green jobs in struggling towns and cities. Rebecca Long-Bailey, the shadow b

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit in waters off the Pacific island nation of Tonga on Monday (Dec 24), the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued. The quake struck at a moderate depth of 100km with the epicentre some 85km north of the Tongan capital Nuku'alofa. There were no immediate reports of damage. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said there was no tsunami threat. Baea Fi

A new experiment showed for the first time that quantum messages can indeed be speedier than what's seen in regular computing.

Overnight from Jan. 20 to Jan. 21, 2019, millions of people in North and South America can enjoy a full hour of a total lunar eclipse.

I’ve been leisurely playing through my copy of Kingdom Hearts II on the PS4 the past week, and while playing the other day I was struck by an odd thought: “This is just like Twin Peaks .” I immediately took to Twitter , and I was instantly goaded into writing about this thought. So here we are. Look, I don’t know how the hell to do this without spoiling both Kingdom Hearts and Twin Peaks , so if

SpaceX has launched the U.S. Air Force's most powerful GPS satellite ever built.

Researchers have discovered that transplanting stem-cell-derived neurons into the brain suppressed seizures in an animal model. About 3.4 million Americans, or 1.2 percent of the population, have active epilepsy. Although the majority respond to medication, between 20 and 40 percent of patients with epilepsy continue to have seizures even after trying multiple anti-seizure drugs. Even when the dr

That holiday trip over the river and through the woods to grandmother's house could turn into nice little gift for automakers as they increasingly collect oodles and oodles of data about the driver.

The AMA’s Latest Quandary: Physician-Assisted Suicide by Shane E. Macaulay, M.D./MedPage Today The American Medical Association, and the entire profession of medicine in the U.S., stand at a crucial ethical crossroads. For two years the AMA has been considering the question of physician-assisted suicide (PAS): shall physician assistance with patient suicide now be considered permissible, […]

Holidays Can Be an Unhappy Time for Some By Laura McGowan/Military Health System WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — During the holidays, many are busy decorating, baking and shopping for gifts for friends and loved ones. However, don’t be too busy that you miss the signs that a family member or coworker may be dealing […]

Huge Reservoir of Ice Found in Northern Lowlands of Mars By Press TV Stunning images taken by the European Space Agency (ESA) show a massive ice-filled Martian crater on the cold and dry red planet, the closest candidate that is expected to somehow harbor life and become humans’ next destination for a rainy day. The […]

Veterans Today has verified, on the ground inside Syria, the accusations made below against the White Helmets and totally stands by the accusations in this article. Russia Today: White Helmets’ are not a rescue group but an extension of jihadist militants, and should be designated a terrorist organization, Russia’s envoy to the UN argued at […]

Sometimes in life it pays not to be too clever, except in intelligence analysis of course, where cleverness comes in handy. The EU, Theresa May and the Cabinet Office have learnt this the hard way over the Brexit negotiations. With Cabinet and Foreign Office connivance the EU imposed a harsh deal seeking to trap Britain […]

"The Vietnamese beauty, H’Hen Nie, is a Rade from Dak Lak, a province well-known to many American Vietnam War vets, but otherwise not often seen by foreigners."

At a traditional pharmacy located in Chengdu, China, doses of an herbal remedy are prepared to help patients cope with the heat and humidity of summer. At home, patients will brew the doses into a tea to drink. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-cl

Twenty-five years after the release of “Speed,” Sandra Bullock revealed to Ellen she had a bit of a crush on co-star Keanu Reeves. Plus, Ellen honored the actress with her very own dedicated landmark on the Warner Brothers lot! #TheEllenShow #SandraBullock #KeanuReeves From: TheEllenShow

Time travel in this animation through the history of the Bible. Made with clay, wire, and recycled paper, the characters come to life in frame-by-frame motion. ➡ 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 scientists, photographers, journalists, and fil

Country superstar Blake Shelton took the stage with his latest hit, "Turnin' Me On." #BlakeShelton #TurninMeOn #TheEllenShow From: TheEllenShow

