Wednesday, June 12, 2019

12 June - iGoogle Portal - Tab 6 - MSM


  • At 85 years of age, you typically don’t hear much lately from Clinton-era Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders. Dubbed “the Condom Queen” by conservative activists for her notorious...
  • This might not come as a shock, but Louisiana is in serious decline. With ill-boding factors ranging from astronomically high corporate tax rates to extreme political corruption...

    • TIMED 2.0 has a lot of northeast Louisiana upset, in some ways for the wrong reason that if understood should perturb people statewide. The recently-completed regular session of...

  • Deadspin Kevin Durant Ruptured His Achilles Tendon, And The Warriors Are Shocked | The Root White People Want Trump | Jezebel The Standard for a ‘Good’ Man Is Truly Very...
  • There’s a tricky thing about packing cleaning products for camping: You need the stuff! Like, you still gotta wash a dish even in the great outdoors. But also you need the stuff that...

    • Earlier this week, noted phone sleuth Steve Hemmerstoffer (@onleaks on Twitter) teamed up with Pricebaba to create renders of the upcoming Pixel 4 based on leaked schematics. Naturally...

  • 50 years ago the USA led the way in regulating pesticides, but research published this week in Environmental Health finds that the country is still using many pesticides that...
  • A new report shows Syngenta makes a lot of money selling dangerous pesticides, with low to middle income countries bearing the brunt of the hazards. Learn more Slideshow Category: Flex...

    • The EPA plans to keep glyphosate on the market, despite the third consecutive court victory against Monsanto’s flagship herbicide Roundup. Learn more Slideshow Category: Flex...

  • When asked whether he would want that type of interference in the 2020 election, Trump said: "It's not an interference."     
  • The director of the Dominican Republic police revealed that the suspects charged 400,000 pesos to shoot the former MLB star.     

    • A House panel voted to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt for defying subpoenas about the census.       ...

  • Lam denies she is ‘selling out’ to Beijing; city is quiet on Thursday as just a handful of protestors remain and many roads reopenHong Kong’s chief executive Carrie Lam has condemned...
  • President claims he would have no obligation to call the FBI, contradicting bureau director he appointedDonald Trump said on Wednesday that if a foreign power offered dirt on his...

    • Labour-led attempt to stop the UK leaving without a deal is defeated, in move that could help Boris JohnsonPolitics live – latest updatesConservative leadership candidates including...

  • It appears the FBI's facial recognition program will never live up to the minimal expectations its oversight has placed on it. The FBI's database went live in 2014, far preceding the...
  • While the FCC has indicated it's more than eager to approve T-Mobile's $25 billion merger with Sprint (despite an endless list of red flags), other regulators have proven to be a harder...

    • A few years back, thin-skinned thug/President of Turkey Recep Erdogan paid the US a visit. He brought his security detail with him, which isn't unusual. World leaders always travel...

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  • Authorities have shut some government offices after the worst violence in the territory for decades.
  • The US vows to send 1,000 extra troops to Poland, along with new military hardware including drones.



  • MPs reject the chance to take control of Parliament's timetable, blocking the latest attempt to stop no-deal Brexit.


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  • Kevin Rector / Baltimore Sun: Trash bags of ‘Healthy Holly’ books occasionally arrive at Maryland Book Bank; kids don't want them, others do  —  Mayor Catherine Pugh holds...
  • Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News: Agriculture Secretary Perdue denies meeting Brazilian crook at center of Trump bailout scandal — a press release says otherwise  — ...

    • Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast: Rick Santorum: Trump Was Just Using ‘Filler Words’ When He Said He'd Accept Foreign Help  —  “He has, sort of—as we all do, filler words...


  • We want to make Chrome safer... by taking away the API we used to race Firefox Analysis Google on Wednesday defended its pending work-in-progress updates to Chrome that will change...
  • If it's not a 50in TV or a huge fridge of soylent, we don't want to know Off-the-shelf object-recognition systems struggle, relatively speaking, to identify common items in hard-up...

    • La Liga says privacy watchdog is Barca-ing up the wrong tree A top Spanish soccer body is facing a six-figure GDPR fine for inappropriately and covertly accessing the microphones...


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  • The social network says it will not remove a fake video of its founder created with AI software.
  • More than one million people have a 5G subscription, despite the lack of a "killer app".

    • The firm said it was unable to manufacture a planned laptop because the US had put it on a blacklist.


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  • Survivors of September 11 are being denied crucial aid by the government they would give their lives to protect. One act of unified support could safeguard these men and women for decades...
  • Internet to millions has been blocked by the government as retaliation for political opposition. Demand that internet access be restored.

    • Recent reports find that Facebook has failed to follow its own hate speech policies, with discriminatory memes, videos, and photos against the LGBTQ community and other minorities...


  • How somatic mutations accumulate in normal cells is poorly understood. A comprehensive analysis of RNA sequencing data from ~6700 samples across 29 normal tissues revealed multiple...

