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  Niskanen Center

• Who’s More Afraid of Democracy: the Center or the Right? 4 hours ago

  Find out if support for strong man leadership is growing on the American Right and if our politics are becoming more like those in Europe. The post Who’s More Afraid of Democracy...
  

• Tech Groups Call on Congress to Overturn the Ban on Supersonic 2 days ago

  Now is the ideal time for Congress to repeal the ban on civil supersonic aircraft in the United States. The post Tech Groups Call on Congress to Overturn the Ban on Supersonic appeared...
  

• After Singapore 6 days ago

  Did President Trump really eliminate the North Korean nuclear threat? The post After Singapore appeared first on Niskanen Center.
  

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Competitive Enterprise Institute

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  What Key Factors Influence Entrepreneurship And Business Growth? Ideas For Researchers 4 hours ago

  If getting things done requires too many steps, there will be fewer entrepreneurs. That seems to be something of a consensus in the economics and social science literature regarding...
  
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  CEI Joins Coalition Opposing Obama Employment-Based Visa Program (EB-5) 5 hours ago

    View Full Document as PDF The Honorable Mick Mulvaney Director, Office of Management and Budget 725 17th Street, NW Washington, DC 20503 The Honorable Lawrence Kudlow Director...
  
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  Universal Basic Income: What's The Plural Of Apocalypse? 6 hours ago

  Is homo sapiens, in the final analysis, a being incapable of living unless supported by a universal basic income (UBI)? One of the mounting threats to liberty around the globe is that...
  
• ( Without an opportunity to make a living as jobs vanish and education implodes into privatized schools running tests in lieu of teaching while college costs escalate into infinity - kids 'may' face 'increased difficulties' Tongue so far in cheek it's a wonder I have not injured myself. And this does not consider effects of unproven vaccination proliferation policy ([which claims to 'cure' everything as long as 'herd immunity' is not compromised by letting people avoid perverting an immune system which was adequate to allow population growth to current levels . If they worked, how could that problem be realistic for the 'immunized' ?] or GM 'foods' which sterilize cattle.  )

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  Opinion | The Guardian

• My friend Alex was a child refugee, failed by the system. Now he’s dead | Benny Hunter 5 hours ago

  The teenager was a bright light in my life, and had faced awful trauma. But instead of offering sanctuary, the UK let him downTwo summers ago I was volunteering in the migrant and refugee...
  

• Labour must do its bit to break this endless Brexit deadlock | Gaby Hinsliff 3 hours ago

  The ‘crunch’ vote in the House of Commons was just another fudge in an endless war of positionIt has always been about control. Sweep aside all the baffling language, the arcane...
  

• XXXTentacion’s brutal life points to the problem with UK drug policy | Suzanne Moore 5 hours ago

  The murdered 20-year-old rapped about prescription drug addiction but we debate the merits of legalising cannabisThe smell of London in the summer is the smell of weed. Or whatever...
  

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  CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public RSS

• PM says pot will be legal in Canada on Oct. 17 6 hours ago

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says marijuana will become legal in Canada on Oct. 17.
  

• Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calls U.S. child migrant policy 'wrong' 5 hours ago

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the U.S. policy of separating child migrants from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border and detaining them, is "unacceptable."...
  

• PM to announce by day's end when pot will be legal in Canada 6 hours ago

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce Wednesday afternoon when marijuana will become legal in Canada.
  

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  Tallbloke's Talkshop

• The alarmists are getting restless, funding cuts are leading to ever wilder predictions. 10 hours ago

  James Anderson, of ozone hole fame says: The chance that there will be any permanent ice left in the Arctic after 2022 is essentially zero. But that’s not all. Not only is the Arctic...
  

• Australian cold snap produces heavy snow, challenges some records 2 days ago

  Originally posted on NZRT NETWORK: A pulse of wintry weather has sent shivers across southeastern Australia during the last few days. So, just how cold did it get and how does this event?…...
  

• A Greener Future Starts With Natural Gas, World Energy Chiefs Say 2 days ago

  Bloomberg: By Jonathan Gilbert and Jennifer A Dlouhy 16 June 2018 World energy ministers representing about two thirds of the global population tussled over how the world can achieve...
  

