In this article EDF-FR An aerial shot of the Severn Estuary from 2010. Jamie Cooper | Sspl | Getty Images An independent commission in the U.K. is to revisit the possibility of using the Severn Estuary, a large body of water between England and Wales, to harness tidal energy. The commission will be set up
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Oh, for the good old days of the Soviet Union. America’s foreign policy and goals were clear then: containment and opposition to communist expansion. Nuclear weapons were a deterrent, but neither side believed the other would use them. Russian President Vladimir Putin has changed the game by threatening to use nukes should the U.S. directly confront his
So…I got a little political with this one. We all know that I would prefer these videos to be a bit more flippant, but times are kind of sucky. If that’s even a word. via GIPHY Have fun with me as I explore the overwhelming bland incompetence of the people with whom President LOLEightyOneMillion has
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis criticized Disney for its opposition to the state’s parental rights legislation in a video shared by Fox News on Thursday. “When you have companies that have made a fortune off being family-friendly and catering to families and young kids, they should understand that parents of young kids do not want this
1. Father Jacques Hamel murder: Catholic archbishop says ‘justice is done’ as 4 are convicted 2. Biden promotes abortion policies on International Women’s Day “Every person deserves the chance to live up to their full God-given potential, without regard for gender or other factors,” Biden, a Catholic, said in his March 8 statement. “Ensuring that
A federal judge said in an emergency hearing Thursday that employees of a state-funded shelter meant to help female victims of sex trafficking were revictimizing them. An employee of The Refuge Ranch in Bastrop, Texas, was accused of selling inappropriate photographs of the two children. That money was allegedly used to buy illegal drugs and
The U.S. Senate passed a massive $1.5 trillion spending package on Thursday, sending it to President Biden even as Americans suffer under the financial strain caused by skyrocketing inflation. The package passed in a bipartisan 68 to 31 vote. It will fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year, which runs through the
MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle often says truly ridiculous things on her late-night show The 11th Hour, but this segment will really get you scratching your head. During a segment on the February inflation numbers and skyrocketing gas prices, Ruhle asked one of her guests why American oil companies can’t simply drill for more oil. Ruhle seems
As if enough wasn’t going on. WEST HOLLYWOOD—I remember the first time I heard of Jim Inhofe. Carted in by my high school principal (who was ever tediously auditioning to be secretary of Education), the Oklahoma senator and then-ranking member of the upper chamber’s environment committee had reportedly gotten into it with the real brains
“Well, you all imagined it,” Vice President Kamala Harris commented during a so-called clean-transit event, where she appeared with her fellow tautologist, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg. “That’s why we’re here today—because we have the ability to see what can be, unburdened by what has been, and then to make the possible actually happen.” When
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis talks to the media during a news conference in Miami, Fla., August 29, 2019. (Marco Bello/Reuters) Florida governor Ron DeSantis issued a sharp rebuke of Disney on Thursday, calling out the company’s “woke” stance on the state’s Parental Rights in Education bill and its ties to the Chinese Communist Party. A
Democrats know they’re going to get clobbered in the House and maybe even the Senate in the 2022 midterms. Now they’re scrambling to save the governors they have in key swing states. Why? So they can hang on to the eased voting they used during the 2020 election because of the pandemic. They figure that
In this article RIVN ZE594-CN R.J. Scaringe, Rivian’s CEO, introduces the world to his company’s R1T all-electric pickup and all-electric R1S SUV at the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California, November 27, 2018. Mike Blake | Reuters Electric vehicle maker Rivian plans to use new types of battery cells in its electric trucks,
Jussie Smollett has been sentenced to 150 days in jail for lying to police about a racist and homophobic attack that he had staged on himself. The actor – who was best known for starring in Empire – loudly shouted after the sentencing: “I am innocent. I could have said I am guilty a long
The corruption of the Cuomo family knows no bounds. On Thursday, disgraced former CNN poster boy Chris Cuomo was back in the news again after the New York Post used New York State’s Freedom of Information Law to obtain e-mails showing Cuomo was offered an experimental COVID treatment, through his brother’s office, after he contracted
