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You’ve got 5,000 armed foreign troops stationed in your country. You don’t say a word until the idiot foreign emperor stages a surprise visit. Then you’re outraged principally...

Lenny Bruce was a controversial American comedian during the 1950s and 1960s. As Bruce gained fame and popularity, he moved on from doing stand-up comedy at small strip clubs to performing...

On June 23, 1940, Wilma Rudolph was born to Blanche and Ed Rudolph. She was Ed’s 20th child, a product of his second marriage. Wilma was small, weak, and frail, but she was also born...

America has become, a nation of too many totalitarian-minded sheep who don’t even know they’re being manipulated into destroying their own country...

Today, writes Les Visible, I'm celebrating the birth of one of my greatest heroes

After a Week of Trump’s Shutdown, Chaos Will Continue Past Jan. 3 into 116th Congress; Perception Grows That Impeachment Has Become Inevitable; Legal Scholars Tribe, Katyal...

United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Thursday, December 27, 2018 Consumer Confidence Index of Conference Board Declines Sharply in Harbinger...

A new disclosure rule issued today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture will not help consumers easily identify food that has been genetically engineered or that contains genetically...

Kyrgyzstan is set to become only the second country in the world to change their entire nation in to a 100% organic farming paradise, 24.kg reported last week. The move by Kyrgyzstan...

Wow An aerial view of Anak Krakatau volcano during an eruption on Dec. 23 Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano island — which erupted and collapsed a week ago, triggering a deadly...

I was reading this article. “the earth would be 0.5 to 1.1 degree C (0.9 to 2 degrees F) warmer if that pollution were to suddenly disappear.” Like this USA data? Or Europe? Clean...

“The trouble with you son” said Bill Shankly once to a struggling young player “is that your brains are all in your head.” The great man had a point, and not just about football...

Here’s a nice contrast. On the one hand, Tim Stanley says: Britain's still absolutely fine, by the way, probably better off than its ever been. It's just politics that's a mess. If...

Governments must tackle environmental degradation as it threatens region’s future Brahma Chellaney, Nikkei Asian Review Many Asian cities will ring in the New Year with high...

Brahma Chellaney, The Hindustan Times From Richard Nixon to Barack Obama, successive US presidents, as a matter of policy, aided China’s rise in the naïve hope that a more prosperous...

World Alternative Media Published on Dec 28, 2018 Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the continued crash of Deutsche Bank as the once major...

Merkel: EU States Must Prepare to Hand National Sovereignty Over to Brussels by Virginia Hale, https://www.breitbart.com/, 23 Nov 2018 German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said...

Based on research,it transpires that people do live in towns inside Mount Sastha. One of the explorers,who had been going there often was missing! His reports are available...

This type of worship is called Saguna Upasna, Worship of Reality with Attributes. Lord Krishna explains to Arjuna that He(Krishna) appears and grants the wishes of His Devotees in...

Peter Greene believes that Arizona’s proposed gag law is part of a national reaction to teacher activism. If you can’t beat ’em, silence them, is the mantra. He traces the trend...

Linda Lyon writes a blog called “Restore Reason.” She lives in Arizona, after a successful career in the military, and she just stepped down as President of the Arizona School...

As expected with the Christmas holiday, late night programs were in repeats, if not pre-empted, this past week.  Of the repeats, one of note is Jeffrey Wright on the December 28 edition...

Last week was the last week most shows aired all new episodes in 2018.  Regrettably, none opted to book science and/or technology related guests. As I write this, the Science Channel...

By Paul Homewood h/t Philip Bratby   The BBC is getting more desperate to scare the public about climate change. They are now having to resort those famous climate scientists at Christian...

By Paul Homewood From GWPF:   Scientists from James Cook University have just published a paper on the bleaching and death of corals on the Great Barrier Reef and were surprised that...

German Green Party leader Annalena Baerbock appeared on German talk show Maybritt Illner  (30:59 mark) on December 13, 2018, where she confidently told before a national audience...

By Kirye in Tokyo We constantly hear from the untrustworthy media how polar ice is melting rapidly – due to human-induced global warming. But when we look at the real data, we understand...

