Clever and devastating slam on Google Translate
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Clever and devastating slam on Google Translate
Tip of the Hat to Contributing Editor JZ Liszkiewicz.
NOTE: Elan Languages is a Fee Service, Not a Free Online Translator.
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Analyzing 1.1 Billion NYC Taxi and Uber Trips, with a Vengeance
An open-source exploration of the city's neighborhoods, nightlife, airport traffic, and more, through the lens of publicly available taxi and Uber data
These maps show every taxi pickup and drop off, respectively, in New York City from 2009–2015.

Government-Run Cancer Institute Quietly Acknowledges That Cannabis Kills Cancer Cells
The National Cancer Institute is an organization mandated by U.S. law to educate Americans about cancer and the latest research efforts. According to its website, NCI is touted as “the U.S. government's principal agency for cancer research.” And recently, it quietly admitted that cancer cells have been killed by cannabis in a lab setting.
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NATO is harbouring the Islamic State
Conspicuously missing from President Hollande’s decisive declaration of war however, was any mention of the biggest elephant in the room: state-sponsorship. … Earlier this year, the Turkish daily Today’s Zaman reported that “more than 100,000 fake Turkish passports” had been given to ISIS. … According to other ISIS suspects facing trial in Turkey, the Turkish national military intelligence organization (MIT) had begun smuggling arms, including NATO weapons to jihadist groups in Syria as early as 2011. … By now, this implies that Turkey has facilitated over $1 billion worth of black market ISIS oil sales to date.

Dying to Live, Living to Die, Lying to Live, and Living a Lie
Whether or not the play on words is trivial, there is also a case for exploring the slogan by which American foreign policy might well be framed by critics, namely “Saving American Lies”. This too appears to be interpreted with the qualifier “at all costs” — irrespective of the deaths that might ensue, whatever form these might take. A notable preoccupation with preserving this illusion is acclaimed as vital to American national security.
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Washington Refines Its False Flag Operations — Paul Craig Roberts
The only benefactor of the Paris attack is the Western political establishment and Washington’s goal of unseating Assad in Syria. The Paris attack has removed the threat to the French, German, and British political establishments from the National Front, Pegida, and the UK Independence Party. The Paris attack has removed the threat to the US political establishment from Trump and Sanders. The Paris attack has advanced Washington’s goal of removing Assad from power. The answer to the Roman question, “cui bono,” is clear.