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Refugees

More than 100 Hurricane Dorian survivors were kicked off a rescue ferry for not having a US visa, but officials say they should have been let in

More than 100 people trying to escape the devastation Hurricane Dorian wrought on the Bahamas were turned away from a rescue ferry Sunday night. The incident was caught on a video posted by Brian Entin, a reporter for Miami TV station WSVN. A ferry crew me…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

Cold War

During family ski trips Trump used to ‘jab at his children with a pole’ to get down the mountain first

President Donald Trump cultivated a "Darwinian dynamic" within his family as his children grew up, which at times involved poking his children with a pole to get ahead of them as they raced down the mountain on family ski trips, according to a lengthy report …

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

Is China’s ‘Social Credit’ System Coming to the West?

Skip to comments. Is China's 'Social Credit' System Coming to the West?American Thinker ^ | 09/09/2019 | H.K. Rivera Posted on 09/09/2019 7:40:45 AM PDT by SeekAndFind There exists in China a “Social Credit” system, which is used to decide an individua…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

Neymar

Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar Headline FIFA 20 Top 100 Player Ratings

Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images Barcelona's Lionel Messi will be the top-rated player to use in FIFA 20, narrowly beating out Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo by a single point. Paris Saint-Germain star Neymar completes the top three. Here are this year's top-…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

Machine Learning

Experiments Tracking and Model Deployment in CD4ML

Introduction and Definition In the famous Google paper published by Sculley et al. in 2015 "Hidden Technical Debt in Machine Learning Systems", they highlight that in real-world Machine Learning (ML) systems, only a small fraction is comprised of actua…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi

Germany plans to resume training border police in Saudi Arabia

Germany says it will resume training border police in Saudi Arabia, after suspending the practice following the killing last year of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. A spokesman for Germany’s Interior Ministry on Monday confirmed reports that the government has d…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

BUK-Missile

Inside Ukraine’s Secret Mission To Capture The MH17 ‘Suspect’ Traded With Russia

KYIV -- Their mission was top-secret: Slip into enemy territory undetected, capture their target, and return with him to Kyiv. They knew it would be dangerous but their superior said it was worth the risk, and the order came from the top. If successful, it co…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

Chinese Economy

Mnuchin Says US-China Trade War Has No Impact on US Economy, No Sign of Recession

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The United States economy is not affected by the ongoing trade war with China and does not show any signs of a possible recession, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Monday."It is fair to say it’s impacted the Chines…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

Climate Change

Ban Rich White Guys From Writing Their Thoughts About Climate Change

Inexplicably, Jonathan Franzen and the New Yorker have come back for another round of being complete dumbasses about climate change. In 2015, the novelist courted everyones wrath for publishing a New Yorker piece arguing we put more time into saving birds (w…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

Cold War

This was the fasted manned aircraft ever – Business Insider

The Cold War was a great time for NASA and the US Air Force. It seemed like they were able to do pretty much whatever they wanted in the interest of just seeing if they could do it. But the X-15 was much more than just a power play. Even…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

More than 100 Hurricane Dorian survivors were kicked off a rescue ferry for not having a US visa, but officials say they should have been let in

During family ski trips Trump used to ‘jab at his children with a pole’ to get down the mountain first

Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar Headline FIFA 20 Top 100 Player Ratings

Experiments Tracking and Model Deployment in CD4ML

Germany plans to resume training border police in Saudi Arabia

Inside Ukraine’s Secret Mission To Capture The MH17 ‘Suspect’ Traded With Russia

Mnuchin Says US-China Trade War Has No Impact on US Economy, No Sign of Recession

Ban Rich White Guys From Writing Their Thoughts About Climate Change

This was the fasted manned aircraft ever – Business Insider

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