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You know the news media is getting desperate when they had to write this headline.

"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

President Trump is doing what the Republicans have always promised to do - turn the war over to the generals.

We've long known that pollution from the burning of gasoline is detrimental to human health as it contributes to an increase in respiratory and other illnesses. Fracking has been linked to asthma, as well.

First off, from what I know of it, I like Susan Bordo's other stuff. The stuff on Descartes is good -- the analysis of inwardness and of the Cartesian masculinization of thought. And I liked the "Male Body" cultural/ historical overview, the comparison of gazes and so on.

Susan Grigsby at TOP wrote an excellent review of a study by Case and Denton which showed a large disparity especially in non-college educated (I would probably suggest "blue collar") white men, suicide, opiate overdose, and death from other groups.

Their report, titled "Rising morbidity and mortality in midlife among white non-Hispanic Americans in the 21st century,” was published in PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

When the Deep State is preparing for a war it uses a lot of propaganda to get the people onboard.

Granted, that first sentence is so obvious as to be laughable. Of course, we are propagandized into supporting wars. But even at this late stage of the United States most Americans don’t recognize what is propaganda. That’s why stating the obvious is necessary.

(I still can't say it) Trump met on Friday with Stanford University's special war criminal, Condoleeza Rice. Why is a question but Trump has made a habit out of meeting with people who can better help him understand his criminal responsibilities for U.S. imperialism.

My news feed on Feedly includes a number of sources from "mainstream" news outlets, high (NY Times and Washington Post, NPR), medium (Reuters and AP) to low (Yahoo, ABC). It also includes international site, science sites, business sites, etc. I even have few of those still rare but steadily growing "independent" news outlets, such as the Intercept. Reviewing my feed today I noticed an odd thing. What they cover and what they do not (especially what they do not) varies a great deal.

GLAAD has published Accelerating Acceptance 2017.

Millennials are significantly more likely than older generations to identify as LGBTQ and to be allies of the community, according to the survey.