The Daily Populous

Sunday August 11st, 2019 evening edition

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He hates it so much that he'll accuse you of being a McCarthyist for doing so.

They still are not McCarthyist, though, because McCarthyism wasn't really about hating Russia — it was about hating liberals.

Joseph McCarthy was a United States senator from Wisconsin who served between 1947 and 1957.

McConnell isn't being accused of sympathy to Moscow because his opponents lack valid grounds for criticism and are resorting to a straw man fallacy.

Obviously, some people around him, including Michael Cohen, were trying to use his notoriety and his campaign to advance their financial opportunities.

That's something new to him, but there's another piece, which is that there is an ideological affinity between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.".

He added: "They're both kind of a self-styled conservative, self-styled nationalist, anti-multilateralist, kind of 'nation-state should come first.' »

Human microbiome churns out thousands of tiny novel proteins

Authored by med.stanford.edu
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Because they are so small — fewer than 50 amino acids in length — it’s likely the proteins fold into unique shapes that represent previously unidentified biological building blocks.

Ami Bhatt, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine and of genetics, is the senior author.

These functions are likely to be found in very small proteins, which may be more likely than larger proteins to be secreted outside the cell.”. »

Spokane police investigating rumors of neo-Nazi ‘hate camp’

Authored by spokesman.com

Spokane police are investigating rumors that members of a militant neo-Nazi group known as The Base are planning to travel through Spokane this month en route to a gathering they call a “hate camp.”.

Police believe that if the rumors are accurate, the gathering would take place outside Spokane County.

In an email, Officer John O’Brien, a spokesman for the Spokane Police Department, said “the information we have indicates some members of that group may be flying into the Spokane airport. »

'How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World' director says T.J. Miller's removal from the movie wasn't his decision: 'I didn't have a lot of say in the matter'

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Actor T.J. Miller voiced the role of Tuffnut in the first two "How to Train Your Dragon" movies.

For the final film in the trilogy, "The Hidden World," impersonator and comedian Justin Rupple took over the part.

"Last spring DreamWorks made the decision to replace TJ Miller in How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. »

Enjoy these 13 times the great Larry Bird was just a ruthless bastard

Authored by foxsports.com

They show a shot of our bench — Cliff Livingston and Eddie Johnson are standing up giving each other high fives.".

(Note: These are all according to various tales found on the Internet, details of which may have been fudged over the years.

George McCloud was a rookie for Indiana in the 1989-90 season and was told to guard Bird during one game. »