Curmudgucation: Defining Reformy Terms is Everything EdChoice has released their annual report about education, with a particular focus on reformy stuff. It's a survey of teachers...

Answer Sheet: There are No Low-Track Courses at This High-Poverty School. Instead, There are Strong Supports and a Focus on Learning.   At Seaside High School in California, teacher...

Victor Davis Hanson // National Review There was likely never going to be “comprehensive immigration reform” or any deal amnestying the DACA recipients in exchange for building...

Victor Davis Hanson // National Review The near-destruction of ISIS in a matter of months (losing 99 percent of its landed caliphate), the restoration of sound defense budgeting...

The post Cartoon: The Wall appeared first on The Moderate Voice.

  What we have been watching for the last 3 years has been a sort of post-modern presentation of Shakespeare. We’ve had treachery, greed, unquenchable narcissism, and a degree...

A meal naturally brings people together, but does the way a meal is served and consumed further matter for cooperation between people? This research (n = 1476) yielded evidence that...

I interview Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, not a Conversation but nonetheless a conversation, they were both in top form.  Here is the link. The post a16z Podcast: Talent, Tech...

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Lots of readers of this blog don’t like to hear what conservatives, Republicans, or pundits like Thomas Friedman have to say. I disagree...

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Racism and segregation are our nation’s greatest sin, written into our founding and our history. We live with their consequences every...

In the latest example of leftists behaving badly, a climate-change expert apparently created a very dangerous climate in his own apartment: He allegedly attacked his fiancée...

Isn't climate change supposed to lead to more violent and more frequent storms? Tornadoes, it seems, are refusing to follow that narrative.

As the US prepares to pull out of Syria, we revisit Sarah Abed's account of the US campaign to foment regime change in the country." The post The Decade-Long U.S. Campaign To Foment Syria’s...

Not unlike the Palestinian people whose stance against Zionism is anchored in historical and moral rights, the Haredi community's heroic stance on military conscription is anchored...

I interview Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, not a Conversation but nonetheless a conversation, they were both in top form.  Here is the link. The post a16z Podcast: Talent, Tech...

1. The next generation of Indian intellectuals? Is the list maybe a bit too high-falutin’? 2. How some of China’s spies operate.  And update on Chinese CRISPR patients, lots...

Ultima Thule: Nasa prepares to explore most distant world ever probed by humankind (tags: space ) Steve Jobs hired a career juggler to teach programming to developers (tags: software...

Donald Trump Reveals Covert U.S. Navy SEAL Deployment During Iraq Visit (tags: usa military twitter republicans OhForFucksSake ) The effects of face shape on CEO pay, and why it's...

Over recent years, it has been clear that coffee protects against Parkinson's disease. A recent study tries to pin down the exact molecules involved.

New research suggests that physical activity may treat depressive symptoms in bipolar disorder, as scientists find a link between motor activity and mood...

In 1986 Ukrainian nuclear experienced the Chernobyl nuclear incident. And there resulting nuclear winter. Nuclear power responded by protesting 'at least we don't cause global...

I was sceptical about HD TV.  But I needed a new television, and the price difference was only £200. So I was happy watching BBC 1.  That the digital signal was not very good.  So I...

technical defect of merkels plane via google translate: Technical problems in the government plane! On the way from Berlin to the G20 summit in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires...

Portfolio Wealth Global, Released on 11/29/18 Gregory Mannarino started his financial career working for the securities and trading arm of the now defunct Bear Stearns before the...

Just saw Aquaman.  It was not bad, it was fun, it was a typical superhero movie with almost non-stop fighting and some cool special effects.  I’d rate it as a “wait for it to come...

Nostalgia is an admission  of memory loss.  When I see people waxing nostalgic about old fashioned phones, or record players, or typewriters, I don’t get it.  I do, a bit.  I...

Last night at the Floyd Country Store (and more at a new venue perhaps next year) we viewed the 38th movie in six and a half years of this SustainFloyd program of information-sharing...

There are some things about surface waters that are always true: They only flows downhill. Gravity decides the course. They cut through soft rock faster than harder rock. They carry...