Brains and Eggs: Only a small part

And so they did https://t.co/u40rGSacVy
— screamschildrenremoved (@PDiddie) November 6, 2024

The future of the next generation is being stolen due to the misconception of endless growth on our finite planet. The Earth is a closed system for materials. "We are stealing the future, selling it in the present, and calling it GDP" - Paul Hawkenhttps://t.co/DLIGn4uJnd
— Peter Dynes (@PGDynes) January 12, 2024

“The problem we are running into is just a fundamental social question of ‘well, are we going to take care of each other or not? Are we going to take care of our neighbors?’”https://t.co/iCG6ytXSja
— Dr. Joe Jarvis (@DrJoeQJarvis) January 12, 2024

The Bullock Museum completed a five-year project in December to make all 16,000 years of Texas history encapsulated within its walls available to visitors in both English and Spanish.https://t.co/hGF86uGJx9
— KUT Austin (@KUT) February 8, 2024

Lunch break inside the astrodome while under construction pic.twitter.com/tTB4iVE68g
— BaseballHistoryNut (@nut_history) January 28, 2024

Houston, Texas, and US blog roll

Political Wire

Trump Demands Return of Panama Canal - “President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that the Panama Canal is charging ‘exorbitant prices and rates of passage’ on US naval and merchant ships, and ...
Raw Story

Trump is already walking back on his promises - — *Republicans in Congress kick the can down the road to March. *Democrats in the House and Senate pitched in and helped pass a stopgap funding continuin...
The Guardian (U.S. news)

‘The great capitulation’: why key US figures are seeking Trump’s favor - People from tech executives to foreign leaders and even some mainstream media figures are ‘acquiescing in advance’, experts say, because of greed and fea...
The Hill

RFK Jr. should not be confirmed as HHS secretary - Kennedy’s claims about the 1918 pandemic, HIV, COVID immunity, the origins of Operation Warp Speed, autism, antidepressants, fluoridated water, 5G networks...
Daily Dot

‘Wish I knew this’: Aldi shopper issues warning over store’s return policy after returning $2.79 item - [image: Row of Groceries at Aldi Store(l) Aldi Store Sign(c) Woman sharing information about Aldi(r)] Aldi's return policy will surprise you in the best ...
naked capitalism

Link 12/22/2024 -
Salon.com

Transforming the party: Democrats have failed us — it's time to rebuild from the ground up - The Harris campaign kept the battlegrounds close — but lost ground everywhere. Their failure is our opportunity
Progressives Chat

Merry Christmas 2024! - I wish everyone, this Wednesday, December 25, 2024, a Merry Christmas!
San Antonio Report

Why Texas business leaders are gearing up for ‘one heck of a fight’ on public education - Business leaders in Texas are putting increasing public education spending at the top of their 2025 lobbying agendas. ------------------------------ Why Tex...
NPR's Health Shots

I discovered one way to fight loneliness: The Germans call it a Stammtisch - Modern life can be lonely. Some are looking to an old German tradition – of drinking and conversation – to deepen connection through regular meetups.
Mother Jones

This Week’s Episode of Reveal: A Whistleblower in New Folsom Prison - When Valentino Rodriguez started his job at a high-security prison in Sacramento, California, informally known as New Folsom, he thought he was entering a ...
Eschaton

Morning - Sunday funday.
Al Jazeera English

I am living my own Nakba - I have lost my home and I feel I may be losing my homeland, too.
Slate

Slate Mini Crossword for Dec. 22, 2024 - Take a quick break with our daily 5x5 grid.
Off The Kuff

Who is all this Enron performance art for? - I have no idea. The company that recently resurrected Enron’s fallen brand announced Friday it would host a “town hall” to address residents’ concerns afte...
The Smirking Chimp

Will Joe Biden Execute Leonard Peltier? -
Scheerpost.com

Israel’s Crime of Extermination, Acts of Genocide in Gaza - Authorities’ Widespread Deprivation of Water Threatens Survival.
The Mind Unleashed

Human Civilization At Junction Between An Evolutionary Leap Or An Authoritarian Collapse - Imagine standing at the edge of a vast fork in the road, one path glimmering with the promise of innovation and unity, the other shadowed by oppression and...
memeorandum

