UAE crown prince ‘asked US to bomb Al Jazeera,’ leaked cable reveals Reporters Without Borders condemn the crackdown on Al Jazeera. “We are really worried about the implication and consequences of such requirements if it will ever be implemented,” said Alexandra El Khazen, head of M[...]
Archive for June, 2017
The For Profit Monopoly That Dominates Science
An industry like no other, with profit margins to rival Google Abstracted from an article by Stephen Buranyi in the Guardian ….. Scientists create work under their own direction – funded largely by governments – and give it to publishers for free ….. it is as if the New Yorke[...]
June 27th, 2017 - 5:55 pm § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: 6/28
Long-range missile that can fit in shipping container test-fired at sea IS KIM WATCHING? Trump threatens that US will withdraw from missile treaty with Russia .. freeing a new arms race. Trump-Xi bromance wanes as U.S. weighs tougher stance Toronto Trump hotel owner strikes deal to remove presid[...]
June 27th, 2017 - 4:26 pm § in Misc.
UW researchers build largest circuits in living cells
FRANKENSTEIN CELLS? (Xinhua) — A team of University of Washington synthetic biology researchers have demonstrated a new method for digital information processing in living cells, analogous to the logic gates used in electric circuits. Reported in the latest issue of Nature Communications, [...]
June 27th, 2017 - 12:07 pm § in Donald Trump, Hypocrisy
Breaking News: McConnell Delays Trumpcare Vote
Senate GOP Leaders Push Off Health Care Vote Until After July 4th Facing opposition within their own ranks, Senate Republicans delayed a vote on the bill to overhaul the Affordable Care Act until after next week’s recess. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) postponed a vote on t[...]
June 27th, 2017 - 9:52 am § in Misc.
THE-Ave Challenge: Whosit?
A. Caliph for Islamic State B. Lead in Avatar 2 C. CIA agent in disguise D. Former head of Taliban Afghanistan E. Sean Penn in makeup for movie about Iraq[...]
June 27th, 2017 - 9:49 am § in Donald Trump
Trump’s Nepotism
German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel described Ivanka’s advisory role to President Donald Trump, her father. Gabriel said: “For me there are things that remain strange, like for example the visit of his daughter to Germany which was treated almost like a world event, while the mix of polit[...]
June 27th, 2017 - 8:07 am § in The Ave Scene
GOOD NEWS FROM OLYMPIA
Reuven Carlyle We appear to be moving toward a state budget and the largest reform of education finance in our state’s 128 year history. #waleg Regardless of how it unfolds, I’m grateful for the enormous dedication of budget writers working 7×24 for a responsible agreement. And yet [...]
ISRAEL REJECTS WORLD JUDAISM
WHAT NEXT? MAYBE THEY WILL PASS NUREMBERG LAWS? Israel Moves To Reject Conversions Except By Orthodox Rabbinate JERUSALEM — A Knesset committee has approved the advance of a bill that would require the state to recognize only conversions completed und… FORWARD.COM Somebody needs to tell the Yi[...]
BLEACHING SKIN
· Imagine my shock when i woke up on New Year day January 1, 2013 to read this. So I chose not to get upset and I embarked on a project to correct the notion – Africa: where black is not really beautiful towww.vimeo.com/ondemand/blackisbeautiful. Some say its quite drastic situations call f[...]