Thursday, August 08, 2019

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  • Every statewide elected office and legislative seat is up for grabs in October and if no one gets more than 50 percent the top two will run against each other in November. But not every...
  • Two weeks after reports surfaced of a tense meeting between the Speaker of the Texas House, the House GOP Caucus Chairman, and a prominent grassroots activist, papers are finally...

    • Rep. Joaquin Castro on Monday tweeted a list of his San Antonio constituents who’ve contributed the maximum legal amount to President Trump’s re-election campaign. The list...

  • As someone who’s worked on a laptop (and, uh, played the Nintendo Switch) in the passenger seat of a car on more than a few occasions, I’m all too familiar with power inverters that...
  • If you can’t start your day without a shot (or three) of espresso, buying a nice machine (i.e. one that you’ll actually want to use) for your home can save you money in the long run...

    • Whenever I consider getting takeout for lunch or running out for a latte during the workweek, I often pause to think about how much time it will cost me—not the time away from my desk...

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  • This week, PAN joined a coalition of groups to sue the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) — again — for refusing to ban the potent brain-harming...

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  • Yet another scientific study, released today, shows just how deadly our chemical-intensive farming system has become to pollinators and other insects. The findings should concern...

    • The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has made the disappointing decision that the agency would continue to allow use of the brain-harming pesticide on food crops. Learn more...

  • Trump often uses words like 'invasion' and 'alien' to describe immigrants. After shootings in El Paso and Dayton, he's facing criticism for his words.       ...
  • Springfield, Missouri, police said the man had body armor and entered the Walmart store carrying a “tactical rifle” and another gun.     

    • Michael Barisone, a member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic dressage team, was charged with two counts of attempted murder related to a Wednesday shooting.       ...

  • Leaked documents show children as young as 16 recruited by Amazon supplier Foxconn work gruelling and illegal hoursHundreds of schoolchildren have been drafted in to make Amazon’s...
  • State department angered by Beijing’s apparent release of personal information about diplomat’s familyA US official has described China as a “thuggish regime” for disclosing...

    • Labour leader calls on top civil servant to spell out election rulesJeremy Corbyn has called on the UK’s most senior civil servant to intervene to stop Boris Johnson forcing a no-deal...

  • For over a year now, we've been discussing a worrying trend in Japan, where the government is looking to severely ramp up its anti-piracy efforts. The worry lies in the implications...
  • You'd think an entity with the name "New York Police Department" would at least have some passing respect for the law. But the more time you spend examining the NYPD, the more you find...

    • To be part of your local law enforcement's surveillance network, all you need is a little tech from Amazon. Amazon's Ring doorbell/camera is being handed out to cops, who can then give...

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  • Some 300 people have been released from ICE custody, after many were separated from their children.
  • The deputy prime minister says differences between the coalition partners cannot be patched up.

    • A major report says the West's high consumption of meat is fuelling global warming.



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  • Shane Harris / Washington Post: Trump announces shakeup at top of U.S. intelligence  —  President Trump said in a tweet Thursday that he will name Joseph Maguire, the director...
  • The Hill: McCabe sues FBI, DOJ, blames Trump for his firing  —  Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is suing the Justice Department and FBI over his termination from the bureau...

    • Mike Tipping / Beacon: Collins attends fundraiser at $4m mansion of nation's top anti-choice judicial activist  —  Senator Susan Collins attended a private campaign fundraising...


  • As it emerges non-internet-connected election systems are actually connected to the internet Black Hat While various high-tech solutions to secure electronic voting systems...
  • Apple expands bug bounties, and more from Vegas this week Black Hat Here's a quick summary of some important infosec happenings from inside and outside the Black Hat USA conference...

    • Shocking current-affairs news: Cupertino idiot-tax operation hits resistance over harsh repair policy Apple appears to be discouraging owners of recent iPhones from having device...


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  • One in four firms holding a test subject's data released it to her partner without her permission.
  • Investors take flight as the taxi-hailing company reports its biggest quarterly loss.

    • Some of the most popular gay apps, including Grindr and Recon, expose their users' locations.


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  • The U.S. approach to crime, emphasizing longer sentences and oppressive policing, simply does not work. Newly introduced legislation aims to rehabilitate criminals and offer...
  • Stray cats are potentially being poisoned and killed by the dozens in a land renowned for its booming cat population. Urge authorities to find answers and seek justice for these fallen...