Republicans averted a shutdown, yet showed boundaries of Trump's power (Dan Balz/Washington Post) - Dan Balz / Washington Post: *Republicans averted a shutdown, yet showed boundaries of Trump's power* — This week's events were a preview of the perils ...
Polygraph (global fact-check)

German police say Christmas market attack killed 4 women and a boy - Officials say adult victims ranged in age from 45-75; boy victim was 9
Mediagazer

A look at the challenges facing Crunchyroll, as current and ex-staffers say its management is out of touch, amid Disney and Netflix's expansion into anime (Bloomberg) - Bloomberg: *A look at the challenges facing Crunchyroll, as current and ex-staffers say its management is out of touch, amid Disney and Netflix's expansi...
The Root

Holiday Sports Preview: Where to Find the Biggest Games on Christmas Weekend - Christmas weekend usually provides a few extra games to enjoy, but this year, sports will be eating good. In the past, the holiday has been all about the...
Crooked Timber

Sunday photoblogging: squirrel - [image: Royal Fort Gardens - squirrel]
The Week

5 hilariously spirited cartoons about the spirit of Christmas - Artists take on excuses, pardons, and more
Southeast Texas Record

Plaintiff Accuses Healthcare Facility of Negligence Leading to Resident's Death - Linda Montgomery has filed a lawsuit against Karissa Healthcare LLC and its affiliates alleging negligence resulting in her aunt's injuries and eventual ...
Counterpunch

A Nation of Immigrants? - Image by Tim Mossholder. Image by Tim Mossholder. Image by Tim Mossholder. Image by Tim Mossholder. Image by Tim Mossholder. Image by Tim Mossholder. Ima...
Informed Comment

Irony is Dead: Netanyahu cannot Attend Auschwitz Ceremony for Fear of Arrest on ICC Warrant for War Crimes - Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not be able to travel to Poland fo...
jobsanger

Just Saying NO Is Not An Agenda -
Houston Public Media

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1302: Francois Marcet’s Steam Globe - Episode: 1302 Francois Marcet’s steam globe: measuring vapor-pressure. Today, a piece of apparatus and a piece of history.
Wolf Street

Treasury Yield Curve Un-Inverts Entirely, as Long-Term Yields Rise while Short-Term Yields Stay Put, No Longer Pricing in Rate Cuts. Mortgage Rates back Above 7% - Since September, the Fed cut by 100 basis points while the 10-year Treasury yield *rose* by 87 basis points! There are now doubts about further cuts.
The Greanville Post

American Pravda: Propaganda-Hoaxes vs. Chinese Reality • - RON UNZ—This naturally raises very disturbing questions about why the ruling elites of America and other Western nations have failed to accomplish anything...
WhoWhatWhy

Killing in the Name Of - [image: Drone warfare] Luigi Mangione's crime shocks the drone community. Killing in the Name Of originally appeared on WhoWhatWhy
Mediaite

Trump Threatens to Force Panama Canal to Be ‘Returned’ to US Over Fees: The ‘Rip Off’ Will ‘Immediately Stop’ - President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday he might seek to reclaim the Panama Canal in a warning shot aimed at the Panamanian government over new charge...
Ballot Access News

Working Class Party Has Best Showing in its History - The Working Class Party received more votes by far in 2024 than ever before. It has been running in partisan elections in a few states starting in 2016. It...
Portside

A Portside Message: Say ‘No’ to a Wannabe Dictator - A Portside Message: Say ‘No’ to a Wannabe Dictator jay Sat, 12/21/2024 - 18:15
Daily Cartoonist

Cartoonists on Cartooning - Linda Finck on Saul Steinberg; Keith Knight on Little Victories; Hilary F. Campbell on learning; Walter Scott on criticism; Vincent Alexander on Rob Schrib...
The Verge

Gemini can now tell when a PDF is on your phone screen - [image: Vector illustration of the Google Gemini logo.] Illustration: The Verge In the latest version of the Files by Google app, summoning Gemini while ...
Popular Resistance

The Chris Hedges Report: The Meaning Of Christmas - In a case of tragic coincidence, the place most closely associated with the uplifting story of Jesus Christ, Christmas and the teachings of the Bible is ...
Axios

How Rap Snacks CEO James Lindsay built a multi-million dollar hip-hop snack empire - James Lindsay, the founder and CEO of Rap Snacks, has carved out a unique niche in the consumer goods industry by merging his passion for snacking and hi...
Deadline Politics

Donald Trump Appoints Mark Burnett As Special Envoy To The United Kingdom - President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Mark Burnett, who produced Trump’s reality show The Apprentice, as special envoy to the United Kingdom. “It is my g...
Alternet

'It's textbook': Authoritarian expert details how corporations are already bending to Trump - We speak with Yale historian and author Timothy Snyder, an expert on authoritarianism, about how corporate America has responded to Donald Trump’s reelec...
Angry Bear

New Deal democrats “Weekly Indicators” for December 16 – 20 - – by New Deal democrat My “Weekly Indicators” post is up at Seeking Alpha. The yield curve is now almost entirely un-inverted, but in part because longe...
Techdirt.

