WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two IRS whistleblowers who testified publicly about investigations into Hunter Biden's taxes have been promoted to new roles as senior advisers at the Treasury Department. Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler, two IRS employees who testified to Congress as Republicans reviewed the business dealings of Joe Biden's son, say they were retaliated against for cooperating in the investigations. read more
Timothy Snyder is even blunter in his book, "On Freedom," also published last year. The world, he claims, is divided into two types of political systems: liberal democracies (which embrace positive values) and autocracies (which lack values entirely). The tens of millions of Americans who voted for Trump? They're "sadopopulists" who enjoy inflicting pain on others more than helping themselves. read more
The race to colonize the moon has a formidable new member. Eric Schmidt, the former longtime CEO of Google is taking the reins of Relativity Space. Founded in 2016, this space exploration and technology startup is based in Long Beach, California, similar to its rival Rocket Lab USA. read more
Axios first reported the decision on Thursday. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who leads the Department of Health and Human Services, said Weldon wasn't ready for the role, Axios reported. HHS oversees the CDC and all other federal health agencies. read more
Israel's military industrial complex uses the occupied, Palestinian territories as a testing ground for weaponry and surveillance technology that they then export around the world to despots and democracies. For more than 50 years, occupation of the West Bank and Gaza has given the Israeli state invaluable experience in controlling an "enemy" population, the Palestinians. It's here that they have perfected the architecture of control. Best-selling journalist Antony Loewenstein, author of Disaster Capitalism, uncovers this largely hidden world in a global investigation with secret documents, revealing interviews and on-the-ground reporting. This book shows in-depth, for the first time, how Palestine has become the perfect laboratory for the Israeli military-techno complex: surveillance, home demolitions, indefinite incarceration and brutality to the hi-tech tools that drive the 'Start-up Nation'. read more
37. Agree completely. Goes for nonfarming rural folks as well.
I made the mistake of listening to CBS Sunday Morning while visiting friends some years ago when Jane Pauley was hosting and some ancient white guy was doing a feature from the Andy of Mayberry museum in Mount Airy, NC.
Reporter encountered a sweet young family that watched nothing but Andy Griffith, Mayberry RFD, and so on.
He asked, dripping with condescension, "Aren't you afraid your minds will turn to mush?"
They were quite kind in their response.
I wanted to scream, "Have you ever tried to watch three hours nightly, five nights a week, of your g0dd@mn CBS primetime programming? What would it do to you?"
Mofo.
I grew up in NYC. I learned quickly upon arriving in the South how to tell the smart people from the not-so-smart. Exact same formula as in the North. Whatever works for you.
Didn't you say your wife died of brain cancer? Has nothing to do with my response above - just wondering if I read that right.
#34 | Posted by lfthndthrds
No, you didn't, but I certainly appreciate your concern. I've mentioned she has other neurological issues.