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Boeing 737max

Fourth MC-21-300 Performs Maiden Flight

On December 25th 2019, the Russian airframer Irkut conducted the maiden flight of its fourth MC-21-300 test aircraft. The aircraft, with test registration 73056, departed from the airfield of Irkutsk Aviation Plant, located in the city of Irkutsk in Siberia…

bubmagDecember 27, 2019

Feudalism

Progressivism’s ‘Godless’ religion

"We are no longer under a Christian regime," said Pope Francis days ago, "because the faith especially in Europe but also in much of the West no longer constitutes an obvious premise of common life. On the contrary, it is even often denied, derided, marginali…

bubmagDecember 27, 2019

Venezuela

Opinion: Latin America’s upheaval tips towards chaos

At first glance, the protests in Ecuador, Chile, Bolivia and most recently Colombia seem to have much in common. They were largely peaceful demonstrations, with occasional instances of violence and vandalism and security forces suppressing any mayhem with an …

bubmagDecember 27, 2019

Skateboard

Police: 2 arrested over skateboarding on interstate bridge

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) Police on Thursday arrested a 26-year-old man accused of skateboarding on a Louisiana interstate bridge and a 34-year-old woman accused of taking a video of it later posted on Facebook. Louisiana State Police arrested Louis McGlone of…

bubmagDecember 27, 2019

Panda

Here are 330 apps and games available on Google Play Pass right now (Update: 6 more)

People have been wondering about the full roster of launch titles featured in Google Play Pass — supposedly, we've got over 350 of them to go through. Here's the thing: Google doesn't make it easy to suss out all of the apps participating in the program, whet…

bubmagDecember 26, 2019

Google

Stadia Pro’s free January games are ‘Rise of the Tomb Raider’ and ‘Thumper’

Google is bolstering Stadia Pro's 'free' game lineup once more, although you might not be quite so thrilled with the consequences. The game streaming service is adding both the adventure sequel Rise of the Tomb Raider and the rhythm title Thumper to its no-ex…

bubmagDecember 26, 2019

Paris

That’s How It’s Done

If we dont get it, shut it down is a staple call-and-response of worker protests for good reason. Even without a clear antecedent, the meaning is obvious to bosses: these are out demands. Meet them, or you may find the usual means of extracting profit difficu…

bubmagDecember 26, 2019

Trade War

Apple gains for a third day, putting it on track for its best yearly performance since 2009 (AAPL)

AP Photo/Richard Drew Apple gained as much as 1.7% during the day Thursday, the third straight day of gains for the company this week.The increase has solidified that Apple is on track for its best year since 2009. Apple has gained …

bubmagDecember 26, 2019

Electric Car

Marvel at this autonomous, drifting DeLorean

MARTY is the name of this 1981 DeLorean that researchers from Stanfords Dynamic Design Lab customized into a self-driving electric car. Now, Jon Goh and Tushar Goel have augmented MARTY so it's capable of drifting through a complicated driving course with inc…

bubmagDecember 26, 2019

Iran Liberalism

French, Australian academics jailed in Iran on hunger strike

PARIS -- A French-Iranian researcher locked up in Tehran's notorious Evin Prison has gone on a hunger strike along with an academic and co-prisoner from Australia, a rights group said. The hunger strikes by Iranian-born French researcher Fariba Adelkhah an…

bubmagDecember 26, 2019

Fourth MC-21-300 Performs Maiden Flight

Progressivism’s ‘Godless’ religion

Opinion: Latin America’s upheaval tips towards chaos

Police: 2 arrested over skateboarding on interstate bridge

Here are 330 apps and games available on Google Play Pass right now (Update: 6 more)

Stadia Pro’s free January games are ‘Rise of the Tomb Raider’ and ‘Thumper’

That’s How It’s Done

Apple gains for a third day, putting it on track for its best yearly performance since 2009 (AAPL)

Marvel at this autonomous, drifting DeLorean

French, Australian academics jailed in Iran on hunger strike

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