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When you’re the world’s oldest 21-yr-old, having a drink might be a big deal. Turning 21 is a big milestone for most people, as it marks the time when they are legally able to drink. ...

A mansion right next to the epic Lincoln cathedral is for sale. The U.K. has some incredible, and incredibly historic, properties across the land. After all, the country dates back...

Originally posted on Trust, yet verify: It has been a while since last post (on the Doctor’s analogy skeptic style). This post will be a bit different. It will be about energy, more...

United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Thursday, March 12, 2020 Powell’s Fed Opens Cash Firehose to Bail out Wall Street Repo Market, Will...

United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Wednesday, March 11, 2020 Dow Crashes 1,465 Points, Ending 11-Year Old Bull Market; In Bank Bailout...

Genetically modified (GM) Bt cotton produces its own insecticide. The seeds were introduced in India in 2002 and today account for 90% of all cotton planting in the country. Bt cotton...

A California shareholder of Bayer AG on Friday filed a lawsuit against the companies’ top executives claiming they breached their duty of “prudence” and “loyalty”...

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The COVID-19 pandemic should be a wake-up call for a world that has accepted China’s lengthening shadow over global supply chains for far too long. Only by reducing China’s global...

BY BRAHMA CHELLANEY, The Japan Times The growing global crisis over the spread of a deadly coronavirus from China — which, instead of quickly instituting public health warnings...

The Washington Post published this cautionary story by Carolyn Y. Johnson and William Wan about the rules for dealing with a public health crisis. Above all: Be honest. Level with...

I earlier quoted a story in the New York Times that said the CDC recommended that schools should close for eight weeks. The story said: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

Aside from the increasing number of cracks by late night hosts about the coronavirus pandemic, the last week of February was pretty light where science and technology guests are concerned. ...

Some programs were off this past week in connection with the President’s Day holiday in the United States.  Of those repeats, “Science Bob” Pflugfelder’s recent appearance...

By Paul Homewood   Dominic Lawson talks to Brendan O’Neill about Brexit, climate change and ‘the apocalypse’.   The first half covers Brexit and other issues, but it’s...

By Paul Homewood   Most of you have probably already heard about Prince Harry being duped.     PRINCE Harry spoke openly of his agony over Megxit in a call from hoaxers posing as activist...

The “Streetscooter”: Electric Mobility’s First Large Bankruptcy Image: From Superbass – own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org By AR Göhring, European Institute...

By Kirye and Pierre Gosselin It’s been a particularly mild winter in Europe this year. But that hasn’t changed the long-term trend over the past 30 years. Now that the February...

Expertise@Scale: How Do I Move My Class Online This Week? We’ve done 7+ years of research on creating better online learning opportunities. With the rapidly worsening situation...

Answer Sheet: At This High-Poverty High School, College Comes Early to Students Nurse Felicia Hawkins talks with student James Dixon at Denver’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early...

Victor Davis Hanson // National Review Try this thought experiment. Envision the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, as a living, breathing enemy — which, of course, is exactly...

Victor Davis Hanson // National Review Joe Biden lost it again on the campaign trail at an auto plant being built in Detroit, and in a now familiar script. His blowup had all his characteristic...

"Wish you all the best - please don’t let your leaders underrate this virus: we’re living surrounded by it and it’s truly bad. Hope that on your side of the ocean you may learn from...

The U.S. has been scrambling to get testing for the coronavirus up to speed. AP Photo/Francois Mori Maureen Ferran, Rochester Institute of Technology The U.S. government is fighting...

I just checked clinicaltrials.gov. Right now, it seems that remdesivir is only anti-corona drug in US clinical trial. That is crazy.  Here is some China action. Fix this now.  I...

1. Penelope Fitzgerald, late bloomer. 2. “And Buggiani’s not joking around either. The penalty for engaging in sexual activity that exceeds two individuals is a fine of €875...

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Teresa Hanafin writes Fast Forward for the Boston Globe. She writes: Trump has canceled his planned trip to the CDC today, and I figured...

Originally posted on The Soulful Veteran's Blog: When I joined the Marines in 1965, I wasn’t thinking of the flag or what freedom meant. I joined for another reason. I wanted to know...

Senator Ron Johnson wants to subpoena records and documents from Blue Star Strategies, which was contacted by Burisma while Hunter Biden worked there.

In an extraordinary press conference, President Trump, surrounded by the vice president, federal agency heads, and industry leaders, announced the declaration of a national emergency...

The money spent was equal to the total amount of US student debt, more than twice as much as the Wall Street bailout of 2008 and nearly 30 times the net worth of former New York mayor Michael...

Manning was confined for 365 days or one year after being held in civil contempt because she refused to testify before a grand jury empaneled to investigate WikiLeaks. The post Judge...

Explaining the UK government's Coronavirus plan(tags:disease uk government )Have some very round animals.(tags:animals cute )The sneeze fetishists are having the best time(tags:fetish...

There are two approaches to a pandemic. And which one you take depends on whether you think it can be controlled.If you think that it can be stopped then you trace every case, you find...

In some ways it’s been a rather productive day. We (well, Helena really) got my Rheets 2019 book finished and sent off to the publisher, so that will be available on Amazon soon and...

Of course, I’m expecting a good result from the debate Sunday night, but a lot of people on my Sanders pages seem to be counting on a full blown Biden meltdown.I wouldn’t expect that...

So if I set up a kind of schedule and framework–say for every Thursday–maybe I’ll do a better job of posting at least once a week? Does it matter? Only that it might make me less the...

Trees matter, forests matter. Terrestrial life has been defined by forests where it has evolved.