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Saturday, August 19, 2017
Who Was Really at Fault in Charlottesville?
Who Was Really at Fault in Charlottesville?
https://amgreatness.com/2017/08/16/really-fault-charlottesville/
Muslims Tell Europe: "One Day All This Will Be Ours"
Muslims Tell Europe: "One Day All This Will Be Ours"
by Giulio Meotti • August 19, 2017 at 5:00 am
Hungary's
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán recently said: "Our view is that we must
solve our demographic problems by relying on our own resources and
mobilising our own reserves, and... by renewing ourselves spiritually".
(Image source: David Plas/Wikimedia Commons)
This week, yet another
Islamic terrorist attack targeted the Spanish city of Barcelona. As it
was for many years under Muslim rule, it is, therefore, like Israel,
land which many Islamists believe they are entitled to repossess.
At
the same time, far from Spain, elementary schools have been closing,
shuttered by the state after the number of children dropped to less than
10% of the population. The government is converting these structures
into hospices, providing care for the elderly in a country where 40% of
the people are 65 or older. That is not a science-fiction novel. That is
Japan, the world's oldest and most sterile nation, where there is a
popular expression: "ghost civilization".
Continue Reading Article
 https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/10748/europe-muslims-demography |
Google and ProPublica team up to build a national hate crime database
Google and ProPublica team up to build a national hate crime database
https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/18/google-documenting-hate-news-index-propublica/
Cyberspace and Race
Cyberspace and Race
The color-blind Web: a techno-utopia, or a fantasy to assuage liberal guilt?
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/401404/cyberspace-and-race/?utm_source=MIT+Technology+Review&utm_campaign=2749f14f46-Weekend_Reads&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_997ed6f472-2749f14f46-153856085&mc_cid=2749f14f46&mc_eid=e25735476a
Friday, August 18, 2017
Steve Bannon tried to destroy “globalism.” It destroyed him instead.
Steve Bannon tried to destroy “globalism.” It destroyed him instead.
https://www.vox.com/world/2017/8/18/16169486/steve-bannon-departure-foreign-policy
The Week With IPS 8/18/2017
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Women Slowly Break Barriers in Bangladesh
Mahfuzur Rahman
When one thinks of Bangladesh, its political leadership naturally comes
to mind as the leaders of the country’s major parties are women,
including the Prime Minister, the Opposition Leader and the Speaker of
the National Parliament.
When it comes to gender equality in daily life, the reality is ...
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Soy Changes Map of Brazil, Set to Become World’s Leading Producer
Mario Osava
“Our wealth lies in the climate, not in the land,” said Antonio Galván,
president of the Rural Union of Sinop, a municipality created just 37
years ago, which has prospered due to the continued expansion of soy in
Brazil.
Sinop, population 133,000, is the biggest city in northern Mato Grosso, a
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When Policies Speak the Same Language, Africa’s Trade and Investment Will Listen
Busani Bafana
The rising Maputo-Catembe Bridge is a hard-to-miss addition to
Mozambique’s shoreline.
The 725-million-dollar bridge – billed to be the largest suspension
bridge in Africa on its completion in 2018 – represents Mozambique’s new
investment portfolio and a show of its policy commitment to boosting
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Minamata Convention, Curbing Mercury Use, is Now Legally Binding
IPS World Desk
The Minamata Convention -- a legally-binding landmark treaty, described
as the first new environmental agreement in over a decade – entered into
force August 16.
The primary aim of the Convention is "to protect human health and the
environment” from mercury releases, which are considered both ...
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Population Aging: Hallmark of the 21st Century
Joseph Chamie
While rapid population growth may be the defining feature of the 20th
century, with world population nearly quadrupling from 1.6 to 6.1
billion, the hallmark of the 21st century is likely to be population
aging.
The consequences of the population aging are reverberating across the
globe. The ...
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What Does “Climate-Smart Agriculture” Really Mean? New Tool Breaks It Down
Desmond Brown
A Trinidadian scientist has developed a mechanism for determining the
degree of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) compliance with respect to
projects, processes and products.
This comes as global attention is drawn to climate-smart agriculture as
one of the approaches to mitigate or adapt to ...
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FEATURED VIDEO: New Tool Separates Wheat from Chaff for Climate-Smart Ag Finance
Desmond Brown
Climate-smart agriculture seeks to achieve food security and broader
development goals under a changing climate and increasing food demand.
CSA initiatives sustainably increase productivity, enhance resilience,
and reduce/remove greenhouse gases, and require planning to address
tradeoffs and ...
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Will Renewable Energies Finally Get Their Chance in Argentina?
Daniel Gutman
The first thing anyone who looks at any official document this year in
Argentina will read is: “2017, the year of renewable energies.” This
indicates the importance that the government gives to the issue,
although translating the slogan into reality does not seem as easy as
putting it in the ...
