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Giant Spill in Russia Offers a Glimpse of the Arctic’s Future

(Bloomberg) -- Investigators have determined that the leakage of of 20,000 tons of diesel (about 150,000 barrels) from a reservoir at a power plant in Russia’s Far North was caused by damage from thawing permafrost—just the latest sign of the catastrophic effects climate change is having in the Arctic.“Entire cities and…

bubmagJune 6, 2020

1619 Slavery

Liberal Elites Are Playing a Dangerous Game With the George Floyd Protests

In the wake of riots that have spread across America, leaving shattered businesses and wounded communities in their wake, it feels as though our nation is collapsing around us. That’s bizarre, considering that virtually all Americans agree with the following two propositions: first, that it is evil for a police…

bubmagJune 6, 2020

Computers in School

Japanese schools abroad to get more PCs for online study as pandemic spreads

The government plans to supply more personal computers to Japanese schools overseas so students can continue to study remotely at home while avoiding the coronavirus.The education ministry intends to ensure each pupil at Japanese elementary and high schools abroad has access to a computer, widening the scope of the existing…

bubmagJune 6, 2020

Doping in Cycling

Lance Armstrong’s long-list of lovers throughout his career

Lance Armstrong was at one point the biggest star on the planet. The American cycling superstar took the world by storm in the late 90s and early 2000s when he stormed to seven consecutive Tour de France victories. From the most exclusive parties, to hosting the biggest shows on televion.…

bubmagJune 6, 2020

Twinfluencer

Globetrotting Influencer Elaine Hau Built An Online Handbag Rental Business

Elaine Hau in Times Square, New York Elaine Hau Born and raised in Hong-Kong, Elaine Hau is the millennial influencer and owner of Luxury Fashion Rentals, an online handbag rental company. Having traveled through most of Asia, Hau has her sight set on visiting the fashion capital of the world…

bubmagJune 6, 2020

Jamal Khashoggi

Analysis: Is the US still the world’s moral leader?

London (CNN)Remnants of the Berlin Wall in Germany still stand as a reminder that freedoms have always been hard won. Today, part of the wall has been painted over with a mural of George Floyd and the words "I can't breathe," another reminder of how quickly freedoms can be taken…

bubmagJune 6, 2020

Be Evil

Peak Internet — The Censorship Bubble Is About To Burst

Over the past year, I’ve written extensively about the initially creeping — and then sweeping — censorship occurring online. Initially, the censorship vortex was on vaccines. Social media platforms and Google all started suppressing and then outright banning content raising questions about vaccine safety. I warned everyone that this would eventually…

bubmagJune 6, 2020

Hebron

A radical settler wages war against annexation — but he is far from alone

Ira Rappaport makes a tear in the cloth of his shirt, the age-old Jewish sign of grief. US President Donald Trump’s “Peace to Prosperity” plan for Middle East peace has filled him with that emotion, he says. “Things are far worse than we thought,” Rappaport laments. “I live in Shiloh,…

bubmagJune 6, 2020

Colin Kaepernick

NFL players spoke, and Roger Goodell responded. Now what? Here’s what we know

Jun 5, 2020Dan GrazianoESPN Staff Writer CloseJoined ESPN in 2011 New Jersey native and author of two published novelsAn unprecedented week in the NFL culminated in a landscape-shifting 24 hours that appear to have dramatically changed the league's stance on player protests. Things are happening quickly, and you surely have…

bubmagJune 6, 2020

Nuclear Disarmament

Buffalo Mayor says 75-year-old man who was shoved to the ground by police was an ‘agitator’

Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said he won't call for two police officers who were seen pushing a 75-year-old man to the ground to be fired because it's 'very important they get due process' during the ongoing investigation. Brown addressed the incident in a press conference on Friday after 57 officers on…

bubmagJune 6, 2020

Giant Spill in Russia Offers a Glimpse of the Arctic’s Future

Liberal Elites Are Playing a Dangerous Game With the George Floyd Protests

Japanese schools abroad to get more PCs for online study as pandemic spreads

Lance Armstrong’s long-list of lovers throughout his career

Globetrotting Influencer Elaine Hau Built An Online Handbag Rental Business

Analysis: Is the US still the world’s moral leader?

Peak Internet — The Censorship Bubble Is About To Burst

A radical settler wages war against annexation — but he is far from alone

NFL players spoke, and Roger Goodell responded. Now what? Here’s what we know

Buffalo Mayor says 75-year-old man who was shoved to the ground by police was an ‘agitator’

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