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Thanks to our bankrupt economic policies, faith in our regime will soon be shaken whether we like it or not. Fortunately, we don't need a majority to make some changes for the better, writes Ron Paul.

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Ben Wiegold.

Global markets are showing they can't handle even a tiny bit of tightening by the Federal Reserve, and other central banks are doubling down on rock-bottom interest rates, writes David Haggith. After six years of "recovery" can we ever abandon endless easy money?

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Ben Wiegold.

Politics operates according to principles that would horrify us if we observed them in our private lives, and would get us arrested if we lived by them. The state can steal and call it taxation, kill and call it war, writes Lew Rockwell.

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Ben Wiegold.

The public has been successfully conditioned to view the use of cash as something suspicious. Meanwhile, thanks to growing pressure from government, private business now often considers cash to be more trouble than it's worth, writes Paul-Martin Foss.

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Ben Wiegold.

Neighbors are complaining about noise coming from Apple's top-secret automotive testing center in Sunnyvale.

In this week's news, the secret art of Caroline Wozniacki's SI Swimsuit issue appearance, Grigor Dimitrov reveals his biggest weakness and Nick Kyrgios uncensored.

The London Metal Exchange opened its new ring at 10 Finsbury Square

Großer Hund + kleine Wohnung = dumme Idee!

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Alan Fitzsimmons deserves an award for the best physics-related supermarket bargain

Everything you need to know about your penis and how to keep your penis healthy, according to a working doctor

Apple CEO Tim Cook wants customers to know that the company will fight a federal effort to compel the company to cripple its own security. Julian Sanchez comments.

Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has conducted a number of humanitarian interventions. Following the UN’s enshrinement of the “responsibility to protect,” and in the midst of ongoing international instability, Washington is bound to face pressure to perform more such operations. Given that likelihood, policymakers need standards for deciding when to intervene abroad. In his new book, Michael Doyle provides a sophisticated analysis of the circumstances in which moral and security considerations... Читать дальше...

Thanks to "room-scale" VR, full-body gaming is coming. WIRED's Peter Rubin tries out "Raw Data," a first-person shooter that turns players into jumping, shooting, crouching, katana-slicing action heroes. Your living room will never be the same again.

Xi Jinping is the number one in the Chinese political system. And therefore, it becomes very important for us to understand what his world view is, in understanding carefully, therefore, what China's world view is.

The average person will kiss 21.5 people in their lifetime. And while guys lose their virginities at 16.8 years old, women will hold out a little longer until 17.2 years old. Find out how you stack up between the sheets as we run through the stats of an average sex life, as told with sex dolls.

The average person will kiss 21.5 people in their lifetime. On average, guys will lose their virginities around 16.8 years old, while women will will hold out a little longer until 17.2 years old. Find out stats the stats of an average sex life as told with sex dolls.

Menigitis has hit headlines after a family shared a photograph of a two-year-old before she died of the disease

The first Chippendales offshoot in Las Vegas, “53X” opens March 11 at Chateau at Paris Las Vegas. Performances are 9 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays. Tickets start at $29.95 for ...

by David Boyer, KALW Illustration by David Boyer. THE INTERSECTION podcast looks at change in the Bay Area through physical intersections and street corners — where different cultures, desires and histories meet every day. Season one focuses on Golden Gate Avenue and Leavenworth Street in the Tenderloin, a neighborhood that some feel is changing, while others feel it’s getting worse. Listen to the entire piece by clicking the audio player above. There are plenty of people who don’t want to talk about drug use and dealing in the Tenderloin. Читать дальше...

A learning center is teaching kids, aged three to 13 years old, how to learn and better appreciate math with the use of an abacus, a manual computing device, that helps them keep track of numbers and solve math problems with remarkable speed.

FAA Pathfinder Program completes testing at Atlantic City International Airport.

by David Boyer, KALW Members of UNITE HERE: Local 2 on strike. Photo by David Boyer. THE INTERSECTION podcast looks at change in the Bay Area through physical intersections and street corners — where different cultures, desires and histories meet every day. Season one focuses on Golden Gate Avenue and Leavenworth Street in the Tenderloin, a neighborhood that some feel is changing, while others feel it’s getting worse. Listen to the entire piece by clicking the audio player above. The Tenderloin is... Читать дальше...

by David Boyer, KALW Britney Pirring grew up and goes to school in the Tenderloin. Photo by David Boyer. THE INTERSECTION podcast looks at change in the Bay Area through physical intersections and street corners — where different cultures, desires and histories meet every day. Season one focuses on Golden Gate Avenue and Leavenworth Street in the Tenderloin, a neighborhood that some feel is changing, while others feel it’s getting worse. Listen to the entire piece by clicking the audio player above. Читать дальше...

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Mayor Edwin M. Lee today announced major bond rating agencies have upgraded and affirmed San Francisco’s strong credit after the City met with Moody’s Investors Service (Moody’s), Standard & Poor’s (S&P) and Fitch Ratings (Fitch) in December 2015 in connection with the proposed sale of approximately $52.1 million in general obligation bonds to finance the construction, reconstruction, purchase and/or improvement of park and recreation facilities located... Читать дальше...