#Letters to the Editor — Aug. 14, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — Aug. 14, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — Aug. 14, 2021” The Issue: The Taliban’s resurgence in Afghanistan after President Biden began to pull out American troops. As much as I do not agree with anything President Biden does, I do not blame him for what is happening in Afghanistan (“Biden’s Saigon,” Aug. 13). Former President Donald Trump…

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#Team Biden’s new Centers for Disease and Rent Control

#Team Biden’s new Centers for Disease and Rent Control

“#Team Biden’s new Centers for Disease and Rent Control” The slogan above The Washington Post’s banner captures the Left’s view of the allegedly authoritarian Donald J. Trump’s presidency: “Democracy dies in darkness.” It’s now time for a new credo, given the recent actions of President Joe Biden and his party: “Democracy dies in broad daylight.” The…

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#July was hottest month on record, NOAA says

#July was hottest month on record, NOAA says

“#July was hottest month on record, NOAA says” Earth sizzled in July and became the hottest month in 142 years of recordkeeping, U.S. weather officials announced. As extreme heat waves struck parts of the United States and Europe, the globe averaged 62.07 degrees (16.73 degrees Celsius) last month, beating out the previous record set in…

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#Banned Snopes co-founder plagiarized dozens of stories

#Banned Snopes co-founder plagiarized dozens of stories

“#Banned Snopes co-founder plagiarized dozens of stories” Sometimes the facts are stranger than fiction — and sometimes the facts are plagiarized. The co-founder of myth-debunking website Snopes has been exposed as a plagiarist, according to a BuzzFeed News investigation. David Mikkelson, who launched Snopes in 1995 with a mission to be “the internet’s definitive fact-checking…

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#Babies born during COVID-19 pandemic have lower IQs: Study says

#Babies born during COVID-19 pandemic have lower IQs: Study says

“#Babies born during COVID-19 pandemic have lower IQs: Study says” COVID-19 has been debilitatingly boring for newborns, disturbing new research has found.  Scientists have discovered that the coronavirus pandemic significantly impacted the intelligence of children born during it: Living the entirety of their lives in lockdown has seriously stunted their cognitive development.  Researchers analyzed the…

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#Jay Duplass co-stars with Sandra Oh in ‘The Chair’ on Netflix

#Jay Duplass co-stars with Sandra Oh in ‘The Chair’ on Netflix

“#Jay Duplass co-stars with Sandra Oh in ‘The Chair’ on Netflix” Jay Duplass was an eyewitness to cancel culture when his “Transparent” co-star, Jeffrey Tambor, was fired from the Amazon series in 2018 following allegations of sexual harassment. In “The Chair,” premiering Friday (Aug. 20) on Netflix, Duplass plays English professor Bill Dobson, whose mocking…

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#Intel discloses small stake in crypto exchange Coinbase

#Intel discloses small stake in crypto exchange Coinbase

“#Intel discloses small stake in crypto exchange Coinbase” Intel on Friday disclosed a stake worth less than a million dollars in cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. The chipmaker held about 3,014 shares of Coinbase’s Class A common stock as of June 30, Intel said in a regulatory filing. The Coinbase shares would be worth around $788,191, based on trading price of $261.51 at…

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#Olympian Lamont Jacobs says rival Chijindu Ujah’s positive test ‘makes me smile’

#Olympian Lamont Jacobs says rival Chijindu Ujah’s positive test ‘makes me smile’

“#Olympian Lamont Jacobs says rival Chijindu Ujah’s positive test ‘makes me smile’” An Olympic sprinter’s positive doping test left one of his top competitors smiling. On Thursday, Britain’s Chijindu Ujah was provisionally suspended for allegedly breaching anti-doping rules at the Olympics, where he captured a silver medal in the 4x100m relay. The news proved satisfying…

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#Seaport District now home to NYC’s best new restaurants

#Seaport District now home to NYC’s best new restaurants

“#Seaport District now home to NYC’s best new restaurants” From tourist trap to culinary nirvana. That’s been the long, strange trip of Pier 17 in the Seaport District, previously known as the South Street Seaport. Current Seaport owner the Howard Hughes Corp. lured marquee-name chefs — Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Andrew Carmellini and David Chang — and their arrival has…

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