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from Asia Times Online
India-Pakistan talks will go into deep freeze, while attacks on the Kashmir border are only likely to increase if the Pakistani military seizes control. India is watching with concern as Pakistan’s army tightens its screws on power following the ouster of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a soft coup orchestrated by the country’s generals using the judiciary. The Joint Investigation Team that tabled a 254-page report earlier this month on the financial assets of Sharif’s family, included two members from military intelligence agencies. Pakistan’s military may not have played a direct role in disqualifying Sharif from public life over corruption charges, but the Supreme Court could not have passed its ruling on Friday without the military’s tacit approval. Sharif wanted peace with India and he wished to strengthen democracy in Pakistan. The Pakistani military oppose peace and have sent terrorists to attack India’s army bases in Pathankot and Uri. They have thwarted democracy by not allowing Sharif to complete his term as prime minister on three different occasions now.
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from CNN
"This is the case of the incredible shrinking airline seat." That's how a federal judge in Washington D.C., Patricia Millet, described the issue in a decision she and two other judges handed down Friday, ordering the Federal Aviation Administration to review seat sizes and legroom on commercial airlines. Previously, the FAA has refused to mandate how much space airlines must ensure customers have on planes. But the judge's decision will force the agency to revisit the issue.
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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
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How Not to Fight Rotten Ideas
People who should know better assume that ideologies like socialism and fascism will always repel people with disgust. The evidence suggests otherwise. Rotten ideas seem to come repackaged in bright colors for every generation, and every generation seems to get another bloody spin on the evil ideology wheel.
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from The Guardian (UK)
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Passchendaele, 100 years on: a final great act of remembrance
Dignitaries will join descendants of allied soldiers who died at Ypres during first world war for huge commemoration.
Passchendaele, 100 years on: a final great act of remembrance
Dignitaries will join descendants of allied soldiers who died at Ypres during first world war for huge commemoration.
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from The Hill
Hackers break into voting machines in 90 minutes
Hackers at at a conference in Las Vegas were able to successfully breach the software of U.S. voting machines in just 90 minutes on Friday, illuminating glaring security deficiencies in America's election infrastructure. Tech minds at the annual DEF CON in Las Vegas were given physical voting machines and remote access, with the instructions of gaining access to the software. According to a Register report, within minutes, hackers exposed glaring physical and software vulnerabilities across multiple U.S. voting machine companies' products.
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from Indian Country Today Media Network
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It Is Our History: 12 Images From Seneca Indian Boarding School
From 1872 to 1980, Seneca Indian Boarding School assimilated Native American students
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It Is Our History: 12 Images From Seneca Indian Boarding School
From 1872 to 1980, Seneca Indian Boarding School assimilated Native American students
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from New Statesman
"The leading voice of the British left, since 1913."
The Changeling (1958) by Robin Jenkins
The Man in the High Castle (1962) by Philip K Dick
Little Dorrit (1855-57) by Charles Dickens
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1974) by John le Carré
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ (1982) by Sue Townsend
The Neapolitan Novels (2012-15) by Elena Ferrante
The Grapes of Wrath (1939) by John Steinbeck
Three Month Fever (1999) by Gary Indiana
The Monkey Wrench Gang (1975) by Edward Abbey
Embassytown (2011) by China Miéville
Darkness at Noon (1940) by Arthur Koestler
The Plague (1947) by Albert Camus
The Case of Comrade Tulayev (1948) by Victor Serge
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1959) by Alan Sillitoe
The Plot Against America (2004) by Philip Roth
The Prime Minister (1876) by Anthony Trollope
Khirbet Khizeh (1949) by S Yizhar
from The Oregonian (oregonlive.com)
1,200 rolls of mystery film perfectly capture '50s Americana
The rolls of black and white film, all 1,200 of them, were exposed but not developed. Each roll came carefully wrapped in multiple layers of foil and athletic tape. They were stored in cigar boxes, which were also wrapped in several layers of foil and athletic tape.
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from Orthodox Christianity
A conversation with Priest Alexy Novikov about humility and anger
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from Reason Magazine
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Accused Student Says He Was Told to 'Stay Quiet' About His Own Lack of Consent
Denied a hearing and suspended, the recent Rollins College graduate is now suing.
