The far-right Lega and anti-establishment Five Star parties chose law professor Giuseppe Conte as their consensus pick for Italy’s next prime minister, despite his lack of governing experience. Mattarella giving Conte a mandate to form Italy’s next government clears one of the final hurdles for [...]
Archive for May 23rd, 2018
GOP Candidate for Senate Blows Bad Breath at Senator Cantwell
Susan Hutchison’s absurd bashing of Maria Cantwell shows how Trumplike she’s become Nine years ago, when Susan Hutchison was running for King County Executive, she did her best to portray herself as a reasonable Republican capable of governing Washington’s largest jurisdiction. Notably, the fo[...]
NY Jets Owner says if any player ‘takes a knee’ he’ll pay the NFL fine
Earlier Tuesday, the NFL issued the new policy, which states that all players who are on the field during the anthem must “stand and show respect for the flag and the Anthem.” Players are allowed to stay in the locker rooms during the Anthem, which effectively silences their protests. Except[...]
Sexual McCarthyism
A Harvard economics researcher has been accused of making “sexually inappropriate” comments Roland Fryer is accused of creating a hostile work environment at his Harvard lab. Whatever the truth, the saddest thing is that the review of what could be real issues is being conducted by administrat[...]
Reports of Mohammed bin Salman’s death are greatly exaggerated?
The interwebs spread the story that Trump ally Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia had been assassinated. ,The buddy of Kushner had disappeared from public view after prolonged heavy gunfire was heard at the royal palace in Riyadh in the middle of the night on April 21. The Pri[...]