This Week In Techdirt History: December 15th – 21st - Five Years Ago This week in 2019, the biggest copyright trolls were facing some issues in court and trying new strategies, while the Sons of Confederate Ve...
Claytoonz

Libel Toon - Read the blog at my Substack, then please subscribe to help support my cartooning and blogging. Signed prints: The signed prints are just $40.00 each. Ever...
OpEd News

Gaza Afflictions (a proem) - The pain and suffering taking place in Gaza is a moral issue of great consequence. There will eventually, need to be a reckoning and an atonement.
First Draft

Caturday: May Your Days Be Merry And Bright - Connor says "Merry Christmas".
Alas, a Blog

Cartoon: The Immigration Deal - Political discourse in the U.S. has become difficult, if not impossible, because right-wing views are so completely untethered from reality. I’m not saying...
Second Nexus

Woman Tries Her Own Keys On Closed Clothing Boutique In Bizarre Doorbell Cam Video - Everyone loves a good deal. But most of us wouldn't stoop to breaking and entering just to find one. Shockingly, a fun and unique clothing store called ...
Election Law Blog

“Justice Thomas Did Not Disclose Additional Trips, Democrats Say” - NYT: Justice Clarence Thomas failed to disclose two additional trips from a billionaire patron than have previously come to light, Senate Democrats reve...
CultureMap Houston

Houston restaurants on New York Times list lead our top 5 stories - Editor's note: It's time to look back at the most popular stories of the week. Two Houston restaurants and a Texas bourbon find the spotlight, plus a long...
Futurism

Astronomers Were Watching a Black Hole When It Suddenly Exploded With Gamma Rays - Galactic Burp In 2018, astronomers took the first-ever picture of a black hole, a fascinating and unprecedented glimpse of an event horizon. And as it tu...
American Prospect

How Musk Out-Maneuvered Trump - Musk got the only thing that he wanted. Does Trump realize it?
Undernews

COURTS - *Guardian - * Only 35% of Americans have faith in the courts. That’s a record low. Numbers this resounding must cross party lines; while Gallup does not ...
Mondoweiss

Despite censorship and intimidation we continue to demand: no more research for genocide at MIT - [image: A picture taken on May 15, 2018 shows an Israeli quadcopter drone dropping tear gas canisters over Palestinians, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaz...
Ian Welsh

Open Thread - [image: Open Thread] Use to discuss topics unrelated to recent posts.
Bonddad

Weekly Indicators for December 16 - 20 at Seeking Alpha - * - by New Deal democrat* My “Weekly Indicators” post is up at Seeking Alpha. The yield curve is now almost entirely un-inverted, but in part because...
The Militant

Overthrow of Assad’s tyranny, Israel’s response, deepening showdown in the Middle East - The reactionary capitalist regime in Tehran and its ally Hamas believed the pogrom they launched against Jews in Israel Oct. 7, 2023, was a major victory a...
Reform Austin

Beyoncé’s NFL Promo: Stunning, Iconic, And Botanically Incorrect - Beyoncé is a force of nature. A global icon, she’s conquered music, film, fashion, and more with grace and flair. But as we learned this week, even Queen...
Field Negro

Holiday cheer. - *Happy Holidays field hands!* Let's see what happens in the new year with this Elon Musk presidency. It should be very interesting. If you voted again...
Daily Howler

SATURDAY: What the Sam Hill is megalomania? - *SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2024* *We decided to give it a look: *Yesterday, we heard a throwaway comment about "megalomania"—a comment directed at Elon Musk...
The Daily Poster

YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Banning The Bans - Censorship gets banned, youth score a climate win, nurses win a major union vote, workers’ rights are clear and unmistakable, and small businesses go boom.
Grist

