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You won’t have to guess Kid Rock’s feelings on people who take a knee during the National Anthem.
Let’s just say he’s not shy …
"F*ck anyone who takes a knee or sits during our national anthem!" – Kid Rock https://t.co/bFCXHM0WkY — David Hookstead (@dhookstead) September 11, 2017
From The Daily Caller:
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Few athletes have left as deep an imprint on their sport as Kevin Garnett has on the NBA. As KG celebrates his 39th birthday, a collection of players, coaches and executives recount what made him such a unique and transformational figure over the last 20 seasons.
This is Part 2 of B/R's ora... |
African Traces in Central Mexico
About a hundred years ago Romualdo García was the photographer of choice in Guanajuato [GWAN-A-WHA-TOE], a wealthy mining town on the high central plateau of Mexico. As these images show, many of his subjects clearly had some African ancestry.
Usually Afro-mexicans are associated with... |
Littlewood's law states that a person can expect to experience events with odds of one in a million (defined by the law as a "miracle") at the rate of about one per month.
History [ edit ]
The law was framed by Cambridge University Professor John Edensor Littlewood, and published in a 1986 collection of his work, A M... |
Josh White • Two Little Fishes (and Five Loaves of Bread)
During this months investigations, I’ve been reminded a reoccurring theme throughout the Buddha’s teachings. Refraining from breaking the precepts is only half the journey. Positive actions just as important.
Here are some inspiring quotes from the Buddha, sha... |
Winners at Sunday night’s Creative Arts Emmy Awards included actors Bob Newhart, Carrie Preston, Melissa Leo, Dan Bugatinsky and Lily Tomlin and reality hosts Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, along with the reality show “Undercover Boss” and the variety special “The Kennedy Center Honors.”
Steven Soderbergh‘s “Behind the Cand... |
One of the oddest features of the 2016 presidential race is that the Republican nominee, Donald Trump, emerged on the political scene this decade by repeatedly questioning whether President Barack Obama was born in America — and yet it seems Trump’s embrace of this crackpot conspiracy theory has hardly been discussed d... |
The official opening of the main conference was today, Tuesday. The conference is now in full swing until Friday.
Opening
Attendance at the conference is flat – Terry Yoo gave no precise numbers, but at least it's not shrinking. I figure they don't want to release precise numbers in the hope that there's just a bit o... |
2 But for many early LDS coverts, learning about trut h was a second rank endeavor. Instead, seeking for a personal visionary experience was prima ry. According to LDS scholar, Richard Bushman, ea rly Mormon converts were “seekers” whose … greatest hunger was for spiritual gifts like dreams, visions, tongues, miracles,... |
Some say all press is good press because it brings attention to an issue, idea, or person. Venezuela is getting a lot of press these days, but there is nothing good about it.
Media coverage continues to detail the desperate economic conditions plunging Venezuelans into poverty and despair. The Atlantic ran with the ti... |
Masha Gessen: I think Donald Trump was brought to power by Americans. They voted for him.
Goldberg: Do you think we are overemphasizing Russia’s nefarious—either intent or actual—actions in this moment?
Gessen: These are leading questions, but yes. Absolutely. I do think that we’re overemphasizing it. And I think we’... |
Sometimes when news breaks it is actually a precursor of what could end up being much larger news.
Just before the New Year, Willamette Week's Nigel Jaquiss reported the Timbers have approached the Multnomah Athletic Club and the City of Portland about an expansion of the south side of Providence Park that would incre... |
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LGBT rights activist Bisi Alimi has received death threats upon announcing his hopes to enter Nigerian politics.
The campaigner has been a prominent spokesperson for LGBT rights and HIV awareness in recent years, and was the first N... |
Five weeks into the search for Eric Frein, Canadensis resident James Tully knows the drill. Stop when a police officer approaches. Show identification. Be cooperative.
