“We need democracy, but something that will suit Russia. We should take into consideration the Western experience, but we do not have to copy it. I feel that people are free now. Of course it is tougher to live, but it depends: some people care about sausage, others prefer freedom.” IRINA SMIRNOVA, 25 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTANT “I’d like a tough regime. The democrats spoiled the people. People do what they want and nothing counts....
Proponents of lifting restrictions argue that doing so is necessary to sustain universities and surrounding communities dependent on financial support from Chinese nationals. But this argument obscures the profound moral and economic consequences of higher education’s undue financial reliance on China, including its preference of foreign nationals in admissions decisions and its perpetuation of ballooning tuition costs. A true “foreign policy for the middle class” must address these serious concerns....
To animal-lovers and environmentalists, this is news comparable to the return of the prodigal son. There had been no confirmed sightings of wolves in Yellowstone since 1926, when the U.S. government finished its brutally effective extermination program by killing off the last squirming pup. In fact, the black canine with white markings in the gory breakfast scene–photographed by a commercial crew shooting a wildlife film in the park–could be a wolf-dog hybrid, released by an unhappy owner....
The exchange was a preview of a crucial intellectual tug of war about to take place among the poverty wonks in the Clinton administration: individual responsibility versus group entitlement. When the euphemisms are stripped away, it’s a debate about America’s most persistent and vexing agony-race, and the existence of a chronic, welfare-dependent and amoral underclass. Most liberals aren’t comfortable talking about such things. They imagine poverty a consequence of injustice and consider any attempt to criticize the morality of the poor “blaming the victim....
If American politics is to be upended, the man most likely to do it-paradoxically-is this smooth-talking, well-connected ornament of the establishment: the insiders’ favorite outsider. Powell will have to be uncharacteristically bold. Rather than assemble an organization, for now he’ll rely on fame, a fawning press and a 26-city book tour. If he runs for the Republican nomination, he must enlist a new wave of GOP voters and independents in an encircling maneuver around powerful GOP conservatives: a left hook worthy of Stonewall Jackson in the Shenandoah....
Assuming he wins confirmation by the Senate this summer–and there is no reason to think he will not–Mueller will bring his experience and zeal to the complex task of rehabilitating a proud but battered institution. The FBI may be the nation’s premier law-enforcement agency, but it is also a 30,000-employee, $3.4 billion-per-year bureaucracy that has been dogged by repeated charges of mismanagement, high-profile blunders and poor discipline. The list of controversies runs from Ruby Ridge to Richard Jewell to Wen Ho Lee, the Taiwanese-born physicist accused of stealing U....
Historians now have new evidence from which to judge the depth and importance of Richard Nixon’s private antipathy toward Jews. In newly released White House tapes, Nixon singles out Jewish Americans as natural political enemies and potential traitors. “The Jews are all over the government,” he says, insisting that the only way to control bureaucrats of the Jewish faith is to put someone “in charge who is not Jewish.” Was the 37th president guilty merely of letting off steam, as his defenders insist, or was Nixon an anti-Semite who allowed his prejudices to influence him on the job?...
It’s a stunning reversal in a case that has transfixed Peruvians and nettled relations with the United States. Why now? Peru watchers argue that President Alberto Fujimori is wielding his leverage over the courts to play politics. Ever since he was re-elected in May amid accusations of fraud, “he has become an international pariah,” says Jose Miguel Vivanco of Human Rights Watch. This “is an effort to win points in Washington....
One excellent option would be a Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart prequel. While this could come in the form of Rivet’s years as a rebel, or an earlier adventure with Ratchet and Clank, a far more memorable option would see players following an entirely different Lombax. Mags, a character that is only mentioned via a series of Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart collectibles, would be an excellent choice for a prequel story....
It has been recently revealed that Samsung’s flagship phone Galaxy S3 smartphone can be tenuously wiped by a single line of code. According to PC Advisor the hack involves a line of USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) code being sent to the device from a website, NFC or a QR code which wipes it entirely The issue was brought to fore by by Ravi Borgaonkar at the Ekoparty security conference....
Other generals, including Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, the commander of Desert Shield, have talked openly about their plans for defeating Iraq without losing their jobs. Dugan revealed no real secrets. So why was he fired? At the time, Cheney said Dugan showed “poor judgment.” The Defense secretary was reported to feel that Dugan had been a little too explicit about the targets he wanted to bomb, such as Saddam’s family, his personal guard and his mistress, as well as “culturally very important” sites that might include Islamic mosques....
He appeared to sense that the remark would belong to a world that, before last week, many Americans hoped was long gone, or, if not gone, certainly not the one inhabited by the majority leader of the United States Senate. To the former Ole Miss cheerleader accustomed to the hyperbolic flattery and clubbiness of the Senate, his words at Strom Thurmond’s 100th-birthday party may have seemed just another tip of the hat to the old man....
Now science has validated what parents have long known: children’s food preferences are largely in their head (and I don’t mean just their taste buds). When researchers at Stanford University gave 63 3- to 5-year-olds McNuggets from a McDonald’s bag or in McDonald’s wrapping, and identical McNuggets from unmarked paper packaging, the kids said the samples–identical, remember—tasted different, and they preferred ones in the McDonald’s wrapping by a wide margin....
For now, anyway. Barghouti is on trial for directing the Palestinian uprising in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and having a hand in the killing of at least 26 Israelis. In court last week, he continued to challenge Israel’s authority to try him, declaring that “no Palestinian can get justice from Israeli judges.” But while Barghouti, 44, is the biggest fish Israel has netted in nearly three years of fighting, the government is coming under increasing pressure to free him....
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OPRAH: Right. So, what we have become is a nation of idolatry worshipers. MS. WILLIAMSON: Yes, because when you think that– OPRAH: Would you all agree with that? Well, never mind. The important thing was that Oprah Winfrey just loved Marianne Williamson’s book, “A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles.” Loved it so much, in fact, she gave it a grand Oprah-size plug on her syndicated talk show last month, announcing she’d personally bought 1,000 copies for distribution to the spiritually needy....
Rumors have been swirling for some time now regarding an updated Nintendo Switch, with two prominent fan names being the Switch Pro and the Super Switch. It’s been reported that the standout features might be 4K support and updated specs among some others, and it seems that Microsoft’s FPS Boost seems to be a perfect candidate for a feature that would ensure the console’s success. RELATED: Pokemon Legends: Arceus Needs to Capture the Beauty of the Anime...
Meet the new Raspberry Pi Pico; a tiny microcontroller filled with big possibilities. We’ll be showing you what the Pico can do, and we’ll get you started with MicroPython, one of Pico’s supported programming languages. We’ll even offer up some code to try in case you decide to buy a Pico of your own. What Is a Raspberry Pi Pico? Raspberry Pi Pico is a new budget microcontroller designed by Raspberry Pi....
Super Mario Bros. 35 easily could’ve been an ongoing game. Nintendo might have chosen to support the free game with microtransactions for cosmetics, for instance, but instead, it chose to limit the battle royale exclusively to the window of Mario’s 35th birthday. However, Nintendo may have abandoned Super Mario Bros. 35, but that doesn’t mean it’s abandoned the concept. It’s entirely possible that Nintendo returns to the idea in the future with a more fleshed-out game....
