Originally posted on iLook China: Donald Trump’s alleged Golden Showers in a Russian hotel room is not the Malignant Narcissist’s only problem. For instance, Time.com reported, “Trump has wanted to bring his brand to the Middle Kingdom for years. … Eric Danziger was quoted in Chinese media last fall (in 2016) saying the company plans… Read more

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Trump announced that he would donate 3 months of his salary (about $78,000), while slashing $2 billion from the budget of the Interior Department, which manages the National Parks. The cost of every weekend trip to Mar-A-Lago is $3 million. No doubt the Parks Service is grateful for the… Read more

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: In Chile, solar power is the wave of the future. “On the solar farms of the Atacama Desert, the workers dress like astronauts. They wear bodysuits and wraparound sunglasses, with thick canvas headscarves to shield them from the radiation. “The sun is so intense and the air so dry… Read more

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