News for Today (3/9/17)

Bogus News Story Of The Day

How Many Foreign-Born Terrorists?

In The News

Engineered to fail: Are IT recruits untrainable because they cheat in college?

U.S. oil exports are blowing past expectations

Assad’s Control Erodes as Warlords Gain Upper Hand

Not In The News But Should Be

Puerto Rico’s Daunting Fiscal Math (My View)

Entertainment of the Day

What if Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Had Swapped Genders?

News for Today (2/28/17)

Bogus News Story Of The Day

Fake News, Exposed. Just a reminder, but it should not surprise you.

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Alabama Committee Passes Bill to Eliminate Marriage Licenses, Nullify Federal Control in Practice. I don’t think the “nullify Federal Control” thing will work. But otherwise, it is the right way forwards. It will be interesting to see if it passes.

Ordering kiosks coming to 1,000 Wendy’s. Amusing how the article is careful to never mention minimum wage laws.

China considering offering financial incentives for second child. To late for that, but it is a sign that at least some people in power see the brick wall coming.

Superbug infections rising rapidly and spreading silently in kids. My money is that they are getting them at school. It is the best place after a hospital to get any other kind of bug so why not the super kind?

Two Fights: Pistol Defender vs. Multiple Rifles

Not In The News But Should Be

Nothing for Today.

Entertainment of the Day

Not really much different then the story trailer, but it is the launch trailer. That is the real news.

News for Today (2/27/17)

Bogus News Story Of The Day

Nothing for today

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New malaria vaccine is fully effective in very small clinical trial. Big news if it pans out.

Since its first meeting, the Coffin Club has helped hundreds craft their own caskets.

NHS staff ask ‘least bad’ patients to sleep in corridors amid hospital demand crisis

A Politician and an Ex-Hitman Take on Philippine Leader

Not In The News But Should Be

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Entertainment of the Day

News for Today (2/26/17)

Bogus News Story Of The Day

Sweden, Nation of Open Arms, Debates Implications of Immigration. The main reason that this article is bogus is that it talks like the data is not clear without ever acknowledging that Sweden does not collect data on who commits the crimes. Therefor the lack of data is a deliberate policy choice that feeds conspiracy theories. That said, Sweden’s over all crime rate is lower then the US so that point is still valid.

In The News

Is the Leading Theory About Alzheimer’s Wrong?

Who’s the Real “Deporter in Chief”?

Reducing Brazil’s pension burden

The Weird Economics Of Ikea

Not In The News But Should Be

Nothing for Today

Entertainment of the Day

News for Today (2/25/17)

Bogus News Story Of The Day

Nothing for Today.

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North Korea Warned to Cooperate over Killing of Kim Jong Nam With Nerve Agent

French human rights ‘at tipping point’ as state of emergency continues, says Amnesty International. It is things like this that you should remember when people tell you that Trump is a threat to the world order. France is already doing what Trump can never even dream of doing and it is all right because the right people are doing it.

Most scientists ‘can’t replicate studies by their peers’

Documents Indicate Germany Spied on Foreign Journalists

Not In The News But Should Be

Sanctimony Cities

Entertainment of the Day

Sagus Cliffs at Dawn

News for Today (2/23/17)

Bogus News Story Of The Day

How Left-Wing Media Overstates Number Of ‘Mass Shootings’ By Factor Of 10

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A.T.F. Filled Secret Bank Account With Millions From Shadowy Cigarette Sales

Update on lack of Chinese Residential Real Estate Buyers

Geert Wilders Follows the Trump Twitter Trail

Not In The News But Should Be

The Danger of Metastasis

Entertainment of the Day

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