Biden administration warns natural gas expansion would drive up domestic costs - New study shows LNG exports risk raising greenhouse gas emissions, hampering efforts to curtail the climate crisis.
The AltWorld

Syria: is the former regime planning a comeback? - As in Iraq and Afghanistan, loyalists could become insurgents battling to regain power There’s a popular saying […] The post Syria: is the former regime ...
ArcaMax

Are Killers Insane? - As is typically the case after a high-profile murder, people are speculating about suspect Luigi Mangione's state of mind when he allegedly killed United H...
Vox

Why is money so hard? - On the Money is a monthly advice column. If you want advice on spending, saving, or investing — or any of the complicated emotions that may come up as you ...
Debunking Christianity

A Major Discussion of the Virgin Birth of Jesus! - This was a good discussion. Enjoy! Billing: "Father Ivanoff of Eastern Orthodox apologetics fame joins us with master historian and apologist Subdeacon Dan...
Skeptophilia

A lens on the past - We have an unfortunate tendency to idealize the past. Well, *unfortunate* is probably the wrong word. I don't guess it does any real harm, and in fiction ...
Infidel753

Link round-up for 21 December 2024 - Various interesting stuff I ran across on the net over the last week. o o o o o Santa must escape the Grinch to get his job done. Always put your truck i...
Consortium News

Israel, Not the ‘Liberators,’ Will Decide Syria’s Fate - Syria’s future under al-Qaeda spin-off HTS will come in two flavours only, writes Jonathan Cook. Either submit and collude like the West Bank, or end up wr...
Crooked Media

Lovett or Leave It: For Good - The post Lovett or Leave It: For Good appeared first on Crooked Media.
World Socialist Web Site

Israel targets Gaza refugee camps and kills more than 100 in 2 days - Israel Defense Forces launched multiple air strikes against residential buildings in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza and the Jabalya refugee camp...
Workers World

Protesters to Biden: ‘Dismantle the Deportation Machine’ - [image: Protesters to Biden: ‘Dismantle the Deportation Machine’] Over 100 people rallied at Philadelphia’s Independence Hall next to the Liberty Bell on D...
alicublog

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: SITUATION NOT-NORMAL BUT STILL ALL F***ED UP - *For a long time I could only find a weird remix of this, so I stopped looking. But it's here!* It’s the last month without Tubby for a while – though i...
Eater Houston

Where to Drink Like Beyoncé and Watch the Texans Halftime Show on Christmas Day in Houston - [image: Beyoncé poses with Maya Magarita at the SirDavis American Whisky launch party in Paris.] Cheers to Beyoncé this Christmas. | Kevin Mazur In honor...
Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas

25th Anniversary of "Subtractive Schooling: U.S.-Mexican Youth and the Politics of Caring," by Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D. - *Friends,* *Before the end of 2024, I want to highlight that this year marks the 25th anniversary of my award-winning book, Subtractive Schooling: U.S.-M...
slacktivist

LBCF: Tin men - Sometimes it can be accidentally entertaining in a Plan 9 From Outer Space way, but usually, like most Bad Writing, it's just boring.
Rio Grande Guardian

Valley Partnership seeks sponsors for 24th Legislative Tour - The tour takes place Jan. 23-26, 2025, with state lawmakers and their staff visiting Hidalgo and Starr counties. The post Valley Partnership seeks spons...
See You In 2020

The effort to memory-hole Zionism’s crimes, & how the pro-Palestine movement can overcome this - Above: the Israeli Offense Force dropping its “earthquake bomb” on the Syrian coast as part of its ongoing invasion of the country Expand the genocide, ...
Progressive.org

We Can Fight Chronic Disease with Universal Care - It’s time for the United States to join other high-income nations in providing comprehensive health coverage to all its citizens.
Texas Standard

San Benito’s conjunto museum traces the genre’s past as a new generation takes root - A family carries on the task of maintaining the space, where historical icons and the living legends of today mingle.
Capital & Main

Waffle House Workers Say Owners Pocket Millions Through Wage Theft - Servers say the chain forces them to do janitorial work, dishwashing for lower tipped wages and robs them of up to $46.8 million. The post Waffle House W...
Texas Monthly

Liz Lambert’s Six Essential Christmas Gifts - Respected nationwide for her trendsetting sensibilities, the renowned Austin hotelier only buys presents she would use herself.
Bracing Views

