‘Once Upon a Time in Shaolin’ was sold to an anonymous buyer for an undisclosed sum, the Brooklyn US Attorney’s Office announced in a press release on Tuesday. While the sale price was undisclosed, it was enough to satisfy the remaining balance on a forfeiture judgment of approximately $7.4 million, …
Read More »David Mitchell calls Martin Bashir an unwitting ‘executioner’ of the BBC in TV rant against corporation’s ‘tabloid tactics’
On Friday’s episode of the BBC One comedy show, Mitchell – of ‘Peep Show’ fame – took aim at the Conservative Party, Bashir, and the BBC in one hit. After the show’s panellists discussed the recent controversy surrounding Bashir, who was found to have falsified bank statements to secure a …
Read More »As F-35 problems piled up, Lockheed Martin sent top exec on course to ‘deconstruct’ his ‘white male privilege’
Glenn David Woods is vice president of production at Lockheed Martin for the Air Force’s $1.7 trillion F-35 fighter jet program. Last year he was one of 13 senior Lockheed employees sent to a three-day virtual bootcamp to learn how to “deconstruct” his “white male privilege,” according to documents obtained …
Read More »Ex-BBC journalist Martin Bashir lied to land bombshell Princess Diana interview, report into broadcaster’s ‘cover-up’ finds
Details of how the BBC covered up the tactics used to secure the interview for its news show ‘Panorama’ were laid bare in an official report by retired supreme court judge Lord Dyson, published on Thursday. Tim Davie, the BBC’s director general, said the corporation was “very sorry” for the …
Read More »‘He’s not a psychopath’: Martin Shkreli’s ex-girlfriend defends ‘Pharma Bro’ after he breaks up with her in magazine article
On Sunday, Elle magazine detailed how Smythe – a former reporter for Bloomberg News – gradually fell in love with Shkreli while covering his legal issues as a journalist, and eventually left her job and husband for the convicted felon who is often described as “one of the most hated …
Read More »Racial segregation at US universities is back, with the advent of black-only dormitories. Martin Luther King would be appalled
Racial segregation is a really bad idea. So it is not surprising that advocates of identity politics are demanding that black-only dormitories should be established on American campuses. The Washington Square News, the undergraduate students’ paper of New York University (NYU), recently reported that the university was willing to “help …
Read More »Aston Martin is working on DBX crossover
The car will be something similar to the Bentley Bentayga. By the way, the car will be the first crossover in the line of the British brand Aston Martin. Some details of the project told the company’s chief engineer, Matt Becker. He shared his plans for Aston Martin in one …
Read More »Aston Martin introduced a compact plane
The concept has received the name Volante Vision Concept, and its interior is designed for three people.While the automotive community is watching the ongoing Goodwood festival of speed, where spectators can witness the Aston Martin cars of different eras, the brand is also present at the ongoing Farnborough air show, …
Read More »Aston Martin has released two special Roadster
English the manufacturer installed unique rims.Q brand, owned by Aston Martin showed two luxury models DB11, made to order. The first of them, called DB11 Volante Henley Royal Regatta, created in celebration of Aston Martin partnership with Henley Royal Regatta, and is estimated at 199 995 pounds (about 264 745 …
Read More »Aston Martin due to defects will recall about 5.5 million cars
The car showed problems with the transmission and wiring. Sports car manufacturer Aston Martin plans to withdraw in early 2018 in the US, about 5,5 thousand cars because of problems with transmission and wiring. The revocation will apply to the models DB9, DBS, Rapide, Virage and Vanquish sports cars that …
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