Above photo: In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, airmen and civilians from the 436th Aerial Port Squadron palletize ammunition, weapons and other equipment bound for Ukraine during a foreign military sales mission at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, on Jan. 21, 2022. (Mauricio Campino/U.S. Air Force / AP). It is Victory Day. As Ernest Hemingway said: Anyone who loves freedom owes such a debt to the Red Army that it can never be repaid. The most important part of Vladimir Putin’s speech to the Victory Parade on the Red Square is the narrative that explains how the current war in Ukraine […]
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Above Photo: Amazon workers and labor supporters rallied in front the LDJ5 Staten Island warehouse ahead of a union vote, April 24, 2022. Ben Fractenberg / The City. Out of nearly 1,000 ballots cast at the LDJ5 warehouse, just 380 supported joining the Amazon Labor Union. ALU made history last month with a scrappy campaign that defeated the e-commerce giant at a neighboring warehouse. Amazon workers at a Staten Island distribution center who sought to join a union fell short of the needed votes — failing to repeat the history-making win of colleagues at a facility across the street, in a setback for […]
Above Photo: Here comes round two: Amazon’s battalion of unscrupulous union-busters has descended on the Staten Island sorting facility where workers will begin voting April 25 on whether to unionize. “It’s a war in there,” said Amazon Labor Union Treasurer Madeline Wesley. (Amazon Labor Union). ‘They’re Playing Really Dirty’. The company has billed itself as the everything store. Now Amazon is the throw-everything-at-them union-buster—trying every trick in the playbook to throttle worker organizing at its Staten Island warehouses in New York City. The union vote at a second warehouse, a neighboring sorting center known as LDJ5, is set to start April […]
Above Photo: Amazon Labor Union worker-organizers celebrated their 2,654-2,131 win today. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez / AP Photo. It’s the magical stuff of Disney movies. But yesterday, the improbable became the most probable when the scrappy band of workers who make up the Amazon Labor Union took the lead in a union election at a warehouse in Staten Island, New York, putting within reach a historic labor win at the corporate behemoth. Before the vote count most reporters had dismissed the independent union’s chances, treating the organizing as a curiosity at best. “I think we have been overlooked,” said ALU Treasurer Madeline Wesley Thursday […]
Above Photo: Amazon Labor Union organizers are celebrating tonight. It looks like they are on their way to the country’s first-ever Amazon warehouse union election victory. Luis Feliz Leon. While Bessemer Re-Vote Is Too Close To Call. IT’S OFFICIAL! Workers at Amazon’s Staten Island JFK8 facility form the first Amazon union in the U.S.! Solidarity with Amazon workers. Every worker deserves a union! ✊🏾@amazonlabor #ALUfortheWin pic.twitter.com/dT469KuMdj — Left Voice (@left_voice) April 1, 2022 In initial vote tallies today, Amazon warehouse workers in New York are ahead by hundreds of votes in favor of forming a union, while in Alabama the election […]
Above Photo: The Amazon Labor Union projected a message on the wall of the warehouse. Reaching 8,000 co-workers to make the case for the union and counter Amazon’s union-busting messages is a tall order for the grassroots organizing committee. New York City (Staten Island), New York – As the country cheers on Starbucks workers organizing, the votes will be counted this week in two big union drives at Amazon warehouses—one in Alabama and one in New York. Voting concluded March 25 in Bessemer, Alabama, after mail-in ballots were sent in early February to more than 6,100 workers who are deciding whether […]
Above Photo: Tuvalu’s future is under threat because of rising sea levels. Ton koene / Alamy Stock Photo. A new alliance for climate reparations is seeking compensation from wealthier countries for loss and damage. Leaders of small island nations met on Tuesday to discuss suing countries in the Global North for the damage caused by emissions. This week’s discussion, convened by the Commonwealth Foundation, was the first major meeting of the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law, a body formed to help small island developing states (SIDS) bring legal action against major carbon-emitting countries. The commission, announced […]