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  • According to a new study, many planets in the so-called habitable zone can only support single-celled organisms. Up until now, the habitable zone of a...
  • Treasure hunters believe that the bunker could be where the Nazis stored Russia's long-lost Amber Room. Featuring walls adorned with priceless amber p...

    • Scientists have identified a large, anomalous mass embedded deep beneath the Moon's largest crater. The unexpected find, which could be metal left beh...


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  • Labour-led attempt to stop the UK leaving without a deal is defeated, in move that could help Boris JohnsonPolitics live – latest updatesConservative leadership candidates including...
  • President claims he would have no obligation to call the FBI, contradicting bureau director he appointedDonald Trump said on Wednesday that if a foreign power offered dirt on his...

    • Lam denies she is ‘selling out’ to Beijing; city is quiet on Thursday as just a handful of protestors remain and many roads reopenHong Kong’s chief executive Carrie Lam has condemned...


  • Where is complex alien life hanging out in the universe?
  • Montblanc is capping its trademark "snow peak" with the much higher perch of outer space.

    • Bigelow Space Operations plans to take advantage of the increased commercialization of the International Space Station.


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  • As of late April 2019, bank deposits of the population of Azerbaijani regions made up 718.1 million manats, which is 16.14 percent more compared to the same period of 2018...
  • Two men were recovering in hospital with serious injuries on Thursday after being shot by police officers during an Australian counter-terrorism investigation in the township...

    • Turkey has already bought S-400 defense systems from Russia which he hopes will be delivered in July


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  • The loss from the 2008 Universal Studios backlot fire was thought to be a few movie sets and film duplicates. But Jody Rosen reports that it was one of the largest losses in recorded music's...
  • The Paris metro will soon enter the 21st century, ditching single-use paper tickets for rechargeable electronic cards.

    • WeWork has been cropping up in cities all over the world. And now, it's planning to go public. More and more Americans are expected to work from flexible workspaces over the next decade...



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  • Gardaí are appealing for assistance in locating Martina Heelan, 43, from Limerick.
  • An amateur boxer was convicted of assaulting his ex wife when he called to pick up their child as part of an access arrangement.

    • Gardaí are appealing for the public's help in finding a missing man in County Louth.



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  • Video Length: 4:15Experiments have taken place aboard the International Space Station to study cement based concrete in microgravity. Read this story Video Links: Cementing...
  • Creating novel high-impact applications of satellite-based observations for improving the monitoring and management of water and food worldwide has led to NASA Applied Science's...

    • Portal origin URL: NASA’s SET Mission to Study Satellite Protection Is Ready for Launch Portal origin nid: 446673Published: Monday, June 10, 2019 - 10:00Featured (stick...



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  • A rocking chair can be one of the most challenging pieces to build if you’re a woodworker since it requires a lot of tools and pieces, but you can still make a unique chair on your own...
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  • If you're looking for a fun card game to play with friends, give Uno a try! Each player begins with a hand of 7 Uno cards. To play, match one of your cards with the card that's been dealt...

    • Pizza is delicious any time of the day or night, and cold pizza is perfectly fine every once in a while, but reheating leftover pizza can leave you with a soggy, rubbery, or dried out mess...



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  • by Derek Davison Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs R. Clarke Cooper on Wednesday told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that the Trump administration’s...
  • by Paul R. Pillar Seemingly endless threats, insults, punishment, and attempts at coercion have been a leading feature of Donald Trump’s foreign policy. The pervasive bullying...

    • by Daniel Wagner When the Trump administration imposed unilateral tariffs on the majority of Chinese imports, it badly miscalculated the Chinese response. Rather than buckle under...



  • We look at horrific conditions for some 52,000 immigrants held in for-profit jails around the country. At least 24 immigrants have died in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
  • A political crisis is growing in Brazil after The Intercept revealed that the judge who helped jail former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva likely aided federal prosecutors...

    • In New York, housing rights advocates are celebrating after state lawmakers announced an agreement that would provide the strongest tenant protections in over a quarter of a century...



  • In a last-minute request, plaintiffs' attorneys led by the ACLU are asking the justices to wait to rule on the census question in light of documents that show an alleged Trump administration...
  • The measure is expected to pass the full House. The fund established to compensate sick and dying Sept. 11 first responders is nearing depletion with about 19,000 unpaid claims to...

    • There are similarities in the rash of deaths. Most are described as happening suddenly, and several after an alcoholic drink.



  • Common problems include depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder or schizophrenia, according to the World Health Organization. About 9% have a...
  • The researchers have been developing a laser-based system designed to screen patients' blood from the outside -- spotting tumor cells as they pass through veins in the arm and eliminating...

    • A scratch or bite from a bat can be smaller than the top of a pencil eraser, but that's enough to give a person rabies, the CDC said.

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