| ترك برس - النشرة 30-03-2019 Posted: 29 Mar 2019 08:46 PM PDT |
| Weekend planner; Big Tech's troubles; YouTube's rabbit holes; NYT responds to Trump; final Adam Moss edition of NYMag; SVU milestone; 'Dumbo' weekend Posted: 29 Mar 2019 06:42 PM PDT Check out Sheryl Sandberg's letter, Heather Nauert's new position, Nickelodeon's new deal, a groundbreaking episode of "Grey's Anatomy," and more... EXEC SUMMARY: Scroll down for a preview of what's coming up this weekend... Plus, Sheryl Sandberg's letter, Heather Nauert's new position, Ze Frank's departure, a new acquisition by Nickelodeon, a groundbreaking episode of "Grey's Anatomy," and more...
Connecting all the Big Tech dots
In just the past week... Facebook vowed to ban white nationalism, Apple launched a news subscription service, Google partnered with McClatchy to create new local news websites, FB faced down civil charges by HUD over housing ads, Twitter said it is considering labeling Trump tweets that violate its rules, FB removed a set of "inauthentic" accounts in The Philippines, Google's CEO met with President Trump... And I'm sure this list is missing some stories.
🎧 🎤 On this week's podcast, we tried to connect the dots between all these pieces of news. Hear my conversation with Oliver Darcy and Donie O'Sullivan via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, or your preferred app... | |
Going down YouTube's rabbit holes
The NYT's Kevin Roose made the most of this opportunity to interview YouTube product chief Neal Mohan. "The recommendation engine," Roose noted, "is a growing liability for YouTube, which has been accused of steering users toward increasingly extreme content."
Mohan said "we do take this notion of dissemination of harmful misinformation, hate-filled content, content that in some cases is inciting violence, extremely seriously." Read the Q&A and see if you agree...
"How a 119-Word Local Crime Brief Became Facebook's Most-Shared Story of 2019"
I'm so glad Will Oremus wrote this story. I wish I had thought of it. According to NewsWhip, the most-shared piece of web content in 2019, so far, is a story titled "Suspected Human Trafficker, Child Predator May Be in Our Area." The "alarming yet geographically ambiguous headline" helped it go viral, Oremus wrote.
Here's the key thing: The suspected child predator "was arrested nearly two months ago," he tweeted, "and was safely in custody even as the story about him being at large was being shared to massive pro-Trump pages and terrifying Facebook users across the country..."
The point of the story: "At a time when fortunes can be built and lost on Facebook traffic, the story's wild success might seem like a bizarre accident, a glitch in the system. But it also suggests that, for all of Facebook's efforts to improve its news feed over the years, the social network remains as capricious and opaque an information source as ever..."
Sandberg's letter to New Zealand
Donie O'Sullivan emails: Two weeks after the terror attack in New Zealand which was streamed live on Facebook, the company's COO Sheryl Sandberg says, "We have heard feedback that we must do more – and we agree."
Sandberg's comments came in a letter published by the New Zealand Herald on Saturday morning local time. Sandberg says Facebook is considering restricting who can stream live on its platform, including restricting users who have previously broken its rules.
--> Context: Facebook says it's policing its platform, but didn't catch the mosque massacre livestream. Here are some possible reasons why...
Alex Jones deposed
Oliver Darcy emails: Hours of video showing Alex Jones being deposed by an attorney representing some of the Sandy Hook families was released on Friday afternoon. Jones, of course, is being sued by some of the parents whose children were killed in the 2012 school massacre. (Previously, Jones called the lawsuit "frivolous" and predicted his legal team will ultimately be victorious.) In the surreal deposition video, which was uploaded online by the law firm representing the Sandy Hook families, Jones is repeatedly pressed on his role in spreading conspiracy theories about the shooting. | | At one point in the more than three hours of deposition footage, Jones appears to blame "a form of psychosis" for making him think "everything was staged." Asked what he meant by that, Jones replied that "the trauma of the media and the corporations lying so much" had caused him to have problems trusting "anything." Jones explained, "Kind of like a child whose parents lie to them over and over again, well, pretty soon they don't know what reality is." You can watch part one, and part two of the deposition on YouTube. HuffPost and the Austin American-Statesman also have stories highlighting the key details...
>> In related news, a federal judge ruled on Friday that a lawsuit filed last year by a witness to the Charlottesville attack against Jones, InfoWars, and other far-right figures can move forward…
>> The NYT's Elizabeth Williamson has a unique angle about this: "How Alex Jones and Infowars helped a Florida man stalk Sandy Hook families..."
Boston Globe's big look at breaking up Big Tech
The Boston Globe's Sunday Idea section is dedicated to this special report, "Big Tech needs a Big Fix."
The paper's editorial board, which called for breaking up Google last year, now says "the problem clearly goes beyond one company, and beyond any single strategy to fight back." The board says Elizabeth Warren's proposal "is not a silver bullet, but she's onto something by challenging Silicon Valley's giants. The era of self-policing must end; it's time for reform and regulation in a substantive way." Here's the special section...
WEEKEND PLANNER
-- Numerous 2020 candidates are appearing at the Iowa Heartland Forum on Saturday...
-- Fox's Jeanine Pirro returns on Saturday after a two-week suspension...
-- The 50th annual NAACP Image Awards will take place Saturday evening at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood…
-- Jussie Smollett flew to L.A. the other day, presumably because he's up for an Image Award...
-- The pivotal Writers Guild vote over a new agency code of conduct closes on Sunday morning...
-- The final season of "Veep" premieres on HBO Sunday night...
-- Watch out, because Monday is April Fools Day...
NYMag says goodbye to Adam Moss
The staff of NYMag bid farewell to Adam Moss on Friday and marked the end of his remarkable 15-year run as editor of the magazine.
Here's a look at the staff's special tribute magazine for Moss... An homage to his famous Eliot Spitzer cover: | | A sneak peek at his final issue...
Fresh off the mag's deal with Apple to be included in the Apple News+ subscription service, NYMag is releasing Moss's final issue a bit early, only in News+... I'm told it'll be available in the app on Friday night, ahead of the normal Sunday night release on the web.
