You’ll Destroy my Art Career? Buddy, I Don’t HAVE an Art Career.
Actually commission I made for our very own N_B. It's called "The Story of Us." N_B-graciously-did not threaten to destroy my "career" once.
Category Archives: US News
Families of victims of Russia’s mall fire are angry. What does this mean for Putin’s power?
Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to locals and relatives of the victims of a fire in a multistory shopping center in the Siberian city of Kemerovo, Russia, on Tuesday. On March 18, Russian President Vladimir Putin won reelection with 77 percent of the vote at 67 percent turnout.
CNN Touts Parkland’s David Hogg ‘Schooling Lawmakers’
CNN fawned over Parkland survivor David Hogg in a Wednesday article from CNN that insisted he is "schooling lawmakers" in the gun control debate. A brief history of how Parkland survivor David Hogg keeps schooling lawmakers on social media https://t.co/XrgoxjISdo pic.twitter.com/WShbJADDIy The article claimed that Hogg "has mastered the art of the clapback" and "keeps showing that kids raised in the age of the Internet can give as much as they get."
Trump emerging from seclusion to promote infrastructure plan
Attempting a policy reset, President Donald Trump will push for upgrades to the nation's aging roads and bridges Thursday in his first public appearance since an adult-film actress claimed on national TV that they had sex months after his wife gave birth to his fifth child. Trump is visiting Richfield, Ohio, to sell Americans on his plan to use $200 billion in federal money to spur at least $1.5 trillion in spending over a decade to repair or replace highways, bridges, ports, airports and other infrastructure.
Malala Returns to Pakistan
Nearly six years after being shot in the face and neck by the Taliban for advocating for the rights of girls, 20-year-old Malala Yousafzai returned Thursday to Pakistan, a source with close knowledge of the visit told CNN. Yousafzai, the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, is expected to meet Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi while she is in Islamabad, where the city is on high alert for security due to her visit.
After show of force, Israel renews interest in advanced hybrid aircraft
Israel is once again considering purchasing the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey following the cancellation of its acquisition nearly four years ago. A defense source told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday that Israel will likely decide in the next year or two to purchase the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft.
Treat the opioid crisis like the HIV/AIDS epidemic: Elizabeth Warren & Elijah Cummings
It's time for Congress to show the same political courage on the opioid crisis that our colleagues showed 30 years ago for the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Treat the opioid crisis like the HIV/AIDS epidemic: Elizabeth Warren & Elijah Cummings It's time for Congress to show the same political courage on the opioid crisis that our colleagues showed 30 years ago for the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Amodei, the teen and the F-word: Answers to 5 burning questions
Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev., speaks at the 19th Annual Lake Tahoe Summit at Zephyr Cove, Monday, Aug. 24, 2015, in South Lake Tahoe, Nev. U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei became the subject of national media attention this month when one of his staffers notified administrators at Robert McQueen High School that one of its students had used coarse language in a phone call to the Republican congressman's office.
No One Is Saying That
Did you hear? They're talking about repealing the Second Amendment. It started with former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens and George Washington University Law Professor Jonathan Turley.
Big Brother Isn’t Watching You, You’re Watching Him
A record? Come on! Don't minimize what's happening. It's far too unique, too unprecedented even to be classified as "historic."
Trump as Symptom of a Deeper Disease: An Assessment After One Year
The election of Donald Trump represents a new low point in the ongoing degradation of US democracy. He says and does things that even Ronald Reagan would have balked at.
No Way to Run a Nation
There will be a lot of chest-pounding from members of Congress in the next two weeks as they take their long spring break from what they facetiously refer to as "governing." They'll be crowing about what slices of pork in the $1.3 trillion short-term budget measure they brought home - and what riders they slapped on the 2,232-page omnibus bill.
Trump supporters learning they’re being played for suckers
President Donald Trump's most urgent political problem doesn't involve Robert Mueller, Stormy Daniels, Vladimir Putin or the hundreds of thousands of voters who marched for gun control. Rather, it's that his diehard supporters might be starting to realize how thoroughly he has played them for suckers.
EU discusses new Iran sanctions in move to buttress nuclear deal
European Union ambassadors discussed on Wednesday possible new sanctions on Iran, diplomats said, under plans aimed at persuading U.S. President Donald Trump to preserve an international nuclear deal with Tehran. The EU could decide to impose the extra measures under discussion in Brussels at a foreign ministers' meeting next month, four diplomats told Reuters.
Bank of Israel’s Flug on Women and Diversity
Bank of Israel Governor Karnit Flug is the first female head of the central bank and one of only thirteen female central bank heads globally. She speaks exclusively to Bloomberg's Annmarie Hordern in Jerusalem about women in central banking and diversity in the Israeli economy. (Source: Bloomberg)
Pennsylvania Corporate Whistleblower Center Now Urges a Physician to…
"We are 100% certain healthcare companies are paying kickbacks to physicians in every state including Pennsylvania and the potential rewards can be significant provided the whistleblower has proof" WASHINGTON, DC, USA, March 29, 2018 / EINPresswire.com / -- The Pennsylvania Corporate Whistleblower Center is urging a medical doctor with proof any type of healthcare company is bribing physicians for referrals, admissions or anything else to call them anytime at 866-714-6466 for a conversation about the federal whistleblower reward program. Recently the Department of Justice announced a $29.6-million-dollar settlement involving two medical practice groups and a hospital system involved in a referral kickback scheme.
State offers computer training, extra pay
More Arkansas teachers will have access to computer science training and up to $2,000 in stipends after Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced an expansion of the continuing education program on Wednesday. The K-8 Computer Science Lead Teacher Stipend and Training Program was created in December with $500,000 in seed money; on Wednesday, Hutchinson added $300,000 to the program because interest in the initiative exceeded expectations.
Students rally against gun violence in Paul Ryan’s home town
Some Wisconsin students who took their demonstration against gun violence on the road reached their destination Wednesday - House Speaker Paul Ryan's home turf. About 50 students set out Sunday from Madison on their "50 Miles More" march.
The Anti-Fake News Bill is in fact a Save Najib from 1MDB Scandal…
The Anti-Fake News Bill is in fact a Save Najib from 1MDB Scandal Bill which will criminalise all news about 1MDB scandal in Malaysia available worldwide and punishable as "fake news" The 13th Parliament is treated with utter contempt in this last parliamentary meeting and the world is watching how a Parliament in a global kleptocracy is reduced into a farce and charade.
Redistricting a thorn for justices
Keegan Herrod, 6, of Denver , dressed as Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, waits in line while hoping to see the justices with her mother, Maeve Felle , Wednesday outside the Supreme Court building in Washington where the justices heard arguments in a gerrymandering case. WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court justices wrestled Wednesday with how far states may go to craft electoral districts that give the majority party a significant political advantage, delving into an issue that affects elections across the country.