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Do 100 Russian advisers signify a limited response? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-defends-troops-in-venezuela-says-u-s-nervous/ar-BBVqTQk?ocid=ob-tw-enus-677

The Twitter account for the anti-abortion movie Unplanned was briefly suspended on Saturday, but has been restored to Twitter. After several users screenshotted notices of the suspension on the service and tagged Twitter and its co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey, the account returned. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/news/unplanned-movie-twitter-account-briefly-suspended-1198343?__twitter_impression=true

“As a decision-making aid in the construction of dykes and drainage channels the climate models are unsuitable. “Our computers do not even predict with certainty whether the glaciers in the Alps will increase or decrease,” explains Stevens. The difficulties he and his fellow researchers face can be summed up in one word: clouds. The mountains …

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Countries, unlike companies, are defined by the International system as “too big to fail”. What foreign assistance tries to accomplish would be called a bailout. Unfortunately some countries fail anyway. Venezuela is a dramatic example. It failed largely because of mismanagement. No amount of foreign aid will fix it. Not even intervention may work. Nobody …

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Does the state spell technology ‘control ‘? “It seems that politicians believe driver training or road maintenance won’t improve anytime soon, so instead they want to limit your car’s engine power to make sure you don’t break the speed limit while robots determine whether you’re fit to drive in the first place. At least that’s …

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As economy suffers multiple organ failure. It turned out that Venezuela wasn’t rich enough to afford socialism.

Revealed in detail by new techniques in the fossil record. One moment an entire era seemed unstoppable. The next it was gone. It’s a sobering story.  What Nature’s left hand is doing may be undone by its right.  Yet the end of the dinosaurs meant the birth of the mammalian age — and us.

If they want a Brexit delay. Meanwhile Bolton says US will give post Brexit UK priority access

As US Russia tensions rise in Venezuela

Helicopters circled the London Central Mosque on the edge of Regent’s Park after the street attack about half a mile away in St John’s Wood. London Times

The hands

The woman who forgave the boy who smashed her face

Benitez subjected the ban both to the constitutional analysis he argued was required by the U.S. Supreme Court in District of Columbia v. Heller and a more complicated and flexible test the Ninth Circuit has applied in prior Second Amendment cases.

$50 to get in $500 to get out defines a joint you should avoid

Top Venezuelan brass getting messages from Bolton. No longer master of the house.

“How could a 100% failure rate go on for so long without anyone taking action?” So what can be done?

From Stripes: In a “60 Minutes” interview last year, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said that “Saudi Arabia does not want to acquire any nuclear bomb, but without a doubt if Iran developed a nuclear bomb, we will follow suit as soon as possible.” What happens if one day there’s another 9/11?

Nature is both terrible and wonderful. The real threat when it comes will be a surprise not some preannounced UN catastrophe like global warming. NYT

No twist was too minuscule or outlandish for Maddow; every night, seemingly, brought another nail in the coffin of the soon-to-be-dead Trump presidency. Guardian

Spygate. How the Collusion narrative started. Fascinating for its description of process as well as substance.