Noa struggles to honor the identity of his recently deceased parent while his mother tries to uphold the appearance of a conventional family. Grief and fantasy entwine to reveal the complex relationship between history and erasure, identity and memory. Content warning: death - - - Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, class of 2017, film production. - - - Festival International du Film Indépendant de

“Full Moon, all the crazies are out." Four seedy stories transpire over the course of one late-night order at a 24-hour deli in Koch-era NYC. Starring Mitzi Akaha, Lindsay Burdge, Buddy Duress, Larry Fessenden, Alex Frankel, Alan Palomo, Andrew Ryder, Seaton Smith, Chase Williamson, Luke Wyatt Directed by Alan Palomo Written by Alan Palomo & Kai Flanders Produced by Chadd Harbold Executive Produc

[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2018-11-29%20James%20Evan%20Pilato.mp3"][/audio] So what's the story of the year? And what's in the cards for next year? Join James and James for the annual New World Next Year look back and look forward.

Dr. Mark Skidmore of Michigan State University joins us to discuss his research with Catherine Austin Fitts into the $21 trillion in unaccounted transactions on the books of the US Department of Defence and the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. We discuss what we know and don't know about the subject, the Pentagon's nonsensical and inadequate excuses for the debacle, the new account

[audio mp3="https://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/episode350-lq.mp3"][/audio] Who gets to write the history textbooks? Where do the history teachers learn about history? What documents are allowed into the historical record, and what documents are excluded? These are not merely academic questions, they go right to the heart of the question of history itself. Join James Corbett for today's edition of

[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2018-12-03%20Richard%20Grove.mp3"][/audio] Richard Grove of TragedyAndHope.com joins The Corbett Report to discuss his research into the Rothschild dynasty and how it intersects with the story of WWI.

So I'm reading an article about garden hoses: Which are the best for my needs? and all that. And the first part is really interesting: They "review the features to consider" when buying a hose. But then we get past that part and come to Types of Garden Hoses . Here's the first type they consider: Lightweight / Light Duty Hoses These hoses are generally made from vinyl (sometimes with a reinforcing

"At Lowes," the commercial says, "we've got more appliances than anyone else." Well yeah, I bet they do. And at Home Depot, Home Depot has more appliances than anyone else. And at my house, I have more appliances than anyone else. It's all in the wording.

There was some follow up to the Jefferson airship crash. The crash happened on Saturday night, April 10, but was not reported in the newspaper until April 15. If it was a real event, with most of the town aware of it, then the following letters to the editor would have had a chance to make their way to the newspaper office for publication on Thursday. That seems to be the case because there were

To fully understand a case, it is necessary to return to the original source. I had the opportunity to do that just the other day. Andy McGinn of the Jefferson Herald , which had been the Jefferson Bee , called to ask about an entry in Crash: When UFOs Fall from the Sky. He was interested in an entry for April 15, 1897 which Greene County Courthouse, Jefferson, Iowa discussed a crash near Jeffers

Our pals over at History (which used to be the History Channel) have decided to take on Project Blue Book in a series that is based on those files. This is, of course, the second series to do that. Back in the 1970s, Jack Webb created Project UFO which was based, loosely, on the Project Blue Book files. I have said in the past The two stars of Project UFO. that we owed Webb a bit of recognition b

It struck me that since I have published a couple of articles that either attempted to explain the Roswell debris or explain the whole of the crash scenario, it was only fair to look at it from the other side. Just yesterday, as I was provided many references to James Carrion’s book, I also received, from Tony Bragalia, a link to an article he had written about Wernher von Braun and his connectio

Well, here we go again. Another reason to dislike Ufology. This time I find myself engaged in a discussion over semantics. I have to wonder what is the proper terminology for these things that people claim are buzzing around Earth. And this is just another part of a much larger, societal problem with nearly everyone requiring everyone else conform to their personal beliefs and to use their person

Over the last few hours, I have received a half dozen notifications about James Carrion’s book about the Roswell UFO crash, The Roswell Deception . Carrion’s been working on it for a long time, and, has “previewed” parts of it on several James Carrion. Photo copyright by Kevin Randle occasions. The book is long so that I haven’t had time to read the whole thing yet. I do know that he is passionat

In Place By Risa Bear View this Author's Spotlight Paperback, 124 Pages Preview Price: $10.00 Prints in 3-5 business days An old woman, young in the study of Zen Buddhism, converts an old playhouse as a part-time hermitage.

