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Cold War

The Teens Are Making History on TikTok

In 1911, the San Francisco Examiner published a guide titled: How to Make Really Funny Jokes. According to author Professor Korski, a true joke is a very pleasant absurdity contrasting with ones habitual expectation. A joke does not merely cause laughter. Fal…

bubmagOctober 31, 2019

Korean Peace Talks

North Korea fires two unidentified projectiles towards East Sea: South military

Iran Press TV Thu Oct 31, 2019 09:38AM North Korea has launched two "unidentified projectiles" toward the Sea of Japan, the South Korean military says, an apparent resumption of weapons tests amid stalled nuclear talks with the United States. South Korea's…

bubmagOctober 31, 2019

Obamacare

Trump on Obamacare

bubmagOctober 31, 2019

Filter Bubble

Hillicon Valley: Zuckerberg to meet with civil rights leaders to discuss political ads | Senate bill targets ‘secret’ online algorithms | GitHub defends ICE contract | Former officials, lawmakers urge action on election security

Welcome to Hillicon Valley, The Hill's newsletter detailing all you need to know about the tech and cyber news from Capitol Hill to Silicon Valley. If you don't already, be sure to sign up for our newsletter with this LINK. Welcome! Follow the cyber team, Ma…

bubmagOctober 31, 2019

Korean War

Bacardi’s Head Honcho Once Tried to Bomb Castro’s Cuba

Beverage companies can go to great lengths to keep their goods flowing, especially when they run afoul of international geopolitics. In the Soviet Union, Pepsi accepted payment for cola concentrate in warships that it could sell for scrap, leading to reams of…

bubmagOctober 31, 2019

Holocaust

Florida principal fired after saying he couldn’t confirm Holocaust happened

A year after a Florida principal was unable to admit the reality of the Holocaust, his school district fired him. Now, he is just a Florida man. Former principal William Latson could not confirm the existence of the Holocaust in an email exchange with a pare…

bubmagOctober 31, 2019

Jerusalem Controversy

The hour of great people

All around the Jewish world, people dedicate the months of Elul and Tishrei to introspection and tshuva (repentance). This year, I would like to focus on the tshuva of the month of Heshvan, the tshuva of “after the High Holidays.” As we do every year, the Wes…

bubmagOctober 31, 2019

Boeing 737max

Qantas pulls three of its 737s after cracks found

Qantas has removed a third Boeing 737 aircraft from service after it found another structural crack. "Of the 33 of Qantas' 737 aircraft that required inspection, three were found to have a hairline crack in the pickle fork structure. These aircraft have bee…

bubmagOctober 31, 2019

Jerusalem Controversy

The lessons for Israel from the US abandonment of the Kurds

US President Donald Trump has hastily dispatched Vice President Mike Pence for urgent talks with Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan. These talks may have produced a 120-hour pause in the Turkish onslaught into the Kurdish areas, but it is too early to say wheth…

bubmagOctober 31, 2019

Water Scarcity

Surviving India’s Water Crisis

Earlier this year, another city ran out of water. This time it was Chennai, a metropolitan city in Southern India that is home to over ten million people. The city has been dependent on monsoon showers to fill up its reservoirs, which it primarily banks on to…

bubmagOctober 31, 2019

The Teens Are Making History on TikTok

North Korea fires two unidentified projectiles towards East Sea: South military

Trump on Obamacare

Hillicon Valley: Zuckerberg to meet with civil rights leaders to discuss political ads | Senate bill targets ‘secret’ online algorithms | GitHub defends ICE contract | Former officials, lawmakers urge action on election security

Bacardi’s Head Honcho Once Tried to Bomb Castro’s Cuba

Florida principal fired after saying he couldn’t confirm Holocaust happened

The hour of great people

Qantas pulls three of its 737s after cracks found

The lessons for Israel from the US abandonment of the Kurds

Surviving India’s Water Crisis

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