Greta Thunberg

15 year old gives speech on climate change at United Nations meeting in Poland.

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/12/11/meet_the_15_year_old_swedish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cve4bLDrlM

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/25/our-house-is-on-fire-greta-thunberg16-urges-leaders-to-act-on-climate

Watership Down

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/dec/10/true-meaning-watership-down-revealed-ahead-of-revival-its-rabbits

Thomas Frank on Sanders and the Media

Couple years old and just happened across but Thomas Frank is such a great writer.

https://harpers.org/archive/2016/11/swat-team-2/

2018 Movies

Best movies seen during 2018.

Free Solo
First Reformed
M (1931)
Patti Cake$
The Rider
The Drop (2014)
Barcelona (1994)
This is Martin Bonner (2013)
A Quiet Place
An Education (2009)
The Last Days of Disco (1998)
Night of the Hunter (1944)
Red River (1948)
I, Daniel Blake (2016)
The Young Karl Marx

Television
Godless (last episode lacking)
Victoria (PBS)

George Bush

Excellent review of George Bush (41) who passed away this week.

https://theintercept.com/2018/12/05/george-h-w-bush-1924-2018-american-war-criminal/

Sacramento Protests

Appears California has only charged antifa protesters with crimes in right-left clash at the Capitol.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/05/antifa-charges-california-activists-stabbing

Soundbreaking

Interesting series on PBS on the history and art of music.

https://soundbreaking.com/episodes/

Banksy

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/oct/06/banksy-sothebys-auction-prank-leaves-art-world-in-shreds-girl-with-balloon

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/aug/20/banksy-dismaland-amusements-anarchism-weston-super-mare

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1587707/

Best US Hiking Trails

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2018/oct/02/us-national-trails-wilderness-walking-scenic-favourites-hiking

Arcade Games

Play arcade games free online.

https://archive.org/search.php?query=emulator%3A*+collection%3Ainternetarcade+addeddate%3A2018*

Permafrost

Permafrost is melting all over the Arctic releasing methane, a more lethal greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/national/arctic-lakes-are-bubbling-and-hissing-with-dangerous-greenhouse-gases/?utm_term=.00eb8e468854

Glyphosphate (Round up)

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/16/weedkiller-cereal-monsanto-roundup-childrens-food

Gluten

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/aug/07/not-just-a-fad-the-surprising-gut-wrenching-truth-about-gluten

Dialysis

Just don't do it at all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw_nqzVfxFQ

National Pyrotechnic Festival

One of the largest and most elaborate home-made fireworks displays in the world in Tultepec, Mexico.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Pyrotechnic_Festival

Documentary on:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5279122/

Fruit and Vegetable Sugar Levels

Fruit

Low
https://tools.myfooddata.com/nutrient-ranking-tool.php?nutrient=Sugar&foodgroup=Fruits&sortby=Lowest&servsize=Common&list=Simple

High
https://tools.myfooddata.com/nutrient-ranking-tool.php?nutrient=Sugar&foodgroup=Fruits&sortby=Highest&list=Simple

https://www.eatthis.com/fruit-sugar/


Vegetables

Low
https://tools.myfooddata.com/nutrient-ranking-tool.php?nutrient=Sugar&foodgroup=Vegetables&sortby=Lowest&servsize=Common&list=Simple

High
https://tools.myfooddata.com/nutrient-ranking-tool.php?nutrient=Sugar&foodgroup=Vegetables&sortby=Highest&servsize=Common&list=Simple

Alternative National Parks

Less crowded National Parks

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/25/best-us-national-parks-escape-crowds

False Flags

Recent false flag chemical attacks being used as justification for war by politicians and the MSM.
Appears someone from Russia mafia may have tried to poison an ex-Russian in Britain and the Syrian opposition and the White Helmets were trying to pass off dust inhalation as a chemical attack.