You gotta hand it to Joe Biden … when he settles on a lie, he won’t ever let it go. As Captain of the S.S. Liar Liar, he’ll go down with the ship if he has to. And the big lie he’s pushing now is that high gas prices and inflation are Putin’s fault, not
A group of House and Senate Democrats introduced legislation Thursday that would implement a new tax to prevent Big Oil corporations from “profiteering.” The effort, led by Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and California Rep. Ro Khanna, would introduce the Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax to the U.S. tax code, according to the announcement. Whitehouse
I wrote today for Politico on responding to the economic dimension of the era of Great Power competition that is now clearly upon us: The new, more threatening era underlines the urgency of what should have already been priorities. We need a much bigger defense budget; we need an all-of-the-above energy policy that takes full
Prosecutors will drop murder charges against an unlicensed security guard who shot and killed a protester at a “Patriot Rally” in Denver, Colorado. Matthew Robert Dolloff was charged with second degree murder after he killed with 49-year-old Lee Keltner. The Oct. 2020 shooting was caught on video from the rally. Dolloff’s attorney Doug Richards said
Nebraska state Sen. Megan Hunt (D) declared in a Thursday tweet that gun ownership is not a right given by God, but a right bestowed by America’s “slave-owning, misogynistic” founders. “Owning a gun isn’t a ‘God-given right.’ It’s a slave-owning, misogynistic founding father-given right. I’m not against 2a, but be real – the Constitution was
As inflation soars to another forty-year high of 7.9 percent year over year, CBS Evening News called an audible and avoided President Joe Biden ludicrously blaming Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for the runaway inflation numbers. And instead of focusing on the inflation numbers, CBS Evening News gawked on skyrocketing rental costs. “There is some bad news to
(J. Schelkle/Shutterstock) In 2020, Richard Kreitner, a writer for The Nation, published Break It Up: Secession, Division, and the Secret History of America’s Imperfect Union. He argued that America has always been a series of secessions of a kind, as new cities and states sprang up in response to dissatisfaction with the old ones. Kreitner’s
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul blamed the recent shooting death of Jason Rivera, a New York City police officer, on “a shot from an illegal gun.” In this strange passive voice, the Democratic governor didn’t mention the officer by name, but concluded that the true threat facing New York City was “the scourge of illegal guns
Jussie Smollett arrives for his sentencing hearing after he was found guilty of staging a hate crime against himself in Chicago, Ill., March 10, 2022. (Kamil Krzaczynski/Reuters) Former Empire star Jussie Smollett will spend five months in an Illinois jail after he was sentenced Thursday for staging a hoax hate crime against himself, setting off
The White House on Thursday rebuffed a report by The Wall Street Journal claiming Saudi and UAE leaders declined calls with Joe Biden amid the Russia-Ukraine-oil crisis. Saudi and Emirati leaders rejected requested phone calls with Joe Biden, The Wall Street Journal reported. “There was some expectation of a phone call, but it didn’t happen,“
In this article AMD MU BKR CVX AMZN CRWD A worker sits on a wall dividing an informal settlement from the new Amazon fulfillment center, which is under construction at RMSG Alamar Industrial Park, in Tijuana, Mexico September 7, 2021. Jorge Duenes | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Amazon —
The UK plans to ban Russian oil imports by the end of the year in a further tightening of sanctions after Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. That will give the UK nine months to adjust to buy stocks from the US and the Middle East. The prime minister is expected to make the announcement today.
Economic sanctions aren’t precise weapons, and their collateral damage can be far reaching. English Premier League squad Chelsea F.C., which is currently owned by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich (although it is up for sale), has been frozen as an asset of Abramovich’s by the U.K. government. Additionally, a heavy list of sanctions and regulations have
The Florida legislature has passed a bill that would create an “Office of Election Crimes and Security” to deal with cases of voter fraud as part of Governor Ron DeSantis’ election integrity program. But how corrupt is the voting system in Florida, and is it a big enough problem that the state should create a
Democrats voted down a motion to consider GOP legislation that would reverse several Biden administration energy policies, according to Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s office told the Daily Caller News Foundation. During the vote Wednesday evening, 219 Democrats voted against consideration of the American Energy Independence from Russia Act offered by Republican Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw,