Thanks to Ian Lind's post today I found this:

Federation of American Scientists link to CRS Reports

Congressional Research Service [CRS] Reports

The Congressional Research Service, a component of the Library of Congress, conducts research and analysis for Congress on a broad range of national policy issues. While many CRS memoranda are generated in response to individual Member or staff inquiries and are confidential, most CRS reports are available to anyone who has access to a congressional intranet.

Yet at the direction of Congress, CRS does not make even its non-confidential publications directly available to the public online. In order to help overcome this unnecessary barrier, the Federation of American Scientists endeavors to provide current, regularly updated public access to as many non-confidential CRS reports as possible. These reports are provided without congressional or CRS authorization as a public service.

Ptolemaic Terrascope

Ptolemaic Terrascope magazine.

About: Freak-Folk

Various Tweets and a Link

16 Historical sites DESTROYED by Saudi airstrikes on #Yemen over 21 months of (west backed) war ending 1000s years country history forever. pic.twitter.com/dArstM1W6i

— Yemen Post Newspaper (@YemenPostNews) December 29, 2016

To be read in conjunction with the Vanity Fair restaurant review.

I'm hearing great things about this novel @RamonGlazov translated. Damnit where's my review copy https://t.co/4I7Kcdfva6

— Mark Ames (@MarkAmesExiled) December 30, 2016

Some early concept sketches of Yogi Bear drawn by legendary Hanna-Barbera artist Ed Benedict. pic.twitter.com/O7wokMIArI

— Travis Bickerstaff (@Bickpixx) December 30, 2016

she was rad as hell https://t.co/DlG0aBC2GN

— SungWon Cho (ProZD) (@prozdkp) December 27, 2016

Senator says listeners not consulted before ABC decision to cut shortwave https://t.co/k1dGFQuLpf via @abcnews #PNG #Vanuatu #Fiji #CookIs

— Jemima Garrett (@jemimagar) December 29, 2016

RENWICK, Iowa - The once-bustling town of Renwick, Iowa, has lost many businesses as its population declined. But https://t.co/TyUfSz7nC0

— rasi (@twisira) December 29, 2016

Some Links on Russia

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov speaks on relations between his country and the West.

#SYRIA Report of the Russian Centre for reconciliation of opposing sides(October 9) https://t.co/os9y7sUIsk pic.twitter.com/IDhJyFy5NV

— Минобороны России (@mod_russia) October 9, 2016

Putin on current US-Russian confrontation. "This isn't about Syria. It began with Yugoslavia." I.e. this was years/decades in the making. https://t.co/FTMFQcSm06

— Roland Oliphant (@RolandOliphant) October 16, 2016

Some Links

(Update: I removed the tweet mentioning the book The End of the Vietnamese Monarchy and the tweet by Lillias White, singer. I added a few on kale guacamole.)

Merkel Suffers Drubbing in Berlin Vote.

"Merkel to drop 'We can do this' from her speeches."

Peak Oil Review: A Midweek Update - 15th Sept 2016 https://t.co/wEYjpnltoF (@buildresilience)

— Post Carbon Inst. (@postcarbon) September 15, 2016

#Yahoo Toronto: 'Frantz,' 'Toni Erdmann' Stars New Faces of German Film Campaign https://t.co/u5hyglmj4f

— ArtsMusicMovies (@ArtsMusicMovies) September 11, 2016

100,000 fewer cars in L.A. in 5 years? Here's how it can happen. https://t.co/SJyypH4YLa pic.twitter.com/H44IZdbWOK

— Time Out Los Angeles (@timeoutla) September 16, 2016

@mstharrington I am going to troll the whole internet with my new book, “Guacamole Should Have Kale In It”

— James Hare (@harej) September 17, 2016

We heard it was #NationalGuacamoleDay! Beet Chips? Kale guacamole? Count us in! #GotRhythm… https://t.co/IYC4n8W8T5

— Rhythm Superfoods (@RhythmSuperfood) September 16, 2016

7 Guacamole Riffs Made With Everything from Kale to Crickets, Plus a Must-Try Pineapple… https://t.co/coPWlhb5KW pic.twitter.com/XysKUdNM9k

— Bravotv (@Bravotv) September 2, 2016

Animator and People’s Artist of Russia Yury Norshteyn celebrates 75th birthday. Congratulations from the President https://t.co/oU0UguwXbr

— President of Russia (@KremlinRussia_E) September 15, 2016

Watching Wonder Woman last night with Leif Garrett guest-starring as twin singers, I learned of this song by him:

From the 1978 album Feel the Need (Scotti Brothers Records).

