Maradona: The Bolivarian Soccer Genius By Danny Shaw and William Camacaro, Council on Hemispheric Affairs. November 27, 2020 Maradona: The Bolivarian Soccer Genius2020-11-272020-11-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/marad-4-800×445-1.jpg200px200px The fighting peoples of the world lost a humble legend yesterday. Diego Armando Maradona was 60 years old. Arguably the greatest soccer player to ever grace the pitches, the spirited striker combined unparalleled skills in his sport and an unflinching outspokenness before oppression. […]
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Books on Trump: the gifts that keep on giving. Illustration: Guardian DesignWade through the vast tomes of books written about the president over the last four years and a horrifying picture emerges Guardian/UK: Donald Trump is not a reader but to the publishing industry he is the gift that keeps on giving. His time in the White House has yielded an avalanche of books with titles […]
There is a constant free market competition to define the Bitcoin narrative, and Kraken’s Dan Held argues this is part of what makes the protocol so strong. Satoshi Nakamoto is often recognized for his technical genius in solving the double-spending problem. He is also widely revered for his willingness to walk away from the protocol to make it stronger, something no other entrepreneur who has created […]
In the penultimate episode of Doom Patrol’s first season, the ragtag group of superpowered misfits hold hands as they wait to be transported into the White Space of a comic book, the space between panels, the “area where there is no story.” It also serves as a pocket dimension where the villainous Mr. Nobody (Alan Tudyk) has been hiding and keeping the genius Dr. Niles Caulder […]
It’s safe to say that almost any book about the US president and his administration is bound to be a hit. Many of them cause a stir long before their publication, which is the case with John Bolton’s upcoming memoir too, but they seem to fade from memory one after the other, only to be replaced by a fresh “exposé. The Room Where It Happened, a […]
Dominic Cummings is a genius. Without him we probably wouldn’t have got Brexit, Boris wouldn’t have got his massive majority and I desperately want him to drain the Westminster swamp… BUT what he has done in breaking the lockdown is unforgivable. There was no sweet smell of roses in the Downing Street Garden yesterday but there was a stench of BS which was only magnified when […]
George Costanza’s crotchety father Frank, who electrified episodes of the long-running sitcom Seinfeld, was one of the most memorable characters in TV history. It was the comic timing and physical genius of Jerry Stiller who elevated that secondary character to legendary status after taking over the role from John Randolph. The actor’s son, Ben Stiller, who inherited the talent for comedy, announced that his father had […]