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Saturday, January 27, 2018
Defenses Of Killing Disabled People Prove Abortion Is Inhumane
Defenses Of Killing Disabled People Prove Abortion Is Inhumane: Abortion isn’t about choice, or bodily autonomy, or what's best for the unborn. It's not even about what's best for women.
How the Holocaust Haunts Eastern Europe - The New York Times
How the Holocaust Haunts Eastern Europe - The New York Times: A virulent nationalism is reviving nostalgia for the Nazi era. Will the rest of the world stay silent?
I Have a Message for You - The New York Times
I Have a Message for You - The New York Times: To save her own life, she left her father to die. Decades later, she got a message from him.
The growing danger of great-power conflict - The next war
The growing danger of great-power conflict - The next war: IN THE past 25 years war has claimed too many lives. Yet even as civil and religious strife have raged in Syria, central Africa, Afghanistan and Iraq, a devastating clash between the world’s great powers has remained almost unimaginable.
No longer.
No longer.
Read Rachael Denhollander's full victim impact statement about Larry Nassar - CNN
Read Rachael Denhollander's full victim impact statement about Larry Nassar - CNN: Rachael Denhollander was the first woman to publicly accuse Larry Nassar of sexual abuse. And she was the last of more than 150 women and girls to confront him in court during Nassar's sentencing hearing for criminal sexual conduct.
“Obstruction of Justice” – Special Agent Strzok Text Message Highlights FBI Investigative Intent… | The Last Refuge
“Obstruction of Justice” – Special Agent Strzok Text Message Highlights FBI Investigative Intent… | The Last Refuge: Since Thursday night we've been combing the FBI files to figure out exactly what FBI Agent Peter Strzok was referencing in one of the most recently released text messages. We have discovered the context and the text is now damning. House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte read this specific text message on Thursday night during an…
How Close to Midnight? Why Scientists Moved the Doomsday Clock in 2018 - The Atlantic
How Close to Midnight? Why Scientists Moved the Doomsday Clock in 2018 - The Atlantic: Experts warn that the world is now as dangerous as it was at the height of the Cold War. Many Americans already know it.
Euthanasia stems from reducing life to "efficiency and productivity," pope says
Euthanasia stems from reducing life to "efficiency and productivity," pope says: “Pain, suffering, the meaning of life and death are realities that contemporary mentality struggles to face with a look full of hope,” Pope Francis said on Friday when speaking about euthanasia.
Advocates alarmed at U.S. suspension of aid to Palestinian refugees
Advocates alarmed at U.S. suspension of aid to Palestinian refugees: The U.S. suspension of $65 million in aid to the U.N. agency that deals with Palestinian refugees alarmed advocates who work with Palestinians living in camps.
The U.S. Is About to Get Real Cold Again. Blame It on Global Warming - Bloomberg
The U.S. Is About to Get Real Cold Again. Blame It on Global Warming - Bloomberg: Because the world is getting warmer, it’s getting colder, too.
Mastercard Pushes Biometrics, Banks Follow | naked capitalism
Mastercard Pushes Biometrics, Banks Follow | naked capitalism: Mastercard and other financial services providers are aggressively promoting biometrics. Where are the vaunted EU privacy regulators?
Big Pharma Greets Hundreds Of Ex-Federal Workers At The ‘Revolving Door’ | naked capitalism
Big Pharma Greets Hundreds Of Ex-Federal Workers At The ‘Revolving Door’ | naked capitalism: An update on one of the biggest users of DC revolving doors: health care industry executives.
In China, a Store of the Future—No Checkout, No Staff
In China, a Store of the Future—No Checkout, No Staff
Wheelys tests a 24-hour store run entirely by technology.
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/608104/in-china-a-store-of-the-future-no-checkout-no-staff/?utm_source=newsletters&utm_medium=newsletters&utm_content=2018_01_27&utm_campaign=weekend_reads&utm_source=MIT+Technology+Review&utm_campaign=3c6e41a016-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_01_19&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_997ed6f472-3c6e41a016-153856085
Amazon’s cashier-less Seattle grocery store is opening to the public
Amazon’s cashier-less Seattle grocery store is opening to the public
At Amazon Go, you grab your milk and leave. It might take some getting used to.
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/610006/amazons-checkout-free-grocery-store-is-opening-to-the-public/?utm_source=newsletters&utm_medium=newsletters&utm_content=2018_01_27&utm_campaign=weekend_reads&utm_source=MIT+Technology+Review&utm_campaign=3c6e41a016-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_01_19&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_997ed6f472-3c6e41a016-153856085
Why Many Companies are Giving Bonuses Not Raises | Asharq AL-awsat
Why Many Companies are Giving Bonuses Not Raises | Asharq AL-awsat: Middle-East Arab News and Opinion - Asharq Al-Awsat is the world’s premier pan-Arab daily newspaper, printed simultaneously each day on four continents in 14 cities
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