Liu Xiaobo Dies A chair sat empty for Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo in Oslo in 2010. The rights activist was imprisoned in China in 2009. Heiko Junge/AFP/Getty Images Prominent dissident Liu Xiaobo, the only Chinese citizen ever to be awarded a Nobel Prize while still residing in China, has di[...]
Archive for July, 2017
July 13th, 2017 - 7:59 am § in Foreign Affairs, Hypocrisy
BREAKING NEWS: China’s Civil Rights Leader Dies As a Political Prisoner
July 13th, 2017 - 1:34 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: 7/13
TRUMP Trump has deep ties to Putin-connected billionaire who offered dirt on Hillary Anger and Blame as White House Can’t Escape Russia Story Republicans Seven Votes Shy On TrumpCare Republicans Don’t Seem To Care Much About Trump Jr. CHRISTOPHER WRAY FBI NOMINEE: CHRIS CHRISTIE’S LAWYER R[...]
July 13th, 2017 - 12:29 am § in Foreign Affairs
Norwegians raise cash to restore penis-shaped rock destroyed by vandals
SAVE THE TROLLPIKKEN The people of Norway donated around 227,000 kroner ($27,000) via a crowdfundingwebsite to reattach the rocky appendage to the cliff face after vandals dismembered it late last month. [...]
July 12th, 2017 - 2:04 pm § in Donald Trump
“I don’t know that Russian lawyer”
Yeah, sure. By the way, if you still don’t get what this scandal is all about, read this article. It asserts the “core” of Trump’s business is laundering Russian mob money through U.S. real estate. Doesn’t it seem perfectly logical that Russia, a country run by gangster[...]
July 12th, 2017 - 11:34 am § in Donald Trump
CONSERVATIVES AGAINST TRUMP
The Trump Administration Has Forfeited the Right to be Trusted on Russia In June, the Senate passed a bill codifying U.S. sanctions on Russia. The bill—based on a series of Obama-era executive orders retaliating for Russia’s de facto… WEEKLYSTANDARD.COM[...]
July 12th, 2017 - 12:27 am § in Misc.
Trump’s Political Problems Threaten Merger Between AT&T and Time-Warner
AT&T’s blockbuster $85.4 billion bid for Time Warner Has Become Political. For one thing, the Justice Department officials still don’t have a boss who will have the final say on whether to approve or block the deal. President Trump’s pick for assistant attorney general in charge of antit[...]