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E-Cigarettes Should Be Called 'Nicotine Sticks'

samedi 30 août 2014 à 14:00

E-Cigarettes Should Be Called 'Nicotine Sticks' to Curb Appeal, Experts Say.

I suggest calling them "nicotine inhalers" and designing them to look like the inhalers for other drugs — totally un-cool.

Number of manatees in Florida has increased greatly

samedi 30 août 2014 à 14:00

The number of manatees in Florida has increased greatly since they were protected, so the question is whether to designate them as "threatened" rather than "endangered".

A species can't survive if its habitat is wiped out. The US often protects one endearing endangered species as a way of protecting the whole ecosystem, including many other species, that it lives in. It seems that manatees are an example of this. The existing restrictions enable manatees to coexist with human water activities, but this redesignation would permit land development that could wipe out all of them.

Plutocrats want socialism for them

samedi 30 août 2014 à 14:00

Plutocrats want the benefits of socialism for them, plus "small government" to strand the rest of us.

Hong Kong has launched accusations of bribery

samedi 30 août 2014 à 14:00

Hong Kong has launched accusations of bribery against a media mogul that campaigns for democracy.

UK says Russia sent 80 tanks and lots of soldiers into Ukraine

samedi 30 août 2014 à 14:00

The UK says that Russia has sent 80 tanks and lots of soldiers into Ukraine.