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- Thu Mar 21, 2024 8:30 am
- Forum: Politics and Current Events
- Topic: Its Technical
- Replies: 529
- Views: 742581
Re: Its Technical
EU adopts measures soon to curb election risks on X, TikTok, Facebook March 20 (Reuters) - Under EU guidelines likely to be adopted next week, Elon Musk's X, TikTok, Facebook and other major online platforms are expected to act to mitigate risks to elections or face fines, a European Commission offi...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:51 pm
- Forum: Politics and Current Events
- Topic: Bye
- Replies: 1511
- Views: 619574
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Leo Varadkar steps down as Irish prime minister in shock move Leo Varadkar has announced he is standing down as Ireland’s prime minister and also giving up his role as leader of the Fine Gael party in the ruling coalition, in a surprise move described by pundits as a “political earthquake” for the c...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:48 pm
- Forum: Politics and Current Events
- Topic: Persons of Note Who Have Passed Away
- Replies: 1710
- Views: 578122
Re: Persons of Note Who Have Passed Away
Terrific actor may he RIP. M. Emmet Walsh, ‘Blade Runner’ and ‘Blood Simple’ Actor, Dies at 88 M. Emmet Walsh, a veteran character actor who appeared in more than 150 films including “Blade Runner,” “Blood Simple” and “Knives Out” and played Dermot Mulroney’s dad in “My Best Friend’s Wedding,” has d...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:05 pm
- Forum: Politics and Current Events
- Topic: Bye
- Replies: 1511
- Views: 619574
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Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter fired by Dodgers after allegations of ‘massive theft’ from Japanese star LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter and close friend has been fired by the Los Angeles Dodgers following allegations of illegal gambling and theft from the Japanese baseball star. Interpre...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:58 am
- Forum: Politics and Current Events
- Topic: Hello
- Replies: 329
- Views: 294298
Re: Hello
Very bold & brave decision don't go after her you GOP lunatics she's doing the right thing & what's best for her. Arizona lawmaker says she announced plans to get an abortion to underscore out-of-touch laws PHOENIX (AP) — A pregnant Arizona lawmaker who revealed in a speech at the state Sena...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 8:58 am
- Forum: Politics and Current Events
- Topic: 2024 General Elections Thread
- Replies: 158
- Views: 37483
Re: 2024 General Elections Thread
Shayla Favor wins Franklin County prosecutor primary In another closely watched race down ballot, Columbus City Council member Shayla D. Favor won the Democratic primary for Franklin County prosecutor, according to unofficial results. Why it matters: If elected in November, Favor pledges to reform t...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 8:50 am
- Forum: Politics and Current Events
- Topic: 2024 General Elections Thread
- Replies: 158
- Views: 37483
Re: 2024 General Elections Thread
Graciela Guzmán beats incumbent Sen. Natalie Toro in another test of Democratic establishment muscle Despite being badly outspent, Graciela Guzmán defeated state Sen. Natalie Toro for the 20th state Senate District seat. Toro, who was appointed by a political committee last year, raised an eye-poppi...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 8:47 am
- Forum: Politics and Current Events
- Topic: 2024 General Elections Thread
- Replies: 158
- Views: 37483
Re: 2024 General Elections Thread
Mike Simonson wins Des Moines at-large city council seat DES MOINES, Iowa — Polls opened Tuesday for the Des Moines City Council special election. The ballot included five candidates to fill the at-large seat vacated by Connie Boesen when she was elected mayor of Des Moines. Unofficial election resu...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 8:31 am
- Forum: Politics and Current Events
- Topic: Persons of Note Who Have Passed Away
- Replies: 1710
- Views: 578122
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Hal Malchow Is Going to Die on Thursday. He Has One Last Message for Democrats. On Thursday, March 21, one of the Democratic party’s most accomplished campaign consultants will die. In a sense, Hal Malchow has been planning for this day ever since 1987, when a genetic marker test revealed he was lik...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 2:28 am
- Forum: Politics and Current Events
- Topic: Persons of Note Who Have Passed Away
- Replies: 1710
- Views: 578122
Re: Persons of Note Who Have Passed Away
Beauty YouTuber Jessica Pettway, 36, Dies of Cervical Cancer After Misdiagnosis Jessica Pettway, a beauty influencer with over 16 million views on YouTube, has died. She was 36. Her death comes nearly nine months after she revealed that she had been diagnosed with stage 3 cervical cancer in a candid...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 2:23 am
- Forum: Sports
- Topic: ESPN Signs Six-Year, $7.8 Billion Extension for the Expanding College Football Playoff Tournament
- Replies: 1
- Views: 135
ESPN Signs Six-Year, $7.8 Billion Extension for the Expanding College Football Playoff Tournament
ESPN Signs Six-Year, $7.8 Billion Extension for the Expanding College Football Playoff Tournament ESPN has signed a six-year, $7.8 billion deal to remain the main TV partner for the expanding College Football Playoff. The deal, formally announced by ESPN chief Jimmy Pitaro on Tuesday morning while s...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 2:22 am
- Forum: Politics and Current Events
- Topic: Persons of Note Who Have Passed Away
- Replies: 1710
- Views: 578122
Re: Persons of Note Who Have Passed Away
Joe Barone, Exec at Rocco Commisso's Fiorentina Soccer Team, Dies at 57 Joe Barone, the Italian-American general director of the ACF Fiorentina soccer team owned by Mediacom Communications chairman Rocco B. Commisso, died in Milan, Italy, on Tuesday at age 57 after falling ill before a scheduled mat...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 2:19 am
- Forum: Politics and Current Events
- Topic: Mass Shootings/Gun Control Reform Thread
- Replies: 1558
- Views: 725893
Re: Mass Shootings/Gun Control Reform Thread
Brother of Congressman Dan Kildee killed, suspect in custody FLINT, MI – The victim in an early-morning homicide in Vienna Township Tuesday was the brother of U.S. Rep Dan Kildee, Genesee County law enforcement officials announced at a Tuesday, March 19, news conference. Timothy Kildee was shot and ...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 3:01 pm
- Forum: Politics and Current Events
- Topic: Racist/Corrupt/Immoral Police Thread.
