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The Final Version of the EU’s Copyright Directive Is the Worst One Yet Despite ringing denunciations from small EU tech businesses, giant EU entertainment companies, artists’ groups, technical experts, and human rights experts, and the largest … Read more
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by John Ward Without the retention and encouragement of natural, bottom-up cultures, the human race will sink into an abyss of bureaucratic status quo. The battle between controlling process and open-minded … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Auto makers will face the loss of control over core technologies and the commodification of vehicles they market (11 minutes). Pent-up demand for high-priced luxury cars … Read more
by Martin Armstrong The end of the Venetian Empire, otherwise known as the Republic of Venice, traditionally was a sovereign state and maritime republic in northeastern Italy, which existed for … Read more
In Japan, corporate life is so intense there’s actually a word to refer to people dying from overworking: Karoshi, which literally translates to “death by overwork.” In 2013, 31-year-old journalist … Read more
by Jim Quinn “What Huxley teaches is that in the age of advanced technology, spiritual devastation is more likely to come from an enemy with a smiling face than from … Read more
via dailymail.co.uk: Iowa teenager Corey Brown was found dead Sunday west of Marshalltown The 13-year-old had been missing from home since Tuesday night He had a fight with his parents who … Read more
Kentucky town reels from fallout over viral National Mall faceoff PARK HILLS, Ky. – Residents of this affluent northern Kentucky town emerged from a turbulent holiday weekend with a question: … Read more
via hotair: Well, it’s not exactly a “tax” per se, but more like a series of fees being paid between content providers and aggregators. The EU has been working on a … Read more
by Disobedient Media In April last year, Disobedient Media broke coverage of the British involvement in the Trump-Russia collusion narrative, asking why All Russiagate Roads Lead To London, via the quasi-scholar … Read more
by visualcapitalist Each year, about 2.7 million Americans pass away for various reasons ranging from unintentional injuries to more chronic illnesses such as cancer or diabetes. While death is not always … Read more
Via Motley Fool America’s malls and shopping centers said farewell to Bon-Ton, Toys R Us, Brookstone, Starbucks’ Teavana, and Lowe’s-owned Orchard Supply Hardware stores this year. That followed the relatively recent loss of … Read more
#JOURNALISM: Press Outlets Dunk on Rand Paul for Going to Canada, Land of ‘Socialized Medicine,’ for Surgery. But the Clinic Is Private. Some media outlets and activists are suggesting that … Read more
by: S.D. Wells (Natural News) “I will just eat until I am dead” says a 700 pound 34-year-old video junkie “kid” who lives at home for free under his dad’s … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter This is getting serious. Sales of new passenger vehicles, as measured by registrations, dropped 5.5% in December from a year earlier in the UK, the second … Read more