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Google is making a push for “inclusive language” with a new writing feature that is designed to guide users away from words it considers politically incorrect.
Introduced this month, Google Docs users will encounter a pop-up warning if they type in words or phrases deemed noninclusive, such as “landlord,” “mankind,” “policeman,” or “housewife,” the New York Post reports. Continue reading “Google Makes Push for ‘Inclusive Language’ With Writing Feature”
United States Secretaries of State and Defense visited Kyiv, Ukraine, in a surprise trip on Sunday and announced $713 million in military aid for Ukraine and partner nations assisting Ukraine in its fight against Russia.
Of the $713 million, $322 million is earmarked for Ukraine, and the rest will be split among NATO members and other nations supplying Ukraine with weapons, according to the Associated Press. Continue reading “U.S. Secretaries of State and Defense Visit Ukraine, Pledge $713M in Military Aid”
Update (1445ET): With earnings right around the corner, and having seen the shares rally all day on leak after leak, Twitter shares were halted ‘news pending’ before new hit that billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk reaches deal to acquire Twitter for approximately $44B. Continue reading “Twitter Board Folds – “Unanimously Approves” Musk Taking Firm Private For $44 Billion”
The Washington State Legislature recently passed a bill replacing the word “marijuana” with “cannabis” in all state laws, citing the alleged racist origins of the Spanish word.
“The term ‘marijuana’ itself is pejorative and racist,” said Democratic state Rep. Melanie Morgan claimed during 2021 testimony regarding House Bill 1210, which she sponsored, according to local CBS affiliate KIRO 7. Continue reading “Washington state legislature strikes word ‘marijuana’ from state laws, citing racism”
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Archive: TWFTT 4-25-22
The world’s top palm-oil producer announced that it would ban exports of the commodity starting on Thursday, sending the prices of edible oils soaring.
Indonesia accounts for about half of the world’s supply of palm oil, the world’s most widely used vegetable oil. Palm oil is used for cooking and for the production of thousands of consumer products, including biscuits, detergents, and lipsticks. Continue reading “Indonesia, the world’s top cooking-oil exporter, says it’s going to ban exports of the oil this week, and it’s sent the global prices of edible oils soaring”
“Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.”
“Every now and then a man’s mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.”
Continue reading “From American Poet Oliver Wendel Holmes, 1809 -1894”
Most people seem to be aware that electric vehicle (EV) batteries have been catching fire and exploding – sometimes while being charged – and that there have been numerous recalls to address this issue (see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7). Additionally, earlier this month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced it had started investigating safety defects in EV batteries. Unfortunately, batteries for electric bikes (E-bikes), scooters, and other micro-mobility devices have been catching fire and exploding too. Continue reading “Electric Bike Batteries Have Been Exploding, Causing Property Damage, Injuring and Killing People”
JERUSALEM — President Joe Biden has accepted an invitation to visit Israel in the coming months, the two countries announced on Sunday.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke to Biden on Sunday afternoon, discussing recent Israeli-Palestinian unrest in Jerusalem as well as their shared concerns about Iran, both of their offices said. Continue reading “Biden accepts invitation to visit Israel in coming months”
FBI Director Christpher Wray addressed the skyrocketing rate of murders against police officers Sunday, saying the surge is far outpacing general violent crime.
Wray made the comments during a “60 Minutes” interview on Sunday, saying murders of police officers rose 59% in 2021. The total murder rate rose 29% last year, and the U.S. lost 73 police officers to such attacks in 2021. Continue reading “FBI director says violence directed at police officers unlike anything he’s seen before”
Back when Millard was with us, me and Jim Beam pulled a tooth.
This time I have proof. I know it’s gross, but I can’t be having someone thinking I’m bullshitting 🙂 Continue reading “Just pulled another tooth”
Following a January report of a leaked ATF email documenting plans to begin seizing lawfully-owned forced reset and wide-open triggers for AR-15 platforms, Rare Breed Triggers’ vendor was raided by the federal government in late March, according to the company.
A customer attempting to purchase Rare Breed’s Forced Reset Trigger received an email on April 20 from the company’s customer service team explaining the order was canceled because, on March 25, the ATF raided their vendor, which inhibited them from shipping triggers. Continue reading “Rare Breed Triggers Cancels Customers’ Orders After “ATF Raided Vendor””
If you buy your produce from Walmart, this recall might affect you. The Tristate is a part of an urgent recall that involves vegetables grown in California sold in 18 other states including Indiana, Kentucky, and Illinois. Continue reading “Indiana, Kentucky and Illinois Included in Urgent Vegetable Recall”
Zero Hedge – by Michael Shellenbverger, Substack
California Gov. Gavin Newsom this week claimed he was taking major action to address the drought affecting California and the West. More than 90% of California is in severe drought, up from 65% just one year ago. He said he had created an agreement that was a win-win-win for residents, farmers, and conservationists. Continue reading “Why Gavin Newsom Is Creating A Water & Energy Disaster”
In 2021, McKinsey & Company, one of the largest consultants to corporations and governments worldwide, settled a lawsuit brought by 47 state attorneys general over its role in the U.S. opioid crisis. The firm agreed to pay $573 million in fines1 for driving up sales of Purdue Pharma’s OxyContin painkiller, even as Americans were dying in droves. Continue reading “Another Layer of Corruption in the Opioid Scandal Revealed”
Wall Street On Parade – by Pam Martens and Russ Martens
Under just three of the emergency bailout programs offered by the Fed to Wall Street, units of the megabank JPMorgan Chase tapped over $6 trillion in cumulative (term-adjusted) loans from September 17, 2019 through the first quarter of 2020. That figure will definitely go higher as the Fed is releasing the names of the banks and the amounts they borrowed on a quarterly basis for its repo loan program. Continue reading “While JPMorgan Chase Was Getting Trillions of Dollars in Loans at Almost Zero Percent Interest from the Fed, It Was Charging Americans Hit by the Pandemic 17 Percent on their Credit Cards”
MedPage Today – by Jennifer Henderson
A Houston-based physician and conservative activist is facing serious criminal charges following a 2020 incident tied to a botched voter fraud probe.
A grand jury handed down an indictment to Steven Hotze, MD, this week on felony charges of unlawful restraint and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to records from Harris County District Court. The charges stem from Hotze’s alleged involvement in an air-conditioning repairman being held at gunpoint during a search for hundreds of thousands of fraudulent mail ballots that actually didn’t exist. Continue reading “Texas Doc Charged in Incident Related to Fabricated Voter Fraud”
The Verge – by Andrew J Hawkins
A video was posted on Reddit Thursday that appears to show a Tesla vehicle slowly crashing into a $3.5 million private jet after being “summoned” by its owner using the automaker’s automatic parking feature.
The Reddit user (who did not immediately respond to a request for comment) said the incident took place at an event sponsored by aircraft manufacturer Cirrus at Felts Field in Spokane, Washington. Continue reading “A Tesla vehicle using ‘Smart Summon’ appears to crash into a $3.5 million private jet”
Only 32 percent of the winter wheat crop in the United States received a “good” or “excellent” rating from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), new reports show.
While this represents a slight increase of two points compared to a week ago, the figure is far behind 2021’s 53 percent rating, illustrating just how bad America’s wheat crop is due to persistent drought conditions in many areas. Continue reading “USDA: 69% of total U.S. winter wheat production currently in drought zones… sharp decline in yields right around the corner”