Asked “how much do you blame each of the following for mass shootings?” in the wide-ranging Politico/Morning Consult poll, 69% and 67% pointed to “racism” and “easy access to guns,” respectively, as popular choices. For Fox News, 34% of respondents put “a lot” of, or “some blame” for, mass shootings …
Read More »US & allies launch joint naval war games in Iran’s backyard
The Group Arabian Sea Warfare Exercise (GASWEX) 21, which begins on Sunday, seeks to “develop the necessary skills to address threats to regional security, freedom of navigation and the free flow of commerce,” US Naval Forces Central Command said in a statement. The aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is accompanied …
Read More »Not enough alcohol and too many video games means less sex for today’s young people, new research says
‘When I were a lad…’ as the old saying goes, my mates and I would try to sneak into the pubs underage or, when that inevitably failed, just sit on the swings down the park necking cheap cider. How to look cool with a cigarette was of pressing concern too …
Read More »Mark Cuban ban on national anthem during NBA games will deepen US divide. But it’s only the start of a new un-American trend
Mark Cuban, billionaire software designer-cum owner of the Dallas Mavericks NBA team, welcomed fans back to American Airlines Center this week for the first game of the season when humans (remember that two-legged species?) were allowed to stand-in for cardboard-cutout spectators ever since the Covid-19 pandemic swept the nation last …
Read More »Mark Cuban ban on national anthem during NBA games will deepen US divide. But it’s only the start of a new un-American trend
Mark Cuban, billionaire software designer-cum owner of the Dallas Mavericks NBA team, welcomed fans back to American Airlines Center this week for the first game of the season when humans (remember that two-legged species?) were allowed to stand-in for cardboard-cutout spectators ever since the Covid-19 pandemic swept the nation last …
Read More »Sterile, fun-free Tokyo Olympic Games are starting to look distinctly unlike ‘a victory over Covid’
This week, Games organizers released a ‘Playbook’ aimed at various officials and dignitaries planning to be in Tokyo for when the show gets going on July 23, one year later than planned. The information did not make for chirpy reading, no matter how many colorful, cheery graphics the designers …
Read More »‘Let the Hunger Games begin’? Biden’s inauguration draws dystopian fiction comparisons as new president calls for ‘unity’
While pop star Lady Gaga helped to kick off Biden’s swearing-in on Wednesday afternoon with a performance of the national anthem, observers appeared more enthralled with her oversized broach. Netizens immediately likened the pin to the iconic ‘Mockingjay’ of Hunger Games fame – the symbol of the film’s fictitious rebellion …
Read More »Trump says NBA acting ‘like a political organization’ as ANOTHER day of games is canceled
“I don’t know much about the NBA protest. I know their ratings have been very bad because I think people are a little tired of the NBA,” Trump said on Thursday. On Wednesday, the Milwaukee Bucks chose not to show up to their game against the Orlando Magic, citing racial …
Read More »Anniversary of the Olympics-80: what were the most “pure” Moscow Games
Doping control at the Olympic games first held in 1968 in Mexico. Since then and until now positive doping samples were found at every Olympic games except the 1980 summer Olympics held in Moscow. Athletes and former KGB officer told reporters of the media project https://ru.krymr.com/a/video-doping-i-podmena-prob-sportsmenov-na-olimpiade-80-v-moskve/30733170.html%20″ target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow”>”Real time” about …
Read More »Games with statistics will end badly for the government
Actual numbers, of course, others. But this is nonsense. Let it be 80 to 20. Given that 80 is mostly passive. A 20 — Aktiv. And what! 80 is the very most that after 19 August 1991 dissolved, melted, vanished like the morning haze. And none of millionwall not out …
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