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Donald Trump takes aim at Amazon again

What a dummy! Shopping malls killed downtown businesses. Trump Tower drove small businesses out of work. Television killed the radio. He just cannot stand that Amazon is so much better at business than Donald ever hoped to be. And he needs people to hate someone other than the Donald. Donald Trump has renewed his criticism of Amazon, claiming it pays “little or no taxes to state and local governments.” The online giant is “putting many thousands of retailers out of business,” the president tweeted.

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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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:

littlegoythings:

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.”