Above photo: Paha Sapa (Black Hills). “Is President Biden’s Proclamation only Empty Words?” On Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, United States President Joe Biden issued a first-ever Proclamation for Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The first two sentences state: “Since time immemorial, American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians have built vibrant and diverse cultures – safeguarding land, language, spirit, knowledge, and tradition across the generations. On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, our Nation celebrates the invaluable contributions and resilience of Indigenous peoples, recognizes their inherent sovereignty, and commits to honoring the Federal Government’s trust and treaty obligations to Tribal Nations.” Right off the bat, that second […]
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Top US infectious disease expert, Anthony Fauci, says his words were taken out of context in a new advertisement from the election campaign of US President Donald Trump, CNN reports. “In my nearly five decades of public service, I have never publicly endorsed any political candidate. The comments attributed to me without my permission in the GOP campaign ad were taken out of context from a broad statement I made months ago about the efforts of federal public health officials,” Fauci, who is the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told CNN on Sunday. […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – It is necessary to move from words to deeds in the Korean settlement, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. Lavrov said Russia had invariably advocated the continuation of the joint negotiation process to resolve the entire set of problems on the Korean Peninsula, including nuclear. The minister said Moscow had supported the efforts of Pyongyang, Seoul and Washington to normalise inter-Korean and US-North Korean relations, and assisted partners in their constructive endeavours. In 2017, Russia and China presented a road map for the Korean settlement. “At the same time, it is important to move from words to deeds, to […]
A recent story in The Atlantic suggested Donald Trump was working to appoint his supporters to the Electoral College so they can help swing the election his way, but one of the interviewees is now slamming the story as fake news. “The story is pure conjecture,” Pennsylvania Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman told the Washington Examiner. Corman says he spoke to Atlantic writer Barton Gellman last month and the conversation turned to a handful of hypothetical scenarios regarding the Electoral College. The story insinuates that Trump’s campaign is working with Republican state legislators to appoint electors who support him to the […]
Dictionary.com has updated thousands of entries to reflect the changing use of language in 2020, particularly in subjects like race, gender, health, technology and politics. Daniel Grill/Getty Images/Tetra images RF hide caption toggle caption Daniel Grill/Getty Images/Tetra images RF Dictionary.com has updated thousands of entries to reflect the changing use of language in 2020, particularly in subjects like race, gender, health, technology and politics. Daniel Grill/Getty Images/Tetra images RF Anyone grasping for the right word or phrase to describe life in 2020 now has a larger lexicon to work with. Dictionary.com has updated thousands of entries and added hundreds of words […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105462/17/1054621743_0:176:3500:2144_1200x675_80_0_0_becec7ba92416da89eb13fe06ca19b0a.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png James Tweedie. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202008301080322695-disabled-activist-accuses-republican-house-leader-of-putting-words-in-his-mouth-/ Republican House minority leader Steve Scalise tweeted a video of activist and lawyer Ady Barkan, who has lost the power of speech to ALS, a degenerative disease, while the latter was in conversation with Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. Scalise’s video appears to alter Barkan’s words from the original. Disabled Jewish activist Ady Barkan slammed Republican House leader Steve Scalise, accusing the GOP lawmaker of ‘doctoring his words’ in a video posted on Twitter. The lawyer, who has lost the power of speech to the degenerative disease, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), tweeted: “These […]
Chadwick Boseman, pictured in June 2019 in Los Angeles, portrayed historical figures with dignity and humanity. In public comments, he gave thanks to those who came before him. Lisa O’Connor/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Lisa O’Connor/AFP via Getty Images Chadwick Boseman, pictured in June 2019 in Los Angeles, portrayed historical figures with dignity and humanity. In public comments, he gave thanks to those who came before him. Lisa O’Connor/AFP via Getty Images Editor’s note: This story contains a racial slur. In his movie roles, Chadwick Boseman was praised for bringing dignity and humanity to icons in the fight […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/0b/1080127895_0:159:2844:1759_1200x675_80_0_0_6486144a983afb00cee9ab4264b26fd8.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Andrei Dergalin. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/viral/202008231080256055-good-at-plagiarizing-bidens-nomination-speech-drags-accusations-of-nicking-jack-laytons-words/ While some social media users criticized Biden’s speech, others appeared to regard it as an intentional tribute to Layton. US Democratic Senator and presidential hopeful Joe Biden has recently managed to attract quite a bit of attention online thanks to the speech he delivered upon accepting his party’s nomination for the upcoming election. “Let us begin you and I together, one nation under God. United in our love for America. United in our love for each other,” HuffPost quotes Biden as saying. “For love is more powerful than hate, hope is more […]
