[summary] Populations remain stable over millennia unless flooded with refugees. ====== “Humans & Society: DNA Reveal Canaanites’ Fate; Lebanese People Descended From Ancient Levant Group”, in Science News, September 2, 2017. p. 8. Study of complete DNA sequences from five ancient Canaanites from Sidon reveal that they are the ancestors of modern Lebanese. The origins […]
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Venezuela: Hugo Chavez: Being Rich Is Bad
Daily Mail, Thursday 25th January 2018 Answers to Correspondents Section: Question: What was Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s net worth when he died? Answer: When Hugo Chavez, socialist president of Venezuela, died in 2013, the future Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn tweeted: ‘Thanks Hugo Chavez for showing that the poor matter and wealth can be shared. […]
Continue readingAs FBI Director Mueller Helped Cover Up Fla. 9/11 Probe, Court Docs Show
[Judicial Watch] JANUARY 24, 2018 Court documents recently filed by the government further rock the credibility of Russia Special Counsel Robert Mueller because they show that as FBI Director Mueller he worked to cover up the connection between a Florida Saudi family and the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The documents reveal that Mueller was likely involved […]
Continue readingAre Massive Data Breaches A Policy Instrument?
The first story is about a massive data breach under the Obama Administration: personal informational and files on all whistleblowers at the Department of Homeland security and beyond. The second story is about the purchase of an American company by a Chinese company: Such acquisitions always require approval of the Administration and the Committee of […]
Continue readingSeattle Dreaming
In the south Everett (a northern suburb of Seattle) Fred Meyers supermarket I came upon two cashiers discussing a recent incident at the home of one. A homeless drug addict had walked into her home demanding money,. Somehow she got him to leave. The other said, I have been thinking about buying a gun. […]
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