The cover package is titled "74 Marriages..."
FOR THE RECORD, PART ONE
-- WSJ's Friday scoop: "Endeavor LLC, the international entertainment and marketing colossus" that owns WME and the UFC, has filed or is about to file "confidential paperwork for an IPO..." (WSJ)
-- An update on Maria Ressa's latest arrest: "She was released around noon after posting bail, about five hours after she was arrested..." (NYT)
-- A new AP Stylebook update discourages the use of the euphemism "racially charged" -- asserting, in essence, "It's OK to call something racist when it's racist," Doris Truong writes... (Poynter)
-- Caleb Ecarma reports: Donald Trump Jr. gave an interview to an obscure right-wing outlet, TruNews, "known for anti-Semitic conspiracies that said Trump is 'owned by the Jews.'" Jr. says he knew nothing about the outlet... (Mediaite)
A must-read by David Ignatius
This is a nearly 4,000-word investigation by WaPo's David Ignatius into "how Jamal Khashoggi's death six months ago has rocked the U.S-Saudi relationship."
Ignatius acknowledges that "this case is personal for us at The Post. Khashoggi was our colleague, and my friend for 15 years." After interviewing "more than a dozen knowledgeable American and Saudi sources," he says "the bottom line is that unless the crown prince takes ownership of this issue and accepts blame for murderous deeds done in his name, his relationship with the United States will remain broken. Saudi officials claim that MBS has made changes, firing Saud al-Qahtani, his former covert-operations coordinator. But the Saudi machine of repression remains intact, run by many of the same people who worked for Qahtani. U.S. officials worry that the young crown prince has become a Saudi version of Saddam Hussein, an authoritarian 'modernizer.'" Read on...
A few of the week's best reads
Some recommendations for your weekend:
-- "Collusion Was a Seductive Delusion," the NYT's Farhad Manjoo says
-- Slate's Willa Paskin says Rachel Maddow has "conspiracy brain"
-- The Atlantic's Taylor Lorenz recommends getting a nemesis, someone who pushes you "to work harder"
-- "Why slow journalism and finishable news is (quickly) growing a following" by NiemanLab's Benjamin Bathke
FOR THE RECORD, PART TWO
-- Maggie Haberman tweeted this summary of her newest story with Annie Karni: "POTUS himself was a high-energy staple of 2016. But so far he is reluctant to do lots of travel, even waving off a possible rally out West next week..." (NYT)
-- With Morgan Ortagus expected to take over as State Dept spokeswoman, her predecessor Heather Nauert... who withdrew from consideration as UN ambassador... has been nominated by POTUS to the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board... (Examiner)
-- A+ lead by Mike Allen! "Here's how not normal things are: The White House economic adviser broke with tradition and waded into Federal Reserve rate setting today." And it happened on TV... (Axios)
| | Waiting for the Mueller report...
"Mueller Week was more a whimper than a bang," Chris Cillizza wrote in Friday's The Point newsletter.
A.G. Bill Barr told lawmakers on Friday that the Mueller report is "nearly 400 pages long," and will be released by "mid-April, if not sooner."
That brings me to this piece by HuffPost's Ariel Edwards-Levy: "An initial wave of polling conducted after the conclusion of his report" shows "one broad point of consensus: A significant majority say they want to see the full report released..."
Trump says these Pulitzers should be revoked (?!?!)
Newt Gingrich and others on Fox have been saying this all week. And now Trump is saying it on his Twitter feed: "So funny that The New York Times & The Washington Post got a Pulitzer Prize for their coverage (100% NEGATIVE and FAKE!) of Collusion with Russia - And there was No Collusion! So, they were either duped or corrupt? In any event, their prizes should be taken away by the Committee!"
It's yet another baseless Fox talking point that has reached the president's Twitter feed. As WaPo's Josh Dawsey noted on Twitter, "not a single prize-winning story had a substantive correction." The NYT replied to POTUS a little while later and said, "We're proud of our Pulitzer-prize winning reporting on Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. Every @nytimes article cited has proven accurate."
But the right-wing narrative is baked. Done. Finished. From Trump on down, there's a near-universal line on the right that "the media" colluded to cook up a fake "collusion" story to take down the president. That narrative is also being used to suggest that all stories on Russia and the Trump team's connections to it are wrong, even when the Trumps themselves have confirmed them. That's what the press is up against...
"Our President of the Perpetual Grievance"
That's the headline on Susan Glasser's latest "letter from Trump's Washington" for The New Yorker. She says "what's been remarkable, this week, is how much Trump triumphant has sounded like Trump at every other point in his Presidency: angry and victimized; undisciplined and often incoherent; predictable in his unpredictability; vain and insecure; prone to lies, exaggeration, and to undercutting even those who seek to serve him." Her point: "Even without the existential peril to his Presidency that Mueller posed, Trump is still Trump, the same as he ever was."
This Sunday on "Reliable Sources"
I'll be joined by the aforementioned Susan Glasser... Plus Elaina Plott, Jane Coaston, Farhad Manjoo, Alice Stewart, Barbara Starr, Taylor Lorenz, and Knight Foundation CEO Alberto Ibargüen... And, with 2020 contender Pete Buttigieg having a "moment," as they say, I'll interview Buttigieg's communications adviser Lis Smith. See you Sunday at 11 a.m. ET on CNN!
FOR THE RECORD, PART THREE
By Katie Pellico:
-- A followup to yesterday's item: Google, under pressure, "has removed a so-called 'gay conversion' app..." (Gizmodo)
-- Instagram is testing a new feature that allows users to scrub through video posts... (The Verge)
-- The Atlantic's expansion continues: The mag announced five new hires on Friday... (The Atlantic)
Yashar Ali calls out NBC
On Thursday Yashar Ali broke the news that NBC will hold the first DNC-sanctioned debate of the year on June 26. NBC was planning to announce the date a little bit later.