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Catallaxy Files

• Johan Norberg on plastic bags 9 hours ago

  
  

• Dumb as Bucks 15 hours ago

  Language is a organic thing.  Words evolve and words disappear, and they disappear from the lack of use.  So it is important for all of us, that when certain words that used to be often...
  

• “Australia’s pitiless migrant policy” 15 hours ago

  Unfortunately behind a paywall but sent to me by my moronic former mate who now breathes the air in Silicon Valley and drives three Mercedes and a Porsche. The article is also from the...
  

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Zee News :Zee News - Blog

• Vantage Point: Bangalore or Srinagar, journalists' murders stand for power and brutality, not democracy or civilisation 2 days ago

  Bangalore or Srinagar, what has happened is a bloody quest for naked power.
  

• Vantage Point: Electronic voting is not perfect, but paper ballots can be worse. It is not wise to go back on EVMs 3 days ago

  The EVMs or electronic voting machines are more secure and easier to measure ballots. But technology can scare people who cannot understand or control it...
  

• Vantage Point: It is so fragile! Karnataka politics shifts mode from 'Game of Thrones' to 'House of Cards' 3 days ago

  Just a few days earlier, Rahul Gandhi had said the S in Janata Dal-S stood for "Sangh Parivar". Therefore, make no mistake: What we have here is a marriage of convenience...
  

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Zee News :Technology News

• Oppo Find X launched: Price, specs, India launch and more 8 hours ago

  Oppo Find X has will be offered in two gradient colors - Bordeaux Red and Glacier Blue.
  

• Just 25% adults use Internet in India: Pew survey 9 hours ago

  South Korea stands out as the most heavily connected society, with 96 per cent of adults reporting Internet use, showed the the survey conducted in 37 countries...
  

• Panasonic P90 smartphone launched at Rs 5,599 9 hours ago

  The new phone comes with 2.5D curved screen, 5-inch high definition (HD) in-plane switching (IPS) display and Corning Gorilla glass protection.
  

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Zee News :Zee News - Health

• Daily yoga practice improves sperm quality: AIIMS study 10 days ago

  Of all the cells in the body, the male germ cell is the most vulnerable to oxidative stress.
  

Zee News :Sci-Tech

• Mars to come closest to Earth in 15 years, next month 2 days ago

  Perihelic opposition will occur on July 27 and bring Mars closest to Earth.
  

• Albert Einstein's travel diaries reveal racially offensive views 3 days ago

  "Chinese don't sit on benches while eating but squat like Europeans do when they relieve themselves out in the leafy woods. All this occurs quietly and demurely...
  

• New material for next-generation flexible, stretchy electronics developed 3 days ago

  In the future, we could even build soft robots by combining electroactive polymers," Tang said.
  

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Zee News :South asia

• Pakistan Taliban chief Mullah Fazlullah targeted in US drone strike in Afghanistan 6 days ago

  The US drone strike was conducted in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province, targeting Maulana Fazlullah's hideout.
  

• Nawaz Sharif's wife Kulsoom suffers cardiac arrest 6 days ago

  In 2017, she underwent a surgery to remove diseased lymph nodes after she was diagnosed with throat cancer.
  

• US-backed militants planning chemical attack in Syria, claims Russia 9 days ago

  Russia Defence Ministry has claimed that the members of the "Free Syrian Army" were planning a chemical attack in Syria with the assistance from the US...
  

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Zee News :World

• Need to 'squeeze out' terrorist: Donald Trump's new pick goes after Pakistan 10 hours ago

  US senators pointed out that Pakistani actions so far seems to be contradictory.
  

• Crippled by lack of talent, China to set up nuclear university 13 hours ago

  China is unlikely to reach its nuclear power expansion targets by 2020.
  

• Remove warships to reduce tensions in South China Sea: Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad 14 hours ago

  He called for a multi-nation anti-piracy force to keep the South China Sea safe.
  

