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Conservatives routinely attack millennial leftists for getting their political knowledge from twitter or the Daily Show rather than actually reading a book.

This perception is validated with the reviews of Harrison Lievesleys book Why Socialism Works, posted on Amazon. Obvious lefties have praised the work in gushing terms.

One called it a gripping account of this complex ideology and awarded it 5 stars. Another reader praised the research involved:

A perfect introduction to the crux of the matter without any messing around. In depth research backs up the argument presented. Top notch.

Another reviewer by the name of Conor Burn complimented the readability of the work by saying, Im sure this will go down as one of the greatest texts ever written on the subject. I found myself furiously consuming the words on each page, totally engrossed in the text. It seemed I couldnt turn the pages fast enough!

But the problem is that the book is not a warm and researched endorsement of collectivism; on the contrary, it is a one sentence parody of it. The book, clocking in at 169 pages, has only the two-word attack against socialism listed on every page of It doesnt.

The reader celebration of this obviously unread book affirms the shallowness of fist-clenching leftists who, rather than cracking open a book, take their politics from slogans over research.

The reviewers on Amazon have taken the common charge lodged at book reviewers of, at best, only reading meager portions of the booktheyre usually accused of skimming the first and last chaptersto a new low.

The reviewers of Why Socialism Works have not even skimmed the book. Had they read beyond the cover, they would have attacked Lievesley for being unable to muster a reasoned argument, evidenced by his two-word sound bite, replicated 169 separate times against socialism in his book.

It is difficult to find a similar instance of extremists being so easily duped. The closest is probably the fraudulent tome, Protocols of the Elders of Zion, which detailed a dubious worldwide conspiracy of Jews bent on taking over the world. The book was deemed factual enough for Henry Ford, a noted anti-Semite, to financially back the printing of 500,000 copies in the United States during the 1920s. Moreover, the Nazis used it as an elementary school book.

However fraudulent, disgusting, and racist its charges, Protocols was an actual book, rather than a two-word dismissal. And those who peddled the libelous screed had actually read it.

The same cannot be said for the reviewers of Why Socialism Works. For them, the very word socialism is education enough. Of course, the reviewers could be jokinga parody response to a parody book. But given the lack of sense of humor on the Left (evidenced by the all too-serious and homicidal-minded Rosie ODonnell), the more probable conclusion is that they did not even bother to read the book.

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Russian boxer Aleksandr Povetkin won unanimous decision over Ukraines Andriy Rudenko to win the WBO International and WBA Continental heavyweight titles.

Povetkin, 37, improved his record to 32-1 (with 23 knockouts) with the victory in the 12-round bout on July 1 in Moscow.

Rudenko fell to 31-3 (19 knockouts).

The judges scoring gave the Russian the victory by scores of 120-109, 120-108, and 120-108.

According to Russian state-run TASS news agency, the bout was nearly stopped in the first round after Rudenko complained of a neck injury. The boxingscene.com website said the Ukrainian claimed he had been hit on the back of the neck, causing the injury.

He continued the bout after consultations with his doctors and the fight organizers.

Povetkin's victory comes a day after undefeated American Robert Easter defeated Russian Denis Shafikov, 32, in a unanimous decision in Toledo, Ohio, to maintain his International Boxing Federation lightweight title.

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Cash machines in a supermarket in Kiev weren't working on Wednesday after a cyberattack paralyzed computers in Ukraine and elsewhere. Victims included government offices, energy companies, banks and gas stations. Efrem Lukatsky/AP hide caption

Cash machines in a supermarket in Kiev weren't working on Wednesday after a cyberattack paralyzed computers in Ukraine and elsewhere. Victims included government offices, energy companies, banks and gas stations.

A deeper look at the virus that struck computers in Ukraine and elsewhere this week has shown that what initially looked like ransomware was in fact a type of malware called a "wiper." Rather than extorting money, it's goal was to erase victims' hard drives, disrupt their business and misdirect suspicions about the attacker's identity, according to The Washington Post and other media reports.

