From Jenna Orkin
Disappearance of Clinton Foundation CEO Eric Braverman
NATO Auditor General Found Shot Dead
The Mosul Dam Is Failing
Virtual Reality Allows the Most Detailed, Intimate Digital Surveillance Yet
Home Ownership Among 25-Year-Olds in England and Wales Has Halved in 20 Years
Body in burned car in Brazil raises fears for missing Greek ambassador
How to Make Money Rebuilding Reputations: Have Them Destroyed First
WTF: White Nationalist Inks 6-Figure Book Deal With Simon & Schuster
And...
A New Year's Eve 'leap second' could make your countdown to midnight last 11 seconds instead of 10
Trump will be part of China's Lunar New Year celebrations — as a rooster
With the arrival of Peak Oil, the curtain has closed on Act 1 of the drama Petroleum Man. What will happen in Act 2? Chekhov said, "If there's a gun on the wall at the beginning of the play, by the end it must go off." In the world's nuclear arsenal are many guns on the wall. If life copies art, will there be an Act 3 in which the players, having learned their lesson the hard way, live sustainably? To explore these and other questions... FTW's Act 2 Blog. Read, comment, take heart! Orkin
Saturday, December 31, 2016
Friday, December 30, 2016
From Jenna Orkin
Sears and Kmart are closing more stores — see if your store is on the list
Scientists just released this rare footage of a hidden underwater habitat in Antarctica
Minority children in the UK perform better in school but are still less likely to be employed
German anti-terror experts ranked Berlin truck attack suspect Anis Amri as 'a low threat'
Amazon is considering using blimps as huge airborne warehouses
A record number of refugees voluntarily left Germany this year
4 Out Of 5 Middle-Aged Brits Are Fat, Lazy Drunks; New Study Finds
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Faces Criminal Investigation For Fraud & Bribery
Federal Appeals Court Revives Hillary Email Case Leaving Key Decision To Trump's Attorney General
NYPD Officers Offered More Pay To Wear Body Cameras
Sears and Kmart are closing more stores — see if your store is on the list
Scientists just released this rare footage of a hidden underwater habitat in Antarctica
Minority children in the UK perform better in school but are still less likely to be employed
German anti-terror experts ranked Berlin truck attack suspect Anis Amri as 'a low threat'
A record number of refugees voluntarily left Germany this year
4 Out Of 5 Middle-Aged Brits Are Fat, Lazy Drunks; New Study Finds
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Faces Criminal Investigation For Fraud & Bribery
Federal Appeals Court Revives Hillary Email Case Leaving Key Decision To Trump's Attorney General
NYPD Officers Offered More Pay To Wear Body Cameras
Thursday, December 29, 2016
From Jenna Orkin
California's largest separatist movement just opened its first 'embassy'— in Moscow
Germany is taking its gold back faster than expected
'Stances have shifted': Russia, Turkey, Iran are discussing chopping Syria into zones of influence
A new Missouri law could make school bullying a felony and that's a problem
Unhappy Holidays: Houston Police Force Homeless People To Throw Away Food
California Man Arrested, Charged With Driving Under The Influence Of Caffeine
Europe Proposes Confiscating Gold In Crackdown On "Terrorist Financing"
More than one-third of schoolchildren are homeless in shadow of Silicon Valley
Putin's Hit Teams Of "Chechen Killers" Head For Syria
And...
Weird images
California's largest separatist movement just opened its first 'embassy'— in Moscow
Germany is taking its gold back faster than expected
'Stances have shifted': Russia, Turkey, Iran are discussing chopping Syria into zones of influence
A new Missouri law could make school bullying a felony and that's a problem
Unhappy Holidays: Houston Police Force Homeless People To Throw Away Food
California Man Arrested, Charged With Driving Under The Influence Of Caffeine
Europe Proposes Confiscating Gold In Crackdown On "Terrorist Financing"
More than one-third of schoolchildren are homeless in shadow of Silicon Valley
Putin's Hit Teams Of "Chechen Killers" Head For Syria
And...
Weird images
Wednesday, December 28, 2016
From Jenna Orkin
WashPost Makes History: First Paper to Call for Prosecution of Its Own Source (After Accepting Pulitzer)
Chinese carrier heading toward Hainan amid renewed tension over Taiwan
Romania's Secretary of State warned polio could make a comeback in Europe
Pre-Christmas gas shortages in Mexico hint at a bigger weakness in the county’s oil industry
Chinese cities are undergoing an insane housing boom with prices up as much as 43% in a year
Le Pen Presidential Campaign Threatened By Russian Bank Failure
Refugee Admissions Surge 86% YoY As Obama Rushes Arrivals Ahead Of Trump Inauguration
Israel Urges Jews To Leave France, Suspends "Working Ties" With Countries That Voted For UN Resolution
Obama Quietly Signs The "Countering Disinformation And Propaganda Act" Into Law
The Bank of Japan Was The Top Buyer Of Japanese Stocks In 2016
Demographic Shock Ground Zero: Japan Births Drop Below Million For The First Time On Record
And...
