The absurd and unbelievable is sometimes truly believable. @Gladwell deals w/ why we ignore these unreal situations in #TalkingtoStrangers. Read another example of how one NBA exec stole tens of millions from the Sacramento Kings - via @ESPN https://t.co/yOS5V4X4wF
Subsidies won’t change the fact that, so long as the Strait of Hormuz is closed, energy consumption has to fall. Instead of interfering with prices, governments should help poor households directly https://t.co/qd6pEBtMZB
Ohio native Alicia Titus lived in San Francisco, California. She had backpacked through Spain and Morocco, parachuted out of planes, and taken a cross-country road trip with her mother. She chronicled her exploits in travel essays. Titus held marketing jobs before becoming a United Airlines flight attendant in 2001. On 9/11, she was working aboard Flight 175. Titus was 28 years old. #NeverForget911 #WomensHistoryMonth #911Museum
Perhaps, the US & UAE should build 10+ pipelines above & below grade to eliminate shipping in the Strait of Hormuz? That makes Iran’s threats, attacks, & “Sea Mines” totally irrelevant. & the World moves on w/o chaos @WSJ @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/SzTtLhymda
@nfl idea. Make turnovers less forgiving. After a fumble or interception, the defense gets 4 downs plus the downs the offense failed to convert. If the defense scores, kickoff stays the same. Turnovers should hurt. More pressure. More discipline.
Hopefully there will be action from the @USDOJ to stop rigged elections in NY. This is one of many examples of dark forces interfering with the people’s choice.
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@nytimes reports, “Governor Hochul Pardons Laotian Immigrant to Stop His Deportation”
The man had been convicted of manslaughter, after he admitted to fatally shooting a man during a pool hall confrontation in Brooklyn, arguing it was self-defense.
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More reasons why #IndianPoint should have never closed and why new nuclear plants must be built in #NY & throughout the #US ASAP! "Tariffs on Canadian electricity could mean higher costs for dirtier electricity in New York" https://t.co/2HrMlzwmkE
7 years ago Steel, Moveable Barriers were installed on Bourbon Street to protect pedestrians. Whoever didn’t put them up in #NOLA must be held accountable. Condolences & prayers of strength to all families impacted by this terrorist act. https://t.co/RyQptTq0cG via @CBS@WWLTV
@NYSDEC My question is WHY NOT DO THE SAME FOR THOSE THAT DUMPED ON MEMORIAL FIELD? Meanwhile, you go after a Contractor who allegedly Illegally Dumped Materials From Westchester Work Site in Putnam County? | Mount Vernon Daily Voice https://t.co/4AkYX3DCaE
BREAKING NEWS
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2024 #NobelPeacePrize to the Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo. This grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as Hibakusha, is receiving the peace prize for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again.
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