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Zee News :India National

• Did Airtel bow down to discriminatory request? Telecom giant clarifies on customer demanding Hindu executive in 10 hours

  Telecom giant Airtel has strongly rejected allegations of bowing down to a discriminatory request by a customer named Pooja Singh.
  

• India gears up for Yoga Day on Thursday, PM Modi to lead 50,000 enthusiasts in Dehradun`s FRI in 10 hours

  The United Nations General Assembly in December 2014 had declared that June 21 would be observed as International Day of Yoga every year.
  

• Madhya Pradesh cop gains accolades for performing yoga asanas inside water in 10 hours

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  Channel NewsAsia World News

• Facebook's Instagram has more than a billion users 34 minutes ago

  SAN FRANCISCO: Instagram said on Wednesday (Jun 20) it now has more than one billion active users, highlighting surging growth at the Facebook-owned social network focused on...
  

• White House adviser Kushner, Saudi crown prince meet on Middle East an hour ago

  U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law, White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner, met on Wednesday with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud about Israel and...
  

• Iranian people will not give in to US pressure - Rouhani an hour ago

  The Iranian people will not give in to U.S. pressure, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday, as the Islamic Republic faces the reimposition of economic sanctions by...
  

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  Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News

• NZ Prime Minister Ardern enters hospital for birth of first child an hour ago

  New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was admitted to hospital in Auckland for the birth of her first child on Thursday, according to a statement from her office...
  

• Malaysia's Najib explains why he had so many luxury handbags, lots of cash, jewellery 5 hours ago

  LANGKAWI, Malaysia: Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak says he shouldn't be blamed for the multi-billion-dollar 1MDB scandal, and declares he knows nothing about money...
  

• North Korea data shows slight children's health gains: UN 6 hours ago

  New data from North Korea show a "slight" improvement in children's health, the United Nations reported Wednesday, saying the isolated nation had made a step forward by providing...
  

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  Channel NewsAsia Front Page News

• All Blacks team to play France in third test 24 minutes ago

  WELLINGTON: New Zealand coach Steve Hansen named the following team on Thursday to play France in their third test at Otago Regional Stadium in Dunedin on Saturday. Team: 15-Ben Smith...
  

• Rakitic knows only too well threat posed by club mate Messi 29 minutes ago

  Ivan Rakitic has warned his Croatian compatriots of an Argentine onslaught, enhanced by the special talent of a player he knows all too well - clubmate Lionel Messi, when the two countries...
  

• Facebook's Instagram has more than a billion users 34 minutes ago

  SAN FRANCISCO: Instagram said on Wednesday (Jun 20) it now has more than one billion active users, highlighting surging growth at the Facebook-owned social network focused on...
  

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  The Hayride

• GROSS: NCAA referee pleads guilty to molesting teenage boy 44 minutes ago

  And the sex scandals keep coming. This time in the NCAA. The Marietta Daily Journal reported that 58-year-old Wesley Tyronne Dean pled guilty to one count of child molestation...
  

• VIDEO: How About A Discussion Of The IG Report For A While, Instead Of The Fake “Children’s Crisis?” 3 hours ago

  By now it ought to be obvious to everyone that a two-decades-old “crisis” at the border, wherein illegal aliens caught trying to sneak into the United States with children in tow...
  

• LDH Secretary Rebekah Gee Says We’re Having A War On Poor People (Thanks To Her Department, The Poor Are Winning) 4 hours ago

  The Louisiana Department of Health’s funding for next year, in the state budget passed by the Legislature and signed by the governor which is now under review by the House Appropriations...
  

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  Lifehacker

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  Which Foods Are Actually Cheaper to Make Yourself? 11 minutes ago

  “Making your own” is a big part of home cook culture. One’s reasons for wanting to DIY every food thing may vary, but it usually has something to do with taste, health, or cost...
  
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  This Articulating Monitor Arm Includes a USB Hub and Cable Routing For Just $20 an hour ago

  You aren’t getting the most out of your computer monitor until you put it on a fully articulating and rotating arm. This one from North Bayou can hold monitors up to 27&quot...
  
