What If They Called An Election And Nothing Changed In The War State? By Danny Sjursen, Tom Dispatch. November 24, 2020 What If They Called An Election And Nothing Changed In The War State?2020-11-242020-11-24https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/bidenbush.jpg200px200px Above photo: Joe Biden gives George Bush the Liberty Medal. What President Biden Won’t Touch. Foreign Policy, Sacred Cows, and the U.S. Military. In this mystifying moment, the post-electoral sentiments of most Americans can be summed up either as “Ding dong! The witch is dead!” or “We got robbed!” Both are problematic, not because the two candidates were intellectually indistinguishable or ethically equivalent, but because each jingle […]
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c“No one saw it coming, because second albums are notoriously shit,” Noel Gallagher recalled of the surprise success of Oasis’s second album, (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? “We certainly didn’t see it coming. That’s for sure.” (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? celebrates its 25th anniversary this week. It was a career-defining moment for Oasis, a band that had burst onto the British music scene in a big way barely a year earlier with the massive success of its debut album Definitely Maybe, and a string of chart-topping singles. But (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?—which contained the hit songs “Wonderwall,” “Don’t Look […]
This week, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron made the bombshell announcement that the cops who fatally shot Breonna Taylor would not be charged with killing her, calling their use of force in the March raid “justified to protect themselves.” In that justification, he said that one witness corroborated the three officers’ insistence that they knocked and identified themselves at Taylor’s Louisville home while executing a search warrant in connection with a narcotics investigation. It contradicted claims from Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenny Walker, and 11 other residents, who said they didn’t hear the cops announce themselves. Instead, Walker thought he was being burglarized […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a national lockdown on 24 March “to protect the country, and each of its citizens…” in his “decisive fight against the Corona pandemic”. All activities, except certain essential services, were halted to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Exactly six months after India’s national lockdown started, and despite the gradual elimination of the measures, life has still not returned to what it was during the pre-lockdown period amid many curbs and new precautionary rules which are still in place. The latest guidelines issued by the federal Home Ministry on 29 August mandate that schools and colleges remain closed […]
Wrexham Football Club, who compete in the fifth tier and play at stadium with a capacity of only 10,000, have never played in the top-flight of English football. They have been struggling since 2008 but now they have new investment from an unlikely source. Ryan Reynolds and actor buddy Rob McElhenney are investing around £2 million in Wrexham Football Club in north Wales. On Wednesday night Reynolds shocked Twitter when he replied to a tweet: “You never know when Ryan Reynolds is going to turn up in Wrexham ;)”, which had been written eight years ago. Reynolds tweeted: “Yep, you never […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/11/1080485850_0:7:2001:1132_1200x675_80_0_0_d2f5a0e979e3de3233a4e3f8df80afc5.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/photo/202009171080486459-From-Dresses-With-Trains-to-Shorts-How-Wedding-Fashion-Changed-Over-Century/ The wedding fashion has evolved over the years, reflecting major trends in the way people dressed. In the past, a wedding dress’s opulence would demonstrate a family’s wealth. A well-off bride would be swathed in precious stones, a long train and a veil, as well as costly embroidery, to decorate her dress and set the tone for the entire marriage ceremony.In the 1960s, women opted for mini, ‘baby doll’-style dresses and backcombed their hair for more volume. Breaking stereotypes was the most extravagant thing about wedding dresses at the time.These days, brides have been […]
This is a preview of our pop culture newsletter The Daily Beast’s Obsessed, written by senior entertainment reporter Kevin Fallon. To receive the full newsletter in your inbox each week, sign up for it here. The Kardashians Have Been Caught Up With What happens when the TV show that, for more than a decade, was proclaimed the death of culture, art, and civilized society as we know it…actually ends itself? Keeping Up With the Kardashians will end its run in 2021 after 14 years, 20 seasons, and the most insufferable discourse about television that I’ve had the displeasure of covering. Is […]
US President Donald Trump on Saturday said he would consider pardoning Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency (NSA) employee who faced criminal charges after leaking classified information about government surveillance. Pardoning Snowden would be one good decision to come out of Trump’s presidency, Mnar Muhawesh, MintPress News founder, CEO and editor-in-chief, told Radio Sputnik’s Political Misfits. During a news conference at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Saturday, Trump said of Snowden: “There are many, many people – it seems to be a split decision – many people think that he should be somehow be treated differently and […]