Above Photo: An Amazon fulfillment center where organizers are planning to file for a union election next week after gathering more than 1,700 employee signatures in the borough of Staten Island in New York, Oct. 21, 2021. Justin Lane/EPA via Shutterstock. The independent group is being led by employee-turned-activist Chris Smalls. A coalition of Amazon warehouse workers in New York City have officially filed a petition for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board on Monday. Kayla Blado, the press secretary for the National Labor Relations Board, confirmed to ABC News on Monday that the union petition was filed […]
Above Photo: End this place. (Gregg Vigliottl/for New York Daily News) A Hellhole Yesterday, Today And Tomorrow Anyone held for any amount of time at the facility knew. Their families knew. I knew. On Jan. 1, 2014, I stood on the steps of City Hall in the biting cold to hear the city’s newest mayor deliver his inaugural address. I was convinced that we finally had a mayor who would understand the importance of championing equity and justice for all. My knees shook and my teeth chattered uncontrollably in the wintery New York air as I stood in line to meet […]
U.S. Marine Corps highlights its expeditionary capabilities during training on San Clemente Island, the southernmost of the Channel Islands of California. According to a press release issued Monday by the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 371 established two forward arming and refueling points (FARP) during the training, showcasing MWSS-371’s ability to employ multiple FARPs both ashore and on remote islands. Also noted that supported aircraft from Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 13 included AV-8B Harriers and F-35B Lightning II fighters, which were able to conduct distributed operations throughout Southern California and Arizona as part of […]
UFC man of the moment Khamzat Chimaev says he will fight anyone and everyone as he plots the next moves in his rapid rise in the promotion. Chimaev established himself as the name on every fight fan’s lips in the space of just two months when he exploded onto the UFC scene with three dominant victories across two weight classes. Such is his ascent that the Russian-born star – who now fights out of the Allstars gym in Stockholm, Sweden – has already been promised a main event slot in Las Vegas in December by UFC boss Dana White. However, finding […]
Staten Island GOP chairman has claimed that his party racked up some $16,000 in fees predominantly from its opponents, after a popular anti-Trump TikToker urged viewers to sign up for an outdoor rally. Staten Island GOP chairman Brendan Lantry told the New York Post on Saturday, that the webpage where those willing could sign up for the “TRiUMPh Rally”, billed as a free event, was overwhelmed by thousands of users with suspicious names such as “F**k you Trump” and “Ivana Punchyou” ahead of the October 3 rallly. Upon a short investigation, Lantry said that they managed to trace the source of […]
Dagestani flyweight Tagir Ulanbekov made his octagon debut at UFC Fight Island on Saturday night in Abu Dhabi, and after getting his career on the big stage off to a winning start, he dedicated his win to his former coach. Ulanbekov defeated Brazilian Bruno Silva via unanimous decision in the opening fight of the night on Fight Island to extend his professional record to 11 wins, 1 defeat and announce his arrival in the UFC’s 125-pound division. Then, when speaking to reporters backstage after his win, Ulanbekov revealed the pressure he put himself under as he revealed he fought for the […]
youtube.com Galapagos Island Specimens to Be 3-D Digitized How an Expedition to the Galápagos Islands Saved One of the World’s Largest Natural History Museums https://t.co/IboANWw57u — Carol Duff (@CarolDuff18) October 10, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Back in 1905 researchers from the California Academy of Sciences surveyed the Galapagos Islands for 17 months. The fields of geology, paleontology, entomology, botany, ornithology, herpetology, and malacology were represented. Specimens were gathered. This Academy has started an endeavor to digitize some of these 78,000 specimens. The 3-D images will give virtual access to researchers and the public and will be placed online beginning in 2021. […]
Russian UFC newcomer Tagir Ulanbekov has posted a throwback photo with Khabib Nurmagomedov and revealed the champ’s words to him as he set off for Abu Dhabi, where he has faced hitches in entering the city and became his own chef. Lightweight champion Nurmagomedov saw off Ulanbekov, one of his long-term training camp partners, as his fellow Dagestani departed for Abu Dhabi ahead of his first fight for the promotion next month. Former Gorilla Fighting Championship flyweight champion Ulanbekov then posted a picture of the pair together in one of their earliest camps, posing ahead of the Dagestan combat sambo championship in […]