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  Here’s What’s Coming and Going From Netflix in July 2018 36 minutes ago

  For its tenth season, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee moves to Netflix, debuting twelve new episodes on July 6. While the whole season looks pretty good, I think can all agree that...
  

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Pesticide Action Network

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  Keeping an eye on dicamba 2 days ago

  Last year, the dicamba drift crisis defined the growing season across the U.S. — damaging an estimated 3.6 million acres of crops. Learn more Slideshow Category: Flex Slider...
  
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  Farm Bill: How could it work for farmers? 2 days ago

  An interview with Iowa farmer Patti Naylor focuses on key issues of concern for farmers in the proposed Farm Bill. Learn more Slideshow Category: Flex Slider...
  
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  Guest blog: A look into glyphosate and soil health 6 days ago

  Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s RoundUp, has been labeled by the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer as a “probable...
  

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  USATODAY - News Top Stories

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  Trump signs executive order to end immigrant family separations: What we know 14 minutes ago

  President Donald Trump, facing a national outcry, signed an executive order Wednesday to keep migrant families together at the border, abandoning his earlier claim that the...
  
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  Torn from immigrant parents, 8-month-old baby lands in Michigan 15 minutes ago

  After feds deny separating babies from parents, Michigan foster agency says it's helping two infants torn from their families. One is 8 months old.        ...
  
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  News clip from Mississippi State fan at College World Series is absurd 2 hours ago

  One fan's incredible joke about how he was able to get to the College World Series.       
  

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  World news | The Guardian

• Trump backs plan to end family separations but shirks responsibility 14 hours ago

  As anger over policy grows, it emerges children are being sent to ‘tender age’ sheltersFamily separation crisis – live updatesDonald Trump has told Republicans he is “1,000%”...
  

• Canada becomes second country to legalise cannabis use 20 hours ago

  Cannabis Act passes, with the legislation expected to take effect in a few monthsCanada is to become the second country in the world to fully legalise marijuana, after the senate approved...
  

• Far-right Italy minister vows 'action' to expel thousands of Roma a day ago

  Matteo Salvini shrugs off critics who say policy reminiscent of fascist pastMatteo Salvini vowed to turn “words into action” in his drive to root out and expel thousands of nomadic...
  

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  Techdirt.

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  Sprint, T-Mobile to FCC: Our Job Killing, Competition Eroding Megamerger Will Create Jobs & Competition an hour ago

  Americans tend to be oddly gullible when it comes to megamerger promises. Especially over in the telecom sector. Time after time we're told that the latest major deal will provide...
  
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  EU Parliamentary Committee Votes To Put American Internet Giants In Charge Of What Speech Is Allowed Online 2 hours ago

  As we've been writing over the past few weeks, the EU Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) voted earlier today on the EU's new Copyright Directive. Within that directive were...
  
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  Daily Deal: The Ultimate Backend Developer Bundle 3 hours ago

  The Ultimate Backend Developer Bundle contains 14 courses covering all aspects of backend code. Learn how to build SQL databases, how to code in JavaScript, how to program in Python...
  

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  Fark.com RSS

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  "Until I first drank my dog's pee, I was depressed, I was sad, and I had bad acne" [Sick] 6 minutes ago

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  Photoshop this graphic picture [Photoshop] 10 minutes ago

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  Legalized pot comes to Canada October 17, 2018, 9 days after Thanksgiving. Amen [Followup] 18 minutes ago

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  BBC News - Home

• Migrant children: Trump signs order to 'keep families together' 3 minutes ago

  The order seeks to end the policy of splitting families up at the border, but migrants will still be detained.
  

• Migrant children: Former migrant shelter worker on why he quit 4 hours ago

  Former US youth migrant shelter worker Antar tells the BBC why he quit his job last week.
  

• Hungary passes 'Stop Soros' law banning help for migrants 6 hours ago

  Under the new so-called "Stop Soros" law, anyone who helps asylum seekers faces a year in jail.
  

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  Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - research • analysis • solutions

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  Imagine a Winnipeg...2018 Alternative Municipal Budget 2 days ago

  Climate change; stagnant global economic growth; political polarization; growing inequality.  Our city finds itself dealing with all these issues, and more at once. The 2018...
  
