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Meritocracy is broken. In the post-pandemic world, the best need to take care of the rest Meritocracy

Meritocracy is broken. In the post-pandemic world, the best need to take care of the rest

A fired Amazon employee holds a sign during a protest outside an Amazon.com facility in the Staten Island borough of New York on May 1. Photo: AFPIn the US, new technology has divided society into technocratic and industrial classes, and the pandemic has thrown this divide into sharper relief. In…
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May 8, 2020
Russian troops to help Venezuela search for members of failed incursion -report Drones

Russian troops to help Venezuela search for members of failed incursion -report

CARACAS, May 8 (Reuters) - Russian soldiers are operating drones over Venezuela as part of a search operation for members of a paramilitary force that led a botched invasion this week, local media reported on Friday, citing deleted tweets from a state military command center.At least eight Russian special forces…
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May 8, 2020
Social Distancing? Maduro Announces Beijing Trip to ‘Hug Our Brother Xi Jinping’ China's Social Credit System

Social Distancing? Maduro Announces Beijing Trip to ‘Hug Our Brother Xi Jinping’

Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro announced a trip to Beijing “soon” this week to “hug our brother Xi Jinping,” that nation’s tyrant. Most governments in the world, including China and Venezuela, are currently discouraging hugs as a violation of “social distancing,” a policy in which people keep from physical proximity to…
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May 8, 2020
EU judges hit back at ‘war declaration’ by top German court Jean-Claude Juncker

EU judges hit back at ‘war declaration’ by top German court

By Alexander WeberBloombergStephanie BodoniFri., May 8, 2020timer2 min. readThe European Union’s top court hit back at the German judges who delivered the most stinging criticism in the EU tribunal’s 68-year history as part of a ruling on the European Central Bank’s powers.In an unprecedented counterattack on Friday, the EU Court…
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May 8, 2020
Indian Air Force MiG-29 Crashes in Chuharpur Village, Punjab: Pilot Ejects Safely. Kashmir

Indian Air Force MiG-29 Crashes in Chuharpur Village, Punjab: Pilot Ejects Safely.

File photo of Indian MiG-29. (Photo: Via Wikipedia/RussianPlanes.com) An Indian Air Force MiG-29UPG crashed at approximately 10:30 AM local time (0500 GMT), Friday, May 8, 2020 near Chuharpur Village, Punjab, India. The single crewmember ejected safely and was photographed lying in a field with bystanders rendering aid. His medical condition…
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May 8, 2020