Authored by MN Gordon via EconomicPrism.com, “We’re not letting Boeing go out of business.” – Donald Trump, President USA Something Stinks On Tuesday, in anticipation of several trillion dollars of Congressional pork, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) rallied 11.37 percent. This marked its best day since 1933. Some Dow 30 stocks did much better. For example, Chevron was the top performer; closing up 22.74 percent. […]
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French Culture Minister Franck Riester has tested positive for the coronavirus, along with several other French officials, but he is currently “feeling well” and resting at his home. Five French parliamentarians have been diagnosed with the coronavirus, and Riester is believed to have caught it from one of them. Riester had spent several days last week at the National Assembly. He last met President Emmanuel Macron […]
Bill Maher has triggered the left by defending former MSNBC host Chris Matthews after sexual misconduct allegations, calling cancel culture a “cancer on progressivism.” “MSNBC used to run this thing: this is who we are. Well, I didn’t like who you were this week, and I don’t think a lot of people who work there liked this either, and I think this ‘cancel culture’ is a […]
In a sense finally making the long developing scandal official in terms of where blame lies and who covered it up, Congress has blasted Boeing’s “culture of concealment” which recklessly pursued cost-cutting over safety, made worse by the Federal Aviation Administration’s woeful lack of oversight, leading to twin deadly crashes of Boeing’s 737 MAX jets and 346 lives lost in late 2018 and March 2019. The report cites “efforts to […]
The day after veteran MSNBC host Chris Matthews abruptly announced his retirement Monday night following a series of on-air screw-ups and accusations he made sexually inappropriate comments to female guests, the denizens of MSNBC’s Morning Joe expressed anger and indignation that their colleague was seemingly forced out. Calling it a “moving, moving night,” co-host Joe Scarborough praised Steve Kornacki—who was left stunned and speechless when taking […]
Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski addressed the abrupt ouster of Chris Matthews on Morning Joe Tuesday, hailing the MSNBC veteran’s career and lamenting the “cancel culture” that prompted its end. “He was a former Capitol Hill cop who always wore his heart on his sleeve,” Scarborough said. “And through the years, it occasionally got Tip’s go-to guy in trouble. But you know what? It also made […]
In an interview with CBS This Morning, Diana Taylor, longtime partner of presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg, dispelled critics of Bloomberg’s past of signing non disclosure agreements with women, telling them to “get over it.” Last week featured a shaky debate debut for the Democratic primary latecomer where Bloomberg was pressed on the agreements. “None of them accuse me of doing anything — maybe they didn’t like the joke […]
Timothy O’Brien, a senior advisor to the 2020 Mike Bloomberg campaign, fired back at allegations from rival Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) over her claims of a “culture of sexual harassment” at the billionaire’s company. O’Brien billed the claim as “defamatory” during a Tuesday morning appearance on CNN. CNN’s New Day anchor Alisyn Camerota asked the Bloomberg spokesperson, “Four days ago; Mayor Bloomberg said he’d release three […]
US 18:35 GMT 18.02.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/images/107824/05/1078240557.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202002181078344442-bloomberg-pelosi-who-else-how-meme-culture-turned-into-meme-warfare/ At what point did innocent cultural artefacts like memes become a real tool for political campaigning? No one knows for sure. But what is certain is that they have recently been in the centre of several political scandals and controversies. What is a meme? An element of mainstream culture that can take the […]
Zachary Leeman is a US-based journalist and author of the novel Nigh. A string of tweets from writer Dana Schwartz slamming the “cultural damage” done by ‘South Park’ have gone viral, and now fans are defending the controversial show, saying it’s exactly what today’s bubble-wrapped culture needs. Don’t count ‘She-Hulk’ writer Dana Schwartz as a ‘South Park’ fan anytime soon. “It seems impossible to overstate the cultural […]