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A trucker of 20 years doesn't think that simply opening ports longer is going to solve the supply chain crisis. | |
Submitted at 11-17-2021, 01:41 PM by nocash | |
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Submitted at 11-17-2021, 05:23 AM by Spöklika | |
The Staples Center will become known as Crypto.com Arena as part of a new 20-year deal between the Singapore cryptocurrency exchange and AEG, owner of the home arena of the Los Angeles Lakers, Clippers, Kings and Sparks. | |
Submitted at 11-17-2021, 07:13 AM by Forensic | |
The city employee charged with arson following a suspicious fire at the proposed site of an Indigenous-led homeless shelter owns a home nearby that he's trying to sell, according to records obtained by CBC News.
Michael Peter Belanger, 54, is charged with one count of arson causing property damage. He is a supervisor in the City of London's fleet services department and has been suspended with pay, city officials say.
Property tax records show that Belanger has been the listed owner of 2255 River Road since 2017. The home is three doors down from the River Road Golf Course, where a fire in the clubhouse caused an estimated $1-million in damage on Nov. 7.
The clubhouse was an integral part of a plan to give homes to up to 30 Indigenous Londoners experiencing homelessness. The shelter was to be run by Atlohsa Family Healing Services, which is now looking for alternative locations. | |
Submitted at 11-17-2021, 04:32 AM by sleeppoor | |
Today, somehow, this email has returned and become even more explosive, with the Wall Street Journal reporting that Townsend didn’t even write it. Besieged Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick did. The story says that Kotick, who “approves most internal companywide emails, as well as media responses”, drafted the email himself, and then directed that it be sent under Townsend’s name, likely because she was one of the few women executives at a company run predominantly by men.
An Activision rep responding to the WSJ’s reporting says Kotick now “takes responsibility for the incident and regrets it”, and adds “Ms. Townsend should not be blamed for this mistake.” If you remember at the time, Kotick criticised the email as having been “tone deaf”, despite the fact that it now turns out he wrote it himself. | |
Submitted at 11-16-2021, 10:51 PM by Forensic | |
Last night, Wyclef Jean was hired as entertainment at the Range Rover Leadership Summit, a corporate event that look place in Los Angeles. But it seems that the Range Rover leadership got a little more entertainment than they bargained for. At some point during the festivities, Wyclef Jean hoisted Joe Eberhardt — the President & CEO of Jaguar Land Rover North America — onto his shoulders and proceeded to accidentally drop him on the floor. TMZ obtained video of the incident, which shows everyone having a good time until they weren’t. TMZ reports that Eberhardt wasn’t hurt in the fall, but that he left the party early. A couple weeks ago, Wyclef Jean’s group the Fugees announced that they were postponing their reunion tour. | |
Submitted at 11-16-2021, 10:46 PM by sleeppoor | |
The Party Down revival is a go. Starz has given a six-episode order to a new installment of the cult 2009-10 comedy series. The formal green light follows lengthy negotiations with the cast, which recently were completed.
Adam Scott, Jane Lynch, Ken Marino, Martin Starr, Ryan Hansen and Megan Mullally have closed deals to return for the new season. Not coming back is original cast member Lizzy Caplan, whose schedule could not accommodate Party Down’s 2022 production start, believed to be in mid-January. The busy actress, who just signed on for Paramount+’s upcoming Fatal Attraction series reboot, had an existing commitment to the FX limited series Fleishman Is in Trouble, whose shoot overlaps with that for Party Down, creating a scheduling conflict that could not be resolved.
The Party Down revival, whose development was announced by Starz in March, is executive produced by the original series’ creators/EPs, Rob Thomas, John Enbom, Paul Rudd and Dan Etheridge, as well as Scott, who was a producer on the original. Enbom will serve as showrunner. | |
Submitted at 11-16-2021, 10:45 PM by sleeppoor | |
On a highly distorted congressional map that is still taking shape, the party has added enough safe House districts to capture control of the chamber based on its redistricting edge alone. | |
Submitted at 11-16-2021, 10:31 PM by sleeppoor | |
Former Alabama Speaker of the House Hubbard tried to influence prison legislation from prison | |
Submitted at 11-16-2021, 10:30 PM by sleeppoor | |
The summit exposed a world looking beyond a broken neoliberal model, says professor of history Adam Tooze
Cop26 delivered no big climate deal. Nor, in truth, was there any reason to expect one. The drastic measures that might – at a stroke – open a path to climate stability are not viable in political or diplomatic terms. Like climate breakdown itself, this is a fact to be reckoned with, a fact not just about “politicians”, but about the polities of which we are all, like it or not, a part. The step from the scientific recognition of a climate emergency to societal agreement on radical action is still too great. All that the negotiators at Cop26 could manage was makeshift.
