Why Homeschooled Children Love Reading
I saw the headline in Monday’s Harvard Gazette: “Life Stories Keep Harvard Bibliophile Fixed to the Page.” My first thought was, "I bet he was homeschooled.”
I saw the headline in Monday’s Harvard Gazette: “Life Stories Keep Harvard Bibliophile Fixed to the Page.” My first thought was, "I bet he was homeschooled.”
By M K Bhadrakumar | Indian Punchline | October 26, 2017 The US project to create a rift between Iraq and Iran backfired just a couple of days of its launch from Riyadh on October 22 by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Washington effectively sought out Saudi Arabia to project itself as counterweight to […]
We're not sure yet why posts are not auto-posting to Facebook right now. We do Facebook is experimenting with some news feed changes that…
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*Yes, I have had computer problems over the last few days... It is only today that I have a stable system to work with and able to resume my posts at this blog.... Thanks for everyone's patience!It has now been over 3 weeks since the Las Vegas false flag operation, and as I have predicted most of the American people with their piss poor attention spans have now basically forgotten about this attack on their freedoms by their own government.....
The saints of neoliberalism. Bill Clinton just put a Democratic Party face on it (source).by Gaius PubliusFor years I've been using the term "neoliberalism" (or sometimes neo-liberalism*) and I'm always uncomfortable, since it sounds so academic. So I usually add one-phrase definitions and move on.
Sputnik – October 26, 2017 The results of a poll commissioned by Sputnik and conducted by Ifop in the US have revealed that the majority of Americans believe that their mainstream media unfairly cover international and domestic events. Foreign journalists have explained why the MSM have lost the trust of their audience. “The results of […]
People often claim that their political opponents are motivated by sheer hatred. Thus, we have "hate-mongers," "hate speech," "hate groups." But almost no one openly claims "hate" as their political motive. When accused of hatred, the normal reaction is something like, "My God, you're naive. You can't even imagine that anyone on Earth sincerely disagrees with you. Oh, we're all horrible villains."
A delegation of German corporate executives just went to Russia... and Joseph thinks it may signal a new development...(Folks I had trouble this week…
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Residential developers should be not legally required to provide more off-street parking in places where street parking contributes to traffic congestion. Street parking only contributes to traffic congestion when policymakers underprice it. Rather than addressing the government-created problem with new regulations, cities should price their street parking based on demand.
Plastic microbeads used by the cosmetics industry are to be banned by the UK government in an effort to eliminate the harmful impact they have on both marine ecosystems and human health
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RT | October 26, 2017 The United Nations (UN) has included some of the biggest Israeli and international firms operating in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights in a blacklist for those violating “international law and UN resolutions.” According to Israeli Ynet News which has gained access to part of the list, […]
In today’s show originally broadcast on October 26 2017, TBR Radio’s Andrew Carrington Hitchcock interviews Harald Hesstvedt Scharnhorst for a show on his recent article in the September/October edition of The Barnes Review entitled, “Rebel Private: Front And Rear.” We discussed: Harald’s article; the history of Mount Rushmore; the Civil War memoirs of Private William…
Journalist, Peter Sweden, was the target of a the Hate Crimes Unit of the UK police when they raided his parents' house after he tweeted, "Palestinian man convicted of raping 14-year-old Swedish girl – Blames the court translator." He says that he is a target for destroying the mainstream media's narrative. [...]
In modern democracies, political cycles never end. As soon as one election is over, those seeking office are already running for the next election. Attending a recent luncheon event for state-level 2018 election candidates got me thinking about what might a friend of liberty might offer in such a contest if he chose to run for political office.
UK Police guidelines advise officers to look for 'unfriendliness' as a sign of a hate crime. Cheshire Police have warned users of social media not to post “offensive” comments or they could face two years in prison. Authorities are encouraging an increase in hate-crime reporting, and perfectly normal people will become ensnared - especially those who are angry about fraud and corruption in government. [...]
Bruce Paddock, brother of the Las Vegas shooter, was arrested in Hollywood on 20 counts of possession of child pornography and sexual exploitation of a child. He also threatened to kill his friend, Hector Cruz, the owner of an auto shop where he had been squatting. [...]
A new lawsuit alleges the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign violated campaign finance law by failing to report that they paid for the dossier used to smear Trump. Hiding these payments from the public record is a violation of federal law. [...]
The dossier used to smear Trump was originally funded by a Republican hedge fund manager, then Hillary Clinton and the DNC funded it, and, finally, the FBI reportedly spent $50,000 in taxpayer funds to update it during the elections. [...]
Hayek is truly at his best in the seventh chapter of The Road to Serfdom, “Economic Control and Totalitarianism.” In past chapters, he has rationalized moderate state intervention in the economy. But here, we see him destroy the notion that economic control is not directly linked to the rise of tyranny and the loss of individual liberty.
By Stuart Littlewood | Dissident Voice | October 25, 2017 The extraordinary programme of centenary celebrations in the UK to honour Lord Balfour and his lunatic Declaration — and the British Government’s continuing part in it — is an affront to citizens here and to countless millions abroad. And many a sharp pin is waiting […]
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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
American writers on peace and against war
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W. T. Hawkins
A Song of Peace
Lord, grant us peace o’er all the world.