- Replies: 615
- Views: 108646
Re: Racist/Corrupt/Immoral Police Thread.
First of 6 Mississippi ex-officers sentenced to 20 years for torturing 2 Black men: ‘I’m so sorry … I hate myself for it’ Jackson, Mississippi (CNN) — Hunter Elward, a former Mississippi sheriff’s deputy who faced the most serious of federal charges against him and five other officers in the torture...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 2:55 pm
- Forum: Politics and Current Events
- Topic: Persons of Note Who Have Passed Away
- Replies: 1710
- Views: 578122
Re: Persons of Note Who Have Passed Away
Chris Simon has passed away
Sad news about a former Quebec Nordiques player.
Former strongman/power player Chris Simon has passed away at the age of 52.
https://dose.ca/2024/03/19/chris-simon-has-passed-away/
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Sad news about a former Quebec Nordiques player.
Former strongman/power player Chris Simon has passed away at the age of 52.
https://dose.ca/2024/03/19/chris-simon-has-passed-away/
988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:53 am
- Forum: Politics and Current Events
- Topic: EARTH....
- Replies: 1309
- Views: 543043
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Record heat index of 62.3C scorches Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro A heatwave stifling Brazil has set new records with Rio de Janeiro’s heat index hitting 62.3 degrees Celsius (144.1 degrees Fahrenheit), the highest in a decade, weather authorities say. The heat index measures what a temperature feels like...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:48 am
- Forum: Politics and Current Events
- Topic: 2024 General Elections Thread
- Replies: 158
- Views: 37483
Re: 2024 General Elections Thread
Pittston voters keep Joe Caputo following failed recall attempt PITTSTON — After weeks of controversy, an attempt to oust Selectman Joe Caputo failed at the polls Monday, as nearly two-thirds of residents casting ballots voted to keep him. More than 600 people turned out at the Pittston Town Office ...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:22 am
- Forum: Politics and Current Events
- Topic: 2024 Presidential Election
- Replies: 612
- Views: 548797
Re: 2024 Presidential Election
So this is how Trump will score political points for his presidential run by smearing the jewish community ok. :roll: Trump says any Jewish person who votes for Democrats ‘hates their religion’ and ‘everything about Israel’ Former President Donald Trump said in an interview aired Monday that any Jew...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:27 am
- Forum: Politics and Current Events
- Topic: Bye
- Replies: 1511
- Views: 619574
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Foundation cancels RBG award ceremony that would have honored Musk, Murdoch after family’s outcry (CNN) — The foundation that selected SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch and other honorees as recipients of an award named after Ruth Bader Ginsburg announced Monday it is can...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:25 am
- Forum: Politics and Current Events
- Topic: Bye
- Replies: 1511
- Views: 619574
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Pro-Trump Michigan attorney arrested after hearing in DC over leaking Dominion documents An attorney facing criminal charges for illegally accessing Michigan voting machines after the 2020 election was arrested Monday after a hearing in a separate case in federal court in Washington, D.C. Stefanie L...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:24 am
- Forum: Politics and Current Events
- Topic: Bye
- Replies: 1511
- Views: 619574
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Chinese billionaire pleads guilty to straw donor scheme in New York and Rhode Island NEW YORK (AP) — A Chinese billionaire pleaded guilty Monday to violating U.S. election laws by funneling illegal straw donations to a New York City official, a member of the U.S. House and a congressional candidate....
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:31 am
- Forum: Politics and Current Events
- Topic: Its Technical
- Replies: 529
- Views: 742581
Re: Its Technical
Blinken tells democracy summit that technology must sustain democratic values SEOUL, South Korea -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken underscored the need to make sure that technologies sustain democratic values, telling a democracy summit on Monday that authoritarian regimes deploy them to und...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:29 am
- Forum: Sports
- Topic: 2024 NCAA March Madness Thread
- Replies: 1
- Views: 70
2024 NCAA March Madness Thread
2024 NCAA printable bracket, schedule for March Madness Here's the official, printable NCAA bracket for the 2024 NCAA DI men's basketball tournament, also known as March Madness. The 68-team bracket was officially revealed on Sunday, March 17. Games begin with the First Four on Tuesday, March 19. ht...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:27 am
- Forum: Politics and Current Events
- Topic: EARTH....
- Replies: 1309
- Views: 543043
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Iceland volcano erupts: See images of flowing lava, smoke from fourth eruption in three months Iceland has declared a state of emergency after a volcano erupted for the fourth time in three months. The eruption opened a fissure almost 2 miles long between Stóra-Skógfell and Hagafell mountains on the...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:26 am
- Forum: Politics and Current Events
- Topic: Joe Biden Doing it Again, how much proof do you need
- Replies: 570
- Views: 396061
Re: Joe Biden Doing it Again, how much proof do you need
Biden to sign executive order aimed at advancing study of women’s health WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order Monday aimed at advancing the study of women’s health in part by strengthening data collection and providing easier and better funding opportunities f...