iPhone fears wipe $116bn off Apple Apple saw more than $116bn (£88bn) wiped off its valuation in early trading after analysts warned about weaker than expected demand for its new iPhone as its push into artificial intelligence ... 09/16/2024 - 8:01 pm | View Link
Iranian Women Still Targets Of 'Brutal Repression' Since Amini Death Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused Iran's leadership of an ongoing "brutal repression" of women and peaceful dissenters in the two years since the death of 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian student Mahsa ... 09/16/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Private Clearwater school helps dyslexic students but struggles to meet demand Discover Musical Treasures: WMNF CD & LP Music Sale – March 23rd! WMNF, Tampa’s vibrant Community Radio Station, boasts a rich history... The Gabber says a candidate’s campaign manager mentioned a ... 09/16/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
News updates from September 12: Trump rules out another debate; OpenAI says new models are capable of reasoning Delta Air Lines said in an update on Thursday that capacity across the industry was also “moderating” and that its revenue trends were “improving through the quarter consistent with expectations”. 09/12/2024 - 8:47 am | View Link
Bahamian ‘over the moon’ at beating top developers A BAHAMIAN engineer is “over the moon” that the planning authorities have rejected an appeal by two of New Providence’s largest developers that sought to halt his $20m project. Nick Dean, principal of ... 09/9/2024 - 6:40 am | View Link
UAW President Shawn Fain joined MSNBC's Lawrence Taylor to discuss the Teamsters' lack of endorsement for either candidate. In his usual direct manner, Fain spelled it out very clearly why Harris-Walz is the only choice for Labor:
O'DONNELL: So, there he is cheering on firing striking workers and yet today the Teamsters union decided that they could not decide who to endorse in this presidential campaign.
With a government shutdown looming in less than two weeks and the 2024 Presidential election in November, GOP Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise is springing into action by going after (checks notes) "wokeness." That sounds about right since House Republicans just defeated their own funding bill yesterday.
Maybe, just maybe, that's because Donald has been calling for a shutdown for a couple of weeks now.
Miss Sassy is a Maine Coon from Springfield, Ohio, reported missing by her owner Anna Kilgore. Turns out though, even after rumor-spreading by JD Vance she was found alive and well in her owner's basement. Mrs Kilgore has since apologized to her Haitian neighbors and posted on Facebook. No such apology from JD Vance, however.
Source: Daily Beast
JD Vance’s insinuation that pets are being swiped and eaten by Haitian immigrants has hit yet another embarrassing snag.
Vance’s campaign, responding to scrutiny over the hoax, shared a police report with the Wall Street Journal this week that detailed a Springfield, Ohio, resident’s claim that her cat mysteriously vanished in August.
Rep. Lauren Boebert tried to be witty with Diddy but came very bland, so let's give her a hand.
The Colorado carpetbagger joined Real America's Voice and tried to be gadgety with her wordplay, but she fell flat.
If Boebert thinks America will ever forget the video of her sexcapades at Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice the Musical she has another think coming.
Lawyers, Guns and Money: John Roberts' rationalizations to give cover for Trump.
Emptywheel: How Kamala Harris dodged the "two truths" problem.
Horizons: The story J. D. Vance doesn't want you to hear about small towns like Springfield, Ohio.
annieasksyou…: Please call your senators about possible mail-in voting delays.
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: House Republican agendas and Project 2025 would increase poverty and hardship (among other things).
This installment by Batocchio.
Ukraine struck the supposedly unassailable ammunition depot by besting air defenses with a reported 100-drone assault. The resulting explosion/s could be felt hundreds of kilometres away and created an earthquake measuring 2.8. An estimated 30,000 tons of munitions were stored there, including missiles for the S300 and s400 missile defense systems.