Above Photo: American actor and singer Paul Robeson (1898-1976) performing circa 1950. (GAB Archive / Redferns / Getty Images). Historian Gerald Horne discusses how the legacy of Paul Robeson illustrates the lengths to which the American empire will go to destroy and silence its most powerful critics. Heroic dissidents are demonized, marginalized, physically and psychologically destroyed, or assassinated by the American ruling class. Before the persecution of Julian Assange, before the FBI assassination of Fred Hampton and Malcolm X, before the murder of Martin Luther King, there was the relentless campaign to silence the activist, actor, and singer Paul Robeson. […]
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Above Photo: “If you have a rank-and-file movement, there is a deep realization that democracy is power, so the individual union leader becomes secondary,” writes longtime New York subway worker and TWU Local 100 activist Tim Schermerhorn. “If your union is ready, you do not follow the conventions of every negotiation; you do not follow the limits set by bosses, union traditions, or the state.” TWU Local 100. Tim Schermerhorn is a Black socialist, lifelong political activist, Labor Notes board member, and retired militant New York City transit worker. An active member and reform activist in Transport Workers Local 100 for […]
Above Photo: Sonja van den Ende. Sonja van den Ende, an independent journalist from Rotterdam, Netherlands, returned to Donbass last week to chronicle the situation on the ground. She has been to Volnovakha, Mariupol and other cities and villages of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics. “My assessment of Volnovakha is that the city has come to life again, I was there two weeks ago and everywhere in the city, I saw the results of heavy fighting, ammunition and rubble on the streets, even mines, no people on the streets, a ghost town. The hospital was hit severely,” Sonja van den Ende says. […]
Above Photo: PBI-Mexico at the National Meeting of Struggles against Gas Pipelines and Death Projects where the Caravan for Water and Life was announced. Earlier this year, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project accompanied the organizations and communities that gathered in the municipality of Juan C. Bonilla, Puebla for the National Meeting of Struggles Against Gas Pipelines and Death Projects. At that time, PBI-Mexico tweeted: “We celebrate that this meeting has been an opportunity for defenders of the territory and the environment to share their words and experiences on the road to articulating a culture of peace, justice and respect for community rights.” […]
Above Photo: Clyde Bellecourt speaking outside the Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, GA, 1974, American Indian Movement Interpretive Center. Damn Hard Work Bellecourt And The American Indian Movement Taught Us That Colonizing Society Is Weak Because Of Its Sense Of Superiority. It Has God, Guns, And Gold, But Its Soft Underbelly Is Glory. I had short hair the first time I met Clyde Bellecourt. It was Native American Heritage Month in 2005. Native students had invited him and fellow members of the American Indian Movement (AIM) to the University of South Dakota after police plastered posters on campus depicting a poorly drawn […]
Above Photo: From Left, Gregory McMichael, William “Roddie” Bryan And Travis McMichael During Their Trial At Glynn County Superior Court In Brunswick, Ga. (Stephen B. Morton / Pool Via Reuters File). The three white men were found guilty of felony murder in November in the fatal shooting of Arbery, a Black man who was running in their neighborhood when they confronted him. The three white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery were sentenced Friday to life in prison, with a judge denying any chance of parole for the father and son who armed themselves and initiated the deadly pursuit of the […]
Above photo: Gitxsan youth Shay Lynn Sampson is doing her part to ensure the Coastal GasLink pipeline never gets built. Melissa Cox. Shay Lynn Sampson is determined she won’t be telling her children what salmon used to taste like or what it was like to live close to their land. She is one of the Indigenous people preventing Coastal GasLink (CGL) from running a pipeline under Wedzin Kwa (Morice River), the pristine water source for the Wet’suwet’en and their close downstream allies, the Gitxsan. Twenty-two-year-old Sampson spoke to me on November 8 from behind a blockade inside a “Tiny House,” purposely built with […]
BAE Systems, a global leader in electronic warfare, has announced that the U.S. Navy awarded Vertex Aerospace LLC the $123 million Contracted Maintenance, Modification, Aircrew, and Related Services (CMMARS) task order in July 2020 to provide aircraft maintenance and Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) services for the U.S. Marine Corps’ AV-8B Harrier fleet. As noted by the company, Vertex Aerospace selected BAE Systems as a subcontractor for the new logistics support contract, which will ensure increased efficiency of maintenance operations for the Harrier fleet using predictive maintenance techniques and smart stock optimization tools. “Together, BAE Systems and Vertex Aerospace will support the […]
Bags And Balloons: Plastic Pollution Choking Sea Life November 21, 2020 Bags And Balloons: Plastic Pollution Choking Sea Life2020-11-212020-11-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/earth-plastic-e1605990330698.jpg200px200px A dead manatee in Florida was found to have swallowed so many plastic bags they formed a cantaloupe-sized ball in its stomach, while a baby turtle had its intestines perforated by tiny plastic fragments. They are some of 1,800 marine mammals and turtles found to have ingested or been entangled by plastic along American coastlines since 2009, according to a report from conservation NGO Oceana published Thursday. The group’s report attempts to describe the cumulative impact of plastic pollution on marine fauna […]
Britain’s biggest defense company BAE Systems has announced that its Newport BAE Systems Hägglunds division has received a contract from the Swiss Federal Office for Defense Procurement (armasuisse) for the life-extension of the Swiss Army’s CV9030, known as the “Schützenpanzer 2000.” The life-extension program of the CV9030 will keep the 186 vehicle fleet in service until 2040 and significantly improve the platform’s ability in certain areas, the company said in a news release Wednesday. The improvements are mainly based on previous obsolescence issues in the area of optical, electrical and electronic components. They also include the installation of Active Damping technology which […]
Life Of Palestinian Hunger Striker In Immediate Danger By Yoav Haifawi, Mondoweiss. October 25, 2020 Life Of Palestinian Hunger Striker In Immediate Danger2020-10-252020-10-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/maher-e1603653283170.jpeg200px200px Above photo: “Free Maher” demonstration in front of Ramlah Prison on October 24, 2020. Haido Motola/Active Stills. New Israeli Aggression. “My will to my people is to protect the homeland.” – Maher al-Akhras Maher al-Akhras, who has been on a hunger strike since his administrative detention on July 27, is waging a battle against the mighty Israeli occupation apparatus. Every day brings him closer to death, as Israel seems to be trying to prove through his case that […]
Bullets Are Not The Seeds Of Life By Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. October 22, 2020 Bullets Are Not The Seeds Of Life2020-10-222020-10-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/kamala-ibrahim-ishaq-e1603402556851.jpg200px200px Above photo: Kamala Ibrahim Ishaq (Sudan), Procession (the Zār), 2015. On 9 October 2020, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the United Nations’ World Food Programme. In the citation for the award, the Norwegian Nobel Committee pointed to the ‘link between hunger and armed conflict’, noting that ‘war and conflict can cause food insecurity and hunger, just as hunger and food insecurity can cause latent conflicts to flare up and trigger the use of violence’. The demand for […]
