Month: August 2022

The launch of the world’s most powerful rocket on its test flight to the moon’s orbit has been postponed, after scientists discovered a hydrogen leak on board. The Artemis 1 could now lift off from Cape Canaveral on Friday, after missing its launch window today. The launch had been delayed during the fuelling process, just
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Proving that Republicans who are critical of former President Trump lose their usefulness on other topics, CNN’s New Day spent part of their airtime Monday huffing about New Hampshire Republican Governor Chris Sununu being outraged at President Biden for describing his entire party as “semi-fascist.” The CNN personalities in the segment downplayed Biden’s dangerous rhetoric
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The Pity of War was the title of Niall Ferguson’s groundbreaking history of the causes and tragic folly of the First World War. The title is so simple and powerful that I’ve borrowed it for this lesser essay on the causes and tragic mistake of a (thankfully) much smaller conflict. Win, lose, or draw, the Ukraine
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The Biden administration will shell out millions in grants to recruit minority farmers, ranchers and forest land owners to fill the “diversity gap,” according to a grant listing. President Joe Biden’s Department of Agriculture (USDA) anticipates handing up to $250 million to minority colleges “to achieve equitable participation” in USDA programs for farmers, ranchers and
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On Monday, the United States Fair Trade Commission announced a lawsuit against mobile data broker Kochava Inc. for allegedly selling location information that can be used to track an individual’s visits to medical care facilities, mental health clinics, places of worship, homeless and domestic violence shelters, and addiction recovery centers. The FTC reported that the
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Contrary to what Democrats claim, the so-called Inflation Reduction Act — through a beefed up Internal Revenue Service — will not increase enforcement on billionaires alone, according to a letter from the Congressional Budget Office. What is the background? The Inflation Reduction Act, signed into law this month, will increase government tax revenues through more
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The tumultuous summer of 2020 prompted Americans to question our country’s criminal justice system. Fueled by the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, political leaders and the media used these examples and others to attack police, prosecutors, and the rule of law. Today, we know they peddled a false narrative. Unfortunately, we’re seeing the
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An Oklahoma teacher quit after she made books banned from the classroom electronically available to students and violated the states’ Critical Race Theory ban.  Oklahoma officials believe teachers who want to use the classroom to promote indoctrination should leave the classroom.  “The best and brightest and good teachers do not want to indoctrinate kids that
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A 22-year-old Pennsylvania man was caught with his pants down with a 5-year-old in the child’s bedroom by her grandfather, according to police. The grandpa allegedly took matters into his own hands and slugged the man – who happened to be his daughter’s fiancé. The grandfather spotted his young granddaughter on the lap of Aaron
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Twitter is testing a new podcast program on its app. The Verge reported that the company redesigned the “Spaces” section of the app to include “Stations,” which lists playlists of full episodes based on what topics the user is interested in. A spokesperson said the company wants the app to mimic a podcast recommendation from
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Brian Robinson Jr., rookie running back for the Washington Commanders (formerly the Redskins) NFL football team, was shot and wounded in a carjacking attempt in the revitalized H Street corridor in Northeast Washington, D.C. late Sunday afternoon. Robinson, from Alabama, who has been rumored to be named a starter for the Commanders after an impressive
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Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida blasted Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York and Democratic Rep. Charlie Crist of Florida for attacking Republicans during a Saturday night Fox News appearance. “We’ve got so much support in Florida, and it’s not because people have hate in their hearts,” DeSantis told “Unfiltered” host Dan Bongino. “They
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Animal rights activists held a large protest in New York City on Saturday afternoon. However, some of the participants became concerningly unhinged when a man committed the crime of eating a shish kebab, as seen in a viral video. Independent photojournalist with the Twitter handle Viral News NYC covered the large protest by animal rights
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to authorize new COVID-19 booster shots this week. The booster shots will be released months before trials on humans are completed, according to a new report. New COVID-19 booster shots that target the latest Omicron variant will be approved by the FDA this week, the Wall Street
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What is it with these MSNBC types, and their utter lack of a sense of irony or hypocrisy? Last week, we caught Tiffany Cross on her MSNBC show, agreeing that “dehumanizing or othering” political opponents could provoke violence. This came just moments after she had heaped personal insults on Donald Trump and dehumanized him, describing him as
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Jet2 Plane (Source: Getty Images) On Tuesday, a pilot reportedly “fainted” at 30,000 feet, prompting the plane to make an emergency landing in Greece, according to reports. A Jet2 flight from Birmingham, England to Antalya, Turkey, made an emergency landing in Greece due to what the airline called a “medical emergency,” according to Birmingham Live.
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NASA plans to launch the Artemis I mission on Monday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, sending the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion capsule on a more than month-long journey around the moon. — The uncrewed launch marks the debut of the most powerful rocket ever assembled and kicks off NASA’s long-awaited return
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