From the department of unintended consequences. ‘Fear Of Falling’: How Hospitals Do Even More Harm By Keeping Patients In Bed

Riots everywhere: Chile. Lebanon. Spain. Holland. And of course, Hong Kong. If they do this when the grass is green, what will they do when the real trouble starts?

Your daily dose of a white non-Muslim man explaining to you what you should think about Sharia law. It is only mansplaing if it is not goodthink. Sharia law is already here — the IRS must respond

Remember California and their rolling blackouts. They think they can do these things without consequences New York State Attorney General (AG) Letitia James takes Exxon to trial this week, for alleged climate fraud.

It is kind of unfair that only Mexicans get to get into the US by crossing the border: Mexico flies 300 Indian migrants to New Delhi in ‘unprecedented’ mass deportation

The below video is a good if simplistic overview of China’s demographic issues. It is worth a watch if you don’t have time to read up on the issue as it is short and to the point. That said, it does have its issues. The biggest groaner comes when they are trying to pretend that there is a non-catastrophic way out for China at the end of the video and suggest that China might allow more immigration into the country. Where in the world do they think these people would come from in numbers great enough to make a difference to China?

From the department of unintended consequences: In the rush to harvest body parts, death investigations have been upended

The Turkish invasion of Syria presents the US with complex issues that are not well reported in the media: Among them, 21 previously received aid from the CIA or the Pentagon. Also, 14 have been provided TOW anti-tank missiles. This reveals a stark dilemma: The groups that were educated and equipped by the United States west of the Euphrates are now fighting against the groups east of the Euphrates that have been also educated and equipped by the United States. In other words, two US-backed groups are fighting with each other.

Just a reminder about how little we know about the past: Combing through the scans, Acuña and her colleagues, an international 18-strong scientific team, tallied 61,480 structures. These included: 60 miles of causeways, roads and canals that connected cities; large maize farms; houses large and small; and, surprisingly, defensive fortifications that suggest the Maya came under attack from the west of Central America.“We were all humbled,” said Tulane University anthropologist Marcello Canuto, the study’s lead author. “All of us saw things we had walked over and we realized, oh wow, we totally missed that.”Preliminary images from the survey went public in February, to the delight of archaeologists like Sarah Parcak. Parcak, who was not involved with the research, wrote on Twitter, “Hey all: you realize that researchers just used lasers to find *60,000* new sites in Guatemala?!?

Guess the State: Legislator Who Argues Housing Is a Human Right Also Suing to Stop Affordable Housing in Her District