Australia's richest woman, Gina Rinehart, a mining magnate with an estimated fortune of $22 billion, has called for the removal of her portrait, currently on display as part of an exhibit at the National Gallery of Australia. So here it is: Read more
I think its been awhile. So lets set aside politics and depressing news and just chill for awhile. No theme, just post the songs you like.
If anyone interferes with President Joe Biden's commencement speech at Morehouse College on Sunday in Atlanta, all ceremonies will be canceled "on the spot," David A. Thomas, college president, told CNN Thursday. Thomas said the school will not allow "disruptive behavior that prevents the ceremony or services from proceeding in a manner that those in attendance can partake and enjoy." Commencement ceremonies at colleges and universities across the country have been interrupted or modified in recent weeks, prompting schools to move celebrations off campus over student-led protests in response to the Israel-Hamas war, according to USA TODAY. Ceremonies will be "ceased" if any disruptive behavior escalates, including any "prolonged shouting down" while the president speaks. Thomas said he also won't allow police to remove students from the ceremony in zip ties. "I will cease the ceremonies on the spot If we were to reach that position," he said.
President Joe Biden, who wears bespoke sneakers to prevent embarrassing collapses and whose command of the English language rivals that of most kindergarteners, is in bad political shape. Uncle Joe's reelection campaign faces an uphill climb, given his disastrous handling of the economy -- including a formal recession and four-decade-high inflation -- and his abetting a catastrophic and historically unprecedented invasion on our southern border Read more
Israel's soldiers are sharing footage of Palestinian detentions in the occupied West Bank, despite the army's pledge to act on previous misconduct revealed by the BBC. Legal experts say the filming, and its posting online, could be a war crime. The BBC has analysed 45 photos and videos, which include those of detainees draped in Israeli flags. The Israel Defense Forces said soldiers have been disciplined or suspended in the event of "unacceptable behaviour". It did not comment on the individual incidents or soldiers we identified.
Scheffler faces charges of second-degree assault of a police officer, third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving, and disregarding traffic signals from an officer directing traffic. Scheffler was released at 8:40 a.m. ET and headed to Valhalla. The assault charge is a felony; the others are misdemeanors. Read more
A 37-year-old Luzerne County man was indicted by a federal grand jury after he made death threats toward President Joe Biden and his cabinet members before an April campaign event in Scranton, the Department of Justice said. Jordan Gee, of Nanticoke, is accused of posting multiple threatening videos online before President Biden's visit to Scranton on April 16, according to a press release. In the videos, Gee said, "Joe Biden: I'm going to kill you and your whole cabinet," and, "If you come to my city in Scranton, Pennsylvania, I'm cutting your f*****g head off in front of everybody; I promise," the Department of Justice said.
Colorado Republican Lauren Boebert on Thursday was ridiculed on social media after proudly proclaiming that Donald Trump has undergone "testing for his cognitive dissonance," while making a slip-up of her own. Boebert, who earlier in the day made an appearance at a criminal court in New York in support of the former president, said during a hearing that, "President Trump, when he was in office, underwent testing for his cognitive dissonance, for his ability to function as president of the United States." The lawmaker then went on to attempt to say a line about Joe Biden, but stumbled on the word "teleprompter."
Scientists believe they may have solved the mystery of how 31 pyramids, including the world-famous Giza complex, were built in Egypt more than 4,000 years ago. A research team from the University of North Carolina Wilmington has discovered that the pyramids are likely to have been built along a long-lost, ancient branch of the River Nile - which is now hidden under desert and farmland. Read more
Storms battered Texas and Louisiana late Thursday and early Friday with destructive winds and torrential rain, leaving at least four dead, flooded roads and more than 1 million homes and businesses without power " and more floods could plague parts of the Gulf Coast Friday. At least four people died as the severe weather blasted through Houston, the mayor's chief of communications Mary Benton told CNN. Read more
French police have "neutralised" an armed man who was trying to set fire to a synagogue in the north-western city of Rouen, France's interior minister has said. The man was armed with a knife and when he moved towards police, they shot him, reports say. Rouen Mayor Nicolas Mayer-Rossignaol said the attack on the synagogue did not just affect the Jewish community, but the entire city was in shock.
Russia is increasingly seeking to encourage and direct hackers to attack British and other western targets, the director of GCHQ has said in her first keynote speech as head of the British intelligence agency.
The Biden administration announced Thursday that it's officially moving forward with a proposal to reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III. Read more
Majorie Taylor Greene Insults Jasmine Crockett, Sends Oversight Committee Hearing Into Chaos Read more
Posing as Americans, North Korean technology workers secured remote work contracts with hundreds of US companies as part of a scheme to help fund Pyongyang's illicit nuclear weapons and missile programs, the US government said on Thursday.
The Federal Trade Commission's Office of Technology has issued a warning to automakers that sell connected cars. Companies that offer such products "do not have the free license to monetize people's information beyond purposes needed to provide their requested product or service," it wrote in a blog post on Tuesday. Just because executives and investors want recurring revenue streams, that does not "outweigh the need for meaningful privacy safeguards," the FTC wrote.
