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    I'll give this a try for a while.

    Stanford Students Want Western Civilization Studies Back as the PC Backlash Begins


    http://www.thedailybeast.com/article...sh-begins.html

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    Putin Gets His Own Army

    http://www.bloombergview.com/article...s-his-own-army


    President Vladimir Putin has overhauled Russia's law-enforcement operations to create a domestic army that ultimately would answer to him personally, not to one of the government ministers. It was the clearest demonstration in years of the Russian leader's concern about preserving his power.

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    Default Re: The News link thread

    Are you posting these as discussion topics bluesea? Or as a sort of news thread?
    "Nolo esse salus sine vobis ...” —St. Augustine

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    Its open to sharing by anyone interested, and discussion.

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    Some lite news. Franck Cammas, French circumnavigator extraordinaire with a little fun project among many, including preparing for the next America's Cup. In the video it sounds like he's prepping the boat for singlehanded sailing.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franck_Cammas

    http://www.sail-world.com/USA/43-kno...g-MOD70/143677

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    Cash, Candy, and 'Collateral Damage': An Anatomy of a CIA-MI6 Drone Assassination

    https://news.vice.com/article/cash-c...ssassination-1

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    Quote Originally Posted by bluesea View Post
    Cash, Candy, and 'Collateral Damage': An Anatomy of a CIA-MI6 Drone Assassination


    https://news.vice.com/article/cash-c...ssassination-1
    What seems to get lost in all this is how many fewer collateral damage losses there are with newer technology like drone strikes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jar View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by bluesea View Post
    Cash, Candy, and 'Collateral Damage': An Anatomy of a CIA-MI6 Drone Assassination


    https://news.vice.com/article/cash-c...ssassination-1
    What seems to get lost in all this is how many fewer collateral damage losses there are with newer technology like drone strikes.

    Lost or cast aside for the money shot (headlines). Otoh I believe loss of the so called hearts and minds, and why is the primary story.

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    Proof that Darwin was wrong?

    U.S. sailor rescued nine times sells boat


    http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-36057877

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    Russian Security Chief Makes Putin Seem Tame

    http://www.bloombergview.com/article...utin-seem-tame


    Bastrykin's proposals start with the development of an official national ideology to make young people more resistant to radicalization. But that won't be possible without censoring the Internet.

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    Janna Jihad, the Youngest Journalist in Palestine

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    Very young, intelligent (video content).

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    Rouhani clashes with Iranian police over undercover hijab agents

    http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ir...-idUSKCN0XH0WH


    "Our first duty is to respect people's dignity and personality. God has bestowed dignity to all human beings and this dignity precedes religion," Rouhani was quoted as saying by the news agency ISNA on Wednesday.

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    SpaceX breaks Boeing-Lockheed monopoly on military space launches

    http://www.reuters.com/article/us-sp...-idUSKCN0XO2TC

    The $82.7 million fixed-price contract awarded to Space Exploration Technologies, as the company is officially known, covers production of a Falcon 9 rocket, spacecraft integration, launch operations and spaceflight certification.

    So it seems SpaceX is financially responsible for the recovery stage on its own, as it should be. Of course imo once Boeing-Lockheed develops its own recoverable boost stage, they will *have* the government insure recovery. That unless SpaceX becomes a significant enough success to break the monopoly, encouraging other competitors to enter what would become a more healthy market.

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    Blast in Central Park severs man’s foot.

    A blast in Central Park severed the foot of a young man visiting New York from northern Virginia Sunday, witnesses said. The NYPD’s bomb squad was investigating the area of the park near E. 68th St. and Fifth Ave. Witnesses said the victim stepped on a device or fireworks, causing the blast. His foot was “all but gone,” one witness told the Daily News. Two of the victim's shocked friends described the ghastly sight moments before being taken away in an ambulance.
    http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/bla...z&ocid=UP97DHP


    I call BS on the “fireworks” claim. Fireworks don't go off when you step on them. This was some form of pressure triggered explosive.

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    Rio police tell tourists they won’t be able to protect them during Olympics: ‘Welcome to hell!’

    Rio de Janeiro police officers are warning tourists that they’re on their own this summer as the Brazilian city struggles to cope with rising violent crime ahead of the 2016 Olympic Games.

    About 100 Rio state police officers protested last week in the arrivals hall of Rio’s main international airport holding banners that read “Welcome to Hell,” Agence France-Presse reported.

    “Police and firefighters don’t get paid, whoever comes to Rio de Janeiro will not be safe,” the sign said, CNN reported.

    “We are here to show citizens and tourists from abroad the realities of Brazil,” said veteran police Officer Alexander Neto, 56. “They’ve been conned and we, too, have been conned. You have to understand there is no public security.”


    http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...-able-to-prot/

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