When it comes to climate finance, the gap between what is needed and what is on the table is dizzying. The talk at the conference was all about the annual $100bn (£75bn) that rich countries had promised to poorer nations back in 2009. The rich countries have now apologised for falling short. The new resolution is to make up the difference by 2022 and then negotiate a new framework. It is symbolically important and of some practical help. But, as everyone knows, it falls laughably short of what is necessary. John Kerry, America’s chief negotiator, said so himself in a speech to the CBI. It isn’t billions we need, it is trillions. Somewhere between $2.6tn and $4.6tn every year in funding for low-income countries to mitigate and adapt to the crisis. Those are figures, Kerry went on to say, no government in the world is going to match. Not America. Not China.
We should take the hint. There isn’t going to be a big green Marshall plan. Nor are Europe or Japan going to come up with trillions in government money either. The solution, if there is to be one, is not going to come from rich governments shouldering the global burden on national balance sheets | |
Submitted at 11-16-2021, 08:46 PM by sleeppoor | |
Social media is aflame with demands that video game industry exec Bobby Kotick resign from his position as CEO of Activision Blizzard in the wake of reporting from The Wall Street Journal about his own terrible treatment of women. Leading the charge are Activision Blizzard employees themselves, who are planning another walkout today in response to the report’s revelations.
“We will not be silenced until Bobby Kotick has been replaced as CEO, and continue to hold our original demand for third-party review by an employee-chosen source,” ABK Workers Alliance, an advocacy group made up of current Activision Blizzard employees, announced on Twitter. “We are staging a walkout today. We welcome you to join us.”
The hashtag #firebobbykotick is also picking up steam after first being established earlier this year in response to Activision Blizzard’s other sexual abuse-related legal woes. Many believe this should be the final straw for shareholders, some of whom already think Kotick makes too much money as it is. | |
Submitted at 11-16-2021, 06:37 PM by droog | |
Following the 2020 election, allies of President Trump tried to enlist the Pentagon to help overturn the election results, ABC News' Jonathan Karl writes in his new book. | |
Submitted at 11-16-2021, 05:03 PM by sleeppoor | |
Submitted at 11-16-2021, 03:24 PM by nocash | |
Scientists have known for years that measles can alter the immune system – but the latest evidence suggests it's less of a mild tweaking, and more of a total reset. | |
Submitted at 11-16-2021, 02:56 PM by thirteen3seven | |
A recent spate of road closures has highlighted how dependent B.C. communities are on regular shipments of food and other supplies. | |
Submitted at 11-16-2021, 02:56 PM by thirteen3seven | |
A popular audio on the app makes a gag out of a song about getting high off crack and cocaine. Turns out it was part of an anti-drug campaign aimed at elementary school kids | |
Submitted at 11-16-2021, 02:55 PM by nocash | |
Mayor Andrew Bradshaw of Cambridge, Maryland, was just charged with 50 counts of distributing revenge porn. | |
Submitted at 11-16-2021, 04:43 AM by Spöklika | |
Checking in on courtrooms in Wisconsin, Virginia, and Georgia. | |
Submitted at 11-16-2021, 01:48 AM by Xiphias | |
Phthalates and other plasticizers found in cheeseburgers, chicken burritos, and other popular foods purchased at fast-food restaurants. Chicken nuggets, burritos, and other popular items consumers buy from fast food outlets in the United States contain chemicals that are linked to a long list of serious health problems, according to a first-of-its-kind study published in the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. | |
Submitted at 11-15-2021, 11:58 PM by Xiphias | |
Submitted at 11-15-2021, 07:42 PM by Simian | |

A trucker of 20 years doesn't think that simply opening ports longer is going to solve the supply chain crisis.
The Staples Center will become known as Crypto.com Arena as part of a new 20-year deal between the Singapore cryptocurrency exchange and AEG, owner of the home arena of the Los Angeles Lakers, Clippers, Kings and Sparks.
The city employee charged with arson following a suspicious fire at the proposed site of an Indigenous-led homeless shelter owns a home nearby that he's trying to sell, according to records obtained by CBC News.
Michael Peter Belanger, 54, is charged with one count of arson causing property damage. He is a supervisor in the City of London's fleet services department and has been suspended with pay, city officials say.
Property tax records show that Belanger has been the listed owner of 2255 River Road since 2017. The home is three doors down from the River Road Golf Course, where a fire in the clubhouse caused an estimated $1-million in damage on Nov. 7.
The clubhouse was an integral part of a plan to give homes to up to 30 Indigenous Londoners experiencing homelessness. The shelter was to be run by Atlohsa Family Healing Services, which is now looking for alternative locations.
Today, somehow, this email has returned and become even more explosive, with the Wall Street Journal reporting that Townsend didn’t even write it. Besieged Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick did. The story says that Kotick, who “approves most internal companywide emails, as well as media responses”, drafted the email himself, and then directed that it be sent under Townsend’s name, likely because she was one of the few women executives at a company run predominantly by men.
An Activision rep responding to the WSJ’s reporting says Kotick now “takes responsibility for the incident and regrets it”, and adds “Ms. Townsend should not be blamed for this mistake.” If you remember at the time, Kotick criticised the email as having been “tone deaf”, despite the fact that it now turns out he wrote it himself.
