The Daily Populous

Sunday September 29th, 2019 evening edition

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Johnson’s description of the act as the “surrender act” provoked heated exchanges in parliament last Wednesday.

Female MPs invoked the memory of their murdered colleague Jo Cox and said they feared for their safety.

“Whipping up the idea of riots or even deaths if we do not leave the EU on 31 October is the height of irresponsibility,” Starmer said.

Johnson is expected to continue his attacks on Remainers this week at the Tory conference in Manchester where the slogan will be “Get Brexit Done”.

A spokesman added: “The prime minister is determined to deliver Brexit on time and he will abide by the law.”.

His only plan B is a general election and a general election would not solve Brexit. »

About 300 former national security officials and ex-White House staff sign open letter accusing Trump of possible 'unconscionable abuse of power' over Ukraine call

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The letter was coordinated by National Security Action, a pressure group that has long criticized Trump.

It was organized by National Security Action, an activist group that opposes what it calls Trump's "reckless leadership.".

It noted that some had spoken out against Trump before while others were publicly doing so for the first time in the letter. »

FBI expands probe into Jeffrey Epstein

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Prince Andrew could become more deeply engulfed in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal as police in the US seek to talk to victims of the late American billionaire pedophile.

The Sunday Times reported the FBI has expanded its investigation to identify alleged human trafficking victims of Epstein, who could provide information on the Duke.

The report quotes former head of royal protection at Scotland Yard, Dai Davies, saying a full investigation would be in Prince Andrew's best interests. »

Christians Hid a Dinosaur Fossil 170 Years Ago Because It Contradicted the Bible

Authored by friendlyatheist.patheos.com
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It was only a few years ago, after seeing a TV show with David Attenborough digging up a similar fossil, that Temperley realized he had something even better.

He paid to have the relic cleaned by a professional fossil collector, and it’s now hanging on the wall of his building.

“Up until then, if you believed in fossils you were denying the Bible saying God created Day One, and so on. »

Elon Musk calls on the public to "preserve human consciousness" with Starship

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I’m pretty optimistic by nature, but there’s some chance that window will not be open for long, and I think we should become a multi-planet civilization while that window is open.”.

The way to make that humanity a multi-planet species, and “extend consciousness beyond Earth,” in the eyes of Musk, was towering behind him.

That giant thing is really going to be pretty epic to see that thing take off and come back,” Musk said. »