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A Ghetto of the Mind Feudalism

A Ghetto of the Mind

After many twists and turns, not to mention the innumerable instances of blind folly, culpable ignorance and outright deceit that brought us here, Britain is finally leaving the European Union and in saying goodbye, I suddenly come to see how very homogenous …
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January 30, 2020
Politics this week Auschwitz-Birkenau

Politics this week

A new coronavirus continued to spread rapidly in China. Several large cities were locked down in Hubei province, whose capital, Wuhan, is where the virus broke out. Streets emptied; people stayed at home. However, Wuhan’s mayor said that 5m people had left the city before the quarantine was imposed: some…
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January 30, 2020
Predator priests, Game of Thrones, and why Italians don’t use Viagra, in this week’s dubious tabloids Holocaust

Predator priests, Game of Thrones, and why Italians don’t use Viagra, in this week’s dubious tabloids

Sexually abusive clergy vie with celebrities in this week’s tawdry tabloids. “America’s Dirty Clergy Revealed!” screams the ’National Enquirer’ headline above a story claiming to name “4,120 Predator Priests.” Hundreds of Catholic priests accused of sex offenses are named across four densely-packed pages of small print in what promises to…
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January 30, 2020
US Interior Department grounds Chinese-made drones citing ongoing security concerns Drones

US Interior Department grounds Chinese-made drones citing ongoing security concerns

Yesterday, the United States Interior Department signed an order to ground its fleet of more than 800 drones for non-emergency operations following ongoing concerns of cybersecurity threats. As reported by NPR, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt didn’t specifically say the fleet of drones were capable of being hacked in the order,…
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January 30, 2020
City Guide: Berlin Checkpoint

City Guide: Berlin

We are huge fans of Luisa Weiss, OG food blogger and author of My Berlin Kitchen, as well as one of the definitive books on German baking. Luisa lives in Berlin with her two young sons and husband, Max, and we’re so happy she’s here to share some favorite spo…
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January 30, 2020