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Kim Jong-un: Dogodila se velika kriza povezana s koronom - Index.hr

Kim Jong-un: Dogodila se velika kriza povezana s koronom - Index.hr : a%A0Kim%20Jong-un%20kazao%20je%20da%20su%20visoki%20du%u017Enosnici%20propustili%20provesti%20vladine%20odluke%20vezane%20za%20pandemiju%20koronavirusa%2C%20%u0161to%20je%20dovelo%20do%20velike%20krize%2C%20objavila%20je%20u%20dr%u017Eavna%20novinska%20agencija%20KCNA.%A0
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ivermectin - Google Search

ivermectin - Google Search : oduction studies have shown an adverse effect on the foetus and there are no adequate and well-controlled studies in humans, but potential benefits may warrant use of the drug in pregnant women despite
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Not%20Your%20Average%20Tech%20Bro%3A%20The%20Years%20of%20Peter%20Thiel%20%u2013%20Daily%20Pnut

Not%20Your%20Average%20Tech%20Bro%3A%20The%20Years%20of%20Peter%20Thiel%20%u2013%20Daily%20Pnut : After%20graduating%20from%20law%20school%2C%20Thiel%20aspired%20to%20clerk%20for%20Supreme%20Court%20Justice%20Antonine%20Scalia.%20But%20when%20his%20application%20was%20denied%2C%20the%20spurned%20intellectual%20spent%20several%20months%20in%20securities%20law%20until%20he%20discovered%20his%20first%20big%20break.%20When%20a%20derivatives%20trading%20job%20brought%20him%20back%20to%20the%20Bay%20Area%2C%20the%20precipitous%20rise%20of%20the%20tech%20industry%20caught%20Thiel%u2019s%20eye.%20He%20pooled%20money%20together%20to%20establish%20his%20venture%20capital%20firm%2C%20set%20on%20harnessing%20the%20area%u2019s%20digital%20momentum%20for%20his%20own%20personal%20gain.%20It%20was%20in%20this%20stage%20of%20his%20career%20that%20Thiel%20invested%20in%20Confinity%2C%20a%20cryptocurrency%20service%20that%20allowed%20for%20online%20payments%20via%20email.%20Sound%20familiar%3F%20In%20jus...
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100 Iconic Moments from Movie History | Stacker

100 Iconic Moments from Movie History | Stacker : In%20the%20year%202000%2C%20the%20pace%20of%20technology%20was%20clipping%20along%2C%20and%20film%20was%20no%20exception.%20That%20year%2C%20the%20Coen%20Brothers%u2019%20%22O%20Brother%2C%20Where%20Art%20Thou%3F%22%A0was%20color-corrected%20entirely%20by%20digital%20means%2C%20a%20first%20for%20a%20feature-length%20film.%0A%0A
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U.S.%20Aid%20to%20Central%20America%20Hasn%u2019t%20Slowed%20Migration.%20Can%20Kamala%20Harris%3F%20-%20The%20New%20York%20Times

U.S.%20Aid%20to%20Central%20America%20Hasn%u2019t%20Slowed%20Migration.%20Can%20Kamala%20Harris%3F%20-%20The%20New%20York%20Times : Half%20a%20dozen%20development%20experts%20who%20have%20worked%20with%20or%20for%20the%20contractors%20said%20the%20companies%20could%20easily%20take%20about%2050%20percent%20of%20the%20aid%20money%20they%20receive%20and%20direct%20it%20toward%20overhead%20%u2014%20including%20generous%20salaries%20for%20executives%20%u2014%20and%20company%20profits.%20When%20asked%20about%20that%20figure%2C%20U.S.A.I.D.%20did%20not%20contest%20it.%0A%0A%u201CIt%u2019s%20a%20business%2C%u201D%20said%20Carlos%20Ponce%2C%20a%20professor%20of%20nonprofit%20management%20at%20Columbia%20University%20who%20has%20worked%20for%20several%20U.S.-funded%20programs%20in%20the%20region.%20%u201CAnd%20the%20same%20implementers%20win%20the%20contracts%20again%20and%20again%2C%20despite%20having%20implemented%20badly%20in%20the%20past%2C%20not%20showing%20any%20level%20of%20impact%20and%2...
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Oversight%20Board%20to%20Facebook%3A%20We%u2019re%20Not%20Doing%20Your%20Dirty%20Work%20%7C%20WIRED

Oversight%20Board%20to%20Facebook%3A%20We%u2019re%20Not%20Doing%20Your%20Dirty%20Work%20%7C%20WIRED : But%20the%20board%20did%20not%20play.%20While%20affirming%20that%20Facebook%20was%20correct%20to%20suspend%20the%20Trump%20account%20for%20its%20riot-coddling%20posts%20on%20January%206%2C%20today%20it%20called%20out%20the%20company%20for%20inventing%20a%20penalty%20that%20wasn%u2019t%20part%20of%20its%20policies%u2014an%20%u201Cindefinite%u201D%20suspension.%20The%20board%20told%20Facebook%20to%20take%20six%20months%20and%20get%20its%20own%20rules%20straight%2C%20and%20then%20make%20the%20Trump%20restoration%20decision%20itself.%0A%0AIn%20a%20press%20call%20following%20the%20release%20of%20the%20ruling%2C%20board%20co-chair%20and%20Stanford%20law%20professor%20Michael%20McConnell%20made%20it%20clear%20that%20the%20board%20was%20not%20interested%20in%20bailing%20out%20Facebook.%20%u201CWe%20are%20not%20cops%2C%u201D%20he%20said.%20%u201COur%20sole%20purpose%20is%20to%20hold%20Facebook%...
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Everything%20You%u2019ve%20Heard%20About%20Section%20230%20Is%20Wrong%20%7C%20WIRED

Everything%20You%u2019ve%20Heard%20About%20Section%20230%20Is%20Wrong%20%7C%20WIRED : Government%20intervention%20can%20and%20does%20go%20wrong%2C%20of%20course.%20Big%20corporations%20do%20indeed%20try%20to%20hijack%20the%20legislative%20process%20and%20capture%20regulators.%20In%20March%2C%20for%20example%2C%20Mark%20Zuckerberg%20publicly%20declared%20his%20support%20for%20reforming%20Section%20230%u2014with%20a%20set%20of%20proposed%20changes%20that%2C%20while%20vague%2C%20seem%20designed%20to%20allow%20Facebook%20to%20leave%20its%20existing%20policies%20more%20or%20less%20untouched.%0A%0ASo%20no%2C%20it%u2019s%20not%20surprising%20that%20an%20%24800%20billion%20company%20facing%20potential%20new%20regulations%20would%20try%20to%20turn%20them%20to%20its%20advantage.%20But%20to%20acknowledge%20that%20fact%20is%20not%20to%20make%20an%20argument%20for%20inaction.%20If%20anything%2C%20it%20suggests%20that%20the%20danger%20lies%20in%20doing%20too%20little%2C%20not%20too%20much.%20Because...
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