Bogus News Story Of The Day

I recommend reading this closely, looking for the weasel words: “Fact Check: Trump Misleads About The Times’s Reporting on Surveillance,” by Linda Qiu.

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‘Bro, I’m Going Rogue’: The Wall Street Informant Who Double-Crossed the FBI

A Norfolk doctor found a treatment for sepsis. Now he’s trying to get the ICU world to listen. I is skeptical, but I would like this to be investigated a little more even if only to debunk it.

Why American Farmers Are Hacking Their Tractors With Ukrainian Firmware

Not In The News But Should Be

Starving Yemen to Death. Mr. Larson has a strong political ax to grind that I find off putting. That said, if we had a real news media you would here more about Yemen at the very least. Even aside for humanitarian concerns, what is going on there has the possibility of effecting us all for years to come.

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Spiders could theoretically eat every human on Earth in one year. This is a kinda of bogus story that is typical of the Washington Post. Still, it is a nice collection of “facts” to keep on hand for use on those with certain phobias.

Bogus News Story Of The Day

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Wiping out crime: face-scanners placed in public toilet to tackle loo roll theft

Deadly, drug-resistant Candida yeast infection spreads in the US

Demonetisation Was Bad Economics But as an Act of Vigilantism it Served Modi Well Politically. Don’t know if I buy the explanation but I certainly find the whole situation puzzling.

Not In The News But Should Be

The Dangerous Precedent Set by Judicial Attacks on Trump’s Travel Ban

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Bogus News Story Of The Day

Nothing for today.

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Has OPEC Underestimated U.S. Shale Once Again?

Researchers prove the five second rule is real. Headline is bogus, research is just proving common sense.

German spy agency chief says does not believe Gulen behind Turkey coup attempt. Most common sense explanation for the coup attempt that I read.

Trump Says He Found Out He Was Being ‘Wiretapped’ After Reading New York Times Article

Donna Brazile finally admits she shared debate questions with Clinton campaign

Not In The News But Should Be

Charles Murray’s Attackers

Entertainment of the Day

I thought this was a cool amateur made video. I was disappointed to find out it was a game advertisement.

Bogus News Story Of The Day

How Many Foreign-Born Terrorists?

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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?

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

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Entertainment of the Day

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

Bogus News Story Of The Day

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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

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Entertainment of the Day

Bogus News Story Of The Day

We Used Terrible Science to Justify Smoking Bans. This article just points out a history of bogus stories.

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Flu vaccine is 48% effective this season, CDC says

Donald Trump’s pick for national security adviser ‘turns president down amid concern at obvious dysfunctionality’

Hackers demand $3.6m bitcoin ransom to unlock Los Angeles hospital medical records

IRS won’t withhold tax refunds if Americans ignore ACA insurance requirement

The enormous scale of the erosion problem at the Oroville Dam site

Workers at Boeing’s South Carolina plant reject union

Not In The News But Should Be

Schools in the US Are Beginning to Push Back Their Start Times

Entertainment of the Day

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