On Friday Ali shared the story behind his story. He said that when he asked the DNC to confirm his info, a party rep asked him to hold off until the state parties were notified. When he said no, he couldn't wait, because "the news would leak and leave me without a story," his phone rang again, and it was Dafna Linzer, the managing editor of politics for NBC and MSNBC, who pressured him to hold off. Ali's tweetstorm described the call in detail. "She was trying to intimidate me..on behalf of the DNC," he said.
Ali's tweets went viral, particularly on the right. Laura Ingraham called it "proof that NBC News is an adjunct of the Democrat party. As if we needed it." Tucker Carlson led his 8 p.m. show with the story. The banner said, "Revealed: NBC News was doing errands for the DNC."
Here's what Carlson's show left out: The networks strike deals with both Democrats and Republicans to broadcast debates. This has been happening for decades. NBC PR declined to comment when I inquired, but a source familiar with the conversations and planning – who refused to go on the record – said this: "Informing internal stakeholders, 15+ presidential campaigns, and debate partners of a logistical detail an hour before it's public is completely in bounds and nothing more than run-of-the-mill event coordination done with both political parties."
Ze Frank leaving BuzzFeed
THR's Natalie Jarvey with the scoop: "Ze Frank, a key architect of BuzzFeed's video business who has served as chief research and development officer for the last year, is stepping down from his role, CEO Jonah Peretti announced in a memo sent to staff Friday." He will "stay on as an adviser..."
FOR THE RECORD, PART FOUR
-- Now that AT&T and Viacom have resolved their carriage dispute, DirecTV Now "will soon add several Viacom networks to both of its subscription tiers..." (Deadline)
-- By Stephanie Merry: "Not that it's a race, but Michelle Obama's book is going to sell more than both of Barack's..." (WaPo)
-- How Tomi Lahren does it: Fox News created a "home TV studio" for her "in a concession to L.A. traffic and her unusual schedule that sometimes requires her to stay up until 3 a.m. for her appearances on the 'Fox & Friends' morning show..." (LAT)
How Hollywood uses its economic influence...
Brian Lowry emails: Hollywood talent has become savvier about using economic influence as a form of political pressure, evident in George Clooney's letter about boycotting certain hotels whose owners advance anti-gay policies in other parts of the world, and Alyssa Milano's campaign against Georgia's anti-abortion "heartbeat" bill. The bill is now on the way to the governor's desk, and he is expected to sign it. (Lisa Respers France wrote about the entertainment industry's opposition to the bill here.)
Given the amount of production in Georgia, there would likely have to be some scrambling to find other locations. But the state would also feel the loss of all that production revenue, on everything from Marvel movies to TV shows like "The Walking Dead," which happens to wrap up its season on Sunday night.
It's worth noting, too, that Clooney has long been especially astute in using these tactics. In the mid-1990s, the then-"ER" star successfully pressured the TV tabloid "Hard Copy" to stop stalking him — altering its use of "video paparazzi" — by threatening to boycott its sister syndicated mag, "Entertainment Tonight..."
| | Box office battle: "Dumbo" vs. Doppelgängers
Frank Pallotta emails: A famous flying elephant is looking to unseat Jordan Peele's "Us" from the top of the box office this weekend. "Dumbo," Disney's live-action remake of its 1941 animated classic, made $2.6 million on its opening night Thursday. The film is expected to debut at $50 million at the box office, which should be enough to make it the No. 1 movie this weekend.
"Us" is projected to bring in around $35 million -- roughly a 50% drop from its opening total. A drop of that size is somewhat in line with how other horror hits have performed after their openings. Read on...
FOR THE RECORD, PART FIVE
-- Nickeloden "has acquired the learning app Sparkler and plans to fold it into Noggin, a video service for preschoolers..." (Bloomberg)
-- "Weeks after generating controversy for discussing a past event in which he wanted to bait a black man into fighting him to avenge a recently raped friend, Liam Neeson has released an apology for the remarks..." (Variety)
-- The series finale of "Broad City" aired Thursday on Comedy Central. Megan Garber offers just one bittersweet goodbye... (The Atlantic)
A groundbreaking episode of "Grey's Anatomy" | | "Moved by Christine Blasey Ford's testimony against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, 'Grey's Anatomy' explored consent with one of the medical drama's most powerful episodes in its historic run," THR's Lesley Goldberg wrote.
Thursday's episode -- with a detailed depiction "of precisely how a rape kit is administered" -- was initially "met with pushback from ABC's Standards and Practices department," but the network later "reversed its stance" and supported the episode in a remarkable way. Read all about it (with spoilers) here...
A milestone renewal of "Law & Order: SVU"
"'Law & Order: SVU' and its star Mariska Hargitay have cemented their places in television history," Deadline's Nellie Andreeva wrote Friday. "NBC has renewed Dick Wolf's series for a record-setting 21st season, making it TV's longest-running primetime live-action series, surpassing the previous mark of 20 seasons set by mothership series Law & Order (1990-2010) and Gunsmoke (1955-75). And the police procedural may not been done rewriting TV records books as I hear Season 21 is not currently envisioned as a final chapter..."
--> Brian Lowry tweeted: "A milestone, although it would be nice if they had run out of suspects by now..."
FOR THE RECORD, PART SIX
By Lisa Respers France:
-- Rapper Lil Nas X has been kicked off of Billboard's country music chart, leading some to blame racism. His song "Old Town Road" is a viral hit...
-- Beyoncé and Jay-Z gave powerful speeches at the GLAAD Awards, where they paid tribute to some relatives who are members of the LGBTQI community...
"Veep" and "Barry" are back on Sunday | | Brian Lowry emails: "Veep" begins its final campaign this weekend, with its central character, Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Selina Meyer, in full-on campaign mode. HBO has a winning ticket with its running mate, "Barry," which begins its second season dealing with the fallout from the first.
Read Lowry's review of the pair here...
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| The Brexit day that wasn’t Posted: 29 Mar 2019 04:16 PM PDT TicToc Tonight | Greetings, TicToc readers! Friday's almost over. Here's what's happening: - Mueller report to be released in April
- Lyft shares surge in public debut
- The race for AI-powered drones
But first...  The U.K.'s political crisis deepens On the day the U.K. was due to leave the EU, Parliament rejected Theresa May's withdrawal agreement for a third time — despite her offer to quit if it passed. The prime minister said the U.K. would have to find "an alternative way forward," which could include crashing out of the EU on April 12, asking for a long extension, or calling for a general election. More: - MPs defeated the agreement 344 votes to 286.