Humanizing the Vacuum

I just found this blog, Humanizing the Vacuum.

Dublin Review of Books

Sometime I'll have to clean up my list of links, but I added a link to its Book Review section.

Dublin Review of Books

Take Back The Times

I've just found this blog,TakeBackTheTimes, about The Los Angeles Times. The blog is no longer updated and its author, a former writer for The Times, has died, but it is still online.

The Blog That Ate Manhattan

The Blog That Ate Manhattan. I found this on the blogroll of A Little Red Hen, and might add it to my own list of links.

I've been very busy so recent posts have been brief statements and embedded tweets. I hope to have more time soon to write substantially.

Some Online Resources

This Wikipedia article explains what happened to FindArticles.com

Questia and TheFreeLibrary.com are still available. UNZ.org is another excellent source of rare materials, e.g., Dwight MacDonald's newsletter, Politics

The USDA Economic Research Service

The website of theEconomic Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The ERS also has a Twitter account.

#Nutrition programs are projected to receive 80% of funds under the #farmbill. http://t.co/isBSKuUHsN pic.twitter.com/HZi3qc7OJm

— USDA_ERS (@USDA_ERS) March 12, 2014

Archaeological Survey of India

I added the website of the Archaeological Survey of India to my list of links. See All Links in the sidebar.

http://ranchdressingwithearthakitsch.blogspot.com/

Hitting the Stage.com

Reading Ilind.net today, I found out about Hitting the Stage, a website about Hawaii's theater scene. I might add it when I revamp my list of links.

A March Miscellany

Last night Nightline marked the tenth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq with stories on "tween" girls dressing provocatively, children distracting their parents while driving, Tiger Woods's new girlfriend, and only at program's end, a brief overview of the war, according to the reporter, a mixed bag. There was untold carnage, but did you know there are now 21 million cellular phones in Iraq?

Power-walking with Michele Bachmann.

How Far is Heaven? Jack Schaap, former pastor of the First Baptist Church of Hammond, Indiana, (The megatacky megachurch building was Kunstler's Eyesore of the Month last August.) was sentenced to twelve years in prison for having sex with a seventeen-year-old parishioner.

The End of More (Another Peak Oil Blog)

I just found this blog, The End of More (a.k.a. Your Medieval Future), tonight via Health After Oil.

"Cities and Suburbs in the Energy Descent: Thinking in Scenarios"

Health After Oil

http://healthafteroil.wordpress.com/

Introduction

Welcome to Health after Oil (HAO), a place for news, opinion, research, discussion, networking, planning and action in response to the unprecedented and sweeping challenges peak oil, energy decline, and population pressures poses to human health and the institutions whose purpose it is to protect and promote human health. We invite submissions -original content and links- about energy and health and related fiscal/economic and environmental and ecological issues. We note in particular that: 1) Climate change and peak oil are indivisible threats, both stemming from reliance on fossil fuels; and 2) The fiscal and economic crisis now enveloping world economies are intertwined with population growth, energy decline and resource depletion. Infinite growth cannot continue on a finite planet.

I added ClubOrlov and SharonAstyk to the Peak Oil section of my list of links, which can be accessed by clicking on "All Links" in the sidebar.

Link Updates

I've added MaxBlumenthal.com and Mondoweiss to the Politics section of my list of links (click "All Links" in the sidebar).

Blog Updates

I added Baptist Planet to the Politics section of the list of links. Professor Zero is now a private blog. Since it's still online, it will stay in the Politics section. Professor Zero, who now goes by Huehueteotl, has a research blog, Seminario for short, which I have added under the Education section.