Tully, 39, doesn't own a car and must walk five miles along heavily wooded Route 447 — directly through the search area — twice each day on his way to ... |
AT&T killed all-you-can-eat wireless data. Which sadly was inevitable. But if I'm paying for bytes like I do for minutes, why don't I get rollover data, too?
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The premise of AT&T's new wireless data plans is simple. They've gone to the same pricing model for data that they've always had for voice. Just l... |
Radical sci-fi by social activists 'decolonizes the imagination'
Can science fiction be a form of social activism? Walidah Imarisha thinks so, and she's recruited everyone from LeVar Burton to Mumia Abu-Jamal to help her prove it.
"Whenever we try to envision a world without war, without violence, without prisons, wi... |
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Protesters gathered outside the Ferguson Police Department on September 26, 2014.
During the Ferguson protests, police repeatedly turned to a convenient, versatile charge they could use to lock up protesters who otherwise didn't seem to be breaking any laws."Interfering wit... |
Libertarians often bemoan the expansion of the federal government over the centuries and cite Thomas Jefferson’s quotation, “The natural progress of things is for liberty to yeild [sic], and government to gain ground.” Of course, there have been important advances for liberty in the U.S. in the 20th and 21st centuries ... |
In what may be one of the most significant foreign policy decisions of his first year in office, Trump is shutting down the CIA's covert program to arm rebels fighting the Syrian government. This would constitute a monumental shift in terms of US priorities in Syria which throughout most of the 6-year long war have foc... |
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PUTNAM -- It might be poor fashion choice.
A man arrested for driving under the influence early Monday after an accident, had his mug shot taken while he was wearing a t-shirt that said "Hold my beer and watch this."
State Police said around 1:20 a.m., troopers were calle... |
The X-37B is a kind of robotic space plane, built by the US. It’s been in Earth’s orbit for more than 500 days. And its real purpose is a complete mystery. Intrigued?
Here’s what we do know about X-37B
Constructed in California, the Boeing-built X-37B Orbital Space Vehicle was built for the US Air Force as a test veh... |
In 1931, a trawler called the Colinda sank its nets into the North Sea, 25 miles off the coast of Norfolk, and dredged up an unlikely artefact — a handworked antler, 21cm long, with a set of barbs running along one side. Archeologists identified it as a prehistoric harpoon and dated it to the Mesolithic age, when sea l... |
Dolphins could teach humans a thing or two about finding Nemo. The aquatic mammals may pinpoint prey hidden in bubbles by using mental math.
By adjusting the volume of sonar clicks, then processing the incoming echoes, dolphins might have solved a problem that still stymies man-made sonar: how to peer through frothy w... |
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It's been over a month, now, since we first learned that the Blue Ridge Landfill in Estill County had become the dumping grounds for illegally imported radioactive fracking waste...and so far, things seem to be business as usual.
When the land men showed up last year, looking to lease o... |
When the Vegas Golden Knights take to the ice for their inaugural NHL season later this year, it will be unlike any hockey experience Las Vegas has ever seen. And in some ways, that will be a shame.
The NHL might be new to Las Vegas, but hockey has a decades-long history in the city. No fewer than eight professional a... |
Next time you hesitate in taking the wheel after getting sloshed, get inspired by the true story of Salman Khan.
But for the minor inconvenience of having a breath analyzer thrust down your throat and getting a small ticket-which can be managed if you are lucky to find somebody waiting for chai paani -there is very li... |
David Barton, who is a celebrity in Christian right circles but mostly unknown outside them, is worried about cartoon animals. You or I may think cartoon animals of the sort you see in Disney pictures are a harmless bit of entertainment, but Barton believes they are something far more sinister: A gateway drug to Babylo... |
Nestled in the contravened alleys and a cluster of tightly constructed houses in downtown Srinagar, is the deserted polling booth at Malikyar, Fateh Kadal area of Srinagar, where 29 people out of 576 people have voted till Sunday afternoon.
It is a frightening sight! Every person moving towards the alley leading to po... |
The Twins have agreed to a deal with former Tigers reliever Joel Zumaya, pending a physical, a major league official confirmed today.