Frustrated featherweight Hakeem Dawodu has admitted he was trying to goad opponent Zubaira Tukhugov into trading with him during an angry outburst at UFC 253, accusing his Russian rival of being a “running man” during their fight. Canadian Dawodu lost his cool in the final minute of the third round of his encounter with Tukhugov, snarling at his foe as his plea to “f*cking fight” echoed around the largely empty arena on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi. His repetition of his foul-mouthed provocation failed to impress referee Kevin Sataki, who namechecked Dawodu as he reminded both fighters: “Come on, gentlemen. Be respectful. […]
According to seismologists, the epicentre of the quake was located at a depth of 40.5 kilometres southwest of Arvi. A 5.4-magnitude earthquake hit the Greek island of Crete on Friday, the Athens Geodynamic Institute said. The quake was registered at 16:28 GMT, with the epicentre located at a depth of 40.5 kilometres southwest of Arvi, seismologists said. No injuries or damage has so far been reported. Source link
Children walk through the Moria migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos after the camp was gutted by fire. Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP via Getty Images Children walk through the Moria migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos after the camp was gutted by fire. Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP via Getty Images Several swift fires gutted Europe’s largest refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, sending 12,000 asylum-seekers scrambling for emergency shelter. The camp, named Moria, after a nearby village tucked into olive groves, was already notorious because of its horrific conditions, which […]
The University of Rhode Island is taking down murals that were painted at its student Memorial Union more than 60 years ago because they show too many white people and lack “sensitivity to today’s complex and painful problems.” “These murals were a snapshot in time, but the images no longer represent who we are today and where we are going in the future,” university vice president for student affairs Kathy Collins said Thursday. She added that the school had received student complaints about the murals because “the persons painted and depicted on the wall are predominantly white.” A mural painted nearly […]
What happens when you take 10 “sexy singles,” give them all COVID-19 tests, and make them share one tiny Las Vegas hotel room after months of isolation? Extreme horniness and a flagrant disregard for safety procedures ensue. So begins the second season of CBS’s Love Island, the US adaptation of the British reality dating show of the same name. When Love Island USA premiered last summer, it failed to pack the steamy, dramatic punch of its original iteration from across the pond. Cast members were forgettable and the canned voiceover narration turned out to be more cheesy than charming. This year, […]
…from SouthFront.org Israel and the United Arab Emirates are going to create a military intelligence-gathering infrastructure on Yemen’s Socotra Island, according to Arab and French sources. The 3,650km2 island, located south of the Yemeni mainland in the Indian Ocean, overlooks the Bab al-Mandab Strait. The straight is a sea route chokepoint between the Horn of Africa and the Middle East, connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea. Most exports of oil and natural gas from the Persian Gulf that transit the Suez Canal or the SUMED Pipeline pass through both the Bab el-Mandeb and the Strait […]
A massive Trump 2020 boat parade was underway Sunday in the blue state of Rhode Island. More than 1,000 boats participated in Sunday’s boat parade in Rhode Island. WATCH: BOAT PARADE for @realDonaldTrump in Rhode Island! 🇺🇸🚤 pic.twitter.com/88LshtSC1k — Kyle Martinsen (@KyleMartinsen_) August 23, 2020 TRENDING: Police Make Second Arrest in Attack on 7-Year-Old Trump Supporter Outside of DNC Convention Trump supporters on land cheer on the boat parade! WATCH: Trump Supporters on land cheer on #TrumpBoatParade in Rhode Island! 🇺🇸⛵️pic.twitter.com/0xFZVBwVfH — Abigail Marone (@abigailmarone) August 23, 2020 Trump boat parade from Newport, RI to Cold Park, Bristol, Rhode Island. WATCH: […]