Victims of the cyberattack saw a screen asking them to pay $300 in bitcoin for a key to unlock their computer the same ploy used by the WannaCry ransomware that hit computers in more than 150 countries in May.

But security experts say this attack was different.

"It definitely wasn't ransomware and wasn't financially motivated," Jake Williams, founder of cybersecurity firm Rendition Infosec, tells the Post. "The goal was to cause disruption in computer networks."

Likewise, Matt Suiche, founder of cybersecurity firm Comae Technologies, writes on his website, "The goal of a wiper is to destroy and damage ... Different intent. Different motive. Different narrative."

Suiche says the perpetrator wanted to disguise the intent of the attack. "We believe the ransomware was in fact a lure to control the media narrative," Suiche writes, "... to attract the attention on some mysterious hacker group rather than a national state attacker like we have seen in the past in cases that involved wipers such as Shamoon."

Still, Reuters says Ukrainian politicians blamed Russia for the attack, even as a Kremlin spokesman dismissed "unfounded blanket accusations."

The news agency says security researchers believe one goal of the attack was to put malware onto computers in government and commercial offices in Ukraine, perhaps in preparation for future sabotage.

In the short term, The New York Times says, the attack may have been aimed at shutting down Ukraine's computer systems. The malware appeared on the eve of a holiday celebrating the country's independence and initially targeted an unlikely group: tax accountants. The Times says many of them use Ukrainian-made software that runs on computers using Microsoft Windows and was recently updated. Microsoft said in a statement it has evidence that some of the ransomware infections started in the updating process.

Experts believe the attackers would have known they could get in through the update, the newspaper adds.

The attack paralyzed thousands of computers, shut down ports, factories and offices and spread to about 60 countries, Reuters says.

A second cyber attack hit Ukrainian's state power distributor, Ukrenergo, on Thursday, but didn't affect the nation's power network, according to the news service.

Danish shipping giant A.P. Maersk-Moller was hit hard by the spread of the malware this week, but said Friday its operations are almost back to normal, The Associated Press reports.

As for those still wondering if they should pay the ransom to restore their computers, Suiche notes, "The payment email address isn't accessible anymore if victims would happen to send payments."

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By Gbenga Olarinoye Osogbo A student of Osun State University, UNIOSUN, Osogbo, Miss Latifat Abiola Oyeleye was declared the over best medical student of the Karazin Kharkiv National University as well as the 2017overall best students in the entire Ukraine with an outstanding score of 95.6% in KROK 2 Exams.

Fifty of the 85 students of Osun State University sent to Ukraine to complete their medical studies by the Governor Rauf Aregbesolas administration graduated from the V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkov, Ukraine and become medical doctors.

Over 500 medical students, among which are the 50 UNIOSUN students, were inducted as qualified medical doctor in a ceremony that was chaired by the Vice-President for Research and Education of the University, Prof Mykola O. Azarenkov, on Friday.

The convocation of the students came after their successful outing in the 2017 KROK 2 National Exams which is the final qualifying medical exams in Ukraine.

The UNIOSUN students were sent to Ukraine by Aregbesolas administration to complete their medical studies in Ukraine in 2013 as a result of non-availability of a teaching hospital for their clinical studies.

The remaining 32 sponsored UNIOSUN medical students will graduate next year.

The Deputy Governor of Osun State, Otunba Grace Titi-Laoye Tomori who represented gov. Aregbesola at the convocation ceremony, said it was a dream come true for the state government, saying in spite of paucity of fund, Aregbesola did not abandon nor recalled the students back home like other states .

Leader of the UNIOSUN Medical students in V.N. Karazin Kharkiv university, Dr S.O Owoeye thanked Aregbesola for his unflinching support in helping them realized their dreams of becoming medical doctors, not minding the challenges.

The event was graced by the Chairman, Osun Assembly House Committee of Education, Hon Bamisayemi Folorunso, the Osun Commissioner for Innovation, Science and Technology, Engr Oluremi Omowaiye, the Vice Chancellor of UNIOSUN, Prof Labo Popoola and the Rector of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, Dr Jacob Agboola.

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