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Water Scarcity

How Private Equity Can Fight Climate Change

Guest Post by Jay Koh, Co-Founder and Managing Director of The Lightsmith GroupMany experts believe that the effects of climate change are already here. In 2016, the world experienced a record $175 billion in economic losses caused by natural disaste…

bubmagSeptember 24, 2019

Greta Thunberg

Laura Ingraham’s Brother Slams Host Over Greta Thunberg Comments – Newsweek

Laura Ingram has received a public dressing down from her brother Curtis after she compared Greta Thunberg and other climate change activists to the youngsters in Stephen King's Children of the Corn. Curtis Ingram posted his opinion of the conservative TV ho…

bubmagSeptember 24, 2019

Jerusalem Controversy

Women of the Wall reach out to Rabbi Rabinowitz… who doesn’t reply

The Women of the Wall prayer rights group reached out to administrator of the Western Wall Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz to meet with them ahead of Rosh Hashana so as to improve relations, but the rabbi is yet to respond to the group’s overture. Women of the Wall…

bubmagSeptember 24, 2019

Cold War

43 years ago, a US Cold War ally assassinated one of its biggest critics with a car bomb in the heart of Washington, DC

On September 21, 1976, a car bomb detonated in Sheridan Circle, in the heart of Embassy Row in Washington, DC. The car's windows shattered and floor panel blown off. The road in front of the Romanian Embassy was littered with blood and debris. Orlando Leteli…

bubmagSeptember 24, 2019

Greta Thunberg

Trump spent his night making fun of teen activist Greta Thunberg

Donald Trump spent Monday night working. Oh my god, kidding! He was up until midnight tweeting sarcastic comments about Greta Thunberg. Thunberg, a 16-year-old climate activist, delivered an emotional, now-viral speech at the U.N. Climate Summit on Monday, a…

bubmagSeptember 24, 2019

Greta Thunberg

Trump spent his night making fun of teen activist Greta Thunberg

Donald Trump spent Monday night working. Oh my god, kidding! He was up until midnight tweeting sarcastic comments about Greta Thunberg. Thunberg, a 16-year-old climate activist, delivered an emotional, now-viral speech at the U.N. Climate Summit on Monday, a…

bubmagSeptember 24, 2019

Animal Protection

Black panther stolen from zoo after being rescued from rooftops in French town

A black panther which caused panic after escaping in a northern French town last week has been stolen from the zoo it was taken to after being recaptured. The animal was kept as a pet by a resident in Armentieres, a town close to the Belgian border. It esca…

bubmagSeptember 24, 2019

Little Italy

Acclaimed Adda Team Brings Virtual Reality Dining to NYC

Chintan Pandya and Roni Mazumdar | Gary He/Eater Plus, a new hot pot spot is coming — and more intel Adda and James Beard have teamed up for virtual reality meals A limited string of meals in November and December will showcase how food and virtual reality ca…

bubmagSeptember 24, 2019

Drones

Cool Crowdfunding: Augmented Reality, Modular Build Plates, Vader, and Drones

We receive so many pitches for crowdfunding projects. They pour into our inbox daily. Since crowdfunding is a bit of a gamble, it is always kind of hard to determine just how to write about these projects, considering that many of them may not ever deliver. C…

bubmagSeptember 24, 2019

Feudalism

Why is Nancy Pelosi protecting Donald Trump?

Why is Nancy Pelosi protecting Donald Trump? Theres no point burbling about whether she is. From felony campaign finance violations, to collaborating with the Russians in the 2016 election, to multiple counts of obstructing justice, to emoluments-related sel…

bubmagSeptember 24, 2019

How Private Equity Can Fight Climate Change

Laura Ingraham’s Brother Slams Host Over Greta Thunberg Comments – Newsweek

Women of the Wall reach out to Rabbi Rabinowitz… who doesn’t reply

43 years ago, a US Cold War ally assassinated one of its biggest critics with a car bomb in the heart of Washington, DC

Trump spent his night making fun of teen activist Greta Thunberg

Trump spent his night making fun of teen activist Greta Thunberg

Black panther stolen from zoo after being rescued from rooftops in French town

Acclaimed Adda Team Brings Virtual Reality Dining to NYC

Cool Crowdfunding: Augmented Reality, Modular Build Plates, Vader, and Drones

Why is Nancy Pelosi protecting Donald Trump?

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