The agreement was first reported by MLB.com.
Zumaya, 27, is expected to take his physical sometime late this week, perhaps Thursday or Friday, and the Twins plan to be careful not to c... |
Netflix’s Lost in Space remake has found its female lead in Deadwood and House of Cards actress Molly Parker.
Parker will star as brilliant aerospace engineer Maureen Robinson, who makes the decision to bring her whole family to space. The role was first played by June Lockhart in Irwin Allen’s original 1965-1968 seri... |
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday accused the United Nations chief of “stoking terror” after Ban Ki-moon said, in connection with the wave of Palestinian deadly terror attacks, that it was “human nature to react to occupation.”
“There is no justification for terrorism,” Netanyahu said. “The Palestinian terr... |
Your daily summary of important news, opinions and trivia about 'Making a Murderer,' the Teresa Halbach slaying and the trial and conviction of Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey
Kathleen Zellner, Steven Avery's new attorney, was Chicago Lawyer magazine's Person of the Year. She is shown on the cover of the December 2014... |
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All animals listed are available at the OHS shelter in NE Portland, unless otherwise indicated in their profile.
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LONDON — There are so many Jews at the top of Britain’s Conservative party, Prime Minister David Cameron once quipped, that it should be known as the Torah party rather than the Tory party.
With the announcement last Wednesday that Ian Livingston was selected as trade and investment minister and elevated to the House ... |
SAN FRANCISCO – Top California and San Francisco officials, along with faith, LGBT and civil rights leaders, are calling on San Francisco Catholic Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone to cancel his participation in an upcoming march and rally against marriage equality for same-sex couples.
The June 19 event in Washington, ... |
By Elliot Foster
Conor Benn will make his professional debut in the spring.
The son of former WBO middleweight and WBC super middleweight champion Nigel, 19, is set to make his bow in the paid game on a pay-per-view undercard.
Benn, who has inked promotional terms with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Sport, will be traine... |
Strike Suit Zero will remind you of the heyday of 90's space combat, whilst simultaneously introducing exciting new mechanics to make it relevant for today’s audience. To ensure that the game brings space combat back with a bang, we’ve brought in the best names in mecha and sci-fi to really put a stamp on the genre.
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In addition to a version number, every Android release is also associated with two other identifiers: a codename and the final commercial name – both typically named after desserts or treats. For Android L, the codename was Lemon Meringue Pie and the final name was, obviously, Lollipop. For Android M it was Macadamia N... |
File – AP Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a primary night news conference, Tuesday, May 3, 2016, in New York. His tweet and Facebook post to mark Cinco de Mayo quickly went viral on Thursday.
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump celebrated Cinco de Mayo with a huge taco... |
Anonymous hackers behind the @OpLastResort twitter account have hacked UK and Chinese government websites in response to the nine-hour detention of Brazilian national David Miranda, partner of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, at London’s Heathrow Airport.
Miranda was held by British authorities under a counterterr... |
Now that the New York Mets have lost the 2015 World Series, second baseman Daniel Murphy is likely to join the following list after his critical eighth-inning error in Game 4 led to three Kansas City Royals runs and dropped the Mets into a 3-1 hole. (Murphy's 12th-inning error in the deciding Game 5 the next night does... |
The man who wished to be eaten seemed quite shy when he walked into a Toronto psychiatric hospital last year, asking for help.
Stephen, as he is called in a new scientific paper, was 45 years old, “socially anxious but pleasant and cooperative,” clean, cogent, casually dressed, and not psychotic. His problem was an in... |
Bayern maintained their unbeaten home record against Real in Europe (9 wins, 1 draw) with an excellent team performance against a disheveled and nervy Madrid side. A late goal by Gomez decided the match after Ribery and Özil each scored earlier. In what was an exciting, albeit typically ferocious and antagonistic meeti... |
Are you aware of your own strengths and weaknesses?
