Harvey Weinstein diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia, sources say

Bronx Multifamily Development Is Booming — But Can Demand Keep Up? - Commercial Observer

“Dozens of buildable sites have been snapped up in this year alone.”

Dozens of buildable sites have been snapped up in this year alone By Isabelle DursoOctober 21, 2024 6:00 amreprintsIllustration: Matthew Baek/for Commercial Observer Something's cooking in the Bronx. The borough has seen a sudden burst in market-rate multi-family development and affordable...

Paul Di'Anno, Early Iron Maiden Frontman, Dies at 66 - The New York Times

“The English singer played with the band in its early years. He later worked with other bands and pursued a solo career.”

The English singer played with the band in its early years. He later worked with other bands and pursued a solo career. Paul Di'Anno gained popularity on the heavy metal scene in the late 1970s after he joined Iron Maiden as the band's lead singer. He performed with the band from 1978 through...

July 2024 - Garden And Stuff

July 15, 2024 Hi all. You may remember the problems I had with last year's garden. So many things wouldn't grow that I gave up in July to let the soil rest. After the rest and the addition of some organic matter in the form of several cart loads of grass clippings from the yard last summer,...

The West Has to Believe that Democracy Will Prevail

When I began working on the history of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, survivors and historians alike were free to speak as they wished. Many of them felt as if a new Russia could be constructed on top of the fundamental, historical truths that were emerging. That possibility faded. I can even...

Barnstorming

“Just this week a Democrat-leaning publication called Trump “Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin” all rolled into one. Leading Dems in DC have said even...”

The final two weeks before the election have arrived and both candidates are blitzing the key battleground states which will decide the election. The democrats pushed forward a candidate, via political machinations the likes of which have rarely been seen in this country, because the man who ran...

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN

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What Was the Most Exciting Moment in Sports That You Did or Saw?

What Was the Most Exciting Moment in Sports That You Did or Saw? The Miracle on Ice - Against the backdrop of the Cold War, the story of the gritty underdog U.S. hockey team and their unlikely defeat of the powerhouse Soviet Union at the 1980 Olympics will live on in the hearts of Americans...

Israel attack leaks

“"I know the Department of Defense is investigating this, and I'm sure that as they work through that, they'll try to determine the manner in which...”

Link to quote: Biden "deeply concerned" by possible leak about Israel and Iran, White House saysUS intelligence regarding a pending Israeli attack on Iran were leaked online Friday. The documents contain an alleged US assessment of Israeli plans to attack Iran based on satellite imagery and other...

Trump Serves McDonalds to Customers At Drive-Thru

“Trump served drive-thru orders to customers at a Pennsylvania McDonalds while slamming Kamala Harris for lying about working there during a photo-op.”

Former President Donald Trump served drive-thru orders to customers at a Pennsylvania McDonald's while slamming Kamala Harris — accusing her, without evidence, of "lying" about working there during a photo-op. With only a few weeks left in the election, the GOP nominee visited a McDonald;s in...

Kamala Harris appears to agree that Israel commits genocide in Gaza - The Jerusalem Post

“Listen, what he's talking about, it's real. It's real. That's not the subject that I came to discuss today, but it's real, and I respect his voice.”

"Listen, what he's talking about, it's real. It's real. That's not the subject that I came to discuss today, but it's real, and I respect his voice." By MATHILDA HELLER OCTOBER 20, 2024 03:15 Updated: OCTOBER 20, 2024 15:33 Democratic presidential nominee US Vice President Kamala Harris...

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar killed in Gaza by Israeli forces, officials say - ABC News

“The Israeli foreign minister said Thursday that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was among three people killed in an operation in the Gaza Strip.”

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip, Israel Foreign Minister Israel Katz said Thursday. Sinwar has been credited as the mastermind behind the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel that led to the deaths of 1,200 people, the worst terrorist attack in Israel's...

Elderly Man Struggles to Dance in Time to Music

“After swaying unsteadily and bobbing his head in a random fashion, the man was escorted away by his minders.”

Oct 16, 2024 OAKS, PA (The Borowitz Report)—In a spectacle that onlookers deemed worrisome, an elderly man struggled to dance in time to music for over half an hour on Monday. After swaying unsteadily and bobbing his head in a random fashion for 38 minutes, the man was escorted away by his...

What Elon Musk Really Wants

“The Tesla and X mogul has long dreamed of redesigning the world in his own extreme image. Trump may be his Trojan horse.”

In Elon Musk’s vision of human history, Donald Trump is the singularity. If Musk can propel Trump back to the White House, it will mark the moment that his own superintelligence merges with the most powerful apparatus on the planet, the American government—not to mention the business opportunity...

Top Election Issue for Younger Women Is Abortion, Survey Finds

“Across all age groups, women ranked abortion overall as their third-greatest concern, after inflation and threats to democracy but ahead of...”

Abortion has surpassed inflation as the top issue for women under 30 in the upcoming presidential election, according to a new survey. The survey, produced by KFF, polled 678 female voters from September 12 to October 1. About 40 percent of young women now prioritize abortion, a significant...

‘Central Park Five’ members sue Trump for defamation after his debate comments on 1989 case

Members of the “Central Park Five” sued former President Donald Trump on Monday over “false and defamatory” statements they allege he made about their 1989 case during a presidential debate last month. The five men claim in a federal lawsuit that Trump knew he was acting with “reckless...

DONALD TRUMP, RELATABLE FUCKUP?

