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Mexico Border Wall

Vigilantes Helped Steve Bannon’s Group With Private Border Wall Near El Paso

We Build the Walls search for land got help from the United Constitutional Patriots, or UCP, the armed vigilantes who made the news in April after videos revealed that they were capturing and terrorizing migrants near El Paso. Subsequently, the FBI announced …

bubmagMay 31, 2019

Climate Change

Trump’s Latest Attack on Federal Climate Science May Backfire

This story originally appeared on HuffPost and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As planet-warming gases reach levels not previously seen in human history, the Trump administrations bid to restrict how federal scientists conduct the next National Cl…

bubmagMay 31, 2019

Slavery Abolition

Lancaster film adds depth to portrait of James Buchanan; to be shown to Wheatland visitors

James Buchanan, wearing a top hat and cape-style overcoat, walks against the cold in front of his Wheatland mansion in Lancaster. His white-haired head is bent, and he wears a dejected expression. Its the early 1860s, and the 15th president of the United St…

bubmagMay 31, 2019

Trade War

China Creates ‘Unreliable Entity List’ of Foreign Companies Following U.S. Ban on Huawei

The Chinese government announced on Friday that it would create an Unreliable Entity List of foreign companies and individuals that threaten the interests of Chinese companies. The move appears to be direct retaliation for Huaweis placement on the U.S. Comm…

bubmagMay 31, 2019

Air Pollution

Ancient Roman air pollution caused climate change in Europe

When fire led to widespread cooling AF archive / Alamy Stock Photo By Michael Marshall The Roman Empire lit so many fires that the resulting air pollution cooled the climate in Europe. The finding adds to the evidence that human societies have been affect…

bubmagMay 31, 2019

Privacy Concerns

Foreign spies may be hiding in your VPN, warns DHS

Before we get into the latest scary-virtual private network (VPN) news, let’s do as Naked Security’s Paul Ducklin advises and repeat after him: A VPN doesnt magically improve security. All it really does is to make your VPN provider into your new ISP – your …

bubmagMay 31, 2019

Tayyip Erdogan

Whistled Turkish

« previous post | next post » Malin Fezehai, "In Turkey, Keeping a Language of Whistles Alive", NYT 5/30/2019: Muazzez Kocek, 46, is considered one of the best whistlers in Kuköy, a village tucked away in the picturesque Pontic Mountains in Turkeys norther…

bubmagMay 31, 2019

Julian Assange

Do not extradite tortured WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, U.N. expert says

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is suffering the symptoms of psychological torture and should not be extradited to the U.S., a United Nations torture expert will tell the U.K. government on Friday. Nils Melzer, special rapporteur on torture, will present hi…

bubmagMay 31, 2019

Belt and Road

Why the Trade Arithmetic Favors China

US President Donald Trumps decision to increase tariffs on Chinese goods risks disproportionately harming the US economy. Besides raising prices for American consumers, higher tariffs will make key production inputs more expensive or scarcer seriously damagin…

bubmagMay 31, 2019

Super Komachi

Japan is getting a new ultra-luxury train which will shown you unseen vistas of the country

Japan and its obsession with unique train concepts dont seem to end. After introducing several luxe locomotives with a few themed around Kyoto homes and the Pokémon, the country now sets on tracks its newest edition, the uber-luxurious -Toki no Yoake Monogata…

bubmagMay 31, 2019

Vigilantes Helped Steve Bannon’s Group With Private Border Wall Near El Paso

Trump’s Latest Attack on Federal Climate Science May Backfire

Lancaster film adds depth to portrait of James Buchanan; to be shown to Wheatland visitors

China Creates ‘Unreliable Entity List’ of Foreign Companies Following U.S. Ban on Huawei

Ancient Roman air pollution caused climate change in Europe

Foreign spies may be hiding in your VPN, warns DHS

Whistled Turkish

Do not extradite tortured WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, U.N. expert says

Why the Trade Arithmetic Favors China

Japan is getting a new ultra-luxury train which will shown you unseen vistas of the country

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