Personal value is maximized by directing your focus into the arena where you have the greatest potential for success.
The first step of this process is realizing your own INTERNAL value so you can project it outwards.
Without this drive, efforts fade into dust.
A ... |
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has compiled a detailed topographical map using a wide range of datasets to reveal what lies beneath Antarctica's ice sheet.
Bedmap2 builds on a previous iteration called Bedmap, which was built more than ten years ago. The map incorporates decades of geophysical data from satellites... |
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FAIRBORN, Ohio (WDTN) - Wright State University is holding a public presentation Thursday morning to discuss their budget issues.
Thursday's meeting will address the budget for the 2018 fiscal year following a closed door meetin... |
Why the Update Fever is Bad
I just got asked by a customer why there hasn't been an update for several months now for one of the software products I create . And if this means that this software is dead now. I'm really baffled by this. Especially because that product has already gotten nearly a dozen free updates, and... |
Lankford issues statement of support following President Trump’s congressional address
Office of Senator James Lankford
WASHINGTON, DC – Senator James Lankford today released the following statement on President Trump’s address to a Joint Session of Congress:
“Tonight, President Trump gave a moving speech to the nat... |
The jury’s decided: with an 88% critics score, and 81% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, Blade Runner 2049 has done its predecessor justice.
35 years ago, when the original Blade Runner came out, A.I. was a hypothetical. Today, it’s a reality that leaves techies increasingly nervous – lending the sequel’s philosophic... |
As part of my Doctor Who main range directorial duties for Big Finish, early in 2016 I was given a script by Mike Tucker entitled Order of the Daleks. From the moment I read it, I just knew that we had to take advantage of this amazing opportunity to create a brand new type of Dalek – one fashioned from bent lead and s... |
Although a few exemptions exist, if you design, manufacture or import products with electronics inside, then it's almost definite that you're going to need to care about EMC.
1. Protection of the electromagnetic spectrum
We only have a finite amount of electromagnetic spectrum that we can use for things like radio tr... |
Interviewer: Arjan Roskam is often referred to as the king of cannabis. He is the founder of Green House Coffee shops in Amsterdam. Arjan is best known as a strain hunter, and his famous strains have won over 30 cannabis cups. When he's not in Amsterdam, he spends most of his time traveling the world looking for the be... |
Real-time hand-tracking with a color glove Robert Y. Wang and Jovan Popović
We demonstrate real-time tracking of the 3-D pose and configuration of the hand for gestural user-input and desktop virtual reality. The only components of our system are a cloth glove and a webcam.
Gestural user input
Tracking the 3-D pose ... |
Thomson Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin addressing the news media in Sochi, Russia.
Twitter and Facebook will tell Congress this week that Russia's US election meddling on their platforms was wider than originally reported.
Twitter will say more than 30,000 Russia-linked accounts generated 1.4 million tweets... |
The censorship of The Pirate Bay, which is slowly spreading to ISPs all around Europe, is designed to reduce the availability of unauthorized media, but the site also allows artists without a corporation-backed delivery mechanism to self publish to the world. However, since blockades are a blunt instrument, their work ... |
If you are objective, open minded, you will know how to appreciate this peace of art. It's standard Manowar, this time with massive orchestrations. This is totally natural thing since they were the ones who laid foundation for heavy metal's sub-genre called symphonic metal. It began with The Crown And The Ring (Lament ... |
Mr. Manafort went to work for Mr. Yanukovych and his Russian-backed Party of Regions in the mid-2000s, and during that time also entered into business deals with two oligarchs, Oleg Deripaska of Russia and Dmytro Firtash of Ukraine. Both deals, which were ultimately unsuccessful, involved the use of murky offshore comp... |
The University of Washington has removed a poster for its cheerleading squad after the graphic received severe backlash, including may people calling it sexist and misogynistic.