- May said the defeat of her strategy had "grave" implications for the country, while the European Commission said an economically damaging no-deal split is now "a likely scenario."
- May's government will now step back while Parliament tries to work out a way forward without her next week.
- Thousands of Brexit backers protested outside Parliament, blocking traffic and chanting "bye-bye EU."
More of today's headlines President Trump threatened to close the Mexican border next week if the country doesn't stop "all illegal immigration coming into the U.S." British indie duo Her's was killed in a car crash while traveling to a gig in California. Cholera cases have spiked in Mozambique after Cyclone Idai caused one of the worst weather-related disasters in African history. Venezuela agreed to let the Red Cross deliver aid, in the first admission by President Nicolas Maduro of a humanitarian crisis. AG William Barr promised Congress the nearly 400-page Mueller report would be released, in redacted form, "by mid-April, if not sooner." Data of the day Debut jump. Lyft, the No. 2 U.S. ride-hailing giant, soared in its debut after raising $2.34 billion in an IPO, sending an encouraging signal to the stampede of Silicon Valley companies lining up to go public this year.  Lean back and watch Drive-thrus are chic once again. Chipotle, Panera Bread and others are competing for "share of stomach" by honing in on convenience. The world's longest salt cave was discovered. The otherworldly site in Israel runs more than 6 miles long and is still growing. France has a dead dolphin mystery. At least 1,100 have washed up on the country's Atlantic shore since January, but it's unclear why. Listen to our podcast Turning tides? Women directors make up a scant fraction of filmmakers in Hollywood. That vivid inequality is central to a heated gender discrimination battle and the documentary "This Changes Everything," which highlights the fight for more female voices in the entertainment industry. Listen to today's TicToc podcast with Jennifer Zabasajja and activist, writer and director Maria Giese.  Don't miss this Double tap to like. Heading to Art Basel Hong Kong? Your Insta followers will go crazy for pics of these exhibits. Hopeful sight. Three critically endangered Sumatran tiger cubs ventured into public view for the first time at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney. Human vs. AI. Programmers are racing to develop autonomous drones that can zip through obstacle courses at 90+ mph — and beat today's elite pilots.  Before you go Coaching charisma. At the Choko Group mascot school in Tokyo, founder Choko Oohira is training the next generation of Japan's highly sought-after pro mascots. Wannabe characters learn how to dance and play in costumes — and break cultural norms in the process.  Thanks for reading! Watch your inbox for our next newsletter tomorrow. Until then, share TicToc Tonight with your friends.
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| Mary Kay Letourneau 'tried everything' to save marriage, but husband Vili Fualaau wants to split: source Posted: 29 Mar 2019 02:45 PM PDT |
| EL MOUDJAHID : Lettre d'information du 30/03/2019 Posted: 29 Mar 2019 02:36 PM PDT |
| Enjoy that Lyft while it lasts Posted: 29 Mar 2019 01:59 PM PDT Bloomberg Opinion Today Today's Agenda  Lyft 'Em While You Got 'Em It was another weirdly celebratory day in the stock market, with the S&P jumping to close out its best quarter since 2009 and Lyft Inc.'s IPO enjoying a 9 percent pop. But stocks are rallying even as the bond market predicts a slower economy, suggesting the party may soon be over. Lyft, meanwhile, now must prove it deserves its $22 billion market valuation by showing it actually has a "viable business," writes Shira Ovide. In short, it has to figure out how to attract more riders while cutting down on the costs that have left it with a negative-40 percent operating profit margin. Best of luck. Of course, there are silver linings. Some of the wealth being churned up by the Lyft IPO, along with a flood of other unicorn IPOs expected to follow, will filter back into the real economy, writes Conor Sen. Meanwhile, the super-low interest rates the bond market has created will be an even bigger boon, in the form of a stronger housing market and mortgage refinancings, Conor writes. Such arguments will almost certainly not convince one of Wall Street's most infamous perma-bears, Albert Edwards, investment strategist at Societe Generale, who has been negative on the stock market since 1996 – a stance, John Authers notes, that has actually worked out kind of well. The Real Brexit Was the Friends We Made Along the Way It was another day of being trapped in the Brexit loop, where we will forever remain until the computer simulation in which we live is rebooted. Theresa May lost yet another vote on her plan, or a slimmed-down version of it, and we are now closer than ever to a no-deal Brexit, a soft Brexit, no Brexit at all, or a general election followed by an alien invasion. It's all on the table! Therese Raphael, having watched parliament vote "nein" on nine different Brexit options in a row (paging Herman Cain), suspects it may well take a general election to break the gridlock, or at least set us up for the next loop. Twilight of the Neoliberal Elites You've heard by now that socialism is the hot thing with the kids these days, thanks to decades of yawning income inequality that has some people paying $50,000 for kindergarten and others bankrupted by medical bills and student debt. Noah Smith suggests capitalism's critics should be realistic about what we'd lose if we just tossed out the current system. Far better to reform capitalism, whipping in some social-democratic ideas to make it fairer and more sustainable, than to destroy it, Noah argues. One concrete example is to give labor more of a voice in business, along the lines of Senator Elizabeth Warren's proposal to mandate adding workers to corporate boards. Nir Kaissar notes Germany has done this since 1976, and not only has equality improved, but its corporate profits have outpaced America's ever since:  Further Anti-Elitism Reading: European Banking Germany's economy is struggling, and Germany's biggest bank is struggling, so what do Germany's finance ministers want to do? Make that big struggling bank even bigger, of course, by mashing Deutsche Bank together with Commerzbank. This seems like a pretty sub-optimal idea to Ferdinando Giugliano, who argues the EU's new banking supervisor needs to put his foot down and demand strict conditions before letting such a thing happen. And would it kill the EU to get its banking union in shape? Further European Banking Reading: Telltale Charts New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania could use more multi-family housing, but they seem to be building the wrong kind, writes Justin Fox.  