| Trump reacts to Barcelona terror by touting (debunked) anti-Muslim war crime tale Posted: 17 Aug 2017 12:32 PM PDT  President Trump responded to the news of a terrorist attack in Spain by peddling a debunked legend about a general's harsh tactics more than a century ago.
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| Prominent investigator exits Mueller team Posted: 16 Aug 2017 11:10 AM PDT  Rachel Maddow reports on the surprising departure of Peter Strzok, a prominent counter-espionage investigator who had been working on Robert Mueller's Trump Russia investigation.
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| 'My life is over': Man who attended Charlottesville neo-Nazi rally forced to move away after being identified Posted: 18 Aug 2017 07:17 AM PDT  A man who attended the white supremacist march in Charlottesville has told how his "life is over" after being publicly identified. Jarrod Kuhn was identified as a "nazi" after an anti-fascist group posted 250 fliers around the Honeoye Falls area of New York in the aftermath of the Virginia bloodshed that left three people dead. The flier claimed Mr Kuhn is a "leading figure with the Daily Stormer, an avowedly neo-Nazi website around which local groups have been organizing to promote anti-Semitism, white supremacy and violence against LGBTQ communities," according to the Livingston County news.
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| Does the Radical Left Pose a Violent Threat? Posted: 17 Aug 2017 03:55 AM PDT  The FBI tracks both the radical left and right, but warns that it's white supremacist extremists who pose a greater threat of violence.
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| Model was offered cash to make Grace Mugabe assault 'go away' Posted: 17 Aug 2017 10:12 AM PDT  The 20-year-old South African model that Zimbabwe's first lady Grace Mugabe is alleged to have assaulted was offered cash to make potential charges "go away", a lawyer said Thursday. Police have said they were also on high alert to make sure that the 52-year-old wife of President Robert Mugabe does not skip the country, with an arrest warrant reportedly being considered. The first lady is alleged to have hit Gabriella Engels on Sunday at a Johannesburg hotel.
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| U.S. House Democratic leader Pelosi calls for Confederate statue removal Posted: 17 Aug 2017 09:33 AM PDT  U.S. House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday joined calls for the immediate removal of Confederate statues from the U.S. Capitol, shortly after President Donald Trump expressed regret over statues and monuments being removed in some cities. "There is no room for celebrating the violent bigotry of the men of the Confederacy in the hallowed halls of the United States Capitol or in places of honor across the country," Pelosi said in a statement. A spokesman for Republican U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan said it was up to U.S. states to determine which statues were displayed on their behalf in the Capitol building.
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| How A German City Found An Absolutely Genius Way Of Handling Neo-Nazis Posted: 17 Aug 2017 02:17 AM PDT  What do you do when neo-Nazis keep flooding your town?
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| Deadly van attack in Barcelona claimed by ISIS Posted: 17 Aug 2017 08:58 AM PDT ![Deadly van attack in Barcelona claimed by ISIS]( "Deadly van attack in Barcelona claimed by ISIS") A manhunt is underway for the driver of a van that mowed through crowds of tourists on Barcelona's most famous avenue on Thursday, killing at least 13 people in an attack that was claimed by Islamic State. Police said they arrested two men, a Moroccan and a man from Spain's north African enclave of Melilla, though neither was the driver. Also on Thursday, hours beforehand, a person was killed in an explosion in a house about 100 km (62 miles) southwest of Barcelona, in an incident linked to the attack, police added.