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Yemen: African Migrants Beaten, Starved, Sexually Violated by Criminal Groups
Baher Kamal
African migrants who arrive on Yemen’s shores --that’s if they are not
forced into the sea to drown—risk to fall in the hands of criminal
networks who hold them captive for several days to extort money in
exchange for their “freedom,” according to UN sources.
During captivity, the migrants ...
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Promise or Peril? Africa’s 830 Million Young People by 2050
John Dramani Mahama and Siddharth Chatterjee
Last month, Spanish charity workers rescued 167 migrants arriving from
Africa aboard a small boat.
2016 was the deadliest for migrants attempting to cross the
Mediterranean, with at least 3800 deaths recorded. Most know the
dangers they face on the route, yet still choose the possibility of ...
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Conservation Agriculture Sprouts in Cuban Fields
Ivet González
At the entrance, the Tierra Brava farm looks like any other family farm
in the rural municipality of Los Palacios, in the westernmost province
of Cuba. But as you drive in, you see that the traditional furrows are
not there, and that freshly cut grass covers the soil.
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Jordan Makes Strides Toward Inclusive Green Economy
Safa Khasawneh
Jordan may be one of the smallest economies in the Middle East, but it
has high ambitions for inclusive green growth and sustainable
development despite the fact that it lies in the heart of a region that
has been long plagued with wars and other troubles, says the
Director-General of the Global ...
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One Earth: Why the World Needs Indigenous Communities to Steward Their Lands
Manipadma Jena
“Showing them a picture-book crow, I intone ‘kaak’ in Bengali, the State
language. While others repeat in chorus, the tribal Santhali
first-graders respond with a blank look. They know the crow only as
‘koyo’. They’ll happily roll out glass marbles to count but ask them how
many they counted, they ...
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Thursday, August 17, 2017
FFF: Antiwar Awakening From a Baltimore Boozer
FFF: Antiwar Awakening From a Baltimore Boozer
http://jimbovard.com/blog/2017/08/17/fff-antiwar-awakening-from-a-baltimore-boozer/
White nationalists are flocking to genetic ancestry tests. Some don’t like what they find
White nationalists are flocking to genetic ancestry tests. Some don’t like what they find
https://www.statnews.com/2017/08/16/white-nationalists-genetic-ancestry-test/?utm_source=MIT+Technology+Review&utm_campaign=989428ddf8-The_Download&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_997ed6f472-989428ddf8-153856085
Silicon Valley Billionaires Are the New Robber Barons
Silicon Valley Billionaires Are the New Robber Barons
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/450549/silicon-valley-liberals-ignore-their-anti-business-history
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists: Bulletin experts in the news on North Korea
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As the security situation ratcheted up on the Korean Peninsula over the last week, the Bulletin’s
staff, leadership, and columnists quickly jumped into action, providing
a trusted source of information to help track and make sense of
unfolding events. Here is a summary of what we’ve been up to, in case
you missed it:
Los Angeles Times: An op/ed by Bulletin Board of Sponsors chair, Lawrence Krauss North Korea, Donald Trump and the ticking Doomsday Clock CBS: Will the Doomsday Clock be reset in light of North Korea situation? With Lawrence Krauss and Bulletin Science & Security Board member Jon Wolfsthal Huffington Post: Trump's Warning to North Korea called 'Exactly Wrong" And "Reckless" With Bulletin editor John Mecklin Donald Trump Claims US military ‘Locked and Loaded” for North Korea. With John Mecklin The Hill: Fallout: Trump's 'fire and fury' sends officials scrambling With Lawrence Krauss Motherboard/Vice: We Asked a Doomsday Clock Scientist About Trump's 'Fire and Fury' Threat With Bulletin Science & Security Board co-chair Robert Rosner Newsweek: North Korea Missile Claims are ‘a Hoax’ Nina Burleigh’s article was the first article based on our report by Ted Postol, Markus Schiller, and Robert Schmucker New York Times: North Korea’s Missile Success Is Linked to Ukrainian Plant, Investigators Say This Wiliam J. Broad and David E. Sanger article also references our report by Ted Postol, Markus Schiller, and Robert Schmucker Chicago Tribune: Scott Santis Doomsday Clock comic And from the Bulletin website: North Korea’s “not quite” ICBM can’t hit the lower 48 states Ted Postol, Markus Schiller, and Robert Schmucker Comments on the developing situation with North Korea Ted Postol Pyongyang can miniaturize, so let’s move on to what’s important: David Wright on the North Korea crisis Lucien Crowder After midnight The July/August issue is on the aftermath of the use of nuclear weapons What would happen if an 800-kiloton nuclear warhead detonated above midtown Manhattan? Steven Starr, Lynn Eden, Theodore A. Postal Nuclear Notebook Interactive: Our infographic on the world’s nuclear arsenals has just been updated Sign up for the Nuclear Roundup by Jodi Lieberman A compilation of quality nuclear policy news published on the Web, around the world |
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