Biden orders airstrikes against facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups - CNNPolitics

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“President Joe Biden directed military forces to conduct defensive precision airstrikes against facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups in the...”

Delta variant: What it could mean for Covid-19 in the US - CNN

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“A coronavirus variant first spotted in India is poised to become the dominant one in the United States, where infectious disease modelers say it...”

It just does not stop.

Mike Pence heckled as 'traitor' at Faith & Freedom conference

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“Trump's former Vice President Mike Pence was booed at what should've been a friendly crowd at the Faith & Freedom Coalition conference in Orlando.”

The best places to find extraterrestrial life in our solar system, ranked | MIT Technology Review

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“From nearby planets like Venus and Mars, to distant moons like Europa and Titan, these are worlds where we're most likely to find alien life.”

Who knows, maybe we will find life within our solar system?

A vertical axis wind turbine without the wind! How do they do that? - YouTube

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“Wind turbines are everywhere nowadays, and they do a great job of harnessing all that free energy. But as a restless species constantly on the...”

Yet another interesting method for capturing and using wasted energy.

The Bandwagon Effect: Why People Tend to Follow the Crowd - Effectiviology

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“The bandwagon effect is a cognitive bias that causes people to think or act a certain way if they believe that others are doing the same.”

We often wonder how an individual can possibly think a certain way.   We see it everyday in terms of political views, religious views, trends (e.g. tattooing), economic views, sociological views, etc.    There are a number of factors that affect they way we think, but one of the most obvious...

Belief

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“Everyone already knows all that we know of God.”

How often do people speak proudly of their religious belief — their well-honed ability to believe in a god when there is no objective evidence that shows their god even exists? Belief in a god has evolved through organized religion into something that religious people aspire to.   It is a goal...

Trump said Anthony Fauci is 'full of crap' in an expletive-laden speech to Republican donors

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“"Have you ever seen anybody that is so full of crap?" Trump asked the audience of GOP donors about Anthony Fauci”

Hard to imagine that some actually want this miserable human being to return to the Presidency.

Trump adviser Giuliani asks judge to throw out $1.3 billion lawsuit over his 'big lie' election claims | Reuters

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“Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani asked a judge on Wednesday to throw out a voting machine company's $1.3 billion defamation...”

Hard to imagine how Giuliani is going to defend himself.   If he did not defame Dominion then what could possibly count as defamation?

Hubble telescope finds rare double quasars in ancient galactic collisions | Space

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“NASA's long-serving Hubble Space Telescope is seeing double after detecting two rare pairs of quasars nestled within galactic collisions that...”