    • Railway travel is much safer for the environment than air travel, yet due to the high costs of the former, people continue to rely on the latter. We must push for more affordable railway...


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  • A special type of 'artisan vodka' has been made from rye grown in the area of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Named 'Atomik', the peculiar beverage wa...
  • Engineers in Romania have invented a genuine disc-shaped flying machine that can move in any direction. Take a quick glance at footage of the All-Dire...

    • Marylou Ward and her husband got the fright of their lives when their toilet exploded in to pieces on Sunday. While it is often recommended that peopl...


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  • Leaked documents show children as young as 16 recruited by Amazon supplier Foxconn work gruelling and illegal hoursHundreds of schoolchildren have been drafted in to make Amazon’s...
  • Andrew McCabe sues FBI and DoJ over dismissal in 2018Says Wray and Sessions forced him out to please TrumpFormer FBI acting director Andrew McCabe, a frequent target of Donald Trump’s...

    • Labour leader calls on top civil servant to spell out election rulesJeremy Corbyn has called on the UK’s most senior civil servant to intervene to stop Boris Johnson forcing a no-deal...


  • Fifty-six years after a cat named Félicette became the first feline to launch into space, plans to build the cosmic cat's first proper memorial are beginning to take shape...
  • ILC Dover and Collins Aerospace unveiled a prototype of the Next Generation Space Suit system, which astronauts may use on the moon and Mars.

    • Cracking the mystery of dark matter is one of the most frustrating quests of physics.


  • A U.S. court in San Francisco ruled on Thursday that Facebook users from Illinois state can go ahead with a class action lawsuit against U.S. social media giant Facebook Inc. over alleged...
  • Former Brazil national team boss Mano Menezes has been sacked as manager of Cruzeiro, the Brazilian Serie A club said on Thursday

    • President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Joseph Maguire, the current chief of the National Counterterrorism Center, will become the acting director of national intelligence...


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  • Ernesto, Luis and Alberto Villalobos took a detour from the classical music world to embrace the sounds of their childhood with the band's latest album, Somos...
  • NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Jaclene Paolucci, who authored a viral tweet about getting unsolicited advice from strangers while pregnant.

    • NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with New York Times photographer Doug Mills about some members of the White House Press Corps not being allowed access to some of President Trump's meetings...



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  • The Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland (ASAI) is to review the use of the word ‘unlimited’ when it comes to advertising mobile phone and broadband data plans which have...
  • Fresh concerns have been raised over the economic impact of a no-deal Brexit, after it emerged that Ireland’s national debt is now so high that every person in this country owes €42,500...

    • The Department of Education has admitted it was forced to breach EU procurement rules over appointing a contractor to carry out remediation works to 22 schools found to have structural...



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    • Portal origin URL: How NASA Will Protect Astronauts From Space Radiation at the MoonPortal origin nid: 450034Published: Wednesday, August 7, 2019 - 14:30Featured (stick...



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  • Dealing with your inner critic can be really frustrating, and it may even be holding you back from the life you want. Your inner critic is the part of your personality that tells you you’re...
  • If your fireplace is looking outdated or you just want to try a different color in the room, painting it is a great option. It's cost-effective, and if you get tired of the color later...

    • When a disaster strikes, many people feel compelled to help in some way, but knowing how or where to help can be difficult. There is always a need for assistance, from the time the disaster...



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  • by Mitchell Plitnick Last weekend a pair of horrifying massacres in the U.S. cities of El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio sent shock waves through the country. The outrage was so powerful...
  • by Rachel Shenhav-Goldberg It has been 35 years since Ethiopians immigrated to Israel, after leaving their strong, close-knit diaspora communities where they kept Jewish tradition...

    • by Helena Cobban I am old enough to remember when a “humanitarian intervention” meant organizing collections of food and blankets to send to distant communities in distress...



  • President Trump went to Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, Wednesday, where he was met by hundreds of protesters condemning his presence after the mass shootings over the weekend...
  • Tensions are escalating over the disputed region of Kashmir following India's revocation earlier this week of its special status, which granted the area some autonomy. Kashmir...

    • U.N. Scientists Warn Rapid Global Warming Threatens Food Supply, 680 Mississippi Poultry Workers Arrested in Massive Immigration Raid, ICE Raids Targeted Company Whose Workers...



  • President Trump named Joseph Maguire shortly after the deputy director of national intelligence resigned. Maguire is currently director of the National Counterterrorism Center...
  • "What we can't do is fail to pass something," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told WHAS radio. "The urgency of this is not lost on any of us."

    • John Gore, the main Justice Department official behind the Trump administration's failed push for a citizenship question, is set to leave the department, a person familiar with...



  • Studies have shown that CAR-T is effective against certain types of cancers, but can cause severe side effects.
  • The test is individualized using DNA from a piece of the tumor taken when the breast cancer is first diagnosed.

    • PRT is a set of behavioral techniques for motivating kids with autism to interact and communicate with other people during play activities and daily routines...

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  • The GOP’s long-term future likely depends on its ability to reinvent itself as a big-tent party. The post When will Republicans face demographic reality? appeared first on Niskanen...
  • But an administration that is less interested in governing than in punishing, detaining, deporting, and above all getting away with things doesn’t seem to much care about signs...

    • The University of Alaska is facing a staggering 41% cut to its budget, despite the role research universities play in regional economic development. The post Alaska’s University...

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  • President Trump’s campaign has raised nearly half a million dollars in a matter of weeks selling plastic straws with “Trump” emblazed on each one. They fetch $15 for a package...
  • According to a new Politico report, the White House is considering an executive order to “address allegations of anti-conservative bias by social media companies.” CEI research...

    • Rep. Frank Pallone, D-New Jersey, thinks it’s fine that your new dishwasher takes more than 2 hours to complete a cycle — we think consumers should decide. Thanks to federal efficiency...

  • The threat of a no-deal Brexit has sent the pound plummeting. The British people must be given a chance to halt itAs our currency plummeted last week, politicians were remarkably quiet...
  • In its crucial land and climate report, the IPCC irresponsibly understates the true carbon cost of our meat and dairy habitsIt’s a tragic missed opportunity. The new report on land...

    • A lot of young men seem to be lost and disenfranchised, but only the likes of Jordan Peterson are engaging with themA horrific act of violence takes several innocent lives, a frantic...

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  • Following the RCMP’s announcement that they believe they have found the bodies of the two young murder suspects from British Columbia, many questions remain about the case that...
  • Canada's ambassador to the United States David MacNaughton is resigning at the end of August, sources tell CTV News.

    • Jesse Thistle has overcome personal trauma, homelessness and addiction to become a published author and rising Indigenous scholar.

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  • More of the usual propaganda about ‘human-induced climate change’. Not mentioned is the fact that most of their so-called ‘greenhouse gas’ is water vapour, which has little...
  • It had to happen, didn’t it? ‘Project Fear’ merchants love to cite climate change and Brexit, so for them combining the two into yet another disaster rant is better still. Cue...

    • H/T Climate Change Dispatch In which a scientific project gets dropped, or ignored, when it fails to produce the expected or hoped-for incriminating ‘climate change’ related...
    • The two of Saif Ali Khan's kids love the camera.

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  • The recent research by IIT-M and NIOT, is being funded by Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, and focuses on improving the devices and machines used for wave energy harvesting...
  • According to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, the aim was to empower people when it comes to multi-device productivity and "Galaxy Note 10 and Galaxy Book S are such devices of the future"...

    • Early this week, Japan promulgated a revised Bill to remove South Korea from its 'whitelist' of trusted trading partners, following the July 4 export control measures on three materials...

  • Pointing to measures to curb the pollution, Jaipur Mayor Vishnu Lata said, "We have decided to plant 50,000 trees and run electric buses in the city to arrest the rising level of pollution...
  • "Governments challenged the IPCC to take the first ever comprehensive look at the whole land-climate system. We did this through many contributions from experts and governments...

    • Scientists and engineers at NASA's Johnson Space Center are developing a way to make use of the mass on board the Orion spacecraft to protect the crew who venture into deep space...

  • Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi had written to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres claiming that abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir violated the UNSC...
  • Pakistan has suspended Samjhauta Express services - one more jittery move in response to India revoking Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir.

