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It's Time to Attack White Nationalism for the Terror Group it Is

Thedailybeast.com 

Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty

PARIS—Donald Trump was right. The special pleading around the question of whether to call terrorism by radical Muslims “radical Islamic terrorism” clouded a critical issue. The fight against extremism has to start with ideas and with language that is clear and unequivocal. Which is why we should be perfectly blunt about what Brenton Tarrant, the 28-year-old monster of Christchurch, claimed to represent, and did and does represent, which is white nationalist terrorism. Читать дальше...



The ‘Versailles of Belarus’: Inside the Unimaginable Tale of a Ruined Palace, Meddlesome Aristocrats, and a Jewish Industrial Dynasty

Thedailybeast.com 

Will O'Connor/The Daily Beast

In a remote corner of a remote corner of the world, there sits, barely, the ruins of a legendary palace. A vision right out of a Piranesi etching, it is all crumbling bricks and the bare essentials of grand neoclassical architecture—arched colonnades, a symmetrical central facade, and a pediment daring the wind to blow just a little harder. It is one of Europe’s greatest modern ruins—and you can often have it to yourself.

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Calgary Flames might be West’s best bet to win Stanley Cup

Toronto Star 

The Westgate SuperBook in Las Vegas has the Calgary Flames as the second choice to win the Stanley Cup this year (8-to-1 odds), tying them with the Toronto Maple Leafs and San Jose Sharks, and behind only the supercharged Tampa Bay Lightning.

One of Britain's Most Famed Sights is Decorated with Ancient Dick Pics

Thedailybeast.com 

Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty

In 122 CE, the emperor Hadrian started construction on a defensive fortification to protect the Roman province of Britannia from the “barbarians” who lay to the north. By 207 CE Hadrian’s wall was in need of extensive repairs, and the soldiers shuttled stone to the site from a nearby quarry. Inevitably, they got bored and etched their names, details of their life and even selfies into the rock face. When archaeologists from Newcastle University excavated the quarry... Читать дальше...

Severe storms forecast for southeast

News.com.au 

Southeast Queensland has been warned to brace for more severe thunderstorms less than two days after storms delivered up to 105mm of rain in a one-hour period and left 23,000 homes without power.

Gov. Inslee signs four bills into law

WashingtonStateWire.com 

Thursday, Gov. Jay Inslee signed four bills into law that made it through both chambers this session. Here’s what they do: SB 5079, the Native American voting rights act of Washington, was enacted in an effort to increase voting access for Native Americans in Washington State. It requires county auditors to establish at least one

Buffalo shows no mercy, denies Bowling Green

The Toledo Blade 

CLEVELAND — Music thundered from the speakers at Quicken Loans Arena as confetti fell on the best team in the Mid-American Conference, leaving the most star-crossed program in the league with only another repetition of history.

Beal scores 40 points, Wizards beat Grizzlies 135-128

MaconTelegraph.com: Whoopee 

Bradley Beal scored 40 points for the second straight night and the Washington Wizards beat the Memphis Grizzlies 135-128 on Saturday. Beal shot 12 of 17 from the field and … Click to Continue »

Democrats Need to Understand That This Election Will Be Won—or Lost—in Places Like Lordstown, Ohio

Thedailybeast.com 

Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty

Last month, when Queens told Amazon and its 25,000 high paying jobs to take a hike, community leaders cheered. Last week, when GM announced it was shuttering an auto plant in Lordstown, Ohio, killing 5,000 jobs, community leaders wept. These different community reactions, each legitimate locally, should send a warning to Democrats nationally.

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