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Mass Shootings Tend To Be Contagious due to Media Publicity, Research Shows

Click here: Back-to-back shootings are no surprise, say scientists who study mass shootings. Research shows that these incidents usually occur in clusters and tend to be contagious. Intensive media coverage seems to drive the contagion, the researchers say.

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Free Stuff 2020. Presidential candidates promise expensive new programs. We added up the cost.

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28% of Delivery Drivers have eaten some of your food

Click here: Study shows 28 percent of delivery drivers have taken food from a customer’s order.

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What’s the Deal with the Green New Deal?

There’s been a lot of talk about The Green New Deal. Beyond the headlines, what is it really? Given our energy needs, is it practical? Can we have an abundance of energy and a clean planet? Alex Epstein, the author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, considers these questions and has thought-provoking answers in this short video.

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Bernie Bit by his own Socialist Policies

Click here: Bernie Sanders’ campaign workers want for themselves one of the senator’s key policies in his 2020 presidential run — a $15 minimum wage.

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Civil Disobedience Kneecaps New Zealand’s Gun Confiscation Scheme

Click here: New Zealand’s government is running into stiff resistance to new gun rules from firearms owners who are refusing to surrender now-prohibited weapons and will probably never turn them in. “Police are anticipating a number of people with banned firearms in their possession won’t surrender them,” Stuff reported. “Will gangs get rid of their weapons? No,” one prominent gang leader told Stuff. “Because of who we are, we can’t guarantee our own safety.”

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Iowa Schools Breaking Point: Bad Student Behavior Guaranteed

Click here: Photos keep pouring into Des Moines, Iowa TV station WHO from local teachers showing classrooms destroyed, and fresh bruises and scars on the educators’ arms and legs. District leaders said the reason is bad and violent student behavior.

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Pentagon has laser that identifies people by their heartbeat

Click here: The laser technology, known as Jetson, uses laser vibrometry to identify surface movement on the skin caused by a heartbeat, and it works from 200 meters away.

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Why Is Illinois Hemorrhaging Residents?

Click here: People are leaving Illinois in droves. Republicans blame the state’s high taxes and its unfunded pension liability, which tops $130 billion. Democrats believe it’s the state’s lack of investment in education and infrastructure.

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If Solar Panels Are So Clean, Why Do They Produce So Much Toxic Waste?

Click here: Solar panels often contain lead, cadmium, and other toxic chemicals that cannot be removed without breaking apart the entire panel. “Approximately 90% of most PV modules are made up of glass,” notes San Jose State environmental studies professor Dustin Mulvaney. “However, this glass often cannot be recycled as float glass due to impurities. Common problematic impurities in glass include plastics, lead, cadmium and antimony.”

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