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  Why would a boom town need charity? Inequities in Saskatchewan’s oil boom and bust a month ago

  When we think of a “boomtown,” we often imagine a formerly sleepy rural town suddenly awash in wealth and economic expansion. It might surprise some to learn that for many municipalities...
  
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  CCPA's National Office has moved! a month ago

    The week of May 1st, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives' National Office moved to 141 Laurier Ave W, Suite 1000, Ottawa ON, K1P 5J2. Please note that our phone, fax and general...
  

  CNN.com - Top Stories

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  Trump speaks about executive order 21 minutes ago

  President Donald Trump signs an executive order to end the separation of immigrant families at the US-Mexico border.
  
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  Trump signs order to keep families together 38 minutes ago

  President Donald Trump on Wednesday reversed his debunked argument that he had no authority to stop separations of undocumented immigrant families at the border, saying he would...
  
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  Analysis: White House totally botched the family separation fight 21 minutes ago

  From the moment images of children being separated from their parents bubbled up in the national consciousness late last week, it became abundantly clear that something had to be...
  

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  memeorandum

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  Trump Stops Separating Immigrant Families After Claiming He Couldn't (The Daily Beast) 6 minutes ago

  The Daily Beast: Trump Stops Separating Immigrant Families After Claiming He Couldn't … President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday halting his administration's...
  
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  Israeli officials concerned by U.S. pullout from human rights council (Axios) 6 minutes ago

  Axios: Israeli officials concerned by U.S. pullout from human rights council  —  Israeli foreign ministry officials tell me they are concerned that U.S. withdrawal from the...
  
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  Trump signs order that he says will keep migrant families together (Christina Wilkie/CNBC) 11 minutes ago

  Christina Wilkie / CNBC: Trump signs order that he says will keep migrant families together  — The president backs down after insisting that only Congress can end his administration's...
  

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  The Register

• WD's Purple reign continues: 12TB helium disks for vid spy tech an hour ago

  Eight platters serving up 1.5TB each for data-belching surveillance cameras Video surveillance is an insatiable monster, constantly needing more digital storage – and Western...
  

• Microsoft CEO wades into ICE outcry: Cool it, we only do legacy mail 4 hours ago

  Ethics! Principles! But no talk of scrapping federal contract either Microsoft's continued efforts to distance itself from a clumsily worded blog post continued today with the...
  

• At last, a use for Intel's SGX – locking AI and blockchain, says Intel 4 hours ago

  Bias-enabling algorithms and smart contract tech no one quite trusts now easier to secure At the Cyber Week security conference in Israel on Tuesday, chip giant Intel plans to discuss...
  

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  BBC News - Technology

• Instagram longer videos: How new IGTV feature will work 2 hours ago

  IGTV allows users to create long-form videos in portrait mode that can be up to an hour long.
  

• 'Disastrous' copyright bill vote approved 9 hours ago

  Critics call it a "dark day" as an EU committee adopts two controversial changes to copyright law.
  

• Council demanded payment card details via email 7 hours ago

  A London local authority requested security codes among other details be sent via a Word document.
  

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  Further

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  Ask the State Dept: If My Family Is Rather Tan, Will They Be Mistaken For the Brown Criminal Infestaton Your President Fears, and Can They Choose the Size of Their Cage? 17 hours ago

  Futher Column - By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer
  
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  Broken Children In Cages Are Sobbing For Mommy and Daddy, and Mobsters Are Governing America 2 days ago

  Futher Column - By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer
  
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  You Don't Have To Show Them Shit 4 days ago

  Futher Column - By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer
  

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ForceChange

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  Stop Cutting Support for Essential Conservation Programs 16 hours ago

  Land preservation, habitat protection, natural disaster prevention: these and other important efforts continue buckling under attacks from our nation’s federal agencies...
  
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  Do Not Give Up on UN Human Rights Council 18 hours ago

  The U.S. has just pulled out of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Sign the petition to demand this decision be reversed and the United States continue to promote human rights...
  
