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2020’s Plague of Locusts: Updates on Africa and Pakistan (and China)
A reminder of what a truly devastating plague looks like.

BIRTH OF A VIRUS …

The vote vindicates the theory of Mats Järlström, who was fined $500 by the Oregon State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying for publicly criticizing traffic light timing without first obtaining a professional engineering license.

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“An unnamed Turkish official told the Reuters news agency that Turkey had decided to no longer stop Syrian refugees from reaching Europe by land or by sea. The move is widely seen as an attempt to pressure Western intervention in the conflict.” More detail on the escalating fighting here.

Feds Back Off Jailing Michael Flynn After Stunning New Evidence That Gov’t ‘Lied’ and ‘Framed’ Him

Heaven Protect Us From Men Who Live the Illusion of Danger: Pete Buttigieg and the US Military

Coronavirus: the new disease Covid-19 explained

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Although I can’t honestly say I care about this one way or another, this is a good primer as to why New York can’t get anything done for those who have not already experienced it first hand. Why congestion pricing might be delayed

What could go wrong? Russia lends Egypt $25 billion for Dabaa nuclear power plant

Worth a try, but if justice was really the concern this would not have been needed. So one suspects that Judges will ignore this. Musicians Algorithmically Generate Every Possible Melody, Release Them to Public Domain