77-year-old Joe Biden hasn’t left his basement since July 28. Biden’s signature meltdown Wednesday morning may be the reason why his handlers continue to keep him in his basement. The 2020 presumptive Democrat nominee completely lost it when asked by Errol Barnett of CBS News if he’d taken a cognitive test. “No, I haven’t taken a test. Why the hell would I take a test? C’mon man! That’s like saying you, before you got in this program, if you take a test where you’re taking cocaine or not, what do you think, huh? Are you a junkie?” Biden said to a […]
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Berta Cáceres In Her Own Words By Asís Castellanos and Adrienne Pine, Toward Freedom. July 30, 2020 Berta Cáceres In Her Own Words2020-07-302020-07-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/berta-e1596127094463.jpg200px200px Above photo: Berta Cáceres, photo provided by Silvio Carrillo and used with permission of COPINH. Much of what has been written about Lenca/Honduran activist Berta Cáceres has focused on her identifications as an Indigenous woman and as an environmentalist. While neither is false, those two facts alone paint an anemic picture of Berta’s militancy, and that of COPINH (the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras). While she strategically organized alongside her fellow Lencas and other feminists, her struggle was not […]
Feeling comfortable or relatively unbothered about the state of the world? Then we’re sorry to remind you that the President of the United States, who holds at his fingertips a devastating nuclear arsenal, is bragging on television about acing a dementia test that involves remembering five whole words and counting backward by seven. That’s one of a number of pleasant reminders Rick Wilson and Molly Jong-Fast share on the latest episode of The New Abnormal. “What I am so impressed with in this administration is how dumb everyone is,” Molly quips. And professor Eddie Glaude, the Chairman of Princeton’s African American […]
A primer on DeFi and yield farming. We’ll also cover liquidity mining, automated market making plus the other terms shaping this brave new world. Today’s episode of The Breakdown is a primer for anyone who has lost track of the terminology surrounding decentralized finance. In it, NLW goes over: Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, which invests in cryptocurrencies and blockchain startups. Source link
Speaking about health check-ups ahead of the November polls, Trump bragged about his “unbelievable” results in cognitive testing, insisting his rival Joe Biden would fail it if he took it. President Donald Trump said in an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity that he recently took a cognitive test and “aced” it, inviting Joe Biden, his Democratic rival in the upcoming presidential vote, to take the “same test”. He specified that he underwent the check-up at the Walter Reed Medical Center, but didn’t mention the type of cognitive test he took. “I actually took one, very recently, when I was – you […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107973/70/1079737073_0:0:2982:1676_1200x675_80_0_0_911ca97ea3138f46b57e6d92be4367a3.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202006271079737013-loreal-says-removing-words-whitewhitening-from-skin-products/ In the wake of protests against racism and inequality, popular brand Unilever said it was changing the name of its “Fair & Lovely” cream that is especially popular in South-Asian countries. French cosmetics company L’Oreal has announced it will be removing the words “white” and “whitening” from all its skin evening products. “The L’Oreal Group has decided to remove the words white/whitening, fair/fairness, light/lightening from all its skin evening products”, the statement read on Saturday. Skin-whitening products are especially popular in Asian, African and Caribbean countries, where untypical lighter skin is seen as more desirable. […]
A seemingly random combination of words “oxygen” and “frequency” has triggered Twitter to automatically flag tweets with a Covid-19 fact-check warning. Users responded by gaming the algorithm into absurdity. The strange message began appearing under tweets on Friday. Within hours, people were testing it with random posts that mentioned the trigger words but weren’t related to the coronavirus in the least. “Post anything random about oxygen and frequency and Twitter slaps a weird editorial note on your post,” journalist Tim Pool tweeted, along with perfectly reasonable sentence about scuba diving. Sure enough, it got flagged. Others were quick to jump into […]
Ex-CrossFit Games champ and ‘fittest woman on earth’ Katrin Davidsdottir has angrily rebuked the culture at the heart of CrossFit in the aftermath of the resignation of CEO Greg Glassman, issuing a demand for more change. Glassman sparked outrage by linking George Floyd, the man whose killing by police has caused widespread anti-racism protests across the world, with the coronavirus pandemic by tweeting “it’s FLOYD-19″ last weekend. The founder of the brand synonymous with the fitness craze it shares its name with resigned earlier this week after critics insisted he had made light of Floyd’s death on Twitter and in audio from a leaked call. Also on […]