In this photo provided by the Australian Defence Force, an Australian Army helicopter lands on Pikelot Island in the Federated States of Micronesia to rescue three stranded mariners who had been missing for nearly three days. HOGP/AP hide caption toggle caption HOGP/AP In this photo provided by the Australian Defence Force, an Australian Army helicopter lands on Pikelot Island in the Federated States of Micronesia to rescue three stranded mariners who had been missing for nearly three days. HOGP/AP Three stranded mariners were rescued from a remote island in Micronesia on Monday after search crews spotted their “SOS” message written in […]
Bill Clinton’s spokesperson on Friday released a statement after Ghislaine Maxwell documents unsealed Thursday night contained statements from a witness who told a lawyer that she saw Clinton on Epstein’s pedophile island in the Caribbean. Clinton’s spokesman told Newsweek that the former US President “never” went to Jeffrey Epstein’s pedophile island. In a statement on Friday, Angel Ureña, a spokesperson for Clinton, told Newsweek that the former president has “never been to Little St. James Island.” “He’d not spoken to Epstein in well over a decade,” he said. “Well before his terrible crimes came to light.” TRENDING: Ghislaine Maxwell Documents Unsealed: Allegations Against […]
Guest post by Joseph Dugal The liberal media would like to portray President Clinton’s and citizen Trump’s relationships with Jeffrey Epstein as similar in nature. Nothing could be further from the truth. The real Trump-Epstein relationship is purely adversarial – Donald Trump has been fighting Jeffrey Epstein since before, during, and after the time George Bush was lenient with him and Barack Obama did nothing to him. TRENDING: Ghislaine Maxwell Documents Unsealed: Allegations Against Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton, Others — FBI Knew Had Evidence of the Crimes for Years Even the media organizations quoted here – who have no love for […]
Newly unsealed files tied to the Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking case imply that former US President Bill Clinton visited the investor’s private island along with “young girls,” and that the FBI knew well about the minors’ abuse. Comprising hundreds of pages of documents, the trove was released on Thursday night following a judge’s order last week to have it unsealed, over the objections of Ghislaine Maxwell, a former girlfriend to Epstein who has recently been charged as an accomplice in his alleged sex-trafficking operation. Also on rt.com US judge authorizes release of previously-sealed documents in case of Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell […]
In newly unsealed documents, one of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s most prominent accusers claims the perverted duo forced her to have sex with Britain’s Prince Andrew and other “politically-connected and financially-powerful people” when she was underage. Late on Thursday night, a judge ordered the release of a tranche of documents in a long-running defamation case between Maxwell and Virginia Roberts Giuffre, previously “Jane Doe No. 3,” who appeared as a 17-year-old in the now-infamous picture with Prince Andrew as he grabbed her waist and Maxwell grinned in the background. (In the court docs, Giuffre reveals she gave the photograph to […]
Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers tried to keep x-rated evidence related to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein from going public, but a judge denied the appeal and released damning docs on Thursday evening. Epstein’s pimp, Ghislaine Maxwell is currently in federal custody awaiting trial. A witness interview revealed Bill Clinton was at Epstein’s pedophile island with Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and “2 young girls.” Portion of the interview with a witness: TRENDING: President Trump Suggests Delaying Election Until Americans Can Vote in Person “When you say you asked him why is Bill Clinton here, where was here?” V: On the island JS: When you were […]
Geologists from around the world began expressing concerns about the state of the planet’s magnetic field last year amid the rapid move of the magnetic north pole out of the Canadian Arctic toward Russia. Earth scientists from the University of Liverpool’s Geomagnetism Laboratory have discovered that the South Atlantic Anomaly – the area between South America and southern Africa where the magnetic field is significantly weaker than anywhere else on the planet, has likely been that way for millions of years, and therefore probably isn’t a sign of a coming reversal of the planet’s magnetic poles. In an article in the […]