Davos Staff May Sleep In Shipping Containers As Billionaires Swarm Resort
WashPost Makes History: First Paper to Call for Prosecution of Its Own Source (After Accepting Pulitzer)
Chinese carrier heading toward Hainan amid renewed tension over Taiwan
Romania's Secretary of State warned polio could make a comeback in Europe
Pre-Christmas gas shortages in Mexico hint at a bigger weakness in the county’s oil industry
Chinese cities are undergoing an insane housing boom with prices up as much as 43% in a year
Le Pen Presidential Campaign Threatened By Russian Bank Failure
Refugee Admissions Surge 86% YoY As Obama Rushes Arrivals Ahead Of Trump Inauguration
Israel Urges Jews To Leave France, Suspends "Working Ties" With Countries That Voted For UN Resolution
Obama Quietly Signs The "Countering Disinformation And Propaganda Act" Into Law
The Bank of Japan Was The Top Buyer Of Japanese Stocks In 2016
Demographic Shock Ground Zero: Japan Births Drop Below Million For The First Time On Record
And...
Davos Staff May Sleep In Shipping Containers As Billionaires Swarm Resort
Monday, December 26, 2016
From Jenna Orkin
Britain could 'indefinitely' pay billions for former EU workers' pensions despite Brexit
How Europe's far right is already using the Berlin attack to exploit fears
A new law in Taiwan is requiring workers take 2 days off a week
'We have never been embedded to this degree': US forces are stepping up their role in the fight for Mosul
Watch an amazing 360 degree video of a MiG-29 flying to the edge of space
Maybe this all makes sense if you can understand the Russian commands. (Admittedly, we only spot-checked it.) Otherwise, we recommend a couple of joints first.
Suddenly Liberals Are The Ones Stockpiling Guns, Food And Supplies
Top Ex-White House Economist Admits 94% Of All New Jobs Under Obama Were Part-Time
Sales Of Livestock Antibiotics Are Still Growing
California’s Birthrate Falls to Lowest Level on Record
Moscow: Senior Russian Diplomat Shot Dead Hours Before Assassination of Ambassador in Turkey
And...
Hillary Voters Ate Their Feelings On November 9th - Cheesecake Orders Surged 72%
Britain could 'indefinitely' pay billions for former EU workers' pensions despite Brexit
How Europe's far right is already using the Berlin attack to exploit fears
A new law in Taiwan is requiring workers take 2 days off a week
'We have never been embedded to this degree': US forces are stepping up their role in the fight for Mosul
Watch an amazing 360 degree video of a MiG-29 flying to the edge of space
Maybe this all makes sense if you can understand the Russian commands. (Admittedly, we only spot-checked it.) Otherwise, we recommend a couple of joints first.
Suddenly Liberals Are The Ones Stockpiling Guns, Food And Supplies
Top Ex-White House Economist Admits 94% Of All New Jobs Under Obama Were Part-Time
Sales Of Livestock Antibiotics Are Still Growing
California’s Birthrate Falls to Lowest Level on Record
Moscow: Senior Russian Diplomat Shot Dead Hours Before Assassination of Ambassador in Turkey
And...
Hillary Voters Ate Their Feelings On November 9th - Cheesecake Orders Surged 72%
Saturday, December 24, 2016
From Jenna Orkin
An Ebola vaccine gave 100% protection in a trial — and that's a great sign for the next outbreak
How Amazon can become the world's first trillion-dollar business
Trump says US must 'expand its nuclear capability' until 'the world comes to its senses'
Bailing out the world's oldest bank could spark a fresh crisis for the eurozone
Berlin Attack Suspect Killed In Shootout In Milan: Real-Time Updates
Snopes Co-Founder Embezzles $98,000, Drops Weight, Leaves Fat Wife And Marries Actual Whore
Euroskeptics Enraged At Europe's Open Borders After Details Of Berlin Killer's Trip Emerge
Et voila. Cui bono.
Migrant Family Arrests At U.S.-Mexico Border Surge 130% In October And November
And...
Sex and marriage with robots: science fiction or new reality?
Those Robot Babies Meant to Scare Teens Out of Having Kids Might Not Work
An Ebola vaccine gave 100% protection in a trial — and that's a great sign for the next outbreak
How Amazon can become the world's first trillion-dollar business
Trump says US must 'expand its nuclear capability' until 'the world comes to its senses'
Bailing out the world's oldest bank could spark a fresh crisis for the eurozone
Berlin Attack Suspect Killed In Shootout In Milan: Real-Time Updates
Snopes Co-Founder Embezzles $98,000, Drops Weight, Leaves Fat Wife And Marries Actual Whore
Euroskeptics Enraged At Europe's Open Borders After Details Of Berlin Killer's Trip Emerge
Et voila. Cui bono.
Migrant Family Arrests At U.S.-Mexico Border Surge 130% In October And November
And...
Sex and marriage with robots: science fiction or new reality?
Those Robot Babies Meant to Scare Teens Out of Having Kids Might Not Work