“ A master class in bro-whispering: championing crypto, securing the endorsement of Dave Portnoy — the unapologetically offensive founder of...”

Monday, October 21, 2024 DONALD TRUMP, RELATABLE FUCKUP? We continue to be told that young men are backing Donald Trump while young women prefer Kamala Harris. A new Washington Post poll of battleground states has numbers: The gender gap between the candidates amounts to 14 percentage...

Election Disinformation Is Getting More Chaotic

“A conversation with Elaine Godfrey about what makes this moment so ripe for conspiracy theories”

Earlier this month, as hurricanes ravaged parts of the Southeast, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Marjorie Taylor Greene were among those amplifying dangerous disinformation about the storms and recovery efforts. The ensuing social-media chaos, as my colleague Elaine Godfrey has written, was just a...

Meet Israel's Best Friends in the Muslim World | Opinion

“For decades, Jerusalem has maintained friendly ties with five Muslim-majority Turkic states of the former Soviet Union: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan,...”

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'Give us what you stole from us,' Indigenous Australian senator yells at King Charles

CANBERRA, Australia — An Indigenous senator told King Charles III that Australia is not his land as the British royal visited Australia’s parliament on Monday. Sen. Lidia Thorpe was escorted out of a parliamentary reception for the royal couple after shouting that British colonizers have taken...

Los Angeles Dodgers advance to World Series for fourth time in seven years

“The Los Angeles Dodgers advanced to the World Series, defeating the New York Mets in the National League Championship series in six games.”

The Los Angeles Dodgers advanced to the World Series, defeating the New York Mets in the National League Championship series in six games. The Dodgers won 10-5 in Game 6 to move to the final round of the postseason. Los Angeles will now appear in its fourth World Series since 2017. The Dodgers...

Trump Is Speaking Like Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini

Rhetoric has a history. The words democracy and tyranny were debated in ancient Greece; the phrase separation of powers became important in the 17th and 18th centuries. The word vermin, as a political term, dates from the 1930s and ’40s, when both fascists and communists liked to describe their...

Trump Promised to Release His Medical Records. He Still Won't Do It. - The New York Times

“If elected again, he would become the oldest president by the end of his term. Yet he is refusing to disclose even basic health information.”

If elected again, he would become the oldest president by the end of his term. Yet he is refusing to disclose even basic health information. Former President Donald J. Trump told CBS News in August that he would "very gladly" release his medical records to the public after President Biden...

Top 10 reasons not to vote for Donald Trump - Los Angeles Times

“The former president is unfit for office. Let us count the ways.”

The only challenge here was limiting myself to 10 arguments against Donald Trump (and one good reason to vote for Kamala Harris). So, drum roll, working toward No. 1: 10: As president, he violated his oath to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution." Ask Mike Pence, who forfeited his...

What Personality Type Are YOU?

“"Take This Free Ten Question Quiz To Find Out Now"”

(Updated 10/21/2024): I have always been interested in Psychology and did related trainings and workshops beginning many years ago. I took a lot of courses and workshops in the "Human Potential Movement". There are many type tests for different systems of personality types. In addition to this...

Ignoramus GOP NC Senator Gives Trump French Fry Award At Site Of Hurricane Devastation

I guess this jackass thinks someone cares about the McDonalds stories.  related Trump awarded tone-deaf 'french fry certification pin' at hurricane site - Politics - News - Daily Express US (the-express.com) Donald Trump has been slammed for a 'tone-deaf' publicity stunt at a hurricane...

Bret Stephens Finally Reveals If He's For Trump or Kamala

“Stephens, a longtime conservative writer at the Times, made the disclosure in a conversation with fellow columnist Gail Collins.”

Alex GriffingOct 21st, 2024, 3:26 pm Twitter share button New York Times columnist Bret Stephens revealed Monday his pick for president this November: Kamala Harris. Stephens, a longtime conservative writer at the Times, made the disclosure in a conversation with fellow columnist Gail Collins....

Builders warn Trump's mass deportation plan would drive up home costs

“"the average high school student is not aspiring to do this work," and the existing workforce is aging — the average homebuilder is 57 years old.”

Both presidential candidates promise to build more homes. One promises to deport hundreds of thousands of people who build them. Former President Donald Trump's pledge to "launch the largest deportation operation in the history of our country" would hamstring construction firms already facing...

Kamala Harris and McDonald's: A College Job, and a Trump Attack - The New York Times

“Donald Trump has claimed without evidence that Ms. Harris never worked at the fast-food chain. Her campaign and a friend say she did.”

Donald Trump has claimed without evidence that Ms. Harris never worked at the fast-food chain. Her campaign and a friend say she did. By Heather Knight and Nicholas Nehamas Heather Knight reported from Alameda, Calif., and Nicholas Nehamas from Washington. Oct. 20, 2024 Birtherism,...

EU energy ministers discuss Ukraine energy crisis, Russian LNG

“The EU agreed on a 14th package of sanctions in June including a ban on transshipments of Russian gas as of March 2025 but stopped short of an...”

Did you know that Russian natural gas is still being transshipped to Central Europe through Ukrainian pipelines?  Ukraine is still using some small amount of Russian natural gas for electricity generation.  It seems the EU can't sever ties with Russia, after all.  Europe does seem to get tough...

A PERFECT SOLUTION

A PERFECT SOLUTION  Having been put down enough times for supporting Israel at a time when the whole world, including members of NT, have been blaming Israel for a "genocide" that it is carrying on in the Gaza strip and Lebanon, with only sometimes that minimal lip service is paid to the fact...