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| JK Rowling just roasted Donald Trump again with one incredibly ironic observation Posted: 17 Aug 2017 10:29 AM PDT  There's literally no shortage of shade from J.K. Rowling when it comes to President Donald Trump, and we got some more of it today. SEE ALSO: J.K. Rowling tweets heartbreaking video of Heather Heyer's mother "Unbelievable. He actually did bring the Middle East together," Rowling tweeted, taking a direct shot at Trump after both Israel and Iran condemned his comments on Charlottesville that equated KKK members with those protesting their racist ideology. Unbelievable. He actually did bring the Middle East together. pic.twitter.com/miP9MyVLsS — J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) August 17, 2017 In just a few hours, the tweet garnered more than 87,000 likes and 30,000 retweets. (Also note the subtle chyron shade directed in Russia's general direction.) And of course, her followers were super into it. Omg he will take credit for it! "I brought the Middle East together bigly. With my words because I have all the good words.lots of words." — Angelique L'Amour (@LAmourAngelique) August 17, 2017 Up next, NASA detects 1st message from alien life, "WHAT THE HELL, YOU GUYS?" — Andrew R (@ExcelPope) August 17, 2017 Honestly, I think even Voldemort would be distancing himself from DT right about now... — Sonia Halbach (@SoniaHalbach) August 17, 2017 Trump's comments on the weekend's deadly "alt-right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, have received sharp criticism from people across the political spectrum — and Rowling, one of Trump's most frequent critics, is of course no exception. WATCH: Mark Ruffalo, Olivia Wilde, and more celebs led a powerful protest at Trump Tower
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| Stonewall Jackson's Descendants Want His Monuments Taken Down Posted: 17 Aug 2017 01:03 PM PDT  While attendees at last Saturday's violent "Unite The Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, may want to keep monuments to generals like Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson standing, some relatives of the Confederate leaders do not. On Monday, the Rev. Robert Wright Lee, IV, the former general's great-great-great-great-nephew, said that he believed it was time to take down the statues of his ancestor. Now, William Jackson Christian and Warren Edmund Christian, the great-great-grandsons of Stonewall Jackson, also want statues honoring the Confederate general removed from public display in their home town of Richmond, Virginia, and other cities as well.
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| Southern anger: Nazis, KKK 'hijacking' Confederate debate Posted: 17 Aug 2017 02:42 PM PDT ![Southern anger: Nazis, KKK 'hijacking' Confederate debate]( "Southern anger: Nazis, KKK 'hijacking' Confederate debate") CHULAFINNEE, Ala. (AP) — White Southerners who equate Old South symbols with regional pride rather than hate are even more on the defensive since neo-Nazis, Ku Klux Klansmen and other extremists became the face of the fight over Confederate monuments.
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| Shocking Video Shows Bear Biting Off Man's Arm After He Provokes It Posted: 17 Aug 2017 02:21 AM PDT  The man ignored warning signs outside the cage and climbed over the fence to feed the bears milk.
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| 'Bloodiest 24 hours' of Philippines drugs war, as 32 shot dead by Duterte's police Posted: 16 Aug 2017 10:25 AM PDT  Thirty two suspected drug dealers were killed in police shootouts in the Philippines on Tuesday night, during the bloodiest 24 hours so far of a state war on drugs that has killed over 7,000 people in the last year. The police conducted 49 "buy-bust" operations, using undercover officers to attempt to buy drugs from suspected dealers, and 14 raids, in the province of Bucalan, just north of the capital, Manila, said police superintendent Romeo Caramat. Filipino students stage a protest rally against the war on drugs in Manila Credit: EPA Describing his forces' actions as "one time, big time", he said that 25 of these operations had "resulted in armed encounter" during which 32 were killed and 107 were arrested. Officers also confiscated over 200 grams of methamphetamine, 786g of marijuana, and firearms. Mr Caramat told reporters that while the police tried to avoid casualties during their operations, that "we do not have control of the situation." He repeated a common line issued by the Philippine authorities, that the suspects were killed because they fought back. "The subjects are notorious drug pushers and we all know that they are called notorious because they will refuse to be caught alive," he said, according to local news-site, Rappler. More than 3,200 alleged drug offenders have been killed in gunbattles