Diddy is calling witnesses from prison, prosecutors say
Reuters Sean “Diddy” Combs has been breaking prison rules by contacting potential witnesses in his upcoming sex trafficking trial, prosecutors have alleged. The music mogul is accused of making “relentless…
Biden’s move on missiles for Ukraine angers Trump allies
Reuters President Joe Biden’s apparent green light for Ukraine to strike Russia with US-made long-range missiles has caused consternation among some of Donald Trump’s allies. Trump himself has not commented,…
Trump picks ex-congressman and Fox host as transport secretary
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated former congressman and Fox Business host Sean Duffy to lead the Department of Transportation. Duffy, who was one of Trump’s most vocal defenders on cable…
Trump defence pick paid accuser to save Fox News job, but denies claim
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to serve as defence secretary paid a woman who accused him of sexual assault to stay quiet so he would not risk losing his job at…
Eight Reasons Why Marco Rubio Would Be a Disastrous Secretary of State | naked capitalism
Yves here. As this post by Medea Benjamin and Nicholas Davies points out, Macro Rubio is getting much less pushback that most of Trump’s cabinet picks. That means he is…
Will Online Age Verification Be the Trojan Horse for the Mass Rollout of Digital IDs? | naked capitalism
Online age verification threatens to trap everyone, not just minors, in its web, as the Australian government recently admitted. As readers may recall (while perhaps also recoiling), Spain is in…
Forget Snowbirds. These Sunbirds Are Flocking North | naked capitalism
Yves here. Pentagon-affiliated researchers were warning in the early 2000s of mass climate migrations, such as out of to-be-largely flooded areas like Bangladesh, and how that would be geopolitically destabilizing.…
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/18/2024 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Northern Mockingbird, Cape Island – Crewe House, Cape May, New Jersey, United States. “Night-singing from a single perch in the…
Eyeing US election, China considers over $1.4 trillion in extra debt over next few years | Reuters News Agency
EconomyGovernment 29 October 2024, 7:32 am 1 minute By Reuters News Agency China is considering approving next week the issuance of over 10 trillion yuan ($1.4 trillion) in extra debt…
Tales of 19th-Century A.I.: Don’t Fall in Love With a Singing Robot
Now we fret about chatbots. An earlier age worried about automatons, the uncanny humanoid contraptions whose voices could trigger love or mania.