The cheerleading flier featured a white woman with blond hair and was meant to give advice on how to tryout for the team. But the poster ende... |
Citizens Intelligence Report by the American Intelligence Media
Crime 1: Her private email server hid unpublished 2009-2010 State Department contracts with Facebook managed by Dmitry Shevelenko. Crime 2: Hillary’s Facebook “election winning template” clearly violates The Hatch Act. Crime 3: Hillary’s contracts obstruc... |
IPA Day 2015
This Thursday, August 6th, marks the return of IPA Day, the international celebration of one of the world’s most popular and iconic beer styles, the India Pale Ale. That bitter, refreshing bite we’ve all come to love has made it’s mark on the beer world in it’s many varieties, from the mild bitter of a se... |
Bo Horvat needs a contract.
The Canucks’ leading scorer last season is a restricted free agent and is angling for a significant raise on his entry-level deal. Horvat is coming off a 52-point season and is the presumed future captain of the franchise: just how much do you pay him and for how long?
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Aug 6, 2015 | By Alec
Making challenges are always a fantastic place to find inspiring, genius and sometimes seemingly impossible designs. And Thingiverse’s Catch the Wind competition is no different, as various makers have contributed some amazing 3D printed creations capable of harnessing the power of the wind. Howe... |
(THE COURIER-JOURNAL) -- A "Mex-Mex" restaurant that replaced Tumbleweed in Waterfront Park has closed after less than a year in business.
On Monday, Jaimie Schapker of Estes Public Relations confirmed that the Falls City Hospitality Group has ceased operations for Doc's Cantina, which specialized in traditional Mexic... |
Dr. Dog On World Cafe
Set List "How Long Must I Wait"
"Warrior Man"
"That Old Black Hole"
"Lonesome"
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The Philadelphia pop-rock band Dr. Dog has continued to get better since forming in the early 2000s. The group's seven albums of layered psychedelia ar... |
When Auburn upset #1 Alabama in the Iron Bowl on Saturday evening—a day after #2 Miami managed to lose by double-digits to #70 Pittsburgh (5-7)—it seemed like chaos was once again reigning over college football. And in a sense, it was. Yet, at the same time, Alabama’s loss actually helped shrink the number of teams in ... |
Stanford University was founded in 1885 by California senator Leland Stanford and his wife, Jane, “to promote the public welfare by exercising an influence in behalf of humanity and civilization.”
A portrait of Senator Leland Stanford, Jane Lathrop Stanford, Leland Stanford Jr. taken in 1878. (Image credit: Stanford U... |
JERSEY CITY – Gov. Chris Christie came to bury the ARC Tunnel not to praise it, and now with Caesar seemingly clumsy-footed on another issue, the purveyors of Hudson politics came to praise PATH and with that, presumably politically bury Christie.
It’s that report prepared by a Port Authority of New York and New Jerse... |
Intel's next architecture reveals its secrets
In a bit of a strange move, Intel disclosed next to nothing about its upcoming Sandy Bridge processor during the opening IDF keynote last week, which you'll know if you vigilantly refreshed the page as my live blog of the speech descended into tragic irrelevance and hairdo... |
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas says the state’s current electricity system is dysfunctional.
He took aim at utilities during a news conference Wednesday in Albuquerque, suggesting that the system is focused on representing the interests of wealthy corporations and special interest... |
Commercial banks need to develop faster payment systems to counter the rise of cryptocurrencies, according to one European Central Bank executive.
Yves Mersch, who sits on the ECB’s executive board, made the argument even while dismissing the impact of cryptocurrencies during an event in Rome, according to a Reuters r... |
While hosting the 2015 Soul Train Awards on Sunday night, Badu made sure to throw a major diss the "Black Widow" singer's way. During her monologue, the singer made fake calls to people and pretended to invite them to the show. One of those people was Azalea.
"Uh, yes? Who is this? Iggy Azalea?" Badu said. "Yeah, hey.... |
At about the time he hit free agency, the whispers started around the league that the Atlanta Falcons no longer thought Curtis Lofton could be an every-down linebacker.