with law enforcers since President Rodrigo Duterte unleashed a brutal war on drugs after coming to power last year. #Philippines mandatory student drug testing may create a "school-to-cemetery track" for kids testing positive @hrwhttps://t.co/OC0MQMce3upic.twitter.com/Jpysuh1pTs— Phelim Kine 林海 (@PhelimKine) August 14, 2017 Human rights groups have accused the police of acting with impunity and deliberately staging shoot-outs to kill suspects without giving them the right to a trial. They report that at least 7,000 alleged drugs dealers and users in total have been killed, with the majority being gunned down by vigilante assassins accused of having links to the authorities. Critics of Duterte have demanded an investigation into his possible role in the violence. Rachel Chhoa-Howard, Philippines researcher at Amnesty International said it was "extremely worrying" that the killings had picked up pace in recent weeks. "This is another horrific milestone in President Duterte's bloody 'war on drugs'," she said of Tuesday night's death toll. "This shows clearly the urgent need to establish an international-led investigation into the carnage taking place every night." Phelime Kine, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch, added his voice to calls for an independent inquiry, urging the United Nations to investigate Duterte's drugs war "slaughter." "Duterte's consistent cheerleading for an unlawful killing campaign that killed at least 7,000 – and perhaps as many as 12,000 – of the country's most poverty-stricken citizens makes him complicit in the incitement and instigation of mass killings" he said. In quotes | Rodrigo Duterte, President of the Philippines Meanwhile, HRW has warned that the safety of Philippine high school and college students could be endangered by government plans to introduce random mandatory drugs tests on campus. The ministry of education has approved a proposal to introduce drugs tests at the start of the school year to deter and determine the prevalence of drug abuse among students. "Imposing mandatory drug testing of students when Philippine police are committing rampant summary killings of alleged drug users puts countless children in danger for failing a drug test," said Mr Kine. "Education officials should be protecting students, not putting them in harm's way through mandatory drugs tests."
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| U.S. Navy to remove senior leaders of warship after deadly June crash Posted: 17 Aug 2017 04:54 PM PDT  By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy will relieve the two senior officers and the senior enlisted sailor on a U.S. warship that collided with a Philippine container ship in June off the coast of Japan, the Navy said on Thursday, A separate official report released on Thursday contained dramatic accounts of what happened when the freighter hit the USS Fitzgerald, killing seven Navy sailors. Admiral Bill Moran, deputy chief of naval operations, told reporters that the USS Fitzgerald's commander, executive officer and master chief petty officer would be removed. Multiple U.S. and Japanese investigations are still under way into how the Fitzgerald, a guided missile destroyer, and the much larger ACX Crystal container ship collided in clear weather south of Tokyo Bay in the early hours of June 17.
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| KKK leader threatens to 'burn' black Latina journalist and calls her a 'n*****' during interview Posted: 17 Aug 2017 02:10 PM PDT  An Afro-Latina journalist conducting an interview with a member of the Ku Klux Klan has said he threatened her so violently that she was concerned for her safety. Ilia Calderón, a Univision journalist with both African and Colombian heritage, agreed to visit KKK leader Chris Barker on his wooded North Carolina property. Almost immediately, Mr Barker asked her why she didn't "go back" to her country of origin.
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| Trump Resurrects Anti-Muslim Myth in Wake of Barcelona Attack Posted: 17 Aug 2017 08:36 AM PDT  In a tweet after Thursday's terror attack in Barcelona, Trump suggested studying a debunked myth about U.S. General John Pershing executing dozens of Muslim prisoners in the Philippines.
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| 'He's toxic!': Trump goes after 2 GOP senators for Charlottesville criticism Posted: 17 Aug 2017 05:45 AM PDT  Trump attacked Sens. Jeff Flake, an outspoken critic, and Lindsey Graham, one of few Republicans to call out the president by name over Charlottesville.
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| 'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli Juror Transcript Full Of Brutal Insults Posted: 17 Aug 2017 02:52 PM PDT  It wasn't easy finding jurors who didn't automatically hate "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli's guts.
