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China's Strategy

China’s Xi gets tougher on Trump after new tariff threat

BEIJING - Facing another U.S. tariff hike, Chinese President Xi Jinping is getting tougher with Washington instead of backing down. Beijing fired what economists called a warning shot at Washington by letting its yuan currency weaken in response to President…

bubmagAugust 13, 2019

China's Strategy

China’s Xi gets tougher on Trump after new tariff threat

Facing another U.S. tariff hike, Chinese President Xi Jinping is getting tougher with Washington instead of backing down. Beijing fired what economists called a "warning shot" at Washington by letting its yuan currency weaken in response to President Donald …

bubmagAugust 13, 2019

Christianity

America’s True Religion Is Destroying Our Collective Soul

When I was a teenager in the 1970s, I looked to the heavens: to God and Christianity (as arbitrated by the Catholic Church) and to the soaring warbirds of the U.S. military, which I believed kept us safe. To my mind then, they were classic manifestations of A…

bubmagAugust 13, 2019

Neymar

Bayern interested in Coutinho

Bayern Munich are interested in signing Philippe Coutinho on loan, should he not be involved in a potential swap deal with Paris Saint-Germain which would involve Neymar returning to Barcelona, according to Sky in Germany. The Bundesliga club are closely mon…

bubmagAugust 13, 2019

Yellow Vests

Hong Kong phooey! Would you like any hypocrisy with that?

Some have lost eyes and hands in the police response. The public has begun to view the smell of tear gas as a normal part of a weekend in Paris. France is 29 miles from the coast of England. Siri just told me that “Hong Kong is about 5,992 miles…

bubmagAugust 13, 2019

New York City

What’s in Your Neighborhood, Brad Ascalon?

Brad Ascalon, of Brad Ascalon Studio NYC, believes in design that is uncomplicated, rational, and that manages to find the perfect balance of form, function, and concept. Immersed in the world of art and design from an early age, Ascalon is a third-generation…

bubmagAugust 13, 2019

Global Warming

Japanese Whaling Is Not the Greatest Threat to Whale Conservation

In July, Japan resumed commercial whaling after a three-decade hiatus. Many Western nations and organizations condemned the move. Although I would personally prefer that no nation engage in commercial whaling, I find it hypocritical that many Americans and Ca…

bubmagAugust 13, 2019

Chinese Expansionism

How The U.S. Army Can Play A Much Bigger Pacific Role Deterring China

The main focus of U.S. defense strategy has shifted from defeating violent extremiststerroriststo opposing aggression by other great powers. Those other powers are understood to be China and Russia. Pentagon planners now spend much of their time figuring out …

bubmagAugust 13, 2019

Privacy Concerns

YouTube Temporarily Deletes Chris Cuomo’s ‘Fredo’ Meltdown, Claims ‘Bullying’ Label Was a Mistake

Watch the reinstated video, posted by YouTuber “THAT’S THE POINT with Brandon:” Google-owned video-sharing platform YouTube recently removed footage of an altercation between CNN host Chris Cuomo and a member of the public who referred to him as “Fredo,” a r…

bubmagAugust 13, 2019

Putin

16 Million Could Cast Paperless Ballots Vulnerable To Hacking

WASHINGTON (AP) More than one in 10 voters could cast ballots on paperless voting machines in the 2020 general election, according to a new analysis, leaving their ballots more vulnerable to hacking. A study released by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU …

bubmagAugust 13, 2019

China’s Xi gets tougher on Trump after new tariff threat

China’s Xi gets tougher on Trump after new tariff threat

America’s True Religion Is Destroying Our Collective Soul

Bayern interested in Coutinho

Hong Kong phooey! Would you like any hypocrisy with that?

What’s in Your Neighborhood, Brad Ascalon?

Japanese Whaling Is Not the Greatest Threat to Whale Conservation

How The U.S. Army Can Play A Much Bigger Pacific Role Deterring China

YouTube Temporarily Deletes Chris Cuomo’s ‘Fredo’ Meltdown, Claims ‘Bullying’ Label Was a Mistake

16 Million Could Cast Paperless Ballots Vulnerable To Hacking

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