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Slavery Abolition

O Billionaires!

by Howard Schultz, with Joanne Gordon Random House, 352 pp., $28.00 Howard Schultz; drawing by Mark Alan Stamaty Donald Trump, Michael Bloomberg, Howard Schultz: all three of these billionaire-politicians began their careers in that semicivilized field of …

bubmagMay 5, 2019

Silk Road

Links 5/5/19

‘His Legacy Lives On’: Pete Seeger Remembered on What Would Have Been 100th Birthday Common Dreams May 4, 1970: 49 years later at Kent State (The Rev Kev). Cleveland 19 News White Sands, New Mexico: Mesmerizing Landscape Photography by Navid Baraty Protogri…

bubmagMay 5, 2019

Slavery Abolition

‘Heartbeat Bills’ Are Wholesome Provocations in the Abortion Debate

While constitutional lawyers, ethicists, and theologians in descending order of importance in the abortion debate have been arguing in the 46 years since the Supreme Court attempted to settle the debate, some technologists have been making a consequential con…

bubmagMay 5, 2019

Slavery Abolition

‘Heartbeat Bills’ Are Wholesome Provocations in the Abortion Debate

A pro-life marcher holds a sign outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., March 2, 2016. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) One of their aims is to provoke thinking about the moral dimension of extinguishing a being with a visibly beating heart.While constitution…

bubmagMay 5, 2019

Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey will not bow to US sanctions over S-400: Vice president

Turkey will never bow to US sanctions over its agreement to purchase Russian S-400 defence systems, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said on Sunday in reference to a deal that has strained ties between the NATO allies. Washington has said the S-400s could c…

bubmagMay 5, 2019

Old-Age Poverty

Angela Merkel welcomed refugees to Germany. They’re starting to help the economy.

GARBSEN, Germany In his native Syria, Mohammed Kassim worked as an electrician. But having learned the trade informally, he lacked the credentials to show for it. Now, in his adopted homeland, 30-year-old Kassim is receiving the training he never had. And h…

bubmagMay 5, 2019

Brexit

Let’s make a Brexit deal, UK PM May tells Labour opposition

British Prime Minister Theresa May says her Conservative government and the opposition Labour Party have a duty to strike a compromise Brexit agreement to end months of political deadlock over Britain's exit from the European Union. Interested in Brexit? Ad…

bubmagMay 5, 2019

Korean Peace Talks

Kim Jong Un’s Weapon Test May Have Included Ballistic Missile

(Bloomberg) -- Kim Jong Un oversaw a live-fire military exercise Saturday that potentially included North Koreas first ballistic missile launch since 2017 -- challenging U.S. President Donald Trumps bottom line in nuclear talks. Kim watched as large-caliber,…

bubmagMay 5, 2019

Plastic Pollution

Your clothes are secretly polluting the environment. Here’s why you should be concerned.

The plastic bottles, straws and grocery bags that wash ashore on beaches are some of the most visible signs that societys intoxication with plastic is taking a toll on the environment. But scientists say there is another source of plastic pollution that is ju…

bubmagMay 5, 2019

Doping in Cycling

PEZ Bookshelf: Queens of Pain – Legends and Rebels of Cycling

Book Review: Is there a reasonable explanation why so little attention is paid to the ladies in cyclesport? A new book from Rapha.CC by Isabel Best brings new light to half-forgetten epic tales of women on wheels, women of enthusiasm, competitiveness and athl…

bubmagMay 5, 2019

O Billionaires!

Links 5/5/19

‘Heartbeat Bills’ Are Wholesome Provocations in the Abortion Debate

‘Heartbeat Bills’ Are Wholesome Provocations in the Abortion Debate

Turkey will not bow to US sanctions over S-400: Vice president

Angela Merkel welcomed refugees to Germany. They’re starting to help the economy.

Let’s make a Brexit deal, UK PM May tells Labour opposition

Kim Jong Un’s Weapon Test May Have Included Ballistic Missile

Your clothes are secretly polluting the environment. Here’s why you should be concerned.

PEZ Bookshelf: Queens of Pain – Legends and Rebels of Cycling

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