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| Here's a Preview of the Solar Eclipse Traffic Nightmare Posted: 17 Aug 2017 03:13 PM PDT  The backup in Oregon was between 20 and 30 miles long
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| 9-Foot Alligator Attacks And Kills 75 Pound Dog In Florida Posted: 17 Aug 2017 11:34 AM PDT  Authorities are now warning residents about keeping their pets leashed.
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| Furor erupts over killing of teenager as Philippines drugs war escalates Posted: 18 Aug 2017 05:09 AM PDT  By Erik De Castro and Manuel Mogato MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines police came under pressure on Friday to explain the killing of a high-school student after the 17-year-old became one of at least 80 people shot dead this week in an escalation of President Rodrigo Duterte's ruthless war on drugs. Television channels aired CCTV footage that showed Kian Loyd Delos Santos being carried by two men to the place where his body was later found, raising doubt about an official report that said he was shot because he fired at police officers first. Witnesses told the ABS-CBN channel that the teenager did not have a firearm and police officers at the scene handed him a gun, asked him to fire the weapon and run.
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| Man Whose Heart Was Pierced by 3-Inch Nail Drives Himself 12 Miles to Hospital Posted: 16 Aug 2017 01:47 PM PDT  Doug Bergeson says common sense told him not to pull the nail out.
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| Quiet seaside resort of Cambrils emerges from a terrifying night Posted: 18 Aug 2017 12:57 AM PDT  Markel Artabe had just finished his shift as a waiter in Cambrils and was heading off for an ice-cream when he heard shots: only a few hours after the carnage in Barcelona, the Catalan coast was suffering another attack. "Then we heard shots and thought 'it must be fireworks'... But it was gunshots," said the waiter in the seaside resort 120 kilometres south of Barcelona in the northeastern region of Catalonia.
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| Donald Trump: How to remove a US President from office Posted: 18 Aug 2017 05:52 AM PDT  Donald Trump has already tangled with more than half the Republicans on a Senate committee that would play a key role if he were impeached. In series of tweets, Mr Trump called Senator Lindsey Graham "publicity seeking" and said he "just can't forget his election trouncing" in the 2016 presidential race. Both men are members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which would be central to any proceeding to remove Mr Trump from office.
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| Missouri State Senator Urged To Resign Over Her 'Hope' For Trump's Assassination Posted: 17 Aug 2017 03:42 PM PDT  A Missouri state senator says she has no plans to resign ― despite loud calls from within her own party to do so ― after she said she hoped President Donald Trump would be assassinated. Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal made the comment on her Facebook page Thursday morning in response to a thread she'd started out of frustration over the white supremacist violence last weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia. While she deleted the post soon after, a screenshot of it nevertheless quickly gained traction, earning rebukes from across the political spectrum.
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| Ex-NY governor hopeful who insulted Obamas kicked off board Posted: 17 Aug 2017 03:45 PM PDT  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — One-time Republican candidate for New York governor Carl Paladino, whose published insults of former President Barack Obama provoked a public uproar, was removed from Buffalo's school board Thursday for improperly discussing teacher contract negotiations.
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| Why Do Nazis Hate Jews? Posted: 17 Aug 2017 01:09 PM PDT  Other polls indicate a persistent suspicion and distaste for Jews as "pushy, clannish, unethical."