The idea of living and traveling in a van may evoke images of long-haired hippies and flower power, but now a new generation is embarking on this lifestyle. From a desire to live as a digital nomad to affordable housing shortages in major cities, there are a variety of reasons why 21st century van dwellers decide to hit the road. This year in particular has seen a rise in the popularity of vanlife as people searched for alternative ways to travel amidst the coronavirus pandemic. But with increased popularity also comes the reality that the world of vanlife seriously lacks diversity. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107687/01/1076870163_0:0:1280:720_1200x675_80_0_0_5cc4a4ad4c7e708baff23efd456a0e1b.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Andrei Dergalin. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/science/202010181080809731-hint-of-the-existence-of-life-on-venus-reportedly-discovered-by-scientists/ The researchers suggested that their findings could be confirmed by a mission to Venus that would collect samples from the planet’s “surface and cloud”. A team of scientists has announced the discovery of a certain amino acid in Venus’ atmosphere, which may or may not possibly hint at the presence of life on that planet, Science Alert reports. According to the media outlet, the amino acid in question, glycine, is the simplest of the amino acids present in the genetic code, adding that while amino acids are not biosignatures, they serve as […]
Some 4.5 billion years ago, our planet was a drastically different place – an uninhabitable world with extremely hot temperatures, toxic air, and pounded with radiation coming from the Sun in the form of flares and coronal mass ejections. Scientists believe everything changed with the formation of the Moon. The Earth and the Moon once had a joint magnetic field that acted as a shield against solar wind particles, says a new study conducted by an international team of scientists led by NASA. For a long time, scientists believed that the Moon didn’t have a long-lasting magnetic field due to the […]
The asteroid, discovered in 1999, was named Bennu in 2013 by a third grade student who won a contest. (NASA/GSFC/University of Arizona) OSIRIS-REx Mission To Obtain Samples From Asteroid Bennu A series of studies published last week in the journals Science and Science Advances offer a new, detailed look at the makeup of a small asteroid called Bennu. https://t.co/VkixsNh1ER — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) October 14, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Asteroids do not change with wind and water which makes them primitive and closer to when the Solar System formed. Asteroid Bennu was chosen to be studied since it is rich in […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105398/53/1053985318_0:317:6144:3773_1200x675_80_0_0_06258275faf586564943d861b263e98b.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Andrei Dergalin. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/science/202010121080750797-older-than-giza-pyramids-millennia-old-signs-of-life-found-by-archaeologists-in-turkey-media-says/ The “archaic living area” reportedly uncovered during the excavation reportedly features a storage section where “ancient ceramics, pots and jugs” were found. Excavations conducted at an archaeological site located in Turkey’s Van Province traces of “ancient life” that date back some 5,000 years ago, Hurriyet Daily News reports. According to the media outlet, a 15-person excavation team which counts anthropologists, archaeologists and art historians among its members has found an Early Bronze Age “archaic living space” during surface research at Iremir Mound. “Revealing ancient ruins dating back to the Urartians are very […]
The Sun is both creator and destroyer. The one that can foster life one second and eliminate it the next. Most people are familiar with the harmful and hazardous effects the Sun can have to life on Earth if solar flares and Coronal Mass Ejections, and their associated radiation, are delivered in just the right way and at high enough intensities. But those same sets of destructive forces could actually have helped jump start and aid the formation of life on Earth. Therefore, searching for solar flares from other stars could provide critical insight into those systems’ potential to support life. […]
One is a Grammy Award-winning musician with lots of spare time. Another is a software engineer with nowhere to go during the pandemic. There’s also an editor for a data site and a fund manager who invests in digital assets. What these people have in common is an obscure side gig known as “yield farming,” a type of cryptocurrency trading and investing that didn’t really even exist until 2020. Yield farming is producing fixed-income-like returns that can, at least for brief stretches, provide annualized interest rates equivalent to percentages investors cannot find anywhere else. As documented in First Mover over the […]
“Get ready for democracy to crumble!!!” Stephen Colbert shouted at the top of his live post-debate monologue Tuesday night. “I come to you tonight, ladies and gentlemen, an empty vessel, a man with a mind wiped clean,” the Late Show host said. “I have stood in the swirling chaos of creation. I have seen Shiva dancing his destructions, wielding his trident, carving great gouts out of universe. The sky, once both red, blue, and black until all that remained was a starless void and the hollow husk once known as Chris Wallace. We have emerged from the mad whirlwind where we […]
In making sense of former Olympic and Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius’ story, particularly the February 2013 night when he shot and killed his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, it’s best to assume that you’ll never arrive at a satisfying set of answers. All of the evidence in the case in which he was convicted for culpable homicide—and later, murder—in 2014 was circumstantial. No one alive knows the why of what actually happened except Pistorius himself, but the new ESPN 30 for 30 four-part film, The Life and Trials of Oscar Pistorius, about the event as well as Pistorius’ career as a double-amputee runner, […]
Potential signs of life on Venus were earlier discovered in a groundbreaking study carried out by an international collaboration of researchers after traces of phosphine were spotted in the planet’s yellow clouds. A meteor that zoomed past planet Earth may have brought life to Venus, according to new research. Harvard scientists involved in the study, Transfer of Life Between Earth and Venus with Planet-Grazing Asteroids, claim at least 10,000 microbial colonies, gathered up from the atmosphere when a meteor skimmed our planet in 2017, have collided with the distant celestial object which has now been pegged as potentially supporting life. Earlier […]
Scheer Intelligence: Justice Ginsburg’s Life And Legacy By Robert Scheer, ScheerPost.com. September 25, 2020 | Educate!, Featured Campaign Scheer Intelligence: Justice Ginsburg’s Life And Legacy2020-09-252020-09-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/bobscheer-e1601045966474.jpeg200px200px Above photo: Christopher Ho. The documentary filmmakers discuss their film “RBG” on the life and career of the legendary Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Eds. Note: With the tragic passing of feminist and progressive icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg, we highlight here a May 2018 conversation between Robert Scheer and the filmmakers of the excellent documentary on her life, “RBG.” The documentary filmmakers discuss their film “RBG” on the life and career of Supreme Court Justice Ruth […]
The US Is Using The Guardian To Justify Jailing Assange For Life September 24, 2020 The US Is Using The Guardian To Justify Jailing Assange For Life2020-09-242020-09-24https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/julian-assange-of-wikilea-007.jpg200px200px Why is the paper so silent? Julian Assange is not on trial simply for his liberty and his life. He is fighting for the right of every journalist to do hard-hitting investigative journalism without fear of arrest and extradition to the United States. Assange faces 175 years in a US super-max prison on the basis of claims by Donald Trump’s administration that his exposure of US war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan amounts to […]