In recent comments to the press, Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu claimed Chinese aircraft flying close to the island’s areas of control is “virtually a daily occurrence.” However, he failed to mention the US is also sending planes near Chinese airspace close to Taiwan on a daily basis. “What it is doing now is unceasingly preparing to use force to resolve the Taiwan problem,” Wu told reporters on Tuesday about Chinese foreign policy, AP reported. He noted that not every encounter between Chinese and Taiwanese aircraft is reported in the media. “If international society does not give China a sufficiently clear […]
Right-wing artist and activist Scott LoBaido has unfurled a massive banner of New York Mayor Bill de Blasio holding Lady Liberty’s severed head over the Staten Island Expressway. The giant banner is 20′ by 30′, or roughly the size of a large two car garage, and features de Blasio happily holding the bleeding head while rocking a Che Guevara shirt. “Go big or go home!” LoBaido wrote on Facebook. TRENDING: Photo Appears to Show Black Lives Matter Supporters Holding Down and Kneeling on Neck of White Baby The New York Post reports that “while cops asked LoBaido to take the print […]
The four horsemen of COVID-19 will ensure that tourists visiting one of Sweden’s most popular summer destinations “behave well”. In an unorthodox move, local authorities on Sweden’s Baltic island of Gotland have recruited equestrians posing as medieval knights on horseback to halt the coronavirus in its tracks amid the height of the summer tourist season. The four horsemen, or so-called “COVID Knights” from the regional medieval reenactment group Torneamentum, Sweden’s oldest, will visit some of Gotland’s most popular tourist attractions this summer, such as its numerous beaches and the medieval town of Visby. To drive the point home, they will be […]
The island of Little Saint James that Jeffrey Epstein bought for almost $8 million in 1998 is where the billionaire’s alleged victims claim they were abused by him and his powerful friends. Prince Andrew was one of Epstein’s high-profile friends who visited the island, but the royal has claimed he didn’t see any wrongdoing on the part of Epstein. A 2015 video has reappeared online showing Donald Trump commenting on financier Jeffrey Epstein and his private island. The short footage, which was uploaded to social media several days ago, shows then-presidential candidate Trump answering questions from Bloomberg reporters, saying: “That island […]
Rhys “Skeletor” McKee, one of the top prospects in European MMA, was lost for words after he was told that he was being drafted in to compete against Russian-born grappler Khamzat Chimaev at ‘Fight Island’ on a week’s notice. McKee, a graduate of the Cage Warriors promotion which also featured the likes of Conor McGregor and Michael Bisping before they joined the UFC, has long been considered as a prime candidate to be drafted to the world’s largest mixed martial arts promotion – and that call finally came this weekend. READ MORE: ‘He entered the MATRIX’: New UFC star Fiziev shows fans skills that […]
An eerie photo of Mark Zuckerberg sporting a thick layer of sunblock while surfboarding in Hawaii has sent Twitter into overdrive, giving boost to a petition launched to bar him from “colonizing” Native Hawaiians’ land. Facebook CEO has become the butt of jokes on Twitter on Sunday evening after photos of him holidaying in Hawaii were leaked to the media. The images show Zuckeberg braving the ripples on an electronic surfboard while wearing a copious amount of sunscreen as well as his famous hoodie. Netizens pulled no punches tearing into Zuckerberg’s looks, noting his striking resemblance to otherworldly creatures, and quipping […]
A day earlier the World Health Organisation reported a record daily increase in infections (over 237,000) across the world. The WHO also issued a dire warning that the situation will get “worse and worse” if governments don’t take decisive steps to curb the spread of the disease, which has killed more than 600,000 and infected 14.2 million to date. The unofficial motto of the coronavirus pandemic has been – maintain social distance and avoid close contact – and the rich have been doing so on a grand scale, buying elite bunkers and even private islands. Just recently Horse Island off the […]