Gilets jaunes: Investment-predation globalism for the mobile urban elites versus rural nationalism for the sedentary and threatened middle-classIn the West, there is a global class conflict, decades in the making, which is a direct consequence of the globalization of investment predation. For the good of humankind, and for the good of the planet, and for social peace and stability, we should

By Tom Scott. If you liked Earworm, you might also like The singularity, ruined by lawyers .

A3 Newsletter, November 30, 2018: Another Years Draws to a Close Albert and King are ending their year with a short trip to Holland to support the Dutch branch of Amnesty International's " Write for Rights Campaign" which kicks off on December 10, International Human Rights Day. The Dutch section of Amnesty has now existed for 50 years and is one of the world's largest Amnesty sections. Amnesty f

Quote of the week: “We do not yet know surely in what proportion unreasonable fears and twisted hopes are at the root of the perverted policy now followed by the Kremlin. Assuming both to be involved, we must disarm the fears and disappoint the hopes.” — Henry L. Stimson, “The Challenge to Americans,” Foreign Affairs, …

By now you have probably seen the report by Zach Cohen at CNN citing the some research by the CNS team on a North Korean missile base. Here is a longer version of the analysis. Basic points: We were looking at the Yeongjeo-dong missile base, and Kim Hyong Jik County, because this area would make …

Lyric of the week: “Maybe time running out is a gift I’ll work hard ’til the end of my shift And give you every second I can find And hope it isn’t me who’s left behind It’s knowing that this can’t go on forever Likely one of us will have to spend some days alone …

Quote of the week: “We work in the dark — we do what we can — we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task.” — Henry James, “The Middle Years” Yes, the hour is late and the cause is probably hopeless, but it’s still worth trying to …

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has recently taken a significant step in its nuclear research and development program that at the same time illuminates Riyadh’s best route for demonstrating transparency in nuclear safeguards. On November 6, the KSA announced it has broken ground on the country’s first nuclear reactor, a research installation rated …

The CNS OSINT team did it again. While doing what one does on the weekend, looking at DPRK missile bases, Jeffrey and his team found a new missile base. In this week’s episode, Aaron and Jeffrey talk through the finding, Josh Pollack’s meta op-ed on what OSINT means in today’s media environment, and how OSINT …

By Lisa DeVille, Ft. Berthold POWER President Censored News New Source Performance Standards Weakened EPA Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler and the Trump administration announced their plans to weaken common-sense air protections, known as New Source Performance Standards (NSPS), which limit methane and other toxic pollutants from being released into the air. These current

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Ofelia Rivas and Cynthia Piestewa By Ofelia Rivas, O'odham Censored News CABORCA, Sonora -- The women were busy cooking and baking bread and cupcakes while O'odham photographer Cynthia Piestewa and I shopped for candy and stayed up into the night bagging 150 holiday bags of candy. The event started with a registration of all the

Waste'Win Young (third from left) with her WPLC defense team, family and friends after the 1st of 2 hearings on her Motion to Dismiss, held on October 5, 2018. By Water Protector Legal Collective North Dakota District Judge David Reich today dismissed misdemeanor charges of Criminal Trespass and Engaging in a Riot against Waste'Win Young because the State did not

Fighting Law Enforcement Brutality While Living with Trauma in a World of Impunity A few months ago, I was asked to do a piece on what it is like to live with intergenerational trauma, for a special issue of the Genealogy Journal , on Indigenous peoples and intergenerational trauma. Here is the essay: Fighting Law Enforcement Brutality While Living with Trauma in a World of Impunity https://www.m