Short-term interest rates being higher than long-term ones could have investors gobbling up cash and cash-like debt, writes Brian Chappatta.  Further Reading Comprehensive immigration reform is still far away, but local "immigration compacts," where businesses and local leaders unite for change, could help shift the politics. – Bloomberg's editorial board Enjoying March Madness? Then you should be pulling for those athletes to get paid. – Joe Nocera Democrats are over-learning the lessons of 2016 by accommodating Bernie Sanders and weakening the power of superdelegates. The results could be disastrous. – Jonathan Bernstein It's been a while, but retailer H&M is finally moving in the right direction. – Andrea Felsted Do we really need another supercollider right now? – Faye Flam ICYMI The Justice Department plans to release a redacted Mueller report next month. Larry Kudlow called for an immediate half-point Fed rate cut. Along with $50,000 kindergarten, fencing, rowing and sailing helps get kids into the Ivy League. Kickers Actual swamp creature shows up to support Trump's acting Interior Secretary, an oil lobbyist, in a congressional hearing. Dogs can sense an epileptic seizure odor in humans. New Boston Dynamics robot is really good at stacking boxes. (h/t Scott Kominers) Magnetic bearings might keep motors working for millennia. 2020 Democratic presidential candidates as football teams. Photos of the week. Note: Please send bearings and complaints to Mark Gongloff at mgongloff1@bloomberg.net. New to Bloomberg Opinion Today? Sign up here and follow us on Twitter and Facebook. | |   |
| عالم المعرفة Posted: 29 Mar 2019 01:58 PM PDT
| شجار طريف بسبب وجبة ماكدونالدز يثير إعجاب جمهور مواقع التواصل Posted: 29 Mar 2019 05:24 AM PDT انتشر على مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي، مقطع فيديو يوثق اندلاع شجار عنيف بين عملاء وطاقم عمل أحد أفرع سلسلة المطاعم الشهيرة ماكدونالدز للوجبات السريعة، في مدينة مانشيستر الإنجليزية، تبادلا معهما اللكمات. والشجار نشب في بداية الأمر بين حارس الأمن واثنين من العملاء عندما رفضا دفع فاتورة الطعام وشرعوا في مهاجمة الحارس عندما طلب منهم إخراج النقود وتقديمها للموظف. وبعدما رفض الرجلان دفع الفاتورة، دخلا في جدال طويل مع الحارس قبل أن ينقض عليهم ويلاحقهم داخل المطعم في الوقت الذي ثارت فيه حالة من الفوضى وخرج بعض العملاد من المطعم. وانزلق أحد الرجلان علي الأرض أثناء ملاحقته وبدأ الحارس في تصويب الركلات القاسية إليه في الوقت الذي أسرع فيه أربع موظفين آخرين لمساعدته وظهر المطعم وكأنه حلبة للملاكمة. وكان الرجل الآخر حاول الهرب ولكنه قد نال جزائه عندما لاحقه موظف آخر ووجه إليه الضربات العنيفة أمام المطعم، مما دفع رواد التواصل الإجتماعي للإعجاب بالكيفية التي تعامل بها موظفي المطعم مع الرجلين .  |  |
| Iran’s Missile Threat to the Gulf, EU, and Israel (Nadimi | PolicyWatch 3097) Posted: 29 Mar 2019 01:45 PM PDT IRAN'S MISSILE DEFIANCE: POTENTIAL THREATS TO EUROPE, THE GULF, AND ISRAEL by Farzin Nadimi PolicyWatch 3097
March 29, 2019 Tehran can be expected to continue its provocations amid Western pressure on its missile activities, issuing further threats against U.S. allies and showing off new systems. READ THIS ITEM ON OUR WEBSITE
Washington is not alone in calling for a more resolute international stance against Iran’s missile program. On February 4, the European Union expressed grave concern about the regime’s ballistic missile development in a rare joint statement on Iran, calling on the country to refrain from further launches. Ten days prior, French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian warned Tehran that firm sanctions would be imposed if multilateral talks on the missile issue failed, suggesting that the negotiations France had been pushing for since at least last summer were already underway. In addition to triggering denials from Iran’s Foreign Ministry, Le Drian’s revelation seemingly spurred the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to issue its boldest rhetoric against Europe yet. During a February 2 television broadcast, IRGC deputy commander Hossein Salami warned that Iran would soon make a “strategic leap” in its missile program by changing important technological and geographical “variables”—in other words, that it would improve the accuracy, lethality, propulsive power, and range of its missiles so they can reach continental Europe. Iranian officials have issued similar threats to Gulf rivals. In a March 13 speech, Supreme National Security Council secretary Ali Shamkhani implicitly accused Saudi Arabia of “spending oil dollars to develop a suspicious nuclear program...that can potentially drag the region, if not the entire world, into a dangerous crisis...Undoubtedly, those new threats will force us to alter our strategy and arm our forces accordingly.” The same day, Gholamali Rashid, commander of the Khatam al-Anbia Central Headquarters, declared that Iran should destabilize “hostile” powers such as Saudi Arabia, the United States, and Israel by “crushing their belief system” while strengthening Iran’s own. Israel has been singled out by other officials as well. Earlier this month, Salami told Israelis that they could not rely on U.S. military protection because “they will be destroyed before Americans could arrive to their aid.” He delivered the threat in reaction to a joint U.S.-Israeli ballistic missile defense exercise. Over the past few months, Iran has limited its ballistic missile tests to a pair of unsuccessful satellite launch attempts. Yet the escalation and nuances evident in recent IRGC rhetoric indicate that such activity might soon ramp up. For example, the IRGC could use the latest brawl with Europe to galvanize domestic support for developing longer-range missiles, as part of what military leaders call “changing the deterrence calculus” (a theme that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei himself spoke of more generally during his recent Nowruz address). Tellingly, both Salami and IRGC Aerospace Force commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh have talked about a “fluid” missile strategy that can change depending on how other players behave. UNVEILING A NEW CRUISE MISSILE The fortieth anniversary of the 1979 revolution gave Iran a high-profile opportunity to unveil a series of weapon systems and military equipment, some of which bear a closer look. On February 2, it revealed the Hoveizeh cruise missile, a variant of the existing Soumar missile (itself a copy of Russia’s Kh-55 nuclear cruise missile). Externally, the two Iranian missiles look identical with the exception of their engine pods. Hoveizeh’s is almost twice the length of Soumar’s, allowing it to house a new version of the Tolou