The lawsuit was filed against Donald Trump, his sister Maryanne Trump Barry, and the estate of his late brother Robert Trump. Mary Trump, niece of the US President Donald Trump, has recently sued the POTUS, with him and several other family members being accused of cheating Mary out of tens of millions of dollars from an inheritance According to CNN, the lawsuit was filed in the New York state court against Trump, his sister Maryanne Trump Barry and the estate of their late brother Robert Trump. The lawsuit in question reportedly accuses the defendants of “conspiring amongst themselves and with several […]
When a Louisville grand jury chose not to charge any of the police officers involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor for their role in killing a 26-year-old Black woman, it was confirmation that, to many, my life as a Black woman does not matter. And as a native Kentuckian, that shattered me. I spent my early years and every summer in Southeastern Kentucky. As I grew up and moved around, I was made fun of for my “country accent” that eventually faded as I got older. But jokes never ended about my “country” upbringing and whatever myths people chose to […]
Whitemoor prison in Cambridgeshire is one of the highest security jails in Britain. Among its 430 prisoners are 100 Category A inmates and seven “high risk” convicts. CCTV footage of two Muslim inmates attacking a prison officer with improvised weapons in Whitemoor jail has been shown to a jury at their trial at the Old Bailey in London. Brusthom Ziamani, 25, and Baz Hockton, 26, deny attempting to murder Neil Trundle, a prison officer at Whitemoor, a high security jail in the east of England. The jury has been told Ziamani had been convicted in 2015 of plotting to behead a British […]
DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Dave Davies in for Terry Gross. A new documentary about Oliver Sacks, the neurologist and best-selling author, will begin streaming on Wednesday. Sacks was a physician and a professor of neurology at the New York University School of Medicine. His beautifully written books, such as “The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat” examined the mysteries of perception and consciousness by drawing on his observations of his patients. His 1973 book “Awakenings,” which established him as a writer was adapted into a 1990 film starring Robin Williams and Robert DeNiro. “Awakenings” was […]
Life In The US Has The Hallmarks Of A “Low-Grade War Zone” By Patrick Farnsworth, Truthout. September 21, 2020 Life In The US Has The Hallmarks Of A “Low-Grade War Zone”2020-09-212020-09-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/po.png200px200px Above photo: A mailman makes a delivery on September 9, 2020, in San Francisco, California. Santiago Mejia / The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images. Countless red flags have sprung up in recent months indicating a creeping authoritarianism coming into full form. Vigilante forms of far right “justice” have become commonplace, as in the high-profile case of 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and the numerous cases of far right violence and intimidation directed at Black Lives […]
Jake Gardner, an ex-Marine who shot James Scurlock during May riots outside his Nebraska bar in apparent self-defense, has committed suicide in Oregon. He was due to face trial for the shooting, pressed for by BLM activists. As protests against the killing of George Floyd spread beyond Minneapolis and across the US, Gardner and his father attempted to warn off a crowd of rioters outside their bar in Omaha, Nebraska. When two rioters tackled him from behind, Gardner fired a warning shot, before shooting 21-year-old Scurlock, who allegedly tried to attack him from the front. Also on rt.com Online activists demand […]
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, died on Friday aged 87 of pancreatic cancer. A fierce critic of US President Donald Trump, her dying wish, she told her granddaughter, was that her replacement would not be found until “a new president is installed”. “She led an amazing life,” President Trump said on Friday on learning from journalists that Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died. “What else can you say. She was an amazing woman, whether you agreed or not, she was an amazing woman, who led an amazing life.” A powerful advocate for gender rights […]
Tribute To Kevin Zeese: Life And Loss In The Struggle For Liberation By Danny Haiphong, Black Agenda Report. September 17, 2020 Tribute To Kevin Zeese: Life And Loss In The Struggle For Liberation2020-09-172020-09-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/haiphong845x400-e1600354425970.jpg200px200px Zeese never wavered in his opposition to the corporate duopoly, white supremacy, and the forces of militarism. “His actions and ideological commitments were grounded in a deep identification with the oppressed.” The pain of loss is immeasurable yet comrades across the globe have come to view it as an inevitable aspect of the fight for liberation. For the revolutionary, death is neither a secret nor a prophecy. The loss […]
The coronavirus pandemic has managed to affect nearly every facet of life in America. Bars are certainly not exempt and the industry will find itself dealing with the repercussions of the pandemic for years to come. So how will this unprecedented period change the layout of bars and how they function? On this special episode of the award-winning podcast Life Behind Bars, co-hosts David Wondrich and Noah Rothbaum talk to three top bartenders—Alexis Brown from Chicago, Ivy Mix from New York, and Jeffrey Morgenthaler from Portland, Oregon—about what the near future holds. So mix yourself a drink and listen to this […]
pinterest Potential Sign of Alien Life on Venus A tantalizing sign of potential life beyond Earth, scientists said they have detected in the harshly acidic clouds of Venus a gas called phosphine that indicates microbes may inhabit Earth’s inhospitable neighbor https://t.co/NXA0Dfe9p6 — Reuters Science News (@ReutersScience) September 14, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Phosphine has been detected in the acidic clouds of Venus. On earth phosphone is produced by bacteria which live in environments with little to no oxygen. The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope in Hawaii has confirmed the presence of phosphine by using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) radio telescope […]
WASHINGTON, September 15 (Sputnik) – The search for extraterrestrial life suddenly shifted away from longtime target Mars with word that Earth-bound scientists had discovered signs of a alien microbe high in the toxic atmosphere of Venus, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said. “Life on Venus? The discovery of phosphine, a byproduct of anaerobic biology, is the most significant development yet in building the case for life off Earth,” Bridenstine said via Twitter on Monday. “It’s time to prioritize Venus.” Life on Venus? The discovery of phosphine, a byproduct of anaerobic biology, is the most significant development yet in building the case for […]
Cosmos Karaoke is a lively karaoke bar in the middle of Namie, a small city that is slowly reopening after the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident devastated the area. Minza Lee (right) is the driving force behind the bar. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR Cosmos Karaoke is a lively karaoke bar in the middle of Namie, a small city that is slowly reopening after the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident devastated the area. Minza Lee (right) is the driving force behind the bar. Claire Harbage/NPR In downtown Namie, a small coastal city in eastern Fukushima prefecture, […]
