By Nandita Bose, Jarrett Renshaw and Trevor Hunnicutt Washington (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden plans to unveil a sweeping $1.8 trillion package for families and education in his first joint speech to Congress on Wednesday, as he stresses the need to invest to compete with China, the White House said. Biden will argue that the new package – which together with an earlier … [Read more...] about Biden to push trillions in investment, plead for police reform in Congress speech
I Will Cut Off My Nose to Spite My Face
I will let the reader decide whether the title above is a fair resemblance to the title of the piece I just read: “I Won’t Take the Vaccine Because It Makes Liberals Mad.” Americans have expressed numerous reasons for not taking the COVID-19 vaccine -- some plausible, some absurd -- but I found columnist Peter D’Abrosca’s reasoning for skipping the vaccine in a class … [Read more...] about I Will Cut Off My Nose to Spite My Face
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Biden fares better than Trump over first 100 days-Reuters/Ipsos poll
By Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) -More than half of Americans approve of President Joe Biden after nearly 100 days on the job, according to Reuters/Ipsos polling, a level of support that his Republican predecessor Donald Trump never achieved and one that should help Democrats push for infrastructure spending and other big-ticket items on Biden's agenda. The national opinion … [Read more...] about Biden fares better than Trump over first 100 days-Reuters/Ipsos poll
GPS tracking could help tigers and traffic coexist in Asia
A tiger crosses a road in India’s Ranthambore National Park. Aditya Singh/AFP via Getty Images Neil Carter, University of Michigan More than 100,000 tigers ranged across Asia a century ago, from the Indian subcontinent to the Russian Far East. Today they are endangered, with only about 4,000 tigers left in the wild. The greatest threats they face are … [Read more...] about GPS tracking could help tigers and traffic coexist in Asia
Latest lie: Nope, Biden’s climate plan does NOT try to force people to eat less meat
Beyond Meat should launch a political product: Beyond Belief. The latest Republican political entertainment media lie -- and yes, it is that -- is that President Joe Biden's climate plan will try to force people to eat less meat. And if that isn't enough of a lie to rile those who take their political narratives and political mantras from political entertainment media, some … [Read more...] about Latest lie: Nope, Biden’s climate plan does NOT try to force people to eat less meat
UPPITY HYPOCRITES (Cartoon)
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Reinvented Oscars hands ‘Nomadland’ win on diversity-packed night
By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Nomadland," the story of van dwellers in America, won the best picture Oscar and two other Academy Awards on a triumphant night for women that also saw a return to Hollywood glamour after a long pandemic shutdown. In a major upset, Britain's Anthony Hopkins won the best actor trophy for his role as a man battling dementia in "The … [Read more...] about Reinvented Oscars hands ‘Nomadland’ win on diversity-packed night
The Status of Brad’s Status (Movie Review)
By Thomas Hoffman In 2017, Ben Stiller appeared in a movie overlooked by the mainstream media called Brad’s Status. Ben Stiller doesn't quite make a fool of himself to the extent we are used to. Despite somewhat good reviews, the message of Brad’s Status has been ignored. In the American mainstream media, its usually the rich vs the poor. We see this scenario over and over … [Read more...] about The Status of Brad’s Status (Movie Review)
Beware of Sham COVID Miracle Cure Salesmen
Remember when Trump, a year ago, during a White House briefing, suggested an injection inside the human body with a disinfectant could help combat the coronavirus . “And then I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in a minute,” Trump said. This was after urging Bill Bryan, who led the Department of Homeland Security's science and technology division, to test … [Read more...] about Beware of Sham COVID Miracle Cure Salesmen
Indian hospitals turn away patients in COVID-19 ‘tsunami’
By Sanjeev Miglani and Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Overwhelmed hospitals in India begged for oxygen supplies on Saturday as the country's coronavirus infections soared again overnight in a "tsunami" of disease, setting a new world record for cases for the third consecutive day. Max Healthcare, which runs a network of hospitals in north India, tweeted that it had less than … [Read more...] about Indian hospitals turn away patients in COVID-19 ‘tsunami’
FAKE VACCINE CARDS AND THE CULT OF AMERICAN SELFISHNESS
Republican pollster Frank Luntz met last weekend with 17 vaccine-resisting Trump voters to better understand why they won’t take the simple step of protecting themselves and their fellow citizens. Their answers were predictably ignorant. One guy said, “I mean, we’re just going to be shot up and shot up and shot up. We can’t live like this. This is not sustainable.” One woman … [Read more...] about FAKE VACCINE CARDS AND THE CULT OF AMERICAN SELFISHNESS
Biden summit brings new hope on climate but hard path ahead
Washington (AFP) - Could the planet finally be on track to limiting climate change? After US President Joe Biden ramped up ambitions with a climate summit, experts are cautiously saying yes -- although a difficult path lies ahead. At a 40-leader summit he convened just months into his presidency, Biden doubled US targets to slash greenhouse gas emissions responsible for climate … [Read more...] about Biden summit brings new hope on climate but hard path ahead
Becoming Dracula: Volume 1 a thorough early biography of Bela Lugosi
Review by Doug Gibson "Becoming Dracula: The Early Years of Bela Lugosi: Volume 1," (BearManor Media, 2021) is an absolutely superb targeted biography of Lugosi's first 38 years, from the son of a baker-turned-banker in Lugos, Hungary (now part of Romania) to late 1920, when the already acclaimed Budapest/Berlin thespian arrived penniless in New Orleans, La. Authors Gary … [Read more...] about Becoming Dracula: Volume 1 a thorough early biography of Bela Lugosi
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Commentary: Plastic: What we eat and breathe
Take a deep breath, drink a glass of water, eat a snack. If you do any of these things, it’s likely that you are also inhaling and ingesting tiny particles of plastic, as much as a credit card’s weight each week. Plastic pollution is everywhere, including in our bodies. From the moment plastic production took off in the 1950s, manufacturers needed to convince people that they … [Read more...] about Commentary: Plastic: What we eat and breathe
On Asian fetishization and the humanity of migrants
by Donald H. Harrison At the end of last month, we ran an article by Korean-American Kelsey Kloza about what she described as “Asian fetishization” by which American males tend to construe any Asian woman as an “exotic and erotic two-dimensional object designed only for tempting male characters into forbidden pleasures.” She commented that for too long she had failed to … [Read more...] about On Asian fetishization and the humanity of migrants
GUILTY, GUILTY, GUILTY(CARTOON AND COLUMN)
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty yesterday on all three counts he was charged with. He will be going to jail for a very long time as he may receive a sentence of 40 years. As my colleagues Mike Luckovich and Steve Sack both drew yesterday, the jury gave a verdict that “black lives matter.” Black lives do matter, but in this country, for too … [Read more...] about GUILTY, GUILTY, GUILTY(CARTOON AND COLUMN)
Editorial: Pandering to the base: Florida protects Confederate holidays, makes felons of protesters
We’re just days away from an official Florida holiday that honors the war dead. The Confederate war dead. Florida remains one of a handful of Southern states that still has a separate, state-sanctioned legal holiday for the soldiers who fought to secede from the union in order to preserve the institution of slavery. Confederate Memorial Day in Florida is on April 26, the day … [Read more...] about Editorial: Pandering to the base: Florida protects Confederate holidays, makes felons of protesters
Needed Gun Laws
How can America solve its problem with guns? Our nation has more deaths and serious injuries due to guns than any other nation in the world. In fact, we probably have more gun deaths than all the other nations in the world combined. Recently, we have seen mass killings by guns on at least a weekly basis. Yet we can’t seem to get a handle on the gun dilemma and cut down on gun … [Read more...] about Needed Gun Laws