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Hear Trump’s 2008 comment on impeachment

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bubmagDecember 19, 2019

Putin

Russia to appeal against four-year ban from major sporting events for doping offences

Athletes will not be allowed to compete under the Russian flag at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics or Beijing 2022 Winter Games Russia is set to appeal against the decision to ban it from all major sporting events for four years. Its anti-doping agency, Rusada, says…

bubmagDecember 19, 2019

The Queen

Killing the Queen, John Lennon’s murder, and William Shatner’s talking horses in this week’s dubious tabloids

The phrase You couldnt make this shit up clearly hasnt reached the corridors of power at the tabloids, where they can, and do. This weeks stories often fly in the face of reality, or appear to be ancient tales that have been stuck in an editors bottom draw f…

bubmagDecember 19, 2019

Bubble

4 Careers for People Who Are Easily Distracted

Executive Summary If you’re someone who’s prone to mind-wandering, you may want to pick a job or career that provides the right amount of distractions for your natural temperament. Few career paths will provide you with more variety than entrepreneurship. Fr…

bubmagDecember 19, 2019

Putin

Vladimir Putin’s response to the historic impeachment vote against Trump is basically a pro-Trump talking point

Putin Alexei NikolskyTASS via Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin defended President Donald Trump on Thursday after the US House of Representatives passed a historic impeachment vote. Trump, who has faced intense scrutiny over h…

bubmagDecember 19, 2019

Air Pollution

Depression and Suicide Linked To Air Pollution In New Global Study

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: People living with air pollution have higher rates of depression and suicide, a systematic review of global data has found. Cutting air pollution around the world to the EU's legal limit could prevent mil…

bubmagDecember 19, 2019

Scotland

The Strange Death of Social-Democratic England

Far-reaching though the effects of this moment in the Brexit story will be, the 2019 general election may change the landscape of British politics and the fabric of its society in even more profound and decisive ways. With renewed calls for a referendum on in…

bubmagDecember 19, 2019

Putin

Putin says Trump impeached over ‘invented reasons’ to remove him from office

MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed the impeachment case against President Donald Trump, accusing the Democratic Party of using "absolutely invented reasons" to try and remove him from office. Asked about the impeachment at his annual …

bubmagDecember 19, 2019

Blockchain

That $2B Ponzi scheme caught dumping Bitcoin just moved its $105M Ether stash

Just days after cryptocurrency analysts suggested that a $2 billion Chinese Ponzi scheme was stifling Bitcoins price, its enormous Ethereum stash is on the move. The transfer was detected by Twitter-based transaction monitor @whale_alert earlier today. In to…

bubmagDecember 19, 2019

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Six ‘solutions’ that won’t fix polarization

2016 was a year of reflection. Many were caught off guard by the American Presidential Election and the EU referendum in the UK. The three years since have entrenched our allegiances with our own sides, but solving polarization will not be as easy as Boris Jo…

bubmagDecember 19, 2019

Hear Trump’s 2008 comment on impeachment

Russia to appeal against four-year ban from major sporting events for doping offences

Killing the Queen, John Lennon’s murder, and William Shatner’s talking horses in this week’s dubious tabloids

4 Careers for People Who Are Easily Distracted

Vladimir Putin’s response to the historic impeachment vote against Trump is basically a pro-Trump talking point

Depression and Suicide Linked To Air Pollution In New Global Study

The Strange Death of Social-Democratic England

Putin says Trump impeached over ‘invented reasons’ to remove him from office

That $2B Ponzi scheme caught dumping Bitcoin just moved its $105M Ether stash

Six ‘solutions’ that won’t fix polarization

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