Guantanamo hunger strike renews debates over indefinite detention, ethics of force-feeding Twice a day at the military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, guards take a number of detainees from their cells, one at a time, to a camp clinic or a private room on their block. The detainees are offered a hot meal or a liquid nutritional supplement and, if they refuse, they are strapped into a chair. More
Pentagon to Allow Apple, Samsung Devices The Department of Defense is expected in coming weeks to grant two separate, security approvals for Samsung's Galaxy smartphones, along with iPhones and iPads running Apple's latest operating system. More
High court signals skepticism on patenting genes In a Supreme Court test of whether a company can be granted a patent on the genes in the human body, a majority of the justices indicated during Monday's oral arguments that the court is likely to rule that a human gene can’t be patented. More
For Many Arab Americans in Dearborn, Trump Made the Case for Their Votes After supporting Joe Biden in 2020, the majority-Arab American city outside Detroit delivered an unlikely win for Donald Trump, who promised to bring peace to the Middle East. By Hamed Aleaziz Hamed ... 11/6/2024 - 12:25 pm | View Link
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Supreme Court Declines to Hear Musk's X Appeal Over Trump Investigation Two nonpartisan electronic privacy organizations have also urged the Supreme Court to hear the case, citing concerns over First Amendment implications. However, prosecutors countered that X never ... 10/7/2024 - 7:28 am | View Link
US Supreme Court sidesteps case tied to probe of Trump social media account WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge by Elon ... company's claims were without merit and that the case is moot because prosecutors have ... 10/7/2024 - 5:17 am | View Link
Ghost guns and transgender care: Major cases before US Supreme Court A new nine-month term begins for the US Supreme Court on Monday with major cases that will shape many aspects of American life. The court's nine justices are back after last year's blockbuster ... 10/5/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Today's musical selection: Henry Rollins -- Liar. For obvious reasons.
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Attention space nerds! World’s first wooden satellite launched into space.
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British comedian Tom Walker's fictional character Jonathan Pie's acerbic take on the election. "The Democrats blew it: A depressing yet predictable result." says the blurb to the video. If you're a Democrat and you voted for Kamala Harris and your nerves are still a bit raw you might want to skip watching this one for a while as Pie doesn't pull punches, either with the Orange Shitgibbon and his supporters, or what he terms a lacklustre, status quo Kamala Harris campaign.
Trump wins the White House.
There are many factors to acknowledge for our success on Tuesday; one of those factors is the quality of information and thinking, and the media that delivers it.