The word was that new defensive coordinator Mike Nolan didn’t think Lofton had the quickness to be effective in pass coverage. True or not, Lofton was... |
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A 17-year-old Wenonah High School student was shot to death Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017 on Second Avenue South downtown Birmingham. Police Chief A.C. Roper said the teen was shot while he was trying to buy a gun in a deal brokered on Facebook. (Photo by Carol Robinson)
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Barbie Breakout, a well-known German drag queen and DJ, has had it with Russia's anti-gay propaganda law. In a video entitled "Open Your Mouth," Breakout stares into the camera for a moment and then begins to sew her mouth shut with a needle and cotton thread. It's painful to watch but, of course, that's the point.
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Environmentalist was killed near his house just days after colleague Berta Cáceres was fatally shot but critics are accusing government of a cover-up
Honduras has arrested a suspect in the murder of an environmental rights activist who was colleagues with a recently slain indigenous l... |
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Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War, a 26-part Canadian television documentary on the Vietnam War, was produced in 1980 by Michael Maclear. The series aired in Canada on CBC Television, in the United States and in the United Kingdom on Channel 4.
Maclear visited North Vietnam during the producti... |
On Thursday afternoon, the Green Bay Packers announced a few critical items regarding the team’s spring and summer practice schedule.
First, and perhaps most importantly, the Packers announced the dates for the start of training camp; Camp will begin on Wednesday, July 26th, with the first practice taking place the ne... |
ISPs Reporting That UK's Web Filters Being Activated By Less Than 10% Of New Customers
from the more-porn-for-the-rest-of-us! dept
To call the UK's institution of ISP-level web filters "stupid" isn't just being blithely dismissive. For one, they don't work. They block the wrong stuff. They let offensive stuff in. The... |
WASHINGTON — Federal food safety inspectors said a proposal by the Agriculture Department to expand a pilot program that allows private companies to take over the inspections at poultry plants could pose a health risk by allowing contaminated meat to reach customers.
Currently, the Agriculture Department’s Food Safety... |
When Canadian defence minister Harjit Singh Sajjan announced his first official trip to India two months ago, it reignited a sense of collective pride in Punjab with expectations of a warm welcome for the return of the native. For, Sajjan is the first Punjab-born Sikh to hold the top defence job in a foreign land, and ... |
Late Show with David Letterman led to some of Letterman's highest late-night viewership. Madonna's heavily censored appearance onled to some of Letterman's highest late-night viewership.
Madonna made an appearance on Late Show with David Letterman on March 31, 1994. The appearance was noted for an extremely controvers... |
The power of Game of Thrones‘ fandom is impressing the entertainment industry yet again. Sources say advance IMAX ticket sales have been strong for the premium theater chain’s highly unusual screening event showcasing two Thrones episodes along with the trailer for the show’s upcoming fifth season.
Though box office n... |
It's fitting that President Obama included in his big speech today a mention of Newt Gingrich, who represents a key common thread between the current presidential race and the last one to feature an incumbent Democratic president.
The purpose of the address, which was delivered to a crowd of Associated Press editors a... |
Day after day, instances of racial abuse across the globe are increasing in number. It was only recently that we had come across the horrific video of a woman on a train in Ireland shouting racist remarks at her fellow Asian passengers. Very soon a video surfaced on Youtube bringing to light the plight of two African w... |
Even Republicans are rapidly bailing on a McCain resuscitation. It’s a metaphor for the party’s collapse that on the day of the final debate both Nancy Reagan and Dick Cheney checked into hospitals . Conservatives have already moved past denial to anger on the Kubler-Ross scale of grief. They are not waiting for votes ... |
Considering Geraldo Rivera's penchant for threatening violence during political debates and being woefully irresponsible in his reporting when covering a war, it is perhaps unsurprising that he told the hosts of Fox News's show "Fox & Friends" that he just loves seeing the American military drop bombs on people.
"Well... |
The Italian parliament has voted to outlaw public displays of Nazi or Fascist symbols, following a spate of incidents across the country.