“Invest” in New Nuclear Weapons? No Thanks - It’s always the right time to stop building more weapons of mass destruction William Astore and Matthew Hoh [Note to readers: Back in early September, Con...
Sludge

Top Pharma Cash Recipient Takes Key Industry Oversight Job - The pharmaceutical industry has a chance to call the shots as it works to undermine drug pricing negotiations with its favorite, Kentucky Republican Brett ...
Discourse

'Scrooged' Is the Perfect Documentary For Our Time - This isn’t a story about redemption, it’s an account of exactly how impossible it is to get people with money and power to act like human beings.
ProPublica

Billy Long, Trump’s Nominee to Lead the IRS, Touts a Credential That Tax Experts Say Is Dubious - by Jeremy Kohler and Alex Mierjeski ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon...
El Paso Matters

Expansion of Rojas Drive in East El Paso completed after delays - The contract for the project was originally awarded to J.A.R. Construction, the company tied to the long-delayed Pellicano Drive expansion. The post Exp...
Church and State

With Trump and Musk, the Oligarchs Are Inside the House - The lines between corporate power, billionaire interests, government authority and foreign influence have not just blurred - they’re vanishing.
Rallblog

TMI Show Ep 43: “Trump vs. Fiscal Hawks” - Trump 2.0 is still a month away and he’s causing chaos in Washington. After negotiating a budget deal with the Democrats, DOGE master Elon Musk (either a...
The Reality-Based Community

Nhận định soi kèo Atalanta vs Empoli lúc 00h00 ngày 23/12/2024 - Tiếp tục với đấu trường Serie A, khi bước vào vòng 17, thi đấu trong khi đang có thành tích kém hơn và sự bất lợi trên sân khách, Empoli sẽ gặp khó khăn ...
SCOTUSblog

The morning read for Friday, Dec. 20 - [image: The morning read for Friday, Dec. 20]Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s th...
Democracy Now!

"Do Not Obey in Advance": Timothy Snyder on How Corporate America Is Bending to Trump - We speak with Yale historian and author Timothy Snyder, an expert on authoritarianism, about how corporate America has responded to Donald Trump’s reelecti...
Texas Observer

Monopoly Tycoons in a Game of Jenga: The Censorship of Bodies, Protest, and Speech at UT-Austin - As a faculty member at the University of Texas at Austin, each day feels like a precarious game of Jenga, with the iconic tower of our institution at con...
The Conversation

Climate of fear is driving local officials to quit – new study from California finds threats, abuse rampant - Researchers surveyed hundreds of elected officials in three Southern California counties. They found 2 in 3 respondents had been threatened or abused – and...
Space City Weather

If you want to feel like it’s Christmas outside, soak up this weekend’s weather - In brief: Houston will experience three more days of cooler weather before a warmer pattern sets in, and likely will prevail for nearly all of the remainde...
Earth 911

Earth911 Inspiration: House On Fire - Time is running out to stop and reverse climate change, and the evidence is clear... The post Earth911 Inspiration: House On Fire appeared first on Earth...
High Country News

Tribes sue after massive wind farm in Washington gets green light - The Yakama Nation contends that the project, which threatens ceremonial sites and wildlife habitat, is unlawful. The post Tribes sue after massive wind ...
Antiwar.com

Israel, Not the ‘Liberators’ of Damascus, Will Decide Syria’s Fate - There has been a flurry of “What next for Syria?” articles in the wake of dictator Bashar al-Assad’s hurried exit from Syria and the takeover of much of ...
Brad Blog

Trump Gets Trumped in Our Musky End-of-Year Roundtable: 'BradCast' 12/19/2024 - Today, on our last new BradCast of 2024: It's beginning to look a lot like failure, everywhere you look in D.C. It's already getting pathetic before either...
Avedon's Sideshow

From now on our troubles will be out of sight - I don't care if he's doing it for the wrong reason. If Trump gets rid of the debt ceiling, it will be good, because, as Dday says, "The Debt Limit Shoul...
Lowering the Bar

Now Go Away or He Will Taunt You a Second Time - Do not mess with him.
Krebs on Security

Web Hacking Service ‘Araneida’ Tied to Turkish IT Firm - Cybercriminals are selling hundreds of thousands of credential sets stolen with the help of a cracked version of Acunetix, a powerful commercial web app vu...
MintPress News

