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Month: November 2019
Here’s How James Corden Responded to the Sean Spicer Kiss Backlash
Perhaps the most controversial moment of Sunday night’s Emmys came when Sean Spicer, former press secretary for President Trump, showed up onstage during host Stephen Colbert’s monologue to parody his own job performance, which had been the crux of many of Saturday Night Live‘s most searing commentaries—and the bane of many journalists’ existence while he…
This Is How to End Islamic State Terror – and Stop British Foreign Policy Blowback
Theresa May is right. Enough is enough. A difficult and embarrassing conversation needs to be had about the fact that there is too much tolerance of extremism – by the British state. Whitehall’s disastrous policy of partnering with regimes in the Middle East which – according to reports and a briefing drawn from open sources that I…
Mass Shooting on Las Vegas Strip: 50 Dead, 200 Wounded at Country Music Festival
At least 50 people have been killed and 200 wounded after a gunman opened fire on a country music festival with a fully automatic weapon Sunday night. The shooting started just as Jason Aldean began his show at the Route 91 Harvest Festival, a three-day country music festival. Videos posted on social media show Aldean…
Steven Mnuchin and Louise Linton Pose with Sheet of Money and the Internet Loses It
Louise Linton is back at it. The wife of Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, who earlier this year earned backlash for some insensitive comments she made that mocked poor Americans, visited the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C. today to preview money currently being printed with her husband’s signature. While this is understandably a cool moment for the couple—it’s not…
Ryan Reynolds Reveals a Secret About His Deadpool Costume
More than a year has passed since Ryan Reynolds made his debut as the superhero Deadpool in the eponymous blockbuster movie, but we’re still learning new things about what it took to get the adaptation from script to screen. And one of those new things? Well, it’s kind of gross TBH. When a fan tweeted…
Have We Found a Cure for the Atrocities of War?
Click:6 mtr octagonal pole The United States has a long history of noncooperation with international legal entities. For example, America is not a member of the International Criminal Court. Add to that the fact that President Trump has not been shy about his “America First” style of foreign relations. But this week, human rights advocates…
'Great News for the Climate' as Banking Giant Ditches Tar Sands, Arctic Drilling
In a move being hailed as a win for the climate, banking giant BNP Paribas announced Wednesday that it is severing ties with companies whose main business is connected to shale and/or oil from tar sands, will stop financing transportation projects for such fuels, and will not finance any oil or gas projects in the…
Lena Dunham Is Selling Her Wardrobe to Raise Funds for Planned Parenthood
Aside from her wicked sense of humor, Lena Dunham’s eclectic wardrobe also matches her offbeat personality. Who can forget the single shoulder Elizabeth Kennedy gown she wore to this year’s Met Gala? Or her more quintessential Hannah Horvath designs, like a sunny patterned dress from Vena Cava? Well, all of those pieces and more, are…
Love And Loss In The Anthropocene
What can we do? We are without doubt in an historically unique and incredibly challenging position. The Anthropogenic extinction is here, now. It is not something we are anticipating or awaiting. It is upon us. Today, we are in it, watching the life we have known unravel on a hundred different fronts. And I find…