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Palestine’s Moment of Reckoning: Abbas’ Dangerous Decision to ‘Postpone’ Elections | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust April 3, 2021 The decision April 30 by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to "postpone" Palestinian elections, -- which would have been the first in 15 years -- will deepen Palestinian division and could potentially signal the collapse of the Fatah Movement, at least in its current form. Unlike the last Palestinian parliamentary election ...

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“I got action!” (a few things I learned on the streets about manhood and women) — Mickey Z.

(Mickey Z.) Mickey Z. — World News Trust May 6, 2021 Since it’s become both hip and profitable, the umbrella name of “Astoria” is now used to cover a lot of real estate. When I was younger, the speci ...

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Conversation as Commons | John Michael Greer

May 5, 2021 (EcoSophia) -- A little while back I fielded yet another attempt to bully me into censoring my comments pages. It was the same schtick as always. One of my commenters had expressed a poin ...

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Birds vs. Tweets: Which Sounds Are You Tuned Into? — Mickey Z.

European Starlings (Photo: Rachel Wood/Great Backyard Bird Count) Mickey Z. — World News Trust May 3, 2021 While walking in my neighborhood the other day, I heard a beautiful and astonishingly comple ...

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That Time I Almost Accidentally Joined the NYPD — Mickey Z.

(Mickey Z.) Mickey Z. — World News Trust April 29, 2021 In my youth, it was very common for the guys I hung around with to seek out city jobs: police, fire department, sanitation, etc. Steady pay, go ...

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Grassroots Activism Behind Pro-Palestine Shift In The US | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudBottom-up Politics Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust April 25. 2021 At a recent virtual J Street Conference, U.S. Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren broke yet another politic ...

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Are You a Free Agent or a Cyborg? — Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World New Trust April 26, 2021 “If something strikes me as probable, I say it; and that is how, unlike everyone else, I remain a free agent.” (Cicero) In a recent article, I shared with y ...

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Moderate Geomagnetic Storm Watch For Sunday 25 April 2021 | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

April 22, 2021 (NOAA) -- NOAA issued a G2 (moderate) geomagnetic storm watch for Sunday 25 April 2021. A partial halo Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) was associated with a C3 flare from Region 2816 at 22 ...

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Vaccines May Protect Against New COVID-19 Strains -- And Maybe The Common Cold | Johns Hopkins University

Transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, isolated from a patient. Image captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Credit: ...

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Reducing Police Inappropriate Use Of Force | Nora Luongo

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain April 22, 2021 (Phys.org) -- Experts on violence have policy and procedural recommendations for reducing police use of inappropriate force. A report from the Police ...

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How an E-Mail from AOC Made Me Question the COVID-19 Death Count — Mickey Z.

(Instagram screenshot) Mickey Z. — World News Trust April 22, 2021 On April 6, 2021, I got an email from the offices of AOC (she’s my congressperson) informing me that “those who lost loved ones to C ...

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