This might be a remnant from the work of radical cosmologist Immanuel Velikovski 1895-1979, who also correctly predicted the current 800°C surface-temperature of Venus, but new evidence* suggests that THE OCEANS OF THE E ARTH and THE RINGS OF S ATURN are MADE OF THE SAME W ATER ; watch, listen, learn. Mytho-historical cosmology strongly suggests that the Earth and Saturn had a much more intimate r

THE NEXT BIT IS PURE SPECULATION and I haven't looked into the scientific application of using electricity to wipe a person's brain, let alone wipe the collective memory of an era of people, but I'm going to progress with my word-salad. What if... ...all around the world monuments made using technology that seems VERY CONTEMPORARY like perfectly symmetrical quartz-laden marble sculptures with tool

In this interview , CEA chair Kevin Hassett (around minute 4:00) dismisses the adverse impact of the government shutdown on real GDP. It seems to me that he is more wrong than right. Kevin appears to be assuming that government workers don't produce anything of value when they are at work, or that they will make up all the undone work when they return, so making them stay at home has no significan

Click here to read my review of Trumponomics by Stephen Moore and Arthur Laffer.

Argentina: A "Triangle" in the Western Corridor By Luis Burgos - Fundación Argentina de Ovnilogía BREAKING NEWS Report No. 204 of the spectacular and forecasted 2018 UFO Wave emanates from the section of Argentina that has the **most apparitions of triangular flying objects** - The Western Buenos Aires Corridor, the name I bestowed upon that virtual strip of land around 2008 due to the constant c

November brought us an unexpected gift in the form of ALIEN BLOOD LUST from Inner Light Publications. This anthology consists of the collected efforts of Timothy Green Beckley, Sean Casteel, Nigel Watson, Hercules Invictus and Scott Corrales in delving into the grisly world of non-human (ultraterrestrial, paraterrestrial, metaterrestrial) entities often associated with the UFO phenomenon since it

Source: PLANETA UFO and TRIBUNA.COM.MX Date: 11.27.2018 An article by the Tribuna newsroom Mexico: UFOs Allegedly Recorded Over the City of Tampico [VIDEO] TAMPICO, TAMAULIPAS - A light was recorded on Monday morning in the city's Zona Dorada (Golden Zone) on Avenida Hidalgo between Rotaria and Aguadulce streets. According to a local newspaper, the light caught the attention of a motorist driving

Source: Planeta UFO and El Tribuno Date: 11.26.2018 A Report by Francisco Palacios, El Tribuno Argentina: Allegations of Alien Life in Jujuy [VIDEO] The phenomenon has been occurring for years due to the fact that "we are a major UFO entry and departure station" according to specialist Juan Ocampo. A mysterious episode that took place this weekend on National Route 9 on the way to the La Ciénaga

Source: Planeta UFO Date: 12.02.2018 Cuba: A UFO in 1952 Veteran Cuban UFO researcher Orestes Girbau has shared the image of an article from the El IMPARCIAL newspaper with the first known photo of a UFO over Cuba. In a note for Planeta UFO he writes: "First photo of a UFO in Cuba, taken in the city of Matanzas on 17 July 1952 while the worldwide UFO flap was in full swing. It was taken by young

Source: Fundación Argentina de Ovnilogía (FAO) and ElTerritorio.com.ar Date: 11.29.2018 Argentina: Locals Claim Seeing UFO Over Airport Yesterday afternoon (Wednesday, November 28) local residents claimed having seen an unidentified flying object flying in the sky over the Mayor Eduardo Krause Cataratas del Iguazú International Airport. The photo was taken by an airport employee. The photograph s

December 20, 2018 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - Rarely is irony and hypocrisy so thoroughly combined as it was when the US House of Representatives passed resolution 1035 - " Expressing opposition to the completion of Nord Stream II" (.pdf) . Bloomberg in its article, " U.S. House Passes Resolution Opposing Russian Gas Pipeline ," would report: The U.S. House of Representatives approved a largely s

December 22, 2018 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - The latest bid to keep Washington's desperate Russiagate conspiracy theory alive has energized distilled segments of the public still convinced of Moscow's global omniscience and its role in manipulating and undermining virtually every aspect of their daily lives. But recent "revelations" are simply the same accusations made against a Russian-based cl

