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Xi Jinping

North Korea, emboldened by Trump peril and Chinese allies, tries harder line

SEOUL (Reuters) - Successful sanctions evasion, economic lifelines from China and U.S. President Donald Trump’s impeachment woes may be among the factors that have emboldened North Korea in nuclear negotiations, analysts and officials say. Both Trump and No…

bubmagNovember 1, 2019

Moravec‘s Paradox

The 9 Biggest Technology Trends That Will Transform Medicine And Healthcare In 2020

Healthcare is an industry that is currently being transformed using the latest technology, so it can meet the challenges it is facing in the 21st century. Technology can help healthcare organizations meet growing demand and efficiently operate to deliver bett…

bubmagNovember 1, 2019

Chinese Economy

UPDATE 1-Macau casino revenue drops in October as territory marks Chinese anniversary

* Revenue at lower end of analyst expectations * High rollers stay away during Oct national holiday * U.S.-Sino trade war, weakening currency, protests weigh (Adds detail on revenues, context on Macau and China) By Farah Master HONG KONG, Nov 1 (Reuters) …

bubmagNovember 1, 2019

Bees

LEGO Mechanical Beehive

LEGO builder The Quinten has submitted a delightful, multi-layer Mechanical Beehive to LEGO Ideas. Projects that earn 10,000 votes are reviewed by LEGO experts for the potential of being produced. The video above provides a peek at the mechanisms that make it…

bubmagNovember 1, 2019

Christianity

Christianity at the Supreme Court: From Majority Power to Minority Rights

— Morgan Marietta, University of Massachusetts Lowell A movement for religious rights is transforming the place of religion in American public life. From the 1960s until very recently, liberals successfully argued at the Supreme Court that the tyranny of t…

bubmagNovember 1, 2019

Slavery Abolition

Filthy Presidentiad: Walt Whitman in the Age of Trump

Walt Whitman is two hundred years old in 2019and the bicentennial of democracys bard falls in the shadow of a demagogic presidency. John Marsh, in his book In Walt We Trust: How a Queer Socialist Poet Can Save America from Itself, has this to say about the p…

bubmagNovember 1, 2019

Hrant Dink

Ilhan Omar’s Anti-American, Pro-Islamic Polemic

Last week the House voted overwhelmingly (405-11) in favor of formally recognizing the Armenian Genocide, which was perpetrated by Ottoman Turks. Among those miniscule few to vote “present,” thereby abstaining from voting, was Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar. …

bubmagNovember 1, 2019

Fortnite

Ninja coming to London’s Microsoft Store for some Fortnite fun

Source: Mixer's Ninja announcement video Streaming giant Ninja is coming to the London Microsoft Store.Ninja will shout-cast Fortnite matches in which players can earn a "special prize."The events will take place from November 1-3 a…

bubmagNovember 1, 2019

Yellow Vests

Pepe Escobar: An Age Of Anger Explodes Across The Globe

Authored by Pepe Escobar via ConsortiumNews.com, The presidential election in Argentina pitted the people against neoliberalism and the people won. What happens next will have a tremendous impact all over Latin America and serve as a blueprint for assorted G…

bubmagNovember 1, 2019

Slavery Abolition

Why Those ‘Endless Wars’ Must Never End

Originally posted at TomDispatch. Here’s the strange thing for the self-proclaimed greatest power in history, the very one that, in this century, has been fighting a series of unending wars across significant parts of the planet: if you exclude Operati…

bubmagNovember 1, 2019

North Korea, emboldened by Trump peril and Chinese allies, tries harder line

The 9 Biggest Technology Trends That Will Transform Medicine And Healthcare In 2020

UPDATE 1-Macau casino revenue drops in October as territory marks Chinese anniversary

LEGO Mechanical Beehive

Christianity at the Supreme Court: From Majority Power to Minority Rights

Filthy Presidentiad: Walt Whitman in the Age of Trump

Ilhan Omar’s Anti-American, Pro-Islamic Polemic

Ninja coming to London’s Microsoft Store for some Fortnite fun

Pepe Escobar: An Age Of Anger Explodes Across The Globe

Why Those ‘Endless Wars’ Must Never End

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