engine (a copy of the French TRI-60) with a longer exhaust pipe and perhaps more compressor and turbine stages. Hoveizeh should also be more fuel efficient, allowing for longer range. To compensate for the increased engine weight, its popup wings seem to have been moved slightly back. According to IRGC officials, Hoveizeh has a range of 1,350 kilometers, a significant improvement over Soumar’s reported 700 kilometers. It is unclear whether the new missile has actually been tested: the Iranian state television broadcast that claimed to show the Hoveizeh’s first launch actually showed a Soumar. In any case, a cruise missile with a 1,350-kilometer range could threaten naval targets in the East Mediterranean if fired from northwest Iran, or almost the entire Arabian Sea if fired from Iran’s southern coasts. Iran also claims that Hoveizeh has a sophisticated navigation system that enables it to be used as a highly accurate land-attack missile. Yet the publicly revealed version seems to have an active-radar homing head in its nose, making it more suitable against naval targets. Compared to ballistic missiles, cruise missiles fly lower, are more difficult to counter, and can potentially be moved much closer to their targets before launch. At present, Hoveizeh and Soumar are designed to be launched from trucks, but they could theoretically be fired from submarines, surface vessels, or even converted shipping containers on merchant ships. Such configurations would give Iran a viable second- or even first-strike capability, assuming their crews were able to transport and position them undetected. NEW VERSIONS OF BALLISTIC MISSILES On February 3, the IRGC unveiled what it claimed to be the second generation of the Khoramshahr ballistic missile. Called Khoramshahr-2, the weapon is supposedly armed with a variant of the maneuvering warhead seen on the existing Imad missile, though this claim cannot be verified at present. An associated video appeared to show the missile being launched at the Semnan test site in central Iran, though it is unclear whether the Fars News Agency’s cropped photograph of the missile bearing the name “Khoramshahr-2” showed a new weapon or merely a repainted Imad. Another “February surprise” was the IRGC’s unveiling of an underground production line for a new ballistic missile called Dezful. The latest member of the Fateh/Zolfaqar solid-fuel family, it has the claimed capability to quickly deliver precision-guided strikes at a range of 1,000 kilometers. If true, this would allow Iran to hit targets deep inside Saudi Arabia (including Riyadh and missile defense sites) as well as northern Israel. And if such missiles were deployed to Iraq or Syria, they could theoretically reach more of Saudi Arabia and the entirety of Israel. CONCLUSION Iran’s diverse missile arsenal forms the pillar of its defensive and offensive strategies, and the regime has gone to great lengths to showcase these weapons—not only as its winning card in deterring enemies and pursuing its regional ambitions, but also as a signal that it will not be swayed from pushing forward with missile development. Yet if the Iranians have indeed achieved the capability to inflict precision strikes on faraway targets using smaller and more versatile solid-fuel missiles, then they might be willing to negotiate with Europe over some aspects of their larger and/or liquid-fuel missiles. Iranian military commanders also seem to be closely following the latest reports on Saudi Arabia’s nuclear activities. Some of them have hinted that Riyadh is pursuing covert development of a nuclear weapons capability—and that Iran should do the same. If Tehran truly believes the kingdom is taking that route, it would take the region and perhaps the world further down a risky long-term proliferation path. Farzin Nadimi is an associate fellow with The Washington Institute, specializing in the security and defense affairs of Iran and the Gulf region.
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| Surprise! Canada's economy defies expectations for start of 2019 Posted: 29 Mar 2019 01:34 PM PDT | "There are no two ways about this one, as it was quite simply above everyone's expectations,'' said Doug Porter, chief economist at the Bank of Montreal. The survey looked at the 30 largest metro areas in the U.S., and the five largest in Canada. It compared the median household income against the income you would need to buy a median-priced house. They had something called "Plan B" — what the company might have to do if it can't convince the government to grant a so-called remediation agreement to avoid criminal proceedings in a fraud and corruption case related to projects in Libya. Farid Ahmed was speaking at a national remembrance service held in Christchurch to commemorate those who died in the attacks two weeks ago. What's making us relieved Our new series, "Navigating," is all about figuring out the challenges of modern life, starting with jealousy. Host and producer Kait Howell enlists a wide variety of experts and gurus to try to navigate the path. Don't worry, you're not in this alone. 👍 You're all set. Have a great weekend. HuffPost is now part of Verizon Media Group. On May 25, 2018, we introduced a new privacy policy, which explains how your data is used and shared. Learn more.Follow HuffPost Canada on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
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| From Golan to West Bank Annexation? (Ross, Makovsky | Washington Post) Posted: 29 Mar 2019 01:02 PM PDT GOLAN POLICY MAY INVITE ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO ANNEX WEST BANK TERRITORY. THAT WOULD SPELL DISASTER. by Dennis Ross and David Makovsky Washington Post
March 29, 2019 If the Trump administration wants its peace plan to have any chance of success, it must announce soon that it will oppose any unilateral steps toward annexation. READ THE FULL ARTICLE
Will Netanyahu, if reelected, push for annexation in the West Bank? Time will tell. At this point, it is difficult to predict the outcome of the vote. There is, however, only one scenario in which Netanyahu is likely to remain prime minister, and that is as the head of a very narrow right-wing government. And in such a government, Netanyahu is unlikely to be able to forestall the legislation already being pushed by those on the right to annex parts of the West Bank... Dennis Ross is the counselor and William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at The Washington Institute. David Makovsky is the Institute’s Ziegler Distinguished Fellow and director of its Project on Arab-Israel Relations. Their book Be Strong and of Good Courage: How Israel’s Most Important Leaders Shaped Its Destiny will be published in September.