November 27, 2018 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - Russia has seized three Ukrainian military vessels violating its territory near Russia's newly completed Crimean Bridge. The incident is a clear provocation carried out by Kiev and possibly engineered by Kiev's Western sponsors - particularly those in Washington and London. Ukrainian military vessels are in fact permitted to pass from the Black Sea in

December 15, 2018 (Tony Cartalucci - LD) - A particularly scurrilous op-ed appeared in the pages of the Washington Post accusing the Syrian government of detaining, torturing, then executing an American citizen, Layla Shweikani. Considering US attempts to establish various pretexts to justify its ongoing military occupation of Syria and its attacks on Syrian forces - such an accusation could dang

December 7, 2018 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - The recent Kerch Strait incident marks a new low amid the US-led expansion of NATO eastward. The intentional provocation executed by Kiev saw three Ukrainian naval vessels seized by Russia. The vessels were intentionally violating protocol for passing through the Strait - protocol previously agreed upon by Kiev and previously observed by Ukrainian nava

November 29, 2018 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - On the heels of another alleged chemical attack in Syria - the Western media has responded with skepticism - even silence. This acutely different response to its regular "chemical weapons" hysteria is because unlike previous incidents, it appears this most recent attack was blatantly carried out by Western-backed militants operating in Idlib, Syria. W

Click here to listen to this week's segment on Loud & Clear Radio . Headlines with an * are the ones we managed to fit in in our allotted 11 minutes. Worst, Most Misleading & Funniest Headlines (WMMFH) for Dec. 21, 2018 *Uber driver, 27, 'who tried to attack police with a Samurai sword outside Buckingham Palace' tells court he became angry after watching TV channel Russia Today https://www.dailym

Worst, Most Misleading & Funniest Headlines (WMMFH) for Dec. 7, 2018 Click here to listen to this week's segment on Loud & Clear Radio . Headlines with an * are the ones we managed to fit in in our allotted 11 minutes. Worst, Most Misleading & Funniest Headlines (WMMFH) for Dec. 14, 2018 George Bush Was George Bailey: It Was a Wonderful Life https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/12/07/g

Worst, Most Misleading & Funniest Headlines (WMMFH) for Dec. 7, 2018 Click here to listen to this week's segment on Loud & Clear Radio . Headlines with an * are the ones we managed to fit in in our allotted 11 minutes. *Russia is trying to undermine Americans’ confidence in the justice system, security experts warn https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-cybersecurity-202/2018/12

Worst, Most Misleading & Funniest Headlines (WMMFH) for Nov. 30, 2018 Click here to listen to this week's segment on Loud & Clear Radio . Headlines with an * are the ones we managed to fit in in our allotted 11 minutes. CANDIDATES FOR “WORST”/”MOST DISGUSTING”: *Video Fact Check: 8 Putin Claims Regarding the Kerch Strait Incident https://www.polygraph.info/a/eight-putin-claims-regarding-kerch-str

The Forum has now been inactive for over a year. At its height, there were roughly 200 members. As can be seen by the screenshot above, the number of views for some posts was very high. The top viewing score of 14,576 was not the highest of all the posts! The phoenix forum posted as a collection of the last parts of the forum which were in any way salvageable, really isn't representative of what

Does Edam cheese come from the Edomites? It's not bad. Or maybe it came from the line of Seth and was originally called Setham Cheese before those fukers yeah those Edomites stole the recipe and killed every mother fucker. Dam those fukcre to hell. FUC I WANNA SPIRTUAL FIRCKING BLOOD BATH. WHERE DO I EFFING SIGN? Note" Ive tried to use the original 1512 Anglo Saxon syntax where appropriate (I've

Finally the truth is revealed, last Thursday the day before Friday a group of anthropologists unearthed the ancient hidden scrolls of Tutankhamen under a pyramid. At last! Finally we can understand how the world really began In the beginning, well actually it was forty days later, but you can’t have everything, God created the heavens and the earth and he saw that it was good, in fact He said it