With Ethereum 2.0’s much-anticipated move to Proof-of-Stake getting closer, CoinDesk Research Analyst Christine Kim spoke with Ben Edgington and Vijay Michalik on what would-be validators need to know. “There are indeed responsibilities that come with [Ethereum 2.0 staking]. You can’t just stake and leave it. You need to run what we call a client or a validator software.” That’s Ben Edgington, the product owner of Teku at ethereum venture capital studio Consensys. Teku is one of five software clients currently being battle-tested on the official Ethereum 2.0 test network, Medalla. These clients will connect users to the highly anticipated proof-of-stake blockchain […]
Former FBI Agent Ali Soufan, shown here in New York in 2018, interrogated many al-Qaida suspects after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Soufan’s 2011 book on that topic, The Black Banners, included many redactions. A new version was released this week without the redactions. Hector Retamal /AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Hector Retamal /AFP via Getty Images Former FBI Agent Ali Soufan, shown here in New York in 2018, interrogated many al-Qaida suspects after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Soufan’s 2011 book on that topic, The Black Banners, included many redactions. A new version was released this week […]
During times like these, how are bars across the country changing their drinks menus? Is it better to go with tried-and-true classics or to offer innovative and creative concoctions? On this special episode of the award-winning podcast Life Behind Bars, co-hosts David Wondrich and Noah Rothbaum talk to three top bartenders—Claire Sprouse from New York, Erick Castro from San Diego and Omar Yeefoon from Dallas—about what folks want to drink now and how the pandemic has changed the thought process behind putting together menus. So mix yourself a drink and listen to this important episode of Life Behind Bars: What I’ve […]
For a time, it seemed like a great gig. Jacinda Chan’s job working for the website Peace Data was everything she’d been looking for. It was paid work writing about her favorite subject—human rights and Latin America—and her editors paid on time. Chan, who was born with spinal muscular atrophy and is a quadriplegic, hadn’t been able to get many good jobs in journalism. “I have difficulty finding employment in the USA because people look at me and wonder how I can work if I’m on a respirator,” she wrote to an editor at the site in July. “That is why […]
A woman watches from her apartment balcony as a crane removes the rubble of a building after a Chilean rescue team detected signals there may be a survivor at the site in Beirut, Lebanon, on Sept. 4, 2020. Hussein Malla/AP hide caption toggle caption Hussein Malla/AP A woman watches from her apartment balcony as a crane removes the rubble of a building after a Chilean rescue team detected signals there may be a survivor at the site in Beirut, Lebanon, on Sept. 4, 2020. Hussein Malla/AP Lebanon has held its breath for three days, waiting for rescue teams to emerge from […]
Colleagues of George Washington University history professor Jessica Krug have called for her to resign after the prestigious school was forced to stop short of firing her for pretending to be black throughout her academic career. “The discipline of history is concerned with truth telling about the past,” members of GWU’s history faculty said Friday in a joint statement. “With her conduct, Dr. Krug has raised questions about the veracity of her own research and teaching.” The statement called for Krug to resign from her position as an associate professor or to be stripped of her tenure and fired if she […]
If hiring, training and managing a staff is one of the hardest parts of running a bar, try doing it during a pandemic. On this special episode of the award-winning podcast Life Behind Bars, co-hosts David Wondrich and Noah Rothbaum talk to three top bartenders—Ryan Fitzgerald from San Francisco, Anu Apte from Seattle and Derek Brown from Washington, D.C.—about their experiences during the coronavirus pandemic and how their roles and management styles have evolved. So mix yourself a drink and listen to this important episode of Life Behind Bars: What I’ve Learned. Cheers! Life Behind Bars features Half Full’s editor Noah […]
If there was ever a time to have a glass of bourbon, now is it. Back in 2007, Congress passed a resolution declaring September National Bourbon Heritage Month. On this episode of the award-winning podcast Life Behind Bars, co-hosts David Wondrich and Noah Rothbaum are joined by Trey Zoeller, founder of Jefferson’s Bourbon, to talk about why the month-long holiday was created and how to properly celebrate it. So fix yourself a glass of bourbon and listen to this episode of Life Behind Bars. Cheers! Life Behind Bars features Half Full’s editor Noah Rothbaum and its Senior Drinks Columnist David Wondrich […]
How Big Corporations Are Draining The Life Out Of A Sick America By Paul Buchheit, Commondreams. September 2, 2020 How Big Corporations Are Draining The Life Out Of A Sick America2020-09-022020-09-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/corporate-greed-is-killing-us.jpeg200px200px Above photo: “If today’s companies were truly offering a fair return to the taxpayers who built their businesses, they’d be doing a lot more to ensure that all Americans have the means to support their families, writes Buchheit. a.mina/flickr/cc. Our richest corporations are much to blame for the free-market “winner take all” philosophy that has caused over half of our nation to try to survive without adequate health care and life savings. When Dr. Jonas Salk was […]
The search for alien life in the universe usually focuses on exoplanets orbiting around distant suns, but a new theory proposed by researchers in New York suggests an extreme form of ‘nuclear life’ may be living inside stars. While constantly scanning the skies for Earth-like planets inhabiting the ‘Goldilocks Zone’ of their stars – not too hot but not too cold, allowing for liquid water on their surface – alien-hunting scientists may have overlooked a source of potential extremophile creatures: the stars themselves. Also on rt.com NASA shares stunning IMAGE of Earth-sized planet that could harbor alien life As the name […]
🎥 𝗩𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 – 12 Zionist Criminal Billionaires to Jail? See More Below 👇👇🤝 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗠𝗲 #𝗨𝗡𝗥𝗜𝗚 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝘁 https://TheSteeleReport.com📧 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗘𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘀 & 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝘁 https://bit.ly/3gKjVPR 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗩𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 Ryan Dawson is the top researcher on Jeffrey Epstein and the twelve Zionist Red Mafia billionaires who have never been more vulnerable to life in jail (if not outright execution as enemy combatants) than they are today. https://www.ancreport.com/ and https://tinyurl.com/Nine-Veils-Evil 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗧𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 💥 𝟱𝗚 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 – 𝗘𝗠𝗙 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘁 https://youtu.be/pdMyuHHx1gA💥 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝘄𝗻 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝘁 https://youtu.be/VSkvjpztCFA💥 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 https://youtu.be/iBnTV33VLXc 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 Main […]
Thanks to coronavirus closures, cities across the country have now allowed bars and restaurants to offer customers to-go drinks. On this special episode of the award-winning podcast Life Behind Bars, co-hosts David Wondrich and Noah Rothbaum talk to three top bartenders—Karl Franz Williams from New York, Christine Wiseman from Los Angeles, and Andrew Volk from Maine—about this important change in the bar industry. They discuss the new-found skills required to create to-go cocktails, as well as which drinks are (and aren’t) selling out. So mix yourself a drink and listen to this important episode of Life Behind Bars: What I’ve Learned. […]
