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A Norwegian couple renovating their house found a Viking burial under their floor. In a country as old as Norway, with a history steeped in the Vikings, construction sometimes reveals...

The jockstrap of Elvis is going up for sale. Fans of the king can now get closer to him than ever before…thanks to his rhinestone-encrusted jockstrap! This intimate item is up for...

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United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Wednesday, June 3, 2020 Defense Secretary Esper Repudiates Trump’s Plan to Unleash Troops Against...

United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Tuesday, June 2, 2020 Reports of Federal Troops in and Around Washington DC; Military Helicopters...

Bayer AG has reached verbal agreements to resolve a substantial portion of an estimated 125,000 U.S. cancer lawsuits over use of its Roundup weedkiller, according to people...

On Monday the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) released final regulations overhauling the nation’s decrepit regulatory system for genetically engineered (GE) organisms...

South / North

South / North

BRAHMA CHELLANEY, Project Syndicate The global backlash against China over its culpability for the international spread of the deadly coronavirus from Wuhan has gained...

Brahma Chellaney, The Japan Times The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the global geopolitical landscape, including triggering a growing backlash against China. The world wants...

My grandchildren are so caught up that they have made a video on this and though sounds funny,disturbed me on the fear felt by children.

Greek Historian Pliny mentions tha Madurai was ruled by Pandya and the Kingdom was A Republic run by Women.

The Washington Post Fact Checker, Glen Kessler and his team (it takes a team), has written a book about Trump’s lies. James Hohmann of the WaPo writes about it here: President Trump...

There has been persistent speculation that peaceful protests against racism and police brutality may have been infiltrated by white provocateurs. The members of this movement...

The week of May 18th marked two months since most late night and daytime talk programs had ceased normal production of their shows.  Some of them aired repeats, as would have been customary...

With a continued focus on the coronavirus (or in the case of Conan, an interest in avoiding it) and a decreasing amount of new entertainment content to promote, the late night and daytime...

By Paul Homewood     The GWPF have published a new paper analysing trends in weather extremes:

By Paul Homewood   h/t Dennis Ambler   Prince Charles is interfering again!     The recovery from the coronavirus crisis represents an opportunity to reset the global economy...

In a controversial interview, German doctor Wolfgang Wodarg – now Germany’s science public enemy No. 1 – called the response to the COVID-19 virus by governments and health...

German public television is splashing red on its weather forecast charts to make people think it’s hot.  At Facebook, Akinom Dnagiew posted two fascinating side-by-side weather...

Answer Sheet: Did Some Charter Schools Double-Dip in Federal Coronavirus Relief Funding?  When Congress passed a huge economic assistance aid package in March, known as the Coronavirus...

Alfie Kohn: Out of Control: Taking Liberties with Autonomy During a Pandemic Warren Buffett famously commented that when the tide goes out, we can finally see who has been swimming...

Victor Davis Hanson // National Review It is now conventional punditry that should Joe Biden win in November, his vice president, in 1944-style, will sooner rather than later become...

The current U.S. budget deficit could soon exceed a record $4 trillion. The massive borrowing is being driven both by prior budget profligacy and a hurried effort by the Donald...

Here’s the latest video released by The Lincoln Project, a group stated by prominent Republicans who oppose Donald Trump. It deals with the demonstrations, looting and Trump’s...

Last Sunday, Donald Trump tweeted, “The United States of America will be designating ANTIFA as a Terrorist Organization.” Trump’s tweet is more catnip for his base than policy...

1. Karl Friston responds on immunological dark matter.  And more on Friston, again highly speculative, use with caution. 2. From a well-known epidemiologist — yikes.  And yes...

That forthcoming book is authored by Lawrence Roberts, and the subtitle is A White House at War, A Revolt in the Streets, and the Untold History of America’s Biggest Mass Arrest. ...

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: These are the worst of times. Police brutality in Minneapolis murdered a black man who allegedly used a fake $20 bill. Petty crimes are adjudicated...

The facts prove that COVID-19 will not go away through the hot Summer months. Continue reading →

A guaranteed income may or may not be an improvement over the current state of affairs, but either way, a massive wealth transfer and regulatory state harms the poor...

Spokane smolders while Coeur d'Alene is calm, peaceful.

Journalists and dissidents alike are being targeted by American police in the land of the free. Is it as simple as an out of control police force, or something more? The post Manipulating...

While police nationwide have been escalating violence against protesters, Denver law enforcement appear to be some of the worst offenders. The post Attorney Resigns From Use of...

Victorian Engineering Connections (everyone, apparently, knew everyone)(tags:engineering history visualisation )Feminist action, not feminist identity(tags:Identity...

Victorian Engineering Connections (everyone, apparently, knew everyone)(tags:engineering history visualisation )Feminist action, not feminist identity(tags:Identity...

I said "Hang on ten seconds" to Sophia, which then had me wondering when the "second" became a common unit, and then going looking for other time keeping systems, discovering that both...

A few of my friends online, intelligent people whose opinions I respect even if I sometimes disagree with them, have offered up the thought that the current wave of protests, and violence...

Well, this is good news. The charge against Derek Chauvin has been bumped up from 3rd degree murder (which is basically manslaughter) to second degree, and the other three officers...

Vietnam: How this country of 95 million kept its coronavirus death toll at zero – CNN Why can’t we learn to do what successful states and nations do that is working? Business as usual...

Path of least resistance AND looking at new ways of getting information (mostly for me) out of my “second brain” of Roam Research (“networked tool for thought) and into a place...