Let human passions rage no more,
But joy-bells ring from shore to shore,
And blood-stained battle-flags be furled.
An estimated 66 million people across America do not speak English in their homes. The huge number of immigrants has overwhelmed the assimilation process. [...]
Jan Oberg Comment
A US war game/scenario being reported by The Intercept is pretty revealing for the lack of even the slightest re-thinking of what the Global War On Terror (GWOT) is really all about.
All these weeks later... There is no motive for this crime. Investigators can find NO reason or rhyme, nothing that would have or could have motivated Stephen Paddock to commit this crime.That is very, very strange. What is crime without motivation? If one has no motivation (motive) to undertake a criminal act then why would they? Oh sure there is trial by media, which has become pretty much the way everything is played out these days. But trial by media is just a manipulation. Having no basis in fact, reality or evidence for that matter!
You can’t make an omelet without breaking a few eggs. Lenin may have never said those words, but the sentiment remains as powerful and relevant as it ever was. These days, it seems, almost any act, however cruel or unjust, can be rationalized as long as it is done in the name of some cherished, righteous cause.
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I was in middle school when I fell in love with a pair of light-wash, glitter-coated jeans. They were so cool! I had to have them. I told my mom that they fit and she, happy to have found a piece of clothing for her hard-to-fit daughter, bought them for me. But she didn’t know, and I didn’t tell anyone, that my gorgeous, shiny new denim was a solid two sizes too small.
Over the last few decades, once populist Texas has turned into a very red state. But not hopelessly red. Last year , without even trying, Hillary made unexpected inroads in districts that were gerrymandered to prevent unexpected inroads. Trump won the state-- 4,685,047 (52.23%) to 3,877,868 (43.24%). Those 3.87 million Texans who voted for Hillary were more than her margin of victory in the national popular vote.
The world famous founder of Alibaba may be a billionaire CEO, but the words he is repeating around the world contain echoes of Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, and Mao Zedong. It may be difficult for the untrained ear to identify it, but it should be no surprise that this rock star of China’s centrally planned economy is on good terms with the deeply ideological ruling Party. For those with a deeper understanding, Marxist undertones can be found all throughout Ma’s technological optimism.
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Last April I got an email from an American expat in Russia, Phil Butler, asking me whether I would be interested in contributing a short biography for an upcoming book
Before the two-day debate opening today in the Spanish Senate on implementing Article 155 of the Spanish constitution to strip the Catalan regional government of its powers, Catalan officials signalled yesterday that they plan to declare independence from Spain. The invocation of Article 155 had been decided by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s cabinet on Saturday. It would install an unelected[Read More...]
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Around ten years ago, I saw photos and read commentary about a factory chicken farm. Here is the description and images reiterated since I couldn’t find the old link. Chickens are afraid of not having ground under them. Yet chickens are left in small cramped wire cages with not enough room to move in any direction except to lie down[Read More...]
On 10th of October, a case of gang rape on a minor girl from Patangi area of Koraput district of Odisha was reported in the media. The victim girl belongs to the dalit community and according to her allegations the alleged rapists were in uniform put on by security forces and were carrying guns. The incident caused massive reactions from[Read More...]
Preventing a nuclear war between the United States and North Korea may be the most pressing challenge facing the world right now...
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The Power of Protest: the anti-Vietnam War movement
by Ian Sinclair
Morning Star
26 October 2017
The new 10-part Vietnam War documentary from legendary American filmmaker Ken Burns and Lynn Novick has garnered much praise (in the Guardian and the Morning Star television guides), along with some searing criticism from journalist John Pilger.
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Since WWII, Japan has been known as a country oriented towards pacifism, which disavowed war as an instrument of national policy. This may change soon. On October 22, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe scored a major victory in national elections.
Fears about a hard-right turn in Austria following its parliamentary election this past weekend need to be put in perspective. The populist, anti-immigration, Russia-friendly Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ)—founded in the 1950s by ex-SS officers—came third, with fewer seats than in the 1999 election.
One of NATO’s “concerns” in its obsession with Russia is to persuade Sweden to not only increase its already substantial collaboration with the alliance, but to actually become a member — although defence minister Peter Hultqvist is not in favour of such a commitment, in spite of having increased military spending and reintroduced conscription.
In the late summer of 2002, as American Gen. Tommy Franks’s staff was in the midst of drafting its plan for the invasion of Iraq (what would become known as Operation Iraqi Freedom), Major General Raad al-Hamdani was summoned from his headquarters by Saddam Hussein.
This blog began when Ms. M.W. sent the following article to me, about NASA's recent test of the ion-Hall thruster, which has now demonstrated…
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Mr. T.M. passed along this one, and it's worth pondering in the light of today's main blog:
Designing Martian Cities…
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Deceit regarding GDP is routine, just as such a fake ‘misuse’ of “GDP” is routine. (It’s really no “misuse” of the term, at all.) GDP is designed to be a misleading basis for ranking the economic performance of countries; it’s used for the purpose it’s intended for, because the purpose it’s intended for is to deceive the public in this very way — to ignore debt — and, so, that’s the way it’s used.