Month: October 2020

Lewis Hamilton hopes that there’s no ill will lingering between himself and Martin Whitmarsh, his former boss at McLaren, over his decision to leave the team. Whitmarsh took over as team principal at Woking in 2009 after Ron Dennis stepped down. He was still in charge when Hamilton dropped the bombshell in 2012 that he…

Rep. Marsha BlackburnMarsha BlackburnGOP senators introduce resolution opposing calls to defund the police GOP senators dodge on treatment of White House protesters Five things to know about Trump’s legal power under the Insurrection Act MORE (R-Tenn.) is defending President-elect Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to…

As a president who has professed to be a staunch supporter of net neutrality, Obama must voice his opposition to the proposal just advanced by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), a group advocating for an open Internet charges. On Thursday, the Commission voted for a proposal that, as Michael Weinberg, Vice President at Public Knowledge,…

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is facing widespread criticism for his comment that NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden—increasingly seen by the American public as a heroic figure for exposing government surveillance—should “man up” by returning home to face criminal charges. “This is a man who has betrayed his country,” Kerry told CBS News on Wednesday,…

Protesters who for over a year have railed against the “extremist” policies of the North Carolina legislature are now bringing their fight to the voting booth as the movement known as Moral Mondays launched a bold initiative to get-out-the-vote this week. “We have exposed the hypocrisy,” Rev. William J. Barber II, chief organizer of the…

A prominent Egyptian blogger and activist in the 2011 overthrow of former President Hosni Mubarak was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison for rallying against an anti-protest law, in what critics charge is evidence that the country’s counter-revolution is in full effect. Click Here: camiseta rosario central Alaa Abd El-Fattah and 24 other people…

The headline in Nature World News on Tuesday was not subtle. ‘We’re F’d,’ it stated caustically. The subject? Methane plumes rising from the seabed witnessed by ocean researchers  in the Arctic in recent weeks. Seen by a team of international scientists led by Professor Örjan Gustafsson from Stockholm University travelling in the Eastern Siberian Arctic…

On Nov. 8, at nearly 63 million Americans told their fellow citizens that they were sick and tired of being ignored and increasingly fed up with those running our political system. Few would argue that the voters who supported Bernie SandersBernie SandersThe Hill’s 12:30 Report: Milley apologizes for church photo-op Harris grapples with defund the…

TEHRAN, Jun 19 2014 (IPS) – The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation, Ali Akbar Salehi, says the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) should now close its investigation of the issue of Iran’s development of high explosives detonators the IAEA has said may have been part of a covert nuclear weapons programme. IAEA Director General…

Click:Attitude control module The “farm-to-institution” movement is growing, with federal aid helping to connect local farmers with schools, hospitals, and grocery stores, according to the Associated Press. In particular, “food hubs”—which serve as middlemen between local food producers and buyers that include restaurants, schools, and markets—are helping to “transform locally grown foods into a bigger…