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Phishing Equilibria in E-Commerce: Shopping Sites and Dark Patterns
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Saudi Arabia's oil price promise just doesn't add up
Saudi Arabia isn’t as willing to do whatever it takes to support oil prices as it would have us believeOil posts weekly gain as Trump signals possible trade detente
Oil halted a two-week losing streak as trade tensions between the U.S. and China showed signs of easingDrilling rig count ticks up slightly
The number of active drilling rigs in the country rose by one this week, but there were larger swings
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Joe Biden’s boom and bust online campaign
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The expectation that Trump will win could affect how allies and adversaries approach negotiations with the
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Emotional grandchildren honor strong Palestinian women in continuing fallout after Israel bars two Democratic congresswomen.HuffPostTexas Officers Who Led Black Man By Rope Won’t Face Criminal Probe, State Says
The two Galveston officers have reportedly also returned to work.HuffPost
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Officer on admin leave after shooting
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A Navajo Nation Police officer was involved in a shooting in Alamo, New Mexico, this evening. The postBaited into buffalo ride, Begay takes the purse
Riding a buffalo was no easy feat for professional team roper Derrick Begay. The post Baited into buffalo
Ancient Code
Archaeologist barred from Syria describes the outrage as history and
When we think of war, we naturally and understandably measure losses in lives, but its also important toAstronomers detect eight new radio signals that may indicate alien life in
It’s one of the great unknowns that man has contemplated for centuries: Are we alone in the universe,Why do these ancient depictions of ‘Lord of the Animals’ appear all over
By now, everyone who even casually observes ancient art notices that the same patterns, symbols, and motifs
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Six-way tie for Eredivisie lead as Utrecht and AZ drop first points
Ajax are top of the Eredivisie on goal difference after Utrecht and AZ Alkmaar both dropped their firstHundreds of deer living on small Zeeland island to be culled
Forestry Commission staff in Zeeland are to begin shooting hundreds of fallow deer which have made theirMore rail passengers as NS warns of looming capacity problems
Dutch railway company NS carried 4.6% more passengers in the first half of 2019 – more than double the
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Steam Accounts Being Stolen Through Elaborate Free Game Scam
An elaborate scam is underway that pretends to be a free game giveaway site, but instead hacks a user'sWindows 10 v1809 KB4512534 Update Released With VB Fix and More
KB4512534 advances the system to Windows 10 Build 17763.720 and fixes Visual Basics issues that Microsoft'Coordinated Ransomware Attack' in Texas Hits 23 Local Governments
Texas is currently fighting an unprecedented wave of ransomware attacks that has targeted local government
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1 dead 3 injured as meteorite hits southern India (27 flags)
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Facing Budget Deficit, Eastern Michigan University Buys Out 142 Employees
Facing a budget deficit, Eastern Michigan University bought out 142 employees, most of whom will voluntarySex Education Changes are Coming to Red States, Too
NBC News posted an article which praised changes in sex education curriculum across the country, citing proIllinois Public Schools To Incorporate LGBT People When Teaching American
An Illinois law requires public schools to incorporate information about the “roles and contributions” of
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UN appeals for more aid for Venezuelan refugees
The UN and NGOs put out a humanitarian appeal for $770m at the start of the year and have received lessIceland bids farewell to first glacier lost to climate change
Scientists fear all the island country's 400 glaciers will be gone by 2200.Is Donald Trump in a rush to withdraw from Afghanistan?
The US president hints at a deal with the Taliban that could end Washington's longest military
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‘ISRAEL’ DEMOLISHES WATER TANK IN JORDAN VALLEY FOR BEING “BUILT WITHOUT
Jordan Valley (QNN)- Israeli occupation forces destroyed on Sunday a water tank, which has been used by‘May God ruin Trump’, Tlaib’s grandmother says
Ninety-year-old Muftia Tlaib and US congresswoman Rashida Tlaib Sitting under an olive tree in the Israeli-Jordan reprimands Israeli envoy over Al-Aqsa ‘Violations’
Israeli forces attack Palestinian worshipers, who wanted to stop fanatic Jews’ raids, in Jerusalem’s
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No-deal Brexit dossier is 'worst-case scenario'
A no-deal Brexit will bring "bumps in the road", Michael Gove admits, as a leaked governmentHong Kong protests: Huge crowds rally peacefully
Hundreds of thousands stage a pro-democracy protest amid warnings from Beijing authorities.Iran tanker row: Gibraltar rejects US request to detain ship
The oil tanker is due to leave Gibraltar later on Sunday, Iran's ambassador to the UK says.
