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It’s funny how unintended consequences so rarely turn out to be good. The intended consequences of central banks’ unprecedented tsunami of stimulus (quantitative easing...

Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org A dictatorship does not represent the public but only the aristocracy that, behind the scenes, controls the government...

“No matter how much you think you love somebody, you’ll step back when the pool of their blood edges up too close.” – Invisible Monsters, Chuck Palahniuk. But Doctor Carl Tanzler...

When the tidal wave of the Summer of Love came crashing down, it swept the hippie subculture away with it. The seventies took the United States by storm, and the age of disco was on. All...

Shock resignation being reported by multiple news outlets

In marked contrast to the corporate media's coverage of the incident, Moon of Alabama looks at the kidnapping of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi

United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Monday, October 8, 2018 The Longer This Regime Stays in Office, the Greater the Danger of War; Texas...

Supreme Court Majority Will Now Back Permanent Austerity Dictatorship Under Trump; Nov. 6 Vote Must Mark Beginning of GOP Extinction: Sen. Collins Delusional, Should Be Ousted...

The Ex-Director of J.R. Simplot and team leader at Monsanto, Caius Rommens, has revealed the hidden dangers of the GMO potatoes he created, in a wide ranging interview for Sustainable...

In an opinion paper published Thursday in the journal Science, researchers say the U.S. needs to provide greater justification for the peace-time purpose of its Insect Allies project...

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There are only three economies in the world – the UK, US and Venezuela. Or at least, this is what you’d think listening to the recent reaction to Labour’s plans for nationalizing...

Has British capitalism become more dependent upon the state in recent years? I ask because of a curious development in how profits are made. First, let’s remind ourselves of a basic...

By Brahma Chellaney, Washington Times Grand on ambition but short on transparency, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s marquee project, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), seeks...

Russia, China and Iran now backing Taliban and stymieing U.S. peace efforts Brahma Chellaney, Nikkei Asian Review Not for the first time, the U.S. is showing signs of desperation...

NATO to Conduct Largest Exercise Since Cold War in Show of Strength to Russia by AFP/ec, via https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news BRUSSELS: NATO’s largest exercise since...

It is also reported that as one sets his sights on the Peak ,the peak keeps shifting. And one ages 28 Times faster in Kailash than under normal conditions in Two weeks!...

Sanskrit references to Shiva's Three Rotating cities and Tamil Classics's reference and description of Kumarikandam,it's boundaries, population Trinetra Dance of Shiva among...

The Network for Public Education Action Fund endorses Tony Evers, currently Wisconsin’s superintendent of schools, for Governor! Voters must kick Scott Walker out. He is an enemy...

Over the years, it has become obvious that virtual charter schools are a sham. ECOT in Ohio was a spectacular failure, which made millions for its for-profit owner (“the ECOT man”)...

Julian Assange barely even knows the far-right, Holocaust-denying Russian kook with six different names, the latest being “Israel Shamir.” That was the line in March 2011...

Nader Hashemi and I have an essay titled “Playing with Fire: Trump, the Saudi-Iranian Rivalry, and the Geopolitics of Sectarianization in the Middle East” in the Mediterranean...

Perhaps the biggest news in late night circles this past week was the end of an era (of sorts) for Conan O’Brien.  The October 4th edition of Conan marks the last time the show will...

Given the week in politics in the United States, it’s not that surprising that there was little this week in science and technology bookings during late night.  Thankfully, not...

By Paul Homewood So the pretence that Paris solved any problems has finally been exposed as a lie. And the IPCC have had to present us with the bill for what they want us to do.   From Bloomberg...

By Paul Homewood     A brilliantly incisive article from Melanie Phillips:   melaniephillips.com BBC censorship and the man-made global warming scam It’s only fair to share…...

As Germany moves to phase out coal power, more focus is being placed on relying on wind energy to fill in the gap. Recently German business daily Handelsblatt here reported that despite...

A new paper documents “remarkably different” land temperatures from one instrumental data set to another. In some regions there is as much as an 0.8°C conflict in recorded temperature...

Diane Ravitch's Blog: New York: Common Core Produces Massive Failure in Writing Remember all the bold promises about Common Core? Remember the claims that it would increase achievement...