Staged Again? CNN’s Syrian Prisoner Story Adds to Its History of Fabrications - A fact-check exposes the latest in a series of misleading CNN reports, revealing how the netwrok's dramatic inaccuracies repeatedly align with US governm...
Bud Kennedy

A church without Christmas? For some faiths, it’s off-limits. They just say no to Noel | Opinion - I grew up in a church with no Christmas. There was no nativity scene. No Christmas Eve service. No baby Jesus. In the strictly literal reading of the Bible...
Common Dreams

Israel’s Crime of Extermination, Acts of Genocide in Gaza - Israeli authorities have intentionally deprived Palestinian civilians in Gaza of adequate access to water since October 2023, most likely resulting in th...
Dispatches From A Collapsing State | Jared Yates Sexton

Authoritarianism as Clarity: Audio From A Collapsing State - Living in times like these shows us who we are and who the people around us are. Pay attention. Close attention.
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

The Daily Show gives 'No 1 book banner' wide room to make a fool of himself. - This took place earlier this month. I don't know how I missed it. From *Crooks and Liars:* The Daily Show's Michael Kosta . . . interviewed the "No. 1...
Duck of Minerva

The Classroom and the Magic Circle - I wrote a chapter for a newly published edited volume, Teaching Political Science and International Relations for Early Career Instructors. The volume itse...
NORML

Manhattan Institute Poll: Adults Overwhelmingly Oppose Marijuana Criminalization - [image: Marijuana Poll][image: Marijuana Poll]"At a time when voters and politicians are largely divided, there is one issue that Americans largely agree...
Liberation News

Trump, tariffs and trade: ‘Protectionism’ won’t save workers - Trump’s tariff policy, from a worker’s perspective, is classic divide and conquer.
Hatewatch | Southern Poverty Law Center

Tracking the Spread of Hateful Anti-Haitian Rhetoric - Content warning: This article contains graphic language, including hateful anti-immigrant rhetoric. Reader discretion is advised.
Earthworks

Common Sense in the Commonwealth: How Shapiro Can Protect Pennsylvania - With the incoming Trump administration planning rollbacks on climate progress, political leadership in heavy oil and gas-producing states like Pennsylvan...
Ecosophia

The Nibelung’s Ring: Siegfried 1 - Before we go on with the third of the operas in Wagner’s vast tetralogy The Nibelung’s Ring, I’d like to take a moment to talk a little about my trolls. Ye...
Rewire

2024 Was a Crazy Ride—and We’re In For More of a Fight - What a year it’s been. The post 2024 Was a Crazy Ride—and We’re In For More of a Fight appeared first on Rewire News Group.
Dissident Voice

Feeding Chaos: Israel Cripples Syria’s Defence - The justifications are always the same. We are moving into territory for security reasons. We are creating a temporary buffer zone from which tactical a...
Consent Factory, Inc.

The Year of the Zealot - It was the best of years, it was the worst of years, it was a year of brilliance, it was a year of buffoonery, it was a year of faith, it was a year of inc...
Progress in Political Economy (PPE)

Announcing a new JAPE - Seen for a political economic perspective, there’s always lots of topics needing analysis. This is evident in the array of articles in the new issue of A...
Project Censored

Unplugging the News: The Fight for Local Journalism and the State of the Free Press - What happens when wealthy investors buy up local news outlets? Well, in addition to gradually shutting them down and restricting what they report, ironic...
The Progressive Wing

12/16-20 News Roundup and Open Thread - More December news starting with Biden’s DOJ letting McKinsey off with a slap on the wrist for its role in promoting OxyContin.
The Grayzone

Scandal deepens around CNN’s Clarissa Ward staging Syria prison scene - Footage showing CNN’s regime change-crazed correspondent supposedly freeing a forgotten prisoner from a Syrian jail has been exposed a scandalous fraud, ...
Idavox

Alex Stokes Stands His Ground In Appeal Bid - In a few weeks we will learn if the New York State Supreme Court if... The post Alex Stokes Stands His Ground In Appeal Bid appeared first on Idavox.
nonsite.org

The Inauthenticity of our Class Discourse: or, Publishing Respects your Foodbank Usage - The issue, therefore, is not that we need to stop representation from benefiting elite minorities—that’s just representation in its most indefensible form—...
Democracy Chronicles