A day earlier the World Health Organisation reported a record daily increase in infections (over 237,000) across the world. The WHO also issued a dire warning that the situation will get “worse and worse” if governments don’t take decisive steps to curb the spread of the disease, which has killed more than 600,000 and infected 14.2 million to date. The unofficial motto of the coronavirus pandemic has been – maintain social distance and avoid close contact – and the rich have been doing so on a grand scale, buying elite bunkers and even private islands. Just recently Horse Island off the […]
Georgian ‘Shewolf’ Liana Jojua scored her fifth career armbar and her first-ever UFC win when she submitted Dian Belbita in the first round at UFC Fight Night 172 on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi. READ MORE: ‘Who’s the p*ssy here?’: UFC’s Jojua and Kassem trade social media shots after Georgian ‘She Wolf’ calls out Aussie rival (PHOTOS) It took just 2 minutes and 43 seconds of the first for Jojua to dispatch Canada-based Romanian Belbita, leaving ‘The Warrior Princess’ writhing in agony to improve her record to 8-3 and notch her first ever victory with the UFC. Jojua made her much-anticipated debut back […]
The city council in Asheville, North Carolina approved paying reparations to black residents, while a mayor in Rhode Island signed an order promising to look into the act, leading many to argue this is the start of a major trend. “Hundreds of years of Black blood spilled that basically fills the cup we drink from today,” Keith Young, one of black members of the Asheville City Council, said. “It is simply not enough to remove statutes. Black people in this country are dealing with issues that are systemic in nature.” The vote was 7-0 in favor of the measure. The reparations […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107970/26/1079702676_0:242:2272:1520_1200x675_80_0_0_f8eb1573824138cc5dfdd7a70e7bd7c7.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202006241079702555-rhode-island-may-shorten-its-full-name-due-to-slavery-connotations/ In the wake of anti-racism protests following the death of black Minneapolis resident George Floyd, the word “plantations” in the state’s name has come also under harsh criticism. Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo signed an executive order on Monday that will remove the second part of the state’s full name, “The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations”, in official communications. “This morning I signed an executive order removing the phrase Providence Plantations from gubernatorial orders and citations, all executive branch agency websites, all official correspondence, and state employee pay stubs and paychecks”, Raimondo announced on […]
The words “and Providence Plantations” will be removed from many Rhode Island state documents under an executive order by Gov. Gina Raimondo. The state legislature will consider an official name change. David Goldman/AP hide caption toggle caption David Goldman/AP The words “and Providence Plantations” will be removed from many Rhode Island state documents under an executive order by Gov. Gina Raimondo. The state legislature will consider an official name change. David Goldman/AP The official name of the smallest U.S. state is Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Some of its residents have been trying for the past three decades to drop the […]
The U.S. Navy’s first operational CMV-22B tilt-rotor aircraft, the latest variant in Osprey family, assigned to Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron 30 arrived at Naval Air Station North Island. The new aircraft is designed to replace ageing C-2 Greyhound carrier onboard delivery aircraft. It is the only aircraft that can land on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier with the F-35C engine power module safely secured inside its fuselage and provide roll-on/roll-off delivery. Expanded sponsons increase fuel capacity and enable the CMV-22B to provide enhanced logistical capability anywhere in the world. Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron (VRM) 30 was established in late […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107967/94/1079679492_0:0:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_3159b5a2513f8718a2f9e148bddd4704.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/videoclub/202006211079679522-extremely-deep-sleep-of-cute-puppy/ New York may be the city that never sleeps, but that certainly can’t be said of its eastern suburbs on Long Island, where nobody bothered to teach the automated vacuum cleaner the expression “let sleeping dogs lie”. According to this little girl’s owners in Bethpage, New York, “We had just finished a busy day playing and my fifteen-week-old Golden was catching some sleep on the cool kitchen floor. The vacuum came into the kitchen and she didn’t even flinch. I grabbed my phone just in case there was a funny interaction between the pup and […]