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| Finland stabbings: Police 'do not rule out terrorism' after knife rampage leaves two dead Posted: 18 Aug 2017 09:18 AM PDT  Two people killed in city-centre stabbing spree Attacker in custody after police shoot him in the legs Police 'searching for more possible perpetrators' Two people have been killed in a stabbing attack in southwest Finland, authorities have confirmed. One suspect was arrested and armed police were searching for other possible perpetrators following the rampage in the city-centre of Turku on Friday afternoon. Press conference from Turku at Finnish Yle TV1 just started. Confirmed: 8 stabbed 2 dead. Perpetrator in custody. My heart breaks. #Turku— Elina Nikulainen (@ElinaNikulainen) August 18, 2017 "Police shot the suspected perpetrator in the legs," police wrote on Twitter. "The person has been arrested. We recommend that people avoid central Turku." The police is searching for possible more perpetrators in Turku. People are asked to leave and avoid the center of Turku.— L-S poliisi (@L_S_poliisi) August 18, 2017 Petri Virolainen, the director of Turku University hospital said: "I can confirm that eight people are in our hospital. One person is dead. The rest are in stable condition." About half a dozen people were seen lying on the ground in Turku city center as the attack began at around four PM local time. A video grab taken from Instagram shows officials standing in a street next to a person lying on the ground in the Finnish city of Turku Credit: KIRSI KANERVA/AFP Video footage filmed shortly after the attack showed people running in a panic down one of the city's main streets. Witnesses reported seeing seeing a woman with stroller being attacked by a man with a large knife. Images taken just after attack in #Turkupic.twitter.com/xrY7Z9eZW2— Stoonbrace (@Stoonbrace) August 18, 2017 Finnish police said they reinforced security at Helsinki airport and train stations following the attack, which comes amid a heightened tensions following yesterday's terrorist attack in Barcelona. It was not immediately clear if there was any link between the stabbings in Finland and events in Spain. Several persons stabbed in central Turku. Police has shot at suspected perpetrator. One person is apprehendee— L-S poliisi (@L_S_poliisi) August 18, 2017 Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sippila Tweeted: "The government is following the situation in Turku closely and a police operation is under way." In 2012, Finland's then-prime minister Jyrki Katainen escaped a knife attack in Turku while campaigning for municipal elections. Armed policemen on duty at Helsinki airport after a stabbing attack in the city of Turku Credit: LEHTIKUVA/Reuters The man who approached him carrying a knife was found to be psychologically disturbed and no charges were brought against him. Finland's Security Intelligence Service (Supo) earlier said it had no indication that individuals in Finland were linked to the Barcelona attacks and that the country's threat assessment would remain unchanged, at an "elevated" level. Turku is a city of 186,000 people in southwest Finland.
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| Endangered 2-Headed Turtle Spotted on Beach Posted: 17 Aug 2017 02:27 PM PDT  The team of biologists spotted another two-headed loggerhead turtle hatching last year.
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| Former neo-Nazi: Trump’s message parrots my old propaganda Posted: 18 Aug 2017 02:00 AM PDT  A reformed neo-Nazi says President Trump is partly to blame for legitimizing the white nationalism that exploded in Virginia last weekend.
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| The U.S. Capitol Is Basically A Confederate Statue Bazaar Posted: 17 Aug 2017 10:01 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― As cities around the nation pull down their monuments to the Confederacy, the legacy lives on in the heart of national politics: the U.S. Capitol.
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| Anti-Muslim Australian senator wears burqa in Parliament Posted: 17 Aug 2017 07:53 AM PDT  CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian senator provoked an angry backlash from lawmakers by wearing a burqa in Parliament on Thursday as part of her campaign for a national ban on Islamic face covers.
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| Eclipse 2017: Man who permanently damaged his eyes during a solar event warns people not to stare at sun Posted: 18 Aug 2017 02:25 AM PDT  A man who permanently damaged his eyesight by looking at a partial solar eclipse 55 years ago has warned people not to look directly at the sun during the total eclipse on Monday. Lou Tomosoki, 70, still has a blind spot in the centre of the vision of his right eye as a result of looking at the sun for just a few seconds as the moon crossed its surface in the early 1960s. In 1962, he and a friend were walking home from high school in Bend, Oregon, when the partial eclipse began.
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| What to Do With a Heinous Statue Posted: 17 Aug 2017 05:26 AM PDT  Lessons for Trump from post-Nazi Germany and post-Soviet Eastern Europe.
