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Obamacare

A new fix for long-term care

As Americans live longer, more and more families are caring for older adults and facing tough financial circumstances that give rise to a bigger question: How will we as a nation care for a growing number of older people with complex needs once they can no lo…

bubmagJune 25, 2019

Orangutan

Smithsonian Channel(TM) Welcomes a New Class of Wildlife Stars in “Orangutan Jungle School”

SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL(TM) WELCOMES A NEW CLASS OF WILDLIFE STARS IN "ORANGUTAN JUNGLE SCHOOL" NEW SERIES FOLLOWING THE EDUCATION OF ORPHANED ORANGUTANS AVAILABLE TO STREAM FRIDAY, AUGUST 2 ON SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL PLUS NEW YORK - June 25, 2019 - Class is now …

bubmagJune 25, 2019

Star Wars

Star Wars furniture is here, and you probably can’t afford it

The lunchboxes and T-shirts from licensing the Star Wars brand have proven to be even bigger than the films themselves, creating $32 billion in revenue since the ’70s, compared to roughly $10 billion made by the movies (all adjusted for inflation). But for al…

bubmagJune 25, 2019

Putin

What Does Putin Really Want?

When I met Ruslan Pukhov, director of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies, a military think tank, at the elegant Cafe Pushkin, he did not mince words. Every time some Western observer says Russians did this, Russia did that, I say: You desc…

bubmagJune 25, 2019

Palestine

The architects behind the US plan for Middle East peace

There are at least three things that Jared Kushner, David Friedman and Jason Greenblatt all have in common. One is that they are all Orthodox Jews, and another is that prior to their appointment as officials in the Trump administration, all three men had no p…

bubmagJune 25, 2019

Bubble

Tech Veteran Tej Kohli Calls for a Democratisation of AI – Yahoo Finance

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- AI has the potential to become so manifest and omnipresent that the global AI economy could be worth $150 trillion by 2025. But too much hype in the absence of AI products undermines the cultural enthusiasm that will be vital to en…

bubmagJune 25, 2019

SpaceX

SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket Lofts 24 Satellites in 1st Night Launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX marked a milestone today as the company's Falcon Heavy megarocket successfully lofted two dozen satellites into orbit. The rocket blasted off from Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) here at 2:30 a.m. EDT on June 25 (06…

bubmagJune 25, 2019

Android

Toy Story, Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo, Coco, Wall-E, Inside Out: Ranking the ten best Pixar films

In 1990, the Steve Jobs backed Pixar studio recorded a net loss of close to $8 million. The following year, the entire hardware division was laid off, all software development shut down. Four years later, with the help of a restraining yet life-saving contrac…

bubmagJune 25, 2019

Palestine

The slumlords’ peace

We Palestinians thought we had it bad the past 25 years since the signing of the Oslo Accords under the reign of American and Israeli technocrats and "security experts". And with good reason. This revolving door of Foggy Bottom "doves", Arlington spooks and …

bubmagJune 25, 2019

Palestine

Money can’t ‘fix’ Palestine’s occupied economy

This week the much-awaited Bahrain workshop is to take place in Manama, with various Arab and Western officials in attendance. The event is supposed to present the new economic plan for the occupied Palestinian territories, besieged Gaza and the wider region,…

bubmagJune 25, 2019

A new fix for long-term care

Smithsonian Channel(TM) Welcomes a New Class of Wildlife Stars in “Orangutan Jungle School”

Star Wars furniture is here, and you probably can’t afford it

What Does Putin Really Want?

The architects behind the US plan for Middle East peace

Tech Veteran Tej Kohli Calls for a Democratisation of AI – Yahoo Finance

SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket Lofts 24 Satellites in 1st Night Launch

Toy Story, Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo, Coco, Wall-E, Inside Out: Ranking the ten best Pixar films

The slumlords’ peace

Money can’t ‘fix’ Palestine’s occupied economy

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