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Slavery Abolition

Inflammatory Impeachment Rhetoric Threatens Irreparable Divide

WHITE HOUSE - U.S. President Donald Trump and some who want him impeached are trading accusations of treason" and threats to national security amid warnings from analysts that such language could fuel irreparable harm to the nation's civil and political fabri…

bubmagOctober 2, 2019

Monsanto

How Media Watchdogs Became Industry Lapdogs

The press plays an enormously important role in our society. It informs us about important events and reveals problems we might not have been aware of before. At least that's the theory. Sadly, while the free press of the past indeed served the role of watchd…

bubmagOctober 2, 2019

Bubble

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy : 40 years of parody and predictions

Warwick Davis, Martin Freeman, Sam Rockwell and Mos Def in the 2005 film adaptation of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.Credit: Entertainment Pictures/Alamy The Hitchhikers Guide to the GalaxyDouglas Adams Pan (1979) It begins simply. Far out in the unch…

bubmagOctober 2, 2019

Bubble

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy : 40 years of parody and predictions

Warwick Davis, Martin Freeman, Sam Rockwell and Mos Def in the 2005 film adaptation of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.Credit: Entertainment Pictures/Alamy The Hitchhikers Guide to the GalaxyDouglas Adams Pan (1979) It begins simply. Far out in the unch…

bubmagOctober 2, 2019

Nukes

North Korea fired at least one projectile off east coast: South Korea – Global News

North Korea on Wednesday fired at least one projectile toward its eastern sea, South Korea’s military said, in an apparent display of its expanding military capabilities ahead of planned nuclear negotiations with the United States this weekend. South Korea’s…

bubmagOctober 2, 2019

Jerusalem Controversy

Demi Lovato goes on a spirituality quest and gets baptized in Israel’s Jordan River

Demi Lovato took a major step in her quest for spirituality and a heightened sense of connection to her family heritage. The pop star - who suffered a near-fatal drug overdose in July of 2018 - recently took a trip to Israel and was 'baptized in the Jordan R…

bubmagOctober 2, 2019

Self-driving Vehicles

What links Silicon Valley and tinned food?

Image copyrightGetty Images If you played a word-association game with the phrase "Silicon Valley", you would be unlikely to come up with the phrase "tinned food". Silicon Valley stands for cutting-edge technology, bold ideas that change the world. Nobody …

bubmagOctober 2, 2019

Mexico Border Wall

Trump reportedly suggested shooting migrants in the legs and filling a moat with snakes or alligators to fortify the border wall

President Donald Trump, at the height of his fury over a springtime influx of migrants, suggested shooting migrants in the legs to prevent them from crossing into the United States, The New York Times reported Tuesday, citing a dozen sources from the White Ho…

bubmagOctober 2, 2019

Barack Obama

Trump Campaign and R.N.C. Raise $125 Million in Third Quarter

Several Democratic candidates reported far smaller fund-raising amounts for the third quarter on Tuesday. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont reported bringing in $25.3 million; Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind., announced that he had raised $19.1 millio…

bubmagOctober 2, 2019

Chinese Economy

China Manufacturing PMI – Better Than We’d Thought, Trade Policy Still The Issue

Why Worry About China's Economy? There is a reasonable point to make, which is that we shouldn't worry ourselves over China's economy. Investment restrictions mean that very few of us are going to be sending capital into it. It's a long way away etc., and ev…

bubmagOctober 2, 2019

Inflammatory Impeachment Rhetoric Threatens Irreparable Divide

How Media Watchdogs Became Industry Lapdogs

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy : 40 years of parody and predictions

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy : 40 years of parody and predictions

North Korea fired at least one projectile off east coast: South Korea – Global News

Demi Lovato goes on a spirituality quest and gets baptized in Israel’s Jordan River

What links Silicon Valley and tinned food?

Trump reportedly suggested shooting migrants in the legs and filling a moat with snakes or alligators to fortify the border wall

Trump Campaign and R.N.C. Raise $125 Million in Third Quarter

China Manufacturing PMI – Better Than We’d Thought, Trade Policy Still The Issue

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