Bartenders and bar owners are on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. And one of the greatest challenges facing them today is getting their customers to wear face masks. On this special episode of the award-winning podcast Life Behind Bars, co-hosts David Wondrich and Noah Rothbaum talk to three top bartenders, Neal Bodenheimer from New Orleans, Alex Jump from Denver and Masa Urushido from New York, about this important issue. They discuss how patrons have reacted to having to wear masks in their establishments and offer some advice for conducting these sometimes delicate conversations. So mix yourself a drink and […]
She could easily have made it big as a model, but Russian triple jump star Valentina Kosolapova chooses to concentrate on her sporting talent instead, and has shunned all offers from the world of fashion. The 23-year-old stunner is frequently approached by model agency scouts, but refuses to pose for magazine covers, preferring to spend her time at the stadium, where she works tirelessly to surpass her personal best in the triple jump. READ MORE: ‘Barbie with Hulk muscles’: Meet Julia Vins, the Russian powerlifting sensation who can lift more than 200kg The daughter of the former mayor of Volgograd, Andrey Kosolapov, […]
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) claims that his life was saved by police Thursday night when he says he was “attacked by an angry mob” of protesters when leaving the White House after President Donald Trump’s big Republican National Convention speech. Videos of the confrontation appear to show that the senator was heckled, but not actually touched by protesters. Paul tweeted early Friday: “Just got attacked by an angry mob of over 100, one block away from the White House. Thank you to DC Police Dept for literally saving our lives from a crazed mob.” Videos show protesters surrounding the Republican and […]
The Illinois teen accused of shooting two people dead during chaotic unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin this week has been charged on six counts, including first-degree murder and attempted homicide. Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, was charged on Thursday after being taken into custody the day prior, suspected of killing two protesters in Kenosha and wounding a third on Tuesday night. In addition to first-degree intentional homicide and attempted murder, he faces two charges for reckless endangerment, reckless homicide and the possession of a dangerous weapon by a minor. A criminal complaint filed on Thursday in the Kenosha County Circuit Court noted that the […]
A New Zealand court has sentenced mass shooter Brenton Tarrant, who killed 51 Muslim worshipers at a mosque last year, to life in prison without the possibility of parole, the first such ruling ever handed down in the country. The 29-year-old Australian previously admitted to some 92 charges – 51 for murder, 40 for attempted murder and one linked to terrorism – following the 2019 shooting rampage at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. At Tarrant’s sentencing on Thursday, High Court Judge Cameron Mander said the severity of his crimes justified the harsh penalty. “Your crimes… are so wicked that even […]
New Zealand’s Christchurch saw two mass shootings at Al Noor Mosque and the Linwood Islamic Centre in March 2019. The attacker, Brenton Tarrant, live-streamed the massacre that took 51 lives and left around 50 people injured. Brenton Tarrant, a gunman behind the mass shootings in mosques in Christchurch, received a life sentence without parole in the High Court of Christchurch on Thursday. It is a first time in New Zealand’s history the life sentence is handed down. Tarrant, who did not oppose the life sentence, has been labeled “clearly New Zealand’s worst murderer”. The judge, Cameron Mander, called Tarrant’s crimes “brutal and beyond […]
pinterest Wedding is Source of COVID-19 Outbreaks A wedding earlier this month sparked a Covid-19 outbreak among guests. The virus has spread so fast that it has infected people that didn’t even attend, including nursing home residents and county jail inmates, health officials say. A woman has died. https://t.co/HCsRnEPzmy — CNN (@CNN) August 25, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: COVID-19 is aggressive and opportunistic as viruses usually are, but this one packs far more steam than those who have come before it. It has been just two and one half weeks since a wedding in Maine and COVID-19 has proved its stealth […]
As Kenosha, Wisconsin, braces for a third night of protests against the shooting of Jacob Blake, the 29-year-old’s family on Tuesday decried racial injustice while calling for peace and the “healing of our country.” “My son has been fighting for his life, and we just really need prayers. As I was riding through here, through the city, I noticed a lot of damage. That doesn’t reflect my son or my family,” Julia Jackson, Blake’s mother, said in a Tuesday press conference. “If Jacob knew what was going on, as far as that goes, the violence & destruction, he would be very […]
The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay held a convocation ceremony in a virtual environment by creating unique 3D avatars for more than 2,000 of its students due to gathering restrictions imposed amid the coronavirus pandemic. IIT Bombay, one of the top technical universities in India, sent off its virtual graduates on Sunday. The students’ avatars received their diplomas and medals after walking across a 3D environment designed to look like a stage. Princeton University’s Duncan Haldane, joint winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize, was an invited chief guest at the ceremony, and was also represented by a computer model. Judging by […]
NHL on NBC announcer Mike Milbury has faced a backlash for his on-air words regarding the ongoing life in an NHL ‘bubble’ in which he noted that there weren’t women to ‘distract’ the ice hockey players from the playoff games. During the last night’s broadcast of the game between the Washington Capitals and the New York Islanders, Milbury was discussing life in the league’s temporary quarantine, or ‘bubble,’ amid the safety protocols put in place to safeguard the sport’s return. And, when responding to the words of his co-host John Forslund, the 68-year-old made a comment about the absence of the athletes’ […]
Kris Pedretti was a “normal 15-year-old kid” before Joseph DeAngelo entered her California bedroom just before Christmas in 1976. “By the time that night came to an end, my world changed forever,” she said in a Sacramento County courtroom this week, describing how she was bound, gagged, and raped that winter night. “I sang ‘Jesus Loves Me’ in my head as I waited—waited to die.” Pedretti, now 59, was one of several women who DeAngelo terrorized during the 1970s and 80s—and among more than three dozen survivors and family members of victims who gave emotional statements this week while demanding a […]
Joseph James DeAngelo, the Golden State Killer, was sentenced on Friday to life in prison after admitting to more than a dozen murders in the 1970s and ’80s. Santiago Mejia/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Santiago Mejia/AFP via Getty Images Joseph James DeAngelo, the Golden State Killer, was sentenced on Friday to life in prison after admitting to more than a dozen murders in the 1970s and ’80s. Santiago Mejia/AFP via Getty Images Updated at 2:32 p.m. ET The former police officer known as the Golden State Killer was sentenced Friday to spend the rest of his life in […]