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| Trump lobs a grenade at Republicans Posted: 29 Mar 2019 12:47 PM PDT Evening Briefing | Not even Theresa May's offer to quit could persuade Parliament to vote for her Brexit deal. The prime minister saw her plan rejected a third time, leaving the U.K. with three choices: crash out of the European Union on April 12; ask for a long extension; or call a general election. —Josh Petri Here are today's top stories President Donald Trump's surprise renewal of his war on the Affordable Care Act dropped a grenade in the lap of congressional Republicans. Lyft surged as much as 23 percent on its first day of trading, a good omen for its rival Uber, which is expected to file its own IPO soon. GM employees agreed to give up $118 million a year to save an Ohio plant. GM shut the plant down anyway. WeWork's growth model is worrying European bankers. A number of investors who have financed its buildings are cautious about lending more. U.S. capitalism needs reform, not revolution, writes Noah Smith in Bloomberg Opinion. Those reforms include fully addressing climate change and making its citizens feel less materially insecure. Corporate America knows it got millennials wrong. To avoid the same mistake with Gen Z, they're willing to try memes, ethical stances and whispering—seriously. What's Luke Kawa thinking about? The Bloomberg cross-asset reporter is excited to use Major League Baseball's opening day to make some economic arguments. The inverted yield curve is actually a hanging curveball: It might help the U.S. domestic economy get back in the game. What you'll need to know tomorrow What you'll want to read tonight A demographic shift has left the Spanish countryside with hundreds of ghost villages. The hamlet of Acorrada, for instance, features a village of six gray-stone houses and two grain stores overlooking a lush valley. The asking price? Just $96,000. Adventurous foreigners and enterprising Spaniards are seen as part of the solution to this rural depopulation as they take advantage of bargain prices.  Like Bloomberg's Evening Briefing? Subscribe to Bloomberg.com. You'll get our unmatched global news coverage and two premium daily newsletters, The Bloomberg Open and The Bloomberg Close, and much, much more. See our limited-time introductory offer. Interested in the future of health care? Sign up for Bloomberg's Prognosis. Get the latest news and analysis about the people, science and industries driving the medical economy, delivered to your mailbox weekly. Download the Bloomberg app: It's available for iOS and Android. | |   |
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| Fikra Template: Algerian Protests; Three Views on the Syrian War Posted: 29 Mar 2019 12:22 PM PDT |  | | | | Generating Dialogue. Impacting Policy. | | | | | Algerian journalist Zine Ghebouli suggests the potential avenues for real change or escalation in Algeria will depend on how the issue of transition and inclusion of Algeria's younger generation is handled. Also this week, two contributors take a look at the ongoing repercussions of the Syrian war. Iraqi academic Aram Mahmood analyzes the factors behind an increase in child marriage in Syrian refugee camps throughout the countries neighboring Syria. Mahmood argues that the UNHCR and other international organizations should earmark more aid to programs designed to limit the practice and support those already in underage marriages. Syrian journalist Ammar al-Musarea describes the erosion of tribal legitimacy that has occurred throughout the Syrian war. He emphasizes that in the process of seeking to capitalize on tribes' authority, the various powers involved in Syria's war have fractured Syria's tribes and reduced their impact as a force for social cohesion in the country's east.
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| | يرى الصحفي الجزائري زين غبولي أن السبل المحتملة للتغيير الحقيقي أو التصعيد في الجزائر ستتوقف على كيفية معالجة مسألة الانتقال، وكيفية إدماج جيل الشباب الجزائري في العملية السياسية. هذا الأسبوع أيضًا، مساهمان ألقيا نظرة على التداعيات المستمرة للحرب السورية. يحلل الأكاديمي العراقي آرام محمود الأسباب الكامنة وراء ارتفاع نسبة زواج الأطفال في مخيمات اللاجئين السوريين المنتشرين في جميع أنحاء البلدان المجاورة لسوريا، حيث يرى انه يجب على مفوضية الأمم المتحدة لشؤون اللاجئين والمنظمات الدولية الأخرى أن تعمل على تخصيص مزيد من المساعدات للبرامج المصممة للحد من هذه الممارسات ودعم ضحايا زواج القاصرين. يصف الصحفي السوري عمار مصارع ظاهرة تآكل الشرعية العشائرية التي حدثت خلال الحرب السورية، حيث يؤكد أن مختلف القوى المشاركة في حرب سوريا والتي كانت تسعى للاستفادة من سلطة العشائر، قد ساهمت في إضعافها وقللت من تأثيرها كقوة اجتماعية متماسكة في شرق البلاد. وكما هو الحال دائماً، نشجع مشاركاتكم في هذه النقاشات المستمرة. يرجى الكتابة لنا على البريد الألكتروني editor@fikraforum.org. تحيات حارة،
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| News Alert: The killing of Jamal Khashoggi is rocking the U.S.-Saudi partnership, insiders tell Post columnist David Ignatius Posted: 29 Mar 2019 11:21 AM PDT Saudi and American insiders who have had access to previously undisclosed details have begun disclosing new information about the people and events surrounding Khashoggi's fatal visit to Istanbul, columnist David Ignatius reports. They've described secret intelligence deals that are now frozen. And they've explained, in the clearest detail yet, how an operation that began as a kidnapping ended with a gasping, dying Khashoggi pleading: "I can't breathe." Unless Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman takes ownership of this issue and accepts blame for murderous deeds done in his name, his relationship with the United States will remain broken, Ignatius writes. | |  | | Democracy Dies in Darkness | | | | | | News Alert | Mar 29, 2:19 PM | | | | | | The killing of Jamal Khashoggi is rocking the U.S.-Saudi partnership, insiders tell Post columnist David Ignatius | Saudi and American insiders who have had access to previously undisclosed details have begun disclosing new information about the people and events surrounding Khashoggi's fatal visit to Istanbul, columnist David Ignatius reports. They've described secret intelligence deals that are now frozen. And they've explained, in the clearest detail yet, how an operation that began as a kidnapping ended with a gasping, dying Khashoggi pleading: "I can't breathe." Unless Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman takes ownership of this issue and accepts blame for murderous deeds done in his name, his relationship with the United States will remain broken, Ignatius writes. | | Read more » | | | |  |
| Most Social: Siegfried & Roy tiger handler says the real cause of 2003 mauling was covered up Posted: 29 Mar 2019 10:01 AM PDT |
| 19 Highest Paying URL Shortener 2019: Best URL Shortener to Earn Money Posted: 29 Mar 2019 09:47 AM PDT  - Wi.cr is also one of the 30 highest paying URL sites.You can earn through shortening links.When someone will click on your link.You will be paid.They offer $7 for 1000 views.Minimum payout is $5.
