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Archive for March 27th, 2017
Trolley Obsession in Seattle
David Brewster Cities are crazy about streetcars and trolleys, but they often turn out to be a bad investment. Here’s a primer on what works, with a lot of warnings to a city such as Seattle. They need to be where people want to go; they need to be less pokey; you need to keep […][...]
BREAKING NEWS: After Trump Market Dump
Charts Show Alarm Bells Ringing on Trump Market Dump Dollar poised to wipe out entire post-Trump election rally Volatility, short bets rise after Obamacare repeal failure[...]
BREAKING NEWS: Deep Throat II is WH Insider
Devin Nunes Cancels House Intelligence Committee Meetings Amid Growing Questions About His Meeting ab Unnamed Source On White House Grounds The House Intelligence Committee chairman’s allegations about the Obama administration’s spying operations keep getting weirder. By Jessica Schulberg HUF[...]
Male and Female
The difference between men and women.. Posted by Michelle Dutro on Saturday, July 12, 2014[...]
Team Obama Fights For Science
Former staffers from President Barack Obama’s science office have taken this to heart: They are fanning out, finding jobs in academia, at nonprofits and elsewhere, but they continue to work together, largely behind the scenes. This science diaspora, as one former staffer called it, is ready to bot[...]
AMAZON ATTACKS RETAIL
Amazon’s Ambitions Unboxed: Stores for Furniture, Appliances and More The online retailing giant is trying to bring its own formula to traditional retailing. If it is successful, it could change how all stores operate. NYTIMES.COM[...]
Putin Becomes Czar
Mass arrests as anti-Putin protests sweep Russia Russian police detained more than 1,000 people yesterday in 82 towns and cities as the biggest protests against President Putin’s rule in four years swept the country amid growing anger over government corruption. Among those arrested was Alexei Nav[...]
Buy a Town for $1.5 Million
Town of Reduction, population 60, up for sale in Pennsylvania HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – Got $1.5 million to spare? If so, tiny Reduction, a one-time company town built to house workers at a long-vanished garbage-processing plant in western Pennsylvania, could be yours for the asking. Full [...]
Turkish Fascism
German Intelligence Chief: Coup in Turkey Was Just a Welcome Pretext’ German intelligence doesn’t buy Turkish President Erdogan’s claims that last year’s coup attempt was backed by the Gülen movement. BND chief Bruno Kahl, 54, speaks with SPIEGEL about Turkey, possible Rus[...]