Yong Zhao: Problems with Evidence-based Education: Side Effects in Education The following is the Introduction of my book What Works Can Hurt: Side Effects in Education published...

Victor Davis Hanson // National Review When the Christine Ford saga finally ended with the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, a lot of truth had distilled...

Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness In the end, the Christine Blasey Ford accusations collapsed. With them went the last effort to destroy Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination...

How did the GOP put all of our defense spending on the credit card this year? And why does no one notice? The post Putting the entire military budget on the credit card appeared first on...

I wasn’t alone in feeling sick to my stomach Saturday with the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. There’s just something especially nauseating about an entitled...

Rising crude oil prices are set to send Nigeria’s bill for fuel subsidies rocketing, threatening to exacerbate the already precarious economic situation of Africa’s largest...

1. Old Paul Romer talk, which even presents the Nordhaus graph on the price of light, see for instance 5:45.  Via Kari Kohn. 2. New criticism of charter cities, and Mark Lutter’s...

Originally posted on The Soulful Veteran's Blog: Guest post by Lisa Bonnington Robbie spent four years as a US Marine before he became a Green Beret Special Forces medic in the Army...

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: In a column by Post opinion writer Helaine Olen, she points out the “staggering hypocrisy” of Brett Kavanaugh. He has said he doesn’t...

The thousands of Venezuelans hoping to flee the sewers of socialism must wait in lines for days to get passports — unless they have $2,000 for a bribe...

Democratic Senator Heidi Heitkamp said Kavanaugh’s demeanor turned her off to the federal judge. Maybe, but it didn’t turn off Senator Susan Collins, or, apparently, the four...

“In an atmosphere of atrocities that happen daily -- whether by an airstrike or through the blockade, famine, and cholera epidemic -- the anniversaries of these attacks serve as...

The UN’s position against Iran is in bad faith. All the member states and the UN secretariat know that Iran has no nuclear weapons programme. Yet, they have allowed the US and Israel...

Donna Strickland (at right) was on Tuesday named one of the three winners of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics. Many have noted that she is the first woman in 55 years to win the prize. The BBC...

1. Why do snipers open their mouths when about to shoot? 2. The left-wing case against tenure. 3. Current policies to promote car pooling often increase social cost. 4. Register for...

Saudi Arabia arrests economist after he criticises Crown Prince's plans (tags: saudiarabia OhForFucksSake ) Doctor Who: Jodie Whittaker's debut is most watched launch for 10 years...

How the English Failed to Eradicate the Scots Language (tags: scotland language England history ) A “Burma Brexit” – why Remainers should allow the Brexit mandate to be discharged...

Elderberry fruit is a traditional natural remedy for colds and flus. Some research backs up these claims, though more research is needed. In this article, we look at the possible health...

Flying or traveling to high elevations can present difficulties for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Changes in altitude can cause high blood pressure, a lack...

Carbohydrateshttps://www.saylor.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/BIO101-Carbohydrates.pdfCarbohydrates have the general molecular formula. CH2O, and thus...

Here we are talking about carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrogen oxides (NO/NO2=NOx)and sulphur dioxide (SO2). Since the 1980s truck drivers have been tricked into using the massively...

Global liquidity is rapidly shrinking as more central bankers begin to taper. The central banks know that they system cannot go any further so they need to bring it down ... Read more...

Trump confuses press with paid protestors remark and then says some didn’t get check. Maxine Waters under investigation regarding her campaign.Assad grants amnesty to army deserters...

Nobody except Nikki Haley knows why Nikki Haley resigned, but there is plenty of speculation.   It could be about the investigation that was about to open up on her (and  I don’t...

This blog is not going to change the world, but I’m kind of sick of talking about the real world anyway.  There is no rational way to explain the right wing wave that’s sweeping the...

Because I my interest in the topic had been ramped way up by a SustainFloyd Movie Night last year, I stopped my morning browse-fest to read an article from Ensia (highly recommended...

Every autumn, I tend to get a little bump in book sales. This autumn, I’m pleased to let visiting leaf-peepers know that my books can be found in an additional location: the new Maggie...