The Martini and the Manhattan are two of the bedrock drinks that hold up the entire world of cocktails. While both have their own lore, mythology and fans, they in fact may be essentially the same drink. On this episode of the award-winning podcast Life Behind Bars, co-hosts David Wondrich and Noah Rothbaum discuss the origins of the two drinks and how they evolved into distinct recipes. So mix yourself a Manhattan or a Martini and listen to this episode of Life Behind Bars. Cheers! Life Behind Bars features Half Full’s editor Noah Rothbaum and its Senior Drinks Columnist David Wondrich […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): Family members of the girl have decided to fulfil her last wish that her letter reach Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The family has also urged authorities to take cognisance of the issues raised by her in the letter. A 16-year-old girl has allegedly shot herself dead in India’s Uttar Pradesh state after penning an emotional letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to share her disenchantment with present-day life. The girl allegedly took the extreme step in the state’s Sambhal district last Friday, 14 August, but her 18-page letter was discovered by her family on Tuesday, 18 […]
Alice Johnson, the criminal justice reform advocate whose life sentence was commuted by President Donald Trump two years ago, has been booked by Team Trump to address the Republican National Convention next week, she confirmed to The Daily Beast. “I’ll be there talking about criminal justice reform, that is my main mission,” Johnson said in a brief phone call Tuesday afternoon. “I’m there because I’ve been affected by our criminal justice system, and that’s my mission.” Johnson was released from the Aliceville Federal Correctional Institution in 2018 after serving 21 years of a life sentence on federal cocaine trafficking charges. Trump […]
As plans to transfer Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s mummy to the new Grand Egyptian Museum from his tomb in Luxor surfaced in May 2020, many feared the disturbance of Tutankhamun’s resting place could trigger the legendary “curse of the pharaohs”. Egyptian teenage Pharaoh Tutankhamun, who was buried in the Valley of the Kings some 3,000 years ago, is to many the epitome of Ancient Egypt. The enigma surrounding his life and death, as well as the numerous deaths surrounding the discovery of his mummy and attributed to the “curse of the pharaohs” has unfailingly fired people’s imaginations. Tutankhamun, who took the throne […]
New York City Councilman Paul Vallone came out this week and credited Hydroxychloroquine for saving his life. The New York Post reported: A Democratic New York City Councilman says hydroxychloroquine saved his life after a near-fatal run-in with COVID-19 in March. Paul Vallone, who represents northeast Queens, took the drug along with a standard Z-pack — given for bacterial infections — and came back from the brink almost immediately. TRENDING: EXCLUSIVE: Killer Cuomo Not Only Murdered Thousands of Elderly In Homes, He Also Targeted Adult Care Facilities and Group Homes for People with Disabilities “I couldn’t breathe, very weak, couldn’t get […]
Utah Protesters Face Charges With Potential Life Sentence By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press. August 8, 2020 Utah Protesters Face Charges With Potential Life Sentence2020-08-082020-08-08https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/utah-e1596892544903.jpeg200px200px Above photo: In this July 9, 2020, photo, protesters gather in front of district attorney’s office in Salt Lake City. AP Photo/Rick Bowmer. Salt Lake City, UT – Some Black Lives Matter protesters in Salt Lake City could face up to life in prison if they’re convicted of splashing red paint and smashing windows during a protest, a potential punishment that stands out among demonstrators arrested around the country and one that critics say doesn’t fit the alleged crime. […]
The Louisiana Supreme Court denied Fair Wayne Bryant’s request to review his life sentence for stealing hedge clippers. Bryant has already spent nearly 23 years in prison for the crime. Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images The Louisiana Supreme Court denied Fair Wayne Bryant’s request to review his life sentence for stealing hedge clippers. Bryant has already spent nearly 23 years in prison for the crime. Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images A Louisiana man will continue to spend his life in prison for stealing a pair of hedge clippers, after […]
Ghislaine Maxwell, who is already facing six federal criminal charges, is also fighting to stop her deposition from a 2015 lawsuit from being released, with a hearing for the appeal slated for 22 September. Convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged “pimp” Ghislaine Maxwell won a legal battle to keep “highly intrusive” documents about her private life secret hours before they were to be made public. The 58-year-old socialite, who was detained in her New Hampshire hideaway in early July, argued against releasing documents from her deposition, saying they are “extremely personal, confidential and subject to considerable abuse by the media”. The deposition materials came […]
A US appeals court has ruled to hold back a deposition about the sex life of Ghislaine Maxwell, who is accused of aiding Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse of underage girls, with her lawyers arguing it would make a fair trial “impossible.” The order to temporarily withhold the sensitive testimony came on Friday, after the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals said it would delay the deposition’s release while it heard further arguments from Maxwell, who insisted the material could prejudice a jury against her unfairly. The move comes less than 24 hours after the unsealing of hundreds of pages of documents linked to […]
“The most influential public intellectual in the western world right now.” – The New York Times Dr. Galima Galiullina For Veterans Today Jordan Peterson is the lone warrior in a world without rules In the December of 2019, a seriously ill patient, Canadian professor Jordan Peterson, was admitted to the clinic in Moscow. He was in a state of medical coma, he was accompanied by his daughter Michaela and Russian son-in-law Andrey. The professor was the victim of prolonged intoxication with Benzodiazepines, the strongest psychotropic medicine designed to relieve anxiety. Since 2016, the star of his glory has risen […]
It was the crew’s first night, we had just arrived, we were settling in. Kim Binsted, principle investigator on the HI-SEAS project, was preparing to leave for four months, nervous, I think, about launching this Mars mission, a project whose actualization was so uncertain throughout the buildup—NASA nearly pulled funding, there were delays in the construction of the habitat—that at times it almost seemed if any of us were to look down, we’d collectively run ourselves off the edge of a steep cliff. And yet here we were. In the shipping container attached to the dome, she and I stood surrounded […]
When she and Prince Harry officially quit the royal family in March, Meghan Markle reportedly tearfully told a friend: “I gave up my entire life for this family. I was willing to do whatever it takes. But here we are. It’s very sad.” “The powers [of the institution] are unfortunately greater than me,” she is also reported to have said. She likened tabloid criticism to “death by a thousand cuts.” Meanwhile, Prince Harry “felt at once used for their popularity, hounded by the press because of the public’s fascination with this new breed of royal couple, and disparaged back within the […]
The coronavirus has the potential to decimate bars across America. Already a number of well-known establishments have announced that they won’t reopen and many others are struggling to stay afloat during these challenging times. On this episode of the award-winning podcast Life Behind Bars, co-hosts David Wondrich and Noah Rothbaum are joined by Nate Whitehouse, co-founder of Thirst, to talk about his organization’s efforts to get insurance companies and the federal government to help bars stay in business. So, fix yourself a drink and listen to this episode of Life Behind Bars. Life Behind Bars features Half Full’s editor Noah Rothbaum […]