https://consortiumnews.com/2018/04/17/an-alternative-explantion-to-the-skripal-mystery/

https://consortiumnews.com/2018/04/16/syrian-chemical-victims-suffered-from-dust-inhalation-reports-say/

and coup organizers in Ukraine trying to join NATO which could lead the the final global chemical attack and destruction of life on Earth.
https://consortiumnews.com/2018/04/18/ukraines-nato-bid-risks-even-worse-u-s-russia-relations/

Facebook Political Ads

Pro Publica providing an app to monitor who is sponsoring political ads on Facebook.

https://www.propublica.org/article/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-testimony-capitol-hill-how-you-can-help

Fountain of Youth: Longevity

Radio Lab had very interesting stories on keys to extending life.
Take for instance, a rat has 3 year life span while a squirrel has a 30 year life span.
Why? Gene differences.
By crippling particular gene(s) in worms and enhancing the ability of helper genes one scientist was able to extend the life of particular worms from 4 day to 8 days and then to 24 days.
Does that mean humans could possibly live til say, 550 years old in the future?
She is working on a "pill" to stop or slow down the aging process.

http://www.radiolab.org/story/91562-mortality/
http://www.radiolab.org/story/91565-fountains-of-youth/

George Carlin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_Zqbg6QThg

If I were the President...

Read William Blum: If I were the president ... on https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Blum
If I were the president, I could stop terrorist attacks against the United States in a few days. Permanently. I would first apologize -- very publicly and very sincerely -- to all the widows and the orphans, the impoverished and the tortured, and all the many millions of other victims of American imperialism. I would then announce that America's global interventions -- including the awful bombings -- have come to an end. And I would inform Israel that it is no longer the 51st state of the union but – oddly enough – a foreign country. I would then reduce the military budget by at least 90% and use the savings to pay reparations to the victims and repair the damage from the many American bombings and invasions. There would be more than enough money. Do you know what one year of the US military budget is equal to? One year. It's equal to more than $20,000 per hour for every hour since Jesus Christ was born. That's what I'd do on my first three days in the White House. On the fourth day, I'd be assassinated.

CTE

According to Dr. Bennot Omalu, the doctor who discovered CTE, the brain does not finish developing until at least the age of 18 and children playing contact sports such as football, wrestling, and Judo (assume rugby also) are at risk of developing brain damage. Feel there may be a large percentage of our male population suffering as a result (myself included). Many of these men go on to join the military or become police officers. Wonder how much our societies participation in these sports contribute to our violent culture. Glad to see this being discussed more regularly in the media.

https://archive.org/details/NoHoldsBarredDr.BennetOmaluOnWrestlingGrapplingCteAndConcussions
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/07/opinion/dont-let-kids-play-football.html
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/league-of-denial/

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/mar/06/tackle-football-children-health-concerns

2018 Winter Olympics

Majority of Russians banned from winter olympics. Article explores who would benefit from athlete banishment. Gist is the CIA is just trying to discredit Russia in world opinion.

https://consortiumnews.com/2018/02/26/who-benefits-from-russias-very-peculiar-doping-violations/

The Right’s Second Amendment Lies

Another school shooting this time a few miles from where used to live, Parkland, Florida.
Article by Robert Parry on the second amendment and how the right distorts it's meaning to suit it's own corruption.
https://consortiumnews.com/2018/02/16/the-rights-second-amendment-lies-2/

Demonizing Putin and Russia

Western media (especially US) has been attacking Russia relentlessly in the media and otherwise since the Cold War. Consortium News head Robert Parry just died recently unfortunately of pancreatic cancer. Big loss for declining vestiges of quality media.

https://consortiumnews.com/2018/02/06/understanding-russia-un-demonizing-putin/

Some of other remaining quality media sources:
Harper's Magazine
Democracy Now
Last Week Tonight (John Oliver)
The Young Turks
On Contact (Chris Hedges)
Redacted Tonight (Lee Camp)
The Guardian (aside from the blatant propaganda)

Project Veritas

Corrupt political group which tries to generate false accusations on good people.

https://theintercept.com/2018/01/03/project-veritas-james-okeefe-washington-post-roy-moore/

https://www.projectveritas.exposed/