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Twitter will not mute world leaders – after calls to remove Trump´s timeline

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Scientist Reveals What is so Special About the New Chinese Moon Mission

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We need answers! #starwars #Episode9

Uganda is making its own local Facebook and Twitter clones https://tnw.to/2D6Aanb

President Uhuru Kenyatta is this week expected to send the names of three nominees for the position of Cabinet Secretaries and that of an ambassador to Parliament to pave way for the vetting process.

Whales and dolphins exhibit human-like behavior.
'Human-Like' Dolphins and Whales Kept Back From World Domination by Thumbs -- They have complex and social societies, just like us.

Dolphins, whales, and porpoises live “human-like” lives, and it’s all thanks to their big, expansive brains. As scientists report in a new international study, the sophisticated, cooperative behavior of these animals contributes to a rich marine culture that’s uncannily similar to ours. This is because both cetaceans and humans have benefitted from the process of encephalization — an increase in the complexity and size of the brain driven by evolution.

Celebrity Street Style Looks from Coachella 2017.

Senator Rand Paul's proposal to cut aid to Pakistan & use the money for building infrastructure in the US is surely one of the most reasonable ones.

New Design on www.ipSpace.net
One of my readers sent me a polite email a while ago saying “ your site is becoming like $majorVendor’s web site – every corner looks completely different based on when you made it ” Source: Wikimedia Commons The worst part is that he was right, so I spent ...

Woo... "Photographer: Roberto Porto
Summary Authors: Roberto Porto; Jim Foster

Shown above is fantastical sky that looks like it could have been painted by an impressionist artist. I captured this photo in Teide National Park, on the Canary Island of Tenerife (Spain), during the afternoon of November 26, 2017. Referred to as asperatus clouds, it now seems that they form in similar atmospheric conditions that result in mammatus type clouds -- air cooled by the sublimation of ice crystals punching through an existing cloud base. However, with asperatus, strong wind shear at the cloud level causes the clouds to shape into wave-like structures called undulatus. They're not often seen, but when they are, they're always captivating."

Finally, have you been waiting for this?

#sony #fingerprintscanner #us #news #android

What Are The #Hottest And #Coldest Things In The #Universe? : http://sciabc.us/JmBMx #science

Trump’s threats to Pakistan probably won’t change much

Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
#shoesmonday
#TokyoReflection

foggy day at the lake © Holger Nimtz
Berlin | Germany | 2017
https://www.holge.de

With the Instant Pot, this beef stew requires a grand total of 35 minutes cooking time.

Golden Bubble

This morning we had nice cold temps and little to no wind which are perfect conditions for capturing frozen soap bubbles. So here is my obligatory first frozen soap bubble shot of the season:) I used a different surface to place the soap bubble on and I like the blue reflection it generates. This image edited completely in On1 Photo Raw 2018. Have a great week!

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King of the hill?

Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrynchus)

Svalbard

Judging by the amazing size of the antlers, this is perhaps a leader, if not a runner up, as these gloriously large antlers are still in the making.

It was one of a sizeable number of individuals grazing like there was no tomorrow, and what a delicious smorgasbord indeed, as this was a sheltered slope receiving the full force of the sun's light and warmth.

This is one of several sites with an exceptional micro climate where most of the plant species reach their maximum size and the reindeer have easy pickings.

It is an amazing experience to walk in such lush fields in warm sunlight. It resembles a pasture much further south - in mainland Scandinavia.

What is unique to Svalbard is these reindeer are not afraid of humans as they have long been protected, so they will come up towards you and continue to approach if there is anything to eat, just as seen here. In fact a tele lens is not at all necessary!

Image Copyright © 2016 +Morten Ross
Image Capture Date: 01 August 2016 11:57
Altitude: 99 meters

#svalbard #arctic #polar #wildlife

#hqspanimals +HQSP Animals
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On the door step
“Woe, destruction, ruin, and decay; the worst is death and death will have his day.”
― William Shakespeare, Richard II

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Little world

Still life with a helmet https://www.paolodalprato.com/helmet

#macrophotography #hqspmacro #hqspflowers #fotomaniaitalia #ilovephotography #wildflowers

Is he hiding something? #ObiWanKenobi #starwars

... Smartphones are chock-full of sensors -- including cameras, microphones, gyroscopes, and accelerometers -- and Haven uses those sensors to detect disturbances near the phone, alerting you via text. The idea is that you install Haven on a “burner” phone you have lying around, one running Android 4.1 or higher. Once installed, you can set Haven up to detect sound or motion, configuring the levels of detection, and you can use either of the phone's cameras to record video. ...

From #ReturnOfTheJedi to #TheLastJedi!

#SocialMediaMarketing strategy starts with measuring your goals, creating measurable social media objectives and developing a #socialmedia content schedule. Pillars of strategy are the following :

#DigitalMarketing #Facebook #Youtube #Twitter #Instagram

Ethiopian Postal Service Coming up with New Approaches | #Ethiopia | http://bit.ly/2zZCw8B

The future historians of +Crooks and Liars examine how Two Minutes Hate will have become from a surreal dystopian concept into a phenomenon of reality.

