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Woolworths has been named Australia’s top online retailer by ecommerce intelligence specialist Power Retail, as reported by Business Insider Australia. E-commerce intelligence...

Deakin University researchers are labelling Melbourne an unhealthy ‘food swamp’, after recording a dramatic rise in unhealthy food outlets opening across the city, particularly...

We have already seen it happen all over the globe.  In China it is becoming increasingly difficult for ordinary citizens to get essential supplies, there have been very long lines...

The CDC has announced that there is a newly confirmed coronavirus case in northern California, and authorities have no idea how the victim was exposed to the virus.  This particular...

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by Michael Hudson Writer, Dandelion Salad February 27, 202 The Democrats’ Quandary To hear the candidates debate, you would think that their fight was over who could best beat Trump...

by Jim Kavanagh Writer, Dandelion Salad The Polemicist February 26, 2020 There are two things I feel compelled to say about Mike Bloomberg and his candidacy. Thing One: Thank you...

Stock prices are falling faster and harder than they ever have before.  If the financial markets are in this much chaos even though not a single American has died from the coronavirus...

Is a widespread coronavirus outbreak inside the United States inevitable?  After weeks of generally optimistic statements, officials are now warning us to prepare for the worst. ...

The day after Bernie Sanders’s big win in Nevada, Joe Lockhart, Bill Clinton’s former press secretary, expressed the fear gripping The post Robert Reich: The Democratic Establishment...

Despite some gains on the policy level, Trump’s visit to India symbolised heightened partisanship and a return to chemistry between The post With Trump’s India Visit, US-India...

Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org The paradigm of perpetual growth on a finite planet with finite resources was never sustainable. Now, a global pandemic has been added...

Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org Climate engineering, the coronavirus outbreak and countless other converging factors are taking their toll on modern civilization...

United States intelligence agencies are using “a wide range” of tools, ranging from open-source collection to communications interception and human intelligence, to collect...

An imminent peace agreement between the United States government and the Taliban will inadvertently empower the Islamic State in Afghanistan, according to a number of insiders...

          Do you know anyone who ALWAYS gets the best parking spot? Are you, in fact, one of these lucky ducks?  My jealousy is tried to the breaking point anytime I go anywhere with...

          Have you ever called me for tech support? No you have not. So let me tell you what you’re missing.          Let’s say you call with a question about a missing file...

Syria has every right to fight terrorists in Idlib, and Russia can’t interfere – Moscow RT.com, Feb 28 2020 Damascus has the right to fight back when attacked by terrorists and...

With perfect irony, an award for the best, most neutral, impartial and courageous news reporting is presented by The Royal Television Society. The name says it all. https://t.co/7lTJ7OnLf2...

Paradoxically, when the number of people suffering from undernourishment or hunger has risen in the world, so, too, have those afflicted by overweight and obesity. Latin America’s...

Just a month since the World Health Organization declared the Coronavirus a public health emergency, it is now taking steps to contain misinformation being spread about the disease...

We have Julius Caesar to thank for the existence of 29 February 2020, a.k.a. Leap Day 2020. “During the Late [Roman] Republic, social disorder, political strife and an ongoing series...

People living in Italy, Iran, and South Korea are all grappling with a surgein the number of cases of COVID-19. In Italy, where officials report528 people are infected and 14 have died...

Neil Irwin offers a different perspective on interest rate cuts from the Fed: The Fed’s interest rate tools are poorly suited to protect the economy from shutdowns in production...

As the Supreme Court prepares to hear its first abortion case since the appointment of conservative justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch, Virginia just took a preemptive step...

More than half of the 50 states that comprise the United States have passed laws that are clear violations of the US Constitution. Americans have gags stuck in their mouths because...

White people aren't supposed to know that they are being demonized by the New York Times, PBS, universities, the Democrat Party's Identity Politics, and corporations, and if they...

A brilliant fireball streaked across the skies of Arizona at 12:32 UTC (05:32 LT) on Wednesday, February 26, 2020, and was also spotted in several southwest U.S. states. The American...

A massive sandstorm with winds up to 120 km/h (75 mph) hit the Canary Islands over the weekend and continued into Monday, February 24, 2020. The storm caused severe disruptions and...

Much more than just a cosmetic issue, obesity is associated with type 2 diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, fatty liver disease, sleep apnea, arthritis, gallbladder...

The 2019 figure is the highest number of such deaths in more than 30 years, according to the association.

Reading Time: 15 minutes A look at what happens when politics becomes entertainment at worst and a hobby at best. The post Political Hobbysim Is Not Politics appeared first on WhoWhatWhy...

Reading Time: < 1 minute Court Sides With Trump in ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Grant Fight ; Earth Has Temporarily Gained Another Moon ; and More Picks 2/27 The post Facial Recognition...