Category: Technology
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

Pity the sad legacy of Barack Obama “Bernie Sanders gallantly tried to generate a leftwing populism but he was crushed by Clinton and Obama in the unfair Democratic party primaries. So now we find ourselves entering a neofascist era: a neoliberal economy on steroids, a reactionary repressive attitude toward domestic “aliens”, a militaristic cabinet eager…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Preston Smiles

Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profile. Each week, we highlight an individual who embodies what it means to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous men alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to the author, motivational speaker, the ex-gang member, guru,…
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The Burning Fire

Society’s Embers After spending a week in Big Bend National Park and witnessing the night’s sky in it’s purest form, I feel refreshed and humbled again by the beauty of nature. Now I find myself plugged back into the “so-called” real world. The vicious attack (and video) in Chicago has been replayed ad nauseum throughout…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

China just confronted the US Navy in the Pacific- And it looks like China came out on top The first confrontation between the US and Chinese navies concluded on Tuesday, when the Chinese returned an underwater oceanographic drone captured in international waters outside of the Philippines. #China#Trump#International#Navy#ThePacific Brazil’s plan to roll back environment laws draws fire:…
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The Black Atheist Experience

The Age of Reason When I turned twenty years old, I had an epiphany. I had reached the age of reason and realized I was an atheist. It took me many years to get to the point of even writing something like this on a public forum. Being an atheist in America isn’t well-received by…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

Tijuana’s record body count is a sign that cartel warfare is returning to Mexico “Tijuana’s location and infrastructure have made it coveted territory for Mexico cartels vying to feed the US’s voracious appetite for illegal narcotics.” #Mexico#DrugWar#Tijuana#Cartels China: Trump’s One China comments ‘risk Taiwan peace’ “Interference may also damage developing US-China relations, a spokesman said.…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Sylvester James Gates

Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profile. Each week, we highlight an individual who embodies what it means to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous men alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to the author, physicist, science educator, and television personality, Sylvester…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

Chicago tops 700 homicides — with a month to go in violent 2016 “The 701 homicides through Wednesday marked a nearly 56 percent jump from the 450 killings a year earlier. With one month still to go, that represents the most homicides since 704 in 1998. There were 761 homicides in 1997.” #Chicago#Homicide#Poverty#GunViolence Gambia Finally…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

Trump picks South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to be US ambassador to UN “President-elect Donald Trump has picked South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to be the US ambassador to the United Nations, the transition team announced Wednesday.” #Trump#NikkiHaley#TrumpTransition#UN ‘It’s a crime to be young and pretty’: girls flee predatory Central America gangs “Increasing numbers of…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

GOLDMAN: Trump is Bad News for the World Economy “President-elect Donald Trump ran on a platform of “America-first” economic policy, and according to the economics team at Goldman Sachs, that’s just what he is going to deliver — to the detriment of the global economy.” #Trump#World#GoldmanSachs#GlobalEconomy A Racist White House Doesn’t Surprise Black People “Non-whites…