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Another liar: Transcripts show Vindman, too, said one thing in public and another thing under oath Volodymyr Zelensky

Another liar: Transcripts show Vindman, too, said one thing in public and another thing under oath

Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the insufferably pompous impeachment witness against President Trump who was billed as Mr. Straight-Arrow, and wore his medalled military uniform to congressional hearings to get the point across, has been, like former Defense department official Evelyn Farkas, caught declaring one thing for the cameras, and another thing…
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May 10, 2020
John Wilkes Booth (1838) Slavery Abolition

John Wilkes Booth (1838)

John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865) was a famous American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865. Booth was a member of the prominent 19th century Booth theatrical family from Maryland and, by the 1860s, was a…
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May 10, 2020
Alec Baldwin’s Trump returns to ‘SNL’ to congratulate the ‘class of Covid-19’ Donald Trump

Alec Baldwin’s Trump returns to ‘SNL’ to congratulate the ‘class of Covid-19’

New York (CNN Business)Alec Baldwin being stuck at home didn't stop him from playing President Donald Trump one last time this season.The season finale of NBC's "Saturday Night Live," which took place remotely, opened with Baldwin's Trump acting as the keynote speaker for this year's graduating class of seniors."Hello, everyone,…
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May 10, 2020
Cataphracts Aral Sea

Cataphracts

Historical re-enactment of a Sassanid-era cataphract, complete with a full set of scale armor for the horse. Note the rider's extensive mail armor, which was de rigueur for the cataphracts of antiquity. A cataphract was a form of armored Persian heavy cavalry utilised in ancient warfare by a number of…
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May 10, 2020
We’re headed for a faceless future as masks become the norm. That’s a big security concern, experts say Pre-Crime

We’re headed for a faceless future as masks become the norm. That’s a big security concern, experts say

London (CNN)As Western nations begin the slow crawl out of lockdown, it's increasingly clear that we're some way off society returning to anything resembling pre-Covid life. To the surprise of many politicians, Western populations have largely obeyed instructions to remain indoors. In fact, lockdown efforts in many countries have been…
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May 10, 2020
Is Sympathy for the Plight of Occupied Palestinians winning the American University? Palestine

Is Sympathy for the Plight of Occupied Palestinians winning the American University?

By Hatem Bazian | – ( Al Shabakah) – Palestine Legal recently published a report noting that the majority of suppression of Palestine advocacy in the US targets students and faculty. In particular, 89% of such incidents occurred on college campuses in 2014, and 74% in 2019. While these statistics…
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May 10, 2020
Snowpiercer review: Jennifer Connelly rules in TNT’s gripping TV adaptation Body Shaming

Snowpiercer review: Jennifer Connelly rules in TNT’s gripping TV adaptation

Daveed Diggs and Jennifer Connelly in Snowpiercer. TNT I've been thinking a lot about survival at all costs lately -- ever since theaters, bookstores and museums closed and I started reading a post-apocalyptic novel whose protagonist lives by the motto "survival is insufficient." So I've found the new TNT post-apocalyptic drama…
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May 10, 2020