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Staffordshire Police Says Complaint Against VIP Abuse Accuser Esther Baker
From the Daily Mail: Detectives are investigating claims that a second alleged abuse victim lied about sexA Note on Alan Dershowitz’s Accuser and a Mail on Sunday Journalist
From the Daily Beast, a few days ago: Lawyer Alan Dershowitz claims an email buried in a mountain of justA Note on Carl Beech, Peter Saunders and NAPAC
In 2016, David Aaronovitch wrote about the climate in which the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse
Everything Matters: Beyond Meds
My body is my meditation practice
There is a freedom, vast and beautiful, when one comes to know how insignificant ones importance in theHeavy metals
Heavy metals are just one really heinous environmental toxin that gets into the nervous system andA little bit of everything…
Coming to love our "negative" feelings is part of the deal when we're healing. The parts we
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SWEET Act would end the federal subsidy to the sugar industry
Sugar subsidies (found in the Program section of the table on pg. 4 of 44) will cost taxpayers an estimatedForeign Policy Goes Into Propaganda Overdrive: 'White Supremacists Want
The media is recycling the same propaganda they used to lie us into the war in Iraq but now they've
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We have reached a time in history where helicopter parenting is no longer an adequate description for an
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Democrats Pounce
Republicans, not completely without justification, frequently argue that papers like the New York Times andSometimes I Wonder If People Just Need to Have An Enemy
I find this depressing: We seem to NEED an enemy. We hop from one enemy to another -- Soviet Union to IraqThis Isn't A Map of Global Warming, It's A Map of Corrupted
Kevin Drum published this map on his blog, which he says was originally from the Washington Post. He does
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Fascism: A False Revolution by Michael Parenti
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Dandelion Salad with Chris Hedges RT America on Aug 17, 2019 Host Chris Hedges talks to author andThe Occupation of the American Mind (must-see)
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See how climate science becomes alarmist propaganda
Here is an example of how this happens, the news equivalent of turning gold into straw.How fast is the world warming? Is it burning?
Let's take a break from political bickering to see how fast the Earth is warming.The government solves the fatherhood crisis!
The government's efforts show the seriousness of the crisis, and how far we are from imagining a
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Russia and Syria in the Spotlight for Latest Idlib Medic Deaths
Medical aid groups have again blasted Russian and Syrian government forces this week for an ever-growingA Key Role for 1.8 Billion Youth in UN’s 2030 Development Agenda
The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) is convinced that the world’s 1.8 billion adolescents and youth– aEstablishing a Science & Technology Park is No Walk in the Park
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Open Arms and the Refugee Crisis: The Legal Slave Trade of NGOs
Eder Peña The African refugee crisis in Europe is wreaking havoc on humanity (Photo: Archive) In the midstRebuilding the Hegemony of Chavismo: A Conversation with Gerardo Rojas
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Misión Verdad Transnational corporations pull the strings of the false government of Juan Guaidó (Photo
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Thousands join Scotland pro independence march in Aberdeen City
Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Aberdeen in a pro-independenceMacri reshuffles cabinet: Argentina has a new Economy minister
Argentine Economy Minister Nicolas Dujovne resigned on Saturday, capping a week ofSteel has been cut for the Royal Navy’s second Type 26 frigate, HMS Cardiff
The ceremony held at BAE System’s shipyard in Govan this week, on the River Clyde
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Wind farm, county officials face lawsuit #TX
Over the past several months Wildcat Creek Wind Farm LLC has been under discussion within many area‘Tilt-fell’ wind tower removal gets new life #IL
PRINCETON – Bureau County Board on Tuesday reconsidered last month’s vote that prevented Big Sky WindAnother Voice: Wind turbine farms do not belong in Lake Erie #NY
In April, I attended a meeting with Diamond Wind where the company presented a proposal to place 50 wind
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This Week in Europe: Greenland, Migrants and Polish Priests
Members of the TNF team recount big events from Europe from the past week, and point attention to news thatTravel experiences gone wrong: Schengen or no Schengen?
They say travel broadens the mind – not least because travelling means unexpected experiences. MadelaineAntifederalists can critique the EU – but only federalists have viable
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The media fosters intellectual conformity. Is Google taking the same path?
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The Survival Rate of Each Lung Cancer Stage
We all know that there are many stages of lung cancer and you might be wondering how each stage is like andChocolates Help Fight Cancer- Myth or Truth?
How amazing (and difficult) is it to love something that is also supposed to do you a world of goodTop 6 Symptoms That Indicate Breast Cancer
Cancer is one of the fastest growing cause of deaths in the world. The most common type of cancer include &
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Worth reading: Segregation, sexual harassment, and silencing scientists
Worth reading: Segregation, sexual harassment, and silencing scientists A few of the recentIt's October. What's Congress doing about healthcare?
It's October. What's Congress doing about healthcare? We made it to October withoutMore reasons to oppose the latest awful iteration of GOPcare
More reasons to oppose the latest awful iteration of GOPcare Many of us were cheered by
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Exit From The Matrix: unlimited power of imagination
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Shrinking-freedom is a Spiritual covert op by Jon Rappoport May 10, 2019 (To join our email list, clickThe stone cold conservative socialist
by Jon Rappoport May 9, 2019 (To join our email list, click here.) “Is he a meth goony bird? He seems to be
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The brain-gut connection - Traditional Chinese Medicine has known this for
Trusting your gut may be good advice, but it hardly qualifies as medical science. Or does it? ResearchRussian teen slaughters his family with axe, to 'spare them the upset&#
A brutal murder has blindsided a Russian village after a local teenager, who had been the pride of his"Medical common sense is full of lies": The best selling book by
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Ronnie van Hout's Quasi art installation makes a new home in Wellington
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The case of a Horowhenua man alleged to have stabbed a woman on a waterfront Paraparaumu street has beenMindfulness and meditation a strategy for teenage mental health resilience,
There's a call for the Government to invest in initiatives to bring mindfulness to classrooms.
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Spraying Antibiotics to Fight Citrus Scourge Doesn’t Help, Study Finds
Researchers found spraying oxytetracycline on orange trees didn’t halt a devastating infection calledScientists Discover New Cure for the Deadliest Strain of Tuberculosis
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Seniors need transportation alternatives more than ever, but many are intimidated by ride-hailing apps.