Social Studies Derrick Garforth A social studies teacher in Rhode Island vandalized a Christopher Columbus statue last weekend.Officers watched Derrick Garforth throw paint on the boarded up monument. Leftists believe Columbus is evil for discovering the New World in 1492. It makes you wonder what the angry felon was teaching the kids at school. ABC6 reported: TRENDING: UPDATE — FULL BODYCAM VIDEO Reveals Atlanta Police Being Patient, Respectful with Rayshard Brooks (VIDEO) One of the suspects involved in vandalism at the Christopher Columbus statue in Elmwood Avenue is a teacher at Pawtucket Public Schools who is now out on leave pending […]
A holiday island in eastern Finland owned by a local journalist association was previously called “Negro Island”, a nod to old-school media industry slang, referring to the printing ink that coloured the hands and faces. Neekerisaari, an island in eastern Finland whose name can be roughly translated as Negro Island, will be renamed, according to the Institute for the Languages of Finland (Kotus). The island is located in the Liperi archipelago of North Karelia, near Pyhäselkä, a traditional holiday area with a number of cottages. The name of the island has long been subject of debate, and Kotus itself previously objected […]
UFC boss Dana White’s planned “Fight Island” events will reportedly take place on one of Abu Dhabi’s 200+ islands, where the country’s quarantine laws will allow fighters to enter without self-isolating. The location of the island where future fights will take place during the COVID-19 pandemic has remained a mystery since the UFC trademarked the “Fight Island” name at the end of April. But UFC president White is thought to have secured the use of an outpost in the United Arab Emirates capital for an audacious plan that he has described as “almost impossible to pull off.” Abu Dhabi’s relatively relaxed restrictions on international […]
UFC featherweight champ Alexander Volkanovski has become the latest man to seek a lucrative showdown with notorious Irishman Conor McGregor, with the Aussie calling out his rival for a contest on the fabled ‘Fight Island’. Volkanovski, who was crowned featherweight champ in December after unseating longtime ruler Max Holloway, said he would relish the prospect of a meeting with McGregor at the as-yet unnamed island location where UFC boss Dana White says he will hold a series of events in June and July. “Who wouldn’t take that fight [against McGregor]?” Volkanovski told Australia’s 7 News. “You would be an absolute fool […]
Leave it to Netflix to drop a Jeffrey Epstein docuseries in the midst of a global pandemic that’s left many Americans trapped indoors with lots of free time to binge. On May 27, the four-part series Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich will premiere on the streaming behemoth. Based on the book by James Patterson, it details the harrowing stories of Epstein’s (mainly underage) victims, from his sexual abuse to the lasting mental toll it took. One of the biggest revelations in the documentary concerns Prince Andrew, a British royal and good friend of Epstein’s. Virginia Roberts Giuffre accused Epstein of sex-trafficking her […]
Considering the cheesy and unsubtle melodrama peddled by White Lines, it’s amazing that it takes until midway through its fourth episode before someone explains its metaphorical title (hint: it doesn’t just refer to cocaine!). Nonetheless, one doesn’t need to wait that long for wholesale absurdity to rear its head in this latest series from Money Heist mastermind Álex Pina, as the craziness begins early and then continues unabated for most of this Netflix import’s 10 roller-coaster installments. The modus operandi of this immoderate crime saga (premiering May 15) is to pile on the corniness at every turn, and in that respect, […]
A group of shut down protesters in Long Island blasted a local reporter and chanted “fake news is not essential” as he made his way through the crowd. Thursday’s “Re-Open NY Rally” was organized to “make noise to re-open New York.” “Decorate your car, wave your flag, don your patriotic colors!” the rally’s MeetUp page said. “Let’s make some noise to Re-Open New York!!! Meet us at Macy’s Parking Lot for a Re-Open NY Rally!! Let’s show the world NY is ready to get back to work!!” The Patch reports that signs at the rally included “My Sons Are Not Lab […]