Last night, Wyclef Jean was hired as entertainment at the Range Rover Leadership Summit, a corporate event that look place in Los Angeles. But it seems that the Range Rover leadership got a little more entertainment than they bargained for. At some point during the festivities, Wyclef Jean hoisted Joe Eberhardt — the President & CEO of Jaguar Land Rover North America — onto his shoulders and proceeded to accidentally drop him on the floor. TMZ obtained video of the incident, which shows everyone having a good time until they weren’t. TMZ reports that Eberhardt wasn’t hurt in the fall, but that he left the party early. A couple weeks ago, Wyclef Jean’s group the Fugees announced that they were postponing their reunion tour.
The Party Down revival is a go. Starz has given a six-episode order to a new installment of the cult 2009-10 comedy series. The formal green light follows lengthy negotiations with the cast, which recently were completed.
Adam Scott, Jane Lynch, Ken Marino, Martin Starr, Ryan Hansen and Megan Mullally have closed deals to return for the new season. Not coming back is original cast member Lizzy Caplan, whose schedule could not accommodate Party Down’s 2022 production start, believed to be in mid-January. The busy actress, who just signed on for Paramount+’s upcoming Fatal Attraction series reboot, had an existing commitment to the FX limited series Fleishman Is in Trouble, whose shoot overlaps with that for Party Down, creating a scheduling conflict that could not be resolved.
The Party Down revival, whose development was announced by Starz in March, is executive produced by the original series’ creators/EPs, Rob Thomas, John Enbom, Paul Rudd and Dan Etheridge, as well as Scott, who was a producer on the original. Enbom will serve as showrunner.
On a highly distorted congressional map that is still taking shape, the party has added enough safe House districts to capture control of the chamber based on its redistricting edge alone.
Former Alabama Speaker of the House Hubbard tried to influence prison legislation from prison
The summit exposed a world looking beyond a broken neoliberal model, says professor of history Adam Tooze
Cop26 delivered no big climate deal. Nor, in truth, was there any reason to expect one. The drastic measures that might – at a stroke – open a path to climate stability are not viable in political or diplomatic terms. Like climate breakdown itself, this is a fact to be reckoned with, a fact not just about “politicians”, but about the polities of which we are all, like it or not, a part. The step from the scientific recognition of a climate emergency to societal agreement on radical action is still too great. All that the negotiators at Cop26 could manage was makeshift.
When it comes to climate finance, the gap between what is needed and what is on the table is dizzying. The talk at the conference was all about the annual $100bn (£75bn) that rich countries had promised to poorer nations back in 2009. The rich countries have now apologised for falling short. The new resolution is to make up the difference by 2022 and then negotiate a new framework. It is symbolically important and of some practical help. But, as everyone knows, it falls laughably short of what is necessary. John Kerry, America’s chief negotiator, said so himself in a speech to the CBI. It isn’t billions we need, it is trillions. Somewhere between $2.6tn and $4.6tn every year in funding for low-income countries to mitigate and adapt to the crisis. Those are figures, Kerry went on to say, no government in the world is going to match. Not America. Not China.
We should take the hint. There isn’t going to be a big green Marshall plan. Nor are Europe or Japan going to come up with trillions in government money either. The solution, if there is to be one, is not going to come from rich governments shouldering the global burden on national balance sheets
Social media is aflame with demands that video game industry exec Bobby Kotick resign from his position as CEO of Activision Blizzard in the wake of reporting from The Wall Street Journal about his own terrible treatment of women. Leading the charge are Activision Blizzard employees themselves, who are planning another walkout today in response to the report’s revelations.
“We will not be silenced until Bobby Kotick has been replaced as CEO, and continue to hold our original demand for third-party review by an employee-chosen source,” ABK Workers Alliance, an advocacy group made up of current Activision Blizzard employees, announced on Twitter. “We are staging a walkout today. We welcome you to join us.”
The hashtag #firebobbykotick is also picking up steam after first being established earlier this year in response to Activision Blizzard’s other sexual abuse-related legal woes. Many believe this should be the final straw for shareholders, some of whom already think Kotick makes too much money as it is.
Following the 2020 election, allies of President Trump tried to enlist the Pentagon to help overturn the election results, ABC News' Jonathan Karl writes in his new book.
Scientists have known for years that measles can alter the immune system – but the latest evidence suggests it's less of a mild tweaking, and more of a total reset.
A recent spate of road closures has highlighted how dependent B.C. communities are on regular shipments of food and other supplies.
A popular audio on the app makes a gag out of a song about getting high off crack and cocaine. Turns out it was part of an anti-drug campaign aimed at elementary school kids
Mayor Andrew Bradshaw of Cambridge, Maryland, was just charged with 50 counts of distributing revenge porn.
Checking in on courtrooms in Wisconsin, Virginia, and Georgia.
Phthalates and other plasticizers found in cheeseburgers, chicken burritos, and other popular foods purchased at fast-food restaurants. Chicken nuggets, burritos, and other popular items consumers buy from fast food outlets in the United States contain chemicals that are linked to a long list of serious health problems, according to a first-of-its-kind study published in the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology.