News for Today (2/26/17)

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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.

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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

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News for Today (2/25/17)

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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

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Sanctimony Cities

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News for Today (2/23/17)

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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

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The Danger of Metastasis

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News for Today (2/22/17)

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Nothing for today, because I am sick of them.

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After 32,000 Years, an Ice Age Flower Blooms Again
. That is if you believe the Russians. I would like an outside opinion before I get to excited.

Why Polls Differ On Trump’s Popularity

Poll: Americans overwhelmingly oppose sanctuary cities

A rant offered for your amusement.

Non-Zionist Israelis Struggle Against New Draft Law

No One Can Figure Out What’s Behind a Mysterious Radiation Spike Across Europe. Nothing to get excited about as the article makes clear.

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The Life and Death of Wasil, the Taliban-Hunting Child Warrior. I am not sure how much of this story is true and how much of it is tall tale told to the credulous. But to a certain extent, it does not matter to me. Even the tall tales told to credulous Westerners are sometimes more informative then bland narratives told to us by people safe in their hotels and using press briefings as their primary source of material.

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12 Amazing Staircases Around the World

News for Today (2/21/17)

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Why has Trump been so slow to confront anti-Semitism? Several answers suggest themselves, none of them good. Every time I think they can’t surprise me, they do. My mouth dropped open when I saw Google headlines today full of stories about how Trump was too slow to condemn antisemitism. First the story is that he is giving his Jewish son-in-law too much of a say in government and then it is all how he is an anti-Semite. I wish they could at least keep their stories straight.

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Mercedes-Benz is letting 20 customers drive an electric semi truck for a year

Bird flu strain hitting China may be getting more infectious

Replenishing the Stocks: Russian deliveries of T-62Ms and BMP-1s reach Syria

Giant ‘Rivers in the Sky’ Are Causing Widespread Chaos in California

It’s Not Just ‘Strangelove’ —Today’s Bombers Rely on America’s Weakest Nuclear Links

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America’s New Mandarins. An old essay. But nobody paid attention to it at the time and so now we have Trump.

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News for Today (2/20/17)

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New Evidence Suggests We Could Be Wrong About Why People Are Left- or Right-Handed

U.S. Air Force deploys WC-135 nuclear sniffer aircraft to UK as spike of radioactive Iodine levels is detected in Europe

Germany’s Energy Mistakes Are Hurting Its Neighbors Too

Sixth Circuit Reverses IRS, Tax Court: ‘Citizens Can’t Comply With Tax Laws They Can’t See’z

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A Comparative Guide to Russia’s Use of Force: Measure Twice, Invade Once

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News for Today (2/19/17)

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Trump cites (fake) attack in Sweden. This weeks bogus story is another flat out lie about what Trump said. If you look at the linked story, it is at least honest enough to quote Trump. Nowhere in the quote does Trump say that a terrorist attack happened in Sweden. I think part of the problem is that newspaper reporters are so much in their bubble that longstanding talking points from conservatives about high rape rates driven by emigrants in Sweden has never entered their ears.

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Releasing water at Oroville Dam a lingering problem

China bans all coal imports from North Korea amid growing tensions

Le Pen Lures French Farmers Angered by Worst Crisis in Decades

From bad to worse’: Greece hurtles towards a final reckoning

Hawaii Dem Argues Doctors Should be Able to Prescribe Housing to Cure Homelessness

Who wants more coal company pollution in water streams?

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Why Is Asia Returning to Coal?

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News for Today (2/18/17)

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Report: Photos appear to show cartel members readying for war in post-‘El Chapo’ power struggle So many of them carry radios. I wonder how hard it is to take advantage of that? Or what kind of power they have that they are not worrying about government forces taking advantage of that.

Emmanuel Macron loses lead in French election polls after remarks on colonial Algeria and gay marriage spark outrage

Murder rates in 50 American cities

Vitamin D ‘proved to cut risk of colds and flu’

When the earth liquifies.

Storm to dump heavy rain and snow on U.S. West

Pharma industry shuns Trump push for radical shift at FDA

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In 2009, I helped sketch out a marketing campaign for an internet personality and blogger named Tucker Max. With a very limited advertising budget available for the independent movie he had written and produced, we had few options for getting the word out.

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