• ( Maybe not. How about re-evaluating Saudi Arabia's leadership - and explaining how such a travesty occurred in a body which was more than a farce. )
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  Success: No More Permits Issued for Cruel Black Bear Killings 18 hours ago

  Permits will no longer be issued in Washington authorizing the inhumane killing of black bears. Support this victory and encourage the discontinuance of any such permits in the future...
  

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  News24 Top Stories

• News24.com | N2 remains closed at George and Knysna due to protest action 32 minutes ago

  Certain sections of the N2 in the Southern Cape have been closed due to ongoing protest action.
  

• News24.com | EFF will fight Party Funding Bill in court if adopted in its current form 2 hours ago

  The EFF's national legal head Kwena Manamela says the EFF has expressed its support for legislation regulating party funding but adds that, as the bill stands now, the party is opposed...
  

• News24.com | Trump signs executive order to end family separations at border 36 minutes ago

  US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at putting an end to the controversial separation of migrant families at the border, reversing a harsh practice that...
  

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  Science: Current Issue

• HIV--No time for complacency 6 days ago

  
  

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• Seaweed masses assault Caribbean islands 6 days ago

  
  

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  Unexplained Mysteries

• Could intelligent aliens move entire stars ? 5 hours ago

  A new theory suggests that an intelligent alien civilization may try to collect and store stars for energy. According to senior scientist Dan Hooper f...
  

• Ancient fossil yields oldest ever panda DNA 7 hours ago

  Researchers have identified a long-lost panda relative from DNA that was retrieved from an ancient jaw bone. The remarkable discovery was originally m...
  

• Two intoxicated hedgehogs rescued in Germany 13 hours ago

  The curious spiny mammals had ended up drunk after sampling a bottle of eggnog that someone had dropped. According to reports, police officers were ca...
  

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  American Water Intelligence Project Tracker

• Wild Wings O&M renewal, CA 4 hours ago

  
  

• Town of Erin O&M, ON 4 hours ago

  
  

• Bakheng water supply project 5 hours ago

  
  

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  Network Front | The Guardian

• Two Tottenham housing blocks at risk of catastrophic collapse 2 hours ago

  Exclusive: 200 families are to be urgently moved out of blocks on Broadwater Farm estate after post-Grenfell safety checksMore than 200 homes on the Broadwater Farm estate in north...
  

• Donald Trump signs executive order to end family separations 42 minutes ago

  President says ‘we’re going to keep families together’ after facing huge backlash for his ‘zero tolerance’ stanceDonald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order...
  

• Brexit 'meaningful vote': May wins after rebels accept compromise an hour ago

  Government defeats amendment drafted by Dominic Grieve after last-minute concessionThe final obstacle to the EU withdrawal bill was overcome in the Commons on Wednesday when MPs...
  

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  SPACE.com

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  Japan's Hayabusa2 Asteroid Probe Snaps Best Pics Yet of Its Target Ryugu 13 hours ago

  As Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft approaches the asteroid Ryugu, the probe has grabbed its best photos yet of the rocky body — and they'll only get better...
  
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  Best Astronomy and Astrophysics Books 15 hours ago

  Space.com's editors present a list of the astrophysics and astronomy books worth a read-through.
  
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  Best Space Books and Sci-Fi: A Space.com Reading List 15 hours ago

  Space.com's editors present a reading list for space and sci-fi lovers, as well as children who are interested in astronomy and spaceflight.
  

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  Trend.Az - All news

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  Trump to order end of immediate immigrant family separations at U.S. border 36 minutes ago

  U.S. President Donald Trump said he would sign an executive order on immigration on Wednesday to end the immediate separation of immigrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border, which...
  
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  Instagram expands into long videos, will compete with YouTube an hour ago

  Facebook Inc-owned social network Instagram said on Wednesday it was adding a section dedicated to long-form video, expanding beyond its photo-sharing app roots in a competition...
  

• Iran launches 2nd trade center in China 2 hours ago

  
  

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  Google Cloud Platform Blog

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  How to run SAP Fiori Front-End Server (OpenUI5) on GCP in 20 mins 11 hours ago

  By Tony Lusk, Customer Engineer Who enjoys doing risky development on their SAP system? No one. But if you need to build enterprise apps that use your SAP backend, not doing development...
  