    • British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged lawmakers to support an October 31 Brexit, saying they had promised to honour the result of the country`s 2016 decision to leave the European...

  • Operations at the Kerala's Cochin International Airport have been suspended till August 11 due to incessant rains in Kerala which have caused severe waterlogging and flood-like...
  • The move comes days after the Narendra Modi government scrapped Article 370, Article 35A and bifurcated Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories (UTs)...

    • "There was a time when Kashmir was the favourite destination of Bollywood filmmakers, I am confident that in future even international films will be shot there."...

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  • It may not sound like the best way to go incognito, but some species of shark that lurk on the ocean floor glow a bright green hue visible to others of their kind...
  • U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper will meet with senior South Korean leaders on Friday, amid a series of regional challenges ranging from tensions between Seoul and Tokyo to how much...

    • SAO PAULO: Prosecutors in Brazil said on Thursday (Aug 8) they agree with a police finding that there is not enough evidence to prove rape allegations against Neymar and have asked...

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  • SHANGHAI: China's weather bureau issued a red alert early on Friday (Aug 9) as super typhoon Lekima approached Zhejiang province on the eastern coast. The National Meteorological...
  • U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper will meet with senior South Korean leaders on Friday, amid a series of regional challenges ranging from tensions between Seoul and Tokyo to how much...

    • Tourist activities and land reclamation projects have made it hard for the endangered hawksbill turtle to nest along the coastline facing the Straits of Malacca...

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  • Howard Webb has more experience than most of officiating top flight football matches and his stint in North America's Major League Soccer has convinced him that Video Assistant Referees...
  • The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday proposed changing the rules governing how publicly-traded companies disclose business, legal, and risk factors in regulatory...



  • SHANGHAI: China's weather bureau issued a red alert early on Friday (Aug 9) as super typhoon Lekima approached Zhejiang province on the eastern coast. The National Meteorological...

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  • The Cowboys star could miss up to a month after being referred to the judiciary over an incident in Thursday night's match against the Broncos.
  • Every able-bodied Muslim is meant to do the Haj once in their lifetime. Why? What does it mean? And what do pilgrims actually do along the way?


  • Addressing a crowd of around 500 at a conservative conference, the former PM said we are embracing “fundamentally inhuman positions” in Australia.

  • Jammu & Kashmir will not remain a Union territory for long once the pace of development picks up, and the people of the region will get the opportunity to elect MLAs and a chief minister...
  • Pakistan on Thursday refused to send the Samjhauta Express, known as the harbinger of peace, to India, claiming that the train’s crew —two drivers and a guard — were scared of...
  • Are a majority of those practising allopathy in India quacks? The government said no, it now says yes. A 2016 WHO report on the health workforce in India had shocked everybody by stating...


    • The threshold limits for filing of appeals by the income tax department with tax tribunals, high courts and the Supreme Court were raised by the Central Board of Direct Taxes on Thursday...

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  • A 92-year-old former SS private will go on trial this fall in Germany on 5,230 counts of being an accessory to murder, accused of helping the Nazis' Stutthof concentration camp function...


  • Labour leader calls on top civil servant to spell out election rulesJeremy Corbyn has called on the UK’s most senior civil servant to intervene to stop Boris Johnson forcing a no-deal...
  • Three officers injured as police are forced to retreat from pyre intended to mark 1971 mass internmentYouths in north Belfast have attacked riot police in an escalating standoff...

    • Muhammed Rodwan, 56, charged with attempted murder after incident in LeytonA 56-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder and possession of an offensive weapon following...



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  • After immigration authorities rounded up hundreds of workers in a massive sweep at seven Mississippi food processing plants, friends and family members are desperately searching...



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  • In this episode of The Full Nerd, Gordon Mah Ung, Adam Patrick Murray and Brad Chacos ponder what Intel’s 10th-gen Ice Lake mobile performance means for a desktop part...
  • As convenience goes, wireless charging can’t be beat. You simply drop your phone onto the charger and walk away. Gone is the headache of managing cables that inevitably break or...

    • There’s a lot to like about the $60 Moshi SnapTo car mount with wireless charging. It’s small, well designed, and looks great—not surprising since Moshi makes some fantastic-looking...