Jeffrey Epstein, the American multimillionaire accused of sexually abusing dozens of girls, died in his New York prison cell precisely a year ago. The investigation into his sex crimes has expanded since then, casting a long shadow over an array of powerful people. An estate in litigation, an island mired in sex orgies, an heiress gone into hiding, and a prince drenched in sweat – the Jeffrey Epstein saga has unlocked peculiar characters and locations. Their number, as well as the number of questions around the case, has grown since the disgraced financier was found hanging in a Manhattan jail on […]
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Doug Ducey, the governor of Arizona, not pictured, on Wednesday. Doug Mills/New York Times/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Doug Mills/New York Times/Bloomberg via Getty Images President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Doug Ducey, the governor of Arizona, not pictured, on Wednesday. Doug Mills/New York Times/Bloomberg via Getty Images Florida’s elections system, which has been the butt of political jokes for almost two full decades, got a reprieve this week, as President Trump seemed to indicate it was the only state he felt confident could run a vote-by-mail system. […]
The Jernigan-Noesi family, the Roper Nedd family, and the Ford family talk about the conversations they’re having with their kids about racism, social justice, and having hope for the future. (Left to right) Lynsey Weatherspoon for NPR; Michael A. McCoy for NPR; Michael Starghill for NPR hide caption toggle caption (Left to right) Lynsey Weatherspoon for NPR; Michael A. McCoy for NPR; Michael Starghill for NPR The Jernigan-Noesi family, the Roper Nedd family, and the Ford family talk about the conversations they’re having with their kids about racism, social justice, and having hope for the future. (Left to right) Lynsey Weatherspoon […]
Tey Elrjula is a tech entrepreneur, a refugee and the author of “The Invisible Son,” now available for pre-sale. Bitcoin is good for whatever you need. I’ve used it to order pizza and to build a fulfilling career, despite all types of hardships. I’ve been using bitcoin for years because my family needs it, not because I enjoy speculative trading. In 2013 I was introduced to cryptocurrencies while working with software engineers in the Netherlands. My idea was that if we created money from code, then money would become a way of communication and its value would represent the community. See […]
Black Women In Italy Weren’t Being Heard, That’s Changed By Stefania Dignoti, The Lilly. July 7, 2020 Black Women In Italy Weren’t Being Heard, That’s Changed2020-07-072020-07-07https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/italy.png200px200px Above photo: By Marioluca Bariona. Then Black Lives Matter protests began in the United States. ‘It began with the death of George Floyd in the U.S., but this is also our battle.’ Ariam Tekle had just begun co-hosting a podcast about black identities in Italy when, in late May, George Floyd was killed in police custody and a series of Black Lives Matter protests erupted across the United States. That outcry for social change resonated across the […]
15 years ago, today I was on the radio as the bombs on the tube went off killing 52 innocents as they were heading to work. Source link
Laurie Robinson, left, professor of criminology at George Mason University, and Charles Ramsey, right, Philadelphia police commissioner, listen while President Obama discusses law enforcement recommendations from his Task Force on 21st Century Policing in March 2015. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Laurie Robinson, left, professor of criminology at George Mason University, and Charles Ramsey, right, Philadelphia police commissioner, listen while President Obama discusses law enforcement recommendations from his Task Force on 21st Century Policing in March 2015. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images The police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others […]
One of the things I most enjoy about working in the crypto sector (apart from my awesome colleagues and the constant flow of fascinating change) is the level of debate. I’m not being sarcastic – there are many takes I strongly disagree with, but when they are put forward by people with rational and inquisitive minds (which can be most of the time, depending on your Twitter filters), the engagement invariably ends up enriching my own opinion. And, sometimes, bouncing someone else’s conviction off yours opens your eyes to nuances you hadn’t seen. Who knows? Entertaining conflicting points might actually change […]
How has the novel coronavirus changed your life? Show us in a picture. That is the assignment we gave to the more than 600 photographers who work with Everyday Projects — contributing to Instagram accounts from countries in Asia, Africa, Central and South America, North America and Europe. Their mission is “to challenge stereotypes that distort our understanding of the world.” In this case, they found that parts of their lives had been altered dramatically. But they also found solace in showing how ordinary activities could still go on — and give a sense of comfort. The images they submitted to […]