Enterprise blockchain solutions in Russia have to get their cryptographic elements certification with the FSB, the counter-espionage agency The process can take several years to complete and up to $100,000 Some foreign-developed blockchains can’t satisfy the requirement without a fork Russian-made systems might end up isolated from the global market due to distrust of Russian government cryptography standards Blockchain technology was created to be borderless. But in the real world, borders still impose limits on this technology. Everything related to cryptography in Russia falls under the supervision of the Federal Security Service, or FSB, which is the successor to the KGB. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/18/1079969399_0:134:3077:1865_1200x675_80_0_0_3358fdd2f4eb4c6aea8ea6403d45ca3a.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/uk/202007241079969354-cancel-culture-misunderstands-main-purpose-of-life-john-cleese-says/ The former “Fawlty Towers” actor explained that cancel culture does not let people enjoy life and have fun, and humour is about being critical, which is incompatible with being “woke”. British actor John Cleese criticised cancel culture as he was speaking to Reuters about the show “Why There is No Hope”. According to Cleese, cancel culture “misunderstands the main purposes of life, which is to have fun”. The actor explained that people who are trying to be perfectly polite and kind are boring, and being funny is about people who do not do that. […]
Thank you to the House of Suntory for partnering with Half Full and sponsoring this Bartenders At Home cocktail video. What inspired you to create this cocktail? “I wanted to emphasize the delicate, smooth, and mildly silky characteristics of the vodka, partnering it with other delicate Japanese ingredients (yuzu, sake, rice vinegar), to create a crisp, simple, yet nuanced cocktail.” When would you serve this drink? “I’d want to serve this drink as the first (or second) cocktail of the evening, prior to enjoying an umami driven Japanese meal. If no meal was planned, it makes a perfect accompaniment to a […]
Researchers in Siberia claim they are the first in the world to have definitively confirmed buckwheat’s status as a true ‘superfood’ which confers a unique healing effect on mammals by regulating key ageing processes. Buckwheat has been a staple food across large sections of the northern hemisphere, from China through Russia and Kazakhstan and into eastern and central Europe, since farming began thousands of years ago. But now researchers at the Siberian Federal University (SFU) in Krasnoyarsk, Russia have pinpointed exactly why this pseudocereal is so good for humans – it increases the amount of a so-called “longevity protein” called SIRT1 […]
The accident took place in al-Hasakah, an oil-rich region in northeastern Syria contested by the Syrian government, US-sponsored Kurdish forces, Turkey-backed militants and Daesh (ISIS)* remnants. The Syrian Arab News Agency has obtained footage of the scene of the accident where a Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve servicemember died on Tuesday. The footage shows a US MRAP truck, laying upside down in a field about 10-15 meters off the road, with one vehicle beside it and more vehicles, one of them flying the American flag, stationary on the road. At least one other soldier is reported to have been […]
In the race to become the dominant cryptocurrency platform, Ethereum is gaining on Bitcoin. Take a look at the market capitalization of ether, the native token of the Ethereum blockchain. Currently, the value stands at about $26 billion. But that figure doesn’t include all of the digital assets built atop the Ethereum blockchain, including some of this year’s hottest tokens: stablecoins like tether and USDC and altcoins like Crypto.com’s CRO, Chainlink’s LINK, Compound’s COMP and Kyber’s KNC. You’re reading First Mover, CoinDesk’s daily markets newsletter. Assembled by the CoinDesk Markets Team, First Mover starts your day with the most up-to-date sentiment around crypto markets, which of course never […]
Leaders in the global group Girl Up went to their annual conference — virtually — last week. We interviewed some of the attendees to see what’s changed during the coronavirus crisis. (Image credit: Zoom Screengrab by NPR) Source link
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/14/1079934767_89:0:1289:675_1200x675_80_0_0_65b3bec004592cfb86b2dc129066ec06.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/videoclub/202007201079935453-its-a-dogs-life-pensieve-pitbull-slouches-on-a-couch/ Pets are said to reflect their owners’ personality traits and even habits and actions. In a sense watching our pets gives us perspective about ourselves – which can quite often be hilarious. An amusing pitbull named Lou has been caught on camera sitting on a sofa, its front paw placed on the side of the couch. Judging by the contemplative and somewhat melancholic look on his face, the doggo seemed to be brooding over something, but his trail of thoughts were disrupted after its owners, who could barely contain their laughter, called out his […]
It’s safe to say that my wine intake has increased during quarantine. I’m writing it off as an “educational experience,” as a quarantine skill I’ve picked up just like sourdough baking and bird watching. I’m no sommelier, but I finally feel like I could go out to dinner (whenever that’s a thing again), look at a wine list, and not feel like I’m reading a riddle. Thankfully, I discovered this wine service early on in quarantine that allows me to learn about different wines, and try plenty more. You won’t find Winc wines in the wild. Instead, the direct-to-consumer brand both […]
The timing for the launch of unmanned spacecraft to the Red planet is linked to the opening of a one-month window, when Mars and Earth are in alignment on the same side of the sun so as to minimise both travel time and fuel required. In an ambitious effort to probe the mysteries of the Red Planet, three countries, the United States, China and the United Arab Emirates, are sending unmanned spacecraft to Mars this week, reports AP. The series of successive launches target a one-month window when Mars and Earth line up on the same side of the sun, allowing for reduced […]
Jeffrey Epstein’s arrest in 2019 prompted speculation that powerful people would fall, as many politicians and celebrities flew on the plane where the financier is said to have abused dozens of girls. Epstein didn’t appear in court, as he killed himself awaiting trial. According to rumours, Maxwell, his alleged accomplice, risks repeating his fate. Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell is being moved from cell to cell ahead of a court hearing, as authorities fear for her life, the Mail on Sunday reported, citing an anonymous source. “[The authorities] are terrified someone will try to kill her so they keep moving her […]
Following the unexpected demise under mysterious circumstances of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, his alleged associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, is potentially the last remaining person with knowledge of the names of the late financier’s clients. Lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell, a British socialite believed to be linked to late Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operations, are currently trying to convince the judge on her case to keep the records sealed and prevent their release to the public, citing their sensitive contents, The Sunday Times reported citing the court filing. They argued that the docs, which include Maxwell’s 418-page-long deposition logs, flight records of Epstein’s […]
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 […]
