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Putin

What Putin’s plans mean for Russia

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption With four years left as president, Mr Putin seems to be planning his "transition" Russia has a new prime minister, a change no-one predicted only a day ago. The long-serving Dmitry Medvedev has been replaced by a ma…

bubmagJanuary 16, 2020

Orangutan

Heartbreaking moment tiny orangutan cries and clings to its mother in Borneo

This is the heartbreaking moment a tiny orangutan cries and clings to its mother after a fire ravaged their home in Borneo. Earlier this month International Animal Rescue (IAR) were alerted that the orangutans had been driven into residential gardens in Tanj…

bubmagJanuary 16, 2020

Feudalism

Working around Leviathan

Here is what strikes me as a profound political paradox. The US government is larger, more consolidated, more powerful, and more intrusive than it has ever been in its history indeed our sweet land of liberty is now host to the most powerful leviathan state t…

bubmagJanuary 16, 2020

Body Shaming

Jillian Michaels shares old photo of herself at 175 pounds after criticizing Lizzo’s weight

After catching heat for criticizing Lizzo's weight earlier this month, Jillian Michaels shared a throwback photo of herself at 175 pounds. The personal trainer, 45, captioned the image, posted Wednesday, with her then-stats: "Here's me at 5'0 tall and 175 lb…

bubmagJanuary 16, 2020

Skateboard

Thrill One Sports & Entertainment Unites Nitro Circus, Street League Skateboarding and Superjacket Productions

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Raine Group and Causeway Media Partners, two of sports most respected investment firms, with backing provided by commercial finance firm MidCap Financial, have partnered to create Thrill One Sports & Entertainment by comb…

bubmagJanuary 16, 2020

Plastic Pollution

Aardman and Greenpeace’s Endangered-Turtle Short Is Tragic

Due to the devastating effects of climate change, Earth’s oceans, and its countless inhabitants, are in dire straits. This fact is nowhere more apparent than with sea turtles; nearly every one of the various shelled marine creature species is on the endangere…

bubmagJanuary 16, 2020

Cristina Kirchner

Groundhog years in Argentina

In Groundhog Day, Murrays character eventually learns to liveand enjoy life moreby serving others. Thats what happens in an economy that works well: As Adam Smith wrote, the baker serves others by selling them bread. He then receives money that helps him feed…

bubmagJanuary 16, 2020

Yellow Vests

Rick Salutin: Has the end of ideology finally come? There’s reason to hope.

One form of collateral damage — to use an odious term — from the recent Mideast assassination and shootdown, is that they undermined a series of popular protests occurring in Iraq and Iran. Iran alone saw protests against corruption and repression that spread…

bubmagJanuary 16, 2020

Belfast

Bombardier suffers biggest tumble on record after sales warning – BNNBloomberg.ca

Bombardier Inc. fell the most on record after warning of disappointing fourth-quarter sales and revealing that it may exit a joint venture with Airbus SE that makes the A220 jetliner, potentially triggering a major writedown. A ramp-up in A220 production wil…

bubmagJanuary 16, 2020

Little Italy

Here’s what $200K buys in Chicago right now

VHT Studios Explore properties in Lakeview, Bronzeville, and the West Loop Welcome to Curbed Comparisons, a weekly column that explores what you can buy for a specific dollar amount in various Chicago ‘hoods. We found five homes at or around today’s price of …

bubmagJanuary 16, 2020

What Putin’s plans mean for Russia

Heartbreaking moment tiny orangutan cries and clings to its mother in Borneo

Working around Leviathan

Jillian Michaels shares old photo of herself at 175 pounds after criticizing Lizzo’s weight

Thrill One Sports & Entertainment Unites Nitro Circus, Street League Skateboarding and Superjacket Productions

Aardman and Greenpeace’s Endangered-Turtle Short Is Tragic

Groundhog years in Argentina

Rick Salutin: Has the end of ideology finally come? There’s reason to hope.

Bombardier suffers biggest tumble on record after sales warning – BNNBloomberg.ca

Here’s what $200K buys in Chicago right now

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