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Just here to #resist tyranny. Opinions are my own. Don't like it? Don't follow. Married 21 yrs., #atheist, #Democrat, Navy vet, writer/editor - trying to laugh.

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Seven steps to making your goals work for you

By Alexander Gates, Milos Kitanovic

us.blastingnews.com — October 19, 2017 at 3:57 PM October 19, 2017 at 3:57 PM Everyone wants things. But, if you think about it, we know what we ultimately want, that's to be successful. Always focused on trying to get things, you might often be frantic and without direction. But, in order to really get what you want and be a success, you must know what that is. I mean, you'll need to break it down.5 MONTHS AGO Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

‘The Family Chantel:’ The popular crossover begins 2nd season

By Alexander Gates, Lawrence Lease

us.blastingnews.com — October 14, 2020 at 2:39 PM October 14, 2020 at 2:39 PM David and Annie, Molly and Cynthia, Loren and Alexei, and Tim and Veronica are all sitting in their respective living rooms and watching the “90 Day Fiance” spin-off, “The Family Chantel: Pillow Talk.” It’s a very busy show and everyone seems to be having a great time.7 MONTHS AGO Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

‘90 Day Fiancé:’ Tania and Singin prepare to travel in the wake of drama

By Alexander Gates, Lawrence Lease

us.blastingnews.com — October 9, 2020 at 7:29 PM October 9, 2020 at 7:29 PM The two stars of the Reality TV series “90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After,” first found common ground through their affinity for Travel and adventure. Now it’s time for Syngin’s birthday celebration and the couple has left all the negativity behind them in favor of going on an adventure with some friends, to Washington DC.7 MONTHS AGO Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

‘90 Day Fiancé’: Sumit confronts his parents, admits he had suicidal thoughts

By Alexander Gates, Lawrence Lease

us.blastingnews.com — October 9, 2020 at 1:44 PM Updated on October 9, 2020 at 1:46 PM In a recent exclusive video, obtained by People, Sumit Singh, the 32-year-old Reality TV star from TLC’s “90 Day Fiancé,” has a bit of a blowout with his parents. It has become clear that he is at his wit’s end with them. It also seems they are stubborn and set in their ways - unwilling to bend.7 MONTHS AGO Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

'I'm very open towards my viewers': Interview with rising ‘CoD’ gamer Zack Kilter

By Alexander Gates, Lawrence Lease

us.blastingnews.com — October 9, 2020 at 8:02 AM October 9, 2020 at 8:02 AM Sitting down with “Call of Duty” streamer Zack Kilter, of Killer Motive Steams, we discuss his rising career in the gaming industry and how he plans on paying it forward to other up-and-coming streamers in the future. 'Changing people's lives through gaming'AG: What made you decide to start streaming?7 MONTHS AGO Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

‘90 Day Fiancé: Angela Deem tells of plans for weight loss surgery

By Alexander Gates, Lawrence Lease

us.blastingnews.com — October 8, 2020 at 10:35 PM October 8, 2020 at 10:35 PM "90 Day Fiancé's" Angela Deem discussed weight loss surgery on part 3, season 5 of the "90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?" tell-all, and it seems Michael is having none of it. Angela is 54, and probably wants to live a lot longer, but Michael, who is only 32, may not fully appreciate her motivations for such a drastic move. Getting to the bottom of itAs readers probably already know, Michael is from Nigeria.7 MONTHS AGO Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

‘90 Day Fiancé’: Big Ed challenges PewDiePie to a scrap

By Alexander Gates, Lawrence Lease

us.blastingnews.com — October 8, 2020 at 1:53 PM Updated on October 8, 2020 at 2:08 PM This morning "90 Day Fiancé" star Big Ed posted a challenge to PewDiePie on his Instagram account. For those who don't know, PewDiePie is a well-known Youtuber, comedian, and gamer. When big Ed called him out, PewDiePie clapped back with reference to Ed as a big simp which is man who foolishly overvalues women and puts them on a pedestal.7 MONTHS AGO Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

The American Barbecue Showdown is the new Netflix show focusing on American barbecue cuisine

By Alexander Gates, Lawrence Lease

us.blastingnews.com — October 7, 2020 at 6:01 PM Updated on October 8, 2020 at 5:35 AM People have been obsessed with cooking in the outdoors, over flames, and with smoke, for probably as long as humans have walked upright. That unique flavor that can only come from the kiss of the flame, or the embrace of sweet-smelling smoke, is brought to life in an exciting way in the Netflix original series, The American Barbecue Showdown.7 MONTHS AGO Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

American Barbeque Showdown: Cast rundown

By Alexander Gates, Lawrence Lease

us.blastingnews.com — October 7, 2020 at 6:01 PM October 7, 2020 at 6:01 PM People have been obsessed with cooking in the outdoors, over flames, and with smoke, for probably as long as humans have walked upright. That unique flavor that can only come from the kiss of the flame, or the embrace of sweet-smelling smoke, is brought to life in an exciting way in the Netflix original series, American Barbeque Showdown.7 MONTHS AGO Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

‘90 Day Fiancé’: Jess reveals she got married after her break up with Colt

By Alexander Gates, Lawrence Lease

us.blastingnews.com — October 7, 2020 at 1:27 PM October 7, 2020 at 1:27 PM On part three of Season 5’s Tell All for “90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?” that aired on the evening of Monday, October 5, Jess revealed a bombshell to her fans by introducing her new husband, Brian. Yes! You read that right! She went and got married on the quick. A new husband and some more green card jabsNot that it should matter at this point but Colt and his mother seemed astonished.7 MONTHS AGO Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