David Wondrich and Noah Rothbaum, the co-hosts of the award-winning podcast Life Behind Bars, share the bars they wish were still open: From a pioneering 18th-century punch house to Jerry Thomas’ legendary New York bar to Dale DeGroff shaking up drinks in the Rainbow Room to the recently closed Pegu Club. Their virtual bar crawl across centuries and continents covers the establishments that they have long dreamt of visiting, as well as some modern personal favorites that are no more. Which bars do you wish you could go back in time to check out? Let the hosts know on Twitter. So, […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): India is undergoing the longest and harshest lockdown anywhere in the world as a containment measure to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. But still there is no sign of abatement of the pandemic, with data scientists predicting a long haul ahead for India, and the country might see 287,000 cases per day by early 2021. Ever since the first case of COVID-19 infection was detected in India on 30 January, 2020, there has been a surge in the caseload, with the cumulative figure crossing 700,000 as of Wednesday, according to the federal Health Ministry. The only silver lining […]
PARIS–When I arrived at the hotel, the first thing I noticed was the silence. There was no one in the Hôtel de Varenne’s small courtyard, nor were there any other guests at the reception desk. A bald, somewhat corpulent fellow was seated in the cozy, wood-paneled lobby. He checked me in and handed me my room key. He wasn’t wearing a mask. Aside from the modern, credit card-style key, the place reminded me of the kind of timeless Parisian hotel that could have made a cameo in a ‘60s-era Truffaut flick. That is, until I glanced at the transparent barrier between […]
Frenchman Alex Masmej, 23 years old, recently raised $20,000 on Ethereum by tokenizing himself. Now he wants his investors to vote on his life choices. His “control my life” experiment challenges token holders to tell him whether to take a run or eat only veggies. That may sound a little self-indulgent, but there is a bigger agenda here. It may even be a startup, according to Masmej. He’s not sure. Based in Paris during the coronavirus pandemic, Masmej is excited about his plan to move to San Francisco next year to work on several projects, including NFT-DeFi startup Rocket. Our conversation […]
Black lives matter, right? As previously reported, there was another shooting in the CHAZ/CHOP “autonomous zone” of Seattle around 3 a.m. on Monday morning — this is the fifth one since rioters took over the area. Early this morning it was reported that two people were shot, one to the head. At least one of the victims was transported to the hospital in a private vehicle by the time police arrived. TRENDING: MUST READ… Report: Tulsa Arena Management Sabotaged Trump Rally Attendance The Seattle Police Chief confirmed later Monday morning that both victims of the shooting in CHAZ/CHOP were black males. […]
The Struggle To Protect The Sacred Place Where Life Begins By Nick Engelfried, Waging Nonviolence. June 28, 2020 The Struggle To Protect The Sacred Place Where Life Begins2020-06-282020-06-28https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/arctic-e1593356059900.png200px200px Above photo: Porcupine caribou herd. Wikimedia/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Indigenous groups lead fight against Arctic oil drilling. A nationwide grassroots movement led by the Gwich’in people may soon reach its long-sought goal: permanent protection of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. As the Trump administration neared the end of its first year in office in 2017, it seemed environmental activists had lost one of the most hard-fought battles in the movement’s history. Thanks to […]
DAVID BIANCULLI, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m David Bianculli, editor of the website TV Worth Watching, sitting in for Terry Gross. Today, as Pride Month comes to a close, our first guest is longtime LGBTQ activist Cleve Jones. He thinks of himself as part of the last generation of homosexuals who grew up not knowing if there was anyone else on the entire planet who felt the way he did. He moved to San Francisco in his early 20s and became active in the gay rights movement. One of his mentors was Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official […]
A Turkish court has handed down life sentences to 121 people found guilty of trying to overthrow the country’s president back in 2016. The failed coup has triggered a massive purge, with thousands of Turks being fired or jailed. The verdicts were announced by the court in Ankara on Friday. It found the defendants guilty of attempting to “violate the constitution” three years ago. Some 35 individuals were given a life sentence for the crime, while another 86 received “aggravated” imprisonment for life. One of the defendants, a former military colonel, has been given a whopping nine “aggravated” life terms, plus […]
Russian world silver medalist long jumper Daria Klishina says her focus is firmly on sport but she could consider occasional modeling projects after retiring, revealing that she’s shocked by some of the Instagram offers. In an interview with RT Sport, the blonde star explained why she decided to leave Russia for the US, also touching on her potential modeling plans and the fast-growing social media popularity which has seen her receive some shocking offers on Instagram. “I started receiving modeling offers when I was probably 14. I was skinny and tall, so the perfect type,” Klishina said. “But I wasn’t interested […]
After months of sheltering in place, David Wondrich and Noah Rothbaum, co-hosts of the award-winning podcast Life Behind Bars, are daydreaming about visiting their favorite bars around the world. Listen in as they plan a bar crawl for the ages, which will hit New York, New Orleans, Detroit, Miami, Havana, Tequila, London, Paris and spots in between. Did they miss your favorite establishment? Let the hosts know on Twitter what bar you’d like to visit right now. So fix yourself a cocktail and listen to this episode of Life Behind Bars. Cheers! Life Behind Bars features Half Full’s editor Noah Rothbaum […]
Police in Louisville, Kentucky have parted ways with Brett Hankison, one of the three officers involved in the death of Breonna Taylor. The nurse was killed following a no-knock raid on her boyfriend’s home in March. The department informed officer Brett Hankison of his dismissal in a notice sent on Tuesday, stating that by “wantonly and blindly [firing] ten rounds into the apartment of Breonna Taylor on March 13, 2020,” he showed “extreme indifference to the value of human life” and violated department procedures. “Based upon my review, these are extreme violations of our policies,” wrote Louisville chief of police Robert Schroeder, adding “I find your […]
Pluto is an icy dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, orbiting the sun from the edge of our solar system and boasting a surface temperature of around minus 378 degrees Fahrenheit. It was observed in greater detail in a brief flyby on July 2015 by the New Horizons spacecraft – the first and, to date, only spacecraft to do so. A new study has suggested that currently frigid dwarf planet Pluto may have originally started off as a hot world. According to the report, “Evidence for a hot start and early ocean formation on Pluto”, published on 22 June in Nature […]
Anyone foolish enough to watch the news today saw the braying of Netanyahu, describing Muslims as medieval and backward. Every other world leader was statesmanlike, responsible, in truth, exhausted with so many wars; you could see it in the faces at the UN General Assembly this week in New York. Only Netanyahu showed up, buoyed by his plots, the rabid Murdoch press Americans have come to despise and his cabal of plotters, perhaps car bombs, derailed planes or more airline disasters, what Americans facing elections have come to call the “October surprise.” Long ago, only hushed voices among the trusted and well […]
Though he wears the wooly red cap that Jacques Cousteau transformed into the emblem of deep sea divers, the figure whom famed oceanic photographer Amos Nachoum most closely resembles in Picture of His Life is fictional: Moby Dick’s Captain Ahab. Possessed by an obsession with a creature of the deep that holds, for him, profound symbolic meaning, Nachoum is a man driven to risk life and limb to capture a picture like no other—and, in doing so, to exorcise the demons that have long plagued him. Unlike Herman Melville’s legendary protagonist, the Nachoum presented by Yonatan Nir and Dani Menkin’s documentary […]