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Archive for May, 2018
Is Michael Cohen Dead Yet?
Milo Samardzija (FACEBOOK) The day after Sidney Korshak, legendary fixer for the Chicago mob, died in 1996, a reporter asked one of his underworld contacts if he had any colorful Korshak stories. “I ain’t saying nothing about Korshak.” “Why not? He’s dead.” “[...]
The Hundreth Anniversary: When Georgia Lynched a Pregnant Woman
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Happy Norway Day!
The Constitution of Norway was signed at Eidsvoll on May 17 in the year 1814. The constitution declared Norway to be an independent kingdom in an attempt to avoid being ceded to Sweden after Denmark–Norway’s devastating defeat in the Napoleonic Wars. The celebration of this day began spontan[...]
Lawyer who advertises in Spanish yells “speak English!” at deli workers
Read story here. View his website here. https://youtu.be/yMMcfDy0jkA[...]
Net Neutrality Survives
Senate Approves Overturning FCC’s Net Neutrality Repeal Several Republicans joined Democrats in voting to overturn the FCC’s controversial decision. But the measure has little chance of success in the House.[...]
Revising History: Gun Nut Implies Kent State Victims Should Have Shot National Guardsmen
Kaitlin Marie @KaitMarieox May 13 More Now that I graduated from @KentState, I can finally arm myself on campus. I should have been able to do so as a student- especially since 4 unarmed students were shot and killed by the government on this campus. #CampusCarryNow On May 4, 1970, Ohio Nationa[...]
AMAZON: The history
For sale! You can buy the very first sketches of the Amazonian warrior princess who battled on the side of good before Jeff Bezos brought her talents to an industrial edge. The sketches made in 1941, predating even Mr, Bezos’ birth, came from the estate of comic book illustrator H.G. Peter. Wo[...]
Tesla: It was a human error to depend on the robot
Elon Musk admits that Tesla relied on ‘excessive automation,’ says ‘humans are underrated’ BY TAYLOR SOPER on April 13, 2018 Tesla relied too much on robots, and not enough on humans. That’s what Elon Musk admitted on Friday, tweeting that “excessive automation at Tesla was a mistak[...]