Corporate brainwashing, CTE, the NFL and how they seem to be forever intertwined

By Alexander Gates, Lawrence Lease

us.blastingnews.com — October 6, 2020 at 4:09 PM Updated on October 7, 2020 at 5:39 AM Remember when the Dallas Cowboys had the three-peat back in 1994? At that time, I was a football superfan. Then, Jerry Jones and Jimmy Johnson got into an ego trip over the success of the team and who, between the two of them, deserved the credit for it.7 MONTHS AGO Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

Corporate brainwashing, CTE, the NFL and how they seem to be forever intertwined

By Alexander Gates, Lawrence Lease

us.blastingnews.com — October 6, 2020 at 4:09 PM October 6, 2020 at 4:09 PM Remember when the Dallas Cowboys had the three-peat back in 1994? At that time, I was a football superfan. Then, Jerry Jones and Jimmy Johnson got into an ego trip over the success of the team and who, between the two of them, deserved the credit for it.7 MONTHS AGO Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

Historical comparison of gender inequality in scientific careers across countries and disciplines

By Junming Huang, Alexander Gates, Roberta Sinatra, Albert-László Barabási

pnas.org — SignificanceEmpirical evidence suggests significant gender differences in the total productivity and impact of academic careers across science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Paradoxically, the increase in the number of women academics over the past 60 years has increased these gender differences. Yet, we find that men and women publish a comparable number of papers per year and have equivalent career-wise impact for the same total number of publications.ABOUT A YEAR AGO Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

Historical comparison of gender inequality in scientific careers across countries and disciplines

By Junming Huang, Alexander Gates, Roberta Sinatra, Albert-László Barabási

pnas.org — SignificanceEmpirical evidence suggests significant gender differences in the total productivity and impact of academic careers across science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Paradoxically, the increase in the number of women academics over the past 60 years has increased these gender differences. Yet, we find that men and women publish a comparable number of papers per year and have equivalent career-wise impact for the same total number of publications.ABOUT A YEAR AGO Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

Nature’s reach: narrow work has broad impact

By Alexander Gates, Qing Ke, Onur Varol, Albert-László Barabási

nature.com — The co-citation network for Nature. More than 88,000 papers published by the journal since 1900 are each represented by a dot, coloured by discipline. Papers are linked if another scientific paper (of those indexed in the Web of Science) cites both; the dot size reflects the number of these co-citation links.Credit: A. J. Gates et al. How knowledge informs and alters disciplines is itself an enlightening, and vibrant field1.ABOUT A YEAR AGO Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

Las Vegas, Nevada sounded like a war zone

By Alexander Gates

us.blastingnews.com — I was about 2000 miles away, but listening to the news, I heard a hail of gunfire the likes of which I had only heard in war movies. At such a time as this, when our great nation is made a war zone from within, and mass murder ensues, it is time, now more than ever, to talk about these weapons that we are allowing to be bought and sold here rather unencumbered. It’s time to talk, dare I say it, gun control [VIDEO].4 YEARS AGO Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

Donald Trump: 'The NFL is ruining football!'

By Alexander Gates

us.blastingnews.com — #Donald Trump says the NFL is “ruining football”. He was referring to a 15-yard penalty imposed on players that hit and/or tackle defenseless opponents unnecessarily hard. This has been a fairly long process since Dr. Bennet Omalu, a forensic pathologist and neuropathologist, first discovered and published his findings on Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) in 2005. The NFL, and perhaps the nation, may not have been ready to soften the sport.4 YEARS AGO Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

Rescinding DACA is an act of terrorism by an impostor in the White House

By Alexander Gates

us.blastingnews.com — A President extorting his people is not a ‘deal maker’. #Donald Trump doesn’t really make good deals. He, instead, uses intimidation, and extortion to get what he wants. That’s not suave deal making but it is bullying and intimidation. It’s gangster-style. DACA is being used, by the Trump administration, as a form of extortion through kidnapping [VIDEO]. Rejecting Dreamers; It’s wrong. It’s sadistic. It’s down right evil.4 YEARS AGO Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

It looks like Donald Trump has narcissistic personality disorder.

By Alexander Gates

us.blastingnews.com — I have written before that I believed #Donald Trump to be a malignant narcissist. And following Hurricane Harvey everyone was, once again, given a clear and concise demonstration of how a malignant narcissist responds to “other people” suffering. Apparently, the only thing that matters to someone with a narcissistic personality disorder is themselves and being seen and worshipped. Something they often feel is occurring even when it is clearly not the case.4 YEARS AGO Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

South Korean and American war games could make China and Pyongyang uncomfortable

By Alexander Gates

us.blastingnews.com — If China would do their part and get their wayward stepchild, #North Korea, under control, then perhaps America and her allies would not feel the need to play so many “#War Games” in their backyard. China and North Korea might not like us actively defending ourselves and our allies but they are going to need to get accustomed to it. If they are determined to threaten America, the future is not going to look good for anyone in the world.4 YEARS AGO Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

Where do movie sequels go to die?

By Alexander Gates

us.blastingnews.com — I want to discuss sequels. Sequels are what I call, “Where movies go to die”. It doesn’t happen immediately. It takes sometimes as many as 3 sequels before the soul of a movie has been totally traded off for something more devoid of substance. If a movie had violence, a good plot, and story line, and it was assumed that the violence was what drew the crowds, then they would spend much less on plot and storyline, and everything on violence.4 YEARS AGO Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

The Democratic Party failed the nation

By Alexander Gates

us.blastingnews.com — Make no mistake, the people spoke when it came to the elections. Most of the people within our borders didn’t want Donald Trump as president and that is an indisputable fact but the #Democratic Party failed us. It has grown weak and complacent; overconfident, lazy, and clumsy. I can only begin to shine the light on all I see is wrong as I’m not an expert, but I love my country and my freedom enough to learn. I know there were Democrats who didn’t vote, as I knew a few and they annoyed me greatly.

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