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Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org China’s “Belt and Road Initiative” is famous as an extension of their domestic infrastructure investments, but...

You’ve been radically misled to believe that the only thing, or the most important thing, or one of the super important things you can do is vote. Voting in a functioning democracy...

In 1986 the Chernobyl nuclear reactor melted down, forcing the people who lived in the area to evacuate. Many of those who evacuated thought that they would be able to return home in...

During the First World War, it quickly became apparent to the Allies that gasoline had to be spared as much as possible if they intend to come out victorious. Among other things that...

This follows new restrictions imposed by Washington last week targeting Venezuela's gold exports

Far from being a spent force, ISIS (otherwise known as Islamic State, ISIL or Daesh) could be resurgent, says US counter terrorism official

United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Wednesday, November 7, 2018 Trump Berserk in Defeat, Fires Attorney General Sessions; Deputy AG...

United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Tuesday, November 6, 2018 Health Care Emerges as Top Voting Issue, Eclipsing Immigration Hysteria...

The Greens / European Free Alliance group in the European Parliament released the results Wednesday of a unique long-term exposure pesticide testing project, initiated by The Detox...

Much will be said about the EPA’s October 31, 2018 decision to extend for two more years the conditional registration of the three dicamba-based herbicides registered for...

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Eric Lonergan’s good discussion of fiscal rules has triggered an intemperate debate about MMT. For me, though, it poses a question: from which fact(s) should thinking about macro...

I agree with Harry Leslie Smith. I too am increasingly disinclined to wear a poppy. The thing is that the nature of national remembrance has changed. For the first 60+ years after it...

India’s stance vindicated as China’s grandiose BRI plans run into resistance Brahma Chellaney, The Times of India Sierra Leone has become the latest country to scrap a Belt...

Over the last couple of years, the China-policy debate in the US has begun to reflect more realism, with a growing number of voices recognizing China’s ambition to supplant its American...

Kushner and Mossad in Jordan: Israeli-Arab Secret Meeting in Aqaba Revealed by SyndiGate.info, http://www.albawaba.com/, 28 June 2018 He was called the “Godfather”...

Major Math Error Puts Widely-Cited Global Warming Study On Ice by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ An widely-circulated study which concluded that global warming...

By John RossThe new US GDP growth data released by the US last Friday entirely confirms the earlier analysis of ‘US growth under Trump is the slowest under any US President since World...

By John RossThe US is fighting the trade war against China on two fronts.·         The first is the US external economic attack on China, primarily centred at present...

Christianity propagates that it is rational and grants equal rights to women. And there is no caste or subdivisions in Christianity. Christianity has over 5000 Sects Corinthians...

References to Ramayana by other foreign writers. ▪ Marco Polo- 1271 CE ▪ Ludovico de Varthema- 1470 CE ▪ Asiatic Society- 1799 CE

The Aspire charter chain in Memphis is in trouble and debating its future. This is one of billionaire Reed Hastings’ investments, and it is not faring well. Facing a roughly $2 million...

Reed Hastings, billionaire founder of Netflix, hates public schools. He wants to eliminate school boards and replace them with corporate management. He has spent more than $100...

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...

The highlight of last week’s science and technology late night content was “Science Bob” Pflugfelder.  He returned to Jimmy Kimmel Live! on November 1.  The science educator...

While I have complained regularly this year about the (relative) dearth of late night and other talks how bookings of science and technology related guests, this past week was one...

By Paul Homewood       Extreme weather is the most likely and severe threat facing humanity!     For many years now, the public have refused to be scared by slightly higher temperatures...

By Paul Homewood   Somebody commented the other day about pop ups appearing on this site. It appears that WUWT and probably other WordPress sites are also affected. I have copied Anthony’s...

Earlier this year in Ljubljana, Slovenia, acoustics and health expert Dr. Mariana Alves Pereira explained the impacts low frequency infrasound can have on health. It’s far...

Comments on Europe’s energy transition by Dr. Benny Peiser, Director of the London-based Global Warming Policy Foundation, appeared in the Japanese Yomiuri Shimbun, the world’s...

Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Whatever Happened to Site-Based Decision-making? A majority of voters–with or without children in public schools– have...

McSweeney's: Think Small The midterms are upon us. Voting is without a doubt a bare-minimum civic responsibility for anyone in the United States who is eligible, but I can’t stop...

Victor Davis Hanson // National Review Slavery was the issue that blew up America in 1861 and led to the Civil War. But for the 85 years between the nation’s founding and that war, it...

Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness It may be unwise or monotonous for President Trump to harp on CNN as a purveyor of “fake news.” And the constant refrain “enemy of the...

Email Clay Jones at clayjonz@gmail.com The post Cartoon: Trump and the 2018 Elections appeared first on The Moderate Voice.

WASHINGTON — The 2018 elections began the demolition of the Trump coalition. There remains much work to do. The results in some states were disappointing, and President Trump’s...

Spain is currently embroiled in tremendous debate over who should pay the AJD tax, a tax on the creation of a mortgage. Should the buyers (consumers) or the sellers of the mortgage (the...

That is a new blog by Eric Lofgren, an Emergent Ventures recipient.  Here is an excerpt from one post: The story was from 1938. It sounds astounding to modern ears. Congress did not...

Tomorrow on November 6, 2018, if you vote, your vote will determine if you are an American Patriot or a Trump loyalist. Continue reading →

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: The race for State Superintendent of Instruction in California is the most expensive in history for a top state education job. California-based...

Bureaucrats call for the gutting of the Second Amendment as a solution to armed violence.

The ensuing Trump Derangement Seizure among Democrats after President Trump demanded Attorney General Jeff Sessions' resignation was nearly, but not quite, as entertaining as...

Many industries have a vast financial interest in keeping marijuana prohibition laws on the books including pharmaceutical giants, alcohol lobbies, casinos, and the prison industrial...

You don’t need a Pew poll to know which way the world thinks. But it is useful. The post Nations the World Over Disapprove of US Foreign Policy, Except for Israel appeared first on MintPress...

I will be doing a Conversation with her, here is her home page: Professor of Philosophy and Senior Research Scholar in the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University Also...

…we find that expert opinion is particularly varied on the rate of time preference.  The modal value is zero, in line with many prominent opinions.  But with a median (mean) of...

Preschool children remember what they hear while they're asleep (tags: sleep children memory ) Women who give birth to boys much more likely to have postnatal depression (tags: depression...

Federal Judge Blocks Native Americans in North Dakota from Voting (tags: usa voting racism OhForFucksSake ) Why is British media so transphobic? (tags: transgender lgbt UK media...

Aseptic technique is a set of best practices that healthcare professionals use to prevent the transfer of germs in clinics and hospitals and protect patients from infection. Learn...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA) are two conditions that cause pain and stiffness in the joints. They have different causes and treatments. Learn about the differences...

The elections went as planned, it was not about getting the house and senate it was about getting the senate, the investigations are complete, they are now in the hands ... Read more...

Theresa May is trying to sell the plan to the people and they will do everything and anything to make the people back her for the unfinished plan. Mortgage application ... Read more...

It was less of a blue wave than it was a mixed bag.  Enough for all sides to claim victory, enough for all sides to be disappointed in defeat.  Sure, Democrats won control of the house...

Got sweet fuck all done today.  Haven’t done anything in a week on my best of my blog book, but if I keep selecting the way I’ve been selecting, I’ll wind up with a selection I need...