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Chinese Expansionism

Beware China’s ‘Barbarian Handlers’

The Debate | Opinion A recent appeal by a senior PLA officer should be read with appropriate caveats in mind. Credit: AP Photo/Kin CheungWriting in the New York Times recently, People”s Liberation Army Senior Colonel Zhou Bo made an impassioned plea for China and the United States to dampen down the risk of…

bubmagFebruary 11, 2020

Bees

Half-A-Million Insect Species Face Extinction: Scientists

Scientists say that half-a-million insect species face extinctionParis, France: Half of the one million animal and plant species on Earth facing extinction are insects, and their disappearance could be catastrophic for humankind, scientists have said in a "warning to humanity"."The current insect extinction crisis is deeply worrying," said Pedro Cardoso,…

bubmagFebruary 11, 2020

Geely

Geely to deepen ties with Volvo, plans to list under one umbrella

Geely Automobile and its sister company Volvo Cars are planning to merge and list in Hong Kong and possibly Stockholm, giving Volvo access to public markets after it dropped a move to list its stock two years ago.Monday's move to merge the two units come as global automakers pursue alliances…

bubmagFebruary 11, 2020

Qassim Soleimani

Democrats Ignore Trump’s Real Violations

This week the latest Democratic Party attempt to remove President Trump from office – impeachment over Trump allegedly holding up an arms deal to Ukraine – flopped. Just like “Russiagate” and the Mueller investigation, and a number of other attempts to overturn the 2016 election. We’ve had three years of…

bubmagFebruary 11, 2020

Geely

Geely Surges in Hong Kong on Proposed Merger With Volvo Cars

(Bloomberg) -- Want the lowdown on European markets? In your inbox before the open, every day. Sign up here.Billionaire Li Shufu’s Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. surged in Hong Kong trading after the company announced plans to merge with Swedish affiliate Volvo Cars, a move that could pave the way for…

bubmagFebruary 11, 2020

Palantir

Billionaire Peter Thiel Sells A Majority Of His Remaining Facebook Stake

Billionaire investor Peter Thiel sold a majority of his remaining stake in Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) last Thursday, a regulatory filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission has shown.What HappenedThe Paypal Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) founder sold 53,602 shares he held in the social media company in two…

bubmagFebruary 11, 2020

Julian Assange

Prosecutors ask for 7 to 9 year prison sentence for Roger Stone

Federal prosecutors are asking that Roger Stone, a longtime confidante and former campaign adviser to President Trump, be sentenced to 7 to 9 years in prison. Stone was found guilty in November of all seven charges brought against him stemming from former special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. Stone's lawyers…

bubmagFebruary 11, 2020

Protectionism

The best sentence I read today….

Blog Post February 10, 2020 …. is from Don Boudreaux writing on Cafe Hayek: You show me a tariff, and I’ll show you a domestic company that lobbied for it. And here’s some equally excellent economic badassery from Don: What is elitist – by its very nature – is protectionism.…

bubmagFebruary 11, 2020

Peace

Artists are paying tribute after the death of beloved DeviantArt star Qinni

By Amanda Yeo2020-02-10 19:18:06 -0800 Artists are paying tribute to Canadian artist Qing Han, aka Qinni, who has passed away after a battle with cancer. Qinni was a beloved and influential figure in the online art scene, and her viral work inspired countless people for over a decade. She was…

bubmagFebruary 11, 2020

Korean Peace Talks

These North Korean Submarines Met An Enemy They Had No Hope Of Defeating

Key Point: The inside of the submarine became a murder-suicide pact. At 4:30 p.m. on June 22, 1998, Capt. Kim In-yong noticed a curious site from the helm of his fishing boat as it sailed eleven miles east of the South Korean city of Sokcho: a small submarine, roughly sixty feet…

bubmagFebruary 11, 2020

Beware China’s ‘Barbarian Handlers’

Half-A-Million Insect Species Face Extinction: Scientists

Geely to deepen ties with Volvo, plans to list under one umbrella

Democrats Ignore Trump’s Real Violations

Geely Surges in Hong Kong on Proposed Merger With Volvo Cars

Billionaire Peter Thiel Sells A Majority Of His Remaining Facebook Stake

Prosecutors ask for 7 to 9 year prison sentence for Roger Stone

The best sentence I read today….

Artists are paying tribute after the death of beloved DeviantArt star Qinni

These North Korean Submarines Met An Enemy They Had No Hope Of Defeating

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