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Refugees

Why Palestinian refugees in Lebanon are protesting

Thousands of Palestinian refugees continued protesting in and around their camps on Friday to demand that the Lebanese government end its requirement that they must obtain a work permit in order to gain employment. The intensifying protests were triggered by…

bubmagJuly 20, 2019

Bees

Bill To Reinstate Obama Pesticide Ban Ignores Science

Skip to comments. Bill To Reinstate Obama Pesticide Ban Ignores ScienceTownhall.com ^ | July 20, 2019 | Paul Driessen Posted on 07/20/2019 4:18:30 AM PDT by Kaslin The battle over neonicotinoid pesticides rages on. In response to one of many collusive …

bubmagJuly 20, 2019

Obamacare

Radical or Incremental? What’s Really In Joe Biden’s Health Plan

Opponents running to Joe Biden's left say his health plan for America merely "tinkers around the edges" of the Affordable Care Act. But a close read reveals some initiatives in Biden's plan that are so expansive they might have trouble passing even a Congress…

bubmagJuly 20, 2019

Super Heroes

Marvel Memories: See Your Favorite Heroes’ Comic-Con Appearances Over the Years

Jason Merritt/FilmMagic Stan Lee In this photo, the now-late comic book icon is presented with the "All Time Marvel Legend Award" at Comic-Con 2007. Spencer Weiner/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Gwyneth Paltrow & Robert Downey Jr. Back to where i…

bubmagJuly 20, 2019

Singapore

Links 7/20/19

Naked man visits shops in Bennington Vermont Reformer (resilc) Historic heat wave is double whammy for climate change The Hill. Ahem, the extent of the heat wave is unusual, but at least in NYC, the top temps aren’t. The high will be 99 on Sat. So? When I ca…

bubmagJuly 20, 2019

Machine Learning

FaceApp Makes Today’s Privacy Laws Look Antiquated

Americans give billions of dollars a year to industries that promise to make them look younger. FaceApp became wildly popular, seemingly overnight, for doing the exact opposite. Applying a filter powered by artificial intelligence, the photo-editing app modif…

bubmagJuly 20, 2019

Super Heroes

What Is the Greatest Superhero Costume on TV?

Warner Bros. Television WORST: Wonder Woman on Wonder Woman We know we all agreed to forget this 2011 TV movie ever happened, but how could we curate a list of the best and worst superhero costumes on TV and not award this epic fail the last place spot?! Ad…

bubmagJuly 20, 2019

Holocaust

The Woman at the Center of Trump’s Iran Policy

This summer, tankers are exploding, disappearing, or getting seized near the Gulf; drones are getting destroyed in tit-for-tat attacks; and a war of words and tweets is erupting between Donald Trump and Iran’s supreme leader. That’s where all the drama is, bu…

bubmagJuly 20, 2019

Yemen Civil War

Saudi-led alliance launches airstrikes on Yemen’s rebel capital

The Saudi-led coalition on Saturday unleashed airstrikes on rebel positions in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, Saudi state television reported early on Saturday. Local residents described hearing powerful explosions as a result of an aerial bombardment that tar…

bubmagJuly 20, 2019

Neymar

Marcelo Insists Neymar’s Barcelona Past Would Be No Barrier to Real Madrid Move

Real Madrid defender Marcelo has admitted that he'd like to link up Brazil international Neymar in the Spanish capital, with Paris Saint-Germain's poster boy continuing to be linked with a move away from Ligue 1 this summer. It's expected that Neymar will re…

bubmagJuly 20, 2019

Why Palestinian refugees in Lebanon are protesting

Bill To Reinstate Obama Pesticide Ban Ignores Science

Radical or Incremental? What’s Really In Joe Biden’s Health Plan

Marvel Memories: See Your Favorite Heroes’ Comic-Con Appearances Over the Years

Links 7/20/19

FaceApp Makes Today’s Privacy Laws Look Antiquated

What Is the Greatest Superhero Costume on TV?

The Woman at the Center of Trump’s Iran Policy

Saudi-led alliance launches airstrikes on Yemen’s rebel capital

Marcelo Insists Neymar’s Barcelona Past Would Be No Barrier to Real Madrid Move

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