Protesters at a Black Lives Matter rally in Toronto on Saturday. NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images Protesters at a Black Lives Matter rally in Toronto on Saturday. NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images It’s not often that Justin Trudeau is caught speechless. But when the Canadian prime minister was asked what he thought of President Trump’s actions to quash a wave of protests across the U.S., Trudeau paused before responding – for 21 seconds as the cameras recorded his awkward silence. During a Tuesday news conference in front of his Ottawa residence, the prime minister fielded […]
Chase Bank has settled a class action lawsuit brought by defendants who claim the J.P. Morgan subsidiary overcharged credit card fees for crypto purchases. Meanwhile, a new report shows that a million “timelocked” bitcoin transactions are open to a hypothetical exploit, while CoinKite has unveiled a new way to recharge hardware wallets. You’re reading Blockchain Bites, the daily roundup of the most pivotal stories in blockchain and crypto news, and why they’re significant. You can subscribe to this and all of CoinDesk’s newsletters here. Top Shelf Chase Class ActionChase Bank has agreed to repay most of $2.5 million in fees customers say it unfairly […]
‘The best Sundays are for long reads and deep conversations. Recently the hosts of the Let’s Talk Bitcoin! Show gathered to discuss state sponsored propaganda, corporate censorship and how cryptocurrency or decentralization changes the game. The rallying cry of the totalitarian is “He farted first”, but if both systems have produced similar outcomes, is there much of a difference? Inspired by a recent article in the Atlantic, in today’s wide-ranging discussion the hosts of Let’s Talk Bitcoin! dig deeply into the questions of censorship, propaganda and how things are both better and worse than in years past. This episode of Let’s Talk […]
This woman seems sane. Advertisement – story continues below Far left Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Friday during a press conference said she has two words for President Trump: “F— you.” “I will encode what I really want to say to Donald Trump,” Lightfoot said. “It’s two words: It begins with F and it ends with U.” WATCH: TRENDING: BREAKING: DNI Ratcliffe Releases Flynn-Kislyak Transcripts to Senators Grassley, Johnson… UPDATE: Downloaded Transcripts Included For those looking for the clip of @chicagosmayor Lori Lightfoot telling President @realDonaldTrump “f— you,” here ya go. pic.twitter.com/bbGCxXZ09U — Kelly Bauer (@BauerJournalism) May 29, 2020 Advertisement – […]
DNI John Ratcliffe released the Flynn-Kislyak transcripts on Friday afternoon. Ratcliffe sent the transcripts to Senators Grassley, Ron Johnson. The transcripts were copied to Democrat Senators Dianne Feinstein and Mark Warner and Marco Rubio, Devin Nunes and Adam Schiff. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) released the transcripts on Friday afternoon. Here are the full Flynn Kislyak transcripts — Via Senator Grassley: TRENDING: BREAKING: DNI Ratcliffe Releases Flynn-Kislyak Transcripts to Senators Grassley, Johnson… UPDATE: Downloaded Transcripts Included DNI Ratcliffe Releases Flyn… by Jim Hoft on Scribd Attorney Sidney Powell released a statement on Friday following the release of the Flynn transcripts that were […]
Nancy Pelosi Speaker Pelosi (D-CA) lashed out at President Trump on Wednesday morning during a press conference. A reporter asked Pelosi about Trump’s tweets calling for an investigation into the suspicious death of Joe Scarborough’s former intern. ….Roger Stone has been treated very unfairly. How about that jury Forewoman, does anybody think that was fair. DISGRACEFUL! Stay tuned. @FoxNews And guys like Low Ratings Psycho Joe Scarborough are allowed to walk the streets? Open Cold Case! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 20, 2020 TRENDING: Illinois Governor Pritzker Threatens Business Owners with a Year in Prison if They Try to Reopen […]
The Russian Foreign Ministry has declined a request by a Federal Assembly commission to revoke accreditation for the New York Times and Financial Times newspapers following a slew of false reporting on the country’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier on Wednesday, a Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia’s Internal Affairs formed by the State Duma asked the Foreign Ministry to take action against the Manhattan-based New York Times and London-based Financial Times following what commission head Vasilii Piskarev described as “simultaneously published articles on allegedly inconsistent official statistics on coronavirus mortality in Russia with real statistics.” The measures requested potentially included depriving the two […]
A dispute between the US and China scuttled the proposed UN resolution calling for a global ceasefire during the Covid-19 pandemic, after Beijing insisted on support for the World Health Organization and Washington vetoed it. All 15 members of the UN Security Council agreed in principle with Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s call for a global ceasefire, made on March 23, but have wrangled over the wording of the resolution ever since. China has insisted on including support for the WHO and the agency’s role in dealing with the pandemic, while the US demanded removal of all references to the WHO and inserting […]