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President, 66, to be observed by doctors for next 48 hours as speculation grows over health of Brazil’s far-right leader | |
Submitted at 07-14-2021, 04:51 PM by nocash | |
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The owners of Apt Cape Cod, a farm-to-table restaurant in Brewster, Mass., drew a line in the sand against customers’ rude behavior since being allowed to fully reopen. | |
Submitted at 07-14-2021, 02:16 PM by nocash | |
Here are six unusual and amazing recipes for sandwiches, for cooks of all levels. | |
Submitted at 07-14-2021, 02:13 PM by nocash | |
With the defeat of former president Donald Trump and the death of Rush Limbaugh, the Fox News host has emerged as a dominant force shaping a Republican Party energized by racial resentment. | |
Submitted at 07-14-2021, 01:47 PM by Forensic | |
When is a grandmaster’s title less than grand? | |
Submitted at 07-14-2021, 01:30 PM by nocash | |
Janice McAfee, the wife of deceased antivirus pioneer John McAfee, released her late husband's alleged suicide note on Twitter. | |
Submitted at 07-14-2021, 01:24 PM by nocash | |
This is how baby Space Marines are made. | |
Submitted at 07-13-2021, 10:46 PM by Spöklika | |
I don't know what exactly you expected from Harvard, man. | |
Submitted at 07-13-2021, 11:18 PM by Miserable Little Pile of Secrets | |
Stephen Calk was found guilty on Tuesday by a U.S. jury in Manhattan on financial institution bribery and conspiracy counts. | |
Submitted at 07-13-2021, 08:09 PM by sleeppoor | |
The category is: making history. Mj Rodriguez has become the first transgender performer to pick up an Emmy nomination in a major acting category.
Rodriguez is nominated in the lead drama actress category for her fierce and formidable portrayal of house mother and nurse Blanca Rodriguez on FX’s ballroom culture period drama “Pose.” It is her first-ever attention from the Television Academy. | |
Submitted at 07-13-2021, 06:22 PM by sleeppoor | |
A Florida man who was planning to have his ex-girlfriend and some of her family members killed devised a plan to pin the crime on Black Lives Matter protesters to throw police off his trail, federal investigators say.
Daniel Slater, 51, of Jupiter, Fla., wanted his ex-girlfriend killed, along with the woman’s sister and brother-in-law, whom he blamed for sabotaging the couple’s relationship, court documents state. Slater believed he had found someone to carry out the job and instructed them to spray paint “Black Lives Matter” at the scene of the crime, according to investigators. Slater devised the plan as protests erupted across the country last year in the wake of George Floyd’s murder.
The person Slater was trying to hire, though, turned out to be an undercover FBI agent. | |
Submitted at 07-13-2021, 05:33 PM by sleeppoor | |
Anime Tube raised more than $100,000 before Kickstarter suspended the campaign. | |
Submitted at 07-13-2021, 05:45 PM by Forensic | |
An Oklahoma Senate candidate courted QAnon voters at a Q convention. Then he posted a pic of his daughter wearing red shoes — which QAnon believers see as a symbol of the cabal. Now QAnon is convinced he's a child trafficker. | |
Submitted at 07-13-2021, 05:11 PM by Xiphias | |
A Tulsa pastor trying to unseat Sen. James Lankford whose campaign has openly embraced QAnon followers is now denying accusations of Satanism and child sex trafficking leveled at him by QAnon followers.
Evangelical pastor Jackson Lahmeyer, who has in recent months appeared at conspiracy conferences with the likes of Michael Flynn and Lin Wood, was forced to deny involvement in “child sex trafficking, pedophilia, or devil worship” after he posted a picture of his daughter on Facebook, and QAnon supporters interpreted it as a sign of nefarious activity. | |
Submitted at 07-13-2021, 03:41 PM by sleeppoor | |
Submitted at 07-13-2021, 03:51 PM by sleeppoor | |
The outlandish conspiracy theory has made legions of believers into political activists. And the Texas GOP benefits from that. | |
Submitted at 07-13-2021, 03:50 PM by Xiphias | |
The administration’s staffing deficiencies could imperil the entire agenda.
On Friday, President Biden announced a comprehensive executive order that may amount to the single most consequential day of his young presidency. In one omnibus statement, Biden called on the Justice Department, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and other agencies to implement 72 specific provisions meant to encourage competition, raise wages, and weaken the force of monopolies in the American economy.
A number of those provisions mark substantial developments, and would be individually notable on their own. Biden’s recommendation on right to repair is a potential game changer for farmers, who are beholden to equipment manufacturers like John Deere and Caterpillar that functionally forbid them from repairing their own tractors, as well as for gamers seeking to modify their consumer electronics. The recommendation to drastically curtail the use of noncompete clauses, which were once used for corporate executives but now hamstring some 60 million American workers in low-wage sectors like janitorial services, represents a major transformation for the labor market as well. And the recommendation of reinstatement of the exceedingly popular net neutrality, vanquished by the Trump administration, is perhaps the biggest headline-grabber of them all. All of that, plus recommendations on patent law, surveillance, and occupational licensing are in Biden’s executive order, and more. And the overall thrust of the order, determined to protect workers, consumers, and entrepreneurs from the hazards of consolidated corporate interests, signals a dramatic change from the last 40 years of policy in Washington.
Pay close attention to the language, though. As is often the nature of executive orders, Biden has recommended that various agencies—the FTC, the FCC, the DOJ—carry out these programs; the agencies themselves, which are helmed by both willing Democrats and obstructionist Republicans, have to do the carrying out. And as it stands currently, few of them are in a position to enact Biden’s orders, because Biden himself hasn’t staffed those agencies with his own personnel. | |
Submitted at 07-13-2021, 03:38 PM by sleeppoor | |
An annual ExxonMobil report shows the company routinely giving six-figure sums to Brookings, Center for Strategic and International Studies, and similar institutions. | |
Submitted at 07-13-2021, 03:39 PM by sleeppoor | |
Pictures from the celebration on 18th Avenue. | |
Submitted at 07-13-2021, 01:54 PM by nocash | |
Lake Mead is at the lowest water levels in its 85-year history. Federal officials who manage the lake expect to soon declare a water shortage. | |
Submitted at 07-13-2021, 05:23 AM by sleeppoor | |

President, 66, to be observed by doctors for next 48 hours as speculation grows over health of Brazil’s far-right leader
The owners of Apt Cape Cod, a farm-to-table restaurant in Brewster, Mass., drew a line in the sand against customers’ rude behavior since being allowed to fully reopen.
Here are six unusual and amazing recipes for sandwiches, for cooks of all levels.
With the defeat of former president Donald Trump and the death of Rush Limbaugh, the Fox News host has emerged as a dominant force shaping a Republican Party energized by racial resentment.
When is a grandmaster’s title less than grand?
Janice McAfee, the wife of deceased antivirus pioneer John McAfee, released her late husband's alleged suicide note on Twitter.
This is how baby Space Marines are made.
I don't know what exactly you expected from Harvard, man.
Stephen Calk was found guilty on Tuesday by a U.S. jury in Manhattan on financial institution bribery and conspiracy counts.
The category is: making history. Mj Rodriguez has become the first transgender performer to pick up an Emmy nomination in a major acting category.
Rodriguez is nominated in the lead drama actress category for her fierce and formidable portrayal of house mother and nurse Blanca Rodriguez on FX’s ballroom culture period drama “Pose.” It is her first-ever attention from the Television Academy.
A Florida man who was planning to have his ex-girlfriend and some of her family members killed devised a plan to pin the crime on Black Lives Matter protesters to throw police off his trail, federal investigators say.
Daniel Slater, 51, of Jupiter, Fla., wanted his ex-girlfriend killed, along with the woman’s sister and brother-in-law, whom he blamed for sabotaging the couple’s relationship, court documents state. Slater believed he had found someone to carry out the job and instructed them to spray paint “Black Lives Matter” at the scene of the crime, according to investigators. Slater devised the plan as protests erupted across the country last year in the wake of George Floyd’s murder.
The person Slater was trying to hire, though, turned out to be an undercover FBI agent.
Anime Tube raised more than $100,000 before Kickstarter suspended the campaign.
An Oklahoma Senate candidate courted QAnon voters at a Q convention. Then he posted a pic of his daughter wearing red shoes — which QAnon believers see as a symbol of the cabal. Now QAnon is convinced he's a child trafficker.
A Tulsa pastor trying to unseat Sen. James Lankford whose campaign has openly embraced QAnon followers is now denying accusations of Satanism and child sex trafficking leveled at him by QAnon followers.
Evangelical pastor Jackson Lahmeyer, who has in recent months appeared at conspiracy conferences with the likes of Michael Flynn and Lin Wood, was forced to deny involvement in “child sex trafficking, pedophilia, or devil worship” after he posted a picture of his daughter on Facebook, and QAnon supporters interpreted it as a sign of nefarious activity.
The outlandish conspiracy theory has made legions of believers into political activists. And the Texas GOP benefits from that.
The administration’s staffing deficiencies could imperil the entire agenda.
On Friday, President Biden announced a comprehensive executive order that may amount to the single most consequential day of his young presidency. In one omnibus statement, Biden called on the Justice Department, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and other agencies to implement 72 specific provisions meant to encourage competition, raise wages, and weaken the force of monopolies in the American economy.
A number of those provisions mark substantial developments, and would be individually notable on their own. Biden’s recommendation on right to repair is a potential game changer for farmers, who are beholden to equipment manufacturers like John Deere and Caterpillar that functionally forbid them from repairing their own tractors, as well as for gamers seeking to modify their consumer electronics. The recommendation to drastically curtail the use of noncompete clauses, which were once used for corporate executives but now hamstring some 60 million American workers in low-wage sectors like janitorial services, represents a major transformation for the labor market as well. And the recommendation of reinstatement of the exceedingly popular net neutrality, vanquished by the Trump administration, is perhaps the biggest headline-grabber of them all. All of that, plus recommendations on patent law, surveillance, and occupational licensing are in Biden’s executive order, and more. And the overall thrust of the order, determined to protect workers, consumers, and entrepreneurs from the hazards of consolidated corporate interests, signals a dramatic change from the last 40 years of policy in Washington.
Pay close attention to the language, though. As is often the nature of executive orders, Biden has recommended that various agencies—the FTC, the FCC, the DOJ—carry out these programs; the agencies themselves, which are helmed by both willing Democrats and obstructionist Republicans, have to do the carrying out. And as it stands currently, few of them are in a position to enact Biden’s orders, because Biden himself hasn’t staffed those agencies with his own personnel.
An annual ExxonMobil report shows the company routinely giving six-figure sums to Brookings, Center for Strategic and International Studies, and similar institutions.
Pictures from the celebration on 18th Avenue.
Lake Mead is at the lowest water levels in its 85-year history. Federal officials who manage the lake expect to soon declare a water shortage.