Singing, dancing Barack Obama stands in for Santa at children’s hospital

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The former US president surprises patients and their families at the Children’s National Medical Center, wearing a Santa hat, singing and dancing and handing out presents to sick kids.

Trump says IS group ‘defeated’ in Syria, orders withdrawal of US troops

Clearing the way for Turk genocide and win one for Vlad

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US President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed that the IS group had been defeated in Syria and ordered the withdrawal of its troops there. The stunning move will have extraordinary geopolitical ramifications — and plunges into uncertainty the fate of US-backed Kurdish fighters who have been tackling IS group jihadists, hundreds of whom remain in Syria.

Elon Musk unveils his company’s first completed tunnel in Hawthorne, and it’s not a smooth ride

Hype Inc. – son of Trumpmania

Billionaire Elon Musk envisions a world where commuting in Los Angeles is as easy as pointing a self-driving car toward an elevator platform embedded in a city street, sinking into a tunnel and zipping seamlessly beneath the traffic at speeds of up to 150 mph.

So far, his company’s progress toward…

Brandi Carlile feels the long-overdue love from the Grammys

she’s a wonder

When Brandi Carlile reaches the stratospheric climax on her song “The Joke,” her voice does exactly what she intends: It cracks, nearly shattering into little jagged slivers. It’s raw and visceral and not always pretty.

“When my voice gets to a certain volume and pitch, it breaks apart,” Carlile…

The data-sharing at the heart of Facebook’s latest scandal isn’t an anomaly — it’s how Facebook does business

Facebook’s business model has always been simple: acquire as much personal information from users as possible, then find a way to make money off of it.

For more than a decade, it proved to be a remarkably successful strategy, bringing to the social platform 2 billion monthly users to friend, feud…

Elon Musk Not Working On A Hyperloop Out Of This LES Basement

Nails the Trump like fakery of Musk!

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I know next to nothing about Elon Musk and work hard to keep it that way. So if someone were to say to me, “Have you heard that the eccentric billionaire has set up shop on Rivington Street, built himself a tiny little tech hub from which he will preside over the digging of a tunnel to connect the city’s trendier spots?” then I would eye them suspiciously and shrink slowly away. I would not blame you for doing the same now, but should you find yourself in the aforementioned social scenario, know that the “Hypeloop” is a hoax. At least as it pertains to NYC in this moment of time. [ more › ]

Fleeing a hell the US helped create: why Central Americans journey north

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The region’s inequality and violence, in which the US has long played a role, is driving people to leave their homes

Jakelin Caal Maquín, the seven-year-old Guatemalan girl who died this month in US custody, is the latest victim of a long, dysfunctional relationship between the US and its southern neighbours that has cost countless lives over the past half-century.

Related: Why did a little Guatemalan girl die after crossing the US border?

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