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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Trump Attacks Amazon, Saying It Does Not Pay Enough Taxes

What about Mr. Trump’s taxes? The president’s commentary, made in a Twitter post, comes amid reports that Mr. Trump has expressed an interest in reining in the e-commerce business.

Private companies want to replace public transport. Should we let them?

Gotta be kidding – everyone in past history in US just milked public transit…….. at expense of the poor.

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Companies like Uber and Citymapper are scrapping for a piece of the mass transit market – with or without the support of public bodies

The sleek black van seemed a lot like a taxi. After summoning it to my location in central London using my smartphone, I walked a short distance to the pick-up point and clambered in. But then, just as I moved to close the door, a stranger climbed in after me.

She introduced herself as Anna. It was Anna’s third time using Smart Ride, the new service from Citymapper, the route planning app that has branched out to offer its own transport services. Smart Ride uses a fleet of minivans that move around the city on a fixed network, matching up passengers based on pick-up points and destinations. Citymapper calls it “a solution for dynamic shared transportation in cities”. Essentially, it’s a cross between a taxi and a bus.

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Remember the Resource Officer Who Shot the School Shooter in Maryland? It Never Happened

Donald Trump, the National Rifle Association and people who believe in the magical fairy tale of armed school employees preventing school shootings were all forced to eat their words with a supersized cup of “shut the fuck up” Monday, when authorities investigating the case of the Maryland school shooter who was stopped by a “good guy with a gun” announced that—contrary to earlier reports—the shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

Source: Remember the Resource Officer Who Shot the School Shooter in Maryland? It Never Happened

Rise/Set #photochallenge #haiku

My awareness times of day – thanks

penned in moon dust

Palmetto rise

colors of the sun merge

Equator sizzle

I love sun rise and sunset. Different parts of the world have their own unique glow.

South Carolina sunrise, Ugandan Sunset, Santa Barbara winter sunrise

Happy Wednesday to WordPress Photographers as we enjoy Sunrises and Sunsets.

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Putin condemned for saying Jews may have manipulated US election

Putin condemned for saying Jews may have manipulated US election:

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Jewish groups and U.S. lawmakers condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin’s suggestion that the 2016 U.S. presidential election may have been manipulated by Russian Jews.

Putin’s remarks came during a long and occasionally surreal interview with NBC News on Saturday, in which he speculated that nearly anyone other than the Russian government could have been behind a program to disrupt the election. U.S. intelligence agencies believe Putin ordered the effort to undermine faith in the U.S. election and help elect Donald Trump as president.

“Maybe they’re not even Russians,” Putin told Megyn Kelly, referring to who might have been behind the election interference. “Maybe they’re Ukrainian, Tatars, Jews — just with Russian citizenship.”