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  Cloud TPU now offers preemptible pricing and global availability a day ago

  By Brennan Saeta, TensorFlow Tech Lead for Cloud TPUs Deep neural networks have enabled breakthroughs across a variety of business and research challenges, including translating...
  
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  GPUs as a service with Kubernetes Engine are now generally available a day ago

  By Yoshi Tamura, Product Manager, Google Kubernetes Engine [Editor's note: This is one of many posts on enterprise features enabled by Kubernetes Engine 1.10. For the full coverage...
  

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  Science This Week in Science TOC RSS Feed

• Nocturnal refuge 6 days ago

  
  

• A scene-internalizing computer program 6 days ago

  
  

• An intrinsic magnetic tunnel junction 6 days ago

  
  

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  CBC | Top Stories News

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  Trudeau says pot will be legal as of Oct. 17, 2018 5 hours ago

  The Senate has passed the contentious bill to legalize cannabis, but Canadians cannot legally light up for several weeks to give provinces time to set up a retail regime, Justice Minister...
  
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  Trump signs executive order to keep families together at border 4 hours ago

  U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to keep families together at the border but "zero-tolerance" prosecution policy will continue...
  
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  More documents from Panama Papers law firm leak out, exposing its panic 3 hours ago

  More private documents from the Panamanian law firm at the centre of one of the biggest-ever leaks of financial records have been exposed, showing how enraged its clients were, global...
  

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  All Things Considered : NPR

• China Tells Farmers To Grow More Soybeans Amid Trade Fight With U.S. 17 hours ago

  After hitting U.S. soybeans with retaliatory tariffs, China is seeking alternatives to supply its important crop.
  

• Migrant Children Heard Crying On Tape Are The Voices 'Left Out' Of Conversation 20 hours ago

  Children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border and held at a Border Patrol facility are heard wailing inconsolably in seven minutes of audio obtained by ProPublica...
  

• U.S. Announces It Will Leave U.N.'s Human Rights Council a day ago

  The Trump administration is reversing another decision its predecessor made and is pulling out of the United Nation's Human Rights Council.
  

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  Ireland: BreakingNews.ie

• Lorry driver’s son took wheel of bank during Celtic Tiger years in 38 minutes

  David Drumm’s barrister highlighted his client’s ‘humble’ start to life.
  
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  Vera Twomey urges UK government to make medical cannabis legal for all who need it 34 minutes ago

  Vera Twomey whose eight-year-old daughter has drug resistance epilepsy has thrown her weight behind the fight for medical cannabis to be legalised in the UK...
  
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  Murder trial hears how witness gave the Act of Contrition to a man who had been struck by car and attacked 2 hours ago

  A murder trial witness has revealed she gave the deceased the Act of Contrition and heard him say: "I'm sorry. I'm ready to go now. I have to go."
  

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  Channel NewsAsia Front Page News

• All Blacks team to play France in third test 40 minutes ago

  WELLINGTON: New Zealand coach Steve Hansen named the following team on Thursday to play France in their third test at Otago Regional Stadium in Dunedin on Saturday. Team: 15-Ben Smith...
  

• Rakitic knows only too well threat posed by club mate Messi an hour ago

  Ivan Rakitic has warned his Croatian compatriots of an Argentine onslaught, enhanced by the special talent of a player he knows all too well - clubmate Lionel Messi, when the two countries...
  

• Facebook's Instagram has more than a billion users an hour ago

  SAN FRANCISCO: Instagram said on Wednesday (Jun 20) it now has more than one billion active users, highlighting surging growth at the Facebook-owned social network focused on...
  

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  WhoWhatWhy

• Trump Hotel’s Water Mismanagement 7 hours ago

  ‘Freedom Cities’ Emerge ; US Loses Track of 6,000 Migrant Kids ...and More Picks 6/20 The post Trump Hotel’s Water Mismanagement appeared first on WhoWhatWhy...
  

• The Brilliant Black Woman Who Defended the Accused Killer of JFK’s Mistress, Part 1 8 hours ago

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