Playing the Ref at Nextdoor - Experience has taught me that the editors at Democracy Chronicles probably won't call this article an example of disrespect or public shaming.
Trivial Knot

Popularity is (almost) scale-free - We live in an ecosystem, where everyone is pressured to be a content creator of some sort. Suppose you want to interact with your friends on the internet. ...
Texas Watch

In the News: Insurance Crisis Hurting Texans - We have been updating you throughout the year on the insurance crisis gripping our state and our nation. Insurance companies have *hiked our rates beyon...
The NM Political Report

NM Political Report transitions to new ownership - [image: New Mexico Political Report] NM Political Report, the state’s daily nonprofit newsroom covering state government and politics, has joined the nonp...
TalkLeft

Pardons and Open Thread - I'm sorry I am so late with this new open thread. I had to get a few stitches in my eyebrow (don't ask!). Anyway, I haven't seen the news other than a he...
The Texas Signal

How Krampus Conquered Christmas in Texas - A generation ago, most Americans would not have been able to tell you who Krampus was. Now, the horned figure has become almost as much a part of Christm...
Ring of Fire

America’s Hatred Of Insurance Companies Is Palpable - The post America’s Hatred Of Insurance Companies Is Palpable appeared first on The Ring of Fire Network.
LareDOS

City and KLB invite community to Celebrate Keep Laredo Beautiful Day - Tree planting begins at 8 a.m.
Reveal

Arizona Sues Saudi-Owned Farm Draining Groundwater in the Desert - [image: Rows of open-sided buildings hold bales of hay.] The company is “taking advantage of Arizona’s failure to protect its precious groundwater resourc...
Political Garbage Chute

Jesus Told Me He’d Prefer If MAGA Kept the Him Out of Christmas - “What do they even need with me, when they have that sausage-fingered rapist they clearly worship more than me anyway?” – Jesus Hubert Christ Don’t ask m...
Web of Debt

How to Escape the Federal Debt Trap - The U.S. national debt just passed $36 trillion, only four months after it passed $35 trillion and up $2 trillion for the year. Third quarter data is not y...
ExChristian.Net

Why We Are Still Religious - We're running Modern Applications on a Caveman Operating System *By James Aames ~ * In order to understand why humans have a seemingly instinctual inclina...
Speak Freely (ACLU)

We Need to Know More About State Supreme Court Cases -
Media Lens

Disappearing Genocide: BBC ‘Balance’ Between Perpetrator Israel And Palestinian Victims After Damning Amnesty Report - Imagine that the world’s largest and most respected human rights group issued a report detailing Russian war crimes in Ukraine and concluding that Russia w...
Land Destroyer

Washington’s War in Ukraine: Narrowing Options, Growing Consequences - *November 21, 2024 *(NEO - Brian Berletic) - Russia’s use of its Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile in eastern Ukraine represents an unprecedent...
Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons

God Bless Us, Every One - When I first caught the news about the Brian Thompson shooting, I didn’t hear it all — just “United Healthcare CEO” and “shot in NYC”, and that was about i...
Non-violent grassroots reform and democracy

Walmart Crime Report November 2024 - Walmart had another fifteen shootings in November 2024, including five fatal shootings killing one person each. This also includes two fatal shootings i...
Seeing the Forest

Jack Gets Up - One of my favorites. Everyday in the morning when you get up and you crawl out of bed And you crawl out of bed and you crawl out of bed Everyday in the mor...
Greg Palast

Trump’s “2000 Mules” Maker Confesses Dropbox Charges Were Phony - Back in May 2022, we warned you that Dinesh D’Souza’s film 2000 Mules would help elect Donald Trump in 2024. Thanks, in part, to the anti-dropbox hysteria ...
DeSmogBlog

North Carolina Town Sues Duke Energy for Climate ‘Deception’ - This article by Floodlight is published here as part of the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now. A small town in North Carolina has take...
BEYONDbones

Winter Solstice | Final Sky Happenings of 2024 - Editor’s Note: Look to the sky as HMNS Astronomer talks winter solstice for the final sky happenings of 2024. Thank you for watching the stars alongside ...
Unlimited Hangout

The Corbett Report - The Corbett Report.
Free & Equal

Becoming United & Thankful - After a tough, divisive, and historic presidential election, Kelly Wright focuses on how Americans are seeking to become more united. Christina Tobin dis...
Novara Media

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Texas Freedom Network

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Thursday, November 17, 2011

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