The new law, passed late Tuesday by the lower assembly, foresees jail terms from six months to almost three years for people who perform Nazi or Fascist salutes, sell Nazi-Fascist m... |
Yesterday, I joined one of our Mahalo employees at Federal District Court as he was sentenced to 48 months in jail for crimes related to computer security.
Before my employee John Schiefer was sentenced, a violent career criminal was facing 60 months for beating up a prison guard. I could hear John’s breathing deepeni... |
“Fowl running at large” is a local ordinance that doesn’t get used much nowadays, but it was enforced following an unusual incident near Columbia Pike over the weekend.
An animal control officer was called to an address on S. Barton Street on Saturday evening for a report of a runaway peacock. After a brief search, th... |
Guerrilla Games has taken to Twitter to proudly announce that Horizon: Zero Dawn, the action role-playing game with robot dinosaurs, has officially gone gold.
In the wee hours of the morning, at least stateside, Guerrilla Games announced via Twitter that Horizon: Zero Dawn has gone gold. This means initial development... |
Bizarre things happen to the dynamical-law-based approach when it’s applied to entities with counterfactual properties. Usually, this shows that the traditional conception of physics, which expresses everything in terms of initial conditions and laws of motion, is inadequate to handle them. Therefore either they are no... |
On Monday, Mayor Rob Ford - a Canadian-produced drama/comedy series that captivated audiences both at home and south of the border - will end its 4-season run, following an abrupt cancellation notice.
Series star Rob Ford, who has portrayed the role of Toronto Mayor to a mixture of acclaim and derision from critics, a... |
Konami today voluntarily delisted itself from the New York Stock Exchange, effective April 24.
Konami first notified investors of plans to delist in November and filed the notice on April 1, according to SEC documents. In today's filing, Konami notes that 99.71 percent of the trading of the company's stock over the pa... |
Columnist Mike Smyth writes about the political fight in Victoria to finally bring the Uber ride-for-hire service to B.C.
The B.C. Liberals figured they had a bright, shiny, vote-winning issue before the May election when they promised to bring the popular Uber ride-for-hire service to B.C. in time for Christmas.
Jus... |
The Rebirth Of Rye Whiskey And Nostalgia For 'The Good Stuff'
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It used to be said that only old men drink rye, sitting alone down at the end of the bar, but that's no longer the case as bartenders and patrons set aside the gins and the vodkas and rediscov... |
Hundreds of sex abuse victims have come forward in Belgium with harrowing accounts of molestation by Catholic clergy that reportedly led to at least 13 suicides and affected children as young as two, a special commission said…
”Reality is worse than what we present here today because not everyone shares such things au... |
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Muslim allies of Saudi Arabia piled pressure on U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon over the blacklisting of a Saudi-led coalition for killing children in Yemen, with Riyadh threatening to cut Palestinian aid and funds to other U.N. programs, diplomatic sources said on Tuesday.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban... |
Jon Huntsman Sr. listens to secrets.
While the buzz right now is that Jon Huntsman Sr. might be the Republican Bain investor who ratted out Mitt Romney to Harry Reid, the man himself now insists that … he’s not. Huntsman told the Plum Line’s Greg Sargent that he has “absolutely no knowledge of Bain or Mitt Romney’s ta... |
10 Reasons to Teach Abroad in Egypt
By Dara Denney, The Traveller’s Cookbook
During university I used to daydream about teaching English abroad. I was an English major with few other job prospects (or ideas), but I knew I wanted to travel the world. So teaching abroad seemed like the perfect solution; I would get to ... |
Next Game: Oklahoma State 4/21/2017 | 6:30 p.m. FSSW+
The No. 4 Texas Tech baseball team tacked on four runs in the fifth inning to take a 6-4 win over New Mexico State on Tuesday night at Security Bank Ballpark.With the victory, the Red Raiders (32-8) completed the season series sweep of the Aggies (23-15), picking u... |
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