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OK, #squidigation fans. This is a new Wisconsin case not filed by the Krake[n/d] team of Powell and Wood and NOT focusing on wild conspiracy theories. It's a competent and
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President Tsai announces Taiwan will allow pork imports from pigs fed ractopamine, a lean-muscle additive that's used in 90+% of US ag. This is a big deal on several levels.
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Ok, so I promised a holiday gift thread last week but 3 deadlines turns out to be a LOT for 1 week. So, without further ado, I present to you
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Top 40 albums of 2020: (a thread) 40. Night In The Dark, Kiss In The Dark - Caveboy.Until this year I'd never heard of this band,but upon seeing Bright Light
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Anyone knows why no one, not even the left, is every talking about the swedish slave trade that happened to start at the same time as Momo?An empire of mercenaries
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ThreadShinzo Abe, transnational organized crime, and Japan.Here's an alternate take on Abe's exit. It appears Japan has some VERY familiar corruption issues. Japan’s Longest-Serving PM, Shinzo Abe, Quits in Bid
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1/ Lots of interesting nuggets on the PayPal earnings call. And Dan Shulman saying "regulators" four times in his opening remarks. Thread following here later tonight (Pacific time). 2/ pre-thread
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oh hey - I’ve been kind of busy with my j-o-b - anything happen? @StevenKBannon YOLO BABYLeaders Of 'We Build The Wall' Online Fundraising Campaign Charged With Defrauding Hundreds Of
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Starting tonight, I’ll be participating in (my first) #Deucember, courtesy of @GCDB! For the entire month, I’ll be watching one classic exploitation film a day from the drive-in/grindhouse era. I’ll
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Time to (Ashokan) Farewell the fuck out of 2020LET’S GOOOOOOOOO#civilitea https://twitter.com/gothamgirlblue/status/1344282502043750400 I’m seeing that Florentine Films card; I’m hearing the name of Wilmer McLean, and I’m feeling no
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Then on 5/15/17, Comey calls Rybicki, reminds him of Memo 5, and asks Rybicki to give all 7 memos & 2 boxes of records to the Supervisory Special Agent who
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NEW: @NYCMayor announces budget deal, for $88.1 billion for new fiscal year starting July 1.Down from $95.3B prelim budget released in Jan., pre-covid crisis. Happening w "deep cuts to city
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[THREAD: URDU CHAUVINISM]1/51By the end of the 10th century AD, Śauraseni Prakrit (a vernacular derivative of Classical Sanskrit) had started corrupting into regional dialects like Braj Bhasha, Awadhi, and Dehlavi.
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1/ A thread about some of the cool things I've learned about Taiwan, some history, and experiences from living here1st one, "Portuguese sailors, passing Taiwan in 1544, first jotted in
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China literally has Iron Curtains. So what happens in China, Stays in China.Same goes for what's happening to #UighurMuslims Though for most it's a recent phenomenon war on Uighur MusIims
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Thread A History lesson for the MOAB: 1. The United States of America is not and has never been a Democracy, we're a Federal Republic tied together by the capital
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