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Trump's illusion of unusually swift action

«Star Tribune» (startribune.com) 

He’s kicking up a lot of dirt, but this is a pretty normal start in terms of real action (personnel, legislation — even executive orders).

Poem: "B.F.F." By Hieu Minh Nguyen

BuzzFeed 

I lay in the dark & stretch the portrait

of a white woman across my face

until it splits. Beneath my bed, a catalogue

Of half-faced women sing me to sleep.

I’ll start with Amanda Elias

& how I thought, in order to be worthy

of desire, I had to wear her skin.

For four years I sat across from her

In the lunchroom, mimicked her posture

blinked when she did, became the mirror

so concerned with the rise & fall

of each one... Читать дальше...

Schiebel to supply S-100 UAV for Australian navy

United Press International (UPI.com) 

Ryan Maass
Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Scheibel Group has been contracted to supply its S-100 unmanned air system and three years of logistics support for Australia's navy.

WWII bomb to force major evacuation in northern Greek city

TheRepublic.com 

THESSALONIKI, Greece — Authorities in Greece’s second-largest city are planning to evacuate up to 60,000 residents from their homes so experts can safely dispose of an unexploded World War II bomb. The evacuation in Thessaloniki is set for Sunday, and people living 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) around the bomb site will be kept away from

‘Torture Memos’ author John Yoo thinks Trump has gone too far

Yahoo Autos 

John Yoo, left, law professor at the University of California at Berkeley, and President Trump. John Yoo, the constitutional scholar who wrote a controversial opinion backing President George W. Bush’s authority to torture terror suspects, now believes President Trump is overstepping his authority in numerous areas of foreign policy. Yoo’s assessment, in an op-ed in Monday’s New York Times, is not particularly novel or unique in the current political climate, with tremendous resistance to the Trump administration throughout the country. Читать дальше...

Ask Carrie: Millennials, Fire Away: What's Your Financial Question?

The Huffington Post 

Dear Readers,

I recently had an interesting conversation with the daughter of a friend of mine. Like so many in her Millennial generation, she has a real entrepreneurial spirit and was excited about a new business venture she was planning. When I asked her a couple of questions about how she would be balancing her own financial needs with the capital-intensive nature of starting a new business, she faltered for a moment, and then said she'd be hiring the best people to take care of all of... Читать дальше...

WWII bomb to force major evacuation in northern Greek city

«TDN» (tdn.com) 

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Authorities in Greece's second-largest city are planning to evacuate up to 60,000 residents from their homes so experts can safely dispose of an unexploded World War II bomb.

Saving the euro from itself is a work in progress for the ECB's Draghi

BusinessInsider.com 

Thomson Reuters

The euro was born in 1999, and so it is still technically just a teenager. Growing pains and volatility are to be expected.

Still, the defensive tone of Monday morning's European Parliament testimony by the currency's chief steward, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi, speaks to the currency union's especially troubled youth.

Draghi, who helped ease the euro's deepest crisis in 2012 with the three simple words "whatever it takes," still seems to be... Читать дальше...

Brady and Belichick Speak After Super Bowl Victory

WSJ.com 

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and head coach Bill Belichick spoke at a press conference on Monday about their team's overtime Super Bowl victory on Sunday night. Photo: Getty

Google and H&M Team Up to Bring Customers 'Coded Couture'

Yahoo Style 

A garment based on your own unique lifestyle could soon be a reality thanks to the "Coded Couture" project by Google and H&M's Ivyrevel label, currently in closed alpha testing. H&M-backed digital fashion house Ivyrevel has been working with Google on a project called "Coded Couture", in which Android users will be able to use an app to design a personalized "Data Dress" based on their lifestyle and preferences.

Google and H&M Team Up to Bring Customers 'Coded Couture'

Yahoo Style 

A garment based on your own unique lifestyle could soon be a reality thanks to the "Coded Couture" project by Google and H&M's Ivyrevel label, currently in closed alpha testing. H&M-backed digital fashion house Ivyrevel has been working with Google on a project called "Coded Couture", in which Android users will be able to use an app to design a personalized "Data Dress" based on their lifestyle and preferences.

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