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Map of Latin America produced by the CIA in 1981 showing "strategic resources" of each country. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/175515469  Another map from the same year, "Middle East Oil." https://catalog.archives.
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This thread is about the lack of emotional and financial support for frontline healthcare workers and how to help us by passing:1. Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act
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Now tuning into a status conference for Sidney Powell's "Kraken" lawsuit recently filed in Wisconsin. Eastern District of Wisconsin Judge Pamela Pepper starts out by noting that she will deny
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1) EXPLAINER -- ATF ACTIONS re: BRACES (thread): We see many comments suggesting that some view ATF as having stopped/paused/delayed actions re: pistol braces. We think that is a dangerous
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India's inventions, discoveries and contribution to the world. (Thread) 1. Diamonds. The earliest discovery of diamonds was in India in 4th century BC and were worn as adornments, used for
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New Q (2 Jul '20): US Atty Berman forced to resign on 20 Jun. Today Epstein's alleged madam, Ghislaine Maxwell, arrested in NH on multiple chgs of grooming young girls
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Gary Webb was an American investigative journalist who reported how the CIA flooded the small Black neighbourhood of South Central, LA with crack cocaine in order to finance a coup
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(1) {THREAD} Camouflage. This thread will contain useful knowledge on protecting yourself and the use of “camouflage”.I have been a moderator on Reddit, as well as various other platforms and
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A new paper on (i) how to connect high-level cognitive theories to neuroscience / neural nets, and (ii) how learners can construct new concepts like number or logic without presupposing
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Ok, so Metatopia was virtual this year. I skipped virtual Gencon, but Metatopia is SUPER important to me, so I made sure i would attend this one, even though I
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1/: I am a systems theorist and consequently deal with complex systems, among other things, human #metabolism. I believe in the power of our immune system, which somehow became a
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When youre "Protecting Democracy" all means are noble to achieve righteous ends. "Democracy is fragile & must be protected" they condescendingly preach. Their selfrighteousness blinds them to the reality that
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Looking at everything, it’s not all together a bad thing for the North to secede from Nigeria.The North is the only region in Nigeria that practically have everything, yet its
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ThreadToday we saw the birth & death of a coronavirus news cycle suggesting - contrary to common sense - that the Biden Admin had to “start from scratch” on a
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Thread - The Sunrise Movement Pre-planned the Minneapolis Riots They Just Were Awaiting For A Trigger To Initiate A Riot With Precision1. From time to time, I like to advocate
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Bringing my replies over to my timeline, @thogge asks a good question: why are betting markets so different than polls? And because betting markets have skin in the game, are
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