Seattle Transit Agency Wants to Tear Down Fraternal Lodge
When Sound Transit, the Seattle-area transportation agency, proposed a parking garage for its commuter rail station in Puyallup, it explicitly declared that the project would support the suburb's "community character" and minimize "adverse impacts to the natural and built environment." But now it wants to tear down the town's longstanding Fraternal Order of Eagles lodge, and it's petitioning the Pierce County Superior Court for the eminent domain power to seize the property.
Accused Student Says He Was Told to 'Stay Quiet' About His Own Lack of Consent
Denied a hearing and suspended, the recent Rollins College graduate is now suing.
Seattle Transit Agency Wants to Tear Down Fraternal Lodge
When Sound Transit, the Seattle-area transportation agency, proposed a parking garage for its commuter rail station in Puyallup, it explicitly declared that the project would support the suburb's "community character" and minimize "adverse impacts to the natural and built environment." But now it wants to tear down the town's longstanding Fraternal Order of Eagles lodge, and it's petitioning the Pierce County Superior Court for the eminent domain power to seize the property.
from The Register (UK)
Sci-Tech News website for the World
We've got three years to shore up election security.
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from The Spokesman-Review
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from Sputnik
(Russian government-supported propaganda channel)
The European Union gave Warsaw 30 days to address the judicial reform issue — otherwise, Poland could be deprived of its voting rights.
Radovan Bajić, one of the creators of a new cryptocurrency, CloudCoin (CDC), told Sputnik that the introduction of virtual currencies would radically change the global financial system. The Serbian IT-specialist is part of the group that is currently developing CloudCoin, a new cryptocurrency that could take on Bitcoin. Cryptocurrency can 'survive' a nuclear war, can regular banks, though?
The United States Air Force has placed a tender to acquire samples of ribonucleic acid (RNA) and synovial fluid from Russians, according to the Federal Business Opportunities website.
The ballistic missile North Korea successfully launched on Friday means that Pyongyang is dead serious about its intention to build a viable nuclear missile deterrent, political scientist Artym Lukin told Sputnik.
Syrian SANA news agency reported Saturday that the US-led coalition's airstrikes in Deir ez-Zor killed at least 10 civilians and injured several others.
Since 2009, child marriage has been prohibited at the legislative level in Afghanistan and according to the civil code of the country girls can marry from the age of 16. However, forced marriages are still happening at a much earlier age. Sputnik takes a look at some of the reasons behind this issue.
Sanctions Are 'a Projection of US' Global Imperialist Ambitions'
As the US Senate approved the introduction of new sanctions against Russia, EU countries have repeatedly criticized the move as contradicting their interests. According to German economist Rudolf Hickel, the sanctions are driving a wedge between Washington and Brussels.
Twisted Logic? Tillerson Says US Sanctions Bill Aimed to See Russia Take Steps to Improve Ties
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Saturday that the US sanctions bill "represents the strong will" of the Americans to see Russia take steps to improve Moscow-Washington ties. Someone should probably tell Tillerson the whole "I love you and that's why I hurt you" talk is only okay if you're a teenage drama queen.
Lord of the Seas: Russia Developing Naval Superiority Nuclear Missile Destroyer
Russia’s Defense Ministry has approved the preliminary design of the Lider-class new-generation nuclear-powered missile destroyer, which is to become a key element of Russian naval might in the coming decades.
'Revolt Against Brussels': Who Can Benefit From Putting Poland-EU Ties to Test
The domestic policy of the Polish government, including a controversial judicial reform bill, risks a serious rift between Warsaw and Brussels.
Imperial Folly Brings Russia and Germany Together
The Empire of Whiners simply can't get enough when it comes to huff, puff and pout as the Empire of Sanctions. The message in Washington's sanctions is the EU has no future unless it buys US natural gas to cut out Russia.
Yemeni Blood: 'It's Essential That US and UK Stop Selling Arms to Saudi Arabia'
The UN has accused the Saudi-led military coalition of carrying out a deadly attack on a Somali migrant boat off Yemen in March that killed 42 people and injured dozens more. Radio Sputnik discussed the issue with Akshaya Kumar, deputy United Nations director for Human Rights Watch. Unfortunately, London and Washington are too busy being best friends with Saudi Arabia to pay attention to Riyadh's deadly attacks.
US Sanctions Spree: Fusing Finance With Geostrategy
The Trump Administration has been on a sanctions spree lately by targeting North Korea, Venezuela, Iran, and Russia in an asymmetrical show of force which fuses finance with geostrategy. Turning people against their governments seems to be the #Trump Administration's go-to way of destabilizing US adversaries.
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