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| 911 Call Reveals Harrowing Escape of Woman Cops Call 'James Bond' After She Jumped Out of Car Posted: 17 Aug 2017 01:49 PM PDT  Jordan Dinsmore's suspected attackers have been arrested.
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| See what happens when you ask Siri 'what's zero divided by zero?' Posted: 17 Aug 2017 08:04 PM PDT  Zero divided by zero sounds like a simple maths problem, but when you ask Siri you might not get the answer you were expecting. Many people who use Apple's built in personal assistant are used to receiving sassy answers from him. But this time, it seems Siri has gone too far and many Twitter users can't believe the response. EVERYBODY GO ASK SIRI WHAT ZERO DEVIDED BY ZERO IS BC IVE NEVER LAUGHED SO HARD AT SOMETHING SIRI HAS SAID— ️ (@5THOFFEB) June 30, 2015 Siri replies: "Imagine that you have zero cookies and you split them evenly among zero friends. How many cookies does each person get? See? It doesn't make sense. And Cookie Monster is sad that there are no cookies, and you are sad that you have no friends." Read more: The best of Siri: 11 funny responses from the iPhone's virtual assistant It's quite harsh. just asked siri what zero devided by zero and she said i have no friends pic.twitter.com/pFYmBJVz9b— Farhan (@FefKun) June 30, 2015 Many Twitter users are tweeted about Siri, including Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul. Ask Siri "what is zero divided by zero?" RIGHT. NOW.— Aaron Paul (@aaronpaul_8) June 30, 2015 Some people loved the response. Ask Siri what is zero divided by zero and get sass in return— Nicola Heaney (@nics265) June 30, 2015 Ask Siri, "what is 0 divided by 0" The answer is hilarious.— Bailey Seal (@bailey_seal) June 30, 2015 Read more: The voice behind Siri breaks his silence Others, not so much. When you ask Siri what's 0 divided by 0 and she violates your whole life pic.twitter.com/SvYfi0q8wP— Emmanuel Matos (@emmvnuelmvtos) June 30, 2015 Ask Siri what 0 divided by 0 is and listen to her roast your life in 15 seconds— Garrett Cox (@GarrettJCox) June 30, 2015 When you ask Siri what 0 divided by 0 is pic.twitter.com/AW5in1HGsO— Just Bait Posts (@JustBaitPosts) June 30, 2015 For a round-up of technology news and analysis, sign up to our weekly Tech Briefing here.
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| Mexico City fishermen fight to save Aztec floating gardens Posted: 18 Aug 2017 08:43 AM PDT  Roberto Altamirano has the lake to himself as he casts his glistening net onto the still water in a perfect circle, lets it sink, then slowly pulls it in. It comes back bearing a large haul of tilapia and carp -- and that is exactly the problem. Altamirano is one of just 20 or so fishermen who remain in the floating gardens of Xochimilco, an idyllic network of lakes, canals and artificial islands improbably tucked into the urban sprawl of Mexico City.
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| Why You Need To Be Adding Peanut Butter To Your Burger Posted: 17 Aug 2017 07:16 AM PDT  Talk about next level.
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| Donald Trump Cares About Irreplaceable Objects, Except When He Doesn't Posted: 17 Aug 2017 11:19 AM PDT  President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Thursday to condemn the removal of "beautiful statues and monuments" around the United States.
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| New York Times editor testifies in Sarah Palin's defamation lawsuit Posted: 16 Aug 2017 04:00 PM PDT  James Bennet testified at a hearing before U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in a Manhattan federal court that he meant to link Palin to an "overall climate" of incitement to political violence, but not to say she caused the shooting. Palin, the former Alaska governor who was Republican presidential candidate John McCain's running mate in an unsuccessful 2008 campaign, is seeking in excess of $75,000 for compensatory, special and punitive damages.
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