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This morning, I sent this article from former British Ambassador Craig Murray to all major news-media in U.S., UK, and Canada, requesting them to republish it. I think it’s a masterpiece...

Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org Unlike a regular corporation, the corporations that manufacture and sell weapons to their government are virtually 100%...

Many toys reflect the times in which they were popular and in the 1950s, atomic toys were just that. The ushering in of the computer age saw the creation of Simon, a light up memory game...

The punt gun is so big it doesn’t even look real. Like something out of a fantasy movie. But it was a product of its time and place. North America in the 19th century witnessed the birth...

Originally posted on Point of Order: A champion of the growing practice of appointing iwi representatives to sit with elected representatives on local authority decision-making...

To Blunt Chinese Drive for World Domination, Crippling Sanctions on Huawei Must Be Applied Permanently; No More Trump Sellouts as with ZTE; To Take World Lead in 5G When Domestic Private...

United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Thursday, May 16, 2019 Rep. Garamendi Warns of New Gulf of Tonkin Incident; Conflict Might Begin Before...

On May 23 a group of top brands and members of the public are set to march to the offices of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to deliver a vital petition, which...

Newly released European Commission documents reveal a fight to cripple important European pesticide protections. The haul of over 600 documents was obtained after a two year legal...

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Brahma Chellaney, The Japan Times Is the human species becoming a cancer on the planet? This question arises from the grim findings of a new United Nations study that human actions...

Targeting terrorists and their networks brings only temporary success. A long-term strategy needs to focus on discrediting the ideology that spawns suicide killers. By Brahma...

Gregory Mannarino: Gold & Silver Greatest Trades on Earth by Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com Market analyst and professional trader Gregory Mannarino doesn’t feel good...

RT America Published on Apr 30, 2019 RT America’s John Huddy joins Rick Sanchez to discuss the skewed mainstream coverage of Tuesday’s violent clashes and protests in Venezuela...

I will be delivering a lecture on Distortion of Indian History and Education on 18 May,2019 at Leeds,UK. I had delivered a lecture on Our Forgotten Past in April at Bradford,UK. Subsequently...

Sonia Gandhi,the driving force and the real President of the Congress Party voted illegally when she was not a citizen of India . Her name in the voter list document in the image here...

There is something very funny about imagining John a Merrow as anyone’s fanboy, but in this satirical post, he admits that he is bewitched by Betsy DeVos.  John is quite the humorist...

These are the Senators sponsoring a resolution to celebrate National Charter Schools Week. You will notice that the Democrats who signed on as sponsors include Cory Booker (NJ)...

May continues to be a struggle to find guests in the science and/or technology areas.  As with the previous week, the saving grace for last week is the publicity engine for the finale...

Depending on how you look at it, either April left with a whimper, or May arrived with one.  Very little worth noting last week in science and technology guests.  No repeats of note...

By Paul Homewood     Timera’s post on decarbonising gas throws into the spotlight their report a year ago about closure of Belgian nuclear plants:   Belgium’s nuclear driven...

By Paul Homewood     Timera have a pertinent blog on decarbonising gas:   May 20, 2019 The COP-21 Paris climate accord marked the beginning of the end for coal in Europe.  Most European...

A new analysis of recent trends for the Greenland ice sheet reveals that since 2012 there has been an abrupt slowing of melt rates and a trend reversal to cooling and ice growth. • In...

Hysteria and insults get refuted Australia’s election results are in, and once again major media are in state of shock. The New York Times here for example called it a “stunning...

Jersey Jazzman: Stuff Journalists Should Know About Charter Schools I can't say I'm surprised, but it looks like Bernie Sanders' latest policy speech on education – where, among...

Janresseger: Shady Exit of Youngstown’s Appointed School CEO Exemplifies the Failure of Ohio School Takeover Law The future of Ohio’s state takeovers of so called “failing”...

Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness There is something Kafkaesque about the current round of investigating possible FBI, CIA, National Security Agency, Justice Department...

Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness Sometime around A.D. 60, in the age of Emperor Nero, a Roman court insider named Gaius Petronius wrote a satirical Latin novel, “The Satyricon,”...

Some have any easier time than others connecting with fictional worlds and characters. zhuda/Shutterstock.com Nathan Silver, The Ohio State University and Michael Slater, The...

WASHINGTON — It’s instructive that Alabama has handed the anti-abortion movement a great victory by passing the most restrictive ban in the country — and Republican politicians...

“Their economic fundamentals are fundamentally different,” said Christopher Kurz, an economist at the Federal Reserve. Mr. Kurz and his colleagues last year analyzed income...

1. Uber/Lyft driver collusion? 2. Elba insurance markets in everything: “Guests receive a refund for one night if it rains for more than two hours on any given day during their stay.”...

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: ? David Cole is National Legal Director of the ACLU. He wrote the best, most incisive analysis of the Mueller Report, describing precisely...

Originally posted on GFBrandenburg's Blog: This is hot. Hundreds of federal prosecutors, both Republicans and Democrats, say that Trump’s behavior would merit multiple felony...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been arrested and is expected to be extradited to the United States. His crime: the exposure of government dirty dealings, or journalism. ...

A common trick of big-government loving politicians is to give legislation names so appealing that it seems no reasonable person could oppose it. The truth is, the more unobjectionable...

A Yemeni army spokesperson noted that the Houthis have never denied previous military maneuvers, saying “We do not hesitate to announce our military operations.” The post Houthis...

The Embassy Protection Collective, the activists that fought for the US to respect international law at the Venezuelan embassy, are just getting started. The post Next Stop, the...

“Their economic fundamentals are fundamentally different,” said Christopher Kurz, an economist at the Federal Reserve. Mr. Kurz and his colleagues last year analyzed income...

1. Uber/Lyft driver collusion? 2. Elba insurance markets in everything: “Guests receive a refund for one night if it rains for more than two hours on any given day during their stay.”...

How the UK allocates EU election seats(tags:uk europe voting video )The sign language translation of Iceland's Eurovision entry is great fun(tags:sign video music eurovision...

A few days ago I saw an amusing image I liked on Twitter, and shared it on the Facebook Page I have set up to share links.It's now been viewed over a million times, has over a thousand comments...

Most doctors agree that, in most cases, it is safe to masturbate while pregnant. In this article, we look at some of the myths and misconceptions that surround masturbation during...

Detox drinks do not remove toxins from the body. However, some drinks are very beneficial and can promote overall good health. Learn more about detox drinks here...

by Chris Kimble The rally off the December stock market lows has been strong, to say the least. The S&P 500 rallied 25 percent before hitting and testing the 2018 high. ... Read...

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There are polls and there are polls.  There was the one about a week or so ago which showed Biden totally kicking ass.  Then somebody pointed out that they’d only asked people over...

We took a little bike ride today.  Well, about 30 km all told.  Helena and I were totally wacked by the end of it, but Isabel was just fine. We took the path that starts from our house to...