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Everything you know about self-defense is wrong (part 2) | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Erika Wittlieb. Pixabay. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Aug. 2, 2016 (Part 1 here) Alongside commitment is awareness. We must recognize and accept the realities of what we’re up against ...
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They Want Kaepernick to go Kaput! | Philip A. Farruggio
Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Sept. 1, 2016 A 28-year-old man, born of a single white 19-year-old woman (most likely Italian American) and an Afro-American father, had a ...
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Retrotopia: The View from Ottawa Hills | John Michael Greer
John Michael GreerAug. 31, 2016 (Archdruid Report) -- This is the 23rd installment of an exploration of some of the possible futures discussed on this blog, using the toolkit of narrative fiction. ...
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‘Activism’ and Its Consequences: Syrian Refugees Are Not Subjects for a Social Media Gallery | Ramzy Baroud
Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 31, 2016 The Italian "activist" was keen on that photo, as if her social media activism career was dependent on it. As if the misery of the poor ...
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Sex (statutory rape), Drugs, and Rock n’ Roll | Mickey Z.
Movie Stars and Rockets. By IMG_3588, Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Aug. 29, 2016 Recently, I pondered the impact cinematic sexism had on my psyche and told you about my early ...
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Circling The Drain | Emanuele Corso
Pie. Photo credit: sciondriver. Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)Emanuele Corso -- World News Trust Aug. 27, 2016 In mathematics there is a concept called Pareto efficiency. It describes the impossibility ...
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My Beloved AP’s Epic Fail | Mary Lyon
Mary LyonMary Lyon -- World News Trust Aug. 26, 2016 Listening to Donald Trump’s latest blathering in Manchester, New Hampshire, sent a brand new set of chills racing down my spine. His riffing off ...
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Punishing the Messenger: Israel’s War on NGOs Takes a Worrying Turn | Ramzy Baroud
Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 24, 2016 “You deserve to see your loved ones suffer and die. But, maybe, you would be hurt before them,” was part of a threatening message received ...
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Learning From Failure: A Modest Introduction | John Michael Greer
John Michael GreerAug. 24, 2016 (Archdruid Report) -- The other day, one of the readers over at the other blog (Well of Galabes) asked a question as sensible as it is timely: why do so many sane ...
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An MIT Scientist Claims That This Pill Is the Fountain of Youth | Benjamin Wallace
Leonard Guarente is certain he’s succeeded where doctors (and quacks) before him have failed. His pill will either extend lives or tarnish his career. Aug. 23, 2016 (New York Magazine) -- I recently ...
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BOOKS: Through a Glass Darkly: A Poetry Review - I Remember My Name
Reviewed by Hatim Kanaaneh World News Trust Aug. 22, 2016 (I Remember My Name -- Poetry by Samah Sabawi, Ramzy Baroud and Jehan Bseiso. Vacy Vlazna, ed., 2016, Novum Publishing. Kindle Edition.) In ...
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