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Blockchain

A quick overview of cryptocurrency whales, bears, and bulls

Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. The world of cryptocurrency can be confusing at the best of times, but if you throw in the terms whale, bear, and…

bubmagOctober 24, 2019

Obamacare

Planned Parenthood, Americas largest abortion provider, is being paid (by your tax dollars) to enroll people in ObamaCare. Californias ObamaCare exchange is paying Certified Enrolment Counselors, including 38 Planned Parenthood affiliates, $58 per person for…

bubmagOctober 24, 2019

Skateboard

Boy with cerebral palsy skateboards for first time

João Vicente, a 7-year-old boy from Brazil, has always dreamed of skateboarding. He's always been a happy, curious boy, who loves adrenaline, his mom, Lau Patron, told CBS News. However, João endured health problems when he was just 20 months old. His body c…

bubmagOctober 24, 2019

Trade War

Pence takes aim at China on Hong Kong in major policy speech

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday accused China of curtailing “rights and liberties” in Hong Kong in a wide-ranging critique of Beijing’s behavior but also insisted that the United States does not seek confrontation or to “de-couple…

bubmagOctober 24, 2019

Grexit

Greece Offers Incentives, Diverse Locations for International Productions

As they began preparing “The Trip to Greece,” the fourth installment in Michael Winterbottom’s acclaimed comedy franchise starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, the creative team returned to the time-tested formula that made the previous three chapters so succ…

bubmagOctober 24, 2019

Skateboard

Skatelab is an Example of How Museums Can Better Facilitate Active Relationships with the Public at Large

"Skatelab" received a Student Notable Built Environment Award in the 2019 Core77 Design Awards. "I am not a skater," clarifies designer Reina Imagawa. So when she devised of a project intent on challenging how the institutional space can relate to local skat…

bubmagOctober 24, 2019

Christianity

12 Surprising Facts About Viking Runestones

Vikings. The word evokes ferocious warriors, swords, battleaxes, and bloodthirsty raids. Most of what we know about the Vikings, however, are exaggerations written by people who encountered them. There is a way for us to hear the Vikings speak for themselves:…

bubmagOctober 24, 2019

Scotland

How a Band of Green Berets Went From Elite Warriors to Elite Bourbon Makers

October 24, 2019 7 min read Days after 9/11, while many Americans were watching the news in a state of shock and horror, a team of 12 Green Berets took action. They covertly entered Afghanistan and began to wage war against the Taliban ... on horseback. I…

bubmagOctober 24, 2019

Protectionism

Trump is the Most Principled President in Over a Century. And That’s Bad for All of Us | Opinion

The late Rodney Dangerfield joked, "I came from a broken home. I broke it." It's increasingly looking like President Trump owns an economy that if not quite broken, is cracked. And he broke it. He's now scrambling to undo the damage done by his trade policy a…

bubmagOctober 24, 2019

AR-15

An MLB umpire tweeted about buying an assault rifle over the impeachment inquiry

bubmagOctober 24, 2019

A quick overview of cryptocurrency whales, bears, and bulls

Boy with cerebral palsy skateboards for first time

Pence takes aim at China on Hong Kong in major policy speech

Greece Offers Incentives, Diverse Locations for International Productions

Skatelab is an Example of How Museums Can Better Facilitate Active Relationships with the Public at Large

12 Surprising Facts About Viking Runestones

How a Band of Green Berets Went From Elite Warriors to Elite Bourbon Makers

Trump is the Most Principled President in Over a Century. And That’s Bad for All of Us | Opinion

An MLB umpire tweeted about buying an assault rifle over the impeachment inquiry

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