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- Payout for every 1000 views-$5
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| BREAKING NEWS: Linda McMahon to resign as head of Small Business Administration Posted: 29 Mar 2019 09:44 AM PDT Linda McMahon, the head of the Small Business Administration, is planning to announce as soon as Friday that she's stepping down, according to three people familiar with the matter. McMahon is expected to rejoin the private sector. Her exact plans are unclear, but one of the people said the wealthy business mogul intends to play a fundraising role for President Donald Trump's 2020 re-election campaign. She was expected to join the president at Mar-a-Lago, his private Florida club, this weekend. Trump administration officials have long seen McMahon as a leading contender to replace Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who has repeatedly angered the president, when he eventually steps down. Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney has also been eyeing the Commerce job and McMahon's exit better positions him to replace Ross. Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/29/linda-mcmahon-to-resign-as-head-of-small-business-administration-1243495 To change your alert settings, please go to https://secure.politico.com/settings
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| Fed Spending Hits Bank Bailout Levels! Posted: 29 Mar 2019 09:20 AM PDT Tune into the Live Show | | Hey, it’s Alex Jones! Start your weekend informed! The federal government's spending is reaching bank bailout levels seen a decade ago. In just the first five fiscal months, feds have spent over $1.8 trillion! Also on today's show, I discuss what Americans should be prepared for after John Bolton warned Russia that any move to expand their military presence in Venezuela would be considered a "direct threat." Start your weekend off right with today's LIVE BROADCAST now! Tune into infowars.com/show Monday-Friday from 11AM-3PM Central and Sunday 4-6 PM Central to watch the most banned broadcast in the world with breaking news and commentary exclusively from me and other great Infowars hosts and guests!Tell your friends and family to tune into infowars.com/show to watch today's broadcast and beat the Big Tech censors! As Infowars faces unprecedented censorship, it's more important than ever that you spread this link. Remember – if you’re receiving this email, you are the resistance. | | |  |
| الجزائريون يستعدون لمظاهرات أول جمعة منذ دعوة الجيش لتنحي بوتفليقة Posted: 29 Mar 2019 08:59 AM PDT الجزائريون يستعدون لمظاهرات أول جمعة منذ دعوة الجيش لتنحي بوتفليقة... | نسخة على الإنترنت | | نسختك الخاصة من أخبار يورونيوز – 03/29/19 |
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| News Alert: Parliament again rejects Theresa May’s Brexit deal on the day Britain was supposed to ‘take back control’ Posted: 29 Mar 2019 07:46 AM PDT March 29 was to be the day Britain left the European Union. Instead, the House of Commons voted against a partial version of the deal negotiated between the British prime minister and the E.U. Britain has until April 12 to propose a new way forward or crash out of the bloc without a deal.  |
| [Pétrole] Afrique : Quel avenir pour Maurel & Prom dans la galaxie Pertamina ? Posted: 29 Mar 2019 07:38 AM PDT | Rachetée par la société d'Etat indonésienne Pertamina en 2016, la firme française Maurel & Prom fondée par l'homme d'affaires français Jean-François Hénin s'active pour accroître son portefeuille africain alors que plusieurs cadres historiques doivent quitter le navire dans le courant... | | | | |
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| The Final Form Of My Home Made Magnetic Army Transport Posted: 29 Mar 2019 07:20 AM PDT I wanted to put out an update to my last post on building a magnetic model transport system for my Convergence. Just before Captain Con my wife was kind enough to finish making the bag to carry all of the magnetic bins I built. It's frankly huge, but it carries absolutely everything without any issue. It's huge! Total size is 16" deep, 24" wide, and about 15" tall. In the above picture it's carrying my dice tray, dice, all of my Convergence and a Blacksmiths Guild Ball team, and my sheet pan/tournament tray (sprayed silver). The bag is semi-rigid, using some foam internally between the fabric to give some stability and padding. My wife did an outstanding job on it. I got some flak from my Guild Ball friends for how much room I was taking up in the trunk on the drive up, but its awesome. It fits neatly in my own car's trunk and will be used for all my local travel from now on. This is significantly easier than when I had to use an old PC carrying strap to bind all my cases together to carry the CoC around locally. In case you didn't see the last post, here are what the cases look like populated with my stuff: Conclusions
If you compare this to an actual product of equivalent size, it's about what you'd get in a Magna Rack 1520 from Battle Foam. The racks plus bag for that is $365 plus shipping. If you add up total materials for my system, I'm likely looking at about $100 max. Of course, I didn't have to pay for any labor in this creation. On the flip side, I mentioned to my wife that she could probably pull $100 to $150 for a bag like that for other gamers if she tried to make one and she said in no uncertain terms that it flat out isn't worth it for her labor to charge that little. Apparently the bag was a bit of a pain in the ass for her to make. She was happy to make it for me, but no one else has my charm to convince her it's worth making another. If I wasn't married to an extremely talented quilter (and all around amazing woman) I'd probably would have to had been more careful when picking out my bins to make sure I could arrange them to fit in a piece of luggage I could buy rather than having the bag being fabricated to meet the specs of what bins I purchased. I'm very happy to have done this, and I intend on magnetizing my other armies to use this system going forward, though I already have a bunch of foam so I'm not as motivated to go ahead with that. Plus I plan on just using Convergence for a while anyway.  |
| [Soudan] Les contorsions d'Omar el-Béchir pour rester le raïs Posted: 29 Mar 2019 06:27 AM PDT |
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