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Cold War

Pete Buttigieg Denounces the Politics That Made Him Possible

Pete Buttigieg at the 10th Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season at the Gaillard Center in Charleston, South Carolina, on Tuesday. Jim Watson/Getty Images Over the past few months, political commentators have struggled to explain why many LGBTQ people, especially younger cohorts, have not enthusiastically lined up…

bubmagFebruary 26, 2020

Sleeping Pods

Air New Zealand reveals sleeping pods for long economy flights

The airline will make a final decision on whether to introduce the Skynest next year. (Facebook pic/Air New Zealand)SYDNEY: Some economy-class travellers envying those at the front of the plane with lie-flat beds may soon have another option: Air New Zealand Ltd has developed a sleeping pod prototype to help…

bubmagFebruary 26, 2020

NSA

CAA violence update: NSA Doval takes charge as death toll reaches 19 in Delhi

Delhi protests live updates: At least 24 people have been killed and more than 150 injured after three days of continuous violence in North East Delhi. The Delhi Police struggled to check the rioters who rampaged through parts of northeast Delhi on Tuesday looting, burning buildings and vehicle, and thrashing…

bubmagFebruary 26, 2020

Korean War

Gone Shopping! America’s Forever Wars Lumber on Because Americans don’t Know About Them

( Tomdispatch.com) – There is no significant anti-war movement in America because there’s no war to protest. Let me explain. In February 2003, millions of people took to the streets around the world to protest America’s march to war against Iraq. That mass movement failed. The administration of George W.…

bubmagFebruary 26, 2020

Palestine

Trump’s so-called Mideast ‘peace plan’ dispossesses Palestinians

By Rachad Antonius | – Nothing is further from a peace effort than the plan that Israel and the Donald Trump administration have concocted for Palestine. Previous American administrations have all been pro-Israel, and they’ve made every effort to circumvent international law. But previous U.S. administrations have never formally challenged…

bubmagFebruary 26, 2020

Vietnam Veterans

The Paradox of America’s Endless Wars

Originally posted at TomDispatch. Here’s a word that essentially dropped out of Washington’s dictionary in this century: peace. It used to be part of the rhetoric, at least, of politicians there, but in the era of the war on terror it’s barely made an appearance. In election year 2020, however,…

bubmagFebruary 26, 2020

Brexit Negotiator

Boris Johnson and the EU Are Talking Past Each Other, Again

(Bloomberg) -- When Boris Johnson’s top Brexit negotiator went to Brussels to deliver a stinging speech full of threats and allegations last week, his target was the officials who run the European Union. The problem is, they couldn’t believe he really meant it.In the first set of Brexit negotiations, Johnson’s…

bubmagFebruary 26, 2020

Bees

Invasion of the ‘frankenbees’: the danger of building a better bee

This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaborationThe spring of 2008 was brutal for Europe’s honeybees. In late April and early May, during the corn-planting season, dismayed beekeepers in Germany’s upper Rhine valley looked on as whole colonies perished. Millions…

bubmagFebruary 26, 2020

AR-15

China’s Military Is Stealing Its Way To Superpower Status

Key point: China’s state-run arms industries have acquired know-how by hook and crook, and occasionally churn out weapon systems that are entirely too similar to American designs to be a coincidence. As China’s military has grown, the country’s military-industrial complex has struggled to keep up with the pace of demands.…

bubmagFebruary 26, 2020

Seed Vault

Prince Charles, Cherokee Nation add seeds to Arctic doomsday vault

Posted February 26, 2020 15:26:51 A vault in the Arctic built to preserve seeds has received 60,000 new samples, including specimens from the garden of Prince Charles and sacred corn from the Native American Cherokee Nation. Key points: Thirty gene banks added seeds to the vault this weekIt now contains…

bubmagFebruary 26, 2020

Pete Buttigieg Denounces the Politics That Made Him Possible

Air New Zealand reveals sleeping pods for long economy flights

CAA violence update: NSA Doval takes charge as death toll reaches 19 in Delhi

Gone Shopping! America’s Forever Wars Lumber on Because Americans don’t Know About Them

Trump’s so-called Mideast ‘peace plan’ dispossesses Palestinians

The Paradox of America’s Endless Wars

Boris Johnson and the EU Are Talking Past Each Other, Again

Invasion of the ‘frankenbees’: the danger of building a better bee

China’s Military Is Stealing Its Way To Superpower Status

Prince Charles, Cherokee Nation add seeds to Arctic doomsday vault

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