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How these well-intended political reforms landed us with Donald Trump

Americans have been driven to extremes in our political discourse. But many of these extreme stances started out with well-intentioned motives. As a founder of a series of live debates that provide a zone for respectful dialogueand respectful disagreementbet…

bubmagSeptember 30, 2019

Protectionism

Trump Will Fail on China Trade War, but Progressive Democrats Must Carry On the Fight

President Trump has now delayed imposition of $250 billion worth of tariffs on China yet again, from October 1 to October 15, as a supposed goodwill gesture. This will only confirm Beijing’s view of Trump as weak, vacillating, and easily manipulated. Of all …

bubmagSeptember 30, 2019

Targeted Killings

Don’t Just Call Them ‘Drones’: A Layperson’s Guide To Military Unmanned Systems On Air, Land And Sea

PORTLAND, Ore. (Apr. 7, 2016) Sea Hunter, an entirely new class of unmanned ocean-going vessel gets ... underway on the Willamette River following a christening ceremony in Portland, Ore. Part the of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)'s…

bubmagSeptember 30, 2019

Silk Road

The Future of Silk

On March 16, 1897, in a dusty Chicago square, an expert shot walked eight paces, raised his revolver and fired at the chest of the Reverend Casimir Zeglen. A 35-year-old priest then serving at St. Stanislaus' Roman Catholic Church in the city, Zeglen was hit …

bubmagSeptember 30, 2019

Black Hole

Weird Black Hole Physics Revealed in NASA Visualization

Black holes on your mind? You're in luck because NASA has a new visualization showing how these immense objects work. Black holes are regions of extremely high density that warp space around them to such an extent that it traps matter and light. If any obj…

bubmagSeptember 30, 2019

Recycling

Is that design biodegradable? It’s complicated

If you order take-out from an eco-friendly restaurant, you might find your meal accompanied by compostable plastic cutlery. Some fashion brands now deliver your clothes in clear biodegradable plastic packaging. And if you’re out shopping on the High Street in…

bubmagSeptember 30, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi

The secret tapes of the Jamal Khashoggi murder, one year on [Followup]

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bubmagSeptember 30, 2019

Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey vows to keep investigating Jamal Khashoggi’s killing

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) Days ahead of the anniversary of the grisly slaying of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday that his country will press ahead with efforts to shed light on the killing. In a Washington Post …

bubmagSeptember 30, 2019

Water Pollution

Iran-US tensions threaten fragile stability in Iraq, amid army dismissals and restructuring

Lieutenant General Abdul Wahab al-Saadi was the great Iraqi military hero of the war against Isis, leading the assault on Mosul which recaptured the de facto Isis capital after a nine-month siege in 2017. But at the weekend he was suddenly removed as the com…

bubmagSeptember 30, 2019

Barack Obama

Impeachment whine: Trump thinks Republicans weren’t tough on Obama. Believe me, we were.

President Donald Trump started his Saturday morning routine with a tweet: Can you imagine if these Do Nothing Democrat Savages, people like Nadler, Schiff, AOC Plus 3, and many more, had a Republican Party who would have done to Obama what the Do Nothings are…

bubmagSeptember 30, 2019

How these well-intended political reforms landed us with Donald Trump

Trump Will Fail on China Trade War, but Progressive Democrats Must Carry On the Fight

Don’t Just Call Them ‘Drones’: A Layperson’s Guide To Military Unmanned Systems On Air, Land And Sea

The Future of Silk

Weird Black Hole Physics Revealed in NASA Visualization

Is that design biodegradable? It’s complicated

The secret tapes of the Jamal Khashoggi murder, one year on [Followup]

Turkey vows to keep investigating Jamal Khashoggi’s killing

Iran-US tensions threaten fragile stability in Iraq, amid army dismissals and restructuring

Impeachment whine: Trump thinks Republicans weren’t tough on Obama. Believe me, we were.

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