As Hurricane Florence Batters Carolinas, Media Ignores Climate Change Connection and other major problems Hurricanes are getting more powerful and more destructive because of global warming, which gives storms more energy, but as the mass media reports on the destruction, they leave out this connection. Florence is one of the most massive and dangerous hurricanes […]
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Sinclair Broadcasting Back Again
The TV mega-merger loophole How much control should one company have over America’s television stations? For more than a decade, this has seemed like a settled question: In 2004, Congress limited the national reach of a television-group owner to 39 percent of U.S. homes. This limitation was put in place to keep the major networks, […]
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Tunnel Boring Exploits Game
See What Elon Musk’s Boring Company Is Doing With an Xbox Controller “Sometimes the most basic innovation can come from innovative individuals. Using that knowledge can bring untold wealth and profit where your company or group when starting out hadn’t explored.” Below is that example: Elon Musk’s Boring Company turns digging machine into ‘best video […]
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Sepsis Killing Seniors
Avoidable sepsis infections send thousands of seniors to gruesome deaths SEPSIS: “Sepsis occurs when chemicals released into the bloodstream to fight the infection trigger inflammatory responses throughout the body. This inflammation can trigger a cascade of changes that can damage multiple organ systems, causing them to fail. If sepsis progresses to septic shock, blood pressure […]
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New California Net Neutrality
California Net Neutrality Bill: ‘Gold Standard’ for the Nation California passed a landmark net neutrality bill, which now awaits Gov. Brown’s signature. ISPs are going all out for him to veto the law, but activists are keeping up the pressure. Last week the state legislature of California passed a major new law to restore the […]
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Table Busser
Meet the table busser who’s worked at the same Wilmette, Illinois pancake house for 54 years Othea Loggan came to Chicago and got a job bussing tables and washing dishes at Walker Bros. Original Pancake House in Wilmette. One of his brothers-in-law was the chef. Loggan lived on the South Side but he didn’t mind […]
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Hookway Hiring Anyone
This company hired anyone who applied. Now it’s starting a movement Around 25 years ago, Ty Hookway, founder of the upstate New York-based janitorial services company CleanCraft, was driving past one of their client’s houses when he noticed one of his workers’ cars parked in front. It was late–around 11 p.m.–so Hookway stopped to check […]
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Smart Bandages
This smart bandage can help diagnose and treat your injuries If you were to compare the medicine of ancient Greece with healthcare today, you could name plenty of differences: vaccinations, empirically-tested medicines, and we don’t think that an imbalance of humours is the root of most illnesses. But look closer, and you’ll see that some […]
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Sears Once a Retail Giant
Sears list of the 46 Stores closing in November With Sears closing stores amid a mountain of debt, the end may be drawing near for the iconic American retailer, and many of us aren’t ready to see this happen: Sears Holdings is closing 46 more Sears or Kmart stores as the struggling retailer seeks stability […]
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Iranian Oil Flowing Against US Sanctions
China shifts to Iranian tankers to keep oil flowing amid U.S. sanctions “Chinese buyers of Iranian oil are starting to shift their cargoes to vessels owned by National Iranian Tanker Co (NITC) for nearly all of their imports to keep supply flowing amid the re-imposition of economic sanctions by the United States.” The shift demonstrates […]