Friday, May 14, 2021

Reading archive 2021-05-14

What Is Going On With Inflation? Vacations and Chips.

As protesters flee Hong Kong, Taiwan quietly extends a helping hand - "Taiwanese authorities brought the five ashore, housed them in a government complex and provided clothing, cigarettes, television, table tennis games — even English teachers. Eventually, the Taiwanese, who treated the presence of the five as a state secret, helped arrange flights to the United States, their new home."

Seth Rogen Says Tom Cruise Tried To Sell Him On Scientology: ‘Dodged That Bullet’: “If you let me just tell you what it was really about, you would say, ‘No f**king way,’” the comedian said Cruise told him.

Arab Israelis are rising up to protest. Here’s what you need to know about their status in the country. - "Because support for the Palestinian cause is widespread within the Arab Israeli community, Arab Israelis often report encountering hostility and suspicion from police, politicians and others who view them as a security threat. A 2016 Pew Research Center poll found that nearly half of Israeli Jews supported expelling Arabs from the country or transferring them elsewhere."

Cicadas are increasing in D.C. area and are poised to erupt next week

Army captain who spied for Russia sentenced to 15 years in prison - "He also tried and failed to get jobs at the FBI and on President Donald Trump’s National Security Council. Debbins was a graduate of and teacher at the D.C.-based Institute of World Politics, a small but influential school in conservative foreign policy circles. Former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn and military contractor Erik Prince both have ties to the school."

Opinion: A cop’s anger at GOP lies about Jan. 6 should put Republicans on the defensive

Opinion: Without swift action, the Chesapeake Bay will decline even further into national disgrace - "The Patuxent’s case demonstrates that the struggle for clean water is both intensely local and necessarily regional. Nature is agnostic to county and state boundaries. The Chesapeake Bay system, science instructs, must be managed as a single ecological system, even as it encompasses such a vast political geography. Only the federal government can serve this vital role."

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