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Silk Road

The Bigger Picture: Trump didn’t Start America’s Decline, and Can’t Stop It

(Tomdispatch.com) – Donald Trump was partly voted into office by Americans who felt that the self-proclaimed greatest power on Earth was actually in decline — and they werent wrong. Trump is capable of tweeting many things, but none of those tweets will stop …

bubmagJuly 2, 2019

Julian Assange

The Torture of Julian Assange

In a few days July 4th will be upon us. We will hear endless nonsense from insouciant speakers and editorialists about what a great democracy we are, having won our freedom from being a British colony. One thing the United States most certainly is not is …

bubmagJuly 2, 2019

Hrant Dink

How Does the War on Terror Stack Up to Some of History’s Most Infamous Genocides?

The Merriam-Webster definition for genocide is "the deliberate and systematic destruction of a race, political or cultural group". The inheritors of the once-Ottoman now-Turkish state responsible for the Armenian Genocide still dispute the genocidal …

bubmagJuly 2, 2019

Black Hole

Black hole brings down curtain on jellyfish galaxy’s star turn

IMAGE: This is jellyfish galaxy JO201. view more Credit: Callum Bellhouse and the GASP collaboration The role of an excited black hole in the death of an exotic 'jellyfish' galaxy will be presented today (3 July) by Callum Bellhouse of the University of …

bubmagJuly 2, 2019

Christianity

Do the Gospels Borrow from Pagan Myths?

Its an accusation thats been around a long time. Even in ancient times, critics of Christianity noticed some parallels between Christian beliefs and pre-Christian myths. In the late second century, a pagan philosopher named Celsus charged, The Christians have…

bubmagJuly 2, 2019

Global Warming

Amount of Floating Antarctic Ice Plunges To Record Lows

The amount of ice circling Antarctica is suddenly plunging from a record high to record lows, baffling scientists. Floating ice off the southern continent steadily increased from 1979 and hit a record high in 2014. But three years later, the annual average ex…

bubmagJuly 2, 2019

Singapore

Thai Oil Giant Boosts Renewables Funding Over ‘Uncertain’ Crude Outlook

(Bloomberg) -- Follow Bloomberg on LINE messenger for all the business news and analysis you need. Thai energy conglomerate PTT Pcl is boosting investments in electricity generation, particularly renewables, given what it says is a highly uncertain outlook f…

bubmagJuly 2, 2019

Refugees

Fiona Apple is donating two years of ‘Criminal’ proceeds to border refugees

A group of lawmakers decried the conditions at the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol station in Clint, Texas following a visit organized by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. (July 1) AP, AP Fiona Apple is putting her "Criminal" to work. The musician took to…

bubmagJuly 2, 2019

Jerusalem Controversy

Get Featured: Cris Geelen

My name is Cristian Geelen and I am a photographer from Haarlem, the Netherlands. The real one. Not the one in New York City haha And mainly I keep myself busy with travel and documentary photography. Not only where I am from, but I try to see as much of…

bubmagJuly 2, 2019

Climate Change

Viewpoint: Why India’s Chennai has run out of water

Image copyrightGetty Images Chennai (formerly Madras), the capital of India's southern Tamil Nadu state, is gaining notoriety as the disaster capital of the world - floods one year, cyclone the next, and drought the year after. But it is not alone. Environme…

bubmagJuly 2, 2019

The Bigger Picture: Trump didn’t Start America’s Decline, and Can’t Stop It

The Torture of Julian Assange

How Does the War on Terror Stack Up to Some of History’s Most Infamous Genocides?

Black hole brings down curtain on jellyfish galaxy’s star turn

Do the Gospels Borrow from Pagan Myths?

Amount of Floating Antarctic Ice Plunges To Record Lows

Thai Oil Giant Boosts Renewables Funding Over ‘Uncertain’ Crude Outlook

Fiona Apple is donating two years of ‘Criminal’ proceeds to border refugees

Get Featured: Cris Geelen

Viewpoint: Why India’s Chennai has run out of water

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