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The Hong Kong protesters deserve Britain’s full support

When the tanks were rolling into Tiananmen Square and the Cold War hadnt yet formally come to an end, it seemed obvious: freedom and democracy were prerequisites for economic success. Yet over the past three decades, China has challenged that notion by creati…

bubmagJuly 4, 2019

Water Pollution

Uranium among contaminants sparking proposed bore water ban

Posted July 04, 2019 11:53:07 About 1,500 Adelaide residents and businesses have been told not to use groundwater because of contamination from uranium and degreasing chemicals. Key points: A groundwater ban is proposed for most of the Adelaide s…

bubmagJuly 4, 2019

Plastic Pollution

A Hurricane-Proof House

This house, at first glance, looks like it is made from wood. However, this house is really made from 600,000 recycled plastic bottles. These bottles were shredded, melted, and then made to be a wall six inches thick. The house also has hidden advantages over…

bubmagJuly 4, 2019

Blame America Too for Our Ruptured Relations With the Chinese

BEIJING Hanging out in China for a couple weeks is an experience. Beijing feels a lot like a Western city: tall buildings, horrid traffic, distinct neighborhoods, lots of money. You come across the full range of peoplefunny, friendly, officious, nervous, help…

bubmagJuly 4, 2019

Xi Jinping

Trump presses President Xi Jinping on detainment of Canadians Kovrig, Spavor, officials say – The Globe and Mail

U.S. President Donald Trump pressed his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on the cases of two Canadians detained by China in apparent retaliation for Canadas arrest of a Chinese telecom executive on an American arrest warrant, Canadian sources say. Senior Canad…

bubmagJuly 4, 2019

Feudalism

Make America Good Again

When America passes away (as she must) in a hundred or a thousand years, how will she be remembered? Most conservatives suspect were living in the twilight of a new Rome. Like the old Rome, we got our start as a cultural backwater. We came to flourish, again…

bubmagJuly 4, 2019

Super Komachi

Japan orders over a million to evacuate amid torrential rains

Japanese authorities have issued evacuation orders for more than one million people in southern parts of the country hit by heavy rains, a year after deadly floods killed more than 200 people. Small landslides were already being reported in parts of the affe…

bubmagJuly 4, 2019

Water Scarcity

India’s water policy is leaking: Water crisis is slowing growth and increasing disparity

THE worlds water crisis is quickly worsening and at an extremely worrying pace. Worldwide, around four billion people live in water-scarce areas with about 844 million people without access to clean water. India has been worst hit and is experiencing the mo…

bubmagJuly 4, 2019

Yellow Vests

France: The Real Emmanuel Macron

Skip to comments. France: The Real Emmanuel MacronGatestone Institute ^ | July 3, 2019 at 5:00 am | Guy Millire Posted on 07/03/2019 5:53:41 PM PDT by robowombat France: The Real Emmanuel Macron by Guy Millière July 3, 2019 at 5:00 am https://www.gates…

bubmagJuly 4, 2019

Holocaust

The Joys of Raising First-Generation Americans

At home, my parents were loving but firm; societal expectations prevailed. I was potty trained in infancy, taught always to be polite Please and Thank you, Have a nice day. I chewed with my mouth closed. My family left the Soviet Union in May of 1989, after …

bubmagJuly 4, 2019

The Hong Kong protesters deserve Britain’s full support

Uranium among contaminants sparking proposed bore water ban

A Hurricane-Proof House

Trump presses President Xi Jinping on detainment of Canadians Kovrig, Spavor, officials say – The Globe and Mail

Make America Good Again

Japan orders over a million to evacuate amid torrential rains

India’s water policy is leaking: Water crisis is slowing growth and increasing disparity

France: The Real Emmanuel Macron

The Joys of Raising First-Generation Americans

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