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Hurricane Mathew vs. Shock and Awe of Empire | Philip A. Farruggio
Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Oct. 26, 2016 On Friday, Oct. 7, we were awaiting the hurricane named Mathew that was fast approaching Daytona Beach, Florida. My wife and ...
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Being the smartest kid in your class can be a problem | Mickey Z.
Louis Sergent, 16, Lejunior, Kentucky. Sept. 13, 1946. Russell Lee (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Oct. 26, 2016 In the third grade, our teacher asked us what ...
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Slouching Towards Election Day | James Howard Kunstler
James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Oct. 24, 2016 It’s getting hard to give a shit about this election, though you might still care about this country. The damage has been done to the two ...
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Seven Questions about Technology You Aren’t Even Allowed to Ask | Antonio Regalado
Sex robots, climate hacking, and the true cost of medicine made our list of taboo technology topics. July 28, 2016 (MIT Technology Review) -- What technologies and questions about technology are ...
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The Unique Human Capacity for War | Michael Brenner
Trench warfare during World War I. One characteristic that sets humans apart from other animals is the capability to organize sustained warfare against members of their own species, a troubling fact ...
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Internal Watchdog Blasts EPA's Egregious Delay on Flint Emergency Order | Deirdre Fulton
Susan Hedman, the former EPA region 5 director, stepped down earlier this year. (Photo: Flint Journal) The EPA 'had the authority and sufficient information' to issue such an order as early as June ...
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You wanna see something REALLY scary this Halloween? | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Oct. 20, 2016 “The only thing we have to fear…” - the dude who signed Executive Order 9066 Halloween is an odd holiday. The ostensible concept ...
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The Future Hiding in Plain Sight -- John Michael Greer
John Michael GreerOct. 19, 2016 (Archdruid Report) -- Carl Jung used to argue that meaningful coincidences -- in his jargon, synchronicity -- were as important as cause and effect in shaping the ...
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The Many ‘Truths’ on Syria: How Our Rivalry Has Destroyed a Country | Ramzy Baroud
Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 19, 2016 "The United States has the power to decree the death of nations," wrote Stephen Kinzer in the Boston Globe. Kinzer's article was entitled: ...
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Judge Rejects 'Riot' Charges Against Amy Goodman in North Dakota
Oct. 17, 2016 (DemocracyNow.org) -- A North Dakota judge Monday refused to authorize riot charges against award-winning journalist Amy Goodman for her reporting on an attack against Native ...
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Our best shot at cooling the planet might be right under our feet | Jason Hickel
Cracked soil by a village in Iran abandoned by farmers because water reserves ran dry due to overuse. Photograph: Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images Studies suggest that regenerating soil by turning our ...
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