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Physicists extend stochastic thermodynamics deeper into quantum territory | Lisa Zyga

Thermodynamic laws that describe heat and energy are being extended to the quantum scale. Source: Pexels. Photograph by Paweł Kadysz Feb. 13, 2018 {Phys.org) -- Physicists have extended one of the mo ...

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The Boomerang Effect: How Netanyahu Made Israel an American Issue, and Lost | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Feb. 13, 2018 Despite massive sums of money spent to channel public opinion in the United States in favor of Israel, unmistakable trends in opinion po ...

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Capitalism is ending because it has made itself obsolete, former Greek finance minister Yannis Varoufakis says | Tom Embury-Denni

Yanis VaroufakisOct. 18, 2017 (Independent) -- Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis claims capitalism is coming to an end because it is making itself obsolete. The former economics professo ...

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Yet Another Year of Magical Thinking | James Howard Kunstler

James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Feb. 12, 2018 A peculiar feature of the human condition is that a society in distress will call forth intellectual witch-doctors to put on a colorful show th ...

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TOON: Government Shutdown | Monica Farrington

Monica Farrington -- World News Trust Feb. 10, 2018 "Government Shutdown" -- Three Panels TOON: Government Shutdown. Political commentary by Monica Farrington 1 of 3 TOON: Government Shutdown. Politi ...

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Shale Is A Retirement Party For The Oil Industry | James Howard Kunstler

James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Feb. 9, 2018 As of this week, the shale oil miracle launched U.S. oil production above the 1970 previous-all-time record at just over 10 million barrels a da ...

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Amerka, the Cartoon | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Feb. 8, 2018 Many baby boomers remember the original MAD Magazine, founded in 1952. MAD reached its apex during the mid to late 60s, when there was so much to ...

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That time I gave a lecture at MIT…and why it didn’t matter | Mickey Z.

Bill Murray is camp counselor Tripper Harrison in the 1979 movie Meatballs Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Feb. 8, 2018 On March 10, 2003, I gave a very well-attended lecture at the Massachusetts Insti ...

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John Perry Barlow, Internet Pioneer, 1947-2018 | Cindy Cohn

John Perry Barlow Cindy Cohn -- EFF Feb. 7, 2018 With a broken heart I have to announce that EFF's founder, visionary, and our ongoing inspiration, John Perry Barlow, passed away quietly in his sleep ...

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Foreign Policy for Sale: Greece’s Dangerous Alliance with Israel | Ramzy Baroud

Alexis Tsipras 2015. Source: kremlin.ruRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Feb. 7, 2018 For a brief historical moment, Alexis Tsipras and his political party, Syriza, ignited hope that Greece could resu ...

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Zeno’s Laughter | John Michael Greer

Zeno of EleaFeb. 7, 2018 (EcoSophia.net) -- We really are going to have to start a conversation about ethics, aren’t we? Last week’s post on the fallacy of claiming that there’s one and only one prop ...

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