In this audio interview, CoinDesk’s Leigh Cuen and adult content creator Allie Awesome talk about payments and money in the sex industry, especially the trends impacted by the coronavirus crisis. From how porn performers and entrepreneurs deal with Bitcoin Twitter to the ways the pandemic changed our digital sex lives, Cuen and Allie explore what actually drives demand for censorship-resistant systems. The biggest problem? Allie and other performers and sex workers basically have their digital advertising and distribution platforms controlled by third parties that aren’t responsible to the workers. For example, OnlyFans briefly froze Allie’s account earlier this year. Although she regained access, her distribution […]
COLUMBIA, South Carolina—Steve Benjamin, the black mayor of Columbia, was pissed. “Take your asses home,” he ordered. It was Saturday evening, May 30, in this city of 140,000. A day of protests over the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police had started peacefully. That afternoon, hundreds of people gathered at the state capitol building at the southern end of the city’s bustling Main Street. They held signs. They chanted. They sang hymns. But they didn’t break any laws. Nothing burned. What happened next maps onto the experiences of other, bigger cities across the United States. The demonstration escalated, and the […]
Larry Kramer, the late LGBTQ and AIDS activist, author and playwright, has been much praised and analyzed over the last 24 hours. But Larry Kramer was also both a friend and professional collaborator to many. Lost amid the tales of fire and brimstone are stories of a certain paisley pocket, an unexpected delivery of chicken soup, and the linking of arms late at night on a Broadway street. On Wednesday, in my obituary of Kramer, who died Wednesday at the age of 84, I mulled what people invariably mention most about Kramer: his anger. That anger, as I wrote, could be […]
by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio for VT Italy It was born to be a cutting-edge specialist center in the treatment of the so-called “gender dysphoria” for the minors from three years of age upwards. So it allowed them to become transgender, adapting their body to gender that most feel comfortable, trhough hormonal, pharmaceutical and surgical therapies. But it is not a habit that can be changed at any whim: the choice must be made during the period between puberty and adolescence and inevitably affects adult life. Now the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust clinic in London is already under trial […]
Photo illustration by LA Johnson/NPR Photo illustration by LA Johnson/NPR It’s our job to report on the big changes happening as millions of students are out of school and learning at home or online. We know for every child, that experience is different: Summer camp is cancelled. The school year ended weeks early. No one knows what fall is going to be like. “Virtual” graduation … zoom classes. A lot of the things that were “normal” have changed. Face it, your kids are dealing with a lot these days. So, parents, here’s your way to help us tell that story. Or, […]
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Attorney General William Barr have supported passage of now-lapsed surveillance authorities. Debate is expected soon in the Senate. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption toggle caption Patrick Semansky/AP Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Attorney General William Barr have supported passage of now-lapsed surveillance authorities. Debate is expected soon in the Senate. Patrick Semansky/AP The Senate is expected to take up three domestic surveillance tools used in national security investigations this week, reviving debate over the provisions two months after letting them expire. The tussle over renewing the authorities is part of a larger political […]
UK 12:15 GMT 10.05.2020Get short URL The Duke of Sussex, who formally ditched his royal duties late last month, addressed the veterans and physically handicapped servicemen who take part in his sporty brainchild, the Invictus Games, in a bid to cheer them up as this year’s event has been delayed due to the coronavirus. In an expressive video message this Victory Day weekend, Prince Harry, speaking from his new Los Angeles home, affirmed that there has of late been dramatic changes in everyone’s life. The 35-year-old made the special recording dedicated to what would have been the now delayed opening ceremony […]
Iran’s first case of COVID-19 was recorded on 19 February. Over a month and a half of quarantine, Iranians’ lives have changed a lot. Of course, self-isolation has affected Iranian consumers’ food preferences and habits. Sputnik has spoken to residents of Tehran and found out that Iranians have stopped buying gold and started investing their savings not in jewelry, but in stocks and securities on the stock market. However, we can’t say that the jewelry market in Tehran has completely “died” out during quarantine because many Iranians have sold their jewelry due to a lack of livelihoods. “The jewelry market hasn’t […]