Coutinho opens up on his Liverpool departure - 'I gave 100%'

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/philippe-coutinho-leaving-liverpool-join-14124966#ICID=Android_LFCEchoNewsApp_AppShare

We have picked out all these unhealthy habits along with smart changes that will boost the health of your heart.

COL Reminder Beta Test
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This is a community to allow people receive the latest Beta version of COL Reminder directly through Google Play.

Just join the community and click on the link below!

Url to join after joining this community:
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#calendar #reminder #androidapp #betatesting #testmyapp

The 75th year of the Golden Globes was used in the best way possible as a platform to shine a light on issues that really needed to be spoken about.

There's been a striking technical question about the Mueller investigation, if you're into lawyers going meta. How can Rosenstein possibly be supervising Mueller, if Mueller is looking at Trump's firing of Comey, given that Rosenstein was right in the middle of that? Why hasn't Rosenstein had to recuse himself?

Recall, Rosenstein wrote the letter that Trump used as a pretext for firing Comey. Is reported that he wrote this letter with awareness that Trump wanted this to quash the FBI's Russia counterintelligence investigation. You'd think Mueller would have Rosenstein as a witness.

One can imagine pragmatic reasons why Rosenstein might think that staying in the role actually protects the investigation, but utilitarian arguments are of little weight on a recusal question. And it's hard to imagine either Rosenstein or Mueller would want any kind of stretching of normal ethics rules under the circumstance. They must think they have solid reasons why this is fine.

Here's one proposal from a June 2017 article: so maybe Mueller's not investigating Comey's firing. Nobody with knowledge has stated that he is.
https://www.justsecurity.org/42249/basis-rod-rosenstein-recuse/
I came to post it here, but… reading it over again, I'm not a lawyer but Lederman's argument seems to me to have some soft spots. Any lawyer in the house? In the end I am still very puzzled what's going on with Rosenstein.

Lederman argues, first, even if Mueller is investigating Comey's firing, he doesn't need Rosenstein's testimony. He needs to establish a motive meeting the standard of "corrupt". But Trump already stated motive to CNN and to the Russians, Lederman argues, and Rosenstein would just confirm. I don't think this makes sense, though. First, if you were prosecuting a case of this seriousness, wouldn't you want all the evidence in your favor? But a more fundamental issue with the argument -- can you seriously finesse the need to recuse by playing "speak no evil, hear no evil" with a witness? That seems absurd. If two people robbed a bank, and one is willing to confess, can the other one still supervise the prosecutor?

Then Lederman's main subject is why "it is very unlikely that Mueller is investigating whether the removal was unlawful".

First he tosses out the argument that "it’s not obvious that Mueller would have much to do in investigating that question other than to question Trump himself", which is largely a restatement of the above. (So, what, when he's ready he would question Trump and at that time (on this argument) Rosenstein would consider recusal?)

But Lederman's larger point is he "would be very surprised if Mueller investigates whether a President’s exercise of his at-will removal power" would meet the legal standard. First there's some backing and filling about how some would argue that exercise of a granted power can never be unlawful… but Lederman agrees it can be. (See Charles Black's famous hypothetical of if the President states he'll be pardoning all police officers who kill black people.) So what's the problem? Lederman restates again "there are not really any serious factual disputes at issue" so that "the only function" Mueller could serve is to state his legal opinion about whether Presidential powers are unconstrained by general laws, which would then be contested in the courts.

Look though, the prosecutor is actually reporting both factual and legal assessments to prosecute. If he doesn't "state his opinion" about that, the entire matter doesn't reach the courts to be contested. He serves the function of letting that contest occur, on the basis of factual findings.

(Lederman also talks about the question of whether the serving President can be indicted or prosecuted, but this is a red herring -- as he admits Mueller would still investigate "where culpability does turn on serious, disputed factual questions, not so that the President might face criminal charges now, but for possible purposes of post-term prosecution and/or impeachment.")

It all turns on this single point, that there are no serious and disputed factual questions. Lederman seems to hold the position that (aside from the presidency in play) Mueller could file charges tomorrow and immediately rest his case with what he has from CNN. I actually think that's a fair take on Lederman's argument, even though it sounds ridiculous that way. The more I reread this sentence the more I boggle: investigating could have "no practical impact" versus not? Having court fights over the matter would be the same as not having them?

"Therefore, the only function that would be served by a publicly stated conclusion by Mueller that the removal violated Section 1505 or section 1512(c)(2) would be the revelation of Mueller’s own considered view on the contested legal question of whether such an at-will removal can ever amount to a violation of those statutes–a statement of law that would have no practical impact (and that would inevitably be contested by others)."

Mark Zuckerberg Essentially Launched Facebook’s Reelection Campaign

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