At the time of writing, on the evening news last night, the eminent scientist Steven Hawkings is reported to be almost definitely certain aliens exist. Apparently; this almost definite conclusion was arrived at via the employment of almost definite mathematical certainties. IE because there are billions of galaxies, each including billions of stars, then it is safe to assume there must almost def

by brandplucked » Mon Jan 07, 2013 3:25 am 1 Peter 2:2 and the Vatican Versions - "desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby." King James Bible 1611 - “As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk OF THE WORD, that ye may grow thereby.” ESV 2001 - “Like newborn infants, long for the pure SPIRITUAL milk, that by it you may grow UP INTO SALVATION.” - εἰς σωτηρίαν NASB 1995 - “like

The Republicans stand for? The Republicans had the majority in both Houses, but their “big tent” electoral strategy gave them a majority that could not […]

An almost vicious cruelty sweeping America is most visible through the actions of Donald J. Trump. But the recent action by a Texan district judge, […]

Behind the growing Republican toxicity of government rule and its Trump mutation is the creed of the Koch brothers. That creed represents the ideological engine […]

The passing of George H.W. Bush seems almost providential in terms of its timing, the beginning of Advent, the season of the coming of Christ. […]

John Bowden at The Hill, in an article entitled, “Giuliani trashes Mueller probe over ‘unethical’ tactics after Cohen guilty plea,” reported that Rudy Giuliani, President […]

Rush Limbaugh did it again. I love this guy, I really do. His leadership on the radio, over decades, is the heart of the America […]

by wj I find myself repeatedly amazed by what is going on in North Carolina. First, as we have all noticed, the state legislature has been in a long effort to combat “voting fraud” – that is people voting who shouldn’t be. They have been undeterred by a lack of evidence that there was really a problem. But now we discover that North Carolina (at least part of it) has a major real problem with ele

by liberal japonicus Don't really have a lot, so two things that crossed my desktop. Kevin Drum offers a commonsensical view on dealing with the deaths of public figures . (Doing the above was) considered common courtesy, and does not mean that (a) nobody is ever allowed to say anything bad about the establishment, or (b) everyone has forgotten what a bad person this was. It just means that out o

by liberal japonicus Laura mentioned that she had a new book , proceeds of which would go to fund animal rescue, so I asked her to give us some more details. I'm sure that other folks have interesting things that are hopefully coming to fruition for this holiday season, either for themselves or for others, so put them in the comments or send them to me and I'll append them to the post. Don't hide

by JanieM When I was a kid I went through a phase when I wanted to be an astronomer, using the word loosely. What I probably really meant was cosmologist. Odd, then, that I went to a college without an astronomy department. But I thought I could solve the deficiency by majoring in physics and eventually concentrating on astrophysics in grad school. I took what was essentially a half-credit course

by wj Buried (at least for me) in the flood of political news these past weeks was something potentially far more important. It appears that a researcher in China has made the first human embryo gene edit. https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2018/12/01/a-maverick-researcher-claims-to-have-created-gm-children It is perhaps not surprising that the guy who did it is not actually trained

by JanieM When I go to Cambridge on the bus or train, I make sure to take some light reading. Literally light: paperback, nothing that will add too much weight to my luggables. But most of the time it's figuratively light too: mysteries, mostly. This past time I decided to wake myself up a bit. I gazed across my shelves the night before and made a little stack of options: Faulkner's Absalom, Absa

I spent 10 years in the legislative press gallery, a front-row seat for the spectacle of B.C. politics. It was mostly — not always — horrifying. Cynical, dishonest and hyper-partisan, an unending election campaign. Collaboration was not impossible, but the system made it really difficult. MLAs, mostly good people, behaved badly. It was sad and infuriating, and demeaning for everyone involved. Tha

Congratulations if you’ve mostly skipped the flood of news reports on the legislature scandal. It’s been entertaining, if you’re the kind of person who stops to look at car crashes. But despite all the noise, we know very little. Here’s the Quick Notes version, and six things you need to know in order to understand what’s happening. To start with, the facts. On Nov. 19, Speaker Darryl Plecas call

