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Unwelcome Refugees

Key Words: Dalai Lama says Trump lacks ‘moral principle’ and questions his emotional health

This spiritual leader has little faith in Donald Trump. The Dalai Lama told the BBC in an interview aired Thursday that the U.S. president has displayed a lack of moral principle during his first two-plus years in office. But I think lack of …

bubmagJune 27, 2019

eSports

Razer DeathAdder hits 10 million sold, big Prime Day discount planned

One of our top picks for the best PC gaming mice has crossed a major milestone. Razer revealed today that its popular DeathAdder has surpassed 10 million units sold, and it's gearing up to celebrate with a major discount.The DeathAdder line is actually made u…

bubmagJune 27, 2019

Economic Bubble

The Real Reason Why The Fed Isn’t Cutting Interest Rates

by Brandon Smith In an article published in September 2015 titled The Real Reason Why The Fed Will Raise Interest Rates I outlined a kind of economic war game, a predictive theory in which the Federal Reserve would hike rates into clear economic weakness in …

bubmagJune 27, 2019

Virtual Reality

Exclusive: We Learn More About New ‘Game of Thrones’ Mobile Game ‘Beyond the Wall’

A few weeks ago we told you about a new Game of Thronesvirtual reality game, one of multiple Game of Thrones projects aiming to keep the valuable #brand alive now that the TV has ended with a whimper. Its called Game of Thrones Beyond the Wall. Now, we have …

bubmagJune 27, 2019

Christianity

Christian Writer: It’s Not Fair How LGBTQ People Get Recognized 163 Days a Year

How many days a year do we spend celebrating LGBTQ people? (By “we,” I mean a small fraction of the country. By “celebrating,” I mean doing a little silent head nod and saying, “oh, that’s nice.”) According to Jonathon Clay de Hale, writing for the Christia…

bubmagJune 27, 2019

Boeing 737max

Slog AM: Supreme Court Supports Political Gerrymandering, Inslee Doesn’t Do Much in Dem Debate, A $550,000 Ballard Toilet

BREAKING: Supreme Court votes to support gerrymandering: The Supreme Court just ruled in a 5-4 vote that federal courts have no role in policing partisan redistricting. That means that the party that controls the legislature controls drawing the voting maps t…

bubmagJune 27, 2019

Monsanto

Can we untangle the bad associations of GMOs?

Two things go together in the public mind: GMOs and Monsanto. I haven’t been a major crusader for GMOs, but whenever I’ve mentioned them (and my positive views toward them), I get emails accusing me of being a shill for Monsantobut I detest the greedy corpora…

bubmagJune 27, 2019

Tayyip Erdogan

Istanbul’s new mayor formally takes office: witness

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Istanbul’s new mayor Ekrem Imamoglu formally took office on Thursday, a Reuters witness said, days after dealing President Tayyip Erdogan a stinging electoral blow in the re-run of a mayoral election that was seen as a test for Turkey’s d…

bubmagJune 27, 2019

Refugees Welcome

Environmentalism is emerging as Europe’s new culture war

IN THREE DIRECTIONS pine forests, bone dry in the scorching weather, disappear into the horizon of the central Polish plain. To the south is the lunar landscape of a city-sized opencast lignite mine. A tangle of conveyors carries the coal up to Elektrownia Be…

bubmagJune 27, 2019

Matteo Salvini

An idea for a parallel currency resurfaces in Italy

GOVERNMENTS IN FISCAL distress sometimes find creative ways to pay the bills. Revolutionary France sold bonds secured against land confiscated from the Catholic church; America used paper bills to fund its war of independence. In 2001 Argentina issued IOUs, a…

bubmagJune 27, 2019

Key Words: Dalai Lama says Trump lacks ‘moral principle’ and questions his emotional health

Razer DeathAdder hits 10 million sold, big Prime Day discount planned

The Real Reason Why The Fed Isn’t Cutting Interest Rates

Exclusive: We Learn More About New ‘Game of Thrones’ Mobile Game ‘Beyond the Wall’

Christian Writer: It’s Not Fair How LGBTQ People Get Recognized 163 Days a Year

Slog AM: Supreme Court Supports Political Gerrymandering, Inslee Doesn’t Do Much in Dem Debate, A $550,000 Ballard Toilet

Can we untangle the bad associations of GMOs?

Istanbul’s new mayor formally takes office: witness

Environmentalism is emerging as Europe’s new culture war

An idea for a parallel currency resurfaces in Italy

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