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GENERAL INTEREST

This three-axis tourbillon movement is a 3D printed marvel
https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/11/this-three-axis-tourbillon-movement-is-a-3d-printed-marvel/
    
The WIRE: Your week in review - Personal Liberty®
https://personalliberty.com/wire-week-review-20-93/

GOVERNMENT RUNNING AMOK
Socialist Seattle Councilmember To Pass Dangerous, Crippling Amazon 'Head Tax'
https://www.dailywire.com/news/30513/socialist-seattle-councilmember-pass-dangerous-jason-rantz?utm_source=shapironewsletter-ae&utm_medium=email&utm_content=051218-news&utm_campaign=modelnames

PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
Explaining Why Liberals Are So Desperate To Find Things to Be Offended About
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2018/05/12/explaining-why-liberals-are-so-desperate-to-find-things-to-be-offended-about-n2479684?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

BUSINESS
Tesla with Autopilot slams into truck stopped at red light 
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/the_associated_press-tesla_with_autopilot_slams_into_truck_stopped_at_r-ap/category/news

DARPA Pulls Plug on Boeing Experimental Electric Plane
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/darpa-pulls-plug-boeing-experimental-121500551.html

The Ethanol Gravy Train Rolls On
https://townhall.com/columnists/pauldriessen/2018/05/12/the-ethanol-gravy-train-rolls-on-n2480006?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

ENVIRONMENT
Plastic Bag Found at the Bottom of the World's Deepest Waters 
https://www.ecowatch.com/plastic-bag-mariana-trench-2567907997.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=9b6ca2e36c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-9b6ca2e36c-85328381

Texas Residents Urge Rejection of World's Largest Plastics Plant: 'Millions of Gallons of Toxic Wastewater a Day' Would Be Dumped Into Corpus Christi Bay
https://www.ecowatch.com/texas-plastics-plant-exxon-2567615267.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=9b6ca2e36c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-9b6ca2e36c-85328381

GEOPHYSICS
Accurate relative location estimates for the North Korean nuclear tests using empirical slowness corrections
https://academic.oup.com/gji/article/208/1/101/2452669

SPACE
NASA is sending its first autonomous helicopter to Mars in 2020
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/nasa-sending-first-autonomous-helicopter-084900581.html

NATIONAL SECURITY
Donnelly announces support for Trump's CIA pick Gina Haspel
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/387405-donnelly-announces-support-for-trumps-cia-pick-gina-haspel?userid=288549

DEFENSE
Commandos Buying Thousands of Small Missiles That Pack A Bigger Punch Than Hellfires 
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/05/commandos-buying-thousands-of-small-missiles-that-pack-a-bigger-punch-than-hellfires/?utm_campaign=Raytheon%20Space%20Symposium%20&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=62862784&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_2fo_rB_Fd8ebxBejcOzd3ptxsD_9N_N7ez8msHyNjRhLGY34tHz6rAHi_2JUNNgddpzjlyjk844PSnArGgZmm3hk71Q&_hsmi=62862784

Guillotining Rockets: Iron Curtain Active Protection For Light Vehicles 
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/05/guillotining-rockets-iron-curtain-active-protection-for-light-vehicles/?utm_campaign=Raytheon%20Space%20Symposium%20&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=62862784&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_2fo_rB_Fd8ebxBejcOzd3ptxsD_9N_N7ez8msHyNjRhLGY34tHz6rAHi_2JUNNgddpzjlyjk844PSnArGgZmm3hk71Q&_hsmi=62862784

IMMIGRATION
Car transporting illegal immigrants races through Border Patrol checkpoint
https://www.yahoo.com/news/car-transporting-illegal-immigrants-races-210457223.html

IRAN
Sarah Huckabee Sanders Stomps All Over Obama, Hillary and John Kerry Over Iran: With One Statement (Beee-utiful !!!!)
https://joeforamerica.com/2018/05/sarah-sanders-stomps-all-over-obama-hillary-and-john-kerry-over-iran-with-one-statement/

NORK
Trump welcomes N. Korea plan to blow up nuke-site tunnels 
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/the_associated_press-n_korea_to_hold_ceremony_for_dismantling_nuke_test-ap/category/news

RUSSIAGATE
We read every one of the 3,517 Facebook ads bought by Russians. Here's what we found
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/05/11/what-we-found-facebook-ads-russians-accused-election-meddling/602319002/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=15622

Mueller Indicted A Russian Company That Didn't Even Exist, Court Transcripts Say
https://www.dailywire.com/news/30556/disaster-mueller-indicted-russian-company-didnt-ryan-saavedra

POTUS
A Honeymoon of Hand-to-Hand Combat 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/president-trump-early-days-deflecting-attacks-from-all-sides/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Saturday%202018-05-12&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

POLITICS
John Kerry’s Arrogance – Negotiating With Our Enemies to Undermine Trump and Feed His Own Ego
https://amac.us/john-kerrys-arrogance-negotiating-with-our-enemies-to-undermine-trump-and-feed-his-own-ego/

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