I wrote about the federal government's plan to support news media in The Tyee today. "I can swallow my scruples and accept direct government funding for journalism. Desperate times, desperate measures and all that. But the federal government’s new plan looks like it could easily do more harm than good. The government’s recent economic update announced it would spend about $120 million a year for f

Miserly person that I am, I somewhat recycling last year's Christmas gift to my fellow Sardonickists, with just a few Santa-like tweaks to the side of the nose to make this post seem new and shiny. I wrote previously , and at some length, that in the good old 19th century days of mass immigration, back when Lady Liberty's "give me your tired, your poor" mantra was actually taken literally, Christ

The New York Times and Washington Post and other corporate media outlets are all pushing new documents today pushing the same old Russiagate propaganda. The reports, contracted by a "bipartisan" Congress, seem subtly designed to both shame Black voters who failed to turn out for Hillary Clinton and thus unwittingly gave the 2016 election to Donald Trump, and to gaslight supporters of Bernie Sande

With about eight dynasties now possessing as much money as half the entire world's population combined, it is impossible to ignore the fact that extreme wealth inequality is antithetical to the health and future of humanity and every other living thing on earth. Despite the dystopian title - American Nightmare - of his latest book, cultural critic and prolific author Henry Giroux thinks that with

The blockbuster story of the week (in my opinion) is that a group of Rhode Island students have filed a federal lawsuit charging that their public school system's failure to provide them with basic instruction in government and civics is a direct violation of their Constitutional rights as American citizens. Donald Trump certainly isn't the only overlord who "loves the uneducated," and who has a

Get me rewrite, pronto! In their haste to anoint a replacement for Donald Trump, Democrats in exile are unintentionally acting a lot more transparent than their corporate donors might like. Take, for example, Obama State Department and White House alumna Jen Psaki, who now does P.R. for the oligarchic Carnegie Endowment for International Peace along with a regular gig as a CNN contributor. Lest y

Although 70 percent of Americans now favor Medicare For All, the Knowledge Class is warning us to hold our horses for at least another couple of decades, by which time many of the uninsured and underinsured will be prematurely and conveniently dead. If climate change doesn't get us, untreated disease and despair should do the job in the efficient manner so beloved of the neoliberal thought collec

A longer school day? Let’s get serious. Sent to the Providence Journal, Dec. 20, 2018. To the editor: It is inspiring to read that the Central Falls Superintendent is pushing to lengthen the school day 60 to 90 minutes, in order to increase test scores. But 60-90 minutes is not enough. Let’s get serious and consider an even longer day. A study published in the Journal of Irreproducible Results co

In 2016 the citizens of the Commonwealth overwhelmingly beat back a plan for charter expansion. Even though 62 percent of MA voters said NO to more charters, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) is shepherding through a plan to expand charters in New Bedford and Haverhill. The cost to public education would be astronomical. In Bedford, for instance, charter expansion would

I predicted that 2018 would not be a good year overall for employees, and I was right. Here's how my predictions turned out. Sexual harassment : I predicted that, despite all the brouhaha on #MeToo and sexual harassment, no new legislation would pass and that there would be backlash, and lots of it. There was no way I could predict Kavanaugh though. On the federal level, there was no new legislati

It's time for your office holiday party. Joy to the world. Too many folks come to me after the holidays and tell me their holiday bonus was a firing due to something they did at the party. Here's how to survive without getting fired. 1. Drinking : The number one way to get fired is to drink too much. Most of the office party firings I see are alcohol-related in some way. First of all, if you are

Congratulations to all you newly elected officials! Guess what? Most of your voters are also workers. And it's the workers who have felt left out by politicians lately, so it's time to do something to help workers in your state. Here are a few suggestions of pro-employee legislation you might want to take up in your state to help working people: State-run retirement plans for private sector : Some

First Google had a bunch of employees walk out to protest sexual harassment arbitration, and it rescinded its arbitration policy. Now other companies are following as employees push back. Facebook, Microsoft, Uber, Square, Airbnb